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EQ RESOURCES LIMITED AGM Information 2019

Nov 17, 2019

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ASX Code: SEI | www.specialitymetalsintl.com.au

Annual General Meeting

18 November 2019

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DISCLAIMER
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Forward Looking Statements

Some statements in this presentation relate to the future and are forward looking statements. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, statements with regard to intention, capacity, future production and grades, projections for sales growth, estimated revenues and reserves, targets for cost savings, the construction cost of new projects, projected capital expenditures, the timing of new projects, future cash flow and debt levels, the outlook for minerals and metals prices, the outlook for economic recovery and trends in the trading environment and may be (but are not necessarily) identified by the use of phrases such as “will”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe” and “envisage”. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and may be outside Speciality Metals International Limited’s (“Speciality Metals” or “the Company”) control. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements because of a number of factors, including levels of demand and market prices, the ability to produce and transport products profitably, the impact of foreign currency exchange rates on market prices and operating costs, operational problems, political uncertainty and economic conditions in relevant areas of the world, the actions of competitors, activities by governmental authorities such as changes in taxation or regulation.

Given these risks and uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements and intentions which speak only as at the date of the presentation. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant stock exchange listing rules, Speciality Metals does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements contained in this presentation, whether as a result of any change in Speciality Metals’ expectations in relation to them, or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Certain statistical and other information included in this presentation is sourced from publicly available third party sources and has not been independently verified.

Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Reporting Requirements

As an Australian company with securities listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”), Speciality Metals’ is subject to Australian disclosure requirements and standards, including the requirements of the Corporations Act and the ASX. Investors should note that it is a requirement of the ASX Listing Rules that the reporting of ore reserves and mineral resources in Australia comply with the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the “JORC Code”) and that Speciality Metals’ ore reserve and mineral resource estimates comply with the JORC Code.

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this document relating to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources, Production Targets and Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Dr Andrew White, who is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and a Consultant to Speciality Metals. Dr White has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation, mining and processing the type of deposit under consideration to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves” (the JORC code). Dr White consents to the inclusion of matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears in this presentation. The potential quantity and grade of exploration targets is conceptual in nature. Where Exploration Targets are stated, there has been insufficient exploration to define a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource.

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CHAIRMAN S WELCOME
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Russell Krause

Executive Chairman

Stephen Layton Non-Executive Director

Oliver Kleinhempel Non-Executive Director

Zhui Pei Yeo Non-Executive Director

Capital Structure
ASX Code SEI
Share Price (52 Week High/Low) $0.060 - $0.010
Shares on Issue 982.73 Million
Market Capitalisation ($) 50.12 Million
Cash* $1,574,000
Debt -
Shareholders 1,465
Top 20 Shareholders 54.47%
Top 5 Shareholders Top 5 Shareholders
Hilux Resources Pty Ltd 7.12%
Whitfords Holding Investments Ltd 6.61%
Lynewood Holdings Ltd 4.76%
Bodie Investments Pty Ltd 3.77%
Covenant Holdings (WA) Pty Ltd {The Boyd No 3 A/c> 3.76%
  • As at 30 September 2019

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HIGHLIGHTS
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MT CARBINE

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  • Speciality Metals was pleased to announce on 2 July 2019 that it had completed the 100% acquisition of Mt Carbine Quarries Pty Ltd (Mt Carbine Quarries) an entity that owned and operated the Mt Carbine quarry and holds Mining Leases ML 4867 and ML 4919. Speciality Metals’ wholly owned subsidiary, Mt Carbine Quarrying Operations Pty Ltd, commenced operating the quarry as from 1 July 2019 with the handover transitioning smoothly from both an operational and customer perspective.

  • Unincorporated Joint Venture (JV) between Cronimet Asia Pte Ltd (Cronimet) and Speciality Metals has commenced.

  • The refurbishment of the Tailings Retreatment Plant is progressing well with all equipment now delivered to Mt Carbine. Installation of the newly arrived equipment is underway, and everything is on schedule for the finalisation of commissioning and the commencement of production during the 4[th] quarter of 2019.

