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BOWEN COKING COAL LIMITED Investor Presentation 2021

Mar 14, 2021

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15 March 2021

Investor Presentation

BUILDING THE BOWEN BASIN’S NEXT MID-TIER COKING COAL PRODUCER

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Disclaimer

Cautionary Statement

This presentation has been prepared by Bowen Coking Coal Limited (BCB, ASX:BCB or Bowen). This document contains background information about Bowen current at the date of this presentation. The presentation is in summary form and does not purport to be all-inclusive or complete. Recipients should conduct their own investigations into the completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation and perform their own analysis in order to satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of this information.

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Listing Rule 5.23 Statement

The statements in this presentation concerning Mineral Resource Estimates at Cooroorah Project are as set out in an announcement dated 27 April 2018, for Isaac River Project are as set out in an announcement dated 1 November 2018, for Hillalong are as set out in an announcement dated 9 June 2020 and for Broadmeadow East are as set out in an announcement dated 24 June 2020.

The statements concerning exploration results at:

This presentation is for information purposes only. Neither this presentation nor the information contained in it constitutes an offer, invitation, solicitation or recommendation in relation to the purchase or sales of shares or other securities in any jurisdiction. This presentation is not a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other offering document under Australian law (and will not be lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)) or any other law.

This presentation does not constitute investment or financial product advice (nor tax, accounting or legal advice) and has been prepared without taking into account the recipient’s investment objectives, financial circumstances or particular needs and the opinions and recommendations in this presentation are not intended to represent recommendations of particular investments to particular persons. Recipients should seek professional advice when deciding if an investment is appropriate. All securities involve risks which include (among others) the risk of adverse or unanticipated market, financial or political developments.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Bowen, its officers, employees, agents and advisors do not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the currency, accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information, statements, opinions, estimates, forecasts or other representations contained in this presentation.

No responsibility for any errors or omissions from this presentation arising out of negligence or otherwise are accepted. This presentation may include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are outside the control of Bowen. Actual values, results or events may be materially different to those expressed or implied in this presentation. Given these uncertainties, recipients are cautioned not to place reliance on forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this presentation speak only at the date of issue of this presentation.

Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law, Bowen does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any information or any of the forward-looking statements in this presentation or any changes in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such forward-looking statement is based.

  • Cooroorah refer to announcements released on 14 December 2017, 21 December 2017, 12 February 2018, 14 February 2018, 27 April 2018 and 20 June 2018, 19 November 2018, 6 December 2018, 12 February 2019 and 3 April 2019;

  • Hillalong refer to announcements released on 15 February 2018. 9 July 2018, 27 November 2019, 5 May 2020, 9 June 2020 28 August 2020 and 5 March 2021 ; and

  • Isaac River refer to announcements released on 4 December 2017, 1 November 2018, 11 March 2019, 8 May 2019, 3 June 2019, 5 July 2019, 23 August 2019 and 12 September 2019, 1 October 2020.

  • Broadmeadow East refer to announcement released on 24 June 2020, 30 September 2020 and 12 February 2021

The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcements and, in the case of estimates of mineral resources or ore reserves, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed. The company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.

Competent Persons Statement

The information in this presentation relating to coal resource estimates is based on information compiled and reviewed by Mr Troy Turner, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. Mr Turner, Managing Director and a fulltime employee of Xenith Consulting Pty Ltd, has sufficient experience that is relevant to the styles of mineralisation under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr Turner consents to the inclusion in the presentation of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Profile

Bowen Coking Coal is focused on the development of high-quality coking coal projects in Queensland’s world class Bowen Basin.

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  • Broadmeadow East, Hillalong, Isaac River, and Cooroorah projects are all located near infrastructure and operating mines to maximise synergies.

  • Our flagship Broadmeadow East Project is the most advanced project and has a 33 million tonne (Mt) JORC Resource estimate with a development decision planned for this year.

  • Joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation at Hillalong (90% interest) and Stanmore Coal Limited (ASX: SMR) in the Lilyvale (15% interest) and Mackenzie (5% interest) Coking Coal Projects.

  • Management team has long history advancing coal companies from exploration to production.

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Projects located near infrastructure and operating mines

1 Broadmeadow East (100%)

Open cut and potential underground, 33Mt JORC Resource, low CAPEX, access to infrastructure. Isaac River (100%)

2

Open cut, 8.7Mt JORC; Stage 1 small open pit project, positive Scoping Study , PFS work commenced, ML and EA Applications lodged.

3 Hillalong (90%)

Open cut and underground, JV Agreement with Sumitomo (90% / 10%), maiden JORC Resource of 43Mt (northern area). Phase 2 Farm-in underway

4 Cooroorah (100%)

Underground, 177Mt Resource (96Mt Indicated) down dip of Coronado’s flagship Curragh mine

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Board

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Nick Jorss

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Mr Jorss was the founding Managing Director of Stanmore Coal (via St Lucia) where he led the company from explorer to producer through the acquisition of Isaac Plains. He has over 30 years’ experience in investment banking, civil engineering, corporate finance, and project management.

