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EQ RESOURCES LIMITED
A Globally Significant Critical Mineral Producer
Noosa Mining Conference
18 July 2024
ASX : EQR
Corporate Update
Key Statistics | |||||||||||
Share Price | A$0.048 per share | ||||||||||
Securities on Issue | Shares 2.065B / Options 205m | ||||||||||
Market Capitalisation | A$ 99.1 million | ||||||||||
Top 20 Shareholders | >60% (8% Board/Management) | ||||||||||
Net Debt (March 24) | A$41.1m Spain* - A$10.1m Australia** | ||||||||||
Enterprise Value | A$150.3m | ||||||||||
*Spanish Banks Providing Loans | |||||||||||
**Aust. Debt incl. Cronimet Working Cap Facility $3m & Offtake Facility $5m. | |||||||||||
0.09 | 400 | ||||||||||
0.08 | |||||||||||
350 | |||||||||||
PriceShareAUD | 0.07 | ||||||||||
300 | PriceAPTUSD | ||||||||||
0.06 | |||||||||||
250 | |||||||||||
0.05 | |||||||||||
200 | |||||||||||
0.04 | |||||||||||
150 | |||||||||||
0.03 | |||||||||||
0.02 | 100 | ||||||||||
Jan-21 | Jan-22 | Jan-23 | Jan-24 | ||||||||
Share Price | APT PRICE (USD) | ||||||||||
Source: FastMarkets APT Price Rotterdam (US$/mtu, mtu = 10kg WO3)
2023 - To Date (Share Price Performance & Key Announcements)
2 3
15
4 6 7
- 64% increase of Mt Carbine Indicated Resources (In-Situ) - Announcements 04 April 2023 (link)
- EQR awarded Permit for historic Wolfram Camp Mine - Announcement 27 July 2023 (link)
- Tungsten Output at Mt Carbine Increases 181% Quarter-On-Quarter - Announcement 03 October 2023 (link)
- EQR completes Acquisition of Saloro SLU and $25m Placement with Oaktree - Announcement 18 January 2024 (link)
- Saloro adds 69% of Measured and Indicated Resources to EQR's Inventory - Announcement 01 February 2024 (link)
- Saloro XRT Sorting Performance exceeds Expectations, adding 26% more Material to Gravity Plant - Announcement 15 February 2024 (link)
- QIC Approves A$20M Funding for Mt Carbine Expansion - Announcement 8 May 2024 (link)
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Consistent Board & Leadership Team
Diverse and Experienced Board & Leadership Team
Kevin MacNeill - Chief Executive Officer | Oliver Kleinhempel - Non-executive Chairman |
- Interim CEO & Senior Technical Advisor since May 2019, CEO since January 2020.
- 35+ years in mining project development globally.
- Expertise in mineral processing, specifically tungsten.
- Past President of Etruscan Diamonds, founded Specialized Metallurgical Projects.
Stephen Weir- Non-executive Director
- Appointed in January 2024, representing Oaktree Capital Management.
- Experience in corporate advisory, project finance, construction management.
- Former CEO of Magnetite Mines Ltd, Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, GBA Capital Advisory Board.
Zhui Pei Yeo - Non-executive Director
- Background in executive management, project planning, resource management.
- Works in system integration in telecoms in South- East Asia.
- Executive director at a steel-product manufacturer.
Tony Bainbridge - Chief Geologist
- Focus on Mt Carbine's 'King-Vein' style mineralisation.
- Experience in tungsten projects in South Korea and Africa.
- Director at Asia Interplay Mining Ltd & AMB Exploration Pty Ltd
- Non-executiveDirector since August 2019, Chair since April 2020.
- Experience in project development, finance, commodity trading.
- Previous roles at Outotec, Ferrostaal Group, CRONIMET.
- Executive Director at CRONIMET Group.
Richard Morrow - Non-Executive Director
- Over 30 years as a sharebroker, interested in resources sector.
- Ex Chairman of Melbourne Mining Club.
- Investment roles at Lowell Resources Fund Management; Fellow of AusIMM.
Stephen Layton - Non-executive Director
- 35+ years in equity capital markets in the UK and Australia.
- Experience in ASX listings, corporate advisory.
