20 November 2018

THOR MINING PLC

Company Announcements Office ASX Securities Limited,

Registered Numbers:

United Kingdom 05276 414

20, Bridge Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 2000

Australia 121 117 673

MOLYHIL TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM PROJECT

Registered Office:

58 Galway Avenue MARLESTON, SA, 5035 Australia

APPOINTMENT OF CORPORATE ADVISOR

Ph: +61 8 7324 1935

Fx: +61 8 8351 5169

The Board of Thor Mining Plc ("Thor" or the "Company") (AIM, ASX: THR), is pleased to advise of the appointment of London based Argent Partners Limited as corporate advisors to assist with completion of off-take and financing arrangements for Molyhil.

Email:corporate@thormining.com

Website:www.thormining.com

Twitter @ThorMining

The Company has had approaches from, and held discussions with, a number of entities with interests ranging from both molybdenum and tungsten concentrate off-take, to those with potential interest in financing and other partnering initiatives, in respect of the Molyhil project. The directors have elected, in the interests of maximising the benefit for Thor shareholders, to appoint Argent Partners to provide both critical focus, and an outstanding skill set, to secure the best outcome possible.

Enquiries: Mick Billing Executive Chairman Thor Mining PLC +61 8 7324 1935

Mick Billing, Executive Chairman, commented:

"We welcome the appointment of Argent Partners to assist in taking us through the financing stage of the Molyhil development. "

Nominated Advisor Colin Aaronson Grant Thornton +44 (0) 20 7383 5100

"Molyhil is an outstanding project, with attractive returns and considerable upside both in project scale & mine-life, and it is critical that we secure the best deal possible for our investors in taking it through financing to enable development."

AIM & ASX Listings: Shares: THR

"We have had considerable interest expressed from a number of potential partners in the project, and we look forward to working with Argent Partners to take that interest into a fully financed development plan."

Directors: Michael Billing David Thomas Alastair Middleton Richard Bradey

About Molyhil

Key Projects:

  • TungstenMolyhil NT

    Pilot Mountain USA

    The Molyhil tungsten and molybdenum project, located in the Northern Territory of Australia, is a development ready project with very attractive returns and low operating costs from the seven year life set out in the Open Cut Ore Reserve Statement announced 8thJanuary 2018. In addition, the project holds substantial scale, and mine-life, upside from both underground extension to the Molyhil open pit, and also from nearby at Bonya where multiple tungsten deposits outcrop at surface, along with copper deposits likely to be amenable to processing at Molyhil.

  • Copper

    Kapunda SA

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Molyhil Key Features(ref announcement of 23 August 2018)

Project NPV (@5%) post tax &

A$101 million

All Equity Case

royalties

Project IRR post tax & royalties

59%

All Equity Case

Project finance requirement

US$43million

Total Project Capex

A$69 million

Break even APT tungsten price

US$230/mtu

Life of Mine C1 Cash Cost

US$90/mtu

Life of Mine EBITDA

A$239 million

Payback from 1stproduction

< 18 months

Project Life

7 years

Average feed grade

0.29% WO₃

0.48% WO₃ after ore sorting

0.12% Mo

0.20% Mo after ore sorting

Operating throughput

Crushing & Sorting

531,000 tpa

Milling/Flotation etc

324,000 tpa

After ore sorting

Annual Production Average

125,000 mtu *

Approximately 1.2% of global market

* 1mtu = 10Kg of contained WO₃

For further information, please contact:

THOR MINING PLC

Mick Billing Executive Chairman

+61 8 7324 1935

Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's websitewww.thormining.com,which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email, and on the Company's twitter page @ThorMining.

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About Thor Mining PLC

Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX: THR) is a resources company quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and on ASX in Australia.

Thor holds 100% of the advanced Molyhil tungsten project in the Northern Territory of Australia, for which an updated feasibility study in August 2018¹ suggested attractive returns.

Thor also holds 100% of the Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada USA which has a JORC 2012 Indicated and Inferred Resources Estimate² on 2 of the 4 known deposits. The US Department of the Interior has confirmed that tungsten, the primary resource mineral at Pilot Mountain, has been included in the final list of Critical Minerals 2018.

Thor is also acquiring up to a 60% interest Australian copper development company Environmental Copper Recovery SA Pty Ltd, which in turn holds rights to earn up to a 75% interest in the mineral rights and claims over the resource³ on the portion of the historic Kapunda copper mine in South Australia recoverable by way of in situ recovery.

Thor has an interest in Hawkstone Mining Limited, an Australian ASX listed company with a 100% Interest in a Lithium project in Arizona, USA.

Finally, Thor also holds a production royalty entitlement from the Spring Hill Gold project⁴of:

  • A$6 per ounce of gold produced from the Spring Hill tenements where the gold produced is sold for up to A$1,500 per ounce; and

  • A$14 per ounce of gold produced from the Spring Hill tenements where the gold produced is sold for amounts over A$1,500 per ounce.

Notes

  • ¹ Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 23 August 2018

  • ² Refer AIM announcement of 22 May 2017 and ASX announcement of 23 May 2017

  • ³ Refer AIM announcement of 10 February 2016 and ASX announcement of 12 February 2018

  • Refer AIM announcement of 26 February 2016 and ASX announcement of 29 February 2017

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