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Minerals Exploration Limited (NZX: MEX) filed “Investor Presentation - Resource Rising Stars” with NZX on 13 October 2026, as an investor presentation announcement.

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13 October 2026
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Investor Presentation - Resource Rising Stars

Investor Presentation13 October 2026MEXMaterials

Brownfields Exploration
in New Zealand’s Hauraki

& Otago Goldfields

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Resources Rising Stars – SEPTEMBER 2026

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Disclaimer

Nature of Document

The purpose of this presentation is to provide general information about

Minerals Exploration Limited (ABN 85 650 124 324) (MEX) which is current

as at the date released unless otherwise specified. It is information in a

summary form and does not purport to be complete. The information in this

presentation should be read in conjunction with MEX ’s other

announcements lodged with the ASX.

No Advice or Offer

This presentation is presented for informational purposes only. It does not

constitute an offer, invitation, solicitation or recommendation or advice with

respect to the issue, purchase, or sale of any securities or other financial

products in MEX . It is not intended to be, and is not, a prospectus, product

disclosure statement, offering memorandum or private placement

memorandum for the purpose of Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act 2001.

It is not recommended that any person makes any investment decision in

relation to MEX based solely on this presentation. This presentation does

not necessarily contain all information which may be material to the making

of such a decision. Any investor should make its own

independent assessment and determination as to MEX ’s prospects prior to

making any investment decision and should not rely on the information in

this presentation for that purpose. This presentation does not constitute an

offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the

United States or to any “US person” (as defined in Regulation S under the

US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act)) (US Person).

Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US Persons

absent registration or an exemption from registration. MEX ’s shares have

not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or the

securities laws of any state or jurisdiction of the United States. This

presentation is not for distribution directly or indirectly in or into the United

States or to US Persons.

Except for statutory liability which cannot be excluded, MEX as well as its

officers, employees and advisers expressly disclaim any responsibility for

adequacy, accuracy, reasonableness or completeness of the material

contained in this presentation and exclude all liability whatsoever (including

in negligence) for any loss or damage which may be suffered by any person

as a consequence of any information in this presentation or any error or

omission therefrom. MEX accepts no responsibility to update any person

regarding any inaccuracy, omission or change in information in this

presentation or any other information made available to a person nor any

obligation to furnish any person with any further information.

Disclaimer/Forward Looking Information

This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements, guidance,

forecasts, estimates, prospects and projections in relation to future matters

that may involve risks or uncertainties and may involve significant items of

subjective judgement and assumptions of future events, which as at the

date of this presentation are considered reasonable, but that may or may

not eventuate (Forward Looking Statements). Forward Looking Statements

can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as,

‘anticipate’, ‘estimates’ ‘will’, ‘should’, ‘could’, ‘may’, ‘expects’, ‘plans’,

‘forecast’, ‘target’ or similar expressions and may include, without limitation,

statements regarding plans, strategies and objectives of management,

anticipated production and expected costs. Indications of, and guidance on

future earnings, cash flows, costs, financial position and performance are

also Forward-Looking Statements.

Persons reading this presentation are cautioned that such statements are

only predictions, and that actual future results or performance may be

materially different. Forward Looking Statements, opinions and estimates

included in this presentation are based on assumptions and contingencies

which are subject to change, without notice, as are statements about

market and industry trends, which are based on interpretation of current

market conditions. Forward Looking Statements are provided as a general

guide only and should not be relied on as a guarantee of future

performance.

Forward Looking Statements are subject to known and unknown risks,

uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual

results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially

different from those expressed or implied by such forward looking

information. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by

MEX that any Forward-Looking Statement will be achieved or proved to be

correct. Further, MEX disclaims any intent or obligations to update or revise

any Forward-Looking Statements whether as a result of new information,

estimates or options, future events or results or otherwise, unless required

to do so by law.

This presentation contains information relating to exploration results and

mineral resources reported by third parties in respect of projects located in

proximity to the Company’s tenements. Such information is provided for

illustrative purposes only and should not be interpreted as an indication

that similar results will be achieved on the Company’s tenements. The

Company has no interest in the neighbouring projects referred to and has

not independently verified the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the

third-party information. Mineralisation on projects in proximity to the

Company’s tenements is not necessarily indicative of mineralisation within

the Company’s own holdings.

JORC 2012 Competent Persons Statement

The information in this Report that relates to Exploration Results is based

on information compiled by Mr Peter Zitnan, who is a Member of the

Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Zitnan, who is Director of Otagold

Limited, has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of

mineralisation and type of deposit 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 Zitnan consents to the inclusion in

this Report of the matters based on the information in the form and

context in which it appears.

