EPMS Mineral Sands Capability Statement

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Mineral Sands Capability Statement Mineral Sands is a speciality of EPMS. Our leadership team has extensive experience in the heavy mineral sands and industrial minerals fields covering early project development through to engineering design, commissioning and operations. EPMS’ experience includes testwork programs, materials handling, modular concentrator, dredging, mineral separation plant design, slimes management, infrastructure and feed preparation units for commodities including ilmenite, leucoxene, zircon, rutile, synthetic rutile, garnet, chromite sands and iron sands.

Mineral Sands Project ExperienceClient Project

Tronox Cooljarloo South Mine Expansion PFS and DFS (included upgrades to two mining dredges, feed preparation plant and floating concentrator). The recommendations from the study were successfully executed and the target plant throughput was exceeded. Dongara dredge mining proof of concept study and Pre-feasibilty Study (PFS)Dongara dry mining Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS)Cooljarloo West Options Study, Engineering and Design for the floating relocation of dredges, feed preparation plant and concentrator Cooljarloo West PFSDongara Ilmenite Coating Removal Project, DFS level design, engineering, capital and operating cost estimatesAudit of Synthetic Rutile Project capital cost estimateJurien Deposit Scoping StudySouth Mine Concentrator thickener scoping studyPFS and DFS for additional confidential sands processing facilitiesWaste heat recovery order of magnitude studyMoveable concentrator desktop studyOperational project engineering support

World Titanium Resources

Lead Engineering Contractor for Ranobe Project in Madagascar Definitive Engineering Study (400 ktpa ilmenite)Design of the concentrator, mineral separation plant, product handling and storage at port, associated plant and infrastructure Capital Cost EstimateLogistics studyDocumentation for procurement and scopes of work

Rutila Resources Testwork design, management and interpretation of Ilmenite characterisation for Eucla West Mineral Sands Project

AMEX Resources Mba Delta Iron Sands Project, Engineering Assistance

Indo Mines- Jogja Iron Sands Project

Feasibility Study, including Engineering, Design, capital cost estimateOptions Study to compare dry or dredge mining Quarter scale start up studyCapital cost revalidationImplementation assistance

Garnet Australia Balline Garnet Project -Technical Advice and Scheduling Assistance

Confidential Clients Technical review of a greenfields mineral sands project in WA for an equity investorOperational review and recommendations for a small scale Zircon operation in Kalimantan, IndonesiaEngaged as “Technical Experts” to the insurance assessors in relation to a Mineral Sands Concentrator ReconstructionResource estimate, OPEX, CAPEX and technical review of industrial minerals operation for equity investorIron Sands mineral processing flowsheet, operability, process plant and infrastructure due diligence services for major investment bank

Sheffield Resources Dampier Project Scoping Study, infrastructure and compilation of the reportTechnical Assistance

RICO Plant layouts and Capital Cost Estimate for proposed mineral sands project in Ukraine

Gunson Resources Capital Cost Estimate Review

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Mineral Sands Capability Statement (Continued)

Prior to the formation of EPMS our team members worked on the following projectsClient Project

Iluka Engineering and Detailed Design of 350 tph Wet Concentrator Plant, Virginia USAPre-feasibility and Definitive feasibility studies for Gin Gin operations, WA Detailed Design Engineering of Zircon finishing plantFeasibility Study for South Secondary Concentrator, Eneabba, WADesign of “in-pit” feed preparation plant, Florida USA

Ticor/Kumba Resources

Detailed Design of 1000 tph Concentrator

Tiwest JV Detailed Design and Construction of 500 tph Gravity ConcentratorRelocation of North Mine ConcentratorMining Dredge Upgrade ProjectPreliminary Design of Activated Carbon CircuitCooljarloo tails pumping project

GMA Garnet Detailed Design and Construction of 350 tph Garnet Separation Plant

Doral Mineral Sands Engineering and Design Modification, relocation and re-commissioning of Wet ConcentratorEngineering and Design for Spiral Plant UpgradeFeed Preparation Plant Upgrade, Engineering and Design

Douglas Mineral Sands Project

Definitive Feasibility Study for Basin Minerals

Cable Sands Design of Mineral Sands Tailings Co-disposal Unit

Operational ExperienceStaff Experience/Project

Michael Ingram Geologist/Technical Manager/Mine Manager - GMA Garnet

Eleanor Hodgson Metallurgist - RZM Production Metallurgist - Cable Sands/Bemax (now Cristal Mining)

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