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ORE RESOURCES LIMITED — Investor Presentation 2021
Dec 15, 2021
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High-Grade Nickel Sulphides in Western Australia
Disclaimer
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This presentation has been prepared by Auroch Minerals Ltd (Auroch or the Company). It contains general information about the Company’s activities current as at the date of the presentation. The information is provided in summary form and does not purport to be complete. This presentation is not to be distributed (nor taken to have been distributed) to any persons in any jurisdictions to whom an offer or solicitation to buy shares in the Company would be unlawful. Any recipient of the presentation warrants to the Company that the receipt of the presentation is not unlawful. It should not be considered as an offer or invitation to subscribe for or purchase any securities in the Company or as an inducement to make an offer or invitation with respect to those securities. No agreement to subscribe for securities in the Company will be entered into on the basis of this presentation or any information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this presentation.
This presentation is not a prospectus, product disclosure document or other offering document under Australian law or under any other law. It has been prepared for information purposes only. This presentation contains general summary information and does not take into account the investment objectives, financial situation and particular needs of any individual investor. It is not financial product advice and investors should undertake their own due diligence and obtain their own independent advice from qualified professional advisors having regarding to their objectives, financial situation and needs. Neither Auroch nor any of its related bodies corporate is licensed to provide financial product advice.
This presentation and information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this presentation contains forecasts, projections and opinions which constitute forward looking statements. Forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the Company’s exploration programme, outlook and target sizes. They include statements qualified by words such as “potential”, “target”, “scheduled”, “planned”, “estimate”, “possible”, “future”, “prospective” and similar expressions. Such forward looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance, and are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors, including unknown ones. Actual results and developments will almost certainly differ materially from those expressed or implied. There are a number of risks, both specific to Auroch and of a general nature which may affect the future operating and financial performance of Auroch and the value of an investment in Auroch including but not limited to title risk, renewal risk, economic and general market conditions, stock market fluctuations, price movements, regulatory risks, operational risks, reliance on key personnel, uncertainties relating to interpretation of exploration results, geology and resource estimations, native title risks, foreign currency fluctuations, uncertainties relating to the availability of/access to additional capital, infrastructure or environmental approvals, and mining development, construction and commissioning risk. Auroch expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, orotherwise.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, no representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is made and no responsibility or liability is accepted, by the Company or any of its officers, employees, agents or consultants or any other person, as to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of the information in this presentation. An investment in the shares of the Company is to be considered highly speculative.
The exploration targets or conceptual exploration targets in this presentation or expressed during the course of this presentation are subject to completion of the necessary feasibility studies, permitting and execution of all necessary infrastructure agreements. In relation to any statements pertaining to future exploration targets or conceptual exploration targets, the nature of the exploration target means that the potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature. This presentation and information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this presentation should be read in conjunction with Auroch’s other periodic and continuous disclosure announcements lodged with the ASX, which will be available on the Aurochwebsite.
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Aidan Platel and represents an accurate representation of the available data. Mr Platel (Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) is the Company’s Chief Geological Officer and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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’ ("JORC Code 2012"). Mr Platel consents to the disclosure of this information in this report in the form and context in which it appears. The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Saints Project was reported by Minotaur Exploration Ltd (ASX:MEP) to the ASX on 4th May 2017 under JORC Code 2012 (refer https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20170504/pdf/43j0r0dt0ytq74.pdf). The information in this report in relation to Mineral Resources for the Saints Project is based on, and fairly represents, the available data and studies for the project which have been compiled by Mr Aidan Platel. Mr Platel (Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) is the Company’s Chief Geological Officer and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code 2012. Mr Platel consents to the disclosure of this information in this report in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Leinster Project was reported by Breakaway Resources Ltd to the ASX on 14th April 2008 under JORC Code 2004 (refer https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20081024/pdf/31d3x55rpn6dxy.pdf). A Competent Person (as defined in the JORC Code 2012) has not done sufficient work to classify this Mineral Resource in accordance with JORC Code 2012. The information in this report in relation to Mineral Resources for the Leinster Project is an accurate representation of the available data and studies for the project which have been compiled by Mr Aidan Platel. Mr Platel (Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) is the Company’s Chief Geological Officer and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code 2012. Mr Platel consents to the disclosure of this information in this report in the form and context in which it appears.
