Webinar Presentation - Comstock Pathway to Production
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19 August 2026
ASX Market Release
Webinar Presentation: Comstock - Pathway to Production
Aureka Limited (the Company or Aureka) provides the following Presentation which will be delivered to
Shareholder’s at the webinar today, Wednesday 19 August 2026 at 12.00pm AEST.
This announcement has been approved for release by the Managing Director.
For further information, please contact:
James Gurry
Managing Director
James.Gurry@aureka.com.au
+61 451 349 688
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Tolling Partnership:
Comstock’s Path to Production
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Competent Person Statement
The Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves statements and the Exploration Target potential statement are based on and fairly represents, information and supporting
documentation prepared by the Competent Persons. The Mineral Resources, Exploration Targets and Ore Reserves statement has been approved by Mr Jozef Story, who is a
Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG) (#10079). Mr. Story has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under
consideration and to the activity currently 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. Story consents to the publishing of the information in this presentation in the form and context in which it appears.The
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assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant ASX announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.
Forward
Looking
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Exploration Target
On 18 June 2026, Aureka Limited ASX:AKA announced the increase to their maiden gold Exploration Target at its flagship 100%-owned Irvine Gold Project in Victoria, Australia. Notably, the Exploration Target upgrade was
constrained to the current drill footprint at the Resolution lode. The Exploration Target relating to and Adventure lode remains unchanged from the 2021 Maiden Resourced announce on 30 March 2021 by Navarre Minerals
Limited. The potential quantity and grade of both the Resolution Lode and Adventure Lode Exploration Targets are conceptual in nature, as at the time of reporting, there has been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral
Resource within these two areas and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the estimation of a Mineral Resource in relation to these Exploration Targets. The Exploration Target has been prepared and reported in
accordance with the 2012 edition of the JORC Code. The Navarre portfolio was purchased and rebranded by the Aureka team in 2024. Significant potential exists to increase the size of the exploration target with additional drill
results beyond the Exploration Target area. On 26 May 2025, Aureka (ASX.AKA), announced an updated Exploration Target total to include for historic drilling at St Arnaud, yielding a maiden JORC resource and Exploration Target.
Summary of Relevant Exploration Data, Methodology, and Assumptions
Previously engaged consultants had, in conjunction with Company personnel generated an estimate of the Exploration Target for the Resolution and Adventure prospects. These Exploration Targets represent the strike and
depth/plunge extensions to the Mineral Resources defined for both deposits. The results of this estimation are presented in Table 1 for the combined Exploration Targets. The Resolution and Adventure prospects are intersected by
a predominantly west dipping shear zone which broadly mimics the strike of the Irvine basalt dome. Gold occurs on or adjacent to the shear zone, typically on meta-basalt/meta-sediment contacts where the rheological contrast
provides an ideal locale for shearing and mineralisation. The attitude of the contacts also influences the shear geometry resulting in localised, high-grade gold shoots.
The Exploration Target was based on the interpretation of the following geology and mineralisation data that had been collated as part of the 2021 MRE statement:
42 structurally oriented diamond drillholes and169 aircore drill holes drilled by Navarre Minerals (NML) and 8 structurally oriented diamond drillholes drilled by Aureka Liminted for a total of 28,152 m at the Resolution,
10 structurally oriented diamond drillholes and 195 aircore, drill holes for a total of 17,952 m at the Resolution prospect that have been drilled by Navarre Minerals (NML),
985 density measurements on mineralised diamond drill core, and the determined SG’s were applied to the appropriate lithological units involved with the Exploration Target,
surface geological mapping, costean data and diamond core geological logging,
detailed LiDAR imagery,
geophysical datasets including detailed ground magnetic and 3D induced polarisation, and
wireframing and modelling of the Resolution and Adventure mineralised bodies.
