Great Northern Minerals Limited
Annual Report 2021

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Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Consolidated Annual Report For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 CONTENTS Corporate Directory Chairman’s Letter Directors’ Report Consolidated Financial Statements Auditor's Independence Declaration Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements Directors' Declaration Independent Audit Report Additional Information for Public Listed Companies Interest in Mining Tenements Page 1 2 3 33 34 35 36 38 39 64 65 71 77 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Corporate Directory DIRECTORS Mr Kim Robinson (Non-Executive Chairman) Mr Cameron McLean (CEO & Managing Director) Mr Simon Coxhell (Technical Director) Mr Simon Peters (Non-Executive Director) COMPANY SECRETARY Miss Aida Tabakovic REGISTERED OFFICE & PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS Level 1, 33 Colin Street WEST PERTH WA 6005 AUSTRALIA Website: www.greatnorthernminerals.com.au SHARE REGISTRY Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd Level 11, 172 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 Telephone: 1300 787 272 AUDITORS William Buck Audit (WA) Pty Ltd Level 3, 15 Labouchere Road South Perth WA 6151 LEGAL ADVISORS Nova Legal Level 2, 50 Kings Park Road West Perth WA 6005 STOCK EXCHANGE Australian Securities Exchange Limited ASX Code: GNM, GNMOA, GNMOB, GNMOF 1 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Chairman’s Letter On behalf of Great Northern Minerals (“GNM” or “Company”) Directors it is my pleasure to present the 2021 Annual Report for GNM. I wish to take this opportunity to welcome all new shareholders and to thank our longer standing shareholders for their support in what has been a busy and challenging year. During the year, funds raised have facilitated the systematic drilling of our Big Rush and Camel Creek gold projects. A total of 9604 metres of reverse circulation (RC) drilling was completed at Camel Creek and 3634 metres of RC drilling at Big Rush was completed, followed by 4 diamond holes for 1040 metres of drilling. Subsequent to June 2021, and additional 15 RC holes for 3262 metres were also drilled, and planning for a deeper diamond drilling program is well underway. At Camel Creek, where previous historic mining activities extend over approximately 3 kilometres, your company completed systematic drilling over 2 kilometres of this and highlighted a number of zones of higher grade gold mineralisation, with a large number of significant results returned from many holes. An initial JORC resource estimate based on the drilling completed is planned to be complete by the end of 2021. The drilling at Big Rush, resulted in a resource upgrade from 47,000 ounces to 154,000 ounces early in 2021. Despite travel restrictions and constant quarantine requirements GNM safely carried out 6 separate drill programs and as a result have gained a significantly greater understanding of the gold systems we own. GNM looks forward to an initial resource estimate for the Camel Creek project later in the year which it anticipates will increase its profile amongst its peers. Finally I wish to thank the staff, management, contractors and my fellow directors for their commitment under challenging conditions. We are all dedicated to continuing the focus on the growth of GNM for the benefit of all shareholders. Kim Robinson Chairman 2 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Your directors present their Report on Great Northern Minerals Limited (the “Company” or “GNM”) and its controlled entities (the “Group”) for the financial year ended 30 June 2021. Directors The names of Directors who held office during or since the end of the year: Name Mr Kim Robinson Mr Cameron McLean Mr Simon Coxhell Mr Simon Peters Non-Executive Chairman CEO & Managing Director Technical Director Non-Executive Director Directors’ Qualifications and Experience DIRECTOR Kim Robinson Qualifications Appointment Date Experience Interests in shares and options Other directorships in listed entities held in the previous three years Cameron McLean Qualifications Appointment Date Experience Interest in shares and options Other directorships in listed entities held in DETAILS (Non-Executive Chairman) - 1 April 2020 Mr Robinson has over 35 years’ experience in mineral exploration and mining having graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1973 with a degree in Geology. His experience is extensive including 10 years as Executive Chairman of Forrestania Gold NL. During his time at Forrestania, Mr Robinson played a key role in the discovery and development of the Bounty Gold Mine, the development of the Mt McClure Gold Mine and the discovery of the Maggie Hays and Emily Ann nickel sulphide deposits. Mr Robinson was also a Non-Executive Director of Jubilee Mines NL in the period leading up to the discovery and development of the Cosmos Nickel Mine. Mr Robinson was a founding Director of Kagara Ltd where he held the position of Executive Chairman for a period of 12 years until February 2011. During this time, he oversaw the development of Kagara’s North Queensland base metal operations, the listing of Mungana Goldmines Ltd on the ASX and the acquisition and development of the high grade Lounge Lizard nickel deposit in Western Australia. Mr Robinson also served as Managing Director at Energia Minerals Ltd. 3,503,759 Ordinary Shares 6,000,000 Listed Options exercisable at $0.01 on or before 1 November 2022, 187,970 Listed Options exercisable at $0.022on or before 1 July 2023. None (CEO & Managing Director) - 12 October 2018 Cameron McLean has more than 20 years’ experience leading and managing a range of commercial activities, including co-directing London business, iBase Limited in the geo-technology sector and as CFO at Snowden Mining Industry Consultants, Kagara Limited and Atrum Coal. Mr McLean has a background in accounting and finance with experience originating at Western Mining in Melbourne. Mr McLean is the founder and major shareholder of the mining investment platform, Mineral Intelligence. Through Mineral Intelligence, Mr McLean has facilitated over $100M in mining transactions over the past 5 years. 17,256,980 Ordinary Shares; 2,009,974 Listed Options exercisable at $0.022 on or before 1 July 2023; 6,938,025 Listed Options exercisable at $0.01 on or before 1 November 2022. - Non-Executive Director of Queensland Pacific Metals Limited (previously Pure 3 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 the previous three years Simon Peters Qualifications Appointment Date Experience Interest in shares and options Other directorships in listed entities held in the previous three years Simon Coxhell Qualifications Appointment Date Experience Interests in shares and options Other directorships in listed entities held in the previous three years Minerals Limited) (30 November 2018 - ) - Non-Executive Chairman of DC Two Limited (1 September 2020 - 31 August 2021) (Non-Executive Director) BEng (Mining) MAusIMM (Hons) 6 December 2016 Mr Peters is a highly experienced mining executive and qualified mining engineer with more than 20 years’ experience in both hard and soft rock exploration, mine development and operations. Over the past 10 years, he has had corporate experience on ASX listed boards in senior executive roles. He has held operational and management positions across 3 continents (Africa, Australia & Asia) covering all sections of the exploration & mining development process, including large scale and complex feasibility studies, stakeholder engagement, permits and approvals. Simon is currently a Partner of Sustainable Project Services, which provides strategic & technical management consultancy advice to government, mining and agricultural sectors. Simon is also founding director of Murray Basin Resources a company focused on gold exploration in north west Victoria. He holds a bachelor of engineering (mining) with Honours from Federation University Australia and an unrestricted WA quarry manager’s certificate. 2,932,360 Ordinary Shares; 38,462 Listed Options exercisable at $0.18 on or before 15 December 2021; 327,534 Listed Options exercisable at $0.022 on or before 1 July 2023; 3,000,000 Listed Options exercisable at $0.01 on or before 1 November 2022. -Managing Director of E2 Metals Limited (27 June 2017 – 20 December 2018) (Technical Director) BSc, Masters Qualifying 1 April 2020 Simon Coxhell is a geologist with 34 years of diverse experience encompassing all aspects of the resource sector including exploration, resource development, metallurgical considerations and mining. Over the last 20 years he has had significant corporate experience on ASX listed boards in senior executive appointments and between 2016-2018 led Echo Resources Limited (ASX: EAR) as Managing Director/CEO, elevating and growing the company from an 8 million dollar market capitalisation exploration focused company to an emerging gold producer with a maximum market capitalisation of 182 million dollars, centred on the re-establishment of the Bronzewing Gold Mine. Over a 3 year period he developed the gold resource base of Echo from 100,000 resource ounces to a total resource base of 1.7 million ounces of gold, and a maiden reserve of 800,000 ounces, for the Stage 1 and Stage 2 development option, in August 2018. Northern Star purchased a 19% holding on market in late 2018 to become the largest shareholder and in August 2019 launched a successful takeover of Echo with an implied value of $244 million. 1,503,759 Ordinary Shares 6,000,000 Listed Options exercisable at $0.01 on or before 1 November 2022 187,970 Listed Options exercisable at $0.022 on or before 1 July 2023. -Technical Director of Blaze Minerals Limited (5 April 2019 - ) -Managing Director of Echo Resources Limited (8 February 2016 - 2 October 2018) 4 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Principal Activities In summary activities during the reporting period comprised:        The completion of a maiden RC drilling program at Camel Creek and Big Rush leading to a number of encouraging gold intersections and the completion of a JORC 2012 resource estimate upgrade for Big Rush. A total of 3.50 million tonnes at 1.36 g/t Au for 154,000 ounces was estimated. The completion of a diamond drilling program at Big Rush beneath the central pit. In August 2020 a drilling program at the Camel Creek Gold Project was completed which comprised a total of 18 RC drill holes for a total of 2,518 metres. Significant results were returned from every drillhole highlighting the potential at Camel Creek and demonstrating the continuity of the gold mineralisation over an extensive strike length. In December 2020 an additional drilling program was instigated at Camel Creek which comprised 15 aircore and RC holes for 1,090 metres testing three different areas and extended the drill testing completed earlier by Great Northern Minerals to over approximately 1,000 metres of strike. Drillhole depths ranged from 68 to 90 metres and averaged 73 metres total depth. In April 2021 a large RC program comprising 49 RC holes for 5996 metres of drilling at Camel Creek was completed testing over 2200 metres of strike, with a number of significant results returned. In February 2021 a large arsenic anomaly extending over 500 metres of strike located adjacent to the south west corner of the Big Rush mining was identified based on compiled historic data. A site visit and sampling program returned a number of anomalous gold results with a maximum value of 26.64 g/t Au. Ongoing environmental monitoring at all projects has been ongoing as part of the statutory requirements for managing the mining leases. 5 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Golden Ant Project Acquisition: North Queensland Gold Projects On 14th May 2019, Great Northern Minerals Limited entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in three gold projects in North Queensland (Figure 1) which had been previously mined by private earthmoving contractors and developers during the mid-1980s and 1990s. All of the mines were in mineralisation when mining ceased when the gold price was below US$400. During this time period a large number of shallow oxide open pits at Camel Creek, Golden Cup and Big Rush were mined and subjected to heap leach processing. Estimated gold recovery from the heap leach operations was estimated to be 60-80%. Review and due diligence of the projects also outlined substantial potential for the delineation of gold resources underneath the previously mined shallow open pits, with a number of historical high grade gold drilling intercepts which had not been followed up. GNM now holds three projects covering 695km2 across 11 granted Mining Leases, two 100% owned exploration permits and one joint ventured exploration permit. Table 1: Historic Mining and Heap Leach Operations Deposit Camel Creek Ore Mined (tonnes) 1,059,696 Camel Creek Satellites 188,876 Golden Cup 201,081 Golden Cup Satellites 94,548 Big Rush TOTAL 983,000 2,527,201 Grade (g/t Au) Ounces Mined 1.68 2.29 2.83 1.92 2.21 2.03 57,238 13,906 18,296 5,836 69,703 164,979 On 10 August 2020, the Company announced that agreement had been reached for early settlement of 100% ownership in the three projects. The parties to the Heads of Agreement entered into a deed of variation to reduce the total consideration from $1,732,000 to $849,450. Figure 1: Camel Creek, Golden Cup and Big Rush Location Plan 6 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 2: Camel Creek, Golden Cup and Big Rush Geological Location Plan Figure 3: Golden Cup & Camel Creek Projects (325 square kilometres) Figure 4: Big Rush Project (300 square kilometres) 7 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Camel Creek Camel Creek RC Drilling Program: April 2021 In mid April 2021 the Company completed a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at Camel Creek. The program consisted of 49 RC holes for 5996 metres of drilling. The drilling program tested approximately 2200 metres of strike of the Camel Creek known gold mineralisation on nominal 40 metre centres, with at least one hole drilled per section. This work defined and highlighted two main zones of higher grade mineralisation which was further tested in August 2021 with an additional RC program comprising 12 RC holes for 2861 metres of drilling and 3 diamond precollars for a total of 401 metres. Results are due in September 2021. The high grades in CCRC50CCRC54 and CCRC63 relate to testing of the Hinge Zone target where deeper drilling in a new untested position has outlined a substantial zone of new gold mineralisation which has now been defined over 250 metres of strike and extending to at least 180 metres below surface and is open at depth and along strike. CCRC67CCRC78 were drilled to the north on nominal 40 metre centres, initially targeting underneath the previously mined areas. Results in these areas have defined substantial gold mineralisation extending over 350 metres of strike and 100 metres vertical depth. Further deeper drilling in these areas is required with all of the zones open at depth.  One Metre assay results at the Camel Creek Gold Project include:  58 m @ 5.86 g/t Au (CCRC50) from 155 metres including 18 m @ 14.09 g/t Au from 189 metres including 1 metre @ 153.89 g/t Au from 191 metres  22 m @ 7.38 g/t Au (CCRC54) from 154 metres including 15 m @ 10.43 g/t Au  32 m @ 2.62 g/t Au (CCRC51) from 164 metres including 7 m @ 5.79 g/t Au  34 m @ 2.52 g/t Au (CCRC52) from 126 metres  61 m @ 1.62 g/t Au (CCRC63) from 167 metres including 35 m @ 1.95 g/t Au  9 m @ 2.66 g/t Au (CCRC72) from 52 metres  29 m @ 2.77 g/t Au (CCRC73) from 78 metres including 16 m @ 4.03 g/t Au  8 m @ 2.77 g/t Au (CCRC76) from 56 metres  20 m @ 1.79 g/t Au (CCRC77) from 95 metres  14 m @ 1.76 g/t Au (CCRC78) from 57 metres 8 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021  A number of high grade antimony (+/- silver) intersections were also returned with higher grades returned from the Hinge Zone. The specific orientation of these interpreted discrete vein structures is unclear at present given the wide spaced nature of the previous RC drilling, however closer spaced RC coupled to the planned diamond drilling is expected to assist in the understanding in due course. In summary: Figure 5: Location plan and gold results of the 2021 Camel Creek Drilling on Aerial Imagery A full listing of the gold intersections is documented in Table Two and Table Three. The majority of the anomalous intersections are associated with a strong mylonite zone trending north east and in places up to 20 metres in width and extending along strike over the entire area tested. An increase in quartz veining and specifically sulphide content accompanies the anomalous intersections. True thickness of the mineralised zones as determined from the drilling range from 225 metres, with the Hinge Zone showing a southerly plunging ore shoot is likely. 