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NEOMETALS LTD Investor Presentation 2017

May 14, 2017

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The Evolution of Lithium [™]
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~~15 May 2017~~

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Disclaimer
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Summary information: This document has been prepared by Neometals Ltd (“Neometals” or “the Company”) to provide summary information about the Company and its associated entities and their activities current as at the date of this document. The information contained in this document is of general background and does not purport to be complete. It should be read in conjunction with Neometals’ other periodic and continuous disclosure announcements lodged with the Australian Securities Exchange, which are available at www.asx.com.au.

Forward-looking information: This document includes certain statements, opinions, projections, forecasts and other forward-looking information which, while considered reasonable by Neometals, are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies. Many known and unknown factors could cause actual events or results to differ materially from estimated or anticipated events or results included in this document. Recipients of this document are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance – they must make their own independent investigations, consideration and evaluation of the opportunity to invest in the Company. By accepting this document, recipients agree that if they proceed further with their investigations, consideration or evaluation of the opportunity to invest in the Company, they will make and rely solely upon their own investigations and enquiries and will not in any way rely upon this document.

Any statements, opinions, projections, forecasts and other forward-looking information contained in this document do not constitute any commitments, representations or warranties by Neometals and its associated entities, directors, agents and employees, including any undertaking to update any such information. Except as required by law, and only to the extent so required, directors, agents and employees of Neometals shall in no way be liable to any person or body for any loss, claim, demand, damages, costs or expenses of whatsoever nature arising in any way out of, or in connection with, the information contained in this document.

Financial data: All figures in this document are in Australian dollars (AUD) unless stated otherwise.

Not financial product advice: This document is for information purposes only and is not financial product or investment advice, nor a recommendation to acquire securities in Neometals. It has been prepared without taking into account the objectives, financial situation or needs of individuals. Before making any investment decision, prospective investors should consider the appropriateness of the information having regard to their own objectives, financial situation and needs and seek legal and taxation advice appropriate to their jurisdiction.

Investment risk: An investment in securities in Neometals is subject to investment and other known and unknown risks, some of which are beyond the control of Neometals. The Company does not guarantee any particular rate of return or the performance of Neometals. Investors should have regard to the risk factors outlined in this document.

Competent Persons Statement:

The information in this document that relates to “Barrambie Mineral Resource Estimates”, “Barrambie Pre Feasibility Study Results”, “Mt Marion Mineral Resource Estimates” and “Lithium Battery Recycling – Scoping Study Results” are extracted from ASX Releases set out below. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the ASX Releases set out below, and in the case of estimates of mineral resources, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in those ASX Releases continue to apply and have not materially changed.

6/12/2013 Barrambie-Amended JORC 2012 Mineral Resource Estimate
25/08/2015 Barrambie Pre Feasibility Study Results
27/10/2016 Mt Marion Mineral Resource Upgrade
22/02/2017
Lithium Battery Recycling–Scoping Study Results

The Company confirms that all the material assumptions underpinning the production target and the forecast financial information derived from the production targets in the Barrambie Pre-feasibility Study and Lithium Battery Recycling – Scoping Study continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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ASX CODE: NMT OTC:RDRUY OTC:RDRUY
Last close (12‐5‐2017) A$ 0.265
Shares on issue M 560
Market capitalisation A$M 148
Net Cash (at 31‐3‐2017) A$M 53.5
Receivables/Investments A$M 16.5
DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT
Steven Cole Non‐Executive Chairman
Chris Reed Managing Director & CEO
David Reed Non‐Executive Director
Natalia Streltsova Non‐Executive Director
Doug Ritchie Non‐Executive Director
Michael Tamlin COO
Jason Carone CFO & Company Sec.

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18 MONTH SHARE PRICE
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MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
David Reed 10.9%
Kilkenny Limited 4.3%
Top 20 (10‐5‐2017) 38.0%

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Operating structure
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Neometals Ltd (ASX:NMT)

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SALE PROCESS LITHIUM TITANIUM
13.8% 70% 100% 100% 100%
43.1% Reed Reed
Mineral Industrial Advanced Urban Mining ManagementAlphamet Australian Titanium
Resources Ltd Minerals Materials Pty Ltd
Pty Ltd Pty Ltd
Pty Ltd Pty Ltd
Ganfeng 25%
Lithium Co., 43.1% 100% 100% 50% Profit
Ltd share
Licence
Lithium
Mount Marion Lithium Hydroxide Neomet Barrambie
Battery
Lithium IP Process Titanium
Recycling
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Leading Cathode Producer – 6 X Growth
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Source: Umicore May 2017

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2 cent unfranked div – April ‘16 2 cent unfranked div – Aug ’16 A$5M/5% on market buyback

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  • Negotiated increased output and offtake pricing. Running sale process for stake in Mt Marion

  • Advancing local LiOH project in parallel with equipment vendor testwork, offtake and partner selection processes.

