Investor Presentation - October 2025
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EXPLORATION DRILLING IN
TIMOR-LESTE
IGNITE HK PRESENTATION
October 2025
Disclaimer & Declaration
This presentation has been prepared by Estrella Resources Limited (“ESR”) as a summary of the company’s exploration and development activities.
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Forward Looking Statements
This presentation contains certain forward looking statements which have not been based solely on historical facts but, rather, on ESR’s current expectations about future events and on a
number of assumptions which are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are outside the control of ESR and its directors, officers and advisers.
Reliance on Third Party Information
Due care and attention has been taken in the preparation of this presentation. However, the information contained in this presentation (other than as specifically stated) has not been
independently verified nor has it been audited. Accordingly, the company does not warrant or represent that the information contained in this presentation is accurate or complete. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, no liability, however arising, will be accepted by ESR or its directors, officers or advisers, for the fairness, accuracy or completeness of the information contained
in this presentation.
Compliance Statement
With reference to previously reported Exploration results and mineral resources included in this presentation, the company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that
materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves that all material assumptions and technical
parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The company confirms that the form and context in which
the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.
Competent Person Statement
The information in this announcement relating to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Steve Warriner, who is the Group Exploration Manager of Estrella Resources, and a
member of The Australasian Institute of Geoscientists, and based on information compiled by Beau Nicholls, who is a Director of Sahara Natural Resources and is the Exploration Manager for
Estrella Timor-Leste, and a fellow of The Australasian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Warriner and Mr Nicholls have sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of
deposit under consideration, and to the activity they are undertaking to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration
Results, Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves”. Mr Warriner and Mr Nicholls consent to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it
appears.
The Board authorised for this presentation to be released to ASX.
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Estrella Resources Highlights:
Drilling an untested, highly-prospective region
• Large campaign encounters: 8.05m @ 53% Mn
• Further broad intersections, including: 12.87m of 80%
manganese oxides from 5.13m, assays pending
Limestone
exploration
underway
• Targeting large-scale 500 Mt Inferred Resource
• 26 holes with follow-up diamond drilling planned
High-grade
manganese drilling
• 20,000-30,000 tonne manganese market appraisal
parcel to be extracted for potential end users
• Master Agreement for limestone marketing and
offtake rights established
Commercial
partnerships in place
• Timor-Leste issued first modern mining leases in
2023
• A host of targets located in Estrella’s vast license
holding (648 km2)
Virtually unexplored
region
• JV in place with state-owned mining company
• Heavily supportive of new exploration industries
Strong Government
Support Core from EMDD002, Refer to ASX announcement dated: 23 June 2025
In 2023, Timor-
Leste undertook
the major step of
holding its
inaugural
Minerals Tender
Timor-Leste
government is
highly incentivised
to cultivate mining
to supplement
significant but
declining gas
revenues
Estrella was
awarded three of
four Exploration
Concessions and
eight surrounding
Reconnaissance
Permits
Estrella is one of
four entities (and
one of just two
ASX-listed
companies) from a
pool of global
applicants to be
successful
Applications
followed ~15-yr
commitment
from MD Chris
Daws visiting and
cultivating
relationships
Estrella has since
grown its footprint
to become the
largest concession
holder in Timor-
Leste with total
landholding of 648
km2
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Mining in Timor-Leste: First-mover advantage
Xanana Gusmao, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, presenting
Estrella with its Exploration and Evaluation Concessions
Exceptional infrastructure in Timor-Leste includes
an industrial port facility in the capital city of Dili
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Timor-Leste: An exceptional opportunity
