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Diversified Minerals Explorer
GOLD - COPPER - LITHIUM
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Gold - Copper - Lithium
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Important Notice
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Any material used in this presentation is only an overview and summary of certain data selected by the
management of Lithium Consolidated Limited (“Li3”).
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The presentation does not purport to contain all the information that a prospective investor may require in
evaluating a possible investment in Li3 nor does it contain all the information which would be required in a
disclosure document prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act and should not be
used in isolation as a basis to invest in Li3. Recipients of this presentation must make their own independent
investigations, consideration and evaluation of Li3.
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Li3 recommends that potential investors consult their professional advisor/s as an investment in Li3 is
considered to be speculative in nature.
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Statements in this presentation are made only as of the date of this presentation unless otherwise stated and
the information in this presentation remains subject to change without notice. Reliance should not be placed on
information or opinions contained in this presentation.
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To the maximum extent permitted by law, Li3 disclaims any responsibility to inform any recipient of this
presentation on any matter that subsequently comes to its notice which may affect any of the information
contained in this document and presentation and undertakes no obligation to provide any additional or updated
information whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.
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No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the fairness, accuracy, completeness or
correctness of the information, opinions or conclusions contained in or derived from this presentation or any
omission from this presentation or of any other written or oral information or opinions provided now or in the
The scientific and technical information contained within this Presentation is based on, and fairly represents
information prepared by Mr. Don Smith, a Competent Person who is a Member of the Australian Minerals
future to any person.
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To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither Li3 nor, any affiliates, related bodies corporate and their
Institute(Ausimm) and Australian Institute of Geoscience (AIG). Mr. Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of Lithium
respective officers, directors, employees, advisors and agents, nor any other person, accepts any liability as to
Consolidated Limited and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit
or in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements, opinions or matters (express or
under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012
implied) arising out of, contained in or derived from this presentation or any omission from this presentation or
Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves”. Mr
of any other written or oral information or opinions provided now or in the future to any person.
Smith consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on his information in the form and context
in which it appears.
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Li3 | Snapshot
Projects
Investment Case
Structure
Australia
ASX : LI3
Gold
Copper
Lithium
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Diversified explorer: Gold | Copper | Lithium
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Australian and *African Projects
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Tight capital structure
Date
31/05/2020
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Energetic team
Share Price
A$ 0.021
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Data and success driven culture
Shares On Issue
147.27m
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Exciting targets
Unlisted Options
41.4m
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Exploration ongoing with newsflow pipeline
Market Capitalisation
3.2m
Cash @ March 31
2020
$465,000
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Unique opportunity to join emerging story
Zimbabwe
Lithium
Mozambique
Lithium
Gold
Debt
0
* Refer ASX release dated 11 June 2020 - Li3 enters Sale Agreement
with Premier African Minerals for African Projects
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Li3 | New Diversified Strategy
Li3 Approach
▪ Speed
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Big Data and technology assisted workflows
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Rapid evaluation
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Drill rigs ready to drill targets
▪ Focus
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Diversified exploration: Gold | Base Metals | Lithium
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Field work ongoing
▪ Commercial
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Commercial principles applied to all work
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Business can rapidly scale to development of discoveries
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Li3 | WA Gold & Base Metal Projects
Li3 Diversified Exploration Projects
▪ Western Australia Gold & Base Metals
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623km2 of gold and base metal prospects acquired (1)
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Located in the Yalgoo / Mount Magnet districts of Western Australia
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Accessible low-cost assets with near surface potential
▪ Priority Gold targets include:
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High grade rock chips yet to be tested at depth:
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8gpt quartz vein reported at Warriedar (2)
Historic drilling never followed up:
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15m @ 2.33 gpt (including 7m @ 3.4gpt) at Euro (3)
(1) : Li3 ASX Release dated 21 November 2019 - Lithium Consolidated to Acquire Warrigal Mining
(2) : DMIRS WAMEX report A120485
(3) : DMIRS WAMEX report A48951
Outcropping Quartz lode with 8gpt samples at surface
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Li3 | WA Gold & Base Metal Projects
▪ Area has a History
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Substantial historic and contemporary
mining and exploration
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Yalgoo and Mount Magnet mining
districts have proven endowments
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Substantial potential remains
▪ Location
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Proximal to Perth