9 HoleFromToThicknessAu (g/t)Ag (g/t)Sb (%)CCRC50191198732.346.925.3CCRC5116517165.464.720.8CCRC5118519052.801.600.5CCRC5215215755.473.040.6CCRC5315515724.562.340.5CCRC541621761410.8915.371.2CCRC6317617933.100.750.2CCRC63220223310.8032.600.7CCRC4711411953.190.790.8CCRC48545723.430.630.8CCRC73788026.601.860.4CCRC77959943.541.130.7CCRC78666936.002.260.6 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Table 2: One Metre Assay results: (CCRC30CCRC50) Camel Creek Gold Project (>0.5 g/t Au) 10 HoleEastNorthRL DipAzimuthFinal DepthFromToIntersectionCCRC303494837919254458-551409568768 m @ 0.84 g/t AuCCRC313494657919236458-5514083NSRCCRC323491877919041458-55130119NSRCCRC333491017918971458-551301251071125 m @ 0.61 g/t AuCCRC343490747918824458-553106649512 m @ 0.46 g/t AuCCRC353489337918705458-6031077NSRCCRC363488067918438458-5531083NSRCCRC373488087918436458-70310101NSRCCRC383488707918476460-553107765672 m @ 2.31 g/t AuCCRC393489187918505486-553107757636 m @ 1.19 g/t AuCCRC403489197918502485-70310956064NSRCCRC413489887918551484-553107757603 m @ 0.50 g/t AuCCRC41and67681 m @ 2.64 g/t AuCCRC423490597918607472-5530559374912 m @ 1.05 g/t AuCCRC433490587918604472-7030510164662 m @ 0.55 g/t AuCCRC43and82842 m @ 0.78 g/t AuCCRC443490957918626469-553056546471 m @ 0.50 g/t AuCCRC453491647918673472-553105320244 m @ 2.96 g/t AuCCRC463491617918672478-703105336426 m @ 0.72 g/t AuCCRC473485607918443476-6512313196993 m @ 1.64 g/t AuCCRC47and1131207 m @ 2.55 g/t AuCCRC483485347918392476-551208953596 m @ 2.40 g/t AuCCRC493485307918395482-6513010184862 m @ 2.99 g/t AuCCRC503480437918057485-6514022715521358 m @ 5.86 g/t Auincluding18920718 m @ 14.09 g/t Auincluding1911921 m @ 153.89 g/t Au Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Table 3: One Metre Assay results: (CCRC51CCRC78) Camel Creek Gold Project (>0.5 g/t Au) 11 HoleEastNorthRL DipAzimuthFinal DepthFromToIntersectionCCRC513480877918096490-6514023816419632 m @ 2.62 g/t Auincluding1641717 m @ 5.79 g/t AuCCRC523481327918125488-6514022412616034 m @ 2.52 g/t AuCCRC533481697918160486-651402421551638 m @ 2.36 g/t AuCCRC543481197917939515-6532021815417622 m@ 7.38 g/t Auincluding16117615 m@ 10.43 g/t Auincluding1621697 m@ 16.64 g/t AuCCRC553480837917934507-753201701681724 m @ 0.43 g/t AuCCRC563479647917903499-753251941621697 m @ 0.41 g/t AuCCRC573482697918123479-753209242486 m @ 0.67 g/t Auand526715 m @ 0.41 g/t AuCCRC583483057918123490-7532012888935m @ 2.77 g/t AuCCRC593484317918161500-753202421471503 m @ 1.85 g/t AuCCRC603484837918200497-75320164 NSRCCRC613485447918235492-753201641041095 m @ 2.99 g/t AuCCRC623485947918271487-7532011689901 m @ 1.02 g/t AuCCRC633480677917920507-7532924216722861 m @ 1.62 g/t Auincl16718013 m @ 1.67 g/t Auincl19222835 m @ 1.95 g/t Auincl2202288 m @ 4.99 g/t AuCCRC643480607917925507-603202241541551 m @ 1.63 g/t AuCCRC653479657917909496-55312158 NSRCCRC663486587918419481-6213511088924 m @ 4.89 g/t AuCCRC673486917918445488-621409882853 m @ 1.39 g/t AuCCRC683486557918460478-70305104778710 m @ 3.19 g/t AuCCRC693486857918484484-553108667693 m @ 1.05 g/t AuCCRC703487127918518480-553156839456 m @ 0.39 g/t AuCCRC713487167918518481-7031574516110 m @ 1.07 g/t AuCCRC723487427918545480-703107452619 m @ 2.66 g/t AuCCRC733487457918544478-853121347810729 m @ 2.77 g/t Auincl789416 m @ 4.03 g/t Auand1191212 m @ 2.75 g/t AuCCRC743487777918572475-603108052575 m @ 1.28 g/t AuCCRC753487867918560480-7531011691965 m @ 0.74 g/t AuCCRC763488267918621474-703027459623 m @ 4.62 g/t AuCCRC773486957918483474-703121229511520 m @ 1.79 g/t AuCCRC783486187918432472-7530586577114 m @ 1.76 g/t Au Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 6: Long Section 1: Central Pit Area, Camel Creek Figure 7: Cross Section 1: CCRC50 and CCRC54 12 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 8: Cross Section 2: CCRC63 and CCRC64 13 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 9: Long Section 2: North Pit Area, Camel Creek Figure 10: Cross Section 3: CCRC66 and CCRC68 14 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 11: Cross Section 4: CCRC72 and CCRC73 Camel Creek RC Drilling Program: July 2020 In July 2020 Great Northern Minerals Limited commenced and completed its first reverse circulation drilling program at Camel Creek, totaling 18 holes for 2,516 metres. This was the first systematic deep drilling program completed under the shallow oxide pits of the Camel Creek gold mineralized system. Previous historic mining at Camel Creek had been conducted over approximately 3.5 kilometers of strike and this initial drilling program focused on an initial 700 metres of strike with all drillholes intersecting the interpreted mineralized structure. Results included:  24m @ 3.55 g/t Au (CCRC012) from 58m  8m @ 4.63 g/t Au (CCRC017) from 85m  9m @ 4.99 g/t Au (CCRC015) from 109m  8m @ 3.27 g/t Au (CCRC007) from 147m  4m @ 5.41 g/t Au (CCRC005) from 63m  4m @ 5.85 g/t Au (CCRC006) from 88m  10m @2.14 g/t Au (CCRC016) from 69m 15 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Encouragingly gold was encountered in every hole confirming strike continuity over the 700 metres, with significant additional upside along strike and at depth. The new holes drilled, the majority of which will require follow up drilling, were all drilled into the primary zone below the base of oxidation with hole depths ranging from 65 to 197 metres, with an average depth of 140 metres. Two parallel zones were intersected in a number of holes highlighting multiple opportunities for further testing. An increase in quartz veining and sulphide content in general accompanies the gold intersections. In December 2020 an additional drilling program took place at Camel Creek encompassing the drilling of 15 Aircore and RC holes for 1,090 metres testing three different areas and extended the drill testing completed earlier by Great Northern Minerals to over 1,000 metres of strike. Hole depths ranged from 68 to 90 metres and averaged 73 metres total depth. A large number of significant intersections were returned. Results included:  10m @ 6.63 g/t Au (CCAC10) including 5m @ 12.20 g/t Au from 59 metres  5m @ 5.29 g/t Au (CCAC11) from 47 metres  9m @ 4.93 g/t Au (CCAC12) from 49 metres  11m @ 2.94 g/t Au (CCAC13) from 46 metres  5m @ 3.12 g/t Au (CCAC15) from 74 metres Figure 12: Camel Creek Overview, illustrating GNM 2020 collars highlighting extensive untested mineralised strike extent 16 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 13: Camel Creek Detail, illustrating all GNM significant results Figure 14: Cross Section One: (AA): CCAC10 Figure 15: Cross Section One: (BB) CCAC12 17 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Big Rush Big Rush RC Drilling Program: September 2020 The drilling at Big Rush comprised 22 RC holes (BRRC1012 to BRRC1033) for 3,634 metres spread over approximately 900 metres of strike beneath the southern, central and northern previously mined shallow open pits. Drill hole depths ranged from 110 to 250 metres and averaged 165 metres. Results included:  19m @ 5.11 g/t Au (BRRC1014) including 3m @ 21.73 g/t Au from 77 metres  32m @ 1.32 g/t Au (BRRC1015) from 132 metres  28m @ 1.27 g/t Au (BRRC1018) from 91 metres  26m @ 1.99 g/t Au (BRRC1019) including 2m @ 17.56 g/t Au from 119 metres  20m @ 1.28 g/t Au (BRRC1024) from 106 metres  11m @ 3.27 g/t Au (BRRC1025) from 144 metres  37m @ 2.28 g/t Au (BRRC1026) from 148 metres  8m @ 4.40 g/t Au (BRRC1030) from 155 metres In October and November 2020 Great Northern Minerals Limited completed 4 HQ diamond holes for 1039.8 metres spread over approximately 200 metres of strike beneath the previously mined Central open pit at Big Rush. The individual detailed diamond results at Big Rush have highlighted an important laminated quartz veinwhich pinches and swells (boudinaged) and is the focus of the introduced gold at depth. The drilling also allowed the completion of a JORC 2012 resource estimate for Big Rush. Drill Results include:  3.05m @ 4.23 g/t Au (BRRCD003) including 0.45m @ 21.47 g/t Au from 238 metres  5.15m @ 1.21 g/t Au (BRRCD002) from 230 metres  5.3m @ 1.27 g/t Au (BRRCD004) from 204 metres 18 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 16: Big Rush Plan drill results ` Figure 17: Big Rush Long Section (gram metres) 19 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 18: Cross Section One: Big Rush Drilling Rock Chip Sampling Great Northern Minerals also received assay results for a rock chip sampling of a prominent arsenic gold anomaly from within Great Northern Minerals’ tenement EPM 27283. This anomaly which corresponded with a topographic high (similar to the Big Rush mined deposits) recorded a maximum value of 26.64 g/t Au, which is considered highly encouraging. RC drill testing of this anomaly will be undertaken in the next drilling programme, with an initial 6 RC holes on 40 metres. Table 4: Rock chip sample results over the anomaly AH1 AH2 AH3 AH4 AH5 AH6 AH7 AH8 AH9 SampleNo East North MGA 94 Z55 263515 7851223 263484 263467 7851184 7851162 263407 7851109 263394 263331 7851072 7851048 Au ppm 0.574 0.228 1.349 0.082 0.327 1.533 As ppm 2014.2 243.8 Ba ppm 78.6 29.8 1833.6 106.6 638.1 154.2 Cu ppm 14.1 5.2 14 3.1 2831.4 468.1 18.9 742.4 53.4 263345 7851058 26.644 17418 263306 263286 7851050 7850993 0.332 0.724 367.9 598.7 351.1 164.2 60.3 20 4.1 6.1 3.1 5.6 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Figure 19: Mikes Anomaly: Regional Location Plan on Aerial Imagery Figure 20: Mikes Anomaly: Detailed Location Plan, showing rock chip samples gold results 21 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Work by Great Northern Minerals has involved detailed data capture and compilation of all historic activities. This legacy data is of high value and quality and allows systematic review of all past work. Great Northern Minerals obtained a copy of the various historic compiled data and identified the anomaly as a zone of interest. A site visit which involved a first pass rock chip sampling program involved the collection of 9 rock chip samples along the spine of the anomaly with results highlighting a plus 400 metre zone of interest and gold anomalism. The selective rock chip sampling targeted quartz and ferruginous material located in the vicinity of the anomaly and provides a clear focus for further work. Site clearance surveys and logistical access work is required` prior to drill testing of Mikes Anomaly. Figure 21: Mikes Anomaly, Sampling activities Competent Persons Statement The information in this report that relates to the Mineral Resource estimate is based on information compiled by Mr Andrew Beaton. Mr Beaton is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a part time consultant to Great Northern Minerals Ltd. Mr Beaton 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 Beaton consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears. The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled under the supervision of Simon Coxhell, the Technical Director of Great Northern Minerals Limited. Mr Coxhell is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience of relevance to the styles 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 Coxhell consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which they appear. 22 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 CORPORATE  On 10 August 2020, the Company announced that it had entered into a deed of variation to the Heads of Agreement with Q-Generate Pty Ltd to accelerate the completion of 100% ownership of the North Queensland gold projects. The parties to the agreement have mutually agreed to reduce the agreed deferred and further deferred consideration via an early cash payment of $849,950, representing a discount of approximately 50% to the existing deferred and further deferred consideration per Heads of Agreement, totalling $1.732M, which resulted in completion of Great Northern Minerals’ 100% ownership of the Queensland gold projects. Great Northern Minerals Limited made the early cash payment of $849,950 during August 2020.  On 4 September 2020, the Company completed a placement via issuance of 80,521,786 fully paid ordinary shares, raising $1.52 million. The funds raised were utilised to accelerate drilling at Company’s Queensland gold projects and for general working capital.  The Company also received commitments and support from Company Directors who collectively subscribed for 5,263,158 new shares worth $100,000, which the shareholders approved at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on 2 November 2020.  During January 2021, the Company settled termination payments to previous employees of the Company totalling $104,740.  On the 25 February 2021, the Company released an updated resource estimate for the Big Rush deposit. The updated resource at Big Rush followed on from the active drilling campaign completed in 2020 which comprised a total of 22 RC holes for 3634 metres and 4 HQ diamond holes for 1040 metres. A total resource of 3.5 million tonnes at 1.36 g/t for 154,000 ounces was independently estimated by resource geologist Lynn Widenber of Widenbar and Associates. Combined GNM gold resources now total 184,000 ounces.  On 26 March 2021, the Company announced a fully underwritten, contemporaneous Placement and a 1:7 Non-Renounceable Rights Issue to raise circa $3M (before costs). Capital raised from the Placement and a Rights Issue to be used to systematically drill test the Camel Creek Gold Project over approximately 2km of strike. The funds will also allow for additional drilling of the Company’s Big Rush gold deposit and testing and evaluation of additional areas and to augment working capital. Under the Placement, the Company raised $1.5M (before costs) and issued 150,000,000 New Shares to sophisticated and professional investors at $0.01 per share, together with one (1) free attaching Listed GNMOB Option for every one (1) Placement Share subscribed for, exercisable at $0.022 each on or before 1 July 2023. The Placement was completed in two Tranches with Tranche one being issued pursuant to the Company’s placement capacity under ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A and Tranche two conditional upon the Company obtaining shareholder approval, which was sought at a General Meeting held on 31 May 2021. CPS Capital Group Pty Ltd acted as a Lead Manager. The Lead Manager (or its nominee) to the Placement and received 2% management fee (plus GST) of the total amount raised and a 4% placing fee (plus GST) of the total amount raised. The Lead Manager (or its nominee) was also entitled to be issued 20,000,000 GNMOB Listed Options upon full subscription of the Placement. The Non-Renounceable Rights Issue was conducted on the basis of one (1) New Share for every seven (7) existing shares held together with one (1) free attaching listed GNMOB option for every one (1) New Share issued, exercisable at $0.022 on or before 1 July 2023. The Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement with CPS Capital Group Pty Ltd to act as the underwriter to the Rights Issue Offer. The Underwriter agreed to fully underwrite the Rights Issue Offer and be paid a total fee of $10,000 cash (plus GST) and 4% (plus GST) of the underwritten amount. The Non-Renounceable Rights Issue was finalised in May 2021 and 151,131,372 shares were issued. Significant changes in the state of affairs There have been no significant changes in the state of affairs of the Company during the financial year. 23 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Governance Arrangements The Company seeks to ensure the reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves is in accordance with Industry best practice and Listing Rules. All current Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves have been compiled by independent consultants recognised for their expertise in the estimation of coal resources and reserves. The estimates have been reviewed by an independent consultant considered to be a Competent Person under the JORC Code 2012 to ensure that the resource reports comply with the listing rules. Matters Subsequent to the end of the Financial Year The impact of Coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) pandemic is ongoing and while it has not significantly impacted the Group up to 30 June 2021, it is not practicable to estimate the potential impact, positive or negative, after the reporting date. The situation is rapidly developing and is dependent on measures imposed by the Australian Government and other countries, such as maintaining social distancing requirements, quarantine, travel restrictions and any economic stimulus that may be provided. There are no other matters or circumstances which have arisen since the end of the year which will significantly affect, or may significantly affect, the state of affairs or operations of the reporting entity in future financial years. Likely developments and expected results of operations Further information, other than as disclosed in this report, about likely developments in the operations of the Company and the expected results of those operations in future periods has not been included in this report as disclosure of this information would be likely to result in unreasonable prejudice to the Group. Non-Audit Services There were no non-audit services provided by the auditors during the year (2020: Nil). Auditors Independence Declaration The lead auditors’ independence declaration for the year ended 30 June 2021 has been received and can be found on page 33 of the financial