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Activities Report for the Quarter ended 30 June 2023 for MC Mining Limited and its Subsidiary Companies

Published: 2023-07-31 11:30:28 ET
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      MC Mining Limited
      Previously Coal of Africa Limited
      (Incorporated and registered in Australia)
      Registration number ABN 008 905 388
      ISIN AU000000MCM9
      JSE share code: MCZ
      ASX/AIM code: MCM



      ANNOUNCEMENT                                                              31 July 2023

      ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 FOR MC MINING LIMITED (“MC
      MINING” OR “THE COMPANY”) AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

HIGHLIGHTS
Operations
•   Health and safety remains a priority and we continue to make progress despite two lost-time
    injuries (LTIs) recorded during the quarter (FY2023 Q3: one LTI);

•   Run-of-mine (ROM) coal production at the Uitkomst metallurgical and thermal coal mine
    (Uitkomst Colliery or Uitkomst) was 1% lower than the June 2022 quarter at 118,469 tonnes (t)
    (FY2022 Q4: 119,005t). Production was impacted by difficult geological conditions and regular
    electricity blackouts interrupting operations at the colliery;

        o    Uitkomst recorded 53,489t of coal sales during the quarter (FY2022 Q4: 34,126t),
             comprising 51,036t (FY2022 Q4: 28,360t) of high-grade domestic coal sales and 2,453t
             (FY2022 Q4: 5,766t) of lower grade middlings coal;

        o    Uitkomst had 50,491t (FY2022 Q4: 15,534t) of high-grade coal at the colliery and 4,872t
             (FY2022 Q4: 22,169t) at port at the end of the quarter;

•   Updated Life of Mine (LOM) plan and Coal Reserve estimate for the fully-licensed and shovel-
    ready Makhado steelmaking hard coking coal (HCC) project (Makhado Project or Makhado),
    significantly increasing the LOM and improving the project’s economics;
        o    Compared to the 30 August 2022 announcement of pre-feasibility studies, Coal Reserves 1
             increased 53%, saleable steelmaking HCC increased 64% and saleable thermal coal
             increased by 57%;
        o    The updated LOM plan resulted in a 25% higher annual mine production rate with a 21.2%
             yield of saleable steelmaking HCC and 17.6% yield of 5,500kcal thermal coal (previously
             19.8% and 17.2% respectively), delivering improved project financial returns;
        o    Commencement of managed tender processes to select the outsourced mining, plant and
             laboratory operators, which are expected to be completed during Q3 CY2023;
        o    Steady progress during the quarter on critical early works activities; and
•   Continued ramp-up of mining and processing at the outsourced Vele Aluwani Colliery (Vele
    Colliery or Vele) following the recommissioning of the mine in December 2022; the outsourced
    agent produced 48,092t (FY2022 Q4: nil t) of thermal coal during the quarter.

Corporate

• Benchmark API4 export thermal coal prices continued to decline, averaging US$115/t in the
    quarter compared to US$146/t in Q3 FY2023 and US$273/t in H1 of FY2022. Steelmaking HCC
    prices remained elevated, with the index-price averaging US$250/t for the quarter.

• Available cash and facilities of US$8.8 million comprising cash of US$7.5 million and facilities of
    US$1.3 million at quarter-end (net cash balance of US$14.1 million at 31 March 2023) and
    restricted cash of US$0.02 million (US$0.02 million at 31 March 2023).

Events post June 2023

•   Extension of the repayment date for the R160 million loan (US$8.9 million), plus interest thereon,
    by the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (the IDC), to 30 September
    2023. The IDC withdrew the conditional, undrawn R245 million (US$13.6 million) loan facility,
    which had been available since July 2019, subject to completion of due diligence and credit
    approval. The change of the project scope resulting in Makhado’s peak funding increasing to R1.8
    billion, made this facility redundant.


1
 As announced on 30 June 2023. The increased Coal Reserves in the East Pit have resulted in increased
saleable tonnes. This was confirmed by the most recent drilling programme.
Godfrey Gomwe, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, commented:

“MC Mining has made significant progress on the Makhado Project during the quarter. The completion
of a five-year Makhado Implementation Plan was augmented by the substantial increase in Coal
Reserves and mine life at much-improved annual production rates. This progress bodes well for moving
operations down the cost curve while aiming to take advantage of the favourable near-term
steelmaking HCC coal prices.

