a focused strategy to increase production corporate
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CORPORATE PRESENTATION
September 2018
A FOCUSED STRATEGY TO
INCREASE PRODUCTION
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Mowana Copper Mine in Botswana
Production ramping up to 12,000tpa from current Stage 1 operations and then 21,000tpa LOM following
low capex DMS expansion project
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PRODUCING COPPER IN BOTSWANA
CRA INTEREST 60%
RESOURCE
Measured and Indicated – 54.7Mt
at 1.17% Cu for 640 kt tonnes Cu
Inferred – 20.3Mt @ 1.08% Cu for
220 kt Cu
RESERVEProved & Probable - 31.8Mt at
1.17% Cu for 371 kt Cu
PRODUCTION
STATUS
Full time production and ramping
up to nameplate capacity
LIFE OF MINE14 years production of
approximately 21,000tpa Cu
PEAK
PRODUCTION27,000 tonnes in year 3
NPV (8%) US$272.8 million*
*Quoted in real terms at an 8% discount rate and a copper price ofUS$3.00/lb Cu
STRATEGY
▪ Deliver cash generation from Stage 1 production
▪ Revised operating model treating oxide resources as
waste
▪ Reposition Mowana as a larger scale, lower cost producer
through DMS expansion
▪ Develop wider asset base on a case-by-case basis to
realise value
A NEW APPROACH TO MOWANA
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Using pre-concentration, mining and processing controls to simplify the project’s operations driving profit even in a low commodity price environment
HISTORY
2008 Commissioned at a cost in excess of
US$170 million by African Copper
2008-2015 Plant operated processing an
average of 775,406 tpa at an average grade of
1.72% copper ore mainly from the Thakadu
deposit
2015 Mine liquidated as commercially unviable
at depressed copper prices
2017 Acquisition out of liquidation by Cradle Arc
with a new business plan while copper prices
approx. $2.50/lb
FUTURE
TREAT OXIDES AS WASTE
• The majority of the oxides have already been ‘stripped’ out
• Focus only on transitional and sulphide ores where recovery is in line with the mining reserve plan
PLANT IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY AND MORE PLANNED
• Plant improvements incorporated into the re-commissioning process
• Substantial front-end upgrade to pre-concentrate through Dense Media Separation (DMS) increases throughput to an average 2.6Mtpa
• Re-positions Mowana as a larger scale, lower cost mine
IMPROVED DEBT POSITION
• Cradle Arc acquired 60% of the Mowana Mine with just $44m of
debt compared with the $110m under the previous owners
MOWANA MINE MINERAL RESOURCES AND ORE RESERVES
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MOWANA MINERAL RESOURCES
Measured Indicated Measured + Indicated Inferred
Cut-Off(% Cu)
Tonnes(kt)
Cu(%)
Cu Metal
(kt)
Tonnes(kt)
Cu(%)
Cu Metal
(kt)
Tonnes(kt)
Cu(%)
Cu Metal
(kt)
Tonnes(kt)
Cu(%)
Cu Metal
(kt)
Oxide 0.72 572 1.58 9 980 1.45 14 1,552 1.48 23 22 1.51 0.3
Transition 0.37 1,262 1.31 17 1,884 1.17 22 3,146 1.24 39 217 1.09 2
Supergene 0.34 1,553 1.41 22 2,022 1.33 27 3,575 1.37 49 395 1.16 5
Fresh 0.29 11,689 1.3 151 34,760 1.09 378 46,449 1.14 529 19,673 1.08 213
Total 15,076 1.32 199 39,646 1.11 441 54,722 1.17 640 20,307 1.08 220
MOWANA ORE RESERVES
Category Ore (kt)Copper Grade
(% Cu)
Contained Copper Metal
(kt Cu)
Proved 12,435 1.27 157.7
Probable 19,374 1.10 213.1
Total 31,809 1.17 370.8
Mineral Resources not forming part of the Ore Reserve
Inferred 3,692 0.93 34.5
*Prepared in accordance with the Guidelines of the JORC Code (2012). Resources reported inclusive of reserves
Mowana has a large resource base of 75Mt at 1.15% Cu for 860kt Cu
PLANT OVERVIEW
A conventional crushing,
screening, milling and flotation
circuit
• Crushing and screening circuit consists of a
primary jaw crusher (fed from the ROM pad),
and secondary and tertiary cone crushers
presenting a -16mm feed size to the mill
• Single F L Smith rubber lined 160tph ball mill
• Conventional dual oxide/sulphide flotation
circuit
• Concentrate drying circuit, including a Larox
filter
• Concentrate bagging station
