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METEORIC RESOURCES NL Capital/Financing Update 2025

Apr 6, 2025

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Capital/Financing Update

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

7 April 2025

Rare Earths supply restrictions highlight the strategic value of the low cost Caldeira Project

In response to the announcement by China’s Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs on 4 April 2025 regarding export controls on certain medium and heavy rare earth-related items, Meteoric Resources NL (ASX: MEI) ( Meteoric or the Company ) is pleased to provide an update on its capacity to provide an alternative, sustainable supply chain for critical rare earths from its 100%owned Caldeira Ionic Clay Project ( Caldeira Project ).

Highlights

  • Rare earth oxides highlighted in the production table below have been specifically identified as being subject to China’s new Export Control Laws

  • Rare Earth Oxide annual production estimates based on October 2024 Updated Scoping Study[1] :

Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Recovered REO
tonnes by Year
Element
1
2
3
4
5
6 - 10
11 - 15
15 - 20
Yttrium
Y2O3
340
570
540
480
480
2,490
2,100
2,170
Lanthanum La2O3 5,170 9,030 6,910 6,200 6,100 25,640 24,280 24,860
Cerium CeO2 10 20 20 20 20 80 80 70
Praseodymium Pr6O11 700 1,200 1,130 900 940 4,100 3,810 4,120
Neodymium Nd2O3 1,830 3,180 3,200 2,450 2,580 11,500 10,600 11,670
Samarium
Sm2O3
170
300
320
240
260
1,190
1,080
1,180
Europium Eu2O3 40 70 80 60 60 290 250 270
Gadolinium
Gd2O3
110
200
210
160
170
820
690
740
Terbium
Tb4O7
10
20
20
20
20
90
80
80
Dysprosium
Dy2O3
60
100
100
80
80
430
360
380
Holmium Ho2O3 10 10 10 10 10 60 50 60
Erbium Er2O3 20 30 30 30 30 140 120 130
Thulium Tm2O3 2 3 3 3 3 20 10 10
Ytterbium Yb2O3 10 10 10 10 10 70 60 60
Lutetium
Lu2O3
1
2
2
2
2
10
10
10
Total Tonnes
REO
8,500
14,700
12,600
10,700
10,800
46,900
43,600
45,800
  • Annual Operating Costs average US$5.33/kg of Total Rare Earth Oxide in the first five years and US$6.74/kg of Total Rare Earth Oxide over the life of mine[1]

  • Barra do Pacu (BDP) and Agostinho Mineral Resource Estimates will be included in the PreFeasibility Study mining inventory and will increase project scale and optionality

  • The Caldeira Project’s Magnetic Rare Earth Oxide global resource currently stands at (ASX 22/10/2024):

  • Heavy: Terbium oxide 5kt and Dysprosium oxide 25kt

  • Light: Praseodymium oxide 151kt and Neodymium oxide 438kt

  • Significant exploration upside with potential to grow Caldeira’s high value, enriched rare earths

1 Refer to ASX announcement High-Grade Figueira Resource Improves Scoping Study Metrics dated 22 October 2024

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Meteoric Managing Director, Stuart Gale said:

“The scale and quality of our Caldeira Project provides a near term, sustainable and long-life solution for the delivery of critical Rare Earths to global supply chains. Anticipated resource updates for Barra do Pacu and Agostinho will immediately increase future production volumes and with targeted exploration programs we will undoubtedly identify additional Rare Earth Oxides. We have the capacity to provide significant and scalable volumes into the global supply chain and will focus on maximising our resource base to support the growing demand for Rare Earths.”

The Caldeira Project is one of the highest-grade Ionic Absorption Clay, Rare Earth Element deposits in the world, with a Mineral Resource Estimate of 1.1 billion tonnes of Mineral Resource and Magnetic Rare Earth Oxide recoveries 70%. These scale and recoverability of the rare earths in the resource cement Meteoric’s position as a future low-cost supplier of critical minerals.

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Figure 1: Location map of mineral resources of Caldeira REE Project.

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Table 1: Caldeira Project MRE as at 12 March 2025, by licence at 1,000ppm TREO cut-off. Differences may occur due to rounding.

