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Low Cost Tungsten & Tin Producer Building one of the worlds largest tungsten mines AIM : WRES June 2019 Disclaimer This presentation was prepared by and is the property of W Resources Plc (W Resources or the Company) . No


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Low Cost Tungsten & Tin Producer

Building one of the world’s largest tungsten mines AIM : WRES June 2019

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Disclaimer

This presentation was prepared by and is the property of W Resources Plc (“W Resources” or “the Company”). No reproduction or distribution this material is permitted to companies or individuals outside of those for whom this is intended. No agents, brokers or investment banks are authorised to present this material to other parties for the purpose of soliciting potential clients or transactions of any kind without prior consent to do so. While the Company is not aware of any inaccuracies, no warranty or representation is made by the Company or their respective employees and representatives as to the completeness or accuracy of the information contained herein. The Company, JLSI and their respective employees and representatives expressly disclaim any liability for damages, direct or consequential, arising out of or related to this presentation or omissions there from, or any other information provided in writing, orally or

  • therwise regarding this potential transaction. Any party considering a transaction with the Company agrees to look solely to its own due diligence and any

representations, warranties and/or covenants set forth in a fully-executed, definitive written agreement with the Company relative to the transaction. Certain matters discussed in this presentation are “forward-looking statements”. These forward-looking statements can often but not always be identified because the context of the statement will include words such as “the Company expects,” “anticipates” or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe the Company’s capabilities, future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. Such forward looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of the Company and the viability of its technology. These risks could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, the Company can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Potential investors, customers, suppliers and other readers are urged to consider this factor carefully in evaluating any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of this presentation and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such forward looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Technical information in this presentation has been prepared and approved for inclusion by Mr Fernando de la Fuente, who is a “qualified person” in respect of the AIM Rules for Companies with over 44 years experience in the Exploration and Mining Geology industry. Mr de la Fuente holds a B.Sc. in Geology and a MSc in Geology from the University of Granada in Spain. He is also a member of the Spanish College of Geologists (Number 49), the Spanish Society of Mineralogy, founder member

  • f the Spanish Society of Geology, member of the Spanish Association of Applied Geology to Mineral Deposits, member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and

Exploration, Inc., member of PDAC. The press releases relating to the initial announcements

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the technical disclosures in this presentation can be found on the Company website (www.wresources.com). The relevant announcement dates are La Parrilla (25 August 2017, with full FID report on website), Régua (27 October 2015) and São Martinho (8 June 2016).The company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The company 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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Overview

La Parrilla Régua Tarouca São Martinho

SPAIN PORTUGAL

Madrid Lisbon Porto Seville

Tarouca, Portugal: Former tungsten / tin mine advanced exploration progressing

La Parrilla Mine, Spain: Open-pit tungsten mine development – 2,700 tpa (“T2”) expanding to >4,000 tpa (“T3.5”) JORC Resource of 49mt @ 0.100% WO3 JORC Reserves of 29.8mt total

  • Proven 1.2mt @

0.0995% WO3

  • Probable 28.6mt @

0.0928% WO3

  • Total 29.8mt @

0.0931% WO3

Régua, Portugal: Underground tungsten mine development - 1,300 tpa JORC Resource of 5.46mt @ 0.28% WO3 São Martinho, Portugal: Trial Mine Application 111,987oz contained gold; significant upside

Michael Masterman - Chairman

Founding Shareholder & GM - Fortescue Metals Group 8 Years - McKinsey & Company CEO - Po Valley Energy and CFO - Anaconda Nickel

Fernando de la Fuente - Country Manager Spain

Anglo American Corporation Rio Algom (Rio Tinto) Phelps Dodge

Aaron Szumilak - Metallurgist & Process Engineer

Fortescue Metals Group Syncrude Composites Innovation Centre

Juan Garcia Valledor - La Parrilla Operations Manager

Rio Tinto Imerys Groups

W Resources Management Team +130 years of experience

Focus:

Tungsten & tin - production, development & exploration in Spain & Portugal

Major Projects:

Tungsten - La Parrilla, Régua, Tarouca Copper Gold - São Martinho

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La Parrilla – Key parameters

Low Cost

US$94/mtu

Large Scale

49mt+

Long Life

11+ years

Simple Low

Cost processing

First Ore

Q1 2019

European / USA

Offtake > 80%

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La Parrilla - Near Completion / In Production

