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BUXTON RESOURCES LIMITED AGM Information 2023

Oct 15, 2023

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16 October 2023

Dear Shareholder

BUXTON RESOURCES LIMITED – UPCOMING ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Buxton Resources Limited (ASX: BUX) (the Company) will hold the Annual General Meeting of its shareholders (Shareholders) at Suite 1, First Floor 14 - 16 Rowland Street, Subiaco, Western Australia on 17 November 2023 at 10:00am (WST) (the Meeting).

The Notice of Meeting will not be mailed to Shareholders unless there is a relevant hard copy election in place. Instead, it is available for you to view and download from this website link http://buxtonresources.com.au/investor-centre/asxannouncements.html

The Company strongly encourages all Shareholders to vote by directed proxy if they are not attending the meeting in person. To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the proxy form enclosed with this Notice as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions on the proxy form.

If the above arrangements with respect to the Meeting change, shareholders will be updated via the ASX Market Announcements Platform and also via the Company’s website at http://buxtonresources.com.au/

The Notice and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum should be read in its entirety. If a shareholder is in doubt as to how to vote, that shareholder should seek advice from an accountant, solicitor or other professional adviser prior to voting.

This announcement is authorised by the Board.

Yours sincerely,

Sam Wright Company Secretary Buxton Resources Limited

www.b uxtonre source s.com.au

PO Box 661 Suite 1, First Floor Nedlands WA 6009 14-16 Rowland Street Subiaco WA 6008

T. 08-9380 6063 E. [email protected]

BUXTON RESOURCES LIMITED ACN 125 049 550

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

For the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 17 November 2023 at 10:00am (WST) at Suite 1, First Floor, 14 - 16 Rowland Street, Subiaco, Western Australia

Shareholders are urged to vote by lodging the Proxy Form.

TIME AND PLACE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND HOW TO VOTE

Venue

The Annual General Meeting of Buxton Resources Limited will be held at:

Suite 1, First Floor Commencing 14 - 16 Rowland Street at 10:00am (WST) Subiaco, Western Australia on 17 November 2023

How to Vote

You may vote by attending the Meeting in person, by proxy or authorised representative.

Voting in Person

To vote in person, attend the Meeting on the date and at the place set out above. The Meeting will commence at 10:00am (WST).

Voting by Proxy

To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the Proxy Form as soon as possible and deliver the Proxy Form in accordance with the instructions on the Proxy Form. You may also submit your Proxy Form online in accordance with instructions on the Proxy Form.

Your Proxy Form must be received no later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting.

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BUXTON RESOURCES LIMITED ACN 125 049 550

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Buxton Resources Limited will be held at Suite 1, First Floor 14 - 16 Rowland Street, Subiaco , Western Australia on 17 November 2023 at 10:00am (WST) for the purpose of transacting the following business.

The attached Explanatory Statement is provided to supply Shareholders with information to enable Shareholders to make an informed decision regarding the Resolutions set out in this Notice. The Explanatory Statement is to be read in conjunction with this Notice.

AGENDA

GENERAL BUSINESS

ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS

To receive and consider the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2023 together with the declaration of the directors, the directors' report, the remuneration report and the auditor's report.

RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as a non-binding resolution :

" That, for the purposes of section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the adoption of the Remuneration Report in the Annual Report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2023. "

Voting exclusion :

A vote in respect of the Resolution must not be cast (in any capacity) by or on behalf of any of the following persons (the "voter"):

  • (a) a member of the key management personnel, details of whose remuneration are included in the remuneration report; or

  • (b) a closely related party of such a member. However, the voter may cast a vote on the Resolution as a proxy if the vote is not cast on behalf of a person described in paragraphs (a) or (b) and either:

  • (c) the voter is appointed as a proxy by writing that specifies the way the proxy is to vote on the Resolution; or

  • (d) the voter is the chair of the meeting and the appointment of the chair as proxy: (i) does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on the Resolution; and

  • (ii) expressly authorises the chair to exercise the proxy even if the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel for the company.

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RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – EAMON HANNON

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

" That Eamon Hannon, who retires by rotation in accordance with rule 7.3 of the Constitution of the Company, Listing Rule 14.4 and for all other purposes, and being eligible, offers himself for re-election, is hereby re-elected as a director of the Company. "

RESOLUTION 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – ANTHONY MASLIN

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

" That Anthony Maslin, who retires by rotation in accordance with rule 7.3 of the Constitution of the Company, Listing Rule 14.4 and for all other purposes, and being eligible, offers himself for re-election, is hereby re-elected as a director of the Company. "

RESOLUTION 4 – APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL 10% CAPACITY

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as a special resolution :

" That, the Company have the additional capacity to issue equity securities provided for in Listing Rule 7.1A. "

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of any person who is expected to participate in, or who will obtain a material benefit as a result of, the proposed issue (except a benefit solely by reason of being a holder of ordinary securities in the entity) or an associate of those persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

  • (a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or

  • (b) the chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the chair to vote on the Resolution as the chair decides; or

  • (c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and

  • (ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

RESOLUTION 5 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE SECURITIES UNDER EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE SCHEME

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

" That the issue of up to 10,000,000 equity securities under the 'Employee Incentive Plan' for a period of 3 years from the Meeting is approved under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.2 Exception 13(b) and for all other purposes, on the terms set out in the Explanatory Statement ."

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of a person who is eligible to participate in the Employee Incentive Plan or an associate of those persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by: (a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in

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  • accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or

  • (b) the chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the chair to vote on the Resolution as the chair decides; or

  • (c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met:

  • (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and

(ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

Restriction on proxy voting by key management personnel or closely related parties : A person appointed as proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:

  • (a) the proxy is either:

  • (i) a member of the key management personnel for the Company; or

  • (ii) a closely related party of such a member; and

  • (b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution.

However, the above prohibition does not apply if:

  • (c) the proxy is the chair of the Meeting; and (d) the appointment expressly authorises the chair of the Meeting to exercise the proxy even if the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel for the Company.

Where the chair is the related party the subject of the Resolution or is an associate of the related party, the chair cannot cast undirected proxies in respect of the Resolution.

RESOLUTION 6 – AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as a special resolution :

That, for the purposes of section 136(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to amend its existing Constitution, with effect from the close of the Meeting, to allow for the use of technology at general meetings and distribution of meeting-related documents.

There is no voting exclusion statement.

RESOLUTION 7 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE OPTIONS TO SEAMUS CORNELIUS

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

" That the issue up to 1,000,000 Options to Seamus Cornelius or his nominees is approved under and for the purposes of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, on the terms set out in the Explanatory Statement. "

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is eligible to participate in the Employee Incentive Plan or an associate of those persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

(a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that

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way; or

  • (b) the chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the chair to vote on the Resolution as the chair decides; or

  • (c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met:

  • (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and

  • (ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

Restriction on proxy voting by key management personnel or closely related parties :

A person appointed as proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:

  • (a) the proxy is either:

  • (i) a member of the key management personnel for the Company; or

  • (ii) a closely related party of such a member; and

  • (b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution.

