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MINERAL COMMODITIES LTD AGM Information 2018

Apr 29, 2018

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MINERAL COMMODITIES LTD ACN 008 478 653

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is given that the Meeting will be held at:

TIME : 10:00 am (WST) DATE : 30 May 2018 PLACE : BDO Ground Floor 38 Station Street Subiaco WA 6008

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

This Notice of Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting.

The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders at 5:00 pm (WST) on 28 May 2018.

BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

AGENDA

1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

To receive and consider the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2017 together with the declaration of the directors, the director’s report, the Remuneration Report and the auditor’s report.

2. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as a non-binding resolution :

“That, for the purposes of section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the adoption of the Remuneration Report as contained in the Company’s annual financial report for the financial year ended 31 December 2017.”

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

Voting Prohibition Statement:

A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:

(a) the proxy is either: (i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or (ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and (b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution.

The above prohibition does not apply if: (a) the proxy is the Chair; and (b) the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.

3. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR JOSEPH CARUSO

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

“That, for the purpose of clause 35(c) of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Joseph Caruso, a Director, retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

4. RESOLUTION 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR PETER TORRE

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

“That, for the purpose of clause 35(c) of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Peter Torre, a Director, retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

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Dated: 23 April 2018

By order of the Board

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Peter Torre Non-Executive Director & Company Secretary

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Voting in Person

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

Voting by proxy

To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by the time and in accordance with the instructions set out on the Proxy Form.

In accordance with section 249L of the Corporations Act, Shareholders are advised that:

  • each Shareholder has a right to appoint a proxy;

  • the proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company; and

  • a Shareholder who is entitled to cast 2 or more votes may appoint 2 proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If the member appoints 2 proxies and the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the member’s votes, then in accordance with section 249X(3) of the Corporations Act, each proxy may exercise one-half of the votes.

Shareholders and their proxies should be aware that changes to the Corporations Act made in 2011 mean that:

  • if proxy holders vote, they must cast all directed proxies as directed; and

  • any directed proxies which are not voted will automatically default to the Chair, who must vote the proxies as directed.

Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on +61 8 6253 1100.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions.

1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

In accordance with the Constitution, the business of the Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2017 together with the declaration of the directors, the directors’ report, the Remuneration Report and the auditor’s report.

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

2. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

2.1 General

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

The remuneration report sets out the company’s remuneration arrangements for the directors and senior management of the company. The remuneration report is part of the directors’ report contained in the annual financial report of the company for a financial year.

The chair of the meeting must allow a reasonable opportunity for its shareholders to ask questions about or make comments on the remuneration report at the annual general meeting.

2.2

Voting consequences

A company is required to put to its shareholders a resolution proposing the calling of another meeting of shareholders to consider the appointment of directors of the company ( Spill Resolution ) if, at consecutive annual general meetings, at least 25% of the votes cast on a remuneration report resolution are voted against adoption of the remuneration report and at the first of those annual general meetings a Spill Resolution was not put to vote. If required, the Spill Resolution must be put to vote at the second of those annual general meetings.

If more than 50% of votes cast are in favour of the Spill Resolution, the company must convene a shareholder meeting ( Spill Meeting ) within 90 days of the second annual general meeting.

All of the directors of the company who were in office when the directors' report (as included in the company’s annual financial report for the most recent financial year) was approved, other than the managing director of the company, will cease to hold office immediately before the end of the Spill Meeting but may stand for re-election at the Spill Meeting.

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Following the Spill Meeting those persons whose election or re-election as directors of the company is approved will be the directors of the company.

2.3 Previous voting results

At the Company’s previous annual general meeting the votes cast against the remuneration report considered at that annual general meeting were less than 25% Accordingly, the Spill Resolution is not relevant for this Annual General Meeting.

3. RESOLUTIONS 2 & 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS – MESSRS JOSEPH CARUSO AND PETER TORRE

3.1 General

The Constitution sets out the requirements for determining which Directors are to retire by rotation at an annual general meeting.

The Company currently has 4 Directors (excluding, for the purposes of calculating one-third which must retire by rotation, the managing director) and accordingly 2 Directors must retire.

Messrs Joseph Caruso and Peter Torre, the Directors longest in office since their last re-election, retire by rotation and seek re-election.

3.2 Election of Mr Joseph Caruso

(a) Qualifications and other material directorships

Mr Joseph Caruso was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company in September 2000 and has remained as a Director throughout the period to date.

Mr Joseph Caruso is a director of Zurich Bay Holdings Pty Ltd and Construction Manager of Simto Australia Pty Ltd, both of which are involved in mining, earthmoving and civil engineering construction earthworks. Mr Joseph Caruso has considerable experience in managing and administration of engineering, mining, raw materials production operations, earthmoving and related infrastructure utilities services.

