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I N T E R I M R E S U L T Sfor the six months ended 31 March 2019

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SALIENT FEATURES

REEF MINED

2.22 Mtdown 9.3%

(HY2018: 2.45 Mt)

PGM PRODUCTION (5PGE+Au)

67.6 kozdown 12.2%

(HY2018: 77.0 koz)

CHROME CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION

614.1 ktdown 16.2%

(HY2018: 732.5 kt)

REVENUE

US$166.5 mdown 16.4%

(HY2018: US$199.2 m)

OPERATING PROFIT

US$14.3 mdown 64.6%

(HY2018: US$40.4 m)

EBITDA

US$30.1 mdown 44.4%

(HY2018: US$54.1 m)

PROFIT BEFORE TAX

US$10.2 mdown 72.6%

(HY2018: US$37.2 m)

EARNINGS AND HEADLINE EARNINGS PER SHARE

US$ 4 centsdown 60.0%

(HY2018: US$ 10 cents)

INTERIM DIVIDEND

US$ 0.5 cent16.2% NPAT

2

EPS

US$ 4 cents(HY2018: US$ 10 cents)

DEVELOPING A TIER ONE MINE IN ZIMBABWE

Strong Q2 performance mining and processing

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SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY

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0.24LTIFRLOST TIME INJURY FREQUENCY RATE

AS AT 31 MARCH 2019

3+YEARS FATALITY FREE

64ENGINEERING LEARNERSHIPS

23INTERNS AND GRADUATES

69ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING LEARNERS

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PRODUCTION

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THARISA MINE PIT OPTIMISATION

▪ East Pit widened and extended to optimise logistics

▪ Improved access to East Pit from north side with more regular backfill now possible on south side as pit advances north

▪ Longer benches and better drilling, blasting and hauling continuity as access roads now run parallel to the pit as it advances

▪ Longer benches ensure more optimal product mix and grade control to be delivered to Genesis and Voyager Plants

▪ Transition to 24-hour operation in East Pit completed, resulting in mining capacity increase

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL MOVED

1.3 Mm3

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PRODUCTION - MINING

▪ 2.2 Mt of ore was mined at an average rougher feed grade of 1.49 g/t PGMs on a 5PGE+Au basis and 18.2% chrome

▪ Focused on access to full mining strike length; maintaining correct multi-reef layer profile to ensure stable feed grades for processing

▪ Stripping ratio was 7.1 on a m3:m3 basis for the six months, if additional material included in stripping ratio calculation, stripping ratio tracked LOM average of 9.5

▪ Additional fleet purchased and planned for pit optimisation and targeting Vision 2020 ROM production

REEF MINED[Mtpa]

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LOM OPEN PIT STRIPPING RATIO

9.5 m3:m3

2.0

2.0

2.4

2.4 2.5

2.2

1.9

2.2

2.4 2

.6

2.4

10.6 10.7

7.3 7.5 7.97.1

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

Reef mined (H1) Reef mined (H2) Stripping ratio

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FLEET CAPACITY

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DRILL

13 OB drill rigs

12 IB/reef drill rigs

Capable of drilling +100 km pm

BLAST

Blasting is outsourced

LOAD

10 excavators

1 CAT 6050 face shovel

Capable of loading +1.8 Mm3 pm

HAUL

54 haul trucks

CAT 777 for IB/reef

CAT 785/789 for OB

Capable of hauling +1.7 Mm3 pm

Current fleet capable of mining the 5.6 Mtpa of reef and more than the life of mine average stripping ratio to meet Vision 2020 targets

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PRODUCTION - PGM

▪ Unprecedented stage 4 load shedding in March 2019 introduced instability into processing plants

‒ Measures implemented to mitigate risk of further load shedding and the impact on production with installed diesel generator capacity

▪ PGM production decreased by 12.2% to 67.6 koz (HY2018: 77.0 koz)

▪ PGM rougher feed grade of 1.49 g/t (HY2018: 1.52 g/t)

▪ PGM recoveries down to 80.7% from 83.2%, above targeted 80.0%

▪ In the second quarter, PGM recovery improved to 85.5%

▪ Recoveries have returned to normal operating levels, post the processing of the commissioning tailings in the first quarter

▪ Planned commissioning in Q4 FY2019 of PGM optimisation Phase 2

PGM PRODUCTION[kozpa]

