Vertex Minerals Ltd. · ASX:VTX
Vertex Minerals — Australian Gold Conference (October 2026)
16 slides from Vertex Minerals's conference presentation, Oct 15, 2026
Slide 1: Reward Gold Mine
rsonal use only ASX: VTX Reward Gold Mine Australian High-Grade Gold Producer | 100% Owned | Hill End, NSW, Australia 15 October 2026 Vertex Minerals Limited
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Disclaimer The information contained in this presentation has been provided by Vertex Minerals Ltd (“Company”) and is for informational purposes only. It is not investment or financial product rsonal use only advice and does not take into account the objectives, financial situation or needs of any p
Slide 3: Where It Began — Home of the Holtermann Nugget
Where It Began — Home of the Holtermann Nugget rsonal use only • 1851 — Gold rush reaches Hill End and Tambaroora • 1872 — Beyers & Holtermann’s Star of Hope mine on Hawkins Hill yields the Holtermann Nugget: 286kg, the largest specimen of reef gold ever found • Hawkins Hill — directly above Reward,
Slide 4: Why Reward Is Unique — Free, Coarse, High-Grade Gold
Why Reward Is Unique — Free, Coarse, High-Grade Gold rsonal use only Free Gold Coarse & Clean Sorts Perfectly Up to 91% recovered by gravity alone Gold liberated at 650 micron, so no No gold in the country rock — ore — no cyanide, no chemicals ball mill is required; negligible sorting gives 79% mass
Slide 5: Unique Gold, Recovered by Gravity Alone
Unique Gold, Recovered by Gravity Alone Up to 91% gravity recovery — no cyanide, no ball mill, no tails dam. Plant and ore sorter built and running for under $9m rsonal use only Gekko gravity processing plant, commissioned on site at Reward. TOMRA ore sorter — laser sorting ahead of the mill. Reward
Slide 6: Low-Impact, Sustainable Gold Mining
Low-Impact, Sustainable Gold Mining rsonal use only No Chemicals, Gravity Monitored & Less Waste, Less Energy Only Community-Minded • Free gold recovered by gravity — • TOMRA ore sorter rejects waste • All blasting carried out no cyanide or chemicals before processing — lower energy underground use
Slide 7: Our Plan: Mechanise, Ramp Up, Expand
Our Plan: Mechanise, Ramp Up, Expand rsonal use only Production Kick- Growth Mine Expansion off Late 2025 2026 → 2027 → • Finish conversion from historic • Aggressive development and • Aggressive underground airleg mine to a mechanised stope ramp-up drilling to add gold inventory mine • Ramping to 5
Slide 8: Delivered: Mechanised Fleet, Now Longhole Stoping
Delivered: Mechanised Fleet, Now Longhole Stoping rsonal use only MODERN MINING FLEET Remote Control loading ASX: VTX 8
Slide 9: Ramping Up Now — Double Shift and 24/7 Blasting
Ramping Up Now — Double Shift and 24/7 Blasting 24/7 underground operations approved — Bathurst Regional Council, 20 August 2026 rsonal use only Effective hours lift from 9 to 22 per day Double shift — now Moving from one shift to two, then More stope firings continuous 24/7 blasting Lower unit oper
Slide 10: Production Builds Toward 1,000oz per Month and beyond
Production Builds Toward 1,000oz per Month and beyond Following the last 6 months of development and rehabilitation of the Reward declines, stope mining ramps up and production builds to 1,000oz per month + rsonal use only MINE TODAY MINE NOVEMBER ’26 MINE IN 6 YEARS Mine design images are indicativ
Slide 11: Underground Drilling Starts 2027 — Building Gold Ounces
Underground Drilling Starts 2027 — Building Gold Ounces rsonal use only • 2027 — a continuous underground drilling program commences from within the Reward mine • Build the inventory — add gold ounces to the Mineral Resource 1 Depth extensions Below the existing Reward Mineral Resource and upgrade I
Slide 12: Drilling Out Fosters — Right Next to the Plant
Drilling Out Fosters — Right Next to the Plant – on the Mining Lease 211–321koz rsonal use only Exploration Target: 524kt at 12.5–19 g/t Au • A few hundred metres down strike from the Hill End gravity plant • Existing Fosters adit and drive — no new approvals needed to drill • Inside existing Mining
Slide 13: And We Have Only Scratched the Surface over the greater tenement
And We Have Only Scratched the Surface over the greater tenement • 50km of prospective strike — source of the rsonal use only largest reef gold specimen ever found, discovered at Hill End • LiDAR survey completed — >3,000 surficial gold workings identified across various lines of lode • Most histori
Slide 14: In Summary — Why Vertex, Why Now
In Summary — Why Vertex, Why Now rsonal use only 100% 16.68 g/t 91% Owned & unhedged gold producer 146.9koz Mineral Resource — Indicated Historic Gravity recovery — no cyanide, no grade 21.17 g/t Au ball mill, no tails dam >$50M ~50km 1,000oz/mo ++ Inherited underground development Strike length, >3
Slide 15: Thank You
rsonal use only Thank You Bruce McInnes Roger Jackson Executive Chairman Executive Director info@vertexminerals.com.au | +61 2 7229 4849 Bowen Street, Hill End NSW | www.vertexminerals.com.au Vertex Minerals Limited ASX: VTX | OTCMKTS: VTXXF
Slide 16: Compliance Statements — JORC Code (2012) and ASX Listing Rules
Compliance Statements — JORC Code (2012) and ASX Listing Rules ASX Listing Rule 5.23.2 — Previously Reported Information Exploration Target — Cautionary Statement (JORC Code clause 17) rsonal use only Information in this presentation relating to the Mineral Resource estimate for the Reward Gold Mine
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