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CONTENTS
CORPORATE DIRECTORY..................................................................................................................................................... 2
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS...................................................................................................................................................... 3
DIRECTORS’ REPORT.............................................................................................................................................................16
AUDITORS’ INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION ............................................................................................................. 26
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME...........27
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION......................................................................................29
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY...................................................................................... 30
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS......................................................................................................32
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS................................................................................33
CONSOLIDATED ENTITY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT...............................................................................................70
DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................................... 71
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT................................................................................................................................72
ADDITIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE INFORMATION ..........................................................................................77
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CORPORATE DIRECTORY
DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT
Andrew Reece Non-Executive Director
John Young Non-Executive Director
Neil Biddle Non-Executive Director
Tony Leibowitz Non-Executive Chairman
(resigned 30 April 2026)
Derek Marshall Chief Executive Officer
COMPANY SECRETARY
Bermuda
Apex Corporate Services Ltd.
Vallis Building, 4th Floor
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Bermuda
Australia
(Local Agent and Company Secretary)
Russell Hardwick
REGISTERED OFFICE OF INCORPORATION
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BERMUDA
REGISTERED OFFICE – AUSTRALIA
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AUSTRALIA
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POSTAL ADDRESS
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AUSTRALIA
SHARE REGISTRY
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AUDITORS
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WEBSITE
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REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
The year to 31 March 2026 has been a landmark period for Trek Metals Limited (“Trek” or “the
Company”), with the Company’s exploration programs delivering a significant emerging high-
grade manganese discovery at the Kuro Prospect, part of the 100%-owned Christmas Creek
Project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The Christmas Creek Project, which was acquired by Trek in October 2023, represents a district-
scale exploration opportunity, associated with a major continental-scale tectonic lineament
intersection. Since acquiring the project, Trek’s exploration programs have primarily focused
on the potential for gold discoveries, however rock chip sampling in late 2025 returned
extremely high-grade assays of up to 60.1% manganese from a newly-discovered cluster of
surface manganese outcrops, interpreted to represent a large hydrothermal manganese
system. This area has now been named the “Kuro Prospect”.
Subsequent rock chip sampling has defined the high-grade outcropping manganese
mineralisation at Kuro over a strike extent of 750 metres, with ground gravity surveys
suggesting that the mineralisation could extend at depth over a much larger area.
Additional surveys, including ground gravity, Gradient Array Induced Polarisation (GAIP) and
Dipole-Dipole Induced Polarisation (DDIP), are now planned to refine key targets for initial
drilling.
In light of the discovery, Trek Metals has since secured two belt-scale manganese exploration
projects surrounding Kuro, further strengthening its strategic position in this emerging
manganese province. Trek’s total exploration landholding in the district now stands at
~7,040km². In addition to the manganese discovery, Trek’s exploration programs at Christmas
Creek also delivered additional high-grade gold results from the Martin Prospect.
Outside Christmas Creek, discussions with Traditional Owners representatives continued
during the year to negotiate access to the McEwen Hills Niobium Project in the Northern
Territory, exploration of the Jimblebar Ni-Cu-PGE Project continued under the Earn-In
Agreement with DevEx Resources (ASX: DEV) and the Company completed the divestment of
the South Woodie Woodie (previously Hendeka) Manganese Project to AE Fuels Corporation.
During the reporting period, the Company successfully raised $19.5 million (before costs)
across three capital raisings to accelerate exploration at the Christmas Creek Project and for
general working capital.
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CHRISTMAS CREEK PROJECT (KIMBERLEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
Located south-west of Halls Creek, the Christmas Creek Project comprises a previously
unexplored, largely concealed district-scale exploration opportunity in the Kimberley region of
WA associated with major continental-scale tectonic lineament intersections (Figure 1).
Trek completed the acquisition of the Christmas Creek Project, which was previously part of
Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd’s (Newmont) global exploration portfolio, in late 2023, and has
since secured additional tenement applications to expand its tenure.
Exploration at the Christmas Creek Project during the reporting period delivered a high-grade
manganese discovery at the Kuro Prospect, with the Project also offering outstanding
prospectivity for gold, base metals, and rare earth mineralisation.