8

38

.4

57

.4

60

.0 69

.1 77

.0

67

.639

.8

60

.6

72

.6 74

.5 75

.2

48.8%

65.8%69.9%

79.7%84.1%

80.7%

-100.0%

-80.0%

-60.0%

-40.0%

-20.0%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

PGM production (H1) PGM production (H2) PGM recovery

Q2 PGM RECOVERY OF

85.5%

Pt54.9%

Pd17.4%

Rh9.5%

Au0.2%

Ru13.6%

Ir4.4%

PRILL SPLIT

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PRODUCTION - CHROME

▪ Chrome concentrate production decreased by 16.2% to 614.1 kt (HY2018: 732.5 kt)

▪ Cr2O3 ROM grade of 18.2% (HY2018: 18.1%)

▪ Chrome recoveries of 60.8% (HY2018: 65.9%)

▪ Of the 614.1 kt of chrome concentrates produced, 148.1 kt or 24.1% of production was specialty grade chrome concentrates

CHROME PRODUCTION[ktpa]

9

56

9.4

56

3.3

60

4.4

63

6.8 73

2.5

61

4.1

51

5.8

55

8.7 63

9.3 69

4.4 71

5.5

59.4% 58.0% 62.7% 64.1% 66.0%60.8%

13.7% 10.1%21.7% 24.3% 25.4% 24.1%

-200.0%

-150.0%

-100.0%

-50.0%

0.0%

50.0%

100.0%

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

Chrome production (H1) Chrome production (H2) Chrome recovery % Specialty

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F INANCIAL REVIEW

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HY2019 THEMES

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INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

CASHFLOW GENERATION

DIVIDEND PAYERCO-PRODUCTION

SUPPORTS HEALTHY MARGINS

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REVENUE

GROUP REVENUE[US$ million]

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▪ Sales PGMs 12.0% lower from 76.1 koz to 67.0 koz

▪ Sales of metallurgical grade chrome 16.6% lower from 552.7 kt to 461.2 kt

▪ Sales of specialty grade chrome 9.3% lower, from 172.9 kt to 156.8 kt

▪ Third party trading contributed US$14.7 million to revenue

PGM CONCENTRATE SALES[kozpa]

CHROME CONCENTRATE SALES[Mtpa – including third party sales]

REVENUE CONTRIBUTIONEX WORKS BASIS

42% CHROME CIF PRICE

US$163/t ↓ 15.5%(HY2018 : US$193/t)

PGM BASKET PRICE

US$1 017/oz ↑ 11.9%(HY2018: US$909/oz)

12

6.1

12

3.7

86

.0

17

5.1

19

9.2

16

6.5

11

4.6

12

3.1

13

3.6

17

4.3 2

07

.1

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

80

.4 11

9.9

13

2.9

14

3.5

15

2.2

67

.0

1,103

885736 786

9231,017

-500

-300

-100

100

300

500

700

900

1100

0

50

100

150

200

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

1.2

1.1 1.2 1.3

1.6

0.7

158 158

120

200186

163

-40

10

60

110

160

210

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

PGM price [US$/oz] Average 42% chrome price [US$/t]

Pt19.0%

Pd11.2%

Rh10.9%Ru

1.1%Ir

2.0%

Au0.1%

Cu0.1%

Ni0.2%

Specialty16.1%

Metallurgical32.9%

Third party6.3%

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GROSS PROFIT

GROSS PROFIT[US$ million]

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▪ Notwithstanding lower PGM and chrome volumes produced and sold gross profit margin of 19.3%

▪ PGM segment gross profit margin 20.0% (HY2018: 28.0%), shared cost allocation 55%

▪ Chrome segment gross profit margin 20.4% (HY2018: 30.1%), shared cost allocation 45%

▪ Agency and trading segment gross profit margin of 9.5% (HY2018: 7.5%)

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.2

22

.8

21

.1

82

.4

55

.7

32

.1

12

.4

20

.3

33

.4

40

.3

52

.8

13.5%17.5%

24.8%

35.1%

26.7%19.3%

-100.0%

-80.0%

-60.0%

-40.0%

-20.0%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

-10

10

30

50

70

90

110

130

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

Gross profit (H1) Gross profit (H2) Gross profit margin

PGMUS$11.6 m

ChromeUS$19.1 m

Agency and TradingUS$1.4 m

CONTRIBUTION TO GROSS PROFIT

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38.2 37.731.9 34.9 37.5 39.1

16.412.7

8.410.6

12.9 12.4

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

Cash cost excluding logistics Logistics

COSTS

By product basis – Tharisa production HY2019 HY2018

All in sustaining cost per Pt ounce US$/oz 739.1 (216.8)

All in sustaining cost per 42% chrome tonne US$/t 145.8 103.4

Mining costs HY2019 HY2018

Mining cost per cube US$/m3 9.6 7.9

Mining cost per reef tonne US$/t 22.5 20.5

OPERATING COST ANALYSIS –EX WORKS

CONSOLIDATED CASH COST PER TONNE MILLED[US$/t milled]