However, the above prohibition does not apply if:

  • (c) the proxy is the chair of the Meeting; and

  • (d) the appointment expressly authorises the chair of the Meeting to exercise the proxy even if the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel for the Company.

Where the chair is the related party the subject of the Resolution or is an associate of the related party, the chair cannot cast undirected proxies in respect of the Resolution.

RESOLUTION 8 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE OPTIONS TO EAMON HANNON

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

" That the issue up to 1,000,000 Options to Eamon Hannon or his nominees is approved under and for the purposes of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, on the terms set out in the Explanatory Statement. "

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is eligible to participate in the Employee Incentive Plan or an associate of those persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

  • (a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or

  • (b) the chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the chair to vote on the Resolution as the chair decides; or

  • (c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met:

  • (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and

  • (ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

Restriction on proxy voting by key management personnel or closely related parties :

A person appointed as proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:

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  • (e) the proxy is either:

  • (i) a member of the key management personnel for the Company; or

  • (ii) a closely related party of such a member; and

  • (f) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution.

However, the above prohibition does not apply if:

  • (g) the proxy is the chair of the Meeting; and

  • (h) the appointment expressly authorises the chair of the Meeting to exercise the proxy even if the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel for the Company.

Where the chair is the related party the subject of the Resolution or is an associate of the related party, the chair cannot cast undirected proxies in respect of the Resolution.

RESOLUTION 9 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE OPTIONS TO ANTHONY MASLIN

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

" That the issue up to 1,000,000 Options to Anthony Maslin or his nominees is approved under and for the purposes of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, on the terms set out in the Explanatory Statement. "

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is eligible to participate in the Employee Incentive Plan or an associate of those persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

  • (a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or

  • (b) the chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the chair to vote on the Resolution as the chair decides; or

  • (c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met:

  • (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and

  • (ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

Restriction on proxy voting by key management personnel or closely related parties : A person appointed as proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:

  • (a) the proxy is either:

  • (i) a member of the key management personnel for the Company; or

  • (ii) a closely related party of such a member; and

  • (b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution. However, the above prohibition does not apply if:

  • (c) the proxy is the chair of the Meeting; and

  • (d) the appointment expressly authorises the chair of the Meeting to exercise the proxy even if the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel for the Company.

Where the chair is the related party the subject of the Resolution or is an associate of the related party, the chair cannot cast undirected proxies in respect of the Resolution.

RESOLUTION 10 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE OPTIONS TO STUART FOGARTY

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To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

" That the issue up to 1,000,000 Options to Stuart Fogarty or his nominees is approved under and for the purposes of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, on the terms set out in the Explanatory Statement. "

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is eligible to participate in the Employee Incentive Plan or an associate of those persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

  • (a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or

  • (b) the chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the chair to vote on the Resolution as the chair decides; or

  • (c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and

(ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

Restriction on proxy voting by key management personnel or closely related parties : A person appointed as proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:

(a) the proxy is either: (i) a member of the key management personnel for the Company; or (ii) a closely related party of such a member; and (b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution. However, the above prohibition does not apply if: (c) the proxy is the chair of the Meeting; and (d) the appointment expressly authorises the chair of the Meeting to exercise the proxy even if the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel for the Company. Where the chair is the related party the subject of the Resolution or is an associate of the related party, the chair cannot cast undirected proxies in respect of the Resolution.

VOTING AND PROXIES

  1. A Shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint not more than two proxies. Where more than one proxy is appointed, each proxy must be appointed to represent a specified proportion of the Shareholder's voting rights. If the Shareholder appoints two proxies and the appointment does not specify this proportion, each proxy may exercise half of the votes. A proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company.

  2. Where a voting exclusion applies, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by the person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the chair of the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.

  3. The chair of the Meeting will vote undirected proxies on, and in favour of, all of the proposed resolutions, including Resolutions 1, 5 and 7-10. The Proxy Form expressly authorises the chair

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of the Meeting to exercise the proxy in relation to Resolutions 1 and 5 even though these Resolutions are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of key management personnel. Any undirected proxies held by a Director, any member of the key management personnel or any of their closely related parties (who are not the chair) will not be voted on Resolutions 1, 5 and 7-10.

  1. Key management personnel of the Company are the Directors and those other persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling of the activities of the Company, directly or indirectly. Closely related parties are defined in the Corporations Act, and include certain family members, dependants and companies controlled by key management personnel.

  2. In accordance with Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Act, the Directors have set a date to determine the identity of those entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting. The date is 15 November 2023 at 4.00pm (WST).

  3. If using the Proxy Form, please complete, sign and return it to the Company's registered office in accordance with the instructions on that form. Voting online is available.

By order of the Board

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Sam Wright Company Secretary

Dated: 22 September 2023

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BUXTON RESOURCES LIMITED ACN 125 049 550

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This Explanatory Statement is intended to provide Shareholders with sufficient information to assess the merits of the Resolutions contained in the Notice.

The Directors recommend that Shareholders read this Explanatory Statement in full before making any decision in relation to the Resolutions.

1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

The business of the Annual General Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2023 together with the declaration of the directors, the directors’ report, the remuneration report and the auditor’s report.

The Company is not required to provide a hard copy of the Company’s annual financial report to Shareholders unless a Shareholder has specifically elected to receive a printed copy.

Whilst the Company will not provide a hard copy of the Company’s annual financial report unless specifically requested to do so, Shareholders may view the Company annual financial report on its website at www.buxtonresources.com.au.

Shareholders will be offered the following opportunities:

  • (a) discuss the annual financial report for the financial period ended 30 June 2023;

  • (b) ask questions and make comment on the management of the Company; and

  • (c) ask the auditor questions about the conduct of the audit, preparation and content of the auditor's report, the accounting policies adopted by the Company in relation to the preparation of the financial statements and the independence of the auditor in relation to the conduct of the audit.

2. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

2.1

General

The Corporations Act requires that at a listed company’s annual general meeting, a resolution that the Remuneration Report be adopted must be put to the shareholders. However, such a resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.

The Remuneration Report sets out the Company’s remuneration arrangements for the Directors and senior management of the Company. The Remuneration Report is part of the Directors’ Report contained in the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ending 30 June 2023.

A reasonable opportunity will be provided for questions about or comments on the Remuneration Report at the Annual General Meeting.

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2.2 Voting Consequences

Under the Corporations Act, if 25% or more of votes that are cast are voted against the adoption of the Remuneration Report at two consecutive annual general meetings, Shareholders will be required to vote at the second of those annual general meetings on a resolution (a "Spill Resolution") that another general meeting be held within 90 days at which all of the Directors (other than the Managing Director) must go up for re-election.

