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Company Presentation
Transformational Technology for Global Industries
November 2020ASX: SPN
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Disclaimer
The material contained in this document is a presentation of general information about the activities of Acacia Coal Limited (to be renamed Sparc Technologies Ltd) and its related bodies corporate (together“SPN” or the “Company”), current as at the date of this presentation. It is provided in summary and does not purport to be complete. You should not rely upon it as advice for investment purposes, as it does nottake into account your investment objectives, financial position or needs. These factors should be considered, with or without professional advice, when deciding if an investment is appropriate. To the extentpermitted by law, no responsibility for any loss arising in any way (including by way of negligence) from anyone acting or refraining from acting as a result of this material is accepted by SPN, including any of itsrelated bodies corporate.
This document may contain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, and business strategy of SPN. These forward-looking statements are based on estimates,projections and assumptions made by SPN about circumstances and events that have not yet taken place. Although SPN believes the forward-looking statements to be reasonable, they are not certain. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are in some cases beyond SPN’s control, and which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differmaterially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements (and from past results). SPN makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any forward-looking statements in thispresentation and undue reliance should not be placed upon such statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “aim”, “anticipate”, “assume”, “continue”, “could”, “estimate”,“expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “predict”, “should”, “will”, or “would” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions that are predictions of or otherwise indicate future events or trends. Theforward-looking statements included in this presentation speak only as of the date of this presentation. SPN does not intend to update the forward-looking statements in this presentation in the future. Certainstatistical and other information included in this presentation is sourced from publicly available third-party sources and has not been independently verified.
This presentation is not a disclosure document for the purposes of Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and does not purport to include the information required of such a disclosure document. It has not been lodged with or approved by any regulatory authority, such as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or the Australian Securities Exchange.
The information in this presentation does not constitute personal investment advice. This presentation is not intended to be comprehensive or provide all information required by investors to make an informed decision on any investment in the Company. Specifically, this presentation does not purport to contain all the information that investors and their professional advisers would reasonably require to make an informed assessment of the Company’s assets and liabilities, financial position and performance, profits, losses and prospects. In preparing this presentation, the Company, did not take into account the investment objectives, financial situation and particular needs of any particular investor.
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Board and Key Management
Highly experienced board and management with commercialisation and Graphene experience
Stephen HuntChairman
Tom SpurlingManaging Director
Daniel EddingtonNon-Exec Director
Andrew SmithTechnical Consultant
Peter WilsonTechnical Consultant
Stephen is currently a Non Executive Director of American Pacific Borates Ltd. (ASX: ABR). Previous Directorships include, Executive Chairman and a Non Executive Director of ASX listed company, Volt Resources Ltd, (ASX: VRC), Non Executive Director Magnis Energy Technologies Ltd. (ASX: MNS), IMX Resources Ltd and Australian Zircon Ltd. Cumulatively, over 20 years as a Director of ASX listed companies. Earlier experience includes various marketing roles including over 15 years with BHP. Stephen is also a Director of the charity, Count Me In.
Tom held the position of CEO of EllexMedical Lasers (ASX:ELX) between 2011 and 2019, which has recently been acquired for c.$100m. Tom has 35 years of experience covering acquisitions, listed company equity capital markets in Australia and the USA, marketing strategy development, development and has specific expertise in the introduction of complex new products in highly regulated markets. In addition, he brings a wealth of sales management, manufacturing, people management, customer relationships management (both private business and Australian, US and other governments), and significant general managerial expertise.
Dan has over 20 years experience in the financial markets with experience across multiple sectors including the resource, energy and industrial sectors. Dan specialises in equity capital markets and has been responsible for IPO’s, placements, reverse takeovers, underwritings, corporate negotiations and corporate advisory for companies predominantly in the resource and technology sectors.
Andrew is a development chemist specialising in Heavy Duty Coatings, specifically, the development and testing of anti-corrosive coatings. Andrew has held senior regional technical management roles for AkzoNobel (world leader in coatings with brands including International, Chartek, Sikkens, Awlgrip, Devoe), in Australia, Asia and the Americas. These roles involved responsibility for product development, testing and integrity, as well as Technical Support functions. Andrew most recently has been involved in implementing major restructuring initiatives for AkzoNobel, including rationalisation of manufacturing capability in the South Asia region. He left the company in September 2018 and is currently acting as a consultant.
