HASTINGS TECHNOLOGY METALS LTD — AGM Information 2017

Oct 25, 2017

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HASTINGS TECHNOLOGY METALS LIMITED ACN 122 911 399

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TIME : 11.am

DATE : 29 November 2017

PLACE : Boardroom of Allens , Level 37, QV1 Building 250 St Georges Terrace Perth WA,6000

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.

Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on (+61 2) 9078 7674.

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CONTENTS PAGE
Business of the Meeting (setting out the proposed resolutions)	4
Voting Exclusions	6
Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed resolutions)	7
Glossary	19
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING

Notice is given that the annual general meeting of the Shareholders to which this Notice of Meeting relates will be held at 11.00 am on 29 November 2017 at:

Boardroom of Allens Level 37, QV1 Building 250 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

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

VOTING ELIGIBILITY

The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders at 11am on 27 November 2017.

VOTING IN PERSON

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

VOTING BY PROXY

1. A Shareholder can attend and vote at the Meeting and is entitled to appoint not more than 2 proxies. The appointment of one or more proxies will not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting at the Meeting.

2. A proxy need not be a shareholder of Hastings.

3. A proxy may be either an individual or a body corporate. If you wish to appoint a body corporate as your proxy, you must specify on the proxy form:

4. the full name of the body corporate appointed as proxy; and

5. the full name or title of the individual representative of the body corporate at the meeting.

6. Where 2 proxies are appointed, each proxy may be appointed to represent a specified proportion or number of the voting rights of the Shareholder and neither proxy is entitled to vote on a show of hands if more than one proxy attends. If you wish to appoint 2 proxies, ensure you complete the relevant section on the proxy form.

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1. If your proxy chooses to vote, he/she must vote in accordance with your directions. If you have directed your proxy to vote, and they fail to attend the meeting or they choose not to vote on a poll, then the Chairman of the meeting will vote your proxies as directed by you.

2. If you do not mark a box, your proxy may vote as they choose on that item. However, if you intend to appoint a member of the Key Management Personnel as your proxy, please ensure that you direct them how to vote on resolution 1.

3. If the Chairman of the meeting is your proxy (or he becomes your proxy by default), you will be taken to have expressly authorised him to exercise your proxy in relation to resolution 1 (Adoption of the Remuneration Report) even though the Chairman is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a director or member of the key management personnel of the Hastings Group. Shareholders will be informed of the proxy position and the manner in which the Chairman intends to vote undirected proxies at the meeting.

4. Completed proxy forms (together with any authority under which the proxy was signed or a certified copy of the authority) must be returned before 11am on 27 November 2017 in one of the following 2 ways:

5. By mail to : Security Transfer Australia Pty Ltd

6. PO Box 52, Collin Street WEST VIC 8007

7. • By email: registrar@securitytransfer.com.au

8. Facsimile: +61 8 9315 2233

At the meeting, the Chairman will allow a reasonable opportunity for shareholders to ask questions about, or make comments on, the management of the Company and on the Remuneration Report. Shareholders will also be given a reasonable opportunity at the meeting to ask the Company’s auditor, HLB Mann Judd, questions about the content of its report, and the conduct of its audit of the Company, for the year.

By order of the Board

Guy Robertson Company Secretary Hastings Technology Metals Ltd 24 October 2017

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BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

AGENDA

ORDINARY BUSINESS

1. Financial Statements and Reports

To receive and consider the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2017 together with the declaration of the Directors, the Directors’ report, the remuneration report and the auditor’s report.

2. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as a non-binding resolution :

“That, for the purpose of Section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the adoption of the Remuneration Report as contained in the Company’s annual financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2017.”

Note: the vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.

3. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR GUY ROBERTSON

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

“That, for the purpose of clause 13.4 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Guy Robertson, who was appointed as a Director on 31 July 2017, is re-elected as a Director.”

4. RESOLUTION 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR ARISTEIDIS (ARIS) STAMOULIS

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

“That, for the purpose of clause 13.4 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Aris Stamoulis, who was appointed as a Director on 4 October 2017, is re-elected as a Director.”

