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IMAGE RESOURCES NL Environmental & Social Information 2022

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BOONANARRING ANNUAL ORE RESERVE UPDATE

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Image Resources NL (ASX: IMA) (“Image” or “the Company”) provides an annual update of Ore Reserves at its 100%-owned, high-grade, zircon-rich Boonanarring and 100%-owned, high-grade Atlas mineral sands projects located in the infrastructure-rich North Perth Basin in Western Australia. This update is presented as at 31 December 2021 to align with the Company’s calendar year reporting period.

  • Boonanarring Ore Reserves of 3.9Mt at 7.1% THM and 19% zircon in the HM

  • Atlas Ore Reserves unchanged at 9.5Mt at 8.1% THM and 11% zircon in the HM

  • Total Ore Reserves at Boonanarring and Atlas stand at 13.4Mt at 7.8% THM and 13% zircon in the HM

The Ore Reserves update for Boonanarring was prepared and reported by Entech Pty Ltd in accordance with the guidelines of the JORC Code (2012). See Schedule 1 for additional details.

Table 1. December 2021 Boonanarring Ore Reserve Summary[1-5]

Classification
Ore Tonnes
THM
Slimes
Oversize
% of total heavy minerals(THM)
million
%
%
%
Zircon
Rutile
Leucoxene
Ilmenite
Proved
2.8
7.4
12
4.5
Probable
1.1
6.2
15
6.1
20
2.9
1.8
49
17
4.8
6.2
43
Sub-total
3.9
7.1
13
4.9
19
3.4
2.9
48

Table 1 notes:

1. Mineral Resources have been reported as inclusive of Ore Reserves.

2. The mineral assemblages are reported as a percentage of in-situ THM content. 3. Estimates have been rounded to the nearest 100,000 t of ore, 0.1% for THM/oversize/rutile/leucoxene and 0% for slimes/ilmenite/zircon.

4. Ore Reserves are reported as material within pit designs but limited to below a top-ofore surface generated from consideration of the optimisation value modelling and current geological domain interpretation.

5. All tonnages and grades have been rounded to reflect the relative uncertainty of the estimate, thus sum of columns may not equal.

Table 2. December 2020 Boonanarring Ore Reserve Summary[1-5 ]

Classification
Ore Tonnes
THM
Slimes
Oversize
% of total heavy minerals(THM)
million
%
%
%
Zircon
Rutile
Leucoxene
Ilmenite
Proved
3.9
8.1
13
5.0
Probable
2.2
7.3
18
7.8
23
2.9
3.0
52
28
4.6
4.8
44
Sub-total
6.1
7.8
15
6.0
24
3.5
3.6
49

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Table 2 notes:

1. Mineral Resources have been reported as inclusive of Ore Reserves.

2. The mineral assemblages are reported as a percentage of in-situ THM content.

3. Estimates have been rounded to the nearest 100,000 t of ore, 0.1% for THM/oversize/rutile/leucoxene and 0% for slimes/ilmenite/zircon.

4. Ore Reserves are reported as material within pit designs but limited to below a top-of-ore surface generated from consideration of the optimisation value modelling and current geological domain interpretation.

5. All tonnages and grades have been rounded to reflect the relative uncertainty of the estimate,

The primary contributor to the decrease in tonnes of ore from the 2020 to the 2021 Ore Reserve estimate was depletion from ore mining as presented in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Change in Ore Tonnes (Mt)

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The primary contributors to the decrease in heavy minerals (HM) ore grade from the 2020 to the 2021 Ore Reserve estimate were the mining depletion of higher grade ore from Blocks A, B and C and the inclusion of lower grade Domain 200 material as planned dilution in the ore feed.

Figure 2: Change in Heavy Mineral Ore Grade

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Similarly, zircon grade as a proportion of THM decreased from 24.6% to 19.2% as a result of mining depletion of higher zircon grade reserves in Blocks A, B and C.

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The primary contributor to the decrease in tonnes of total in-situ heavy minerals (HM) from the 2020 to the 2021 Ore Reserve estimate was depletion of HM inventory due to ore mining as presented in Figure 3. This was offset slightly by increases due to pit design changes.

Figure 3: Change in HM Tonnes (Mt)

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The reduction to total in-situ ZrO2 tonnes from the 2020 to the 2021 Ore Reserve was primarily depletion of ZrO2 tonnes due to ore mining as presented in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Change in ZrO2 Tonnes (Mt)

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Ore Reserves and Mine Life

Image’s 2017 Bankable Feasibility Study (see 30 May 2017 ASX announcement - Strong Bankable Feasibility Study Results Boonanarring / Atlas Project ) outlined the planned mining of the Boonanarring deposit followed by a relocation of the wet concentration plant (WCP) to the Atlas deposit area, after exhaustion of Ore Reserves at Boonanarring, and continuation of mining of Atlas on its Ore Reserves.

Based on the updated Ore Reserves estimate above, as at 31 December 2021, current remaining Ore Reserves at Boonanarring is scheduled to be depleted in Q1 2023, following which, the WCP

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will be relocated to the Atlas Project, where it will be operated on current Atlas Ore Reserves and any newly identified Ore Reserves in the Atlas area.

Atlas Ore Reserves

The high-grade Atlas deposit has current Ore Reserves of 9.5Mt at 8.1% THM. This remains unchanged from 31 December 2020.

Total Ore Reserves

The total combined Ore Reserves for Boonanarring and Atlas are 13.4Mt at 7.8% THM (see Table 3). Therefore, total remaining mine-life based on current Boonanarring and Atlas Ore Reserves is approximately 3.8 years at a processing rate of 3.5Mt per annum.

Table 3. Boonanarring and Atlas Ore Reserves

Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) Ore Reserves - Strand Deposits; in accordance with the JORC Code (2012)
Project/Deposit Category Tonnes HM Slimes HM Tonnes VHM Ilmenite Leucoxene Rutile Zircon
(million) (%) (%) (million) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Boonanarring Proved 2.8 7.4 12 0.21 73.7 49 1.8 2.9 20
Boonanarring Probable 1.1 6.2 15 0.07 71 43 6.2 4.8 17
Total Boonanarring 3.9 7.1 13 0.28 73.3 48 2.9 3.4 19
Atlas1 Probable 9.5 8.1 16 0.8 73.3 51 4.5 7.5 11
Total Atlas 9.5 8.1 16 0.8 73.3 **51 ** 4.5 7.5 11
Total Ore Reserves 13.4 7.8 15 1.08 73.3 50 4.1 6.4 13

Notes: 1 - Atlas Reserves refer to the 30 May 2017 release “Ore Reserves Update for 100% Owned Atlas Project” http://www.imageres.com.au/images/joomd/149611340720170530ORERESERVESUPDATEFOR100OWNEDATLASP ROJECT.pdf. As shown in Table 3, the Ore Reserves at Atlas are unchanged from the 30 May 2017 announcement and the Company is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects this information for the period ending 31 December 2021.

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Image Resources Background Information

Image is an established, profitable mineral sands mining company, operating open-cut mining and ore processing facilities at its 100%-owned, high-grade, zircon-rich Boonanarring Mineral Sands Project located 80km north of Perth, Western Australia, in the North Perth Basin. Boonanarring is arguably one of the highest-grade, zircon-rich, mineral sands projects in Australia.

The project was constructed and commissioned on-time and on-budget in 2018. Production of HMC commenced December 2018 and ramped-up to exceed name-plate capacity in only the second month of operation (January 2019).

The Company repaid its outstanding debt ahead of schedule in February 2021 and paid an inaugural dividend of $0.02 per share in April 2021, after only two years as an active mining company (CY2019 and CY2020), and is on-track to meet its market guidance for CY2021 which is similar to CY2020.

Since February 2021 Image is focused on a multi-pronged growth strategy which includes (1) maintaining its strong economic performance at Boonanarring and continuing at its 100%-owned Atlas, Helene and Hyperion projects; (2) progressing a feasibility study at its 100%-owned Bidaminna project in support of development of a second mining and processing centre to be operated in parallel with operations at Atlas; (3) evaluating the economic potential of its two 100%owned gold tenements and King Farmin tenement, all located SE of Kalgoorlie; and (4) investigate opportunities outside of the Company’s current mineral sands portfolio to identify a larger potential mine-life deposit for development.

This document is authorised for release to the market by:

Patrick Mutz

Managing Director +61 8 9485 2410 [email protected] www.imageres.com.au

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COMPETENT PERSON’S STATEMENTS –MINERAL RESOURCES AND ORE RESERVES

The information in this report that relates to the estimation of Mineral Resources for the Boonanarring mine is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by Mrs Christine Standing, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mrs Standing is a full-time employee of Optiro Pty Ltd and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which she is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mrs Standing has provided her prior written consent to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on her information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this report that relates to the estimation of Ore Reserves for the Boonanarring mine is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr Per Scrimshaw, Mining Engineer and full-time employee of Entech Pty Ltd, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Scrimshaw has sufficient experience in Ore Reserves estimation relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr Scrimshaw has provided his prior written consent to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

This report includes information that relates to Ore Reserves for the Atlas Deposit which was prepared and first disclosed under JORC Code 2012. The information was extracted from the Company’s previous ASX announcement dated 30 May 2017 which is available to view on the Company’s website. The Company confirms it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and, in the case of reporting of Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which any Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements made during or in connection with this communication, including, without limitation, those concerning the economic outlook for the mining industry, expectations regarding prices, exploration or development costs and other operating results, growth prospects and the outlook of Image’s operations contain or comprise certain forward-looking statements regarding Image’s operations, economic performance and financial condition. Although Image believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct.

Accordingly, results could differ materially from those set out in the forward looking statements as a result of, among other factors, changes in economic and market conditions, success of business and operating initiatives, changes that could result from future acquisitions of new exploration properties, the risks and hazards inherent in the mining business (including industrial accidents, environmental hazards or geologically related conditions), changes in the regulatory environment and other government actions, risks inherent in the ownership, exploration and operation of or investment in mining properties, fluctuations in prices and exchange rates and business and operations risks management, as well as generally those additional factors set forth in our periodic filings with ASX. Image undertakes no obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after today’s date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Schedule 1

Boonanarring Heavy Mineral Sands Deposit Ore Reserve Estimate – 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Image Resources (“Image”) engaged Entech Pty Ltd (“Entech”) to undertake an Ore Reserve update for their Boonanarring Mineral Sands Mine (“Boonanarring Project”), located 80 km north of Perth in Western Australia. Image commenced operations at Boonanarring in late 2018 following a successful construction and commissioning period. Nameplate capacity of the process facilities were achieved in early 2019 and the mine is now fully operational.