Peter is a professional mechanical engineer and manager with over 30 years diverse experience in design, production and business operations in industries ranging from consumer electronics to defence and aerospace. In a range of management roles Peter has also implemented and managed most corporate functions including HR, quality, commercial, engineering and business development. Peter possesses a unique combination of skills and is able to combine them to solve the complex problems associated with rapidly growing companies. Since 2018 Peter has been operating his own engineering & management consultancy
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Sparc Technologies aims to become a globally significant developer of Graphene based products that will disrupt and transform industrial markets
Investment Highlights
Exclusive licences to commercialise Graphene technologies developed by world leading University of Adelaide
Three initial advanced target markets with Coatings, Environmental and Metals Extraction from Tailings
Aiming to enter multi-billion dollar markets* developing products with substantial efficiencies, savings and revolutionary applications
5+ years of R&D conducted by the University of Adelaide and Australian Graphene Hub
Technology under commercial development which is targeted at significant large-scale global industrial customer markets
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* Cautionary Note: Access to markets is subject to the Company being able to successfully develop and commercialise the graphene technologies. Sparc does not have any distribution or offtake agreements in place at this stage.As with any entity seeking to enter into a global marketplace, any product developed by Sparc will have applications that are constrained by market segment, relevant regulations, industrial application and geographical barriers.
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Graphene: A New Generation Supermaterial
Source: Graphene-info.com, Australian Graphene Industry Association
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Collaboration with the University of Adelaide
Sparc TECHNOLOGIES has a strategic relationship and exclusive licensing agreements with key collaborator and partner, the University of Adelaide (UA), which is a world leader in graphene
Licensing Agreement with UA
UA is a cornerstone shareholder of SPNSPN is currently licensing 3 technologies under patent application related to marine and protective coatings, water purification & soil remediation, and sound absorptionPatents have 20-30 year livesExtremely favourable terms - No ongoing licence fees or royalties for SPN
Strategic Partnership with UA
SPN has first right of offer on any future unencumbered
graphene technologies developed by UA
Other projects identified – research and development
underway
Project Agreement with UA
SPN to contribute towards research and development of coatings applications at UASPN already committed $500K within one year for first project development
Project Agreements with the Graphene Hub
SPN contributing towards research and development on three projects in conjunction with the Graphene HubProjects include water purification, metals recovery from tailings and soil remediation
UA ranked as principal member of the Graphene Hub. UA is a world class institution, ranked in the top 1% of Universities globally
The UA team has generated 7 patent applications (4 at PCT stage and 3 IP Disclosures) and developed over 20 graphene based products
SPN to contribute at least $1.5M over three years to UA and Graphene Hub or graphene research and development in order to retain and develop world leading applications
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Initial Target Markets - Industrial
Marine & Protective Coatings
Environmental Remediation
Metals Recovery from Tailings
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Path to Market
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Coating Industries
Sparc TECHNOLOGIES graphene enhanced coatings have the potential to enhance billion dollar markets
Graphene and Coatings 1
Graphene as a performance additive in marine, aerospace and industrial applications of coatings
Graphene’s unique features provide added benefit to coatings;
Unique anti-corrosion qualities
Superior hydrophobic qualities
Chemical repulsion
Improved drag efficiency
Exceptional UV protection
Fire-resistance
Improved electrical and thermal conductivity
Anti-microbial benefits
SPN has patents pending to target and disrupt marine, anti-corrosive and anti-microbial coatings markets globally
1. American Coatings Association 2. Data sourced from APCJ August 2019, www.coatingsgroup.com
3. SPN conservative market estimates
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Test Work Results* – Impact of Graphene Based Coating Additives on Corrosion Resistance
Coating Industries - SPARC Product Performance
* Test work conducted April 2020 – Impact of Graphene Based Coating Additives on Corrosion Resistance in Neutral Salt Spray Testing, based on ISO 12944 (Corrosion protection of steel structures by protective paint systems). Conducted by the University of Adelaide. Investors are cautioned that the testwork has not been independently verified by a third party, published or peer reviewed.
SPARC enhanced coating has demonstrated the potential to improve the performance of a low cost commodity product with the addition of a Graphene based additive.
