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VHM LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2023

Jul 26, 2023

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World class rare earths and mineral sands projects, including downstream processing in Victoria.

Quarterly Activities Report For the period ended 30 June 2023

Highlights:

  • Environment Effects Statement (EES) for Goschen has completed Adequacy

Board of Directors

Non-Executive Chairman

Don Runge

Managing Director Graham Howard

Executive Director Michael Allen

Non-Executive Director Gamini Colless

Company Secretary Ian Hobson

Registered Office

Suite 8, 110 Hay Street

Subiaco WA 6008

Share Registry

Automic Pty Ltd

Level 2/267 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000

Capital Structure

Ordinary Shares: 203,101,902 Options : 7,097,343

Market Capitalisation

A$123.89M

Investor Relations

Carly O’Regan

M: 61 431 068 814

[email protected]

Ian Hobson

M: 61 407 421 185 [email protected]

  • Review by the Department of Transport & Planning (DTP).

  • Market leading Rare Earth Mineral recoveries expected in commercial process plant based on ANSTO Pilot Hydromet Plant converting the Rare Earth Mineral Concentrate (REMC) to a high purity Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate (MREC) Product[1] :

  • 97% for critical light rare earth Nd/Pr.

  • 92% and 94% for critical heavy rare earths Dy and Tb respectively.

  • The MREC product contains exceptionally low uranium and thorium content.

  • The product meets criteria for potential European, North American, and Asian offtake partners and physical samples enable discussions to advance.

  • Release of Maiden Cannie Project Resource[2] :

  • 192 million tonnes (Mt) of new Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE), lifting the Company’s resource inventory tonnage by 30% to 820Mt.

  • Cannie’s exceptional grade lifts the Company’s Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) + Yttrium resource inventory by 43% to 589,000 tonnes.

  • Cannie also provides a material lift to the Company’s zircon and titanium mineral inventory, zircon 5.1Mt , (additional 1.4Mt zircon) rutile 2.7Mt (additional 0.9Mt rutile) and leucoxene 2.9Mt (additional 1.4Mt leucoxene).

  • The discovery confirms a new 55km critical mineral province along the western flank of the Lake Boga Granite in Northern Victoria.

  • Detailed Design Engineering for Goschen Phase 1 reached 30% completion.

  • Final land acquisition agreement secures 100% of the proposed Goschen Project mine footprint area.

  • Completion date extended for MOU with Shenghe for offtake of REMC and HMC product.

1 See ASX release dated 6 June 2023

2 See ASX release dated 16 May 2023

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Approvals and Licence Updates

Permitting Update

The Victorian DTP has completed the adequacy review of the Goschen final environmental and social technical reports and the associated EES chapters, against the scoping requirements.

The Victorian EES process is accredited to assess potential impacts on Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) for the purpose of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, under the bilateral assessment agreement between the Commonwealth and the State of Victoria.

The completion of adequacy review and the approval by the Government to release the EES documentation for Public Exhibition is a key milestone to advance the Goschen Project.

Figure 1: Next steps in the EES Process

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Goschen Rare Earths and Mineral Sands Project

Pilot Hydromet Plant (Phase 1A) Results

Successful results from the Pilot Hydromet Plant (Pilot Plant) and the production of high quality MREC for the Goschen Project confirmed results predicted by leading rare earth researcher and test facility operator, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).

The Pilot Plant at the ANSTO test facility confirmed that the REMC is highly amenable to conventional Sulphate Bake processing to produce a MREC product (Figure 2 and Figure 3). World leading recoveries were demonstrated to be achievable using the processing pathway including:

97% for critical light rare earths Neodymium (Nd) and Praseodymium (Pr); and 92% for Dysprosium (Dy) and 94% for Terbium (Tb), critical heavy rare earths.

The test facility was designed to emulate the reagent consumptions and recoveries expected from a scaled up commercial operation.

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Figure 2: Process flowsheet for the Pilot Hydromet Plant to convert REMC to MREC

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Overall, the objectives for the pilot program were achieved and validated the flowsheet developed and documented during the pre-pilot bench scale testwork released in January 2023.

The final MREC product produced from the Hydromet process is shown below.