Since the previous Ore Reserve estimate:

  • Mining activities at the Boonanarring site have been concentrated within the Pit A, B, and C (South) areas, where all remaining Ore Reserves in Pit A and B were fully depleted during the reporting period.

  • Following depletion of the Pit A and B Ore Reserves, the Feed Preparation Plant (FPP) was relocated south of Wannamal Road.

  • Current mining activities are focussed on depleting the remaining Pit C material (south of the Pit C areas extracted at commencement of site operations) and Pit D. Waste materials (overburden and co-disposal tails) are returned to the mine void during mining and process operations followed by post mine and rehabilitation activities (surface overburden stockpile return, topsoil return, profiling and seeding) to return the site to the pre-mine state.

  • As at the reporting date of the previous Ore Reserves, the northern end of Pit C had been rehabilitated, at the location of the initial mine void, however no further final rehabilitation has been undertaken during the current reporting period.

  • Post mine return of surface stockpiled waste materials for landform reestablishment, as a precursor to rehabilitation, is underway in Pit A.

  • Pit B void is currently being backfilled with co-disposed tails from process operations, with the remaining void scheduled for further backfill with surface stockpiled overburden during the closure phase of operations at Boonanarring.

This Ore Reserve estimate update is based on a Mineral Resource estimate completed by Optiro as at 31 December 2021. The Mineral Resource estimate used is separately reported in accordance with the JORC Code (2012).

Measured Mineral Resources have been converted to Proved Ore Reserves and Indicated Mineral Resources have been converted to Probable Ore Reserves after application of appropriate modifying factors, subject to mine design physicals and an economic evaluation. Inferred Mineral Resource contained within the mine plan, and below the site top-of-ore surface, is included in the Ore Reserve as planned dilution where it is considered unable to be selectively mined separately as waste. This dilution has been pro-rated to respective Proved and Probable categories based on the ratio of Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource in each pit location. The Ore Reserves have been defined at delivery to the in-pit feed unit.

Prior to this estimate, the most recent Boonanarring Mine Ore Reserves were estimated by Entech as at 31 December 2020. The following material changes have been made to the mine plan inputs since the previous Ore Reserve Estimate:

  • Resource Estimate and corresponding block model updated including some additional assay data obtained since the December 2020 Mineral Resource was estimated, and incorporating a revised interpretation of the high zircon domain,

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  • Depletion for mining as at 31 December 2021, and

  • Changes in pit design to capture additional pit extensions in Pit C (south) and Pit D (north) now economically viable under current product pricing and exchange rate projections.

All pit designs and surfaces used for Ore Reserve scheduling and reporting have been provided by site technical personnel and reviewed by Entech for suitability for Ore Reserve disclosure.

The current mine sequence (Figure 3) is based on:

  1. Depleting all remaining Ore Reserves within the southern regions of Pit C (east and west strands) whilst pre-stripping Pit D north of 27,300N in a northerly direction, then

  2. Mine Pit D Ore Reserves north of 27,300N in a northerly direction (whilst Pit D powerline relocation and southern landholder access agreements are finalised), then

  3. Mine remaining Pit D Ore Reserves, south of 27,300N to completion in a southerly direction, and finally

  4. Mine remaining Pit C Ore Reserves, abutting previously co-disposed tails in the central region of that pit, at the end of process operations.

This Ore Reserve estimate is based on modifying factors and processing inputs determined from analysis of actual operating performance at the Boonanarring site. Mining dilution has been considered by including amounts of lower grade Domain 200 material as planned dilution in the ore feed. This material is classified as Inferred in the updated Mineral Resource and approximately 0.4Mt of this material at 1.2% HM and 11.6% ZrO2 is included in the Ore Reserve as planned dilution. Mining recovery is assumed to be 100% with provision for a Feed Preparation Plant (FPP) recovery estimate of 99%. Wet Concentration Plant (WCP) mineral recoveries use estimates of 98% (ZrO2) and 92% (TiO2), which have been reconciled to actual plant performance metrics post commissioning.

Revenue estimates are based on contained ZrO2 and TiO2 percentages estimated throughout the Mineral Resource model and aligned with the current methodology for calculating bulk HMC sales revenues under the current offtake agreement pricing models. Operating cost inputs have been based on actual site operating data, contracted rates, or current budget estimates.

All material was subjected to an economic evaluation in a detailed financial model compiled by Image and reviewed by Entech. The mine plan is shown to be technically and financially feasible with positive period cashflows and a suitable cashflow positive buffer exists below the assumed product prices to provide confidence that the Ore Reserve estimate will be financially viable within a reasonably expectable range of product prices.

An Ore Reserve estimate has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code, 2012 Edition). This is tabulated below (Table 1).

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Table 1 - 2021 Ore Reserve Update

(% in Ore) Mineral Assemblage (% of HM) Mineral Assemblage (% of HM)
Classification Ore
Tonnes
(Mt)
HM
OS
SL
ZIR
RUT LEU
ILM
ZrO2
TiO2
Proved
Probable
2.8
1.1
7.4
4.5 12
6.2
6.1 15
20
2.9
1.8
49
17
4.8
6.2
43
13
33
12
36
Total 3.9 7.1
4.9
13
19
3.4
2.9
48
13
33

Estimates have been rounded to the nearest 100,000 t of ore, 0.1% for HM/OS/RUT/LEU and 0% for SL/ILM/ZIR/ZrO2/TiO2. Ore Reserves are reported as material within pit designs but limited to below a top-of-ore surface generated from consideration of the optimisation value modelling and current geological domain interpretation. All tonnages and grades have been rounded to reflect the relative uncertainty of the estimate, thus sum of columns may not equal.

Detailed comparison has been performed between the 2020 Ore Reserve and this updated estimate. The main variance, both in terms of ore tonnage and contained HM/ZrO2/TiO2 is due to mining depletion for the 12 months since the disclosure of the previous estimate. Mining during that period has focussed on the higher-grade HM areas, and this estimate shows a reduction in the HM%, as higher-grade regions are depleted from the remaining Ore Reserve. Pit designs have been reviewed in conjunction with increasing revenue projections, and extensions to the economic limit of mining have been identified (mainly in Pits C and D) that have yielded an increase in ore tonnes. This material is of a lower HM grade and mineral assemblage so the overall impact on contained product is not as great ( pit design changes ). Adjustments have been made to account for ore material modelled within 1m of the base of pits mined during the period, which is included in model reconciliation to capture resource offset to an actual final basement floor ( mining adjustments ). Very minor change is associated with these adjustments over the range of metrics considered. Similarly, comparison reporting to gauge variance associated with changes in the underlying resource model ( model changes ) show very minor impact due to this update (Figure 1).

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Figure 1 - Change in ZrO2 Tonnage Waterfall

Figure 4 shows the spatial comparison between 2020 and 2021 Ore Reserve Pit footprints.

Mr Scrimshaw conducted a site visit to Boonanarring over two days during September 2019, however due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19, was unable to conduct any site visit in the 2020 or 2021 calendar years. For the current reporting period, alternate arrangements were made for a site visit to be undertaken by a senior representative from the local Perth Entech staff, on behalf of the competent person, and this occurred in December 2021.

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Figure 2 - Mining Status as at 31 December 2021

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Figure 3 - Mining Direction and Extraction Sequence

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Figure 4 - 2020 and 2021 Ore Reserve Pit Outlines

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Schedule 2

Boonanarring Heavy Mineral Sands Deposit Mineral Resource Estimate – 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Boonanarring Heavy Minerals Sands deposit is located in the north of the Perth Basin, Western Australia, approximately 120 km north of Perth. The Boonanarring mineralisation is hosted by the Pleistocene Yoganup Formation, which is a sequence of buried pro-graded shoreline sediments, with dunes, beach ridge and deltaic facies. This formation lies unconformably over the Lower Cretaceous Leederville Formation and is overlain by the Quaternary Bassendean and Guildford Formations. The basement to the main strandline mineralisation is demarcated by the increased slimes content of the Leederville Formation.

The heavy minerals (HM) within the Yoganup Formation have been concentrated in two main strandlines (eastern and western) that are continuous over a total north-south strike length of 10 km. The strandlines are separated by sands with low concentrations of heavy minerals of 50 m to 100 m width in the north; the strandlines coalesce in the south. Mining to date has extracted material from the western and eastern strandlines. The eastern strandline has a strike length of 9 km, is approximately 100 m wide and extends further north than the western strandline. The western strandline has a strike length of 9.6 km and is up to 220 m wide. An additional mineralised strandline is present to the east of the main strandlines; this has a strike length of 3.6 km, is up to 100 m wide and merges with the eastern strandline to the north. Two additional strandlines, to the southwest of the main strandlines, are present in the southern part of the project area. These extend for approximately 3 km and 2.7 km north-south respectively, and have acrossstrike widths of up to 120 m.

Mining commenced at the Boonanarring Project in November 2018. Additional drilling, in-pit mapping density, mineral assemblage and reconciliation data was used to revise the mineralisation interpretation and to update the Mineral Resource estimate in 2019 and 2020. The 2020 Mineral Resource was updated, reported and depleted for mining within pits A, B and C as at 31 December 2020. The 2021 Mineral Resource estimate includes some additional assay data (33 values within the mineralised strandlines) obtained since the December 2020 Mineral Resource was estimated, and incorporates a revised interpretation of the high zircon domain. The resource model has been depleted for mining within pits A, B, C and D to 31 December 2021. No additional drilling was undertaken during 2021. The 2021 Mineral Resource comprises data from 2,680 vertical, reverse circulation (aircore) drillholes, for a total of 109,878.9 m.

The 2021 resource model was constructed using a parent block size of 5 mE by 25 mN on 1 m benches; the parent blocks were allowed to sub-cell down to 1.25 mE by 12.5 mN by 0.25 mRL to more accurately represent the geometry and volumes of the geological and mineralisation horizons. A soil horizon of 0.5 m was incorporated into the model and block grade estimates were removed from this horizon.