  • Current tenement holdings have been reviewed and additional subblocks applied for.

  • Mt Carbine mapping program and core sample review underway.

HILE Ç

  • Significant geotechnical work completed by Santo Tomas University and the Company’s Chilean consultants on the Tamarugal Basin. Recommendations are in the process of being finalised.

GOLD

  • Panama Hat (EL 8024) - Further surface sampling and interpretative work in progress. Relevant samples will be sent for assaying.

  • Crow Mountain (EL 6648) - Applications underway for further trenching and surface sampling.

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HIGHLIGHTS
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CORPORATE

  • On 2 July 2019 Speciality Metals announced that it would be undertaking a pro-rata non-renounceable shareholder entitlement offer to raise up to approximately $2.9 million under which all eligible shareholders would be entitled to 1 new share for every 5 existing shares held in the Company at 0.018 cents per share. The offer was fully underwritten by Rymill Global Ventures Ltd.

The offer closed on 23 July 2019 with the following results:

EVENT NO OF SHARES APPLICABLE FUNDS
Shares on issue before the Offer 798,107,881
Total shares applied for under the Offer 112,733,514 $2,029,203
Shortfall shares remainingafter close of the Offer 46,888,236 $843,988

All Shortfall shares were placed by Rymill Global Ventures Ltd.

The 25,000,000 Performance Rights granted to Directors at the General Meeting on 22 June 2018 were also issued to Directors on 2 August 2019 due to the vesting condition relating to the purchase of Mt Carbine Quarries Pty Ltd being met.

  • Mr Oliver Kleinhempel and Mr Yeo Zhui Pei were appointed as Directors to the Speciality Metals’ Board on 12 August 2019.

  • The JV Management Committee has been established comprising of two members each from Cronimet and Speciality Metals.

  • The Full Year Audit has been completed with the Company releasing its Full Year Statutory Accounts on 26 September 2019.

  • IT and system upgrade completed at Mt Carbine.

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COMPANY OVERVIEW
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DIVERSIFIED SPECIALTY RESOURCES, MINING & EXPLORATION COMPANY

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World-Class Tungsten Assets - Mt Carbine, Queensland

  • Mt Carbine Tungsten Mine – ML 4867 & ML 4919 acquired 28 June 2019.

  • Joint Venture in place with Cronimet Asia Pte Ltd to recommence production from the Tailings & Stockpile Retreatment Projects.

  • Exploration Permits EPM 14872 - Iron Duke & Petersens Lode / EPM 14871 - Mt Holmes

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Gold Exploration Licences, New South Wales

  • EL 8024 – Panama Hat Located 30km SE of Broken Hill covering ~80% of historical gold workings in the Broken Hill district.

  • EL 6648 – Crow Mountain

Located 20km SE of Barraba in northern NSW. Straddles part of the Peel Fault.

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Exploration Concessions, Chile

20 Concessions (Each concession = 3km x 1km) for Boron, Lithium Brines and Potash.

  • Bellavista 1-5 / Pinta 1-15

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TUNGSTEN
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INDUSTRIAL ENABLING METAL WITH STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE

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Aeronautical & Automobile Manufacturing

Military & Mining

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Rail & Heavy Earthmoving

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With a density of 19.25 g/cm3, tungsten is also among the heaviest metals.

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Highest melting point of all metals at 3,422 ± 15[o] C and a boiling point which corresponds approx. to the temperature of the sun’s surface, 5,700 ± 15[o] C .

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TUNGSTEN MARKET
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WORLD REFINED TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, PRICE OUTLOOK

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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LOCATION

The historical Mt Carbine Tungsten Mine is located ~130km by sealed highway from the port of Cairns in North Queensland, Australia.

The Mt Carbine Mining Leases cover ~367 hectares.

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Mt Carbine
Tungsten
Project
Mt Carbine Mining Leases
cover ~367 hectares.
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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HISTORY

  • Tungsten discovered at Mt Carbine in 1895.

  • Mining consisted of small scale, selective underground mining of the quartz veins until 1919 when world wolframite prices collapsed.

