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BEACONSFIELD GOLD MINE

One of the Richest Gold Mines in Australia 1.8 million ounces historic production

March 2020

NQ Minerals – Beaconsfield Gold Mine Acquisition

Beaconsfield Gold Ore Gold Pour at Beaconsfield Beaconsfield Gold Bars

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COMPETENT PERSONS REPORT The Resource information in this report is based on information (third party consultants) compiled by Mr. Roger Jackson who is a 20+ year Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr. Jackson has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr. Jackson consents to the inclusion of the resource reports referenced in this presentation on the matters, form and context in which the relevant data appears.

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One of the Richest Gold Mines in Australia 1.8 million ounces of Gold Produced

Beaconsfield Gold Mine

A c q u i s i t i o n & M i n e R e - O p e n i n g

• NQ acquiring the High-Grade Beaconsfield Gold Mine in Tasmania, Australia.*
• Currently in due diligence and mine re-opening planning phase.
• Recalculation of new gold resources underway.
• Significant gold resource potential in line with increased gold price.

NQ’s Hellyer Gold Mine Lead/Zinc/Gold/Silver

* See NQ Minerals PLC press release dated February 21, 2020

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Beaconsfield Gold Mine 3

Period Mined Million Tonnes Gold Grade (g/t) Gold Recovered (koz) 1877-1914 1.1 ~25 854 1999-2012 2.7 11 923 Totals 3.8 ~15 1,777

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Beaconsfield Gold Mine

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Beaconsfield Processing Plant Old Mine Workings at Surface Hart Shaft – currently Heritage Mine Museum Beaconsfield pre-1914

Jumbo development underground at Beaconsfield

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W I L L I A M P E N N A D A I R

Re-Opening Plan

Beaconsfield Gold Mine Beaconsfield Mine Re-Opening Plan:

• Re-commission processing plant.
• Cost and develop a new 3km long decline from

surface to 400m below surface.

• Commence gold production ASAP.

Very ry High Grade Vein Gold fr from 840mL

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The Processing Plant:

• Only permitted gold processing plant in North Tasmania.
• Plant has proven track record (>90% gold recovery).
• Fully permitted tailings dam.
• Experienced local workforce.
• Early

cash flow from plant recommissioning plans with retreatment of surface stockpiles.

The Mine:

• 593 hectares of mining lease covering the famous Tasmanian

Reef, open pit potential, new reef discovery potential and infrastructure.

• A new mine access decline is the key to re-opening Beaconsfield

and providing for long-term low-cost operations for many years.

• Tasmania Reef drilled to 300m below mine depth. Open to depth.

Beaconsfield Gold Mine

Permits in place Early Cash Flow Plans

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Permitted Tailings Dam at Beaconsfield Typical mine decline access Portal

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Beaconsfield Gold Mine

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Beaconsfield Gold Processing Plant:

• Constructed 1999.
• Processing capacity 350,000 tpa.
• Comprises crusher, Ball Mill, Gravity Gold Circuits, Flotation,

Bacterial Oxidation, Cyanide Leaching, Cyanide Detoxification.

• Process plant can treat both free milling and refractory material.
• Fully permitted.
• Replacement value today of over $80 million.

Gold Processing Plant

Beaconsfield Gold Bars

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Beaconsfield Gold Mine

Processing Flow Sheet

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Beaconsfield Gold Mine

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Ore Body Open to Depth

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Beaconsfield Gold Mine

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Gold Potential at Depth

Current Bottom of Mine

Drill Hole # Metres (m) Gold (g/t) J17 24.3 8.8 F91 7.0 21.7 F88 11.0 15.4 J14 6.6 11.3 J10 2.5 32.4

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Note: This Long Section was published by BCD Resources in November 2011. The mine continued operating until June 2012.

Beaconsfield Gold Mine

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New Planned Mine Decline Access

New proposed decline in footwall of historic workings at Moonlight-cum- Wonder and Tasmania Reefs

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Beaconsfield Gold Mine

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Gold Strategy

Proposed New Decline Portal Processing Plant

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NQ Minerals PLC

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London NEX: NQMI

For further information, please contact: David Lenigas Chairman lenigas@nqminerals.com Roger Jackson Executive Director roger.jackson@nqminerals.com Tel: +61 400 408 550 Colin Sutherland Chief Financial Officer colin.sutherland@nqminerals.com Tel: +1 416 452 2166

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