Phoenix Gold : Mineral Resources Update

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Dated: 14th January 2015

HIGHLIGHTS

PHOENIX'S MINERAL RESOURCES GROW BEYOND 4 MILLION OUNCES

ASX: PXG

• Infill, extensional and validation drilling programmes completed at the Kintore, Red Dam, Burgundy and Castle Hill Stage 3 gold projects1

• Updated resource modelling completed by independent consultants

• Resource at Kintore grows to 686,000 ounces2

• Castle Hill Stage 3 Resource more than doubles to 272,000 ounces2

• Phoenix total Mineral Resources grow 6% to 4.02 million ounces2 comprising:

  • Mill feed of 54.2Mt at 1.7g/t Au for 2,913,000 ounces

  • Heap leach feed of 58.3Mt at 0.6g/t Au for 1,109,000 ounces

• Updated open pit Reserve studies underway as part of the staged mine development plan and heap leach feasibility study

Table 1: Phoenix Gold - Summary of Mineral Resources2 (see also Appendix 1)

Project (Mill Feed)	Measured Mineral Resource			Indicated Mineral Resource			Inferred Mineral Resource			Total Mineral Resource
	Mt	Au (g/t)	Au Oz	Mt	Au(g/t)	Au oz	Mt	Au (g/t)	Au Oz	Mt	Au (g/t)	Au Oz
Mick Adams/Wadi Kintore Castle Hill Stage 3 Red Dam Broads Dam Burgundy Kunanalling Ora Banda Carbine Zuleika North Stockpiles	0.49	2.0	31,000	18.09 3.03 2.38 2.05 0.13 0.40 0.46 2.36 1.70 0.08	1.5 1.6 1.4 2.1 2.9 2.3 2.4 2.0 1.6 1.4	894,000 160,000 109,000 140,000 12,000 29,000 35,000 149,000 86,000 4,000	6.39 4.21 1.36 1.04 2.16 0.09 4.12 2.79 0.21 0.62	1.3 1.8 1.3 2.2 2.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.5	274,000 239,000 59,000 74,000 158,000 4,000 229,000 163,000 14,000 49,000	24.48 7.24 3.74 3.09 2.29 0.98 4.58 5.15 1.91 0.62 0.08	1.5 1.7 1.4 2.2 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.6 2.5 2.5	1,168,000 399,000 168,000 214,000 170,000 65,000 264,000 312,000 100,000 49,000 4,000
Total	0.49	2.0	31,000	30.68	1.6	1,618,000	22.99	1.7	1,263,000	54.16	1.7	2,913,000

Project (Heap leach feed)	Measured Mineral Resource			Indicated Mineral Resource			Inferred Mineral Resource			Total Mineral Resource
	Mt	Au (g/t)	Au Oz	Mt	Au(g/t)	Au oz	Mt	Au (g/t)	Au Oz	Mt	Au (g/t)	Au Oz
Mick Adams/Wadi	1.04	0.6	22,000	21.54	0.6	400,000	10.98	0.6	198,000	32.52	0.6	598,000
Kintore				6.68	0.6	131,000	7.87	0.6	156,000	14.55	0.6	287,000
Castle Hill Stage 3				3.80	0.6	68,000	2.01	0.6	36,000	5.81	0.6	104,000
Burgundy				0.86	0.6	18,000	0.22	0.6	4,000	2.12	0.6	44,000
Red Dam				1.89	0.7	44,000	0.97	0.7	23,000	2.86	0.7	67,000
Stockpiles				0.48	0.6	9,000				0.48	0.6	9,000
Total	35.25	0.6	670,000	22.05	0.6	417,000	58.34	0.6	1,109,000

Total Jan 2015

0.49

2.0

31,000

65.93

1.1

2,288,000

45.04

1.2

1,680,000

112.50

1.1

4,022,000

"When the business commenced we had 595,000 ounces in Resource and no Reserves, and now to have achieved a Resource position of over 4 million ounces including a current Reserve of over 1.1 million ounces in less than 4 years is a testament to the quality of the assets and our exploration team in this world class gold producing region," Managing Director Jon Price said.

"With stock work style deposits on the Kunanalling shear and high grade open cut and underground deposits on the Zuleika shear, we look forward to continuing our search for the next significant discovery with multiple high priority targets identified," Mr Price said.

