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DEVELOP GLOBAL LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2024

Oct 25, 2023

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ASX Announcement

26 October 2023

SEPTEMBER 2023 QUARTERLY REPORT

Develop poised for more strong growth across its energy metals portfolio

Woodlawn set for +10-year life after posting 40% jump in Resources; Essential shareholders approve Scheme for Develop to acquire Pioneer Dome lithium project

Key Points

  • Develop generated substantial growth as part of its strategy to be a major supplier of the key energy transition metals of copper, zinc and lithium from tier-one locations

  • Develop entered into a binding Scheme Implementation Deed with emerging WA lithium developer Essential Metals

  • Subsequent to the quarter, Essential shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Scheme, which is scheduled for completion on November 6, 2023

  • Develop completed a A$50m capital raising comprising a $30m share placement and $20m entitlement offer; All major shareholders took up their full entitlements

  • An updated Woodlawn mine plan was released with a pre-tax NPV7% of A$481m and restart capital cost of only A$32m

  • Revenue spilt equally between copper and zinc

  • Strong upside leveraged to a commodities price rebound

  • Subsequent to the quarter, Woodlawn Resource grew significantly by 40% to 10.3Mt at 4.8% CuEq[1] ; This increase in Resource tonnages and grades boosted contained metal for copper by 43% to 190,000t and zinc by 50% to 620,000t for a combined 445,000t CuEq[1]

  • Expanded Resource paves the way for an increase in Woodlawn’s mine life from 7 years currently to +10 years based on existing processing throughput capacity of 850,000tpa

  • In the mining services division, Develop continued to achieve all the key targets in its underground mining contract at the Bellevue Gold Mine

  • The division completed 3.75km of underground development at Bellevue, a 26% increase from the June quarter. This exceptional performance generated A$30.3M in contract revenue, a 35% increase on the June quarter

Develop (ASX: DVP) is pleased to report on a highly successful quarter which saw it continue to build its portfolio of Australian energy transition metal assets.

Develop Managing Director Bill Beament said: “It was an extremely productive quarter which can be summarised in one word: growth.

“We generated huge growth in the inventory and mine life at Woodlawn. And we are already positioned for more growth on these fronts with another resource update and new mine plan scheduled for the march quarter next year.

“Woodlawn is exceeding even our expectations and it is now clear that there is significant upside to come from what is a large mineralised system with some very high-grade areas.

“The cost of re-starting Woodlawn is estimated to be just A$32m. And we have the luxury of doing this at the point in the commodities cycle which suits us. This is the ideal time to be growing the inventory and optimising our mine ownership strategy.

“Our strategy to establish a lithium business in WA is also on track, with Essential shareholders overwhelmingly approving the Scheme under which Develop proposes to acquire their Company.

“We look forward to welcoming Essential shareholders to Develop and unlocking the full value of this asset by leveraging our operational, technical and underground expertise, as well as our funding capacity”.

Occupational Health, Safety, Environmental and Social

Group lost time injury frequency rate “LTIFR” was 0.0 (injuries per million work hours), National metalliferous mining average is 2.4.

Group total restricted work injury frequency rate “RWIFR” is 6.5. This is the result of two recordable injuries for the quarter. WA metalliferous mining average is 6.8.

There has been no major or reportable environmental or heritage incidents in the past quarter, and the Company received no stakeholder complaints or grievances.

Woodlawn Copper-Zinc Mine

Develop’s Woodlawn Copper-Zinc Mine is in the world class Lachlan Fold belt in NSW. Historically, the Mine operated from 1978 to 1998 and was Australia’s second highest grade base metal mine at the time, processing 13.8Mt @ 9.1% Zn, 1.6% Cu, 3.6% Pb, 74gpt Ag and 0.5gpt Au.

Subsequent to the quarter the project mineral resource tonnage grew by 40% to 10.3Mt at 4.8% CuEq[1] (1.8% Cu, 6.1% Zn, 2.2% Pb, 47.2gpt Ag & 0.5gpt Au). This increase in Resource tonnages and grades boosted the contained metal for copper by 43% to 190,000t and zinc by 50% to 620,000t for a combined 445,000t CuEq[1] .