Total HM, slimes and oversize block grades were estimated using ordinary kriging techniques and total HM was also subject to an estimate using an inverse distance cubed (ID[3] ) approach. Reconciliation data indicates that the total HM recorded from production data is in line with the total HM estimated using ID[3] techniques, and this estimate has been used for resource reporting.

The Mineral Resource includes the results of 474 composite samples (from 803 drillholes, totalling 5,374.6 m) which were analysed to determine the HM assemblage. Block grades were estimated for the mineral assemblage components (ilmenite, rutile, leucoxene and zircon) using ID[3] techniques. The mining

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study uses the TiO2 and ZrO2 contents of the HM; thus the available TiO2 and ZrO2 data (from XRF analyses) were used to estimate block contents of TiO2 and ZrO2 using ID[3] techniques.

A combination of lithology and grades (total HM, slimes and ZrO2) was used to determine the density values for the 2021 resource model. The assigned values and formulae used for the 2020 resource model have been applied to the 2021 resource model.

The resource estimate has been classified according to the guidelines of the JORC Code (2012) into Measured, Indicated and Inferred confidence categories, taking into account data quality, data density, geological continuity, grade continuity and confidence in the estimation of heavy mineral content and mineral assemblage. The classification criteria and polygons that were used for the 2020 resource model have been applied to the 2021 resource model. Measured Resources are generally defined where drilling is at 20 m to 40 m on 100 m spaced section lines and where there is good coverage of mineral assemblage data. The Measured Resources include all of the high-grade core of the eastern strandline where the drilling is at a spacing of 5 m to 10 m across strike and on section lines spaced at 50 m to 100 m. Indicated Resources have been generally defined where drilling is at 20 m to 40 m on 200 m lines, and Inferred Resources have been defined within the southern area of Boonanarring, where the drill spacing is up to 80 m on 400 m lines and there is limited mineral assemblage data. An Inferred classification has been assigned to zones of mineralisation that are outside of and adjacent to the interpreted mineralised strandlines.

Resource estimation of the mineral assemblage components is based on drillhole composites; however, the variability of the mineral assemblage components between the composites is low. There is a high degree of confidence in the quality of the zircon and ilmenite data but lower confidence in the rutile and leucoxene data. The combined leucoxene and rutile contribute less than 10% of the total heavy minerals, and so the classifications applied to the total HM Mineral Resources have been applied to the mineral assemblage concentrations.

Polygons were used to define the existing pit bases and where the entire thickness of ore (defined from inpit observations) has been extracted. Blocks within the mineralised domains that are below the base of the pit or within the base of pit polygons have not been included in the Mineral Resource tabulation. Polygons were created around the pit crests to define areas where it is expected that mining will not occur. Blocks within these areas and between the existing pits have been flagged as sterilised and have not been included in the Mineral Resource tabulation.

The Mineral Resource estimate, at 31 December 2021, for the Boonanarring Heavy Mineral Sands deposit is reported in Table – 1. This has been prepared and reported in accordance with the guidelines of the JORC Code (2012) and has been reported above a cut-off grade of 2.0% total heavy minerals. This cut-off grade was selected by Image based on technical and economic assessment and current mining practices at the Boonanarring Project. The resource model has been reported outside the exclusion zones and sterilised areas and outside of mined pits A, B, C and D at 31 December 2021 (i.e. mineralisation that has been mined or is below the base of the 31 December 2021 pits is excluded from the reported Mineral resource).

Compared to the December 2020 Mineral Resource, there has been a reduction in tonnage, mainly due to mining, and the overall resource tonnes have decreased by 36%. The total HM, rutile and leucoxene grades have all decreased (by 9%, 12% and 19% respectively) and there is a small decrease in the zircon and ilmenite grades (2% and 1% respectively).

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Table 1 - Boonanarring Mineral Resource at 31 December 2021 reported above a cut-off grade of 2.0% total heavy minerals


Million
Total HM
Slimes
Oversize
% of total heavy mineral
Classification
tonnes
%
%
%
Zircon
Rutile
Leucoxene
Ilmenite
Measured
3.9
7.2
12
4.5
18
2.9
2.8
48
Indicated
5.4
4.8
17
4.8
12
4.6
9.8
49
Inferred
0.9
3.3
15
6.4
11
4.4
5.5
53
Total
10.2
5.6
15
4.8
15
3.7
6.1
49

Notes: 1. Mineralisation has been reported above a cut-off grade of 2.0% total heavy minerals (HM).

  1. The Boonanarring Mineral Resource has been classified and reported in accordance with the guidelines of the JORC Code (2012).

  2. Total HM is within the +63 µm to -1 mm size fraction and is reported as a percentage of the total material; oversize material is +1 mm and slimes is -63 µm.

  3. Estimates of the mineral assemblage (zircon, ilmenite, rutile and leucoxene) are presented as percentages of the total HM component of the deposit, as determined by Iluka’s in-house methods, along with QEMSCAN and XRF analyses. QEMSCAN rules used for mineral determination are: ilmenite: 50 to 70% TiO2; leucoxene: 70 to 95% TiO2; rutile: >95% TiO2.

  4. All tonnages and grades have been rounded to reflect the relative uncertainty of the estimate, thus the sum of columns may not equal the components.

  5. The resource excludes environmental zones, within 50 m of the Bartlett’s Well and the Boonanarring Nature Reserves and buffers around major roads and the Dampier to Bunbury pipeline.

The 2021 resource model was reported excluding material mined during the commissioning period. The model was reported below the top of ore surfaces provided by Image and, as a top of ore surface was not available for the initial area of mining (pit C from 30,200 to 31,850 mN) a cut-off grade of 2% total HM was applied there. The production data is in line with the model estimates for tonnage, total HM and TiO2. Depletion of the resource model by the 31 December 2021 pit surfaces and the base of pit polygon indicates that the mined volume is within 2% of the resource volume, the processed tonnage (including the stockpiles) is within 3% of the resource tonnage, and the estimated grades for total HM and TiO2 are both within 4% of production. The contained total HM and TiO2 are within 3% and 7% of production, respectively. Reconciliation of the ZrO2 is not as good, with a 16% under-call on grade and a 25% under-call on contained ZrO2 compared to production. Optiro recommends that a full reconciliation should be undertaken of the resource model, production data and the product shipped to investigate why the ZrO2 grade reported by production is of a higher grade than the resource model.

The average bulk density from the resource model (1.85 t/m[3] ) matches the average bulk density from mine production.

Current in pit reporting against mine production indicates that the mineralisation is being mined at a lower cut-off grade (1.3% total HM) than is being used for reporting of the Mineral Resource (2.0% total HM).

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Appendix A

JORC Code Table 1 criteria

The table below summaries the assessment and reporting criteria used for the Boonanarring deposit Mineral Resource estimate and reflects the guidelines in Table 1 of The Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code, 2012).

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
Nature and quality of sampling.
These examples should not be taken
as limiting the broad meaning of
sampling.
Include reference to measures taken
to ensure sample representivity and
the appropriate calibration of any
measurement tools or systems used.
Aspects of the determination of
mineralisation that are Material to the
Public Report.
•Sampling of the deposit has been by a vertical air-core
method. This is a mineral sands industry-standard drilling
technique.
•Samples are from intervals of 0.2, 0.5 m, 0.7 m, 1 m and
1.5 m and 2 m. The majority of samples (over 99%) are
from intervals of 1 m.
• For resource definition drilling, duplicate samples were taken at
the cone splitter on the rig for QAQC analysis and to assess the
retrospectivity of the samples.
•11 vertical diamond core holes were drilled in 2016 to
obtain geotechnical and bulk density data.
Drilling
techniques
Drill type (eg core, reverse
circulation, open-hole hammer, rotary
air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc)
and details (eg core diameter, triple
or standard tube, depth of diamond
tails, face-sampling bit or other type,
whether core is oriented and if so, by
what method, etc).
•All Image drillholes are drilled vertically using an NQ-sized
(76 mm diameter) drill bit.
•All Iluka drillholes are vertical and were drilled using a BQ-
sized drill bit (60 mm diameter).
•Water injection is used to convert the sample to a slurry so
it can be incrementally sampled by a rotary splitter.
•11 vertical diamond core holes were drilled to obtain
geotechnical and density data in 2016 using a PQ sized
drill bit (85 mm diameter).
Drill sample
recovery
Method of recording and assessing
core and chip sample recoveries and
results assessed.
Measures taken to maximise sample
recovery and ensure representative
nature of the samples.
Whether a relationship exists
between sample recovery and grade
and whether sample bias may have
occurred due to preferential loss/gain
of fine/coarse material.
•At the drill site, Image’s geologist estimates sample
recovery qualitatively (as good, moderate or poor) for each
1 m down hole sampling interval. Specifically, the
supervising geologist visually estimates the volume
recovered to sample and reject bags based on prior
experience as to what constitutes good recovery.
Logging Whether core and chip samples have
been geologically and geotechnically
logged to a level of detail to support
appropriate Mineral Resource
estimation, mining studies and
metallurgical studies.
Whether logging is qualitative or
quantitative in nature. Core (or
costean, channel, etc) photography.
The total length and percentage of
the relevant intersections logged.
•Image’s supervising geologist logs the sample reject
material at the rig and pans a small sub-sample of the
reject, to visually estimate the proportions of sands, heavy
mineral (HM) sands, ‘slimes’ (clays), and oversize (rock
chips) in each sample, in a semi-quantitative manner.
•The geologist also logs colour, grain size, an estimate of
induration (a hardness estimate) and sample ‘washability’
(ease of separation of slimes from sands by manual
attrition).
•To preclude data entry and transcription errors, the logging
data is captured into a digital data logger at the rig, which
contains pre-set logging codes.
•No photographs of samples are taken. HMC concentrates
are retained.
•The digital logs are downloaded daily and emailed to
Image’s head office for data security and compilation into
the main database server.
•Samples visually estimated by the geologist to contain
more than 0.5% HM (by weight) are despatched for
analysis along with the 1 m intervals above and below the
mineralised interval.
•Almost 97% of the drilling has been logged. The level and
detail of logging is of sufficient quality to support Mineral
Resource estimates.
•Geotechnical holes have been logged and assessments as
to pit stability determined.

