Tharisa PLC — Audit Report / Information 2024

Dec 13, 2024

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REPORT ON PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENTS
for the year ended 30 September 2024

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1 INTRODUCTION

This report provides an overview of the payments made to governments by Tharisa plc ('Tharisa') and its subsidiaries for the financial year ended 30 September 2024, as required under the Cyprus Companies Law and the Cyprus Transparency Laws. These regulations enact domestic rules in line with Directive 2013/34/EU (the EU Accounting Directive (2013)) and apply to companies that are involved in extractive activities. While the regulations require disclosure in respect of the extractive operations only i.e. Tharisa Minerals (Pty) Ltd, Karo Platinum (Pvt) Ltd and Salene Chrome Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, the disclosure herein relates to payments to governments in respect of all of the operations of the Group.

2 SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENTS

Country	Withholding
	Taxes US$'000	Royalties US$'000	taxes US$'000	Other US$'000	Total US$'000
Cyprus^{1}	4 475	-	-	77	4 552
South Africa	18 603	4 238	562	363	23 766
Zimbabwe	-	-	-	71	71
Total	23 078	4 238	562	511	28 389

PAYMENTS BY ENTITY

Cyprus	Withholding
	Taxes US$'000	Royalties US$'000	taxes US$'000	Other US$'000	Total US$'000
Tharisa plc	76	-	-	-	76
Arxo Resources Ltd	4 157	-	-	-	4 157
Tharisa Administration
Services Ltd	16	-	-	-	16
Arxo Finance plc	175	-	-	-	175
Karo Mining Holdings plc	51	-	-	-	51
Arxo Exploration (Cyprus) Ltd	-	-	-	44	44
Arxo Prospecting (Cyprus) Ltd	-	-	-	33	33
Total	4 475	-	-	77	4 552
South Africa	Withholding
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	Taxes US$'000	Royalties US$'000	taxes US$'000	Other US$'000	Total US$'000
Tharisa Minerals (Pty) Ltd	14 732	4 238	520	169	19 659
Arxo Metals (Pty) Ltd	2 950	-	-	69	3 019
Arxo Logistics (Pty) Ltd	592	-	42	-	634
Ubhova Security (Pty) Ltd	16	-	-	106	122
Braeston (Pty) Ltd	273	-	-	-	273
MetQ (Pty) Ltd	40	-	-	19	59
Total	18 603	4 238	562	363	23 766

1 The taxes incurred in Cyprus include the payment of the special contribution tax.

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PAYMENTS BY ENTITY (CONTINUED)

Zimbabwe	Taxes US$'000	Royalties US$'000	Withholding taxes US$'000	Other US$'000	Total US$'000
Salene Chrome Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd	-	-	-	71	71
Total	-	-	-	71	71

4 BASIS OF PREPARATION

Reporting entity

This report covers payments made to governments by Tharisa and its subsidiaries and includes payments made by the beneficiation, logistics, marketing and trading subsidiaries of the Company. Tharisa through its wholly owned subsidiary, Tharisa Minerals (Pty) Ltd, is engaged in extractive activities, which are classified by the regulations as exploration, prospecting, discovery, development and extraction of minerals. At 30 September 2024, Tharisa had a 76.22% shareholding in Karo Mining Holdings Limited ('Karo Mining'). Karo Mining's main subsidiary is Karo Platinum (Pvt) Ltd ('Karo Platinum'), a company incorporated in Zimbabwe. Karo Platinum, once development has been completed, will be involved in extractive activities.

Reporting currency

The reporting currency of the Group is US$. Payments that have been made in currencies other than US$ were converted at the annual average exchange rate for the year ended 30 September 2024.

Government

Government refers to any national, regional or local authority of a country and includes any department, agency or undertaking controlled by that authority.

Types of payments

Taxes

These are taxes levied on the income, production or profits but in line with the regulations, exclude taxes levied on consumptions such as value added taxes, personal income taxes or sales taxes.

Royalties

These are payments for the right to extract minerals and are determined on the sales value. These taxes are applicable on the extraction of PGMs and chrome and are included in the operating costs.

Withholding taxes

These are taxes on shareholders (beneficial owners) when dividends are paid to them and, under normal circumstances, is withheld from their dividend payment by a withholding agent (the company paying the dividend).

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Types of payments (continued)

Other

These are payments relating to insurance payments that provide wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue their employer for the tort of negligence.

Other taxes include property related tax payments paid to the local government in South Africa. Property tax is imposed on South African property owners.

Other taxes paid in Cyprus relates to payments made for environmental fees and investment licences.

Other taxes paid in Zimbabwe relates to insurance payments that provide wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue their employer for the tort of negligence.

No other payments as stipulated in the regulation including production entitlements and fees and payments in kind have been made by the Group during the financial year ended 30 September 2024.

Unaudited

This report has not been reported on or reviewed by Tharisa's auditors.