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2023 ReportLake Resources N.L. 4 1 0 2 T R O P E R L A U N N A ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Corporate Strategy Lake Resources' mission has always been to develop a profitable minerals discovery business, concentrating on the effective use of the geosciences and leveraging these skills to make strategic investments. To this end, our focus is on: ! ! ! ! ! Exploration in the most prospective areas for world-class deposits that will attract major mining companies as joint venture partners at an appropriate stage. Use of the most cost-effective practices and technologies including multispectral satellite images, reprocessing and reinterpretation of existing databases and application of appropriate deposit models. Formation of alliances with major mining companies for exploration and development of the Company's discoveries. Development of a revenue stream comprising net smelter royalties and net profits interests when mining companies develop deposits discovered by us. Seed capital investments in other emerging resources sector companies. The board considers that the corporate culture required for successful mineral exploration is significantly different from the culture of the downstream businesses of mining and smelting. Accordingly, Lake Resources does not place a high priority on becoming a miner, preferring instead, to retain royalty and net profits interests in its discoveries and to remain focussed on its core business of mineral exploration. Company Directory Lake Resources N.L. A.B.N. 49 079 471 980 Directors Ross Johnston Chairman Peter J Gilchrist Managing Director James G Clavarino Exploration Director Registered Office 3-7 Maud Street Newstead QLD 4006 GPO Box 1239 Brisbane 4001 Australia Contacts Telephone: +61 7 3257 1111 +61 7 3252 0255 Facsimile: +61 7 3257 2122 Email: lakeresources@lakeresources.com.au Website: www.lakeresources.com.au Auditors Hayes Knight Audit (Qld) Pty Ltd Level 19, 127 Creek Street Brisbane 4000, Australia Bankers Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited 102 Brisbane Street Ipswich 4305, Australia Share Registry Link Market Services Limited Level 15, 324 Queen Street Brisbane 4000, Australia ASX Code LKE Lake Resources N.L. I wish to thank my fellow directors, management and contractors for their contribution to the operation of the company. Thanks also to you, our shareholders, for your ongoing support. We look forward to your continuing association with Lake Resources. Ross Johnston Chairman Chairman’s Report Dear Shareholder During the year under review, the company’s activities focussed on finding a joint venture partner for the Chagai project in Balochistan, Pakistan. This project is situated in the Tethyan magmatic arc, which extends from Turkey, through Iran into Pakistan and hosts a number of copper gold deposits including the Saindak copper-gold mine and the giant Reko Diq copper-gold deposit of Tethyan Copper Company Limited. Lake Resources has been exploring the region since 1998. At Koh-i-Sultan, exploration targets are world- class copper and gold deposits associated with an extensive system of intensely altered breccia and volcanics on the margin of an extinct volcanic caldera. Lake Resources has undertaken drilling programs in 2005, 2007-8 and 2012. Geologically significant copper, gold and trace elements have been intersected in a number of holes ¬ these results support the accumulating evidence of potential for economic porphyry copper-gold deposits. The Dasht-i-Gauran area is situated to the west of copper mineralisation reported by TCC from drilling at its Sor Baroot Prospect at the Reko Diq Project, and covers a number of possible alteration zones identified from interpretation of satellite images. The Amalaf area adjoins the northern boundary of the Saindak copper-gold mine. The exploration target is large tonnage - low grade copper amenable to low-cost open-pit mining and trucking to the adjacent Saindak mine. During the September 2013 quarter, the Directorate General of Mines and Minerals, Government of Balochistan, advised that it had cancelled the Company’s three exploration licences in Balochistan due to lack of exploration activity. Appeals were lodged against the cancellations and following a hearing in January 2014, the Company was advised that the cancellations had been set aside and licences were restored. the exploration At the time of the cancellations, the