18 August, 2021

May 28, 2021

March 12, 2021

Cortadera Copper-Gold Discovery
Continues Impressive Run of Drill Results

First Diamond Hole Below Cuerpo 2 Records
Broad 500m zone of Mineralised Porphyry

Highlights

• New drill results at Hot Chili’s Cortadera porphyry discovery in Chile, point toward a significant upgrade to the recently released 451Mt maiden copper-gold Mineral Resource

Significant Drill Result for CRP0032D

373m grading 0.4% copper & 0.1g/t gold
from 648m down-hole depth to end-of hole

including

130m grading 0.5% copper & 0.2g/t gold

                                                                                              (plus additional silver and molybdenum credits)

• The end-of-hole intersection in CRP0032D extends the maiden Cortadera resource and confirms that the NW margin of the main porphyry (Cuerpo 3) remains open, with up to 400m of potential strike extension remaining to be tested

• Diamond drill rig currently testing the SE extension of Cuerpo 3; CRP0052D is currently in mineralisation at a depth of approximately 360m down-hole, with a planned hole depth of 1,200m

• First Hot Chili diamond hole completed below Cuerpo 2 (CRP0053D) has recorded a broad 500m zone of mineralised porphyry – assays pending and a second hole planned

• Two first-pass Reverse Circulation (RC) holes complete and a third is underway across the 2km long Cortadera North target – results pending, seven RC holes remaining

• Mine plan and final permitting approvals for Productora underground mine received, ramp-up of lease mining activities progressing well towards first commercial cash flow

Hot Chili Limited (ASX code HCH) (“Hot Chili” or “Company”) is pleased to announce the first steps towards a major upgrade of its maiden 451Mt Cortadera Mineral Resource (resource), released just one month ago.

Expansion drilling of the Cortadera resource is seeing continued success, with wide intersections being recorded from extensional drilling of the main porphyry (Cuerpo 3) and the second largest porphyry (Cuerpo 2). These results continue to underpin the Company’s view that Cortadera is rapidly growing toward a potential Tier 1 copper discovery in its own right.

New Results Expand the Size of the Main Porphyry (Cuerpo 3) at Cortadera

New results from ongoing expansion drilling at its Cortadera copper-gold discovery in Chile have recorded a significant drill intersection from a 282m extension of diamond hole CRP0032D, located along the NW
extent of the Cortadera resource. The hole had previously ended in mineralisation, leaving the NW margin of Cuerpo 3 open.

CRP0032D recorded a significant end-of-hole drill result of 373m grading 0.4% copper and 0.1g/t gold from 648m down-hole, including 130m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold.

Importantly, this new result further extends the strike and depth extent of Cuerpo 3, indicating a substantial tonnage addition to the recently announced maiden Cortadera resource.

The Company has also completed an 890m diamond drill hole (CRP0041D) located 400m NW of diamond hole CRP0032D. Proximal halo alteration in association with low grade copper mineralisation was intersected in an along-strike target position predicted by the Company’s four-dimensional geological model. Information from CRP0041D will greatly assist in designing the next extensional hole along the NW margin of Cuerpo 3 and confirms a 400m zone of extensional potential remains to be tested.

The Company is currently completing a 1,200m diamond drill hole (CRP0052D) across the SE extension of Cuerpo 3, which also remains open. CRP0052D is at a down-hole depth of approximately 360m and has just entered mineralisation.

The last hole completed by Hot Chili across the SE margin of Cuerpo 3 recorded an outstanding drill intersection in diamond hole CRP0040D, comprising 542m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 328m, including 218m grading 0.7% copper and 0.2g/t gold.

First Hot Chili Diamond Hole Below Cuerpo 2 Returns a Broad Zone of Mineralisation

Hot Chili has completed its first diamond drill hole (CRP0053D) below Cortadera’s Cuerpo 2 porphyry which tested further depth extensions and the potential for Cuerpo 2 to host a high grade core, similar to that seen
at Cuerpo 3.

CRP0053D was terminated at a depth of 843.9m after recording a broad 500m zone of mineralised porphyry between 284m and 785m down-hole depth.

Mineralisation between 284m and 785m down-hole depth comprises a visual estimate of 0.3% – 2.5% chalcopyrite contained as fine dissemination and in association with 1% to 8% B-vein abundance. Visual estimates of sulphide minerals are not an accurate representation of expected assay value and are provided for indicative purposes only.

Once all assay results have been received for CRP0053D, the Company will incorporate this data into its integrated four-dimensional geological model in order to optimise the design of a second diamond hole below Cuerpo 2.

Assay results for CRP0053D are pending and have been assigned priority turnaround.

Cortadera North First-Pass Drilling Progressing Well

The Company is also advancing well with it first-pass RC drill programme across the exciting 2km long Cortadera North target zone. To date, two deep RC drill holes have been completed and a third RC drill hole is underway. RC drilling is operating in parallel with pre-collar drilling at Cortadera and at this stage is being undertaken on a two week-on, two week-off basis.

The first two deep RC holes (CRP0054 and CRP0055) are located along a 700m long traverse across a large surface molybdenum soil geochemical anomaly at Cortadera North. Both drill holes have recorded encouraging proximal alteration and low-level pyrite mineralisation towards the end-of hole. Minor copper- oxide mineralisation (copper oxide clays between 17m and 37m depth) has also been recorded in the third RC drill hole (CRP0056), which is underway and at a depth of approximately 90m.

The Company plans to complete the remaining eight holes (including CRP0056) and await receipt of all results prior to moving to a follow-up drill programme in the New Year, which may involve further RC drilling and targeted diamond tails from certain first-pass RC drill holes.

Results for the two completed Cortadera North holes are pending.

Next Steps and Forward News Flow

Drilling – The Company looks forward to releasing further drill results from its phase three drill program at Cortadera once assay results are received. This will include diamond drill results for CRP0053D (Cuerpo 2), CRP0052D (Cuerpo 3 – currently drilling) and updates on first-pass drilling being undertaken at Cortadera North over the coming weeks.

Hot Chili is working closely with its drilling contractor to plan for the commencement of accelerated drilling operations in a safe manner given ongoing COVID restrictions and challenges in the Vallenar region. The Company expects to provide an update once this is implemented.

Resource Growth – The Company is on-track to complete a maiden resource estimate for its San Antonio high grade satellite deposit located 4km from Cortadera. Hot Chili is also planning an extensional drilling
programme along the San Antonio to Valentina corridor during 2021. High grade resource additions and a resource upgrade at Cortadera aim to grow Costa Fuego into a Tier-1 copper resource base in 2021.

First Commercial Cash Flow – Lease mining and processing activities at the Productora copper-gold deposit are expected to ramp-up following receipt of mine plan and final permitting approvals for the
Productora underground mine. This approval will greatly assist lease mining operations and the commencement of first commercial cash flow to Hot Chili through its agreement with Chilean government agency ENAMI.

The Directors look forward to providing an update on production as well as discussions to potentially expand the lease mining and processing agreement with ENAMI within the coming month.

This announcement is authorised by the Board of Directors for release to ASX.

For more information please contact:

Christian Easterday                Tel:   +61 893159009

Managing Director                 Email: christian@hotchili.net.au

or visit Hot Chili’s website at www.hotchili.net.au

Table 1 New Significant DD Drill Results at Cortadera

Figure 1 Location of Productora and the Cortadera discovery in relation to the coastal range infrastructure of Hot Chili’s combined Costa Fuego copper project, located 600km north of Santiago in Chile.

Refer to ASX Announcement “Costa Fuego Becomes a Leading Global Copper Project” (12th October 2020) for JORC Table 1 information related to the Cortadera JORC compliant Mineral Resource estimate by Wood and the Productora re-stated JORC compliant Mineral Resource estimate by AMC Consultants

Copper Equivalent (CuEq) reported for the resource were calculated using the following formula: CuEq% = ((Cu% × Cu price 1% per tonne × Cu_recovery)+(Mo ppm × Mo price per g/t × Mo_recovery)+(Au ppm × Au price per g/t × Au_recovery)+ (Ag ppm × Ag price per g/t × Ag_recovery)) / (Cu price 1% per tonne). The Metal Prices applied in the calculation were: Cu=3.00 USD/lb, Au=1,550 USD/oz, Mo=12 USD/lb, and Ag=18 USD/oz. For Cortadera (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=56%, Mo=82%, and Ag=37%. For Productora (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=43% and Mo=42%. For Costa Fuego (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=51%, Mo=67% and Ag=23%.

** Reported on a 100% Basis – combining Cortadera and Productora Mineral Resources using a +0.25% CuEq reporting cut-off grade

Figure 2 Plan view across the Cortadera discovery area displaying
significant historical copper-gold DD intersections across Cuerpo 1, 2, 3 and 4 tonalitic porphyry intrusive centres (represented by modelled copper envelopes, yellow- +0.1% Cu and majenta +0.4% Cu). Note the selected HCH drilling intersections (White) and the new results reported from CRP0032D (Red).

Figure 3 Plan view across the Cortadera discovery area displaying significant historical copper-gold DD intersections across Cuerpo 2 and 3. The plan view displays the 500m level block model flitch of the JORC Mineral Resource in relation to the Uncategorised expansion target  area (represented by modelled copper envelope, yellow- +0.1% Cu). Note the selected HCH drilling intersections (White) and the new results reported from CRP0032D, CRP0041D as well as the location of CRP0052D and CRP0053D (Red).

Figure 4 Plan view displaying the location of the Cortadera discovery zone in relation to the Cortadera North target. The plan displays the location of Cuerpo 1, 2, 3 and 4 tonalitic porphyry intrusive centres (represented by modelled copper envelopes, yellow- +0.1% Cu) in relation to surface molybdenum anomalism and IP chargeability response at 200m depth slice. Cortadera North, located 2km north of Cortadera displays “look alike” characteristics to the Cortadera discovery. Note locations of first pass RC drill holes.

Qualifying Statements

Competent Person’s Statement- Exploration Results

Exploration information in this Announcement is based upon work compiled by Mr Christian Easterday, the Managing Director and a full-time employee of Hot Chili Limited whom is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Easterday has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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’ (JORC Code). Mr Easterday consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

Reporting of Copper Equivalent

Copper Equivalent (CuEq) reported for the resource were calculated using the following formula: CuEq% = ((Cu% × Cu price 1% per tonne × Cu_recovery)+(Mo ppm × Mo price per g/t × Mo_recovery)+(Au ppm × Au price per g/t × Au_recovery)+ (Ag ppm × Ag price per g/t × Ag_recovery)) / (Cu price 1 % per tonne). The Metal Prices applied in the calculation were: Cu=3.00 USD/lb, Au=1,550 USD/oz, Mo=12 USD/lb, and Ag=18 USD/oz. For Cortadera (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=56%, Mo=82%, and Ag=37%. For Productora (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=43% and Mo=42%. For Costa Fuego (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%,Au=51%, Mo=67% and Ag=23%.

Forward Looking Statements

This Announcement is provided on the basis that neither the Company nor its representatives make any warranty (express or implied) as to the accuracy, reliability, relevance or completeness of the material contained in the Announcement and nothing contained in the Announcement is, or may be relied upon as a promise, representation or warranty, whether as to the past or the future. The Company hereby excludes all warranties that can be excluded by law. The Announcement contains material which is predictive in nature and may be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known and unknown risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from results ultimately achieved.

The Announcement contains “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than those of historical facts included in the Announcement are forward-looking statements including estimates of Mineral Resources. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, copper, gold and
other metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, as well as political and operational risks and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any “forward-looking statement” to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the Announcement, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. All persons should consider seeking appropriate professional advice in reviewing the Announcement and all other information with respect to the Company and evaluating the business, financial performance and operations of the Company. Neither the provision of the Announcement nor any information contained in the Announcement or subsequently communicated to any person in connection with the Announcement is, or should be taken as, constituting the giving of investment advice to any person

Appendix 1. JORC Code Table 1 for Cortadera

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

27 October 2020

Dear Shareholder

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

The Board of Directors of Hot Chili Limited (the Company) advises that its 2020 annual general meeting (AGM) will be held at First Floor, 768 Canning Highway, Applecross, Western Australia on Monday 30 November 2020 at 11.00am (WST).

Notice of Meeting

In accordance with section 5(1)(f) of the Corporations (Coronarivus Economic Response) Determination (No.3) 2020 made by the Commonwealth Treasurer on 21 September 2020, the Company will not be dispatching physical copies of the notice of AGM (Notice). The Notice is made available to shareholders electronically and can be viewed and downloaded online from the Company’s website at the following link: https://es.hotchili.net.au/. A personalized proxy form will be attached to
this letter.

Voting

All resolutions at the AGM will be decided on a poll.

The poll will be conducted based on votes submitted by proxy and those cast at the AGM by shareholders who attend in-person.

To vote by proxy, please use one of the following methods:

By hand: Automic, Level 5, 126 Philip Street, Sydney NSW 2000

By post: Automic, GPO Box 5193, Sydney NSW 2001

By email: meetings@automicgroup.com.au

By fax: +61 2 8583 3040

Your proxy instructions must be received not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the AGM, being 11.00am (WST) on Saturday 28 November 2020. Proxy Forms received later than this time will be invalid. Shareholders who wish to participate and vote at the AGM are strongly
encouraged to complete and submit their proxies as early as possible.

The Chairperson intends to vote all open proxies in favour of all resolutions, where permitted.

Questions

Shareholders will be able to ask questions at the AGM.

Shareholders are also encouraged to submit questions in advance of the AGM to the Company. Questions must be submitted by email to admin@hotchili.net.au or in writing to the Company’s office by 5.00pm (WST) on Monday 23 November 2020.

Approved for release by the Board of Directors

Lloyd Flint

Company Secretary

ACN 130 955 725

Notice of Annual General Meeting,
Explanatory Statement and Proxy Form

Annual General Meeting to be held at

First Floor
768 Canning Highway
Applecross Western Australia

On Monday 30 November 2020 at 11.00am (WST)

Important Information

Contents

Important Dates

An indicative timetable of key proposed dates is set out below. These dates are indicative only and are
subject to change.

Defined Terms

Capitalised terms used in this Notice of Annual General Meeting will, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning given to them in the Glossary set out in the Explanatory Statement.

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Hot Chili Limited (ACN 130 955 725) (HotChili or Company) will be held at First Floor, 768 Canning Highway, Applecross, Perth, Western Australia at 11.00am (WST) on Monday 30 November 2020.

The Explanatory Statement, which accompanies and forms part of this Notice, describes the various matters to be considered.

Terms used in this Notice will, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning given to them in the Glossary as set out in the Explanatory Statement.

AGENDA

To consider, and if thought fit to pass, the resolutions set out below as an advisory resolution (in respect of Resolution 1), ordinary resolutions (in respect of Resolutions 2 to 4) and as special resolutions (in
respect of Resolutions 5 to 7).

Financial Statements and Reports

To receive and consider the annual financial report, Directors’ report and Auditor’s report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2020, as contained in the Company’s Annual Report.

Resolution 1: Adoption of Remuneration Report

To consider and, if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as a non-binding advisory resolution:

“That the Remuneration Report contained in the Directors’ Report for the year ended 30 June 2020 be adopted by the Company.”

Notes: In accordance with the Corporations Act, the vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.

The Directors will consider the outcome of the vote and comments made by Shareholders on the Remuneration Report at the Meeting when reviewing the Company’s remuneration policies.

Resolution 2: Re-election of Director – Mr Murray Edward Black

To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“That for the purposes of Listing Rule 14.4, clause 11.3 of the Company’s Constitution, and for all other purposes, Mr Murray Edward Black, a Director of the Company who retires in accordance with clause 11.3 of the Constitution and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election,
be re-elected as a Director of the Company.”