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Services and infrastructure
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Lower cost exploration
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Li3 | WA Gold & Base Metal Projects
333km2
93km2
granted tenure
granted tenure
Warriedar Project
Messenger Project
177km2
20km2
pending tenure
granted tenure
Euro Project
Range Project
Li3 Yalgoo and Mt Magnet Projects
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Li3 | WA Projects - Yalgoo
The Forgotten Goldfield
▪ Yalgoo Mineral Field
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Rich historic and modern mining history: high grade producer
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100km long belt with notable mineral occurrences every 1km
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World class deposits every 10-20km ( gold, copper, zinc, tungsten and iron ore )
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Major infrastructure already in place ( rail, roads, power, communications, water )
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400km from Perth ( low cost, high impact exploration )
▪ Li3 Projects
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>600km2 of highly prospective ground
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20-30km continuation of stratigraphy that host world class Golden Grove
(Zinc/Copper/Silver/Gold) and Minjar (1MOz Au) mines
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Large structures suitable for formation of major deposits
Yalgoo mineral field simplified geology and large scale mines
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Li3 | Warriedar Project - Overview
Huge potential
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333km2 of granted tenure
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Optionality of commodities and mineralization types
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Located within 20km of the Minjar and Golden Grove mines
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>25km of previously unrecognized greenstone and
felsic volcanics highly prospective for gold and base metals
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2x5km intrusive gold target zone
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Recently completed phase 1 exploration
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Further sampling and drilling planned for 2020
Warriedar project schematic geology. Li3 tenements in blue (white areas excluded)
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Li3 | Warriedar Project - Meleya Zone
A new history - a new discovery?
▪ Past
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Historical maps and interpretations show the Warriedar area to be barren granites
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Area remained unexplored
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Li3Company modelling (2019) showed the possibility of greenstones and volcanic
sequences
▪ Present
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Fieldwork in 2020 showed
− Outcropping 20-30km previously unrecognized stratigraphy capable of
hosting world class mines
− Geochemical anomalies proving rocks are metal bearing (1)
▪ Future
Outcropping Polelle units and Golden Grove volcanics
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Further fieldwork to rationalize geological detail
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Drilling priority targets
(1): Li3 ASX Release dated 24 March 2020 - Exploration update Warriedar Project Murchison Province
WA
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Li3 | Warriedar Project - Meleya Zone
The next Golden Grove?
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2020 exploration programs targeting Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS)
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Large scale 500m x 5000m spaced geochemical program
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Exciting Gold and Base Metal anomalies detected (1)
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Planned works for 2020/21 include:
Copper
~ x 3.5km2
Cu Anomalous
Area
Gold
− Geophysical data reprocessing
− Infill geochemical sampling
− Rab drilling
− Targeted drilling
~ x 5.5km2
Au Anomalous
Area
(1): Li3 ASX Release dated 24 March 2020 - Exploration update Warriedar Project Murchison Province WA
Meleya Zone Gold and Copper anomalies
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Li3 | Warriedar Project - War West Zone
Intrusive Gold
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High grade vein gold (8gpt) and surface gold
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2020 exploration programs targeting Intrusive Relation Gold
Systems (IRGS)
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Wide spaced 500m x 500m reconnaissance geochemical
program conducted
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Large zone of highly anomalous indicator elements
indicative of of IRG System were detected (1)
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Planned works for 2020 include:
− Follow up on anomalous zones
− Infill geochemical sampling
− Drill target finalisation
− Drilling
(1): Li3 ASX Release dated 22 April 2020 Warriedar Exploration Update Large gold anomaly identified
Warriedar schematic geology and IRGS indicator geochemistry (As Bi Mo Sb Te W) Li3 tenements in blue (white areas excluded)
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Li3 | Messenger Project
Further Golden Grove Potential
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93km2 granted tenure
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Gold discovered in 1907 - Extensive artisanal gold production
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Minimal modern exploration
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Located near the EMR Golden Grove base and precious metal mine
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Golden Grove Unit outcrops (VMS potential)
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Outcropping ultramafic hosted quartz lodes (gold potential)
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Reconnaissance mapping conducted May 2020 - awaiting rock chip
assays
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Planned works for 2020/21 include:
− Geochemical survey
− Geological modelling
Messenger Project with magnetics, nearby deposits and location of May 2020 fieldwork
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Li3 | Euro Project
Near Surface Gold
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63km2 on the south Yalgoo Greenstone belt
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Cross-cutting shear zones host significant mineralization
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Historical drill intercepts
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Recent discovery of ultramafic units with spinifex textures
(indicative of nickel).
