Ann: Next Phase of Drilling to Commence at Slate Dam Gold Project, page-2

ARUMA TO COMMENCE NEXT PHASE OF DRILLING AT SLATE DAM GOLD PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS • Aruma to commence next phase of drilling at Slate Dam Gold Project in Eastern Goldfields of WA • 20 hole RC program designed to further define major gold shoots identified in first phase drilling and expand the gold mineralised system at Slate Dam • Drilling will investigate strike and down dip extensions plus thickness of gold lodes - mineralised shales to the East also to be investigated • 6 hole RC drill program also to be conducted at nearby Beowulf Gold Project to test Company’s sediment-hosted gold model at initial priority targets Aruma Resources Limited (ASX: AAJ) is pleased to announce that the next phase of drilling at the Company’s 100%-owned Slate Dam Gold Project in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia will commence in the first week of next month. This second phase of drilling at Slate Dam is planned to consist of some 30 reverse circulation (RC) drill holes for a total of up to 4,000 metres, with planned drilling depths up to 200 metres and is shown in Figure 1. Drilling is scheduled to commence in early April 2018. This phase of drilling is designed to follow up from the Company’s highly successful maiden drilling program completed in February (ASX announcements, 1 February and 21st February 2018), which resulted in the discovery of a significant new gold system at Slate Dam. The drill program will include Extensional holes (blue stars in Figure 1) to follow up the 20 metre thick trend identified in Aruma’s maiden drill program and Repetition holes (green stars in Figure 1) with the aim of discovering stratigraphic repetitions of the gold mineralised system to the east. Drilling will seek to extend the dip and strike potential of the major gold shoots identified in the first phase of drilling, and also define higher grade lodes within these shoots (refer Figures 1 and 2 for planned drill hole locations).