Resolution 3: Approval to issue Interest Shares to Non-Related Parties

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“That for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.1 and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve the issue of up to 30,537,423 Interest Shares to holders of Convertible Notes (or their nominees), as payment of interest pursuant to the terms of those Convertible Notes, in the manner and on
the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

Resolution 4: Approval to issue Interest Shares to Related Party – Blue SpecDrilling Pty Ltd

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“That for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve the issue of up to 1,543,841 Interest Shares to Blue Spec Drilling Pty Ltd, a company controlled by Mr Murray Black, the Chairperson of the Company, (or its nominee) as payment of interest
pursuant to the terms of Convertible Notes held by Blue Spec Drilling Pty Ltd, in the manner and on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

Note: Resolution 5 is a special resolution. To be passed, it must be approved by at least 75% of the votes cast by Shareholders entitled to vote on the Resolution

Resolution 6: Approval of proportional takeover provisions in New Constitution

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as a special resolution:

“ That, subject to the approval of Resolution 5, with effect from the close of the Meeting, Schedule 1 of the proposed New Constitution, which sets out proposed proportional takeover provisions, be approved and adopted in the New Constitution in the form set out in Schedule 4 to the Explanatory Statement.”

Note: Resolution 6 is a special resolution. To be passed, it must be approved by at least 75% of the votes cast by Shareholders entitled to vote on the Resolution.

Resolution 7: Approval of Additional Placement Facility

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as a special resolution:

“That the Company have the additional capacity to issue equity securities provided for in Listing
Rule 7.1A.”

Note: Resolution 7 is a special resolution. To be passed, it must be approved by at least 75% of the votes cast by Shareholders entitled to vote on the Resolution.

By order of the Board

Lloyd Flint

Company Secretary
27 October 2020

Voting Prohibitions and Exclusions

Corporations Act voting prohibitions

Pursuant to sections 250BD and 250R(4) of the Corporations Act, the following are subject to restrictions on voting as set out in the table:

In relation to Resolution 1, members of Key Management Personnel and their closely Related Parties (other than the Chairperson) may not vote as proxy if the appointment does not specify how the proxy is to vote. The Chairperson may vote as proxy in accordance with an express authorisation for the Chairperson to exercise the proxy on the Proxy Form.

ASX voting exclusion statements

For the purposes of Listing Rule 14.11, the following voting exclusion statements apply to the Resolutions.

The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the following Resolutions by or on behalf of the following persons or an Associate of those persons.

However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the following Resolutions by:

•  the person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or

• the Chairperson as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the Chairperson to vote on the Resolution as the Chairperson decides; or

• a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial, or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: 
  • the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an Associate of a person excluded from voting, on the
    Resolution; and
  • the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

Proxy Appointment, Voting, and Meeting Instructions

Proxy Form

The Proxy Form (and any power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed) must be received as below by 11am (WST) on Saturday 28 November 2020, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. A Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid.

By post:    Automic GPO Box 5193
                   Sydney NSW 2001

By hand:  Automic Level 5, 126 Phillip Street
                  Sydney NSW 2000

By email: meetings@automicgroup.com.au

By fax:       (02) 8583 3040 (within Australia)
                   +61 2 8583 3040 (outside Australia)

Appointment of a proxy

A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy. The proxy may, but need not be, a Shareholder.

The Company encourages Shareholders to appoint the Chairperson as your proxy. To do so, mark the appropriate box on the Proxy Form. If the person you wish to appoint as your proxy is someone other
than the Chairperson, please write the name of that person in the space provided on the Proxy Form. If you leave this section blank, or your named proxy does not attend the Meeting, the Chairperson will be your proxy.

You are entitled to appoint up to two persons as proxies to attend the Meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, you may photocopy the Proxy Form or an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning the Company on +61 8 9315 9009.

Please note, as the Company discourages physical attendance at the Meeting by Shareholders and/or proxies, it is recommended Shareholders complete the attached proxy form and send to the Company via the communication methods outlined above.

To appoint a second proxy you must, on each Proxy Form, state (in the appropriate box) the percentage of your voting rights which are the subject of the relevant proxy. If both Proxy Forms do not specify that percentage, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded.

Corporate Shareholders

Corporate Shareholders should comply with the execution requirements set out on the proxy form or otherwise with the provisions of section 127 of the Corporations Act. Section 127 of the Corporations Act provides that a company may execute a document without using its common seal if the document is signed by:

•   two directors of the company;
•   a director and a company secretary of the company; or
•  for a proprietary company that has a sole director who is also the sole company secretary, that
  director.

Corporate representatives

A corporation may elect to appoint an individual to act as its representative in accordance with section 250D of the Corporations Act, in which case the Company will require a certificate of appointment of thecorporate representative executed in accordance with the Corporations Act. The certificate of appointment must be lodged with the Company and/or the Company’s share registry before the Meeting or at the registration desk on the day of the Meeting.

Votes on Resolutions

You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in the ‘FOR’, ‘AGAINST’ or ‘ABSTAIN’ box opposite the Resolution. All your votes will be cast in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on the Resolution by inserting the percentage or number of Shares you wish to vote in the appropriate boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes next to a Resolution, your proxy may vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on the
Resolution, your vote will be invalid.

Chairperson voting undirected proxies

If the Chairperson is your proxy, the Chairperson will cast your votes in accordance with your directions on the Proxy Form. If you do not mark any of the boxes on the Resolutions, then you expressly authorise the Chairperson to vote your undirected proxies at his/her discretion.

As at the date of this Notice of Meeting, the Chairperson intends to vote undirected proxies FOR each of the Resolutions. In exceptional cases the Chairperson’s intentions may subsequently change and in this event, the Company will make an announcement to the market.

Voting entitlement (snapshot date)

For the purposes of determining voting and attendance entitlements at the Meeting, Shares will be taken to be held by the persons who are registered as holding the Shares at 11am (WST) on Saturday 28 November 2020. Accordingly, transactions registered after that time will be disregarded in determining entitlements to attend and vote at the Meeting.

Questions from Shareholders

Shareholders are also encouraged to submit questions in advance of the AGM to the Company. Questions must be submitted in writing by 5pm (WST) on Saturday 28 November 2020 by one of the following methods:

By hand: First Floor, 768 Canning Highway, Applecross, WA, 6153
By post: Company Secretary, Hot Chili Limited, PO Box 1725 Applecross, WA, 6953
By email: admin@hotchili.net.au
By fax: (08) 9315 5004 (within Australia) or +61 8 9315 5004 (outside Australia)

The board of Directors will endeavour to prepare answers to these questions, where necessary they will be moderated and curated to cover common ground.

Copies of written questions will be made available on the Company’s website prior to the Meeting.

The Chairperson will allow a reasonable opportunity for Shareholders to ask questions or make comments on the management and performance of the Company.

RSM Partners Australia, as the Auditor responsible for preparing the Auditor’s Report for the year ended 30 June 2020 (or its representative), will attend the Meeting. The Chairperson will allow a reasonable opportunity for the Shareholders as a whole to ask the Auditor questions at the Meeting about:

(a) the conduct of the audit;

(b) the preparation and content of the Auditor’s Report;

(c) the accounting policies adopted by the Company in relation to the preparation of the Financial
Statements; and

(d)the independence of the Auditor in relation to the conduct of the audit.

To assist the Auditor of the Company in responding to any questions you may have, please submit any questions you may have to the Auditor at an address below by no later than 5.00pm (WST) on 28
November 2020.

By mail: Level 32, Exchange Tower, 2 The Esplanade
Perth WA 6000

By fax: +61 8 9261 9111

As required under section 250PA of the Corporations Act, at the Meeting, the Company will make available those questions directed to the Auditor received in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Meeting, being questions which the Auditor considers relevant to the content of the Auditor’s report or the conduct of the audit of the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2020. The Chairperson will allow a reasonable opportunity for the Auditor to respond to the questions set out on
this list.

Annual Report

The Company advises that a copy of its Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2020, is available to download at the website address, https://es.hotchili.net.au/investors/.

When you access the Company’s Annual Report online, you can view it and print a copy.

Please note that if you have elected to continue to receive a hard copy of the Company’s Annual Reports, the Annual Report will accompany this Notice of Meeting or alternatively it will be mailed to you no later than 21 days before the Meeting.

However, if you did not elect to continue to receive a hard copy of the Company’s Annual Reports and now (or sometime in the future) wish to receive a hard copy of the Company’s Annual Reports, please contact the Company Secretary at admin@hotchili.net.au. We will be pleased to mail you a copy.

Explanatory Statement

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of Shareholders in relation to the business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting.

The purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide Shareholders with all information known to the Company which is material to a decision on how to vote on the Resolutions in the accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting.

This Explanatory Statement should be read in conjunction with the Notice of Annual General Meeting. Capitalised terms in this Explanatory Statement are defined in the Glossary.

1.      Financial Statements and Reports

                  Shareholders are to receive and consider the Financial Statements,  Directors’ Report and the Auditor’s Report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2020.

                  Shareholders will be given the opportunity to ask questions of the Board and the Auditors in relation to the Annual Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2020 at the Meeting.

  2.         Resolution 1: Adoption of Remuneration Report

               The Remuneration Report is set out in the Directors’ Report in the Company’s 2020 Annual Report.

              The Corporations Act requires the Company to put a resolution to Shareholders that the Remuneration Report be adopted. In accordance with section 250R (3) of the Corporations Act, the vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.

              In accordance with Division 9 of Part 2G.2 of the Corporations Act, if 25% or more of votes that are cast are voted against the adoption of the Remuneration Report at two consecutive annual general meetings, Shareholders will be required to vote at the second of those annual general meetings on a resolution (a “spill resolution”) that another meeting be held within 90 days at which all of the Company’s directors (other than the Managing Director) must go up for re-election.

             At the Company’s previous Annual General Meeting the votes against the Remuneration Report was less than 25% of the votes cast on the Resolution. As such, Shareholders do not need to consider a spill resolution at the Meeting.

A voting exclusion applies to Resolution 1 in the terms set out in the Notice of Meeting. Key Management Personnel and their Closely Related Parties may not vote on this Resolution and may not cast a vote as proxy, unless the proxy appointment gives a direction on how to vote or the proxy is given to the Chairperson and expressly authorises the Chairperson to exercise the proxy. The Chairperson will use any such proxies to vote in favour of Resolution 1.

The Company encourages all Shareholders to cast their votes on Resolution

3.     Resolution 2: Re-election of Director – Mr Murray Edward Black

3.1   Background

Resolution 2 seeks Shareholder approval for the re-election of Mr Murray Edward Black as a Director of the Company.

In accordance with the Listing Rules and clause 11.3 of the Constitution, at every Annual General Meeting, one third of the Directors for the time being must retire from office and are eligible for re-election. The Directors to retire are:

(a)      those who have been in office for 3 years since their appointment or last re-appointment;

(b)     those who have been longest in office since their appointment or last re-appointment; or

(c)     if the Directors have been in office for an equal length of time, by agreement.

Mr Black retires by rotation and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Director.

If Resolution 2 is not passed, Mr Murray Edward Black will no longer be a Director of the Company.

Biography – Mr Murray Edward Black

Mr Black has over 44 years’ experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry and has served as an executive director and Chairperson for several listed Australian exploration and mining companies. He part-owns and manages a substantial private Australian drilling business, has interests in several commercial developments and has significant experience in capital financing. Mr Black is currently a non-executive director of Great Boulder Resources Ltd (appointed 6 April 2016).

Directors’ recommendation

The Directors (other than Mr Black) recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 2 to re-elect Mr Black as a Director.

Resolution 3: Approval to issue Interest Shares to Non-Related Parties

Background

Resolution 3 seeks Shareholder approval to enable the Company to issue fully-paid ordinary shares (Shares) in satisfaction of interest (Interest) that will become due and payable by the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of the convertible notes with a face value of $100 each that it
issued to investors under its capital raising announced to ASX on 21 June 2017 (Convertible Notes).

The Convertible Notes were issued with shareholder approval at the Company’s general meetings held on 6 June 2017 and 31 August 2017.

Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes, Interest of 8% per annum, calculated daily,compounding monthly, is payable to holders of Convertible Notes (Noteholders) on a quarterly basis (each an Interest Period) in either cash or Shares, at the election of the Company.

Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes, if the Company elects to pay Interest in Shares (Interest Shares), the Interest Shares are to be issued at a deemed issue price equal to the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the Company’s Shares calculated over the five trading days prior to their issue date, being the last date of the relevant Interest Period (31 December, 31 March, 30 June, or 30 September in each calendar year).

A s at the date of this Notice, there are a total of 79,221 Notes on issue, of which 75,837 Notes are held by Non-Related Parties.

Resolution 3 seeks Shareholder approval for the issue of up to 30,537,423 Interest Shares in satisfaction of interest in the amount of up to $610,748.50 that will become due and payable by the Company with respect to Convertible Notes held by Non-Related Parties over the 12 months from the
date of the Meeting, being with respect to the quarters ending on 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021,30 June 2021, and 30 September 2021 (each a Relevant Quarter).

The table below sets out the potential amount of interest that will be payable to Non-Related Parties by the Company with respect to each Relevant Quarter, and the number of Interest Shares that may
be issued pursuant to Resolution 3 for each Relevant Quarter. The table shows examples assuming the Interest Shares will be issued at an issue price of $0.02, $0.03, $0.04 or $0.05 each.

If the maximum number of Interest Shares are issued for each Relevant Quarter, which will only occur if the VWAP of Shares over the five trading days prior to the end of each Relevant Quarter is $0.02 or less, then the number of Interest Shares to be issued to unrelated Noteholders with the approval of Shareholders, will be 30,537,423 Shares, which represents approximately 1.27% of the Company’s current issued Share capital, and the Company’s shareholders will be diluted accordingly.

To the extent that Interest Shares in addition to those approved pursuant to Resolution 3 are required to be issued to satisfy interest payable pursuant to the Notes for a given quarter, then the Company intends to issue those Interest Shares using its issuing capacity under Listing Rule 7.1 and, if
applicable, Listing Rule 7.1A.

Applicable Listing Rules

Broadly speaking, and subject to a number of exceptions, Listing Rule 7.1 limits the amount of equity securities that a listed company can issue without the approval of its shareholders over any 12-month period to 15% of the fully-paid ordinary shares it had on issue at the start of that period.

The issue of the Interest Shares does not fall within any of these exceptions and exceeds the 15% limit in Listing Rule 7.1. The issue therefore requires approval of the Company’s Shareholders under Listing Rule 7.1.

To that end, Resolution 3 seeks the required Shareholder approval for the issues under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.1.

If Resolution 3 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Interest Shares. In addition, the Interest Shares will be excluded from the calculation of the number of equity securities that the Company can issue without Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1.

Listing Rule information requirements

In accordance with the disclosure requirements of Listing Rule 7.3, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 3:

(a) Names of the persons to whom the Company will issue securities

The recipients of the Interest Shares will be the Noteholders of the Company, or their nominees, none of whom are Related Parties of the Company, and none of whom are members of the Company’s key management personnel, substantial holders in the Company,
advisers to the Company, or an associate of any of the above, who will be issued more than 1% of the Company’s current issued capital.

(b) Number and class of the securities to be issued

A maximum of 30,537,423 fully-paid ordinary are proposed to be issued to the Noteholders under Resolution 3.

(c) The date of issue

Listing Rule 7.3.4 requires that any securities issued pursuant to Shareholder approval undern Listing Rule 7.1 be issued within 3 months of the meeting at which approval was obtained.

ASX has granted the Company a waiver from Listing Rule 7.3.4 to the effect that, if Resolution3 is approved, the Company may issue up to 30,537,423 Interest Shares to the unrelated Noteholders no later than 30 November 2021.

The Company anticipates issuing the Interest Shares over four separate dates, each corresponding with the end of each quarter, being 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021, 30 June 2021, and 30 September 2021.