2.3

Previous voting results

At the Company's previous annual general meeting, the votes cast against the Remuneration Report considered at that annual general meeting were less than 25%. Accordingly, the Spill Resolution is not relevant for this Meeting.

2.4

Proxy restrictions

If you choose to appoint a proxy, you are encouraged to direct your proxy how to vote on this Resolution (Remuneration Report) by marking either "For", "Against" or "Abstain" on the Proxy Form for this Resolution.

If you appoint a member of the key management personnel whose remuneration details are included in the Remuneration Report (who is not the Chairman) or a closely related party of that member as your proxy, and you do not direct that person on how to vote on this Resolution, the proxy cannot exercise your vote and your vote will not be counted in relation to this Resolution.

The Chairman intends to vote all undirected proxies in favour of this Resolution. If the Chairman of the Meeting is appointed as your proxy and you have not specified the way the Chairman is to vote on this Resolution, by signing and returning the Proxy Form you are giving express authorisation for the Chairman to vote the proxy in accordance with the Chairman's intention.

Key management personnel of the Company are the Directors and those other persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, directly or indirectly. The Remuneration Report identifies the Company’s key management personnel for the financial year to 30 June 2023. Their closely related parties are defined in the Corporations Act, and include certain of their family members, dependants and companies they control.

3. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – EAMON HANNON

Rule 7.3 of the Constitution requires that at each annual general meeting, one-third of directors for the time being (rounded down to the nearest whole number) shall retire from office. Additionally, Listing Rule 14.4 provides that a Director must retire from office no later than the longer of the third annual general meeting of the Company or 3 years following that Director's last election or appointment. The retirement rules do not apply to the managing director.

Mr Eamon Hannon has been a Director since February 2016 and has served as Managing Director from this time until 8 August 2023. From this date, Mr Hannon has held the office of a Non-Executive Director. The retirement rules therefore now apply to Mr Hannon. He retires by rotation in accordance with the Constitution, and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Director.

Mr Hannon is a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Details of the qualifications and experience of Mr Hannon is set out in the Company's 2023 Annual Report.

The Board of the Company, with Mr Hannon abstaining, recommends the re-election of Eamon Hannon as a Director.

4. RESOLUTION 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – ANTHONY MASLIN

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Section 3 above refers to the director retirement rules relevant to the Company.

Mr Anthony Maslin has been a director since [*]. He retires by rotation in accordance with the Constitution, and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Director.

Mr Maslin is a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Details of the qualifications and experience of Mr Maslin is set out in the Company's 2023 Annual Report.

The Board of the Company, with Mr Maslin abstaining, recommends the re-election of Anthony Maslin as a Director.

5. RESOLUTION 4 – APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL 10% CAPACITY

5.1

Background

Broadly speaking, and subject to a number of exceptions, Listing Rule 7.1 limits the amount of equity securities that a listed company can issue without the approval of its shareholders over any 12 month period to 15% of the fully paid ordinary securities it had on issue at the start of that period.

Under Listing Rule 7.1A, however, an eligible entity can seek approval from its members, by way of a special resolution passed at its annual general meeting, to increase this 15% limit by an extra 10% to 25%.

An " eligible entity " means an entity which is not included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index and which has a market capitalisation of $300 million or less. The Company is an eligible entity for these purposes.

This Resolution seeks Shareholder approval by way of special resolution for the Company to have the additional 10% capacity provided for in Listing Rule 7.1A to issue equity securities without Shareholder approval.

If this Resolution is passed, the Company will be able to issue equity securities up to the combined 25% limit in Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A without any further Shareholder approval.

If this Resolution is not passed, the Company will not be able to access the additional 10% capacity to issue equity securities without shareholder approval provided for in Listing Rule 7.1A and will remain subject to the 15% limit on issuing equity securities without Shareholder approval set out in Listing Rule 7.1.

5.2 Specific information required by Listing Rule 7.3A

(i) Period for which approval is valid

An approval under Listing Rule 7.1A commences on the date of the annual general meeting at which the approval is obtained and expires on the first to occur of the following:

  • (a) The date that is 12 months after the date of the annual general meeting at which the approval is obtained.

  • (b) The time and date of the Company's next annual general meeting.

  • (c) The time and date of the approval by Shareholders of a transaction under Listing Rule 11.1.2 or Listing Rule 11.2.

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(ii) Minimum price at which equity securities may be issued

Any equity securities issued under Listing Rule 7.1A must be in an existing quoted class of the eligible entity's equity securities and issued for a cash consideration per security which is not less than 75% of the volume weighted average market price for securities in that class, calculated over the 15 Trading Days on which trades in that class were recorded immediately before:

  • (a) the date on which the price at which the securities are to be issued is agreed by the entity and the recipient of the securities; or

  • (b) if the securities are not issued within 10 Trading Days of the date in paragraph (a), the date on which the securities are issued.

(iii) Purposes for which funds raised may be used

Equity securities can only be issued under Listing Rule 7.1A for a cash consideration. Funds raised by the issue of equity securities under Listing Rule 7.1A may be used for the continued development of the Company's current assets, the acquisition of new assets or other investments (including expenses associated with such acquisition), and for general working capital.

(iv) Risk of economic and voting dilution

If this Resolution is approved by Shareholders and the Company issues equity securities under Listing Rule 7.1A, the existing Shareholders' voting power in the Company will be diluted.

There is a risk that:

  • (a) the market price for the equity securities in that class may be significantly lower on the issue date than on the date of the Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1A; and

  • (b) the equity securities may be issued at a price that is at a discount to the market price for those equity securities on the issue date.

The table below shows the potential dilution of existing Shareholders on the basis of 3 different assumed issue prices and values for variable "A" in the formula in Listing Rule 7.1A.2. This includes one example that assumes that "A" is double the number of Shares on issue at the time of the approval under Listing Rule 7.1A and that the price of Shares has fallen by 50%.

Number of Shares on Issue
(Variable "A" in Listing Rule
7.1A.2)
Number of Shares
issued under
additional 10%
capacity
Dilution Dilution Dilution
Funds raised based on
issue price of 10.25
cents
Funds raised based
on issue price of 20.5
cents
Funds raised based
on issue price of 41
cents
(50% decrease in
current issue price)
(Current issue price) (100% increase in
current issue price
171,218,568 (Current)* 17,121,857 $1,754,990 $3,509,981 $7,019,961
256,827,852 (50% increase)* 25,682,785 $2,632,485 $5,264,971 $10,529,942
342,437,136 (100% increase)* 34,243,714 $3,509,981 $7,019,961 $14,039,923
  • *The number of Shares on issue (variable "A" in the formula) could increase as a result of the issue of Shares that do not require Shareholder approval (such as under a pro-rata

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rights issue or scrip issued under a takeover offer) or that are issued with Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1.