The Makhado early works activities continued during the quarter with funding activities expected to
be concluded in H2 CY2023. The managed tender processes to select the outsourced mining, plant and
laboratory operators also commenced during the quarter. We are excited to have strong contenders
to be our partners and these processes are expected to be completed during Q3 CY2023.

The Uitkomst colliery continues to be impacted by the increased incidents of electricity blackouts
implemented by Eskom, the state power utility. Production at the colliery requires extended travel time
to the underground mining areas and a revised shift system to increase mining time was implemented
during June 2023. I am pleased to report that initial results of the new shift system recorded favourable
improvements in daily ROM coal production. Uitkomst is assessing potential additional international
and domestic customers to optimise prices for the colliery’s premium product.

The ramp-up of operations at the outsourced Vele Colliery continued during the quarter and the
contractor is expected to be at full production during H2 CY2023.”



DETAILED QUARTERLY OPERATIONS REPORTS


Uitkomst Colliery – Utrecht Coalfields (84% owned)


One LTI was recorded during the quarter (FY2023 Q3: one LTI) and the mine has enhanced its focus
on leading indicators to deliver improvements in safety with the goal of zero harm.


The Uitkomst Colliery generated 118,469t of ROM coal during the quarter (FY2022 Q4: 119,005t) with
production adversely affected by challenging geological conditions and lower seam heights. The
implementation of daily electricity blackouts by Eskom also impacted operations at the colliery.
Uitkomst does have back-up diesel generators but these are only sufficient for underground mining
operations and the switch from Eskom to internally generated power affects both underground and
surface operations. The continued use of the generators for the underground mining activities and
high cost of diesel is impacting mining costs. A revised underground operating shift system was
implemented at Uitkomst during June 2023. This is designed to increase mining time, yielding
additional ROM coal production leading to improved volumes of saleable coal.


Uitkomst sold 51,036t (FY2022 Q4: 28,360t) of high-grade pea and duff-sized coal during the three
months to domestic customers. Due to the low API4 export prices, no coal was exported (FY2022 Q4:
nil t). The average API4 coal price during the quarter was US$115/t, 64% lower than FY2022 Q4
(US$315/t). Uitkomst sold 2,453t (FY2022 Q4: 5,766t) of high ash, lower value middlings coal under
fixed price arrangements. The colliery had 4,872t (FY2022 Q4: 22,169t) of high-grade coal at port and
50,491t (FY2022 Q4: 15,534t) on site at the end of the quarter. The export marketing agreement with
Overlooked Collieries (Pty) Ltd expired at the end of June 2023 and the Company continues to assess
potential domestic and international customers.


The weaker ZAR:US$ exchange rate and higher coal sales volumes contributed to a 17% decline in
production costs per saleable tonne (FY2023 Q4: US$90/t vs. FY2022 Q4: US$108/t). The ZAR
denominated production costs continued to experience inflationary pressures as well as higher energy
costs due to the increased diesel consumption to maintain underground operations during blackout
periods. Processing costs were higher due to increased overtime and operating inefficiencies caused
by the power outages.


                                                    Quarter to           Quarter to
                                                      end-Jun              end-Jun
                                                         2023                 2022             %▲
   Production volumes
   Uitkomst ROM (t)                                    118,469              119,005            (1%)

   Inventory volumes
   High quality duff and peas at site (t)               50,491               15,534         >100%
   High quality duff and peas at port (t)                4,872               22,169          (78%)
                                                        55,363               37,703            46%
                                                        Quarter to       Quarter to
                                                          end-Jun          end-Jun
                                                             2023             2022             %▲

   Sales tonnages
   Domestic high-quality duff and peas (t)                 51,036            28,360            80%
   Middlings sales (t)                                      2,453             5,766          (58%)
                                                           53,489            34,126            57%
   Quarter financial metrics
   Net revenue/t (US$)                                        104                80            31%
   Net revenue/t (ZAR)                                      1,946             1,238            57%
   Production cost/saleable tonne
                                                               90               108          (17%)
       (US$)^
      ^ costs are all South African Rand (ZAR) based


Makhado Hard Coking Coal Project – Soutpansberg Coalfield (67% owned)

The development of the Company’s flagship fully licensed and shovel-ready Makhado Project is
expected to position MC Mining as South Africa’s pre-eminent steelmaking HCC producer. Makhado
recorded no LTIs (FY2023 Q3: nil) during the quarter.