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Sub-sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation
If core, whether cut or sawn and
whether quarter, half or all core
taken.
If non-core, whether riffled, tube
sampled, rotary split, etc and whether
sampled wet or dry.
For all sample types, the nature,
quality and appropriateness of the
sample preparation technique.
Quality control procedures adopted
for all sub-sampling stages to
maximise representivity of samples.
Measures taken to ensure that the
sampling is representative of the in
situ material collected, including for
instance results for field
duplicate/second-half sampling.
Whether sample sizes are
appropriate to the grain size of the
material being sampled.
•The majority of the samples (over 90%) are from 1 m
intervals and 45% of samples were analysed for total HM,
slimes and oversize.
•The sample is directed to a cyclone and then through a
‘rotating-chute’ custom-built splitting device. This device
allows different fraction splits from the cyclone sample
stream to be directed to either 25 cm by 35 cm calico bags
(as the laboratory despatch samples) or to large plastic
polyweave bags for the sample rejects. The rotary splitter
directs10 increments from the stream to the laboratory
despatch samples, for a specified sampling interval.
•Sample tickets with the interval’s unique sample ID are
placed in each bag.
•For resource definition drilling, two splits are collected from
the rotary splitter into a pre-numbered calico bag (1/8
mass) and pre-numbered polyweave bag (7/8 mass) for
each 1 m down hole interval. A selection of the replicate
samples are later collected and analysed to quantify field
sampling precision, or as samples contributing to potential
future mineral assemblage composites.
•Iluka reports having used a similar procedure (ILU Report
TR-T15147), albeit no records are available to support this
assertion.
•To monitor sample representation and sample number
correctness, Image weighs the laboratory despatch
samples prior to despatch. The laboratory then weighs the
received sample and reports the mass to Image. This
identifies any potential mix up of sample numbers and is
also a proxy for sample recovery.
•Image considers the nature, quality and size of the sub-
samples collected are consistent with best industry
practices of mineral sands explorers in the Perth Basin
region.
Quality of
assay data
and
laboratory
tests
The nature, quality and
appropriateness of the assaying and
laboratory procedures used and
whether the technique is considered
partial or total.
For geophysical tools, spectrometers,
handheld XRF instruments, etc, the
parameters used in determining the
analysis including instrument make
and model, reading times,
calibrations factors applied and their
derivation, etc.
Nature of quality control procedures
adopted (eg standards, blanks,
duplicates, external laboratory
checks) and whether acceptable
levels of accuracy (ie lack of bias)
and precision have been established.
•Image and Iluka used industry standard approaches to
estimating the contents of total HM, slimes and oversize
involving screening to remove oversize, washing slimes
from samples and then extracting the heavy minerals from
the residual sands using heavy media.
•Image engaged four laboratories (Western GeoLabs,
Diamantina Laboratory, Diamond Recovery Services
Laboratory and Robbins Metallurgical Laboratory).
•Iluka used internal standards to quantify the accuracy of
the drilling with acceptable results. Image inserted
standards for drilling undertaken during 2014 to 2020.
•Both Iluka and Image collected duplicate samples including
field-duplicates of the primary sample, laboratory
duplicates at the laboratory sub-sampling stage (post de-
sliming) and laboratory re-submission duplicates to the
original or alternative laboratories used by Iluka and/or
Image.
•Analysis of QAQC data for the drilling programmes
indicates that it is of moderate to high quality and supports
Mineral Resource estimation.
•Three sets of mineral assemblage data have been used to
estimate the ilmenite, leucoxene, rutile and zircon
concentrations within the HM:
−data from Iluka (magnetic separation followed by
density separation using solutions of 3.85 g/cm3 and
4.05 g/cm3)
−XRF data (after microscope examination to exclude
non-representative samples e.g. laterite)
−QEMSCAN data.
Mineral assemblage samples analysed using AutoGeoSEM
were not used as these were also analysed usingXRF.
Verification
of sampling
and assaying
The verification of significant
intersections by either independent or
alternative company personnel.
The use of twinned holes.
•Image drilled a number of twin holes (within 10 m of Iluka
holes). The twin holes compare favourably for HM and
slimes grades. Oversize grades could not be compared as
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Documentation of primary data, data
entry procedures, data verification,
data storage (physical and electronic)
protocols.
Discuss any adjustment to assay
data.
•Image collected primary data on hard copy logs and also
used a data logger. Data from laboratories was provided in
digital form and compiled in Microsoft Access databases
and spreadsheets.
•Grain size analysis indicates that the zircon and TiO2
minerals are ≤850 µm.
•Results from QEMSCAN analysis of 20 composite
samples, originally analysed using XRF, were used to
calibrate the results from XRF with the QEMSCAN results.
•All of the 2019 and 2020 composite samples were
analysed by QEMSCAN and XRF, which was used to verify
the QEMSCAN mineral counts.
Location of
data points
Accuracy and quality of surveys used
to locate drillholes (collar and down-
hole surveys), trenches, mine
workings and other locations used in
Mineral Resource estimation.
Specification of the grid system used.
Quality and adequacy of topographic
control.
•Drillhole collars at Boonanarring have been surveyed using
hand-held GPS and RTK DGPS methods, with the latter
method deemed most accurate.
•The collar coordinates and survey ground controls have
been tied to the Landgate GOLA database by a registered
surveyor.
•All collars for the Mineral Resource estimate have been
adjusted to a LiDAR topographic model described below.
•Data for Boonanarring has been surveyed in MGA Zone 50
GDA94. The Mineral Resource has been estimated in a
local grid system based on a two-point transformation. This
transformation has been validated by Image’s survey
contractor.
•The topographic model for Boonanarring is based on
LiDAR survey. A review of this survey by Image’s survey
contractor revealed that the survey had an incorrect vertical
datum; elevations are 0.3 m higher than measured at
collars using RTK DGPS. The corrected LiDAR surface
was used to constrain the Mineral Resource model.
Data spacing
and
distribution
Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results.
Whether the data spacing and
distribution is sufficient to establish
the degree of geological and grade
continuity appropriate for the Mineral
Resource and Ore Reserve
estimation procedure(s) and
classifications applied.
Whether sample compositing has
been applied.
•The drillhole spacing is generally 20 m to 40 m across
strike on section lines spaced at 100 m or 200 m along
strike. Several sections on Block C were infilled to 5 m by
50 m, Block B down to 5 m by 100 m and Block A to 10 m
by 100 m. Some areas have been drilled at a wider spacing
of up to 80 m by 400 m.
•The drill database used in the resource estimate comprises
2,680 drillholes for a total 109,878.9 m drilled by Image and
Iluka between 1998 and 2020.
•Samples for HM assemblage determination were
composited on intervals according to a combination of
grade and geology appropriate to reflect resource
estimation domains. A total of 474 mineral assemblage
composites (from 5,374.6 m) from within the mineralised
domains were used in the Mineral Resource estimate.
•The data spacing and distribution is sufficient to establish
the degree of geological and grade continuity appropriate
for the Mineral Resource estimation procedure and
classification applied.
Orientation of
data in
relation to
geological
structure
Whether the orientation of sampling
achieves unbiased sampling of
possible structures and the extent to
which this is known, considering the
deposit type.
If the relationship between the drilling
orientation and the orientation of key
mineralised structures is considered
to have introduced a sampling bias,
this should be assessed and reported
if material.
•All drillholes are vertical and intersect sub-horizontal strata.
This is appropriate for the orientation of the mineralisation
and will not have introduced a bias.
Sample
security
The measures taken to ensure
sample security.
•All samples are collected from site by Image’s staff as soon
as practicable once drilling is completed and then delivered
to Image’s locked storage sheds.
•Image’s staff deliver samples to the laboratory and collect
heavy mineral floats from the laboratory, which are also
stored in Image’s locked storage.
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accidental contamination of samples. Occasional sample
mix-ups are corrected using Images checking and quality
control procedures.
Audits or
reviews
The results of any audits or reviews
of sampling techniques and data.
•The results and logging have been reviewed internally by
Image’s senior exploration personnel including checking of
masses despatched and delivered, checking standard
results, and verification logging of significant intercepts.
•The database, sampling procedures and documentation
were reviewed by Harlequin Consulting Pty Ltd in 2015.
•In April 2013, CSA Global audited Robbins Metallurgical
Laboratory and found the laboratory practices acceptable
to support results for Mineral Resource estimation.
•In 2019 audits were conducted at both the Diamantina and
Western GeoLabs facilities by Image contractors.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

Criteria Criteria JORC Code explanation JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral
tenement and
land tenure
status
Type, reference name/number,
location and ownership including
agreements or material issues with
third parties such as joint ventures,
partnerships, overriding royalties,
native title interests, historical sites,
wilderness or national park and
environmental settings.
The security of the tenure held at
the time of reporting along with any
known impediments to obtaining a
licence to operate in the area.
•The Boonanarring deposit is within mining leases
M70/1194 (expiry 15/12/2026) and M70/1311 (expiry
11/03/2034), exploration licence E70/3041 (expiry
9/06/2022) and general-purpose licence G70/250 (expiry
7/05/2034). Image has a 100% interest in each of these
licences.
•M70/1311 abuts Bartlett’s Well and Boonanarring Nature
Reserves and Image has allowed for a 50 m buffer zone (of
no mining activity) adjacent to these reserves.
Exploration
done by other
parties
Acknowledgment and appraisal of
exploration by other parties.
•The Boonanarring deposit was discovered by Iluka, who
drilled out the central area to a Measured Resource status.
The work is well documented in reports from Iluka, prior
Mineral Resource estimators McDonald Speijers (2005)
and Widenbar and Associates (2013), and Harlequin
ConsultingPtyLtd (2014and2015).
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and
style of mineralisation.
•Boonanarring is hosted in the Perth Basin, in the
Pleistocene Yoganup Formation on the eastern margin of
the Swan Coastal Plain.
•The Yoganup Formation is a buried pro-graded shoreline
deposit, with dunes, beach ridge and deltaic facies. This
formation lies unconformably over the Lower Cretaceous
Leederville Formation and is overlain by the Pleistocene
Guildford Formation and the Quaternary Bassendean
Sand.
•The Yoganup Formation consists of unconsolidated poorly
sorted sands and gravels, with local interstitial clay and
heavy minerals that occur sporadically along the Gingin
Scarp, which is interpreted to be an ancient shoreline that
was stable during a period of marine regression.
•Boonanarring has three major strandlines of heavy
minerals, which are interpreted to have been deposited
during the Pleistocene in a notch in the local basement
rock that may represent an ancient sea cliff. Lower grade
mineralisation is present in the sands proximal to the
higher-grade strandlines. Two additional strandlines, to the
south-west of the main strandlines, are present in the
southern part of the project area.
•The basement to the strandline mineralisation is identified
by the increased slimes content of the Leederville
Formation or at the base of the Yoganup Formation.
Mineralisation withinthishashigh zirconconcentrations.
Drillhole
information
A summary of all information
material to the understanding of the
exploration results including a
tabulation of the following
information for all Material
•Not relevant – Mineral Resource defined. Exploration
results are not being reported for the Mineral Resource
area.

