Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Unkur Copper-Silver Project, Kodar-Udokan, Russian Federation

Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Unkur Copper-Silver Project, Kodar-Udokan, Russian Federation

Report to: Azarga Metals Corp. Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Unkur Copper-Silver Project, Kodar-Udokan, Russian Federation Document No. 782-SWIN03024AA_R_002B Report to: AZARGA MINERALS CORP. TECHNICAL REPORT AND MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE UNKUR COPPER-SILVER PROJECT, KODAR-UDOKAN, RUSSIAN FEDERATION EFFECTIVE DATE: 27TH MARCH 2018 Prepared by Joseph Hirst, BSc (Hons), MSc, CGeol, EurGeol, FGS Robin Simpson, MAIG JdT/VC UK Registration No. 06328315 Coffey Geotechnics Ltd., 1 Northfield Road, Reading Berks, RG1 8AH, UK Trading as Tetra Tech Mining and Minerals, from 2 Apple Walk, Kembrey Park, Swindon, SN2 8BL, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1793 512305 www.tetratech.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................ 1-1 1.2.1 MINERAL TENURE .................................................................................. 1-2 1.3 ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL RESOURCE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PHYSIOGRAPHY .... 1-3 1.4 HISTORY ............................................................................................................... 1-3 1.5 GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALISATION ............................................................ 1-4 1.6 DEPOSIT TYPE ....................................................................................................... 1-4 1.7 EXPLORATION ........................................................................................................ 1-4 1.8 DRILLING .............................................................................................................. 1-4 1.9 SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSES .................................................................... 1-5 1.10 DATA VERIFICATION................................................................................................ 1-5 1.11 MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATES ............................................................................. 1-6 1.12 ADJACENT PROPERTIES .......................................................................................... 1-7 1.13 INTERPRETATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................... 1-7 1.14 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 1-8 2.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 SOURCES OF INFORMATION .................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT AND CURRENCY ............................................................... 2-1 2.3 QUALIFIED PERSONS .............................................................................................. 2-1 3.0 RELIANCE ON OTHER EXPERTS ....................................................................... 3-1 4.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ...................................................... 4-1 4.1 LOCATION ............................................................................................................. 4-1 4.2 DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................ 4-1 4.3 PERMIT ACQUISITION AND LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS ............................................ 4-3 4.4 ROYALTIES, RIGHTS, PAYMENTS AND AGREEMENTS .................................................. 4-4 4.4.1 EXPLORATION FEES ................................................................................ 4-4 4.4.2 ROYALTIES ............................................................................................ 4-4 4.4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES ................................................................... 4-4 4.4.4 PERMITS REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED WORK ....................................... 4-4 4.5 SURFACE RIGHTS AND LEGAL ACCESS ..................................................................... 4-5 4.6 OBLIGATIONS TO VENDOR ....................................................................................... 4-6 4.7 PERMITS............................................................................................................... 4-7 4.8 OTHER FACTORS OR RISKS ..................................................................................... 4-7 5.0 ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PHYSIOGRAPHY................................................................................................ 5-1 5.1 ACCESSIBILITY ....................................................................................................... 5-1 i 782-SWIN03024AA_R_002B 5.2 LOCAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................... 5-1 5.3 CLIMATE ............................................................................................................... 5-1 5.4 PHYSIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 5-2 5.5 SEISMICITY ........................................................................................................... 5-2 5.6 VEGETATION .......................................................................................................... 5-3 6.0 HISTORY ........................................................................................................... 6-1 6.1 EXPLORATION HISTORY .......................................................................................... 6-1 6.1.1 GENERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY TO 2016 .............................................. 6-1 6.1.2 THE 1969-1971 CAMPAIGN ................................................................. 6-1 6.1.3 THE 1975-1978 CAMPAIGN ................................................................. 6-2 6.2 DRILLING .............................................................................................................. 6-3 6.3 SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSES .................................................................... 6-4 6.3.1 QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAMS ................................................................ 6-5 6.4 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS ......................................................................................... 6-5 6.5 HISTORICAL RESOURCE ESTIMATES ......................................................................... 6-7 6.5.1 HISTORICAL NON-COMPLIANT RESOURCE ESTIMATES ................................ 6-7 6.5.2 THE 1972 ESTIMATE ............................................................................. 6-8 6.5.3 THE 1979 ESTIMATE ............................................................................. 6-8 6.5.4 THE 1988 ESTIMATE ............................................................................. 6-9 6.5.5 THE 2014 ESTIMATE ............................................................................. 6-9 6.5.6 HISTORICAL NI 43-101 COMPLIANT RESOURCE ESTIMATE ..................... 6-10 7.0 GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALISATION ............................................... 7-1 7.1 REGIONAL GEOLOGY .............................................................................................. 7-1 7.2 LOCAL GEOLOGY.................................................................................................... 7-1 7.3 PROPERTY GEOLOGY ................................................................................................. 4 7.3.1 UDOKAN SERIES FORMATIONS ................................................................... 4 7.3.2 STRUCTURE .............................................................................................. 4 7.3.3 INTRUSIVE ROCKS ..................................................................................... 5 7.3.4 QUATERNARY COVER ................................................................................. 5 7.4 MINERALIZATION ................................................................................................... 7-7 8.0 DEPOSIT TYPES ................................................................................................ 8-1 9.0 EXPLORATION .................................................................................................. 9-1 9.1 CHANNEL SAMPLING OF TRENCHES AND OUTCROPS ................................................. 9-1 9.2 GROUND MAGNETIC SURVEY .................................................................................. 9-1 10.0 DRILLING ........................................................................................................ 10-1 10.1 TYPE AND EXTENT ............................................................................................... 10-1 10.2 FACTORS THAT COULD MATERIALLY AFFECT THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF RESULTS ........................................................................................................... 10-1 10.3 SRK COMMENTS ............................................................................................... 10-1 11.0 SAMPLE PREPARATION, ANALYSIS AND SECURITY ...................................... 11-1 11.1 SAMPLE PREPARATION ON SITE ............................................................................ 11-1 11.2 SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS AT LABORATORY ........................................... 11-1 11.3 QUALITY CONTROL/QUALITY ASSURANCE .............................................................

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