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Green Minerals Investor Presentation 2021

Apr 23, 2021

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1ST QUARTER 2021

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Green Minerals

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AGENDA

Q1 2021 UPDATE

FINANCIAL

COMPANY PRESENTATION Executive Chairman

THEME: SMS FORMATION

Ståle Rodahl

Maxime Lesage Chief Engineer

Erik Von Krogh CFO

Q1 2021 UPDATE – PROGRESSING ON PLAN

Green Minerals

Major milestones

  • Key hires in engineering and geoscience • LOI with consortium led by Oil States Industries (UK) Ltd for a FEED study on a turnkey HEDSMS for a long term contract against exclusive use in Norwegian waters • Listing on Euronext Growth Oslo • Government development grant received from Forskningsrådet (Skattefunn) • Agreement involving the Project ULTRA signed with National Oceanography Centre and University of Southamption • cooperation with internationally leading scientists, co-supervising 2 PhD programs • 2 research cruises, of which the first already in 2021 • Important project to help design both exploration and production strategy

Subsequent events

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- Full scale revenue target from Cu only moved from >\$400M pa to >\$550M pa on higher copper prices • Pilot production target 2026 introduced in March Upgrading Aspirational Targets

Q1 FINANCIALS

Green Mineral AS

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Introduction
Green Mineral AS
Preliminary figures
Profit & Loss (NOK) Q1 2020 2020
Revenues - -
R&D - 322 712 -
SG&A - 1 329 228 - 600 582
Operating profit - 1 651 940 - 600 582
Net financials 847 - 255
Profit/loss - 1 651 093 - 600 837
Assets
Other current assets - -
Bank 27 770 573 29 048 450
Total assets 27 770 573 29 048 450
Equity 26 420 183 28 970 040
Assets
Total assets
27 770 573
29 048 450
Equity
26 420 183
28 970 040
Short term liabilities
1 350 390
78 410
Total equity and liabilities
27 770 573
29 048 450

Our mission

Deliver minerals for the Green Shift in a responsible and sustainable manner

Creating an industry bellwether

  • First capital raise in November 2020
  • Listing on Euronext Growth Oslo on 23 March 2021
    • − 5000 shareholders
    • − Market cap estimated around NOK 350,000,000
    • − First mover: only DSM globally with a Stock Exchange listing as of March 2021
  • Parent company to remain a large shareholder
    • − Significant initial-phase synergies in exploration campaign, geophysics, finance and administration

CAPEX to OPEX

− Study e.g: Engineer leverage ratio 10:1

Hiring top talent with marine minerals specialization to innovate with partners on

organization

3 Well-defined roadmap and string of newsflow

  • Near term updates:
    • − Partner/cooperation agreements; LOI with Oil States Industries (UK) Ltd signed on March 23rd
  • 2 − Additional key hires, targeting 4 PhD`s giving impetus to our industry leading position Flexible and asset-light
    • − Cooperation with academia; agreement involving the Project ULTRA signed on April 14th partnering strategy
  • Asset-light partnering approach creating superior shareholder return − The Green Minerals approach: moving existing technologies – leveraging our − Funding programs; 1st grant from the Norwegian Govt`s Forskningsrådet signed on April 13th

Our vision: Creating the marine minerals value chain

Massive global demand for new metals sources

  • Massive need for new source of metals as the world electrifies and digital technology becomes available to more consumers
  • Demand of base metals for production of EV batteries could increase 11x by 2050 (World Bank)
  • \$240bn CAPEX investment needed for the next 5 years only in base metals and gold (Wood Mackenzie)
  • Will take decades to build the primary stock of metals that will make recycling of EV metals possible and being able to fulfil all the demand

Commentary >\$1trn in key metals capex needed by 2035

Cumulative capex: current commitments and AET-2 scenario requirements, USDbn

USD 1.7 trillion in capex needed to meet expected 2035 demand

However, supply is limited

  • Several environmental and social challenges with traditional metal production
    • − 70 % of the world's cobalt is mined in the D.R. of Congo, significant amounts from unregulated artisanal mines and child labor
    • − Metal production generates 350bn tons of waste and accounts for 11% of global energy use
    • − Land ore grade declines, becomes less accessible and contains toxic levels of heavy elements
  • Producing metals for the green transition this way is not sustainable as it simply shifts the burden from fossil fuels to metals
  • In May 2018, the US Department of the Interior published list of 35 minerals considered critical to the US economy and national security, where supply might become limited in near future
  • The Blue Mining initiative by the EU sees risk of increasing supply shortage of metals critical to EU`s high tech sector and is thus supporting search for alternative resources

2050 metals demand index

Indicative 2020 to 2050 metals demand growth by climate change scenarios

EMERGING COPPER SUPPLY GAP Global copper market balance Copper supply gap vs price