The table has been prepared on the following assumptions:

  1. The current Shares on issue are the Shares on issue as at 22 September 2023.

  2. The issue price set out above is the closing price of the Shares on the ASX on 22 September 2023.

  3. The Company issues the maximum number of equity securities available under the additional 10% capacity.

  4. No Options are exercised into Shares before the date of the issue of the equity securities.

(v) Allocation Policy

The Company's allocation policy for the issue of equity securities under the additional 10% capacity will depend on the prevailing market conditions at the time of any proposed issue. The identity of the allottees of equity securities will be determined on a case-bycase basis having regard to the factors including but not limited to the following:

  • (a) the methods of raising funds that are available to the Company, including but not limited to, a rights issue or other issue in which existing security holders can participate;

  • (b) the effect of the issue of the equity securities on the control of the Company;

  • (c) the financial situation and solvency of the Company; and

  • (d) advice from corporate, financial and broking advisers (if applicable).

The allottees under the additional 10% capacity have not been determined as at the date of this Notice but may include existing substantial shareholders and/or new Shareholders who are not related parties or associates of a related party of the Company and may include new investors who have not previously been Shareholders.

(vi) Equity securities issued under Listing Rule 7.1A.2 in the previous 12 months

The Company has not issued or agreed to issue any equity securities under Listing Rule 7.1A.2 in the 12 months preceding this Meeting.

(vii) Voting Exclusion Statement

A voting exclusion statement is included in the Notice. At the date of the Notice, the Company has not approached any particular existing shareholder or security holder or an identifiable class of existing security holder to participate in the issue of the equity securities. No existing shareholder's votes will therefore be excluded under the voting exclusion in the Notice.

6. RESOLUTION 5 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE SECURITIES UNDER EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE SCHEME

6.1 Background

The Board has adopted a new Employee Incentive Plan in 22 September 2023. This followed the introduction of a new Employee Share Scheme Regime from 1 October 2022 which replaced the previous ASIC Class Order that addressed employee security scheme issues. The new Plan

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replaces a plan that was adopted in 2015. The new Plan is consistent with the Employee Share Scheme Regime and enables the Company to issue Options, Performance Rights or Shares to eligible participants being employees (full and part-time), directors, relevant contractors, casual employees, prospective parties in these capacities and any person who provides services to the Company.

The Employee Incentive Plan is intended to provide an opportunity to eligible participants to participate in the Company's future growth and assist with reward and retention of eligible participants.

The Employee Incentive Plan is an employee incentive scheme in accordance with the Listing Rules.

A summary of the Employee Incentive Plan is set out in Schedule 1.

6.2 Listing Rule 7.2 Exception 13(b)

Broadly speaking, and subject to a number of exceptions, Listing Rule 7.1 limits the amount of equity securities that a listed company can issue without the approval of its shareholders over any 12 month period to 15% of the fully paid ordinary securities it had on issue at the start of that period.

Although Shareholder approval is not required under the Corporations Act or the Listing Rules for the operation of the Employee Incentive Plan itself, Listing Rule 7.2 Exception 13(b) provides that an issue of securities under an employee incentive scheme (such as the Employee Incentive Plan) will not be included in calculating the Company's placement limit in Listing Rule 7.1 if it is made within 3 years after shareholders approve the issue of equity securities under the scheme as an exception to the placement limits.

By this Resolution the Company is seeking approval to issue securities under the Employee Incentive Plan for a period of 3 years from the Meeting to eligible participants who are not Directors or Listing Rule 10.14 parties, so that the issue of securities is excluded in calculating the placement limit in Listing Rule 7.1.

This will enable the Company to retain as much flexibility as possible to issue additional equity securities into the future without having to obtain Shareholder approval to such issues under Listing Rule 7.1.

If this Resolution is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with issues of securities under the Employee Incentive Plan for a period of 3 years from the Meeting and these issues will be excluded in calculating the Company's placement limit in Listing Rule 7.1, effectively increasing the number of equity securities it can issue without Shareholder approval.

If this Resolution is not passed, any issues of securities under the Employee Incentive Plan will be included in calculating the Company's placement limits in Listing Rule 7.1, effectively decreasing the number of equity securities it can issue without Shareholder approval.

For Shareholders to approve the issue of securities under the Employee Incentive Plan for a period of 3 years from the Meeting, the following information is provided to Shareholders in accordance with Listing Rule 7.2 Exception 13(b):

  • (a) A summary of the Employee Incentive Plan is set out in Schedule 1. Options, Performance Rights or Shares may be issued under the Employee Incentive Plan to eligible participants.

  • (b) There have been no securities issued under the Employee Incentive Plan since the Company adopted the Employee Incentive Plan on 22 September 2023. 1,060,000 securities were issued under the previous Employee Incentive Plan since the date it was last approved by Shareholders on 26 November 2020.

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  • (c) The maximum number of equity securities proposed to be issued under the Employee Incentive Plan following Shareholder approval sought by this Resolution and for the next 3 years is 10,000,000 equity securities.

Any equity securities proposed to be issued under the Employee Incentive Plan to a Director or Listing Rule 10.14 party will require separate Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 10.14 of the Listing Rules.

A voting exclusion statement applies to this Resolution.

6.3 Recommendation

The Board recommends that Shareholders approve the issue of securities under the Employee Incentive Plan as it will allow the Company to issue such securities for the benefit of eligible participants for a period of 3 years from the Meeting whilst preserving the Company's placement limits in Listing Rule 7.1 and will provide flexibility in the manner in which the Employee Incentive Plan is managed.

7. RESOLUTION 6 – AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

7.1 Background

Under section 136(2) of the Corporations Act, a company may modify or repeal its constitution or a provision of its constitution by a special resolution of Shareholders.

This Resolution seeks the approval of Shareholders to amend the Company’s Constitution by making the amendments set out in Section 7.3 below.

A copy of the amended constitution as marked up is available for review by Shareholders at the office of the Company. A copy of the amended constitution can also be sent to Shareholders upon request to the Company Secretary. Shareholders are invited to contact the Company if they have any queries or concerns.

7.2

Proposed amendment

This Resolution proposes to amend the Constitution to account for recent developments in law and general corporate practice for ASX-listed companies to use virtual meeting technology to hold meetings of Shareholders.

The Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Act 2022 amends the Corporations Act to allow for meetings of members to be held physically, as a hybrid or, if expressly permitted by the entity’s constitution, virtually (provided that members, as a whole, are given a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting).

The Company’s current Constitution does not permit the Company to hold wholly virtual general meetings. The Company would like to amend its Constitution to ensure that the Company will be able to take advantage of the increased flexibility and accessibility that the virtual meetings provision offers in respect of general meetings.