HOLE ID
DEPTH
INTERVAL
NR017
20m
15m @ 1.15g/t
NR020
20m
8m @ 0.87g/t (including 5m @ 1.3g/t)
NR018
15m
15m @ 2.33 g/t (including 7m @ 3.4g/t)
(1) : DMIRS WAMEX report A48951
Euro Project with interpreted geology and nearby operations
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Li3 | Range Project
Prolific Gold Region
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20km2 of granted tenure
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Located 5km from Mt Magnet
(>6Moz historical production)
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Adjacent recent success stories
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7km strike length of prime geology
− Wide spread shear hosted quartz, intrusives
and porphyry-style alteration
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Presence of historic workings confirm likely
mineralised zones
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Planned works for 2020/21 include:
− Infill geochemical sampling
− Drill target finalisation
− Shallow drilling
Range Project with neighbouring exploration success
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Li3 | Other Western Australian Projects
Windarling
Rocky Hill
29 km2
41 km2
granted tenure
pending tenure
Rocky Hill Project
Windarling Project
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100km from Perth
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South West Terrane greenstones and
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metamorphics
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Caranning
35 km2
Highly prospective for lithium and industrial
pending tenure
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Ramelius ASX:RMS Marda/Python (gold)
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Mineral Resources ASX:MRD Windarling (iron)
Part of the sought after Youanmi Terrane BIF
and greenstone belt
minerals
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Within 25km of major operations
Caranning Project
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40km from Norseman
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Northern Foreland intrusions
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Along strike from known gold occurrences
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Prospective for lithium and gold
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Pegmatite swarms prospective for lithium
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Li3 | People & Culture - Board
BRIAN
MOLLER
VINCENT
MASCOLO
ANDREW
HAYTHORPE
OWEN
BURCHELL
DON
SMITH
Non-executive Chairman
Non-executive Director
Non-executive Director
Non-executive Director
Managing Director
Brian Moller specializes in capital
markets, mergers and acquisitions.
Vincent Mascolo is a qualified Mining
Engineer with extensive experience
in a variety of fields including, gold
and coal mining, quarrying and civilworks.
Andrew Haythorpe has 30 years
experience
in
geology,
funds
management and has been a
Director and Chairman of a number
of TSX and ASX listed companies.
Vincent has completed large scale
infrastructure projects in the civil and
construction
industry,
including
construction
and
project
management, engineering, quality
control and environment and safety
management.
Andrew has been involved in over
A$300
million
of
mergers,
acquisitions and capital raisings.
Owen Burchell is a Mining Engineer
with 20 years of technical, operational
and corporate experience including
management positions at Rio Tinto,
BHP and Barrick Gold through to
numerous mining start-ups, closures
and operational turnaround projects.
Don Smith is a Geologist and
entrepreneur with over 20 years in
the mining industry. He has worked
roles
for
junior
through
to
multinational firms spanning over 10
countries
and
numerous
commodities.