report. The auditor William Buck Audit (WA) Pty Ltd continues in office in accordance with Section 327 of the Corporations Act 2001. Environmental Regulations The Group must abide by the Environmental Protection Act 1994 of Queensland under which there are a number of regulations relevant to mining operations in that state. The Directors have considered compliance with the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 which requires entities to report on annual greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. For the measurement period 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 the directors have assessed that there are no current reporting requirements but may be required to do so in the future. Dividends Paid or Declared No dividends were paid or declared since the start of the financial year (2020: Nil). Company Secretary Miss Aida Tabakovic was appointed as the Company Secretary on 19 August 2019. Miss Tabakovic has over 11 years’ experience in the accounting profession. She holds a double degree in Accounting and Finance and a Postgraduate Degree in Business Law. Miss Tabakovic provides services to a number of ASX listed companies specialising in financial accounting and reporting and corporate compliance. Miss Tabakovic has also been involved in listing a number of junior exploration companies on the ASX. 24 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Business Review Operating Results During the financial year, the Group recorded a consolidated loss of $3,515,446 (2020: $3,336,423) after providing for income tax. The expenditure reflected the exploration activities during the year at the Group’s Golden Ant Project. The Directors are committed to carefully utilising current resources, reviewing potentially markets for output, partners and other funding initiatives. Meeting of Directors During the financial year, 7 directors’ meetings were held. Attendances by each director during the year were as follows: Mr Cameron McLean Mr Kim Robinson Mr Simon Peters Mr Simon Coxhell Directors' Meetings Eligible to attend Number attended 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 The key management personnel of the Group consisted of the following directors and other persons: - Kim Robinson (Non-Executive Chairman) - Cameron McLean (CEO & Managing Director) - Simon Coxhell (Technical Director) - Simon Peters (Non-Executive Director) 25 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Remuneration Report (AUDITED) The information provided in this remuneration report has been audited as required by Section 308(3C) of the Corporations Act 2001. This report details the nature and amount of remuneration for each director of Great Northern Minerals Limited, and for the executives of the Group. Remuneration Policy Remuneration levels for the executives are competitively set to attract the most qualified and experienced candidates, taking into account prevailing market conditions and the individual’s experience and qualifications. During the period, the Group did not have a separately established remuneration committee. The Board is responsible for determining and reviewing remuneration arrangements for the executive and non-executive Directors. The remuneration policy of Great Northern Minerals Limited has been designed to align director and executive objectives with shareholder and business objectives by providing a fixed remuneration component for short-term incentives and offering specific long-term incentives, based on key performance areas affecting the Group's financial results. The board of Great Northern Minerals Limited believes the remuneration policy to be appropriate and effective in its ability to attract and retain the best executives and directors to run and manage the Group, as well as create goal congruence between directors, executives and shareholders. The board's policy for determining the nature and amount of remuneration for the board members and senior executives of the Group is as follows: - The remuneration policy, setting the terms and conditions for the executive directors and other senior executives was developed by the board and legal advisors. All executives receive a base salary (which is based on factors such as length of service and experience) and superannuation where applicable. The board reviews executive packages annually by reference to the Group’s performance, executive performance and comparable information from industry sectors and other listed companies in similar industries. - The board may exercise discretion in relation to approving incentives, bonuses and options. The policy is designed to attract and retain the high calibre of executives and reward them for performance that results in long term growth in shareholder wealth. - Executives will also be entitled to participate in future employee share and option arrangements. - The executive directors and executives receive a superannuation guarantee contribution required by the government, which is currently 10%, and do not receive any other retirement benefits. Some individuals may choose to sacrifice part of their salary to increase payments towards superannuation. - All remuneration paid to directors and executives is valued at the cost to the Group and expensed. Shares allocated to directors and executives are valued as the difference between the market price of those shares and the amount paid by the director or executive. Options are valued using appropriate methodologies. The board policy is to remunerate non-executive directors at market rates for comparable companies for time, commitment and responsibilities. The board determines payments to the non-executive directors and reviews their remuneration annually, based on market practice, duties and accountability. Independent external advice is sought when required. No such advice was obtained during the year. Fees for non-executive directors are not linked to the performance of the Group. However, to align directors’ interests with shareholder interests, the directors are encouraged to hold shares in the Company and can participate in the employee option plan. 26 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Remuneration Report (AUDITED) Non-Executive Directors Remuneration All Non-Executive Directors are entitled to receive $40,000 per annum for their roles as Directors of the Company and the Chairman is entitled to receive to $50,000 per annum. The Company's Constitution provides that the remuneration of Non-Executive Directors will not be more than the aggregate fixed sum determined by a general meeting. Before a determination is made by the Company in a general meeting, the aggregate sum of fees payable by the Company to the Non-Executive Directors is a maximum of $200,000 per annum, as approved at the 2018 Annual General Meeting. Summary details of remuneration of the Non-Executive Directors are provided in the table below. The remuneration is not dependent on the satisfaction of a performance condition. Directors are entitled to be paid reasonable travelling, accommodation and other expenses incurred in consequence of their attendance at meetings of Directors and otherwise in the execution of their duties as Directors. A Director may also be paid additional amounts as fees or as the Directors determine where a Director performs extra services or makes any special exertions, which in the option of the Directors are outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a Director. Other Executives Remuneration Mr Cameron McLean CEO & Managing Director (appointed 12 October 2018) Mr McLean’s employment terms are governed by a Service Agreement. The terms of the agreement can be terminated by either party providing three months written notice. Mr McLean is entitled to receive Director’s Fee of $200,000 per annum (exclusive of statutory superannuation). Mr Simon Coxhell Technical Director (appointed 1 April 2020) Mr Coxhell’s employment terms are governed by a Service Agreement. The terms of the agreement can be terminated by either party providing three months written notice. Mr Coxhell is entitled to receive Director’s Fee of $200,000 per annum (exclusive of statutory superannuation). On termination, the Executives are entitled to be paid those outstanding amounts owing to the Executives for the period up until the Termination Date. The Executives do not have any entitlement to any payment relating to any period after the Termination Date. Subject to the ASX Listing Rules and the Corporations Act 2001, if the appointment of the Executive is terminated as a result of a change in control of the Company, the Company will pay to the Executive three months’ worth of Executive Service Fees as liquidated damages for the Executive’s loss of engagement. If the Corporations Act 2001 or the ASX Listing Rules restricts the amount that can be paid to the Executive on termination to an amount less than that calculated, then the amount can be paid under the Corporations Act 2001 and the ASX Listing Rules without approval of the Company’s shareholders. Share-Based Compensation During the year, no listed options (2020: 21,000,000) were granted to directors of Great Northern Minerals Limited or approved by shareholders, as a cost effective and efficient way to incentivise and reward the directors as opposed to alternative forms of incentives. No additional options over shares in Great Northern Minerals Limited were granted during the year. The options issued during the 2020 financial year were issued to provide long-term incentives for executives and consultants to deliver long-term shareholder returns. During the year no ordinary shares in the Company (2020: Nil) were issued as a result of the exercise of remuneration options to directors of Great Northern Minerals Limited or other key management personnel of the group. 27 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Remuneration Report (AUDITED) Additional information No performance-based bonuses have been paid to key management personnel during the financial year. It is the intent of the board to include performance bonuses as part of remuneration packages when mine production commences. Details of Remuneration Details of remuneration of the directors and key management personnel of the group are set out below: Short-term Benefits Post- employment Benefits Share-based Payments Cash fees and salary $ Super- annuation $ Equity $ Options/ Rights (iv) $ Total $ Share-based Payments as a percentage of Remuneration % Performance Related % 50,000 12,500 40,000 50,000 - 9,167 90,000 137,420 200,000 187,500 200,000 37,500 400,000 225,000 490,000 362,420 - - - - - - - 6,247 19,000 17,812 19,000 3,562 38,000 21,374 38,000 27,621 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13,080 - 6,540 - - - 19,620 - 13,080 - 13,080 - 26,160 - 45,780 50,000 25,580 40,000 56,540 - 9,167 90,000 163,287 219,000 218,392 219,000 54,142 438,000 272,534 528,000 435,821 - 51.13 - 11.57 - - - - - 5.99 - 24.16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Year 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 Non-Executive Directors Kim Robinson (i) Simon Peters Alistair Williams (ii) Sub-Total Non- Executive Directors Executive Directors Cameron McLean Simon Coxhell (iii) 2021 2020 2021 2020 Sub-Total Executives 2021 2020 2021 2020 TOTAL (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Mr Robinson was appointed as a Non-Executive Chairman on 1 April 2020. Mr Williams resigned as a Non-Executive Director on 5 August 2019. Mr Coxhell was appointed as a Technical Director on 1 April 2020. Value of options were calculated using Black-Scholes Model. The table balance of $528,000 varies from Note 20 due to termination payout made to Mr Matthew Suttling ($52,370) who resigned as a director in a prior period and Mr King who resigned as a Non-Executive Chairman on 1 April 2020 ($52,370). 28 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Remuneration Report (AUDITED) Details of Remuneration (continued) The following table provides employment details of persons who were, during the financial year, members of key management personnel of the Group. The table also illustrates the proportion of remuneration that was fixed and at risk. Directors Kim Robinson Cameron McLean Simon Coxhell Simon Peters Fixed Remuneration % At Risk Long Term Remuneration % 100 100 100 100 - - - - Other transactions with Key Management Personnel There were no Key Management personnel related party transactions during the current financial year except for: 2021 - During the financial year, Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Company which Managing Director Cameron McLean has an interest in, repaid to Great Northern Minerals Limited an amount of $3,124. The terms of the transaction were on a no interest basis. The balance payable by Mineral Intelligence to Great Northern Minerals Limited as at 30 June 2021 was $2,343. Subsequent to the year end, the funds are yet to be repaid from Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd. - During 2019 financial year, Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Company which Managing Director, Cameron McLean has an interest in, loaned $11,000 to Ion Minerals Pty Ltd. The terms of the transaction were on a no interest basis. The balance outstanding and payable to Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd by Ion Minerals Pty Ltd as at 30 June 2021 is $11,000. The funds are yet to be repaid to Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd. 2020 - During the financial year, Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Company which Managing Director Cameron McLean has an interest in, was loaned by Great Northern Minerals Limited an amount of $2,873. The terms of the transaction were on a no interest basis. The balance payable by Mineral Intelligence to Great Northern Minerals Limited as at 30 June 2020 was $5,467. Subsequent to the year end, the funds are yet to be repaid from Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd. - During 2019 financial year, Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Company which Managing Director, Cameron McLean has an interest in, loaned $11,000 to Ion Minerals Pty Ltd. The terms of the transaction were on a no interest basis. The balance outstanding and payable to Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd by Ion Minerals Pty Ltd as at 30 June 2020 is $11,000. The funds are yet to be repaid to Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd. 29 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Remuneration Report (AUDITED) Key Management Personnel Shareholdings The number of ordinary shares in Great Northern Minerals Limited held by each key management person of the Group during the financial year is as follows: 30 June 2021 Directors Cameron McLean Simon Peters Simon Coxhell Kim Robinson Balance at beginning of year Disposed on market (i) Other changes during the period (ii) Balance at resignation date Balance at end of year 12,030,250 2,397,461 - - - (1,593,467) - - 14,427,711 (1,593,467) 5,226,730 2,128,366 1,503,759 3,503,759 12,362,614 - 17,256,980 2,932,360 - 1,503,759 - 3,503,759 - - 25,196,858 (i) (ii) Non-cash disposal due to a divorce settlement. On-market acquisitions, participation in Shareholder approved Placement and Non-Renounceable Rights Issues. Options over Equity Instruments Granted as Compensation Details of Options over ordinary shares in the Company that were granted as $Nil consideration compensation to Key Management Personnel during the 2021 was nil (2020: 21,000,000) Key Management Personnel Options Holdings The number of options over ordinary shares held during the year by each Key Management Personnel is as follows: Opening Balance Acquired during the period (i) Exercised during the period Other changes during the period (ii) Balance at end of period Vested and Exercisable Vested and Un- exercisable Cameron McLean Simon Peters Simon Coxhell Kim Robinson 7,563,375 3,276,712 6,000,000 6,000,000 1,384,624 227,639 187,970 187,970 22,840,087 1,988,203 - - - - - (138,355) - - 8,947,999 3,365,996 6,187,970 6,187,970 8,947,999 3,365,996 6,187,970 6,187,970 (138,355) 24,689,935 24,689,935 - - - - - (i) (ii) Participation in Non-Renounceable Rights Issue per Prospectus dated 26 March 2021 Non-cash disposal due to a divorce settlement. No options have been granted to the directors or KMP since the end of the financial year. Options granted carry no dividend or voting rights. When exercisable, each option is convertible into one fully paid ordinary share. Refer to the above tables for the exercise price of the options. 