Drilling Results

During the quarter, Develop completed 10,536m of underground exploration and resource definition drilling. The drilling is designed to follow-up the highly successful maiden drill program completed in the June quarter, with an aim of converting Inferred Resources to Indicated and extending the mineralised lenses at depth and along strike.

Results received during the quarter returned significant high-grade mineralisation across multiple horizons, including the discovery of several new stacked lenses intersected to north of the current resource and within the hangingwall. Significant infill and lateral and plunge extensions to the B, D, I and J Lens have also been identified, results including:

  • 16.0m @ 3.5% CuEq[1] (0.8% Cu, 7.5% Zn, 1.4% Pb and 14gpt Ag) from 176.0m (23WNUD0049) o And 11.4m @ 3.8% CuEq[1] (1.0% Cu, 7.8% Zn, 1.6% Pb, 15gpt Ag and 0.2gpt Au) from 316.7m

  • 13m @ 2.8% CuEq[1] (1.1% Cu, 4.5% Zn, 1.2% Pb and 11gpt Ag) from 377.0m (23WNUD0062) o And 2.3m @ 5.6% CuEq[1] (0.4% Cu, 9.9% Zn, 2.4% Pb, 156gpt Ag and 1.5gpt Au) (23WNUD0062)

  • 12.5m @ 4.4% CuEq[1] (1.1% Cu, 9.0% Zn, 1.1% Pb, 15gpt Ag and 0.9gpt Au) from 185.0m (23WNUDD0050)

  • 7.1m @ 3.2% CuEq[1] (0.7% Cu, 5.7% Zn, 2.6% Pb and 24gpt Ag) from 354.4m (23WNUD0064)

  • 5.7m @ 14.2% CuEq[1] (1.2% Cu, 23.0% Zn, 14.1% Pb, 272gpt Ag and 2.1gpt Au) from 306.0m (23WNUDD0055)

  • 4.5m @ 4.6% CuEq[1] (1.4% Cu, 5.3% Zn, 4.8% Pb and 62gpt Ag) from 24.5m (23WNUD0015)

  • 3.0m @ 6.5% CuEq[1] (1.5% Cu, 9.0% Zn, 6.9% Pb and 86gpt Ag) from 25.0m (23WNUD0018)

  • 1.0m @ 4.7% CuEq[1] (0.2% Cu, 2.2% Pb, 2.7% Zn, 230gpt Ag and 3.6gpt Au) from 221.6m (23WNUD0055)

The lenses intersected in the exploration drilling to the north of Woodlawn are interpreted to represent significant extensions to the deposit in an area that has not previously been drill-tested, with mineralisation open in all directions. Encouragingly, this mineralisation coincides with a large (untested) IP anomaly identified by previous owner Heron Resources.

Following a review of the geological database and coreyard inventory, a number of unsampled resource infill drillholes completed by Heron Resources immediately prior to entering administration has been identified. Subsequent sampling of these has returned exceptionally high-grade copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold massive sulphide intersections at both the Kate and G Lenses, results including:

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  • 2.1m @ 9.6% CuEq[1] (0.4% Cu, 11.9% Zn, 9.8% Pb, 253gpt Ag and 3.8gpt Au) from 87.9m (WNDD0256)

  • • 13.0m @ 10.9% CuEq[1] (1.3% Cu, 16.6% Zn, 9.7% Pb, 182gpt Ag and 2.8gpt Au) from 107.6m (WNDD0267)

  • 2.6m @ 10.0% CuEq[1] (3.2% Cu, 11.6% Zn, 4.2% Pb, 191gpt Ag and 2.7gpt Au) from 100.45m (WNDD0269) o And 8.7m @ 7.1% CuEq[1] (1.9% Cu, 8.3% Zn, 3.7% Pb, 157gpt Ag and 2.0gpt Au) from 107.8m

  • 6.5m @ 6.8% CuEq[1] (2.3% Cu, 6.8% Zn, 4.0% Pb, 130gpt Ag and 1.5gpt Au) from 87.45m (WNDD0266)

  • • 0.9m @ 12.2% CuEq[1] (5.2% Cu, 8.0% Zn, 4.6% Pb, 285gpt Ag and 3.5gpt Au) from 118.4 (WNDD0258)

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Figure 1. Woodlawn 2023 September quarter drillhole intercepts (north view cross-section).