The full terms of the waiver of Listing Rule 7.3.4 that was granted by ASX are set out at Schedule 2 to this Explanatory Statement.

A summary of the material terms of the Convertible Notes, as is required by the terms of the waiver, are set out at Schedule 1 to this Explanatory Statement.

Price or consideration the Company will receive for the issue

The Interest Shares will be issued at a deemed issue price equal to the VWAP of Shares over the 5 trading days prior to their issue date, being the last date of the relevant quarter (being 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021, 30 June 2021, and 30 September 2021).

The purpose of the issue and intended use of funds

The Interest Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of interest payable by the Company to Noteholders pursuant to the terms of their Convertible Notes. Accordingly, no funds will be raised by the issue of the Interest Shares.

If the securities are being issued under an agreement, a summary of any other material terms of the agreement.

A summary of the material terms of the Convertible Notes are set out at Schedule 1 to this Explanatory Statement.

Directors’ recommendation

The Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 3, as the payment of Interest due on Convertible Notes in Shares rather than cash will preserve the Company’s cash reserves and allow the Company to spend a greater portion of its available cash on its operations
rather than on the payment of Interest due in respect of the Convertible Notes.

Resolution 4: Approval to issue Interest Shares to Blue Spec Drilling Pty Ltd

Background

The terms of the Company’s Convertible Notes are summarised at section 4.1 above.

Resolution 4 seeks approval by Shareholders for the issue of up to 1,543,841 Interest Shares in satisfaction of interest in the amount of $30,876.88 that will become due and payable by the Company with respect to 3,384 Convertible Notes held by Blue Spec Drilling Pty Ltd (Blue Spec) over the 12
months from the date of the Meeting, being with respect to the quarters ending on 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021, 30 June 2021, and 30 September 2021 (each a Relevant Quarter).

Blue Spec is a company controlled by Mr Murray Black, the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Company, and is therefore a Related Party of the Company.

The table below sets out the potential amount of interest that will be payable to Blue Spec by the Company with respect to each Relevant Quarter, and the number of Interest Shares that may be issued pursuant to Resolution 4 for each Relevant Quarter. The table shows examples assuming the Interest Shares will be issued at an issue price of $0.02, $0.03, $0.04 or $0.05 each.

If the maximum number of Interest Shares are issued for each Relevant Quarter, which will only occur if the VWAP of Shares over the five trading days prior to the end of each Relevant Quarter is $0.02 or less, then the number of Interest Shares to be issued to Blue Spec, with the approval of Shareholders will be 1,543,841 Shares, which represents approximately 0.06% of the Company’s current issued Share capital, and the Company’s shareholders will be diluted accordingly.

To the extent that Interest Shares in addition to those approved pursuant to Resolution 4 are required to be issued to satisfy interest payable pursuant to the Convertible Notes held by Blue Spec for a given Relevant Quarter, then the Company intends to satisfy that shortfall by way of a cash payment to Blue Spec.

Applicable Listing Rules

Listing Rule 10.11 provides that unless one of the exceptions in Listing Rule 10.12 applies, a listed company must not issue or agree to issue equity securities to:

10.11.1 – a related party; a related party includes a director and a person who will become a director;

10.11.2 – a person who is, or was at any time in the 6 months before the issue or agreement, a substantial (30%+) holder in the Company;

10.11.3 – a person who is, or was at any time in the 6 months before the issue or agreement, a substantial (10%+) holder in the Company and who has nominated a director to the board of the Company pursuant to a relevant agreement which gives them a right or expectation to do so;

10.11.4 – an associate of a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.11.1 to 10.11.3; or

10.11.5 – a person whose relationship with the company or a person referred to in Listing Rule 10.11.1 to 10.11.4 is such that, ASX’s opinion, the issue or agreement should be approved by its shareholders,

unless it obtains approval of its shareholders.

The issue of the Interest Shares to a Related Party falls within Listing Rule 10.11.1 and does not fall within any of the exceptions in Listing Rule 10.12. It therefore requires approval of Shareholders under Listing Rule 10.11.

Resolution 7 seeks the required Shareholder approvals to issue the Interest Shares to Blue Spec under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.11.

If Resolution 7 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of Interest Shares to Blue Spec.

If Resolution 7 is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the Interest Shares and would instead need to pay Interest to Blue Spec in cash.

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act

Section 208(1) of the Corporations Act (set out in Chapter 2E) requires that, where a public company proposes to give a financial benefit to a Related Party, the public company must:

• obtain the approval of the company’s members in accordance with section 208 of the Corporations Act in the manner set out in sections 217 to 227 of the Corporations Act; and

• give the benefit within 15 months following such approval,

unless the giving of the financial benefit falls within an exception set out in sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act.

Section 210 of the Corporations Act provides that shareholder approval is not required to give a financial benefit in circumstances where the benefit is given on terms that would be reasonable in the circumstances if the public company and the related party were dealing at arm’s length.

The issue of Interest Shares to Blue Spec constitutes the giving of a financial benefit to a Related Party of the Company for the purposes of section 208 of the Corporations Act.

The Board (other than Mr Murray Black) has formed the view that Shareholder approval under section 208 of the Corporations Act is not required for the proposed issue of the Interest Shares to Blue Spec,
as those Interest Shares will be issued at the same price on the same terms and conditions as any Interest Shares issued to each other Noteholder, being terms and conditions agreed on commercial terms with arm’s length parties who are not Related Parties of the Company.

Accordingly, the Board (other than Mr Murray Black) considers that the issue of the Interest Shares to Blue Spec is reasonable in the circumstances as if the Company and that Related Party was dealing on arm’s length terms, and has determined not to seek Shareholder approval under section 208 of the Corporations Act for the issue of the Interest Shares to Blue Spec.

Listing Rule information requirements

Listing Rule 10.13 requires that information be provided to Shareholders for the purposes of obtaining Shareholder approval pursuant to Listing Rule 10.11 as follows:

The names of the person

The Interest Shares will be issued to Blue Spec Drilling Pty Ltd, a company controlled by Mr Murray Black, the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Company, or its nominee.

Which category in rules 10.11.1 – 10.11.5 the person falls within and why

Blue Spec falls within Listing Rule 10.11.1, as an entity controlled by Mr Murray Black, who is a Related Party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.

The number and class of securities to be issued to the persons

A maximum of 1,543,841 Shares are proposed to be issued to Blue Spec.

The Interest Shares will be fully-paid ordinary Shares which will rank equally in all respects with Shares then on issue.

The date on which the company will issue the securities

Listing Rule 10.13.5 requires that a notice of meeting seeking approval for an issue of securities under Listing Rule 10.11 state that the securities will be issued within 1 month of the meeting at which approval was obtained.

ASX has granted the Company a waiver from Listing Rule 10.13.5 to the effect that, if Resolution 4 is approved, the Company may issue up to an aggregate of 1,543,841 Interest Shares to Blue Spec (or its nominee) no later than 30 November 2021.

The Company anticipates issuing the Interest Shares on four separate dates, each corresponding with the end of each quarter, being 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021, 30 June 2021, and 30 September 2021.

The full terms of the waiver of Listing Rule 10.13.5 that was granted by ASX are set out at Schedule 2 to this Explanatory Statement.

A summary of the material terms of the Convertible Notes, as is required by the terms of the waiver, are set out at Schedule 1 to this Explanatory Statement.

The price or consideration the entity will receive for the issue

The Interest Shares will be issued at a deemed issue price equal to the VWAP of Shares over the 5 trading days prior to their issue date, being the last date of the relevant quarter (being 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021, 30 June 2021, and 30 September 2021).

The purpose of the issue and use of funds

The Interest Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of interest payable by the Company to Blue Spec pursuant to the terms of its Convertible Notes. Accordingly, no funds will be raised by the issue of the Interest Shares.

If the issue is intended to remunerate or incentivise a director, details of the director’s remuneration

A summary of the material terms of the Convertible Notes are set out at Schedule 1 to this Explanatory Statement.

Directors’ recommendation

The Directors (other than Mr Black) recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 4, as the payment of interest due on Convertible Notes in Shares rather than cash will preserve the Company’s cash reserves and allow the Company to spend a greater portion of its cash reserves on
its operations rather than on the payment of interest due in respect of the Convertible Notes.

Mr Black (the controller of Blue Spec) has a material personal interest in the outcome of Resolution 4 and declines to make any recommendation as to how Shareholders should vote on that Resolution.

Resolution 5: Adoption of a new Constitution

Background

The Company’s current Constitution was adopted prior to the Company’s listing on ASX in 2010. Since that time, there have been a number of changes to provisions of both the Corporations Act and the
Listing Rules that affect matters set out in the Constitution. Given the number of changes that would need to be made throughout the current Constitution, the Directors consider that it is more appropriate
to adopt the New Constitution.

The New Constitution reflects a standard listed public company constitution and has updated definitions used to reflect current terminology in the Corporations Act, Listing Rules, and ASX

Settlement Operating Rules. A summary of the material terms of the New Constitution is set out in Schedule 3.

It is not practicable to list all of the differences between the current Constitution and the New Constitution in this Notice. However, of particular note is that the New Constitution:

reflects changes to the Listing Rules regarding restricted securities, namely a two-tiered escrow regime whereby ASX will:

(i) still require formal restriction agreements to be executed by certain more significant holders and their controllers, such as related parties, promoters, substantial holders, service providers and their Associates; and

(ii) permit entities to rely on provisions in their constitutions to impose escrow restrictions on less significant holders of restricted securities and to give a pro forma notice to those holders advising them of those restrictions;

will permit dividends to be paid in the discretion of the Directors and pursuant to the “assets test” set out in section 254T of the Corporations Act rather than solely out of profits as is the case pursuant to the current Constitution, and will not require final dividends to be both recommended by the Directors and approved by Shareholders in general meeting; and

will, subject to the passage of Resolution 6, contain proportional takeover provisions as discussed in section 7 below.

Shareholders are invited to contact the Company if they have any queries or concerns. For this purpose, a copy of the New Constitution is available for review by Shareholders at the office of the
Company and on the Company’s website, https://es.hotchili.net.au/. A copy of the New Constitution will also be tabled and available for inspection at the Meeting and a copy will be sent to those Shareholders that request a copy prior to the Meeting free of charge.

Adoption of the New Constitution will provide consistency between the Company’s Constitution, the Corporations Act, and Listing Rules.

Legal requirements

Section 136 (2) of the Corporations Act provide that a company may modify its constitution by a special resolution of its shareholders.

A special resolution is defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act as a resolution passed by at least 75% of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote on the resolution.

Summary of material terms of New Constitution

A summary of the material terms of the New Constitution is set out in Schedule 3.

Directors’ recommendation

The Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 5.

Resolution 6: Approval of proportional takeover provisions in New Constitution

As a part of the proposal to adopt the New Constitution pursuant to Resolution 6, it is intended to insert into the New Constitution the proposed Schedule 1 (as set out in Schedule 4 to this Explanatory Statement), which contains proportional takeover provisions.

In accordance with the requirements of section 648G(5) of the Corporations Act, the Company provides the information set out below.

What is a proportional takeover bid?

A proportional takeover bid is a takeover offer sent to all Shareholders in a particular class but only in respect of a proportion of each Shareholder’s Shares. If a Shareholder accepts an offer under a proportional takeover bid, the Shareholder disposes of the specified proportion of their Shares and
retains the balance.

Effect of the provisions to be adopted

The provisions require the Directors to refuse to register any transfer of Shares made in acceptance of a proportional takeover offer until Shareholder approval has been obtained at a meeting of Shareholders held in accordance with the Constitution.

The meeting must be held at least 14 days before the day the offer under the proportional takeover bid closes.

A resolution for approval of a proportional takeover bid will be taken to have been passed if a majority of Shares voted at the meeting, excluding any Shares held by the bidder and its associates, vote in favour of the resolution. The Directors will breach the Corporations Act if they fail to ensure that an approving resolution is voted upon. However, if no resolution is voted on before the end of the 14 th day before the close of the offer, the resolution will be deemed to have been passed.

Where the resolution approving the offer is passed, transfers of Shares resulting from acceptance of the offer will be registered provided they otherwise comply with the Corporations Act and other provisions of the Constitution.

If the resolution is not passed then in accordance with the Corporations Act, the offer will be deemed to be withdrawn and transfers that would have resulted from acceptance of the bid will not be registered.

The proportional takeover bid provisions do not apply to full takeover bids and only apply for three years after the date of adoption of the provisions. The provisions may be renewed but only by special resolution.

Reasons for adopting the provisions

Without Schedule 5, a proportional takeover bid for the Company may enable effective control of the Company to be acquired without Shareholders having the opportunity to dispose of all of their Shares
to the bidder. If the provisions are not adopted, Shareholders could be at risk of passing control to a bidder without payment of an adequate control premium for all of their Shares whilst leaving themselves as part of a minority interest in the Company.

Schedule 5 protects Shareholders by providing that if a proportional takeover bid is made, Shareholders must vote on whether it should proceed.

The benefit of Schedule 5 is that it enables Shareholders to decide whether the proportional offer is acceptable in principle and appropriately priced.

Potential advantages and disadvantages for Directors and Shareholders

The potential advantages of including proportional takeover provisions in the Constitution are that such provisions may:

(a) enhance the bargaining power of Directors in connection with any potential sale of the Company;

(b) improve corporate management by eliminating the possible threat of a hostile takeover through longer term planning;

(c) make it easier for Directors to discharge their fiduciary and statutory duties to the Company and its Shareholders to advise and guide in the event of a proportional bid occurring; and

(d) strengthen the position of Shareholders of the Company in the event of a takeover, assuming the takeover will result in a sharing of wealth between the bidder and Shareholders, as the more cohesive Shareholders are in determining their response the stronger they are. A requirement for approval can force Shareholders to act in a more cohesive manner. Where
Shareholders know that a bid will only be successful if a specified majority of Shareholders accept the offer, they have less to fear by not tendering to any offer which they think is too low.

The potential disadvantages of including proportional takeover provisions in the Constitution include the following matters:

(a) a vote on approval of a specific bid suffers from a bias in favour of the incumbent Board;

(b) the provisions are inconsistent with the principle that a share in a public company should be transferable without the consent of other shareholders; and

(c) a Shareholder may lack a sufficient financial interest in the Company to have an incentive to determine whether a proposal is appropriate.

No knowledge of present acquisition proposals

As at the date on which this Explanatory Statement is prepared, no Director is aware of a proposal by any person to acquire, or to increase the extent of, a substantial interest in the Company.

Directors’ recommendation

The Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 6.

Resolution 7: Approval of Additional Placement Facility

Background

Resolution 7 seeks Shareholder approval for an additional issuing capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A (Additional Placement Facility).

If approved, Resolution 7 would enable the Company to issue additional Equity Securities (calculated below) over a 12-month period without obtaining Shareholder approval.

Broadly speaking, and subject to a number of exceptions, Listing Rule 7.1 limits the amount of equity securities that a listed company can issue without approval of its shareholders over any 12-month period to 15% of the fully-paid ordinary securities it had on issue at the start of that period.

Under Listing Rule 7.1A, however, an eligible entity can seek approval from its members, by way of a special resolution passed at its annual general meeting, to increase this 15% limit by an extra 10% to15%.

An “eligible entity” means an entity which is not included in the S&P/ASX 300 index and which has a market capitalisation of $300 million or less. The Company is an eligible entity for these purposes.

Resolution 7 seeks Shareholder approval by way of special resolution for the Company to have the additional 10% capacity provided for in Listing Rule 7.1A to issue equity securities without Shareholder approval.

If Resolution 7 is passed, the Company will be able to issue equity securities up to the combined 25% limit in Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A without any further Shareholder approval.