• Tailings dewatering equipment
Plant now operating and ramping up to nameplate 1.2Mtpa capacity
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DMS Upgrade expected to double
capacity to 2.6 Mtpa
PROGRESS AT MOWANA SINCE IPO
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Jan 2018▪ Test works confirms suitability of DMS to
Mowana Copper Mine▪ Preparatory work for DMS underway
April 2018▪ Maiden JORC (2012) mineral resource estimate
announced▪ Accelerated Development Plan implemented to
fast track access to deeper ores, with betterrecoveries and grade
▪ Delivery to site of mining fleet of 25 vehicles▪ US$10m debt funding secured
May 2018▪ Maiden Ore Reserve Estimate announced and
Life of Mine extended▪ Transitional / sulphide ores accessed with
recoveries in line with plan
June 2018▪ Project level operational cash flow break even
achievedSeptember 2018▪ Renewal of two Prospecting Licences to the
north of Mowana
ACTIONS
Accessing transitional and sulphide ores in the North Pit
Recoveries in line with operating plan in the process plant
MINING UPDATE
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• Ramp up of mining commenced
mid-April following announcement
of accelerated development plan
• Two mining units operating full time
by end May 2018, accessing
transitional ores as expected below
960 level
• Third mining unit brought on-line in
June 2018 and fourth to be on-line
by end of September 2018 to be at
target capacity
• Approx. 1.1 million tonnes of ore
and waste were have been mined
by the end of Q2
• Mining rates approximately
doubling in the third quarter and
expected to be at full capacity of
~3Mt per quarter by Q4.
PROCESSING UPDATE
• Processing optimisation is ongoing
as the Company continues to ramp-
up to steady state production
• Some sporadic interruptions
occurred during July and August
2018
• Recoveries average of 51% for Q2
and Q3 reflecting predominantly
transitional ores
• Recoveries of up to 76% still
expected to be achieved in high
supergene ores
• Recoveries expected to reach 85%
as more sulphide dominant ores
accessed
• Approximately 4,000 tonnes
contained copper to be produced in
H2 2018
• H2 production to be weighted to Q4
as ore type processed moves from
transitional to supergene
LIFE OF MINE PLAN & VALUATIONMAIDEN ORE RESERVE
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Discount Rate
US$m 6% 8% 10% 12%
US$
/lb
Cu
2.70 191.1 170.9 154.1 140.2
2.80 229.3 204.8 184.6 167.7
2.90 267.4 238.8 215.1 195.1
3.00 305.5 272.8 245.5 222.6
3.10 343.6 306.7 276.0 250.1
3.20 380.7 339.7 305.6 276.9
3.30 418.2 373.2 335.6 303.9
3.40 455.7 406.6 365.6 331.0
3.50 489.6 436.7 392.5 355.3
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
1.4%
1.6%
1.8%
2.0%
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Year
RoM Ore (Mt) Plant Feed (Mt) Feed Grade (% Cu)
• Maiden Ore Reserve Estimate by Wardell Armstrong
International: 31.8Mt @ 1.17% Cu for 370,800t Cu,
effective May 2018
• Measured & Indicated Resources of 55Mt @ 1.17% Cu –
increased 37%
• Life of mine extended to 14 years, with average LOM
production of approximately 21,000tpa Cu, peaking at
27,000tpa Cu in year 3
• Inferred Resources of 3.7Mt @ 0.93% Cu for 34,500
tonnes treated as waste in LOM schedule
• Ore Reserve Estimate gives Mowana an after tax NPV of
US$272.8 million1
• Average LOM cash costs (C1) of US$4,099 per tonne Cu
(US$1.86 per pound) 2
• Average LOM all-in sustaining costs of US$5,038 per
tonne Cu (US$2.29 per pound) 2
1. Quoted in real terms at an 8% discount rate and a copper price of US$3.00/lb Cu
2. Cash operating costs (C1) per pound of payable copper includes cash operating costs,
including treatment and refining charges ("TC/RC"), freight and distribution costs net of by-
product credits. All-In Sustaining Costs (AISC) of payable copper include cash operating
costs plus royalties and agency fees, expenditures on rehabilitation, capitalised stripping
costs, exploration and geology costs, corporate costs and sustaining capital expenditures.
