Developing the World’s Next Major Lithium Project
Corporate Presentation JUNE 2018
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Developing the World’s Next Major Lithium Project
Corporate Presentation JUNE 2018
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Goal to become an international lithium production company with a portfolio of global projects
SONORA LITHIUM PROJECT, MEXICO Construction: 2018 Production: 2020 Market: Asia via Hanwa ZINNWALD LITHIUM PROJECT, GERMANY Feasibility study: 2019 Market: Europe ASIA
Market Ticker Market Cap Share Price
AIM BCN ~£130m
(09.04.18)
92p
M&G Investment Funds – 10.04% Blackrock – 9.80% Hanwa Co., Ltd – 9.20% Orr-Ewing Estate – 8.07% Cadence Minerals – 8.00% The Capital Group – 6.40% Other – 36.7%
Significant Shareholders
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Experienced management
Track record in mine development and production
Large Lithium Deposit
8.8 Mt of LCE resources at Sonora, open pit mining *
Completed Feasibility Study
$1.25B NPV; 26% IRR *
Conventional Sulphate Process
Battery grade (99.5%) lithium carbonate produced from Pilot Plant
Strategic partnership
Offtake agreement and equity partnership with Japanese trading group Hanwa for initial 5 years Stage 1 production*
Commencement of construction
Construction of Stage 1 17,500tpa plant scheduled to commence in H1 2018
Rapidly Growing Market
Strong demand from EV and energy storage industries with market growing >15% annually**
Approvals in Place*
MIA permits received. Land acquisition completed. Water licence permits granted
AIM listed company focused on building a 35,000 tpa lithium carbonate operation at Sonora in Mexico Cost Competitive
$3,910/t operating cost *
* (* FS 43-101, **SignumBox)
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Lithium resource which lends itself to conventional open pit mining with planned low strip ratio
*LCE is the industry standard terminology for, and is equivalent to, Li2CO3. 1 ppm Li metal is equivalent to 5.32 ppm LCE / Li2CO3. Use of LCE is to provide data comparable with industry reports and assumes complete conversion of lithium in clays with no recovery or process losses.
97,389 Ha licence area, located 190km NE of Hermosillo in northern Mexico, consisting of 10 contiguous concessions* Low stripping ratio, open pit mining, no drill and blast* EIA environmental approvals received and acquisition of 100,000 hectares of land over the project* and water licence permits granted Lithium deposit with 8.8Mt LCE resource* 7Km of strike Lithium carbonate off-take in place with Hanwa Infrastructure: labour, water, road, rail, port Conventional sulphate route process*
Source: *Feasibility Study
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OUTCROPPING LITHIUM DEPOSITS COMBINED WIDTH OVER 40 METRES
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CONVENTIONAL SULPHATE PROCESSING ROUTE
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Open pit mining Trommel and screen Sulphate (Na2SO4) roast (900 degrees and 30 mins) to produce Li2SO4 Evaporation and precipitation Soda Ash (Na2CO3 ) addition SX and IX purification Li2CO3 product
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▪ Integrated facility:
▪ Pre-concentration, ▪ roasting ▪ leaching ▪ IX circuits
▪ Ongoing pilot plant operations and training ▪ Quality of the battery grade (>99.5%) lithium carbonate validated by HANWA off-take ▪ Enables development and refinement of flowsheet to optimise product quality ▪ Continuous operation until 2019 to facilitate training prior to production A cost effective way of optimising design, increasing BCN staff’s technical expertise, maintaining Customer relationships
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Pre-tax IRR
Simple Payback Stage 1
(years)
Source: See Full Feasibility Numbers in Appendix
($3,418 net of K₂SO₄ credits)
K₂SO₄ production
Up to 30,000 tpa Post-tax IRR
Pre-tax
NPV8 of $1.25B NPV0 of $3.4B
(based on $11,000/t Li₂CO₃ )
Stage 1 Initial Construction Capital Cost of
Post Tax
NPV8 of $802M NPV0 of $2.37B
(based on $11,000/t Li₂CO₃ )
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Favourable position on cost curve
550,000 Tonnes
Source:(*Canaccord April 2018, BCN 43-101).
