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Tharisa — FY2023 Earnings Presentation

36 slides from Tharisa's earnings presentation, Dec 14, 2023

  1. Slide 1: FY2023 results presentation

    FY2023 results presentation 14 DECEMBER 2023

  2. Slide 2: Why Mining, Why Now, Why Tharisa

    WHY MINING • WHY NOW • WHY THARISA MINING NOW THARISA PRODUCTS  Co-product commodities  “If it is not grown it is  OECD forecasts that global  Mine builders and mined” materials demand will operators delivering into physical  Critical to supply into the more than double in 2060  Multi-generati

  3. Slide 3: Mining is not an option but the way we do it is

    MINING IS NOT AN OPTION BUT THE WAY WE DO IT IS LOUCAS POUROULIS 3 enriching lives through innovating the resources company of the future ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪

  4. Slide 4: Resilient business model: continue to navigate uncertainty

    CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE UNCERTAINTY HEADWINDS TAILWINDS ELECTRICITY COMMODITIES  Maximum requirement of 27 MW of electricity at Tharisa Mine  Co-product business model  Stand by diesel generators capacity to withstand load curtailment  Buoyant chrome commodity market  Plant configuration allows fl

  5. Slide 5: FY2023 Highlights: Safety is a core value

    FY2023 HIGHLIGHTS SAFETY IS A CORE VALUE  Tharisa Minerals – LTIFR of 0.13 per 200 000 man hours worked  Karo Platinum – LTIFR of 0.26 per 200 000 man hours worked  Overall improved safety performance, committed to zero harm 5 enriching lives through innovating the resources company of the future

  6. Slide 6: FY2023 Highlights: Sustainable extraction - long life assets

    FY2023 HIGHLIGHTS SUSTAINABLE EXTRACTION - LONG LIFE ASSETS Tharisa Minerals  Reef tonnes mined of 4.2 Mt, down 24.1%  Reef milled of 5.4 Mt, down 3.5%  PGM production of 144.7 koz, down 19.3%  Chrome production of 1 580.1 kt, down 0.2% Karo Platinum  Pilot mining commenced in June 2023, which

  7. Slide 7: Value Sharing

    VALUE SHARING JOB CREATION TWO GENERATIONS AT THARISA  5 263 Group employees and contractors at end September 2023 − Tharisa Minerals: 1 927 Liana Omphile Masilo is a 23 − Karo Project: 135 year old Electrical Engineer − Contractors: 2 886 from the Mmadithlokwa community in Marikana. Her  ~26% fem

  8. Slide 8: Value sharing this year

    VALUE SHARING THIS YEAR GROUP EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS FEMALE EMPLOYEES MULTIPLIER EFFECT 5 236 ~26% >50 000 CURRENCY INFLOWS INTO SOUTH AFRICA GLOBAL DIRECT TAXES AND ROYALTIES GLOBAL INDIRECT TAXES (DIRECT + INDIRECT) US$451.6 m US$58.6 m US$5.6 m 8 enriching lives through innovating the resource

  9. Slide 9: The Vital Numbers

    US$1 893/oz US$263/t THE VITAL NUMBERS down 26.2% PGM BASKET PRICE up 25.8% MET GRADE PRICE REVENUE OPERATING PROFIT EBITDA US$649.9 m US$94.7 m US$136.8 m down 5.3% down 48.7% down 42.4% (FY2022: US$686.0 m) (FY2022: US$184.5 m) (FY2022: US$237.3 m) PROFIT BEFORE TAX NET CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVIT

  10. Slide 10: Strategy

    STRATEGY x on, 3 - See e ete

  11. Slide 11: Vision 2025

    VISION 2025 EXPANSION expand and roll out the business sustainably OPTIMISATION optimise existing operations INNOVATION continue to invest in innovative thinking DIVERSIFICATION become a globally diversified business INVESTMENT be the investment of choice in our chosen sector ENRICHMENT responsibly

  12. Slide 12: Long Life Portfolio

    39.4 Moz & 11.3 Moz 166.2 Mt LONG LIFE PORTFOLIO IN CONTAINED PGMS (6E) IN CONTAINED CHROME Karo Platinum SIGNIFICANT SHALLOW RESOURCES Redox One Tharisa Mine Arxo Metals Renewable Energy Centre  844.8 Mt at Tharisa Mine − 13 year open pit life at Tharisa Minerals, reduced by 4 years − >60 years un

