Kalgoorlie Gold Project option exercised
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
10 November 2026
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Dundas Consolidates Ownership of Kalgoorlie Group of Gold
Projects
Exercises Option to acquire 85% of the Capricorn and Baden-Powell Gold Resources;
Maritana to Become Substantial Shareholder with priority right to treat the ore
HIGHLIGHTS
• Dundas has exercised its option to acquire an 85% interest in the Baden-Powell / Windanya Project from
Black Mountain Gold Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Maritana Minerals Limited (ASX: MRT)
• Importantly the acquisition brings the Capricorn and Baden-Powell gold deposits together with the
Company’s 100%-owned Rockland discovery and Gemini prospect, consolidating the Kalgoorlie Gold
Project 40–50km north of Kalgoorlie
• Capricorn and Baden-Powell host Inferred Mineral Resources totalling 1.25Mt @ 1.2 g/t Au for 48,500oz
(100% basis). Both deposits are shallow, largely unmined and on granted mining leases
• The $1,000,000 Completion Consideration will be paid in Dundas shares, as approved by shareholders on
29 October 2026, preserving the Company’s cash for exploration
• Maritana becomes a close partner at both project and company level. It retains a 15% interest in the Project,
free-carried to a decision to mine, and holds a priority right to treat the ore
• Maritana is building its own 2.5Mtpa Black Swan processing hub approximately 40km away and, on issue
of the consideration shares, is expected to become a substantial shareholder in Dundas
• The drill rig is due back at Rockland shortly, and assays from Baden-Powell and the remaining Capricorn
holes are expected through the December quarter
Dundas Minerals Limited (ASX: DUN) (“Dundas” or the “Company”) is pleased to advise that it has exercised its option
to acquire an 85% interest in the Baden-Powell / Windanya Project (Project) from Black Mountain Gold Limited (BMGL),
a wholly owned subsidiary of Maritana Minerals Limited (ASX: MRT) (Maritana), formerly Horizon Minerals Limited.
The consideration shares will be issued to BMGL (or its nominee), with Maritana expecting to become a substantial
shareholder in Dundas upon the issue, holding approximately 7.4% of the Company’s shares. Together with its retained
15% interest in the Project and its priority right to treat the ore, this makes Maritana a close partner, with equity in Dundas
and a direct share in the success of the Project.
As announced to the ASX on 30 August 2023, the option was granted under the Baden-Powell / Windanya Project Option
under the Sale Deed dated 29 August 2023, as varied on 11 December 2024 (Deed). The Company served the option to
exercise notice to BMGL on 6 November 2026. The completion is anticipated to occur 10 Business Days after the exercise
notice is served upon which Dundas will settle the Completion Consideration in shares. The registration of the transfer of
the mining leases is subject to Ministerial consent.
On completion, the Kalgoorlie Gold Project will comprise Rockland, Aquarius, Capricorn and Gemini on an interpreted
north–south corridor, together with the Baden-Powell deposit to the north, beside the Goldfields Highway (Figures 1 and
2).
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Commenting on the exercise, Dundas Minerals Managing Director Jonathan Downes said:
“Exercising this option is an important step for Dundas. It brings two shallow, largely unmined gold resources at Capricorn
and Baden-Powell together with our Rockland discovery and the Gemini prospect, so the whole corridor can be explored
and advanced as one project.
“We have chosen to pay in shares to keep our cash for the drill rig, and we are pleased to have Maritana alongside us as
a 15% project level partner. With several mills in the district and assays due from Capricorn and Baden-Powell, we look
forward to building on this very well location growing gold resource base.”
The Kalgoorlie Gold Project
The project lies 40–50km north of Kalgoorlie, among established gold mines and processing plants. Rockland, Aquarius,
Capricorn and Gemini lie on an interpreted north–south structural corridor that extends approximately 3km from Gemini
south to Rockland, although continuity between the prospects has not been established by drilling. Gemini sits in the
Broad Arrow Mineral Field, adjacent to the western margin of the Bardoc Tectonic Zone, which has produced more than
100 tonnes of gold (ASX: 3 September 2026).