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Figure 2. Woodlawn 2023 September quarter drillhole intercepts (plan-section).

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Operations

During the quarter the company release an exceptional updated mine Plan for Woodlawn. The study shows that Woodlawn is technically and economically robust, generating a pre-tax internal rate of return of 367 per cent and free cashflow of A$626 million. Highlights include:

  • Mine life of 7.0 years. The mine averages A$90M per year of pre-tax cashflow including pre-production period; This figure increases significantly even with minor commodity price rises.

  • Flexible restart timeline means the project is perfectly positioned to maximise its significant financial leverage from the commodity price cycle; Production takes 6 months to come online after final investment decision.

  • Average annual production of 10,000t of copper metal and 35,000t of zinc metal in payable streams; Total mine plan payable metal of 60,000t copper and 190,000t zinc.

  • Copper concentrate grade of 21% and zinc concentrate grade of 50%; No concentrate offtake commitments have been entered into

  • Reserve increased by 10% to 3.4Mt at 1.6% copper and 3.8% zinc through optimised mine design.

  • Restart capital of just A$32M to improve the current processing plant, establish stoping and other site infrastructure requirements.

  • Exceptional economics driven in part by the significant sunk capital from previous owner and Develop

  • Further opportunities to add significant value through further Resource and Reserve upgrades and another mine plan, all due in the March quarter 2024

Description Unit mine plan
Assumption
Pre Tax NPV7%1
Pre-Tax IRR
Post Tax NPV7%1
Payback
Free Cash-flow
Maximum Cash Down
$A M
%
$A M
mths
$A M
$A M
481
367%
355
12
626
53

1 NPV discount factors are presented on a real basis.

The updated mine plan reflects the fundamentally different development and operational strategy adopted by Develop compared with that which has seen the project fail previously.

The new approach has Woodlawn capital development being mined well ahead of production fronts. This will deliver significant benefits, including increased production profile compared to previous mine plans and ability for fast and effective production ramp-up. It will also give the capacity to blend feed to the concentrator to maximise operational stability given flexibility of multiple production fronts removing the hand-to-mouth ore feed of previous mine plans.

Excellent underground development rates also continued during the quarter with ~800m completed. This capital development is substantially de-risking a restart of the operation and will enable high ore production productivities to be achieved.

Sulphur Springs Zinc Copper Project

The Sulphur Springs Project is located in the world class Pilbara district in WA. The project hosts a Mineral Resource of 17.4Mt @ 5.8% Zn, 1.0% Cu, 21.0gpt Ag & 0.2gpt Au.

Exploration

During the quarter the company’s geology team completed a reconnaissance mapping and sampling programme at its recently acquired exploration tenements E45/6033 and E45/6034, along with follow-up structural mapping and geochemical sampling at the Breakers Prospect within tenement M45/1254.

Assay result have identified a >1km trend of vein-hosted copper mineralisation on the margin of the Archaean Strelly Granite, with results up to 30.5% copper, 10.8% lead, 507gpt silver and 2.8gpt gold. This mineralisation is interpreted to be a part of a greisen style system, in contrast to the Sulphur Springs mineralisation which is located ~4.5km north.

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Further follow-up exploration is being planned to assess the potential of the newly identified Cu-Ag-Pb-Au system, along with expanding the search-space for pegmatites.

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Figure 3. Sulphur Springs rock-chip sample locations.

Develop Underground Mining Services Division

Develop continues to ramp up mining activities at the Bellevue Gold Project in Western Australia.

The division achieved a site quarterly development record of 3.75km for the quarter. This was a 26% increase in metres from the June quarter.

Production activities are now fully advanced in terms of the tendered scope of works. At the end of the quarter, the division had 3 production drills on site.

The increase in development and production physicals has meant that revenue for the quarter has grown to A$30.3m, a 35% increase on the June quarter.

The quarter saw the signing of a JV with the Tjiwarl Group to manage the Run of Mine (ROM) pad. The Tjiwarl group are an indigenous organisation whose home is the regional land on which we operate at Bellevue.