Implementation Plan

The Company continued to make steady progress and during April 2023 announced the Makhado
Project Implementation Plan. A primary goal of the Implementation Plan was to improve the accuracy
of the August 2022 pre-feasibility studies from ±30% accuracy to an estimated accuracy of ±10%. In
addition, the Implementation Plan included a detailed execution plan for the construction of the East
Pit, Makhado coal handling and processing plant (CHPP) and related infrastructure and a detailed mine
plan for the first five years of operations.

Updated LOM Plan and Coal Reserve
Subsequent to the Implementation Plan, MC Mining prepared an updated LOM plan and Coal Reserve
estimate for the Makhado steelmaking HCC Project. The LOM plan builds on the five-year
Implementation Plan and incorporates the exploitation of all portions of the East, Central and West
Pit coal deposits that are mineable by surface mining methods. The updated Coal Reserve estimate
was derived from the updated LOM plan using updated costs, macroeconomic and coal price
assumptions.
The updated LOM plan extended the Makhado LOM from 22 years to 28 years (27% increase), despite
the 25% higher annual ROM coal production rate and improved production metrics, as demonstrated
below:
•   25% increase in the targeted mining rate from 3.2 to 4.0 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of ROM
    coal;
•   100% increase in CHPP capacity, from 2.0 to 4.0 Mtpa;
•   30% increase in planned annual sales of 64 Mid Volatile (Vol) steelmaking HCC to 0.81 Mtpa;
•   15% increase in planned annual sales of 5,500 kcal thermal coal to 0.62 Mtpa;
•   60% increase of total saleable coal products from 26 to 41 million tonnes over the mine life;
•   time to first production increasing from 12 to 18 months due to the construction of the new CHPP
    whilst keeping the payback period materially unchanged at 3.5 years from the start of
    construction; and
•   11% increase in the estimated project peak funding requirements to US$100 million (ZAR1.8
    billion).

Engineering and operational tenders


Erudite (Pty) Ltd (Erudite) completed the detailed designs for the Makhado mine infrastructure and
CHPP during the quarter. Erudite also commenced obtaining detailed execution quotes for the
construction of the CHPP. This process is expected to be finished in Q3 CY2023 and will also cater for
the enlarged mining and processing footprint. The Makhado Project will be contractor-operated and
during the quarter the Company commenced managed tender processes to select a mining contractor,
CHPP operating contractor and the analytical laboratory operator. These processes are expected to
be completed in Q3 CY2023. First coal production is expected 18 months from commencement of
construction, which is expected during H2 CY2023.


Early works

The Company continued to progress the critical Makhado early works during the quarter, including:
•   commencement with detailed design, procurement and construction of the power supply
    overhead transmission line, with construction team mobilised onsite - a critical path activity;
•   refurbishment of onsite accommodation to house project construction crews;
•   placement of orders for key long-lead time items, including the payment of a deposit of ZAR19.0
    million (US$1.0 million);
•   mobilisation of contractors for the construction of the main access road, main bridge and civil
    works for bulk water reticulation; and
•   progress with erection of fencing to secure the project site.

Makhado Project Funding

The Company continued the Makhado Project composite funding initiatives during the quarter and
anticipates that the funding will be concluded in H2 CY2023. The various initiatives underway include
amongst others, build, own, operate, transfer (BOOT) funding arrangements, additional senior debt
as well as debt/equity instruments and coal prepayments. During the quarter, the Company signed a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Enprotec (Pty) Ltd (Enprotec) to design and procure the
flotation and filtration plant, a key part of the CHPP required to extract the steelmaking HCC. The
flotation and filtration plant is expected to cost ZAR155 million (US$8.6 million) and in terms of the
MOA, a significant portion of this plant will be constructed on a BOOT basis.


