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DELTA LITHIUM LIMITED Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2022

Jun 2, 2022

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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RED DIRT METALS LIMITED ACN 107 244 039

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

Notice is given that the Meeting will be held at:

TIME : 10:00 am (AWST) DATE : Thursday 7July 2022 PLACE : Suite 4, Level 1 6 Centro Ave SUBIACO WA 6008

The business of the Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.

This Notice of Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting.

The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders at 5.00pm on Tuesday 5 July 2022.

BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

AGENDA

1. RESOLUTION 1 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF SHARES – LISTING RULE 7.1

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

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the issue of 17,621,699 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

A voting exclusion statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

2. RESOLUTION 2 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF SHARES – LISTING RULE 7.1A

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

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the issue of 25,515,556 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

A voting exclusion statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

3. RESOLUTION 3 – ISSUE OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO DIRECTOR – MATTHEW BOYES

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

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 1,500,000 Performance Rights to Matthew Boyes (or their nominee) under the Plan on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

4. RESOLUTION 4 – ISSUE OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO DIRECTOR – ALEXANDER HEWLETT

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

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 1,000,000 Performance Rights to Alexander Hewlett (or their nominee) under the Plan on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

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5. RESOLUTION 5 – ISSUE OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO DIRECTOR – JAMES CROSER

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

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 1,000,000 Performance Rights to James Croser (or their nominee) under the Plan on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

6. RESOLUTION 6 – ISSUE OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO DIRECTOR – JIAHE GOWER HE

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

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 1,500,000 Performance Rights to Jiahe Gower He (or their nominee) under the Plan on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

7. RESOLUTION 7 – ISSUE OF OPTIONS TO DIRECTOR – TIM MANNERS

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

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 1,000,000 Options to Tim Manners (or their nominee) under the Plan on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

8. RESOLUTION 8 – RE-ADOPTION OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS AND OPTIONS PLAN

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

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 13(b)) and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to adopt an employee incentive scheme titled Incentive Performance Rights and Options Plan and for the issue of a maximum of 14,959,598 securities under that Plan, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

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Dated: 1 June 2022

By order of the Board

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Steven Wood Company Secretary

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Voting Prohibition Statements

Resolution 3 – Issue of
Incentive Performance
Rights to Director –
Matthew Boyes
A person appointed as a 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; 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:
(a)
the proxy is the Chair; and
(b)
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise
the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly
or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key
Management Personnel.
Resolution 4 – Issue of
Incentive Performance
Rights to Director –
Alexander Hewlett
A person appointed as a 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; 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:
(a)
the proxy is the Chair; and
(b)
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise
the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly
or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key
Management Personnel.
Resolution 5 – Issue of
Incentive Performance
Rights to Director – James
Croser
A person appointed as a 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; 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:
(a)
the proxy is the Chair; and
(b)
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise
the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly
or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key
Management Personnel.

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Resolution 6 – Issue of
Incentive Performance
Rights to Director – Jiahe
Gower He
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that
appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a)
the proxy is either:
(iii)
a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
(iv)
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; and
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy
even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with
remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
Resolution 7 – Issue of
Options to Director – Tim
Manners
A person appointed as a 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; 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:
(a)
the proxy is the Chair; and
(b)
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise
the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly
or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key
Management Personnel.
Resolution 8 – Re-
Adoption of Incentive
Performance Rights and
Option Plan
A person appointed as a 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; 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:
(a)
the proxy is the Chair; and
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy
even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with
remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.

Voting Exclusion Statements

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the resolution set out below by or on behalf of the following persons:

Resolution 1 –
Ratification of prior issue
of Shares
A person who participated in the issue or is a counterparty to the
agreement being approved or an associate of that person or those
persons.
Resolution 2 –
Ratification of prior issue
of Shares
A person who participated in the issue or is a counterparty to the
agreement being approved or an associate of that person or those
persons.

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Resolution 3 – Issue of
Incentive Performance
Rights to Director –
Matthew Boyes
Any person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is
eligible to participate in the employee incentive scheme in question
(including Matthew Boyes), or an associate of that person or those
persons.
Resolution 4 – Issue of
Incentive Performance
Rights to Director –
Alexander Hewlett
Any person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is
eligible to participate in the employee incentive scheme in question
(including Alexander Hewlett) or an associate of that person or those
persons.
Resolution 5 – Issue of
Incentive Performance
Rights to Director –
James Croser
Any person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is
eligible to participate in the employee incentive scheme in question
(including James Croser) or an associate of that person or those
persons.
Resolution 6 – Issue of
Incentive Performance
Rights to Director – Jiahe
Gower He
Any person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is
eligible to participate in the employee incentive scheme in question
(including Jiahe Gower He) or an associate of that person or those
persons.
Resolution 7 – Issue of
Options to Director – Tim
Manners
Any person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is
eligible to participate in the employee incentive scheme in question
(including Tim Manners) or an associate of that person or those
persons.
Resolution 8 – Re-
Adoption of Incentive
Performance Rights and
Option Plan
A person who is eligible to participate in the employee incentive
scheme or an associate of that person or those persons.

However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

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

  • (b) the Chair 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.

Voting by proxy

To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by the time and in accordance with the instructions set out on the Proxy Form.

In accordance with section 249L of the Corporations Act, Shareholders are advised that:

  • each Shareholder has a right to appoint a proxy;

  • the proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company; and

  • a Shareholder who is entitled to cast two (2) or more votes may appoint two (2) proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If the member appoints two (2) proxies and the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the member’s votes, then in accordance with section 249X(3) of the Corporations Act, each proxy may exercise one-half of the votes.

