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20 MARCH 2025
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Reporting Requirements for Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves
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in Australia is in accordance with the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code) and that Northern Minerals’ Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimates and
reporting comply with the JORC Code.
Compliance Statement
Competent Person Statement
The information in this document that relates to Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves has been extracted from the
Company’s ASX announcement titled “2025 - Wolverine Mineral Resource Estimate” dated 16 January 2025, which is
available to view at www.asx.com.au under the code "NTU (the original releases).
Northern Minerals confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information
included in the original releases and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the
estimates in the original releases continue to apply and have not materially changed.
Northern Minerals confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person findings are presented have not
been materially modified from the original releases.
References to “TREO” and “HREO” have the following meanings:
TREO = Total Rare Earth Oxides – La2O3, CeO2, Pr6O11, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb4O7, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3,
Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3, Y2O3
HREO = Heavy Rare Earth Oxides – Total of Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb4O7, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3,
Y2O3
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Company Highlights
DEVELOPING A WORLD CLASS HEAVY RARE EARTH ASSET
WITH SIGNIFICANT EXPLORATION UPSIDE
Globally significant heavy rare earth project
▶ Wolverine is the is the most advanced HRE project globally1
▶ Recent drilling results confirm significant high-grade mineralisation at Wolverine that
remains open at depth2
Supporting an Australian rare earth supply chain
▶ Global push for diversity of supply supporting rare earth value chain outside of China
▶ Browns Range concentrate will be key feedstock to Iluka’s Eneabba refinery, establishing a
new domestic supply chain
Clear pathway to execution
▶ All key approvals in place, proposed flowsheet supported by extensive pilot plant work
▶ DFS update due Q2 2025
▶ Long-term supply agreement and strategic partnership with Iluka Resources
$0.020
Share price3
8,361 million
Ordinary shares
on issue3
$167 million
Market capitalisation3
20 million
Options3
Compelling market opportunity
▶ Emerging supply deficit for Dy/Tb driven by demand growth of NdFeB magnets
▶ Magnet demand underpinned by accelerating global energy transition
▶ ~67% of Browns Range basket value derived from Dy/Tb, critical components for NdFeB
magnet operability
Growth focused strategy
▶ Tenement holdings >5,600 km2 in WA/NT highly prospective for rare earths
▶ Regional target generative exploration commenced late 2024 to unlock further value across
tenement portfolio
▶ Resource extension drilling at Dazzler completed, assay results pending
1)
2)
3)
Northern Minerals analysis of company filings, HRE projects include those with a reported DyTb:TREO ratio >3%
ASX Announcement 31 July 2024: June 2024 Quarterly Activities Report
Trading data as at 18 March 2025 (excludes Performance Shares, Iluka Convertible Note, Tranche B Shares and Put/Call Shares)
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Browns Range HRE Project
UNDERPINNED BY THE WOLVERINE DEPOSIT, THE
HIGHEST KNOWN GRADE Dy AND Tb DEPOSIT 1
1)
2)
3)
High Value
Concentrate
• Mining and processing at site to targeting
production of c. 25% TREO concentrate rich in
heavy rare earths
Exploration
Upside
• Recent drilling results confirm deposit is open
at depth2
• Strong pipeline of defined mineral resources
and prospects
Processing