Figure 3: Final MREC product produced from ANSTO's Pilot Hydromet Plant

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Impurities in the final MREC product are low, at 2.5% – 3.0% total impurities. This specification will offer advantages to downstream separation refineries. In addition, measurements of the final content of uranium or thorium were exceptionally low.

The data from this trial will be used to inform the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) work for the commercial scale Hydromet Plant.

Samples of the MREC product meets criteria for potential domestic, European, North American, and Asian offtake partners for specification testing to advance discussions regarding commercial offtake.

Detailed Design Engineer Appointed for Phase 1

During the quarter, Mineral Technologies (Downer Group) commenced investigation of Detailed Design for Phase 1 of the Goschen Project in advance of Final Investment Decision (FID).

Land Access Agreements

During the reporting period, the Company completed a fourth Land Acquisition Agreement for the final freehold land parcel required within the proposed Goschen Project operations footprint, with settlement expected prior to FID.

All land purchase arrangements satisfy regulatory requirements to enter into access agreements with affected landowners and address operational requirements during the construction and operational phases, as set out in the Company’s Prospectus.

Cannie Critical Minerals Project

The first exploration results for the Cannie Critical Minerals Project were reported in April 2023 (ASX Announcement 4 April 2023) and identified high-grade rare earth, titania, and rutile ore body. Early results indicated high-grade Total Heavy Mineral (THM) content near surface.

Dry mineral assemblage results of heavy mineral demonstrate a range between 24% to 35% zircon and 2.8% to 4.2% Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) + Yttrium Oxide (+Y2O3).

The maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for the Cannie Critical Minerals Project (Cannie) confirmed a new Inferred Mineral Resource of 192 Mt @ 3.1% THM grade resulting in an additional 5.9Mt of Heavy Mineral Sands (HMS) insitu (see ASX release dated 16 May 2023).

The Company has identified more than 176,000 tonnes of TREO in the Cannie Project increasing the Company’s total inventory of TREO from 413,000 tonnes to 589,000 tonnes (Table 1), and adding 1.4Mt of zircon, 0.9Mt of rutile and 1.4Mt of leucoxene to the Company’s mineral inventory.

The grades of the rare earth minerals, zircon, rutile, and leucoxene within the Cannie Mineral Resource are higher than most of those reported in the Company’s Goschen Project Mineral Resource (Table 2).

Further resource work and additional drill hole assays results are expected to provide a Cannie Project resource update in H2 2023.

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Figure 4: Cannie Project map

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Table 1: Company Total Rare Earth Oxides inventory

Mineral Material In Situ Total
Heavy
TREO + In Situ
TREO
In-Situ
Project(1) Resource
Category
THM Mineral
(THM)
Y2O3
Grade (3)
TREO
(Mt) (Mt) (%) (%) (%)
Goschen Measured 30.7 1.8 5.72 2.72 0.16 48,000
Goschen Indicated 310.3 9.8 3.19 2.27 0.07 225,000
Goschen Inferred 287.7 6.7 2.32 2.10 0.05 140,000
Cannie Inferred 192.0 5.9 3.05 3.00 0.09 176,000
Grand Total Measured 30.7 1.8 5.72 2.72 0.16 48,000
Indicated 310.3 9.8 3.19 2.10 0.07 225,000
Inferred (2) 479.4 12.5 2.61 2.52 0.07 316,000
Total (2) 820.4 24.2 2.95 2.43 0.07 589,000

Notes: Any discrepancies in totals are a function of rounding 1 Mineral Resources reported at a grade of 1.0% THM for Goschen and 1.75% THM for Cannie 2 Mineral resources reported at a combined cut-off grade of 1.0% THM and 1.75% THM 3 In-Situ TREO Grade is calculated by THM Grade (2.95%) multiplied by TREO Grade (2.43%)

Table 2: Cannie Mineral Resource composite next to Goschen Mineral Resource grades

Mineral
Cannie MRE Grade
(Inferred)
Goschen MRE Grade
(Measured, Indicated, and
Inferred)
Total Heavy Mineral
3.1%
2.9%
THM Assemblage TREO + Y2O3
3.0%
2.3%
Monazite
4.1%
3.3%
Xenotime
0.8%
0.6%
Zircon
24.5%
20.2%
Rutile
15.5%
9.6%
Leucoxene
24.3%
8.2%
Ilmenite
2.1%
24.1%

* Mineral assemblage via QEMScan particle analysis is reported as a percentage of in situ THM content.