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drillholes:
o easting and northing of the drillhole
collar
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level –
elevation above sea level in
metres) of the drillhole collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and interception
depth
o hole length.
Data
aggregation
methods
In reporting Exploration Results,
weighting averaging techniques,
maximum and/or minimum grade
truncations (eg cutting of high
grades) and cut-off grades are
usually Material and should be
stated.
Where aggregate intercepts
incorporate short lengths of high
grade results and longer lengths of
low grade results, the procedure
used for such aggregation should be
stated and some typical examples of
such aggregations should be shown
in detail.
The assumptions used for any
reporting of metal equivalent values
_should be clearly stated. _
•Not relevant – Mineral Resource defined. Exploration
results are not being reported for the Mineral Resource
area.
•There are no metal equivalent values assumptions applied
in the Mineral Resource reporting.
Relationship
between
mineralisation
widths and
intercept
lengths
These relationships are particularly
important in the reporting of
Exploration Results.
If the geometry of the
mineralisation with respect to the
drillhole angle is known, its nature
should be reported.
•The geometry of the Boonanarring mineralisation is
effectively horizontal and the vertical drillholes used to
define the Mineral Resource give the approximate true
thicknesses of mineralisation.
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections and
tabulations of intercepts should be
included for any significant
_discovery being reported _
•Not relevant – Mineral Resource defined. Exploration
results are not being reported for the Mineral Resource
area.
Balanced
reporting
Where comprehensive reporting of
all Exploration Results is not
practicable, representative
reporting of both low and high
grades and/or widths should be
practiced to avoid misleading
reporting of Exploration Results.
•Not relevant – Mineral Resource defined. Exploration
results are not being reported for the Mineral Resource
area.
Other
substantive
exploration
data
Other exploration data, if
meaningful and material, should be
reported including (but not limited
to): geological observations;
geophysical survey results;
geochemical survey results; bulk
samples – size and method of
treatment; metallurgical test results;
bulk density, groundwater,
geotechnical and rock
characteristics; potential
deleterious or contaminating
substances.
•Slimes and HM grain size analysis reported under
“Verification of sampling and assaying”.
•Bulk density and geotechnical work reported under “Bulk
Density” and “Logging”.
•Metallurgical test results of bulk samples reported under
“Metallurgical factors or assumptions”.
Further work The nature and scale of planned
further work (eg tests for lateral
extensions or depth extensions or
large-scale step-out drilling).
•Drilling has been completed over the Boonanarring
Northern Extension and the Boonanarring North-west
areas, to the north of the Boonanarring deposit. Image is
investigating the economic potential of the mineralisation
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Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possible extensions, including the main geological interpretations and future drilling areas, provided this information is not commercially sensitive.

Section 3 Estimation and Reporting of Mineral Resources

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Database
integrity
Measures taken to ensure that data
has not been corrupted by, for
example, transcription or keying
errors, between its initial collection
and its use for Mineral Resource
estimation purposes.
Data validation procedures used.
•The drillhole database is managed by Image and has been
compiled by CSA from Image’s internal databases and from
databases provided by Iluka. Maintenance of the database
includes internal data validation protocols by Image.
•Harlequin Consulting Pty Ltd completed a high-level review
of the database in 2014 and found the method of
construction of the database and validation procedures are
acceptable and that the data is acceptable for Mineral
Resource estimation.
•For the Mineral Resource estimate the drillhole data was
extracted directly from the Access drillhole database
maintained by Image.
•Data was further verified and validated by Optiro using
mining software (Datamine) validation protocols, and
visuallyinplanand section views.
Site visits Comment on any site visits
undertaken by the Competent
Person and the outcome of those
visits.
•Mrs Christine Standing (CP for the Mineral Resource
estimate) visited the Boonanarring deposit during
December 2016.
•The sites of the geotechnical drillholes and exclusion zones
for reporting of the Mineral Resources were inspected.
Geological
interpretation
Confidence in (or conversely, the
uncertainty of) the geological
interpretation of the mineral deposit.
Nature of the data used and of any
assumptions made.
The effect, if any, of alternative
interpretations on Mineral Resource
estimation.
The use of geology in guiding and
controlling Mineral Resource
estimation.
The factors affecting continuity both
of grade and geology.
•Three stratigraphic (Bassendean/Guildford, Yoganup and
Leederville Formations) units within the deposit area were
defined using a combination of total HM, slimes and
oversize data and drillhole lithological logs.
•For the purposes of resource estimation, these units were
used in combination with grade criteria to define the
following domains:
−mineralised strandlines with +2% HM
−high grade HM (generally over 10%)
−high grade zircon contents within the eastern
strandline
−top of Leederville Formation
−top of Yoganup Formation.
•There is good confidence in the geological interpretation of
the main strandlines. Confidence in the other lower grade
domainsislower, asreflected by the classification.
Dimensions The extent and variability of the
Mineral Resource expressed as
length (along strike or otherwise),
plan width, and depth below surface
to the upper and lower limits of the
Mineral Resource.
•The heavy minerals within the Yoganup Formation have
been concentrated in two main strandlines that are
continuous over a north-south strike length of 10 km. The
strandlines are separated by sands with low concentrations
of heavy minerals of 50 m to 100 m in the north and the
strandlines coalesce in the south. The eastern strandline
has a strike length of 9 km and is approximately 100 m
wide and extends further north than the western strandline.
The western strandline has a strike length of 9.6 km and is
up to 220 m wide.
•An additional strandline of mineralisation is present to the
east that has a strike length of 3.6 km and is up to 100 m
wide and merges with the eastern strandline to the north.
•Two additional strandlines, to the south-west of the main
strandlines, are present in the southern part of the project
area. These extend for approximately 3 km and 2.7 km
north-south and have across strike widths of up to 120 m.
These are overlain by a shallow sheet of mineralisation with
dimensions of 350 m east-west and up to 600 m north-
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•The strandlines are up to 15 m thick and have an average
thickness of 4.5 m. The average depth to the top of the
mineralised strandlines is 28 m.
Estimation
and modelling
techniques
The nature and appropriateness of
the estimation technique(s) applied
and key assumptions, including
treatment of extreme grade values,
domaining, interpolation parameters
and maximum distance of
extrapolation from data points. If a
computer assisted estimation
method was chosen include a
description of computer software
and parameters used.
The availability of check estimates,
previous estimates and/or mine
production records and whether the
Mineral Resource estimate takes
appropriate account of such data.
The assumptions made regarding
recovery of by-products.
Estimation of deleterious elements
or other non-grade variables of
economic significance (e.g. sulphur
for acid mine drainage
characterisation).
In the case of block model
interpolation, the block size in
relation to the average sample
spacing and the search employed.
Any assumptions behind modelling
of selective mining units.
Any assumptions about correlation
between variables.
Description of how the geological
interpretation was used to control
the resource estimates.
Discussion of basis for using or not
using grade cutting or capping.
The process of validation, the
checking process used, the
comparison of model data to
drillhole data, and use of
reconciliation data if available.
•Image and Image’s consultant used Surpac and Datamine
software to develop string files of the geology and
mineralisation interpretations.
•Data analysis and estimation were undertaken by Optiro
using Snowden Supervisor, Datamine and Gretl software.
•Optiro assessed the robustness of the mineralised domains
by critically examining the geological interpretation and by
using a variety of measures, including statistical and
geostatistical analysis. The domains are considered
geologically robust in the context of the resource
classification applied to the estimate.
•Drillhole sample data was flagged from the three-
dimensional interpretation of the mineralised horizons.
•Samples are from intervals of 0.5 m, 0.7 m, 1 m and 1.5 m
and 2 m. As the majority of samples (over 99%) are from
intervals of 1 m the data was composited to 1 m downhole
intervals for resource estimation.
•The drillhole spacing is generally 20 m to 40 m across
strike on section lines spaced at 100 m or 200 m along
strike. Several sections on Block C were infilled to 5 m by
50 m, Block B down to 5 m by 100 m and Block A to 10 m
by 100 m. Some areas have been drilled at a wider spacing
of up to 80 m by 400 m.
•Extrapolation of up to 75 m along strike and approximately
half the drill spacing across strike was used for the
interpretation.
•Block dimensions were selected from kriging
neighbourhood analysis and reflect the variability of the
deposit and the model’s practicality for future mine
planning. Sub-cells to a minimum dimension of 1.25 mE by
6.25 mN by 0.25 mRL were used to represent volume.
•HM grade was estimated using ordinary kriging (OK) and
inverse distance cubed (ID3) into blocks of 5 mE by 25 mN
by 1 mRL.
•Slimes and oversize quantities were estimated using
ordinary kriging (OK) into blocks of 5 mE by 25 mN by
1 mRL.
•Zircon, leucoxene, rutile and ilmenite percentages within
the HM fraction were estimated using ID3into the parent
blocks.
•The mining study is to use the TiO2and ZrO2contents of
the HM and the available TiO2and ZrO2data (from XRF
analyses) were used to estimate block contents of TiO2and
ZrO2using ID3techniques.
•The majority of the total HM and slimes, total HM and
oversize, and slimes and oversize data is uncorrelated.
•Correlation coefficients of the mineral assemblage data
from within the mineralised domains and from within the
high zircon domain indicate a moderate positive
relationship between rutile and leucoxene, a poor positive
correlation ilmenite and rutile, a moderate negative
relationship between zircon and ilmenite, a poor negative
correlation between zircon and rutile and between zircon
and leucoxene and no correlation between ilmenite and
leucoxene. For the mineral assemblage data outside the
high zircon domain, correlation coefficients indicate a
moderate positive relationship between rutile and
leucoxene and no correlation between the other mineral
assemblage components.
•All variables were estimated separately and independently.
•Boundary analysis was undertaken to determine the
boundary conditions that were applied to the estimation of
HM, slimes and oversize and the mineral assemblage
components within the mineralisation domains.
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oversize %. The top-cut levels were determined using a
combination of top cut analysis tools, including grade
histograms, log probability plots and the coefficient of
variation.
•Variogram analysis was undertaken to determine the
kriging estimation parameters used for OK estimation of
HM, slimes and oversize and the search dimensions used
for ID estimation of HM and mineral assemblage
components.
•Maximum HM grade continuity ranges are 800 m along
strike, 33 m and 60 m down-dip and 7.7 m and 8.8 m within
the vertical direction for the eastern and western strandlines
respectively. Maximum continuity ranges are 220 m along
the strike direction, 30 m down dip and 5 m in the near
vertical direction for the far eastern strandline. Within the
southern area the total HM the maximum continuity ranges
are 390 m and 250 m along strike, 42 m and 38 m across
strike and 3.3 m and 2 m in the vertical direction for the
south-western strandline and overlying mineralisation
respectively.
•The along strike continuity of the zircon and the titanium
minerals was interpreted from variogram analyses to have
along strike ranges of 430 m and 630 m respectively. As
the composite samples consist of material collected and
combined within drillholes, it was not possible to investigate
the continuity of the mineral assemblage components in the
vertical and across strike directions.
•Kriging neighbourhood analysis was performed in order to
determine the block size, sample numbers and
discretisation levels.
•Three estimation passes were used for HM; the first search
was based upon the variogram ranges; the second search
was double the initial search with reduced sample numbers
required for estimation and the third search was expanded
to completed grade estimation within each of the
mineralised domains (up to six times the second search).
Almost 95% of the total HM block grades were estimated in
the first search pass, 5% within the second search pass
and the remaining 0.4% estimated in the third search pass.
•The HM, slimes and oversize estimated block model grades
were visually validated against the input drillhole data and
comparisons were carried out against the declustered
drillhole data and by northing, easting and elevation slices.
•The estimated block model grades for zircon, ilmenite,
leucoxene and rutile were visually validated against the
input drillhole data and comparisons were carried out
against the drillhole data and by northing and easting
slices.
• Compared to the December 2020 Mineral Resource, there
has been a reduction in tonnage, mainly due mining and
the overall resource tonnes have decreased by 36%. The
total HM, rutile and leucoxene grades have all decreased
(by 9%, 12% and 19% respectively) and there is a small
decrease in the zircon and ilmenite grades (2% and 1%
respectively).
•Production data for tonnage, total HM and TiO2from
1 January 2019 (post-commissioning) to 31 December
2021 is in-line with the model estimates. The processed
tonnage (including the stockpiles) is within 3% of the
resource tonnage, and the estimated grades for total HM
and TiO2are both within 4% of production. The contained
total HM and TiO2are within 3% and 7% of production,
respectively. Reconciliation of the ZrO2is not as good with
a 16% under-call on grade and a 25% under-call on
contained ZrO2compared to production.
Moisture Whether the tonnages are estimated
on a dry basis or with natural
moisture, and the method of
•Tonnages are estimated on a dry basis.

