ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

29 April 2022

CONFIRMATORY RESULTS FROM OHMGEBIRGE

  • Assay results from drill hole OHM-02 return 11m grading average 14.4% K2O

  • Results include a 4m intersection grading 19.7% K2O

  • Results confirms potash intersection beginning at similar depth and grade of historical drillhole

  • Second hole, OHM-01, progressing well, currently at 633m depth

South Harz Potash Limited (ASX:SHP) ("South Harz" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the assay results from the recently completed drillhole OHM-02 located within the Ohmgebirge Mining Licence ("Ohmgebirge") area of its South Harz Potash Project. Results from the drillhole are summarized below.

From (m)

To (m)

Apparent thickness (m)

True thickness

(m)

K2O wt. avg %

Mineralised section

651.53

662.51

10.98

7.51 m

14.44

Kieseritic Hartsalz

651.53

654.43

2.90

2.05 m

12.62

Anhydritic Hartsalz

654.43

658.46

4.03

2.85 m

19.69

Carnallitic Sylvinite

658.46

662.51

4.05

2.60 m

10.51

Drillhole OHM-02 was completed to a depth of 721.32m to fully penetrate the known Staßfurt Potash Horizon (z2KSt) and was designed to twin and validate the results of the historic drillhole Kal Wr 6 Liese, which was drilled in 1906. The historic drillhole recorded potash within the Staßfurt Potash Horizon from a depth of 651.70m to 657.20m (5.5m thick) with an historic reported grade of 15.72% K2O. (ASX announcement 23rd December 2019[1]). The recently drilled confirmatory drillhole, OHM-02, located 148m west of the historic drillhole, intercepted the top of the potash horizon from 651.53m down to a depth of 662.51m, a total apparent thickness of 10.98m and an interpreted true (vertical) thickness of 7.51m. A comprehensive assay suite comprising wet ICP and XRD analyses has identified three distinct mineralised potash horizons comprising a Kieseritic Hartsalz, Anhydritic Hartsalz and Carnallitic Sylvinite Hartsalz, which is a common potash zonation found in the adjacent historical mines of the South Harz Potash district.

Work is progressing well on our second drillhole OHM-01, where the objective is to fully penetrate the known potash horizon in the area down to a depth of 813m. The drillhole is designed to twin the historical drillhole, Kal Ktf 5/83, which recorded a potash intercept from 785.2m to 788.2m (3.0 m thick) with an historic reported grade of 12.4% K2O (ASX announcement dated 23 December 2019[1]). The target for completion of this drillhole has been extended to the 2nd week of May (previously end-April) due to some early technical issues in the upper limestone horizons which have now been overcome. The expected timing for the Mineral Resource Estimate update is now early Q3 2022.

Drilling and assay of core from these two confirmatory drillholes is intended to allow South Harz to upgrade a substantial proportion of the current Ohmgebirge JORC (2012) Inferred Mineral Resource estimate to the Indicated category. Subject to concurrent and satisfactory advancement of all modifying factors, this is expected to allow the release of a comprehensive Scoping Study (a preliminary technical and economic assessment) for Ohmgebirge.

Dr Chris Gilchrist

Andrew Edge

Justine James

Managing Director

Fivemark Partners

Alma PR

South Harz Potash Ltd

+61 410 276 744

+44 20 3405 0205

+353 87 687 9886; +61 451 367

630

cgilchrist@southharzpotash.com

andrew.edge@fivemark.com.au

shp@almapr.co.uk

South Harz Managing Director, Dr Chris Gilchrist, commented: "I am delighted to announce the assay results returned from our recently completed drillhole OHM-02 which shows excellent correlation with the nearby historic drillhole which was drilled over a century ago. This further substantiates our confidence in the accuracy of the 41 drillholes in the Ohmgebirge project area, and indeed the 300 drillholes which we acquired as part of our suite of perpetual mining licences. Work is progressing very well at our second drill site OHM-01, despite some early challenges and is now on target to complete during mid-May. These confirmatory assay results represent a very significant milestone for the Company and I eagerly look forward to the imminent completion of what promises to be a transformative scoping study."

