604 GUIDE page 1/1 13 March 2000 Form 604 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B Notice of change of interests of substantial holder To Company Name/Scheme Westgold Resources Limited ACN/ARSN 009 260 306 1. Details of substantial holder (1) Name Van Eck Associates Corporation (and its associates referred to in paragraph 6). ACN/ARSN (if applicable) N/A There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on 21/06/2024 The previous notice was given to the company on 20/03/2024 The previous notice was dated 19/03/2024 2. Previous and present voting power The total number of votes attached to all 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) Ordinary shares 3. Previous notice Person’s votes 48,359,115 Present notice Voting power (5) 10.21% Person’s votes 40,258,535 Voting power (5) 8.50% 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 notice to the company or scheme are as follows: Class and Person whose Consideration number of Person’s votes Date of Nature of relevant interest given in relation securities affected change change (6) changed to change (7) affected Van Eck Associates See Annexure A Corporation (VEAC) 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 VEAC Registered holder of securities Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for ESB Pension Fund GDX ME_222098438_1 Person entitled to be registered as holder (8) ESB Pension Fund GDX (ESBGDX) Nature of relevant interest (6) VEAC holds its relevant interest by having the power 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 in the ordinary course of investment management business. Class and number of securities Ordinary shares 281,769 Person’s votes 0.06% VEAC State Street Bank and VanEck Vectors Gold Same as above. Miners ETF (GDX) Trust Company as custodian for VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF Ordinary shares State Street Australia VanEck Gold Miners Same as above. Limited as custodian ETF (GDXAU) for VanEck Gold Miners ETF (AU) Ordinary shares VEAC State Street Bank and VanEck Vectors Trust Company as Junior Gold Miners custodian for VanEck ETF (GDXJ) Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF Same as above. Ordinary shares 14,708,861 3.11% VEAC State Street Australia VanEck Small Limited as custodian Companies Masters for VanEck Small ETF (MVS.AU) Companies Masters ETF Same as above. Ordinary shares 0.05% VEAC 5. 4.58% 21,702,588 0.13% 636,387 230,413 VEAC State Street Custodial VanEck Vectors Gold Same as above. Services (Ireland) Miners UCITS ETF Limited as custodian (UCTGDX) for VanEck Vectors Gold Miners UCITS ETF Ordinary shares 1,437,655 0.30% VEAC State Street Custodial VanEck Vectors Services (Ireland) Junior Gold Miners Limited as custodian UCITS ETF for VanEck Vectors (UCTGDXJ) Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF Ordinary shares 1,260,862 0.27% Same as above. 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) 6. Nature of association Addresses The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows: Name Signature ME_222098438_1 Address VEAC 666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Van Eck Securities Corporation 666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers, Inc. 666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 VanEck Australia Pty Ltd Level 47 Suite 2, 25 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000 VanEck Investments Limited Level 47 Suite 2, 25 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000 VanEck Asset Management B.V. Barbara Strozzilaan 310, 1083 HN Amsterdam, Netherlands print name Ashley Sousa sign here capacity Manager date 25/06/2024 DIRECTIONS (1) If 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. If 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 671B(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 corporate 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. If subsection 671B(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 contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, 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 all 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 on 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) If 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. ME_222098438_1 This is Annexure A of 2 pages referred to in Form 604 - Notice of change of interests of substantial holder. Holder of relevant interest Date of