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Directorships at Mithril Resources Limited
Ian Kirkham - Senior Financial Adviser
- 25 years in the mining oil and gas sector
- Expertise in debt and equity financing, treasury services, corporate secretarial services
- Past CFO of Eastern Star Gas & Warrego Energy Ltd
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APT Price Update
US $ / mtu
APT Price Rotterdam - High (US$/mtu)
365
360
355
350
345
340
335
330
325
320
Jun-23 | Jul-23 | Aug-23Sep-23 | Oct-23 | Nov-23Dec-23 | Jan-24 | Feb-24 | Mar-24 | Apr-24May-24Jun-24 | Jul-24 |
Source: FastMarkets APT Price Rotterdam (US$/mtu, mtu = 10kg WO3) Average Monthly High Price
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Tungsten Uses
Critical Alloy Element, Without Substitute in Most Applications
Aviation | Aerospace Automotive | Heavy | Heavy | Tools & |
Machinery | Industry | Construction |
Medical | Military | EV Battery | Green | Science | Micro |
Development | Energy | & Tech | Electronics |
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Tungsten - A Critical Metal
EQR Is Unhedged, Provides Spot Price Exposure To a Tight Market
One of the Most Important Critical Materials according to European Commission
- Tungsten is declared by the European Commission to be a "critical raw material" as a result of high supply-riskand high economic importance
- On March 7, 2018, U.S. Congress passed the "National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act" (H.R. 520) defining and including tungsten as a "critical mineral"
- Western Governments world-wideare becoming increasingly focused upon the importance of critical raw materials (incl tungsten) supply
- Down-streamTungsten end users are becoming increasingly worried about lack of visibility on future raw material supply
EU: The Most Economically Important Critical Material
Borate | Niobium | Raw Materials | ||
Critical | ||||
Graphite | ||||
Scandium | Non-critical | |||
Indium | PGMs | |||
Beryllium | ||||
Bauxite | Tungsten | |||
Germanium | ||||
RISK | Baryte | Vanadium | Cobalt | |
SUPPLY | Gallium | Hafnium | ||
Tungsten Market dominated by non-OECD members
- China accounts for over 83% of world Tungsten primary (mining) production
- Unique properties make Tungsten an essential industrial metal
- Highest melting point of all metals and highest tensile strength, high density, hardness close to diamond, thermally and chemically stable, excellent conductor, and environmentally benign
- End-marketapplication for light and heavy industrial, energy and military uses include in heavy metal alloys such as high-speed steel, from which cutting and pressing tools are manufactured
- Benchmark pricing continues upward trend considering tungsten's strategic relevance and precarious supply / demand situation
Primary Tungsten Production by Country | Tungsten Reserves by Country | |||||||
1.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | ||||
1.4% | 0.3% | |||||||
1.5% | 0.5% | 2.7% | 0.1% | |||||
1.8% | ||||||||
3.0% | ||||||||
5.7% | 10.8% |
51.4%
32.5%
83.3%
Lithium | Silicon | Phosphate Rock | Manganese | ||
Rhenium | Tantalum | ||||
Coking Coal | Tellurium | Tin | Molydbenum | Chronium | |
Feldspar | Magnesite | Potash | Iron Ore | ||
Gypsum | Kaolin Clay | Silver | Sulphur | ||
Talc | Zinc | Nickel | Aluminium | ||
Gold | Silica Sand | Titanium | Copper | ||
Aggregates | Limestone | ||||
Lead |
Total World -
79kt
China
Portugal
Total World -
3,700 kt
Other Countries | Russia | Vietnam | Bolivia | |||
Korea, North | Spain | Rwanda | Austria | |||
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
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Supply & Market Outlook
EQR Is Unhedged, Provides Spot Price Exposure To a Tight Market
Forecast Scenarios
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
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EQR Consolidated Group
tWO3 Production Projections*
Target 3,000 -
5,000t WO3 p.a.
(up to 50% of Western Mine Supply)
Distribution End-Use (2022)
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FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | |||||
Mt Carbine | Saloro | Asset #3 | Asset #4 | |||||||
*FY 2022, FY 2023, FY 2024 Actuals Onwards Projections. 100% Equivalent WO3, Wet Weight
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*** Fastest growing markets. Source: ITIA 2022 | 8 |
Noosa 2021
Mt Carbine Tungsten Mine and Quarrying Operations, QLD, Australia.
Noosa 2022
Mt Carbine Tungsten Mine and Quarrying Operations, QLD, Australia
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