• Well-understood flowsheet validated by
comprehensive bench and pilot scale testwork
Iluka
Partnership
• Long-term supply and funding arrangement3
with domestic partner Iluka Resources
Approvals
• All key approvals in place
Northern Minerals analysis of company filings
ASX Announcement 31 July 2024: June 2024 Quarterly Activities Report
Subject to certain conditions being satisfied including NTU making a positive FID decision in relation to Browns Range and Iluka completing due diligence in
respect of NTU's DFS to their satisfaction
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Iluka Resources Partnership
BROWNS RANGE FURTHER STRENGTHENED BY LONG-TERM SUPPLY AND FUNDING
ARRANGEMENTS WITH DOMESTIC PARTNER ILUKA RESOURCES
Funding
commitment
Cornerstone equity funding post FID1
Strategic
significance
Browns Range concentrate to be feedstock for
Australia first integrated rare earth refinery
Upside value
share
Price received includes fixed price component
plus upside price sharing mechanism based on
realised price2
Indicative illustration of price received by Northern Minerals
for TREO contained in concentrate
Price per kg TREO
Long-term supply
partnership
Supply of up to 5.5 kt contained TREO in
concentrate per year
Total of 30.5 kt TREO to be delivered
100% of concentrate to be delivered by NTU
and purchased by Iluka (within agreed bands)
NTU market price
component
NTU fixed price component3
Excess
production
Iluka has ROFR on production in excess of
maximum annual amount
Iluka realised price per kg of TREO sold
1)
2)
3)
Subject to certain conditions being satisfied including NTU making a positive FID decision in relation to Browns
Range and Iluka completing due diligence in respect of NTU's DFS to their satisfaction
Based on contained REO and with adjustments for impurities
Subject to turn down provisions
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Supplying a Sustainable Future
DYSPROSIUM (Dy) AND TERBIUM (Tb) - KEY INPUTS TO PERMANENT MAGNETS
VITAL FOR THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION
DyTb:TREO rare earth assemblage
Non-JORC resource1
Browns Range
Round Top
6.2%
Norra Karr
5.7%
Lofdal
5.4%
Strange Lake
4.1%
Penco Module
Pela Ema
JORC resource2
10.1%
3.3%
2.7%
REE Project
4.3%
North Stanmore
Koppamurra
4.0%
3.1%
Makuutu 1.9%
1)
2)
Projects with resource data reporting grade where available, not in accordance with the JORC code. Refer to Appendix A of this Presentation for reference details.
Projects with resource data compliant with the JORC code. Refer to Appendix A of this Presentation for reference details showing categories of resource and reserves.
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A Heavy Rare Earths Basket
Dy/Tb ACCOUNTS FOR ~67% OF THE RARE EARTH BASKET VALUE AT WOLVERINE
Resource REO distribution1
2.3%
REO contribution to basket value2
6.9%
0.4%
2.4%
6.1%
9.8%
1.3%
2.8%
9.3%
7.3%
1.9%
59.5%
5.5%
46.6%
3.0%
0.8%
4.5%
0.7%
1.3%
3.2%
2.8%
1)
2)
0.6%
21.2%
Based January 2025 Wolverine Total Measured Mineral Resource estimate. See ASX announcement “2025 - Wolverine Mineral Resource Estimate” dated 16 January 2025,
which is available to view at www.asx.com.au under the code "NTU". See Appendix A of this Presentation for further information.
Based on average individual REO prices in 2024.
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Growing Supply Deficit
STRONG DEMAND OUTLOOK FOR MAGNETS WILL DRIVE AN EMERGING SUPPLY
DEFICIT FOR DY/TB
Challenging short term outlook
▶
▶
HRE pricing trended downwards as supply remains regionally
concentrated
Current pricing structure represents predominantly China-based
transactions but not necessarily a reflection of global HRE supplydemand fundamentals
Dy/Tb supply-demand balance1
kt REO
115% supply
deficit2
12
50% supply
deficit2
10
8
Medium to long term outlook remains robust
1)
2)
▶
NdFeB magnet demand expected to increase at 8.7% CAGR to
20401, Dy/Tb forecasted supply growth lags at 3.9% CAGR
▶
Country and industry level EV uptake and offshore wind power
