Barton Gold’s Optimised Scoping Study Unveils Faster Payback and Lower Costs at Tunkillia

• Optimised Scoping Study extends Tunkillia project life to ~10 years with ~13% more payable gold
• Upfront capital expenditure cut by A$35 million to A$399 million
• Average annual production of ~120,000oz gold and ~250,000oz silver over ~8 years
• Net Present Value (NPV) between A$781 million and A$1.4 billion; IRR of 48.3% to 73.2%