HIGH GRADE DRILLING RESULTS CONTINUE FROM THE

PEYES FARM GOLD PROJECT

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Infill and extensional drilling completed at the 100% owned Peyes Farm gold project, part of the Teal gold camp, 10km northwest of Kalgoorlie in the Western Australian goldfields
  • The drill program comprised 49 RC and three diamond holes for 3,808m to a maximum depth of 132m testing extensions to the supergene zone and improving JORC classification
  • All single RC assays now received with shallow high-grade intercepts including 1:
  1. 4m @ 18.17g/t Au from 79m including 1m @ 61.21g/t Au from 81m (PFRC20038) o 4m @ 13.05g/t Au from 53m including 2m @ 24.25g/t Au from 54m (PFRC20026) o 7m @ 3.97g/t Au from 30m (PFRC20029)
  1. 5m @ 2.87g/t Au from 32m, 4m @ 1.55g/t Au from 40m and 1m @ 16.35g/t Au
    from 57m (PFRC20008)
  1. 9m @ 1.74g/t Au from 30m and 12m @ 1.55g/t Au from 48m (PFRC20018)
    1. 2m @ 5.65g/t Au from 28m, 2m @ 1.44g/t Au from 44m and 6m @ 2.25g/t Au
      from 73m (PFRC20022)
  • Results confirm excellent width and grade continuity within the supergene zone with mineralisation remaining open to the north and south
  • Current Mineral Resource Estimate for Peyes Farm stands at 0.53Mt @ 1.70g/t Au for 28,860oz at a 1g/t Au lower grade cut-off2
  • Latest assay results will enable compilation of an updated Mineral Resource Estimate due for completion in the current June Quarter 2021 3
  • Open cut mine optimisation and design studies will then be completed for maiden Ore Reserve generation as part of the consolidated Feasibility Study 3
  • Further extensional drilling is planned at Peyes Farm later in 2021 as part of the organic growth plan

Commenting on the latest drilling results, Horizon Minerals Managing Director Mr Jon Price said:

"It is extremely encouraging to see these final results from Peyes Farm confirming the previous results and demonstrating the growth potential alongside the recent Jacques Find results 100m to the west. The Teal project area is now proving to be a significant potential mining hub to complement the baseload Boorara gold project and potential mill 25km to the east."

"Our aim now is to prove up these supergene deposits for open pit mining as we did with the successful Teal mine 400m to the north. We look forward to releasing the updated resource and maiden reserve in coming months and building these projects into the long-term production plan."

1 See Table 1 on Page 6-7, Competent Persons Statements on Page 8 and JORC Tables on Page 12. 2 As announced to the ASX on 19 September 2018, see also Tables and Confirmatory Statements on Page 9. 3 See Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements on Page 11.

Overview

Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX: HRZ) ("Horizon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce further excellent high grade drilling results from the 100% owned Peyes Farm gold project, part of the Teal project area located 10km north west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the heart of the Western Australian goldfields (Figures 1 and 2).

Figure 1: Horizon's Project area location, resources and surrounding infrastructure

The Teal camp comprises the Teal, Jacques Find and Peyes Farm deposits and is one of five core satellite gold project areas being advanced to complement the baseload Boorara gold project as part of the consolidated Feasibility Study to deliver an initial five-year mine plan and underpin the establishment of a stand-alone processing facility at the Boorara mine site. 1

1 See Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements on Page 11.

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The program at Peyes Farm is the first since the highly successful drilling campaigns completed by the Company in 2017 delivering a Mineral Resource Estimate of 0.53Mt grading 1.70g/t Au for 28,860oz at a 1g/t Au lower cut-off grade. 1

In the December Quarter 2020, the Company completed 49 Reverse Circulation ("RC") and three diamond holes for 3,808m to a maximum depth of 132m. The aim of the drilling was to:

  • Infill a number of areas within the current mineralised envelope to improve JORC classification to the Measured and Indicated categories for Ore Reserve generation
  • Extend areas of supergene mineralisation beyond the current resource model
  • Provide diamond core for additional geotechnical assessment and confirmatory metallurgical test work for mine optimisation, design and economic analysis.

Project Geology

As with the Jacques Find gold project immediately to the west, the Peyes Farm gold deposit comprises a well-defined supergene blanket located above shears and quartz within structurally controlled felsic schists, tuffs, sediments and porphyry rocks. Mineralisation is strongly influenced by the regional NNW geological trend of the Abattoir Shear.

Gold mineralisation is developed in a flat lying oxide supergene deposit located between 24-75 metres vertical depth and in primary mineralisation within a sub-vertical shear zone. The mineralisation lies on the same trend as Teal and collectively the strike length is greater than 1500 metres.

Summary of Results

Previous drilling by the Company during the 2016/2017 campaigns focussed on building the resource inventory with mostly step back and extension drilling. Combined with an improved gold price and encouraged by the success of the nearby Teal gold mine (open pit produced 229,000t @ 3.2g/t Au for 21,836 oz), the Company designed a program to maximise the open pittable tonnes and grade from the Peyes Farm oxide and transitional ore zones.

Preliminary test work suggests that the Peyes Farm metallurgy is similar to the Teal deposit mined and processed successfully in 2018. Teal was mined to 65m vertical depth with excellent recoveries in both the oxide (94%) and transition (90%) ore zones. In the deeper primary sulphide mineralisation, typically below 80-90m depth, the metallurgy of the ore is semi-refractory and requires pre-oxidation through roasting or ultra-fine grinding to achieve acceptable recoveries.

Variations in the depth of weathering and the fresh rock boundary at Peyes Farm were mapped in greater detail with the new drilling enabling an assessment of the supergene ore for conventional milling and treatment options to be reviewed on the primary sulphide mineralisation. 2

The 2020 drilling also improved drill density to a more uniform 10m spacing allowing improved definition of the ore zones. New high-grade shoots were also discovered in this program. Table 1 highlights the significant intercepts that recorded grades >1.0g/t Au. Similar to Teal, the highest grades were typically observed in the supergene zone at 25-80m vertical depth. Mineralisation remains open to the north and south within the supergene enrichment zone.

1 As announced to the ASX on 19 September 2018, see also Tables and Confirmatory Statements on Page 9. 2 See Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements on Page 11.

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Alongside the RC drilling, three diamond drill holes were completed. These holes were for combined geotechnical and metallurgical purposes and is ongoing as part of mine optimisation, design and maiden Ore Reserve generation.

Figure 2: Teal gold project area with Peyes Farm drilling plan and highlights

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Figure 3: Peyes Farm Long Section highlighting true width supergene mineralisation (see

Figure 2 for section location)

Next Steps 1

The latest assay results will enable compilation of an updated Mineral Resource Estimate due for completion in the June Quarter 2021. Open cut mine optimisation and design studies will then be completed for maiden Ore Reserve generation as part of the consolidated Feasibility Study 3

Further extensional drilling is planned at Peyes Farm later in 2021 as part of the organic growth plan.

1 See Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements on Page 11.

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