5. RESOLUTION 4 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR JEAN CLAUDE STEIMETZ

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

“That, for the purpose of clause 13.2 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Jean Claude Steinmetz, retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

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6. RESOLUTION 5 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISUE OF 4,475,000 SHARES

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

"That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the allotment and issue of 4,475,000 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.”

7. RESOLUTION 6 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF 1,000,000 SHARES

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

"That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the allotment and issue of 1,000,000 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.”

SPECIAL BUSINESS

8. RESOLUTION 7 – APPROVAL OF PLACEMENT CAPACITY

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as a Special Resolution :

"That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.1A and all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to allot and issue Equity Securities up to 10% of the Company’s issued share capital (at the time of the issue) calculated in accordance with the formula prescribed in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2 and on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum."

DATED: 24 OCTOBER 2017

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

GUY ROBERTSON COMPANY SECRETARY

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VOTING EXCLUSION STATEMENTS

Under ASX Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast on the Resolutions by the following persons:

RESOLUTION	PERSONS EXCLUDED FROM VOTING
1. Remuneration Report	• A member of the key management personnel (KMP), details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2017; or • A closely related party of a KMP¹
5. Ratification of prior issue of 4,475,000 shares	• Any person who participated in the issue; and • Any of their associates
6. Ratification of prior issue of 1,000,000 shares	• Any person who participated in the issue; and • Any of their associates
7. Approval of Placement Capacity	• Any person who may participate in the proposed issue; • Any person who might obtain a benefit (other than a benefit solely in the capacity of a holder of ordinary shares) if the resolution is passed; and • Any of their respective associates.

However, the Company need not disregard a vote if:

• it is cast by a person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the proxy form; or

• it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the proxy form to vote as the proxy decides.

¹A closely related party of a member of the key management personnel means any of the following:

• a spouse, child or dependent of the member;

• a child or dependent of the member's spouse;

• anyone else who is one of the member's family and may be expected to influence, or be influenced by, the member in the member's dealings with the Company;

• a company the member controls; or

• a person prescribed by regulations (as at the date of this notice of meeting, no additional persons have been prescribed by regulation).

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions which are the subject of the business of the Meeting.

1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

In accordance with the Constitution, the business of the Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2017 together with the declaration of the directors, the directors’ report, the remuneration report and the auditor’s report.

The Company will not provide a hard copy of the Company’s annual financial report to Shareholders unless specifically requested to do so. The Company’s annual financial report is available on its website at www.hastingstechmetals.com.

2. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

2.1 General

The Corporations Act requires that at a listed company’s annual general meeting, a resolution that the remuneration report be adopted must be put to the shareholders. However, such a resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.

If at least 25% of the votes cast on Resolution 1 are voted against adoption of the Remuneration Report at the Annual General Meeting, and then again at the Company's 2018 annual general meeting, the Company will be required to put to Shareholders a resolution proposing the calling of an extraordinary general meeting to consider the appointment of directors of the Company ( Spill Resolution ).

If more than 50% of Shareholders vote in favour of the Spill Resolution, the Company must convene the extraordinary general meeting ( Spill Meeting ) within 90 days of the Company's 2018 annual general meeting. All of the Directors who were in office when the Company's 2018 Directors' report was approved, other than the managing director of the Company, will cease to hold office immediately before the end of the Spill Meeting but may stand for reelection at the Spill Meeting. Following the Spill Meeting those persons whose election or re-election as Directors is approved will be the Directors of the Company.

The remuneration report sets out the Company’s remuneration arrangements for the Directors and senior management of the Company. The remuneration report is part of the Directors’ report contained in the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ending 30 June 2017.

A reasonable opportunity will be provided for discussion of the remuneration report at the Annual General Meeting.

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2.2 Proxy Restrictions

Pursuant to the Corporations Act, if you elect to appoint the Chair, or another member of Key Management Personnel whose remuneration details are included in the Remuneration Report or any Closely Related Party of that member as your proxy to vote on this Resolution 1, you must direct the proxy how they are to vote. Where you do not direct the Chair, or another member of Key Management Personnel whose remuneration details are included in the Remuneration Report or Closely Related Party of that member on how to vote on this Resolution 1, the proxy is prevented by the Corporations Act from exercising your vote and your vote will not be counted in relation to this Resolution 1.