If Resolution 7 is not passed, the Company will not be able to access the additional 10% capacity to issue equity securities without Shareholder approval provided for in Listing Rule 7.1A and will remain
subject to the 15% limit on issuing equity securities without Shareholder approval set out in Listing Rule 7.1.

Information on Additional Placement Facility

(a) Quoted securities

Any Equity Securities issued under the Additional Placement Facility must be in the same class as an existing class of Equity Securities of the Company that are quoted on ASX. As at the date of this Notice, the Company has one class of Equity Securities quoted on ASX, being its fully-paid ordinary Shares.

(b) Formula for Additional Placement Facility

If this Resolution 5 is passed, the Company may issue or agree to issue, during the 12-month period after this Meeting, the number of Equity Securities calculated in accordance with the following formula.

Additional Placement Capacity = (A x D) – E

where:

A = the number of fully-paid ordinary securities on issue at the commencement of the relevant period:

• plus the number of fully-paid ordinary securities issued in the relevant period on the conversion of convertible securities within rule 7.2 exception 9 where:

the convertible securities were issued or agreed to be issued before the commencement of the relevant period; or

the issue of, or agreement to issue, the convertible securities was approved, or taken under the Listing Rules to have been approved under Listing Rule 7.1 or 7.4;

ASX Listing Rule requirements

In accordance with Listing Rule 7.3A, the following information is provided in relation to the proposed approval of the Additional Placement Facility:

(a) Period for which the approval will be valid

The Additional Placement Facility would commence on the date of the Meeting and expire on the first to occur of the following:

• the date that is 12 months after this Meeting (i.e. 30 November 2021);

• the time and date of the Company’s next annual general meeting; or

• the time and date of the approval by Shareholders of a transaction under Listing Rule 11.1.2 (a significant change to the nature or scale of activities) or Listing Rule 11.2 (disposal of main undertaking).

(b) Minimum price at which equity securities may be issued

Any Equity Securities issued under the Additional Placement Facility must be in an existing quoted class of the Company’s securities and issued for cash consideration per security which is not be less than 75% of the VWAP for securities in that class, calculated over the 15 trading days on which trades in that class were recorded immediately before:

• the date on which the price at which the securities are to be issued is agreed; or

• if the securities are not issued within 10 trading days of the above date, the date on which the securities are issued.

(c) Purposes for which the funds raised by an issue of equity securities may be used

The Company may seek to issue Equity Securities under the Additional Placement Facility for cash consideration to fund business growth (including in relation to development of the Company’s business), to acquire new assets or make investments, to develop the Company’s existing assets and operations, and for general working capital.

Risk of economic and voting dilution

If Resolution 5 is passed and the Company issues securities under the Additional Placement Facility, there will be is a risk to existing Shareholders of economic and voting dilution, including the risk that:

(a) the market price for Equity Securities in the same class may be significantly lower on the issue date of the new Equity Securities than on the date of this Meeting; and

(b) the new Equity Securities may be issued at a price that is at a discount to the market price for Equity Securities in the same class on the issue date.

The table below identifies the potential dilution to existing Shareholders following the issue of Equity Securities under the Additional Placement Facility (based on the formula set out above) using different variables for the number of issued Shares and the market price of Shares.

The numbers are calculated on the basis of the latest available market price of Shares before the date of this Notice and the current number of Shares on issue.

Notes: The above table has been prepared on the following bases/assumptions:

1. The latest available market price of Shares as at the date of the Notice was $0.04.
2. The Company issues the maximum number of Equity Securities available under the Additional Placement Facility.
3. Existing Shareholders’ holdings do not change from the date of this Meeting to the date of the issue under the Additional Placement Facility.
4. The Company issues Shares only and does not issue other types of Equity Securities (such as Options) under the Additional Placement Facility.
5. The impact of additional issues of securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 or following the exercise of options is not included in the calculations.
6. Economic dilution for the table above is calculated using the following formula:

ED = (MP – (NMC / TS)) / MP
where:
MC = market capitalisation prior to issue of Equity Securities, being the MP multiplied by the number of Shares on issue;
MP = the market price of Shares traded on ASX, expressed as in dollars;
NMC = notional market capitalisation, being the market capitalisation plus the NSV;
NSV = new security value, being the number of new Equity Securities multiplied by the issue price of those Equity Securities; and
TS = total Shares on issue following new Equity Security issue.

(e) Allocation policy

The Company’s allocation policy for the issue of Equity Securities under the Additional Placement Facility will depend on the prevailing market conditions at the time of the proposed issue. The allottees will be determined on a case-by-case basis having regard to the factors
such as:
(i) the methods of raising funds that are available to the Company, including but not limited to, rights issues or other issues in which existing Security holders can participate;

(ii) the effect of the issue of the new securities on the control of the Company;

(iii) the financial situation and solvency of the Company; and

(iv) advice from corporate and other advisors.

As at the date of this Notice, the Company has not identified any proposed allottees of Equity Securities using the Additional Placement Facility. However, the eventual allottees may include existing substantial Shareholders, other Shareholders and/or new investors.

None of the allottees will be a related party or an associate of a related party of the Company, except as permitted under ASX Listing Rule 7.2. Existing Shareholders may or may not be entitled to subscribe for Equity Securities under the Additional Placement Facility and it is
possible that their shareholding will be diluted.

The Company will comply with the disclosure obligations under ASX Listing Rules 7.1A.4 and 3.10.5A upon issue of any Equity Securities under the Additional Placement Facility.

(f) Previous issues under Listing Rule 7.1A in previous 12 months

The Company made one issue pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1A during the 12 months prior to the Meeting, on 25 May 2020, which had the following characteristics:

(i) Total number of securities issued under Listing Rule 7.1A and percentage of securities on issue at the commencement of the 12-month period: 72,553,367 fully-paid ordinary shares were issued, which represents approximately 4.08% of the 1,778,875,752 equity securities that were on issue at the start of the 12 months prior to the Meeting.

(ii) The names of the persons to whom the entity issued or agreed to issue the securities or the basis on which those persons were identified or selected: The Shares were issued via a placement to sophisticated and professional investor clients of Veritas Securities, none of whom were related parties of the Company. In allocating the placement Shares, there was no objective to allocate pro-rata to existing shareholders of the Company, as the principal objectives of the placement were to
raise additional capital without the requirement to issue a prospectus to the investors and to increase the institutional shareholder base of the Company.

(iii) The number and class of equity securities issued or agreed to be issued:
72,553,367 fully-paid ordinary shares were issued under the placement.

(iv) The price at which the Equity Securities were issued or agreed to be issued and the discount if any) that the issue price represented to the closing market price on the date of the issue or agreement: The Shares were issued for cash consideration of $0.015 per Share, which was the same as (i.e., a 0% discount to) the closing market price of the Company’s Shares on the date of issue, being 25 May 2020.

(v) The total cash consideration received or to be received by the entity, the amount of cash that has been spent, what it was spent on, and what is the intended use for the remaining amount of that cash: The Company received cash consideration of approximately $1,088,300.50 under the placement. As at the date of this Notice, these funds have been wholly deployed by the Company, being spent on drilling at the Cortadera Cu-Au Project in Chile, the delineation of the maiden Cu-Au resource estimate at Cortadera, and for working capital.

(g) Voting exclusion statement

At the time of dispatching this Notice, the Company is not proposing to make any issue of Equity Securities under Listing Rule 7.1A. Accordingly, no voting exclusion statement is required to be included with this Notice, and no parties will be excluded from voting on Resolution 5.

Directors’ recommendation
The Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 5 as it will give the Company the flexibility to raise and fund necessary working capital whilst preserving the Company’s cash reserves.

Glossary

In this Explanatory Statement, the following terms have the following meaning unless the context otherwise requires:

Additional Placement Capacity

Has the meaning given to that term in section 8.1 of this Explanatory Statement.

A$ or $

Australian dollars.

Annual General Meeting or Meeting

The annual general meeting of Shareholders, or any resumption thereof,
convened by this Notice.

Annual Report

The annual report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2020, including the annual financial report, the Directors’ report and the Auditor’s report.

Associate

Has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.

ASX

ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691) or the financial market known as the Australian Securities Exchange, as the context requires.

Auditor

The auditor of the Company, being RSM Partners Australia at the date of this
Notice.

Blue Spec

Blue Spec Drilling Pty Ltd (ACN 601 943 364).

Chairperson The chairperson of the Annual General Meeting.

Closely Related Party

Has same meaning given to that term in section 9 of the Corporations Act, being, in relation to a member of Key Management Personnel:
(a) a spouse or child of the member;
(b) a child of the member’s spouse;
(c) a dependent of the member or the member’s spouse;
(d) anyone else who is one of the member’s family and may be expected to
influence the member, or be influenced by the member, in the member’s
dealing with the entity;
(e) a company the member controls; or
(f) a person prescribed by the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth)
(currently none are prescribed).

Company or Hot Chili      Hot Chili Limited (ACN 130 955 725).

Company Secretary           The company secretary of the Company at the time of the Meeting.

Constitution                          The Constitution of the Company.

Convertible Note                  A convertible note issued by the Company with a face value of $100, and otherwise on the terms and conditions set out in the Trust Deed between the Company and Equity Trustees Limited dated 25 May 2018 as varied by deed of variation dated 19 June 2018, as announced to ASX on 21 June 2017.

Corporations Act                 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Director                                  A director of the Company.

Equity Security                    Has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.

Explanatory Statement     This explanatory statement which accompanies and forms part of the Notice.

Glossary                                 This glossary of terms. 

Interest Shares                       Shares issued as payment of interest pursuant to the terms of the Convertiblem Notes.

Key Management Personnel  Has the meaning given in section 9 of the Corporations Act.

Listing Rules               The listing rules of ASX, as amended from time to time.         

New Constitution         The Company’s proposed new constitution, being the subject of Resolution 5.

Non-Related Parties     Persons who are not Related Parties of the Company.

Noteholder                      A holder of a Convertible Note.

Notice or Notice of Meeting         The notice of Annual General Meeting which accompanies this Explanatory Statement.

Option                An option to subscribe for a Share.

Proxy Form        The proxy form accompanying this Notice of Meeting.

Related Party       Has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.

Relevant Quarter  In relation to the issue of Interest Shares, means quarter ending 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021, 30 June 2021, and 30 September 2021.

Remuneration Report  The remuneration report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2020, appearing in the Annual Report.

Resolution   A resolution set out in the Notice.

Shareholder   The holder of a Share.

VWAP   Has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.

WST       Australian Western Standard Time, being the time in Perth, Western Australia.

Schedule 1 – Terms of Convertible Notes

Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms in this Schedule 2 Have the meanings given to them in the Terms and Conditions of Convertible Notes, which were announced to ASX on 21 June 2017.

Schedule 2 – Terms of ASX Waivers

Waivers of Listing Rules 7.3.4 and 10.13.5

The terms of the waivers of Listing Rules 7.3.4 and 10.13.5, as granted by ASX, are set out below.

ASX has granted the Company the following:

1. A waiver from listing rule 7.3.4 to allow the Company’s notice of annual general meeting (“Notice”) seeking shareholder approval for the issue of up to 30,537,423 shares in consideration for the payment of interest of 8% per annum due to unrelated parties (“Unrelated Noteholders”), payable
   quarterly through the issue of shares (“Interest Shares”) over the 12 month period from the date of the Company’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”), in respect to the quarters ending on 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021, 30 June 2021 and 30 September 2021 (each a “Relevant Interest Period”), not to state that the date by which the Company will issue the Interest Shares
   will be no later than 3 months after the date of the AGM on the following conditions:

               (a) the Interest Shares must be issued to the Unrelated Noteholders no later than 10 business days after the end of the relevant quarter;

                 (b) the Notice includes a worked example of the dilution that will occur to existing shareholders of the Company as a result of the issue of the Interest Shares at three different prices;

                   (c) the Notice contains a summary of the material terms of the Convertible Notes held by the Unrelated Noteholders;

                    (d) for any annual reporting period during which any of the Interest Shares have been issued or any of them remain to be issued, the Company’s annual report sets out in detail the number of Interest Shares issued during the reporting period, the number of Interest Shares that remain to be issued and the basis on which the Interest Shares may be issued;

                       (e) in any half year or quarterly report for a period during which any of the Interest Shares have been issued or remain to be issued, the Company must include a summary statement of the number of Interest Shares issued during the reporting period, and the number of Interest Shares that remain to be issued and the basis on which the Interest Shares may be issued;

                         (f) the terms of the waiver are disclosed in the Notice..

2. A waiver from listing rule 10.13.5 to permit the Notice seeking shareholder approval for the issue of up to 1,543,841 Interest Shares in consideration for the payment of interest of 8% per annum due to Blue Spec Drilling Pty Ltd (“Blue Spec”), payable quarterly through the issue of Interest Shares over the 12 month period from the date of the AGM, in respect to the Relevant Interest Periods, not to state that the date by which the Company will issue the Interest Shares will be no later than 1 month of the date of the AGM on the following conditions:

(a) the Interest Shares are issued to Blue Spec no later than 10 business days after the end of the relevant quarter;

(b) The Notice contains a summary of the material terms of the Convertible Notes held by Blue Spec;

(c) the Notice includes a worked example of the dilution that will occur to existing shareholders of the Company as a result of the issue of the Interest Shares to Blue Spec at three different prices;

(d) for any annual reporting period during which any of the Interest Shares are issued or remain to be issued, the Company’s annual report must set out in detail the number of Interest Shares issued in that annual reporting period, the number of Interest Shares that remain to be issued, and the basis on which the Interest Shares may be issued;

(e) in any half year or quarterly report for a period during which any of the Interest Shares have been issued or remain to be issued, the Company must include a summary statement of the number of Interest Shares issued during the reporting period, and the number of Interest Shares that remain to be issued and the basis on which the Interest
Shares may be issued; and

(f) the terms of the waiver are disclosed in the Notice.

Schedule 3 – Summary of New Constitution

Set out below is a summary of the key terms of the proposed New Constitution of the Company, for which Shareholder approval is sought pursuant to Resolution 8. This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and does not constitute a definitive statement of all the rights, liabilities and obligations set out in the New Constitution.

Issue of Shares

The issue of Shares and Options by the Company is under the control of the Directors, who may on any terms, at any time and for any consideration, allot and issue shares in the Company (Shares) (including preference shares) and grant Options over unissued Shares.

Transfer of Shares

A Shareholder may transfer one or more Shares it holds by a proper ASX Settlement transfer or an instrument of transfer in compliance with the New Constitution. A Shareholder may also transfer Shares by any other method permitted by the Corporations Act, the Listing Rules or the ASX Settlement Operating Rules (together, the Applicable Law).

Except as permitted by the Listing Rules, a Shareholder must not dispose of restricted securities during the escrow period for these securities.

Subject to the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, a person transferring a Share remains the registered holder of that Share until the transfer for that Share is registered and the name of the transferee is entered in the register of Shareholders as the holder of that Share.

The Company must not fail or refuse to register a transfer of a Share except where permitted or required under the Applicable Law or under other limited circumstances as set out in the Constitution. The Company must not charge any fee for registering a transfer of Shares except as permitted by the Applicable Law.

The Company must issue to each Shareholder, in accordance with the Applicable Law, one certificate in respect of each class of Shares registered in the Shareholder’s name.

However, the Directors may resolve that the Company will not issue certificates for Shares, or will cancel existing certificates for Shares without issuing a replacement certificate.

Reduction of capital and buy backs

The Company may reduce its share capital and buy back Shares on any terms and at any time.

Disposal of less than a marketable parcel

The Company may sell the Shares of a Shareholder if the Shareholder holds less than a marketable parcel of a particular class of Shares within the meaning of the Listing Rules (being a parcel of Shares with a market value of less than $500). To invoke this procedure, the Directors must first give written notice to the relevant Shareholder, who may then elect not to have his or her Shares sold by notifying the Directors.