The Cannie Mineral Estimate and Reporting Criteria report and Sampling Techniques and Data was provided in ASX Announcement released on 16 May 2023, in accordance with JORC Code, 2012 Edition.

Exploration Activities

Airborne LiDAR Survey

As part of its regional exploration activities and tenement expenditure requirements VHM commissioned AAM Pty Limited to complete an Airborne LiDAR Survey in April 2023.

The LiDAR aerial laser scanning survey was conducted within Exploration Licence (EL) areas EL 6664 and EL 6666 (Figure 5), an area totalling approximately 380km[2] .

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By calibrating the survey data against existing GPS survey data, the Company will be able to plan future drill programs more effectively. This survey data along with the 2018 LiDAR data has now allowed the Company to survey more than 50% of its tenement packages.

Figure 5: LIDAR Survey Area

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Corporate Update

Shenghe MOU Offtake Agreement Update

As advised in the Prospectus, the Company had agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shenghe with respect to take or-pay offtake arrangements for the Goschen Project Phase 1 products (REMC and HMC).

VHM advises that the parties continue detailed contract negotiations and accordingly, as contemplated in the original MOU, have agreed to extend the date the formal agreement is to be finalised to 31 December 2023 with a target completion date of 30 September 2023.

Other Offtake activity

VHM has not yet committed to any offtake arrangements with respect to the high quality MREC product that was successfully produced from the pilot Hydromet Plant. The world leading recoveries and high-quality of this product has led to multiple inbound enquires from potential offtake partners from European, North American, and Asian nations.

The Company will utilise the high-grade MREC product from the pilot-scale Hydromet Circuit to supply verification samples for potential offtake partners.

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Mining Tenements held by VHM Limited

Table 3: Tenement table

Licence Location Registered
Project
Status Area Grant date Expiry
Number Holder **(km2) ** Date
RL6806 North West
VHM Ltd
Goschen Current 311 10/01/2020 9/01/2027
Victoria
EL 6419 North West
VHM Ltd
Cannie Current 443 18/05/2018 17/05/2023
Victoria
EL 6664 North West
VHM Ltd
Cannie Current 618 18/06/2018 17/06/2023
Victoria
EL 6666 North West
VHM Ltd
Nowie Current 447 18/06/2018 17/06/2023
Victoria
EL 6769 North West
VHM Ltd
Exploration Current 1041 27/08/2018 26/08/2023
Victoria
Total Km2 2,860
Tenements pending transfer to VPM1
EL 7827 North West
VHM Ltd
Exploration Current 335 15/08/2022 14/08/2027
Victoria
EL 7807 North West
VHM Ltd
Exploration Current 421 15/08/2022 14/08/2027
Victoria
EL 7810 North West
VHM Ltd
Exploration Current 424 15/09/2022 14/9/2027
Victoria
EL 7803 North West
VHM Ltd
Exploration Current 609 11/10/2022 10/10/2027
Victoria
Total Km2 1,789

Note 1: These tenements are to be transferred to VP Minerals 12 months after the grant date of all licenses pursuant to the Demerger Asset Sale Agreement i.e. 11 October 2023.

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Finance Update

At quarter end the Company held approximately A$20.6 million. The Company’s detailed unaudited quarterly cash flow report is disclosed in Appendix 5B. Note that owing to the periodic expense capitalisation process conducted in the current quarter, there may be variances in certain categories compared to the previous quarter.

Use of Funds

VHM Limited provides the following disclosures required by ASX Listing Rule 5.3.4 regarding a comparison of its actual expenditure as of 30 June 2023 against the Use of Funds in the Company’s prospectus from October 2022 to June 2023.

Note the Exploration & Appraisal section below relates specifically to drilling activities whereas exploration costs per the cash flow covers all Exploration and Evaluation expenditure which would also include the Goschen Project pre development expenditure.