The information in this presentation that relates to Exploration Results is

extracted from the ASX announcements dated:

10 August 2026 - Glenorchy rock chip assays deliver high-grade results

23 June 2026 - Waitekauri - First Phase Drilling and High Grade Rock Chips

12 February 2026 - First Scotia Drilling Defines Large Gold System

4 November 2025 - High Grade Rock Chip Assays Confirm Major Gold

Potential

13 October 2025 - Drilling Commenced at Waitekauri Gold Project

1 September 2025 - Waitekauri drilling set to commence

27 June 2025 - High Grade Rock Chips at flagship Waitekauri Gold Project

19 May 2025 - Transformational NZ Gold Projects Acquisition

which are available at www.mineralsexploration.com.au. MEX confirms that

it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the

information included in the original announcements and that all material

assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the Exploration Results

in the original announcements continue to apply and have not materially

changed. MEX confirms that the form and context in which the Competent

Persons’ findings are presented have not been materially modified from the

original announcements.

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Corporate Snapshot

Shares on Issue

191m

Cash $A

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~2.8m

Enterprise Value $A

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8.5m

Options

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/

Performance Rights

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15.7m

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As at 30 June 2026

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As at 7 September 2026, based off a share price of 5.9c

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Includes unlisted options expiring at various dates, all are exercisable at 20c or 30c

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Total includes: 950,000 Class B performance rights, 2,500,000 Consideration performance

rights, 1,250,000 Director Incentive performance rights

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Share price (A$)

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Experienced Board & Management

Norman Seckold

Chairman

Mr Seckold is an experienced mining

executive who has spent more than

40 years in the full-time management

of natural resource companies, both in

Australia and overseas. He is currently

Executive Chair of Nickel Industries

(ASX:NIC), Alpha HPA (ASX: A4N).

Brett Mitchell

Executive Director

Mr Mitchell is an experienced

corporate finance executive with over

25 years of experience in venture

capital and equity capital markets,

leading transactions in the mining,

energy and life sciences sectors. He is

currently Executive Chair of Javelin

Minerals (ASX:JAV).

Alex Passmore

Non-Executive Director

Mr Passmore is a qualified geologist

and experienced corporate executive

having led many project acquisitions,

divestments and fund raisings in the

junior and mid cap resources sector

over the past 20 years.He is currently

Managing Director of New Murchison

Gold (ASX: NMG).

Jason Beckton

Non-Executive Director

Mr Beckton has been working as a

geologist for 30 years. He has

extensive experience in the

Australian gold industry, including in

management roles. He is currently

Managing Director of European

Resources Ltd (ASX: ERE) and Non-

Executive Director of American Rare

Earths (ASX: ARR) and Cipango

Japan (unlisted).

Peter Zitnan

NZ Based CEO / Chief Geologist

Mr Zitnan is a geologist with 20

years’ experience in exploration for

porphyries and epithermal gold

deposits around the world. He was

involved in discovery of +1Moz Au

porphyry deposit (Biely Vrch) in

Slovakia and has 5 years production

experience from the Rozalia gold

mine in Slovakia.

Mr McDonald has practiced law for

more than 25 years and overlapped

legal, corporate secretarial and non-

executive director roles along with

management roles in the mineral

resources sector. This included as

Managing Director of Cerro Resources

and Santana Minerals Limited from 2013

to 2019 and then as non-executive

Director until retired in 2024.

Tony McDonald

Non-Executive Director

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Waitekauri –

Tier 1 Brownfields

Gold Project

World Class Hauraki Goldfield

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•MEX owns 100% of four brownfields NZ gold exploration

projects in the North (epithermal) and South (orogenic)

Island gold belts

•Flagship asset is Waitekauri Epithermal Gold Project – only

8km west of OceanaGold Corporation’s (OGC) Waihi gold

mine (+12Moz Au), and 4.5km southwest from OGC’s WKP

(2.2Moz Au @ 14.3g/t) discovery

•Waitekauri is within the Hauraki Goldfield, sits in a NE/SW

heavily mineralised Au belt hosting three other +1Moz Au,

high grade epithermal deposits

•Waitekauri historical production ~29koz at 48g/t Au+Ag

(bullion)

•South Island Orogenic gold+/- tungsten projects –

Invincible and Oturehua – Oturehua is only 20km from

Santana’s 2.2Moz Bendigo-Ophir and 50km from OGC’s

Macraes mine

•Led by highly successful mining executive Norm Seckold as

the largest MEX shareholder and Chairman

Waitekauri Gold Project

Compelling Brownfields Gold Opportunity

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•Waitekauricomprises58km

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of highly prospective

ground inthe rich Hauraki Goldfield – over 160 years

of gold production, 50 epithermal mines

•Historical production from Hauraki Goldfields of

+15Moz Au and 60Moz Ag

•Located adjacent to four +1Moz Au-Ag deposits

(Waihi, WKP, Golden Cross, Karangahake),

•Set on the NE/SW mineralised trend of three +1Moz

Au-Ag deposits – WKP, Golden Cross,Karangahake

•Waihi has well established mining infrastructure and

skilled workforce

•Waitekauri has threehigh-priority gold prospects

being Jubilee, Scotia, Sovereign

Waitekauri Gold Project Overview

Multi-million-ounce opportunity in world-class goldfield

OVERVIEW

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Waitekauri Exploration to Date

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•2,600m drilling completed at Scotia and Jubilee

prospects – Phase 1 completed

•1,500 rock and soil geochemical samples

collected

•Aero mag drone survey completed over central

Waitekauri valley – analysis underway

•Best intercept to date - 71 m @ 0.52g/t Au incl.