SPARC Graphene enhanced coating performs up to 46% better* than the current Industry Premium product
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Coating Industries
Sparc TECHNOLOGIES graphene enhanced coatings have the potential to enhance billion dollar markets
Global Industrial Coatings Markets
1. American Coatings Association 2. Data sourced from APCJ August 2019, www.coatingsgroup.com
3. SPN conservative market estimates
Utilised in commercial and recreational boating and marine services
Market size of US$7.35B in 2018
Forecast market size of US$9.34B in 2025
3.5% CAGR
67% is held by top 3 players (50-60 in total)
Concentrated in Asia Pacific region
Anticorrosive Coatings US$3.38 – $4.06B
Anti-foulings US$3.97 – $5.28B
Utilised Oil and Gas, Mining, Power, Infrastructure etc.
Market size of US$16.39B in 2018
Forecast market size of US$34.81B in 2025
Similar global participants to marine coatings
8.7% CAGR
More diverse market geographically
Much more complex, poorly defined and fragmented market, with many local suppliers. Concentrated in Asia Pacific region
Main WW players are similar to Marine, but no more than 8-10% share to any
Marine Coatings 2 Protective Coatings 2
4. Please refer to the cautionary note re market access on slide 4
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Water Purification and Soil Remediation
Global Patent PendingPCT/AU2016/05041– Water Purification and Soil Remediation -water purification, oil removal from water, soil remediation
1. Research Gate, Yang et al.2. Sector Study on Environmental Services: Environmental Damage Remediation Services, Oct 2017
Proven application of water and soil remediation to be utilised at environmentally contaminated sites
SPN has identified how graphene can contribute to PFAS clean up and is undergoing proof of concept test work to prove up the application for:
Containment of PFAS using graphene
Destruction of PFAS using graphene is potentially transformational
Pollution Remediation
The potential applications of graphene in pollution remediation are adsorption, membrane separation, catalysis and environmental analysis
The adsorption efficiency of graphene adsorbents largely depends on its surface area, porous structure, oxygen-containing groups and other functional groups, adsorption conditions, and also the properties of adsorbates1
SPN has identified potential applications of water purification and soil remediation
Australia alone has an estimated 160,000 contaminated sites with as many as 75,000 different contaminants2
Progress
3. Please refer to the cautionary note re market access on slide 4
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Metals in Tailings
Estimated US$1 trillion worth of precious metals sitting in mine tailings1
Estimates that there is approximately US$1T worth of precious metals already extracted from the ground, sitting at old mining sites globally1
Opportunity to work with local mining industry
Initial Focus on Precious and Base Metals
Graphene and Soil Remediation
Graphene can be utilised to separate specific metals from tailings dams and waste ore on mine sites
UA has existing IP on 3D graphene composites that enable SPN to target the removal of precious metals
SPN to work with partners in the mining industry to develop optimum solutions
Added environmental benefits of removal of metals from soils on local waterways
Market Size
1. Mining [DOT] COM, Ana Komnenic2. Please refer to the cautionary note re market access on slide 4
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Roadmap
Note: Timeline is from completion of RTO, is indicative only and subject to change
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sept21
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Acquisition by AJC
Sparc TECHNOLOGIES (ASX:SPN) will list on the ASX by way of a reverse takeover of Acacia Coal Limited (ASX:AJC)
Overview
As part of the re-admission to the ASX the Company issued a prospectus to raise $4MThese fund will complement AJC’s existing cash holdings of $2.1m giving a total $6.1m in cash (as at 30 Oct 2020)The funds raised will be applied to the following purposes:
building a management team for the development and commercialisation of graphene products;develop and test samples of functionalized marine and protective coatings for demonstration to global coating suppliers;build and commission a scalable production plant;ongoing research and development of existing and new graphene solutions; andgeneral working capital purposes.
The agreement is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent.
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RTO Capital Structure
Ownership Breakdown Post-Listing (Undiluted)
Note: The above table and total issued shares after completion of the Transaction is on a post-consolidation basis, is indicative only and are subject to change.1. AJC shareholdings consolidated at an assumed ratio of 1:200; this may change dependent on the AJC share price at the issuance date of the
Notice of Meeting.2. 7,000,000 in five-year SPN performance shares to incoming directors and management set out across one milestone as below:
The Performance Shares will convert into ordinary shares (Shares) in the Company on a one-for-one basis where on satisfaction of the following milestone: (i) SPN generates annual Operating Revenue of at least $3 million from the Graphene Projects or Graphene Technology over an audited financial year; and (ii) the Company achieves a market capitalisation (based on the Company's VWAP) of $50 million or more (Milestone)
3. Post-consolidation unlisted options consist of 212,500 options with an exercise price of $1.20 per share and an expiry date of 5 December 2021; 975,000 options with an exercise price of $0.30 per share and an expiry date of 9 August 2023; and 375,000 options with an exercise price of $0.30 per share and an expiry date of 8 November 2021.
