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Ann: MEY: Purchase of Mile 72 Uranium Project, page-4

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    KEY POINTS
    - Mile 72 Uranium Project is a calcrete hosted uranium project

    - Mile 72 Uranium Project is ideally suited for Marenica’s proprietary U-pgradeTM beneficiation process

    - Located in the world class Erongo uranium province in Namibia

    - Significant exploration potential
    Marenica Energy Limited (“Marenica”) has signed a binding agreement to purchase the Mile 72
    Uranium Project (EPL3308) from Metals Australia Limited (ASX:MLS).

    Marenica has acquired 100% of the Mile 72 Project. The Mile 72 Uranium Project covers 2,692 hectares and is located in the world class
    Erongo uranium province in Namibia (Figure 1). It is located within 100 km of the
    Marenica Uranium Project and only 30 km from the coastal town of Henties Bay.

    Past exploration trenching indicates uranium mineralisation over 12 km and 2 km wide.
    The mineralisation at the Mile 72 Uranium Project (Mile 72) is calcrete hosted, very similar to the
    Marenica Uranium Project, Langer Heinrich Project (Paladin) and Tumas (Deep Yellow) deposits,
    all in Namibia. Past testwork on these projects has confirmed the amenability of U-pgradeTM and
    indicated that the U-pgradeTM process potentially reduces the project development costs by about
    50% and the operating costs by about 50%. It is expected that the Mile 72 calcrete mineralisation
    will respond to U-pgradeTM the same as all other Namibian calcrete deposits tested and produce
    a low mass concentrate for leaching.

    The project is located in the world class Erongo uranium province in Namibia, which includes the
    Rossing uranium mine now in its 41st year of operation and the Langer Heinrich and Husab mines.

    Namibia has a stable, supportive mining culture with excellent infrastructure. The acquisition of
    Mile 72 strengthens Marenica’s position in this uranium province.

    “We are excited about the acquisition of Mile 72 as we build a portfolio of uranium assets at the
    bottom of the uranium price cycle, assets in which our proprietary U-pgradeTM process is expected
    to add significant value”. “Mile 72 has been underexplored for calcrete uranium mineralisation and presents a great opportunity for the Company to potentially delineate a high-grade resource, in a
    world class uranium province” said Murray Hill, Managing Director.

    Marenica will pay A$30,000 cash, plus a preferential dividend of 1% of gross production from the
    project. The agreement to purchase is subject to obtaining any regulatory approvals that will be
    required in Australia or Namibia.
    Metals Australia Limited has completed several exploration programs since 2007, the latest of
    which was in 2014. The first stage for Marenica will be data validation of all available exploration
    data.
 
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