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The Bowen leadership team has successfully opened 11 coal mines and operated more that 25 coal mines worldwide

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Matt Latimore NON-EXEC DIRECTOR

Neville Sneddon

Blair Sergeant NON-EXEC DIRECTOR*1

Gerhard Redelinghuys MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO

NON-EXEC DIRECTOR

Before building M Resources, Mr Latimore was General Manager for Sales and Marketing at Wesfarmer’s Curragh Mine where he led the sales and marketing of the unit’s metallurgical and thermal coal products worldwide.

Mr Sneddon is a Mining Engineer with over 40 years experience in coal. He is the former CEO of Anglo Coal Australia, Chairman of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, and Director of Port Waratah Coal Services. He has developed and operated both underground and open cut mines.

Mr Sergeant is an experienced mining executive, having been the former Founding Managing Director of ASX listed Lemur Resources Limited, as well as the former Finance Director of Coal of Africa Limited.

Mr Redelinghuys is also the Managing Director of Cape Coal and previously Exxaro Australia, where he held the responsibility for Exxaro’s Australian projects and growth in the Bowen Basin. He started his career with PwC before moving to Exxaro where he served in various senior roles.

*1 Effective 1 May 2021

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Broadmeadow East Project

Our most advanced opencut coking coal on a granted mining lease.

  • Premier mining region, close to infrastructure.

  • JORC Resource of 33Mt[1] (6.5Mt Measured, 4.1Mt, Indicated, 23Mt Inferred).

  • High quality coking coal, secondary thermal.

  • Access for 1Mtpa (plus a further 1Mtpa subject to negotiation) at New Lenton JV CHPP, haul road and train load-out.

  • Mining Lease, land access agreement in place. EA amendment underway.

  • Development decision planned for H2 2021.

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1 See ASX Release 24 June 2020.

Broadmeadow East Project

Shallow open cut with expansion potential.

  • Successful exploration program:

  • Confirmed higher quality coking coal in the bottom section of the coal seam.

  • Confirmed seam extension and thickening towards the south in a previously unexplored area

  • Identified an additional target in the Vermont Lower seam

  • Final coal quality and washability analysis underway

  • Mine planning and contractor discussions advancing:

  • Targeting initial near term open cut mine

  • Investigating underground potential for balance of deposit

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Broadmeadow East Project

Infrastructure

Burton Mine Infrastructure – Provides low capex start up for Broadmeadow East Project.

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BCB has access to at least 1Mtpa of the existing plant and train load-out facility under the acquisition agreement.

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Broadmeadow East Project

Six-month plan

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Finalise washability and Maximise regional synergies Operational mining plans with other projects Readiness Investigate alternative Secure initial coal sales infrastructure opportunities

Environmental Authority amendment (ongoing process in parallel)

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Isaac River Project

A Stage 1 opencut project being fasttracked towards development

  • Premier mining region, along strike of BMA’s Daunia mine.

  • Scoping study has confirmed positive business case for Stage 1.

  • Mining Lease and Environmental applications lodged.

  • JORC Resource estimate of 8.7Mt[1] (5.7Mt Measured, 2.6Mt Indicated and 0.4Mt Inferred).

  • Close proximity to existing infrastructure.

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1 See ASX Release 23 August 2019.

Isaac River Project

  • Leichhardt seam (Rangal Coal Measures) from 15m deep (average 4.7m thick)

  • Vermont Upper seam found by BCB in 2019 from 25m deep and between 2.2m and 3.5m thick, demonstrated good coking coal properties

  • Rail loop and Goonyella rail system within 3km.

  • Several wash plants with additional capacity available in the area.

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Isaac River Project

Development & permitting

Defined development pathway

  • Various mine planning scenarios completed, with Contract Miner, off-site infrastructure preferred development option.

  • Costing up of mine plans and discussions with Mining Contractors underway.

  • Regional infrastructure and landholder discussions progressing.

  • Completed environmental studies and found no impediments.

  • Low capex due to minimal on-site infrastructure, haul road to a regional wash plant and train load out facility and land compensation

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Isaac River Project

Six-month plan

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Advance infrastructure Complete mining Optimise funding discussions studies Complete Environmental Mining Contractor Finalise off-take Authority Application engagement

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Hillalong Project

High quality coking coal close to Hail Creek Mine in the Bowen Basin.

  • Farm in was entered into with Japanese major Sumitomo Corporation to spend up to $7.5m to earn 20%. Phase one ($2.5m for 10%) completed and phase 2a ($2.5m for 5%) is underway

  • Maiden JORC Resource of 43Mt[1] (northern area):

  • 21Mt Indicated, 22Mt Inferred

  • 19.5Mt < 150m deep

  • Washed coal quality supports extremely positive coking properties with CSN’s as high as 8.5, fluidity up to 1500ddpm and yields as high as 93%.

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1 See ASX Release 8 June 2020.

Hillalong Project

Phase 1 exploration program

High quality coking coal confirmed

  • Coal intersected at 26 of the 27 sites drilled, less than 10% of the tenement surface area drilled to date.