▪ A series of high-quality unexplored
targets across a large license holding
▪ Located ~90min flight from Darwin
▪ High-quality infrastructure in place
▪ Only 6 months from discovery (Nov
’24) to drilling (May ’25)
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Estrella Mineral Concessions
Exploring a highly prospective region
▪ Timor-Leste is located in a complex geological setting
where three major tectonic plates converge and uplift
fertile ground
▪ The region possesses multi-commodity potential but
has never been extensively explored
▪ Estrella’s in-country team has been systematically
mapping and sampling manganese and calcite
discoveries
▪ The Noni Formation has been identified as the host
unit for extensive manganese mineralisation and is
typically covered by clean limestone
▪ Weathering of the Formation has developed thick
concentrations of manganese visible at surface
Partially outcropping supergene manganese exposure at Ira Miri discovery. Manganese mineralisation
is visually distinct with a dark-grey hue
Lab assays from this outcrop returned a grade of 58.4% Mn. For further details refer to ASX
Announcement dated 12 February 2025
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Manganese Exploration
Secondary manganese in core from EMDD033
Refer to ASX announcement dated: 22 September 2025
▪ First ever modern minerals drilling in Timor-Leste at the Ira Miri project
▪ Highly successful maiden assays:
▪ EMDD001 intersected 6.45m @ 51.7% Mn
▪ EMDD002 intersected 8.05m @ 53.0% Mn
▪ EMDD003 intersected 1.5m @ 35.8% Mn
▪ Broad Supergene Manganese Intersections with assays pending:
▪ EMDD033 intersected 12.87m of 80% manganese oxides from 5.13m
▪ EMDD032 intersected 11.65m including 8.3m of 60% manganese oxides from 5.1m
▪ EMDD034 intersected 8.5m of 30% Primary Manganese Oxides in Chert from 8.3m
▪ Mineralisation remains open to the northwest/southeast and step-out drilling
continues
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Maiden Drilling: Ira Miri Manganese Project
Core from EMDD002, Refer to ASX announcement dated: 23 June 2025
▪ Large-scale exploration campaign enables
potential definition of an entirely new
manganese province
▪ Campaign consists of initial 3,000m diamond
and 10,000m RC drilling.
▪ A secondary round to consist of a further
10,000m RC drilling to be conducted after
geological review
▪ Drilling supported by:
▪ Trenching
▪ Induced Polarisation Surveys
▪ LiDAR assessments
▪ Drone-based magnetics
▪ MobileMTd surveying
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Detailed Exploration:
Supports drill targeting
Top: proposed drill locations for currentc campaign
Right: Drone testing and trenching operations
Refer to ASX
announcement
dated: 15
August 2025
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Sica Prospect
• Layer of concentrated
manganese
supergene
• Top assays of 2
:
• 58.18% Mn
• 57.02% Mn
• 56.73% Mn
Samalari Prospect
• Exposed outcrop in cliff
face measuring up to
~6m wide 4
• Scree from exposure
exhibits >70%
manganese-iron-oxide
minerals
Japanese
Stockpile
• 15m by 10m of high-
grade manganese at a
known historical
Japanese WWII port
location
• Top assays of 3:
• 58.1% Mn
• 57.6% Mn
Lalena
• A series of manganese
exposures at surface
• Bands range between
2 to 10cm in width
• Top assay of 1:
• 60.76% Mn
1 Refer to ASX Announcement dated 3 April 2024 2 Refer to ASX Announcement dated 11 October 2024
3 Refer to ASX Announcement dated 31 May 2024 4 Refer to ASX Announcement dated 16 October 2024
Additional Targets:
Exceptional Outcropping Discoveries
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Limestone Opportunity
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▪ A large area within the Timor-Leste concessions has been interpreted to host
a sheet of limestone mineralisation
▪ Mineralisation several hundred metres thick in places (source: Institute of
Geology, Timor-Leste and Estrella’s stratigraphic mapping)
▪ Stratigraphy responsible for this lime forms part of the Baucau Formation
▪ The rock type is known for its pure coral content which is reflected in the
assays received, with very high lime and a lack of impurities:
Werumata Project: Clean Lime Potential
Al2O3 CaO Fe2O3 K2O MgO P2O5 SO3 SiO2 CaCO3 Net Neutralisation
Potential
Sample ID % % % % % % % % % tCaCO3/1Kt
CBR114697 0.28 51.51 0.33 0.08 0.41 0.02 0.37 1.73 91.9 914
CBR114698 0.45 49.83 0.36 0.11 0.79 0.02 0.48 2.23 88.9 872
CBR114699 0.48 49.75 0.43 0.12 0.91 0.04 0.54 2.39 88.8 902
CBR114700 0.81 47.42 0.52 0.21 0.91 0.03 0.72 4.4 84.6 856
CBR114703 0.79 48.35 0.55 0.2 0.8 0.03 0.66 4.49 86.3 865
CBR114704 1.09 45.52 0.77 0.24 1.07 0.03 0.45 5.21 81.2 814
CBR114705 1.92 41.76 1.05 0.45 1.82 0.06 0.36 11.12 74.5 783
CBR114706 0.59 49.44 0.86 0.15 1.06 0.03 0.34 2.81 88.2 904