The expenditure to date is generally consistent with that anticipated at the time of preparation of the Company’s prospectus.

Table 4: Use of funds

Source and uses of funds Funds allocated
under
Prospectus
Actual to 30
June
Balance
Remaining
Goschen Project
-
Metallurgical and hydromet circuit
testwork
4,700,000 3,400,000 1,300,000
-
Front end engineering and design
5,700,000 3,000,000 2,700,000
-
Approvals
7,700,000 2,400,000 5,300,000
Land acquisition and community 11,300,000 6,500,000 4,800,000
Exploration & appraisal
-
Cannie Project
2,300,000 1,700,000 600,000
-
Nowie Project
1,100,000 600,000 500,000
-
Licence fees / other exploration
800,000 500,000 300,000
Corporate (net General &
Administrative)
2,200,000 1,600,000 600,000
Interest costs and costs of offer 4,300,000 4,200,000 100,000
Working capital and liquidity buffer 1,000,000 - 1,000,000
Total 41,100,000 23,900,000 17,200,000

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Investor Briefing

A live online briefing is being held with VHM Managing Director Graham Howard where he will discuss this announcement and provide a wider company update.

Date: Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Time: 12.00 pm AEST

  • Register here: https://vhmlimited.investorportal.com.au/shareholder briefing

ENDS

This announcement has been approved by the Board of VHM.

The Company provides the following information pursuant to ASX Listing Rule requirements:

  1. ASX Listing Rule 5.3.1: Exploration and Evaluation Expenditure spend during the quarter was $3.2 million materially comprising drilling, assay and metallurgical expenses as set out in this report.

  2. ASX Listing Rule 5.3.2: There were no substantive mining production and development activities during the quarter.

  3. ASX Listing Rule 5.3.3: The exploration licences are set out in Table 3. There was no change to the Company’s 100% interest in the licences since the last quarter.

  4. ASX Listing Rule 5.3.4: the progress towards spending the funds relative to the proposed use of funds and any material variance between anticipated expenditure and actual expenditure is set out in Table 4.

  5. ASX Listing Rule 5.3.5: Payment to related parties of the Company and their associates during the quarter as set out in Section 6.1 of the attached Appendix 5B relate to director salaries and fees in the quarter.

Compliance Statement

Mineral Resources, Ore Reserves and Exploration Target

The information in this announcement regarding the Mineral Resource estimate, the Ore Reserve estimate, and Exploration Target for the Goschen Project was set out in the Prospectus dated 21 November 2022 and ASX Announcement dated 28 March 2023. The information in this announcement regarding the Mineral Resource estimate for the Cannie Project was reported in the ASX release dated 16 May 2023. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information in the Prospectus or ASX releases and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the Mineral Resource estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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Forward Looking Statements

This document may contain certain forward-looking statements concerning VHM Limited. Forwardlooking statements are not statements of historical fact and actual events and results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risks, uncertainties, and other factors. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to business, economic, competitive, political, and social uncertainties, and contingencies. Many factors could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking information provided by the Company, or on behalf of, the Company. Such factors include, among other things, risks relating to additional funding requirements, metal prices, exploration, development and operating risks, competition, production risks, regulatory restrictions, including environmental regulation and liability and potential title disputes.

Forward-looking statements in this document are based on the company’s beliefs, opinions, and estimates of VHM Limited as of the dates the forward-looking statements are made, and no obligation is assumed to update forward looking statements if these beliefs, opinions, and estimates should change or to reflect other future developments.

Further Information

Carly O’Regan Executive General Manager M: +61 431 068 814 E: [email protected]

Ian Hobson Company Secretary M: +61 407 421 185 E: [email protected]

Media

James Strong Citadel-MAGNUS M: +61 448 881 174 E: [email protected]

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Appendix 1: Company Mineral Estimate and JORC Ore Reserves

Table 1: Company Mineral Resource Estimate

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Notes:

  1. Any discrepancies in totals are a function of rounding

  2. Mineral resources reported at a cut-off grade of 1.0% THM

  3. Mineral resources reported at a cut-off grade of 1.75% THM

  4. Mineral assemblage, via QEMScan Particle Analysis, is reported as a percentage of in situ THM content

  5. In-Situ TREO Grade is calculated by THM Grade (2.95%) multiplied by TREO Grade (2.43%)

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Table 2: Company JORC Ore Reserves

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The Ore Reserve was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code (2012) in the Prospectus dated 21 November 2022 as supplemented by the supplementary prospectus dated 5 December 2022, lodged with ASX on 5 January 2023.

