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RENASCOR RESOURCES LIMITED — AGM Information 2020
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Renascor Resources
Annual General Meeting Presentation
26 November 2020
David Christensen, Managing Director
Forward Looking Statements
This Presentation may include statements that could be deemed "forward-looking" statements. Although Renascor Resources Limited (the "Company") believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those expected in the forward-looking statements or may not take place at all.
No Offer to Sell or Invitation to Buy
This Presentation is not, and should not be considered to, constitute any offer to sell, or solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the Company, and no part of this Presentation forms the basis of any contract or commitment whatsoever with any person. The Company does not accept any liability to any person in relation to the distribution or possession of this Presentation from or in any jurisdiction
Disclaimer
Whilst care has been exercised in preparing and presenting this Presentation, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company and its representatives make no representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, as to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this Presentation; accept no responsibility or liability as to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this Presentation; and accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions from this Presentation.
Competent Persons Statement
The results reported herein, insofar as they relate to exploration activities and exploration results, are based on information provided to and reviewed by Mr G.W. McConachy (Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) who is a director of the Company. Mr McConachy has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits being considered to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code, 2012 Edition). Mr McConachy consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the reviewed information in the form and context in which it appears.
Bibliography
Renascor confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcements noted below and referenced in this presentation and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. Renascor confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.
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Renascor ASX announcement dated 30 April 2019, “High-Grade Measured Resource in Upgraded JORC Resource”
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Renascor ASX announcement dated 11 November 2019, “Siviour Definitive Feasibility Study”
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Renascor ASX announcement dated 1 July 2020, ”Renascor Announces Battery Anode Manufacturing Operation”
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Renascor ASX announcement dated 21 July 2020, ”Updated Mineral Ore Reserve Estimate”
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Renascor ASX announcement dated 4 August 2020, ”Shallow Gold Drill Intercepts of up to 16 g/t”
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Renascor ASX announcement dated 10 August 2020, ”Expansion of Carnding Gold Project in Central Gawler Craton”
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Renascor ASX announcement dated 28 August 2020, ”New Shallow IP Gold Targets at Soyuz”
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Section 1: Overview
Company Overview
Exploration and development company with a portfolio of 100%owned assets in key minerals districts in South Australia
Development assets include Siviour Battery Anode Material Project in South Australia, the second largest reported Proven Reserve of graphite globally and the largest outside of Africa
- DFS compete; seeking finance and offtake
Exploration assets include Carnding Gold Project in Central Gawler Craton
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Multiple drill–ready targets for shallow, high grade gold. Previous drilling[1] includes:
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7m @ 5.14g/t Au from 26m to EOH, including 2m @ 16.42 g/t Au from 30m, and
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6m @ 4.94g/t Au from 14m
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Strong cash position: $5.2m (30 Sep 20)
1 Renascor ASX announcement dated 4 August 2020
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Highlights
High-upside assets in South Australia
Siviour Battery Anode Material Project
✓ Battery anode material - Advanced (DFS-completed) graphite project, progressing finance and offtake
✓ Gold - Drill-ready, high-grade, near-surface gold prospects in emerging gold province
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✓ Second largest reported Proven Reserve of graphite globally and the largest outside of Africa[1] ✓ DFS confirms lowest quartile OPEX graphite concentrate operation[2]
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✓ Renascor planning downstream Battery Anode Material operation for direct exposure to high growth lithium-ion battery market
✓ South Australia’s Central Gawler Craton – emerging active gold province
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✓ Active companies include: Barton Gold (www.bartongold.com.au), Marmota Energy (ASX: MEU), Tyranna Resources (ASX: TYR), Indiana Resources (ASX: IDA)
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✓ Pipeline of shallow gold targets
Carnding Gold Project
Soyuz prospect - up to ✓ Previous drilling includes: 7m @ 5.14g/t Au from 26m to end of hole, including 2m @ 16.42 g/t Au from 30m, and 6m @ 4.94g/t Au from 14m[3] 16 g/t gold near✓ Open at shallow depth and along-strike surface ✓
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✓ Drill-ready for Proterozoic granite-associated, near-surface, high-grade gold deposits
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✓ Strong cash position: $5.2m (30 Sep 20)
Active news flow
1 Renascor ASX announcement dated 21 July 2020
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✓ Ground geophysics and soil geochemistry at Soyuz
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✓ Reverse circulation drilling of Soyuz and other gold targets is planned immediately after ✓ Continued development and offtake activities from Siviour Graphite Project
2 Renascor ASX announcement dated 11 November 2019
3 Renascor ASX announcement dated 4 August 2020
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Section 2: Siviour Battery Anode Material Project
Renascor’s Battery Anode Material project in the graphite supply chain
Renascor is developing a vertically integrated operation consisting of a mine and concentrator plus a downstream operation to produce Purified Spherical Graphite (PSG) for sale to anode manufacturers
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Graphite Concentrates are only starting to become a battery mineral
Battery demand is growing at 19% annually (versus 2% for other uses).