  • Mt Carbine mined sporadically from 1919 to 1968.

  • In 1972, Queensland Wolfram Ltd (QWL) purchased the mining leases and reopened Mt Carbine based on mining and gravity processing ~400,000 tonnes of alluvial scree and dump material from the old workings.

  • In 1974 QWL commenced hard-rock mining, optical ore sorting and gravity separation of the sorted ore.

  • Until the mine closed in 1987, QWL processed a total of 13 Mt of ore from an open pit, producing about 1,100 tonnes of WO3 in high grade (up to 72% WO3) in concentrate per year.

  • Historically it was one of the world’s largest tungsten mines, delivering 40% of Australia’s annual tungsten production until low metal prices forced the closure of operations post the 1987 Stock Market financial crisis.

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Historical Photo of Roche Bros Operations, Mt Carbine Tungsten Mine

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
MT CARBINE MINING LEASES CONTAIN Tailings Dam
THE FOLLOWING WORLD-CLASS
TUNGSTEN RESOURCES:
Low Grade Stockpile
Mining Leases cover ~ 367 hectares 2012 JORC Compliant Resource
Resource Summary - July 2014 Tungsten Resource as WO3
Cut-off Grade Tonnes WO3 WO3
Resource Resource (%) (Mt) (%) (mtu)
Open Pit Low Grade Stockpile Indicated 0.00 12.0 0.070 840,000
Main Zone Hard Rock Indicated 0.05 18.0 0.140 2,520,000
Main Zone Hard Rock Inferred 0.05 29.3 0.120 3,516,000
Total 59.3 6,876,000
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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STAGED DEVELOPMENT APPROACH

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June 2019 July 2019 Purchase of Quarry & MLs Concluded Retreatment Plant Refurbishment Commencement of Joint Venture

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2020 Commence Stockpile Ore Sorter Trials + Start work to re-establish Open Pit Mining +

Develop Exploration Program – EPMs & apply for additional Mining Leases surrounding existing MLs.

Retreatment Plant Commissioning Finalised Commenced Quarry Operations Commence Tailings Retreatment July 2019 4[th] Qtr 2019

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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  • Tailings Retreatment covered by same Environmental Authority as that for the stockpiled material..

  • Previously produced ~142 tonnes of tungsten concentrate WO3.

RETREATMENT PLANT STAGE 1

• Good recovery rates from the <0.2mm fractions, recovered ~60% of contained metal.

  • Recovery rates from the >0.2mm – 4.0mm fractions under test conditions yielded ~85% of contained metal. .

  • Plant is being upgraded and refurbished prior to recommissioning. Commissioning to be completed and production to commence during the 4[th] quarter of 2019.

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – TAILINGS RETREATMENT
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ZERO WASTE
EXCESS MATERIAL FROM RETREATMENT / PROCESSING
ACTITIVIES WILL BE SOLD AS QUARRY MATERIAL
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Retreatment process will primarily focus on the recovery of the coarse scheelite, Ca[Wo4], still contained within the existing tailings stockpile.

Wolframite and Scheelite fines will also be targeted for recovery. An ultrafine recovery program will commence within 12 months from commissioning.

The Company is committed to supporting the local communities within which it operates for its recruitment and procurement activities. Commissioning to be concluded and production commenced during the 4[th] quarter of 2019.

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – TAILINGS RETREATMENT
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PLANT REFURBISHMENT HAS COMMENCED

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Redundant Plant Decommissioned
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Concrete Formwork Completed
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Process Water Pumps Installed
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Wet Screen Hopper
Electrical Installation
Electrical Installation
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Wet Screen & Jig
Wet Screen
Wet Screen
Positioning of Wet Screen
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – TAILINGS RETREATMENT
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PLANT REFURBISHMENT HAS COMMENCED

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Steel support structures & equipment positioned in preparation for electrical installation and commissioning.
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – TAILINGS RETREATMENT
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PLANT REFURBISHMENT HAS COMMENCED

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Electrical Installation
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Electrical Installation
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – TAILINGS RETREATMENT
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PLANT REFURBISHMENT HAS COMMENCED

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Electrical Installation
Electrical Installation
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Rolls Crusher
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – TAILINGS RETREATMENT
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PLANT REFURBISHMENT HAS COMMENCED

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Electrical Installation – Existing Retreatment Plant
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Process Water Pipeline
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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  • Covered under Environmental Authority EPML00956913 issued August 2013.

