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The growing battery industry needs new, large scale and sustainable

         sources of battery-grade nickel – a unique opportunity for Julimar







                   Battery-grade nickel consumers forecast to                             Estimated avg carbon intensity of nickel sources (kgCO  eq. per kg Ni)
                                                                                                                                                                     2
                   become heavily reliant on supply sources that
                   do not meet sustainability standards, i.e. NPI                          70



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                   With 560kt of contained nickel and growing,
                   Julimar has the potential to become a globally
                   significant source of class 1 nickel, which has a                       50                                                         45
                   much lower carbon footprint than other sources

                                                                                           40          ~4.5x


                   Julimar’s proximity to WA’s world class power
                   grid and infrastructure make it uniquely                                30
                   positioned to deliver low carbon intensity metals
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                   Class 1 nickel sources are likely to demand a                           10
                   premium, driven by the need to comply with
                   emissions targets and to satisfy increasing                              0
                   sensitivity to sustainability standards                                          Class I nickel       Nickel sulphate      Ferronickel (FeNi)  Nickel Pig Iron (NPI)






     Source:  Nickel Institute, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research via ‘Nickel’s class divide’, April 2022.                                                                        7
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