Variation of class rights

Class rights attaching to a particular class of Shares may be varied or cancelled by a special resolution of the Company and either the written consent of holders of at least 75% of the Shares in that class or a special resolution passed at a meeting of the holders of the Shares in that class.

Preference Shares

The Corporations Act requires that certain rights of preference Shares must be set out in the Constitution of the Company or approved in general meeting by special resolution before preference Shares are
issued.

The Constitution permits the Company to issue preference Shares including preference Shares that are redeemable in a manner permitted by the Corporations Act and preference Shares in accordance with particular terms set out in the Constitution.

The holder of a preference Share has the same rights as the holder of an ordinary Share in relation to receiving notices, reports and audited accounts and attending meetings of Shareholders, but has restricted voting rights.

Liens

If the Company issues partly paid Shares and a call made on those Shares is unpaid, the Company will have a lien over those Shares. The Company may enforce the lien by selling those Shares.

Forfeiture of Shares

The Company may forfeit and sell a Share of a Shareholder by a resolution of Directors if that Shareholder has failed to pay a call or instalment on that Share. The Directors must provide the Shareholder with written notice of the forfeiture.

Meeting of Shareholders

Directors may call a meeting of Shareholders whenever they think fit (and one Director may do so, subject to the provisions of the Corporations Act). Shareholders may call a meeting as provided by the
Corporations Act. The Constitution contains provisions prescribing the content requirements of notices of meetings of Shareholders and all Shareholders are entitled to a notice of meeting. Consistent with
the Corporations Act, a meeting may be held in two or more places linked together by audio-visual communication devices. A quorum for a meeting of Shareholders is two eligible voters.

Voting of Shareholders

Resolutions of Shareholders are passed by simple majority and will be decided by a show of hands unless a poll is required or demanded. On a show of hands each eligible voter present has one vote.
On a poll, each eligible Shareholder has one vote for each fully-paid Share held and a fraction of a vote for each partly paid Share determined by the amount paid up on that Share.

Proxies

An eligible Shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend and vote at the meeting on that Shareholder’s behalf. The Constitution contains provisions specifying the form and manner of lodgement of proxy instruments. A Shareholder which is a corporation may appoint an individual to act as its representative.

Directors

The minimum number of Directors is 3 and the maximum is 10, unless the maximum is changed by the Company in general meeting. The existing Directors and the Company in general meeting may appoint
a new Director to fill a casual vacancy. Any such Director must retire at the next following annual general meeting of the Company (at which meeting he or she may be eligible for election as a Director). No
Director other than the managing director may hold office later than the third annual general meeting after his or her appointment or election without submitting himself or herself for re-election.

For a person to be eligible for election as a Director, a nomination for the office of Director and the written consent of the proposed Director must be received by the Company in a stipulated period prior to the meeting.

Powers of Directors

The business of the Company is to be managed by or under the direction of the Directors.

Remuneration of Directors

The total fees payable to non-executive Directors must not exceed the aggregate fixed sum determined by Shareholders in general meeting and must not be calculated as a commission on, or percentage of,
profits or operating revenue.

The Directors must be paid all reasonable travelling and other expenses properly incurred in performance of their duties. The Constitution allows for retirement benefits to be paid to Directors.

The remuneration of executive Directors must not be calculated as a commission on, or percentage of, operating revenue.

Indemnity and insurance

The Company, to the extent permitted by law, must indemnify each person who is or has been a Director or a company secretary of the Company against liabilities incurred by that person whilst acting in that
capacity and against costs and expenses incurred by that person in defending an action for a liability that may be incurred by that person whilst acting in that capacity.

To the extent permitted by the law, the Company may also pay the premium in respect of any insurance policy for any person who is or has been a Director or a company secretary of the Company against liabilities incurred by that person whilst acting in that capacity.

Execution of documents

In accordance with the Corporations Act, the execution of documents by the Company without the use of the Company’s seal is permitted.

Dividends

Dividends need not be paid out of profits, but may only be paid where the Company’s assets exceed its liabilities by at least the amount of the dividend to be paid, where it is fair and reasonable to the
Shareholders as a whole and where the payment of the dividend would not materially prejudice the Company’s ability to pay its creditors.

The Directors may fix the amount, the time for payment and the method of payment of a dividend. Subject to any special rights attaching to Shares (such as preference Shares), dividends will be paid proportionately to the amounts paid up on the Shares. The Company is not required to pay any interest on dividends.

Winding up

If the Company is wound up, any surplus assets and profits of the Company must be divided amongst the Shareholders in proportion to the amount credited as paid up on the Shares held by them, subject to any rights attaching to Shares which may in the future be issued with special or preferred rights.

Schedule 4 – Proposed Schedule 1 of New Constitution
(Proportional Takeover Provisions)

1       Application
         (a)   This Schedule 1 will only apply to and form part of the Constitution if Shareholder approval of the proportional takeover provisions set out therein has been obtained in accordance with section 648G of the Corporations Act.

          (b)    For the avoidance of doubt, if Shareholder approval has not been obtained as required under item 1(a) of this Schedule 1, this Schedule 1 will have no force or effect until such  approval is obtained.

2      Definitions In this Schedule: Approving Resolution means a resolution to approve a proportional takeover bid in accordance
with this Schedule.Deadline means the 14th day before the last day of the bid period for a proportional takeover bid. Voter means a person (other than the bidder under a proportional takeover bid or an associate of
that bidder) who, as at the end of the day on which the first offer under that bid was made, held bid class securities for that bid.

3 Refusal of Transfers

3.1 Requirement for an Approving Resolution
(a) The Company must refuse to register a transfer of Shares giving effect to a takeover contract for a proportional takeover bid unless and until an Approving Resolution is passed in accordance with this Schedule 1.
(b) This Schedule 1 ceases to apply on the 3rd anniversary of its last adoption, or last renewal, in accordance with the Corporations Act.

3.2 Voting on an Approving Resolution

(a) Where offers are made under a proportional takeover bid, the Directors must, call and arrange to hold a meeting of Voters for the purpose of voting on an Approving Resolution before the Deadline.
(b) The provisions of this Constitution concerning meetings of Members (with the necessary changes) apply to a meeting held under paragraph 3.2(a).
(c) Subject to this Constitution, every Voter present at the meeting held under paragraph 3.2(a) is entitled to one vote for each Share in the bid class securities that the Voter holds.
(d) To be effective, an Approving Resolution must be passed before the Deadline.
(e) An Approving Resolution that has been voted on is taken to have been passed if the proportion that the number of votes in favour of the resolution bears to the total number of votes on the resolution is greater than 50%, and otherwise is taken to have been rejected.
(f) If no Approving Resolution has been voted on as at the end of the day before the Deadline, an Approving Resolution is taken, for the purposes of this Schedule, to have been passed in accordance with this Schedule.

Maiden Resource at Cortadera

Costa Fuego Becomes a Leading Global
Copper Project

724Mt grading 0.48%CuEq* for 2.9Mt Copper,
2.7Moz Gold, 9.9Moz Silver & 64kt Molybdenum**

Maiden Cortadera Resource Adds
451Mt grading 0.46%CuEq*

• Copper Equivalent (CuEq) reported for the resource were calculated using the following formula: CuEq% = ((Cu% × Cu price 1% per tonne × Cu_recovery)+(Mo ppm × Mo price per g/t × Mo_recovery)+(Au ppm × Au price per g/t × Au_recovery)+ (Ag ppm × Ag price per g/t × Ag_recovery)) / (Cu price 1% per tonne). The Metal Prices applied in the calculation were: Cu=3.00 USD/lb, Au=1,550 USD/oz, Mo=12 USD/lb, and Ag=18 USD/oz. For Cortadera (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=56%, Mo=82%, and Ag=37%. For Productora (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=43% and Mo=42%. For Costa Fuego (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=51%, Mo=67% and Ag=23%. ** Reported on a 100% Basis – combining Cortadera and Productora Mineral Resources using a +0.25% CuEq reporting cut-off grade

Highlights

• Cortadera’s maiden Mineral Resource positions Hot Chili with the largest copper Mineral Resource and one of the largest gold Mineral Resources for an ASX-listed emerging company

• The Cortadera maiden Mineral Resource (+0.25% CuEq) of 451Mt at 0.46% copper equivalent (CuEq) takes the total Mineral Resource estimate for Costa Fuego** to 724Mt at 0.48% CuEq 1 for 2.9Mt copper, 2.7Moz gold, 9.9Moz Silver and 64kt molybdenum . The Cortadera maiden Mineral Resource includes a higher grade component (+0.6% CuEq) of 104Mt at 0.74% CuEq*

• The independently estimated Mineral Resource (categorised as, 41% Indicated and 59% Inferred), extends from surface and remains open in several key directions

• Hot Chili’s combined Costa Fuego project now ranks as one of the world’s largest low-altitude, clean concentrate (no arsenic), copper-gold Mineral Resources not controlled by a major mining company

• Second Mineral Resource estimate planned for Cortadera in 2021

• Maiden Resource estimate for the high grade San Antonio satellite deposit due in the coming months

• Drilling underway at Cortadera North and Cuerpo 2 Deeps, results in the coming weeks

Hot Chili Limited (ASX code HCH) (“Hot Chili” or “Company”) is pleased to announce the first Mineral Resource estimate for its Cortadera coastal range porphyry discovery in Chile.

This very substantial Cortadera maiden mineral resource estimate, compares favourably with the only other significant new copper discovery announced globally since 2016 (source S&P Global Market Intelligence, Wood August 2020) – Rio Tinto’s Winu discovery in Western Australia (503Mt grading 0.45%CuEq, 100% Inferred and reported above 0.20% CuEq cut-off grade, announced to ASX 28th July 2020).

The addition of the maiden Cortadera mineral resource to Hot Chili’s copper hub ranks the Costa Fuego copper Mineral Resources amongst the largest along the Chilean coastal range, considered to be one of the most desirable copper development locations in the world.

Hot Chili’s Managing Director Christian Easterday said “the Cortadera resource estimate is a strong achievement given the Company only executed a deal to acquire the privately owned discovery in February 2019”.

“Generating a 451Mt maiden Resource for Cortadera a mere 14km away from our established Productora deposit (273Mt Resource) demonstrates the sheer scale of Hot Chili’s Coast Fuego copper hub.

“Cortadera has a high grade core of 104Mt grading 0.74% copper equivalent and this has strong potential to continue growing rapidly with further drilling.

“Our first resource for Cortadera is particularly significant when considering it is one of just two major copper discoveries to have been reported in the world since 2016.

“Hot Chili now controls a globally significant resource of 2.9Mt copper, 2.7Moz gold, 9.9Moz silver and 64Kt molybdenum.

“We look forward to an exciting 12 months ahead with further drilling results and resource growth”.

Tables 1 ,2 and 3 outline the maiden Cortadera Mineral Resource estimate, the re-stated Productora Mineral Resource estimate and the Global Mineral Resource for the combined Costa Fuego project, respectively.

Table 2 Independent JORC Code Productora Mineral Resource

(Re-stated using +0.25% CuEq cut-off grade)

Table 3 Independent JORC Code Costa Fuego Combined Mineral Resource

Clear Path Forward for Costa Fuego

An internal scoping study is underway to assess a combined development for Costa Fuego involving both open pit and underground operations which will leverage central processing and existing infrastructure access already secured by Hot Chili (power and sea water pipeline easements, surface rights).

Test work from Cortadera has demonstrated consistent and compatible ore metallurgy to Costa Fuego’s other nearby deposits (Productora and San Antonio), with all ore sources expected to be processed using sea water and conventional sulphide flotation.

The Company is likely to pursue a similar development approach to the Nueva Union (Teck 50%, Newmont Goldcorp 50%) copper project in Chile, where the Relincho and El Morro copper-gold deposits are being combined into one development via haulage using a 40km conveyor belt.

Nuevo Union is located between 2,000m and 4,000m elevation, approximately 100km east-northeast of Costa Fuego, with similar average copper grades and co-credit metals. By comparison, Costa Fuego’s
Cortadera and Productora copper-gold deposits are located 14km apart, at low attitude (800-1,000m elevation), along the Pan American Highway and within 50km of port facilities.

Maiden Cortadera Resource – Robust and Set to Grow

Cortadera’s maiden Mineral Resource estimate extends from surface and is considered amenable to large-scale open pit mining.

Cortadera’s high grade core has already delivered six world-class drilling intersections since it was discovered by Hot Chili in August last year. The high grade core has the potential to grow significantly with further drilling and represents a potential large underground development opportunity.

The addition of the maiden Cortadera mineral resource estimate positions Costa Fuego favourably amongst the largest undeveloped copper Mineral Resources in the world not controlled by a major mining company, as outlined in Table 4 and Figure 1.

Figures 2 to 4 outline the extent, morphology and areas of open extensional potential across the Cortadera Mineral Resource estimate.

The independently estimated Mineral Resource for Cortadera and Productora are summarised in detail in the appended JORC Code Table 1’s. An executive summary of the Cortadera Mineral Resource estimate
and Productora Minera Resource estimate is also contained following Figure 4.

Both Mineral Resource estimates for Cortadera and Productora have been reported above 0.25% CuEq* cut-off grade. This is in-line with economic benchmarking for Cortadera and the Productora Pre-feasibility
study (announced to ASX 2nd March 2016) and Is consistent with reporting cut-off grades used in recent comparable large-scale, global copper-gold resource estimates (Winu, Cascabel etc).

The Cortadera Mineral Resource was audited and signed-off by leading global consultancy firm Wood. The re-stated Mineral Resource estimate for Productora has been independently reviewed and signed-off
by leading global consultancy firm AMC Consultants.

Next Steps – Drilling and Resource Growth

The Company is set to generate further significant growth over the coming 12 months through:

1. Announcement of a maiden resource estimate for the high grade San Antonio satellite deposit,

2. Completion of first-pass drilling across three large growth targets at Cortadera,

3. Continued expansion drilling of the Cortadera Mineral Resource targeting an updated resource estimate in 2021, and

4. Continued ramp-up of lease mining and processing of high grade copper-gold ore from Productora, through the Company’s agreement with Chilean government agency ENAMI.

This announcement is authorised by the Board of Directors for release to ASX.

For more information please contact:
Christian Easterday Tel: +61 8 9315 9009
Managing Director      Email: christian@hotchili.net.au
or visit Hot Chili’s website at www.hotchili.net.au

Figure 2 Oblique Long Section (looking NNE) displaying the Maiden Cortadera Mineral Resource extents in relation to drilling. Note that the average low grade halo of the block model is exposed on the outer façade of the above image. Please refer to Figure 3 to view grade distribution within the block model.

Figure 4 Plan View of the Cortadera porphyry system and key growth targets outlined in Blue at the Cortadera discovery zone and the Cortadera North “look alike” target.

Summary of the CortD-veins (quartz-pyrite-sericite) and late calcite-bearing fractures. Anhydrite is locally present within some of
the B and C veins.
Chalcopyrite also occurs as disseminations of variable intensity within the porphyritic host rocks, particularly in
association with stockwork A veins. There is a very clear correlation between increased percentage of quartz-
bearing stockwork veining and sulphide content with elevated copper-gold grades.adera Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate

This Maiden Cortadera Mineral Resource estimate was prepared by independent consultant Wood and includes all drilling completed at Cortadera as at the 6th July, 2020.

Location

The Cortadera project is located 16km south of the regional mining centre of Vallenar in Region III of Chile, approximately half way between La Serena and Copiapo, and lies within the low altitude coastal range belt.

The project lies 14km off the main sealed Pan-American Highway connecting Vallenar to Coquimbo in the south. It is adjacent to a power line and rail corridor which connects the project to the Huasco Port (controlled
by CAP/ CMP, Hot Chili’s project partner), which is 85km to the west.

