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HASTINGS TECHNOLOGY METALS LTD AGM Information 2021

Oct 25, 2021

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AGM Information

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HASTINGS TECHNOLOGY METALS LIMITED

ACN 122 911 399

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TIME : 2.00 pm WST

DATE : 25 November 2021

PLACE : The AGM will be conducted as a Virtual meeting, accessible online

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

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.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING COVID-19: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AGM will be held as a virtual meeting. If you are a shareholder and you wish to virtually attend the AGM, please pre-register in advance for the virtual meeting here: www.investor.automic.com.au

Shareholders are also strongly encouraged to lodge their completed proxy form in accordance with the instructions in this Notice of Meeting.

Having regard to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and in accordance with the Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No.1) Act 2021 (Cth), the meeting will be delivered as a virtual meeting using the online platform provided by our share registry, Automic Registries. This Notice of Meeting can be accessed on the Company’s website at www.hastingstechmetals.com Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on (+61 8) 6117 6118.

CONTENTS PAGE

Business of the Meeting (setting out the proposed resolutions) 5 Voting Exclusions 7 Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed resolutions) 8 Glossary 12 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 2.00 pm WST on 25 November 2021 as a virtual meeting.

If you wish to virtually attend the AGM, please pre-register in advance for the virtual meeting here: www.investor.automic.com.au

To access the virtual meeting:

1. Open your internet browser and go to investor.automic.com.au

2. Login with your username and password or click “ register ” if you haven’t already created an account. Shareholders are encouraged to create an account prior to the start of the meeting to ensure there is no delay in attending the virtual meeting

3. After logging in, a banner will be displayed at the top once the meeting is open for registration, click on “ View ” when this appears

4. Click on “ Register ” and follow the steps

5. Click on the URL to join the webcast where you can view and listen to the virtual meeting

6. Once the Chair of the Meeting has declared the poll open for voting click on “ Refresh ” to be taken to the voting screen

7. Select your voting direction and click “ confirm ” to submit your vote. Note that you cannot amend your vote after it has been submitted

Shareholders will be able to vote and ask questions at the virtual meeting.

Shareholders are also encouraged to submit questions in advance of the Meeting to the Company.

Questions must be submitted in writing to Guy Robertson, Company Secretary at [email protected] at least 48 hours before the AGM.

The Company will also provide Shareholders with the opportunity to ask questions during the Meeting in respect of resolutions to be put before the meeting.

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 2.00 pm (WST) on 23 November 2021.

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VOTING BY PROXY

  1. To be valid, the appointment of a proxy (made using a properly completed and executed Proxy Form) must be received by the Company no later than 2pm (AWST) on 23 November 2021, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting.

  2. Proxy Forms can be submitted as follows:

  3. Vote by going to https://investor.automic.com.au/#loginsah.

  4. Email to [email protected];

  5. By mail to Hastings Technology Metals Limited at c/- Automic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 5193 Sydney NSW 2001; or

  6. By hand to the Registrar, Automic Pty Ltd Level 5 126 Phillip Street Sydney NSW 2000 business hours (Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5pm (AWST)).

  7. By facsimile +61 2 8583 3040

Instructions on how to complete the Proxy Form are on the reverse of the Proxy Form attached to this Notice.

  1. 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 resolutions 1 and 5.

  2. 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) and resolution 5 (Fees to NonExecutive Directors) 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.

  3. Voting by corporate representative

Any corporate shareholder who has appointed a person to act as its corporate representative at the Meeting should provide that person with a certificate or letter executed in accordance with the Corporations Act authorising him or her to act as that company’s representative. The authority must be emailed to [email protected], with the corporate shareholder’s request to register for the Meeting.

6. Voting by attorney

A Shareholder entitled to vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint an attorney to join and vote at the Meeting on the Shareholder’s behalf.

An attorney need not be a holder of Shares.

An instrument conferring the power of attorney or a certified copy of the authority must be emailed to [email protected] with your request to register for the Meeting.