2.3 Directors’ Recommendation

Noting that each Director has a personal interest in their own remuneration from the Company as set out in the Remuneration Report, the Board recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this resolution.

3. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR GUY ROBERTSON

3.1 General

Clause 13.4 of the Constitution allows the Directors to appoint at any time a person to be a Director as an addition to the existing Directors, but only where the total number of Directors does not at any time exceed the maximum number specified by the Constitution.

Any Director so appointed holds office only until the next following annual general meeting and is then eligible for re-election.

Mr Guy Robertson will retire in accordance with clause 13.4 of the Constitution and being eligible seeks re-election.

A brief profile of Mr Guy Robertson is set out in the Annual Report.

3.2 Directors’ Recommendation

The Board (other than Mr Guy Robertson) recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this resolution.

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4. RESOLUTION 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR ARIS STAMOULIS

4.1 General

Clause 13.4 of the Constitution allows the Directors to appoint at any time a person to be a Director as an addition to the existing Directors, but only where the total number of Directors does not at any time exceed the maximum number specified by the Constitution.

Any Director so appointed holds office only until the next following annual general meeting and is then eligible for re-election.

Mr Aris Stamoulis will retire in accordance with clause 13.4 of the Constitution and being eligible seeks re-election.

A brief profile of Mr Aris Stamoulis is set out in the Annual Report.

4.2 Directors’ Recommendation

The Board (other than Mr Aris Stamoulis) recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this resolution.

5. RESOLUTION 4 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR JEAN CLAUDE STEINMETZ

5.1 General

Clause 13.2 of the Constitution requires that at the Company's annual general meeting in every year, one-third of the Directors for the time being, or, if their number is not a multiple of 3, then the number nearest one-third (rounded upwards in case of doubt), shall retire from office, provided always that no Director (except a Managing Director) shall hold office for a period in excess of 3 years, or until the third annual general meeting following his or her appointment, whichever is the longer, without submitting himself or herself for reelection.

The Directors to retire at an annual general meeting are those who have been longest in office since their last election, but, as between persons who became Directors on the same day, those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) be determined by drawing lots.

A Director who retires by rotation under clause 13.2 of the Constitution is eligible for re-election.

Mr Jean Claude Steinmetz will retire in accordance with clause 13.2 of the Constitution and being eligible seeks re-election.

A brief profile of Mr Claude Steinmetz is set out in the Annual Report.

5.2 Directors’ Recommendation

The Board (other than Mr Jean Claude Steinmetz) recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this resolution.

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6. RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF 4,475,000 SHARES

6.1 Background

Under Resolution 5, the Company seeks Shareholder ratification of the placement by the Company of 4,475,000 shares issued to sophisticated and institutional investors - see ASX Announcement dated 21 August 2017. The balance of the placement outlined in this announcement was approved at a General Meeting on 29 September 2017 or was placed under LR7.1A.

6.2 Listing Rules 7.1

ASX Listing Rule 7.1 provides, in summary, that a listed company must not, subject to specified exceptions, issue equity securities in any 12 month period which, when aggregated with the equity securities issued by a company during the previous 12 months, will exceed 15% of the total number of fully paid ordinary shares on issue in the company at the beginning of the 12 month period, except with the prior approval of Shareholders.

ASX Listing Rule 7.4 provides that an issue by a company of equity securities made without approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is treated as having been made with approval for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.1 if the issue did not breach ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and the company’s members subsequently approve it.

While the outcome of Resolution 5 will have no effect on the issue of the shares in question, Shareholder approval will restore the Company’s ability to issue further equity securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 in the next 12 months from the date of issue, to the extent of the 4,475,000 shares issued.

6.3 ASX Listing Rules Disclosure Requirements

The following information is provided in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.5:

• (a) The maximum number of securities the entity issued

The maximum number of securities issued was 4,475,000

• (b) The date by which the entity will issue the equity securities

The Shares were issued on 28 August 2017.