On behalf of South Harz Potash Limited,

Dr Chris Gilchrist, Managing Director

Investor & Media Enquiries

Figure 1: Ohmgebirge Mining Licence area showing the approximate location of historic drillholes and the twin confirmatory holes, OHM-01 and OHM-02.

1. Refer to South Harz ASX announcement dated 23 December 2019 for full Mineral Resource estimate details. In accordance with ASX Listing

Rule 5.23, the Company is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in this announcement.

APPENDIX 1 - OHM-02 Drilling & Sampling

The Ohmgebirge mining licence is located in the Südharz (South Harz) Potash District in the north-western extent of the Thuringian sedimentary basin. The Permian-aged Zechstein Group hosts the potash horizon, z2KSt, which occurs across the majority of the Ohmgebirge licence and has been historically intersected in 35 drill holes.

OHM-02 is a twin hole of historical drill hole Kal Wr 6 Liese located 148 m to the west of the original collar position. The two holes are considered to be comparable in both depth and grade, with a slightly thicker intersection of potash in OHM-02 as explained below.

Drilling of OHM-02 began on 12th January 2022 and was completed on 1st March 2022. The hole was destructively drilled from surface down to 537m at which depth the method was switched over to core drilling. Casing, ranging in size starting at 558 mm to 127 mm, was installed from surface down to a depth of 536m to seal off the z4ANb-z7 horizon and the overlying units. OHM-02 was drilled by H. Anger's Söhne using a UH4-2 rig type using bentonite mud for the upper sections and magnesium chloride rich mud in the coring sections. The basal anhydrite unit was intersected at a depth of 721.28m and drilled for 0.04m, this unit forms a barrier to any groundwater flow beneath. Drill hole OHM-02 has a final end depth of 721.32m and a total z2KSt thickness of 11.66m.

The upper section of the drillhole was completed using a percussion drill bit and produced rock chips. The chips were logged on site and have not been sampled. The core retrieved from 537m was logged on a millimetre scale. Core recovery was monitored by the Ercosplan project geologist on site at the time of drilling and is recorded in the drill hole log. Core recovery was 100% throughout the entire core section except for 2 zones of total core loss between 630.98m and 631.06 (8cm) and 632.73m and 633.05 (32cm). Core recoveries through the target potash z2KSt unit were 100%. Core recovery is not expected to have affected grade.

Downhole geophysics was performed by BLM Gesellschaft für Bohrlochmessung mbH and the geological drill hole logs were corrected according to the geophysical depths. Various downhole measurements were taken including salinity (ST16), temperature (ST16), calliper (CARI, CAL4017), gamma-ray (GRFEL, TA.ORI), gamma-gamma (GRFEL, TA.ORI), neutron and sonic.

Sampling was conducted according to the stratigraphic interpretation of the core using the downhole geophysical logging as a depth guide. Core sampling was conducted according to ISO standards: DIN EN ISO 14688-1; DIN EN ISO 14688-2; DIN EN ISO 14689-1 and DIN EN ISO 22475-1. Core samples were geologically logged in detail. Information recorded on the drill hole logs included lithological depths lithological description, stratigraphic interpretation, structural measurements and colour. Photographs were taken of all rock chips and core samples, including backlit core photography (Photos 1 and 2).

Drill core was cut longitudinally for sample selection and half core samples were analysed. Sample preparation and analysis was carried out in the accredited laboratory of K-Utec Salt Technologies (DIN EN ISO/EC 17025). Analysis followed the German standard methods for the examination of water, waste water and sludge (89th edition, Wiley-VCH/Beuth, Weinheim/Berlin, 2013). Samples were crushed to 1-2mm and then milled to 50 µm before being dried in the laboratory furnace at 400°C. Samples were homogenised to ensure a representative sample obtained. 15 duplicate and 10 blank samples were included in the sample analysis, out of a total of 51 samples. 15 samples have also been sent to the umpire laboratory VKTA in Dresden, Germany; results are not available at the time of writing. Thicknesses of the potash-bearing horizons were confirmed by the geophysical logging and the full length of the potash was sampled.