30 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Remuneration Report (AUDITED) Performance-based Remuneration The Group currently has no performance-based remuneration component built into director and executive remuneration packages due to the stage of the Group’s development, as such no link between remuneration and financial performance currently exists. The table below sets out summary information about the Group’s earnings and movement in share price for the five years to 30 June 2021: Income Net loss before tax Net loss after tax benefit Share Price at end of year (cents) Basic and diluted loss per share (cents) 2018 $ 2021 $ 21,998 2020 $ 315,861 2019 $ 498,997 2017 $ 49,659 (3,515,446) (3,336,423) (3,052,814) (5,026,320) (2,411,036) (3,515,446) (3,336,423) (3,052,814) (5,026,320) (2,320,120) 0.2 (2.50)* 0.1 (1.57)* 0.5 (4.50)* 0.019 (0.76)* 0.011 (0.37) 290,357 *Calculated on a post-consolidation basis. On 28 October 2019, the Company consolidated its issued capital on 10:1 basis. End of Audited Remuneration Report Indemnifying Officers or Auditors No indemnities have been given or insurance premiums paid, during or since the end of the financial year, for any person who is or has been an officer or auditor of the Group. Auditors’ Independence Declaration The lead auditors’ independence declaration for the year ended 30 June 2021 has been received and can be found on page 33 of the financial report. Proceedings on Behalf of Company No person has applied for leave of Court under s237 of the Corporations Act 2001 to bring proceedings on behalf of the Company or intervene in any proceedings to which the Company is a party for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the Company for all or any part of those proceedings. The Company was not a party to any such proceedings during the period. 31 Great Northern Minerals Limited Directors' Report 30 June 2021 Options Unissued shares under option At the date of this report, the unissued ordinary shares of Great Northern Minerals Limited under option are as follows: Details Unlisted Unlisted Unlisted Listed Listed Listed Expiry Date 19/11/2023 19/11/2023 19/11/2023 15/12/2021 01/11/2022 01/07/2023 Exercise Price Number under Option Number of Option Holders $0.024 $0.029 $0.033 $0.18 $0.01 $0.022 22,262,414 22,262,414 22,262,414 18,578,678 238,528,099 423,653,803 747,547,822 1 1 1 162 225 536 926 Shares issued on the exercise of options There were 47,543 ordinary shares of the Company issued from the exercise of options during the financial year ended 30 June 2021. No further shares were issued up to the date of this report from the exercise of options. This report is signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors: ................................................................................. Kim Robinson Chairman Dated this 29th September 2021 32 AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 307C OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 TO THE DIRECTORS OF GREAT NORTHERN MINERALS LIMITED I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief during the year ended 30 June 2021 there have been: — no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and — no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. William Buck Audit (WA) Pty Ltd ABN 67 125 012 124 Amar Nathwani Director Dated this 29th day of September 2021 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 Other income Interest income Depreciation Corporate and administration expenses Finance expenses Exploration and tenement costs Impairment of tenements Impairment of receivables Net Loss before income tax Income tax (expense)/benefit Net Loss after income tax Other comprehensive income: Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax Total comprehensive loss for the year Loss for the year is attributable to: Owners of Great Northern Minerals Limited Non-controlling interest Total comprehensive loss for the year Note 4 10,11 5 5 13 2021 $ 39,712 2,286 (44,213) (1,202,733) (10,801) (2,299,697) - - 2020 $ 314,487 1,375 (56,834) (1,164,100) (32,291) (1,321,927) (948,133) (129,000) (3,515,446) - (3,336,423) - (3,515,446) (3,336,423) - - (3,515,446) (3,336,423) (3,505,941) (9,505) (2,722,903) (613,520) (3,515,446) (3,336,423) Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to Owners of Great Northern Minerals Limited (3,505,941) (2,722,903) Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to Non-Controlling Interest (9,505) (613,520) Attributable to owners of Great Northern Minerals Limited: Basic loss per share (cents per share) Diluted loss per share (cents per share) 7 7 (0.368) (0.368) (0.76) (0.76) The above consolidated income statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. 34 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position As at 30 June 2021 Note 2021 $ 2020 $ ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Trade and other receivables Prepayments TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS NON-CURRENT ASSETS Plant and equipment Intangible assets Right of Use asset Exploration and evaluation assets TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables Lease liabilities Deferred consideration TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Lease liabilities Provision TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES TOTAL LIABILITIES NET ASSETS EQUITY Contributed equity Reserves Accumulated losses Equity attributable to owners of the Parent Entity Non-controlling interest (60% Ion Minerals) 8 9 10 11 13 14 11 13 11 13 15 16 17 17 1,896,387 174,266 198,780 2,510,058 259,440 20,308 2,269,433 2,789,806 91,133 - 69,395 1,491,475 101,951 39 98,375 562,076 1,652,003 762,441 3,921,436 3,552,247 120,983 30,260 - 543,352 27,397 150,000 151,243 720,749 44,977 75,240 229,450 274,427 - 75,240 425,670 795,989 3,495,766 2,756,258 83,498,248 702,511 79,834,625 295,056 (79,480,158) (76,158,094) 3,971,587 (1,215,329) 4,720,601 (1,224,835) TOTAL EQUITY 2,756,258 The above consolidated statement of financial position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. 3,495,766 35 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 2021 Balance at 1 July 2020 Loss for the year Other comprehensive income: Contributed Equity $ 79,834,625 - Share Based Payments Reserve $ Accumulated Losses $ Non-controlling Interest $ Total $ 295,056 - - (76,158,094) (3,505,941) - (1,215,329) (9,505) - 2,756,258 (3,515,446) - Total comprehensive income for the year - Transaction with owners, recorded directly in equity Shares issued during the year (net of costs) 3,663,623 - - Issue of Options during the year Options expired during the year Balance at 30 June 2021 - - 591,332 (183,877) (3,505,941) (9,505) (3,515,446) - - 183,877 - - - 3,663,623 591,331 - 83,498,248 702,511 (79,480,158) (1,224,835) 3,495,766 The above consolidated statement of changes in equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. 36 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 2020 Contributed Equity $ Share Based Payments Reserve $ Accumulated Losses $ Non-controlling Interest $ Total $ Balance at 1 July 2019 Loss for the year Other comprehensive income: Total comprehensive income for the year Transaction with owners, recorded directly in equity Issue of Options during the year Options expired during the year Balance at 30 June 2020 75,182,850 349,212 - - - - 111,180 (165,336) - - - (73,600,527) (2,722,903) (601,809) 1,329,726 (613,520) (3,336,423) (2,722,903) (613,520) (3,336,423) - - 165,336 - - - 4,651,775 111,180 - 79,834,625 295,056 (76,158,094) (1,215,329) 2,756,258 Shares issued during the year (net of costs) 4,651,775 The above consolidated statement of changes in equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. 37 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Payments to suppliers and employees Payments for exploration and evaluation Interest received Interest paid R&D refund received Proceeds from sale/release of royalty Note 2021 $ 2020 $ (794,454) (3,335,257) 2,286 (4,761) 155,720 - (1,043,771) (1,532,836) 3,397 (6,129) 223,835 159,500 Net cash outflow from operating activities 18(a) (3,976,466) (2,196,004) CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Acquisition of exploration assets/tenements Acquisition of property, plant and equipment Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment Net cash outflow from investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from issue of shares and options Transaction costs Proceeds from borrowings Repayment of borrowings Repayment of lease liabilities Net cash inflows from financing activities (849,450) (4,377) - (85,000) (4,407) 800 (853,827) (88,607) 4,641,703 (392,924) - - (32,158) 5,189,820 (588,345) 8,000 (8,000) (29,083) 4,216,621 4,572,392 Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents held Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year Cash and cash equivalents at end of financial year (613,671) 2,510,058 2,287,781 222,277 8 1,896,387 2,510,058 The above consolidated statement of cash flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. 38 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 1 Corporate Information The consolidated financial report of Great Northern Minerals Limited for the year ended 30 June 2021 was authorised for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 29 September 2021 and covers Great Northern Minerals Limited as an individual entity as well as the consolidated entity consisting of Great Northern Minerals Limited and its subsidiaries (‘Group’) as required by the Corporations Act 2001. The financial report is presented in the Australian currency. Great Northern Minerals Limited is a for profit company limited by shares incorporated in Australia whose shares are publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange. 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (a) Basis of Preparation The financial report is a general purpose financial statement that has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, Australian Accounting Interpretations, other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Corporations Act 2001. Australian Accounting Standards set out accounting policies that the AASB has concluded would result in a financial report containing relevant and reliable information about transactions, events and conditions. The financial statements and notes comply with International Financial Reporting Standards. Material accounting policies adopted in the preparation of this financial report are presented below and have been consistently applied unless otherwise stated. The financial report has been prepared on an accruals basis and is based on historical costs, modified, where applicable, by the measurement at fair value of financial assets. (b) Principles of Consolidation Subsidiaries The Group financial statements consolidate those of Great Northern Minerals Limited (‘Parent’), and all of its subsidiaries as of 30 June 2021. The Parent controls a subsidiary if it is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the subsidiary and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the subsidiary. All transactions and balances between Group companies are eliminated on consolidation, including unrealised gains and losses on transactions between Group companies. Amounts reported in the financial statements of subsidiaries have been adjusted where necessary to ensure consistency with the accounting policies adopted by the Group. Profit or loss and other comprehensive income of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are recognised from the effective date of acquisition, or up to the effective date of disposal, as applicable. Subsidiaries are accounted for in the Parent financial statements at cost. A list of subsidiary entities is contained in Note 12 to the financial statements. All subsidiaries have a 30 June financial year end. 39 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 (c) Segment Reporting Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the Directors. The Directors are responsible for allocating resources and assessing the performance of the operating segments. (d) Government Grants Assistance received from the government by way of grant or other forms of assistance designed to provide an economic benefit to the Group, is presented in the statement of financial position as deferred income, in instances where the grant is related to assets. In all other cases, grant money is presented in the profit and loss as other income. Grants are recognised when there is reasonable assurance that conditions will be complied with and the grant will be received. (e) Income Tax The income tax expense for the period is the tax payable on the current period's taxable income based on the applicable income tax rate for each jurisdiction adjusted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to temporary differences between the tax base of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements, and to unused tax losses. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised for all temporary differences, between carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and their respective tax bases, at the tax rates expected to apply when the assets are recovered or liabilities settled, based on those tax rates which are enacted or substantively enacted for each jurisdiction. Exceptions are made for certain temporary differences arising on initial recognition of an asset or a liability if they arose in a transaction, other than a business combination, that at the time of the transaction did not affect either accounting profit or taxable profit. Deferred tax assets are only recognised for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses if it is probable that future taxable amounts will be available to utilise those temporary differences and losses. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognised for temporary differences between the carrying amount and tax bases of investments in subsidiaries, associates and interests in joint ventures where the parent entity is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences and it is probable that the differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Great Northern Minerals Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries have implemented the tax consolidation legislation. Consequently, these entities are taxed as a single entity and the deferred tax assets and liabilities of these entities are set off in the consolidated financial statements. Current and deferred tax is recognised in profit or loss except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, the tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. (f) Impairment of Non-Financial Assets At each reporting date the Group assesses whether there is any indication that individual assets are impaired. Where impairment indicators exist, the recoverable amount is determined, and impairment losses are recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income where the asset's carrying value exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purpose of assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount for an individual asset, recoverable amount is determined for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. 40 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 (g) Cash and Cash Equivalents For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand and at bank, deposits held at call with financial institutions, other short term, highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value and bank overdrafts. (h) Property, Plant and Equipment Each class of plant and equipment is carried at cost as indicated less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the asset. The carrying amount of plant and equipment is reviewed annually by directors to ensure it is not in excess of the recoverable amount from these assets. The recoverable amount is assessed on the basis of the expected net cash flows that will be received from the asset's employment and subsequent disposal. The expected net cash flows have not been discounted to their present values in determining recoverable amounts. Depreciation The depreciable amount of all fixed assets is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the asset's useful life to the Group commencing from the time the asset is held ready for use. Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted if appropriate. Depreciation on other assets is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset as follows: Class of Asset Office Equipment (i) Right-of-Use Assets 3-10 Years A right-of-use asset is recognised at the commencement date of a lease. The right-of-use asset is measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability, adjusted for, as applicable, any lease payments made at or before the commencement date net of any lease incentives received, any initial direct costs incurred, and, except where included in the cost of inventories, an estimate of costs expected to be incurred for dismantling and removing the underlying asset, and restoring the site or asset. Right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful life of the asset, whichever is the shorter. Where the consolidated entity expects to obtain ownership of the leased asset at the end of the lease term, the depreciation is over its estimated useful life. Right-of-use assets are subject to impairment or adjusted for any re-measurement of lease liabilities. The right-of-use asset will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over the unexpired period of the lease. The asset will be subjected to impairment or adjusted for any re-measurement of lease liabilities. 