Acquisition B/S GDX 03/20/2024 S GDX 03/21/2024 B GDX 03/22/2024 S GDX 03/26/2024 B GDX 04/02/2024 B GDX 04/02/2024 B GDX 04/05/2024 S GDX 04/08/2024 S GDX 04/10/2024 S GDX 04/11/2024 S GDX 04/12/2024 S GDX 04/15/2024 S GDX 04/16/2024 S GDX 04/17/2024 S GDX 04/18/2024 S GDX 04/19/2024 S GDX 04/22/2024 S GDX 04/24/2024 S GDX 04/25/2024 S GDX 04/26/2024 S GDX 04/29/2024 S GDX 04/30/2024 S GDX 05/01/2024 S GDX 05/02/2024 S GDX 05/03/2024 S GDX 05/06/2024 S GDX 05/10/2024 B GDX 05/16/2024 B GDX 05/20/2024 B GDX 05/22/2024 S GDX 05/23/2024 B GDX 05/24/2024 S GDX 05/29/2024 S GDX 05/31/2024 S GDX 06/04/2024 B GDX 06/05/2024 B GDX 06/06/2024 B GDX 06/07/2024 B GDX 06/10/2024 S GDX 06/11/2024 S GDX 06/21/2024 B GDX 06/21/2024 S GDXJ 03/19/2024 B Page Consideration Cash Consideration Non-Cash Number of Securities In-Kind 19,110 In-Kind 44,590 In-Kind 22,288 In-Kind 70,048 In-Kind 12,736 132,390.58 47,761 In-Kind 136,912 In-Kind 98,704 In-Kind 378,896 In-Kind 101,888 In-Kind 156,016 In-Kind 44,576 In-Kind 162,384 In-Kind 70,048 In-Kind 15,925 In-Kind 12,736 In-Kind 423,472 In-Kind 127,360 In-Kind 15,920 In-Kind 35,024 In-Kind 108,256 In-Kind 203,776 In-Kind 168,752 In-Kind 38,208 In-Kind 120,992 In-Kind 60,496 In-Kind 28,647 In-Kind 19,098 In-Kind 19,098 In-Kind 127,400 In-Kind 25,480 In-Kind 6,370 In-Kind 44,590 In-Kind 92,394 In-Kind 51,008 In-Kind 63,820 In-Kind 25,528 In-Kind 47,850 In-Kind 31,910 In-Kind 35,101 In-Kind 102,112 7,864,231.60 3,098,323 In-Kind 14,634 1 of 3 This is Annexure A of 1 page referred to in Form 604 - Notice of change of interests of substantial holder. Holder of relevant interest Date of Acquisition B/S GDXJ 03/21/2024 B GDXJ 03/22/2024 S GDXJ 03/27/2024 B GDXJ 04/04/2024 S GDXJ 04/09/2024 S GDXJ 04/10/2024 S GDXJ 04/15/2024 S GDXJ 04/16/2024 B GDXJ 04/18/2024 S GDXJ 04/19/2024 S GDXJ 04/22/2024 S GDXJ 04/23/2024 S GDXJ 04/25/2024 S GDXJ 05/03/2024 S GDXJ 05/06/2024 S GDXJ 05/17/2024 S GDXJ 05/17/2024 B GDXJ 05/23/2024 S GDXJ 05/24/2024 S GDXJ 06/04/2024 B GDXJ 06/05/2024 B GDXJ 06/06/2024 B GDXJ 06/10/2024 S GDXJ 06/12/2024 B GDXJ 06/21/2024 S UCTGDX 03/22/2024 B UCTGDX 03/27/2024 B UCTGDX 03/28/2024 B UCTGDX 04/03/2024 B UCTGDX 04/11/2024 S UCTGDX 04/16/2024 S UCTGDX 04/26/2024 S UCTGDX 05/07/2024 S UCTGDX 05/10/2024 B UCTGDX 05/22/2024 S UCTGDX 05/23/2024 S UCTGDX 06/21/2024 S UCTGDXJ 03/27/2024 B UCTGDXJ 04/08/2024 B UCTGDXJ 04/12/2024 S UCTGDXJ 04/16/2024 S UCTGDXJ 04/17/2024 S UCTGDXJ 04/18/2024 S Page Consideration Cash Consideration Non-Cash Number of Securities In-Kind 131,706 In-Kind 14,634 In-Kind 21,948 In-Kind 21,945 In-Kind 14,628 In-Kind 29,256 In-Kind 29,268 In-Kind 21,951 In-Kind 14,636 In-Kind 21,954 In-Kind 14,636 In-Kind 21,954 In-Kind 14,636 In-Kind 73,170 In-Kind 65,862 In-Kind 14,668 121,717.98 56,052 In-Kind 73,350 In-Kind 14,670 In-Kind 14,658 In-Kind 14,658 In-Kind 14,660 In-Kind 14,662 In-Kind 14,662 5,831,024.40 2,297,287 94,704.17 39,132 36,836.11 14,559 66,506.79 25,383 25,833.85 10,946 32,571.47 15,511 29,278.84 13,943 48,173.80 21,223 46,685.93 21,223 15,654.79 7,051 114,405.17 49,531 163,632.84 74,386 524,922.32 206,683 34,406.38 13,598 29,703.65 13,084 91,093.65 42,973 41,076.09 19,562 138,967.64 63,753 88,826.79 38,457 2 of 3 This is Annexure A of 1 page referred to in Form 604 - Notice of change of interests of substantial holder. Holder of relevant Consideration Consideration interest Date of Acquisition B/S Cash Non-Cash Number of Securities UCTGDXJ 04/19/2024 S 90,041.21 38,483 UCTGDXJ 04/22/2024 S 43,866.11 19,498 UCTGDXJ 05/10/2024 S 19,818.18 8,928 UCTGDXJ 05/17/2024 B 42,468.98 19,569 UCTGDXJ 05/30/2024 B 55,333.03 24,590 UCTGDXJ 06/07/2024 S 50,074.79 20,780 UCTGDXJ 06/12/2024 S 31,008.34 13,367 UCTGDXJ 06/21/2024 S 492,218.01 193,806 MVSAU 03/26/2024 B 1,732.59 710 MVSAU 05/31/2024 S 1,545.39 669 MVSAU 06/21/2024 S 130,142.44 51,240 GDXAU 03/26/2024 S 4,713.56 1,932 GDXAU 04/10/2024 B 8,117.31 3,865 GDXAU 04/12/2024 B 8,196.82 3,866 GDXAU 05/09/2024 S 8,386.13 3,865 GDXAU 05/28/2024 S 4,155.49 1,933 GDXAU 05/30/2024 B 2,225.47 989 GDXAU 06/03/2024 B 4,528.35 1,935 GDXAU 06/21/2024 S 204,037.14 80,334 ESBGDX 04/24/2024 S 113,606.92 52,851 ESBGDX 06/14/2024 S 121,414.72 52,571 ESBGDX 06/21/2024 S 101,104.79 39,813 In-Kind transactions result from receiving a basket of securities (including WESTGOLD RESOURCES LTD) in exchange for securities. 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