Much of the corridor has only been drilled to shallow depths. Surface depletion extends to about 30m, the corridor is
largely untested below 100m, and there is an untested gap of more than 500m between Capricorn and Rockland.
Mineralisation at most of the historical discoveries remains open at depth and along strike (ASX: 3 September 2026).
Nearby deposits include the Eureka mine (ASX: JAV) and Zoroastrian (ASX: GMD) (Figure 2). Proximity to these deposits
is not evidence that similar mineralisation exists on the Company’s tenements.
Figure 1: Kalgoorlie Gold Project tenure north of Kalgoorlie, showing Baden-Powell, Capricorn and Rockland and
nearby mines. Third-party mine names and resource figures are from public sources and are shown for location only.
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Mineral Resources
Capricorn and Baden-Powell host Inferred Mineral Resources totalling 1.25Mt @ 1.2 g/t Au for 48,500oz on a 100% basis
(Table 1). On completion, Dundas’s 85% share comprises approximately 41,200oz. Neither deposit has been
commercially mined, apart from minor historical slot-cut workings at Baden-Powell.
Deposit Mining lease Category Tonnes Au (g/t)
Contained Au
(oz)
Cut-off (g/t Au)
Capricorn M24/1004 Inferred 659,300 1.2 25,500 0.5
Baden-Powell M24/959 Inferred 595,000 1.2 23,000 0.5
Total Inferred 1,254,300 1.2 48,500
Dundas share on
completion (85%)
41,200
Table 1: Mineral Resources on a 100% basis. The Capricorn estimate was first reported by Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX: HRZ now MRT) on 28
September 2022 (at a substantially lower gold price) and was reported by the Company on 11 March 2026. The Baden-Powell estimate was reported
by the Company on 7 April 2026. Cut-off grades and estimation parameters are set out in those announcements.
Rockland (M24/974)
Rockland is the Company’s discovery at the southern end of the corridor. The Company exercised its option to acquire
100% of the Rockland mining lease in July 2026, subject to a 1.5% net smelter return royalty (ASX: 29 July 2026). Drilling
has outlined a 1km zone of gold mineralisation (ASX: 12 December 2024 and 21 January 2025) in stacked, east-dipping
shoots that remain open down dip.
The best results include 3m @ 6.94 g/t Au from 138m in 26RKRC005 (ASX: 23 June 2026), and 12m @ 1.25 g/t Au from
168m and 4m @ 4.87 g/t Au from 200m in 26RKRC011 on the southern drill line (ASX: 23 September 2026). Seven of
the eight recent drill holes intersected gold mineralisation. The drill rig is due back at Rockland shortly to continue resource
definition drilling.
Capricorn (M24/1004, 85% on completion)
Capricorn hosts an Inferred Mineral Resource of 659,300t @ 1.2 g/t Au for 25,500oz, which extends to about 135m depth
over more than 250m of strike (ASX: 11 March 2026). The mining lease was granted in April 2026, and the heritage survey
completed in July 2026 returning the entire survey area clear (ASX: 13 April 2026 and 21 July 2026).
Previous Dundas drilling at southern Capricorn returned 3m @ 9.14 g/t Au from 114m in 23WDRC003 (ASX: 6 February
2024).
Aquarius and Gemini
Between Capricorn and Rockland, Dundas’ drilling at Aquarius returned 3m @ 10.2 g/t Au from 109m, including 1m @
29.6 g/t Au from 109m, in 23WDRC012 (ASX: 6 February 2024). Aquarius remains effectively untested below shallow
depths.
At the northern end of the corridor, aircore drilling at the 100%-owned Gemini prospect by a previous explorer in 2020–
21 returned 2m @ 26.68 g/t Au from 35m in WAC20019. The other ten aircore holes returned no significant results. These
are historical results: the holes were not surveyed downhole or geologically logged, and the data are not suitable for
Mineral Resource estimation (ASX: 3 September 2026).