ASX Listing Rule Information
The company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcements and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the original market announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the competent persons findings have not been materially modified from the original announcement
| • | LITHIUM MINERALISATION CONFIRMED AT NEPEANG | 08 December 2021 | • | NICKEL SULPHIDES INTERSECTED ALONG STRIKE AT NEPEAN | 28 April 2021 |
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| • | NICKEL SULPHIDES INTERSECTED IN NEPEAN DEEPS DRILLING | 25 November 2021 | • | NEW HIGH-GRADE NICKEL SULPHIDE DRILL INTERCEPTS AT NEPEAN | 31 March 2021 |
| • | GROUND IP SURVEY UNDERWAY AT NEPEAN | 17 November 2021 | • | DIAMOND DRILLING COMMENCES AT LEINSTER NICKEL PROJECT | 25 March 2021 |
| • | NEPEAN DEEPS EXPLORATION UPDATE | 08 November 2021 | • | NEPEAN DRILLING UPDATE | 10 March 2021 |
| • | DIAMOND DRILLING TO COMMENCE AT RAGLESS RANGE ZINC TARGET | 25 October 2021 | • | INTERSECTIONS OF OVER 5% Ni EXTEND MINERALISATION AT NEPEAN | 15 February 2021 |
| • | MULTIPLE HIGH PRIORITY DRILL TARGETS IDENTIFIED AT NEPEAN | 20 October 2021 | • | NEPEAN NICKEL PROJECT ACQUISITION COMPLETED | 17 December 2020 |
| • | PEGMATITES AT NEPEAN TO BE ASSESSED FOR LITHIUM POTENTIAL | 14 October 2021 | • | FURTHER HIGH-GRADE MASSIVE NICKEL SULPHIDES AT THE HORN | 14 December 2020 |
| • | NEPEAN DEEPS EXPLORATION UPDATE | 05 October 2021 | • | HIGH-GRADE MASSIVE NICKEL SULPHIDES CONFIRMED AT THE HORN | 01 December 2020 |
| • | NEPEAN AND SAINTS SCOPING STUDIES UNDERWAY | 01 September 2021 | • | FURTHER MASSIVE NICKEL SULPHIDES INTERSECTED AT THE HORN | 18 November 2020 |
| • | OPTIONS UNDERWRITING TO FUND EXPANDED NEPEAN DEEPS DRILLING | 19 August 2021 | • | DIAMOND DRILLING INTERSECTS MASSIVE Ni SULPHIDES AT THE HORN | 11 November 2020 |
| • | RESULTS DEFINE NEW HIGH-PRIORITY DRILL TARGETS AT LEINSTER | 11 August 2021 | • | AUROCH TO ACQUIRE HIGH-GRADE NEPEAN NICKEL PROJECT | 11 November 2020 |
| • | NEPEAN NICKEL PROJECT DRILLING UPDATE | 29 July 2021 | • | NICKELIFEROUS MASSIVE SULPHIDES INTERSECTED AT SAINTS | 6 August 2020 |
| • | MLEM SURVEY IDENTIFIES PRIORITY DRILL TARGET AT NEPEAN | 07 July 2021 | • | AUROCH INCREASES TENEMENT PACKAGE IN PROSPECTIVE NICKEL BELT | 27 July 2020 |
| • | MAIDEN NEPEAN DEEPS DRILLING PROGRAMME | 23 June 2021 | • | MORE HIGH-GRADE NICKEL INTERSECTED AT SAINTS | 14 November 2019 |
| • | NICKEL SULPHIDES INTERSECTED AT NEW LEINSTER PROSPECTS | 10 June 2021 | • | AUROCH TO ACQUIRE HIGH-GRADE WA NICKEL PROJECTS | 28 May 2019 |
| • | EXPLORATION UPDATE NEPEAN NICKEL PROJECT | 25 May 2021 | |||
| This | presentation contains information extracted from the following ASX market announcements which are available on the Company’s website atwww .aurochminerals.com |
Forward-Looking Statements
This document may include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning Auroch Minerals Limited’s planned exploration program and other statements that are not historical facts. When used in this document, the words such as "could," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may”, "potential", "should," and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Although Auroch Minerals Limited believes that its expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Competent Persons Statement
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Matthew McCarthy and represents an accurate representation of the available data. Mr McCarthy (Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) is the Company’s Senior Geological Officer and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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’ ("JORC Code 2012"). Mr McCarthy consents to the disclosure of this information in this report in the form and context in which it appears.