Ownership

Hot Chili (through its 100% subsidiary company Frontera SpA) controls an area measuring approximately 12.5km north-south by 5km east-west at the project through various 100% purchase option agreements with
private land holders.

Geology

The Cortadera Project is hosted in the Totoralillo Group, a thick volcano-sedimentary sequence comprising andesitic volcanic and minor calcic bioclastic rocks and intercalated sedimentary rocks.

An interpreted northwest-southeast trending fault corridor hosts the three, known porphyry-style mineralised centres at Cortadera (Cuerpo 1, 2, and 3). The colour anomaly and associated alteration extends along this
trend for at least 1.5 kilometres, with the structural corridor extending along strike, and potentially controlling additional porphyry-style intrusive centres and related alteration cells with associated mineralisation.

Based on the genetic understanding of the deposit and geological logging undertaken by Hot Chili, a 3D model of the multi-phase intrusions was developed using Leapfrog software. Wireframes for both +0.1% Cu and
lithology were constructed based on the observations of geometry, trends, and vein percentages logged in drill core as well as surface mapping. Weathering wireframes were constructed using logged information and
geochemistry ratios (Cu:S).

The earlier, better mineralised phases were modelled as they would have formed originally allowing for a good confidence to be gained in the original geometry and continuity of these well mineralised bodies before their continuity was interrupted by subsequent intrusive phases.

Mineralisation

The Cortadera deposit is characterised by early- and intra-mineralisation, porphyritic tonalitic to quartz dioritic intrusions and adjacent volcano-sedimentary wall-rocks that have been recrystallised to hornfels and skarn.
The hydrothermal alteration consists of moderate- to strong-phyllic (+ chloritic) alteration, characterised by  quartz/ silica, sericite and lesser amounts of chlorite.

Vein systems at Cortadera are typical of those found within porphyry-style mineralised systems. Early quartz- rich veins observed at Cuerpo 1 and Cuerpo 2 exhibit unidirectional solidification textures (UST) that are
commonly associated with relatively high-temperatures during vein emplacement. Veins formed subsequent to UST veins comprise quartz rich A-veins (chalcopyrite- pyrite± magnetite), banded MAB veins (quartz-
magnetite-chalcopyrite-pyrite) and B-veins (molybdenite), cut by sericitic/ chlorite C-veins (pyrite-chalcopyrite),

D-veins (quartz-pyrite-sericite) and late calcite-bearing fractures. Anhydrite is locally present within some of the B and C veins.

Chalcopyrite also occurs as disseminations of variable intensity within the porphyritic host rocks, particularly in association with stockwork A veins. There is a very clear correlation between increased percentage of quartz-
bearing stockwork veining and sulphide content with elevated copper-gold grades.

Resource Estimation Inputs

Following execution of the Cortadera option agreement in February 2019, Hot Chili undertook a resource drill out focussed on extending and infilling previously defined mineralisation. Hot Chili drilling was successful in
improving geological understanding, growing the deposit size, and discovering a bulk-tonnage high grade zone at Cortadera. Drilling completed by Hot Chili between February 2019 and July 2020 comprised 32 RC holes and 11 RC-DD holes for a total of 10,126m of reverse circulation (RC) and 7,064.4m diamond drilling (DD). Drilling completed prior to Hot Chili securing the project, comprises 39 DD holes for 23,230.85 metres of
diamond drilling, with this earlier drilling successful in defining three mineralised porphyry orebodies (Cuerpo 1, 2 and 3).

Drill spacing is nominally 80 metres across strike by 80 metres along strike. The current drilling density provides sufficient information to support a robust geological and mineralisation interpretation as the basis for
Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources for the majority of the drill defined deposit.

The Cortadera mineral resource estimation used a total drill inventory of 82 holes for a cumulative 40,421.25m (10,126m of RC and 30,295.25m of DD), with drill data collected during the period November 2011 to July 2020, using industry standard techniques for drilling and sample collection.

Samples have been analysed by certified laboratories in Chile by standard analytical techniques including:

• Copper, silver and molybdenum were analysed by 4-acid digestion (Hydrochloric-Nitric- Perchloric- Hydrofluoric) followed by ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometry) or AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) determination

• Cu results > 10,000 ppm were analysed by “ore grade” method Cu‐AA62 (upper limit 40% Cu)

• Samples within the oxide and transitional domains (as determined by geologists logging) were analysed for “soluble copper” (upper limit 10% Cu) to detect the leachability of copper oxide minerals within these domains

• Gold was analysed by 30 or 50-gram lead-collection Fire Assay, followed by ICP-OES or AAS

Further detail on analytical techniques for each drilling campaign can be found within JORC Code Table 1.

Cortadera is likely to be processed under the same processing regime as the Productora deposit (which has had considerable metallurgical test work and a Pre-feasibility study completed), and as such it was considered
appropriate to consider the elements of copper, gold, molybdenum and silver as economically material for resource classification and reporting.

The verification of input data included the use of company QA/QC blanks and reference material, field and laboratory duplicates, umpire laboratory checks and independent sample and assay verification. The Competent Person has assessed the drillhole database validation work and QAQC undertaken by Hot Chilli and was satisfied that the input data could be relied upon for the estimation of Indicated and Inferred Mineral
Resources.

The Mineral Resource estimation process included:
• Drilling results being composited; 2m lengths
• Statistical analysis of the composites was performed in appropriate geological domains
• Variography and top-cut analysis was performed on mineralisation, weathering and orientation domains as appropriate
• Top cuts were applied to the composites as appropriate
• The grade model was estimated via ordinary block kriging within estimation domains constrained by mineralisation and lithological domains
• Owing to the lack of density data for the oxide and transitional, fresh density data was used for these domains – and discounted by 10% for transitional, and 20% for oxide

A range of criteria were considered in determining the resource classification, including:
• Geological and grade continuity between drillholes
• Drillhole spacing
• Proposed high-tonnage mining method
• Wireframes were constructed to define the limits of Indicated and Inferred material
• This was combined with an open pit shell and underground stope shapes
• Where significant extrapolation occurred, or the material was outside the open pit shell or underground stope shapes the mineralisation remains unclassified
• The lack of density information for oxide and transitional material means that these domains have been classified as Inferred only

Mineral Resource Statement
A cut-off grade of 0.25% CuEq has been used for the Mineral Resource statement. This is In line with other large-scale copper-gold miners and developers who have published Mineral Resource statements in recent
years. Hot Chili has determined that this value also agrees with a calculation based on first principles including long term market forecast metal prices (USD 3.00/ lb Cu, USD1,550/oz Au, USD12/ lb for Mo, USD18/ oz Ag), it assumes clean concentrate and metal recoveries based on preliminary metallurgical and mineralogical work for Cortadera.

Explanatory Notes on the Productora Mineral Resource Estimate
A Productora Mineral Resource (including Alice) was reported in the 2 March, 2016 ASX announcement “Hot Chili Delivers PFS and Near Doubles Reserves at Productora”. The 2016 Mineral Resource was reported using
a Cu>0.25% to define “high grade” material and a 0.1%<Cu%0.25 to define “low grade” material. Using economic and metallurgical recovery data generated by Hot Chili during the subsequent mining study phases.

The existing Mineral Resource model has now been re-reported using the 2016 resource models with a new CuEq>0.25% cut-off grade to align it with Hot Chili’s other Mineral Resource for Cortadera. The “low grade”
material has now been omitted for reporting purposes.

The change in reporting protocol for the high grade material has resulted in more tonnes and metal for Cu, Au and Mo but at marginally lower Cu, Au and Mo grades as expected. The resultant change in the reported Productora Mineral Resource from 2016 to 2020 is not considered material.

CuEq recovery parameters and cost parameters for Cu, Au and Mo elements have been by defined by Hot Chili for the Productora, South Mantos and Alice areas and the oxidation phase materials (oxide, transitional
and fresh). Application of the formulae to the model for reporting purposes has been reviewed by AMC Consultants.

This Mineral Resource was audited by independent consultant AMC Consultants and includes all drilling completed at Productora as of the 17th of August, 2015.

Location
The Productora project is located 16km south of the regional mining centre of Vallenar in Region III of Chile, approximately half way between La Serena and Copiapo, and lies within the low altitude coastal range belt.

The project lies 5km off the main sealed Pan-American Highway connecting Vallenar to La Serena in the south. It is adjacent to a power line and rail corridor which connects the project to the Huasco Port (controlled by CAP/
CMP, Hot Chili’s project partner), which is 40km to the west.

Ownership
Hot Chili (through its 80% owned subsidiary company Sociedad Minera El Aguila (SMEA SpA)) controls an area measuring approximately 12.5km north-south by 5km east-west. Compania Minera Pacifica (CMP-
Chile’s largest iron ore and steel producer) owns the remaining 20% interest in SMEA and is Hot Chili’s joint venture partner at Productora.

Geology

The Productora Project is hosted in the (lower Cretaceous) Bandurrias Group, a thick volcano-sedimentary sequence comprising intermediate to felsic volcanic rocks and intercalated sedimentary rocks. Dioritic dykes
intrude the volcano-sedimentary sequence at Productora, typically along west- to northwest-trending late faults, and probably represent sub-volcanic feeders to an overlying andesitic sequence not represented in the project area.

The host volcanic and sedimentary sequence dips gently (15-30o) west to west-northwest and is transected by several major north- to northeast-trending faults zones, including the Productora fault zone, which coincides
with the main mineralised trend. These faults are likely sympathetic to the nominally parallel but distal Atacama fault system. In the Productora deposit, these major fault zones are commonly associated with extensive
tectonic breccia (damage zones) that host copper-gold-molybdenum mineralisation. Later faults cross-cut and offset the volcano-sedimentary sequence together with the Productora (and sub-parallel) major faults. Late
faults generally show a west to north-westerly strike and while generally narrow, are locally up to 20m wide.

The volcano-sedimentary sequence at Productora is extensively altered, particularly along major faults and associated damage zones, and a distinctive alteration zonation is evident. The distribution of alteration mineral assemblages and spatial zonation suggest a gentle northerly plunge for the Productora mineral system, disrupted locally via vertical and strike-slip movements across late faults. These late faults appear to be trans-
tensional and nominally normal to the distal Atacama fault system.

Mineralisation – Productora deposit

Mineralisation in the Productora deposit comprises two contrasting styles. The predominant style is characterised by narrow, N to NE trending tourmaline-cemented breccia bodies. Sub-vertical feeder stocks,
of 2-5m width at depth, increase with elevation, to wider high-grade mineralisation zones. These wider brecciated zones vary in orientation with central lodes tending to be sub-vertical with an upper flex in wider
mineralised zones to dip approximately 70° towards the west, also flanking shallower eastern and western lodes dip moderately west and east respectively. There are also some locally steeply east dipping lodes e.g.,
Habanero. In likely structurally conducive dilation zones, these discrete breccia zones hydraulically propagate outward and can commonly coalesce to become larger zones of hydrothermal damage. These larger damage
zones are most probably defined by a combination of structural and intra-lithological controls. Drilling at deeper levels at Productora have demonstrated thinning breccia lodes, with some ductile features, that continue to a greater depth.

Mineralisation – Alice deposit

The Alice mineralisation is shallower than the Productora mineralisation, in terms of genetic emplacement, and has a single porphyry body in close proximity to a lithocap.

The lithocap is physically disconnected from (the assumed) coeval porphyry, by a fault. The lithocap overprints the regional volcanic stratigraphy, and is comprised of a number of advance argillic alteration types, including; quartz alunite, quartz pyrophyllite, alunite dominant and pyrophyllite dominant zones.

Within the mineralisation, there appears to be a distinct difference between chalcopyrite-dominant and pyrite- dominant areas. Zones within the chalcopyrite dominant domains (i.e. low pyrite: chalcopyrite ratio) correlate
with intense A-veins and B-veins, and higher copper grades. Copper mineralisation appears both within veining and disseminated within the groundmass proximal to veining.

Late albite (+/- epidote +/-sericite) appears to have overprinted / removed chalcopyrite (Cu, S) and biotite. It appears to locally reduce the amount of pyrite in the quartz vein network. This can also be observed in the
sodium and sulphur chemistry in the Alice drilling; both correlate with domains of much lower- to no significant copper grades.

Project Status

The Productora deposit underwent a major resource drill out in 2013 which resulted in “Productora Resource Revision 2” Mineral Resource. Following this, a limited drilling programme in 2014 was undertaken focussed
on extending or testing near-resource extensions and targets, as well as upgrading resource confidence in areas of Inferred mineralisation. This programme resulted in the addition of 14,055m (12,864m of reverse
circulation “RC” and 1,191m diamond drilling). The Productora deposit now contains a total drill inventory of 893 holes for a cumulative 245,327m (212,692m of RC and 32,636m of diamond drilling).

The Alice deposit was discovered during exploration drilling in 2014. Further drilling was undertaken by Hot Chili during 2014 and a resource development infill programme was completed in June, 2015. This consisted
of 31 drill holes; 29 RC holes (2 with diamond tails), and also another 2 dedicated twin diamond drill holes for a cumulative 9,593m (9,005m of RC and 588m diamond drilling).

Resource Estimation

The Productora Deposit is resource update was based on:
• Additional drilling undertaken by Hot Chili since the previous Resource Report cut-off (December 2013) to 1st June, 2015. This consisted of an additional 46 new RC holes, 7 RC tail and 5 diamond tail
extensions from pre-existing RC holes for a cumulative 14,055mm (12,864m of RC and 1,191m diamond drilling).
• A total drilling inventory of 893 holes for a cumulative 245,327m (212,692m RC, 32,636m diamond) available for use in resource estimation for the Productora deposit. (Note; This is a redefined count
from the previous resource report, as previously this accounted for some minor non-Productora exploration drilling).
• The pre-existing nominal 40m x 80m drill coverage across the majority of the Productora resource.
• The Alice Deposit is resource was based on:
• Drilling undertaken by Hot Chili during 2014 and to the 1st June, 2015. This consisted of 31 RC holes, 29 RC holes, 2 with diamond tails, and another 2 dedicated twin diamond drill holes for a cumulative 9,593m (9,005m of RC and 588m diamond drilling).
• While the resource was drilled by a variety of drilling angles, the drilling provided a nominal 50m x 80m drill coverage across most of the Alice resource.

Drill spacing is nominally 80 metres across strike by 80 metres along strike. The current drilling density provides sufficient information to support a robust geological and mineralisation interpretation as the basis for
Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources for the majority of the drill defined deposit.

Alice has low Au and Mo content, but as it is likely to be processed under the same processing regime as the Productora deposit; it was considered appropriate to consider those elements as economically material for
resource classification and reporting.

Samples have been analysed by certified laboratories in Chile by standard analytical techniques including:

• Copper, silver and molybdenum were analysed by 4-acid digestion (Hydrochloric-Nitric- Perchloric- Hydrofluoric) followed by ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometry) or
AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) determination

• Cu results > 10,000 ppm were analysed by “ore grade” method Cu‐AA62 (upper limit 40% Cu)

• Samples within the oxide and transitional domains (as determined by geologists logging) were analysed for “soluble copper” (upper limit 10% Cu) to detect the leachability of copper oxide minerals within these domains

• Gold was analysed by 30 or 50-gram lead-collection Fire Assay, followed by ICP-OES or AAS finish

Further detail on analytical techniques for each drilling campaign can be found within JORC Code Table 1.

Productora has had considerable metallurgical test work and a Pre-feasibility study completed, and as such it was considered appropriate to consider the elements of copper, gold, and molybdenum as economically
material for resource classification and reporting.

The verification of input data included the use of company QA/QC blanks and reference material, field and laboratory duplicates, umpire laboratory checks and independent sample and assay verification. The Competent Person has assessed the drillhole database validation work and QAQC undertaken by Hot Chilli and was satisfied that the input data could be relied upon for the estimation of Indicated and Inferred Mineral
Resources.