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Appendix 2: Cannie Critical Mineral Project Maiden Mineral Resource estimates

Table 1: Cannie Project Mineral Resource estimate (Inferred)

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Appendix 5B: Quarterly Cashflow Report

Name of entity

Name of entity Name of entity Name of entity
VHM Limited
ABN Quarter ended (“current quarter”)
ABN 58 601 004 102 30 June 2023
Consolidated statement of cash flows Current quarter
$A’000
Year to date (12
months)
$A’000
1.
Cash flows from operating activities
1.1
Receipts from customers
1.2
Payments for evaluation
(a) exploration and evaluation
(b) development
(c) production
(d) staff costs
(e) administration and corporate costs
1.3
Dividends received (see note 3)
1.4
Interest received
1.5
Interest and other costs of finance paid
1.6
Income taxes paid
1.7
Government grants and tax incentives
1.8
Other (provide details if material)
1.9
Net cash from / (used in) operating
activities
24
-
-
-
(893)
(390)
-
111
(194)
-
-
-
24
-
-
-
(3,327)
(7,584)
-

185

(3,297)

-

4,441

-
(1,342)
(9,558)
2.
Cash flows from investing activities
2.1
Payments to acquire or for:
(a) entities
(b) tenements
(c) property, plant and equipment
(d) exploration & evaluation
(e) investments
(f) other non-current assets
2.2
Proceeds from the disposal of:
(a) entities
(b) tenements
-
-
(145)
(335)
(1,712)
(3,825)
(3,190)
(17,187)
-
-
8
(55)
-
-
-
-

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(c) property, plant and equipment
(d) investments
(e) other non-current assets
2.3
Cash flows from loans to other entities
2.4
Dividends received (see note 3)
2.5
Other (provide details if material)
2.6
Net cash from / (used in) investing
activities
-
-
-
(649)
-
-
-
-
-
(1,073)
-
-
(5,688) (22,475)
3.
Cash flows from financing activities
3.1
Proceeds from issues of equity securities
(excluding convertible debt securities)
3.2
Proceeds from issue of convertible debt
securities
3.3
Proceeds from exercise of options
3.4
Transaction costs related to issues of
equity securities or convertible debt
securities
3.5
Proceeds from borrowings
3.6
Repayment of borrowings
3.7
Transaction costs related to loans and
borrowings
3.8
Dividends paid
3.9
Other (provide details if material)
3.10
Net cash from / (used in) financing
activities
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30,000
-
189
(1,873)
3,480
(3,480)
-
-
-
- 28,316
4.
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents for the period
4.1
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
period
4.2
Net cash from / (used in) operating
activities (item 1.9 above)
4.3
Net cash from / (used in) investing activities
(item 2.6 above)
4.4
Net cash from / (used in) financing activities
(item 3.10 above)
4.5
Effect of movement in exchange rates on
cash held
4.6
Cash and cash equivalents at end of
period
27,679
(1,342)
(5,688)
-
-

24,366

(9,558)

(22,475)

28,316

-
20,649
20,649

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5.
Reconciliation of cash and cash
equivalents
at the end of the quarter (as shown in the
consolidated statement of cash flows) to
the related items in the accounts
Current quarter
$A’000
Previous quarter
$A’000
5.1
Bank balances
5.2
Call deposits
5.3
Bank overdrafts
5.4
Other (Petty cash)
5.5
Cash and cash equivalents at end of
quarter (should equal item 4.6 above)
4,921
15,726
-
2