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determination of the moisture
content.
Cut-off
parameters
The basis of the adopted cut-off
grade(s) or quality parameters
applied.
•The Mineral Resource estimate for the Boonanarring
deposit has been reported at a 2.0% HM cut-off. This cut-
off grade was selected by Image based on technical and
economic assessment and current mining practises at the
Boonanarring Project.
Mining factors
or
assumptions
Assumptions made regarding
possible mining methods, minimum
mining dimensions and internal (or,
if applicable, external) mining
dilution. It is always necessary as
part of the process of determining
reasonable prospects for eventual
economic extraction to consider
potential mining methods, but the
assumptions made regarding mining
methods and parameters when
estimating Mineral Resources may
not always be rigorous.
•Open pit mining methods are being used at Boonanarring.
•The parent block size, selected from kriging neighbourhood
analysis, is in line with the current mining selectivity at
Boonanarring.
Metallurgical
factors or
assumptions
The basis for assumptions or
predictions regarding metallurgical
amenability. It is always necessary
as part of the process of determining
reasonable prospects for eventual
economic extraction to consider
potential metallurgical methods, but
the assumptions regarding
metallurgical treatment processes
and parameters made when
reporting Mineral Resources may
not always be rigorous.
•Mineral assemblage data within the Mineral Resource
estimate has been sourced from three different assemblage
programmes:
−data from Iluka (magnetic separation followed by
density separation using solutions of 3.85 g/cm3and
4.05 g/cm3)
−XRF data (after microscope examination to exclude
non-representative samples e.g., laterite)
−QEMSCAN data.
•Results from QEMSCAN analysis of 20 composite samples,
originally analysed using XRF, were used to calibrate the
results from XRF with the QEMSCAN results.
•The QEMSCAN rules for the titanium mineral determination
are as follows:
−Ilmenite: 50 to 70% TiO2
−Leucoxene: 70 to 95% TiO2
−Rutile: >95% TiO2
•Process metallurgical studies of bulk samples from
Boonanarring were undertaken in 2013, 2015 and 2016 for
the purpose of developing a process flowsheet for the
deposit.
•Mining and processing of the HM mineralisation
commenced at Boonanarring in November 2018.
Production data to 31 December 2020 is in-line with the
estimated tonnage, total HM, and TiO2. Reconciliation of
the ZrO2is not as good with a 16% under-call on grade.
Environmental
factors or
assumptions
Assumptions made regarding
possible waste and process residue
disposal options. It is always
necessary as part of the process of
determining reasonable prospects
for eventual economic extraction to
consider the potential environmental
impacts of the mining and
processing operation.
•Environmental exclusion zones, within 50 m of the Bartlett’s
Well and Boonanarring Nature Reserves, have been
defined and these areas are excluded from the reported
Mineral Resource.
Bulk density Whether assumed or determined. If
assumed, the basis for the
assumptions. If determined, the
method used, whether wet or dry,
the frequency of the measurements,
the nature, size and
representativeness of the samples.
The bulk density for bulk material
must have been measured by
methods that adequately account for
void spaces (vugs, porosity, etc),
moisture and differences between
•A combination of lithology and grades (total HM, slimes and
ZrO2) were used to determine the density values and
density formulae for the resource model.
•Bulk density values and formulae were determined using
bulk density measurements from the 2016 geotechnical
drilling programme and density measurements obtained
during 2019. Values and formulae verified and adjusted
where required using data obtained during 2020.
•Reconciliation data indicates that the average bulk density
from the resource model matches the average bulk density
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rock and alteration zones within the
deposit.
Discuss assumptions for bulk
density estimates used in the
evaluation process of the different
materials.
Classification The basis for the classification of the
Mineral Resources into varying
confidence categories.
Whether appropriate account has
been taken of all relevant factors (ie
relative confidence in tonnage/grade
estimations, reliability of input data,
confidence in continuity of geology
and metal values, quality, quantity
and distribution of the data).
Whether the result appropriately
reflects the Competent Person’s
view of the deposit.
•The estimate has been classified according to the
guidelines of the JORC Code (2012), into Measured,
Indicated and Inferred Resources taking into account data
quality, data density, geological continuity, grade continuity
and confidence in estimation of heavy mineral content and
mineral assemblage. In plan, polygons were used to define
zones of different classification within each of the
mineralised domains.
•Measured Resources are defined within the high-grade
core of the eastern strandline where the drilling is at a
spacing of 5 m to 10 m across strike on section lines
spaced at 50 m to 100 m. Within the strandlines.
Measured Resources are generally defined where drilling is
at 20 m to 40 m on 100 m spaced section lines and where
there is good coverage of mineral assemblage data.
•Indicated Resources are generally defined where drilling is
at 20 m to 40 m on 200 m lines.
•Inferred Resources are defined within the southern area
where the drill spacing is up to 80 m on 400 m lines and
there is sparse mineral assemblage data.
•An Inferred classification has been assigned to zones of
mineralisation that are outside of and proximal to the
interpreted mineralised strandlines.
Audits or
reviews
The results of any audits or reviews
of Mineral Resource estimates.
•The Mineral Resource has been reviewed internally as part
of normal validation processes by Optiro.
•No external audit or review of the current Mineral Resource
has been conducted.
Discussion of
relative
accuracy/
confidence
Where appropriate a statement of
the relative accuracy and confidence
level in the Mineral Resource
estimate using an approach or
procedure deemed appropriate by
the Competent Person.
The statement should specify
whether it relates to global or local
estimates, and, if local, state the
relevant tonnages, which should be
relevant to technical and economic
evaluation. Documentation should
include assumptions made and the
procedures used.
These statements of relative
accuracy and confidence of the
estimate should be compared with
production data, where available.
•The assigned classification of Measured, Indicated and
Inferred reflects the Competent Persons’ assessment of the
accuracy and confidence levels in the Mineral Resource
estimate.
•The confidence levels reflect production volumes on a
monthly basis.
•Mining and processing of the HM mineralisation
commenced at Boonanarring in November 2018.
Production data for tonnage, total HM, ZrO2and TiO2from
1 January 2019 (post-commissioning) to 31 December2021
is in-line with the model estimates for tonnage, total HM
and TiO2. The processed tonnage (including the
stockpiles) is within 3% of the resource tonnage, and the
estimated grades for total HM and TiO2are both within 4%
of production. The contained total HM and TiO2are within
3% and 7% of production, respectively. Reconciliation of
the ZrO2is not as good with a 16% under-call on grade and
a 25% under-call on contained ZrO2compared to
production.

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The table below summaries the assessment and reporting criteria used for the Boonanarring deposit Ore Reserves estimates and reflects the guidelines in Table 1 of The Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code, 2012).

Section 4 Estimation and Reporting of Ore Reserves

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral Resource
estimate for
conversion to Ore
Reserves
Description of the Mineral
Resource estimate used as a basis
for the conversion to an Ore Reserve.