Owen is currently a director of
several private resource companies
and draws on his extensive industry
knowledge consulting in this sector.
Don was a founding director of
Platypus Resources and BK Gold
Mines. More recently, as a director of
Alderan Resources, he was involved
in the development of the company’s
assets and successful IPO.
Brian has been a partner at the legal
firm HopgoodGanim for 30 years and
leads the Corporate Advisory and
Governance practice. Brian acts for
many publicly listed companies in
Australia and regularly advises
boards of directors on corporate
governance and related issues.
Brian is a Non-executive director of
ASX listed DGR Global Ltd and Dark
Horse Resources Ltd and Chairman
of ASX listed Aus Tin Mining Ltd ,
Platina Resources Ltd , Lithium
Consolidated Ltd and LSE and and
TSX listed SolGold PLC.
Vincent is a member of both the
Australian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy and the Institute of
Engineers of Australia.
Vincent is the CEO of AIM listed
IronRidge Resources Ltd and a Nonexecutive Director of ASX listed DGR
Global Ltd.
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More recently Andrew was the
Managing Director of Crescent Gold,
and Managing Director of Michelago
Resources.
Andrew has a Bachelor of Science
(Hons) from the James Cook
University, is a Member of the
Australian Institute of Company
Directors (MAICD) and a Fellow of
the Australian Minerals Institute
(FAusIMM).
Owen holds several post graduate
qualifications
from
the
West
Australian School of Mines and is the
holder of a First Class Mine
Managers Certificate.
He is a
Member of the Australasian Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy and a
Member of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors.
Don has a Bachelor of Science from
Newcastle University and a MBA
from the Australian Institute of
Business. He is a Member of the
Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy and a member of the
Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
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Li3 | People & Culture - Invested Team
▪ Team are shareholders
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Directors among the top shareholders
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Employees and consultants are shareholders
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Team are incentivised to succeed
▪ The Right Team
− The Directors have real experience, direct
DIRECTORS INTERESTS (19 June 2020)
industry expertise and strong corporate ties
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The right mix of skills and capability to generate
DIRECTOR
TOTAL SHARES
PERCENTAGE
shareholder value
Mr B Moller
2,162,500
1.47
Team not afraid to get hands dirty, this is not a
Mr A Haythorpe
342,000
0.23
lifestyle company
Mr V Mascolo
1,050,000
0.71
Mr O Burchell
6,601,718
4.48
Mr D Smith
6,601,718
4.48
TOTAL
16,757,936
11.37
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Li3 | Commercial - Overview
Date
19/06/2020
Share Price
A$ 0.02
Shares On Issue
147.27m
Unlisted Options
41.4m
Market Capitalisation
3.2m
Cash @ March 31 2020
$465,000
Debt
0
ASX:Li3
Jan
May
Feb
June
Mar
Apr
TOP 5 SHAREHOLDERS (19 June 2020)
POSITION
TOTAL SHARES
PERCENTAGE
1
AUSTRALIAN CONSOLIDATED VENTURE CAPITAL PTY LTD
13.58
2
V-DOOR PTY LTD (Mr D Smith)
4.48
3
GALT INDUSTRIES PTY LTD (Mr O Burchell)
4.48
4
HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED
2.93
5
BIG SMOKEY EXPLORATION LLC
2.29
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Li3 | Future Developments
Upcoming Newsflow
▪ Yalgoo
✓ Warriedar geochemistry program continued
✓ Targeted drilling
▪ Mount Magnet
✓ Geology and geochemistry program
✓ Shallow drilling
▪ Corporate
✓ Frequent interviews and presentations
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Li3 | Appendix - Action onsite
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Li3 | Appendix - Action during travel restrictions
pXRF geochemistry was collected on all current and previous sampling and is
being used in conjunction with existing data to further understand the geology
and maximize targeting accuracy
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