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Quarterly Report
For the quarter ended 31 December 2022
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EVENTS
Leo Lithium advances marketing efforts to raise awareness of the Goulamina Project.
The Company hosted an Investor Webinar on Wednesday,14 December for the Capital
Markets community, an opportunity for Chairman Rick Crabb and Managing Director Simon
Hay to provide an update on the recent activities at the Goulamina Project. The webinar
was extremely well received.
Mr Hay also presented to the investment community at the 121 Mining Investment
conference in Frankfurt in November.
FINANCE
Leo Lithium’s closing cash at 31 December 2022 was A$70.8 million.
The major cash flow items for Leo Lithium during the quarter included:
• Cash Inflows:
– Refund from JV for exploration and development costs of A$2.3 million;
– Refund from JV for pre-IPO costs of A$5.8 million paid to Firefinch, and
– Interest received of A$0.1 million.
• Cash Outflows:
– Goulamina JV exploration and development costs of A$4.5 million, incurred by Leo
Lithium on behalf of the JV that is expected to recovered in the March Quarter; and
– Other corporate costs and working capital movements of A$2.6 million;
JV management fees for the September and December quarters of A$0.3 million was
received in January 2023.
Pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 5.3.4, the following expenditure has occurred since the listing
of Leo Lithium on ASX
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Leo Lithium (ASX: LLL) is developing the world-class Goulamina Lithium Project (Goulamina) in Mali. Goulamina
represents the next lithium project of significant scale to enter production. The hard rock lithium project will be
the first of its kind in West Africa. Construction is underway and first production is targeted for H1 2024.
Globally significant project: Forecast spodumene concentrate production of 506ktpa, increasing up to 831ktpa
under Stage 21
, positions Goulamina amongst the world’s largest spodumene projects.
Development underway and substantially funded: One of a limited number of lithium development projects
globally which are substantially funded. Ganfeng have provided US$130 million in equity funding and a US$40
million debt facility.
Large scale, high grade orebody: World-class, high grade hard rock lithium deposit with a Mineral Resource of
142.3 Mt at 1.38% Li2O and Ore Reserve of 52 Mt at 1.51% Li2O (1.9 Mt LCE). Drilling is underway targeting
increases to the current resources and reserves.
Quality product: High quality spodumene concentrate with test work validating 6% Li2O with low impurities and
having been successfully converted to battery grade lithium hydroxide.
World-class partner: Project being developed in 50/50 partnership with Ganfeng, the world’s largest lithium
chemical producer by production capacity, providing funding, offtake and operational support to de-risk
development.
Decarbonisation thematic: Providing an essential raw material to the lithium-ion battery value chain for a clean
energy future.
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