The potash seam at Ohmgebirge is horizontal to sub-horizontal on a regional scale and the vertical core drilling is considered appropriate to represent the seam without bias. Drillhole OHM-02 intercepted the top of the z2KSt potash seam from 651.53m down to a depth of 662.51m a total apparent thickness of 10.98m. The drilled vertical thickness of the z2KSt potash seam has been corrected from 10.98m apparent thickness to 7.51m true thickness considering localised folding of 45 degrees. Interpretation of the wet chemical and XRD analyses has identified three distinct mineralised potash horizons comprising a Kieseritic Hartsalz,

Anhydritic Hartsalz and Carnallitic Sylvinite Hartsalz, which is a common potash zonation found in the adjacent historical mines of the South Harz Potash district.

The historic drillhole Kal Wr 6 Liese, which was drilled in 1906 recorded potash within the z2KSt potash seam from a depth of 651.70m to 657.20m (5.5m thick) with an historic reported grade of 15.72% K2O.

Corelation between the new drillhole OHM-02 is considered to be good (Figure 2). The difference in thickness, and subsequently the weighted average K2O (%) grade is considered to be due to the presence of the Carnallitic Sylvinite horizon in OHM-02, which is not present in Kal Wr 6 Liese. This localised variation in mineral assemblage is common in potash deposits due to the viscous nature of potash that is known to pinch and swell.

Figure 2: Comparison between the confirmation hole OHM-02 and the historic hole Kal Wr 6 Liese located 148m to the east.

