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Exploring South East Asia’s


                    premier nickel sulfide district






            AN ADVANCED NICKEL SULFIDE PROJECT
            Ta Khoa Project (Nickel-Coper-Cobalt-PGE),
            Vietnam

            •   Ban Phuc Mine operated from 2013 to 2016,
                mining 975kt @ 2.4% Ni & 1.0% Cu for 20.7kt
                Ni & 10.1kt Cu;
            •   Existing infrastructure built to Australian
                Standards includes a 450ktpa concentrator
                and a modern mechanised underground mine
                located within a premier nickel sulfide district;
            •   Invested capital in excess of US$136m
                generated US$213m in revenue and paid total
                contributions to government of US$65m
                during a 3.5 year period of falling nickel
                prices;
            •   Alliance with Korea’s largest electric vehicle
                battery cathode producer, Ecopro BM Co
                Limited
            •   Drilling is ongoing with four rigs on site;
                upcoming exploration will include both
                infill drilling, targeting the known Ban Phuc
                disseminated sulfide zone, as well as step out
                drilling, testing newly identified targets;
            •   New, near surface King Cobra nickel sulfide
                discovery bearing semi-massive sulfide veins,
                assays pending with near surface downhole
                intervals of up to 60m and visual estimates of
                up to 20% sulfide mineralisation
            •   EM and IP surveys underway
            •   Previously unrecognised PGE grades
                suggest a potential by-product credit could
                significantly enhance the future economics of
                the project;
            •   Blackstone is fully funded to deliver a maiden
                resource and a scoping study by mid 2020













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