• (c) The issue price of the securities

4,475,000 shares at a price of $0.20 per share

• (d) The names of the allottees (if known) or the basis upon which the allottees will be identified or selected

The shares were issued to sophisticated and institutional investors.

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The shares were not issued to related parties of the Company, or their Associates.

(e) The terms of the securities

The Shares issued are fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company issued on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s existing Shares.

(f) The intended use of the funds raised

The funds will be used for infrastructure works prior to processing plant construction. This will include procurement and construction of the site access road, acquisition and commissioning of an accommodation camp and improvement work on the air strip.

• (g) The dates of allotment or a statement that allotment will occur progressively

The shares were issued on 28 August 2017.

(h) Voting Exclusion

A voting exclusion statement forms part of this Notice.

6.4 Directors' Recommendation

The Board recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 5.

7. RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF 1,000,000 SHARES

7.1 Background

Under Resolution 6, the Company seeks Shareholder ratification of the placement by the Company of 1,000,000 shares issued to a major supplier to the Company.

7.2 Listing Rules 7.1

ASX Listing Rule 7.1 provides, in summary, that a listed company must not, subject to specified exceptions, issue equity securities in any 12 month period which, when aggregated with the equity securities issued by a company during the previous 12 months, will exceed 15% of the total number of fully paid ordinary shares on issue in the company at the beginning of the 12 month period, except with the prior approval of Shareholders.

ASX Listing Rule 7.4 provides that an issue by a company of equity securities made without approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is treated as having been made with approval for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.1 if the issue did not breach ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and the company’s members subsequently approve it.

While the outcome of Resolution 6 will have no effect on the issue of the shares in question, Shareholder approval will restore the Company’s ability to issue further equity securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 in the next 12 months from the date of issue, to the extent of the 1,000,000 shares issued.

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7.3 ASX Listing Rules Disclosure Requirements

The following information is provided in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.5:

• (i) The maximum number of securities the entity issued

The maximum number of securities issued was 1,000,000

• (j) The date by which the entity will issue the equity securities

The Shares were issued on 13 September 2017 and 9 October 2017.

• (k) The issue price of the securities

1,000,000 shares at a deemed price of $0.20 per share

• (l) The names of the allottees (if known) or the basis upon which the allottees will be identified or selected

The shares were issued to Three Rivers Drilling Pty Ltd.

The shares were not issued to related parties of the Company, or their Associates.

• (m) The terms of the securities

The Shares issued are fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company issued on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s existing Shares. The shares were issued in settlement of an invoice for services in the amount of $200,000.

• (n) The intended use of the funds raised

The funds will be used for infrastructure works prior to processing plant construction. This will include procurement and construction of the site access road, acquisition and commissioning of an accommodation camp and improvement work on the air strip.

• (o) The dates of allotment or a statement that allotment will occur progressively

The shares were issued on 13 September 2017 and 9 October 2017.

• (p) Voting Exclusion

A voting exclusion statement forms part of this Notice.

7.4 Directors' Recommendation

The Board recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 6.

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SPECIAL RESOLUTION

8.0 RESOLUTION 7 – APPROVAL OF 10% PLACEMENT CAPACITY

8.1 Background

ASX Listing Rule 7.1A enables eligible entities to issue Equity Securities (as that term is defined in the ASX Listing Rules) up to 10% of their issued capital through placements over a twelve month period after the Annual General Meeting (10% Placement Facility). The 10% Placement Facility is in addition to the Company’s 15% placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1.

An eligible entity for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.1A is an entity that is not included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index and has a market capitalisation of $300 million or less. The Company is an eligible entity.

The effect of Resolution 7 will be to allow the Directors to issue the Equity Securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A during the 10% Placement Period separate to the Company’s 15% placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1.

The Company is now seeking shareholder approval by way of a special resolution to have the ability to issue Equity Securities under the 10% Placement Facility. Resolution 6 is a special resolution and therefore requires approval of 75% of the votes cast by Shareholders present and eligible to vote (in person, by proxy, by attorney or, in the case of a corporate Shareholder, by a corporate representative).