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Auroch’s Strategic Portfolio
High-grade shallow nickel sulphide resources that are being driven towards development and production to leverage the strong nickel price and the EV demand
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JORC (2012) resource inventory of over 21,000t of contained nickel at 2% Ni. Scoping studies and revised resources estimates due 2022
Exploration for key future minerals including Ni, Cu, Zn and Li in stable pro-mining jurisdictions
Highly prospective exploration targets and experienced technical team driving aggressive work programmes to make new discoveries
Future Minerals for the World’s Clean Energy Technologies
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Nickel Demand Metals And Minerals Demand From Lithium-ion Batteries Nickel price is >US$19,500/t and climbing Goldman Sachs has a 12 month price target for nickel of US$24,000/t[1]
1 Goldman Sachs: Metals Watch: A fundamentally mispriced market, 30 August 2021
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The combination of limited supply and exponential demand growth from battery manufactures has caused nickel to be listed on the critical minerals list.
https://www.fastmarkets.com/article/3992672/th e-many-forces-driving-nickel-price-volatility
The renewable energy sector will be the dominant contributor to green copper demand, accounting for an average of 62% of annual green copper between 2021and 2030. Goldman Sachs has a US$12,000/t price target for next year.
Zinc usage from the solar energy . sector is expected to double by 2040 Currently solar power accounts for approximately 0.4Mt of global zinc consumption but is projected to grow to 0.8Mt by 2040 as the push for renewable energy increases.
https://www.mining.com/aluminum-copper-zinc-usage-from-solar-energysector-expected-to-double-by-2040-report/
The lithium market is expected to be in a long-term perpetual deficit. Credit Suisse estimates a deficit of 117,000t in 2024, which they expect to jump significantly in 2025 to a deficit of 248,000t.
https://www.kitco.com/news/2021-11-26/Global-lithium-demandto-more-than-double-between-2020-and-2023-while-supplymay-fall-short-report.html
Goldman Sachs Price
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Corporate Overview
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Snapshot
6 Month Share Price
Share Market Cash * Price A$0.105 Cap A$37.9M $9.5M
Shares Average Debt on Issue Volume ~361M 1.6M Zero
*as at 13 December 2021
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Experienced Board and Management team to execute Auroch’s corporate strategy
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Board
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Aidan Platel Managing Director & CEO
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Ed Mason Non-executive Chairman
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Trevor Eton Mike Edwards Non-executive Director Non-executive Director
Executive Management
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Rebecca Moylan CFO & Company Secretary
Matt McCarthy Robin Cox Exploration Manager
Senior Exploration Geologist
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Strategically Located Nickel Sulphide Portfolio Auroch (ASX:AOU) holds some of the most prospective nickel sulphide tenure in the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt
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Excellent Infrastructure
Enormous Exploration Potential
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Home to some of the best nickel sulphide deposits globally (e.g. Leinster, Mt Keith, Kambalda, Widgiemooltha)
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Kilometres of underexplored prospective ultramafics
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Lack of modern-day exploration techniques
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5 processing plants within trucking distance
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Nepean Nickel Project
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We’re committed to delivering 100kt contained nickel in-resource Huge potential to build a significant high-grade nickel sulphide inventory via 3 focus areas:
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HISTORIC MINE AREA
Remnant high-grade nickel
sulphide mineralisation
including shallow potential for
high-grade open-pit scenario
NEPEAN DEEPS
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Potential down-plunge continuati
of the nickel sulphides below the
historic mine workings
Known Ni-S Mineralisation
DHEM conductors
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REGIONAL EXPLORATION
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10km of underexplored
strike of fertile Nepean
ultramafics
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10km Strike
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Nepean Nickel Project
Long section
Nepean Deeps Target
Presence of late cross-cutting pegmatite intrusions draws immediate analogy to Western Area’s (ASX:WSA) Flying Fox nickel mine, which has mined well over 115kt nickel!