STOCKPILED MATERIAL

STAGE 2

Covers existing tungsten stockpiles [~12 million tonnes of at-surface stockpiled material]. - X Ray Ore Sorters to be utilised to remove tungsten rich quartz from the stockpiled material. Beneficiation of the ore will result in a 40 tonne waste to 1 tonne tungsten ore ~4% W. Trials to commence during 2020.

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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OPEN PIT & UNDERGROUND MINING

STAGE 3

  • Mining Leases in place.

  • Permitting required before commencement of mining.

  • 440m and 415m decline ramps already in place.

  • Expansion of Mining Leases required to continue the development of the Open Pit and underground mining opportunities.

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High Grade quartz-wolframite sheeted veining (open pit floor 1986)

Permitting process and associated environmental and Native Title negotiations will commence as soon as Mining Leases have been acquired.

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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OPEN PIT & UNDERGROUND MINING

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Perspective view of WO3% model blocks looking west, incorporating the South Wall Fault and the Mt Carbine pit, Mt Carbine.

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE
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OPEN PIT & UNDERGROUND MINING

Perspective view of WO3% model blocks looking NNW, Mt Carbine.

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Schematic plan of present pit and location of Iron Duke prospect (blue oblong outline).

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MT CARBINE EXPLORATION PERMITS
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EXPLORATION UPSIDE - TUNGSTEN EXPLORATION PERMITS

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  • Two prospects Iron Duke Mining Leases and Petersens Lode exist within EPM 14872 and Mt Holmes in EPM 14871.ML 4867 & ML 4919

These prospects are dominated by scheelite mineralisation.

Historical mapping and sampling indicate both prospects have extensive strike length. EPM 14872

The Company’s geological team are currently reviewing historical maps of the Mt Carbine EPMs and are in the process of remapping and upgrading the currently available geological data.

An application for additional subblocks adjacent to EPM 14872 has also been lodged with the Department.

Potential to increase existing JORC Resource through the drilling of the Iron Duke extension which lies within EPM 14872.

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MT CARBINE EPM 14872 – EXPLORATION UPSIDE
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IRON DUKE

  • Present resource estimate does not include any Iron Duke mineralisation. Lies within the planned open-cut envelope.

  • Average true width 8m from 6 drill holes with an average weighted grade of .32% WO3. Mapping indicates a strike length of at least 1.3 km.

  • Recent soil sampling confirms that the Iron Duke scheelite prospect is mineralised over 1km strike length.

  • A self potential survey over a gossan concealed beneath mine waste north of Carbine Hill revealed a substantial anomaly with a total strike length of 160m and open to the north east.

  • This anomaly comprises a future drilling target to test for copper-zinc mineralisation.

PETERSENS LODE

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Present mapped
extent of Iron Duke
Low grade
stockpile prospect
6 holes in Iron
Duke prospect
Mt Carbine
village
Existing open pit
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Tailings
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  • Lies within EPM 14872 and is ~1-2km south-east of Mt Carbine.

  • Sub-vertical zone of scheelite mineralisation hosted by sheared and altered metasediments traced for 2.2 km along the strike.

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE - QUARRY OPERATIONS

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – QUARRY OPERATIONS
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  • Fully permitted, established business in operation for over 20 years within the Mt Carbine Mining Leases.

  • Speciality Metals’ wholly owned subsidiary, Mt Carbine Quarrying Operations Pty Ltd, commenced operating the quarry as from 1 July 2019.

  • Offers substantial growth opportunities and an invaluable revenue stream, the synergies between the quarry and the Company’s future mining activities through waste management are invaluable.

  • Feed stock sourced from stockpiled mined rock (~6Mt from a stockpile that has been processed through an optical ore sorter + a further ~12Mt of stockpiled mined rock of which approximately 90% will be available for future quarry feed after processing by the Joint Venture.

