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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
| 1 Introduction |
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| 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 |
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| 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% |
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| 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
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− 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 |
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| 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
- Full scale production in 2028:

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 2 |
3 4 |
The road ahead |
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| Commentary | Key metrics - |
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





