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PROSPECT RESOURCES LIMITED Investor Presentation 2021

Dec 13, 2021

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Prospect Resources Limited

14 December 2021

Arcadia Project Direct OFS Presentation

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ASX:PSC | FRA:5E8

Important notices

Caution Regarding Forward Looking Information

The information contained in this presentation or subsequently provided to any recipient of this presentation whether orally or in writing by or on behalf of Prospect Resources Ltd ("Prospect Resources or the Company") or its respective employees, agents or consultants (Information) is provided to the recipients on the terms and conditions set out in this notice. The purpose of presentation has been prepared by Prospect Resources and each recipient must make his/her own independent assessment and investigation of Prospect Resources and its business and assets and should not rely on any statement or the adequacy and accuracy of any information.

Prospect Resources makes no representation or warranty (either expressed or implied) as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the Information. Prospect Resources and its directors, employees, agents and consultants shall have no liability (including liability to any person by reason of negligence or negligent misstatement)for any statements, opinions, information or matters (express or implied) arising out of, contained in or derived from, or for any omissions from the presentation, except liability under statute that can not be excluded.

This presentation contains references to certain intentions, expectations and plans of Prospect Resources. These intentions, expectations and plans may or may not be achieved. They are based on certain assumptions which may not be met or on which views may differ. The performance and operation of Prospect Resources may be influenced by a number of factors, many of which are outside the control of Prospect Resources. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by Prospect Resources or its respective directors, employees, officers, agents, consultants or advisers that intentions, expectations or plans will be achieved either totally or partially or that any particular rate of return will be achieved.

This presentation does not constitute in any way an offer or invitation to subscribe for securities in Prospect Resources pursuant to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

The ASX release has been prepared in compliance with the current JORC Code (2012) and the ASX Listing Rules. All material assumptions, including consideration of all JORC modifying factors on the Ore Reserve, production target and forecast financial information are included in the ASX release.

Prospect confirms that for the purposes of Listing Rule 5.19.2, all material assumptions underpinning the information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

Important notices

Competent Person's Statements

The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results, is based on information compiled by Mr Roger Tyler, a Competent Person who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Tyler is the Company's Senior Geologist. Mr Tyler has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code 2012 Edition. Mr Tyler consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this announcement that relates to Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by or under the supervision of Ms Gayle Hanssen of Digital Mining Services, Harare Zimbabwe. Ms Hanssen is registered as Professional Scientist with the South African Council for Professional Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) which is a Recognised Professional Organisation (RPO). Ms Hanssen is employed by DMS and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the styles of mineralisation and types of deposit under consideration and to the activity which she is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code 2012 Edition. Ms Hanssen consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on her information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this announcement that relates to Ore Reserves is based on information compiled and reviewed by Mr Paul O'Callaghan, a full-time employee of CSA Global Pty Ltd. Mr O'Callaghan takes overall responsibility for the Report as Competent Person. Mr O'Callaghan is a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity he is undertaking, to qualify as Competent Person in terms of the JORC (2012 Edition). The Competent Person, Paul O'Callaghan has reviewed the Ore Reserve statement and given permission for the publication of this information in the form and context within which it appears.

Corporate Overview

Dedicated Board with a wealth of relevant experience

Mark Wheatley Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Wheatley has over 15 years of director and 17 years' experience in chairman experience with mining and exposure predominantly infrastructure project across gold, copper and development. uranium sectors

Sam Hosack Managing Director & CEO

Harry Greaves Executive Director A third generation A fourth generation Zimbabwean with over

Zimbabwean with 10+ years' in mining projects.

HeNian Chen Non-Executive Director

Chairman of Changshu Yuhua Property Co. Ltd since 2003, and has served as the Deputy Chairman of Afore New Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd since 2007.

Zed Rusike Non-Executive Director

A seasoned Zimbabwe industrialist with over 40 years' experience at a senior level. Currently Executive Chairman of Dulux Paints Limited. Former Managing Director of Radar Holdings and former president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries.

Gerry Fahey Non-Executive Director

Gerry has over 40 years' experience and is specialist in both mining geology and mine development. He is currently a Director of Focus Minerals Ltd and member of the Joint Ore Reserve Committee (JORC).

Dev Shetty Non-Executive Director

Mr Shetty is a highly experienced mining
executive and qualified chartered accountant. He is currently President and CEO of Fura Gems Inc.