Shareholders and their proxies should be aware that:

  • if proxy holders vote, they must cast all directed proxies as directed; and

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  • any directed proxies which are not voted will automatically default to the Chair, who must vote the proxies as directed.

Voting in person

To vote in person, attend the Meeting at the time, date and place set out above.

Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on +61 8 6319 1900.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions.

1. RESOLUTIONS 1 AND 2 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF SHARES - LISTING RULES 7.1 AND 7.1A

1.1 General

On 4 March 2022, the Company issued 43,137,255 Shares at an issue price of $0.51 per Share to raise $22,000,000 ( Placement Shares ).

17,621,699 Placement Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s capacity under Listing Rule 7.1 (being, subject to Resolution 1) and 25,515,556 Placement Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s 7.1A mandate (being, the subject of Resolution 2) which was approved by Shareholders at the annual general meeting held on 18 November 2021.

The Company engaged the services of Canaccord Genuity (Australia) Limited (ACN 075 071 466) (AFSL 234666) ( Canaccord ), to manage the issue of the Placement Shares. The Company and Canaccord entered an agreement to set out the terms of Canaccord’s engagement ( Lead Manager Mandate ). Under the Lead Manager Mandate, the Company have paid Canaccord a management fee of $330,000 (being 1.5% of the amount raised under the Placement) (plus GST) and a capital raising fee of $770,000, which was made up of a guaranteed base fee of 3% of the amount raised under the Placement ( Capital Raising Fee ) (plus GST) and a 0.5% discretionary fee ( Discretionary Fee ).

1.2 Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A

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 12 month 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%.

The Company obtained approval to increase its limit to 25% at the annual general meeting held on 18 November 2021.

The issue of the Placement does not fit within any of the exceptions set out in Listing Rule 7.2 and, as it has not yet been approved by Shareholders, it effectively uses up part of the 25% limit in Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A, reducing the Company’s capacity to issue further equity securities without Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1 and 7.1A for the 12 month period following the date of issue of the Placement Shares.

1.3 Listing Rule 7.4

Listing Rule 7.4 allows the shareholders of a listed company to approve an issue of equity securities after it has been made or agreed to be made. If they do, the issue is taken to have been approved under Listing Rule 7.1 and so does not

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reduce the company’s capacity to issue further equity securities without shareholder approval under that rule.

The Company wishes to retain as much flexibility as possible to issue additional equity securities in the future without having to obtain Shareholder approval for such issues under Listing Rule 7.1. Accordingly, the Company is seeking Shareholder ratification pursuant to Listing Rule 7.4 for the issue of the Placement Shares.

Resolutions 1 and 2 seek Shareholder ratification pursuant to Listing Rule 7.4 for the issue of the Placement Shares.

1.4 Technical information required by Listing Rule 14.1A

If Resolutions 1 and 2 are passed, the Placement Shares will be excluded in calculating the Company’s combined 25% limit in Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A, effectively increasing the number of equity securities the Company can issue without Shareholder approval over the 12 month period following the date of issue of the Placement Shares.

If Resolutions 1 and 2 are not passed, the Placement Shares will be included in calculating the Company’s combined 25% limit in Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A, effectively decreasing the number of equity securities the Company can issue without Shareholder approval over the 12 month period following the date of issue of the Placement Shares.

1.5 Technical information required by Listing Rule 7.5

Pursuant to and in accordance with Listing Rule 7.5, the following information is provided in relation to Resolutions 1 and 2:

  • (a) the Placement Shares were issued to professional and sophisticated investors who are clients of Canaccord. The recipients were identified through a bookbuild process, which involved Canaccord seeking expressions of interest to participate in the capital raising from nonrelated parties of the Company;

  • (b) in accordance with paragraph 7.4 of ASX Guidance Note 21, the Company confirms that none of the recipients were:

  • (i) related parties of the Company, members of the Company’s Key Management Personnel, substantial holders of the Company, advisers of the Company or an associate of any of these parties; and

  • (ii) issued more than 1% of the issued capital of the Company;

  • (c) 43,137,255 Placement Shares were issued on the following basis:

  • (i) 17,621,699 Shares issued pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 (ratification of which is sought under Resolution 1); and

  • (ii) 25,515,556 Shares issued pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1A (ratification of which is sought under Resolution 2);

  • (d) the Placement Shares issued were all fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company issued on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s existing Shares;

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  • (e) the Placement Shares were issued on 4 March 2022;

  • (f) the issue price was $0.51 per Placement Share under both the issue of Shares pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 and Listing Rule 7.1A. The Company has not and will not receive any other consideration for the issue of the Placement Shares;

  • (g) the purpose of the issue of the Placement Shares was to raise $22,000,000 which will be applied towards accelerating exploration activities at the Mt Ida Lithium-Gold Project; and

  • (h) the Placement Shares were not issued under an agreement.

2. RESOLUTION 3 TO 6 – ISSUE OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO DIRECTORS

2.1 General

The Company has agreed, subject to obtaining Shareholder approval, to issue an aggregate of 5,000,000 Performance Rights to Matthew Boyes, Alexander Hewlett, James Croser and Jiahe Gower He (or their nominee) ( Recipients ) pursuant to the Performance Rights and Options Plan approved by Shareholders on 2 July 2019, which is to be re-adopted and updated pursuant to Resolution 8 ( Plan ) and on the terms and conditions set out below ( Incentive Performance Rights ).

2.2 Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act requires that for a public company, or an entity that the public company controls, to give a financial benefit to a related party of the public company, the public company or entity must:

  • (a) obtain the approval of the public company’s members in the manner set out in sections 217 to 227 of the Corporations Act; and

  • (b) give the benefit within 15 months following such approval,

unless the giving of the financial benefit falls within an exception set out in sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act.

The issue of the Incentive Performance Rights to the Recipients (or their nominee) constitutes giving a financial benefit and each of the Recipients is a related party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.