Figure 1: Continental-scale context and location map for the Christmas Creek Project, located at the intersection
of G3 and G5 metallogenic lineament corridors, potentially representing the intersection of the Granites-Tanami
Orogen & the Halls Creek Orogen.
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Manganese rock chip sampling program
During the reporting period, the Company undertook rock chip sampling across a cluster of
very high-grade manganese outcrops (Figure 2), with exceptionally high manganese grades
confirming the commercial potential and significance of the find. This discovery has now been
named the “Kuro Prospect”.
Since its discovery in November 2025, systematic rock chip sampling at the Kuro Prospect has
returned exceptionally high-grade manganese (Mn) assays of up to 60.1% Mn, with an average
result of 50% Mn (https://trekmetals.com.au/announcements/7326226). The mineralised
outcrop has been mapped over 750 metres of strike before disappearing beneath recent sand
cover.
The system is interpreted to represent a hydrothermal manganese system analogous in style
to the world-class Woodie Woodie manganese deposits of Western Australia. The key question
now is to establish the extent of the mineralised system beneath cover, a question the
Company intends to answer rapidly through geophysics and drilling. The manganese
mineralisation observed at surface has a very high density, with an average of 4.03g/cm3
,
which in significant volumes could present as a gravity high feature.
Ground Gravity Survey
Trek completed a high-resolution ground gravity survey over this new high-grade manganese
(Mn) discovery. The tightly spaced ground gravity survey station spacing of 40m x 40m was
completed by Atlas Geophysics, with data processing and interpretation carried out by
Resource Potentials Pty Ltd.
Processing and interpretation of the ground gravity data has outlined strong, coherent residual
gravity anomalies directly coincident with the mapped high-grade manganese outcrops. This
validates earlier petrophysical work, confirming that the exceptionally dense manganese oxide
minerals observed at surface (likely cryptomelane and psilomelane) may produce a clear and
measurable positive gravity anomaly response directly below and to the west, indicating a
potential westward dip to a manganese target system (Figure 2).
Importantly, the gravity anomaly contours define two, high-density body trends extending
beneath the two main Mn outcrop clusters, and these anomaly trends are interpreted as
forming substantial accumulations of manganiferous material at depth and represent high-
priority drill targets.
The geometry of the gravity anomalies also reveals two distinct structurally controlled corridors
forming interpreted fault zones in a possible folded sequence of dolomite under the sand
cover, suggesting that structural pathways have potentially played a key role in localising Mn
mineralisation, a feature that provides valuable context for future drill targeting and supports
Trek’s initial hydrothermal model for the genesis of the Mn mineralisation.
In addition, the gravity anomalism extends significantly beyond the limits of the exposed Mn
mineralisation, with two separate anomaly zone trends interpreted to exceed 1km each. This
indicates that the potential manganese system at Christmas Creek may be considerably
larger than the 750 metres of currently mapped high-grade outcrops. Collectively, these
outcomes represent a major advancement in defining high-priority drill targets and
significantly enhance the scale potential of the new manganese discovery.
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In May 2026, Trek was awarded a co-funded geophysical survey grant as part of the Western
Australian Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) to undertake additional ground
gravity surveying. The planned survey, primarily used to identify buried manganese
mineralisation, will aim to extend the survey completed last year that defined large density
features at Kuro.
Petrophysics – Electrical Properties of the Kuro Manganese Samples
Petrophysical testing was commissioned by Trek and completed by Terra Petrophysics on
seven rock chip samples collected from the Kuro discovery area during the field program
completed in late 2025. All seven samples underwent measurement of key electrical, magnetic
and physical properties relevant to geophysical exploration.
The data demonstrates a strong and remarkably consistent electrical signature across all the
samples:
• Chargeability: anomalously high values of 484-642 mV/V across all seven samples
• Galvanic resistivity:very low values of 2-4 ohm-metres (Ωm) across all seven samples
• Inductive Conductivity: highly variably values, with three samples having no
measurable conductivity and the other four returning elevated values of 19-36 S/m
• Dry Bulk Density: high to very high values of 3.31-4.47 g/cm3, consistent with high-
grade manganese mineralisation
Table 1: Key physical and electrical properties, along with the addition of recent assay results, of rock chip
samples taken for petrophysical analysis from the Kuro Prospect
Implications for Geophysical Surveying
The strong and consistent chargeability response across all seven Kuro samples, combined
with low resistivity, confirms that the mineralisation should be highly responsive to Induced
Polarisation (IP) geophysical surveys. IP surveying detects the electrical chargeability contrast
and is a well-established technique for mapping sulphide- and oxide-bearing mineralisation
sub-surface.