Baden-Powell (85% on completion)
Baden-Powell lies at the northern end of the project, less than 1km from the Goldfields Highway (Figure 1). It hosts an
Inferred Mineral Resource of 595,000t @ 1.2 g/t Au for 23,000oz in sub-vertical lodes that remain open to the north, south
and at depth, with most of the resource within 100m of surface (ASX: 7 April 2026). Baden-Powell was drilled as part of
the current programme, and assays are expected through the December quarter.
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Option Exercise Terms
The material terms of the Deed, and the effect of the exercise, are summarised below.
Term Detail
Interest acquired
An 85% legal and beneficial interest in the Project tenements, including mining leases M24/919,
M24/959 and M24/1004
Option fee (paid) $500,000, comprising $250,000 in cash and $250,000 in Dundas shares
Minimum expenditure (met) $500,000 of exploration expenditure on the tenements
Completion Consideration
At the election of the Company, $1,000,000, to be satisfied via the issue of Dundas shares, as approved
by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 October 2026. The Shares will be issued
at the deemed issue price of the 20-day VWAP immediately prior to (but excluding) the date of issue. The
shares will be voluntarily escrowed for six months from the date of issue. The shares will be issued to
BMGL (or its nominee), with Maritana expecting to become a substantial shareholder in the Company
upon the completion
Completion
10 Business Days after the exercise notice, unless otherwise agreed. Registration of the transfer of the
mining leases requires Ministerial consent; until then BMGL holds the Company’s interest on trust
Free carry and joint venture
BMGL retains 15%, free-carried until a decision to mine, with Dundas sole-funding exploration and
keeping the tenements in good standing. A decision to mine requires a feasibility study, unless the parties
agree otherwise. The parties then form an 85:15 joint venture with Dundas as the manager of the joint
venture. A party that does not contribute to the joint venture will be diluted, and an interest of 5% or less
converts to a 2.5% net smelter return royalty capped at 50,000oz
Ore processing
Under the joint venture terms, BMGL has a priority right to process ore from the Project tenements. If
Dundas secures a lower total processing price elsewhere, including the cost of transport, BMGL may
match it; if it does not, Dundas may process the ore elsewhere
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Figure 2: Tenement plan showing the interpreted mineralised corridor from Rockland through Aquarius and Capricorn to
Gemini, with selected previously reported intercepts (ASX: 3 September 2026).
Processing Infrastructure
The project lies within trucking distance of several gold processing plants, including Paddington (Norton Gold Fields) to
the south and Davyhurst (Ora Banda Mining Limited, ASX: OBM) to the west. Maritana is building its own processing plant
nearby, the Black Swan Processing Hub near Kalgoorlie, planned at 2.5Mtpa with first production targeted in the second
half of 2027 (MRT: 9 June 2026). Maritana holds a priority right to treat ore from the Project, retains a 15% interest in the
Project and is expected to become a substantial shareholder in Dundas. The Company sees this close alignment with a
processor building a new plant in the district, at both the project and shareholder level, as a key strength of the acquisition.
No agreement has been entered into to process ore from the Project, and no mining study has been completed.