  • No drill and blast necessary. Mined waste rock = quarry feed stock. Material only requires secondary crushing, screening and blending to form a saleable product.

  • Handover transitioned smoothly from both an operational and customer perspective.

  • Existing quarry staff retained. Combined knowledge of 60+ years in the quarrying industry.

  • Existing Health, Safety, Environment and Training systems are being reviewed and aligned where necessary.

  • All plant and equipment remain in place.

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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – QUARRY OPERATIONS
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  • Largest and most northern hard rock quarry with an extensive range of:

  • Road Base

  • Crushed Rock

  • Mattress Rock

  • Crushed Fill

  • Concrete Aggregate

  • Crusher Dust

  • Erosion Control Rock

  • Drainage Rock

  • Ballast

  • Gabion

  • Precoat Aggregate

  • Clean Sorted Rock

  • Shot Rock

  • Fill

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Precoat - 14mm
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Aggregate – 10mm
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Approved for erosion control along the eastern shoreline as material is clean and non-acidic.

Also approved supplier of the Department of Transport & Main Roads and local Government Councils.

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Mattress Rock 50mm-150mm
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Crusher Dust
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MT CARBINE TUNGSTEN MINE – QUARRY OPERATIONS
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  • Largest and most northern hard rock quarry with an extensive range of:

  • Road Base * Crushed Rock

  • Mattress

  • Crushed Fill

  • Concrete Aggregate

  • Crusher Dust * Ballast

  • Erosion Control Rock

  • Drainage Rock

  • Gabion

  • Precoat Aggregate

  • Clean Sorted Rock

  • Shot Rock

  • Fill

  • Large Rocks +500mm

Approved for erosion control along the eastern shoreline as material is clean and non-acidic.

Also approved supplier of the Department of Transport & Main Roads and local Government Councils.

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Large Rocks 500mm+
Large Breakwater Rock 500mm+
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Road Base - 2.1 to 2.4
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CHILEAN EXPLORATION CONCESSIONS
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The Company’s wholly owned Chilean subsidiary, Special Metals Chile SpA, holds the following Exploration Concessions:

  • Salar de Bellavista

  • 5 Concessions

  • Salar de Pintados

  • 15 Concessions

Upon the completion of a detailed desktop and in-field review the 5 concessions within Salar de Miraje were not renewed upon the expiration of their initial 3-year term which concluded on 10 May 2019.

During the year:

  • Collaboration alliance entered into between Speciality Metals’ in-country consultants and Santo Tomas University to undertake technical work on the project to determine potential brine target depths, define the stratigraphic sequence and associated aquifers and establish a preliminary 3D model of the area aiming to define drill targets. The findings report is near to completion.

  • Letter of relevance lodged with the Environmental Evaluation Agency of the Tarapaca Region resulted in the Company being granted permission to drill exploration wells within its Pintados and Bellavista Exploration Concessions.

  • Meetings have also been held with the main environmental authorities (Regional Environmental Ministry, Regional Ministry of Mines, National Forest Corporation, General Water Bureau, Environmental Evaluation Agency and National Mining and Geology Service) of the Tarapacá Region to introduce the Company and the development activities it intends to undertake within the Tarapacá Region.

Typical exposure of historical workings, EL8024 Summary map of northern Chile, showing location of Salars Bellavista and Pintados

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CHILEAN EXPLORATION CONCESSIONS
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EXPLORATION & BUSINESS STRATEGY

  • Speciality Metals is focused not only on lithium but also other valuable minerals such as boron, potassium, iodine and magnesium and has concentrated its efforts in salars:-

  • Located in the central belt of Northern Chile;

  • That are geologically older but at a lower topographic elevation (all at an altitude of ~1,000m).

    • The lower elevation and much higher evaporation rates will favour lower operating costs if exploration for lithium brines in the salar is successful;
  • Offer ideal situations for the construction of evaporation ponds on their flat surfaces, with the intention of pumping lithium bearing ground waters to the surface and concentrating the lithium by further evaporation in the ponds, prior to shipment to processing facilities.