Table 1: Laboratory assay results from drillhole OHM-02

#

SAMPLE ID

depth from

to

K-UTEC No -

CPA

K /%

Na /%

Ca /%

Mg /%

Cl /%

S /%

SO4 /%

inso-luble /%

total water /%

mass balance /%

total cations /mmol

total anions /mmol

ion balance /%

Br /ppm LOQ 7

Li /ppm LOQ 5

Rb /ppm LOQ 1

1

OHM-02_#1

650.76

651.26

22-0390

1

0.05

24.2

10.8

0.23

39.0

8.20

24.6

1.24

0.60

100.6

1610

1611

-0.05

173

5.59

1.38

2

OHM-02_#2

651.26

651.53

22-0390

2

1.91

27.8

6.89

0.35

45.2

5.67

17.0

0.43

0.77

100.3

1630

1629

0.05

206

< LOQ

2.17

3

OHM-02_#3

651.53

651.79

22-0390

3

7.83

28.5

2.11

0.74

50.3

2.99

8.96

0.32

1.35

100.1

1606

1605

0.05

340

< LOQ

5.46

4

OHM-02_#4

651.79

652.19

22-0390

4

12.4

26.3

1.11

0.52

51.5

1.68

5.02

0.17

2.37

99.4

1558

1557

0.05

486

< LOQ

8.36

5

OHM-02_#5

652.19

652.48

22-0390

5

10.9

22.4

1.63

2.42

45.4

4.07

12.2

0.42

3.92

99.3

1535

1535

-0.01

683

< LOQ

9.33

6

OHM-02_#6

652.48

652.77

22-0390

6

10.7

22.8

1.24

2.75

45.5

4.35

13.0

0.35

2.78

99.2

1555

1555

-0.01

566

< LOQ

8.74

7

OHM-02_#7

652.77

653.26

22-0390

7

7.56

25.2

1.21

2.89

46.3

4.55

13.6

0.25

2.73

99.8

1589

1590

-0.07

450

< LOQ

7.09

8

OHM-02_#8

653.26

653.60

22-0390

8

13.3

24.8

1.61

0.74

49.7

2.52

7.54

0.29

1.38

99.3

1559

1558

0.05

549

< LOQ

13.3

9

OHM-02_#9

653.60

654.01

22-0390

9

14.7

19.4

4.69

1.03

41.8

5.75

17.2

0.28

1.57

100.6

1538

1537

0.03

506

< LOQ

13.0

10

OHM-02_#10

654.01

654.15

22-0390

10

11.6

21.3

3.81

1.25

41.4

5.59

16.8

0.16

2.91

99.2

1517

1517

0.04

460

< LOQ

11.2

11

OHM-02_#11

654.15

654.43

22-0390

11

10.2

19.8

5.60

1.66

39.6

6.81

20.4

0.22

3.05

100.5

1541

1540

0.03

490

< LOQ

10.1

12

OHM-02_#12

654.43

654.68

22-0390

12

13.2

18.1

7.40

0.70

40.8

6.39

19.1

0.34

1.15

100.8

1550

1550

0.02

563

< LOQ

12.7

13

OHM-02_#13

654.68

655.00

22-0390

13

25.3

14.5

3.55

0.24

45.8

2.94

8.81

0.42

0.58

99.2

1475

1475

-0.01

879

< LOQ

24.1

14

OHM-02_#14

655.00

655.17

22-0390

14

23.0

13.2

5.68

0.33

41.4

4.85

14.5

0.39

0.68

99.1

1470

1471

-0.02

773

< LOQ

20.7

15

OHM-02_#15

655.17

655.55

22-0390

15

23.8

15.6

2.71

0.95

46.0

3.31

9.92

0.34

1.19

100.5

1502

1503

-0.03

813

< LOQ

22.9

16

OHM-02_#16

655.55

655.96

22-0390

16

16.2

16.3

6.26

0.98

40.3

6.03

18.1

0.14

1.20

99.4

1514

1513

0.06

659

< LOQ

22.1

17

OHM-02_#17

655.96

656.24

22-0390

17

18.6

14.7

6.95

0.39

40.5

5.63

16.9

0.48

1.06

99.5

1493

1493

0.00

726

< LOQ

23.6

18

OHM-02_#18

656.24

656.44

22-0390

18

19.2

16.2

6.12

0.29

43.4

4.86

14.6

0.29

0.92

101.0

1526

1527

-0.07

753

< LOQ

25.6

19

OHM-02_#19

656.44

656.95

22-0390

19

15.9

17.7

7.16

0.22

43.0

5.43

16.3

0.27

0.71

101.3

1552

1552

-0.03

733

< LOQ

15.3

20

OHM-02_#20

656.95