S

Source: Goldman Sachs Investment Research

Traditional mining vs deep sea mining

Onshore mining Deep sea mining Change
C02
equivalent emissions
(Gt.)
1.5 0.4 -70%
bn electric cars
Ore use
(Gt.)
25 6 -75%
Deforestation
(Sqm)
66,000 5,200 -92%
minerals to 1
Solid waste
(Gt.)
64 0 -100%
mpact of
Freshwater ecotoxicity
(1.4 DCB equivalent Gt)
I
21 0.1 -99%
Megafauna wildlife at risk
(trillion organisms)
47 3 -93%
]
Source: Paulikas
et al. 2020
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NCS – the most attractive area in the world to kickstart the industry from Commentary The Mohns & Kniprovich ridges Mineral exploration on the Norwegian continental shelf 60 years of succesful O&G regulation

  • ("NCS") is attractive for several reasons:
    • − Size and richness of reserves
    • − One nation state, one regulatory authority

  • Norway has the second largest EEZ in the world, and with the
  • SMS (Seafloor Massive Sulfides) and Crusts found in several locations in the Norwegian Sea

Findings from SMS samples Findings from crust samples

Copper:
up to 14 % (vs
~0.6 % for onshore mining)

Lithium:
20-80x Pacific
Ocean
10.5K
tons silver

Zinc:
up to 10 %

Scandium:
4-7x Pacific
Ocean

Cobalt:
up to 1 % (vs ~0.2
% for onshore mining)

Quantifying the Unknown

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Key events towards exploration and production license awards in 2023

Our team

Supporting global sustainability

Overview of the value chain

Partners and affiliations

Secured partnerships with Seabird Exploration and Oil State Industries

Partnership with Seabird Exploration

  • geophysical, project, maritime competencies
  • finance
  • administration

- for excavation equipment SMD delivered the first commercial SMS crawlers to Nautilus Minerals. Stena Drilling: delivery and operation of the production vessel and the offshore logistics

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Our strategy

Short term Medium term Long term Ultimately
To be recognized as a pioneer
and leader of the Marine
Minerals industry
Win exploration and production
licenses to capitalize on a NOK
700bn of resource potential on
the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Expand our portfolio to
international licenses and
become a global marine
minerals company
Transform into a truly circular
economy business model by
recycling metals as the primary
stock of metals reaches plateau

Aspirational targets (I)

  • Expect first Research cruise in 2021, incl ecosystem impact evaluation
  • To be granted Survey license within 3 months after opening
  • To be awarded 3 Production Licenses by early 2024
  • Minimum one discovery of SMS with
  • +5% average grade Cu (+ others Zn, Au, Ag, trace elements )

Exploration

  • +5m tonnes of ore by YE 2024/25 First system ready to operate in 2026 (pilot):
    • Full scale production in 2028:
      • − 5-8000 tonnes/day ore to surface
      • − 200+ day/year operations
      • − 1,5MT ore/year
    • Processing performed in Norway/Scandinavia
    • Immense focus on subsea ecosystem and biodiversity

Development/Production Finished product/processing

  • Annual gross value of ore from start production of (based on current metal prices and "ore to metal factor"): \$75-100m est in other metals (Nickel,
  • \$550M for Copper only (+ additional value for other metals) or
  • REE, Lithium++)
  • Introducing >\$800M with 0.25% Co

Aspirational targets (II)

Commentary

  • One Green Minerals full scale production system:
    • − Flow rate: min 5-8000 tonnes/day
    • − Utilisation: min 200+ days/year
    • − Annual ore production: min 1,5mt
  • cobolt
    • onshore
    • − Valuation onshore 2021e (EV/S): Boliden 1,5, Rio Tinto 2,6
  • Environmental footprint:
  • 90% lower than similar onshore
Aspirational targets (II) 1
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The road ahead
Commentary Key metrics
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30MT deposit example

One Green Minerals full scale production system:
Metric Unit

Flow rate: min 5-8000 tonnes/day
Mineral resources Million tons 30

Utilisation: min 200+ days/year
Enrichment (CuEq) % 5.3
Annual ore production: min 1,5mt
Sum revenue USDm 7,360
Sum Expex USDm 40
Gross revenues: >\$550M/yr
on copper only
Sum Capex USDm 780
Gross revenues >\$800M/yr
if adding 0.25%
cobolt
Sum Opex USDm 2,250
Revenue/tonne
ore: 10-20x higher than similar
Sum Abex USDm 100


onshore
Unit cost (CuEq) USD/kg 2.0

Valuation onshore 2021e (EV/S): Boliden 1,5, Rio
Lifting cost (CuEq) USD/kg 1.4
Tinto 2,6 Pre-tax NPV0 USDm 4,260

Environmental footprint:

90% lower than similar onshore
Pre-tax NPV10 USDm 746

Source: Rystad

Theme: SMS Formation

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Volcanic Massive Sulphides (VMS) as a source of copper on land VMS are born in the sea – VMS in ophiolites 1

e.g. Troodos 2

Some VMS are SMS which have been transported from Mid-Ocean Ridges (MOR) 3

SMS forms on MOR : the hydrothermal process 4

Understanding the SMS formation process supports exploration – similar to O&G play models

VMS as a source of copper

Formation of SMS deposits

How to find them – and how to value them