Vele Aluwani Semi-Soft Coking and Thermal Coal Colliery – Limpopo (Tuli) Coalfield (100% owned)
Vele recorded one LTI (FY2023 Q3: nil) during the quarter and a safety awareness campaign was
launched at the colliery during the period.

The mining and processing operations at the opencast Vele Colliery were outsourced to Hlalethembeni
Outsourcing Services (Pty) Ltd (HOS) and recommissioned in late December 2022. The
recommissioning of Vele adds a further cash generating unit to MC Mining’s portfolio with limited
financial or human capital contributions and by the end of the period, had created 333 permanent
jobs. HOS is responsible for all mining and processing costs and the Company remains responsible for
the colliery’s regulatory compliance, rehabilitation guarantees, relationships with authorities and
communities as well as the supply of electricity and water. The construction of the overhead electricity
line was completed in April 2023 and connected to the national power grid in May 2023. As a result,
the generator at the Vele CHPP will be used as a back-up source of power, with Eskom being the
primary source of electricity at the colliery. This satisfies the Company’s commitment with regards to
electricity infrastructure.

HOS completed the de-watering of the Vele Colliery open cast pit during the period and produced
48,092t (FY2022 Q4: nil t) of thermal coal during the quarter. Ramp-up to full production is expected
to occur in H2 CY2023 with HOS targeting monthly production of 60,000t of saleable thermal coal from
Vele.


Greater Soutpansberg Project (GSP) – Soutpansberg Coalfield (74% owned)

The Greater Soutpansberg Projects recorded no LTIs (FY2023 Q3: nil) during the quarter and no
reportable activities occurred during the period.


Appendix 5B – Quarterly Cash Flow Report
The Company’s cash balance as at 30 June 2023 was US$7.5 million with available facilities of US$1.3
million. The aggregate amount of payments to related parties and their associates, as disclosed as
item 6.1 of the June 2023 quarter Appendix 5B was US$107k, comprising executive and non-executive
director remuneration.


Godfrey Gomwe
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
This announcement has been approved by the Company’s Disclosure Committee.
All figures are in South African rand or United States dollars unless otherwise stated.


For more information contact:
       Tony Bevan                           Company                       Endeavour Corporate   +61 8 9316
                                            Secretary                     Services              9100
        Company advisors:
        James Harris / James                Nominated                     Strand Hanson         +44 20 7409
        Dance                               Adviser                       Limited               3494

        Rory Scott                          Broker (AIM)                  Tennyson Securities   +44 20 7186
                                                                                                9031
        Marion Brower                     Financial PR                R&A Strategic             +27 11 880
                                          (South Africa)              Communications            3924
        BSM Sponsors Proprietary Limited is the nominated JSE Sponsor

        About MC Mining Limited:
MC Mining is an AIM/ASX/JSE-listed coal exploration, development and mining company operating in South Africa.
MC Mining’s key projects include the Uitkomst Colliery (metallurgical and thermal coal), Makhado Project (hard
coking coal), Vele Colliery (semi-soft coking and thermal coal), and the Greater Soutpansberg Projects (coking and
thermal coal).

All figures are denominated in United States dollars unless otherwise stated. Safety metrics are compared to the
preceding quarter while financial and operational metrics are measured against the comparable period in the
previous financial year. A copy of this report is available on the Company's website, www.mcmining.co.za.



Forward-looking statements

This Announcement, including information included or incorporated by reference in this Announcement, may
contain "forward-looking statements" concerning MC Mining that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Generally,
the words "will", "may", "should", "continue", "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates" or similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks
and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond MC Mining’s ability to control or estimate precisely, such as future
market conditions, changes in regulatory environment and the behaviour of other market participants. MC Mining
cannot give any assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to have been correct. The reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. MC Mining assumes no obligation and
does not undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements set out herein,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.
Statements of intention

Statements of intention are statements of current intentions only, which may change as new information becomes
available or circumstances change.




