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ALTECH BATTERIES LTD Capital/Financing Update 2018

Jul 31, 2018

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Capital/Financing Update

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT AND MEDIA RELEASE

1 August 2018

ALTECH SHARE PURCHASE PLAN RAISES A$4.3 MILLION

Highlights

  • $4.3 million raised via Share Purchase Plan

  • Positive and excellent support from shareholders

  • In excess of 550 shareholders participated

Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX: ATC) (FRA: A3Y) is pleased to announce that it received applications from existing shareholders for $4.3 million of new shares at an offer price of $0.165 per share under the Share Purchase Plan (SPP), which closed at 5pm (WST) on Tuesday 31 July 2018.

The response to the SPP from shareholders is extremely positive and the Company is pleased to advise that all applications will be accepted in full and that the new shares will be allotted on Monday 6 August 2018.

Altech managing director Mr Iggy Tan said, “the Company is extremely pleased with the number of applications for new shares that it received from shareholders under the SPP. In excess of 550 shareholders, representing approximately 20% of all shareholders, participated which is an exceptional outcome.

Project momentum is now growing rapidly, the site for our high purity alumina (HPA) plant has now been cleared and the stage-1 construction agreement was recently signed, this will see works in Johor commence shortly.”

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Altech Chemicals Limited ASX:ATC ABN 45 125 301 206

Suite 8, 295 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008 Australia

Telephone: +61 8 6168 1555 Facsimile: +61 8 6168 1551 Website: www.altechchemicals.com

For more information, please contact: Corporate Iggy Tan Shane Volk Managing Director Company Secretary Altech Chemicals Limited Altech Chemicals Limited Tel: +61 8 6168 1555 Tel: +61 8 6168 1555 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Investor Relations (Europe) Kai Hoffmann Soar Financial Partners Tel: +49 69 175 548320 Email: [email protected] Wir sprechen Deutsch.

About Altech Chemicals (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y)

Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) is aiming to become one of the world's leading suppliers of 99.99% (4N) high purity alumina ( HPA ) (Al2O3).

HPA is a high-value, high margin and highly demanded product as it is the critical ingredient required for the production of synthetic sapphire. Synthetic sapphire is used in the manufacture of substrates for LED lights, semiconductor wafers used in the electronics industry, and scratch-resistant sapphire glass used for wristwatch faces, optical windows and smartphone components. There is no substitute for HPA in the manufacture of synthetic sapphire.

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Global HPA demand is approximately 25,315tpa (2016) and demand is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.7% (2016-2024), primarily driven by the growth in worldwide adoption of LEDs. As an energy efficient, longer lasting and lower operating cost form of lighting, LED lighting is replacing the traditional incandescent bulbs.

Current HPA producers use expensive and highly processed feedstock materials such as aluminium metal to produce HPA. Altech has completed a Final Investment Decision Study (FIDS) for the construction and operation of a 4,500tpa HPA plant at the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia. The plant will produce HPA directly from kaolin clay, which will be sourced from the Company’s 100%-owned kaolin deposit at Meckering, Western Australia. Altech’s production process will employ conventional “offthe-shelf” plant and equipment to extract HPA using a hydrochloric (HCl) acid-based process. Production costs are anticipated to be considerably lower than established HPA producers.

The Company is currently in the process of finalising project financing and recently announced the execution of an agreement with its appointed EPC contractor SMS group, to commence stage 1 construction of the HPA plant at Johor, Malaysia.

Forward-looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements which are identified by words such as ‘anticipates’, ‘forecasts’, ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘could’, ‘believes’, ‘estimates’, ‘targets’, ‘expects’, ‘plan’ or ‘intends’ and other similar words that involve risks and uncertainties. Indications of, and guidelines or outlook on, future earnings, distributions or financial position or performance and targets, estimates and assumptions in respect of production, prices, operating costs, results, capital expenditures, reserves and resources are also forward-looking statements. These statements are based on an assessment of present economic and operating conditions, and on a number of assumptions and estimates regarding future events and actions that, while considered reasonable as at the date of this announcement and are expected to take place, are inherently subject to significant technical, business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, the directors and management. We cannot and do not give any assurance that the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement will actually occur and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risk factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results estimated, expressed or anticipated in these statements.

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Altech Chemicals Limited ASX:ATC ABN 45 125 301 206

Suite 8, 295 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008 Australia

Telephone: +61 8 6168 1555 Facsimile: +61 8 6168 1551 Website: www.altechchemicals.com

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Altech Chemicals Limited Suite 8, 295 Rokeby Road, ASX:ATC Subiaco, Western Australia ABN 45 125 301 206 6008 Australia

Telephone: +61 8 6168 1555 Facsimile: +61 8 6168 1551 Website: www.altechchemicals.com