directors believed that it was prudent to write down the value of the Company’s investment in Pakistan to zero in the accounts dated 30th June 2013. In May 2014, the company disclosed that it has entered an Exclusivity Agreement with Colt Resources Middle East (CRME) to negotiate a transaction whereby CRME can earn a majority interest in Lake’s three Chagai exploration licenses in Balochistan – these negotiations are in progress at the time of this report. Details are set out under Exploration. Approximately 70 km west of Lake’s Koh-i- Sultan project (see Figure 1). Barrick and Antofagasta each hold a 50% interest in Tethyan Copper Company Limited (Tethyan), whose principal asset is a 75% interest in the Reko Diq project, with the Government of Balochistan holding 25%. The mineral resource at Reko Diq is estimated at 5.9 billion tonnes with an average copper grade of 0.41% and average gold grade of 0.22g/tonne at a cut-off grade of 0.2% copper equivalent (Antofagasta PLC, Annual Report 2009). Feasibility, environmental and social impact studies were finalised and submitted to Government of Balochistan in August 2010 and applications for mining leases were submitted in February 2011. In November 2011, the Government of Balochistan rejected the applications. Tethyan is pursuing international arbitrations in order to protect its legal rights. In the Antofagasta Annual Report and Financial Statements 2013 (p.159), the company stated that “Tethyan is seeking monetary damages only and is no longer seeking the grant of a mining lease at Reko Diq.” On the world scene, volatility of world economies and commodity demand and prices continue to dominate the outlook. While our efforts during the year to date have focussed on securing a partner to advance exploration of its licences in Pakistan, we continue to investigate other investment and exploration opportunities. The Company will need to raise further working capital to continue with any planned activities. 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Exploration Projects Mineral exploration is an inherently risky undertaking. Typically, for every one thousand mineral occurrences investigated, only one hundred warrant drilling and of these, only one ultimately proves to be economically mineable. Factors that influence investment decisions for scarce exploration funds include geological prospectivity, availability of geological, geophysical and exploration data, access to land, sovereign risk, government policies, infrastructure and competitive advantages. From its inception in 1997, Lake concentrated its early efforts in Pakistan and Sweden. In 2004, the Company wound down exploration in Sweden and shifted its focus to a promising new exploration play in Argentina, whilst continuing exploration in Pakistan. In late 2005, work in Argentina was terminated to concentrate on the company’s more advanced copper and gold targets in Pakistan. PAKISTAN AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA Pakistan With a population of about 196 million (July 2014 estimate), the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is bordered by Iran, Afghanistan, China and India, and has a land area of 771 000 square kilometres, about one tenth of the area of Australia. The Republic is made up of four provinces - Sindh (capital, Karachi), Punjab (Lahore), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier (Peshawar)) and Baluchistan (Quetta) and seven areas (‘agencies’) on the border with Afghanistan known as the federally- administered tribal areas (FATA). Pakistan also administers part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir – Gilgit-Baltistan also known as Northern Areas. Islamabad is a special ‘Federal Capital Territory’. Pakistan has a federal system of government with a bicameral legislature comprising the National Assembly, and an upper house, the Senate. All four provinces have their own elected provincial assemblies and each provincial government is headed by a chief minister who presides over the provincial cabinet. Provincial governors are appointed by the president. Local or district governments are headed by elected nazims. 