CBR114707 0.3 52.34 0.23 0.07 0.72 0.03 0.34 1.32 93.4 944
Refer to ASX announcement dated: 14 May 2025
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DSO Potential: Drilling to define scale
▪ Estrella’s limestone possesses strong neutralisation
potential, making the ore potentially amenable for
many industrial and environmental applications
▪ Lime is particularly sought after by Indonesian Industry
to reduce environmental risk
▪ Location of Timor-Leste presents potential to
commercially supply ore and mineralisation near shore
offers possibility of establishing DSO operations
▪ Drilling to commence with 26 RC holes plus follow-up
diamond and infill drilling
▪ Target to define at least 500 million dry metric
tonne Inferred Resource
Location of drilling at the Werumata Limestone Project
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Transformative Calcite Agreement:
Paves way for large-scale calcite sales
into SE Asia
▪ Agreement with Indonesian company PT Raka Energi
Mandiri (REM) to assist in marketing and selling calcite from
Timor-Leste mining concessions
▪ Estrella and REM plan to enter into an Offtake Agreement,
giving REM the exclusive right to purchase calcite at an
agreed annual sale price
▪ Partnership targets sales of up to 500 million dry metric
tonnes of calcite within five years from the first shipment
▪ Estrella to grant REM up to 500 million unlisted share
options, exercisable at A$0.05 each, as consideration for
successfully facilitating calcite sales
▪ Agreement subject to Estrella achieving several development
milestones, including a JORC-compliant resource, scoping
study and obtaining relevant licenses and approvals for
export and infrastructure development
▪ PT Raka Energi Mandiri is a well-established Indonesian
mining and energy services company with a strong network
and track record
Proximity of significant depths of suitable Limestone to the coast in MEL2025-DA-ZA003
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Estrella Mineral Concessions
Infrastructure & proximity to market
▪ Access via 170km of sealed roads from the capital of Dili.
▪ Vegetation varies between open grasslands and tropical
savannah woods.
▪ Infrastructure in place for transport of manganese from
prospects to port via Timor-Leste’s major northern highway
servicing regional city centres and towns on the coast
▪ Close proximity by sealed roads to deepwater port at Com
▪ Timor-Leste on the doorstep of significant export markets
including China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand.
TIMOR-LESTE
CHINA
Aerial view of the Com deep-sea port Sealed roads of Timor-Leste’s northern highway Heavy industrial port in Dili
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Joint-Venture
with State-Run Mining Company
▪ ESR has finalised a Joint-Venture with state-run
Murak Rai Timor (MRT)
▪ The JV named Estrella Murak Rai Timor (70%
owned by ESR, 30% owned by MRT) to explore
for mineral deposits in granted Exploration &
Evaluation Licenses (EEL’s)
▪ ESR solely responsible for the JV’s funding
requirements with MRT to be free-carried until a
positive Feasibility Study within each of the EEL’s
▪ MRT can elect to transfer its 30% interest in JV to
ESR and receive 2% royalty on Net Smelter
Return following release of Feasibility Study
▪ Licenses have had no modern exploration
identified to date, and are highly prospective for
Manganese, Copper, and Gold mineralisation.
Chris Daws with Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmao
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Capital Structure
ASX Ticker ESR
Share Price A$0.034 (as at 13st October 25)
Market Cap A$70.4M
Cash ~ A$6.5M (as at 30th June 25)
Enterprise Value ~$63.9M
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Estrella Resources Highlights:
Drilling an untested, highly-prospective region
• Large campaign encounters: 8.05m @ 53% Mn
• Further broad intersections, including: 12.87m of 80%
manganese oxides from 5.13m, assays pending
Limestone
exploration
underway
• Targeting large-scale 500 Mt Inferred Resource
• 26 holes with follow-up diamond drilling planned
High-grade
manganese drilling
• 20,000-30,000 tonne manganese market appraisal
parcel to be extracted for potential end users
• Master Agreement for limestone marketing and
offtake rights established
Commercial
partnerships in place
• Timor-Leste issued first modern mining leases in
2023
• A host of targets located in Estrella’s vast license
holding (648 km2)
Virtually unexplored
region
• JV in place with state-owned mining company
• Heavily supportive of new exploration industries
Strong Government
Support Core from EMDD002, Refer to ASX announcement dated: 23 June 2025
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Contact: Chris Daws
Managing Director
M: +61 8 9481 0389
E: info@estrellaresources.com.au
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