Virtual meetings are those which are held entirely online utilising audio or audio and visual communication technology.

7.3 Amendments to the Constitution

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It is proposed that the Constitution be amended by deleting Rule 6.7 of the Constitution in its entirety and replacing with the following:

  • "6.7 Use of technology at General Meetings

  • (a) To the extent permitted under the Corporations Act, Listing Rules and any other applicable law, a general meeting may be convened using virtual technology only, or at two or more venues, provided that the form of technology used provides all Members entitled to attend the meeting, as a whole, a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting without being physically present in the same place.

  • (b) The provisions of this Constitution relating to general meetings apply, so far as they can and with any necessary changes to ensure compliance with he Corporations Act, Listing Rules and any other applicable law, to general meetings held using that technology.

Where a general meeting is held using virtual technology only or at two or more venues using any form of technology:

  • (i) a Member participating in the meeting is taken to be present in person at the meeting;

  • (ii) any documents required or permitted to be tabled at the meeting will be taken to have been tabled at the meeting if the document is given, or made available, to the persons entitled to attend the meeting (whether physically or using technology) before or during the meeting; and

  • (iii) the meeting is taken to be held at the physical venue set out in the notice of meeting, or at the registered office of the Company if the meeting is held using virtual technology only.

  • 6.7A Communication of meeting documents

To the extent permitted under the Corporations Act, Listing Rules and any other applicable law, any document that is required or permitted to be given to a Member that relates to a Members’ meeting (including, but not limited to, the notice of meeting) may be distributed:

  • (a) by means of electronic communication; or

  • (b) by giving the Member (by means of an electronic communication or otherwise) sufficient information to allow the person to access the document electronically. "

7.4 Board recommendation

This Resolution is a special resolution and therefore requires approval of 75% of the votes cast by Shareholders eligible to vote.

The Board recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution.

8. RESOLUTIONS 7 TO 10 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE OPTIONS TO DIRECTORS

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8.1 General

The Board consists of Seamus Cornelius (Chairman), Eamon Hannon (Managing Director), Anthony Maslin (Non-Executive Director) and Stuart Fogarty (Non-Executive Director).

Resolutions 7 to 10 seek Shareholder approval so that the Company may issue Options to each of the Directors under the Employee Incentive Plan.

Shareholder approval is required for the purposes of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act (section 208) and Chapter 10 of the Listing Rules because each of the Directors is a related party of the Company. Shareholder approval is being sought under Listing Rule 10.14 as the securities are being issued under an employee incentive scheme (being the Employee Incentive Plan). Each of Chapter 2E and Listing Rule 10.14 are dealt with separately below.

8.2 Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act - Related Party Transaction

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act prohibits a public company from giving a financial benefit to a related party of the public company unless either:

  • (a) the giving of the financial benefit falls within one of the nominated exceptions to the provisions; or

  • (b) prior shareholder approval is obtained to the giving of the financial benefit.

For the purposes of Chapter 2E, each of the Directors is a related party of the Company.

The issue of Options to a related party is a financial benefit requiring shareholder approval in the absence of a specified exception applying.

For the purpose of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act the following information is provided.

  • (a) The related party to whom the resolution would permit the financial benefit to be given

The related parties are Seamus Cornelius (Resolution 7), Eamon Hannon (Resolution 8), Anthony Maslin (Resolution 9) and Stuart Fogarty (Resolution 10) or their nominees.

  • (b) The nature of the financial benefit

The nature of the financial benefit is the issue of up to:

  • (i) 1,000,000 Options to Seamus Cornelius (or his nominees);

  • (ii) 1,000,000 Options to Eamon Hannon (or his nominees);

  • (iii) 1,000,000 Options to Anthony Maslin (or his nominees); and

  • (iv) 1,000,000 Options to Stuart Fogarty (or her nominees).

The Options will have an exercise price of 150% of the VWAP for the 5 Trading Days on which Shares trade prior to the Meeting and an expiry date of 3 years from the issue date. The Options are intended to be issued within 1 week of the Meeting. The full terms of the Options are set out in Schedule 2.

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(c) Reasons for giving the benefit and Directors Recommendation

The purpose of the issue of the Options is to incentivise each of the Directors to provide ongoing dedicated services and provide remuneration linked to the performance of the Company. The benefit will only be received from the Options upon the Company's Share price exceeding the exercise price of the Options and thereby warranting their exercise.

Under the Company's current circumstances, the Directors consider that the incentive, represented by the issue of these Options, is a cost effective and efficient reward and incentive to be provided to each Director by the Company, as opposed to alternative forms of incentive, such as the payment of cash compensation. In addition, the Directors consider it prudent to make payment by way of the Options so as to preserve the cash reserves of the Company.

The Directors independent of the particular Director in each case (being the other Directors that are not the subject of the particular Resolution) consider that the quantity of Options together with the terms of the Options constitutes an appropriate number to adequately incentivise the Director in question in light of that Director's skill and experience and his current remuneration as detailed below.

The Company acknowledges that the issue of the Options to each of Seamus Cornelius, Anthony Maslin and Stuart Fogarty as non-executive directors may be contrary to guidelines for non-executive director remuneration in the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, 4[th] Edition suggesting that non-executive directors should not receive performance based remuneration. However, the Directors independent of the particular Director consider the issue of the Options to be reasonable in the circumstances given the Company's size and stage of development and the importance of maintaining the Company's cash reserves.

The independent Directors and in each case recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of the Resolutions.

Seamus Cornelius abstains from making a recommendation to Shareholders on Resolution 7 as he has a material personal interest in the outcome as the recipient of the Options.

Eamon Hannon abstains from making a recommendation to Shareholders on Resolution 8 as he has a material personal interest in the outcome as the recipient of the Options.

Anthony Maslin abstains from making a recommendation to Shareholders on Resolution 9 as he has a material personal interest in the outcome as the recipient of the Options.

Stuart Fogarty abstains from making a recommendation to Shareholders on Resolution 10 as he has a material personal interest in the outcome as the recipient of the Options.

  • (d) Current total remuneration package

The current total remuneration received by Seamus Cornelius is $40,000 per year director's fee plus statutory superannuation.

The current total remuneration received by Eamon Hannon is $40,000 per year director’s plus statutory superannuation.

The current total remuneration received by Anthony Maslin is $25,000 per year director's fee plus statutory superannuation.

The current total remuneration received by Stuart Fogarty is $25,000 per year director's fee plus statutory superannuation.

  • (e) Existing relevant interests

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As at the date of this Notice, the Directors have a relevant interest in securities of the Company as set out below.

Shares Options
Seamus Cornelius 2,552,713 1,000,0001
Eamon Hannon 936,150 3,000,0002
Anthony Maslin 943,829 1,000,0003
Stuart Fogarty 292,763 1,000,0003
  1. These Options are unlisted with an exercise price of 14 cents and an expiry date of 25 November 2025.