 Glossary

   Term                                   Definition
   BOOT                                   Build, own, operate, transfer
   CHPP                                   Coal handling & processing plant
   Enprotec                               Enprotec (Pty) Ltd
   Erudite                                Erudite (Pty) Ltd
   GSP                                    Greater Soutpansberg Projects
   HCC                                    Hard coking coal
   HOS                                    Hlalethembeni Outsource Services (Pty) Ltd
   IDC                                    Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited
   LOM                                    Life of mine
   LTI                                    Lost time injury
   Makhado Project/ Makhado               Makhado steelmaking hard coking coal project
   MC Mining/ the Company                 MC Mining Limited
   MOA                                    Memorandum of Agreement
   Mtpa                                   Million tonnes per annum
   ROM                                    Run of mine
   t                                      tonnes
   Uitkomst Colliery/ Uitkomst            Uitkomst metallurgical and thermal coal mine
   Vele Colliery/Vele                     Vele Aluwani Colliery
Tenements held by MC Mining and its Controlled Entities
                                                                                Change
 Project                                                                          during
    Name         Tenement Number                          Location   Interest    quarter
 Chapudi         Albert 686 MS                            Limpopo~     74%
 Project*
                 Bergwater 712 MS                                     74%

                 Remaining Extent and Portion 2 of                    74%
                   Bergwater 697 MS

                 Blackstone Edge 705 MS                               74%

                 Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                      74%
                   Bluebell 480 MS

                 Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                      74%
                   Bushy Rise 702 MS

                 Castle Koppies 652 MS                                74%

                 Chapudi 752 MS                                       74%

                 Remaining Extent, Portions 1, 3 & 4                  74%
                   of Coniston 699 MS

                 Driehoek 631 MS                                      74%

                 Remaining Extent of Dorps-rivier                     74%
                   696 MS

                 Enfield 512 MS (consolidation of                     74%
                    Remaining Extent of Enfield 474
                    MS, Brosdoorn 682 MS &
                    Remaining Extent of Grootvlei
                    684 MS)

                 Remaining Extent and Portion 1 of                    74%

                 Grootboomen 476 MS                                   74%

                 Grootvlei 684 MS                                     74%

                 Kalkbult 709 MS                                      74%

                 Remaining Extent, Remaining                          74%
                   Extent of Portion 2, Remaining
                   Extent of Portion 3, Portions 1,
                   4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 of Kliprivier 692
                   MS

                 Remaining Extent of Koodoobult                       74%
                   664 MS
                                                                     Change
Project                                                                during
   Name   Tenement Number                      Location   Interest    quarter
          Koschade 657 MS (Was Mapani Kop                   74%
             656 MS)

          Malapchani 659 MS                                74%

          Mapani Ridge 660 MS                              74%

          Melrose 469 MS                                   74%

          Middelfontein 683 MS                             74%

          Mountain View 706 MS                             74%

          M'tamba Vlei 654 MS                              74%

          Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                  74%
            Pienaar 635 MS

          Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                  74%
            Prince's Hill 704 MS

          Qualipan 655 MS                                  74%

          Queensdale 707 MS                                74%

          Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                  74%
            Ridge End 662 MS

          Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                  74%
            Rochdale 700 MS

          Sandilands 708 MS                                74%

          Portions 1 & 2 of Sandpan 687 MS                 74%

          Sandstone Edge 658 MS                            74%

          Remaining Extent of Portions 2 & 3               74%
            of Sterkstroom 689 MS

          Sutherland 693 MS                                74%

          Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                  74%
            Varkfontein 671 MS

          Remaining Extent, Portion 2,                     74%
            Remaining Extent of Portion 1 of
            Vastval 477 MS

          Vleifontein 691 MS                               74%
                                                                           Change
Project                                                                      during
   Name      Tenement Number                     Location      Interest     quarter
             Ptn 3, 4, 5 & 6 of Waterpoort 695                   74%
                MS

             Wildebeesthoek 661 MS                               74%

             Woodlands 701 MS                                    74%

Kanowna      M27/41                              Coolgardie^   Royalty<>
West &
             M27/47                                            Royalty<>
Kalbara
             M27/59                                            Royalty<>