capacity additions will continue to drive NdFeB magnet demand,
with robotics and advanced air mobility driving long term upside
▶
Outlook for HRE demand and the widening supply-demand gap
suggests critical need to secure diversified rare earth supply chain
▶
Escalating geopolitical tensions (e.g. US 25% tariff on permanent
magnets from China and China’s export controls on rare earth
metals and separation technologies) also driving governments to
seek reliable rare earth supply, likely at a price premium
Source: Adamas Intelligence Rare Earth Magnet Market Outlook Q3 2024
Based on 2023 Dy/Tb supply sourced from Adamas Intelligence Rare Earth Magnet Market Outlook Q3 2024
6
4
2
(0)
Supply Deficit
Demand
Supply
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Rare Earth Market Opportunity
STRONG DEMAND OUTLOOK FOR MAGNETS SUPPORTED BY STRUCTURAL SHIFT
TOWARDS DECARBONISATION AND THE EMERGING ROBOTICS & DRONE MARKETS
Forecasted NdFeB magnet demand by end-use1
Forecasted increase in DyTb demand from 2024 to 20401
kt
kt REO
1,000
12
900
Adv air mobility
CAGR 8.7%
8
500
Wind Power
6
400
Consumer
300
Industrial
200
Automotive
100
Electromobility
2024 2026e 2028e 2030e 2032e 2034e 2036e 2038e 2040e
CAGR 23.5%
CAGR 8.8%
CAGR 17.0%
Robotics, EV traction motors and advanced air
mobility will be the primary driver of NdFeB magnet
demand growth
1)
10
Robotics
600
Total demand
10.5 kt
Others
800
700
Total demand
3.5 kt
Source: Adamas Intelligence Rare Earth Magnet Market Outlook Q3 2024
CAGR 4.4%
4
CAGR 4.9%
2
CAGR 19.7%
2024
2040
Demand from robotics and advanced air mobility will require
~4,300 t additional Dy/Tb by 2040
Demand from EV will require ~1,800 t additional Dy/Tb by 2040
Demand from wind power will require ~285 t additional Dy/Tb by
2040
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Diversifying the Global Magnet Value Chain
CHINA DOMINATES THE VALUE CHAIN, BROWNS RANGE WILL SUPPLY CRITICAL
FEEDSTOCK FOR DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING OF Dy AND Tb IN AUSTRALIA
MINING
BENEFICIATION
China 63%
U.S. 6%
Myanmar 19% Other 5%
Australia 7%
Ore
Concentrate
CRACKING &
LEACHING
REFINING
METALLISATION
China 92% (99.9% of HRE)
Malaysia 7%
U.S. <1%
China 92%
Japan 7%
Other 1%
Separated REOs
Metals &
Alloys
MAGNET
MAKING
MANUFACTURING
China 89%
Japan 7%
Other 4%
NdFeB
Magnets
Motors &
OEMs
NTU AND ILUKA ARE SET TO ESTABLISH A NEW RARE EARTH METAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Browns Range
Heavy Rare Earth
Concentrate
Iluka Resources’
Eneabba Refinery
Source: Adamas Intelligence Rare Earth Magnet Market Outlook Q3 2024, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Potential Iluka
metallisation
plant (study in
progress)
Ex-China magnet producers,
Western OEMs including
automotive, wind turbine and
electronic producers
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Current Rare Earth Supply Chain
BROWNS RANGE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF Dy AND Tb
OUTSIDE OF CHINA
MINING
Operating
SEPARATION
METALLISATION
MAGNET
MAKING
Operating
Construction
HRE
Financing/Feasibility
LRE
Construction
Financing/Feasibility
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Strong Australian Government Support
NORTHERN MINERALS IS WELL POSITIONED TO ACCESS GOVERNMENT FUNDING
The critical minerals and rare earth industries are perfect examples of sectors
that will be crucial to our future…The Government has backed the Browns Range
Heavy Rare Earths Project… - Madeline King, Federal Resource Minister April 2024
Australian Government Critical Minerals Strategy 2023-20301
Economic and Strategic Incentives to
increase domestic production
NAIF: Earmarked $500M for critical minerals projects
Export Finance Australia: $4B through Critical Minerals Facility2
Critical Minerals Development Program: $100M early and mid-stage projects
Development of Processing Facilities
Financial support to boost onshore processing capabilities
($1.25B loan to Iluka Resources for Eneabba)
International Partnerships and Investment