The exact number of Equity Securities (if any) to be issued under the 10% Placement Facility will be determined in accordance with the formula prescribed in ASX Listing Rule 7.1.A.2 (refer to Section 10.2 (c) below). The Company may use funds raised from any 10% Placement Facility for funding specific projects and/or general working capital. It may also use the 10% Placement Facility for non cash consideration purposes such as joint venture or project acquisitions (although the Company presently has no intention to do so).

8.2 ASX Listing Rule 7.1.A

(a) Shareholder approval

The ability to issue Equity Securities under the 10% Placement Facility is subject to shareholder approval by way of a special resolution at an annual general meeting.

(a) Equity Securities

Any Equity Securities issued under the 10% Placement Facility must be in the same class as an existing quoted class of Equity Securities of the Company.

The Company, as at the date of the Notice, has one class of Equity Securities being Shares.

(b) Formula for calculating 10% Placement Facility

ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2 provides that eligible entities which have obtained shareholder approval at an annual general meeting may issue or agree to issue, during the 12 month period after the date of the annual general meeting, a

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number of Equity Securities calculated in accordance with the following formula: (A x D) – E

A is the number of shares on issue 12 months before the date of the issue or agreement:

• (i) plus the number of fully paid shares issued in the 12 months under an exception in ASX Listing Rule 7.2;

• (ii) plus the number of partly paid shares that became fully paid in the 12 months;

• (iii) plus the number of fully paid shares issued in the 12 months with approval of holders of shares under ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.4;

• (iv) less the number of fully paid shares cancelled in the 12 months.

Note: A has the same meaning in ASX Listing Rule 7.1 when calculating an entity’s 15% placement capacity.

D is 10%

• E is the number of Equity Securities issued or agreed to be issued under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2 in the 12 months before the date of the issue or agreement to issue that are not issued with the approval of shareholders under ASX Listing Rules 7.1 or 7.4.

(d) ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and ASX Listing Rule 7.1A

The ability of an entity to issue Equity Securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A is in addition to the entity’s 15% placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1.

The actual number of Equity Securities that the Company will have capacity to issue under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A will be calculated at the date of issue of the Equity Securities in accordance with the formula prescribed in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2 (refer to Section 2(c) above).

(e) Minimum Issue Price

The issue price of Equity Securities issued under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A must be not less than 75% of the volume weighted average price of Equity Securities in the same class calculated over the 15 Trading Days (as defined in the ASX Listing Rules) immediately before:

(i) the date on which the price at which the Equity Securities are to be issued is agreed; or

(ii) if the Equity Securities are not issued within 5 Trading Days of the date in paragraph (i) above, the date on which the Equity Securities are issued.

(f) 10% Placement Period

Shareholder approval of the 10% Placement Facility under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A is valid from the date of the annual general meeting at which the approval is obtained and expires on the earlier to occur of:

• (i) the date that is 12 months after the date of the annual general meeting at which the approval is obtained; or

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• (ii) (ii) the date of the approval by shareholders of a transaction under ASX Listing Rules 11.1.2 (a significant change to the nature or scale of activities) or 11.2 (disposal of main undertaking).

(the 10% Placement Period).

8.3 ASX Listing Rule 7.1A

The effect of Resolution 7 will be to allow the Directors to issue the Equity Securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A during the 10% Placement Period separate to the Company’s 15% placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1. Resolution 6 is a special resolution and therefore requires approval of 75% of the votes cast by Shareholders present and eligible to vote (in person, by proxy, by attorney or, in the case of a corporate Shareholder, by a corporate representative).

8.4 Specific Information required by ASX Listing Rule 7.3A

Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.3A, information is provided in relation to the approval of the 10% Placement Facility as follows:

(a) Minimum Price

Any Equity Securities issued will be issued at an issue price of not less than 75% of the volume weighted average price for the Company’s Equity Securities over the 15 Trading Days immediately before:

(i) the date on which the price at which the Equity Securities are to be issued is agreed; or

(ii) if the Equity Securities are not issued within 5 Trading Days of the date in paragraph (i) above, the date on which the Equity Securities are issued.