41 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 (j) Exploration and Evaluation Assets Exploration and evaluation expenditure is generally written off in the year it is incurred, except for acquisition costs which are carried forward where right to tenure of the area of interest (i.e. tenement) is current and is expected to be recouped through sale or successful development and exploitation of the area of interest, or where exploration and evaluation activities in the area of interest have not reached a stage that permits reasonable assessment of the existence of economically recoverable reserves. A regular review is undertaken of each area of interest to determine the appropriateness of continuing to carry forward costs in relation to the area of interest. The carrying value of any capitalised expenditure is assessed by the Directors each year to determine if any provision should be made for the impairment of the carrying value. The appropriateness of the Group’s ability to recover these capitalised costs has been assessed at year end and the Directors are satisfied that the value is recoverable. The carrying value of exploration and evaluation expenditure assets are assessed for impairment at an overall level whenever facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of the assets may exceed recoverable amount. An impairment exists when the carrying amount of the assets exceed the estimated recoverable amount. The assets are then written down to their recoverable amount. Any impairment losses are recognised in the income statement. (k) Fair Value Measurement When an asset or liability, financial or non-financial is measures at fair value for recognition or disclosure purposes, the fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date; and assumes that the transaction will take place either; in the principal market; or in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market. Fair value is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability assuming they act in their economic best interests. For non-financial assets, the fair value measurement is based on its highest and best use. Valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, are used, maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and minimising the use of unobservable inputs. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified, into three levels, using a fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the entire fair value measurement, being; level 1, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date; level 2, inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the assets or liabilities, either directly or indirectly; and level 3, unobservable inputs for the assets and liabilities. Classifications are reviewed at each reporting date and transfers between levels are determined based on a reassessment of the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. For recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements, external valuers may be used when internal expertise is either not available or when the valuation is deemed to be significant. External valuers are selected based on market knowledge and reputation. Where there is a significant change in fair value of an asset or liability from one period to another, an analysis is undertaken, which includes a verification of the major inputs applied in the latest valuation and a comparison, where applicable, with external sources of data. 42 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 (l) Investments and Other Financial Assets Investments and other financial assets are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs are included as part of the initial measurement, except for financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. Such assets are subsequently measured at either amortised cost or fair value depending on their classification. Classification is determined based on both the business model within which such assets are held and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset unless, an accounting mismatch is being avoided. Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows have expired or have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership. When there is no reasonable expectation of recovering part or all of a financial asset, it's carrying value is written off. Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Financial assets not measured at amortised cost or at fair value through other comprehensive income are classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. Typically, such financial assets will be either: (i) held for trading, where they are acquired for the purpose of selling in the short-term with an intention of making a profit, or a derivative; or (ii) designated as such upon initial recognition where permitted. Fair value movements are recognised in profit or loss. Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income include equity investments which the Group intends to hold for the foreseeable future and has irrevocably elected to classify them as such upon initial recognition. Impairment of financial assets The Group recognises a loss allowance for expected credit losses on financial assets which are either measured at amortised cost or fair value through other comprehensive income. The measurement of the loss allowance depends upon the Group's assessment at the end of each reporting period as to whether the financial instrument's credit risk has increased significantly since initial recognition, based on reasonable and supportable information that is available, without undue cost or effort to obtain. Where there has not been a significant increase in exposure to credit risk since initial recognition, a 12-month expected credit loss allowance is estimated. This represents a portion of the asset's lifetime expected credit losses that is attributable to a default event that is possible within the next 12 months. Where a financial asset has become credit impaired or where it is determined that credit risk has increased significantly, the loss allowance is based on the asset's lifetime expected credit losses. The amount of expected credit loss recognised is measured on the basis of the probability weighted present value of anticipated cash shortfalls over the life of the instrument discounted at the original effective interest rate. For financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, the loss allowance is recognised within other comprehensive income. In all other cases, the loss allowance is recognised in profit or loss. (m) Trade and Other Receivables Trade receivables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any allowance for expected credit losses. Trade receivables are generally due for settlement within 30 days. The Company has applied the simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses, which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance. To measure the expected credit losses, trade receivables have been grouped based on days overdue. 43 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 (n) Lease Liabilities A lease liability is recognised at the commencement date of a lease. The lease liability is initially recognised at the present value of the lease payments to be made over the term of the lease, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, the consolidated entity's incremental borrowing rate. Lease payments comprise of fixed payments less any lease incentives receivable, variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, amounts expected to be paid under residual value guarantees, exercise price of a purchase option when the exercise of the option is reasonably certain to occur, and any anticipated termination penalties. The variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or a rate are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. Lease liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. The carrying amounts are remeasured if there is a change in the following: future lease payments arising from a change in an index or a rate used; residual guarantee; lease term; certainty of a purchase option and termination penalties. When a lease liability is remeasured, an adjustment is made to the corresponding right-of use asset, or to profit or loss if the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset is fully written down. (o) Trade and Other Payables Trade and other payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior to the year end and which are unpaid. Due to their short-term nature they are measured at amortised cost and are not discounted. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition. (p) Contributed Equity Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares are shown as a deduction from the equity proceeds, net of any income tax benefit. Costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares associated with the acquisition of a business are included as part of the purchase consideration. (q) Earnings per Share Basic Earnings per Share Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to owners of Great Northern Minerals Limited by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial year, adjusted for bonus elements in ordinary shares during the year. Diluted Earnings per Share Earnings used to calculate diluted earnings per share are calculated by adjusting the basic earnings by the after-tax effect of dividends and interest associated with dilutive potential ordinary shares. The weighted average number of shares used is adjusted for the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares. 44 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 (r) Revenue The Company recognises revenue as follows: Interest Interest revenue is recognised as interest accrues using the effective interest method. This is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial asset and allocating the interest income over the relevant period using the effective interest rate, which is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial asset to the net carrying amount of the financial asset. Other income Other revenue is recognised when it is received or when the right to receive payment is established. (s) Critical accounting estimates and judgements The directors evaluate estimates and judgments incorporated into the financial report based on historical knowledge and best available current information. Estimates assume a reasonable expectation of future events and are based on current trends and economic data, obtained both externally and within the Group. Exploration and evaluation costs Exploration and evaluation costs relating to acquisition of tenements have been capitalised and are only carried forward to the extent that they are expected to be recouped through the successful development of the area or where activities in the area have not yet reached a stage that permits reasonable assessment of the existence of economically recoverable reserves. Share-based payment transactions The consolidated entity measures the cost of equity-settled transactions with employees by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments at the date at which they are granted. The fair value is determined by using an appropriate option-pricing model taking into account the terms and conditions upon which the instruments were granted. The accounting estimates and assumptions relating to equity-settled share-based payments would have no impact on the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next annual reporting period but may impact profit or loss and equity. Rehabilitation provision Upon finalisation of the acquisition of the Golden Ant Project (refer to Note 13), the Group assumed the rehabilitation obligations in respect to the tenements and a $229,450 bond for rehabilitation costs held by Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science (‘DES’). The Queensland government has recently undergone the process of redesigning its rehabilitation requirements and implemented a new Estimated Rehabilitation Cost scheme. The Group is currently reviewing its obligations under the revised scheme. As a result, a larger provision may be required for which the Group may need to raise additional capital to fund. Key judgements are applied in considering the costs to be capitalised which includes determining expenditures directly related to these activities and allocating overheads between those that are expensed and capitalised. 45 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 (s) Critical accounting estimates and judgements (continued) Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Judgement has been exercised in considering the impacts that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had, or may have, on the consolidated entity based on known information. This consideration extends to the staffing and geographic regions in which the consolidated entity operates. Other than as addressed in specific notes, there does not currently appear to be either any significant impact upon the financial statements or any significant uncertainties with respect to events or conditions which may impact the consolidated entity unfavourably as at the reporting date or subsequently as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (t) Goods and Services Tax (GST) Revenues and expenses are recognised net of GST except where GST incurred on a purchase of goods and services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, in which case the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense item. Receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is included as part of receivables or payables in the statement of financial position. Cash flows are included in the Statement of Cash Flows on a gross basis and the GST component of cash flows arising from investing and financing activities, which is recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority, are classified as operating cash flows. Commitments and contingencies are disclosed net of the amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority. (u) Provisions Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present (legal or constructive) obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable the Group will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. If the time value of money is material, provisions are discounted using a current pre-tax rate specific to the liability. The increase in the provision resulting from the passage of time is recognised as a finance cost. (v) New accounting standards for application in the current period The following Accounting Standards and Interpretations are most relevant to the Group: The Company has adopted all of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) that are relevant to its operations and effective for an accounting period that begins on or after 1 January 2020. New and revised Standards and amendments thereof and Interpretations effective for the current year that are relevant to the Company include:  AASB 2018-6 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Definition of a Business  AASB 2018-7 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Definition of Material  AASB 2019-1 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – References to the Conceptual Framework  AASB 2019-3 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Interest Rate Benchmark Reform  AASB 2019-5 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Disclosure of the Effect of New FRS Standards Not Yet Issued in Australia. The Directors have determined that there is no material impact of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations on the Company and, therefore, no material change. 46 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 (v) New accounting standards for application in the current period (continued) New Accounting Standards and Interpretations Not Yet Mandatory or Early Adopted At the date of authorisation of the financial statements, the Company has not applied the new and revised Australian Accounting Standards, Interpretations and amendments that have been issued but are not yet effective. Based on a preliminary review of the standards and amendments, the Directors do not anticipate a material change to the Company’s accounting policies, however further analysis will be performed when the relevant standards are effective. (w) Going Concern For the year ended 30 June 2021 the Group recorded a consolidated loss of $3,515,446 (2020: $3,336,423) and at that date the net operating cash out flows were $3,976,466 (2020: $2,196,004). The Group had net current assets of $2,118,190 (2020: $2,069,057). The expenditure reflected the Group’s acquisition of and funding of its exploration programme at the Company’s Gold Projects at Golden Cup, Camel Creek and Big Rush Gold Mines in North Queensland. These conditions indicate a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, however notwithstanding this the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have assessed the Group’s operating and research costs along with future commitments for tenement exploration costs in order to establish the future funding requirements for the Group. As at 30 June 2021 the Group had cash on hand of $1,896,387 as capital raising was successfully completed during May 2021 to raise $1,511,314 to continue the exploration of its assets and meet its commitments. Based on a cashflow forecast prepared by management, the Group will need to continue to raise capital to continue its exploration. The Directors are confident that further capital raising is possible to fund future exploration programs when required. Should the Group be unable to continue as a going concern it may be required to realise its assets and extinguish its liabilities other than in the normal course of business and at the amounts stated in the financial report. The financial report does not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or to the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Group not continue as a going concern. The impact of Coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) pandemic is ongoing and while it has not significantly impacted the Group up to 30 June 2021, it is not practicable to estimate the potential impact, positive or negative, after the reporting date. The situation is rapidly developing and is dependent on measures imposed by the Australian Government and other countries, such as maintaining social distancing requirements, quarantine, travel restrictions and any economic stimulus that may be provided. 