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2028
Battery demand
Other demand
2023
758,000
2018
2,049,000
139,000 694,000 666,000
554,000
Current use of Graphite By 2023, battery demand is By 2028, battery share of market is
Concentrates is primarily industrial projected to increase by five times expected to grow +2 million tonnes
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Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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EV momentum is stronger in market for Purified Spherical Graphite
PSG is used exclusively in lithium-ion battery applications and thus provides more direct exposure to growth in the EV sector.
Purified Spherical Graphite Demand
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PSG demand
has increased
2.5x from 2015
to 2019
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Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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Renascor’s Siviour Graphite Deposit
Siviour is unique - in both its near-surface, flat-lying orientation and its scale as one of the world’s largest graphite Resources
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The Siviour deposit was discovered by Renascor in 2016.
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The deposit is flat, shallow and large resulting in low-cost mining and consequently low-cost production of Graphite Concentrate.
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Integration of the downstream PSG production facility with the Siviour low-cost graphite concentrate feedstock allows for globally competitive production costs.
Global Graphite Proven Reserves[(1)]
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(1) Source: company reports.
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Cross-section of Siviour Deposit
(shown in red) compared to other
Australian graphite projects
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Graphite Concentrate feedstock at industry leading costs
Graphite Concentrate DFS confirms lowest quartile OPEX
(Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. See Renascor ASX announcement dated 11 November 2019, p 27)
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Comparative advantage in PSG production
Vertical Integration underpins low cost PSG production.
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Graphite Concentrate feedstock a significant cost input to the PSG manufacturing process.
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Renascor’s PSG operation benefits from obtaining Siviour Graphite Concentrate feedstock at the cost of production rather than buying the feedstock at market price.
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The difference in feedstock price has an exaggerated impact on PSG operating costs because only half of the Graphite Concentrates used as feedstock are spheronised to PSG during the milling process (i.e., PSG production can be at a 50% yield).
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Battery Anode Material Study financial results
Low OPEX drives high margins and strong cash generation
| Average annual LOM production of PSG | 28,000t | 28,000t |
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| Life of mine/project | 40 years | |
| Start-up capital cost of mine and concentrator | A$114m | US$79m |
| Start-up capital cost of battery anode material operation | A$90m | US$63m |
| Total start-up capital (integrated operation)1 | A$204m | US$142m |
| Payback of total start-up capital | 4.5 years | |
| NPV10 (after tax) of integrated operation | A$713m | US$499m |
| IRR (after tax) of integrated operation | 33% | |
| Average cost of Graphite Concentrate feedstock per tonne PSG | A$1,107/t | US$775/t |
| Average cost of converting Graphite Concentrates to PSG | A$1,735/t | US$1,214/t |
| Average gross PSG cash operating cost | A$2,842/t | US$1,989/t |
| Average net PSG cash operating cost (with by-product credit2) | A$1,998/t | US$1,398/t |
| Projected PSG salesprice | A$6,160/t | US$4,312/t |
| Net revenue of integrated operation | A$9,552m | US$6,686m |
| EBITDA of integrated operation | A$6,267m | US$4,387m |
| Project cashflow of integrated operation | A$4,112m | US$2,878m |
(Source: Renascor ASX announcement dated 1 July 2020, p 3)
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China currently produces 100% of natural Purified Spherical Graphite
Graphite Concentrate feedstock is obtained both domestically and internationally before being converted to PSG and used in China or exported to Japan and South Korea.