657.51

22-0390

20

12.7

21.7

5.48

0.15

46.0

4.13

12.4

0.35

0.96

99.7

1554

1554

-0.01

683

< LOQ

11.5

21

OHM-02_#21

657.51

657.93

22-0390

21

12.4

20.9

6.47

0.15

44.6

4.85

14.5

0.18

0.65

99.8

1561

1561

-0.02

699

< LOQ

10.8

22

OHM-02_#22

657.93

658.46

22-0390

22

10.2

19.4

8.44

0.20

40.2

6.54

19.6

0.13

0.82

99.0

1541

1542

-0.04

653

< LOQ

10.3

23

OHM-02_#23

658.46

658.69

22-0390

23

5.68

10.5

15.3

1.03

25.1

11.88

35.6

0.07

6.00

99.3

1448

1450

-0.13

813

< LOQ

17.1

24

OHM-02_#24

658.69

659.02

22-0390

24

7.79

15.8

8.91

1.74

37.6

6.69

20.1

0.19

7.75

99.8

1476

1477

-0.05

1090

< LOQ

24.5

25

OHM-02_#25

659.02

659.37

22-0390

25

7.68

16.9

7.55

1.79

39.2

5.59

16.7

0.20

9.11

99.1

1453

1454

-0.06

972

< LOQ

19.8

26

OHM-02_#26

659.37

659.55

22-0391

1

12.7

19.2

4.00

1.59

45.5

3.32

10.0

0.39

6.79

100.1

1491

1491

-0.02

1250

< LOQ

17.8

27

OHM-02_#27

659.55

659.84

22-0391

2

11.9

17.3

7.32

0.73

39.6

5.90

17.7

0.16

5.14

99.9

1485

1484

0.01

956

< LOQ

12.6

28

OHM-02_#28

659.84

660.23

22-0391

3

15.2

18.8

5.68

0.24

43.5

4.55

13.6

0.37

1.81

99.2

1511

1510

0.03

909

< LOQ

10.3

29

OHM-02_#29

660.23

660.66

22-0391

4

14.5

19.4

4.88

0.49

44.2

4.04

12.1

0.33

3.00

99.0

1500

1500

0.03

949

< LOQ

11.4

30

OHM-02_#30

660.66

661.00

22-0391

5

14.0

21.3

4.47

0.31

46.2

3.68

11.0

0.46

2.05

99.8

1533

1533

0.04

849

< LOQ

9.43

31

OHM-02_#31

661.00

661.30

22-0391

6

8.63

22.9

6.05

0.27

43.9

4.85

14.5

0.62

2.27

99.1

1540

1540

0.04

643

< LOQ

6.76

32

OHM-02_#32

661.30

662.18

22-0391

7

0.94

29.2

5.47

0.35

47.0

4.37

13.1

0.29

2.69

99.0

1598

1598

0.01

373

< LOQ

2.34

33

OHM-02_#33

662.18

662.51

22-0391

8

8.18

25.4

4.57

0.21

46.9

3.78

11.3

0.41

2.20

99.2

1559

1558

0.05

596

< LOQ

7.04

34

OHM-02_#34

662.51

662.87

22-0391

9

1.60

31.8

3.93

0.18

50.8

3.25

9.74

0.39

0.63

99.0

1636

1635

0.06

346

< LOQ

1.95

35

OHM-02_#35

662.87

663.46

22-0391

10

0.31

28.2

6.81

0.19

44.2

5.45

16.3

0.28

2.73

99.0

1588

1587

0.05

236

< LOQ

< LOQ

36

OHM-02_#36

663.46

663.76

22-0391

11

0.27

27.0

8.24

0.26

42.5

6.65

19.9

0.50

1.07

99.7

1613

1612

0.05

256

< LOQ

< LOQ

37

OHM-02_#37

663.76

664.12

22-0391

12

0.26

27.1

8.42

0.18

42.4

6.79

20.4

0.39

0.52

99.6

1620

1620

0.00

266

< LOQ

< LOQ

38

OHM-02_#38

664.12

664.56

22-0391

13

0.19

31.3

4.92

0.24

48.9

4.02

12.1

0.72

0.77

99.1

1632

1631

0.06

280

< LOQ

< LOQ

39

OHM-02_#39

664.56

665.07

22-0391

14

0.16

31.5

4.95

0.17

49.0

4.05

12.1

0.59

0.60

99.2

1637

1636

0.06

236

< LOQ

< LOQ

40

OHM-02_#40

665.07

665.52

22-0391

15

0.19

31.6

5.32

0.11

49.4

4.20

12.6

0.34

0.60

100.2

1655

1655

0.01

230

< LOQ

< LOQ

41

OHM-02_#41

665.52

665.96

22-0391