Capital structure
Market listings ASX: PSC FRA: 5E8
Shares on issue 428.5m
Share price 1 A\$0.675
Market capitalisation A\$291m
Cash (30 September 2021) 2 A\$5.7m

1as at 13 December 2021

2 excludes \$18m (before costs) capital raise announced on the 26 October 2021

Top shareholders У.
Eagle Eye Asset Holdings Pte Ltd 1143
Board and Management 6.66

Background

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Systematic de-risking and advancement of the Arcadia Project

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Key
Conclusions

  • . Higher upfront capital pathway to production with faster ramp up
  • · Greater capital efficiency and economic return
  • A robust, high-grade operation with excellent financial outcomes
  • Data 20 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 with very low impurities provides key advantage
  • Highly de-risked through optimisation of project execution, process flowsheet and market integration
  • Arcadia remains among best-in-class for scale and costs of production

The World-Class Arcadia Project Africa's most advanced lithium development

  • Close proximity and access to skilled labour force and requisite infrastructure
  • Special Economic Zone accreditation provides significant financial and logistical advantages
  • Fully permitted to commence production

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  • Dual-track Optimised Feasibility Studies undertaken to further delineate most attractive pathways to production:
  • Staged OFS for two-stage build to 2.4 Mtpa via staged 1.2 Mtpa modules; and
  • Direct OFS for one-stage build direct to 2.4 Mtpa
  • Construction and operation of Pilot Plant has provided significant learnings and de-risking opportunities

Key Direct OFS Outcomes

Confirmation of strong technical and economic viability under alternative build pathways

Key outcomes - Direct OFS

  1. Comprises C1 costs + sustaining capex + Ta credits. 2. Life of Mine average production. 3. Chemical grade, (6% Li2O,<0.70 Fe2O3) 4.
    Comprises 94ktpa technical grade petalite (>4% Li2O,< 0.05% Fe2O3) and 24k

Pricing Scenarios - Comparison

Reasonable, updated approach to LOM lithium price forecasting utilised in Direct OFS

  • Leading commodity markets consultants, Roskill have $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$ provided Prospect with on-going assistance in commodity markets and price forecasting
  • Roskill issued updated pricing forecasts for lithium markets $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$ in Nov 2021 ('High') with significantly higher forecasts compared to Jul 2021 deck ('Low') used in Staged OFS
  • The Nov 2021 forecasts saw Roskill expecting battery- $\blacksquare$ grade lithium hydroxide to average US\$25,000/t and battery grade lithium carbonate to average US\$24,000/t $(2021 - 2040)$
  • Prospect elected to utilise midpoints between these prices $\blacksquare$ to create a more reasonable base case ('Base')
  • Base case LOM pricing3 utilised in the Direct OFS : $\mathbf{r}$
  • Spodumene concentrate (SC6) US\$892/t
  • Technical grade petalite concentrate US\$1,339/t
  • Chemical grade petalite concentrate US\$595/t $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$
Key metric (100% basis) Unit Staged
OFS
Direct OFS
Low Low Base High
Costs
C1 Cash Operating Cost US\$/t conc. 378 345 357 369
All-In-Sustaining-Cost 1 US\$/t conc. 386 353 364 376
All-In- $Cost2$ US\$/t conc. 431 393 405 417
Pricing
Spodumene Concentrate (SC6, 6.0% Li 2 O) US\$/t conc. 736 736 892 1,049
Technical Petalite Concentrate (4.0% Li2O) US\$/t conc. 959 959 1,339 1,723
Chemical Petalite Concentrate (4.0% Li2O) US\$/t conc. 490 490 595 699
NPV 10% (pre-tax, real basis, ungeared) US\$M 465 646 1,022 1,399
IRR (pre-tax, real basis, ungeared) % 35% 48% 61% 72%
$NPV10%$ (post-tax, real basis, ungeared) US\$M 408 590 929 1,268
IRR (post-tax, real basis, ungeared) % 34% 47% 60% 71%
Project net cashflow (post-tax) US\$M 1,468 1,690 2,597 3,504
Average Annual EBITDA (post-tax) US\$M 97 118 175 232
Payback period (from FID) vears 5.4 3.58 3.33 3.00
  1. C1 costs + Sustaining Capex

