Nord Gold SE has made an offer ("Offer") under an unconditional on-market takeover bid on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") to acquire all of the ordinary shares in Cardinal Resources Limited (ASX:CDV) that it and its associates do not already own. Nordgold's Bidder's Statement in relation to the Offer was dated and lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ("ASIC") on 15 July 2020 (and was supplemented by the First Supplementary Bidder's Statement dated 2 September 2020, the Second Supplementary Bidder's Statement dated 3 September 2020 and the Third Supplementary Bidder's Statement dated 21 October 2020). The Offer commenced on 30 July 2020 and had an initial expiry date of 31 August 2020. The Offer now expires on 7 December 2020. Nordgold is now announcing that it is varying the Offer by extending the offer period, so that the offer period will now expire immediately at the close of trading on ASX on 7 December 2020 (unless further extended or withdrawn in accordance with the Australian Corporations Act2001).