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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, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, questions about the content of its report, and the conduct of its audit of the Company, for the year.

By order of the Board

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Guy Robertson Joint Company Secretary Hastings Technology Metals Ltd 25 October 2021

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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 2021 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 2021.”

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 13.2 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Guy Robertson, who retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

4. RESOLUTION 3 : RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR JEAN CLAUDE STEINMETZ

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, who retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

5. RESOLUTION 4 : RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR BRUCE MACFADZEAN

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 Bruce MacFadzean, who retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

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6. RESOLUTION 5 – FEES TO NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“That pursuant to and in accordance with Listing Rule 10.17, clause 13.8 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, the maximum aggregate amount of directors’ fees that may be paid to the Company’s Non-Executive Directors is increased by $250,000 per annum to $500,000 per annum."

DATED: 25 OCTOBER 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD GUY ROBERTSON JOINT COMPANY SECRETARY

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VOTING EXCLUSION STATEMENTS

Under ASX Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolutions by or on behalf of 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 2020;
or

A closely related party of a KMP¹
5.
Fees to Non-Executive Directors
The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of
Resolution 5 by or on behalf of any Director or any of their
associates.

However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of a resolution by:

  • a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the resolution,

  • in accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the resolution in that way; or

  • the chair of the meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on

  • the resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the chair to vote on the resolution as the chair decides; or

  • a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity

  • on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met:

o the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the resolution; and

o the holder votes on the resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

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 2021 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 2022 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 2022 Annual General Meeting. All of the Directors who were in office when the Company's 2022 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 re-election at the Spill Meeting. Following the Spill Meeting those persons whose election or reelection 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 2021.

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 1.

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

3.1 General

Clause 13.2 of the Constitution requires that one third of the directors shall retire from office annually.

Mr Guy Robertson will retire in accordance with clause 13.2 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 recommends (with Mr Robertson abstaining) that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution 2.

4. RESOLUTION 3 : RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR JEAN CLAUDE STEINMETZ

4.1 General

Clause 13.2 of the Constitution requires that one third of the directors shall retire from office annually,

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 Jean Claude Steinmetz is set out in the Annual Report.

4.2 Directors’ Recommendation

The Board recommends (with Mr Steinmetz abstaining) that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution 3.

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5. RESOLUTION 4 : RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR BRUCE MACFADZEAN

5.1 General

Clause 13.4 of the Constitution requires that a Director appointed during the year by the Directors as an additional director shall only hold office until the next Annual general meeting and is then eligible for re-election.

Mr Bruce MacFadzean will retires in accordanec with clause 13.4 of the Constitution and being eligible seeks re-election.

A brief profile of Mr Bruce MacFadzean is set out in the Annual Report.

5.2 Directors’ Recommendation

The Board recommends (with Mr Steinmetz abstaining) that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution 3.

6. FEES TO NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS (RESOLUTION 5)

In accordance with clause 13.8 of the Constitution, ASX Listing Rule 10.17 and for all other purposes, Shareholder approval is sought to increase the maximum aggregate amount of directors’ fees that may be paid by the Company to its Non-Executive Directors (Fee Pool) by $250,000 per annum to $500,000 per annum.

Under the ASX Listing Rules, the term “directors’ fees” means fees payable by the Company and any of its child entities to a Non-Executive Director for acting as a director of the Company or any of its child entities (including attending and participating in any board committee meetings) and includes superannuation contributions and any fees which a director sacrifices for other benefits, but does not include reimbursement of genuine out-of-pocket expenses, genuine “special exertion” fees paid in accordance with the Company's Constitution or securities issued to Non-Executive Directors with approval of Shareholders in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules.