  2. C1 costs + Sustaining Capex + Capex

  3. LOM Average; FOB Beira

Physical Outcomes
Primed to supply high quality products to growing market

  • 18.3 years Life of Mine (LOM) operating at nameplate capacity following construction and ramp-up
  • 2.4 Mtpa plant delivers 147ktpa of spodumene concentrate (SC6) equivalent to approx. 22,000tpa LCE / 25,000tpa LiOH1
  • Additionally, 94ktpa of high value technical grade $\mathcal{L}_{\rm{in}}$ petalite, and 24ktpa of chemical grade petalite produced
  • Total lithium production equivalent to approx. 33,500tpa LCE / 38,300tpa LiOH1
  • Macro economic environment producing favourable dynamics for the lithium market
  • Emerging supply deficit set to widen in 2024, in line $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$ with the commencement of production at Arcadia
    1. Refer Appendix A for conversion rates

Resources

Key Metric (100% basis) Unit LOM
Total ore throughput Mt 42.34
Annual process throughput Mtpa 2.4
Initial life-of-mine years 18.3
Average strip ratio (waste:ore) t:t 3.4
Average head grade $%$ Li 2 O 1.19
Recovery
Spodumene recovery % 78.2
Petalite recovery % 31.3
Tantalum recovery % 27.0
Total production
Spodumene (chemical grade) kt conc. 2,642
Petalite (technical grade) kt conc. 1,700
Petalite (chemical grade) kt conc. 425
Tantalum kt conc. 6
Average annual production
Spodumene (chemical grade) ktpa conc. 147
Petalite (technical grade) ktpa conc. 94
Petalite (chemical grade) ktpa conc. 24
Tantalum ktpa conc. 0.3

The Direct OFS production schedule is comprised entirely of Ore Reserves and contains no Inferred Resource material.

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Financial Outcomes Direct OFS highlights Arcadia's ability to generate high margin cashflow

  • Forecast average EBITDA of US\$175m/year (post-tax) with direct pathway and updated pricing forecasts
  • C1 unit cash costs provides significant margins from long-term expected sales price, with significant LOM free cash flow generation
  • Post-tax cash generation is significant at US\$2.6bn, aided by a favourable tax rates awarded under the Special Economic Zone (0% yr1-5, 15% LOM)

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Financial Outcomes

Single stage 2.4 Mtpa pathway improves capital efficiencies and project economics

  • Reasonable pricing utilizing midpoint of Roskill's high and low price-decks confirms attractive post-tax $NPV_{10}$ of US\$929m
  • Low operating costs delivering a healthy margin, with an average annual EBITDA (post-tax) of US\$175m
  • Attractive project returns with a post-tax IRR of 60%

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Key metric (100% basis) Unit LOM
Annual process throughput Mtpa 2.40
Initial life-of-mine (Ore Reserve) years 18.3
Average head grade (Ore Reserve) $%$ Li 2 O 1.19
Average strip ratio (waste:ore) t:t 3.4
Average production
Spodumene (chemical grade) tpa (conc.) 146,797
Petalite (technical grade) tpa (conc.) 94,456
Petalite (chemical grade) tpa (conc.) 23,614
Tantalum tpa (conc.) 0.3
Pre-production capital expenditure US\$m 192
Sustaining capital expenditure US\$m 36
Post tax Investment to first positive cash US\$m 202
Cash Operating Cost (post ramp up) US\$/t conc. 357
AISC (C1 + Sust Capex + Ta credit) US\$/t conc. 364
IRR (pre-tax, real basis, ungeared) % 61
IRR (post-tax, real basis, ungeared) % 60
Pre-tax NPV 10% (real basis, ungeared) US\$m 1,022
Post-tax NPV 10% (real basis, ungeared) US\$m 929
Average Annual EBITDA (post-tax) US\$m 175
Project net cashflow (post-tax) US\$m 2,597

Mining and Processing

Near-surface geology, amenable to open pit mining, utilising conventional mining and processing techniques

Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve The Arcadia deposit is a high-quality, long-life lithium asset

  • October 2021 Ore Reserve increased contained lithium to 1.24Mt Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (LCE)
  • Life of Mine (LOM) of 18.3 years
  • Reduced risks associated with grade control and orebody knowledge, with 28% of Reserve in the proved category
  • Movements in Ore Reserve from 2019 largely due to change in recoveries and pricing

Mineral Resource (October 2021)

Category Tonnes (Mt) $Li2O (\%)$ $Ta_2O_5$
(ppm)
Li 2 O (kt) Contained Ta2O5
(Mlbs)
Measured 15.8 1.12% 113 177 3.9
Indicated 45.6 1.06% 124 484 12.5
Inferred 11.2 0.99% 119 111 29
TOTAL 72.7 1.06% 121 770 19.4

Figures above may not sum due to rounding Mineral Resources are inclusive of Ore Reserves.