The Directors (other than the Recipients) consider that Shareholder approval pursuant to Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act is not required in respect of the issue of Performance Rights, because the issue of Performance Rights constitutes reasonable remuneration payable to the Recipients.

2.3

Listing Rule 10.14

Listing Rule 10.14 provides that an entity must not permit any of the following persons to acquire equity securities under an employee incentive scheme without the approval of the holders of its ordinary securities:

10.14.1 a director of the entity;

  • 10.14.2 an associate of a director of the entity; or

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  • 10.14.3 a person whose relationship with the entity or a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.14.1 to 10.14.2 is such that, in ASX’s opinion, the acquisition should be approved by security holders.

The issue of Incentive Performance Rights to the Recipients falls within Listing Rule 10.14.1 and therefore requires the approval of Shareholders under Listing Rule 10.14.

Resolutions 3 to 6 seeks the required Shareholder approval for the issue of the Incentive Performance Rights under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14.

2.4 Technical information required by Listing Rule 14.1A

If Resolutions 3 to 6 are passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Incentive Performance Rights to the Recipients under the Plan within three years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules). As approval pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for the issue of the Incentive Performance Rights (because approval is being obtained under Listing Rule 10.14), the issue of the Incentive Performance Rights will not use up any of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity.

If Resolutions 3 to 6 are not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the Incentive Performance Rights to the Recipients under the Plan.

2.5 Technical information required by Listing Rule 10.15

Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 10.15, the following information is provided in relation to Resolutions 3 to 6:

  • (a) the Incentive Performance Rights will be issued to the Recipients (or their nominee) as follows:
Tranche 1 Tranche 2 Tranche 3 Tranche 4 Tranche 5 Total
Matthew
Boyes
750,000 375,000 375,000 Nil Nil 1,500,000
Alexander
Hewlett
500,000 250,000 250,000 Nil Nil 1,000,000
James
Croser
500,000 250,000 250,000 Nil Nil 1,000,000
Gower He Nil 250,000 Nil 250,000 1,000,000 1,500,000
Total 1,750,000 1,125,000 875,000 250,000 1,000,000 5,000,000

who fall within the category set out in Listing Rule 10.14.1, by virtue of the Recipients being Directors;

(b) the maximum number of Incentive Performance Rights to be issued to the Recipients (or their nominee) is 5,000,000;

  • (c) the current total remuneration package the Recipients is as follows:

  • (i) Matthew Boyes current total remuneration package is $330,000, comprising a salary of $260,000, directors’ fees of $40,000 and a superannuation payment of $30,000. If the Incentive Performance Rights are issued, the total remuneration package of Matthew Boyes will increase by $512,326 to $842,326, being

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the value of the Incentive Performance Rights (based on the market value and Parisian Barrier1 Model methodology);

  • (ii) Alexander Hewlett current total remuneration package is $44,000, comprising of directors’ fees of $40,000 and a superannuation payment of $4,000. In addition, Mr Hewlett has a consultancy agreement for services outside of being a Director at a rate of $1,000 per day. If the Incentive Performance Rights are issued, the total remuneration package of Alexander Hewlett will increase by $341,550 to $385,550[1] , being the value of the Incentive Performance Rights (based on the market value and Parisian Barrier1 Model methodology );

  • (iii) James Croser current total remuneration package is $44,000, comprising of directors’ fees of $40,000, and a superannuation payment of $4,000. In addition, Mr Croser has a consultancy agreement for services outside of being a Director at a rate of $1,000 per day. If the Incentive Performance Rights are issued, the total remuneration package of James Croser will increase by $341,550 to $385,550[1] , being the value of the Incentive Performance Rights (based on the market value and Parisian Barrier1 Model methodology ); and

  • (iv) Gower He’s current total remuneration package is $330,000, comprising a salary of $260,000, directors’ fees of $40,000 and a superannuation payment of $30,000. If the Incentive Performance Rights are issued, the total remuneration package of Gower He will increase by $438,375 to $768,375, being the value of the Incentive Performance Rights (based on the market value and Parisian Barrier1 Model methodology).

  • This total excludes the value of 1,000,000 Options issued to Directors at that time, post Shareholder approval on 16 September 2021. The sharebased payment expense on these Options for Mr Hewlett and Mr Croser amounted to $179,119 each.

  • (d) 450,000 Performance Rights have previously been issued to Matthew Boyes on 7 December 2020 for nil cash consideration under the Plan;

  • (e) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Incentive Performance Rights is set out in Schedule 1;

  • (f) the Incentive Performance Rights are unquoted performance rights. The Company has chosen to grant the Incentive Performance Rights to the Recipients for the following reasons:

  • (i) the Incentive Performance Rights are unlisted, therefore the grant of the Incentive Performance Rights has no immediate dilutionary impact on Shareholders;

  • (ii) the issue of Incentive Performance Rights to the Recipients will align the interests of the Recipients with those of Shareholders;

  • (iii) the issue of the Incentive Performance Rights is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide cost effective remuneration as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash reserves on

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its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to the Recipients; and

  • (iv) it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the Company in granting the Incentive Performance Rights on the terms proposed;

  • (g) the Company values the Incentive Performance Rights at $1,633,801, being $0.47000, $0.3435 $0.3177, $0.47000 and 0.47000 per Incentive Performance Right for tranches one to five respectively, based on the market value and Parisian Barrier1 Model methodology . The pricing methodology is set out in Schedule 4;

  • (h) the Incentive Performance Rights will be issued to the Recipients (or their nominee) no later than 3 years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules) and it is anticipated the Incentive Performance Rights will be issued on one date;

  • (i) the issue price of the Incentive Performance Rights will be nil, as such no funds will be raised from the issue of the Incentive Performance Rights;

  • (j) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Plan is set out in Schedule 2;

  • (k) no loan is being made to the Recipients in connection with the acquisition of the Incentive Performance Rights;

  • (l) details of any Performance Rights issued under the Plan 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; and

  • (m) any additional persons covered by Listing Rule 10.14 who becomes entitled to participate in an issue of Performance Rights under the Plan after Resolutions 3 to 6 are approved and who were not named in this Notice will not participate until approval is obtained under Listing Rule 10.14.