  • With respect to lithium the Company’s business strategy is to position the Company as a low-cost lithium producer, using our key geological insights into the discovery of lithium brines. Production of lithium from brines is typically lower cost.

  • Whilst the Company has been advised that the recent civil unrest in Chile is a short-term issue it will continue to closely monitor the situation and take this into consideration prior to any decisions being made on the project’s advancement.

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GOLD EXPLORATION LICENCES
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GOLD

The following gold exploration licences are held in New South Wales:

  • Exploration Licence 6648 – Crow Mountain

  • Exploration Licence 8024 – Panama Hat

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Above map shows maximum gold values obtained by rock chip or mineralised rocks by previous explorers on EL 8024.

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Location of EL 6648, showing historical gold workings (yellow triangles) adjacent to the Peel Fault.

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GOLD EXPLORATION LICENCES
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EL 8024 - PANAMA HAT

  • About 30km south east of Broken Hill covering ~80% of the historical gold workings in the Broken Hill district.

  • Workings mostly date from 1931-1935 and occur along an arcuate line of quartz veining with associated iron oxides.

  • Previous exploration in modern times includes an MMR/EIP geophysical survey and several percussion drill holes.

  • SEI mapping indicates that the gold is hosted in quartz veins trending at 90[o] to the arcuate trend and therefore previous drilling with the same orientation is unlikely to have sampled the veins.

  • Sampling has shown quartz vein material containing limonite, (hydrous iron oxides) after sulphides consistently contains gold, with samples ranging from 1.24g/t Au up to a grade of 84.4g/t Au.

  • Whilst drill ready and permitted, this target is not sufficiently geologically understood to proceed with a drilling campaign. Consequently, our geological team has conducted further sampling and mapping work. Once the results are known, the Company will determine if further work is required prior to initiating a drilling program. The Company remains optimistic about this region’s prospects.

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Typical exposure of historical workings, EL8024
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GOLD EXPLORATION LICENCES
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EL 6648 - CROW MOUNTAIN

  • Approximately 20km south east of Barraba in northern NSW. Straddles part of the Peel Fault, a mega structure that geologically separates the New England Province from the Tamworth Trough to the west.

  • Contains numerous historical shallow gold workings dating from 1868 with historical records indicating that high to bonanza grade gold occurred in quartz veins up to 38cm wide and 12m long.

  • In modern times the licence has been partly investigated by 3D-IP survey, drilling and surface sampling.

  • The licence was previously held by Speciality Metals’ precursor, Icon Resources Limited, who drilled three holes in the Magnesite Hill target in 2010.

DRILL HOLE From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Au g/t
ICK001 76.3 78.45 2.15 1.85
117.4 172 54.6 0.45
Including: 140 148 8 1.27
ICK002 113.4 119.4 6 0.67
137 151 14 1.00
Including 139 141 2 3.69
ICK003 113.6 117 3.4 1.23

Magnesite Hill anomalous gold intercepts (extracted from Icon Resources June 2010 Quarterly Report)

  • Highly anomalous gold was intersected in each hole, with the best gold grades being found in metasediments in ICK002 (14m at 1.00g/t from 137m, including 2m at 3.69g/t from 139m), and in the altered dykes in ICK001 (8m at 1.27g/t from 140m including 5m at 1.6g/t from 140m).

After reviewing all available data the Company’s geological team is in the process of applying for permits for a detailed trenching, sampling and mapping program within this exploration licence. Landholder approvals to undertake this work have been obtained. This work program will proceed once the NSW Government application process has been finalised.

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2019 – 2020 OUTLOOK
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  • Streamline production from Tailings Retreatment and focus on revenues.

  • Commence x-ray ore sorter trials Quarter 1, 2020.

  • Focus on best practice, lower costs & improved recoveries to optimise revenues.

  • Finalise the Mt Carbine mapping and core sample review.

  • Apply to Government Environmental Department for a major Environmental Authority Amendment.

  • Commence permitting process for open-pit mining.

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  • Continue to advance gold exploration.

  • Development of Quarry strategy.

Thank-you

  • Review other opportunities.

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