Whim Creek Join Venture (20% free carried)

Develop has a 20% free carried interest with Anax Metals (ASX: ANX) in the Whim Creek Base Metal Joint Venture Project located 115km southwest of Port Hedland in Western Australia.

During the quarter project partner Anax release results from a Heap Leach Scoping Study at the Whim Creek Project which increased the projects NPV to A$270M.

Additional results from ongoing Lithium and gold exploration at the Whim Creek Project were also released.

Develop will continue to update shareholders as further results are released.

Evelyn Project E47/1209

No new work completed during the quarter. The company has commence transferring this tenement back to the royalty holders.

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Corporate

As announced on 3rd of July 2023, Develop and Essential Metals Limited ("ESS") entered a binding Scheme Implementation Deed under which Develop proposes to acquire 100 per cent of the issued shares in Essential by way of a Scheme of Arrangement (Scheme). On 18 October 2023 the Essential shareholders voted in favour of the scheme of arrangement. See below for final vote

Voting Intention Vote (#) Votes (%) Holder (#) Holder (%)
For 109,818,169 93.39% 218 84.17%
Against 7,769,174 6.61% 41 15.83%
Total 117,905,783 100% 259 100%
Abstain 318,440 NA 4 NA

On 24 October 2023, the Federal Court of Australian (sitting in Perth) made orders approving the scheme of arrangement under which Develop will acquire all the shares in ESS for consideration of 1 new Develop share for every 6.18 ESS Shares held by ESS shareholders.The indicative timetable for the remaining elements of the scheme is set out below


scheme is set out below
Action Estimated Date
Effective Date(ESS Shares suspended form tradingon ASX) 26 October 2023
Opt-in Date for Small Shareholders 27 October 2023
Scheme Record Date 30 October 2023
Implementation Date and Issue of DVP Share to ESS shareholders 6 November 2023
ESS Removed from Official list of ASX 7 November 2023

After the end of the quarter, on the 02 October 2023, interim Company Secretary Steven Wood resigned. Mr Wood was replaced as sole Company Secretary by the Company’s General Counsel, Ms Elle Farris.

Securities Information

Develop’s issued capital at the date of this announcement is:

Security Class Issued Capital
DVP Fully Paid Ordinary Shares 197,781,372
Unlisted Performance Rights 2,675,585
Unlisted Share Rights 21,724
Unlisted Options (various expiry dates and exercise prices) 31,815,000

Financial Information

Develop’s cash position on 30 September 2023 was A$56.7M.

  • A$50.0m was received from the proceeds of the capital raised announced on 3 July 2023 and during the quarter A$0.3m was received from the proceeds of exercised options.

Appendix 5B – Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows is provided in a separate report. Information as disclosed in the Cash Flow Report:

  • Exploration and Evaluation during the quarter was $A0.96M.

  • Mine Property Development in the quarter was $A9.0M

  • Payments to related parties of Develop and their associates during the quarter was A$382k Develop advises that A$128k relates to executive directors’ salaries, non-executive directors’ fees and superannuation. A$254k relates to Gilbert+Tobin providing legal consulting services, of which Michael Blakiston is a Partner.

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This announcement is authorised for release by Bill Beament, Managing Director.

Investor Enquiries Media Enquiries Bill Beament Paul Armstrong Develop Read Corporate T: +61 8 6389 7400 P: +61 8 9388 1474 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

About Develop

Develop (ASX: DVP) has a twin-pronged strategy for creating value. The first of these centres on the exploration and production of futurefacing metals. As part of this, the Company owns the Sulphur Springs copper-zinc-silver project in WA’s Pilbara region. This project is currently the focus of ongoing exploration to grow the inventory and various development studies. Develop also owns the Woodlawn zinc-copper project in NSW. Woodlawn, which is on care and maintenance, comprises an underground mine and a new processing plant. The second plank of Develop’s strategy centres on the provision of underground mining services. As part of this, Develop has an agreement with Bellevue Gold (ASX: BGL) to provide underground mining services at its Bellevue Gold Project in Western Australia.