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Next Steps
• Completion of the acquisition, 10 Business Days after the exercise notice, issue of the consideration shares and
applications for Ministerial consent
• Assays from Baden-Powell and the remaining Capricorn holes, expected through the December quarter
• Resource definition drilling at Rockland, due to start shortly
• Continued work towards updated Mineral Resource estimates for the project
References
1 30/08/2023 Dundas Minerals Secures Two Kalgoorlie Region Gold Projects
2 06/02/2024 High Grade Gold Intercepts from Windanya Drilling
3 12/12/2024 New 1km Zone of Gold Mineralisation Discovered from RC Drilling at Rockland
4 21/01/2025 High-Grade Intercepts Confirm 1km Mineralised Trend
5 11/03/2026 Presentation and Strategy
6 07/04/2026 Dundas Exercises Rockland Gold Project Option
7 13/04/2026 Mining Lease Granted for Capricorn Gold Project
8 23/06/2026 Rockland 1m Re-Assay Results
9 21/07/2026 Heritage Survey Clear – Kalgoorlie Projects
10 29/07/2026 Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report – June 2026
11 02/09/2026 Drilling Commences at Kalgoorlie Gold Projects
12 03/09/2026 Kalgoorlie Gold Belt Consolidated – High-Grade Gold Mineralisation Acquired
13 23/09/2026 Rockland Drilling Extends Gold Mineralisation
14 03/11/2026 Capricorn and Rockland Drilling Results
15 28/09/2022 Gold Resources Increase to 1.24m oz (Horizon Minerals Limited, ASX: HRZ)
16 09/06/2026 BSPH Project Increases Capacity to 2.5Mt Per Annum (Maritana Minerals Limited, ASX: MRT)
- ENDS -
This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Dundas Minerals Limited.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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ABOUT DUNDAS MINERALS LIMITED
Dundas Minerals Limited (ASX: DUN) is an Australian gold exploration company with a portfolio of projects located in Western
Australia. The Company’s strategy is focused on advancing precious metal exploration assets across both established mining
districts and under explored frontier regions with demonstrated geological prospectivity.
Dundas holds a portfolio of gold projects in the blue-chip Kalgoorlie goldfields with interests in three gold projects - Rockland
(discovery stage), Capricorn (resource) and Baden-Powell (resource) - all of which are previously relatively unmined, open-
ended and located within close proximity of existing gold processing infrastructure. In addition, Dundas has extensive gold
exploration holdings north of the Gruyere mine (Romano Project). The Company is led by an experienced management team
with a strong track record in exploration, development and financing.
COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Competent Person’s Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results is based on, and fairly represents, information and
supporting documentation compiled and reviewed by Mr Jonathan Downes, a Member of the Australian Institute of
Geoscientists. Mr Downes is Managing Director and a full-time employee of Dundas Minerals Limited, and holds shares and
options in the Company. Mr Downes has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under
consideration, and to the activity being undertaken, 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 Downes consents to the
inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Previously Reported Results and Mineral Resources
Previously announced exploration results referred to in this announcement are extracted from the Company’s ASX
announcements listed in the References above. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that
materially affects the information included in those announcements, and that the form and context in which the Competent
Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original announcements. Readers are referred to
those announcements for full details, including their JORC Table 1 disclosures.
The Capricorn Mineral Resource referred to in this announcement was originally reported by Horizon Minerals Limited on 28
September 2022 and has been reported by the Company in its ASX announcement dated 11 March 2026. The Company
confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in that announcement,
that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimate continue to apply and have not materially
changed, and that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially
modified.
Third-Party Information
Information in this announcement about Maritana Minerals Limited, the Black Swan processing hub and other third-party
operations is drawn from those parties’ public announcements and has not been independently verified by Dundas.
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by
the use of words such as “seek”, “target”, “anticipate”, “forecast”, “believe”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect” and “intend”, and
statements that an event or result “may”, “will”, “should”, “could” or “might” occur or be achieved, and other similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. The forward-looking statements in this announcement
reflect views held only as at the date of this announcement.
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Appendix 1: Schedule of Tenements
Tenement Id Project Status
M24/0919 Windanya Granted
M24/0959 Windanya Granted
M24/1004 Capricorn Granted
M24/1020 Baden-Powell Granted
P24/5464 Baden-Powell Granted
P24/5507 Baden-Powell Granted
P24/5508 Baden-Powell Granted
P24/5687 Windanya Granted
P24/5800 Windanya Granted
P24/5801 Windanya Granted
P24/5802 Windanya Granted
P24/5803 Windanya Granted
P24/5804 Windanya Granted
P24/5805 Windanya Granted
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