(b) Risk of Voting Dilution

If Resolution 7 is approved by the Shareholders and the Company issues Equity Securities under the 10% Placement Facility, the existing Shareholders’ voting power in the Company would be diluted as shown in the below table (in the case of unlisted options, only if the unlisted options are exercised). There is a risk that:

(i) the market price for the Company’s Equity Securities may be significantly lower on the date of the issue of the Equity Securities than on the date of the Annual General Meeting; and

(ii) the Equity Securities may be issued at a price that is at a discount to the market price for the Company’s Equity Securities on the issue date, which may have an effect on the amount of funds raised by the issue of the Equity Securities.

The table below shows the dilution of existing Shareholders on the basis of the current market price of Shares and the current number of ordinary securities for variable “A” calculated in accordance with the formula in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A(2) as at the date of this Notice of Meeting.

The table also shows:

(i) two examples where variable “A” has increased by 50% and 100%. Variable “A” is based on the number of ordinary shares the Company has on issue. The number

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of ordinary securities on issue may increase as a result of issues of ordinary securities that do not require Shareholder approval (for example, a pro‐rata entitlements issue or scrip issued under a takeover offer) or future specific placements under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 that are approved at a future Shareholders’ meeting; and

(ii) two examples of where the price of ordinary securities has decreased by 50% and increased by 100% as against the current market price.

Variable “A” in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2			Dilution
		50% decrease in Deemed Price $0.13	Deemed Price $0.26	100% Increase in Deemed Price $0.52
Current Variable A 671,181,416 Shares	10% Voting Dilution	67,118,141 shares	67,118,141 shares	67,118,141 shares
	Funds Raised	$8,725,358	$ 17,450,716	$34,901,433
50% increase in current Variable A 1,006,772,124 shares	10% Voting Dilution	100,677,212 shares	100,677,212 Shares	100,677,212 shares
	Funds Raised	$13,088,037	$26,176,075	$52,352,150
100% increase in current Variable A 1,342,362,832 Shares	10% Voting Dilution	134,236,283 shares	134,236,283 shares	134,236,283 shares
	Funds Raised	$17,450,716	$34,901,433	$ 69,802,867

The table has been prepared on the following assumptions:

(i) The Company issues the maximum securities available under the ASX Listing Rule 7.1A being 10% of the Company’s shares on issue at the date of the Meeting;

(ii) No listed or unlisted options are exercised into fully paid ordinary securities before the date of the issue of securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A. The Company has no options on issue at the date of this Notice of Meeting;

(iii) The table does not demonstrate an example of dilution that may be caused to a particular shareholder by reason of placements under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A, based on that shareholder’s holding at the date of the Meeting;

(iv) The table only demonstrates the effect of issues of securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A. It does not consider placements made under ASX Listing Rule 7.1, the “15% rule”;

(v) The price of ordinary securities is deemed for the purposes of the table above to be $0.26 cents, being the closing price of the Company’s listed securities on ASX on 20 October 2017 ( Deemed Price ). The Deemed Price is indicative only and does not consider the 25% discount to market that the securities may be placed at;

(vi) The table does not demonstrate the effect of listed options being issued under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A. It only considers the issue of the fully paid ordinary securities;

(c) Date of Issue

The Company will only issue and allot the Equity Securities during the 10% Placement Period. The approval under Resolution 6 for the issue of the Equity Securities will cease to be valid in the event that Shareholders approve a transaction under ASX Listing Rule 11.1.2 (a significant change to the nature or scale of activities or ASX Listing Rule 11.2 (disposal of main undertaking).

(d) Purpose of Issue under the 10% Placement Capacity

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The Company may seek to issue the Equity Securities for the following purposes:

(i) non‐cash consideration including for joint venture, licensing or collaboration agreements or the acquisition of new projects (although the Company presently has no proposal to do so). In such circumstances the Company will provide a valuation of the non‐cash consideration as required by ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.3; or

(ii) cash consideration. In such circumstances, the Company intends to use the funds raised towards advancing the Yangibana and Brockman projects and/or general working capital.

