Announcement PDF 16 November 2023 INVESTOR PRESENTATION – TZMI CONGRESS 2023 Astute Metals NL (ASX: ASE, “Astute” or “the Company”) is pleased to advise that its General Manager for Exploration, Mr. Matthew Healy, will be presenting today at the TZMI Congress 2023, which is to be held at the ParkRoyal Collection, Singapore. Mr. Healy’s presentation will provide attendees with an overview of the recent strategic developments that have been made in respect to the Company’s mineral sands portfolio. The presentation slides to be delivered by Mr. Healy are a subset of those attached to this announcement. Authorisation This announcement has been authorised for release by Kurt Laney, Joint Company Secretary. More Information Tony Leibowitz Executive Chairman tleibowitz@astutemetals.com +61 (0) 410 687 910 Nicholas Read Media & Investor Relations nicholas@readcorporate.com.au +61 (0) 419 929 046 Suite 6, Level 5, 189 Kent St, Sydney NSW 2000 | GPO Box 2733, Sydney NSW 2001 +61 (0) 2 8046 2799 | admin@astutemetals.com www.astutemetals.com GOVERNOR BROOME Heavy mineral sands project Market Update ASX: ASE November 2023 DISCLAIMER AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT IMPORTANT NOTICE & DISCLAIMER The purpose of this presentation is to provide background information to assist readers in obtaining a general understanding of Astute Metals NL (‘Astute’ or ‘the Company’) and its objectives. Readers should make their own independent assessment of the information and take their own independent professional advice in relation to the information and any proposed action to be taken in on the basis of the information. 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This presentation has been approved for release by Astute’s Board of Directors. 2 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS STRATEGIC LOCAtion • Western Australia - World-class Resources Jurisdiction • 176km2 of tenure in the Southwest WA Mineral Sands district • Trucking proximity to Mineral Sands processing plants • Electrical infrastructure on Project with sealed road access Jorc resources and high-value mineralogy • Recent Resource Upgrade – 93.4Mt Measured and Indicated Resources @ 4.5% HM • HM Concentrate dominated by Ilmenite (up to 75%) and Zircon (up to 10.0%), Secondary Ilmenite (up to 14.1%), Rutile (up to 4.5%), Monazite and Garnet Proven heavy mineral separation performance • Bulk testwork conducted on eastern and western halves of the Project • Slimes and oversize readily removed using conventional tech to produce HM Concentrate • Separation of Heavy Mineral products using conventional Dry plant • Marketable titanium and zircon products meeting standard and premium classifications Value-realisation fast track • Mineral Resource Upgrade Completed • Scoping Study underway – to be completed Q1 2024 3 GOVERNOR BROOME LOCATION Location • World-class resources jurisdiction of Western Australia • 95km from Busselton by road in Southwest Mineral Sands district Established Infrastructure • 105km from Iluka Processing Plant – Capel • 135km from Doral Australia Processing Plant – Picton • 135km from deepwater Bunbury Port • High-voltage 132kV transmission line passes through project • Sealed road access Tenure • Tenure covers 20km of mineralised strand strike • 176km2 Portfolio in 3x Retention and 3x Exploration Licences • Exploration targets on Exploration Licence E70/5872 4 GOVERNOR BROOME GEOLOGY Governor Broome Deposits • The upper Warren Sands unit contains economic HM at its base • The lower Beenup Beds unit contains 1% to 9% VHM in its top few metres, which consists of clayey sands • Mineralisation is continuous between the West and North Deposits, with an average thickness of 4.5m and a waste-to-ore ratio of 1:1 Jack Track Deposits • HM occurs within the surficial Warren Sands unit. • The Jack Track Deposits have average thicknesses ranging 2.2 – 6.6m and waste-to-ore ratios ranging from 1:1 to 2:1 5 GOVERNOR BROOME MINERAL RESOURCES Recent MRE Update – incorporating Q2 infill drilling results 6 HIGH-VALUE MINERALOGY *N/A = Leucoxene and Monazite not determined in mineral assemblage testwork for some Mineral Resource domains 7 PROCESSING Bulk Sample Wet and Dry plant testwork undertaken: • Governor Broome West (2.6 ton, June 2021) • Jack Track (2 ton, August 2023) Heavy Mineral Concentrate successfully produced in a Wet Concentrator from Governor Broome and Jack Track deposits using conventional WCP methods Slimes and oversize easily removed and found to behave similarly to other WA producing HM deposits High recoveries of Heavy Minerals from both Governor Broome (78%) and Jack Track (85.5%) deposits Multiple mineral products separated from HMC including Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile and by-product Monazite 8 PRODUCT QUALITY - ILMENITE Governor Broome Primary Ilmenite • Favorably low U+Th, Cr and V • Acceptable Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio • Other impurities at acceptable levels • TiO2 of 50.8% - suitable for Sulfate classification • Potential synthetic rutile feedstock Governor Broome and Jack Track Sec. Ilmenite • Suitable TiO2 for Chloride pigment classification Jack Track Combined Ilmenite • Lower end TiO2 content for Chloride pigment • Low levels of impurities 9 PRODUCT QUALITY - ZIRCON Governor Broome Zircon • Relatively low U+Th • Moderate Al2O3 • Meets Premium specification for ceramics and foundry application Jack Track Zircon • Zircon <66% • Iron and TiO2 