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Critically, the electrical and physical properties of the sampled manganese mineralisation at
Kuro provide a clear geophysical contrast relative to the typical sedimentary host rocks of the
Christmas Creek area. This underpins the Company’s confidence that IP and additional gravity
surveying will be effective tools for detecting subsurface extensions to the mineralised system.
Final results from the helicopter-borne electromagnetic (EM) and magnetic surveying have
been received, with data incorporated into the working models. No significant EM response was
observed over the Kuro Prospect, however given the highly variable Inductive Conductivity
values (including three samples with no response) in the petrophysical test work, these results
are not unexpected.
Planned Induced Polarisation Survey Program
Following these positive results, Trek has designed a two-stage IP survey program:
• Stage 1 – Gradient Array Induced Polarisation (GAIP): A survey grid will be completed
over the Kuro discovery area and along strike to screen for potential extensions of the
mineralised system beneath sand and alluvial cover. The GAIP method is an effective
technique for rapidly prioritising areas of IP anomalism across a broad survey area.
• Stage 2 – Dipole-Dipole IP (DDIP): Detailed DDIP lines will be completed over priority GAIP
anomalies to provide additional depth information and better constrained targets for drill
testing.
Figure 2: Petrophysical sample locations, highlighting high chargeability results across the Kuro Prospect area,
showing planned GAIP survey area and example DDIP lines. Background coloured imagery is ground gravity data
(with hot colours indicating dense material – interpreted to represent manganese mineralisation), black
polygons are interpreted manganese outcrop, and dots with Mn% callouts are rock chip sample locations.
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Drilling – RC contract awarded
Trek has awarded the Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling contract at Christmas Creek to Precision
Exploration Drilling (PXD), an experienced contractor with a strong track record in the region,
including undertaking Trek’s 2025 drilling program at the Project. The initial program will target
the interpreted down-dip and along-strike extensions of the high-grade surface
mineralisation, including the significant gravity anomalism recently defined in high-resolution
ground gravity surveying.
Drilling is expected to commence in late May 2026, subject to the successful completion of a
cultural heritage clearance survey.
Expansion of Tenure
During the reporting period, Trek secured two belt-scale manganese exploration projects
surrounding its high-grade Kuro manganese discovery, further strengthening its strategic
position in this emerging manganese province.
The Company lodged applications for 12 new exploration tenements in the south-east
Kimberley-Tanami region comprising 1,732 graticular blocks covering approximately 5,608km²,
significantly expanding the Company’s manganese-focused land position. Following these
applications, Trek’s total consolidated landholding in the region has increased to
approximately 7,040km² (2,200 graticular blocks), establishing a district-scale footprint.
The newly-applied tenure secures regionally extensive Proterozoic marine sedimentary
sequences along interpreted basin margins, considered favourable for large-scale
sedimentary-hosted and hydrothermally upgraded manganese systems. Combined with
Trek’s existing ground, the Company now controls two emerging belt-scale project areas within
an under-explored Proterozoic basin setting.
The region has seen limited systematic modern exploration despite favourable geological
architecture and confirmed manganese occurrences, including the recently discovered high-
grade Kuro Prospect which forms part of Trek’s existing Christmas Creek Project.
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Figure 3: Trek’s existing Christmas Creek Project tenure (in red) and the newly applied exploration tenure (in
blue), demonstrating two continuous belt-scale project areas within the Kimberley-Tanami region, over Google
Maps imagery.
Gold and Copper-Gold Exploration
During the reporting period, Trek completed an expanded Phase 2 Reverse Circulation and
diamond drilling program at Christmas Creek, with a total of 10,169.4 metres drilled across 75
holes. The drilling tested multiple large-scale targets for different mineralisation styles,
including orogenic gold at the Martin, Zahn and Turner targets, and intrusion-related copper-
gold at Coogan, Brockhurst and Jobs.