The Company will comply with the disclosure obligations under ASX Listing Rules 7.1A(4) and 3.10.5A upon issue of any Equity Securities.

(e) Allocation Policy

The Company’s allocation policy is dependent on the prevailing market conditions at the time of any proposed issue pursuant to the 10% Placement Facility. The identity of the ‐ allottees of Equity Securities will be determined on a case by case basis having regard to factors including but not limited to the following:

(i) the methods of raising funds that are available to the Company, including but not limited to, rights issues or other issues in which existing security holders can participate;

(ii) the effect of the issue of the Equity Securities on the control of the Company;

(iii) the financial situation and solvency of the Company; and

(iv) advice from corporate, financial and broking advisers (if applicable).

The allottees under the 10% Placement Facility have not been determined as at the date of this Notice of Meeting but may include existing substantial Shareholders and/or new Shareholders who are not related parties or associates of a related party of the Company.

Further, if the Company were to pursue an acquisition and were it to be successful in acquiring new resources assets or investments, it is possible that the allottees under the 10% Placement Facility will be the vendors of the new resources assets or investments.

(f) Previous Approval

The Company obtained Shareholder approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A on 28 November 2016.

The total number of Equity Securities issued in the 12 months preceding the date of the Meeting is 162,114,503 representing 24.15% of the total number of Equity Securities on issue at the commencement of that 12 month period.

The details of all issues of Equity Securities by the Company during the 12 months preceding the date of the Meeting is set out in schedule 1 to this Explanatory Memorandum.

(g) Voting Exclusion Statement

A voting exclusion statement is included in the Notice of Meeting to which this Explanatory Statement relates. At the date of that Notice, the Company has not approached any particular existing Shareholder or security holder or an identifiable class

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of existing security holder to participate in the issue of the Equity Securities. No existing Shareholder’s votes will therefore be excluded under the voting exclusion in the Notice.

8.5 Directors’ Recommendation

The Board recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this resolution.

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GLOSSARY

$ means Australian dollars.

AGM, Annual General Meeting or Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice.

Annual Report means the Annual Report of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2017.

ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

ASX means ASX Limited.

ASX Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.

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.

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 ).

Company means Hastings Technology Metals Ltd (ACN 122 911 399).

Constitution means the Company’s constitution.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Directors means the current directors of the Company.

Equity Securities has the same meaning as in the Listing Rules.

EST means Eastern Summer Time as observed in Sydney, New South Wales.

Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice.

Key Management Personnel has the same meaning as in the accounting standards and broadly includes those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, directly or indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of the Company.

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

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Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.

Remuneration Report means the remuneration report set out in the Director’s report section of the Company’s annual financial report for the year ended 30 June 2017.

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

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

Shareholder means a holder of a Share.

VWAP means Volume Weighted Average Price

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SCHEDULE 1 - INFORMATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 7.3A.6 – RESOLUTION 6