UNDERSTANDING DMS
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Dense Media
Separator
Grit/Slimes
Crusher Product
Mill Feed
Feed to DMS
Sinks
Floats to tails
82% 18%
40% Yield
89% Cu Recovery
60%
~2.0x uplift in Mill Feed Grade
• Dense Media Separation is anestablished mineral pre-concentrationmethod widely used in base metalsand diamond processing operations
• DMS installation is forecast toapproximately double copper throughthe existing mill
• Crusher product is pre-screened - gritand slimes are delivered directly tothe mill
• DMS separates minerals of differentdensities using gravity in a solutionwith heavier mineralised oreseparated from barren or low gradewaste
• The upgraded DMS feed is thentransferred to the Mill, effectivelyincreasing the processed grade forthe same volume of ore feed
• By reducing production unit costs,Mowana can bring lower gradetonnes into the mine plan,generating mining efficiencies
DMS Flowsheet
2.6 Mtpa of ore @ 1.17% Cu for ~21,000 tonnes of copper per year
Example DMS Unit
LOW CAPEX DMS PROGRAMMEDMS IMPLEMENTATION
DMS upgrade costings US$M
SGS TurnKey Solution Contract 11.4
SGS Contract Variation Cost 2.3
Tailings Handling 0.1
Site Remedial Action for Upgrade 1.7
Wellfield Upgrade 2.5
Total Direct Costs 18.0
Environmental Consultant EIA/EMP Update Proposed Cost 0.3
Owner's Fixed Costs 0.8
Total Indirect Costs 1.1
Contingency 0.9
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS 20.0
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• Two 150tph DMS units are to be purchased,installed and commissioned by SGS Batemanon a turnkey basis
• Upgrades will also be required to the tailingsstorage facility, the tailings underflow pumping,and the existing borehole network
• The project will also include a review of theEnvironmental Social Impact Assessment("ESIA") and the mine's EnvironmentalManagement Plan.
• Construction of the DMS project is expected totake 11 months (SGS Bateman)
NEAR MINE EXPLORATION
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▪ Renewal of Prospecting Licences PL33/2005 and PL180/2008
granted and valid for a period of two years
▪ Regional geophysics by previous owners shows the shear zone
extends through both tenements
▪ Potential combined strike length increased to 36km from the
current 5km within the Mowana mining licence area
▪ Subject to financing, the Company's proposed work plan
includes:
▪ Further geophysics to extend through the northernmost
PL180/2008 permit area
▪ Followed by a maiden drilling programme with the
objective of proving mineralisation within the known
structure
▪ To date, the northernmost drill holes within the Mowana licence
area, at the Mowana North Extension, returned high grade
intercepts, namely:
▪ Hole MWN007 - 50m @ 2.11%TCu from 667m depth
(including 2m @ 9.13%TCu)
▪ Hole MWN025 - 19.28m @ 2.94%TCu from 272.38m
▪ Hole DPH1, drilled in 2011, and located just north of the
Company's current mining activity at the Mowana open pit
successfully proved that mineralisation extended down to 900m
MAKALA COPPER PROSPECT
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▪ Located approx. 70km from Mowana, being the underground
extension of the previously mined Thakadu open pit
▪ Represents an additional potential ore source for Mowana at a
rate of 1Mtpa
▪ Makala contains inferred resource of 11.5 Mt at 1.46% Cu for
168kt Cu + significant silver credits*
▪ Thakadu contains indicated resources of 2.268 Mt at 1.11% Cu
and inferred resources of 5.38 Mt at 0.63% Cu
▪ Deposit hosted within the same broad metasedimentary
package as Thakadu
▪ Three zones of copper mineralisation identified; main Makala
Ore Zone, Hanging wall Makala Ore Zone and Logolo Ore zone
▪ At Makala there is generally less variation in the thickness of
the mineralised zones than at Thakadu, with mineralisation
ranging from 30cm up to 12m at its thickest point
▪ Mining proposed to utilise a retreat open stoping method from
an adit driven from the base of the Thakadu open pit
▪ A feasibility study has been commissioned
* Note: using a cut-off grade of 0.25% Cu
SUMMARY
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▪ Mowana is a producing copper asset in Botswana; a low risk, mining friendly jurisdiction, in a favourable copper market environment
▪ Production ramping up to 12,000tpa Cu, and will reach an average of 21,000tpa Cu over a 14 year mine life following low capex Dense Media Separation (DMS) expansion project