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  • La Parrilla is tracking below budget, complete in Q2
  • Production has commenced and will expand to 200 tonnes per month (net US$3m p.m)
  • La Parrilla expansion creates the foundation for substantial EBITDA and value growth
  • Full support from local authorities with a €5.3m grant
  • BlackRock US$35 million financing
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Building a world class tungsten company

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ROM Tungsten Capital EBITDA* Timing La Parrilla T2 2.0 Mtpa 2,700 tpa €27.8m US$20.0m Q2 2019 + €20.0m US$20.0m = La Parrilla T3.5 3.5 Mtpa 4,000 tpa €47.8m US$40.0m 2021 Régua 0.1 Mtpa 1,000 tpa €6.0m US$ TBA Q1 2020

* FID Study 3 Year Average published 25 August 2017

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Tungsten – World’s hardest metal with highest melting point

Source: ITIA – Tungsten End Use Analysis 2017

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Primarily used to make tungsten carbide for cutting tools such as drill bits and machining tools One of the hardest man made materials when mixed with carbon to form cemented tungsten carbide Auto industry is a heavy tungsten user - tyre studs, ball joints, brakes, crank shafts & other parts that see hard usage Highest melting point, lowest vapour pressure of any naturally occurring metal

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High demand, tight supply

(1) Source: International Tungsten Industry Association (2) Source: Roskill

China consumed 60%

  • f world production in

2016, up from 30% in 1996 (2) Current global tungsten demand is approximately

80,000tpa (1)

Supply shortages are expected resulting in

upwards trending price 2022 & beyond

Demand for tungsten has grown 4% per year for the past 10 years

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Historical pricing

Source: Metal Bulletin

European Tungsten APT Price LME Tin Price

9 Dec16 to May19 US$ per mtu Aug16 to May19 US$ per tonne

180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 17,500 18,000 18,500 19,000 19,500 20,000 20,500 21,000 21,500 22,000 22,500

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Low operating & capital costs

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 % of total output

China Molybdenum China by-product La Parrilla Nui Phao† China China Drakelands Los Santos Minmetals Jiangxi Tungsten Ind Group Mittersill Chongyi Zhangyuan Xiamen Tungsten Panasquiera China China China 2018 Average WO3 Concentrate Price ($325 / mtu) (1) Source: Argus

Global Tungsten Production Cost Curve Capital Costs - US$m

85 94 117 155 Núi Pháo La Parrilla Barruecopardo Drakelands

Unit Operating Costs - US$ / mtu Low Cost Drivers

  • Excellent location
  • Open-pit mine – limited pre-strip
  • Low cost gravity separation circuit
  • “Fit for purpose” plant
  • Scaled and sensible staging
  • Primary infrastructure already in place

 Power connection  7km to main highway  Quality water supply

(1) Assuming a 20% discount to the 2018 average European APT tungsten price of US$325 / mtu (Source: Metal Bulletin)

La Parrilla

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SPAIN SPAIN UK VIETNAM VIETNAM SPAIN SPAIN UK

47 54 250 450 La Parrilla Barruecopardo Drakelands Núi Pháo

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La Parrilla - Strategically located

  • 7km from Seville / Madrid highway
  • Access to quality water supply
  • Established infrastructure
  • Facilities and on-site laboratory operational
  • Connected to the Spanish power grid
  • Short trucking distance from Atlantic & Mediterranean ports

Process Plant Infrastructure Initial Mining Area Operational Tailings Dam

Madrid / Seville Highway

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La Parrilla – Mineralisation

  • The thickness of the veins varies from a fraction of a millimetre to more than 3m, with an average of

about 10cm

  • The reefs are arranged in a series of packages of 10m to 45m in width and showing a good

continuity up to 300m deep and several hundred meters in the direction

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La Parrilla – Mineralisation

Mineralized quartz veins contain scheelite (often coarse-grained), arsenopyrite, cassiterite, muscovite, and smaller amounts of wolframite, pyrite, tourmaline Greisenized granite fingers show high-grade intersections of up to 55 m at 0.73% WO3

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La Parrilla - Mining operations

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Infrastructure created:

  • Ramp access to RoM Pad
  • Contractor platform
  • Main access track

Mine equipment in situ First blasting carried out

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La Parrilla - Strategically located Initial Mining Area

Crushing Circuit

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Primary Crushing Plant Secondary Crushing Plant

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La Parrilla - Simple open-pit mining & processing