Phoenix Gold Ltd

ABN 55 140 269 316

73 Dugan Street

PO Box 100

Kalgoorlie WA 6430

Phone +61 8 9021 2704

Fax +61 8 9021 3393

www.phoenixgold.com.au

info@phoenixgold.com.au

1 As announced on 27 May 2014 and 8 January 2015, 7 October 2014, 25 September 2014 and 16 September 2014 respectively

2 See also qualification and competent persons statement on pages 16 and 17 and Appendix 1, after depletion (Dec 2014)

Overview

Phoenix Gold Limited (ASX: PXG) ("Phoenix" or the "Company") is pleased to announce updated Mineral Resources for the 100% owned Kintore, Red Dam, Burgundy and Castle Hill Stage 3 gold projects. Infill, extensional and validation drilling programmes totalled 389 Reverse Circulation ("RC) holes for 33,468 metres completed during 2014. All data was validated and entered into the geological models for Resource evaluation by independent consultants Cube Consulting and Golder Associates.

Phoenix's total Mineral Resources (JORC 2012) now stands at 4.02 million ounces3 comprising:

• Mill feed of 54.16Mt at 1.70g/t Au for 2,913,000oz

• Heap leach feed of 58.34Mt at 0.60g/t Au for 1,109,000oz

  
  

  This represents a 6% increase on the Mineral Resources of 3.8 million ounces as announced to the ASX on 4 February 2014 and allows for depletion from mining up to December 2014.

  The projects are located on the highly prospective Zuleika and Kunanalling shear zones in the heart of the Western Australian Goldfields (Figure 1) less than 50 kilometres from the regional mining centre of Kalgoorlie.

  
  

  Figure 1: Project locations, Resources summary and regional geology

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  3 see Table 1 on page 1 and also qualification and competent persons statement on pages 16 and 17 and Appendix 1, after depletion (Dec 2014)

  
  

  Kintore Project4

  As announced on the 27 May 2014 and 8 January 2015, Phases 1 and 2 of the infill and extensional drilling programme was completed with 284 RC holes totalling 21,392 metres at the Kintore Project (Castle Hill Stage 2) (Figure 2). The aim of the programme was to test further extensions to the mineralisation to the south and east of the deposits and at depth, validate historic holes drilled in the 1980s and convert Inferred material into Indicated category for estimation of Reserves.

  
  

  
  

  Figure 2: Kintore project (Castle Hill Stage 2) location and regional geology

  
  

  Significant mineralisation intercepted included 8m at 18.7g/t Au from 72m; 3m at 40.2g/t Au from 16m; 2m at 55.8g/t Au from 76m; 3m at 26.5g/t Au from 74m; 22m at 3.0g/t Au from 36m; 12m at 5.4g/t Au from 26m; 2m at 31.5g/t Au from 79m, 19m at 3.0g/t Au from 15m and 12m at 4.6g/t Au from 37m.

  
  

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  4For further details of the Kintore drilling and associated JORC tables (sections 1 and 2), please refer to the announcements released to the ASX on 27 May 2014 and 8 January 2015. See also Appendix 1 for section 3.

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  The drilling extended the boundary of the gold mineralisation to the south (20 to 25m) and at depth where it remains open along strike and at depth. The gold mineralisation also remains open to the west and east of the drilled area. The drilling also confirmed the tenor of gold mineralisation in some of the historic drilling.

  
  

  Figure 3: Kintore project (Castle Hill Stage 2) cross section5

  The updated Mineral Resource (JORC 2012, see Table 1 on Page 1) for Kintore now stands at 686,000 ounces, up 37% from the 499,000 ounce Resource published in February 2014 and comprises:

  
  

• Mill feed of 4.72Mt at 1.70g/t Au for 408,000oz

• Heap leach feed of 14.94Mt at 0.60g/t Au for 295,000oz

Kintore Geological Summary

The Kintore project, also known as Castle Hill Stage 2, covers the northern margin of the syn-tectonic granitoid intrusion named the Kintore Tonalite. The northern margin of the tonalite contacts a sequence of tholeiitic and high-magnesian basalts, which have been metamorphosed to hornfels facies adjacent to the contact. The Kintore tonalite is a fine to medium grained massive granitoid of granodioritic composition which is elliptical in plan. The 2 km wide tonalite intrudes ultramafic rocks of the Burbanks Formation in the Telegraph syncline to the east, and mafic/ultramafic rocks of the Burbanks and Hampton Formations to the west. In the Kintore project area the tonalite is 1.78 km in width. The mineralisation at Kintore delineated to date is predominantly orientated E-W with a southerly dip and is 800m in strike length and has a 400m horizontal width.

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5 For further details of the Kintore drilling and associated JORC tables (sections 1 and 2), please refer to the announcement released to the ASX on 27 May 2014 and January 8 2015. See also appendix 1 for section 3.