  • Six sites cored for coal quality analysis (100mm) ) confirmed high yielding, high quality coking coal.

  • Main target seams (Elphinstone and Hynds Upper) sub crop within the area with intersections as shallow as 5m.

  • Seam continuance between shallow intersections and the historic deeper drill holes in the north now confirmed.

  • Open pit and underground targets now confirmed.

  • 43Mt JORC Resource declared, washability and final product quality paved the way for phase 2 program.

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Hillalong Project

Phase 2 exploration program underway

Targeting resource extension

  • Now underway, five drill sites targeting the Rangal

  • 2A seams in the southern project area.

  • Six drill sites targeting the existence of the Moranbah seams on the southern nose of the Hillalong anticline.

  • 37 kms of seismic survey covering the northern and southern project areas.

  • Sumitomo have the right to spend a further A$2.5 million to earn a further 5% interest (20% in total).

2B

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Hillalong Project

Six-month plan

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Commence phase 2 Coal quality analysis Drill northern and seismic southern area southern area central areas Commence seismic Coal quality analysis Drill southern area northern and central areas northern area

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Cooroorah Project

Potential for large scale underground mine producing HCC

  • Located between Curragh mine (and MDL 162) in the west and Jellinbah Mine in the east.

  • High quality hard coking coal, with secondary PCI, or alternatively low volatile, unwashed PCI.

  • JORC Resource of 177Mt[1] (96Mt Indicated, 81Mt Inferred) from circa 280m deep.

  • Contains 4m thick Mammoth seam from the Rangal Coal

  • Measures.

  • Close to infrastructure and major mines.

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1 See ASX Release 3 April 2019.

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Cooroorah Project

Mammoth seam

Low ash coking coal combined with high metallurgical coal yields

  • Potential for a 3.5% ash, 8–9 CSN coking coal with secondary 10% ash 7560K/kcal/kg PCI for a combined lab yield of more than 90% (ad)

  • Mammoth seam has some of the lowest ash coking coal and highest metallurgical coal yields in the Bowen Basin

  • Secondary PCI well regarded

High quality metallurgical coal which is “…attractive, with high calorific value and low sulphur and phosphorus content. The coke replacement ratio is high, placing the product in a similar class to the well established ULV PCI coals…”[1]

  • 1M Resources – global coking coal trader specialising in metallurgical coal supply to steel mills

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Mammoth Seam coking coal
Range of internationally traded coking coals
fraction compared to a range
Cooroorah coking coal
of international traded coking
Arrow indicated favourable direction
coals (ad)
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Ash % CSN Sulphur%10 Phos%100
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Marketing JV with M Resources

50:50 Joint Venture between BCB and M Resources (Market Co) to market all BCB’s coal from current wholly owned projects.

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  • Market Co engaged M Resources to operate and administer the JV under the strategic direction from the Board of Market Co, based on a Marketing Services Supplier Agreement entered into.

  • Market Co could source externally produced coal for blending and trading.

  • Formal agreements complete, and shareholder approval obtained.

  • M Resources or related parties to provide a funding facility of up to $15m for the development of BCB’s assets[2] .

1 See ASX Release 23 March 2020 and Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting dated 15 May 2020.

2 At the discretion of M Resources and subject to satisfaction of conditions, see ASX Release 23 March 2020 for details

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The Bowen Basin’s next midtier coking coal producer

1 We have the projects

Coking coal portfolio located in world class Bowen Basin with three advanced open pit projects in close proximity to existing infrastructure and mines.

2 We have the resources

Close to 50% of total resources in Measured and Indicated category.

We have the market

3

Supportive market fundamentals as global economies emerge from government-imposed lockdowns and vaccine roll-outs commence.

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4

We have the people

BCB team is made up of senior executives with extensive development experience in the coal around the world and a strong track record for transitioning companies from exploration to production.

We have the partners

5

Japanese major Sumitomo funding up to $20 million for 20% of Hillalong Project as part of JV.

M Resources or related parties to provide a funding facility of up to $15m for the development of BCB’s assets.

6 We have the strategy

Clear development pathway to production.

Asian demand increasingly important to recovery.

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Corporate snapshot

Share price[1] Market capitalisation[1] $0.052 $49.2m

52 week high 6.3c, low 2.7c

Shares on issue Enterprise value 947m 45.7m

Cash[2] $3.5m

Options 34.9m

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35%
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1Market data as at 11 March 2021.

2As at 31-Dec-20 (excluding Hillalong Joint Venture) Source: IRESS

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Corporate snapshot

Share price history

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Top 5 Shareholders

Top 5 Shareholders
Shares
(m)
%
M Resources and Matt Latimore 142.2
15.0
Cape Coal and Gerhard Redelinghuys 112.4
11.9
St Lucia Resources and Nick Jorss 61.0
6.4
Old Forrester Pty Ltd 40.3
4.3
European Institutions 100.7
10.6
Top 5 Shareholders 456.6
48.2%

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