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NEW CENTURY RESOURCES Queensland Exploration Council Investment Showcase December 2018 ASX: NCZ Arrival of bulk export carrier the Golden Daisy at Huangpu New Port, China, with New Centurys first zinc concentrate shipment Cautionary


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NEW CENTURY RESOURCES

Queensland Exploration Council Investment Showcase December 2018

ASX: NCZ

Arrival of bulk export carrier the Golden Daisy at Huangpu New Port, China, with New Century’s first zinc concentrate shipment

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Cautionary Statements

New Century Resources believes that the production target, forecast financial information derived from that target and other forward looking statements included in this presentation are based on reasonable grounds. However, neither the Company nor any other person, including Sedgman Pty Ltd makes or gives any representation, assurance or guarantee that the production target or expected outcomes reflected in this announcement in relation to the production target will ultimately be achieved. Investors should note that the Company believes the commodity prices, AUD:USD exchange rate and other variables that have been assumed to estimate the potential revenues, cash flows and other financial information are based

  • n reasonable grounds as at the date of this presentation. However, actual commodity prices, exchange rates and other variables may differ materially over the contemplated mine life and, accordingly, the potential revenue, cash

flow figures and other financial information provided in discussions set out in this announcement should be considered as an estimate only that may differ materially from actual results. Accordingly, the Company cautions investors from relying on the forecast information in this announcement and investors should not make any investment decisions based solely on the results. A number of key steps need to be completed in order to bring the Century Zinc Mine to full scale production. Many of those steps are referred to in this presentation and previously released Restart Feasibility Study announcement. Investors should note that if there are any delays associated with completing those steps, or completion of the steps does not yield the expected results, the revenue and cash flow figures may differ materially from actual results. To achieve the range of outcomes indicated in this presentation, additional funding in the order of A$63 million will likely be required to achieve full production above the initial A$50 million capital outlay to bring the project into initial production. While the Company has significant cash reserves and anticipated cashflows from operations, investors should note there is no certainty that the Company will be able to raise any additional funding if needed. It is also possible that such funding may only be available on terms that may be dilutive to or otherwise affect the value of the Company’s existing shares. Certain statements contained in this presentation constitute forward looking statements. Forward looking information often relate to statements concerning New Century Resources’ future outlook and anticipated events or results and, in some cases can be identified by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “estimate”, “projects”, “predict”, “potential”, “continue” or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Statements of historical fact are not considered forward looking information. Forward looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, but not limited in any manner to, those disclosed in results; the ability to explore; communications with local stakeholders and community and government relations; status of negotiations of joint ventures; weather conditions; Ore Reserves; Mineral Resources; the development approach and schedule; the receipt of required approvals, titles, licenses and permits; sufficient working capital to develop and operate the mines and implement development plans; access to adequate services and supplies; foreign currency exchange rates; access to capital markets; availability of qualified work force; ability to negotiate, finalise and execute relevant agreements; lack of social opposition to mines or facilities; lack of legal challenges with respect to the property; the timing and amount of future production and ability to meet production, operating and capital cost expenditure targets; timing and ability to produce studies and analysis; execution of the credit facility; ability to draw under the credit facility and satisfy conditions precedent including execution of security and construction documents; economic conditions; availability of sufficient funding; the ultimate ability to mine, process and sell the mineral products produced; the timing, exploration, development,

  • perational, financial, budgetary, economic, legal, social and political factors that may influence future events or operating conditions. Forward looking statement are only predictions based on New Century Resources’ current

expectations and projections of future events. Actual results may vary from such forward looking information for a variety of reasons. Forecast financial information provided in this presentation is based on the Restart Feasibility Study. The Company is of the view it has reasonable grounds for providing the forward looking statements included in this presentation. However, the Company cautions that there is no certainty that the forecast financial information derived from the production targets will be realised. The Company confirms that all material assumptions underpinning the production target and forecast financial information contained in the Company’s ASX Announcements on 28 November 2017 and 15 January 2018 continue to apply and have not materially changed. Other than required by law, New Century Resources assumes no obligation to update any forward looking information to reflect, among other things, new information or future events.