9. RESOLUTION 7 – ISSUE OF OPTIONS TO DIRECTOR – TIM MANNERS

9.1 General

The Company has agreed, subject to obtaining Shareholder approval, to issue 1,000,000 Options to Tim Manners (or their nominee) pursuant to the Plan and on the terms and conditions set out below ( Options ).

9.2 Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act

A summary of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act is set out in Section 2.2 above.

The issue of the Incentive Options to Tim Manners (or their nominee) constitutes giving a financial benefit and Tim Manners is a related party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.

The Directors (other than Tim Manners) consider that Shareholder approval pursuant to Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act is not required in respect of the

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issue of Incentive Options, because the agreement to issue the Incentive Options, reached as part of the remuneration package for Tim Manners is considered reasonable remuneration in the circumstances and was negotiated on an arm’s length basis.

9.3

Listing Rule 10.14

A summary of Listing Rule 10.14 is set out in Section 2.3 above.

The issue of Incentive Options to Tim Manners falls within Listing Rule 10.14.1 and therefore requires the approval of Shareholders under Listing Rule 10.14.

Resolution 7 seeks the required Shareholder approval for the issue of the Incentive Options under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14.

9.4 Technical information required by Listing Rule 14.1A

If Resolution 7 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Incentive Options to Tim Manners under the Plan within three years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules). As approval pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for the issue of the Incentive Options (because approval is being obtained under Listing Rule 10.14), the issue of the Incentive Options will not use up any of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity.

If Resolution 7 is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the Incentive Options to Tim Manners under the Plan.

9.5 Technical information required by Listing Rule 10.15

Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 10.15, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 7:

  • (a) the Incentive Options will be issued to Tim Manners (or their nominee), who falls within the category set out in Listing Rule 10.14.1 by virtue of Tim Manners being a Director;

  • (b) the maximum number of Incentive Options to be issued is 1,000,000;

  • (c) the current total remuneration package for Tim Manners is $44,000, comprising of directors’ fees of $40,000, a superannuation payment of $4,000 and share-based payments of $nil. If the Incentive Options are issued, the total remuneration package of Tim Manners will increase by $305,472 to $349,472, being the value of the Incentive Options (based on the Black Scholes methodology);

  • (d) No securities have previously been issued to Tim Manners under the Plan;

  • (e) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Incentive Options is set out in Schedule 3.

  • (f) the Incentive Options are unquoted Options. The Company has chosen to issue Incentive Options to Tim Manners for the following reasons:

  • (i) the Incentive Options are unquoted, therefore, the issue of the Incentive Options has no immediate dilutionary impact on Shareholders;

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  • (ii) the issue of Incentive Options to Tim Manners will align the interests of Tim Manners with those of Shareholders;

  • (iii) the issue of the Incentive Options is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide cost effective remuneration as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash reserves on its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to Tim Manners;

  • (iv) because of the deferred taxation benefit which is available to Tim Manners in respect of an issue of Options. This is also beneficial to the Company as it means Tim Manners is not required to immediately sell the Incentive Options to fund a tax liability (as would be the case in an issue of Shares where the tax liability arises upon issue of the Shares) and will instead, continue to hold an interest in the Company; and

  • (v) it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the Company in issuing the Incentive Options on the terms proposed;

  • (g) the Company values the Incentive Options at $305,472 (being $0.305 per Incentive Option) based on the Black-Scholes methodology. The pricing methodology is set out in Schedule 5;

  • (h) the Incentive Options will be issued to Tim Manners (or their nominee) no later than 3 years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules) and it is anticipated the Incentive Options will be issued on one date;

  • (i) the issue price of the Incentive Options will be nil, as such no funds will be raised from the issue of the Incentive Options (other than in respect of funds received on exercise of the Incentive Options);

  • (j) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Plan is set out in Schedule 2;

  • (k) no loan is being made to Tim Manners in connection with the acquisition of the Incentive Options;

  • (l) details of any Options issued under the Plan 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; and

  • (m) any additional persons covered by Listing Rule 10.14 who become entitled to participate in an issue of Options under the Plan after Resolution 7 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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10. RESOLUTION 8 – ADOPTION OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS AND OPTIONS PLAN

10.1 General

Resolution 8 seeks Shareholder approval for the re-adoption of the Plan and for the issue of Performance Rights and Options under the Plan in accordance with Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 13(b)).

The objective of the Plan is to attract, motivate and retain key employees and the Company considers that the adoption of the Plan and the future issue of Performance Rights or Options under the Plan will provide selected employees with the opportunity to participate in the future growth of the Company.

As summarised in Section 1.2 above, 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 shares it had on issue at the start of that period.

Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 13(b)) provides that Listing Rule 7.1 does not apply to an issue of securities under an employee incentive scheme if, within three years before the date of issue of the securities, the holders of the entity’s ordinary securities have approved the issue of equity securities under the scheme as exception to Listing Rule 7.1.

Exception 13(b) is only available if and to the extent that the number of equity securities issued under the scheme does not exceed the maximum number set out in the entity’s notice of meeting dispatched to shareholders in respect of the meeting at which shareholder approval was obtained pursuant to Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 13(b). Exception 13(b) also ceases to be available if there is a material change to the terms of the scheme from those set out in the notice of meeting.

