King River Resources : HPA Project - High Purity Metals

HPA PROJECT

HIGH PURITY METALS

Australian Securities Exchange Announcement24 January 2022

onlyKing River Resources Limited (ASX:KRR) is pleased to provide this update on its wholly owned subsidiary High Purity Metals Limited (HPM) which holds the High Purity Alumina (HPA) Project. The attached document has been developed to provide detailed information on the industry focus of HPM, its corporate strategy along with the products being commercialised, information on the relevant markets, and recent and upcoming milestones.

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Anthony Barton

Chairman

King River Resources Limited

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Statement by Competent Person

The information in this report is based on information compiled by Mr Ken Rogers (BSc Hons) and fairly represents this information. Mr Rogers is the Chief Geologist and an employee of King River Resources Ltd, and a Member of both the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG number 2359) and The Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining (IMMM number 43552), and a Chartered Engineer of the IMMM. Mr Rogers has sufficient experience in the activities undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Rogers consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on information in the form and context in which it appears.

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	Introduction
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01 High Purity Metals is a wholly owned subsidiary under King River Resources, focused on developing the HPA Project.

02 King River Resources is committed to commercialising the 5N Aluminium Precursor and 4N HPA opportunities in a way that maximises the return on investment for our shareholders.

03 Our ARC process is used to create 5N Aluminium Precursors and 4N HPA.

The ARC process is based on utilising an Aluminium chemical feedstock, then Recrystallisation for purification and Finally Calcination.

Market

04 Our range of high purity products are utilised in the Electric Vehicle battery, LED and optics industries.

Economics

05 Initially a 2,000tpa 5N Aluminium Precursor Plant to minimise the CAPEX for entry into the market with a high rate of return.

Opportunity

06 Ongoing testing with different feedstocks to broaden industry relationships and provide Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) benefits to others.

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High Purity Metals plans to produce:

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	high purity aluminium	high purity alu
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	precursor compounds	(HPA)
5N		4N
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using our proprietary ARC HPA process,
manufactured from an industrial aluminium
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useonlyHigh Purity Metal's
Entry to Market
personal		IRR of 50.8%.
	High Purity Metals are committed	In June 2021 a Prefeasibility Study into a 9,000tpa 4N HPA
	to commercialising the 5N	operation produced a CAPEX of A$203m which generated
	annual EBITA of A$193m and project NPV of A$1,043m and
For	Aluminium Precursor and 4N HPA	This progressed in a Detailed Feasibility Study for the 2,000tpa
opportunities in a sustainable
5N Aluminium Precursor plant which is projected to provide a
	way that maximises the return on
	much lower cost of entry into the market and provide for a greater
	investment for our shareholders.	range of potential products to market.
		The smaller footprint also provides more site options to get
		underway, so we have a simpler process, with a lower CAPEX
		and OPEX but similar/higher product price margins.
		Our process, ARC, stands for Aluminium chemical feedstock,
		Recrystallisation for purification, and Calcination - and is used
		to create 5N Aluminium Precursors and 4N HPA. This range
		of high-purity products is integral to the Electric Vehicle (EV)
		battery, LED and optics industries.
		A 5N Aluminium Precursor Plant will initially be built, to minimise
		the Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) for entry into the market and
		with an expected high rate of return.

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