The verification of input data included:

• The use of company QA/QC blanks and reference material
• Field and laboratory duplicates
• Umpire laboratory checks
• Independent sample and assay verification
• The resource estimation process included:
• Drilling results being composited; 1m lengths for Productora, 2m for Alice
• Statistical analysis of the composites was performed in appropriate geological domains
• Variography and top-cut analysis was performed on appropriate mineralisation, weathering and orientation domains as appropriate
• Top cuts were applied to the composites as appropriate
• The grade model was estimated via ordinary block kriging within estimation domains constrained by mineralisation, weathering and geological orientation.
• Density for Productora, was estimated via inverse distance within similar domains used for the grade estimation. Following a detailed review, appropriate density values were assigned for Alice.
• A range of criteria was considered in determining the resource classification, including:
• Drill data density
• Sample / assay confidence
• Geological confidence in the interpretations and, similarly, geological continuity
• Grade continuity of the mineralisation
• Estimation method and resulting estimation output variables

• Estimation performance through validation, and
• Prospect for eventual economic extraction

Mineral Resource Statement
A cut-off grade of 0.25% CuEq has been used for the Mineral Resource statement. This is In line with other large-scale copper-gold miners and developers who have published Mineral Resource statements in recent
years. Hot Chili has determined that this value also agrees with a calculation based on first principles including long term market forecast metal prices (USD3.00/ lb Cu, USD1,550/oz Au, USD12/ lb for Mo), it assumes clean concentrate and metal recoveries based on metallurgical and mineralogical work for Productora.

Qualifying Statements

Competent Person’s Statement- Exploration Results
Exploration information in this Announcement is based upon work compiled by Mr Christian Easterday, the Managing Director and
a full-time employee of Hot Chili Limited whom is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Easterday has
sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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’ (JORC Code). Mr Easterday consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

Competent Person’s Statement- Productora Mineral Resources
The information in this Announcement that relates to the Productora Project Mineral Resources, is based on information compiled
by Mr N Ingvar Kirchner. Mr Kirchner is employed by AMC Consultants (AMC). AMC has been engaged on a fee for service basis to provide independent technical advice and final audit for the Productora Project Mineral Resource estimates. Mr Kirchner is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Kirchner has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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’ (the JORC Code 2012). Mr Kirchner consents to the inclusion
in this report of the matters based on the source information in the form and context in which it appears.

Competent Person’s Statement- Cortadera Mineral Resources
The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Cortadera Project is based on information compiled by Elizabeth Haren, a Competent Person who is a Member and Chartered Professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Elizabeth Haren is employed as an associate Principal Geologist of Wood, who was engaged by Hot Chili Limited. Elizabeth Haren has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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”. Elizabeth Haren consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on her information in the form and context in which it appears.

Reporting of Copper Equivalent

Copper Equivalent (CuEq) reported for the resource were calculated using the following formula: CuEq% = ((Cu% × Cu price 1% per
tonne × Cu_recovery)+(Mo ppm × Mo price per g/t × Mo_recovery)+(Au ppm × Au price per g/t × Au_recovery)+ (Ag ppm × Ag price per g/t × Ag_recovery)) / (Cu price 1 % per tonne). The Metal Prices applied in the calculation were: Cu=3.00 USD/lb, Au=1,550 USD/oz, Mo=12 USD/lb, and Ag=18 USD/oz. For Cortadera (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=56%, Mo=82%, and Ag=37%. For Productora (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=43% and Mo=42%. For Costa Fuego (Inferred + Indicated), the average Metallurgical Recoveries were: Cu=83%, Au=51%, Mo=67% and Ag=23%.

Forward Looking Statements
This Announcement is provided on the basis that neither the Company nor its representatives make any warranty (express or implied) as to the accuracy, reliability, relevance or completeness of the material contained in the Announcement and nothing contained in the Announcement is, or may be relied upon as a promise, representation or warranty, whether as to the past or the future. The Company hereby excludes all warranties that can be excluded by law. The Announcement contains material which is predictive in nature and may be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known and unknown risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from results ultimately achieved.

The Announcement contains “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than those of historical facts included in the Announcement are forward-looking statements including estimates of Mineral Resources. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, copper, gold and
other metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, as well as political and operational risks and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any “forward-looking statement” to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the Announcement, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. All persons should consider seeking appropriate professional advice in reviewing the
Announcement and all other information with respect to the Company and evaluating the business, financial performance and operations of the Company. Neither the provision of the Announcement nor any information contained in the Announcement or subsequently communicated to any person in connection with the Announcement is, or should be taken as, constituting the giving of investment advice to any person

Appendix 2. JORC Code Table 1 for Cortadera

The following table provides a summary of important assessment and reporting criteria used in the Productora project Preliminary Feasibility Study, and for the reporting of Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves in accordance with the Table 1 checklist in the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Minerals Resources and Ore Reserves (The JORC Code, 2012 Edition).

The follow list provides the names and the sections for Competent Person responsibilities:

Section 1, 2 and 3: C. Easterday – M.AIG (Hot Chili Limited), E. Haren – MAusIMM (Wood).

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

Appendix 3. JORC Code Table 1 for Productora

The following table provides a summary of important assessment and reporting criteria used in the Productora project Preliminary Feasibility Study, and for the reporting of Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves in accordance with the Table 1 checklist in the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Minerals Resources and Ore Reserves (The JORC Code, 2012 Edition).

The follow list provides the names and the sections for Competent Person responsibilities:

Section 1, 2 and 3: C. Easterday – M.AIG (Hot Chili Limited), N.I Kirchner FAusIMM and M.AIG (AMC Consultants).

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

Section 3 Estimation and Reporting of Mineral Resources

ASX Announcement

Friday 4th September 2020

Cortadera Drilling and Resource Update

Highlights

• Infill mapping of the large “look-alike” Cortadera North target zone in Chile,identifies significant zones of outcropping copper oxides and copper-bearing veins
• Cortadera North first-pass drill programme now expanded to nine deep Reverse Circulation holes across the 2km long target zone

• Two drill rigs in operation, currently testing the Cuerpo 3 North target, located 500m north of the main porphyry at the Cortadera copper-gold discovery.

• Rigorous cataloguing and assessment of historical drill assay certification (now complete) has pushed out the timeframe for the Cortadera maiden resource which is now expected within the coming weeks, subject to final validation and sign-off.

Hot Chili Limited (ASX code HCH) (“Hot Chili” or “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its resource development workstreams as well as promising advances made in its exploration and drilling activities at its Cortadera copper-gold discovery in Chile.

Maiden Resource Estimate for Cortadera

Hot Chili has applied a strong degree of internal and external review to the Cortadera maiden resource to ensure the independent estimate is compliant, robust and able to be audited at a high standard.

Through this rigorous and comprehensive review process, Hot Chili has managed to secure all assay certification for historical diamond drill holes. Although retrieval of this information from laboratories in Chile has pushed out the timeframe for the Cortadera maiden resource, it has ensured a very robust resource estimation utilising all historical diamond drilling.

The Company expects to announce Cortadera’s maiden resource as soon as the final estimation is complete and has been approved by Hot Chili’s  resource audit committee in the coming weeks.

Drilling Update at Cortadera

Hot Chili has accelerated drilling at Cortadera with two drill rigs now in operation.

Drilling is currently focussed on testing for the presence of another high grade core below Cuerpo 2 and the potential for a major extension to the main porphyry (Cuerpo 3). Both targets have the potential to contribute significantly towards a second resource estimate for Cortadera that is planned to be undertaken in 1H 2021.

Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling is focussed on completing multiple pre-collars in advance of the commencement of RC drill testing across the Cortadera North target, located 2km north of then Cortadera discovery zone.

Diamond drilling is scheduled to return to double-shift drilling in the coming fortnight, with the first of the three planned diamond holes underway across the Cuerpo 3 North target, located approximately 500m north of the main porphyry at Cortadera.

Exploration Update at Cortadera North

Exploration mapping and infill soil geochemical programmes across the large “look-alike” Cortadera North target have been underway for the past four weeks in the lead-up to first drill testing.

This work has provided further encouragement across the 2km-long target zone, identifying multiple areas of outcropping copper oxides and copper-bearing, porphyry B-veins.

The additional surface mapping results have provided confidence to expand the initial first-pass RC drill programme to nine holes.

Road clearing to provide access to Cortadera North is expected to be complete in the coming ten days and the Company will then commence platform construction of prioritised locations for first drill testing.

Recent significant Option conversions from the Company’s July Placement and Entitlements Offer to shareholders has provided Hot Chili additional funds and confidence to accelerate its drilling activities.

Two drill rigs in operation and the commencement of double-shift diamond drilling is expected to significantly increase the rate of entire-hole drill completions and drilling news flow.

The Company looks forward to providing further updates on its drilling activities across its three high impact growth targets over the coming weeks and months. In particular, the Directors look forward to announcing the Cortadera maiden resource estimate, once all validation and independent sign-off has taken place in the coming weeks.

This announcement is authorised by the Board of Directors for release to ASX.

For more information please contact:

Christian Easterday +61 893159009

Managing Director Email: christian@hotchili.net.au

or visit Hot Chili’s website at www.hotchili.net.au

Figure 1 Plan view displaying the location of the Cortadera discovery zone in relation to the Cortadera North target. The plan displays the location of Cuerpo 1, 2, 3 and 4 tonalitic porphyry intrusive centres (represented by modelled copper envelopes, yellow- +0.1% Cu and majenta +0.4% Cu) in relation to surface molybdenum anomalism and IP chargeability response at 200m depth slice. Cortadera North, located 2km north of Cortadera displays “look alike” characteristics to the Cortadera discovery.

The images of grade shells do not represent an Exploration Target nor a Mineral Resource and should not be construed as such, in compliance with the JORC code. Please refer to ASX Announcement “Drill Results Expand High Grade Copper-Gold Core at Cortadera”, dated 11th August for further information related to Figure 1 above.

About Cortadera

Cortadera is a privately-owned, major copper-gold porphyry discovery located 600km north of Santiago along the Chilean coastal range, where historical world-class discovery drill results were only publicly released by
Hot Chili in February 2019.

Importantly, Cortadera lies 14km from the Company’s large-scale Productora copper development and adjacent to the high grade El Fuego satellite copper projects, as displayed in Figure 6 below.

Figure 2 Location of Productora and the Cortadera discovery in relation to the consolidation of new growth projects and coastal range infrastructure

On 22 February 2019, Hot Chili announced the execution of a formal Option Agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Cortadera. In early April, the Company commenced a confirmation drilling programme comprising 17 holes.

The drilling has confirmed and extended areas of surface enrichment and wide, higher-grade, copper-gold sulphide mineralisation at depth, which had not previously been closed off by 23,000m of historical diamond drilling.

Hot Chili’s recent drill holes at Cuerpo 3 (the largest of the four porphyries discovered to date) include some of the worlds’ stand-out copper-gold porphyry drill results reported in recent time. The Cuerpo 3 porphyry remains open to the north, south and at depth. Significant intersections include:

• 972m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold from surface(including 412m grading 0.7% copper and 0.3g/t gold)
• 750m grading 0.6% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 204m down-hole depth (including 188m grading 0.9% copper and 0.4g/t gold)
• 848m grading 0.4% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 112m down-hole depth (including 184m grading 0.7% copper and 0.3g/t gold)

• 864m grading 0.4% copper and 0.1g/t gold from 62m down-hole depth(including 348m grading 0.6% copper and 0.2g/t gold),

• 649m grading 0.4% copper and 0.1g/t gold from 328m down-hole depth (including 440m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold),
• 596m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 328m down-hole depth (including 184m grading 0.7% copper and 0.3g/t gold), and

• 542m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 422m down-hole depth, (including 218m grading 0.7% copper and 0.2g/t gold)

Note: Please refer to ASX announcement “Another Record Step-Out Drill Result at Cortadera” 20th March 2020 for Table 1 information relating to the reporting of exploration results, data and sampling techniques.

Cortadera is shaping up as a globally significant standalone copper-gold project which can utilise the Productora project resources, and leverage from a central processing and combined infrastructure approach
along the coastline of Chile.

The Company’s recent discovery and definition of a higher grade bulk tonnage underground development  opportunity in combination with shallow, high grade bulk tonnage open pit sources – places Cortadera in a unique position amongst potential large-scale global copper-gold developments.

Qualifying Statements

JORC Compliant Ore Reserve Statement

Productora Open Pit Probable Ore Reserve Statement – Reported 2 nd March 2016

Note 1: Figures in the above table are rounded, reported to two significant figures, and classified in accordance with the Australian JORC Code 2012 guidance on Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve reporting. Note 2: Price assumptions: Cu price – US$3.00/lb; Au price US$1200/oz; Mo price US$14.00/lb. Note 3: Mill average recovery for fresh Cu – 89%, Au –
52%, Mo – 53%. Mill average recovery for transitional; Cu 70%, Au – 50%, Mo – 46%. Heap Leach average recovery for oxide; Cu – 54%. Note 4: Payability factors for metal contained in concentrate: Cu – 96%; Au – 90%; Mo – 98%. Payability factor for Cu cathode – 100%.

JORC Compliant Mineral Resource Statements

Productora Higher Grade Mineral Resource Statement, Reported 2nd March 2016

Reported at or above 0.25 % Cu. Figures in the above table are rounded, reported to two significant figures, and classified in accordance with the Australian JORC Code 2012 guidance on Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve reporting. Metal rounded to nearest thousand, or if less, to the nearest hundred.

Productora Low Grade Mineral Resource Statement, Reported 2nd March 2016

Reported at or above 0.1% Cu and below 0.25 % Cu. Figures in the above table are rounded, reported to two significant figures, and classified in accordance with the Australian JORC Code 2012 guidance on Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve reporting. Metal rounded to nearest thousand, or if less, to the nearest hundred. The Productora lower grade resource
directly informs the dilution model for the Productora Ore Reserve estimate.

Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Confirmation

The information in this presentation that relates to Mineral Resources, Ore Reserve estimates and Production Targets on the Productora copper project was previously reported in the ASX announcement “Hot Chili Delivers PFS and Near Doubles Reserves at Productora” dated 2nd March 2016, a copy of which is available on the ASX website at www.asx.com.au and the Company’s website at www.hotchili.net.au. The company confirms that it is not aware of any new formation or data that materially affects the
information included in the original market announcement and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in that 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’s Statement- Exploration Results

Exploration information in this Announcement is based upon work compiled by Mr Christian Easterday, the Managing Director and a full-time employee of Hot Chili Limited whom is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Easterday has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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’ (JORC Code). Mr Easterday consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

Competent Person’s Statement- Mineral Resources

The information in this Announcement that relates to the Productora Project Mineral Resources, is based on information compiled by Mr J Lachlan Macdonald and Mr N Ingvar Kirchner. Mr Macdonald is employed by AMC Consultants (AMC), and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Kirchner is employed by AMC Consultants (AMC). AMC has been engaged on a fee for service basis to provide independent technical advice and final audit for the Productora Project Mineral Resource estimates. Mr Kirchner is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Both Mr Macdonald and Mr Kirchner have sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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’ (the JORC Code 2012).

Competent Person’s Statement- Ore Reserves

The information in this Announcement that relates to Productora Project Ore Reserves, is based on information compiled by Mr Carlos Guzmán, Mr Boris Caro, Mr Leon Lorenzen and Mr Grant King. Mr Guzmán is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), a Registered Member of the Chilean Mining Commission (RM- a ‘Recognised Professional Organisation’ within the meaning of the JORC Code 2012) and a full time employee of NCL Ingeniería y Construcción SpA (NCL). Mr Caro is a former employee of Hot Chili Ltd, now working in a consulting capacity for the Company, and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and a Registered Member of the Chilean Mining Commission. Mr Lorenzen is employed by Mintrex Pty Ltd and is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Australia, and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr King is employed by AMEC Foster Wheeler (AMEC FW) and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). NCL, Mintrex and AMEC FW have been engaged on a fee for service basis to provide independent technical advice and final audit for the Productora Project Ore Reserve estimate. Mr. Guzmán, Mr Caro,Mr Lorenzen
and Mr King have sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity which they are undertaking 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’.