Open Pit Mining Mining Underway Crushing & Screening Plant 350tph - €3.2m Commissioned & Operational Crushed Ore Bin 6,000t - €300k Fully Operational Jig & Mill Pre-Concentration Plant 350tph - €5.5 Commissioned on Ore Shaking Table Cleaning 12tph Spiral Concentration 155tph Sulphide Flotation 3tph Electrostatic Separation 0.5tph

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La Parrilla - In production

Crusher Plant Operating at Design

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La Parrilla - 3D Model of crusher

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Completed Design

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La Parrilla - In production

First Ore to Crusher Plant

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La Parrilla - In production

Mined ore fed to existing concentrator

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La Parrilla - In production

LNG Power Station Commissioned & Delivering Power

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La Parrilla - In production

Jig & Mill Plant Commissioned on Ore

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La Parrilla - In production

Production Start

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La Parrilla - In production

Shipments Underway - Payment at Mine Gate

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Development timeline - nearing completion

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Crusher Plant Completion First Shipments Crusher Plant First Ore Jig & Mill Plant Completion Jig & Mill Plant Commissioning Production Underway 2Q 2019 - Early 3Q 2019 Concentrator Plant Completion From 2Q 2019 Ramp-up to T2 Production

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Project financial overview

26 PRODUCTION Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 RoM Feed Rate (kt) 2,004 2,004 3,200 3,477 3,500 3,489 WO3 production (MTU) 184,265 181,496 236,051 279,409 252,073 253,274 SN production (t) 125 138 363 274 272 241 Tungsten price - APT (US$ / MTU) 245 263 288 313 313 313 Tin price (US$ / t) 18,500 19,500 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 INCOME STATEMENT Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Net Revenue 34,001 36,055 53,819 66,480 60,326 60,152 Opex (18,784) (17,445) (30,360) (24,261) (20,517) (21,160) EBITDA 15,216 18,610 23,460 42,219 39,808 38,992

Source: Financial Investment Decisions Report summary as announced on 25 August 2017. Note: Assumes Argus Forecast for tungsten APT price; Note that all debt figures and related coverage ratios are for illustrative purpose only

(US$000’s)

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4.9x 4.0x 3.2x 13.6x 0.0x 2.0x 4.0x 6.0x 8.0x 10.0x 12.0x 14.0x 16.0x Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 CFADS / Interest Expense

Key project financial metrics

Key Financials Leverage Interest Coverage Operating Cash Flow

($ in millions)

1.8x 1.4x 1.1x 0.0x 0.0x 0.2x 0.4x 0.6x 0.8x 1.0x 1.2x 1.4x 1.6x 1.8x 2.0x Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total Debt / EBITDA $17.6 $20.0 $24.2 $42.8 $0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30 $35 $40 $45 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Operating Cash Flow

Source: Financial Investment Decisions Report summary as announced on 25 August 2017. Note: Assumes Argus Forecast for tungsten APT price; Note that all debt figures and related coverage ratios are for illustrative purpose only

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38.0 40.3 60.1 74.2 67.4 15.2 18.6 23.5 42.2 39.8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Gross Revenue EBITDA

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Régua tungsten project - Portugal

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Low Capital Cost

€4-6m

High Grade 0.3%

3 times LP

Long Life

20+ years

Simple Low

Cost processing

First Ore

Q1 2020 Low cost

underground mining using adits

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Régua

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  • High-grade, low-capital cost development with significant scope to increase the resource base
  • Contract signed for ore haulage and crushing at Régua with Francisco Pereira Marinho Imaos
  • Concentrator at La Parrilla to be moved to Régua in Q3 2019
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Régua resource section

  • Open deposit in all

directions and at depth

  • Large high-grade north-

west extension

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Régua development

3 underground mine adits access 70,000t

  • f high grade ore @

0.33% WO3 Utilising existing crushing & screening infrastructure close to the mine Simple gravity concentrator using spirals and shaking tables

ROM Feed Grade 0.33% - Production 1,000 tpa

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São Martinho, Portugal - gold resources

São Martinho Gold Project

  • JORC resource estimate 3mt @ 1.04g/t gold containing 111,987oz
  • SMD-009 intersection: 56.4m grading 2.34 g/t gold from surface
  • Near term target 250,000oz

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Management team +130 years of experience

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Celestino Parejo Government Relations / Mining Mining engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the technical direction