within acceptable thresholds for Standard Grade ceramics and foundry application 10 PRODUCT QUALITY - RUTILE Jack Track Rutile • Low impurities – Ca, Mg, P, S • Meets Premium specification for direct Chloride pigment use • Fine fraction slightly above threshold for welding application, however likely remains suitable at a slight (5%) price discount 11 EXPLORATION POTENTIAL Two key areas of exploration potential • Follow-up of previous air-core drilling conducted in 2012 • Drilling Intersected Heavy Minerals associated with a radiometric anomaly but no samples assayed • Second area along strike from Fouracres Deposit 12 ASTUTE METALS – A COMPARISON Company Sheffield Resources (ASX: SFX) Diatreme Resources (ASX: DRX) Image Resources (ASX: IMA) Status JORC Meas+Ind Value Nov 2023 Resources (Mt) (A$M) Enterprise Value/t HM (A$) Comments HM in Resources reflect 50% 92.5 $ 212.10 $ 2.29 DFS 4.7 $ 86.80 $ 18.47 Cyclone HM Project only Permitting 32.0 $ 25.77 $ 0.81 Recently ceased production 16.3 $ 115.40 $ 7.06 73.8 $ 48.46 $ 0.66 4.2 $ 10.60 $ 2.54 In Production/Adv (ASX: STA) Expl / DFS Base Resources Kwale in production (ASX: BSE) Toliara : DFS (ASX: ASE) Enterprise Production Strandline Resources Astute Metals Contained HM in Scoping Study ownership of Thunderbird HM In Resources reflect 84% ownership of Nyati Mineral Sands Cash from 2023 Annual Report Governor Broome project under development. • Comparison with a selection of Heavy Mineral sands developers and producers by contained HM in Indicated (Ind) and Measured (Meas) JORC Mineral Resources • Astute Metals is a diversified explorer and no value has been assigned to other Astute Metals Projects (e.g. Nevada Lithium, Georgina IOCG) as part of this analysis - assigning value to other Astute Projects would result in lower EV/t HM Cautionary Statement: The companies included in the above table have varying compositions of measured, indicated and inferred resource as well as proven and probable reserves and are at various stages of development. They are not intended to be identical in nature to Astute Metals NL. 13 GOVERNOR BROOME DE-RISKED HIGH-VALUE ASSET Location Mineralogy Performance In the heart of the South West WA Mineral Sands district, within trucking distance to heavy mineral processing plant and Bunbury Port access High-value quality-of-life commodities zircon and titanium minerals ilmenite, leucoxene and rutile, with byproduct monazite and garnet Conventional WCP methods produced heavy mineral concentrates from the project from which marketable products were separated 14 Previous Announcements The information contained within this presentation that relate to exploration results of Astro have been extracted from the following ASX announcements (ASX: ASE) and previously (ASX: ARO): • Substantial Mineral Resource Upgrade – Mineral Sands Project 9th November 2023 • Acquisition of high-grade Heavy Mineral deposit 13th July 2023 • Jack Track Bulk Testwork Produces Marketable HM Products 23rd August 2023 • Completion of Key In-fill Drilling at Governor Broome Sands 4th May 2023 • High Value Mineral Content for Jack Track Deposit 21st November 2022 • Substantial increase in Mineral Resource for Governor Broome 19th September 2022 • TZMI Virtual Congress 2021 Presentation 9th November 2021 • Bulk Testwork Program Delivers Further Positive Results for Governor Broome Heavy Mineral Project 16th June 2021 Competent Person Statement The information in this presentation as it relates to Mineral Resources and Exploration Results for the Governor Broome Project is based on information compiled by John Doepel, Director of Continental Resource Management Pty Ltd (CRM), who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Doepel has sufficient experience in mineral resource estimation, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and is qualified as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the ‘ Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Doepel consents to the inclusion in the report of the information in the form and context in which it appears. 15 Appendix 1 Data Sources The information concerning resource data for other companies contained within the presentation slide titled “Astute Metals – A Comparison” has been sourced from the following announcements: Company ASX Ticker Code Project(s) Region(s) Announcement/ Source Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report (Sept 30), Sheffield Resources SFX Thunderbird Kimberley, WA Diatreme Resources DRX Cyclone Eucla Basin, WA Image Resources IMA Various Dry and North Perth Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report (Sept 30), Dredge Deposits Basin, WA Quarterly Activities Report (Sept 30) Strandline Resources STA Coburn, Fungoni and Gascoyne, WA Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report (Sept 30), Tajiri and Tanzania Diggers and Dealers Presentation Base Resources BSE Kwale and Toliara Kenya and Madagascar Annual Report 2023 Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report (Sept 30), Cyclone DFS Report Annual Report 2023 Date 26 Oct 2023, 27 Sept 2023 30 Oct 2023, 15 Nov 2018 26 Oct 2023 31 Oct 2023, 8 Aug 2023 28 Aug 2023 16 GOVERNOR BROOME Heavy mineral sands project Market Update Contacts Tony Leibowitz Matt Healy Nicholas Read Executive Chairman GM Exploration Media & Investor Relations tleibowitz@astutemetals.com mhealy@astutemetals.com nicholas@readcorporate.com.au +61 (0) 410 687 910 +61 (0) 431 683 952 +61 (0) 419 929 046