The Mineral Resource estimate used was prepared by
Christine Standing of Optiro Pty Ltd and classified in
accordance with the JORC 2012 guidelines. The basis of
this Resource estimate is as at 31 December 2021. The
correspondingDatamine block model is bn_5feb2022.dm
Clear statement as to whether the
Mineral Resources are reported
additional to, or inclusive of, the Ore
Reserves.
The Mineral Resources are reported inclusive of the Ore
Reserves.
Site visits Comment on any site visits
undertaken by the Competent
Person and the outcome of those
visits.
If no site visits have been undertaken
indicate why this is the case.

A site visit was undertaken in September 2019 by Per
Scrimshaw of Entech Pty Ltd (the Competent Person for
Estimation and Reporting of Ore Reserves) with the
purpose of the visit being to assess requirements for
evaluating the 2019 Ore Reserve. Due to COVID-19 travel
restrictions Mr Scrimshaw was unable to conduct a site
visit during 2020 or 2021, however a senior Entech
representative from the Perth office (Mr Daniel Donald) did
undertake a site visit on his behalf duringDecember 2021.
Study status The type and level of study
undertaken to enable Mineral
Resources to be converted to Ore
Reserves.
The Code requires that a study to at
least Pre-Feasibility Study level has
been undertaken to convert Mineral
Resources to Ore Reserves. Such
studies will have been carried out
and will have determined a mine
plan that is technically achievable
and economically viable, and that
material Modifying Factors have
been considered.
Image Resources completed a Pre-feasibility study in 2013
and completed a Bankable Feasibility Study in May 2017.
Image Resources commenced mining operations in May
2018 and processing operations in November 2018.
The mine plan underpinning the economic assessment of
the Ore Reserve is derived from the existing site operating
budget planning. The physicals from this have been
evaluated through the Image corporate financial model.
Cut-off
parameters
The basis of the cut-off grade(s) or
quality parameters applied.
The cut-off grade has been calculated using optimisation
software on a cashflow basis and an individual cut-off
applied to each block within the model. The calculations
consider, among other considerations, individual mineral
and product values, operating costs, and other practical
considerations (including ore and overburden variabilities)
and HM and product recoveries.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Pit shells upon which final pit designs are based are
generated using this economic cut-off. A top of ore
surface for each pit location has been provided to
Entech by the Boonanarring site, which Entech
understand to represent the current site surface
denoting the anticipated interface between the
economic ore and waste after additional consideration
of the practicalities of selective mining under the
current mine fleet and extraction method. All
mineralisation within the design pits but below this
surface is considered ore.
Mining factors or
assumptions
The method and assumptions used
as reported in the Pre-Feasibility or
Feasibility Study to convert the
Mineral Resource to an Ore
Reserve (i.e. either by application of
appropriate factors by optimisation
or by preliminary or detailed
design).
The process for converting the Mineral Resource to
an Ore Reserve estimate included pit optimisation
studies, followed by detailed mine design and
scheduling. Pit designs and life-of-mine schedules
generated as part of the Ore Reserve estimate have
been reviewed by the mine site operating technical
personnel and have been deemed suitable by them as
consistent with existingsite budgetplanning.
The choice, nature and
appropriateness of the selected
mining method(s) and other mining
parameters including associated
design issues such as pre-strip,
access, etc.
The truck and shovel method is employed for the
mining of the Boonanarring project. The truck and
shovel method is used in similar operations in
Australia. Appropriate factors have been applied to
the Mineral Resource by optimization and design to
derive the Ore Reserves based on operating
experience from the first threeyears of mining.
The assumptions made regarding
geotechnical parameters (e.g. pit
slopes, stope sizes, etc), grade
control and pre-production drilling.
Due to the depth of the Boonanarring deposit a
geotechnical study was conducted by SRK Consulting
prior to operation commencement. A total of 11 holes
were drilled to depths of 60 m. Numerous site reviews
have been undertaken by SRK during the operating
phase at Boonanarring and updated geotechnical
guidance for Pit D is based upon the most recent SRK
review dated 16 November 2021. This review
proposed batter angles for the east wall ranging from
34 to 40 degrees and 40 degrees for the west wall.
Geotechnical wall assumptions are applied spatially
by geotechnical domain areas established from the
SRK recommendations.
Grade control is conducted by a Geologist in pit using
panning to establish ore contacts, in conjunction with
the Mine Surveyor who is used to stake out ore
surfaces.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
The major assumptions made and
Mineral Resource model used for pit
and stope optimisation (if
appropriate).

The Mineral Resource block model used as a basis
for mine planning models supporting this Ore Reserve
estimate is bn_5feb2022.dm. This model has been
depleted for mining as at the date of the Ore Reserve
estimate.
The mining dilution factors used. Planned mining dilution has been incorporated into
the Ore Reserve through the inclusion of low-grade
material reporting below the top-of-ore surface but
outside of the defined strand mineralised domains.
This is predominantly Domain 200 material and is
classified Inferred in Mineral Resource estimation.
Approximately 0.4Mt of this material at a grade of
1.2% HM and 12.6% ZrO2 is included in the Ore
Reserve estimate. This is approximately 11% on an
ore tonnes basis but only 1% of the Ore Reserve
contained ZrO2. A mining recovery factor of 100% is
assumed based on current mining operations and
miningtechniques.
The mining recovery factors used.
Any minimum mining widths used. A minimum mining width of 30 m was applied in the
pit design process, however is only required in the
very southern region of Pit D where the strand
mineralisation is at its most narrow. Previous mining
in Pit A has successfully mined strand mineralisation
to this width, which is confirmed through survey
pickupof the asbuilt void in that location.
The manner in which Inferred
Mineral Resources are utilised in
mining studies and the sensitivity of
the outcome to their inclusion.
Inferred Mineral Resources are included in the Ore
Reserve reporting as planned dilution where they
report underneath the current site top-of-ore surfaces
and are unable to be discretely separated from the
ore mining activities during in pit operations.
Approximately 0.4Mt of this material is included in the
Ore Reserve estimate, or approximately 11% on an
ore tonnes basis. The inclusion of this material, whilst
significant in terms of feed tonnes, does not materially
affect the underlying economics of the Ore Reserve
as the contained ZrO2 (which represents the bulk of
the Revenue in the HMC) within this material is only
approximately 1% of the total Ore Reserve ZrO2. The
Ore Reserve is economic with the inclusion of this
Inferred dilution material and any revenue generated
from its inclusion is insignificant in comparison to that
derived from the Measured and Indicated components
of the pit inventories. The main impost associated
from its inclusion is an increase in processing and
fixed costs.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
The infrastructure requirements of
the selected mining methods.
Infrastructure required including office blocks, mining
contractor workshop and associated facilities have
been constructed and are beingutilised.
Metallurgical
factors
or
assumptions
The metallurgical process proposed
and the appropriateness of that
process to the style of mineralisation.

The ore is processed through a Wet Concentration
Plant (WCP) to produce a Heavy Mineral Concentrate
(HMC) which is shipped through the Port of Bunbury
to customers with offshore Mineral Separation Plants
(MSP).
Whether the metallurgical process
is well-tested technology or novel
in nature.
The WCP uses traditional mineral sands separation
techniques. The process has been widely utilised in
similar operations.
The nature, amount and
representativeness of metallurgical
test work undertaken, the nature of
the metallurgical domaining applied
and the corresponding metallurgical
recovery factors applied.
The Metallurgical parameters have been derived from
reconciled recoveries based on the first three years of
process operation. Process recoveries used for the
Ore Reserve estimate are

FPP Recovery of 99%

WCP ZrO2Recovery of 98%

WCP TiO2Recoveryof 92%
Any assumptions or allowances
made for deleterious elements.
Deleterious materials include oversize material and
clay fines which are managed as part of Image’s
rehabilitation management plan and mildly radioactive
material, which is shipped with the HM concentrate at
levels well belowpublic safetylimits.
The existence of any bulk sample or
pilot scale test work and the degree
to which such samples are
considered representative of the
orebodyas a whole.
The Ore Reserve estimation has been based on the
recoveries and processes outlined above which are
derived from actual operational experience in this
deposit.
For minerals that are defined by a
specification, has the ore reserve
estimation been based on the
appropriate mineralogy to meet the
specifications?
Yes, mine planning filters and metallurgical recovery
through to final products.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Environmental The status of studies of potential
environmental impacts of the mining
and processing operation. Details of
waste rock characterisation and the
consideration of potential sites,
status of design options considered
and, where applicable, the status of
approvals for process residue
storage and waste dumps should be
reported.
The Boonanarring Project has been operational since
2018. All environmental, heritage and tenure
approvals required under Sate and Commonwealth
legislation were granted prior to operations
commencing.
Infrastructure The existence of appropriate
infrastructure: availability of land for
plant development, power, water,
transportation (particularly for bulk
commodities), labour,
accommodation; or the ease with
which the infrastructure can be
provided, or accessed.
Image has purchased most of the land required and
processing infrastructure is in place and operational.
Image owns and operates a WCP, feed preparation
plant (FPP), pipes, pumps, and power infrastructure for
mining at Boonanarring.
Labour has been sourced from the local area and
surrounds.
Costs The derivation of, or assumptions
made, regarding projected capital
costs in the study.
Projected capital costs relate to sustaining capital only
and are considered appropriate. There is no provision
for any further relocation of the FPP for the remainder
of operations at Boonanarring. A total provision of
AU$2.2M for sustaining capital is currently budgeted
for the remaining LOM at Boonanarring.
The methodology used to estimate
operating costs.
Boonanarring is an operating mine and the
assumptions made during the BFS have been
replaced by an Image maintained business model
using standard cost centres and cost elements which
are used for annual budgeting purposes and monthly
reporting. Extracts from this model have been used to
derive cost inputs unless otherwise noted. Mining
costs have been estimated using current mining
contract schedule of rates based on estimated
haulage distances consistent with the current mine
plan.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Allowances made for the content of
deleterious elements.
Cost penalties are applied to deleterious elements
associated with slime disposal through detailed
analysis of flocculant usage following commencement
of tailing co-disposal.
Product specifications deals with deleterious elements.
The source of exchange rates used in
the study.