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2 0 1 7 a v e ra g e g l o b a l p r i c i n g a r o u n d $ 1 2 , 0 0 0 / t *
(* SignumBOX November 2017) (** Orocobre, SignumBOX, others)
Lithium Supply by Origin 2017* Lithium Demand by Application* Australia 30% Chile 37% Argentina 14% China 14% US… Others 3%
62% 25% 8% 5%
Batteries Ceramics & Glass Metallurgy&Aluminum Others 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 2027 2030
Base Case High Case Supply and Demand to 2020** Lithium Carbonate Historic Price and Forecast (US$/tonne*) CORPORATE PRESENTATION | JUNE 2018
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Hanwa agreement is a long term off-take for 5 years of Stage 1 production at commercial pricing
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2 0 1 8 2 0 2 0
H2 Order long lead items. Civil earthworks construction H1 Mechanical engineering and infrastructure H2 Delivery of Long Lead Items. Structural construction Q1 Electrical and mechanical commissioning H1 Detailed design, project debt and equity financing, site access preparation
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Graham Edwards (11.79%) M&G Investment Funds (10.04%) Blackrock (9.80%) Hanwa Co., LTD (9.20%) Orr-Ewing Estate (8.07%) Cadence Minerals (8.00%) The Capital Group (6.40%) Other (36.70%)
NOMAD Cairn Financial Advisers LLP Broker Canaccord Genuity
Market AIM Ticker: BCN MARKET CAP:
(30.05.18)
Note: Shareholding Percentages are as of 29 May 2018 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
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Mark Hohnen – Executive Chairman
▪ Extensive international business experience in wide range
industries inc. mining and exploration, property, investment, software and agriculture ▪ Founding Chairman of Cape Mentelle and Cloudy Bay wines ▪ Director
Kalahari Minerals and Extract Resources
Jamie Strauss – Lead Independent Director
▪ 30 years’ experience within the stockbroking and mining finance sector ▪ Has raised in excess of $1bn for projects in both energy and mineral world on behalf of leading institutions in UK, Europe, North America and Australia
Junichi Tomono – Non-Executive Director
▪ Representative of Hanwa under the terms of the agreement ▪ Over 22 years’ experience with Hanwa during - worked in the Metals, Chemicals, Alloys, Scrap metals and Mining divisions ▪ Special focus on the battery chemicals sector
Ray Hodgkinson – Non-Executive Director
▪ Retired Professional Engineer in Alberta, Canada ▪ 40 years’ experience working in oilfields and gasfields in Western Canada, northern Russia and Japan ▪ Founding Director of Canadian mining companies Westcore Energy Ltd and Bacanora Lithium plc. and energy company Troy Energy Corp
Dr Andres Antonius – Non-Executive Director
▪ A Mexican national who has held positions in the Government of Mexico as well as in the private sector and academia ▪ Previously Undersecretary for Energy Policy and a staff member at the Agriculture Secretariat ▪ Currently CEO of Plan B, a provider of strategic advice to a range of clients ▪ B.A., Masters and PhD degree in Economics from Harvard University
Eileen Carr – Non-Executive Director
▪ Has been a key member of teams behind the development of a number of successful mining
▪ Holds several executive directorships in the resource sector, including CFO at both AIM traded Monterrico Metals plc and Alexander Mining plc
Derek Batorowski– Non-Executive Director
▪ Over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas & mineral exploration industries ▪ Experienced in accounting, finance, corporate planning, treasury, & taxation with both public and private large and small oil & gas producers and small cap mineral exploration companies
Peter Secker – CEO and Executive Director
▪ Mining engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the resources ▪ Built and operated a number of mines and metallurgical processing facilities in Africa, Australia, China and Canada
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One of the world’s larger lithium resources – high grade and scalable
Category Tonnes Ore (000t) Li (ppm) K (%) LCE (000t) LCE attributable to BCN (000t) Proven 80,146 3,905 1.64 1,666 1,550 Probable 163,662 3,271 1.36 2,849 2,126 Total 243,808 3,480 1.45 4,515 3,676
M e a s u r e d a n d I n d i c a t e d R e s o u r c e s * M i n e r a l R e s e r v e s : ( C u t - o f f g r a d e o f 1 , 5 0 0 p p m L i ) *
Category Cut–off (Li ppm) Tonnes (000t) Li (ppm) K (%) LCE (000t) LCE attributable to BCN (000t) Measured 1,000 103,000 3,480 1.5 1,910 1,776 Indicated 1,000 188,000 3,120 1.3 3,130 2,345 Total 1,000 291,000 3,250 1.4 5,038 4,119
Notes: (i) Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. (ii) Tonnes rounded to the nearest thousand. (iii) The conversion factor from % Li to LCE is 5.323.