The Directors are seeking Shareholder approval to increase the Fee Pool for the following reasons:

(a) as a result of the substantial development of the Company over recent years, the Directors continue to review the size and composition of the Board. The increase in the Fee Pool will provide the Board with the ability to appoint additional directors with the requisite skills and experience as appropriate; and

(b) the increase will ensure that the Company maintains the ability to pay NonExecutive Directors remuneration at levels commensurate with market rates and as necessary to attract and retain directors of the highest calibre.

The level of Non-Executive Directors’ remuneration is reviewed periodically to ensure alignment with the market. The current Fee Pool is $250,000 and has not been increased since 2010.

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On 30 November 2020, the Company obtained shareholder approval under ASX Listing Rule 10.11 to issue the following securities to the Non-Executive Directors of the Company, which were issued on :

(a) 2,500,000 performance rights to Malcolm Randall as part of his remuneration package;

(b) 1,500,000 performance rights to Jean-Claude Steinmetz as part of his remuneration package; and

(c) 1,500,000 performance rights to Neil Hackett as part of his remuneration package.

In addition the Company issued 2,500,000 performance rights to Mr Bruce MacFadzean prior to his becoming a non-executive director on 1 January 2021.

The Company vested 2,500,000 performance rights to Mr Jean Claude Steinmetz, a nonexecutive director on 18 February 2020. The Company has otherwise not issued any other securities to Non-Executive Directors of the Company under ASX Listing Rules 10.11 or 10.14 at any time within the last three years.

The current Fee Pool is $250,000 per annum as approved by shareholders in 2010. Current fees for the Non-Executive Directors (per annum) are $60,000 per annum.

Additional information regarding the remuneration paid to each Non-Executive Director for the financial year ended 30 June 2021, and the Company’s approach to the remuneration of Non-Executive Directors, is set out in the Remuneration Report in the Company's Annual Report.

The Non-Executive Directors of the Company consider that, given their personal interests in Resolution 5, it would be inappropriate for them to give any voting recommendation with respect to Resolution 5. Executive directors Mr lew and Mr Robertson recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 5.

The Chairman intends to exercise all available undirected proxies in favour of Resolution 5.

If the Chairman is appointed as your proxy and you have not specified the way the Chairman is to vote on Resolution 5, by signing and returning the Proxy Form (including via an online voting facility) you are considered to have provided the Chairman with an express authorisation for the Chairman to vote the proxy in accordance with the Chairman’s intention, even though the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of Key Management Personnel.

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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 2021.

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.

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.

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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.

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 2021.

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

WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.

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HASTINGS TECHNOLOGY METALS LIMITED | ACN 122 911 399

Proxy Voting Form

If you are attending the virtual Meeting please retain this Proxy Voting Form for online Securityholder registration.

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Holder Number:

Your proxy voting instruction must be received by 2.00pm (WST) on Tuesday 23 November 2021, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Any Proxy Voting instructions received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Meeting.

SUBMIT YOUR PROXY

Complete the form overleaf in accordance with the instructions set out below.

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS

Lodging your Proxy Voting Form:

The name and address shown above is as it appears on the Company’s share register. If this information

is incorrect, and you have an Issuer Sponsored holding, you can update your address through the investor portal: https://investor.automic.com.au/#/home Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes.

STEP 1 – APPOINT A PROXY

If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of that Individual or body corporate. A proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company. Otherwise if you leave this box blank, the Chair of the Meeting will be appointed as your proxy by default. DEFAULT TO THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING

Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will default to the Chair of the Meeting, who is required to vote these proxies as directed. Any undirected proxies that default to the Chair of the Meeting will be voted according to the instructions set out in this Proxy Voting Form, including where the Resolutions are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of KMP.

STEP 2 - VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS

You may direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on the items of business, your proxy may vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your vote on that item will be invalid.

APPOINTMENT OF SECOND PROXY

You may appoint up to two proxies. If you appoint two proxies, you should complete two separate Proxy Voting Forms and specify the percentage or number each proxy may exercise. If you do not specify a percentage or number, each proxy may exercise half the votes. You must return both Proxy Voting Forms together. If you require an additional Proxy Voting Form, contact Automic Registry Services.