  2. 1,500,000 Options are unlisted with an exercise price of 14 cents and an expiry date of 25 November 2025 and 1,500,000 Options are unlisted with an exercise price of 16 cents and an expiry date of 24 November 2024.

  3. These Options are unlisted with an exercise price of 14 cents and an expiry date of 25 November 2025.

(f)

Dilution

The passing of the Resolutions would have the effect of issuing up to 4,000,000 Options to the Directors.

If any of the Options are exercised into Shares, the effect will be to dilute the shareholding of existing Shareholders. If all the 4,000,000 Options were exercised into Shares, the effect would be to dilute the shareholding of the existing Shareholders by approximately 2.33% based on the total number of Shares on issue at the date of this Notice of 171,218,568.

(g) Trading history

The following table gives details of the highest, lowest and the latest closing price of the Company's Shares trading on the ASX over the last 12 months.

Closing Price Date
Highest Price 25 cents 22 February 2023
Lowest Price 9 cents 3, 4 & 10 October 2022
Latest Price 20.5 cents 22 September 2023

(h) Valuation of Options

The Company's independent advisers, RSM Corporate Australia Pty Ltd, have valued the Options to be issued by reference to the binominal option valuation model.

The following assumptions have been made regarding the inputs required for the model:

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Input Note
Number of Options 4,000,000
Underlying share spot price 20.5 cents 1
Exercise Price assumed 30.75 cents 2
Dividend rate Nil 3
Risk free rate 2.96% 4
Volatility 95% 5
Life of the Options 3 years 6
Valuation 10.7 cents
  • Note 1: The underlying share spot price used for the purpose of the valuation is based on the closing Share price of 20.5 cents on 22 September 2022.

  • Note 2: The exercise price is 150% of the VWAP for the 5 Trading Days on which Shares trade prior to the Meeting. The example uses 30.75 cents being 150% of the 5 day VWAP of 20.5 cents at the valuation date of 22 September 2022.

  • Note 3: No dividends are expected to be paid during the life of the Options.

  • Note 4: The risk free rate is based on to the Commonwealth Government 3 year bond rate of 2.96%.

  • Note 5: The volatility was calculated from the Company's historical trading volatility over 3, 2 and 1 year periods and is 95%.

  • Note 6: The life of the Options has been assumed to be 3 years.

Based on the above assumptions, the Options have been valued as follows:

Number and Value of Options
Seamus Cornelius 1,000,000 Options – $30,750 (10.7 cents each)
Eamon Hannon 1,000,000 Options – $30,750 (10.7 cents each)
Anthony Maslin 1,000,000 Options – $30,750 (10.7 cents each)
Stuart Fogarty 1,000,000 Options – $30,750 (10.7 cents each)

(i) Other information

The Directors do not consider that there are opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the Company in issuing the Options.

The Directors are not aware of any other information that is reasonably required by Shareholders to allow them to make a decision as to whether it is in the best interests of the Company to pass the Resolutions.

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8.3 Listing Rule 10.14

By the Resolutions, the Company is proposing to issue Options to each of its Directors under the Employee Incentive Plan, which is an employee incentive scheme (" Issue ").

Listing Rule 10.14 provides that a listed company must not permit any of the following persons to acquire equity securities under an employee incentive scheme:

  • (a) Listing Rule 10.14.1 – a director of the listed company;

  • (b) Listing Rule 10.14.2 – an associate of a director of the listed company; or

  • (c) Listing Rule 10.14.3 – a person whose relationship with the listed company or a person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1 or 10.14.2 is such that, in ASX's opinion, the acquisition should be approved by its shareholders,

unless it obtains the approval of its shareholders.

The Issue falls within Listing Rule 10.14.1 above and therefore requires the approval of the Company's Shareholders under Listing Rule 10.14.

The Resolutions seek the required Shareholder approval to the Issue under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14.

In each case, if the Resolution is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the Issue and the particular Director will be able to be issued the Options under the Employee Incentive Plan.

In each case, if the Resolution is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the Issue and this incentive will not be issued to the particular Director. No other replacement incentive is currently proposed.

8.4 Listing Rule 10.15

For Shareholders to approve the issue of the Options under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14, the following information is provided to Shareholders in accordance with Listing Rule 10.15:

  • (a) The securities will be issued to Seamus Cornelius or his nominees (Resolution 7), Eamon Hannon or his nominees (Resolution 8), Anthony Maslin or his nominees (Resolution 9) and Stuart Fogarty or his nominees (Resolution 10).

  • (b)

  • Each of the persons referred to above is a Director and is a Listing Rule 10.14.1 party.

  • (c) The number of securities the Company will issue is up to 1,000,000 Options to Seamus Cornelius or his nominees (Resolution 7), up to 1,000,000 Options to Eamon Hannon or his nominees (Resolution 8), up to 1,000,000 Options to Anthony Maslin or his nominees (Resolution 9) and up to 1,000,000 Options to Stuart Fogarty or his nominees (Resolution 10).

  • (d) The current total remuneration package of each of the Directors is set out in Section 8.2(d) above.

  • (e) The securities that have previously been issued to the Directors the subject of Resolutions 8 to 11 under the Employee Incentive Plan is:

Seamus Cornelius - 1,200,000 unlisted options exercise price of 12 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2019 (lapsed)

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800,000 unlisted options exercise price of 15 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2019 (lapsed)

600,000 unlisted options exercise price of 19 cents and expiry date of 30/6/2021 (lapsed)

  • 1,000,000 unlisted options exercise price of 15 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2022 (lapsed)

  • 1,000,000 unlisted options exercise price of 14 cents and expiry date of 25/11/2025

  • Eamon Hannon - 2,000,000 unlisted options exercise price of 12 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2019 (lapsed)

  • 1,200,000 unlisted options exercise price of 15 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2019 (lapsed)

  • 2,000,000 unlisted options exercise price of 19 cents and expiry date of 30/6/2021 (lapsed)

  • 1,500,000 unlisted options exercise price of 15 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2022 (lapsed)

  • 1,500,000 unlisted options exercise price of 16 cents and expiry date of 25/11/2024

  • 1,500,000 unlisted options exercise price of 14 cents and expiry date of 25/11/2025

  • Anthony Maslin - 1,200,000 unlisted options exercise price of 12 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2019 (lapsed)

  • 800,000 unlisted options exercise price of 15 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2019 (lapsed)

600,000 unlisted options exercise price of 19 cents and expiry date of 30/6/2021 (lapsed)

  • 1,000,000 unlisted options exercise price of 15 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2022 (lapsed)

  • 1,000,000 unlisted options exercise price of 14 cents and expiry date of 25/11/2025

  • Stuart Fogarty - 600,000 unlisted options exercise price of 19 cents and expiry date of 30/6/2021 (lapsed)

  • 1,000,000 unlisted options exercise price of 15 cents and expiry date of 30/11/2022 (l

  • 1,000,000 unlisted options exercise price of 14 cents and expiry date of 25/11/2025apsed)

In each case the securities have been issued for nil acquisition price and the average acquisition price is nil.