3 Auditors' Remuneration Remuneration of the auditor of the parent entity for: - Audit or review - William Buck Audit (WA) Pty Ltd Total remuneration for audit services 2021 $ 30,037 30,037 2020 $ 28,862 28,862 47 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 4 Other Income - Income from sale/release of royalty (i) - Covid ATO Cash Boost - R&D Refund - Other income 2021 $ - 39,712 - - 2020 $ 125,000 - 155,720 33,767 39,712 314,487 (i) On 19 March 2019, Great Northern Minerals (previously Greenpower Energy Limited) announced that it entered into a binding Deed of Assignment of Royalty (‘DAR’) with Gasfields Limited, to sell its 1.5% wellhead royalty over 50% of any production from EP447 tenement to Gasfields Limited. Great Northern will receive an initial cash payment of $250,000 and two further instalments of $125,000 each. As a consideration for Great Northern agreeing to the amendment Deed of Agreement, Gasfields paid Great Northern $10,000 in cash in addition to the initially agreed consideration. As at 30 June 2019, outstanding receivable amount is per Tranche 1 of the Deed of Assignment of Royalty agreement. On 21 February 2020, the Company announced that it has entered into a Deed of Surrender and Release with GCC Methane Pty Ltd of its 1.5% wellhead gas royalty to be derived from gas sales from WA Exploration Permit EP447 for surrender consideration in the amount of $137,500 (inclusive of GST) which has been received during the 2020 financial year. 5 Corporate and administration costs - Interest expense* - Marketing expenses - Compliance & regulatory fees - Employee benefit expenses - Legal fees - Consultants fees - Share based payment expenses - Other corporate & administration expenses *Includes lease liability interest expense per AASB 16 6 Income Tax Expense / (Benefit) (a) The major components of tax expense (benefit) comprise: Income tax expense 2021 $ 10,801 103,590 252,064 632,740 18,428 67,500 - 128,411 2020 $ 32,291 39,231 303,986 299,809 55,637 191,000 111,180 163,256 1,213,534 1,196,391 2021 $ - - 2020 $ - - 48 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 6 Income Tax Expense / (Benefit) (continued) (b) The prima facie tax benefit/(expense) from the loss before income tax is reconciled to the income tax as follows: Net Profit/(Loss) before tax (3,515,446) (3,336,423) Prima facie tax benefit on loss from ordinary activities before income 2021 $ 2020 $ tax at 30% (2020: 30%) - the Group Add/Less tax effect of: -non-deductible expenses -losses not brought to account -non-assessable income -movement in unrecognisable temporary differences -deductible equity raising costs Income tax attributable to parent entity (c) Unrecognised temporary differences Deductible temporary differences Tax revenue losses Tax capital losses (1,054,634) (1,000,927) (1,054,634) (1,000,927) 2,455 1,110,802 (11,944) (14,640) (32,039) 368,728 714,978 (56,357) (16,428) (9,994) - - 186,831 4,391,444 3,209,831 88,580 3,347,052 3,209,831 Deferred tax assets are only recognised for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses if it is probable that future taxable amounts will be available to utilise those temporary differences and losses. Availability of losses is subject to passing the required tests under the ITAA 1997/1936. 7 Loss per Share (a) Reconciliation of Loss used to calculate Loss per share Loss Loss used to calculate basic and diluted EPS (b) Weighted average number of ordinary shares (diluted): 2021 $ 3,505,941 2020 $ 2,722,903 3,505,941 2,722,903 2021 number 2020 number Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year number used in calculating: Basic EPS Diluted EPS 951,869,979 951,869,979 359,994,638 359,994,638 *Both the basic and diluted loss per share have been calculated using the loss attributable to shareholders of the Parent as the numerator (ie no adjustments to loss were necessary in 2021 or 2020). As the Company is in a loss position, the options outstanding at 30 June 2021 have no dilutive effects on the earnings per share calculation. 49 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 8 Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash at bank Short-term bank deposits Reconciliation of Cash Cash at the end of the financial year as shown in the Statement of Cash Flows is reconciled to items in the Statement of Financial Position as follows: Cash and cash equivalents Note 8(a) 2021 $ 1,849,224 47,163 2020 $ 2,442,428 67,630 1,896,387 2,510,058 2021 $ 2020 $ 1,896,387 2,510,058 1,896,387 2,510,058 As at 30 June 2021 there is a restriction on available cash of $47,163 (2020: $67,630). The Group has a number of short term deposits held as a security for various active North Queensland exploration licences. (a) Short term deposit Short term deposits are held as a security for various bank guarantees. 9 Trade and Other Receivables CURRENT R&D Refund receivable Other receivables . (a) R&D Refund Receivable Note 9(a) 9(b) 2021 $ 2020 $ - 174,266 155,720 103,720 174,266 259,440 R & D Refund due from the Australian Taxation Office for 2021 financial year over Company’s OHD Project nil (2020: $155,720). (b) Other Receivables Other receivables represent receivables due from the Australian Taxation Office for BAS Quarterly Returns in the total amount of $144,763, office bond in the amount of $23,687, and other immaterial receivable amounts totalling $5,816, which are not impaired and will be receivable. 50 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 10 Plant and Equipment Office equipment & furniture At cost Accumulated depreciation Total office equipment & furniture Total plant and equipment (a) Movements in Carrying Amounts 2021 $ 2020 $ 133,323 (42,190) 128,947 (26,996) 91,133 101,951 91,133 101,951 Movement in the carrying amounts for each class of plant and equipment between the beginning and the end of the current financial year: Balance at the beginning of year Additions Disposals Depreciation expense Balance at the end of the year 11 Right-of-use asset Office Equipment 2021 $ 2020 $ 101,951 4,377 - (15,195) 91,133 123,930 4,407 (800) (25,586) 101,951 The Company entered into a rental lease for their office premises in September 2018. The term of the lease is five years, with the option to extend for another three years. The value of the right-of-use asset was calculated based on the particulars of the lease. Variables which were taken into account include the lease term, rent per annum, clauses for rent increases, rent abatements, and the option to extend (the option to extend was not taken into account, as the Company has not made a firm decision on this matter). The right- of-use asset will be depreciated over the lease term, the depreciation expense and lease liability will be expensed. In subsequent reporting periods, the right-of-use asset will be revalued to reflect the remaining life of the lease. Set out below are the carrying amounts of right-of-use assets recognised and the movements during the period: Right-of-Use Assets Balance at the beginning of period Right-of-use asset additions Depreciation expense Balance at the reporting date 2021 $ 98,375 - (28,980) 2020 $ - 125,591 (27,216) 69,395 98,375 51 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 11 Right-of-use asset (continued) Lease Liabilities Balance at beginning of period Lease liabilities additions Accretion of interest Payments Balance at the reporting date Lease liabilities – current Lease liabilities – non current Depreciation expense for right-of-use assets Interest expense on lease liabilities Total amount recognised in profit or loss 12 Controlled Entities 2021 $ 102,637 - 4,761 (32,158) 75,237 2020 $ - 125,591 6,129 (29,083) 102,637 30,260 44,977 27,397 75,240 28,980 4,761 33,741 27,216 6,129 33,345 The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets, liabilities and the results of the following subsidiary in accordance with the accounting policy described in note 1: Controlled Entities Principal Activity Country of Incorporation Greenpower Group Pty Ltd Greenpower Gold Pty Ltd (previously GCC Asset Holdings Pty Ltd) Northern Exploration Pty Ltd Sawells Pty Ltd Greengrowth Energy Pty Ltd (previously Greengrowth Bio-Stimulants Pty Ltd) Greenpower Chemicals Pty Ltd Greenpower Guyana Pty Ltd Ion Minerals Pty Ltd Golden Ant Pty Ltd Alphadale Pty Ltd Investment Investment Exploration Exploration Non-trading Non-trading Investment Exploration Exploration Exploration Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Percentage Owned 2021 100% 100% Percentage Owned 2020 100% 100% 100% 100% 95% 100% 100% 40% 100% 100% 100% 100% 95% 100% 100% 40% - - 52 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 12(a) Summarised financial information on subsidiaries with material non-controlling interest Set out below is the summarised financial information for Ion Minerals Pty Ltd which has a non-controlling interest material to Great Northern Minerals Limited. Summarised Statement of Financial Position Current Assets Liabilities Total Current Net Assets Non-Current Assets Liabilities Total Non-Current Net Assets Revenue Loss before income tax Income tax Total comprehensive loss for the year Total comprehensive loss attributable to NCI 13 Exploration and Evaluation Assets Exploration and evaluation permits Exploration expenditure capitalised A reconciliation of the carrying amount of exploration and evaluation expenditure is set out below: Carrying amount at the beginning of the year Acquisition costs incurred during the year Impairment of exploration and evaluation expenditure Rehabilitation Provision Asset Exploration Expenditure Consideration Capitalised* Deferred (Reversal of) consideration capitalised* Carrying amount at the end of the year 53 2021 $ 8,375 2020 $ 7,729 (965,446) (948,958) (957,071) (941,229) - - - - - - - - (15,841) (1,022,534) - - (15,841) (1,022,534) (9,505) (613,520) 2021 $ 2020 $ 1,491,476 562,076 562,076 - - 229,450 849,950 (150,000) 1,491,475 948,133 412,076 (948,133) - - 150,000 562,076 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 13 Exploration and Evaluation Assets (continued) *On 15 August 2019, Great Northern Minerals announced that it had exercised the Option Agreement with Q-Generate Pty Ltd to acquire the former gold producing mines of Camel Creek, Golden Cup and Big Rush (“The Golden Ant Project”) in Northern Queensland. Management have accounted for this transaction as an acquisition of assets and not as a business combination since, at the date of acquisition, the Golden Ant Project did not have the processes and outputs expected of an operating business. The Consideration for the acquisition comprised of:  Upfront Consideration consisting to be paid at settlement, of $20,000 for the grant of Exclusive Option fee, $50,000 cash payment and $50,000 worth of fully paid ordinary shares in GNM (formerly GPP) to be issued to the owner (or its nominee, on behalf of the vendors), the issue price of which will be calculated on the basis of a 30 day VWAP prior to the date of the Options Exercise Notice is issued (with a minimum floor price of $0.03 per share);  Deferred Consideration to be paid post settlement and subject to achievement of Milestones as follows: -$50,000 in cash and $100,000 in GNM shares to be issued upon estimation of JORC compliant Measured Mineral Resource of at least 100,000 ounces of gold at the Project; and -$1,500,000 in cash or GNM shares (subject to shareholder approval) upon estimation of JORC compliant Measured Mineral Resource of at least 100,000 ounces of gold at the Project and either 12 months after the grant of Environmental Access in respect of the licences or 24 months after the settlement. On 10 August 2020, Great Northern Minerals Limited announced that it had entered into a deed of variation to the Heads of Agreement with Q-Generate Pty Ltd to accelerate the completion of 100% ownership of the North Queensland gold projects. The parties to the agreement have mutually agreed to reduce the agreed deferred and further deferred consideration via an early cash payment of $849,950, representing a discount of approximately 50% to the existing deferred and further deferred consideration per Heads of Agreement, totalling $1.732M, which resulted in completion of Great Northern Minerals’ 100% ownership of the Queensland gold projects. Great Northern Minerals Limited made the early cash payment of $849,950 during August 2020. Upon finalisation of the acquisition of the Golden Ant Project, the Group assumed the rehabilitation obligations in respect to the tenements and a $229,450 bond for rehabilitation costs held by Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science (‘DES’). The Queensland government has recently undergone the process of redesigning its rehabilitation requirements and implemented a new Estimated Rehabilitation Cost scheme. The Group is currently reviewing its obligations under the revised scheme and is unable to reliably estimate the rehabilitation liability as at the date of this report. As a result, a larger provision may be required for which the Group may need to raise additional capital to fund. Exploration permits Refer to Interests in Exploration Tenements section at the end of this consolidated financial report for the list of exploration licences held by the Group. 14 Trade and Other Payables CURRENT Trade payables Other payables 2021 $ 2020 $ 91,283 29,700 120,983 489,353 53,999 543,352 54 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 15 Issued Capital Movements in ordinary share capital No. of shares $ Year ended 30 June 2021 At the beginning of year Shares issued during the year Cost of issuing shares Balance at 30 June 2021 822,087,117 386,963,859 - 1,209,050,976 79,834,625 4,641,705 (978,082) 83,498,248 Year ended 30 June 2020 At the beginning of year Shares issued during the year Part Consideration Shares issued for North Queensland Projects Cost of issuing shares Consolidation of issued capital on 10:1 basis Balance at 30 June 2020 1,943,207,165 949,234,267 1,666,666 - (2,072,020,981) 822,087,117 75,182,850 5,195,826 50,000 (594,051) - 79,834,625 The Company has no authorised share capital or par value in respect of its issued shares. Ordinary shares participate in dividends and the proceeds on winding up of the parent entity in proportion to the number of shares held. At the shareholders meetings, each ordinary share is entitled to one vote when a poll is called, otherwise each shareholder has one vote on a show of hands. Capital Risk Management The Group's and the Parent’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard their ability to continue as a going concern, so that they can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may pay dividends to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares or sell assets. During 2021 financial year, the Group's strategy, which was unchanged from 2020, was to maintain minimum borrowings outside of trade and other payables. 