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BeMetals Corp. Technical Report - The Pangeni Project Northwest Province, Republic of Zambia April 2018 Report No. AMC-RES-BMET-R20180410-ITR Pangeni Project 20180619 BeMetals Independent Technical Report - The Pangeni Project DOCUMENT CONTROL SHEET Client BeMetals Corp. Report Name Date Technical Report – The Pangeni Project 10th April 2018 Report no. Revision No. AMC-RES-BMET-R20180410-ITR Pangeni Project 20180619 20180619 (v2.0) Authorisations Name Position Signature Date Prepared By: Mr Allan Lines Senior Consulting 10/04/2018 Geologist Reviewed By: Dr Ross McGowan Managing Director 10/04/2018 Approved By: Dr Ross McGowan Managing Director 10/04/2018 Distribution Organisation Recipient No. of Hard No. of Electronic Comments Copies Copies BeMetals Corp. John Wilton - 01 Client African Mining Consultants Library 01 01 Originators BME-R20180410 v2.0 April 2018 P a g e | ii BeMetals Independent Technical Report - The Pangeni Project IMPORTANT NOTICE This notice is an integral component of the Technical Report (“Report”) and should be read in its entirety and must accompany every copy made of the Report. The Report has been prepared using the Canadian National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The Report has been prepared for BeMetals Corp. (“BeMetals”) by African Mining Consultants as the “Report Contributors”. The Report is based on information and data supplied to the Report Contributors by BeMetals and other third-parties. 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BME-R20180410 v2.0 April 2018 P a g e | iii BeMetals Independent Technical Report - The Pangeni Project TITLE PAGE Project Name: The Pangeni Project Title: Technical Report - The Pangeni Project Northwest Province, Republic of Zambia Location: North-Western Province Republic of Zambia Effective Date of Technical Report: 10th April 2018 Qualified Persons Mr Allan Lines, P.Geo (Association of Professional Geoscientists of Nova Scotia (APGNS) Member Number 0141) employed by African Mining Consultants as a Senior Consulting Geologist, was responsible for: Items 1-27. Mr Thomas Krebs, (Pr. Sci. Nat. 400146/11) South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions employed by Remote Exploration Services as a Principal Geologist authored Item 2.6. Mr John Wilton, (Pr. Sci. Nat., 400164/93) South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions employed by BeMetals Corp. as CEO, and President co-authored Items 1- 11 and 13-24. BME-R20180410 v2.0 April 2018 P a g e | iv BeMetals Independent Technical Report - The Pangeni Project TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY (ITEM 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1.1 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1.2 GEOLOGY AND MINERALISATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 1.3 STATUS OF EXPLORATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 1.4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2 INTRODUCTION (ITEM 2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 2.1 ISSUER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 2.2 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 2.3 TERMS OF REFERENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 2.4 SOURCES OF INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 2.5 QUALIFIED PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 2.6 SITE VISITS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 3 RELIANCE ON OTHER EXPERTS (ITEM 3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 3.1 MINERAL TENURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND WORK PROGRAM PERMITTING ----------------------------------------------------------------- 8 3.3 COMMENTS ON SECTION 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 4 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION (ITEM 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 4.1 PROPERTY LOCATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 4.2 MINERAL TENURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 4.3 PROPERTY OWNERSHIP --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 4.4 ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 4.5 COMMENTS ON SECTION 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 5 ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE & PHYSIOGRAPHY (ITEM 5) ----------- 13 5.1 PROJECT ACCESS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 Air --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Road ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 Rail -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 5.2 PHYSIOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 5.3 LOCAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 5.4 LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 6 HISTORY (ITEM 6) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 7 GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALISATION (ITEM 7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 7.1 INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 7.2 REGIONAL GEOLOGY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 The Zambian Copperbelt (ZCB) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 The Domes Region (West) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 7.3 PROJECT GEOLOGY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Stratigraphic Sequence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Structure ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Mineralisation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 7.4 COMMENTS ON SECTION 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------