Assay results from the Martin Prospect successfully extended the zone of high-grade
mineralisation intersected in 2024, with results including:
• 4m @ 14.18g/t Au from 43m in hole 25XCRC001, including 2m @ 27.95g/t Au;
• 3m @ 6.17g/t Au from 94m in hole 25XCRC005, including 2m @ 9.20g/t Au; and
• 3m @ 2.15g/t Au from 78m in hole 25XCRC003
Two diamond holes were completed at Martin as twins to two previously drilled Reverse
Circulation (RC) drill-holes 24XCRC097 (ASX: TKM 31st October 2024) and NEWXCRC015 (ASX:
TKM 11th October 2023).
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These previously reported RC holes returned the following intercepts:
• 10m at 12.66g/t Au from 59m and 10m at 7.34g/t Au from 94m in hole 24XCRC097
• 4m @ 1.22g/t Au from 8m, 27m @ 0.26g/t Au from 87m, and 3m @ 2.03g/t Au from 137m
in hole NEWXCRC015
Assay results from the two twin holes included:
• 0.3m @ 34.5g/t Au from 45.9m in hole 25XCDD001
• 4.9m @ 1.57g/t Au from 89.1m in hole 25XCDD001
• 5.3m @ 2.12g/t Au from 96.0m in hole 25XCDD001, inc. 3.1m @ 3.53g/t Au from 97m
• 9.3m @ 1.95g/t Au from 41.6m in hole 25XCDD002, inc. 0.9m @ 12.85g/t Au from 41.6m
• 1.5m @ 4.02g/t Au from 149m in hole 25XCDD002, inc. 0.5m @ 11.3g/t Au from 150m
• 2.3m @ 2.95g/t Au from 155.2m in hole 25XCDD002
Outside of the Martin Prospect, step-out RC drilling at Zahn returned significant intercepts in
several holes, correlating well with the interpreted mineralised contact which remains largely
untested over a multi-kilometre scale.
Diamond drilling was also completed to test target areas at Coogan and Brockhurst. The
previously individually identified targets of Coogan, Brockhurst and Jobs are now interpreted
to represent elements of a single mineralising system, interpreted as a very large intrusion-
related copper-gold system.
In May 2026, Trek was awarded a co-funded geophysical survey grant as part of the Western
Australian Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) to undertake a sub-audio
magnetics (SAM) survey to define major structures controlling gold mineralisation at the Martin
Prospect.
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Figure 4. Cross-section oriented North-South (view West) showing previous and new significant intercepts,
location of visible gold observed in recent core hole 25XCDD002 and interpreted gold bearing vein network. The
gold system is interpreted to be open at depth and along strike, with significant upside potential.
Figure 5. Martin Prospect plan view showing drill collars, traces, significant intercepts, and drill cluster around
previously reported high grade results in 24XCRC097 and NEWXCRC015. The section line and clip for the section
provided as Figure 2 is also highlighted.
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MCEWEN HILLS NIOBIUM PROJECT (WEST ARUNTA, NORTHERN
TERRITORY)
Trek secured the highly prospective McEwen Hills Niobium Project in late 2023, located in the
heart of the West Arunta Critical Minerals Province. The continued success of WA1 Resources in
defining the scale of their Luni Niobium discovery along strike from Trek’s McEwen Hills Project
highlights the potential of the province, and more recently Encounter Resources have also been
having exploration success in the region.
Figure 6: Magnetic imagery highlighting the continuity of the geology across the state border, with the Luni &
Crean Nb carbonatite discoveries of WA1 & ENR on the Western Australian side, and Trek’s McEwen Hills Project
(ELA33191) on the Northern Territory side, of the West Arunta Critical Minerals Province.
The tenement application area is located within freehold aboriginal lands of the Lake MacKay
Aboriginal Land Trust and is administered by the Central Land Council. Access and exploration
for gold has previously been completed by Tanami Gold NL, Normandy Gold Exploration (later
Newmont) and ABM Resources, so there is a precedent for access to the land.