If Resolution 8 is passed, the Company will be able to issue Performance Rights and Options under the Plan to eligible participants over a period of 3 years. The issue of any Performance Rights or Options to eligible participants under the Plan (up to the maximum number of Securities stated in Section 10.2(c)(c) below) will be excluded from the calculation of the number of equity securities that the Company can issue without Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Company must seek Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 10.14 in respect of any future issues of Performance Rights or Options under the Plan to a related party or a person whose relationship with the company or the related party is, in ASX’s opinion, such that approval should be obtained.

If Resolution 8 is not passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of Performance Rights and Options under the Plan to eligible participants, but subsequent to 2 July 2022, any issues of Performance Rights or Options will reduce, to that extent, the Company’s capacity to issue equity securities without Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1 for the 12 month period following the issue of the Performance Rights or Options.

10.2 Technical information required by Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 13)

Pursuant to and in accordance with Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 13), the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 8:

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  • (a) a summary of the key terms and conditions of the Plan is set out in Schedule 2;

  • (b) the Company has issued 950,000 Performance Rights and no Options under the Plan since the Plan was last approved by Shareholders on 2 July 2019; and

  • (c) the maximum number of Securities proposed to be issued under the Plan, following Shareholder approval, is 14,959,598 Securities which includes the Securities proposed to be issued under Resolutions 3 – 7. It is not envisaged that the maximum number of Securities for which approval is sought will be issued immediately.

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GLOSSARY

$ means Australian dollars.

ASIC means the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.

Associated Body Corporate means

  • (a) a related body corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act) of the Company;

  • (b) a body corporate which has an entitlement to not less than 20% of the voting Shares of the Company; and

  • (c) a body corporate in which the Company has an entitlement to not less than 20% of the voting shares.

ASX means ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691) or the financial market operated by ASX Limited, as the context requires.

Board means the current board of directors of the Company.

Business Day means Monday to Friday inclusive, except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and any other day that ASX declares is not a business day.

Chair means the chair of the Meeting.

Closely Related Party of a member of the Key Management Personnel means:

  • (a) a spouse or child of the member;

  • (b) a child of the member’s spouse;

  • (c) a dependent of the member or the member’s spouse;

  • (d) anyone else who is one of the member’s family and may be expected to influence the member, or be influenced by the member, in the member’s dealing with the entity;

  • (e) a company the member controls; or

  • (f) a person prescribed by the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) for the purposes of the definition of ‘closely related party’ in the Corporations Act.

Company means Red Dirt Metals Limited (ACN 107 244 039).

Constitution means the Company’s constitution.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Directors means the current directors of the Company.

Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice.

General Meeting or Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice.

Key Management Personnel has the same meaning as in the accounting standards issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and means those persons having

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authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, or if the Company is part of a consolidated entity, of the consolidated entity, directly or indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of the Company, or if the Company is part of a consolidated entity, of an entity within the consolidated group.

Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.

Notice or Notice of Meeting means this notice of meeting including the Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form.

Option means an option to acquire a Share with the terms and conditions set out in Schedule 3.

Optionholder means a holder of an Option.

Performance Right means a right to acquire a Share, subject to satisfaction of any vesting conditions.

Plan means the incentive performance rights and options plan adopted by the Company on 2 July 2019 and to be updated and re-adopted by the Company, being the subject of Resolution 7 as summarised in Schedule 2.

Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.

Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice, or any one of them, as the context requires.

Section means a section of the Explanatory Statement.

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

Shareholder means a registered holder of a Share.

WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.

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SCHEDULE 1 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS

  • (a) ( Milestones ): The Performance Rights will vest upon achievement of the following milestones:
Tranche Number of
Performance
Rights
Milestone
Tranche 1 1,750,000 The successful increase of gold resources for the
Company by 250,000 ounces (at 0.5 g/t Au cut-
off) or delineation of 10,000,000 tonnes of Li2O at
greater than 1% grade (at 0.3% cut-off) before 30
June 20231.
Tranche 2 1,125,000 The achievement of a $1.00 20-day VWAP prior
to the Expiry Date.
Tranche 3 875,000 The achievement of a $1.20 20-day VWAP prior
to the Expiry Date.
Tranche 4 250,000 Mr Jiahe Gower He completing 12 months
continuous employment with the Company.
Tranche 5 1,000,000 The execution by the Company of a binding
agreement between the Company and a third
party(s) whereby the third party(s) undertakes to:
(a)
purchase a minimum of 10% of the
annual production of the Mt Ida Project
over the first three years of operations as
disclosed in a feasibility study to be
undertaken by the Company; or
(b)
provide funding for the construction of
the Mt Ida Project in accordance with a
feasibility study to be undertaken by the
Company.

Notes:

  1. This increase is to be measured from the current total reported resources of 318,000t @13.8g/t of gold for 141,000 ounces at the Company’s Mt Ida Project (Refer to ASX Announcement 28th July 2021 “Ora Banda Mining June 2021 Quarterly activities report”).

  2. Each tranche of Performance Rights to be issued to Matthew Boyes will also be subject to Matthew Boyes continuing to be employed by the Company until 30 June 2023.

  3. (b) ( Notification to holder ): The Company shall notify the holder in writing when the Milestone has been satisfied.

  4. (c) ( Conversion ): Upon satisfaction of the Milestone, each Performance Right will, at the election of the holder, convert into one fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company ( Share ).

  5. (d) ( Lapse of a Performance Right ): Any Performance Right not converted before 31 December 2023 ( Expiry Date ) shall automatically lapse on the Expiry Date and the holder shall have no entitlement to Shares pursuant to those Performance Rights.