             M27/72,27/73                                      Royalty<>

             M27/114                                           Royalty<>

             M27/196                                           Royalty<>

             M27/181                                            5.99%

             M27/414,27/415                                    Royalty<>

             P27/1826-1829                                     Royalty<>

             P27/1830-1842                                     Royalty<>

             P27/1887                                          Royalty<>

Abbotshall   ML63/409,410                        Norseman^      Royalty
Royalty

Kookynie     ML40/061                            Leonora^       Royalty
Royalty
             ML40/135,136                                       Royalty

Makhado      Fripp 645 MS                        Limpopo~        67%#
Project
             Lukin 643 MS                                        67%#

             Mutamba 668 MS                                      67%#

             Salaita 188 MT                                      67%#

             Tanga 849 MS                                        67%#

             Daru 889 MS                                         67%#

             Windhoek 900 MS                                     67%#

             Beck 568 MS                         Limpopo~        74%
                                                                      Change
Project                                                                 during
   Name    Tenement Number                      Location   Interest    quarter
Generaal   Bekaf 650 MS                                      74%
Project*

           Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                  74%
             Boas 642 MS-

           Chase 576 MS                                     74%

           Coen Britz 646 MS                                74%

           Fanie 578 MS                                     74%

           Portions 1, 2 and Remaining Extent               74%
              of Generaal 587 MS

           Joffre 584 MS                                    74%

           Juliana 647 MS                                   74%

           Kleinenberg 636 MS                               74%

           Remaining Extent of Maseri Pan                   74%
             520 MS

           Remaining Extent and Portion 2 of                100%
             Mount Stuart 153 MT

           Nakab 184 MT                                     100%

           Phantom 640 MS                                   74%

           Riet 182 MT                                      100%

           Rissik 637 MS                                    100%

           Schuitdrift 179 MT                               100%

           Septimus 156 MT                                  100%

           Solitude 111 MT                                  74%

           Stayt 183 MT                                     100%

           Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                  100%
             Terblanche 155 MT

           Van Deventer 641 MS                              74%

           Wildgoose 577 MS                                 74%

           Ancaster 501 MS                      Limpopo~    100%
                                                                          Change
Project                                                                     during
   Name    Tenement Number                          Location   Interest    quarter
Mopane     Banff 502 MS                                          74%
Project*

           Bierman 599 MS                                       74%

           Cavan 508 MS                                         100%

           Cohen 591 MS                                         100%

           Remaining Extent, Portions 1 & 2 of                  74%
             Delft 499 MS

           Dreyer 526 MS                                        74%

           Remaining Extent of Du Toit 563                      74%
             MS

           Faure 562 MS                                         74%

           Remaining Extent and Portion 1 of                    74%
             Goosen 530 MS

           Hermanus 533 MS                                      74%

           Jutland 536 MS                                       100%

           Krige 495 MS                                         74%

           Mons 557 MS                                          100%

           Remaining Extent of Otto 560 MS                      74%
             (Now Honeymoon)

           Remaining Extent & Portion 1 of                      74%
             Pretorius 531 MS

           Schalk 542 MS                                        74%

           Stubbs 558 MS                                        100%

           Ursa Minor 551 MS                                    74%

           Van Heerden 519 MS                                   74%

           Portions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,                     74%
              Remaining Extent of Portion 10,
              Portions 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
              19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29,
              30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44,
                                                                          Change
Project                                                                     during
   Name     Tenement Number                         Location   Interest    quarter
               45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 & 54 of
               Vera 815 MS

            Remaining Extent of Verdun 535                      74%
              MS

            Voorburg 503 MS                                     100%

            Scheveningen 500 MS                                 74%

Uitkomst    Portion 3 (of 2) of Kweekspruit No.     KwaZulu-    84%
Colliery       22                                     Natal~
and         Portion 8 (of 1) of Kweekspruit No.                 84%
prospects      22
            Remainder of Portion 1 of Uitkomst                  84%
               No. 95
            Portion 5 (of 2) of Uitkomst No. 95                 84%

            Remainder Portion1 of Vaalbank                      84%
               No. 103
            Portion 4 (of 1) of Vaalbank No. 103                84%