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 Shareholders should sign. Power of attorney : If you have not already lodged the power of attorney with the registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the power of attorney to this Proxy Voting Form when you return it.

Companies : To be signed in accordance with your Constitution. Please sign in the appropriate box which indicates the office held by you. Email Address : Please provide your email address in the space provided.

By providing your email address, you elect to receive all communications despatched by the Company electronically (where legally permissible) such as a Notice of Meeting, Proxy Voting Form and Annual Report via email.

Online:

Use your computer or smartphone to appoint a proxy at https://investor.automic.com.au/#/logi

nsah

or scan the QR code below using your smartphone

Login & Click on ‘Meetings’. Use the Holder Number as shown at the top of this Proxy Voting Form.

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BY MAIL:

Automic GPO Box 5193 Sydney NSW 2001

IN PERSON:

Automic

Level 5, 126 Phillip Street Sydney NSW 2000

BY EMAIL:

[email protected]

BY FACSIMILE: +61 2 8583 3040

All enquiries to Automic:

CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate ‘Appointment of Corporate Representative’ should be produced prior to admission. A form may be obtained from the Company’s share registry online at https://automic.com.au.

PHONE: 1300 288 664 (Within Australia) +61 2 9698 5414 (Overseas)

VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AT THE AGM:

The company is pleased to provide shareholders with the opportunity to attend and participate in a virtual Meeting through an online meeting platform powered by Automic, where shareholders will be able to watch, listen, and vote online.

To access the virtual meeting:

  1. Open your internet browser and go to investor.automic.com.au

  2. Login with your username and password or click “ register ” if you haven’t already created an account. Shareholders are encouraged to create an account prior to the start of the meeting to ensure there is no delay in attending the virtual meeting

Further information on how to do this is set out in the Notice of Meeting. The Explanatory Notes that accompany and form part of the Notice of Meeting describe the various matters to be considered.

COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM AS INSTRUCTED ONLY IF YOU DO NOT VOTE ONLINE I/We being a Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting of Hastings Technology Metals Limited, to be held Virtually at 2.00pm (WST) on Thursday 25 November 2021 hereby:

Appoint the Chairman of the Meeting (Chair) OR if you are not appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write in the box provided below the name of the person or body corporate you are appointing as your proxy or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chair, or the Chair’s nominee, to vote in accordance with the following directions, or, if no directions have been given, and subject to the relevant laws as the proxy sees fit and at any adjournment thereof.

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The Chair intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of all Resolutions in which the Chair is entitled to vote. Unless indicated otherwise by ticking the “for”,”against” or “abstain” box you will be authorising the Chair to vote in accordance with the Chair’s voting intention.

AUTHORITY FOR CHAIR TO VOTE UNDIRECTED PROXIES ON REMUNERATION RELATED RESOLUTIONS Where I/we have appointed the Chair as my/our proxy (or where the Chair becomes my/our proxy by default), I/we expressly authorise the Chair to exercise my/our proxy on Resolutions 1 and 5 (except where I/we have indicated a different voting intention below) even though Resolutions 1 and 5 are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel, which includes the Chair.

Resolutions 1. Adoption of Remuneration Report

  1. Re-Election of Director – Mr Guy Robertson

  2. Re-Election of Director – Mr Jean Claude Steinmetz

  3. Re-Election of Director – Mr Bruce Macfadzean

  4. Fees to Non-Executive Directors

For Against Abstain

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Please note: If you mark the abstain box for a particular Resolution, you are directing your proxy not to vote on that Resolution on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.

SIGNATURE OF SECURITYHOLDERS – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED Individual or Securityholder 1 Securityholder 2 Securityholder 3 Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary Director Director / Company Secretary Contact Name: Email Address: Contact Daytime Telephone Date (DD/MM/YY) / / By providing your email address, you elect to receive all of your communications despatched by the Company electronically (where legally permissible).

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