  • f mining projects

in the Extremadura region of Spain and internationally Fernando de La Fuente General Manager Geologist with more than 43 years’ experience in the exploration and mining geology industry in Europe, Africa and North America and Latin America Mechanical process engineer with 10 years’ experience in mineral processing and resource

  • development. Aaron

has worked for Fortescue Metals Group, Syncrude and Composites Innovation Centre. Aaron Szumilak Metallurgist & Process Engineer Michael Masterman Chairman Mr Masterman has an exceptional track record in establishing and financing new resources companies. He has been a founding shareholder at Fortescue Metals Group, Po Valley Energy & Atacama Metals Juan Garcia Valledor Operations Manager Mining Engineer with 25 years of experience in management of industrial processing plants and design, planning, management and rehabilitation of open pit mines

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%

  • M. Masterman*

18.34 Beronia Investments Pty Ltd (B. Pirola)** 5.21

  • M. Garvie

3.42 Miton Group 3.38

Substantial Shareholders (18 June 2019)

Corporate snapshot

34 Michael Masterman – Chairman Byron Pirola – Non Executive Director David Garland – Non Executive Director Jim Argalas – Non Executive Director Pablo Neira – Non Executive Director

Board of Directors Share Price Performance (1 June 18 to 1 June 19) Financial Information (18 June 2019)

Share price 0.470 GBX 52 week high / low 0.600-0.405 GBX Number of shares (undiluted) 6,030,666,440 Market Capitalisation £28.34m / US$35.85m Cash (as at 31 Dec ‘18) £6.09m Debt (as at 31 Dec ’18) US$38.65m

* Includes Symmall Pty Ltd ** Includes related party interests Price GBX

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Why invest in W Resources?

Funded

Large low

cost mines Near construction

completion Skilled ‘can do’ team Significant earnings growth from 2019 Broker valuations

US$70-80m vs US$37m market cap

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Appendix

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Reserves and resources

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La Parrilla Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves - JORC 2012 (RNS 14 June 2017) Category Tonnes Grade Metal Content Grade Metal Content ‘000 WO3 (ppm) WO3 (t) Sn (ppm) Sn (t) Proven 1,177 995 1,171 251 295 Probable 28,577 928 26,511 111 3,156 Total 29,754 931 27,683 116 3,451 Régua JORC Compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (RNS 27 October 2015) Category Tonnage (Mt) WO3 % Cut-off (WO3 %) Indicated 3.76 0.304 0.1 Inferred 1.70 0.227 0.1 Total 5.46 0.280 0.1 São Martinho Maiden JORC Compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (RNS 8 June 2016) Category Tonnage (Mt) Au (g/t) Au Content (Oz) Cut-off (g/t Au) Indicated 0.48 1.03 17,363 0.5 Inferred 2.56 1.05 94,624 0.5 Total 3.04 1.04 111,987 0.5 LaParrilla JORC Compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (RNS 11 May 2017) Category Tonnage (Mt) WO3 (ppm) Sn (ppm) Measured 1 1,115 278 Indicated 35 1,004 110 Inferred 13 974 97 Total 49 998 110

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Financing & development of La Parrilla complete

(US$ in millions)

Development ROM Tungsten Capital EBITDA* T2 2 Mtpa 2,700 tpa $27.8m $20m T3.5 3.5 Mtpa 4,000 tpa $20m $40m Finance T2 $35m term loan financing

  • T2 Construction

$28m

  • Fees / Interest / Contingency

$2m

  • Contingency / WC

$5m Total Term Loan $35m Equity Capital Invested to date $16m Total Capitalisation $51m La Parrilla Grant

  • $7m

TOTAL $44m

* FID Study 3 Year Average published 25 August 2017

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BlackRock US$35 million La Parrilla financing

  • Fully funds La Parrilla T2 Mine Construction
  • US$13.125 million received in February 2018
  • Balance of US$21.875 million received in May 2018
  • Backing from of one of the world’s largest fund managers
  • The Loan is for a scheduled term of 5 years, with a 2 year non call period
  • The Loan is subject to an average 5 year interest rate of 12.6%
  • First 18 months interest is Payable in Kind (“PIK”) and added to the principal, while 50% of the