            Portion 5 (of 1) of Vaalbank No. 103                84%

            Remainder of Portion 1 of                           84%
               Rustverwacht No. 151
            Remainder of Portion 2 of                           84%
               Rustverwacht No. 151
            Remainder of Portion 3 (of 1) of                    84%
               Rustverwacht No. 151
            Portion 4 (of 1) Rustverwacht                       84%
               No.151
            Portion 5 (of 1) Rustverwacht No.                   84%
               151
            Remainder of Portion 6 (of 1) of                    84%
               Rustverwacht No. 151
            Portion 7 (of 1) of Rustverwacht No.                84%
               151
            Portion 8 (of 2) of Rustverwacht No.                84%
               151
            Remainder of Portion 9 (of 2) of                    84%
               Rustverwacht No. 151
            Portion 11 (of 6) of Rustverwacht                   84%
               No. 151
            Portion 12 (of 9) of Rustverwacht                   84%
               No. 151
            Portion 13 (of 2) of Rustverwacht                   84%
               No. 151
                                                                       Change
Project                                                                  during
   Name   Tenement Number                        Location   Interest    quarter
          Portion 14 (of 2) of Rustverwacht                   84%
             No. 151
          Portion 15 (of 3) of Rustverwacht                  84%
             No. 151
          Portion 16 (of 3) of Rustverwacht                  84%
             No. 151
          Portion 17 (of 2) of Rustverwacht                  84%
             No. 151
          Portion 18 (of 3) of Waterval No.                  84%
             157
          Remainder of Portion 1 of Klipspruit               84%
             No. 178
          Remainder of Portion 4 of Klipspruit               84%
             No. 178
          Remainder of Portion 5 of Klipspruit               84%
             No. 178
          Portion 6 of Klipspruit No. 178                    84%

          Portion 7 (of 1) of Klipspruit No.                 84%
             178
          Portion 8 (of 1 )of Klipspruit No.                 84%
             178
          Portion 9 of Klipspruit No. 178                    84%

          Remainder of Portion 10 (of 5) of                  84%
             Klipspruit No. 178
          Portion 11 (of 5) of Klipspruit No.                84%
             178
          Portion 13 (of 4) of Klipspruit No.                84%
             178
          Remainder of Portion 14 of                         84%
             Klipspruit No. 178
          Portion 16 (of 14) of Klipspruit No.               84%
             178
          Portion 18 of Klipspruit No. 178                   84%

          Portion 23 of Klipspruit No. 178                   84%

          Remainder of Portion 1 of                          84%
            Jackalsdraai No. 299
          Remainder of Jericho B No. 400                     84%

          Portion 1 of Jericho B No. 400                     84%

          Portion 2 of Jericho B No. 400                     84%

          Portion 3 of Jericho B No. 400                     84%
                                                                                              Change
    Project                                                                                     during
       Name        Tenement Number                         Location          Interest          quarter
                   Remainder of Jericho C No. 413                              84%

                   Portion 1 of Jericho C No. 413                              84%

                   Remainder of Portion 1 of Jericho A                         84%
                      No. 414
                   Remainder of Portion 2 (of 1) of                            84%
                      Jericho A No. 414
                   Portion 3 (of 1) of Jericho A No. 414                       84%

                   Portion 4 (of 1) of Jericho A No. 414                       84%

                   Portion 5 (of 2) of Jericho A No. 414                       84%

                   Portion 6 (of 1) of Jericho A No. 414                       84%

                   Margin No. 420                                              84%

    Vele           Portions of Overvlakte 125 MS           Limpopo~            100%
    Colliery          (Remaining Extent, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13,
    and               14)
    prospects
                   Bergen Op Zoom 124 MS                                       100%

                   Semple 155 MS                                               100%

                   Voorspoed 836 MS                                            100%

                   Alyth 837 MS                                                100%

* Form part of the Greater Soutpansberg Projects

~ Tenement located in the Republic of South Africa

^ Tenement located in Australia
#
     MC Mining’s interest will reduce to 67% on completion of the 26% Broad Based Black Economic
     Empowerment (BBBEE) transaction

<> net smelter royalty of 0.5%



Supporting Documents - [https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2023/jse/isse/mcze/app 5b.pdf]