Two Advanced and four Conceptual Exploration Targets have been defined at the Resolution prospect. Targets considered Advanced are up-dip or along strike of known mineralisation and proximal to some anomalous legacy
aircore drilling and favourable geophysical response and range between 2.0 g/t gold and 2.3 g/t gold and because the exact dimensions are unknown, a lower limit of half the upper limit results in 1.33Mt, assuming trend derived
when calculating the the MRE update. Advance ET 1 was defined using the upper limit strike of 540m, down dip of 400m (excludes the area of shallow AC holes and only includes fresh rock material), a width of 3m and a density of
3.8 g/cc and an average grade between 2.0g/t to 2.3g/t for a half the upper limit of 450kt; Advance ET 2 was defined using the upper limit strike of 1500m, down dip of 100m, a width of 5m and a density of 2.3 g/cc and an average
grade between 2.0g/t to 2.3g/t for a half the upper limit of 880kt. Targets considered Conceptual exist to the west of the main line of Lode, however form extensions to known historic mines. Broad trends are evident on the TMI
data however there is a lack of modern sampling data. The Conceptual Exploration Targets were defined using an upper limit strike of 4,000m, down dip of 100m, a width of 5m and a density of 2.35 g/cc and an average grade
between 2.0g/t to 2.3g/t for a half the upper limit of 2.35Mt.
For the Adventure prospect Exploration Target remains unchanged from 30March 2021 Maiden MRE and was estimated based on the wide spaced exploration drilling that has been completed to date. The mineralisation as
defined by these drill results does not currently have adequate confidence to be classified as a Mineral Resource. However, Mining Plus considers that the estimation of an Exploration Target is possible for the mineralised extents
that have been modelled. The ranges for tonnage, grade and ounces have been estimated using the Adventure block model results reported at a 1 g/t Au cut-off (Figure 10) for those estimated blocks remaining unclassified (that do
not satisfy the criteria of an Inferred Mineral Resource). A -20% and +30% range has then been applied to determine the ranges required for reporting an Exploration Target*. It is important to note that as these estimated blocks
do not meet the requirements of a Mineral Resource, there is increased likelihood of grade extrapolation, rather than interpolation, hence the application of suitable tonnage, grade and ounce ranges for the Adventure Prospect
Exploration Target. The upper grade, tonnage and ounces range of +30% has been based on the presence of two of the higher grade and thicker intercepts returned to date for Adventure being located at the base of the
Exploration Target.
Exploration
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Continuous Diamond Drilling & Attractive
Valuation
• Previously peak ~$150m Market Cap on these assets in 2020
• Low EV = attractive EV per ounce of JORC
>450koz of JORC Resource1 and >600koz ETs1
• Stawell Irvine: JORC Inferred (398koz @ 2.59g/t)1
+ Advanced Exploration Target* (85-197koz @ 2-2.3g/t)1
+ Conceptual Exploration Target* (151-348koz @ 2-2.3g/t
• St Arnaud Comstock: JORC Inferred (56koz @ 1.21g/t)
+ Exploration Target* (112-116koz @ 1.2-1.0g/t)2
• Mining licence submitted
Advanced Stage Gold Projects
• Existing discoveries and substantial projects
• Projects are proximate to operating mines
• Long term approach (e.g. permanent land access)
• Toll milling partnership locked in
Clean Balance Sheet & Top Tier Team
• Top Tier Director and Executive team
• No debt and well-funded for continuous drilling
• Backed by small Institutions and HNWs
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*The potential quality and grade of this exploration target is conceptual in nature, there is currently insufficient exploration completed to support a mineral resource of this size and it is
uncertain whether continued exploration will result in the estimation of a JORC resource. The exploration target has been prepared in accordance with the JORC Code (2012). A detailed basis
for this statement, including the completed exploration activity, has been provided on slide 3 of this presentation
1 ASX Release 18 June 2026: Global JORC Resource Increase to over 450Koz. ASX Announcement: 13 Jun 2025: AKA - St Arnaud Maiden JORC MRE and Exploration Target Amended.
Path to production: Million-ounce potential + mill partnership
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Comstock Project (St Arnaud)
• Walkers - Why Walkers pit is preferred pathway.
• Process for the issuing of production licence.
• Milling - Gold processing partnership with the
Wedderburn Mill.
• Drilling - Infill drilling update including latest visual gold
results.