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WORK PROGRAMMES
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Targeting down-plunge extensions to the known high-grade Ni-S mineralisation from the historic Nepean mine
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Assays outstanding for 2nd hole targeting first of 3 DHEM targets
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Reprocessing 2D seismic section with new data from diamond drill holes – new interpretation used to target next drill-hole
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- Refer to ASX Announcement – AUROCH TO ACQUIRE HIGH-GRADE NEPEAN NICKEL PROJECT https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02307223-6A1006606?access_token=83ff96335c2d45a094df02a206a39ff4
Nepean Nickel Project
Historic Mine Area
Remnant high-grade nickel sulphides mineralisation with potential for open-pit mining scenario
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WORK PROGRAMMES
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Metallurgical test work underway for shallow highgrade Ni-S mineralisation - results due December
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Infill drilling leading to Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) to underpin Scoping Study
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Ability to move quickly into development and production pending positive Scoping Study results in Q1 2022
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Nepean Nickel Project
Regional Exploration Strong potential for new discoveries along strike
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WORK PROGRAMMES
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Ground IP at Nepean North Prospect - results due December to generate potential drill targets
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Drill programme to test DHEM and Mag targets at Little Eagle, Spoonbill and Cormorant Prospects - December 2021
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Assay results from regional Li sampling - pending results
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Follow up regional drilling for Ni, Cu, Li & Au - Q1 2022
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Saints Nickel Project
High-grade nickel sulphide resources with exploration potential
High-grade JORC (2012) -compliant MRE provides clear pathway to development and production leveraged to increasing Ni demand:
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1.05Mt @ 2.0% Ni & 0.2% Cu for 21.4kt Ni & 1.6kt Cu
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Saint Patricks and Saints Andrews remain open down-plunge – exploration potential to increase current resource
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WORK PROGRAMMES
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Scoping Study underway – including infill drilling, metallurgical test work, MRE update and baseline environmental studies – due Q1 2022
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Positive Scoping Study will lead to Feasibility Studies to push towards development and production of high valued asset
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Exploration drill programme of down-plunge extensions at Saints Deeps – Q1 2022
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Leinster Nickel Project
Known high-grade nickel sulphide mineralisation with great exploration potential
Underexplored fertile ultramafic units in close proximity to known high-grade Ni-S deposits
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WORK PROGRAMMES
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Technical review of significant new data to plan thorough regional exploration drill programme for Q1 2022
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Follow-up drill programme to test DHEM and mag targets at Woodwind Prospect - Q1 2022
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Infill drill programme at the Horn Prospect – leading to MRE and potential Scoping Study for Q2 2022
Massive Ni-Cu sulphides from the Horn
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Arden Zinc-Copper Project
High-grade zinc & copper mineralisation with high-priority drill target
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Ragless Range Zn Target: drilling identified high-grade mineralisation:
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12.80m @ 5.0% Zn from 53m, incl 3.65m @ 15.5% Zn from 62.15m (RRDD007)
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Strong gravity anomaly >3.5km long adjacent to extensive surface Zn anomalies, outcropping gossans and high-grade drill intersection = high-priority drill target
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Work Programmes
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Drill programme underway to test gravity anomaly for high-grade Zn mineralisation – December 2021
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Mapping, sampling and targeting for regional exploration for Zn, Cu, Pb, REE, Li & Au – to generate drill targets with multi-element potential across project area for Q2 2022
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Our Sustainability Plan
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Environment, sustainability and governance central to Auroch’s core strategy
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Published maiden Sustainability Plan in July which highlights the Company’s vision and priorities to support a sustainable business
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Our plan and pillared strategy are aligned to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG ) and has been set by the Company’s Sustainability Committee , chaired by Director Mike Edwards
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Focussed on creating value for ALL stakeholders
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OUR SUSTAINABILITY PILLARS
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HEALTH & SAFETY
Safety and health are fundamental responsibilities we have towards our workforce. Our strategies and practices today are based upon providing a safe and efficient workplace and supporting our employees, suppliers and contractors to assume responsibility for the safety and health of themselves and others.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Playing a role in the transition to a global green economy by supporting the development of nickel sulphide resources and other base metals used in applications such as the electric vehicle (EV) market
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ENVIRONMENT
Applying leading drilling and exploration techniques to promote efficiency and minimise environmental impacts. We are committed to meeting or exceeding environmental performance requirements outlined in permits and state legislation
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PEOPLE, CULTURE & COMMUNITY
Applying leading drilling and exploration techniques to promote efficiency and minimise environmental impacts. We are committed to meeting or exceeding environmental performance requirements outlined in permits and state legislation
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INDIGENOUS PARTNERSHIPS
Partnering with our local and host communities to share value through the creation of local jobs and business opportunities. We are committed to supporting indigenous stakeholders and respecting human rights throughout the value chain.
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ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
Generating economic growth and value for our investors, employees, customers and communities through the drilling, discovery, definition and development of nickel sulphide resources.
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ASX Peer Comparison
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Leveraged to increasing nickel demand and rising nickel price - High-grade nickel sulphide resources with potential to drive to near-term development and production
High potential exploration targets to create value through new discoveries across a range of future minerals: Ni, Cu, Zn, Li
Well funded for aggressive exploration and news flow for 2022