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Conquest Mining Limited

ASX:CQT ISIN:AU000000CQT5

Feb 10, 2012

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Conquest Mining Limited Company Summary

Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF) is an Australian based and listed mining company with a focus on activities in north Queensland. The company has a 100% interest in the Mt Carlton gold-silver-copper project, near Townsville, that is being advanced towards development. Optimisation studies and a review of the proposed process flowsheet are underway and a development decision is expected in the December quarter of 2010.

Conquest is a growth oriented company that has the focus and ability to deliver a growth plan to achieve mid-tier market status and to take advantage of the benefits available to a company of this status. Conquest will seek to deliver this growth through successful development of its Mt Carlton project and by acting on consolidation opportunities in the relatively fragmented and poorly funded junior market sector.

DIRECTORS / OFFICERS

Jake Klein Executive Chairman Mr Klein was previously President and CEO of Sino Gold Mining Limited where along with Mr Curtis (founder and Chairman until 2005) and Mr Askew (director from 2002 and Chairman from 2005) he managed the development of that company into the largest foreign participant in the Chinese gold industry. Sino Gold Mining Limited was listed on the ASX in 2002 with a market capitalisation of $100 million and was purchased by Eldorado Gold Corporation in late 2009 for over $2 billion. It became an ASX/S&P 100 Company, operating two award-winning gold mines and engaging over 2,000 employees and contractors in China. Mr Klein is a non executive director of Lynas Corporation and OceanaGold Corporation. Mr Klein is a past President of the NSW Branch of the Australia China Business Council and currently serves of the NSW Asia Business Council.
Jim Askew Non-Executive Director Jim Askew is a mining engineer with over 30 years’ broad international experience as a director/chief executive officer for a wide range of Australian and international publicly listed mining, mining finance and other mining related companies. He has served on the boards of numerous resource public companies, which currently include OceanaGold Corporation (Chairman), Ausdrill Ltd, Asian Mineral Resources Ltd, Golden Star Resources Ltd and Eldorado Gold Corporation.
Nicholas (Nick) Curtis - B.A Hons Non-Executive Director Nick is Executive Chairman of Lynas Corporation and has been involved with the company since mid 2001. Nick’s extensive finance and resources background includes being President and Chief Executive Officer of Sino Mining International, which he established in 1996. Sino Mining International was then a wholly-owned subsidiary of China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation (CNNC), a large Chinese trading company. Following disbandment of CNNC, Nick established Sino Mining, which became Sino Gold Mining and was the Chairman until November 2005. (Sino Gold was an Australian public company, also listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with gold assets in China. The company was purchased by Eldorado Gold Corporation of Canada in December 2009.) Prior to this, Nick held the positions of Executive Director of Macquarie Bank Limited and Managing Director of Asia Resource Capital Limited.
Richard Krasnoff - BA(Econ), MBA (Harvard) Non-Executive Director Richard Krasnoff was a previous Group Director of E-Commerce and a member of the Executive Committee at Wesfarmers reporting directly to Michael Chaney. He spent 10 years consulting to top tier companies in both Australia and Canada for McKinsey & Co (including 4 years as principal/partner). He has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and has extensive experience in developing growth and performance improvement strategies for industrial and resource companies.
Douglas Stewart - BSc, FAusIMM, FAIG Non-Executive Director Mr Stewart has over 37 years experience in the mining industry in a variety of geological and engineering roles. His experience covers a wide range of commodities. Mr Stewart has had management responsibilities on mining operations in Africa, Canada and New Zealand in both open pit and underground mines. Mr Stewart was formerly an Associate Director of N M Rothschild & Sons (Australia) performing technical due diligence and valuations for potential investments for Rothschild Golden Arrow Fund as well as raising over 100 million for the fund. Mr Stewart was most recently the Managing Director of Territory Resources Limited until July 2007 where he played a principal role in managing that company through IPO and into production. His work included undertaking a feasibility study, capital raising, regulatory approvals, construction of port facilities, commercial agreements and appointment of suitable personnel to plan and operate the mine.
Paul Marks - BEng(Chem), MAppFin Non-Executive Director Mr Marks’ has 35 years of experience across a range of industries from foreign exchange and commodities trading, oil and gas downstream production and chemical hydrocarbon processing. Mr Marks commenced his professional career as a Chemical Engineer with Dow Chemicals at the hydrocarbon processing plant in Tsing Yi, Hong Kong – Chinese New Territories. Following a move to Royal Dutch Shell in Australia, Mr Marks gradually transitioned from engineering to finance. Mr Marks has previously held the positions of Vice-President of Foreign Exchange with Prudential-Bache Securities and Senior Foreign Exchange Strategist with National Australia Bank. Since the mid-1990’s Mr Marks has led a number of private ventures ranging from property sub-divisions and developments, listed and unlisted equity investments and proprietary trading in commodities, both physical and derivatives.