Exploration & Strategy
• Complementary assets – how the first up production from
Comstock helps and has synergies with the flagship Irvine
Project.
Question & Answer
Introduction to Chief Operating Offi cer – Zane Smith
Mine and major government strategic infrastructure project
management, with extensive Victorian approvals experience
Incentivised to deliver production.
Agenda: St Arnaud Comstock Gold & Silver Project
Pathway to Production
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Comstock Gold & Silver Project - potential site layout
focused around the Walkers Pit.
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Concept Study:
Input from Measured Group Pty Ltd and
Minserve Pty Ltd, Core Prospecting Pty Ltd
Located entirely within previously disturbed
site
The existing Walkers Pit,
- along existing road
- pit ramp access
- last used for production in 1990s
Modest upfront capital:
Capital required relates to onsite set up, site
overheads and working capital rather than
extensive earthworks and pre-mine
development.
Comstock – Walkers – identified as potential starter pit
ASX Release 1-July-2026: Comstock study update: Walkers Pit Selected / Licencing Submitted
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Comstock – Walkers – identified as potential starter pit
ASX Release 1-July-2026: Comstock study update: Walkers Pit Selected / Licencing Submitted
ASX Release: 10-August-2026: Comstock drilling visible gold. Star indicates location of observed visible gold.
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Comstock – Licence Application
Objective at Comstock is to deliver a fast to
market low capital start-up operation.
Applied for a small mining licence, known as a
Prospecting Licence (PL).
Advertising has occurred
Stakeholders and community engaged
Decision expected within 12 months
Small footprint: <5 hectares
Limited life (up to 7 years)
Offsite processing.
Proposed project located
entirely within previously
disturbed site on Crown
Land.
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Comstock outside St Arnaud, Walk ers pit infi ll drilling
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Comstock Gold & Silver Project - Fast track approval process
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Previously mined site
Key Advantages: Offsite processing
Small footprint
(5 hectares)
Limited life
(up to 7 years)
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W E D D E R B U R N M I L L I N G F A C I L I T Y :
E C O N O M I C D I S T A N C E S F O R
T R U C K I N G O F O R E
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The Wedderburn milling facility, located at the historic Hit and Miss mine site, has been active since the 1960s.
45km to Comstock
135km to Irvine Gold Project
Compares to ~90km to Fiddlers Creek (mine site that currently feeds the mill)
Aureka to consider processing ore from other operations at Wedderburn including the Irvine Gold Project in the Stawell Corridor.
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Wedderburn Mill
Mill Fully Permitted and Ramping Up
• 3 years from first production,
• Tolling fees are to be charged on a cost-plus basis.,
• Shared objective of increasing utilization for benefit of both parties
• Ability to sponsor and fund mill expansions and improvements.
• Installed capacity ~42,000 tonnes per year
• Currently operating to demand on batch processing (2 days per week)
• Currently operated 5 tonnes per hour (12kt/yr)
• Permitted to operate 5 days per week 8-6pm plus half day Saturday
• Total current capacity ~17 tonnes per hour (42kt/yr) (on 80% uptime)
• Gravity and floatation recovery
• Wet and dry stack tailings facilities on site.
• Licenced for toll treatment for third parties.
• Ore crushed and screened to 20mm
• Ore loaded to crusher and ball mill by Front End Loader
• Crush circuit and gravity mill separate circuits
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Comstock infill drilling program – visible gold encountered
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ASX Release 10 August 2026 - Comstock – multiple visible gold
intersections in Walkers ZONE
Prospet
Cut-Off
Gold (g/t)
Inferred
Tonnes Gold Grade (g/t) Gold Ounces
Resolution OP* >0.5 1,775,000 2.16 123,000
Adventure OP >0.6 680,000 1.85 40,300
Total Irvine Open Pit* Various 2,455,000 2.07 163,300
Resolution UG* >1.0 2,335,000 3.13 235,000
Total Irvine (Stawell) Various 4,790,000 2.59 398,300
Stawell Corridor – Irvine Gold Project
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Southern Trend
Three prospective basalt
contacts underneath
Tertiary basalt cover
398koz Au Resource
with
85-197koz Advanced ET
181-348koz Conceptual ET
Irvine (+94koz Au)