$57.1M to secure strategic and commercial partnerships, enhancing the rare earth supply
chain with the recent US-Australia partnership
Regulatory and Environment Management
$4B National Reconstruction Fund allocated for value-add in resources renewables/lowemissions technologies
Research and Development
$50.5M Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub
$225M Exploring for the Future program
Future Made in Australia Act, May 20243
Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive
1)
2)
3)
10% refundable tax offset for processing costs between 2027 to 2041 if eligible
2023-2030 Critical Minerals Strategy https://www.industry.gov.au/publications/critical-minerals-strategy-2023-2030
Export Finance Australia https://www.exportfinance.gov.au/newsroom/2-billion-critical-minerals-boost-crucial-to-energy-transition/
Australian Taxation Office https://www.ato.gov.au/about-ato/new-legislation/in-detail/businesses/hydrogen-production-and-critical-minerals-tax-incentives
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Global Government Support
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL FUNDING VIA MUTUALLY AGREED
OBJECTIVES ON CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAINS
▶ Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) of 14 nations (incl Australia) established to accelerate development of
critical minerals supply chains by supporting strategic projects and encouraging private sector investment
▶ Establishment of the Australia-United States Taskforce on Critical Minerals in 2023 as part of the broader
“Climate, Critical Minerals, and Clean Energy Transformation Compact” between the two nations
▶ Australia has been recognised as a ‘domestic source’ under the US Defense Production Act Title III allowing
new opportunities for US funding in the production of Australian critical minerals
▶ >US$440m awarded by the Department of Defense via the Defense Production Act Investment Mechanisms
since 2020 to establish domestic critical mineral and rare earth supply chains
▶ US EXIM Supply Chain Resiliency Initiative (SCRI) financing for international mining operations with US offtake
▶ Congressional bills introduced1 to strengthen critical minerals supply chains and support stable pricing:
▶ S. 598 Unearth Innovation Act to create a mining and minerals innovation program to increase research,
development, and commercialisation of advanced mining
▶ S. 429 STRATEGIC Minerals Act to authorise the U.S. President to negotiate and enforce free trade
agreements on critical minerals and REEs with trusted allies
▶ H.R. 10378 SECURE Minerals Act to establish a U.S. Critical Mineral Reserve and stabilise non-China prices
▶ H.R. 1496 Rare Earth Magnet Security Act to establish a tax credit for the domestic production of highperformance rare earth magnets
Note 1. Will be subject to referral, committee review, hearings and approvals before being passed and signed into law
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Global Government Support
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL FUNDING VIA MUTUALLY AGREED
OBJECTIVES ON CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAINS
▶ Projects designated ‘Strategic Project’ under the Critical Raw Materials Act receive support gaining access to
capital and offtake
▶ Aiming to diversify supply through agreements with supplier countries; the EU-Australia Memorandum of
Understanding recently signed establishes this partnership
▶ Minerals Security Partnership Forum launched with MSP nations and other resource-rich countries with the
same initiatives as MSP
▶ European Raw Materials Alliance strategic initiative to secure rare earths for the European market by providing
support in financing rare earth projects
▶ Country level funds e.g. InfraVia Critical Metals Fund (France), KfW Raw Material Funds (Germany) and Made in
Italy Fund (Italy)
▶ Critical Minerals Policy to accelerate investment in building supply chain resiliency of critical minerals
▶ Canada and Australia established cooperation on critical minerals in 2024
