604 page 1/2 15 July 2001

Form 604

Corporations Act 2001

Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder


IQ Company Name/Scheme Apex Minerals NL

ACN/ARSN 098 612 974

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Na me

ACN/ARSN (if applicable)

Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining Fund

N/A

There was a change in the interests of the

substantial holder on 26 March 2013

The previous notice was given to the company on 02 Januarv 2013

The previous notice was dated 02 Januarv 2013

2. Previous and present voting power

The total number of votes attached to ali the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows:

Class of securities (4)

Previous notice

Present notice

Class of securities (4)

Person's votes

Voting power (5)

Person's votes

Voting power (5)

Ordinary

55,654,166

18.76%

55,654,166

17.71%

3. Changes in relevant interests

Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding noticeto the company or scheme are as follows:

Date of change

Person whose relevant interest changed

Nature of change (6)

Consideration given in relation to change (7)

Class and numberof securities affected

Person's votes affected

26 March 2013

Vanguard Precious

Metals & Mining Fund

Share

Offering

Ordinary-

314,225,258

Vanguard

Precious Metals & Mining Fund

4. Present relevant interests

Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest

Registered holder of securities

Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)

Nature of relevant interest (6)

Class and number of securities

Person's votes

Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining Fund

JPMorgan Chase

Bank, N.A.

JPMorgan Chase

Bank, N.A.

Beneficiai Owner

Ordinary-

55,654,166

55,654,166


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5. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Nature of association N/A N/A 6. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this formare as follows:

Name

Address

Vanguard Precious Metals and

Mining Fund

Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining Fund

c/o The Vanguard Group, lnc.

455 Devon Park Drive

Wayne, PA 19087

USA

Attn : Nick Gould Compliance Manager Nick_Gould@Vanguard.com

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Level18

85 Castlereagh St

Sydney NSW 2000

Australia

Signature

ca aci Assistan!Secreta

DIRECTIONS
(1) lf there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. lf the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 6 of the form.
(2) See the definition of "associate" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.
(3) See the definition of "relevant interest" in sections 608 and 6718(7) of the Corporations Act 2001. (4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes.

(5) The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporale or scheme multiplied by 100. (6) Include details of:

(a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances because of which the change in relevant interest occurred. lf subsection 671 8(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contrae,! scheme or arrangement, must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contrae,! scheme or arrangement; and

(b) any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant interest relates (indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies).

See the definition of "relevant agreement" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.
(7) Details of the consideration must include any and ali benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even if they

are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired.

(8) lf the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write "unknown". (9) Give details, if appropriate, of the present association and any change in that association since the last substantial holding notice.

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