▪ Estimated Net Present Value of US$272.8 million at an 8% discount rate and a copper price of US$3.00/lb Cu
▪ Cradle Arc is building on over US$170 million of investment by previous owners
▪ Rapidly delivering on strategy to re-position Mowana as a profitable, larger scale, lower cost copper mine:
✓ Debt reduced and restricted on acquisition
✓ JORC 2012 resource base increased to 55Mt M&I @ 1.17% Cu + 20Mt Inferred @ 1.08% Cu
✓ Maiden open pit Ore Reserve of 31.8Mt @ 1.17% Cu for 370,800t Cu - reported within 4 months of listing
✓ Accelerated development plan implemented April 2018 – mining rates to double in Q3 and hit full capacity in Q4
✓ Recoveries being achieved to plan and set to continue to improve
✓ 4,000 tonnes of copper to be produced in H2 2018
✓ Cash generation to improve throughout H2 2018
▪ Mowana positioned for Stage 2 production expansion, leveraging management team’s has first-hand experience of installing and operating DMS units
▪ Near mine prospective assets with potential add to production profile
APPENDICES
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BOARD AND MANAGEMENT
ROY PITCHFORD
NON-EXECUTIVE
CHAIRMAN
• Roy has in excess of 25 years’ senior management and executive experience in Southern Africa in the mining industry
• Previously of Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director for Vast Resources Plc, Central African Gold PLC, African
Minerals Limited, Cluff Resources Zimbabwe Limited, Delta Gold Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited, African Platinum plc and
Zimbabwe Platinum Mines Ltd.
• Zimbabwean citizen who was educated in Bulawayo, where he subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He
is a past President of The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe
KEVIN VAN WOUW
CEO
• Kevin is a metallurgist with over 30 years’ experience in the mining industry and is currently the Non-Exec Chairman of
PenMin and a Fellow of the SAIMM
• Prior to PenMin, Kevin was the Projects Director at LionOre Mining International Limited where he was directly
responsible for the commercialisation of its Activox™ technology, as well as conceptualszing and implementing the
Commercial DMS application for Tati Nickel Mining Company (Pty) Ltd, in Botswana
MARK JONES
DIRECTOR OF
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
• Graduate from the Camborne School of Mines and holding an MBA
• Mark is a mining engineer with over 35 years’ experience in mining production, 25 of which have been spent in Africa,
with specific expertise in gold and base metals in Africa, Europe and the FSU
• Founded and CEO of African Mining and Exploration plc (subsequently Savannah Resources plc) that sold the Malian
assets to Cradle Arc
ROGER WILLIAMS
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
• Roger is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ international experience in mining finance
• In 1997 he joined Randgold Resources, working on its London Stock Exchange listing and later its secondary listing on
NASDAQ, and was appointed Group Finance Director in 2002
• Roger went on to become Chief Financial Officer of JSE-listed AECI Limited
• Directorships and interim executive appointments with various mining and mining services companies
OSCAR KIRKOVITS
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
• Oscar began his career at Knight Vinke Asset Management in Monaco, an activist hedge fun. Becoming a private
investor, his focus shifted in 2017 to small cap companies, mainly operating in the resource sector
• Oscar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics and Social Sciences from the Vienna University of
Economics and Business, as well as a Master’s degree in Finance from the International University of Monaco
MICHAEL GOLDING
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
• Michael has over 20 years’ of corporate and project finance experience during which time he has advised on in excess
of 50 transactions in the mining industry.
• Previously the South African head of Corporate Finance for Billiton Plc, following which he acted as a director at HSBC
Investment Services Africa Limited, Actis Plc and Imara Holdings Ltd
• Currently Non-Executive Chairman to CCP 12J Fund Limited and has run a boutique corporate and project advisory
business for over 10 years
• Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds the degree of Master of Business
Leadership from the University of South Africa.
