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AUSTRALIAN BAUXITE LTD ABX Australian Bauxite Limited ABx L5 52 Phillip Street Sydney 2000 Australia Phone: +61 2 9251 7177 E: [email protected] Ian Levy CEO Mobile: +61 407 189 122 E: [email protected] Rare earth elements discovery Technology Production Shipments Exploration

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Australian Bauxite LimitedABx

L5 52 Phillip Street Sydney 2000 AustraliaPhone: +61 2 9251 7177E: [email protected]

Ian Levy CEOMobile: +61 407 189 122E: [email protected]

Rare earth elements

discovery

Technology

ProductionShipments

Exploration

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Corporate Overview

Major Shareholders Shares %

Justevian Pty Limited 5.9 m 4.1

Yarraandoo Pty Ltd 5.6 m 3.8

WSF Pty Ltd 5.2 m 3.5

Top 20 shareholders 59.5 m 39.8

Remainder 90.8 m 60.2

ASX code ABX

Listed 24 Dec 2009 @ $0.20

Current Issued shares 150 million

Options 0 million

52 week range $0.8-$0.13

Average daily volume 110,000

Market cap (@ $0.115) $17.25 million

Cash @ 31 Mar’19 $0.9 million

Shareholders 1,864

Board of Directors & Management

Paul Lennon 1 Chairman

Ian Levy Managing Director & CEO

Ken Boundy 2 Non-Executive Director

Henry Kinstlinger Company Secretary

Leon Hawker Chief Operating Officer

Paul Glover Logistics & Exploration

Dr Mark Cooksey 3 CEO Alcore Limited1 Ex-Premier of Tasmania 2 Investor in Tasmania tourism industry. Holds senior public positions3 Ex-Rio Tinto Alcan & Ex-CSIRO Minerals

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ASX code ABX

Resources = 137 million tonnes bauxite

Alcore

REE

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Forward Looking Statement

Whilst based on information from sources considered reliable, Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx), its directors, employees andconsultants do not represent, warrant or guarantee, expressly or impliedly, that the information in this document andpresentation is complete or accurate. To the maximum extent permitted by law, ABx disclaims any responsibility to inform anyrecipient of this document and presentation of any matter that subsequently comes to its notice, which may affect any of theinformation contained in this document and presentation.

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Information herein relating to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Exploration Targets is based on information compiledby Ian Levy BSc, MSc, who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the AustralianInstitute of Geoscientists. Mr Levy is employed by ABx as Chief Executive Officer. Mr Levy has more than five years experiencerelevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit being reported and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify asa Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the JORC Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources andOre Reserves. This report is issued with the prior written consent of the Competent Person as to the form and context in which itappears.

The information in this report relating to Mineral Resources was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. It hasnot been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since itwas last reported.

Competent Person Statement

Direct Shipping OreIn this presentation all references to direct shipping ore (DSO) refers to the company’s exploration objective of defining DSOgrade mineralisation. The potential quantity and grade of exploration targets is conceptual in nature, there has been insufficientexploration to define a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a MineralResource.

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Capital Raising• ABx plans to raise $3.25 million

• $3.25 million placement (Two tranches )

• 10c per share with 1:1 Attached options (ex 20c, 2 years) and Broker Options

• Excluded Offer, see term sheet for details

Use of fundsAlcore Limited: Australian technology to make Aluminium Fluoride “AlF3”

• ABx to invest $1.5m in its 87% owned subsidiary Alcore Limited

• Alcore to complete its Pilot Plant, design production plant

• Alcore must match Government assistance dollar-for-dollar in 2021-22

• Alcore will be Australia’s first producer of aluminium fluoride AlF3 which is anessential strategic ingredient in Aluminium Smelting. There are no substitutes.

• Australia is the only significant Aluminium producer without an AlF3 plant

• Chinese sales of AlF3 to Australia have been reduced to zero

ABx Rare Earth Elements Discovery (“REE”)

• $300,000 drilling campaign to confirm ABx’s large REE province, Tasmania

• Super Magnet REEs for electric vehicles, wind turbines, phones & military

• Water soluble REE can be mined cheaply, quickly, if proved to be eco-safe

• ABx’s environmental excellence and R&D will help ABx deliver this REE project

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Commodity Markets Are Favourable for AlF3

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• Alcore production costs A$800 to A$1,100/t AlF3 (US$600 – US$800)

• Long-term average price is ~US$1,200 or A$1,600/t AlF3

• A$500 to A$800/t operating margin. Capex $20 million for initial 10,000 tpa module

• Initial 10,000 tpa plant can achieve EBITDA $5m to $8m

• 60,000 tpa final plant can achieve EBITDA $50m pa

Key market issues

In 2020, Australasian smelters imported 26,352 tonnes AlF3 from China @ US$1,192/t

In 2021, Chinese supply to Australasia has fallen to ZERO

Australasia must become self-sufficient in AlF3 to avoid smelter closures

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Commodity Markets Favourable for ABx’s REE

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Key market issues: Super-magnet elements

Only 4 REE are super-magnet elements, namely Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr), Terbium (Tb) & Dysprosium (Dy) are the “Super-Magnet” REE which are essential for:

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ABx is exploring for the most important REE, Neodymium Nd and ABx has found the source rock that is most enriched in Nd (see left).

China controls the REE markets.

ABx has found water-soluble type of REE that is recoverable by heap leach or by in-situ leaching.

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ABx’s REE targets are in this hardwood plantation and ideal for early development as leach or in-situ leaching. See below.

ABx’s Strategy is:

1. Explore for Neodymium

2. Water-soluble REE deposits for quick development at low capex and opex

3. In areas where leaching project will not interfere with alternative land use

4. Honour ABx’s paramount policy to leave land better & only operate where welcome

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Above: Alcore AlF3 sample produced from a combination of dross and aluminium hydroxide.

Alcore’s technological strategy is to make AlF3 by recycling and refining waste products from aluminium smelters. 100% security of supply for Australasia.

Alcore strategically important. Government support

Left: Alcore’s $2.5 million AlF3 research laboratory in NSW Central Coast industrial park is one of only 12 world-wide and first in southern hemisphere.

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1st Mine Tasmania2nd Mine Tasmania for long-term supply

Bauxite: New ABx mine in Tasmania 2021 Next project QLD

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Total ABx Bauxite Resources 137 million tonnes

PenroseRefractory Grade

3rd Project QLD Binjour BauxiteML ApplicationProduction 2022

NEW: Rare Earth Elements

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Binjour Project, Queensland: Biggest/Best Deposit

37 million tonnes bauxite resource & new discoveries found

Fully financed by marketing partner

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Simple Production

Bald Hill Mine Tasmania

RETURNS TO GRAZING IN 3 YEARS

Bauxite types ready for blending

Stockpile at Bell Bay PortDelivery to Bell Bay Port Stockpile

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Bald Hill Mine Workings

Rehabilitated to high standard

Bald Hill mined out area 2 years later

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PARAMOUNT POLICY: ABx endorses best practices on agricultural land to leave landand environment better than we find it. We only operate where we are welcomed

Good Landholder Relations

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