2 Australia established diplomatic relations with Pakistan after partition and has had a resident mission in the country since 1948. Bilateral relations between Australia and Pakistan include agreements on promotion and protection of investments, defence, agriculture and development assistance. Following a major earthquake in Pakistan in October 2005, Australia contributed more than $80 million in emergency assistance. In 2010 Australia's program grew in response to the devastating floods which swept through Pakistan in July of that year, providing $75 million in humanitarian and early recovery assistance. Australia’s total official development assistance to Pakistan for 2012- 2013 is estimated at A$86 million. In 2012—13 Australia supported the World Food Programme to provide emergency food rations for up to 975 000 people displaced by conflict in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Commercial links between Australia and Pakistan include BHP Billiton's investment in Pakistan's Zamzama gas field valued at US$100 million. Total two-way trade in 2012 was A$879 million, principally food products, coal and cotton exports from Australia to Pakistan and textiles and rice from Pakistan to Australia. There is a growing Pakistani community in Australia of approximately 33 000 people of Pakistani ancestry and, in 2012, there were close to 11 000 Pakistani students studying in Australia. Pakistan held National Assembly and provincial parliamentary elections in May 2013. Pakistan’s Government is led by Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (since 6th June 2013). The next National Assembly election is due in 2018. An election for 54 of the 100 seats in the Senate was held in March 2012 with the next election scheduled for 2015. On 8th September 2013, Mr Mamnoon Hussein was inaugurated as President for a 5-year term, replacing Mr Asif Ali Zardari. Lake Resources N.L. A F G H A N I S T A N Amalaf AFGHANISTAN IRAN Chagai Project Quetta N A T S I K A P I N D I A Dasht-i-Gauran Karachi TCC Reko Diq Project Koh-i-Sultan Zahidan Saindak Copper-Gold Mine I R A N Taftan Rail a n d Lake resources Licence In the early 1990s, BHP (subsequently BHP Billiton (BHPB)) commenced exploration of the Chagai region, discovering a cluster of porphyry copper-gold deposits at Reko Diq. Tethyan Copper Company Ltd (TCC) continued exploration under an agreement with BHPB until early 2006 when TCC was taken over by Antofagasta PLC. Following the takeover, the TCC mineral interests have been managed and operated by a 50:50 joint venture between Antofagasta and Barrick Gold Corporation. Government of Balochistan has a 25% interest in the project. According to Antofagasta “The mineral resource at Reko Diq is estimated at 5.9 billion tonnes with an average copper grade of 0.41% and average gold grade of 0.22g/tonne at a cut- off grade of 0.2% copper equivalent…” (Antofagasta website, antofagasta.co.uk/ interior/operations/f_explora.html) Feasibility, environmental and social impact studies were finalised and submitted to Government of Balochistan in August 2010 and applications for mining leases were submitted in February 2011. In November 2011, the Government of Balochistan rejected the applications. Tethyan is pursuing international arbitrations in order to protect its legal rights. In the Antofagasta Annual Report and Financial Statements 2013 (p.159), the company stated that “Tethyan is seeking monetary damages only and is no longer seeking the grant of a mining lease at Reko Diq.” s e a l e d Hwy Nok Kundi P A K I S T A N 3 CHAGAI PROJECT Lake Resources is exploring for epithermal gold and porphyry copper-gold deposits in the Chagai region in western Balochistan. Regional Setting The project area is situated in the Tethyan Magmatic Arc which extends from Turkey through Iran into Pakistan. Important mineral deposits in the Arc include the Reko Diq porphyry copper-gold deposit and the Saindak copper-gold mine. Access is by sealed highway from the provincial capital of Quetta to the border with Iran. A wide- gauge railway parallels the highway. The first systematic geological mapping of the region, at a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles (1:253 440), was undertaken in 1952-56 under a Canada-Pakistan Colombo Plan project. In 1956-70, mapping and appraisal of geological resources in Pakistan was undertaken under a cooperative program between geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) and the U.S. Geological Survey which resulted the discovery of the copper-mineralised quartz- diorite stocks at Saindak. in Further exploration at Saindak during the 1970’s resulted in the discovery of porphyry copper, gold and molybdenum in three deposits totalling 440 million tonnes @ 0.41% copper and 0.5g/t gold, During 1991-93, under a turnkey contract, Metallurgical Construction Corporation of China (MCC) constructed a metallurgical plant and open pit mine based on the South Orebody (78 Mt averaging 0.43% Cu and 0.5 g/t Au). The project was handed over to Saindak Metals Limited in January 1996 after a successful trial operation which produced 1 550 tonnes of blister copper. Due to a shortage of working capital, the mine was placed on a ‘care and maintenance’ basis until 2003 when it was re- commissioned under the management of MCC, who continue to operate mining and smelting operations at Saindak. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Tenements Lake Resources commenced regional exploration in the Chagai region following the granting of a 10 000 sq km Reconnaissance Licence (RL) in early 1998. In March 2000, the RL was relinquished and four Exploration Licences (ELs), covering 920 sq km, were granted to Lake. These ELs expired in March 2009 and were replaced with three new ELs that were granted for a period of three years commencing on 10 September 2009. In 2012, the ELs were renewed, over reduced areas (approx. 50%) for a further period of three years to September 2015. Details are set out below. th Balochistan Tenements Tenement EL Number Area (sq km) Lake Interest Date of Grant Date of Expiry Previous Work Amalaf (71)/5468-78 46.9 (see Note 1) 10/09/2009 9/09/2015 Dasht-i-Gauran (72)/5492-5503 29.12 (see Note 1) 10/09/2009 9/09/2015 Koh-i-Sultan (73)/5479-91 85.1 (see Note 1) 10/09/2009 9/09/2015 Note 1. Clause 12 of the Licence documents provides that the grantee “…will also sign an agreement with the Government of Balochistan within a period of two months regarding participation/entry of the Government of Balochistan in the said licence/project with 12.5% share on 100% discount i.e. without any investment or 25% share with investment in accordance with the Latest Policy of the Government”. Government of Balochistan advised in a letter dated 15 May 2010 that preparation of a draft agreement is in progress. th The Amalaf area adjoins the northern boundary of the Saindak copper-gold mine. The exploration target is large tonnage - low grade copper amenable to low-cost open-pit mining and trucking to the adjacent Saindak mine operated by Chinese company Metallurgical Construction Corporation (MCC). The Dasht-i-Gauran area is situated to the west of copper mineralisation reported by TCC from drilling at its Sor Baroot Prospect at the Reko Diq Project, and covers a number of possible alteration zones identified from interpretation of satellite images. At Koh-i-Sultan, Lake is exploring for gold and copper associated with an extensive system of intensely altered breccia and volcanics covering an area of more than five square kilometres on the margin of an extinct volcanic caldera. During the September 2013 quarter, the Directorate General of Mines and Minerals, Government of Balochistan, advised that it had cancelled the Company’s three exploration licences in Balochistan due to lack of exploration activity. Appeals were lodged against the cancellations and following a hearing in January 2014, the Company was advised that the cancellations had been set licences were aside and restored. the exploration In May 2014, the company disclosed that it has entered an Exclusivity Agreement with Colt Resources Middle East (CRME) to negotiate a transaction whereby CRME can earn a majority interest in Lake’s three Chagai exploration licenses in Balochistan – these negotiations are in progress at the time of this report. Details are set out under Work Completed in 2013- 2014. Initial exploration of the RL in 1998-1999 by Lake Resources comprised geological interpretation of multispectral Landsat TM images, reprocessing and interpretation of airborne magnetic survey data, follow-up geological reconnaissance and geochemical surveys. This work identified numerous areas for more detailed exploration. Work on the EL areas commenced in 2000 with detailed geological interpretation of merged Landsat ETM and SPOT satellite images at 1:25,000 scale that produced detailed geological maps and identified alteration zones that could be associated with copper-gold Subsequent ground mineralisation. investigation of these targets included geological reconnaissance, geochemical sampling (stream sediment, soil and rock) and ground magnetic surveys. In 2004, revised geological interpretations based on stereoscopic ASTER satellite images and computer-processed spectral data at 1:25,000 scale were completed. The ASTER spectral data provided enhanced discrimination between different alteration types that could be related to mineralisation. In 2005, Lake undertook a 6-hole reverse circulation percussion drilling program — two holes on each of the Company’s three Exploration Licence areas—with encouraging results. 