Ore Reserve (October 2021)

Category Tonnes (Mt) Li2O (%) $Ta_2O_5$ (ppm) Li 2 O (kt) Contained Ta2O5
(Mlbs)
Proved 11.8 1.25% 114 144 3.0
Probable 30.5 1.17% 123 357 8.3
TOTAL 42.3 1.19% 121 504 11.3

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Parameter Main Pit NE Satellite Pit
Length 1,600m 550 m
Width 700 m 400m
Depth 140 m 120 m
Final truck floor RL 1190 RL 1185 RL

Infrastructure and Logistics

Proximal access to key infrastructure, utilities and resourcing with multiple routes to export

Location and Infrastructure Project location proximal to key infrastructure, utilities and resourcing

Power

  • Peak load requirement estimated ~18.5MVA
  • ZETDC 132kV Atlanta substation, located approximately 9.5km from Arcadia, has two 132/33kV transformers rated at 75MVA and 50MVA respectively
  • The substation has a 25MW bay equipped and available for the Arcadia Lithium Project
  • A dedicated 33kV, 20MW supply has been secured and paid for by PLZ to meet Arcadia plant demand

Communications

• Mine communications supplied via fibre optic cable incorporated within overhead powerline infrastructure

Water

Abundant high-quality groundwater available, with an additional 8.1 million cubic meter capacity available from Chinyika Dam, situated less than 4km away from Arcadia

Atlanta substation located approx. 9.5km from Arcadia

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Possible Routes to Export
Capabilities / Accessibility Beira Maputo Durban Richards Bay
Break Bulk Capable Yes Yes Yes Yes
Containers Capable Yes Yes Yes Yes
Container Capacity TEU's pa 400 000 300 000 3 400 000 50 000
Support Additional Capacity Yes Yes Yes No (Containers)
Road Access from Arcadia Yes No Yes Yes
Road Loading Capacity 30 Mt N/A 34 Mt 34 Mt
Distance from Arcadia by Road 586 km 2000 km 1670 km 1508 km
Road Condition Good N/A Good Good
Rail Access from Arcadia Yes Yes (Via Gweru) Yes (Via Bulawayo) Yes (Via Bulawayo)

Capital and Operating Costs

Demonstrating highly competitive forecast operating costs

Operating Costs - Direct OFS
Demonstrating highly competitive forecast operating costs

  • Forecast LOM C1 costs of US\$357/t (Staged OFS: US\$378/t) and AISC costs (incl. sustaining capex and tantalum credits) of US\$364/t (Staged: US\$386/t)
  • Operating costs (OPEX) are based on estimates of costs at the Arcadia mine, vendor quotations, budget prices, in-house database costs and engineering experience
  • OPEX estimate can be considered to have an accuracy of ±15 %
  • OPEX has been determined using a fully dynamic financial model based on the mining schedule, metallurgical variables and mass balance
  • Independent review of the logistics assessment, confirming the most viable route continues to be Beira
  • Independent assessment of all costs confirms healthy margin
Key metric (100% basis) US\$/tonne Direct OFS Staged OFS
C1 Costs LOM LOM
Mining 101 102
Processing 141 162
Support Services (SS) 22 24
Administration 19 19
Packaging and Logistics 82 85
Selling costs 48 40
Tantalum credits (54) (54)
Total C1 Costs 357 378
C 2 Costs
C1 Costs + depreciation 408 434
C3 Costs
C 2 + Corporate Costs + Royalties 431 453
$AISC (C1 + Sust Capex + Ta)$ 364 384
AIC (AISC + Pre-Production Capex) 405 431

Model developed by third party consultants in line with industry best practices providing an independent perspective and a rigorous process focus on the outcomes

Capital Costs - Direct OFS
Demonstrating highly competitive forecast operating costs

