ABM RESOURCES NL AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES

ABN 58 009 127 020

INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2016

ABN 58 009 127 020 ACN 009 127 020

Directors Mr Thomas McKeith (Chairman)

Mr Matthew Briggs (Managing Director) (appointed 3 October 2016) Ms Susan Corlett

Mr Brett Smith

Chief Executive Officer Mr Brett Lambert (resigned 2 September 2016) Secretary Ms Jutta Zimmermann Auditors BDO Audit (WA) Pty Ltd 38 Station Street

SUBIACO WA 6008

Bankers Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited Level 10, 77 St Georges Terrace

PERTH WA 6000

Share Registry Security Transfer Registrars Pty Ltd 770 Canning Highway

APPLECROSS WA 6153

Telephone: +61 8 9315 2333

Solicitors Ward Keller

Northern Territory House Level 7, 22 Mitchell Street

DARWIN NT 0800

Piper Alderman

Level 16, 70 Franklin Street

ADELAIDE SA 5000

Stock Exchange Australian Securities Exchange Limited ASX Code: ABU Registered Office Level 1, 141 Broadway

NEDLANDS WA 6009

Telephone: +61 8 9423 9777

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Telephone +61 8 9423 9777

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NEDLANDS WA 6009

Website www.abmresources.com.au

Email admin@abmresources.com.au

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Directors' Report 3

Auditor's Independence Declaration 5

Interim Financial Report

Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income 6

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 7

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 8

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 9

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 10

Directors' Declaration 17

Independent Auditor's Review Report to the Members 18

DIRECTORS' REPORT

The Directors of ABM Resources NL present their report on the consolidated entity (Group), consisting of ABM Resources NL and the entities it controlled at the end of, and during, the half-year ended 31 December 2016.

Directors

Mr Thomas McKeith

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Matthew Briggs

Managing Director

Appointed 3 October 2016

Ms Susan Corlett

Non-Executive Director

Mr Brett Smith

Non-Executive Director

The Directors have been appointed for the whole period unless otherwise disclosed.

Operating Results

The consolidated loss of the Group for the half-year ended 31 December 2016 after providing for income tax amounted to

$4,008,977 (2015: loss of $22,605,222).

Review of Operations

Since the start of the 2016/2017 financial year ABM:

  • Completed board and management changes with the appointment of Matthew Briggs as Managing Director on 3 October 2016

  • Commenced the implementation of a focussed exploration strategy on ABM's under-explored and highly prospective tenement holdings in the Tanami region

  • Assessed corporate and asset level opportunities, including joint ventures on early stage exploration projects, and divestments

  • Undertook exploration at the Suplejack Project completing a total of 954 metres of RC drilling and 1,906 metres of diamond drilling

  • Identified a new structure at Hyperion - Tethys Prospect, named the Suess Fault. Results included up to 6.3g/t gold from rock chip sampling

  • Released an updated Resource model for the Old Pirate Deposit

  • Commenced work to update the Hyperion resource

  • Mapping and geochemical sampling continued across the area

  • IGO continued exploration at the Lake Mackay Project completing an aeromagnetic survey and an 18 RC hole drilling program, delivering multiple intersections at the Grapple Prospect

  • Commenced a joint venture and divestment process for the Twin Bonanza area

  • Partial release of rehabilitation bond for the Old Pirate Deposit

    Events Subsequent to the Reporting Date
  • ABM continues to add historical drilling and soil sampling results to the database

  • Focussed exploration targeting work

  • Hyperion Resource update

  • Continued joint venture and divestment discussions for early stage project areas and the deposits making up Twin Bonanza

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