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New Century Year in Review: Highlights in the Restarting of one of Australia’s Iconic Mines

August 2017: Drilling of the Century Tailings Deposit November 2017: Century Restart Feasibility Study completed

December 2017: Commencement of refurbishment process February 2018: Execution of zinc offtake contracts May 2018: Execution of operations & maintenance contracts

August 2018: Refurb completed, hydraulic mining load commissioning September 2018: Plant & Port load commissioning November 2018: First shipment

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Project Location & Corporate Overview: ASX300 Listed

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ASX Code NCZ Shares on Issue 504M Unlisted Options (av. price A$0.42/share*) 115M Market Capitalisation (at A$0.95/share) A$478M Cash & Debt Facilities cash at bank (at 29/10/18) receivables# (at 29/10/18) debt facilities^ (undrawn) A$25.1M A$14.7M A$60.0M A$99.8M Analyst Coverage Credit Suisse Patersons

* Option price range from $0.25/share to $1.99/share, representing a total consideration of A$49.3M if fully exercised # Receivables include remaining MMG Support Payments (A$11.6M) and the Gulf Communities Trust (A$3.1M) (see ASX announcement 20 June 2017) ^ A$40M debt facility with NAB (of which A$20 million remains subject to NAB consent and matching liquidity on drawdown - see ASX announcement 31 Oct 2018) & US$15M debt facility with MRI Trading, equiv. to A$20M at $0.75 AUD/USD ex. rate (subject to commercial production declaration) (see ASX announcement 03 Sep. 2018)

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Directors & Management

Patrick Walta Managing Director Evan Cranston Executive Chairman Tolga Kumova Corporate Director Bryn Hardcastle Non-Exec. Director Peter Watson

  • Indept. Non-Exec. Director

Tom Eadie

  • Indept. Non-Exec. Director

Oonagh Malone Company Secretary Barry Harris COO John Carr CBDO

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ZINC MARKET OVERVIEW

Strong zinc market fundamentals support positive

  • utlook for long term zinc pricing

New Century’s MV Wunma, loading zinc concentrate into an export bulk carrier in the Gulf of Carpentaria, ~20km offshore

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Peer Comparison: Trade War Driven Sentiment Hurting Zinc Sector

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(90%) (80%) (70%) (60%) (50%) (40%) (30%) (20%) (10%)

  • 10%

20% 30% 40% Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18

Relative Share Price Performance (%)

New Century (ASX:NCZ) Red River (ASX:RVR) Boliden (STO:BOL) Nexa (TSE:NEXA) Nyrstar (EBR: NYR) Trevali (TSE:TV) Volcan (BME:XVOLB)

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Zinc Consumption: Demand Fundamentals Remain Strong

10 Year Zinc Outlook

  • Global demand forecast to grow by 2% annually
  • 287,000t additional metal per annum to meet demand (i.e.

another New Century required each year)

  • Consumption dominated by China and growing living standards
  • China forecast to continue to be a strong net importer of zinc

concentrates

USA, 7% India, 5% Other (all <5%), 39% China, 48%

Zinc Consumption by Country

Galvanizing, 60% Other, 2% Semi- Manufactured Products, 5% Chemicals, 9% Brass & Bronze Casting, 11% Die-casting Alloys, 13%

Zinc Consumption by First Use

Source: Wood Mackenzie, June 2018

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Zinc Supply: Price Likely Buffered by Delays in Large New Projects

Forecast ‘Probable’ >100ktpa Zinc Operations Location Est. Start Date Full Production

  • Est. Capex

Project Permitted?

McArthur River Exp. (Glencore) Australia 2019 185ktpa US$100M No Kipushi (Ivanhoe Mines) DRC 2020 225ktpa US$400M No Citronen (Ironbark Zinc) Greenland 2021 200ktpa US$500M Yes Dairi (NFC) Indonesia 2021 125ktpa US$175M Yes Mehdiabad (Mobin Mining) Iran 2021 400ktpa US$1,000M Yes Huoshaoyun (Xinjiang Zinc) China 2022 350ktpa US$1,500M Yes Pavlovskoye (Rosatom) Russia 2023 150ktpa US$400M Yes Ozernoe (Metropol) Russia 2024 300ktpa US$1,500M No Selwyn (Chihong Zinc) Canada 2024 450ktpa US$1,900M No