  • Increased capex vs DFS (2019) to expand equipment capacity $\blacksquare$ and capability, to reduce and manage process risk applied to both Staged and Direct OFS
  • Comparison of capital estimates of direct vs staged pathway highlight capital efficiencies achievable via Direct 2.4 Mtpa approach
  • Modularised setup with pre-erection in South Africa enables a reduction to execution risk
  • A higher contingency to account for known and unknown risks and factoring in of EPCM costs
  • High proportion of FEED engineering to reduce the estimation and CAPEX growth risk
  • Capital expenditure completed to $+/-12.5\%$ accuracy, in $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$ accordance with the requirement of the AACE Class 2 Estimate ("Bankable Feasibility Estimate")

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Capital Cost (100% basis)
US\$M
Direct OFS Staged OFS1 Var 2
Site Readiness & Infrastructure 25.55 29.92 $-15%$
Mining 7.28 5.53 32%
Processing Plant 101.36 115.13 $-12%$
Preliminaries and General 15.59 15.89 $-2\%$
Owners Project Team Costs 10.71 11.21 $-4\%$
EPCM 15.25 15.97 -5%
Contingency 16.73 18.75 $-11%$
Total 192.46 212.40 $-9%$
  1. Combined capital costs of stages 1 & 2

  2. Variance comparison of Direct vs Staged OFS costs

Lithium Market

A globally unique orebody, with premium products supplying multiple large end-use markets

Tier One Partners Secured Offtake agreements in place across Europe and Asia

Material solutions advancing life

7 year offtake agreement

  • Up to 100,000tpa of 4% petalite concentrate
  • World's largest known high purity petalite offtake agreement
  • $\blacksquare$ +40 years experience with petalite in Europe

7 year offtake agreement

  • Deliver a total of 48,160 Lithia units, $\blacksquare$ equivalent to approx. 119,000 LCE
  • US\$10M pre-payment (upon $\blacksquare$ installation of ball mill in project development)
  • A\$10M equity investment in $\blacksquare$ Prospect (completed)

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Execution Timeline

EPCM Execution expected 18-months from completion of FEED

Summary

Direct OFS confirmed as most capital efficient and direct pathway to production

Arcadia is a world class long-life and large-scale lithium asset

Industry leading consulting partners provide best practice and exceptional results

Offtake agreements secured across Europe and Asia with Tier 1 Partners

Project modelling demonstrates highly competitive forecast operating costs

Pilot plant delivers improved technical certainty and petalite market integration

Project located in close proximity to key infrastructure, utilities and resourcing

Partnership process progressing well with receipt of 7 non-binding proposals

High grade, low impurities and low strip ratio provides enhanced financials

Contact

Nick Rathjen

Head of Corporate Development [email protected] www.prospectresources.com.au

Appendix A

Calculations to Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (LCE)

Product Lithium Contained Conversion to LCE
Lithium metal 100 5.319
Lithium oxide (lithia) 46.4 2.468
Chemical Lithium Carbonate 18.8 1.000
Lithium hydroxide monohydrate 16.5 0.878
Lithium chloride 16.3 0.867
Spodumene (6% $Li2O$ concentrate) 2.8 0.149
Mineral Petalite (4% $Li2O$ concentrate) 1.9 0.099

Appendix B
Glossary of terms

Term Definition
AISC All in sustaining costs
DFS Definitive Feasibility Study
EBITDA Earnings before income tax depreciation amortization
EPCM Engineering procurement and construction management
FOB Free on board
IRR Internal rate of return
Ktpa Thousand tonnes per annum
LCE Lithium carbonate equivalent
LOM Life of Mine
Mtpa Million tonnes per annum
OFS Optimised Feasibility Study
SC 6 Spodumene Concentrate 6% Li2O

Appendix C: Geology - Arcadia Deposit

A series of 14 stacked flat-lying pegmatites that are members of the Lithium Caesium Tantalum (LCT) group

  • Pegmatites dip at a shallow angle to the northwest with minimal surface outcrop
  • Approximately 200m of the Main Pegmatite is exposed in an old pit exploited $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$ intermittently in the 1970s
  • More than 50% of Resource is hosted by the thick Lower Main Pegmatite (LMP).
  • The mineralisation extends for over 4km of strike; south west to north east. Drilled resource covers just over 2km of this, with the defined reserve extending for 1.5km. A series of satellite bodies exist, with different mineralogies, some of which are caesium enriched
  • Semi-regional exploration (to date): >14,000 soil samples, mapping, trenching and some drilling, identifying a number of satellite bodies and resulted in definition of a robust exploration model
  • Within close proximity to Arcadia, Prospect has identified a number of exploration targets that have the potential to materially increase the Arcadia Resource

ospect Resources

Average Mineral Composition *Lithium-bearing minerals comprised largely of
petalite and spodumene (2:1 ratio).
Feldspar Quartz Li Minerals* 4% is composed of mica minerals, largely muscovite,
45% 30% 19% which is in solid solution with the lithium-bearing
mica lepidolite.