Licence JORC Material Material Tonnes TREO Pr6O11 Nd2O3 Tb4O7 Dy2O3 MREO MREO
Category Type Mt ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm /TREO
Capão do Mel Measured Clay 11 3,888 222 586 6 28 842 21.7%
Cupim Vermelho
Norte
Measured Clay 26 2,607 156 477 5 25 663 25.4%
Total Measured 37 2,983 176 509 5 26 715 24.0%
Capão do Mel Indicated Clay 74 2,908 163 449 5 23 640 22.0%
Soberbo Indicated Clay 86 2,730 165 476 5 23 669 24.5%
Figueira Indicated Clay 138 2,844 145 403 5 28 582 20.5%
Cupim Vermelho
Norte
Indicated Clay 90 2,658 163 489 5 26 683 25.7%
Dona Maria 1 Indicated Clay 111 2,253 128 376 4 23 531 23.6%
Dona Maria 2 Indicated Clay 53 2,303 132 390 4 22 548 23.8%
Total Indicated 552 2,633 149 428 5 25 607 23.0%
Total Measured + Indicated 589 2,655 151 433 5 25 613 23.1%
Capão do Mel Inferred Clay 32 1,791 79 207 2 13 302 16.9%
Soberbo Inferred Clay 89 2,713 167 478 5 24 675 24.9%
Figueira Inferred Clay 9 3,105 139 379 5 28 551 17.7%
Cupim Vermelho
Norte
Inferred Clay 78 2,237 126 377 4 23 530 23,8%
Dona Maria 1 Inferred Clay 49 2,225 121 383 5 25 534 24.0%
Dona Maria 2 Inferred Clay 29 2,324 130 397 4 21 552 23.8%
Capão do Mel Inferred Transition 25 1,752 86 239 3 14 341 19.5%
Soberbo Inferred Transition 54 2,207 138 395 4 20 558 25.3%
Figueira Inferred Transition 24 2,174 115 328 4 21 468 21.5%
Cupim Vermelho
Norte
Inferred Transition 67 1,665 92 281 3 17 393 23.6%
Dona Maria 1 Inferred Transition 42 1,703 95 275 3 17 390 22.9%
Dona Maria 2 Inferred Transition 21 1,615 86 251 3 15 355 22.0%
Total Inferred 519 2,138 120 353 4 20 498 23.3%
Total Measured +
Indicated + Inferred
1,108 2,413 136 396 4 23 559 23.2%

This release has been approved by the Board of Meteoric Resources NL.

For further information, please contact: Stuart Gale Michael Vaughan Managing Director Investor and Media Relations Meteoric Resources NL Fivemark Partners E [email protected] E [email protected] T +61 437 900 175 T + 61 422 602 720

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The information in this announcement that relates to Mineral Resource Estimates at the Cupim Vermelho Norte and the Dona Maria 1 & 2 prospects was prepared by BNA Mining Solutions and released on the ASX platform on 12 March 2025. The information in this release that relates to Mineral Resource Estimates at the Soberbo and Capão del Mel deposits was prepared by BNA Mining Solutions and released on the ASX platform on 14 May and 13 June 2024 respectively. The information in this release that relates to Mineral Resource Estimates at the Figueira deposit was prepared by BNA Mining Solutions and released on the ASX platform on 5 August 2024. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the Mineral Resources in this publication. The Company confirms that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the BNA Mining Solutions findings are presented have not been materially modified.

This announcement includes exploration results, estimates of Mineral Resources and scoping study results. The Company has previously reported these results and estimates in ASX announcements dated 16 December 2022, 1 May 2023, 27 June 2023, 24 July 2023, 31 August 2023, 27 September 2023, 8 December 2023, 14 December 2023, 30 January 2024, 29 February 2024, 14 May 2024 and 13 June 2024, 8 July 2024, 5 August 2024, 22 October 2024, 12 December 2024, 5 February 2025 and 12 March 2025. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in previous announcements (as may be cross referenced in the body of this announcement) and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the exploration results and Mineral Resource estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed.

All references to the scoping study and its outcomes in this release relate to the ASX announcement dated 22 October 2024 titled Caldeira's Scoping Study Confirms Exceptional Financials. Please refer to the ASX announcement for full details and supporting information.

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