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Interest in Mining Tenements

AREA OF INTEREST TENEMENTS GROUP
INTEREST
EXPIRY
Sulphur Springs M45/494 100% 21/10/2032
M45/587 100% 6/09/2032
M45/653 100% 28/09/2037
M45/1001 100% 21/01/2029
E45/4811 100% 27/03/2027
E45/4993 100% 10/04/2028
E 45/6033 100% 03/07/2028
E 45/6034 100% 03/07/2028
L45/166 100% 30/04/2030
L45/170 100% 19/09/2030
L45/173 100% 24/08/2033
L45/179 100% 31/03/2032
L45/188 100% 19/11/2030
L45/189 100% 19/11/2030
L45/287 100% 27/09/2033
M45/1254 100% 10/10/2038
Evelyn E47/1209 100% 26/09/2023
Whim Creek Anax JV M47/236 20% 26/07/2032
E47/3495 20% 31/07/2022
M47/237 20% 26/07/2032
M47/238 20% 26/072032
M47/443 20% 1/06/2040
L47/36 20% 18/01/2028
M47/323 20% 3/062035
M47/324 20% 3/06/2035
M47/1455 20% 3/04/2033
Woodlawn S(C&PL)20 100% 16/11/2029
EL7257 100% 14/11/2026
EL8325 100% 2/12/2023
EL7468 100% 4/03/2026
EL7469 100% 4/03/2026
EL8353 100% 17/03/2024
EL8623 100% 17/07/2026
EL8712 100% 5/03/2024
EL8796 100% 25/09/2024
EL8797 100% 25/09/2024
EL8945 100% 19/02/2026
Alchemy JV EL8318 20% 3/11/2023
EL5878 20% 24/07/2024
EL7941 20% 23/05/2028
EL8267 20% 12/05/2026
EL8356 20% 12/05/2026
EL8192 20% 30/10/2027
EL8631 20% 26/07/2025
EL8711 20% 5/03/2026
SKY Metal JV EL7954 20% 19/06/2028
EL8400 20% 20/10/2024
EL8573 20% 23/05/2026
EL8400 20% 20/10/2024
EL8573 20% 23/05/2026

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Mineral Resources Statements

CT RINGS Resource
Category
Tonnes (kt) Cu % Pb % Zn % Ag g/t Au g/t
SULPHUR SPRINGS PROJE SULPHUR SP Indicated 12,398
1,401
1.2
0.2
0.3
0.5
5.6
6.4
21.8
38.4
0.1
0.2
Inferred
TOTAL 13,798 1.1 0.3 5.7 23.5 0.2
KANGAROO CAVES Resource
Category
Tonnes (kt) Cu % Pb % Zn % Ag g/t Au g/t
Indicated 2,300 0.9 0.3 5.7 13.6 0.0
Inferred 1,300 0.5 0.4 6.5 18.0 0.0
Total 3,600 0.8 0.3 6.0 15.0 0.0
WOODLAWN WOODLAWN Resource
Category
Tonnes (kt) Cu % Pb % Zn % Ag g/t Au g/t
Measured 104 2.1 1.9 4.3 100 1.4
Indicated 4,776 1.8 1.8 5 42.2 0.7
Inferred 2,461 1.8 2.5 6.9 47.8 0.3
Total 7,341 1.8 2 5.7 44.9 0.6
DVP
100%
Measured 104 2.1 1.9 4.3 100 1.4
Indicated 19,474 1.3 0.7 5.5 26.7 0.3
Inferred 5,162 0.7 1.1 6.6 38.2 0.2
Total 24,739 1.3 0.8 5.8 28.6 0.3

Notes:

  • The copper equivalent grades for Woodlawn (Cu Eq) are based on copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold prices of US$8330t Copper, US$2160/t Lead, US$2315/t Zinc and US$23.5/oz Silver, and US$1926/oz Gold (price deck based on LME spot as 10/10/2023), with metallurgical metal recoveries of 89% Cu, 85% Pb, 92% Zn, 78% Ag and 43% Au respectively based on historical recoveries at Woodlawn and supported by metallurgical test work undertaken. The copper equivalent calculation is as follows: Cu Eq = (Cu grade % * Cu recovery %) + ((Pb grade % * Pb recovery % * (Pb price $/t/Cu price$/t)) + ( Zn grade% * Zn recovery* (Zn price $/t/Cu price$/t)) + (Ag grade g/t /31.103 * Ag recovery % * (Ag price $/oz/Cu price $/t)) + (Au grade g/t /31.103 * Au recovery % * (Au price $/oz/Cu price $/t))

  • The Sulphur Springs Mineral Resource Estimates (MRE) is reported at a A$80/t Net Smelter Return (NSR) cut-off, and have been extracted from the Company’s ASX announcements “Sulphur Springs Resource Update” issued 2 June 2023

  • The Kangaroo Caves MRE is reported at 0.4% Cu or 2% Zn cut-off and have been extracted from the Company’s ASX announcements “Kangaroo Caves Resource Update” issued 22 September 2015.