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  • (e) ( Share ranking ): All Shares issued upon the vesting of Performance Rights will upon issue rank pari passu in all respects with other Shares.

  • (f) ( Quotation ): The Company will not apply for quotation of the Performance Rights on ASX. However, the Company will apply for quotation of all Shares issued pursuant to the conversion of vested Performance Rights on ASX within the period required by the ASX Listing Rules.

  • (g) ( Issue of Shares ): Within 5 business days of the Company receiving a notice of conversion from the holder to convert Performance Rights into Shares, the Company will:

  • (i) issue the Shares pursuant to the conversion of the Performance Rights;

  • (ii) give ASX a notice that complies with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act; and

  • (iii) apply for official quotation on ASX of Shares issued pursuant to the conversion of the Performance Rights within the period required by the Listing Rules.

If the Company is unable to give ASX a notice in accordance with sub-clause (ii) and unless otherwise agreed with the holder of the Performance Rights, the Company must, within 20 business days of receipt of a notice of conversion, issue a prospectus pursuant to section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that Shares issued on conversion of the Performance Rights may be traded within 12 months of their issue.

  • (h) ( Transfer of Performance Rights ): A Performance Right is not transferable.

  • (i) ( Participation in new issues ): There are no participation rights or entitlements inherent in the Performance Rights and holders will not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to Shareholders during the currency of the Performance Rights.

  • (j) ( Adjustment for bonus issue ): If the Company makes a bonus issue of Shares or other securities to existing Shareholders (other than an issue in lieu or in satisfaction of dividends or by way of dividend reinvestment) the number of Shares or other securities which must be issued on the conversion of a Performance Right will be increased by the number of Shares or other securities which the holder would have received if the holder had converted the Performance Right before the record date for the bonus issue.

  • (k) ( Adjustment for reconstruction ): If, at any time, the issued capital of the Company is reorganised (including consolidation, subdivision, reduction or return), all rights of a holder of a Performance Right (including the vesting conditions) are to be changed in a manner consistent with the Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules at the time of the reorganisation.

  • (l) ( Dividend and Voting Rights ): A Performance Right does not confer upon the holder an entitlement to vote or receive dividends.

  • (m) ( No rights to return of capital ) A Performance Right does not entitle the holder to a return of capital, whether in a winding up, upon a reduction of capital or otherwise.

  • (n) ( Rights on winding up ) A Performance Right does not entitle the holder to participate in the surplus profits or assets of the Company upon winding up.

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  • (o) ( No other rights ) A Performance Right gives the holder no rights other than those expressly provided by these terms and those provided at law where such rights at law cannot be excluded by these terms.

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SCHEDULE 2 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS AND OPTIONS PLAN

The material terms and conditions of the Performance Rights and Options Plan ( Plan ) are as follows:

  • (a) Eligibility : Participants in the Plan may be:

  • (i) a Director (whether executive or non-executive) of the Company and any Associated Body Corporate of the Company (each, a Group Company );

  • (i) a full or part time employee of any Group Company;

  • (ii) a casual employee or contractor of a Group Company to the extent permitted by ASIC Class Order 14/1000 as amended or replaced ( Class Order); or

  • (iii) a prospective participant, being a person to whom the offer is made but who can only accept the offer if an arrangement has been entered into that will result in the person becoming a participant under subparagraphs (i), (ii), or (iii) above,

who is declared by the Board to be eligible to receive grants of Options or Performance Rights (Awards) under the Plan (Eligible Participant).

  • (b) Offer: The Board may, from time to time, in its absolute discretion, make a written offer to any Eligible Participant to apply for Awards, upon the terms set out in the Plan and upon such additional terms and conditions as the Board determines.

  • (c) Plan limit: The Company must have reasonable grounds to believe, when making an offer, that the number of Shares to be received on exercise of Awards offered under an offer, when aggregated with the number of Shares issued or that may be issued as a result of offers made in reliance on the Class Order at any time during the previous 3 year period under an employee incentive scheme covered by the Class Order or an ASIC exempt arrangement of a similar kind to an employee incentive scheme, will not exceed 5% of the total number of Shares on issue at the date of the offer.

  • (d) Issue price: Performance Rights granted under the Plan will be issued for nil cash consideration. Unless the Options are quoted on the ASX, Options issued under the Plan will be issued for no more than nominal cash consideration.

  • (e) Exercise price : The Board may determine the Option exercise price (if any) for an Option offered under that Offer in its absolute discretion. To the extent the Listing Rules specify or require a minimum price, the Option exercise price must not be less than any minimum price specified in the Listing Rules.

  • (f) Vesting conditions: An Award may be made subject to vesting conditions as determined by the Board in its discretion and as specified in the offer for the Awards ( Vesting Conditions ).

  • (g) Vesting : The Board may in its absolute discretion (except in respect of a change of control occurring where Vesting Conditions are deemed to be automatically waived) by written notice to a Participant (being an Eligible Participant to whom Awards have been granted under the Plan or their nominee where the Awards

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have been granted to the nominee of the Eligible Participant ( Relevant Person )), resolve to waive any of the Vesting Conditions applying to Awards due to:

  • (i) special circumstances arising in relation to a Relevant Person in respect of those Awards, being:

  • (A) a Relevant Person ceasing to be an Eligible Participant due to:

    • (I) death or total or permanent disability of a Relevant Person; or

    • (II) retirement or redundancy of a Relevant Person;

  • (B) a Relevant Person suffering severe financial hardship;

  • (C) any other circumstance stated to constitute “special circumstances” in the terms of the relevant offer made to and accepted by the Participant; or

  • (D) any other circumstances determined by the Board at any time (whether before or after the offer) and notified to the relevant Participant which circumstances may relate to the Participant, a class of Participant, including the Participant or particular circumstances or class of circumstances applying to the Participant,

( Special Circumstances ), or

  • (ii) a change of control occurring; or

  • (iii) the Company passing a resolution for voluntary winding up, or an order is made for the compulsory winding up of the Company.