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Appendix D: Pilot Plant Learnings
Key learnings through operation and benchmarking

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Appendix E: Key Consultants & Partners Industry leaders ensure best practice and exceptional results

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Lycopodium - Engineering and EPCM Partner

  • Extensive lithium experience across multiple projects, $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$ covering both DMS and flotation processes
  • ADP (African subsidiary) offers a full range of projects consulting services from conceptual studies to larger scale project execution using EPCM or lump sum contracting models

J&J Transport Africa

  • Leading transporter, +20 years experience in cross- $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$ border transport, in particular between Mozambique and Zimbabwe
  • Extensive fleet with operate handling/storage facilities at Beira, providing an end-to-end transport solution
  • JR Goddard Contracting
  • Specialists in open pit mining, large-scale earthworks, $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$ civil construction and infrastructure development
  • Large fleet of transport and earth moving equipment
Contribution Author Location
Process Design Lycopodium Australia
Process Design Review Lycopodium Australia
SHE Management Plan Lycopodium Australia
Project Execution Plan Lycopodium Australia
Quality Management Plan Lycopodium Australia
Electrical Network Analysis Norconsult South Africa
Ore Reserve CSA Global Australia
Testwork Programs Geolabs, Pesco, Anzaplan, NAGROM, LDE, Coremet, Thyssen
Krupp
South
Africa,
Germany
Minerals Marketing Lithium - Roskill, Tantalum - Roskill London
Project modelling Infinity Corporate Finance Australia
Resource Modelling Ms. Gayle Hanssen BSc Geology (Natal), SACNASP of DMS,
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Geotechnical services Practara Ltd South Africa
Mine Planning CSA Global (Pvt) Ltd, Meiring Burger Australia,
South Africa
Environmental Impact
Assessment and Gap Analysis
SRK Consulting South Africa
Hydrogeological Assessment Constant Chuma of NUST University Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
TSF design EPOCH Resources (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Lycopodium Roskill Infinity Corporate Finance
CSA Global
Resource Industry Consultants
Srk consulting
Norconsult

Appendix F: Zimbabwe Rising
Foreign investment confidence growing with improvements in stability

  • Significant positive momentum over the last 12-24 months
  • Sharply lower inflation and relative currency stability
  • Government/monetary transparency and policy stability
  • Mining is a key sector to the Government's 2030 vision
  • GoZ targeting \$12bn mining sector by 2023
  • Ministry of Mines considers Arcadia "Project of National Significance"
  • Awarded National project Status and SEZ license (Apex GoZ incentive)
  • Arcadia's Special Economic Status allows offshore banking and in foreign currency, exemptions on withholding tax for dividends, remittances and royalties, and customs clearance at mine site
  • Over 100 years of mining history / pedigree culminating in becoming the; $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{A}}$
  • 5th largest producer of lithium in the world;
  • 2nd largest producer of platinum; and
  • I largest producer of chrome

ospect Resources

Major companies currently active in Zimbabwe include: Caledonia Mining (NYSE: CMCL), Implats (JSE: IMP), Zimplats (ASX: ZIM), Sibanye Stillwater (JSE: SSW), Anglo American (LSE: ALL), Tsingshan and Sinomine Resources

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Appendix G: Key Project Risks

In depth analysis and characterisation of key risks across all business functions from mining to sales

A significant body of work has been undertaken in collaboration with senior representatives of PLZ and its leading consultants to identify, analyse and mitigate key risks factors.

Activities undertaken in a workshop environment resulted in the formation of a risk register with the key focus of effective risk management being the implementation of adequate preventative and mitigating risk control measures and ensuring monitoring of residual risk derived from mitigating and preventative controls.

Key Risks Factors

  • Commodity pricing
  • Foreign currency exchange rates
  • Geological interpretation
  • Estimated operating costs
  • Capital cost inflation
  • Availability of labour
  • Utility provision
  • Royalties, taxes and levies