Added*
398koz Au MRE
+500koz
Exploration Target
1 ASX Release 18 June 2026: Global JORC Resource Increase to over 450Koz.
Aureka tenements (70km)
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Irvine Project: 398k ounces of JORC Inferred gold
ASX Release: 18 August 2026: Irvine Geologist Reaffirms Targets
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Stawell Corridor – 94koz Added to Irvine MRE
Zone Tonnes Grade Ounces %OP %UG Zone Tonnes Grade Ounces %OP %UG
Resolution Fault 2,165,000 2.54 177,000 47% 53% Tenacity HW 2 245,000 0.88 7,000 100% 0%
Resolution HW 2 510,000 2.29 37,000 12% 88% VG Domain 5,000 55.12 13,000 0% 100%
Resolution FW 1 15,000 2.28 1,000 100% 0% Link Zone 10,000 0.63 - 100% 0%
Resolution FW 2 10,000 0.93 - 100% 0% Resolution Low Angle 20,000 1.26 1,000 100% 0%
Tenacity Fault 1,055,000 3.30 112,000 34% 66% Resolution FW East 20,000 11.72 7,000 100% 0%
Tenacity HW 1 55,000 1.20 2,000 21% 79% Total 4,110,000 2.71 358,000 43% 57%
Resolution MRE:
• 11 domains.
• Based on reinterpretation of
geological & structural model &
persistent additional 2025 DD
• Ongoing drilling programs continue
to drill test targets aiming to grow
Moz potential
Refer: ASX Release 18 June 2026: Global JORC
Resource Increase to over 450Koz.
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Irvine Gold Project – Exploration Strategy Corridor
Updated Interpretation improves underlying structural
architecture understanding – Reaffirms targeting potential
• Geophysical data reviewed my renowned geophysicist Dr Barry
Murphy - led discovery of 5.5 Moz Au Bankan Gold Project, Guinea.
• NW trending central mafic corridor flanked by sediments &
controlled by several major NW trending strike parallel faults.
• Numerous localised NE trending orthogonal faults cross-cutting
the major NW trending structures.
• Suggests a spatial relationship between the localised fault trends
and the major NW trending regional structures.
• Localised structural complexity represents increased targeting
confidence.
• Reiterates the discovery potential within the recently released
236koz to 545koz advanced and conceptual Exploration Targets.
• Possibility to further define and discover addition mineralisation
and continue to grow the current 398koz inferred JORC Resource.
JORC & Exploration Target references: ASX Release 18 June 2026: Global JORC Resource Increase to over 450Koz.
Geology update references: ASX Release 18th June 2026: Renowned Geologist Reaffirms Targets
Complementary assets: how they work together
A complementary set of gold projects that work together:
Comstock Gold & Silver start up: low capex opportunistic (brownfield site, high gold price, available mill)
Wedderburn Milling partnership: offsite processing with spare capacity, binding agreement
Irvine Gold Project: Start up FCF can help grow & derisk Irvine as company making project
ASX Release, 18 Jun 2026: Global Resource increase to over 450koz
ASX Release, 13 Jun 2025: St Arnaud Maiden JORC MRE and Exploration Target.