  • (h) Lapse of an Award : An Award will lapse upon the earlier to occur of:

  • (i) an unauthorised dealing, or hedging of, the Award occurring;

  • (ii) a Vesting Condition in relation to the Award is not satisfied by its due date, or becomes incapable of satisfaction, as determined by the Board in its absolute discretion, unless the Board exercises its discretion to vest the Award in the circumstances set out in paragraph (g) or the Board resolves, in its absolute discretion, to allow the unvested Awards to remain unvested after the Relevant Person ceases to be an Eligible Participant;

  • (iii) in respect of unvested Awards only, a Relevant Person ceases to be an Eligible Participant, unless the Board exercises its discretion to vest the Award in the circumstances set out in paragraph (g) or the Board resolves, in its absolute discretion, to allow the unvested Awards to remain unvested after the Relevant Person ceases to be an Eligible Participant;

  • (iv) in respect of vested Awards only, a Relevant Person ceases to be an Eligible Participant and the Award granted in respect of that Relevant Person is not exercised within a one (1) month period (or such later date as the Board determines) of the date that person ceases to be an Eligible Participant;

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  • (v) the Board deems that an Award lapses due to fraud, dishonesty or other improper behaviour of the Eligible Participant;

  • (vi) the Company undergoes a change of control or a winding up resolution or order is made and the Board does not exercise its discretion to vest the Award; and

  • (vii) the expiry date of the Award.

  • (i) Not transferrable : Subject to the Listing Rules, Awards are only transferrable in Special Circumstances with the prior written consent of the Board (which may be withheld in its absolute discretion) or by force of law upon death, to the Participant’s legal personal representative or upon bankruptcy to the participant’s trustee in bankruptcy.

  • (j) Shares : Shares resulting from the exercise of the Awards shall, subject to any Sale Restrictions (refer paragraph (k)) from the date of issue, rank on equal terms with all other Shares on issue.

  • (k) Sale restrictions : The Board may, in its discretion, determine at any time up until exercise of Awards, that a restriction period will apply to some or all of the Shares issued to a Participant on exercise of those Awards ( Restriction Period ). In addition, the Board may, in its sole discretion, having regard to the circumstances at the time, waive any such Restriction Period.

  • (l) Quotation of Shares: If Shares of the same class as those issued under the Plan are quoted on the ASX, the Company will, subject to the Listing Rules, apply to the ASX for those Shares to be quoted on ASX within 5 business days of the later of the date the Shares are issued and the date any Restriction Period applying to the Shares ends.

  • (m) No participation rights : There are no participation rights or entitlements inherent in the Awards and Participants will not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to Shareholders during the currency of the Awards without exercising the Award.

  • (n) Change in exercise price of number of underlying securities: An Award does not confer the right to a change in exercise price or in the number of underlying Shares over which the Award can be exercised.

  • (o) Reorganisation : If, at any time, the issued capital of the Company is reorganised (including consolidation, subdivision, reduction or return), all rights of a Participant are to be changed in a manner consistent with the Corporations Act and the Listing Rules at the time of the reorganisation.

  • (p) Amendments : Subject to express restrictions set out in the Plan and complying with the Corporations Act, Listing Rules and any other applicable law, the Board may, at any time, by resolution amend or add to all or any of the provisions of the Plan, or the terms or conditions of any Award granted under the Plan including giving any amendment retrospective effect.

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SCHEDULE 3 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INCENTIVE OPTIONS

The terms and conditions of the Incentive Options are as follows:

(a) Entitlement

Each Option entitles the holder to subscribe for one Share upon exercise of the Option.

(b)

Exercise Price

Subject to paragraph (j), the amount payable upon exercise of each Option will be $0.77 ( Exercise Price )

(c)

Expiry Date

Each Option will expire at 5:00 pm (WST) on the date three years from the date of issue ( Expiry Date ). An Option not exercised before the Expiry Date will automatically lapse on the Expiry Date.

(d)

Vesting conditions

The Options are subject to the holder remaining as a Director of the Company for a minimum of twelve months from his date of appointment as a Director of the Company.

(e)

Exercise Period

Once the Options have vested, they are exercisable at any time on or prior to the Expiry Date ( Exercise Period ).

(f)

Notice of Exercise

The Options may be exercised during the Exercise Period by notice in writing to the Company in the manner specified on the Option certificate ( Notice of Exercise ) and payment of the Exercise Price for each Option being exercised in Australian currency by electronic funds transfer or other means of payment acceptable to the Company.

(g)

Exercise Date

A Notice of Exercise is only effective on and from the later of the date of receipt of the Notice of Exercise and the date of receipt of the payment of the Exercise Price for each Option being exercised in cleared funds ( Exercise Date ).

(h) Timing of issue of Shares on exercise

Within 15 Business Days after the Exercise Date, the Company will:

  • (i) issue the number of Shares required under these terms and conditions in respect of the number of Options specified in the Notice of Exercise and for which cleared funds have been received by the Company;

  • (ii) if required, give ASX a notice that complies with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act, or, if the Company is unable to issue such a notice, lodge with ASIC a prospectus prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act and do all such things necessary to satisfy section

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708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors; and

  • (iii) if admitted to the official list of ASX at the time, apply for official quotation on ASX of Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of the Options.

  • (iv) If a notice delivered under (g)(ii) for any reason is not effective to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors, the Company must, no later than 20 Business Days after becoming aware of such notice being ineffective, lodge with ASIC a prospectus prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act and do all such things necessary to satisfy section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors.