  • The Woodlawn MRE is reported at a A$100/t NSR cut-off, with A$140/t NSR cut-off for remnant lenses and have been extracted from the Company’s ASX announcements “Woodlawn Updated Mineral Resource Estimate” issued 2 August 2022.

  • Tonnages are dry metric tonnes. Minor discrepancies may occur due to rounding.

  • The information regarding previous operations at the Woodlawn Project, including information relating to historic production, recoveries, mineral resources and financial information has been sourced using publicly available information and cross-referenced against internal data for confirmation.

The information contained in this report references the following ASX announcements:

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “Woodlawn Resource increases by 40%, paving way for +10-year mine life” dated 11 October 2023

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “Amended – Updated Woodlawn mine plan” dated 27 September 2023

  • ASX announcement (ANX) titled “Lithium Zones Confirmed at Whim Creek” dated 18 September 2023

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “Updated Woodlawn mine plane to generate exceptional returns” dated 12 September 2023

  • ASX announcement (ANX) titled “Whim Creek Heap Leach Scoping Study” dated 11 September 2023

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “Discovery of high-grade Mineralisation at Woodlawn” dated 31 August 2023

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “Successful completion of Retail Entitlement Offer” dated 28 July 2023

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “Placement and Institutional Entitlement Offer Complete” dated 05 July 2023

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  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled ‘DVP & ESS Transformational Transaction’ dated 03 July 2023

Competent Person Statement

The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results is based on information by Mr Luke Gibson who is an employee of the Company. Mr Gibson is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience with the style of mineralisation, type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaking to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2012 – Refer Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources”. Mr Gibson consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.

Cautionary Statement

The information contained in this document (“Announcement”) has been prepared by DEVELOP Global Limited (“Company”). This Announcement is being used with summarised information. See DEVELOP’s other and periodic disclosure announcements lodged with the Australian Securities Exchange, which are available at www.asx.com.au or at www.develop.com.au for more information.

The information in this Announcement regarding previous operations at the Woodlawn Project, including information relating to historic production, recoveries, mineral resources and financial information (including historical expenditure) has been sourced using publicly available information and internal data. While the information contained in this Announcement has been prepared in good faith, neither the Company nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees or advisers give any representations or warranties (express or implied) as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information in this Announcement, or of any other written or oral information made or to be made available to any interested party or its advisers (all such information being referred to as “Information”) and liability therefore is expressly disclaimed. Accordingly, to the full extent permitted by law, neither the Company nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees or advisers take any responsibility for, or will accept any liability whether direct or indirect, express or implied, contractual, tortious, statutory or otherwise, in respect of, the accuracy or completeness of the Information or for any of the opinions contained in this Announcement or for any errors, omissions or misstatements or for any loss, howsoever arising, from the use of this Announcement.

This Announcement may include certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements in this Announcement, other than statements of historical facts, that address future activities and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company, its shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees or advisers, do not represent, warrant or guarantee, expressly or impliedly, that the information in this Announcement is complete or accurate. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company disclaims any responsibility to inform any recipient of this Announcement of any matter that subsequently comes to its notice which may affect any of the information contained in this Announcement. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. DEVELOP assumes no obligation to update such information.

Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in forward looking statements. Please undertake your own evaluation of the information in this Announcement and consult your professional advisers if you wish to buy or sell DEVELOP shares.

This Announcement has been prepared in compliance with the JORC Code 2012 Edition. The ‘forward-looking information’ is based on the Company’s expectations, estimates and projections as of the date on which the statements were made. The Company disclaims any intent or obligations to update or revise any forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, estimates or options, future events or results or otherwise, unless required to do so by law.

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