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What to expect from Aureka:
On-going diamond drilling (7k metres in 2025)
Irvine: Drill testing new ETs
Comstock: Infill program
Regional: Jubilee
Comstock: JORC update (Q4 2026)
Comstock: Licence approval (1H 2027)
Strategy to Commercialisation
Comstock: opportunistic early producer
Wedderburn Tolling Partnership
Irvine: million-ounce potential, freehold land, successful
recent drilling on extensions of JORC Resource
Size of Prize is Huge
Neighbourhood of 5.3Moz Stawell Gold Mine
Substantial JORC Resource plus Exploration Targets
Right rocks and fertile system
First production licience application and milling
partnership in place
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*The potential quality and grade of this exploration target is conceptual in nature, there is currently insufficient exploration completed to support a mineral resource of this size, and it is uncertain whether
continued exploration will result in the estimation of a JORC resource. The exploration target has been prepared in accordance with the JORC Code (2012). A detailed basis for this statement, including the
completed exploration activity, has been provided on slide 3 of this presentation
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Graeme Hunt Non-Executive Chairman
James Gurry Managing Director
Richard Taylor Non-Executive Director
Angela Lorrigan Non-Executive Director – Technical Director
AKAAAC Performance rights: 10,300,000 (various strike prices 15c, 20c , 25c, 30c) AKAAAD Broker Options: 3,092,000 (exp, 8-Nov-27, strike $0.20). ZEPOS:
3,434,286 for Directors based on length of service.
$0.95
Share Price
~$16m
Market Cap
~$14m
Enterprise Value
$2.3m
Cash at Bank 30 June 2026
159m
Shares in Issue
CA PI TA L STR UCTUR E
$0
No debt
60.5%
3.9%
5.6%
30.0%
B O A R D OF DI R ECT O R S
I N ST I T U T I O N S
H N W / F A M I L Y OF F I CES
O T H ER
SHA R E REGI STER
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$3m Placement at 13c, a 5% premium to 15-day VWAP
Funds secured land, additional work programs and WC
1
$1.7m @ 6.5c prior to listing June 2024
2
$6.5m (received bids of $9m) to fund 12-month exploration program
$0.10 per share
October 2024
3
$3m Placement at 13c, a 5% premium to 15-day VWAP
Funds secured land, additional work programs and WC
June 2025
4
$3.6m Placement at 14c per share
Funds support on-going diamond drilling programs
December 2025
A U R EK A ’ S T OP 20 SH A R EH O L DER S
R EP R ESEN T 44% OF T H E CO M P A N Y
Landowner at Project
sites: Own or control 197
hectares (486 acres)
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Prospect
Cut-Off
Gold (g/t)
Inferred
Tonnes Gold Grade (g/t) Gold Ounces
Resolution Open Pit* >0.5 1,775,000 2.16 123,000
Adventure Open Pit >0.6 680,000 1.85 40,300
Total Irvine (Stawell) Open Pit* Various 2,455,000 2.07 163,300
Resolution Underground* >1.0 2,335,000 3.13 235,000
Total Irvine (Stawell) Various 4,790,000 2.59 398,300
Comstock (St Arnaud) >0.5 1,450,000 1.21 56,500
Total All Projects Various 6,240,000 2.27 454,800
Global – 455koz JORC Resource across 2 projects
JORC references: ASX Release 18 June 2026: Global JORC Resource Increase to over 450Koz.
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Meet the Team
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Board & Key Management… Incentivised to Deliver
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• BHP / Lihir Gold /
Newcrest
Broadspectrum /
• AGL Energy
• Head of Public Affairs
Newmont Asia Pacific
• Mineral Deposits /
PanAust / MMG
• Credit Suisse /
Deutsche Bank
• Red Hawk Iron Ore
(RHK)
• Southern Cross Gold
(SX2) / recipient of
Tasmania’s
Twelvetrees Medal
for services to
exploration
Barrick Mining Corp
(NYSE:GOLD),
Fosterville Gold Mine,
Castlemaine Goldfields
Aligned Executive Incentives:
•Share price hurdles 25c to 40c.
•100% increase in the JORC Resource
•Successful takeover, or final investment
decision on project development.
Mine leadership experience
Victoria, Tasmania,
Queensland and NT.
Zane
Smith
Chief Operating
Officer
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Irvine Gold Project – Exploration Strategy Corridor
Numerous Under-explored ETs
• 85-197koz Advanced ET
• 181-348koz Conceptual ET
• 50m line spaced UAV Magnetic survey assisting with definition of
subsurface geological features & underlying structural architecture
• Updated MRE combined with favourable Mag & IP offers long term
targeting pipeline to deliver further discovery successes
JORC & Exploration Target references: ASX Release 18 June 2026: Global JORC Resource Increase to over 450Koz.
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