	Issue 1	Issue 2	Issue 3	Issue 4	Issue 5
Date of issue:	30/11/16	4/10/17	29/6/17	17/7/17	31/8/17
Number issued:	16,000,000	5,000,000	7,092,991	51,046,512	81,125,000
Class/Type of equity security:	Ordinary	Ordinary	Ordinary	Ordinary	Ordinary
Summary of terms:
Names of persons who received securities or basis on which those persons was determined:	Option Holders	Director – EGM NOM 28.8.17 Resolution 1	Shareholders		Professional and sophisticate d investors
Price:	6 cents per share	11 cents	8.6 cents	8. 6 cents	20 cents per share
Discount to market price (if any):	N/A	Nil – done at premium to market when announced	Nil at time SPP announced	Nil at time SPP announced	Nil – at time placement agreed
For cash issues
Total cash consideration received:	$960,000	$550,000	$610,000	$4,390,000	$16,225,000
Amount of cash consideration spent:	$960,000	$550,000	$610,000	$2,626,000	NIL
Use of cash consideration:	Expended on Definitive Feasibility Study	Expended on Definitive Feasibility Study	Expended on Definitive Feasibility Study	Expended on Definitive Feasibility Study	NIL
Intended use for remaining amount of cash (if any):	N/A	N/A	N/A	Definitive Feasibility Study	Infrastructure works prior to plant construction.
	Issue 1	Issue 2	Issue 3	Issue 4	Issue 5
For non-cash issues
Non-cash consideration paid:	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Current value of that non- cash consideration:	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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	Issue 6	Issue 7	Issue 7
Date of issue:	4/10/17	18/9/17 & 9/10/17
Number issued:	850,000	1,000,000
Class/Type of equity security:	Ordinary	Ordinary
Summary of terms:
Names of persons who received securities or basis on which those persons was determined:	Directors Placement EGM NOM 28/8/17	Supplier – Three Rivers Drilling – in lieu of cash payment of invoice
Price:	20 cents	Deemed price of 20 cents
Discount to market price (if any):	Nil at time placement agreed	Nil at the time placement agreed
For cash issues
Total cash consideration received:	$170,000	N/A
Amount of cash consideration spent:	NIL	N/A
Use of cash consideration:	N/A	N/A
Intended use for remaining amount of cash (if any):	N/A	N/A
	Issue 6	Issue 7
For non-cash issues
Non-cash consideration paid:	N/A	$200,000
Current value of that non- cash consideration:	N/A	$220,000

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or failing the person named, or if no person is named, the Chairperson 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, as the Proxy sees fit) at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 11:00am WST on Wednesday 29 November 2017 at Boardroom of Allens, Level 37, QV1 Building, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA,6000 and at any adjournment of that meeting.

SECTION B: Voting Directions

Please mark "X" in the box to indicate your voting directions to your Proxy. The Chairperson of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in FAVOUR of all the resolutions. In exceptional circumstances, the Chairperson of the Meeting may change his/her voting intention on any resolution, in which case an ASX announcement will be made.

RESOLUTION	RESOLUTION		For	Against	Abstain*
1.	Adoption of Remuneration Report
2.	Re-Election of Director - Mr Guy Robertson
3.	Re-Election of Director - Mr Aristeidis Stamoulis
4.	Re-Election of Director - Mr Jean Claude Steimetz
5.	Ratification of prior issue of 4,475,000 shares
6.	Ratification of prior issue of 1,000,000 shares
7.	Approval of placement capacity

If no directions are given my proxy may vote as the proxy thinks fit or may abstain. * If you mark the Abstain box for a particular item, you are directing your Proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.

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This section must be signed in accordance with the instructions overleaf to enable your directions to be implemented.

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1. NAME AND ADDRESS

This is the name and address on the Share Register of the Company. If this information is incorrect, please make corrections on this form. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note that you cannot change ownership of your shares using this form.

2. APPOINTMENT OF A PROXY

If the person you wish to appoint as your Proxy is someone other than the Chairperson of the Meeting please write the name of that person in Section A. If you leave this section blank, or your named Proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairperson of the Meeting will be your Proxy. A Proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

3. DIRECTING YOUR PROXY HOW TO VOTE

To direct the Proxy how to vote place an "X" in the appropriate box against each item in Section B. Where more than one Proxy is to be appointed and the proxies are to vote differently, then two separate forms must be used to indicate voting intentions.

4. APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXY

You are entitled to appoint up to two (2) persons as proxies to attend the meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second Proxy, an additional Proxy form may be obtained by contacting the Company's share registry or you may photocopy this form.

5. SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS

Individual: where the holding is in one name, the Shareholder must sign. Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, all of the Shareholders must sign.

Power of Attorney: to sign under Power of Attorney you must have already lodged this document with the Company's share registry. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, 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 may sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or Company Secretary. Please indicate the office held in the appropriate place.

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To appoint a second Proxy you must:

• a) On each of the Proxy forms, state the percentage of your voting rights or number of securities applicable to that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each Proxy may exercise, each Proxy may exercise half of your votes; and

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