Trek attended an on-country meeting with the Traditional Owners of the land underlaying its
tenement application ELA33191 in May 2024. Meeting members of the Lake MacKay Aboriginal
Land Trust in Nyirripi, Northern Territory, represents an important step in thenegotiation process
and is essential for the grant of the tenement to occur. The Company is in the process of
negotiating an access agreement with the Central Land Council.
JIMBLEBAR NICKEL-COPPER-PGE PROJECT (PILBARA, WESTERN
AUSTRALIA)
DevEx Resources (ASX: DEV) is exploring the Jimblebar Project as part of an Earn-in Agreement
with Trek. During the reporting period, DevEx subsidiary Green Critical Resources Pty Ltd (GCR)
exercised the Earn-In option for a 75% Joint Venture (“JV”) interest by sole funding exploration
expenditure of not less than A$3,000,000 on the Tenements within 5 years. If GCR earns its 75%
JV interest, Trek will be free carried for its share of JV expenditure until the completion of a
Bankable Feasibility Study.
The project comprises over 200km2
of granted tenements adjacent to known occurrences of
copper sulphide mineralisation at the Copper Knob prospect and chromite at the historical
Coobina chromite mine, on the northern margin of the Silvania Dome in Western Australia.
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CORPORATE
Capital Raisings
Trek Metals completed three strongly supported capital raisings during the reporting period,
raising a total of A$19.5 million before costs.
In April 2025, Trek raised $3.5 million (before costs) through the issue of 65 million fully-paid
ordinary shares at an issue price of $0.05 per Share to existing and new professional and
sophisticated investors, to raise a total of $3.25 million (Tranche One). In addition, Directors
Tony Leibowitz and John Young participated for a total of $0.25 million on the same terms as
Tranche One in a second tranche that was approved by shareholders on 4 July 2025 (Tranche
Two).
In November 2025, Trek raised $1.0 million (before costs) through the issue of approximately
17.543 million fully-paid ordinary shares at an issue price of $0.057 per Share to existing and
new professional and sophisticated investors.
In February 2026, Trek raised $15 million (before costs) to underpin a major upcoming drilling
program at the new Kuro manganese discovery at Christmas Creek and for general working
capital purposes. The capital raising comprised a Share Placement of 90.33 million fully-paid
ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at an issue price of $0.15 per Share to existing
and new professional and sophisticated and institutional investors, to raise a total of $13.55
million (Tranche One). In addition, Directors committed to participate for a total of $1.45 million
on the same terms as Tranche One in a second tranche that was approved by shareholders
on the 8th April 2026 (Tranche Two).
The Placement was strongly supported by both existing and new shareholders and resulted in
the introduction of a number of prominent Australian institutional investors to the Company’s
share register for the first time. Alpine Capital Pty Ltd acted as Sole Lead Manager to the
Placement, and, as part of their mandate, were issued 7.86 million unlisted share options
exercisable at $0.225, expiring on 24th February 2028.
Director appointment
As part of the November 2025 placement outlined above, the Company entered into a
Subscription Agreement with Queensland-based mining investor and businessman Andrew
Reece who made a cornerstone $500,000 investment and was appointed to the Trek board as
a Non-Executive Director.
Mr Reece brings extensive commercial and executive leadership experience, having previously
co-founded Inspect Real Estate and served as its Chief Executive Officer. He has a proven track
record in building high-growth businesses, implementing fast-track strategic frameworks, and
guiding organisations through periods of expansion and operational transformation.
Subsequent to the end of the reporting period, Mr Reece has been appointed as Trek’s
Chairman, succeeding Mr Tony Leibowitz as part of a planned board succession process.
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EIS Co-funding Grant
Trek Metals was successful in securing WA Government Exploration Incentive Scheme (“EIS”)
co-funding in 2025, with a co-funded drilling grant of up to $180,000 secured for drilling at the
Martin and Zahn Prospects at Christmas Creek.
Divestment of non-core South Woodie Woodie (formerly Hendeka) Project
In September 2024, Trek entered into an option and acquisition agreement (“Option
Agreement”) with Advanced Energy Fuels, Inc. (“AEF”) over Trek’s Hendeka Manganese Project
in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Option Agreement gave AEF an option to acquire
the Hendeka Project as part of a proposed North American listing and by making certain
payments and sole funding A$2 million of exploration and development expenditures.