Q3 2019 / Q2 2020 interest is PIK and 50% is payable in cash

  • BlackRock were issued warrants totalling 5% of W’s fully diluted equity

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Board of directors

Michael Masterman Chairman Mr Masterman has an exceptional track record in establishing and financing new resources companies. He completed the US$1.15bn sale of a 31% interest in the Fortescue Metals Group’s majority-owned FMG Iron Bridge iron ore company to Formosa Plastics Group. Following 9 years at McKinsey, and 8 years as an Executive Director of Anaconda Nickel, he has been a founding shareholder at Fortescue Metals Group, Po Valley Energy and Atacama Metals. Byron Pirola Non-Executive Director Byron is Managing Director of Port Jackson Partners Limited, a Sydney based strategy management consulting firm. Prior to joining Port Jackson Partners in 1992, Byron spent six years with McKinsey & Company working out of the Sydney, New York and London Offices and across the Asian Region. He has extensive experience in advising CEOs and boards of both large public and small developing companies across a wide range of industries and geographies. Byron is a Non- Executive Director of Po Valley Energy Limited. David Garland Non-Executive Director David is the former General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of Dominion Petroleum Limited (an oil and gas exploration company then listed on the LSE), Legal Advisor to Hague and London Oil plc (an oil and gas exploration company listed on the LSE) and non-executive chairman of Saffron Energy plc (an oil and gas exploration company listed on the LSE). Before joining Dominion, he had practised as a barrister for 18 years from Brick Court Chambers, a leading commercial barristers’ chambers in London. David currently provides flexible legal counsel services to various private and listed companies through The Legal Director Limited. James Argalas is the founder of Presidio Union, LLC, a company that specialises in providing financial analysis and corporate advisory services. Prior to founding Presidio Union, James was a Principal at Watershed Asset Management and NM Rothschilds, an Associate Principal with McKinsey & Company and an Associate at Goldman Sachs. Pablo Neira currently works with Casa Grande de Cartagena, family office of several members of Del Pino family, involved with direct investments. Pablo is former CEO of Urbar, a Corporate Services General Manager at Valdepesa Textil and Finance Director at Global Steel Wire Group. Prior to joining Global Steel Wire Group, he was Manager at A.T. Kearney in New York and at the Swedish group Mölnlycke as Controller for southern Europe.

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James Argalas Non-Executive Director Pablo Neira Non-Executive Director

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Regulatory permits

Current Mining Lease

  • Fully granted – expires 2068

  • Provides access to tailings facilities for T2

 T2 Mining Approvals

  • Mining plans submitted to the Department of Mines (DM) in Q1 2015

  • Environmental Impact Assessment submitted in Q1 2015

  • First initial review stage completed Q2 2105 by the DM

  • Environmental team has provided written feed back to queries

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval received in Q3 2015

  • Full mining approval granted for the T2 stage development

 T3.5 Mining Approvals *

  • Following discussions with the Environmental and Mining Authorities the

LP team has submitted an initial application for the T3.5 

*All required approvals (environmental, water, heritage, etc.) fall under the single mining lease application

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Key investment highlights - La Parrilla

  • “Heavy” Tungsten hosted in quartz veins within soft “light” shale host rock
  • Demonstrated track record of high recovery of WO3 - 7Mt ore mined and processed

Favourable Geology and Proven Metallurgy

  • Cash cost of US$94 / mtu (1) – first quartile of the global tungsten cost curve
  • High grade ore at surface with higher tin grade in first 3 years boosts early cash flow

Low Cost Producer

  • Existing plant, site offices, and tailings ponds
  • Connected to grid power and water and 7km from 4-lane Madrid-Lisbon highway
  • Mining lease to 2068 and full authority to mine and process

Existing Infrastructure and Regulatory Approvals in Place

  • Initial 2 mtpa ROM at T2, expanding to 3.5 mtpa ROM for T3.5 phase in year 3
  • Coarse grain ore amenable to low cost
  • Simple gravity separation techniques supporting high metal recoveries

Conventional yet Efficient Process

  • Metso crusher plant
  • allmineral jig+mill plant and concentrator plant

Industry Leading Equipment Suppliers

  • Offtake agreements signed with two investment grade publicly traded firms for 80% of

production

Strong Offtake Agreements with Investment Grade Companies

1 - Tungsten is typically priced according to metric ton units (“mtu”) of Ammonium Paratungstate (APT), which is equal to 10 kg. 1 mtu of APT contains approximately 7.93kgs of tungsten 2 - Assuming a 20% discount to the current tungsten APT price of US$250/mtu

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