Hastings Technology Metals Ltd.: Quarterly Activities Report ending 30th June, 2017

Sydney - Hastings Technology Metals Ltd. (ASX:HAS) provides the Company's Quarterly Activities Report for the period ending 30th June, 2017.

- 2017 drilling programme commenced with immediate success

- Extension to west of Bald Hill existing resources established

- High grade intersections in depth extensions at Yangibana North and Yangibana West deposits

- Good results from infill drilling at Auer and Auer North deposits

- New JORC Resource Estimation completed incorporating recent drilling results

- Total diluted resources now 17.02 million tonnes at 1.27% total rare earths oxide (TREO) including 0.41% neodymium plus praseodymium oxides (Nd2O3+Pr6O11)

- A 37% increase in contained TREO and a 32% increase in contained Nd2O3+Pr6O11 from the December 2016 resource estimate

- Pilot plant testing of the hydrometallurgy (Hydromet) circuits successfully validated the simple and effective flowsheet of the Yangibana Hydromet processes

- The pilot plant achieved or exceeded the operational process parameters set by the initial hydrometallurgy process flowsheet, with rare earths recoveries at or above 94% for water leach, 95% for impurity removal and 98.5% for carbonate precipitation

- 50 kilograms of Mixed Rare Earths Carbonate (MREC) generated from the pilot plant

- Further optimisation, post-pilot Beneficiation test work at the laboratory of ALS Metallurgy in Perth, gives us more than 25% TREO grade at 85% recovery for our flotation process

- Hastings' Yangibana Rare Earths Project ("the Project") has been assigned as a Lead Agency Project (LAP) under the Western Australian Government Lead Agency Framework, by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS; formally DMP)

- Positive policy changes from governments and automotive companies around the world auger well for demand growth of rare earths in the years ahead.

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About Hastings Technology Metals Ltd:

Hastings Technology Metals Ltd. (ASX:HAS) (FRA:5AM) is a leading Australian rare earths company, with two rare earths projects hosting JORC-compliant resources in Western Australia.

- The Yangibana Project hosts JORC Resources totalling 13.41 million tonnes at 1.18% TREO (comprising Measured Resources of 2.16 million tonnes at 1.01% TREO, Indicated Resources of 5.45 million tonnes at 1.30% TREO and Inferred Resources of 5.81 million tonnes at 1.12% TREO), including 0.39% Nd2O3+Pr2O3.

- The Brockman deposit contains JORC Indicated and Inferred Resources totalling 41.4 million tonnes (comprising 32.3mt Indicated Resources and 9.1mt Inferred Resources) at 0.21% TREO, including 0.18% HREO, plus 0.36% Nb2O5 and 0.90% ZrO2.

- Rare earths are critical to a wide variety of current and new technologies, including smart phones, hybrid cars, wind turbines and energy efficient light bulbs.

- The Company aims to capitalise on the strong demand for critical rare earths created by expanding new technologies.



Contact:

Hastings Technology Metals Ltd.
Charles Tan Chief Operating Officer
M: +61-457-853-839

Aris Stamoulis Director Corporate Finance
M: +61-455-105-607