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Emerging
Emerging
Existing and emerging
anode markets
Supplier
Supplier and anode market
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Renascor is a secure alternative source of PSG for anode makers
Renascor offers a viable alternative to Chinese PSG supply through an integrated in-country mine and PSG operation.
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Emerging
Emerging
Existing and
emerging
anode markets
Renascor to mine and process Graphite
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Renascor to mine and process Graphite
Concentrates before converting into PSG for
export to global anode markets
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Offtake and finance status
Renascor is seeking long term, binding offtake and finance agreements with reputable counterparties.
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Renascor has executed a non-binding PSG Offtake Agreement covering +30% of production with Chinese anode company Shanxi Minguang New Material Technology Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Fujian Metallurgical Holding Co. Ltd., one of China’s largest battery supplier groups
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Renascor is actively garnering counterparties to engage with on executing PSG Offtake Agreements covering the remaining 70% of production.
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In-principle finance support from Export Finance Australia and Atradius (European ECA) increases viability of project and offers a broader range of potential offtakers from Europe, United States and Asia
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Battery Testing of Siviour PSG
Ongoing testing of Siviour PSG demonstrates its suitability for use in battery anodes
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The addition of silicon in graphite anodes offers the potential to improve the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
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Preliminary half-cell trials of Renascor’s Siviour PSG in next generation silicon-composite anodes developed by Sicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd (Sicona) have delivered exceptional electrochemical performance results.
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Siviour PSG returned significantly higher initial discharge capacity (the amount of charge delivered by a battery during its initial use) than graphite-only anodes (up to 81% higher).
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Siviour PSG exceeded the performance of all reference natural graphite previously tested by Sicona.
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Successful testwork using emerging Silicon composite technology builds on Renascor’s previously demonstrated performance in conventional graphite battery anode technology testing.
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Section 3: Carnding Gold Project
Renascor’s Carnding Project
Strategically-located and underexplored
Approximately 20km from Tarcoola gold mine
Multiple high priority gold targets identified from shallow drilling over coincident geochemical and magnetic anomalies
Prospects are open at shallow depths and along strike
Drill-ready targets for Proterozoic granite-associated, near-surface, highgrade gold deposits associated with Hiltaba Suite intrusions
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Central Gawler Craton
Emerging gold province in South Australia
Area hosts multiple shallow, high-grade gold mines and deposits, including Challenger and Tarcoola gold mines and Tunkillia gold deposit
Currently experiencing increased gold activity, including:
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Redevelopment of Tarcoola and Tunkillia by Barton Gold Limited (private)
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Exploration of Aurora Tank by Marmota Limited (ASX: MEU) and Weedanna by Cobra Resources plc (LON: COBR)
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Acquisition of Boomerang and Earea Dam by Indiana Resources (ASX: IDA) and sale of Jumbuck by Tyranna Resources (ASX: TYR)
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Soyuz Prospect
High-grade, shallow drill intercepts of up to 16 g/t Au[1]
Coincident 2km by 1km magnetic and gravity anomalies along the northern margin of a Hiltaba-type granite.