▶ Export Development Canada supports financing of international rare earth projects
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DFS Update
1
PRODUCTION OF Dy/Tb-RICH
CONCENTRATE INCORPORATING
LESSONS LEARNT FROM PILOT PLANT
Conventional open pit mining followed by underground
mining using sublevel caving
Established flowsheet informed by comprehensive
metallurgical testwork and three-year pilot plant
operation
Xenotime ore is significantly concentrated to produce a
concentrate of ~25% TREO
Pilot plant operations established key base operational
requirements e.g. camp, roads, airstrip and power, that
will be expanded
REO concentrate will be transported to Iluka’s Eneabba
Refinery on tautliner trucks
1)
Draft DFS completed, final DFS expected Q2 2025 which will compile the revised
Wolverine Mineral Resource estimate, mine design and scheduling, further
magnetic separation and flotation testwork results and revised contract pricing
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Proposed Funding Pathway
PROGRESSING TOWARDS SECURING AN OPTIMAL FUNDING STRUCTURE
Recent Funding Progress
Potential Project Funding Sources
✓ Discussions underway with NAIF
Debt
Equity
Other
and EFA
✓ Previously fulfilled the strategic
EFA / NAIF1
NORDIC Bond
Potential for
commercial
banks
1)
2)
Iluka Resources
Strategic Partner1
Institutional
Equity
Other
Government/ECA
sources
Strategic Equity
Subject to certain conditions being satisfied including NTU making a positive FID decision in relation to Browns Range and Iluka completing due diligence in
respect of NTU's DFS to their satisfaction
NTU’s confirmation of fulfilment of NAIF’s Strategic Assessment Phase criteria was current until 30 June 2024. NTU is seeking to refresh this confirmation in
connection with its current financing discussions with NAIF. Neither NAIF nor EFA have made any decision to offer finance nor made any commitment to provide
any financing and there is no certainty that an agreement will be reached between the parties
assessment phase of NAIF’s
investment decision process2
✓ Independent Technical Engineer
report for prospective lenders’ due
diligence under review - critical for
engagement with financiers
✓ Iluka due diligence underway
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Mineral Resource
WOLVERINE UNDERPINS THE INITIAL LIFE OF MINE, WITH CONSIDERABLE
OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP NEARBY RARE EARTH DEPOSITS
Ore
Mt
Mineral Resource estimate1
TREO2
Dy2O3
%
kg/t
Wolverine MRE
Measured
0.1
0.91
0.84
Indicated
4.9
1.13
1.00
Inferred
2.4
0.63
0.54
Total
7.3
0.96
0.85
Total Browns Range MRE (including nearby deposits)
Measured
0.1
0.91
0.84
Indicated
6.6
0.96
0.83
Inferred
5.1
0.54
0.46
Total
11.7
0.77
0.67
Tb4O7
kg/t
TREO2
t
0.12
0.14
0.08
0.12
1,000
54,400
15,100
70,500
0.12
0.12
0.06
0.09
1,000
62,000
27,500
90,500
Wolverine Deposit Expansion
80
0.86%3
0.96%5
0.96%1
0.73%4
1.0%
60
Measured
40
0.5%
Indicated
20
-
2012
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Inferred
2018
2022
Grade (RHS)
2025
Mineral Resource based on the Company’s ASX announcement “2025 - Wolverine Mineral Resource Estimate” dated 16 January 2025, which is
available to view at www.asx.com.au under the code "NTU". See Appendix A of this Presentation for further information.
Rounding may have caused computational discrepancies.
Wolverine Open Pit MRE constrained within open pit design, and above 0.15% TREO cut-off grade.
Wolverine Underground MRE reported below base of open pit design, i.e., 325mRL, and above 0.15% TREO cut-off grade.
TREO includes Yttrium. TREO = Total Rare Earth Oxides – La2O3, CeO2, Pr6O11, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb4O7, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3,
Lu2O3, Y2O3. See Appendix A for full Mineral Resource estimate.
Mineral Resource update – Post trial mining operations, 28 September 2018.
Northern Minerals initial JORC compliant resource estimate, 21 December 2012.
Updated Wolverine Mineral Resource estimate at Browns Range, 10 October 2022.