  • (i) Shares issued on exercise

Shares issued on exercise of the Options rank equally with the then issued shares of the Company.

(j)

Reconstruction of capital

If at any time the issued capital of the Company is reconstructed, all rights of an Optionholder are to be changed in a manner consistent with the Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules at the time of the reconstruction.

(k)

Participation in new issues

There are no participation rights or entitlements inherent in the Options and holders will not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to Shareholders during the currency of the Options without exercising the Options.

  • (l)

Change in exercise price

An Option does not confer the right to a change in Exercise Price or a change in the number of underlying securities over which the Option can be exercised.

(m)

Transferability

The Options are not transferable.

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SCHEDULE 4 – VALUATION OF INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS

The Incentive Performance Rights to be issued to the Recipients pursuant to Resolutions 3 to 6 have been valued by external consultants where market conditions are present, and by management where ONLY non-market conditions are present within a specific tranche .

Using market value and Parisian Barrier1 Model methodology and based on the assumptions set out below, the Incentive Performance Rights were ascribed the following value:

Item Tranche 1 Tranche 2 Tranche 3 Tranche 4 Tranche 5 Total
Number of Securities 1,750,000 1,125,000 875,000 250,000 1,000,000 5,000,000
Value per security $0.4700 $0.3435 $0.3177 $0.4700 $0.4700
Valuation date 3 May 2022 3 May 2022 3 May 2022 3 May 2022 3 May 2022
Vesting date 30 June 2023 31 December 2023 31 December 2023 20 June 2023 31 December 2023
Expiry date 31 December 2023 31 December 2023 31 December 2023 31 December 2023 31 December 2023
Vesting Condition2 Subject to the successful
increase
of
gold
resources
by 250,00oz
(at 0.5g/t Au cut off) or
10,000,000 tonnes of Li2O
at
greater
than
1%
grade (at 0.3% cut-off)
before 30 June 2023
Subject
to
the
achievement of a $1.00
20-day
volume
weighted average price
(‘VWAP’) prior to the
expiry date, being 31
December 2023
Subject
to
the
achievement of a $1.20
20-day
volume
weighted average price
(‘VWAP’) prior to the
expiry date, being 31
December 2023
Mr
Jiahe
Gower
He
completing 12 months
continuous employment
with the Company.
The
execution
by
the
Company
of
a
binding
agreement
between
the
Company
and
a
third
party(s) whereby the third
party(s) undertakes to:
a) purchase a minimum of
10% of the annual production
of the Mt Ida Project over the
first three years of operations
as disclosed in a feasibility
study to be undertaken by
the Company; OR
b) provide funding for the
construction of the Mt Ida
Project in accordance with a
feasibility
study
to
be
undertaken
by
the
Company.

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Probability 75%/100%2 N/A/100%2 N/A/100%2 100% 50%
Exercise price Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Implied barrier price N/A $1.5238 $1.8286 N/A N/A
Volatility N/A 123% 123% N/A N/A
Risk-free rate (p.a.) N/A 2.49% 2.49% N/A N/A
Dividend yield N/A Nil Nil N/A N/A
Total Value of Incentive
Performance Rights
$616,875 $386,438 $277,988 $117,500 $235,000 $1,633,801

Note 1: The valuation noted above is not necessarily the market price that the Incentive Performance Rights could be traded at and is not automatically the market price for taxation purposes.

2 Each tranche of Performance rights to be issued to Matthew Boyes will also be subject to Matthew Boyes continuing employment by the Company until 30 June 2023 which has been assessed with a 100% probability of occurring.

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SCHEDULE 5 – VALUATION OF OPTIONS

The Options to be issued to Tim Manners pursuant to Resolution 7 have been valued by internal management .

Using the Black & Scholes option model and based on the assumptions set out below, the Options were ascribed the following value:

Assumptions:
Valuation date 3 May 2022
Market price of Shares $0.47
Exercise price $0.77
Expiry date (length of time from issue) 3 years
Risk free interest rate 2.49%
Volatility (discount) 123.00%
Indicative value per Option to be issued to
Tim Manners pursuant to Resolution 7
$0.305
Total Value of Options to be issued to Tim
Manners pursuant to Resolution 7
$305,472

Note : The valuation noted above is not necessarily the market price that the Options could be traded at and is not automatically the market price for taxation purposes.

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Red Dirt Metals Limited

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RDT

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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

For your proxy appointment to be effective it must be received by 10:00am (AWST) on Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Proxy Form

How to Vote on Items of Business

Lodge your Proxy Form:

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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.

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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".

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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

I/We being a member/s of Red Dirt Metals Limited hereby appoint the Chairman OR of the Meeting

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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 General Meeting of Red Dirt Metals Limited to be held at Suite 4, Level 1, 6 Centro Ave, Subiaco, WA 6008 on Thursday, 7 July 2022 at 10:00am (AWST) 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 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (except where I/we have indicated a different voting intention in step 2) even though Resolutions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 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 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 by marking the appropriate box in step 2.

Step 2
Items of Business
PLEASE NOTE:If you mark theAbstainbox 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
Resolution 1
Ratification of Prior Issue of Shares – Listing Rule 7.1
Resolution 2
Ratification of Prior Issue of Shares – Listing Rule 7.1A
Resolution 3
Issue of Incentive Performance Rights to Director – Matthew Boyes
Resolution 4
Issue of Incentive Performance Rights to Director – Alexander Hewlett
Resolution 5
Issue of Incentive Performance Rights to Director – James Croser
Resolution 6
Issue of Incentive Performance Rights to Director – Jiahe Gower He
Resolution 7
Issue of Options to Director – Tim Manners
Resolution 8
Re-adoption of Incentive Performance Rights and Options Plan

For Against Abstain

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)

This section must be completed.

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