4 Lake Resources N.L. At Amalaf one of two holes drilled by Lake intersected low-grade copper-molybdenum over the length of the hole (drillhole LRJJ-02, 12 -120 m, 108 m @ 0.17%Cu & 94 ppm Mo). At Koh-i-Sultan, drillhole LRM-01, the first hole ever drilled to test this system, intersected copper and gold mineralisation on the western margin of the system: ! 3 1 3 - 1 9 m @ 0.29 g/t Au & 1.63% Cu; 12 m, 1 ! 12 12 - 1 6 m @ 1.14 g/t Au & 0.25% Cu; 1 18 m, ! 18 18 - 69 m @ 0.55 g/t Au & 0.03% Cu (includes 36-60 m, 24m @ 1.05 g/t Au); 87 m, ! 129 129 - 11 m @ 0.60 g/t Au & 0.02% Cu. 140 m, The hole terminated at a depth of 140 m in continuing gold mineralisation. i In 2006, rock geochemical grid sampling (309 samples) at Koh-i-Sultan identified anomalous gold, tellurium, bismuth and arsenic in a cohesive pattern over an area of about five sq km covering the main Miri alteration system and associated zones to the west and south of the Nawah Caldera. In early 2007, high resolution (2.5 m) stereoscopic satellite imagery from the Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS) was utilised to produce a new photogeological interpretation and a digital elevation model (DEM) and 10 m topographic contour map. In 2008, Lake undertook a 5-hole, 2,284 m diamond drilling (coring) program to test a zone of breccia and alteration centred on an interpreted north-south-trending fault zone, near the western rim of Nawah Caldera at Koh-i- Sultan (drillholes LRMDDH 001 – 005). The diamond drilling program resulted in two significant discoveries: ! porphyry-type copper-gold mineralisation in drillhole LRMDDH-002 (392 – 520 m, 128 m @ 0.14% Cu and 0.19 ppm Au) and ! a very large, variably-altered and mineralised breccia complex, intersected in all five drillholes, over a width of more than 700 m and a north-south extent of more than 400 m. Geologically significant gold values were intersected in the breccia in four of the five drillholes. During the first half of 2012, a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program totalling 2,070 m was completed at the Koh-i-Sultan project (drillholes LRMRC 003 – 019). Seventeen holes were drilled within an area approximately 1,000 m east-west by 1,500 m north-south, along Miri Nala, southwest of Nawah Caldera. 479500 E 480000 E 480500 E 481000 E 3222500 N 3222000 N LRMDDH-005 LRMDDH-004 LRMDDH-003 LRMRC-017 LRMRC-016 LRMRC-015 LRMRC-013 LRMRC-014 LRMDDH-002 LRMDDH-001 LRMRC-011 LRMRC-012 3221500 N LRMRC-009 LRMRC-018 LRMRC-010 LRMRC-008 LRM-01 LRMRC-019 LRMRC-007 3221000 N LRMRC-005 LRMRC-006 LRMRC-004 LRMRC-003 LRM-02 LEGEND Drill hole collar and surface projection LRM-01- 02 LRMDDH-001- 05 LRMRC-003 - 019 2005 2008 2012 0 500m Map Grid UTM/WGS84/Zone 41N Koh-i-Sultan DRILL HOLES and ACCESS TRACKS 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 A number of the drillholes were terminated before reaching planned depth when they encountered potentially lethal concentrations of pressurized H2S gas. At the southern end of the area, in the vicinity of the gold intersection in 2005 drillhole LRM-01, seven holes intersected variably altered volcanics and breccia. Five of these holes (LRMRC 005, 006, 007 &009) were essentially barren. However, significant gold was intersected in four drillholes, with associated copper in two of these holes, similar to drillhole LRM-01 drilled in 2005. ! LRMRC-003: 64 to 68 m (4 m @ 0.17 g/t Au) and 74 to 90 m (16 m @ 0.14 g/t Au). ! LRMRC-005: 90 to 92 m (2 m @ 0.11 g/t Au), 96 to 100 m (4 m @ 0.29 g/t Au), 106 to 112 m (6 m @ 0.13 g/t Au) and 124 to 134 m (10 m @ 0.43 g/t Au). ! LRMRC-018: 2 to 16 m (14 m @ 2.20 g/t Au & 0.32% Cu, including 2 to 12 m (10 m @ 2.96 g/t Au & 0.44% Cu) and 68 to 72 m (4 m @ 0.19 g/t Au). ! LRMRC-019: 2 to 78 m, anomalous gold over the complete hole (average 1.47 g/t Au) with copper in the top 18 m, including 2 to 22 m (20 m @ 2.23 g/t Au & 0.18% Cu), 22 to 58 m (36 m @ 0.27 g/t Au), 58 to 70 m (12 m @ 4.53 g/t Au) and 70 to 78 m (8 m @ 0.39 g/t Au). To the north, drillholes LRMRC 010 – 017 intersected zones of geochemically anomalous molybdenum (>5 ppm up to 130 ppm) and copper (>300 ppm up to 1675 ppm) with minor gold in some of these drillholes: ! LRMRC-010: 28 to 42 m (14 m @ 0.16 g/t Au), 56 to 70 m (14 m @ 0.34 g/t Au) and 134 to 139 m (5 m @ 0.13 g/t Au). ! LRMRC-013: 46 to 48 m (2 m @ 0.31 g/t Au). ! LRMRC-014: 78 to 84 m (6 m @ 0.20 g/t Au). ! LRMRC-015: 74 to 76 m (2 m @ 0.38 g/t Au). ! LRMRC-016: 86 to 92 m (6 m @ 0.13 g/t Au), 110 to 120 m (10 m @ 0.13 g/t Au) and 150 to 151 m (1 m @ 0.21 g/t Au). ! LRMRC-017: 06 to 08 m (2 m @ 0.11 g/t Au), 12 to 14 m (2 m @ 0.11 g/t Au) and 16 to 20 m (4 m @ 0.11 g/t Au). (Cutoff grade used for the above intersections is 0.10 g/t Au). These results are interpreted to support potential for a large porphyry copper-gold target associated with the porphyry copper-gold intersection in 2008 drillhole LRMDDH-002 (392 to 520 m : 128 m @ 0.14% Cu and 0.19 g/t Au). A substantial program of deep diamond drilling (500 – 600m) will be required to test these targets below the levels achievable with RC drilling. A planned RC drilling program at the Amalaf Exploration Licence area that was scheduled for the second quarter 2012, was postponed as a result of a new Government of Pakistan policy requiring security clearances for expatriate personnel engaged in exploration activities in this region. 6 Work Completed in 2013-2014 During the year under review, no field activities were undertaken. The company's activities focussed on finding a joint venture partner for the Chagai project. In May 2014, the company disclosed that it has entered an Exclusivity Agreement with Colt Resources Middle East (CRME) to negotiate a transaction whereby CRME can earn a majority interest in Lake's three Chagai exploration licenses in Balochistan. The Transaction is to be governed by the terms of a Share Subscription Agreement and a Shareholders Agreement. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. There are 3 parties, Lake Resources NL (Lake), Colt Resources Middle East (CRME) and Aamir Resources Consultants (Aamir). The corporate entity for the Transaction will be a Pakistan incorporated company (OpCo) into which Lake's exploration licenses will be transferred. CRME will subscribe a minimum of USD1.9 million for 60% of OpCo with the funds to be invested in exploration of the licenses within 3 years. The balance of OpCo shareholding will be divided between Lake 27.5% and Aamir 12.5%. CRME will subsequently subscribe a minimum aggregate of USD5 million in OpCo within 6 years, which will also be invested in exploration of the licenses at which point the shareholders will be CRME 60%, Lake 15%, Government of Balochistan 12.5% and Aamir 12.5%. For any subscriptions and expenditure above USD5 million , Lake and Aamir will be diluted until Lake reaches 10% which will then revert to a 10% carried interest with Lake's share of the investment repayable from 80% of Lake's share of net profits. Aamir, on diluting to 10% will revert to a 5% free carried net profits interest. In the event CRME invests the minimum of USD 1.9 million within 3 years and then decides not to invest an aggregate of $5 million within 6 years, then the shareholding of OpCo will revert to CRME 51%, Lake 40% and Aamir 9%. The agreement was in the process of being finalised at the time of this report. Lake Resources N.L. 7 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Future Progam Future activities of the company in Pakistan will depend on the outcome of the joint venture negotiations with CRME. In the mean time, as pointed out in the Chairman's Report, we continue to investigate other investment and exploration opportunities. Future exploration work will be redirected to take advantage of the opportunities presented by a lull in exploration activity in Australia where sovereign risk is lower and modern geoscientific data is more available than many other countries. The Company will need to raise further working capital to continue with any planned activities. The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, is based on information compiled by Jim Clavarino who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Clavarino is Exploration Director of Lake Resources NL and is employed by Argent Resources Pty Ltd. Mr. Clavarino 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 2004 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Mr. Clavarino consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. 