16

0.14

27.5

8.30

0.14

43.1

6.61

19.8

0.36

0.50

99.9

1627

1628

-0.02

203

< LOQ

< LOQ

42

OHM-02_#42

665.96

666.42

22-0391

17

0.14

28.7

7.40

0.14

44.9

5.89

17.6

0.41

0.56

99.9

1634

1635

-0.07

223

< LOQ

< LOQ

43

OHM-02_#43

666.42

666.93

22-0391

18

0.12

32.9

3.74

0.15

51.2

3.03

9.08

0.71

0.58

98.6

1635

1634

0.06

246

< LOQ

< LOQ

44

OHM-02_#44

666.93

667.39

22-0391

19

0.11

32.0

5.27

0.05

49.5

4.31

12.9

0.04

0.27

100.2

1664

1664

-0.01

220

< LOQ

< LOQ

45

OHM-02_#45

667.39

667.86

22-0391

20

0.12

28.5

7.44

0.11

44.5

5.95

17.8

0.31

0.51

99.4

1625

1626

-0.07

223

< LOQ

< LOQ

46

OHM-02_#46

667.86

668.36

22-0391

21

0.11

35.3

2.42

0.09

54.7

1.97

5.90

0.35

0.34

99.2

1666

1665

0.07

206

< LOQ

< LOQ

47

OHM-02_#47

668.36

668.90

22-0391

22

0.10

35.4

2.36

0.08

54.7

1.94

5.80

0.27

0.45

99.1

1665

1664

0.04

240

< LOQ

< LOQ

48

OHM-02_#48

668.90

669.35

22-0391

23

0.07

25.8

9.10

0.08

39.9

7.32

21.9

0.17

1.91

98.9

1583

1582

0.05

160

< LOQ

< LOQ

49

OHM-02_#49

669.35

669.75

22-0391

24

0.07

30.4

6.01

0.09

47.3

4.77

14.3

0.22

0.40

98.8

1631

1632

-0.06

180

< LOQ

< LOQ

50

OHM-02_#50

669.75

670.25

22-0391

25

0.07

28.9

6.97

0.13

44.7

5.69

17.0

0.51

0.48

98.7

1615

1616

-0.01

170

< LOQ

< LOQ

51

OHM-02_#51

670.25

670.84

22-0392

1

0.07

35.5

2.07

0.07

54.9

1.71

5.12

0.43

0.41

98.6

1656

1656

-0.01

173

< LOQ

< LOQ

52

OHM-02_#52

685.63

685.80

22-0392

2

0.02

36.1

1.93

0.09

55.8

1.59

4.75

0.02

0.87

99.5

1672

1672

0.00

213

< LOQ

< LOQ

53

OHM-02_#53

689.57

689.64

22-0392

3

0.02

36.7

1.77

0.06

56.7

1.48

4.45

0.03

0.50

100.2

1691

1691

0.00

170

< LOQ

< LOQ

54

OHM-02_#54

693.34

693.43

22-0392

4

0.01

37.6

0.89

0.08

58.3

0.69

2.08

0.08

0.77

99.8

1688

1688

-0.01

180

< LOQ

< LOQ

55

OHM-02_#55

695.66

695.78

22-0392

5

0.01

37.8

0.94

0.09

58.7

0.73

2.18

0.11

0.38

100.2

1700

1700

-0.01

213

< LOQ

< LOQ

56

OHM-02_#56

700.41

700.48

22-0392

6

0.02

38.1

0.34

0.10

59.2

0.25

0.75

0.06

1.15

99.7

1685

1685

-0.01

170

< LOQ

< LOQ

57

OHM-02_#57

701.33

701.44

22-0392

7

0.01

36.6

1.22

0.11

56.7

0.97

2.92

0.16

1.22

98.9

1661

1660

0.06

196

< LOQ

< LOQ

58

OHM-02_#58

702.51

702.65

22-0392

8

0.01

37.5

1.06

0.04

58.0

0.84

2.51

0.11

0.33

99.6

1688

1688

-0.02

167

< LOQ

< LOQ

59

OHM-02_#59

708.39

708.56

22-0392

9

0.01

37.9

0.48

0.09

58.9

0.35

1.05

0.23

0.70

99.4

1682

1682

-0.01

137

< LOQ

< LOQ

60

OHM-02_#60

710.64

710.76

22-0392

10

0.01

38.3

0.40

0.06

59.2

0.29

0.88

0.15

0.47

99.5

1690

1689

0.07

163

< LOQ

< LOQ

61

OHM-02_#61

715.70

715.83

22-0392

11

0.01

38.5

0.05

0.09

59.5

0.04

0.11

0.02

1.71

100.0

1683

1682

0.07

133

< LOQ

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