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Financing
✓ Pre-IPO: £3.25 million secured October 2017
✓ IPO: £2.4 million raised December 2017/ January 2018
✓ Issued US$10 million loan note
✓ $4m raised for capital structure simplification August 2018 16
Market AIM
Ticker CRA.L
Share price 3.80p
Market Cap* £10.5 million
Shares in issue 276,391,999
Raised ~£6 million in pre-IPO and IPO raisings (before expenses) and raised US$10m debt financing post- IPO to accelerate mining at Mowana
Major Shareholders
Kevin van Wouw - 41.79%
City Financial - 13.33%
Hadron Capital - 8.26%
*as at 17 September 2018
FUNDING
Cradle Arc acquired a 60%
interest in the Mowana mine
with US$44 million of debt
compared to US$110 million
under previous owners
Stated borrowings are at the
Leboam level so only 60%
attributable to Cradle Arc:
• $21 million structured as an
unsecured long-term shareholder
loan from ZCI on favourable terms
• $19.9 million secured debt to ZCI
and liquidator
• $10 million loan notes raised in
April 2018 to accelerate mining
and retire offtake linked debt –
raised at Cradle Arc level and
largely on-lent to Leboam
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100%
60%
100%
40%
CRADLE ARC INVESTMENTS
(PTY) LIMITED (CAI)ZCI LIMITED (JSE: ZCI)
LEBOAM HOLDINGS (PTY)
LIMITED
CRADLE ARC PLC (CRA)
MOWANA COPPER MINE
Cradle Arc has receives a management fee equal to 1.5%
of revenue from Mowana
CORPORATE STRUCTURE
GOLD EXPLORATION
Gold Exploration Joint Ventures in West
Africa allow Cradle Arc to retain exposure
to these potentially significant greenfield
projects, whilst its joint venture partners
fund and manage the exploration work
programmes
• Over 475,000 oz Au already defined
within the exploration portfolio
• The right ‘addresses’ for significant
gold discoveries
• Strong joint venture partners with track
records of making gold discoveries
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MALI
100% owned project gold exploration project on main transcurrent shear zone
(“MTZ”) in western Mali
• 137 km2 exploration permit covering regional significant structure
• Exploration funded and managed by Indiana Resources from
September 2018
• Multiple high-grade discoveries
• Significant data set compiled by Randgold now being utilised by
Indiana
Joint Venture with Ashanti Gold Corp. (TSX-V: AGZ)
Sale of this project to Ashanti has been agreed for C$1 million (received) and
1.5% NSR (retained)
• 64 km2 exploration permit adjacent to Kossanto West
• Ashanti funding and managing all exploration to PFS
• 247,000 oz Au JORC resource already established
Joint Venture with Cora Gold Ltd (LON: CORA). Cora owned 34% by
Hummingbird Resources Ltd (LON: HUM)
• 250 km2 exploration permit in southern Mali
• Fully funded to BFS
• Significant historical exploration work completed and targets
delineated
MATALA & DUNROBIN GOLD PROJECTS
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Asset Overview
CRA INTEREST 100%
LOCATION Zambia
RESOURCE 761koz at 2.3g/t Au
STATUS Optioned for JV and potential sale
Option Agreement – July 2018
• Non-exclusive option granted to Singa to acquire Luiri (100% owned subsidiary holding the Matala and Dunrobin licences) for total cash consideration of US$2.5 million
• In addition, Cradle Arc will receive a royalty of 1.5% of gross revenue up to a maximum aggregate amount of the Net Present Value of US$2.5 million, discounted at 8%.
• Singa also granted an non-exclusive option to form a joint venture for the operation of Matala and Dunrobin. In the event the JV Option is exercised, any such joint venture terminates upon the commencement of commercial gold production. In the event that Singa elects to exercise the JV option, Cradle Arc has the right to require Singa to exercise the Share Option
CONTACTS STRAND HANSON: NOMAD
JAMES DANCE
T: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494
WWW.STRANDHANSON.CO.UK
TAVISTOCK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED: PR
CHARLES VIVIAN / GARETH TREDWAY
E: [email protected] / [email protected]
T: : +44 (0)20 7920 3150
WWW.TAVISTOCK.CO.UK
CRADLE ARC PLC
KEVIN VAN WOUW: CEO
T: +27 (0) 11 380 7505
WWW.CRADLEARC.COM
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CORPORATE PRESENTATION
June 2018
A FOCUSED STRATEGY TO
INCREASE PRODUCTION