  • Fast-track evaluation of proprietary recycling process to recover Lithium/Cobalt/Nickel from Lithiumion batteries with focus on EV.

  • Build royalty portfolio from commercialisation of Neomet Process with Sedgman and Andritz

  • Cash and investments ~ A$70M, no debt

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Evolution of our Lithium Business

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• Commercialise Mt Marion 

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  • Evaluating local Conventional Downstream Processing 

  • • Co-developed, Evaluated, Patented New ELi® Process 

  • • Co-developed, Evaluated, Patent Pending ELi ® for brines 

  • • Testing and Evaluating Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling 

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Mt Marion Lithium Operation Sale process underway for remaining 13.8% equity

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World’s largest lithium concentrator
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Globally Significant Operation –
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400kt concentrates (~50kt LCE)
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Outstanding Offtake Agreement
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 China’s largest, most diverse lithium producer - -Take or Life-of-Mine, pay Offtake Agreement  From 1 July moving to transparent Lithium Carbonate/Lithium Hydroxide linked formula, with floor price protection  Letter of Credit (100% payment on invoice)  Ability for MIN/Neometals to take 51% share of production in 2020.

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Downstream processing WA-based LiOH Project

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Lithium users want LiOH/Li CO 2 3 from spodumene converted outside China

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  • Locate plant in WA to minimise transport, 7t spodumene concentrate needed for 1t of Lithium Hydroxide

  • Utilise local spodumene (Share of Mt Marion or Third Party), natural gas, reagents and staff

  • Use Sulfate/Caustic Flowsheet from leading Lithium equipment supplier

  • Remove technology risk – speed to market

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Finalise Location/Offtake/JV Partner
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  • () Subject to NMT Board Approval (*) Subject to FID

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  • Hatch benchmarking Capex/Opex for 3 locations: Kalgoorlie, Kwinana and Port Hedland

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  • NMT has 70% beneficial interest in PLA45/3003 which covers the Pilgangoora Tin-Tantalum Plant and Workshop, and historic tailings

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  • Adjacent tenure contains Pilbara Minerals and Altura Mining’s Proposed Mine/Concentrators.

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Downstream processing ELi Process™

Neometals 70% Mineral Resources Ltd 30%

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Business model is to deploy/co-invest in partnership with and/or licence to integrated hardrock developers in return for equity/royalty stream.

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Business model is to licence to existing brine producers in return for royalty stream: • De-risks ELi for own use later • Quicker cashflow • Higher P/E multiple

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Downstream processing Lithium Battery Recycling Neometals 50% of IP, Exclusive licence

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Exploiting cost advantage in recovery of Cobalt from Lithium Cobalt Batteries in Consumer Electronics to develop a low-risk, long-life, high-margin operation with strong partners.

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Spot price US$25/lb Co (US$55k/t)

Capex US$4.5M

Proceeding to pilot plant – Q3 ‘17

Can be constructed and commissioned in 42 weeks

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preparation and Purification and Finished
digestion Crystallisation Product
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Barrambie Titanium Project

100% Neometals

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The titanium
pigment industry is
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lithium compound
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Growth = GDP
Globally declining
grades and quality
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+150Mt @34% TiO 2

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*** Mineral Resource Estimate**

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Sources: Company Reports

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Globally Significant Ti Resource
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Evaluating potential for Direct Shipping
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Ore and Toll-concentration in China
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  • Lithium-Titanate (LTO) has surface area of +100m[2] /g vs 3m[2] /g for Carbon = superfast charging = minutes not hours

  • The Lithium-titanate nanocrystals are superstrong/stable/safe with effective lives of +40 years of daily cycling

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  • We think Lithium-Titanate (LTO) will become the anode of choice for EV and conventional stop-start engines. Apparently so to do Porsche and Johnson Controls/Toshiba.