Mr Caruso does not hold, and has not held in the past 3 years, any other public company director positions.

(b) Independence

If elected the board does not consider Mr Joseph Caruso will be an independent director due to the size of his indirect shareholding in the Company.

(c) Board recommendation

The Board supports the re-election of Mr Joseph Caruso and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 2.

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3.3 Election of Mr Peter Torre

(a) Qualifications and other material directorships

Mr Torre was appointed Company Secretary of the Company in July 2006, and as a Director of the Company on 1 April 2010.

Mr Torre is a Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Secretary and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr Torre was previously a partner of an internationally affiliated firm of Chartered Accountants.

Mr Torre is the Company Secretary of several ASX listed companies.

Mr Torre is currently a non-executive director of Volt Power Group Ltd (ASX Code: VPR) and VEEM Ltd (ASX Code: VEE). Mr Torre resigned as a director of WestStar Industrial Ltd (ASX Code: WSI) on 20 January 2017 and has not held in the past 3 years, any other public company director positions.

(b) Independence

If elected the board does not consider Mr Torre will be an independent director due to his long-term position as Company Secretary.

(c) Board recommendation

The Board supports the re-election of Mr Torre and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 3.

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GLOSSARY

$ means Australian dollars.

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

ASIC means the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.

ASX means ASX Ltd (ACN 008 624 691) or the financial market operated by ASX Ltd, as the context requires.

ASX Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.

Board means the current board of directors of the Company.

Business Day means Monday to Friday inclusive, except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and any other day that ASX declares is not a business day.

Chair means the chair of the Meeting.

Closely Related Party of a member of the Key Management Personnel means:

  • (a) a spouse or child of the member;

  • (b) a child of the member’s spouse;

  • (c) a dependent of the member or the member’s spouse;

  • (d) anyone else who is one of the member’s family and may be expected to influence the member, or be influenced by the member, in the member’s dealing with the entity;

  • (e) a company the member controls; or

  • (f) a person prescribed by the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) for the purposes of the definition of ‘closely related party’ in the Corporations Act.

Company means Mineral Commodities Ltd (ACN 008 478 653).

Constitution means the Company’s constitution.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Directors means the current directors of the Company.

Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice.

Key Management Personnel has the same meaning as in the accounting standards issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and means those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, or if the Company is part of a consolidated entity, of the consolidated entity, directly or indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of the Company, or if the Company is part of a consolidated entity, of an entity within the consolidated group.

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

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Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.

Remuneration Report means the remuneration report set out in the Director’s report section of the Company’s annual financial report for the year ended 31 December 2017.

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

Section means a section of the Explanatory Statement.

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

Shareholder means a registered holder of a Share.

VWAP means Volume Weighted Average Price.

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

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Mineral Commodities Ltd ABN 39 008 478 653

LODGE YOUR VOTE

ONLINEwww.linkmarketservices.com.au

BY MAIL  Mineral Commodities Ltd C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A14 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia  BY FAX +61 2 9287 0309

BY HAND Link Market Services Limited 1A Homebush Bay Drive, Rhodes NSW 2138;

ALL ENQUIRIES TO Telephone: 1300 554 474 Overseas: +61 1300 554 474

X99999999999 X99999999999 PROXY FORM I/We being a member(s) of Mineral Commodities Ltd and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint: APPOINT A PROXY the Chairman of the OR if you are NOT appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of the person or Meeting (mark box) body corporate you are appointing as your proxy or failing the person or body corporate named, or if no person or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act on my/our behalf (including to vote in accordance with the following directions or, if no directions have been given and to the extent permitted by the law, as the proxy sees fit) at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 10:00am (WST) on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 at BDO Ground Floor, 38 Station Street, Subiaco WA 6008 (the Meeting ) and at any postponement or adjournment of the Meeting. Important for Resolution 1: If the Chairman of the Meeting is your proxy, either by appointment or by default, and you have not indicated your voting intention below, you expressly authorise the Chairman of the Meeting to exercise the proxy in respect of Resolution 1, even though the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Company’s Key Management Personnel ( KMP ). The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business. VOTING DIRECTIONS Proxies will only be valid and accepted by the Company if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the Meeting. Please read the voting instructions overleaf before marking any boxes with an T Resolutions For Against Abstain *

or failing the person or body corporate named, or if no person or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act on my/our behalf (including to vote in accordance with the following directions or, if no directions have been given and to the extent permitted by the law, as the proxy sees fit) at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 10:00am (WST) on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 at BDO Ground Floor, 38 Station Street, Subiaco WA 6008 (the Meeting ) and at any postponement or adjournment of the Meeting. Important for Resolution 1: If the Chairman of the Meeting is your proxy, either by appointment or by default, and you have not indicated your voting intention below, you expressly authorise the Chairman of the Meeting to exercise the proxy in respect of Resolution 1, even though the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Company’s Key Management Personnel ( KMP ). The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business. VOTING DIRECTIONS Proxies will only be valid and accepted by the Company if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the Meeting. Please read the voting instructions overleaf before marking any boxes with an T Resolutions For Against Abstain * 1 Adoption of Remuneration Report