Source: Wood Mackenzie, October 2018 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 Zinc Production (Mt) Zinc Price (US$/t)

Global Production China Probable & Possible ROW Probable & Possible Woodmac 2018 Zinc Price Forecast US$/t

Forecast zinc price remains reliant on several additional new projects coming online Forecast long run average zinc price increased to US$2,820/t

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CENTURY OVERVIEW

Operations underway & ramping up to be a globally significant zinc producer

Century Processing Plant

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Century Feasibility Study: Strong Value Proposition

Ore Reserve & Production Capacity:

  • Reserves: 2.3Mt zinc & 29.7Moz silver (77.3Mt at 3.1% ZnEq)
  • Production: 264,000tpa zinc & 3Moz pa silver (in 500ktpa of concentrate)
  • Targeting ramp up of operations to full capacity by the end of 2019

Mine Life:

  • Initial mine life of 6.3 years (Reserves only)
  • In-situ Resources to provide mine life extension (9.3Mt at 10.8% Zn+Pb)
  • Active exploration programs across 1,800km2 tenement package

Lowest Quartile Cash Cost Operations:

  • C1 & C3 Cash Costs = US$0.38/lb & US$0.50/lb

Robust Feasibility Study Economics: Value Metric (after tax) At Zinc US$1.25/lb & AUD/USD $0.75 (US$2,750/t or A$3,666/t) NPV8 A$1.3 Billion IRR 270% Free Cashflow A$1.8 Billion

Flotation Plant Karumba Port Facility MV Wunma Transhipper Mine Support Facilities Hydraulic Miner Hydro Mining Ops Centre

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  • Globally, zinc project permitting, financing &

development timelines are increasing

  • Delays in new mine production continue
  • Century is a truly unique value proposition for

exposure to large scale zinc production

Source: Wood Mackenzie, June 2018

Zinc Mine Development Timelines

(Average timeline from scoping study to operations)

All Zinc Projects Since 2000 9 Years Current Top 10 Zinc Producers 13 Years Century Restart 1 Year

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Red Dog Rampua Agucha Cayeli McArthur River Cannington Lisheen Century Antamina Mt Garnet Skorpion Duck Pond San Cristobal Cerro Lindo Jaguar Rapu Rapu Perseverance Penasquito Campo Morado Angas Pirquitas Terrafame Wolverine Bolaños Fresnillo Saucito Rasp Lalor Lake Al Masane Bracemac-McLeod Escobal Perkoa Bisha Silvertip Soremi Guojiagou Dugald River Gamsberg Century Restart

Scoping work Feasibility work Construction Century Restart

Leveraging Sunk Capital: Greenfield Mine Development Takes Time

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Restart Strategy:Tailings Reprocessing Facilitates Site Rehabilitation

Century Mine Overview

  • Economic Rehabilitation: Effective site

rehabilitation with continued

  • perations/cashflow
  • Tailings/Evap. Dam Area: Rehabilitation

facilitated by tailings reprocessing operations (35-40% of total rehab)

  • Waste Dumps: A$81M provision for finalising

capping of the waste dumps included in cashflow model

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Mining, processing & zinc concentrate production underway

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CENTURY OPERATIONS

Water Winning Pontoon (foreground) and the Hydraulic Mining Operations Centre (background)

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Operations Update:Hydraulic Mining Continues to Ramp Up

Hydro Mining Operations Centre Slurry Winning Pontoon Hydro Mining Operations

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Hydraulic Mining: Mine Plan to 2020

Q4 2018 Current Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019

Main Launder Trench Mining Block

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Operations Update:Processing Plant Load Commissioning Continuing

Ball Mill Operations Concentrate Flotation Concentrate Storage Slurry Pipeline Operations Concentrate Flotation

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Operations Update:Port Facility Stockpiling & Ship Loading Underway

Concentrate Stockpiling Rotary Dryer Operations Filter Press Operations

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Operations Update:Concentrate Exports Underway

Kaumba Port Shiploader in Operation Reclaiming of Stockpiled Concentrate Wunma Concentrate Stockpiled for Transhipping First Concentrate Loading onto Export Vessel