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Technology Licensing Neomet Process Neometals - 25% of royalty revenues

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Commodity agnostic – developed in Canada for Ni-laterites, used commercially for treating refractory copper-gold concentrates, adapted for titanium concentrates.

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 03
P otential to
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downstream
process LiOH.
01
C ashflows from L icence ELi to
~A$53.5M Cash
13.8% Mt Marion brine/hard rock
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receivables and
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Demonstrate
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& Ti(OH)4 Quality.
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Demonstrated + Demonstrated Obtain Strong
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Technical Economic Partners
Feasibility Viability to Commercialise
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Obtain Strong
Obtained Strong + Commenced Partners to
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Neomet Process -Neomet Process ELi/LiB Recycling
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Classification Deposit Tonnes (Mt) Li~~2~~O % Fe %
Indicated Area 1,2,2W 19.3 1.41 1.08
Area 4 2.0 1.11 0.99
Area 6 7.7 1.29 1.04
Indicated Total 28.9 1.35 1.06
Inferred Area 1,2,2W 43.5 1.39 1.09
Area 4 0.8 1.07 1.09
Area 5 1.0 1.32 1.71
Area 6 3.5 1.33 1.07
Inferred Total 48.9 1.38 1.10
Grand Total 77.8 1.37 1.09

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Life of Plant(LOP) 20years
Pre-production Capital cost US$ 158 million**
Average Annual Pre-tax Net Cashflow
[1
US$ 82 million
Pre-tax Internal Rate of Return 51%
Pre-tax NPV (12% real discount rate) US$ 481 million
Payback of capital costs 2.6 years
Average Annual Production 14,000t LiOH
5,600t Li2CO3
Average Cost per tonne of LiOH US$ 4,630/t
Average Cost per tonne of Li2CO3 US$ 5,345/t

** Capital costs valid at June 2016. Estimated to accuracy of ± 15%, Including EPCM and Contingency Assumptions: 2016 Spodumene feedstock US$440/t CIF (6% Li2O); LiOH/Li2CO3 selling price US$11k/10k/t CIF respectively

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Classification Zone Oxidation MTonnes Density
(t/m3)
TiO2
(%)
V2O5
(%)
Fe2O3
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Al2O3
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SiO2
(%)
Indicated Eastern Oxide 18.7 2.82 23.29 0.59 42.93 10.70 16.36
Transition 8.7 3.52 23.11 0.61 50.80 7.34 12.99
Fresh 2.4 3.85 21.77 0.56 52.90 5.99 12.84
Sub-total 29.8 3.10 23.11 0.60 46.02 9.35 15.10
Central Oxide 3.5 2.95 16.84 0.92 49.82 11.06 14.91
Transition 1.3 3.50 17.39 0.89 54.76 8.49 12.15
Fresh 0.1 4.04 15.59 0.88 59.93 7.22 10.96
Sub-total 4.9 3.12 16.95 0.91 51.40 10.28 14.08
Total 34.7 3.11 22.25 0.64 46.77 9.48 14.95
Inferred Eastern Oxide 2.6 2.71 20.88 0.48 40.00 12.20 19.42
Transition 3.3 3.29 23.04 0.59 47.51 8.62 14.45
Fresh 5.5 3.71 22.82 0.57 47.50 8.39 14.57
Sub-total 11.4 3.36 22.44 0.55 45.78 9.33 15.65
Central Oxide 0.1 3.07 16.64 0.98 53.63 9.96 13.33
Transition 0.4 3.47 18.36 0.86 54.15 8.79 12.43
Fresh 0.7 3.86 17.30 0.91 53.48 9.44 13.17
Sub-total 1.2 3.64 17.55 0.90 53.71 9.30 12.96
Total 12.5 3.38 21.99 0.58 46.51 9.32 15.40
Grand Total 47.2 3.18 22.18 0.63 46.70 9.44 15.07

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Pre-production Capital cost
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[1
A$ 549 million
Average Annual Pre-tax Net Cashflow A$ 123 million
Pre-tax Internal Rate of Return 21%
Pre-tax NPV(12% real discount rate) A$ 355 million
Payback of capital costs 3.9years
Average Annual Production 98,000t TiO2
2,000t V2O5
234,000t Fe2O3
Cash Operating Cost per tonne
ofpaid TiO2 net of co-product credit
US$ 572/t

(*) Estimated to accuracy of ± 25%

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