On 19 December 2025, Trek received an Option Exercise Notice from AEF, which has also
completed a reverse takeover of Cavalry Capital Corp (TSXV: CVY.P), under which Cavalry
received conditional approval for a Qualifying transaction to meet the listing requirements for
a Tier-2 mining issue under the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange. Settlement was completed
on 29 December 2025 with the TSXV-listed company renamed AE Fuels Corporation (TSXV:
AEF.P).
Upon settlement, Trek received A$450,000 in cash and holds a total of 8,000,000 shares in AEF
which represents approximately 19.31% of the undiluted ordinary shares of AEF. Trek CEO Derek
Marshall has also joined the board of AEF as a Non-Executive Director.
Divestment of non-core Pincunah Project
Trek Metals signed a tenement sale and purchase agreement with Kairos Minerals Limited
(ASX: KAI) for the sale of its non-core Pincunah gold and base metals project, located in the
Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The divestment of the Pincunah Project, which adjoins Kairos’ 1.4Moz Mt York Gold Project, is
consistent with Trek’s strategy to actively manage its exploration portfolio and focus capital
and management attention on its flagship Christmas Creek Gold and Manganese Project in
the Kimberley region.
Under the terms of the agreement, Trek will receive the following consideration:
• $100,000 in cash on settlement;
• $100,000 in KAI shares based on the 20-day VWAP; and
• $200,000 in KAI Performance Rights based on the 20-day VWAP with a 5-year term that will
vest upon KAI announcing a Mineral Resource estimate in accordance with the JORC Code
(with a classification of Inferred or better) of at least 50,000 ounces at a grade equal to or
greater than 1g/t of gold.
Completion of the sale is subject to customary conditions precedent, including both parties
obtaining all third-party approvals, consents and waivers and executing any required Deeds
of assignment and assumptions in relation to any Third-Party agreements. Settlement is
expected to occur during the June 2026 quarter. The tenements that are subject to the sale
agreement are: E45/4640, E45/4909, E45/4917, E45/6664 and E45/6240-Application.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
The group began the year with $1,697,383 in cash and ended the year with $14,496,339 in cash.
During the year the company expended $3,373,852 (2025: $2,566,811) on Exploration and
Evaluation expenditure that was capitalised during the year.
The Group incurred a loss for the year of $8,403,415 (2025 Loss: $3,422,863). Significant
expenditure items during the period include:
− Exploration and evaluation expense of $720,691 (2025: $218,369);
− Exploration and evaluation impairment of $3,705,736 (2025: $2,568,235)
− Loss on disposal of subsidiary of $2,059,944 (2025: Nil);
− Directors’ salaries and Consulting Fees of $396,781 (2025: $325,250); and
− Share based payments of $812,573 (2025: $359,798).
Subject to the disclosures elsewhere in this report, the Directors believe the Group is in a strong
financial position to continue to explore Christmas Creek and other projects and to identify new
opportunities within the resources sector.
Lastly, I would like to thank our staff, consultants, and stakeholders for their continued
dedication and support of the Company. I look forward to advancing the Christmas Creek gold
and manganese project and delivering value for shareholders.
Derek Marshall
Chief Executive Officer
1 June 2026
COMPETENT PERSONS STATEMENT
The information in this report relating to Exploration Results is based on information compiled
by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Derek Marshall, a Competent Person, and Member
of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Marshall has sufficient experience relevant
to the style of mineralisation and to the type of activity described to qualify as a competent
person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration
Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.” Mr Marshall has disclosed that he holds or
controls Shares and Performance Rights in the Company. Mr Marshall consents to the inclusion
in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and content in which
it appears.
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
The Directors present their report and the audited financial statements of Trek Metals Limited
(“TKM”, “Trek” or the “Company”) and its controlled entities (“Group”) for the year ended 31
March 2026.
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
The principal activities of the Company and its subsidiaries (“the Group”) are to progress the
exploration of its mineral properties and to identify suitab
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