4. Includes 625,000 ordinary shares and 2,159,265 three-year options exercisable at $0.30 per share to be issued as part consideration for Lead Manager and Corporate Advisory services
Shares Performance Shares
Unlisted Options3
Acacia Coal Shareholders1 20,338,258 - 1,562,500
Total Consideration Shares to GTS4 30,125,000 - 2,159,265
Incoming Board & Management - 7,000,0002 -
Capital Raising @ $0.20 / share ($4M max) 20,000,000 - -
Total 70,463,258 7,000,000 3,721,765
29%
37%
5%
28%
Exisiting Acacia Shareholders GTS Shareholders Adelaide University Incoming Shareholders
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Broader Industry Comparisons
$226m
$104m $103m
$58m $57m $52m $47m
$33m
$19m$8m
$m
$40m
$80m
$120m
$160m
$200m
$240m
NanoXplore Versarien PLC Archer Materials Directa Plus PLC Zen GrapheneSolutions
First Graphene Eden Innovations Hazer Group Haydale GrapheneIndustries
Sparc (Pro-Forma)
Ente
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(A$)
AXE: ASX
Graphene-enhanced
Environmentaland Textile Products
Average – A$78m1
ASX ListedOverseas Listed
Printable Graphene
Biosensors & Graphite Mining
Verified US Graphene Producer
Manufacture High-Volume
Graphene Powder
Functionalised Graphene with
Graphene Production
Facility
Hydrogen Production Process & Graphene Research
Graphene Nanotubes for
Cement
Graphene Enhanced
Composites & Graphite Mining
Functionalised Graphene with
Proposed Graphene Production
Facility
Note: All Enterprise Values Sourced from Factset in AUD as at 23 September 20201. Average excludes Sparc
Surface Functionalisation using Graphene
GRA: TSXV VRS: AIM FGR: ASX EDE: ASXDCTA: AIM HZR: ASXZEN: TSXV HAYD: AIM
ARC Graphene Hub Constituent
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Close Comparisons – Functionalised Graphene Developers
$226m
$103m
$58m$52m
$8m
$m
$50m
$100m
$150m
$200m
$250m
NanoXplore Archer Materials Directa Plus PLC First Graphene Sparc (Pro-Forma)
Ente
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(A$)
Average – A$110m1
Company Summary
TSXV: GRAEV: A$226m
• 4,000 tonne/annum Graphene manufacturing facility based in Montreal, currently upgrading to 10,000/tonne/annum
• C$81m in revenues for CY 2019• Key uses:
Graphene Powder, Transport Composites, Plastic Composites and Infrastructure Composites
ASX: AXEEV: A$103m
• Existing ARC Graphene Hub Member• Innovative materials include carbon-based qubits for quantum computing,
graphene enhanced biosensors, graphitic battery anodes• Recent agreement with IBM to create enhanced quantum computing
processors utilising functionalised carbon/graphene technologies
AIM: DCTAEV: A$58m
• €895k revenue for FY 2019• Key approvals include European new substance registration (REACH), Italian
Environmental Ministry and ISO 14001:20015 environmental accreditation • Key uses:
Pollutant absorber, luxury textiles, workwear, military wear, Composites and Elastomers
ASX: FGREV: A$52m
• Existing ARC Graphene Hub Member• 100 tonne/annum Graphene manufacturing facility based out of Perth• Key approvals include European new substance registration (REACH) and
Australian new substance registration (NICNAS)• Key uses:
Elastomers, Fibre Reinforced Composites, Fire Retardant Coatings, Thermally Conductive Coatings and Concrete Composites
ASX ListedOverseas Listed
ARC Graphene Hub Constituent
Note: All Enterprise Values Sourced from Factset in AUD as at 23 September 20201. Average excludes Sparc
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Disrupting global industries with Graphene based transformational technology
Contact
Stephen Hunt
Executive Chairman+61 402 956 205
Tom Spurling
Managing Director+61 417 818 658
Mark Flynn
Investor Relations+61 416 068 733