  13. Slide 13: Unlocking Strategic Flexibility and Value

    UNLOCKING STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY AND VALUE THARISA MINERALS  Open pit life reduced due to constraints – increased costs, proximity of community and waste rock dump limitations  Constraints derisked and operational flexibility with successful third party ROM sourcing  Strategically adapting to envi

  14. Slide 14: Karo Project

    KARO PROJECT CYPRUS PROJECT METRICS Tharisa  Tier one asset, first phase under construction 75%  First phase are open pits, producing ~200 kozpa with significant base metal credits  Earthworks complete, pilot open pit mining and first concrete June 2023 IMPACT 25% Medway Developments  One LTI to

  15. Slide 15: Karo Project Update

    KARO PROJECT UPDATE  Macro and PGM price environment necessitated a review of project timeline with first ore in mill planned for June 2025  Extended programme has allowed for technical enhancements, plant optimisation and value engineering  Increased throughput of plant by ~10%  Additional base

  16. Slide 16: An Ethos of Innovation

    US$12.8 m AN ETHOS OF INNOVATION PPE INVESTED TO DATE ARXO METALS BENEFICIATION SITE  Commercial operations for PGM smelting  Feasibility of full scale operations  Demonstration scale testing of other initiatives ARXO METALS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE  Facility to run laboratory and pilot sca

  17. Slide 17: Decarbonisation

    DECARBONISATION COMMITMENT  Reduction of 30% in carbon footprint by 2030  Carbon net neutral by 2050 BUFFELSPOORT SOLAR PROJECT  40 MW of solar energy for Tharisa Minerals operations  Reducing Scope 2 emissions by +30% (+80 000 tCO2e per year)  Developing with partners TotalEnergies, Chariot Tr

  18. Slide 18: Mine to Megawatt

    MINE TO MEGAWATT DECARBONISATION CIRCULAR ECONOMY PGMS CHROME PATHWAYS  Producing lower carbon  Catalytic properties  Stainless steel requirement in  Electrification (solar renewable energy generation minerals  Slower BEV uptake, hybrid project)  All metals will be in demand solutions increase

  19. Slide 19: Redox One

    REDOX ONE PIONEERING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS  Safe, innovative, cost-effective power storage solutions  Iron chromium redox flow battery technology  Mine to megawatt strategy PROVEN TRACK RECORD  Refined and proven over time, pioneered by NASA in 1970s  Technology is proven and demonstrate

  20. Slide 20: Commodities: PGMs

    US$1 404/oz COMMODITIES SPOT PGM BASKET PRICE Ru Ir Ru 14,4% Ir 1,9% 4,2% Au 4,4% 8,0% Au Rh 0,2% 4,3% THARISA PGMS KARO Pt MINERALS Rh PLATINUM 42,0%  Primary supply reduction should be main catalyst for PGM price increases 9,9% PRILL SPLIT Pt PRILL SPLIT 54,4%  Recycling less of a supply contrib

  21. Slide 21: Commodities: Chrome

    US$285/t COMMODITIES SPOT MET GRADE PRICE METALLURGICAL GRADE PRICE AND PORT STOCKS (US$/t) and (Mt) 350 3,0 300 2,5 250 2,0 200 1,5 150 1,0 CHROME 100  No substitution for chrome in stainless steel production 50 0,5  Stainless steel demand growth for 2023 of 5% to 8% 0 0,0  Chrome prices rallyin

  22. Slide 22: Financial Highlights

    FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

  23. Slide 23: Strength of our Co-product Strategy

    STRENGTH OF OUR CO-PRODUCT STRATEGY MULTI COMMODITIES CASH FLOW GENERATIVE NEW DEBT FACILITIES CONTINUED INVESTMENT  Investment for the future –  Co-production model  Net cash flows from  Successfully concluded US$130 m debt facility capital spent US$97.1 m  Polymetallic basket of operations of

  24. Slide 24: Multi Commodity Revenue Stream

    MULTI COMMODITY REVENUE STREAM Agency and Manufacturing and trading consulting… 8,1% FCA REVENUE Chrome PGM 53,1% US$649.9 m 37,7% Revenue decrease of 5.3% Benefits of co-production model PGM sales of 144.0 koz Ir Au Ni Cu Specialty Average PGM basket price of US$1 893/oz grade 8,4% 1,5% 14,1% Metal

  25. Slide 25: Unit Costs

    UNIT COSTS % Units FY2023 FY2022 change Overheads 12,6% Cubes mined Mm3 15.6 20.9 (25.2) Labour Cost per cube mined* US$/m3 10.4 8.5 22.1 16,5% Reef tonnes mined Mt 4.2 5.5 (24.1) Mining Cost per reef tonne mined* US$/t 38.8 32.4 19.9 ON MINE CASH 24,6% Consumables COSTS Tonnes milled Mt 5.4 5.6 (3.