3.5m @ 5g/t Au from Scotia (TGW002A)

•TGW008 – 27.7m @ 0.08g/t Au and 21.5g/t Ag

from 184.1m, including 0.36% Pb, 0.2% Zn and

0.1% Cu from NW-SE to E-W trending structure

at Jubilee

TGW008 – low grade wide qtz + base metal sulphide vein zone

Refer to MEX:ASX 12 February 2026 and 23 June 2026

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High-grade Rock Chips — Jubilee North

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Jubilee North –362 g/t Au

Jubilee North –230 g/t Au

•Near aeromag low-high boundary, never drill tested

Refer to MEX:ASX 23 June 2026

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Sovereign — 2,273 g/t Au Float

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Visible Au

Visible Au

Refer to MEX:ASX 23 June 2026

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Drilling at Jubilee

Drilling as close as

possible to Bonanza

style Au-Ag low

sulphidation shoots

within structures

hosting vein zones

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South Island Orogenic Au

Brownfields Exploration

Portfolio

Otago Goldfields

Glenorchy Tungsten

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South Island Gold/Tungsten Portfolio

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•Invincible: historic high-grade gold mine; newly

identified scheelite mineralisation

•Glenorchy: proven tungsten-gold field with multiple

historic lodes, channel samples and historical drilling

results

•Oturehua: permitted, privately held farmland setting

around the historic Golden Progress Mine

Current exploration work has focused on establishing

drill targets, verifying historic results and converting

historical data into modern exploration programs

Brownfields projects with clear near-term catalysts

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Invincible Gold Project

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Historic gold-tungsten field with multiple brownfields targets

OVERVIEW

•Invincible Gold Project, 164 km

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prospecting permit, targeting

similar style mineralization as Macraes (OGC) and Bendigo-

Ophir (SMI) – gold/tungsten bearing veins

•Historic Invincible Gold Mine - The gold/tungsten veins

produced at an average grade of 30g/t Au in production from

the 1880’s – 1910’s

•No modern exploration has systematically tested the

relationship between gold and tungsten mineralisation

across the Glenorchy field.

•Multiple shallow-dipping, repeated mineralised structures

provide clear targets for follow-up drilling.

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Invincible Project Historic Tungsten Glenorchy

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OVERVIEW

Refer to MEX:ASX 10 August 2026

•The Glenorchy scheelite field contains more than 60

quartz ±scheelite ±gold fault-veins

•The largest scheelite-producing field in New Zealand

•Historical sources compiledapproximately 2,200 tons of

scheelite concentrate at about 70% WO₃

•Selective grab samples from the historic State Mine

mullock returned up to 37.4 g/t Au and 1.82% W, and

2.63% W from Davidsons Mine

Image: Davidsons Mine,

Scheelite under UV light

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•32.4km

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exploration permit,

located on privately owned

farmland

Golden Progress Gold Mine:

•Historical production

estimated at 15-20koz @

48.8g/t Au

•~30km South-Eastfrom

Santana Minerals (ASX-SMI)

2.2Moz @ 2.3g/t Au

Bendigo-Ophir deposit

•~40km North-Westfrom

OCG’s Macraes>10Moz gold

producer

•Mapping underway ahead of

first drill program planning

Oturehua Gold Project – Golden Progress Mine

OVERVIEW

Headframe at Oturehua’s

Golden Progress Mine

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MEX Investment Summary

Highly compelling gold

exploration assets in a

Tier-1 location, within

historic gold fields

Brownfields Au

Exploration Focus

– Waitekauri,

Oturehua and

Invincible, all

historic gold mines

Led by Norm Seckold,

outstanding ASX track

record of mineral

exploration and mining

project development

(NIC, A4N, SMI)

Flagship Waitekauri

exploration project

- located within major

Au mineralised system,

in same structural

corridor as WKP

Ongoing news pipeline

with exploration activity

through 2026/27

– Waitekauri on North

Island, Invincible and

Oturehua on South

Island

Highly leveraged to

exploration success

- Enterprise Value

of ~$8.5m

(@ 5.9c/share)

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As at 30 June 2026

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As at 7 September 2026

Waitekauri has potential

to host major Au

deposits, as shown by

the four +1Moz deposits-

Waihi, WKP, Golden Cross

and Karangahake

Glenorchy Historic

Tungsten Project –

largest historic

producing scheelite field

in NZ

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FOR ENQUIRIES CONTACT:

Brett Mitchell

Executive Director

+61 8 6319 1900

bmitchell@mineralsexploration.com.au

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