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ENTER THE GOLDEN ERA

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A NEW IDENTITY AND A NEW SET OF STRATEGIC AMBITIONS SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL AGE FOR ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MAJOR GOLD PRODUCERS.

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GOLDEN ERA PROJECT MANAGED BY: TREVOR GRETSINGER Wiluna Mining Corporation Limited, formerly known as Blackham Resources Limited, is a Perth-based, Australian gold producer.

The company’s 100 per cent owned Wiluna Mining Operation has 6.4 million ounces of resources and 1.4 million ounces of reserves set within a 1,600 square kilometre tenement package in one of the world’s most prolific gold regions – the Northern Goldfields of Western Australia. In May 2019, the company was taken over by a new and highly skilled management team, who have since given it a new identity and outlined ambitious plans to leverage the Wiluna Gold Operation’s multi-million-ounce potential.

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pearheaded by Executive Chairman, Milan Jerkovic, the company is on an aggressive growth trajectory to build a respected mining company that creates long-term stakeholder value. Jerkovic and his team are keen to emphasise that the company’s new identity is more than skin deep; it represents an important step towards rebuilding a company culture that will help it achieve its overarching vision: identifying, developing and producing regional, geologically

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superior, natural resources, that ultimately deliver a positive return for stakeholders.

“The name change to ‘Wiluna Mining’ represents a new chapter in the Wiluna story.

The name change is more than cosmetic; it is an important step in culturally building our business to be united under a new identity. It speaks to our new aspiration, purpose, and ultimately our strategic vision for transformational future growth,” states the organisation.

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INSTILLING A CULTURE OF PROFITABILITY

At Wiluna Mining Corporation, the executive leadership team truly believe that profitability starts with company culture.

As such, they have dedicated significant time to outlining and their vision and values as an organisation and sharing those values with their employees.

Wiluna Mining Corporation has outlined seven cultural pillars to help it achieve success. Those pillars are courage, tenacity, perseverance, innovation, teamwork, transparency and compassion.

From encouraging employees to take measured risks and fostering a culture of innovation to instilling an ethos of compassion, individuality and teamwork;

from promoting corporate transparency to unreservedly focusing on delivering on their promises as an organisation, Wiluna Mining Corporation is dedicated to achieving success sustainably and ethically. “Our people are smart, well trained, exceptionally hardworking, and disciplined. We apply that intelligence, training and discipline to the work we do, and in carrying out our mission of building profitable mines,” states the company.

The company is proud of the culture it has developed and continues to develop with the support of its workforce and stakeholders. “We genuinely care for our team – that is our workforce, our shareholders and our stakeholders,” it says. “We are open, honest

GOING THE DISTANCE WA

MCMAHON Burnett Transport is a privately-owned company that provides freight services to customers across WA. McMahon Burnett Transport managing director Santo Guagliardo has been involved in the transport industry for close to 40 years, starting with his father in the north west of WA in the 1960s as a driver and now owning one of the most innovative transport companies in the State.

The evolution of the business to its current form, McMahon Burnett Transport, has happened through good management skills, dedicated staff, and a devotion to customers’ needs.

We serve customers throughout WA and has depots in Kalgoorlie, Onslow, Cue, Mt Magnet, Laverton, Leonora, Wiluna and Leinster. We’re specialists in all forms of mine freight, and service many major mines in WA, as well as handling oversize, dangerous goods and catering freight.

Recently, the company launched an online booking system, where customers can place a booking, print consignments, and monitor proof of delivery via their phone.

It’s an innovative new system, McMahon Burnett Transport said has been well received by its existing customer base.

Further information can be found at www.mcmahonburnett.com.au or by contacting Perth branch logistics manager Dennis Scanlan direct on 0409 445 904.

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and transparent – two-way communication with our shareholders and stakeholders is of the highest importance.”

The company is dedicated to becoming an excellent place to work as well as an outstanding place to invest.

Through innovation, bold decision making, unshakable strength, hard-work and resolve the business aims to help its people, its stakeholders and its executive committee thrive and grow.

“OUR PEOPLE ARE SMART, WELL TRAINED, EXCEPTIONALLY HARDWORKING, AND DISCIPLINED. WE APPLY THAT INTELLIGENCE, TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE TO THE WORK WE DO, AND IN CARRYING OUT OUR MISSION OF BUILDING PROFITABLE MINES.” BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

The executive team at Wiluna Mining Corporation measures success as much by the contribution it makes to society and the environment as it does by the returns it delivers to its stakeholders. “Core to our focus on the triple bottom line, is creating shared value for all our stakeholders – we strive to enrich the lives of our workforce, have a positive impact in the community, and operate in an environmentally responsible manner that contributes to the

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broader economy,” says the executive leadership team.

Wiluna Mining Corporation distils its sustainability agenda into three core areas of focus; its people, its community and the environment. The company takes pride in its robust health and safety protocols, which encompass mental and emotional support for its workforce. Furthermore, it is proud of its commitment to respect and empower the local community through meaningful partnerships.

“Underpinning our operation is a deep respect for the local Wiluna community in which we are fortunate to operate,” says the company.

“This respect for cultural heritage and diversity informs our community programs where we seek to invest.” As an example, Wiluna Mining Corporation supports many local initiatives through the Murlpirrmarra Connection, a

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not-for-profit organisation that exists to provide Aboriginal youth in the remote communities of Wiluna, Leonora and surrounding regions in Western Australia, with educational opportunities.

Wiluna Mining Corporation also takes a proactive approach to mitigate and minimise its impact on the environment.

The organisation is committed to complying to all relevant legislation, regulations, policies, codes and standards and, where possible takes pride in going above and beyond the minimum requirements.

The company’s commitment to building a sustainable business ‘today, tomorrow and in the future’ is applaudable.

DEVELOPING STRONG FOUNDATIONS

The board of directors are responsible for the corporate governance of the company.

Despite being relatively newly formed as a team, the executive committee is united by a common goal: ‘to provide an acceptable rate of return to the company’s stakeholders taking into account the interests of all relevant stakeholders including its employees and the communities in which it operates’. Jerkovic and his team are steadfast in their obligation to run the business sustainably, ethically and profitably.

As the company beds into its new chapter, it is clear that Jerkovic and his team are the right people to lead the business towards its longterm strategic aims. Their approach to business is bold, fearless and innovative; they are willing to go the extra mile to build and sustain an ethical, environmentally conscious, and thriving business; and they have outlined a clear path to achieve transformational growth.

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