Category Cut–off (Li ppm) Tonnes (000t) Li (ppm) K (%) LCE (000t) LCE attributable to BCN (000t) Inferred 1,000 268,000 2,650 1.2 3,779 3,220
I n f e r r e d M i n e r a l R e s o u r c e s *
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E s t i m a te d p a y b a c k
f i v e y e a r s
Discount Rate Base Case Pre Tax NPV (US$ million) Base Case Post Tax NPV (US$ million) 0% 3,425.1 2,371.4 2% 2,644.3 1,808.0 4% 2,054.0 1,381.7 6% 1,602.4 1,055.2 8% 1,253.0 802.5
Sensitivity Analysis
Feasibility Study Key Indicators Value Pre-tax Net Present Value ($ 000) 1,253,027 Pre-tax IRR (%) 26.1% Simple Payback Stage 1 4 Initial Construction Capital Cost Stage 1 ($ 000) 419,616 Construction Capital Cost Stage 2 ($ 000) 380,262
3,910
3,418 Post-tax NPV (at 8% discount) ($ 000) 802,464 Post-tax IRR (%) 21.2%
229,362
17,500 t
35,000 t
30,000 t
Feasibility Study Key Indicators
Construction Capital Costs (rounded to nearest US$’000)
Category FS Estimate Stage 1 (US$000) FS Estimate Stage 2 (US$000) Mining 17,611 17,614 Beneficiation plant 18,483 18,483 Lithium processing plant 158,288 158,285 Plant Services 55,334 55,334 Infrastructure 58,841 23,581 EPCM/Owner cost/Indirect 72,912 72,393 Contingency 38,147 34,569 Total 419,616 380,262 Category Stage 1 (US$/t Li2CO3) Stage 2 (US$/t Li2CO3) Average LOM (US$/t Li2CO3) Mining 295 499 490 Processing 3,093 3,266 3,198 G&A 263 209 222 Total 3,651 3,974 3,910
Project Operating Costs
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Large lithium deposit Company-making asset with US$1.25Bn NPV Conventional sulphate processing route Japanese trading house as strategic partner Fast-Growing End Markets Moving to construction phase in H1 2018 Experienced Management Team
Transitioning from lithium explorer to lithium developer
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Strategic asset located in close proximity to a thriving market for lithium and energy products
▪ 50% interest in and joint operational control of Zinnwald ▪ 35km from Dresden on the Czech Republic border in an historic granite hosted Sn/W/Li belt ▪ Historically mined for tin, tungsten and lithium over the past 300 years ▪ FS underway focused on development of higher-value, downstream lithium products expected to take 18-24 months ▪ Option to acquire outstanding 50% on completion of Feasibility Study ▪ Measured, Indicated and Inferred PERC resource of 36.4Mt at grade of 3,600ppm Li ▪ Additional drilling completed ▪ Testing for Sn and K2SO4 by-products planned
Resource Category Tonnes (000) Li Grade (ppm)
Measured 10,283 3,661 Indicated 16,287 3,594 Inferred 9,867 3,705