16 Reserves Share Based Payments Reserve Total Reserves Share Based Payments Reserve Opening balance Options expired Options issued during the year Total Reserves 55 2021 $ 702,511 702,511 $ 295,056 (183,877) 591,332 2020 $ 295,056 295,056 $ s 349,212 (165,336) 111,180 702,511 295,056 702,511 295,056 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 Share Based Payments Reserve The share-based payments reserve records items recognised as expenses on valuation of share options issued to employees and advisers for capital raising purposes. Share options are issued for nil consideration. The exercise price of the share options is determined by the Directors in their absolute discretion and set out in the Offer provided that the exercise price is not less than the average Market Price on ASX on the five trading days prior to the day the Directors resolve to grant the Options. Any options that are not exercised by their expiry date will lapse. Upon exercise, these options will be settled in ordinary fully paid shares of the Company. The Options can be exercised in whole or part at any time up to and including the Expiry Date by lodging and Option Exercise Notice accompanied by the payment of the exercise price. During the year 66,787,242 unlisted options and 20,000,000 listed options were issued and vested to advisors in respect of the capital raisings and have been treated as a cost of equity. Options at 1 July Options issued during the year Expiry of options during the year Options at 30 June 2021 $ 2020 $ 295,056 349,212 591,332 111,180 (183,877) (165,336) 702,511 295,056 Summary of options granted as share based payments The following table illustrates the number and movements in share options under share based payments: Outstanding at the beginning of the year Granted during the year Exercised during the year Lapsed/cancelled during the year Consolidation of issued capital on 10:1 basis Outstanding at the year end Exercisable at the year end 2021 Number 2020 Number 21,800,000 8,000,000 86,787,242 21,000,000 - (1,600,000) - - - (7,200,000) 106,987,242 21,800,000 106,987,242 21,800,0000 Weighted average remaining contractual life of share options The weighted average remaining contractual life for the share options outstanding as at 30 June 2021 is 1.24 years (2020: 1.33 years). Range of exercise price of share options The exercise price for options outstanding at the end of the year is $0.01 to $0.033 (2020: $0.30). Weighted average fair value of share options The weighted average fair value of options granted during the year is $591,332 (2020: $111,180). 56 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 Share option valuation The fair value of the equity-settled listed share options granted under the share based payments is valued at the date of grant as the market price of the listed options as at grant date The fair value of the equity-settled unlisted share options granted under the share based payments is estimated at the date of grant using a Black Scholes model, which takes into account factors including the options exercise price, the volatility of the underlying share price, the risk-free interest rate, the market price of the underlying shares at grant date, historical and expected dividends and the expected life of the option. The options were valued using Black Scholes with the below assumptions: Number of options in series Underlying share price Exercise price Expected volatility Option life Expiry date Dividend yield Interest rate Number of options in series Underlying share price Exercise price Expected volatility Option life Expiry date Dividend yield Interest rate Number of options in series Underlying share price Exercise price Expected volatility Option life Expiry date Dividend yield Interest rate Unlisted Options 22,262,414 $0.015 $0.024 100% 3 years 19 November 2023 0.00% 1.30% Unlisted Options 22,262,414 $0.015 $0.029 100% 3 years 19 November 2023 0.00% 1.30% Unlisted Options 22,262,414 $0.015 $0.033 100% 3 years 19 November 2023 0.00% 1.30% 57 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 17 Accumulated Losses Accumulated losses Opening balance Net loss for the period attributable to Owners of Parent Reclassification adjustments: - Options lapsed transferred from reserves Total 2021 $ 2020 $ (76,158,094) (3,505,941) (73,600,527) (2,722,903) 183,877 165,336 (79,480,158) (76,158,094) 18 Cash Flow Information (a) Reconciliation of Cash Flow from Operations with Loss after Income Tax Net loss for the year Cash flows excluded from loss attributable to operating activities Non-cash flows in loss Depreciation Share based payments Impairment of exploration assets Impairment of receivables Changes in assets and liabilities, net of the effects of purchase and disposal of subsidiaries Decrease/(Increase) in receivables (Decrease)/Increase in trade payables and accruals Net cash (outflow) from operating activities (b) Non-Cash Financing and Investing Activities During the year the Group had no non-cash financing and investing activities 2021 $ (3,515,446) 2020 $ (3,336,423) 44,213 - - - 56,834 (111,180) 948,133 129,000 85,174 (590,407) 223,681 (106,049) (3,976,466) (2,196,004) 58 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 19 Project Expenditure Commitments Planned project expenditure commitments contracted for: Exploration Permits Payable: - not later than 12 months* - between 12 months and 5 years - more than 5 years 2021 $ 2020 $ 1,270,934 1,458,687 1,270,934 1,458,687 370,721 758,018 142,195 1,270,934 317,158 964,889 176,640 1,458,687 *During 2021 financial year, the Group spent $1,655,814 on granted tenement licences and $17,240 on application licences. The amounts detailed above is the minimum expenditure required to maintain ownership of the current tenements held. An obligation may be cancelled if a tenement is surrendered. 20 Related Party Transactions (a) Parent entity The ultimate parent entity within the Group is Great Northern Minerals Limited. (b) Subsidiaries Interests in subsidiaries are set out in note 12. (c) Compensation The aggregate compensation made to directors and other members of key management personnel of the consolidated entity is set out below: Short-term employee benefits Post-employment benefits Share-based payments 2021 $ 594,740 38,000 - 2020 $ 362,420 27,621 45,780 632,740 435,821 (d) Transactions and balances with related parties All transactions between related parties are on normal commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those available to other parties unless otherwise stated. 2021 - During the financial year, Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Company which Managing Director Cameron McLean has an interest in, repaid to Great Northern Minerals Limited an amount of $3,124 of the loan from the previous period. The terms of the transaction were on a no interest basis. The balance payable by Mineral Intelligence to Great Northern Minerals Limited as at 30 June 2021 was $2,343. Subsequent to the year end, the funds are yet to be repaid from Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd. 59 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 20 Related Party Transactions (continued) (d) Transactions and balances with related parties (continued) - During 2019 financial year, Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Company which Managing Director, Cameron McLean has an interest in, loaned $11,000 to Ion Minerals Pty Ltd. The terms of the transaction were on a no interest basis. The balance outstanding and payable to Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd by Ion Minerals Pty Ltd as at 30 June 2021 is $11,000. The funds are yet to be repaid to Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd. 2020 - During the financial year, Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Company which Managing Director Cameron McLean has an interest in, was loaned by Great Northern Minerals Limited an amount of $2,873. The terms of the transaction were on a no interest basis. The balance payable by Mineral Intelligence to Great Northern Minerals Limited as at 30 June 2020 was $5,467. Subsequent to the year end, the funds are yet to be repaid from Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd. - During 2019 financial year, Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Company which Managing Director, Cameron McLean has an interest in, loaned $11,000 to Ion Minerals Pty Ltd. The terms of the transaction were on a no interest basis. The balance outstanding and payable to Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd by Ion Minerals Pty Ltd as at 30 June 2020 is $11,000. The funds are yet to be repaid to Mineral Intelligence Pty Ltd. There were no other Key Management personnel related party transactions during the year. 21 Contingent liabilities and contingent assets Contingent Liabilities The Group had contingent liabilities at 30 June 2021 in respect of: - The Group has provided bank guarantees in favour of the Minister of Energy and Resources with respect to a security deposit and in favour of Minister of Energy and Resources Victoria with respect to a contract performance at 30 June 2020. The total of these guarantees at 30 June 2021 was $32,660 with a financial institution (30 June 2020: $32,533); - Upon finalisation of the acquisition of the Golden Ant Project (refer to Note 13), the Group assumed the rehabilitation obligations in respect to the tenements and a $229,450 bond for rehabilitation costs held by Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science (‘DES’). The Queensland government has recently undergone the process of redesigning its rehabilitation requirements and implemented a new Estimated Rehabilitation Cost (‘ERC’) scheme. The Group is currently reviewing its obligations under the revised scheme. In conjunction with this, the Group is also assessing the financial assurance provisions, including the calculation methods which have evolved significantly over the past decade with ongoing recent legislative reforms. As a result, a larger provision may be required for which the Group may need to raise additional capital to fund. The Group has been complying with all of its environmental obligations including conducting water sampling, monitoring and reporting to the DES. Further environmental work is ongoing in order to fully understand the extent of any future liability in relation to the historic mining activities completed in the late 1990s. Contingent Assets The Group had no contingent assets at 30 June 2021. 60 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 22 Financial Risk Management (a) Financial Risks The main risks the Group is exposed to through its financial instruments are interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Exposure to interest rate, liquidity and credit risk arises in the normal course of the Group’s business. The Group does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments. The Group uses different methods as discussed below to manage risks that arise from these financial instruments. The objective is to support the delivery of the financial targets while protecting future financial security. Primary responsibility for the identification and management of financial risks rests with the Board. (a) Liquidity risk The Company manages liquidity risk by maintaining sufficient cash facilities to meet the operating requirements of the business. The responsibility for liquidity risk management rests with the Board of Directors. The Company manages liquidity risk by monitoring forecast cash flows and ensuring that adequate working capital is maintained. The Company’s policy is to ensure that it has sufficient cash reserves to carry out its planned exploration activities over the next 12 months. (b) Interest rate risk Interest rate risk arises from the possibility that changes in interest rates will affect future cash flows or the fair value of financial instruments. The Company’s exposure to market risk for changes to interest rate risk relates primarily to its earnings on cash. (b) Credit Risk The Group has no significant concentrations of credit risk other than cash at bank which is held with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac Bank both AA- rated Australian banks. The maximum exposure to credit risk at reporting date is the carrying amount (net of provision of expected credit losses) of those assets as disclosed in the statement of financial position and notes to the financial statements. As the Group does not presently have any debtors, lending, significant stock levels or any other credit risk, a formal credit risk management policy is not maintained. Credit risk represents the risk that the counterparty to the financial instrument will fail to discharge an obligation and cause the Group to incur a financial loss. (c) Liquidity Risk Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group may encounter difficulties raising funds to meet commitments associated with financial instruments (e.g. borrowing repayments). The Group manages liquidity risk by monitoring forecast cash flows. 23 Events after the Reporting Period The impact of Coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) pandemic is ongoing and while it has not significantly impacted the Group up to 30 June 2021, it is not practicable to estimate the potential impact, positive or negative, after the reporting date. The situation is rapidly developing and is dependent on measures imposed by the Australian Government and other countries, such as maintaining social distancing requirements, quarantine, travel restrictions and any economic stimulus that may be provided. There are no other matters or circumstances which have arisen since the end of the year which will significantly affect, or may significantly affect, the state of affairs or operations of the reporting entity in future financial years. 61 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 24 Segment Reporting AASB 8 requires operating segments to be identified on the basis of internal reports about components of the Group that are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker in order to allocate resources to the segment and to assess its performance. The Group predominantly operates in one segment, being exploration activities throughout Australia. The Group via a heads of agreement was funding exploration in Guyana undertaken by Great Northern Minerals (previously Greenpower Energy Limited) exploration partner and operator Guyana Strategic Metals Inc., a Canadian registered entity. The Company has fully impaired all the costs incurred and funded for operations in Guyana over the last financial years, as its focus is on its Australian Projects. Information regarding the non-current assets by geographical location is reported for Australian exploration assets only, being $1,491,476. Refer to note 13. 25 Parent Entity The following information has been extracted from the books and records of the parent, Great Northern Minerals Limited and has been prepared in accordance with Accounting Standards. The financial information for the parent entity, Great Northern Minerals Limited has been prepared on the same basis as the consolidated financial statements. Investments in subsidiaries Investments in subsidiaries, are accounted for at cost in the financial statements of the parent entity. 2021 $ 2020 $ 1,958,877 1,898,011 2,915,765 1,458,390 3,856,888 4,374,155 86,695 274,427 1,392,760 75,240 361,122 1,468,000 3,495,766 2,906,155 83,498,241 79,834,619 (80,704,986) (77,223,520) 295,056 702,511 3,495,766 2,906,155 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Assets Current assets Non-current assets Total Assets Liabilities Current liabilities Non-current liabilities Total Liabilities Net Assets Equity Issued capital Accumulated losses Share Based Payments Reserve Total Equity 62 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 25 Parent Entity (continued) Consolidated Income Statement Total loss for the year Total comprehensive loss (1,327,266) (2,064,119) (1,327,266) (2,064,119) Guarantees entered into by the parent entity in relation to the debts of its subsidiaries Pursuant to ASIC Instrument 2017/785 Great Northern Minerals Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries (refer note 12) entered into a deed of cross guarantee. The effect to the deed is that Great Northern Minerals Limited has guaranteed to pay any deficiency in the event of winding up of any controlled entity or if they do not meet their obligations under the terms of any debt subject to the guarantee. The controlled entities have given a similar guarantee in the event that Great Northern Minerals Limited is wound up or if it does not meet its obligations under the terms of any debt subject to the guarantee. Contingent liabilities of the parent entity The Directors are not aware of any contingent liabilities at reporting date, except for already disclosed contingent liabilities at note 21 of this financial report. 