The identification of gold mineralization in previously un-sampled drill core prompted the company to review the total meterage of un-sampled drill core within the footprint of the current Northshore resource model and within 200m of the topographic surface. In addition to the un-sampled interval in drill hole RSG21- 069, a total of 864m of un-sampled core from 22 drill holes was identified and is available for resampling. Within the Northshore Project's Afric Zone there are two dominant styles of gold mineralization: gold occurs in variably oriented discrete, narrow, quartz-carbonate veins within broader structural corridors of quartz-carbonate vein stockworks hosted within altered felsic intrusive rocks.

Previous operators have produced differing interpretations of mineralized trends that are associated with the structural and lithological setting at Northshore. None of the previous drill programs carried out by a variety of operators, incorporated oriented drill core. Furthermore, the historical drill logging from different drill campaigns has lacked consistent structural and lithological coding that would allow a more detailed correlative geological and structural interpretation for the current MRE.

APEX personnel have recommended that all available drill core be re logged using consistent coding for lithology, intensity of alteration, structure and mineralization. The relogging exercise would provide a consistent dataset for re interpretation of the historical drilling, which may assist in identifying the structural controls or more importantly, the specific boundaries of mineralized corridors which could then be modelled for future resource estimates. This exercise may also indicate specific areas where there are opportunities to extend the known zones of mineralization at the Afric Zone.

Any future drilling at Northshore should utilize oriented drill core and all drill core should be sampled.