  • (f) The securities to be issued are Options with an exercise price of 150% of the VWAP for the 5 Trading Days on which Shares trade prior to the Meeting and an expiry date of 3 years from the issue date. The full terms of the Options are set out in Schedule 2. Options are being issued under the Employee Incentive Plan as the Directors consider this incentive is a cost effective and efficient reward and incentive and will preserve the cash reserves of the Company as opposed to the payment of cash compensation. The value of the Options with the disclosure of the assumptions is set out in Section 8.2(h) above.

  • (g) The securities are intended to be issued within 1 week of the Meeting.

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  • (h) The Options will be issued for no consideration and there is no issue price.

  • (i) The material terms of the Employee Incentive Plan are summarised in Schedule 1.

  • (j) No loan will be made to any of the Directors in relation to the issue of the Options under the Employee Incentive Plan.

  • (k) Details of any securities issued under the Employee Incentive Plan to Listing Rule 10.14 parties will be published in the annual report of the Company relating to the period in which they were issued, along with a statement that approval for the issue was obtained under Listing Rule 10.14.

Any additional persons covered by Listing Rule 10.14 who become entitled to participate in an issue of securities under the Employee Incentive Plan after this Resolution is approved and who were not named in this Notice will not participate until approval is obtained under Listing Rule 10.14.

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BUXTON RESOURCES LIMITED ACN 125 049 550

GLOSSARY

In the Notice and this Explanatory Statement the following expressions have the following meanings:

" Annual General Meeting " or " Meeting " means the meeting convened by this Notice.

" ASX " means the ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691).

" ASX Listing Rules " or " Listing Rules " means the Listing Rules of the ASX.

" Board " means the Board of Directors of the Company.

" Chair " or " Chairman " means the chairperson of the Company.

" Company " or " BUX " means Buxton Resources Limited (ACN 125 049 550).

" Constitution " means the constitution of the Company.

" Corporations Act " means Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

" Directors " mean the directors of the Company from time to time.

" equity securities " has the same meaning as in the Listing Rules.

" Explanatory Statement " means this Explanatory Statement.

" Notice " means the notice of meeting that accompanies this Explanatory Statement.

" Option " means an option to subscribe for a Share.

" Performance Rights " means a right to acquire a Share subject to the satisfaction of applicable vesting conditions.

" Resolution " means a resolution referred to in the Notice.

" Share " means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.

" Shareholder " means a registered holder of Shares in the Company.

" Trading Day " has the same meaning as in the Listing Rules.

" WST " means Western Standard Time, Perth, Western Australia.

" A$ " or " $ " means Australian dollars unless otherwise stated.

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SCHEDULE 1

Terms of Employee Incentive Plan (Resolution 5)

1. Purpose The purpose of the Employee Incentive Plan is to provide an incentive for eligible participants to participate in the future growth of the Company and to offer any of Options, Performance Rights or Shares to assist with reward, retention, motivation and recruitment of eligible participants.

2. Eligible Participants Eligible participants include a full or part-time employee, or a director of the Company or a subsidiary, relevant contractors, casual employees and prospective parties in these capacities and any person who provides services to the Company ("Eligible Participants").

3. Offers

  • Subject to any necessary Shareholder approval, the Board may offer Options, Performance Rights or Shares to Eligible Participants for nil consideration.

4. Expiry Date The expiry date of any Options or Performance Rights will be determined by the Board.

5. Vesting Conditions An Option or Performance Right may only be exercised after it has and Lapse vested and before its expiry date. The Board may determine the conditions upon the vesting of the Options or Performance Rights at its discretion. By way of example, the Board may impose Share price and/or continuous service vesting hurdles.

An Option or Performance Right lapses upon various events including a vesting condition not being satisfied, a participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant (except for certain matters such as death or permanent disablement) and upon misconduct by a participant.

The Board may issue Options under a cashless exercise facility where the holder of Options can elect to receive less Shares on exercise of the Options in lieu of paying the exercise price in cash.

6. Shares issued on Each Option or Performance Right entitles the holder to one fully paid vesting ordinary share on exercise or vesting.

7. Transferability and An Option or Performance Right may not be transferred without the prior quotation written approval of the Board or by force of law. Quotation of the Options or Performance Rights on the ASX will not be sought. However, the Company will apply for official quotation of Shares issued on the exercise of the Options or vesting of the Performance Rights.

8. No voting or The Options or Performance Rights are personal and do not confer any dividend rights entitlement to attend or vote at meetings, any entitlement to dividends or any entitlement to participate in any return of capital unless the Options or Performance Rights are vested and the underlying Shares have been issued.

9. No participation The Options or Performance Rights do not entitle the holder to rights participate in the issue of securities unless the Options or Performance

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Rights are exercised or vested and Shares have been issued before the record date for determining entitlements.

10. Limitation on Securities to be issued under the Employee Incentive Plan in any 3 year number of period must not exceed 5% of the total number of Shares on issue at the securities time of the relevant offer. Various excluded offers may be disregarded so as to not count for the 5% limit being an offer where there is no monetary consideration, any offer to a person outside Australia, an offer not requiring disclosure to investors because of section 708 of the Corporations Act or an offer made under a disclosure document.

11. Administration of The Employee Incentive Plan will be administered under the directions the Employee of the Board and the Board may determine procedures for the Incentive Plan administration of the Employee Incentive Plan as it considers appropriate.

12. Operation The operation of the Employee Incentive Plan is subject to the Listing Rules and the Corporations Act.

13. Application of Subdivision 83A-C (deferred inclusion of gain in assessable income) of Subdivision 83A-C the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) applies to the Employee of the Income Tax Incentive Plan and holders of securities issued under the Employee Assessment Act Incentive Plan may agree to a restriction period for the disposal or 1997 (Cth) transfer of the securities including any underlying securities.

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SCHEDULE 2

Terms of Options (Resolutions 7 to 10)

Options

The terms of the Options are:

  1. Each Option entitles the holder to one Share (fully paid ordinary share) upon exercise of the Option.

  2. The exercise price of the Options is 150% of the VWAP for the 5 Trading Days on which Shares trade prior to the Meeting (Exercise Price).

  3. The Options are exercisable at any time prior to 5.00 pm WST on the date 3 years from the issue date (Expiry Date).

  4. The Options are only transferable with Board approval. The Options are not intended to be quoted.

  5. The Company will provide to each Option holder a notice that is to be completed when exercising the Options (Notice of Exercise). Prior to the Expiry Date, the Options may be exercised wholly or in part by completing the Notice of Exercise and delivering it together with payment to the secretary of the Company to be received any time prior to the Expiry Date. The Company will process all relevant documents received at the end of every calendar month.