Forward Looking Statements

This Announcement is provided on the basis that neither the Company nor its representatives make any warranty (express or implied) as to the accuracy, reliability, relevance or completeness of the material contained in the Announcement and nothing contained in the Announcement is, or may be relied upon as a promise, representation or warranty, whether as to the past or the future. The Company hereby excludes all warranties that can be excluded by law. The Announcement contains material which is predictive in nature and may be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known and unknown risks and uncertainties and may differ materially
from results ultimately achieved.

The Announcement contains “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than those of historical facts included in the Announcement are forward-looking statements including estimates of Mineral Resources. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, copper, gold and other metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, as well as political and operational risks and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any “forward-looking statement” to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the Announcement, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. All persons should consider seeking appropriate professional advice in reviewing the Announcement and all other information with respect to the Company and evaluating the business, financial performance and operations of the Company. Neither the provision of the Announcement nor any information contained in the Announcement or subsequently communicated to any person in connection with the Announcement is, or should be taken as, constituting the giving of investment advice to any person.

ASX Announcement

Tuesday 11th August 2020

Drill Results Expand High Grade Copper-Gold Core at Cortadera

Drilling Set to Commence on Cuerpo 2

Highlights

New drill results have expanded the high grade core at Hot Chili’s Cortadera discovery in Chile, confirming continuity over an 800m vertical extent

Significant Drill Result for CRP0016D

190m grading 0.6% copper & 0.2g/t gold

from 392m down-hole depth

(plus additional silver and molybdenum credits)

• Ongoing drilling continues with multiple pre-collars being completed ahead of first diamond drilling outside of the main porphyry (Cuerpo 3) at Cortadera.
• Diamond drilling at Cuerpo 2 to begin shortly – testing for potential high grade core
• Cortadera maiden resource undergoing final stages of estimation, validation and review

Hot Chili Limited (ASX code HCH) (“Hot Chili” or “Company”) is pleased to announce the beginning of a second phase of growth at the Company’s Cortadera copper-gold discovery in Chile.

New drill results from CRP0016D confirm the high grade core discovered within the largest porphyry at Cortadera (Cuerpo 3) is continuing to expand.

CRP0016D recorded 190m grading 0.6% copper and 0.2g/t in a predicted extension to the currently defined high grade core which remains open for growth in several key areas.

Importantly, the CRP0016D high grade intercept is not included within the forthcoming maiden resource estimate for Cortadera.

With the maiden Cortadera resource being finalised, Hot Chili is now preparing to take its first step towards drill testing outside of the main porphyry at Cortadera.

Multiple Reverse Circulation (RC) pre-collars are being prepared for diamond drilling to test three large growth targets:

1. Cuerpo 2 – potential for another high grade core

2. Cuerpo 3 North – potential for the main porphyry to extend a further 500m to the north

3. Cortadera North – “look-alike” potential for a second large porphyry discovery, located 2km north of Cortadera.

The current resource expansion drilling programme will recommence following the completion of the growth target drilling. There are a further six holes to be completed for inclusion into a second resource estimate planned for Cortadera in early 2021.

New Drill Results Kick-off Second Growth Phase at Cortadera

Results returned for the first two drill holes of the Company’s third-phase drilling programme have provided strong encouragement for continued growth of the Cortadera discovery.

New results from a 300m diamond tail extension (CRP0016D) have added significantly to the high grade core within the Cuerpo 3, confirming continuity over a near-800m vertical extent.

The Company also received results for its first diamond hole CRP0042D which was abandoned at 952m down-hole depth owing to significant deviation from its intended target.

CRP0042D recorded 314m grading 0.4% copper & 0.1g/t gold from 616m down-hole depth, providing further definition to the southern flank of the main porphyry. The Company plans to re-enter CRP0042D for future navi/wedge drilling of the intended target.

Hot Chili is currently completing multiple Reverse Circulation (RC) pre-collar drill holes to facilitate further diamond drilling at both Cuerpo 3 as well as three large growth targets which have been prioritised for immediate drilling. Diamond drilling is expected to re-commence shortly with first deep testing of Cortadera’s second largest porphyry – Cuerpo 2.

In addition, clearing is underway to provide road access to the 2km-long Cortadera North target for first drill testing within the coming months. The Company’s exploration team have been undertaking in-fill mapping and soil geochemistry across this large target area in the lead up to finalising first-pass drill design.

Hot Chili looks forward to providing further updates as drilling progresses.

The Company’s maiden resource for Cortadera is nearing completion and is expected to provide a strong foundation for the Company to build upon with continued drill success.

This announcement is authorised by the Board of Directors for release to ASX.

For more information please contact:

Christian Easterday                         +61 8 9315 9009

Managing Director                            christian@hotchili.net.au

or visit Hot Chili’s website at www.hotchili.net.au

Table 1 New Significant DD Drill Results at Cortadera

The following figures 1 to 5 include images related to exploration modelling of the Cortadera discovery. Indicative grade shell models (+0.1% Cu and +0.4% Cu) generated in leapfrog software utilising Hot Chili’s 4 Dimensional geological model to guide morphological control are provided for
reference only.

The images of grade shell models are not an Exploration Target and do not contain nor indicate any estimate of potential size and grade ranges for the Cortadera discovery. No Mineral Resource estimate has been completed for Cortadera at this time. The images of grade shells do not represent an Exploration Target nor a Mineral Resource and should not be construed as such, in compliance with the JORC code.

Figure 1 Plan view across the Cortadera discovery area displaying significant historical copper-gold DD intersections across Cuerpo 1, 2, 3 and 4 tonalitic porphyry intrusive centres (represented by modelled copper envelopes, yellow- +0.1% Cu and majenta +0.4% Cu). Note the selected HCH drilling intersections (Red) and selected historical drilling intersections (white).

The images of grade shells do not represent an Exploration Target nor a Mineral Resource and should not be construed as such, in compliance with the JORC code.

Figure 2 Plan view displaying the location of the Cortadera discovery zone in relation to the Cortadera North target. The plan displays the location of Cuerpo 1, 2, 3 and 4 tonalitic porphyry intrusive centres (represented by modelled copper envelopes, yellow- +0.1% Cu and majenta +0.4% Cu) in relation to surface molybdenum anomalism and IP chargeability response at 200m depth slice. Cortadera North, located 2km north of Cortadera displays “look alike” characteristics to the Cortadera discovery.

The images of grade shells do not represent an Exploration Target nor a Mineral Resource and should not be construed as such, in compliance with the JORC code.

Figure 3 Plan view of Cuerpo 3 – the Main porphyry of the four porphyry centres discovered to date at Cortadera. Note the growing extent of the modelled higher grade copper zone (majenta wireframe – +0.4% Cu) and the location of open boundaries for growth of the bulk copper envelope at Cortadera (yellow wireframe – +0.1% Cu).

The images of grade shells do not represent an Exploration Target nor a Mineral Resource and should not be construed as such, in compliance with the JORC code.

Figure 4 Long Section of the Cortadera discovery copper distribution model from the recently updated 4-dimmensional geological model. Note the growing extent of the high grade core within Cuerpo 3 and Cuerpo 2, and the location of CRP0042D. The images of grade shells do not represent an Exploration Target nor a Mineral Resource and should not be construed as such, in compliance with the JORC code

Figure 5 Type Section A displaying HCH DD extensional drill results and recent 3D modelling of copper distribution at Cortadera. The section lies in the central northwest of Cuerpo 3. Note the location of hole CRP0016D in relation to the modelled high grade zone.

The images of grade shells do not represent an Exploration Target nor a Mineral Resource and should not be construed as such, in compliance with the JORC code

About Cortadera

Cortadera is a privately-owned, major copper-gold porphyry discovery located 600km north of Santiago along the Chilean coastal range, where historical world-class discovery drill results were only publicly released by
Hot Chili in February 2019.

Importantly, Cortadera lies 14km from the Company’s large-scale Productora copper development and adjacent to the high grade El Fuego satellite copper projects, as displayed in Figure 6 below.

Figure 6 Location of Productora and the Cortadera discovery in relation to the consolidation of new growth projects and coastal range infrastructure.

On 22 February 2019, Hot Chili announced the execution of a formal Option Agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Cortadera. In early April, the Company commenced a confirmation drilling programme comprising
17 holes.

The drilling has confirmed and extended areas of surface enrichment and wide, higher-grade, copper-gold sulphide mineralisation at depth, which had not previously been closed off by 23,000m of historical diamond
drilling.

Hot Chili’s recent drill holes at Cuerpo 3 (the largest of the four porphyries discovered to date) include some of the worlds’ stand-out copper-gold porphyry drill results reported in recent time. The Cuerpo 3 porphyry
remains open to the north, south and at depth. Significant intersections include:

• 972m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold from surface (including 412m grading 0.7% copper and 0.3g/t gold)

• 750m grading 0.6% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 204m down-hole depth (including 188m grading 0.9% copper and 0.4g/t gold)

• 848m grading 0.4% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 112m down-hole depth (including 184m grading 0.7% copper and 0.3g/t gold)

• 864m grading 0.4% copper and 0.1g/t gold from 62m down-hole depth (including 348m grading 0.6% copper and 0.2g/t gold),

• 649m grading 0.4% copper and 0.1g/t gold from 328m down-hole depth (including 440m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold),

• 596m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 328m down-hole depth (including 184m grading 0.7% copper and 0.3g/t gold), and

• 542m grading 0.5% copper and 0.2g/t gold from 422m down-hole depth, (including 218m grading 0.7% copper and 0.2g/t gold)

Note: Please refer to ASX announcement “Another Record Step-Out Drill Result at Cortadera” 20th March 2020 for Table 1 information relating to the reporting of exploration results, data and sampling techniques.

Table 2 SNL List of Best 25 Cu-Au Drill Intercepts Since January 2018
(Ordered by Width of Drill Intersection)

Source- Regulus Resources (TSXV. REG) November 2019 Corporate Presentation (slide 10) as per SNL financial, SNL search criteria include: >450 m interval, primarily copper interval & reported after Jan 1, 2018. Only longest reported interval considered. Results ordered by down-hole width of drill intersection and addition of CRP0029D and CRP0040D result. SNL has not provided consent to Hot Chili to use this data and Hot Chili has not verified the individual exploration results from other companies reported in the table and sourced from Regulus Resources November 2019 Corporate Presentation.

Cortadera is shaping up as a globally significant standalone copper-gold project which can utilise the Productora project resources, and leverage from a central processing and combined infrastructure approach along the coastline of Chile.

The Company’s recent discovery and definition of a higher grade bulk tonnage underground development opportunity in combination with shallow, high grade bulk tonnage open pit sources – places Cortadera in a unique position amongst potential large-scale global copper-gold developments.

Qualifying Statements

JORC Compliant Ore Reserve Statement

Productora Open Pit Probable Ore Reserve Statement – Reported 2 nd March 2016

Note 1: Figures in the above table are rounded, reported to two significant figures, and classified in accordance with the Australian JORC Code 2012 guidance on Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve reporting. Note 2: Price assumptions: Cu price – US$3.00/lb; Au price US$1200/oz; Mo price US$14.00/lb. Note 3: Mill average recovery for fresh Cu – 89%, Au – 52%, Mo – 53%. Mill average recovery for transitional; Cu 70%, Au – 50%, Mo – 46%. Heap Leach average recovery for oxide; Cu – 54%. Note 4: Payability factors for metal contained in concentrate: Cu – 96%; Au – 90%; Mo – 98%. Payability factor for Cu cathode – 100%.

JORC Compliant Mineral Resource Statements

Productora Higher Grade Mineral Resource Statement, Reported 2nd March 2016

Reported at or above 0.25 % Cu. Figures in the above table are rounded, reported to two significant figures, and classified in accordance with the Australian JORC Code 2012 guidance on Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve reporting. Metal rounded to nearest thousand, or if less, to the nearest hundred.

Productora Low Grade Mineral Resource Statement, Reported 2 nd March 2016

Reported at or above 0.1% Cu and below 0.25 % Cu. Figures in the above table are rounded, reported to two significant figures, and classified in accordance with the Australian JORC Code 2012 guidance on Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve reporting. Metal rounded to nearest thousand, or if less, to the nearest hundred. The Productora lower grade resource directly informs the dilution model for the Productora Ore Reserve estimate.

Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Confirmation

The information in this presentation that relates to Mineral Resources, Ore Reserve estimates and Production Targets on the Productora copper project was previously reported in the ASX announcement “Hot Chili Delivers PFS and Near Doubles Reserves at Productora” dated 2nd March 2016, a copy of which is available on the ASX website at www.asx.com.au and the Company’s website at www.hotchili.net.au. The company confirms that it is not aware of any new formation or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in that 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’s Statement- Exploration Results

Exploration information in this Announcement is based upon work compiled by Mr Christian Easterday, the Managing Director and a full-time employee of Hot Chili Limited whom is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Easterday has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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’ (JORC Code). Mr Easterday consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

Competent Person’s Statement- Mineral Resources

The information in this Announcement that relates to the Productora Project Mineral Resources, is based on information compiled by Mr J Lachlan Macdonald and Mr N Ingvar Kirchner. Mr Macdonald is employed by AMC Consultants (AMC), and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Kirchner is employed by AMC Consultants (AMC). AMC has been engaged on a fee for service basis to provide independent technical advice and final audit for the Productora Project Mineral Resource estimates. Mr Kirchner is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Both Mr Macdonald and Mr Kirchner have sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of
mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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’ (the JORC Code 2012).

Competent Person’s Statement- Ore Reserves

The information in this Announcement that relates to Productora Project Ore Reserves, is based on information compiled by Mr Carlos Guzmán, Mr Boris Caro, Mr Leon Lorenzen and Mr Grant King. Mr Guzmán is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), a Registered Member of the Chilean Mining Commission (RM- a ‘Recognised Professional Organisation’ within the meaning of the JORC Code 2012) and a full time employee of NCL Ingeniería y Construcción SpA (NCL). Mr Caro is a former
employee of Hot Chili Ltd, now working in a consulting capacity for the Company, and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and a Registered Member of the Chilean Mining Commission. Mr Lorenzen is employed by Mintrex Pty Ltd and is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Australia, and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr King is employed by AMEC Foster Wheeler (AMEC FW) and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). NCL, Mintrex and AMEC FW have been engaged on a fee for service basis to provide independent technical advice and final audit for the Productora Project Ore Reserve estimate. Mr. Guzmán, Mr Caro,Mr Lorenzen and Mr King have sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity which they are undertaking 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’.

Forward Looking Statements

This Announcement is provided on the basis that neither the Company nor its representatives make any warranty (express or implied) as to the accuracy, reliability, relevance or completeness of the material contained in the Announcement and nothing contained in the Announcement is, or may be relied upon as a promise, representation or warranty, whether as to the past or the future. The Company hereby excludes all warranties that can be excluded by law. The Announcement contains material which is predictive in nature and may be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known and unknown risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from results ultimately achieved.

The Announcement contains “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than those of historical facts included in the Announcement are forward-looking statements including estimates of Mineral Resources. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, copper, gold and other metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, as well as political and operational risks and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any “forward-looking statement” to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the Announcement, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. All persons should consider seeking appropriate professional advice in reviewing the Announcement and all other information with respect to the Company and evaluating the business, financial performance and operations of the Company. Neither the provision of the Announcement nor any information contained in the Announcement or subsequently communicated to any
person in connection with the Announcement is, or should be taken as, constituting the giving of investment advice to any person.

JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 report template

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)