  26. Slide 26: Robust Gross Profit

    ROBUST GROSS PROFIT GROSS PROFIT AND MARGIN (US$ m) 34,8% 35,8% 35,0% 250 ,0 32,1% US$153.3 m 245,7 23,6% 25,0% 200 ,0 Gross profit decrease of 37.6% 207,4 17,7% 15,0% 150 ,0 153,3 Weakening ZAR to US$ exchange rate of 15.2% partially offset 130,4 5,0% 100 ,0 inflation Robust gross profit margins de

  27. Slide 27: Earnings Stack Up

    EARNINGS STACK UP 27 enriching lives through innovating the resources company of the future ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪

  28. Slide 28: Investing in the Future

    INVESTING IN THE FUTURE Other Land and buildings US$2,2 m US$1,6 m R+D and innovation US$3,5 m US$97.1 m Total capital spent Deferred stripping US$4,4 m Sustainable operations enabled by continued investment in asset base FY2023 CAPITAL Includes US$46.3 m capital spent on Karo Platinum for FY2023 SP

  29. Slide 29: Balance Sheet

    14.1% BALANCE SHEET NAV GROWTH US$269.0 m Leases Cash and cash equivalents* 1,9% Cash generative despite inflationary pressures Bond 19,5% Net cash flow from operations of US$148.3 m Net cash of US$129.4 m* DEBT US$139.7 m Asset backed Total debt facilities 23,0% Short term US$63.3 m Term loan 55,6%

  30. Slide 30: Returns to Shareholders

    6.5% RETURNS TO SHAREHOLDERS DIVIDEND YIELD 20,5% 15, 0 US 5 cents 20,0% 19,2% 18,5% 13, 0 Proposed total annual dividend 17,8% 17,7% 17,3% 18,0% 17,1% 16,3% 11, 0 16,0% 9,0 17.3% of NPAT 14,0% 9,0 Policy minimum of 15% of NPAT 7,0 12,0% 7,0 5,0 10,0% 5,0 5,0 4,0 3,0 US$97.6 m 8,0% 1,0 3,5 0,8 1,0 6

  31. Slide 31: Guidance & Value Proposition

    GUIDANCE & VALUE PROPOSITION

  32. Slide 32: Guidance

    GUIDANCE FY2024 GUIDANCE  PGMs (6E basis) of 145 koz to 155 koz  Chrome concentrates of 1.7 Mt to 1.8 Mt  Karo Platinum − Project extended by 12 months FOIM June 2025* − ECIC supported funding in process *subject to funding and market conditions 32 enriching lives through innovating the resources

  33. Slide 33: Comparable

    COMPARABLE P/E EV/EBITDA 18,0 8,2 13,9 12,2 4,1 6,8 3,3 5,6 4,6 2,1 2,9 2,0 0,9 1,5 Tharisa SSW SPL APL IMP JLP NTH Tharisa IMP SLP SSW NTH APL JPL P/Book value 2,1 1,4 1,1 0,9 0,7 0,4 0,5 Tharisa IMP SSW JPL SLP NTH APL Source: CapIQ 33 enriching lives through innovating the resources company of th

  34. Slide 34: Value Proposition

    0.3 x 2.9 x VALUE PROPOSITION P/NAV P/E Strategic commodities Diversification, beneficiation and energy transition Co-producer of PGMs and chrome concentrates, With the construction of our newest PGM asset at Karo mine two strategic commodities with diversified Platinum, diversifying the Company’s p

  35. Slide 35: Questions

    QUESTIONS Kgopotso Mashiane Junior Operations Metallurgist

  36. Slide 36: Disclaimer

    DISCLAIMER These Presentation Materials are for information purposes only and must not be used or relied upon for the purpose of making any investment decision or engaging in any investment activity. Whilst the information contained herein has been prepared in good faith, neither Tharisa plc (the ‘C

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