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KING RIVER RESOURCES LIMITED AGM Information 2021

Nov 14, 2021

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AGM Information

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 10.00 AM Monday 15 NOVEMBER 2021

Presentation

Gold Project
Speewah Project
HPA Project
Commodity
Gold
Titanium & Vanadium
HPA, Al precursors & P-CAMs
Market
Precious Metals
Battery Materials
Master Alloys
Battery Materials
Specialty Optics
Locations
Mt Remarkable – WA
Tennant Creek – NT
East Kimberley – WA
Unrestricted – WA
Status
Exploration
Metallurgical test work ongoing
DFS in progress
Note
Survey work ongoing
Largest Vanadium-in-Magnetite
deposit in Australia
Utilises industrial feedstock
Not constrained to a mine site

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4N HPA & 5N Precursor Project

4N HPA & 5N Precursor Project

Origin

  • High Purity Metals is a wholly owned subsidiary under King River Resources, focussed on developing the HPA Project.

Mission

  • King River Resources is committed to commercialising the 4N HPA and 5N Precursor opportunities in a way that maximises the return on investment for our shareholders.

Process

  • The ARC process can be used create 4N HPA and a selection of aluminium salt based 5N Precursors.

  • A luminium chemical feedstock. R ecrystallisation for purification. Finally C alcination.

Market

  • This range of high purity products are utilised in the Electric Vehicle battery, LED and optics industries.

Economics

  • Initially a 2,000tpa 5N Precursor Plant to minimise the CAPEX for entry into the market with a high rate of return.

Opportunity

  • Ongoing testing with different feedstocks to broaden industry relationship and provide ESG benefits to others.

4N HPA & 5N Precursor Industries

5N Precursors Product / 4N HPA (99.999% purity Al “salts”) Industry (99.99% purity Al2O3) These can be in the form of hydroxides, sulphates or nitrates Battery Separator Coating LiB electrode coatings Battery Anode Coating LiB cathode materials Lighting LED Substrate Phosphors Optics Synthetic Sapphire Glass Electronics & Optics

Recent Milestones

December 2020 to July 2021:

  • The ARC HPA process is successful in treating locally available chemical feedstocks removing the need for the Kimberly based mining operation

  • Successful production of >4N (99.99%) purity High Purity Alumina (HPA). (25 Mar 2021)

  • Prefeasibility Study complete based on a 9,000tpa 4N HPA plant with a CAPEX of AUD$203M. (16 Jun 2021)

  • Employed an experienced professional to lead High Purity Metals and engage with the industry (26 Jun 2021)

  • 5N (99.999%) purity Precursor compounds produced using the ARC process. (27 Jul 2021)

September 2021 to Nov 2021:

  • 5N Precursors become the focus of the company strategy for commercialisation. (8 Sept 2021)

  • COMO Engineers awarded the Definitive Feasibility Study. (5 Oct 2021)

  • King River Resources joins the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre supporting two strategic projects, “Cathode Precursor and Active Materials Production Pilot Plant” and “Development and application of Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries” . (6 Oct 2021)

  • New precursors and NCA P-CAM product development achieved in the laboratory (3 Nov 2021)

4N HPA & 5N Precursor Process

High Purity Metals Flowsheet

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Previous PFS component
Reagent Reagent
5N (99.999%)
Purity Precursors
4N (99.99%) HPA
Aluminium Type 1 Precursor High Purity Alumina
Chemical FeedstockSolution CrystalisationPrimary RecrystallisationPurification Aluminium Salt DecomposeCalcine (LED synthetic sapphires,
Feedstock
(LiB Cathodes) LIB Separators,
Electrode Coatings)
Reagent
Type 2 Precursor
Boehmite
Decompose
Aluminium Compound
Calcine (LIB Separators)
(LiB Cathodes)
By-product
Current DFS scope
Type 3 & 4 Precursors
Aluminium Salts
(LiB electrode coatings,
LiB cathodes,
LED Phosphors,
Electronics & Optics)
Study work in progress
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4N HPA & 5N Products

4N HPA

Total unconstrained HPA demand by purity, 2015-2028 (tonnes)

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Source: CRU Consulting. Oct 2020
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5N Precursors

Demand for 5N precursors is an ever-evolving market and with the current EV and ESG revolution demand is foreseen to continue to exceed supply of battery minerals and precursor products.

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LED’s ~55%
Phosphor ~12%
Sapphire ~4%
Semiconductors ~18%
Li-Ion Batteries ~8%
Other uses ~3%
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Market Dynamic & Application

4N HPA – Market Dynamic

Source: CRU Consulting. Sept 2020

Market Pricing Estimates SGA: 99.5% 3N HPA 99.9% 4N HPA 99.99% 5N HPA 99.999% $400USD/t $6-9,000USD/t $20-40,000USD/t >$50,000USD/t

Pilot Plant

Receipt and assembly of the laboratory scale Pilot Plant at Source Certain International is complete and commissioning is underway to refine the process and produce Type 1 Precursor product market samples for distribution.

Type 1 Precursor & HPA

Type 1 Precursor & HPA Successful production of the 5N (99.999% purity) Type 1 Precursor which is calcined to create 4N (99.99% purity) HPA.

Type 1 Precursor – Aluminium Salt

4N High Purity Alumina powder

Type 2 Precursor & NCA P-CAM

Type 2 Precursor & NCA P-CAM Successful production of the Type 2 Precursor which is an Aluminium Compound that can be combined with Nickel and Cobalt to produce a NCA based P-CAM.

Type 2 Precursor – Aluminium Compound

Nickel-Cobalt-Aluminium (NCA) based P-CAM

Next Steps

Definitive Feasibility Study: 2000tpa HPA Type 1 Precursor Production Facility

  • The DFS remains on track to be completed by early May 2022 (As per ASX release 5 Oct 2021)

Plant Location

  • The reduced footprint and non-toxic nature of the process provides flexibility in the location

  • Multiple opportunities available. Selection subject to outcomes of further industry engagement

Laboratory Work

  • Laboratory Pilot Plant to produce samples to provide to the market

  • SCI to continue to expand on the range of precursor products that can be produced

  • SCI to continue to work on a variety of P-CAM products to increase market opportunities

  • SCI to investigate alternate feedstocks, especially waste streams of other industry processes.

Industry Engagement

  • Continued discussions with potential industry partners and complementary producers

  • Several NDAs recently signed to support exploration of opportunities, leading to potential MOUs or JVs.