8 Glossary of Terms Lake Resources N.L. PAKISTAN ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA In this Report, the following words have these meanings unless the context otherwise requires: "Alteration" means chemical changes to rocks and minerals, commonly related to ore-forming processes. "Andean-type arc" means a chain of volcanic centres and intrusives associated with continental plate margins. "Anomaly/anomalous" means abnormal; in geological data may indicate a target for investigation. "Argillic alteration" means a type of alteration of rocks and minerals to clay minerals. “Base metals" means any of the more common metals such as copper, lead and zinc. "Batholith" means a large body of intrusive igneous rock. "Breccia" means a rock made up of angular coarse fragments. "Caldera" means a more or less circular volcanic depression whose diameter is many times greater than that of a volcanic vent. "Chalcopyrite" means one of the sulphide minerals of copper. "Diamond drilling" means a method of drilling using diamond tipped drill bits to recover solid core samples from the ground. "Disseminated" means mineral particles scattered more or less evenly within rock or zone of rocks. "Epithermal" means ore deposited at shallow depths from ascending hot solutions. "Float" means rocks no longer in their original place. "Geochemical sampling" means the collection and chemical analysis of geological samples for metals and trace elements. "Geophysical surveys" means surveys using instruments to detect and measure naturally occurring and induced magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic properties of the earth. "GIS" (Geographic/Geologic Information System) means a system for defining, storing, manipulating and presenting spatially related information such as geological, geophysical, geochemical and topographic data. "Gossan" means the outcropping ferruginous deposits derived from the oxidation of underlying sulphide minerals. "Gravity (survey/data)" means measurements of the earth's field of gravity, which varies depending on the underlying rocks. "g/t" means grams per tonne, a measurement commonly used for precious metal ores. "Island arc" means a chain of volcanic islands associated with oceanic tectonic plate margins. "km" means kilometres. "Magnetic (survey/data)" means measurement of the earth's natural magnetic field, which varies depending on the underlying rocks. "Magnetite" means one of the oxide minerals of iron. "Massive sulphide" means mineral deposits containing a high proportion of sulphide minerals. "Net smelter return" means the payment made by a smelter to a mine for the contained metal in concentrate after deduction of all smelting and refining costs, penalties, deductions and freight. “Porphyry deposits" refer to a type of mineral deposit (usually copper, molybdenum and gold) associated with intrusive igneous rocks where the valuable minerals are present in disseminated form. "ppb" means parts per billion, a measurement of concentration. "ppm" means parts per million, a measurement of concentration. "Precious metals" means gold, silver or any of the platinum group of metals. "Quaternary age" means a geologic period of time from 1.8 million years ago to present. "Satellite images" means digital images of the earth's surface compiled from spectral data collected by sensors carried in special-purpose satellites, readily available for all parts of the world from various commercial and government sources. "Sheeted dykes" means groups of thin (relative to length) tabular igneous intrusives. "Sovereign risk" means the potential risk that could arise due to a change in government or government policy. "Sq km" means a measurement of area in square kilometres. "Stockwork" means a network of veins. "Stratigraphic" refers to identifiable geological strata. "Stratovolcano" means a stratified volcanic cone of large proportions. "Stream sediment sample" means a sample of the silt and sand collected from a stream bed for geochemical analysis. "Supergene deposit" means a mineral deposit formed by descending surficial solutions. "Tectonic plate" means a distinct cohesive block of the earth's crust. "Tenements" means mineral exploration and mining titles granted by government agencies. Lake Resources N.L. 3-7 Maud Street Newstead QLD 4006 GPO Box 1239 Brisbane 4001 Australia Telephone: +61 7 3252 0255 Facsimile: +61 7 3257 2122 Email: lakeresources@lakeresources.com.au www.lakeresources.com.au
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