Within anomalous gold zones defined by, soil leach sampling, limited drilling has intersected significant gold, including:
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7m @ 5.14g/t Au from 26m to EOH, including 2m @ 16.42 g/t Au from 30m, and
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6m @ 4.94g/t Au from 14m
Multiple drill-ready targets for shallow high-grade gold deposits
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Soyuz Prospect drill holes with anomalous Au highlighted, over part of vertical gradient aeromagnetic image
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Soyuz Prospect
Significant and anomalous gold intersections[1]
Several significant and anomalous gold intersections over two cross-sections separated by 100m
Gold target zone remains open both at shallow depth and along-strike
Significant exploration upside yet to be assessed by drilling at depth
Future survey assessments and drilling designed to increase understanding of the geology and potential gold mineralisation
1 Renascor ASX announcements dated 4 and 10 August 2020
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Soyuz Prospect
Untested REE and Uranium anomalies present are potential gold pathfinders[1]
Initial soil geochemical data show Rare Earth Element (REE) and Uranium anomalies
Anomalies are untested to date and offers potential as pathfinder for gold mineralisation
Two of the anomalies are coincident with Soyuz gold mineralisation, suggesting that the third, largest and still open of the REE/uranium anomalies also represents a vector to priority gold drill targets
Previous soil geochemistry did not assay for gold
Upcoming workstream will include drilling to target these areas and provide physical confirmation of mineralogy and chemistry
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Soyuz prospect drill traces on local gravity image with soil geochemical Cerium
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Soyuz Prospect
Large, shallow IP anomaly along-strike from shallow, high-grade drilling[1]
Induced Polarisation ( IP ) survey has identified shallow, untested anomalous zone approximately 500m along strike of previous Soyuz drilling.
IP target zone is coincident with the Soyuz magnetic high and significant in scale (up to 8 mV/V times background).
Chargeability and resistivity signatures typical of sulphide-bearing mineralisation .
IP anomaly’s position as currently defined, between the north-south orientated magnetic feature and the granite margin to the south, is consistent with a significant hydrothermal gold system.
1 Renascor ASX announcement dated 28 August 2020
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Soyuz Prospect showing IP target zone and previous drilling overlying vertical gradient magnetic image
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IP Section 433250E showing IP chargeability target zone and previous nearby drilling from Section 433280E
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Other gold prospects
Multiple untested gold targets in Carnding project area[1]
Drill-ready targets include large calcrete gold geochemical anomalies with coincident magnetic highs :
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Sunshine: Limited drilling intersected quartz vein-hosted gold within Challenger host lithology
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Mir: Anomalous surface geochemical gold in calcrete distribution covering an area of approximately 2.5km[2] over intense magnetic high
Project area also includes several untested geochemical gold anomalies defined by broadscale (800m x 1,600m) and subsequent infill (50m x 50m) calcrete sampling.
Renascor considers these areas to offer further prospects for shallow, high-grade and graniteassociated gold deposits.
1 Renascor ASX announcements dated 4 and 10 August 2020
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Carnding Project, Reduced to Pole (RTP) magnetic image
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Section 3: Other Projects
Project pipeline
In addition to Siviour and Carnding, Renascor retains a strong exploration position in key South Australian mineral provinces
Maree. Binding farm-in agreement with Rio Tinto Exploration on EL 5586, with Renascor retaining 100% of remaining licences.
Arno Bay. Significant tenement holding in southern portion of Eyre Peninsula. Exploration targets include graphite, kaolin, rare earths and base metals.
Eastern Eyre. Iron-oxide copper-gold targets in Southern Gawler Craton. Olary. Large tenement holding in Olary Province. Previous exploration targeted shallow gold near White Dam gold mine.
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Section 4: Next steps
Multiple near-term value drivers
Strong cash position ($5.2m as of 30 Sep 20) to fund active exploration and development programs
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✓ Product qualification tests on Siviour graphite
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✓ Offtake and finance developments at Siviour
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✓ Infill surface gold sampling at Carding gold targets
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✓ Regional surface gold sampling at magnetic anomalies
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✓ Detailed IP survey at Soyuz gold prospect
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✓ Reverse circulation drill-testing of Soyuz, Sunshine and Mir gold prospects
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✓ Follow-up drilling with Soyuz and other defined gold prospects
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Renascor Resources Limited 36 North Terrace Kent Town, South Australia 5067 Phone: + 61 8 8363 6989 Email: [email protected] Website: www.renascor.com.au ASX Code: RNU
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