2,939

24,738

-

2
20,649
27,679
6.
Payments to related parties of the entity and their
associates
Current quarter
$A'000
6.1
Aggregate amount of payments to related parties and their
associates included in item 1
6.2
Aggregate amount of payments to related parties and their
associates included in item 2
Note: if any amounts are shown in items 6.1 or 6.2, your quarterly activity report must include a
explanation for, such payments.
280
-
description of, and an
7.
Financing facilities
Note: the term “facility’ includes all forms of financing
arrangements available to the entity.
Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the
sources of finance available to the entity.
Total facility
amount at quarter
end
$A’000
Amount drawn at
quarter end
$A’000
7.1
Loan facilities
-
-
7.2
Credit standby arrangements
-
-
7.3
Other (please specify)
-
-
7.4
Total financing facilities
-
-
7.5
Unused financing facilities available at quarter end
-
7.6
Include in the box below a description of each facility above, including the lender, interest
rate, maturity date and whether it is secured or unsecured. If any additional financing
facilities have been entered into or are proposed to be entered into after quarter end,
include a note providing details of those facilities as well.
Total facility
amount at quarter
end
$A’000
Amount drawn at
quarter end
$A’000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8.
Estimated cash available for future operating activities
$A’000
8.1
Net cash from / (used in) operating activities (item 1.9)
8.2
(Payments for exploration & evaluation classified as investing
activities) (item 2.1(d))
8.3
Total relevant outgoings (item 8.1 + item 8.2)
8.4
Cash and cash equivalents at quarter end (item 4.6)
(1,342)
(3,190)
(4,532)
20,649

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8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
Unused finance facilities available at quarter end (item 7.5)
-
Total available funding (item 8.4 + item 8.5)
20,649
Estimated quarters of funding available (item 8.6 divided by
item 8.3)
4.56
Note: if the entity has reported positive relevant outgoings (i.e. a net cash inflow) in item 8.3, answer item 8.7 as
“N/A”. Otherwise, a figure for the estimated quarters of funding available must be included in item 8.7.
If item 8.7 is less than 2 quarters, please provide answers to the following questions:
8.8.1 Does the entity expect that it will continue to have the current level of net operating
cash flows for the time being and, if not, why not?
-
20,649
Answer: N/A
8.8.2 Has the entity taken any steps, or does it propose to take any steps, to raise further
cash to fund its operations and, if so, what are those steps and how likely does it
believe that they will be successful?
Answer: N/A
8.8.3 Does the entity expect to be able to continue its operations and to meet its business
objectives and, if so, on what basis?
Answer: N/A
Note: where item 8.7 is less than 2 quarters, all of questions 8.8.1, 8.8.2 and 8.8.3 above must be answered.

Compliance statement

  • 1 This statement has been prepared in accordance with accounting standards and policies which comply with Listing Rule19.11A.

  • 2 This statement gives a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.

Date: ....26 July 2023..............................................................................

Authorised by: .... VHM Limited Board of Directors...............................................

  • (Name of body or officer authorising release – see note 4)

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Notes

  1. This quarterly cash flow report and the accompanying activity report provide a basis for informing the market about the entity’s activities for the past quarter, how they have been financed and the effect this has had on its cash position. An entity that wishes to disclose additional information over and above the minimum required under the Listing Rules is encouraged to do so.

  2. If this quarterly cash flow report has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, the definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 6: Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and AASB 107: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report. If this quarterly cash flow report has been prepared in accordance with other accounting standards agreed by ASX pursuant to Listing Rule 19.11A, the corresponding equivalent standards apply to this report.

  3. Dividends received may be classified either as cash flows from operating activities or cash flows from investing activities, depending on the accounting policy of the entity.

  4. If this report has been authorised for release to the market by your board of directors, you can insert here: “By the board”. If it has been authorised for release to the market by a committee of your board of directors, you can insert here: “By the [ name of board committeee.g. Audit and Risk Committee ]”. If it has been authorised for release to the market by a disclosure committee, you can insert here: “By the Disclosure Committee”.

  5. If this report has been authorised for release to the market by your board of directors and you wish to hold yourself out as complying with recommendation 4.2 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations , the board should have received a declaration from its CEO and CFO that, in their opinion, the financial records of the entity have been properly maintained, that this report complies with the appropriate accounting standards and gives a true and fair view of the cash flows of the entity, and that their opinion has been formed on the basis of a sound system of risk management and internal control which is operating effectively

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