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Significant Tenure Holdings
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Regional Exploration Program
MINERAL SYSTEMS APPROACH TO EXPLORATION
TARGETING
Expanded exploration program over Browns Range Dome WA (BRDWA), Browns Range Dome NT (BRD-NT) and Coomarie Dome (CD)
Systematic target generation underway to identify new opportunities
Update of regional geophysical data sets including new 2023 and
2024 airborne geophysical surveys and open-source data
completed
Detailed litho-structural interpretation completed at BRD-WA and
CD
Satellite sourced hyperspectral data acquisition for identification of
alteration (Qtz – Hematite) associated with HREE mineralisation –
rapid, non-invasive technique
Boulder Ridge
Geochemical soil and streams sampling for refined orientation
studies ongoing
Ground reconnaissance including geological mapping, outcrop
sampling and radiometric survey over specific prospects, field work
continuing
Tenement Outline
Litho-Structural Interpretation Area
HRE Prospect
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Near Term Exploration Potential
ROBUST PIPELINE OF PROSPECTS TO SUPPORT
MINERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Advanced exploration has been focussed on the WA side of the
Browns Range Dome (BRD), a major geological structure of ~1,500 km2
traversing the WA/NT border
Margins of the BRD and associated lithologies are highly
prospective and underexplored for HREE mineralisation hosted in
xenotime
Complimentary to the regional exploration program, the company has
undertaken geological evaluation of the seven defined deposits
comprising its Mineral Resource portfolio
Re-evaluation of existing deposits and prospects based on new
information from exploration targeting may identify unrealised
expansion potential within the existing portfolio
Priority work programs are underway:
EIS co-funded Deep Drilling program at Dazzler – results pending
Drilling of Gambit mineralisation trend to define structural controls,
refine targeting – mobilisation in progress
Banshee – Mineral resource update and evaluation studies
Further targets under evaluation
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Exploration Drilling
PRIORITY RESOURCE EXPANSION PROGRAMS AT
DAZZLER AND GAMBIT
Dazzler
EIS co-funded 1,150 m five-hole diamond drilling program at Dazzler
completed in February
Program designed to test deeper parts of the Dazzler hydrothermal
system and increase understanding of its structural architecture
Previously drilled 2018-2020 to define current inferred Mineral
Resource estimate of 0.21 Mt @ 2.33% TREO for 5,000 t TREO1
All core processed and identified mineralised intervals sent for
assaying
Gambit
Gambit structural trend hosts defined mineralisation analogous to
type and style at Wolverine
Primary mineralisation controls at Gambit are complex and require
resolution
Review of existing drilling data identified opportunities to test
extensions to mineralisation at Gambit and increase understanding
of structural architecture
An exploration drilling campaign is being planned for Gambit to
commence March 2025
1)
ASX Announcement 7 April 2020: Over 50% increase in Dazzler High Grade Mineral Resource
2020 MRE MINERALISATION
WIREFRAMES
Drill holes by logged stratigraphy at Dazzler
(Looking west)
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Regional Exploration Program
BROWNS RANGE DOME GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Wolverine
Gambit E
Gambit W
Gambit
Area 5
Cyclops
Banshee
Dazzler
Tenement Outline
Litho-Structural Interpretation Area
New Survey Area
(Magnetic & Radiometric)
HRE Deposit
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Company Highlights
UNIQUELY PLACED TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT SUPPLIER OF HEAVY RARE EARTHS
ALONGSIDE AN EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION PORTFOLIO
Globally significant
high-grade Dy and Tb deposit
in a Tier 1 location
Strategic partnership with
Iluka Resources establishing a
new domestic magnet supply
chain
Accelerated pathway to
production via expansion of
existing near mine
infrastructure
Dy and Tb are essential to
enabling global electrification
and decarbonisation
Key approvals in place with strong
government, regulatory and
community stakeholder support
Significant tenure holdings
with strong exploration upside
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OUR OFFICE
Northern Minerals Limited
Ground Floor, 40 Kings Park Road
West Perth, Western Australia, 6005
Australia
VISIT US ONLINE
www.northernminerals.com.au
LinkedIn: Northern-Minerals
X: NorthernMins
CONTACT US
Phone: + 61 8 9481 2344
invest@northernminerals.com.au
info@northernminerals.com.au
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Appendix A: Source Documents
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