ANNUAL REPORT

PRESENTATIONS

COMPANY DATA

	Headquarters	Suite 4, 213 Balcatta Road

		Balcatta WA 6021

		Australia

	Telephone	+61-8-9240-4111

	Fax	+61-8-9240-4054

	Principal Sector	Materials

	Principal Industry	Mining & Metals

	Homepage	www.conquestmining.com.au

Key Developments: Conquest Mining Limited

	Asian Activities Report for April 18, 2011: Conquest Mining (ASX:CQT) Report Strong Production At Pajingo Gold Mine In The March Quarter APR 18, 2011 12:00 - Article Views: 1,969 Asian Activities Report for April 18, 2011 includes: Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) announced strong production at the Pajingo gold mine in Queensland in the March Quarter; Firestone Energy Limited's (ASX:FSE) Waterberg Coal Project will be funded by the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa; Jameson Resources Limited (ASX:JAL) is to acquire up to 100% of the Crown Mountain Coal Project in Canada; BrightStar Resources Limited (ASX:BUT) is to earn 75% of the Miyabi Gold Project in Tanzania.

	Australian Market Report of February 4, 2011: iSOFT (ASX:ISF) System Significantly Reduced Hospital Medication Errors FEB 4, 2011 13:30 - Article Views: 2,521 Australian Market Report of February 4, 2011 includes: The implementation of the iSOFT (ASX:ISF) Medication Management solution has helped reduce medication errors at Dunedin Hospital of Otago in New Zealand; East Coast Minerals NL (ASX:ECM) is to acquire advanced lithium project in Austria; Aquila Resources Limited (ASX:AQA) announced a further 63% resource increase at the Avontuur Manganese Project in South Africa; Monto Minerals Limited (ASX:MOO) is to acquire tin assets in Queensland.

	Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) Completes Acquisition Of Remaining 40% Of Pajingo Gold Mine NOV 4, 2010 10:03 - Article Views: 1,307 Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF) is pleased to advise that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 40% of the Pajingo gold mine in Queensland through the acquisition of HSK Gold Australia Pty Limited ("HSK Gold").

	Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) Acquires More Than 90% Of North Queensland Metals (ASX:NQM) OCT 18, 2010 10:15 - Article Views: 1,226 Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF) is pleased to announce that, as a result of acceptances it has received in respect of its takeover offer for North Queensland Metals Limited (ASX:NQM), it now has a relevant interest in more than 90% of the NQM shares. As at close of business last Friday, Conquest had a relevant interest in 90.48% of the NQM shares.

	Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) To Raise Up To A$45 Million For Future Growth OCT 13, 2010 09:57 - Article Views: 1,594 Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF) is pleased to announce an equity raising to raise gross proceeds of up to A$45 million. The equity raising comprises a placement to institutional investors to raise up to A$40 million for which Conquest has received binding commitments from a range of existing and new institutional investors and a share purchase plan to raise up to A$5 million.

	Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) Received High Grade Gold Results From Mount Carlton OCT 6, 2010 09:07 - Article Views: 1,265 Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF) is pleased to announce further drilling results from the recently discovered high-grade eastern extension to the V2 deposit.

	Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) Secures Control Of North Queensland Metals (ASX:NQM) SEP 27, 2010 09:33 - Article Views: 1,233 Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF) is pleased to announce that, based on the acceptances it has received in respect of its takeover offer for North Queensland Metals Limited (ASX:NQM) up to and including Friday 24 September 2010, it has obtained more than 50% of the NQM shares.

	Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) Update Information On Concentrate Offtake Agreement With Shandong Guoda Gold SEP 20, 2010 10:59 - Article Views: 1,508 Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF) has entered into a long-term concentrate offtake contract with Shandong Guoda Gold Co. Limited for the sale of gold-silver-copper concentrate from Conquest's V2 deposit at the Mt Carlton project in north Queensland.

	Acorn Capital To Accept Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) Takeover Offer For North Queensland Metals (ASX:NQM) SEP 20, 2010 10:29 - Article Views: 1,689 Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF) announces that it has received notice from Acorn Capital Limited ("Acorn") that Acorn has advised its custodians to accept Conquest's takeover offer for North Queensland Metals Limited ("NQM") for Acorn's entire shareholding in NQM totalling 22,123,821 shares (or 11.04% of all the NQM shares).

	Australian Market Report of September 16, 2010: Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) Enters Into Gold-Silver-Copper Offtake Contract with Shandong Guoda Gold SEP 16, 2010 13:30 - Article Views: 2,428 Australian Market Report of September 16, 2010 inclues; Conquest Mining (ASX:CQT) has entered into an offtake contract for the sale of gold-silver-copper concentrate from its V2 deposit at Mt Carlton, Heemskirk Consolidated Limited (ASX:HSK) has announced the signing of an agreement with Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT), Imugene Limited (ASX:IMU) today announced it has successfully completed a second trial of its Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) vaccine and Synthesis Energy Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:SYMX) and Coalworks Limited (ASX:CWK) today made a joint presentation titled "Production of Liquid Fuels from Oaklands Coal Utilizing U-GAS(R) and MTG Technologies".