NI 43-101 Technical Report Pilbara Gold Projects Western Australia Prepared for: Graphite Energy Corp Prepared by: Xplore Resources Pty Ltd Authors: Matthew Stephens – Senior Consultant Geologist Bryan Bourke – Resource Consultant Geologist Effective Date: 13-Aug-2020 Issue Date: 30-Sep-2020 NI 43-101 Technical Report Pilbara Gold Group Table of Contents 1.0 SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 9 1.1 GEOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 10 1.1.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT GEOLOGY ........................................................ 10 1.1.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT GEOLOGY ...................................... 11 1.1.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT GEOLOGY ............................................ 12 1.1.4 NORTIA PROJECT GEOLOGY ........................................................................ 12 1.2 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................. 14 1.2.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA ................................................................ 14 1.2.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA............................................... 15 1.2.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA ..................................................... 17 1.2.4 NORTIA PROJECT AREA ................................................................................. 18 1.3 RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................... 18 1.3.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA ................................................................ 18 1.3.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA............................................... 19 1.3.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA ..................................................... 20 1.3.4 NORTIA PROJECT AREA ................................................................................. 21 2.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 22 3.0 RELIANCE ON OTHER EXPERTS ............................................................ 22 4.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ........................................ 23 4.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION 23 4.2 CUPRITE PROJECT PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ............ 26 4.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ......................................................................................................................... 29 4.4 NORTIA PROJECT PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ............. 30 5.0 ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL RESOURCES, SITE TOPOGRAPHY, ELEVATION AND VEGETATION, INFRASTRUCTURE & PHYSIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................ 32 5.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA ................................................................. 32 5.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA ............................................... 38 5.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA ..................................................... 42 5.4 NORTIA PROJECT AREA ................................................................................. 46 6.0 EXPLORATION HISTORY ......................................................................... 48 6.1 PREVIOUS EXPLORATION IN THE BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA . 48 6.2 PREVIOUS EXPLORATION OF THE CUPRITE PROJECT AREA ............... 52 6.3 PREVIOUS EXPLORATION IN THE FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA 60 6.4 PREVIOUS EXPLORATION IN THE NORTIA PROJECT AREA .................. 65 7.0 GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALISATION ............................... 67 7.1 REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING ............................................................. 67 7.1.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA GEOLOGY ............................................ 70 7.1.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT GEOLOGY ...................................... 73 7.1.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT GEOLOGY ............................................ 75 7.1.4 NORTIA PROJECT GEOLOGY ........................................................................ 78 Page | 2 7.2 STRUCTURE AND METAMORPHISM ........................................................... 80 7.3 REGIONAL GOLD DEPOSITS .......................................................................... 80 7.4 PREVIOUS WORK BY GOVERNMENT GEOLOGISTS ................................ 82 7.5 LOCAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING .................................................................... 82 7.5.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT GEOLOGY ........................................................ 82 7.5.2 CUPRITE PROJECT GEOLOGY ....................................................................... 84 7.5.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT GEOLOGY ............................................ 87 7.5.4 NORTIA PROJECT GEOLOGY ........................................................................ 88 7.6 MINERALISATION ............................................................................................ 91 7.6.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA MINERALISATION ............................. 91 7.6.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA MINERALISATION ........... 93 7.6.3 TYCHE FORTUNA PROJECT AREA MINERALISATION ........................... 94 7.6.4 NORTIA PROJECT AREA MINERALISATION ............................................. 96 8.0 DEPOSIT TYPES ......................................................................................... 97 8.1 GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE WITWATERSRAND BASIN ............................... 97 8.1.1 PALAEOPLACER MODEL FOR THE WITWATERSRAND BASIN GOLD DEPOSITS ....................................................................................................................... 97 8.1.2 OTHER MODELS FOR THE WITWATERSRAND DEPOSITS ..................... 97 8.2 COMPARISONS WITH PROJECT AREAS ...................................................... 98 9.0 EXPLORATION ......................................................................................... 100 9.1 EXPLORATION COMPLETED BY PILBARA GOLD GROUP .................... 100 9.2 GEOCHEMISTRY COMPLETED BY PREVIOUS EXPLORERS ................. 100 9.2.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA GEOCHEMISTRY .............................. 100 9.2.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA GEOCHEMISTRY ............ 104 9.2.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA GEOCHEMISTRY................... 109 9.2.4 NORTIA PROJECT AREA GEOCHEMISTRY .............................................. 112 9.2.5 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA GEOPHYSICS ..................................... 113 9.2.6 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA GEOPHYSICS ................... 116 9.2.7 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA GEOPHYSICS ......................... 119 9.2.8 NORTIA PROJECT AREA GEOPHYSICS ..................................................... 123 10.0 DRILLING .................................................................................................. 125 10.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA DRILLHOLES ..................................... 125 10.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA DRILLHOLES ................... 126 10.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA DRILLHOLES .......................... 129 10.4 NORTIA PROJECT AREA DRILLING ........................................................... 131 11.0 SAMPLE PREPARATION, ANALYSES AND SECURITY .................... 132 12.1 DATA VERIFICATION .................................................................................... 133 12.2 QUALIFIED PERSON’S OPINION ................................................................. 134 13.0 MINERAL PROCESSING AND METALLURGICAL TESTING ........... 135 14.0 MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATES ...................................................... 137 15.0 ADJACENT PROPERTIES ........................................................................ 137 15.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA ............................................................... 137 15.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA ............................................. 142 15.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA ................................................... 145 15.4 NORTIA PROJECT AREA ............................................................................... 147 16.0 OTHER RELEVANT DATA AND INFORMATION ............................... 148 16.1 BEATONS RIVER, NULLAGINE – E46/1215 AND E46/1280 ...................... 149 16.2 CUPRITE EAST PROJECT – E45/4918 ........................................................... 151 16.3 CUPRITE WEST PROJECT – E45/5028 .......................................................... 152 16.4 FORTUNA - E46/1278 AND TYCHE - E45/5304 ........................................... 153 16.5 NORTIA - E46/1277 .......................................................................................... 155 Page | 3 17.0 INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS ............................................ 156 17.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA ............................................................... 156 17.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA ............................................. 159 17.3 FORTUNA AND TYCHE PROJECT AREA ................................................... 161 17.4 NORTIA PROJECT AREA ............................................................................... 162 18.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................ 163 18.1 BEATONS RIVER PROJECT AREA ............................................................... 163 18.2 CUPRITE EAST AND WEST PROJECT AREA ............................................. 164 18.3