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Flowsheet: Overall Operational Commissioning Making Progress

▪ 55-60% zinc recovery into rougher conc. ▪ ~80% of nameplate circuit performance ▪ Load commissioning process continuing

  • ▪ 90-95% of nameplate performance

▪ Mining ramp up process continuing ▪ Additional cell refurbishment underway ▪ Allows  residence time to  losses of zinc recovered in rougher circuit ▪ Refurbishing launder sprays & ‘froth bashers’ to  froth and  pumping efficiency ▪ Allows  mass pull between stages to  losses of zinc recovered in rougher circuit

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Operations Update: Targeting Ramp-up Phase 1 Mining Rate (8Mtpa) & Nameplate Recoveries by end of Q1 2019 (Q2-Q3 on graphs below)

Hydraulic Mining Ramp-up Processing Plant Ramp-up

Source: Company public data and Credit Suisse estimates

Targeting full capacity ramp up to Phase 2 mining rate (15Mtpa) by end of 2019

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Specification: Strong Demand for Century Concentrate

(All Production to Date Sold)

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Century Steady State Concentrate Century Commissioning Concentrate McArthur River

(Glencore)

Dugald River

(MMG)

Gamsberg

(Vedanta)

Rampura-Agucha

(Hindustan Zinc)

Red Dog

(Teck)

Zn

51 - 54.5 % 46 - 50 % 47% 52% 50% 51.5% 55.6%

Fe

0.8 - 2.0 % 1.5 - 4.5 % 5.9% 11.0% 8.9% 8.8% 5.0%

Mn

<0.15 % <0.15 % <0.01 % 2.0% 2.6% 0.3% <0.01 %

SiO2

5.0 - 7.5 % 3.0 - 7.0 % 4.6% 3.5% 2.0% 3.3% 4.5%

C

3.0 - 5.0 % 3.0 - 5.0 % <0.1% <0.1% 0.2% 0.9% <0.1%

Cd

0.08 - 0.15 % 0.08 - 0.15 % 0.12% <0.1 % <0.1 % 0.18% 0.4%

As

<0.01 % <0.01 % 0.20% 0.02% <0.01 % 0.01% 0.02%

Hg

<50 ppm <50 ppm 40 ppm 15 ppm 22 ppm 43 ppm 80 ppm

Cu

<0.6 % <0.6 % 1.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

Pb

1.2 - 3.0 % 6.0 - 10.0% 4.6% 0.2% 0.1% 1.0% 3.8%

S

27 - 30 % 27 - 30 % 30.0% 31.0% 29.4% 31.0% 31.7%

Ag

50 - 250 ppm 100 - 200 ppm 130 ppm 80 ppm 2 ppm 91 ppm 150 ppm

Source: Wood Mackenzie, August 2018 (peer concentrate specifications are indicative only and may not represent current concentrate qualities)

Century concentrate impurities attract minimal penalties compared to other

  • perations
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Century Operations: Ramping up to be a Top 10 Zinc Producer

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100 200 300 400 500 600 Rampura-Agucha (Hindustan Zinc) Red Dog (Teck) Antamina# Mount Isa Pb/Zn (Glencore) Century (New Century Resources) San Cristobal (Sumitomo) Gamsberg (Vedanta) Penasquito (Goldcorp) McArthur River (Glencore) Dugald River (MMG)

2020 Forecast Zinc Production (ktpa)

Source: Wood Mackenzie, June 2018 (percentages reflect proportion of forecast 2020 global zinc production) # Antamina ownership: BHP Billiton (33.75%), Glencore (33.75%), Teck (22.5%), Mitsubishi (10%)

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Century Operations: A Lowest Cost Quartile Primary Zinc Operation

ASX: NCZ | Page 23 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0

25 50 75 100

Total Cash Costs* (US¢/lb) Production (%) Mine (¢/lb) Mill (¢/lb) TCRC+Shipment (¢/lb) Royalty (¢/lb)

1012

2025 3037 4049

Payable Zinc (000 tonnes)

Century Zinc

(New Century Resources)

Rampura Agucha

(Hindustan Zinc)

Red Dog

(Teck)

McArthur River

(Glencore)