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2 Re-election of Director – Mr Joseph Caruso

3 Re-election of Director – Mr Peter Torre

 * If you mark the Abstain box for a particular Item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and yourvotes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.

SIGNATURE OF SECURITYHOLDERS – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED

Securityholder 1 (Individual)
Joint Securityholder 2 (Individual)
Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary
Director/Company Secretary (Delete one)
Joint Securityholder 3 (Individual)
Director

This form should be signed by the securityholder. If a joint holding, either securityholder may sign. If signed by the securityholder’s attorney, the power of attorney must have been previously noted by the registry or a certified copy attached to this form. If executed by a company, the form must be executed in accordance with the company’s constitution and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

MRC PRX1801C

HOW TO COMPLETE THIS SECURITYHOLDER PROXY FORM

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS

LODGEMENT OF A PROXY FORM

This is your name and address as it appears on the Company’s security register. If this information is incorrect, please make the correction on the form. Securityholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note: you cannot change ownership of your securities using this form.

This Proxy Form (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given below by 10:00am (WST) on Monday, 28 May 2018, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Meeting.

APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

Proxy Forms may be lodged using the reply paid envelope or:

If you wish to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, mark the box in Step 1. If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of that individual or body corporate in Step 1. A proxy need not be a securityholder of the Company.

  • ONLINE

www.linkmarketservices.com.au

Login to the Link website using the holding details as shown on the Proxy Form. Select ‘Voting’ and follow the prompts to lodge your vote. To use the online lodgement facility, securityholders will need their “Holder Identifier” (Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) as shown on the front of the Proxy Form).

DEFAULT TO CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING

Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will default Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) to the Chairman of the Meeting, who is required to vote those proxies as as shown on the front of the Proxy Form). directed. Any undirected proxies that default to the Chairman of the Meeting will be voted according to the instructions set out in this Proxy BY MOBILE DEVICE QR Code Form, including where the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly Our voting website is designed specifically with the remuneration of KMP. for voting online. You can now lodge VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY APPOINTMENT your proxy by scanning the QR code adjacent or enter the voting link You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the www.linkmarketservices.com.au into boxes opposite each item of business. All your securities will be voted in your mobile device. Log in using the accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of Holder Identifier and postcode for your voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or securityholding. number of securities you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on the items of business, your proxy To scan the code you will need a QR code reader application may vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item which can be downloaded for free on your mobile device. your vote on that item will be invalid. BY MAILAPPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXY Mineral Commodities Ltd You are entitled to appoint up to two persons as proxies to attend the C/- Link Market Services Limited Meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an Locked Bag A14 additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning the Company’s Sydney South NSW 1235 security registry or you may copy this form and return them both together. Australia To appoint a second proxy you must: (a) on each of the first Proxy Form and the second Proxy Form state the  BY FAX percentage of your voting rights or number of securities applicable to +61 2 9287 0309 that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half  BY HAND delivering it to Link Market Services Limited your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded; and 1A Homebush Bay Drive (b) return both forms together. Rhodes NSW 2138 SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided: * During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm) Individual: where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign. Joint Holding:* where the holding is in more than one name, either securityholder may sign.

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Power of Attorney: to sign under Power of Attorney, you must lodge the Power of Attorney with the registry. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.

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COMMUNICATION PREFERENCE

We encourage you to receive all your shareholder communication via email. This communication method allows us to keep you informed without delay, is environmentally friendly and reduces print and mail costs.

Companies: where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001 ) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.

  • ONLINE

www.linkmarketservices.com.au

Login to the Link website using the holding details as shown on the Proxy Form. Select ‘Communications’ and click the first button to receive all communications electronically and enter your email address. To use the online facility, securityholders will need their “Holder Identifier” (Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) as shown on the front of the Proxy Form).

CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate “Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative” should be produced prior to admission in accordance with the Notice of Meeting. A form of the certificate may be obtained from the Company’s security registry or online at www.linkmarketservices.com.au.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, PLEASE BRING THIS FORM WITH YOU. THIS WILL ASSIST IN REGISTERING YOUR ATTENDANCE.