Image monitors a range of recognised external
forecasters of foreign exchange rates but ultimately
the exchange rates applied are an Image
assessment. Exchange rate projections in the Image
financial model use a 0.725 USD:AUD average
exchange rate, for the projected remaining LOM at
Boonanarring.
Derivation of transportation charges. Transportation charges reflect contract quotes with
service providers. The transportation charges are
included in logistics costs. Logistics costs include
provision for bagging, handling, transport to port, port
costs and shipping.
The basis for forecasting or
source of treatment and refining
charges, penalties for failure to meet
specification, etc.
Allowances for these aspects are considered within the
HMC pricing model as currently applicable to offtake
agreements.
The allowances made for royalties
payable, both Government and
private.
Allowances made for royalties include a 5.0% revenue
royalty.
Revenue
factors
The derivation of, or assumptions
made regarding revenue factors
including head grade, metal or
commodity price(s) exchange rates,
transportation and treatment
charges, penalties, net smelter
returns, etc.
Revenue factors are used to establish pit sensitivities
and to test for robustness of the Ore Reserve.
Optimisation shells have been generated on 1% revenue
increments, encompassing the bulk of the Resource.
Revenue estimates for pit optimisation studies and final
financial models are based on a value per unit of ZrO2
and TiO2. Zircon quality is anticipated to improve whilst
mining in the Pit D area, and hence no adjustments for
product quality have been applied there, as was the case
for more northern blocks in the project area

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
The derivation of assumptions made
of metal or commodity price(s), for
the principal metals, minerals and co-
products.
HMC product pricing is based upon a detailed pricing
model contained within Image’s offtake agreements.
These agreements are commercial-in-confidence,
however the pricing model calculates the value of the
HMC based on an agreed estimate of the value of the
contained HM products (ZrO2and TiO2) at Chinese
CIF market prices. The underlying pricing
assumptions of contained HM products (zircon,
ilmenite, rutile and leucoxene) are based upon TZMI
long term prices adjusted for product quality and other
factors.
Market
assessment
The demand, supply and stock
situation for the particular
commodity, consumption trends and
factors likely to affect supply and
demand into the future.
Image uses independent third party reports as a guide
as to future supply/demand, and hence potential
pricing, for the underlying products contained within
its HMC and applies these projected prices to its HMC
sales price forecasts adjusted, where necessary, for
expected quality differences of underlying products
and expected specific demand for Image HMC.
Demand for mineral sands products typically follow
global GDP, however CY2021 saw strong demand
across all products with zircon, rutile and ilmenite
benchmark pricing considerably increased over the
course of the year (up 40%, 40% and 50%
respectively). This strong demand is expected to
continue at least into the first half of CY2022.
A customer and competitor analysis
along with the identification of likely
market windows for the product.
Image produce an HMC containing ZrO2and TiO2
products and 100% of Image HMC product is
contracted under a life of mine offtake to threeparties.
Price and volume forecasts and the
basis for these forecasts.
100% of Image HMC product is contracted under a life
of mine offtake to three parties, with no upper or lower
limits.
For industrial minerals the customer
specification, testing and acceptance
requirements prior to a supply
contract.
HMC sales are based on assayed TiO2and ZrO2%
within the Heavy Mineral Concentrate produced. All
shipments produced to date have met customer
specification.
The inputs to the economic
analysis to produce the net present
value

To demonstrate the Ore Reserve is economic it has
been evaluated through

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Economic (NPV) in the study, the source and
confidence of these economic inputs
including estimated inflation, discount
rate, etc.


the detailed Image corporate financial model. This
process has demonstrated the Ore Reserve
generates positive period cash flows for the remaining
mine life at Boonanarring. Discounted cashflows have
been assessed using a 10% discount rate, however
the discounting effect is negligible given the approx. 1
year mine life remaining.
Macro-economic assumptions used in the economic
analysis of the Ore Reserves, such as foreign
exchange, inflation and discount rates have been
internally generated and determined through detailed
analysis by Image Resources and benchmarked
against commercially available consensus data where
applicable.
NPV ranges and sensitivity to
variations in the significant
assumptions and inputs.
Project sensitivity analysis has been undertaken
within the detailed financial model on six key
economic assumptions, with cash flow most sensitive
to exchange rates and HM grade / recovery. At -20%
individual variances to either of these variables the
project remains highly economic over life of mine and
generates significantpositive cashflows
Social The status of agreements with key
stakeholders and matters leading
to social licence to operate.
Agreements are in place with current relevant
stakeholders to allow the continued extraction of the
Ore Reserve, with the exception of a land access
agreement in relation to access for the last few
months of mining in Pit D (associated with 175
Highlands Rd lot). An agreement is currently being
drafted to secure access to these Ore Reserves in the
time required of the mine plan. IMA have advised the
Competent Person that the landholder is favourable to
negotiating a timely resolution to these matters,
though the process has been delayed due to
COVID19 and the inability of the landholder to return
to WA from overseas due to WA’s restrictive border
measures imposed to manage the pandemic. IMA
advise that the relaxing of these measures are
expected to expedite the finalisation of this
outstanding land access agreement shortly.
IMA has a comprehensive and well received
community engagement program established well
before commencement of operations.
Other To the extent relevant, the impact of
the following on the project and/or on
the estimation and classification of
the Ore Reserves:
Any identified material naturally
occurring risks.
No identifiable naturally occurring risks have been
identified impacting the Ore Reserves.
The status of material legal
agreements and marketing
arrangements.
The Boonanarring Project has been operational since
2018. All environmental, heritage and tenure
approvals required under Sate and Commonwealth
legislation were granted prior to operations
commencing.
Agreements are in place with current landholders to
allow the continued extraction of the Ore Reserve,
with the exception of a land access agreement

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
The status of governmental
agreements and approvals critical to
the viability of the project, such as
mineral tenement status, and
government and statutory approvals.
There must be reasonable grounds
to expect that all necessary
Government approvals will be
received within the timeframes
anticipated in the Pre-Feasibility or
Feasibility study. Highlight and
discuss the materiality of any
unresolved matter that is dependent
on a third party on which extraction
of the reserve is contingent.
in relation to access for the last few months of mining
in Pit D (associated with 175 Highlands Rd lot). An
agreement is currently being drafted to secure access
to these Ore Reserves in the time required of the
mine plan. IMA have advised the Competent Person
that the landholder is favourable to negotiating a
timely resolution to these matters, though the process
has been delayed due to COVID19 and the inability of
the landholder to return to WA from overseas due to
WA’s restrictive border measures imposed to manage
the pandemic. IMA advise that the relaxing of these
measures are expected to expedite the finalisation of
this outstanding land access agreement shortly. The
Competent Person does not consider the unresolved
access agreement to be material to the ongoing
extraction of the Ore Reserve, as there is provision
under the Mining Act 1978 (WA), for determination of
appropriate compensation in the event agreement
cannot be reached directlywith the landholder..
Classification The basis for the classification of the
Ore Reserves into varying confidence
categories.

Mineral Resources converted to Ore Reserves as per
JORC 2012 guidelines. i.e. Measured to Proved,
Indicated to Probable. Inferred material is only
included as a planned dilution and is apportioned on a
pit basis based on the ratio of Measured to Indicated
ore tonnes within thatpit.
Whether the result appropriately
reflects the Competent Person’s view
of the deposit.

The result reflects the Competent Person’s view of the
deposit.
The proportion of Probable Ore
Reserves that have been derived
from Measured Mineral Resources (if
any).
No Probable Ore Reserves have been derived from
Measured Mineral Resources in this estimate.
Audits
or
reviews
The results of any audits or reviews
of Ore Reserve estimates.
The Ore Reserve has been estimated by Independent
consultants Entech Pty Ltd with Image providing the
relevant direction and Entech providing Competent
Person signing off on the Ore Reserve. Entech have
undertaken internalpeer reviewduring the process.
Discussion of
relative accuracy/
confidence
Where appropriate a statement of
the relative accuracy and
confidence level in the Ore Reserve
estimate using an approach or
procedure deemed appropriate by
the Competent Person. For
example, the application of
statistical or geostatistical
procedures toquantifythe relative
Confidence in mine design and schedule are high as
mining rates and modifying factors are based on actual
site performance.
Confidence in operational costs is high given the mine is
in operation and costs, prices and recoveries are well
understood.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
accuracy of the reserve within
stated confidence limits, or, if such
an approach is not deemed
appropriate, a qualitative discussion
of the factors which could affect the
relative accuracy and confidence of
the estimate.
The statement should specify
whether it relates to global or local
estimates, and, if local, state the
relevant tonnages, which should be
relevant to technical and economic
evaluation. Documentation should
include assumptions made and the
procedures used.
The statement relates to global estimates.
Accuracy and confidence
discussions should extend to
specific discussions of any applied
Modifying Factors that may have a
material impact on Ore Reserve
viability, or for which there are
remaining areas of uncertainty at the
current study stage.
There remains some uncertainty as to the amount of
internal dilution that will be encountered through mining
over the remaining mine life at Boonanarring under
current mining methods. This modifying factor is not
considered to be material to the economic viability of
the Reserve due to the low contained ZrO2in the
dilution material. The Competent Person expects that
ore mining will be able to selectively discard much of
the material in operations, however this Reserve
estimate adopts the current operating site view and
mine planning assumptions in this regard – which is a
more conservative assumption.
It is recognised that this may not be
possible or appropriate in all
circumstances. These statements of
relative accuracy and confidence of
the estimate should be compared
with production data, where
available.
Boonanarring is an on-going operation and as such there
is the opportunity to compare the Ore Reserves
estimation with actual production data.
Mining and processing of the HM mineralisation
commenced at Boonanarring in November 2018.
Production data for tonnage, total HM, ZrO2and TiO2
from 1 January 2019 (post-commissioning) to 31
December 2021 is in-line, or more favourable than the
Mineral Resource model estimates. Depletion of the
Mineral Resource model to 31 December 2021 indicates
that the mined volume is within 2% of the resource
volume, the processed tonnage (including the stockpiles)
is within 3% of the resource tonnage and the contained
total HM, ZrO2and TiO2are within 7%, 25% and 3% of
production, respectively.
Whilst the Mineral Resource model reconcile suggests
poor model estimation of contained ZrO2it is unlikely to
have a material impact on the Ore Reserve as the
operation economics benefit from commensurately
higher revenues due to this ZrO2under call. Recent pit
optimisation has demonstrated very little sensitivity to
pit extension, when considering revenue factors to
+20% from the base case, in the remaining resource
areas and so it is unlikely a positive factoring of the
Resource grade to account for this under call would
yield materiallydifferentpit inventories than contained

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within the current design pits. Optiro have recommended additional full reconciliation studies be undertaken to investigate this further..

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