  6. Upon the exercise of an Option and receipt of all relevant documents and payment, the holder will be issued a Share ranking equally with the then issued Shares.

  7. There will be no participating rights or entitlements inherent in the Options and the holders will not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital which may be offered to Shareholders during the currency of the Options. Thereby, the Optionholder has no rights to a change in the exercise price of the Option or a change to the number of underlying securities over which the Option can be exercised except in the event of a bonus issue. However, the Company will ensure that the Optionholder will be notified of a proposed issue after the issue is announced. This will give an Optionholder the opportunity to exercise their Options prior to the date for determining entitlements to participate in any such issue.

  8. If there is a bonus issue (Bonus Issue) to Shareholders, the number of Shares over which an Option is exercisable will be increased by the number of Shares which the holder would have received if the Option had been exercised before the record date for the Bonus Issue (Bonus Shares). The Bonus Shares must be paid up by the Company out of profits or reserves (as the case may be) in the same manner as was applied in the Bonus Issue, and upon issue will rank equally in all respects with the other Shares on issue as at the date of issue of the Bonus Shares.

  9. In the event of any reconstruction (including consolidation, sub-division, reduction or return) of the issued capital of the Company prior to the Expiry Date, all rights of an Optionholder are to be changed in a manner consistent with the Listing Rules.

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Buxton Resources Limited ABN 86 125 049 550

Need assistance?

Phone:

1300 850 505 (within Australia) +61 3 9415 4000 (outside Australia)

Online:

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BUX

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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

For your proxy appointment to be effective it must be received by 10am (WST) on Wednesday, 15 November 2023.

Proxy Form

How to Vote on Items of Business

Lodge your Proxy Form:

XX

All your securities will be voted in accordance with your directions.

Online:

APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

Voting 100% of your holding: Direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item of business. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote or abstain as they choose (to the extent permitted by law). If you mark more than one box on an item your vote will be invalid on that item.

Voting a portion of your holding: Indicate a portion of your voting rights by inserting the percentage or number of securities you wish to vote in the For, Against or Abstain box or boxes. The sum of the votes cast must not exceed your voting entitlement or 100%.

Appointing a second proxy: You are entitled to appoint up to two proxies to attend the meeting and vote on a poll. If you appoint two proxies you must specify the percentage of votes or number of securities for each proxy, otherwise each proxy may exercise half of the votes. When appointing a second proxy write both names and the percentage of votes or number of securities for each in Step 1 overleaf.

Lodge your vote online at www.investorvote.com.au using your secure access information or use your mobile device to scan the personalised QR code.

Your secure access information is

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Control Number: 999999

SRN/HIN: I9999999999 PIN: 99999

For Intermediary Online subscribers (custodians) go to www.intermediaryonline.com

A proxy need not be a securityholder of the Company.

SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTAL FORMS

Individual: Where the holding is in one name, the securityholder must sign.

Joint Holding: Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the securityholders should sign.

Power of Attorney: If you have not already lodged the Power of Attorney with the registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.

Companies: Where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Please sign in the appropriate place to indicate the office held. Delete titles as applicable.

By Mail:

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited GPO Box 242 Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia

By Fax:

1800 783 447 within Australia or +61 3 9473 2555 outside Australia

PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING

Corporate Representative

If a representative of a corporate securityholder or proxy is to participate in the meeting you will need to provide the appropriate “Appointment of Corporate Representative”. A form may be obtained from Computershare or online at www.investorcentre.com/au and select "Printable Forms".

PLEASE NOTE: For security reasons it is important that you keep your SRN/HIN confidential.

You may elect to receive meeting-related documents, or request a particular one, in electronic or physical form and may elect not to receive annual reports. To do so, contact Computershare.

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MR SAM SAMPLE FLAT 123 123 SAMPLE STREET THE SAMPLE HILL SAMPLE ESTATE SAMPLEVILLE VIC 3030

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Change of address. If incorrect, mark this box and make the correction in the space to the left. Securityholders sponsored by a broker (reference number commences with ‘ X ’) should advise your broker of any changes.

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Proxy Form

Please mark

to indicate your directions

Step 1 Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf

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I/We being a member/s of Buxton Resources Limited hereby appoint

the Chairman OR of the Meeting

PLEASE NOTE: Leave this box blank if you have selected the Chairman of the Meeting. Do not insert your own name(s).

or failing the individual or body corporate named, or if no individual or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions (or if no directions have been given, and to the extent permitted by law, as the proxy sees fit) at the Annual General Meeting of Buxton Resources Limited to be held at Buxton Resources, Suite 1, First Floor, 14 - 16 Rowland St, Subiaco WA 6008 on Friday, 17 November 2023 at 10:00am (WST) and at any adjournment or postponement of that meeting.

Chairman authorised to exercise undirected proxies on remuneration related resolutions: Where I/we have appointed the Chairman of the Meeting as my/our proxy (or the Chairman becomes my/our proxy by default), I/we expressly authorise the Chairman to exercise my/our proxy on Resolutions 1, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 (except where I/we have indicated a different voting intention in step 2) even though Resolutions 1, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of key management personnel, which includes the Chairman. Important Note: If the Chairman of the Meeting is (or becomes) your proxy you can direct the Chairman to vote for or against or abstain from voting on Resolutions 1, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 by marking the appropriate box in step 2.

Step 2 Items of Business

PLEASE NOTE: If you mark the Abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority.

For
Against Abstain
For
Against Abstain
For
Against Abstain
For
Against Abstain
For
Against Abstain
For
Against Abstain
For
Against Abstain
For
Against Abstain
Resolution 1
Adoption of
Remuneration
Report
Resolution 8
Approval to issue
Options to Eamon
Hannon
Resolution 2
Re-election of
Director – Eamon
Hannon
Resolution 9
Approval to issue
Options to
Anthony Maslin
Resolution 3
Re-election of
Director – Anthony
Maslin
Resolution 10
Approval to issue
Options to Stuart
Fogarty
Resolution 4
Approval of
Additional 10%
Capacity
Resolution 5
Approval to issue
Securities under
Employee
Incentive Scheme
Resolution 6
Amendment to
Constitution
Resolution 7
Approval to issue
Options to
Seamus Cornelius

The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business. In exceptional circumstances, the Chairman of the Meeting may change his/her voting intention on any resolution, in which case an ASX announcement will be made.

Step 3 Signature of Securityholder(s)

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Individual or Securityholder 1 Securityholder 2 Securityholder 3
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Sole Director & Sole Company Secretary Director Director/Company Secretary Date
Update your communication details (Optional) By providing your email address, you consent to receive future Notice
Mobile Number Email Address of Meeting & Proxy communications electronically
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