63 Great Northern Minerals Limited ABN 22 000 002 111 Directors' Declaration In accordance with a resolution of the directors of Great Northern Minerals Limited, the directors of the company declare that: 1. the financial statements, notes and the remuneration report in the Directors’ Report are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: a. giving a true and fair view of the financial position of the Consolidated Group as at 30 June 2021 and of its performance for the year ended on that date; and b. complying with Australian Accounting Standards (including International Financial Reporting Standards) and the Corporations Regulations 2001; 2. in the directors' opinion, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable. This declaration has been made after receiving the declarations required to be made to the directors in accordance with sections of 295A of the Corporations Act 2001. This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors. .................................................................. Kim Robinson Chairman Dated: 29th September 2021 64 Great Northern Minerals Limited Independent auditor’s report to members Report on the Audit of the Financial Report Opinion We have audited the financial report of Great Northern Minerals Limited (the Company and its subsidiaries (the Group)), which comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2021, the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, and the directors’ declaration. In our opinion, the accompanying financial report of the Group, is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: (i) giving a true and fair view of the Group’s financial position as at 30 June 2021 and of its financial performance for the year ended on that date; and (ii) complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. Basis for Opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including Independence Standards) (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern We draw attention to Note 2(w) in the financial report, which indicates that the Group incurred a net loss of $3,515,446 and incurred net operating cash outflows of $3,976,466 during the year ended 30 June 2021. As stated in Note 2(w), these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt Independent auditor’s report to members (cont’d.) on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter. Key Audit Matters Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. In addition to the matter described in the Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern section, we have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report. How our audit addressed it Our audit procedures included: — Discussing the current status of the assessment by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science with management. — Evaluating and challenging management’s assessment as to whether the provision could be reliably measured. — We requested copies of the most recent correspondence between the Group and the Department of Environment and Science. — Assessing the adequacy of the Group’s disclosure in the annual financial report in respect of the rehabilitation provision. REHABILITATION PROVISION Area of focus Refer also to note 2(s) & 13 On 10 August 2020, Great Northern Minerals announced it had entered into a deed of variation to the Heads of Agreement with Q- Generate to accelerate the completion of 100% ownership the North Queensland gold projects. As a result, the Group now have a 100% ownership of Golden Ant Mining Pty Ltd and Alphadale Pty Ltd and the Directors have performed an assessment to determine the measurement of the rehabilitation provision required for the future restoration of the mine sites acquired. Upon finalisation of the acquisition, the Group assumed the rehabilitation obligations in respect to the tenements and a $229,450 bond for rehabilitation costs held by the Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science. The Queensland government has recently undergone the process of redesigning its rehabilitation requirements and implemented a new Estimated Rehabilitation Cost scheme. As a decision has yet to be made by the Department on the rehabilitation obligations, no reliable estimate can be made of the provision beyond the bond already paid. Therefore, a rehabilitation provision of $229,450 has been recognised as at 30 June 2021. Independent auditor’s report to members (cont’d.) CARRYING VALUE OF EXPLORATION COSTS CAPITALISED Area of focus Refer also to note 2(j), 2(s) & 13 How our audit addressed it Our audit procedures included: — Assessing whether costs capitalised in the year met the group’s accounting policy for capitalisation. — A review of the directors’ assessment of the criteria for the capitalisation of exploration expenditure costs and evaluation as to whether there are any indicators of impairment of capitalised costs. — An assessment of viability of the tenements and whether there were any indicators of impairment of those costs capitalised in the current period. — An assessment of the adequacy of the Group’s disclosures in respect of the transactions. The Group has incurred exploration costs in relation to the Group's exploration programs. There is a risk that the capitalisation of exploration and evaluation expenditure may exceed the value in use. Exploration and evaluation assets are assessed for impairment when facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of an exploration and evaluation asset may exceed its recoverable amount. One or more of the following facts and circumstances indicate that an entity should test exploration and evaluation assets for impairment: — the period for which the entity has the right to explore in the specific area has expired during the period or will expire in the near future and is not expected to be renewed. — substantive expenditure on further exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in the specific area is neither budgeted nor planned. — exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in the specific area have not led to the discovery of commercially viable quantities of mineral resources and the entity has decided to discontinue such activities in the specific area. — sufficient data exist to indicate that, although a development in the specific area is likely to proceed, the carrying amount of the exploration and evaluation asset is unlikely to be recovered in full, from a successful development or by sale. Independent auditor’s report to members (cont’d.) This was a key matter because of the significance of the capitalised Exploration and evaluation assets at 30 June 2021. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS Area of focus Refer also to note 2(s) & 16 The Group has entered into share-based payment arrangements during the year. The options were issued to provide long term incentives for executives and consultants to deliver long term shareholder returns. Participation in the plan was at the board’s discretion and no individual has a contractual right to participate in the plan or to receive any guaranteed benefits. This was a key audit matter because the arrangements required significant judgments and estimations by management, including the following: — The evaluation of the grant date of each arrangement, and the evaluation of the fair value of the underlying share price of the Company as at the grant date. — The evaluation of key inputs into the Black Scholes option pricing model, including the significant judgment of the forecast volatility of the share option over its exercise period. — The results of these share-based payment arrangements materially affect the disclosures. How our audit addressed it Our audit procedures included: — Evaluating the grant dates based on the terms and conditions of the share-based payment arrangements. — Evaluating the fair values of share-based payment arrangements by understanding and documenting the assumptions used. — For the specific application of the Black Scholes model, we assessed the experience of Management in preparing these calculations. We retested some of the assumptions used in the model and recalculated those fair values using volatility applied in the model to be appropriately reasonable and within industry norms. We also reconciled the vesting of the share- based payment arrangements to disclosures made in both the key management personnel compensation note and the disclosures in the Remuneration Report. Other Information The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group’s annual report for the year ended 30 June 2021 but does not include the financial report and the auditor’s report thereon. Independent auditor’s report to members (cont’d.) Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial report or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. Responsibilities of the Directors for the Financial Report The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the ability of the Group to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of these financial statements is located at the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website at: https://www.auasb.gov.au/admin/file/content102/c3/ar1_2020.pdf This description forms part of our independent auditor’s report. Independent auditor’s report to members (cont’d.) Report on the Remuneration Report Opinion on the Remuneration Report We have audited the Remuneration Report included on pages 26 to 31 of the directors’ report for the year ended 30 June 2021. In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of Great Northern Minerals Limited, for the year ended 30 June 2021, complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Responsibilities The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the Remuneration Report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. William Buck Audit (WA) Pty Ltd ABN 67 125 012 124 Amr Nathwani Director Dated this 29th day of September 2021 Great Northern Minerals Limited Additional Information for Public Listed Companies For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 ASX Additional Information Additional information required by the ASX Limited Listing Rules and not disclosed elsewhere in this report is set out below. This information is effective as at 27 September 2021. Voting Rights Ordinary Shares On a show of hands, every member present at a meeting in person or by proxy shall have one vote and upon a poll each share shall have one vote. Options No voting rights. Distribution of Equity Security Holders Holding Range 1 - 1,000 1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 Over Total Total Holders 56 213 273 1,114 1,037 Number of Shares 11,807 820,693 2,199,044 53,488,685 1,152,530,747 2,693 1,209,050,976 Unmarketable Parcel of Ordinary Shares Minimum $500 parcel at $0.01 per unit 55,556 1,276 25,240,590 Minimum Parcel Size Holders Units 71 Great Northern Minerals Limited Additional Information for Public Listed Companies For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 Top 20 Largest Shareholders Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JETOSEA PTY LTD MR ERNST KOHLER EQUITY TRUSTEES LIMITED MS NICOLE GALLIN + MR KYLE HAYNES MR ALISTAIR WILLIAMS BUSHWOOD NOMINEES PTY LTD SUNSET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD 14 8 9 9 11 12 13 PANDORA NOMINEES PTY LTD MR POH SENG TAN XCEL CAPITAL PTY LTD STOJ INVEST PTY LIMITED MR GRANT MORRIS MR NATHAN ROGERS DR STEPHEN BARTROP + MS KERRYN WENDY CHISHOLM ROOKHARP CAPITAL PTY LIMITED MR DALE MAURICE RAYNES WFC NOMINEES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE PTY LTD MCGEACHIE HOLDINGS PTY LTD ROOKHARP CAPITAL PTY LIMITED Top holders of FULLY PAID ORDINARY SHARES (Total) 15 16 17 18 19 19 Units 70,905,117 55,719,168 33,157,895 30,000,000 25,497,024 18,537,392 16,597,628 13,565,384 12,000,000 12,000,000 11,660,434 11,500,000 10,149,995 10,000,000 9,751,368 9,461,320 8,142,858 8,085,715 8,000,000 8,000,000 382,731,298 % Units 5.86 4.61 2.74 2.48 2.11 1.53 1.37 1.12 0.99 0.99 0.96 0.95 0.84 0.83 0.81 0.78 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.66 31.66 Securities exchange listing The Company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under GNM ASX code. The Company has listed options on the Australian Securities Exchange under GNMOA, GNMOB and GMOF. Address The address of the registered office and principal place of business in Australia is Level 1, 33 Colin Street, West Perth WA 6005. Telephone (08) 6214 0148. Register of securities Registers of securities are held at the following address: Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd Level 11, 172 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 72 Great Northern Minerals Limited Additional Information for Public Listed Companies For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 20 Largest Option holders for ‘GNMOA’ Listed Options exercisable at $0.18 on 15 December 2021 Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 MR NICHOLAS DERMOTT MCDONALD MR RALPH MANNO + MRS CHRISTINE ANNE D'AHREMBERG MR ANDREW DOWDESWELL EXPANZ AGENCIES LIMITED MS EMMA CATHERINE D'AHREMBERG-MANNO KALCON INVESTMENTS PTY LTD GOLDEN DAWN LIMITED MRS CHRISTINA MARIE HIRRELL ROTHERWOOD ENTERPRISES CHELMSLEY PROPRIETARY LIMITED QUID CAPITAL PTY LTD MR DAVID JAMES WALL BUSHWOOD NOMINEES PTY LTD BARROSEVEN PTY LIMITED T T NICHOLLS PTY LTD MIRADOR CORPORATE PTY LTD RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD ABN AMRO CLEARING SYDNEY NOMINEES PTY LTD Units 9,184,612 % Units 49.44 600,000 3.23 570,000 500,000 326,923 300,000 256,410 247,435 200,000 166,666 166,666 166,666 154,000 150,000 130,000 100,000 96,000 76,923 3.07 2.69 1.76 1.61 1.38 1.33 1.08 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.83 0.81 0.70 0.54 0.52 0.41 MRS MARY BRODERICK & DR JOHN BRODERICK 76,923 0.41 MR MARK LANGLEY BURCHNALL MR MATTHEW BURFORD BURNAL PTY LTD MR STACEY HUBERT CARTER CRIVE PTY LTD DANLAMB PTY LTD MR JEFFREY ALLAN DUNN FIRESTONE INVESTMENTS PTY LTD FIRST INVESTMENT PARTNERS MR GREGORY WALLACE FOX & MRS CHERYL ANN FOX G & P REDFEARN INVESTMENTS P/L MR ROGER CLIVE GILBEY & GLM KOPPA PTY LTD GRAZING PROPER PTY LTD MR DEREK HA MR ALEXANDER JOHN HARRISON HOWSER PTY LTD HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED - A/C 2 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 MR WERNER KUFFER & MRS GLENYS ANNE KUFFER 76,923 0.41 M & K KORKIDAS PTY LTD MR ROBERT MCDOWELL MR TAMUKA NUNGIRAYI & MISS SARAH NUNGIRAYI P & N KALAMVOKIS INVESTMENTS PTY LTD PANDORA NOMINEES PTY LTD MS JOAN EVELYNE PEREIRA MR ANTHONY ROBERT REECE & MRS KATIE ELIZABETH REECE STOJ INVEST PTY LTD T T NICHOLLS PTY LTD 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 73 Great Northern Minerals Limited Additional Information for Public Listed Companies For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 MR IAN THOMPSON & MR PETER RANDAL THOMPSON MR MARK ANDREW TKOCZ TOWNACE HOLDINGS PTY LTD TREGEARE PTY LTD MS ROSILYN MAY WATSON WESTWIZE ENTERPRISES PTY LTD MR YING KIT WONG & MR THEAM HUAH YEOH MS YAFEN ZHU Totals: Top 57 holders of LIST OPT EXP 15/12/21 @$0.18 (Total) 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 76,923 16,392,298 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 88.23 74 Great Northern Minerals Limited Additional Information for Public Listed Companies For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 20 Largest Option holders for ‘GNMOB’ Listed Options exercisable at $0.022 on 1 July 2023 Rank Name Units % Units 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 19 20 JETOSEA PTY LTD MS NICOLE GALLIN + MR KYLE HAYNES EQUITY TRUSTEES LIMITED KALCON INVESTMENTS PTY LTD MS CHUNYAN NIU STOJ INVEST PTY LIMITED SUNSET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD MAVERICK EXPLORATION PTY LTD MR ERNST KOHLER MR DALE MAURICE RAYNES MR DANIEL AARON HYLTON TUCKETT ROOKHARP CAPITAL PTY LIMITED MR ALFREDO VARELA GALLIN CONSULTING PTY LTD PROPAGATION PTY LTD ANNA CARINA PTY LTD SOCIAL INVESTMENTS PTY LTD YUNKI PTY LIMITED MR MALCOLM WILLIAM GREEN MR MARTIN MUSIC 36,516,683 25,000,000 20,000,000 16,750,000 12,420,406 12,000,000 11,000,000 8,505,719 8,499,131 8,091,320 8,077,936 8,000,000 6,000,000 5,749,000 5,500,000 5,491,295 5,000,000 5,000,000 4,571,429 4,370,991 8.62 5.90 4.72 3.95 2.93 2.83 2.60 2.01 2.01 1.91 1.91 1.89 1.42 1.36 1.30 1.30 1.18 1.18 1.08 1.03 Totals: Top 20 holders of LISTED OPTIONS EXPIRING 01/07/2023 @ $0.022 (Total) 216,543,940 51.11 75 Great Northern Minerals Limited Additional Information for Public Listed Companies For the Year Ended 30 June 2021 20 Largest Option holders for ‘GNMOF’ Listed Options exercisable at $0.01 on 1 November 2022 Rank 1 2 3 4 4 4 7 8 9 10 10 10 13 14 15 15 15 18 19 Name JETOSEA PTY LTD MS CHUNYAN NIU ZAMAN PERAK PTY LTD KALCON INVESTMENTS PTY LTD MR RONALD MEHMET MR ALFREDO VARELA MR SIMON FRANZ COHN MR ALISTAIR WILLIAMS MR MARTIN CHRISTOPHER ANGEL + MRS LAURA MARIE ANGEL CALE CONSULTING PTY LTD COXSROCKS PTY LTD KIM ROBINSON FINCLEAR SERVICES NOMINEES PTY LIMITED MR SCOTT GREGORY RAE + MRS FIONA MARIA RAE MR JAMES WILLIAM BUCKLEY MAC3 PTY LTD MR WILLIAM MARK PALMER + MRS PATRICIA DAWN GREGORY GOFFACAN PTY LTD MR MARTIN MUSIC 20 MR JASON ERIC CARTMELL Totals: Top 25 holders of LISTED OPTIONS EXPIRING 01/11/2022 @ $0.01 (Total) Option Equity Securities as at 27 September 2021 Total options on issue 747,547,822 Total listed options on issue 680,760,580 Total unlisted options on issue 66,787,242 Units 35,028,441 14,449,450 12,250,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 7,000,000 6,833,333 6,500,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 5,583,334 5,027,301 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 4,652,600 4,277,121 4,000,000 % Units 14.69 6.06 5.14 4.19 4.19 4.19 2.93 2.86 2.73 2.52 2.52 2.52 2.34 2.11 2.10 2.10 2.10 1.95 1.79 1.68 168,601,580 70.68 76 Great Northern Minerals Limited Interest in Mining Tenements For the Year Ended 30 June 2020 Interest in Exploration Tenements Region Project Tenement Interest Held Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Guyana Queensland Golden Ant – Big Rush Golden Ant – Big Rush Golden Ant – Big Rush Golden Ant – Big Rush Golden Ant – Big Rush Golden Ant – Golden Cup Golden Ant – Camel Creek Golden Ant – Camel Creek Golden Ant – Camel Creek Golden Ant – Camel Creek Golden Ant – Camel Creek Golden Ant – Camel Creek Golden Ant – Camel Creek Turesi PGGS Camel Creek** EPM27522 EPM27283 ML10168 ML10175 ML10192 ML4536 ML4522 ML4523 ML4524 ML4525 ML4534 ML4540 ML6952 Guyana – Turesi 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% EPM26637 *Application Only **Joint venture with NorthX Pty Ltd (refer to ASX announcement dated 1 April 2020). 77

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