San Cristobal

(Sumitomo Corporation)

George Fischer

(Glencore)

Rosebery

(MMG)

Source: SNL Metals & Mining: 2016 data excluding NCZ * Total Cash Costs represents the total mine site costs, transport & offsite costs, smelting & refining costs, royalties and taxes, net of by-product credits, on a payable metal basis

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MINE LIFE EXPANSION

Historical Big Zinc pit outline and existing Century Processing Plant

In-situ Resources: PFS due end of 2018 Drilling: IP targets identified for 2019 drilling

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In-situ Mineral Resources: 9.3Mt at 10.8% Zn + Pb

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Exploration Targets: Further Resource Potential

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Exploration Focus & Context:

  • Original Big Zinc ore body cut off in the

north face by faulting

  • Opportunity to discover missing

‘displaced’ section of the original ore body 2018 IP Survey:

  • Targeted IP program directly north of the
  • riginal Century open pit has identified

drill ready opportunities

  • Targets located on the mining lease

(opportunity for near term development

  • n discovery)
  • Greenfield IP zones on the broader EPM

to also be further tested in 2019 2019 Drilling Plans:

  • Proposed drilling of identified IP targets

adjacent to the open pit to occur in early 2019

Century Tenements

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NON-CORE ASSET DIVESTMENT

Cattle operations on Lawn Hill station

US coking coal asset & QLD cattle business divestment

  • pportunities over the next 12 months
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Cattle Business: Self Funded Operations, Large Land Package

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Lawn Hill & Riversleigh Pastoral Holding Company:

  • ~35,000 head cattle operation
  • 7,000km2 of land under pastoral lease
  • New Century ownership 49% (51% held by Waanyi SPC Pty Ltd, representative

company for the Wannyi Traditional Owners)

  • New Century in proactive discussions for potential divestment

Cattle operations Lawn Hill Station

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Coking Coal Asset: Resources Defined & Infrastructure in Place

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Kodiak Coking Coal Project:

  • 48.2Mt Reserves within 76.4Mt M&I Resources
  • Premium quality high volatile coking coal
  • Infrastructure: wash plant, rail loadout, mobile equipment, admin, etc
  • New Century ownership 70% (divestment process initiated)

Kodiak Coal 2014 PFS - Key Outputs ROM Production Rate 4Mtpa LOM Yield 48% Saleable Coal 1.8-2.0Mtpa Restart Capital Costs US$52M LOM Operating Costs Mining & Processing Transport Royalties Total All In Costs US$61.2/t US$18.0/t US$11.4/t US$90.6/t Kodiak Coal 2014 PFS - Sensitivity Coal Price NPV8 IRR Payback US$140/t US$238M 48% 2.7 years US$173/t US$493M 100% 1.6 years

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GULF COMMUNITIES AGREEMENT

Reinvigorated economic activities ensures continuation of benefits to Native Title Groups

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GCA: Renewed benefits for Traditional Owners

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Renewed benefits include:

  • ~$1.2M p.a. to Aboriginal Development Benefits Trust
  • ~0.8M p.a. direct payments to local Traditional Owner Groups
  • ~$1.6M p.a. funding for site and community-based training initiatives for Local

Aboriginal People

  • New partnership with the Waanyi People for the potential Mining of South

Block

Signing of Magazine Hil Cultural Heritage Management Plan

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GCA: Renewed benefits for Traditional Owners

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Century Restart: Summary

  • Operations Underway & ramping up to be one of the top 10 zinc producers in the world
  • Design capacity of 264,000tpa of zinc in 507,000tpa of concentrate (52% zinc)
  • Highly attractive economics: A$1.8B in free cash flow at long term zinc price of US$1.25/lb
  • Globally competitive lowest cost quartile primary zinc production (C1: US$0.38/lb, C3: US$0.50/lb)
  • In-situ Mineral Resources of 9.3Mt at 10.8% Zn + Pb under assessment for incorporation into operations
  • Exploration target drilling in 2019
  • Divestment opportunities for non-core assets
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New Century Resources Limited

Level 4, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 +61 (3) 9070 3300 www.newcenturyresources.com

Contact

Shane Goodwin Head of Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibility info@newcenturyresources.com