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54.650.4

40.345.5

50.4

Mining25.1%

Diesel14.3%

Utilities6.4%Reagents

2.8%

Steelballs3.3%

Labour27.8%

Overheads20.4%

51.5

DIESEL COST

ZAR14.22/l ↑18.1%(HY2018: ZAR12.04/l)

CHROME TRANSPORT COST

US$62.8/t ↑ 3.1%(HY2018: US$60.9/t)

STRIPPING RATIO

7.1 m3:m3

(HY2018: 8.1 m3:m3)

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PROFITABILITY

EBITDA[US$ million]

HEPS AND DIVIDENDS[US$ cent]

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NET PROFIT AFTER TAX

US$8.2 m (HY2018: US$28.4 m)

NET PROFIT BEFORE TAX

US$10.2 m (HY2018: US$37.2 m)

13

.0 17

.9

14

.7

81

.0

54

.1

30

.1

3.5 11

.1

28

.3

34

.6

47

.8

6.9%

11.8%

19.6%

33.1%

25.1%

18.1%

-50.0%

-30.0%

-10.0%

10.0%

30.0%

50.0%

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

EBITDA (H1) EBITDA (H2) EBITDA margin

-20

2

6

22

19

4

1

5 4

0.5

16% 19% 20% 16%

-40

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

HEPS Dividend %NPAT

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CASH FLOWS

NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES[US$ million]

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US$ millions HY2019

Cash flow from operating activities 41.4

Investing cash flows (27.1)

Additions to PPE (24.3)

Financing cash flows (13.5)

Net increase in cash 0.8

Cash at the end of the period 66.8

Free cash flow per share (US$ cents) 6.5

22

.4

41

.4

22

.2

75

.7

89

.8

41

.4

-0.8

6.6

3.8

19 18.9

6.5

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 HY2019

Net cash flows from operating activities Free cash flow per share [US$ cent/share]

FREE CASH FLOW

US$17.1 m

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Mining SIB85%

Processing SIB2%

Processing optimisation6%

IT and systems4%

Other3%

INVESTMENTS

▪ Capex of US$24.3 million, US$20.7 million spent on mining fleet

▪ H2 budgeted capex spend of US$14.0 million on the mining fleet remains at a higher level than the normal sustaining capex

▪ H2 capex on processing plant including diesel generators to mitigate load shedding risk budgeted at US$15.6 million

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CAPITAL

FLEET REPLACEMENT

ACCELERATED

* Excluding right of use assets (i.e leases)

ADDITIONS OF US$24.3 m*

DEPRECIATION

US$13.4 m

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ZAR denominated debt57%

US$ denominated debt43%

BALANCE SHEET

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SHORT TERM DEBT COMPOSITION

INTEREST BEARING DEBT DENOMINATION

US$ millions HY2019Total interest bearing debt 74.7

Long term 28.2 Short term 46.5

Cash and cash equivalents 66.8 Net debt 7.9 Net debt to total equity ratio 2.6%Net current assets 84.4 Return on equity 5.8%

Term facilitiesUS$17.2 m

Equipment loan facilityUS$6.1 m

Finance leasesUS$4.8 m

LoanUS$2.0 m

Trade faciltiesUS$16.4 m

TOTAL DEBT TO TOTAL EQUITY

25.0%

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GROWTH AND OPTIMISATION

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KARO PLATINUM PROGRESSING DEVELOPMENT

▪ 142 boreholes completed – 25 300 m drilled

▪ Drilling focused on western edge of the Great Dyke, average depths of 50 m to 150 m below surface targeted

▪ Over 70 core samples prepared for assaying

▪ Digital terrain mapping and high res airborne surveys completed. Quality assurance running concurrently with drilling and adheres to best practice

▪ Approval of the Environmental Prospectus by the Environmental Management Agency ('EMA') of Zimbabwe

▪ Stakeholder consultations concluded, EIA and management programme has been submitted

▪ Development permit awarded by EMA, field work initiated

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TIER ONE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY

DISCOVER

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SALENE CHROME SAMPLING UNDERWAY

▪ Development permit from EMA awarded Q4 2018, while EIA report is being finalised for submission. Permit has enabled field work and exploration trenching programme

▪ Digital terrain mapping and high res airborne geophysical survey over mining location have been completed

▪ Geophysical data has been interpreted with 11 trenches completed over 4 000 m. Trenches are being rehabilitated; next trenching and pitting targets are being identified

▪ Samples from first trenches prepared and logged, and are being assayed

▪ Second phase of trenching to commence in Q3 FY2019

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DISCOVER

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VISION 2020

2020A N N U A L I S E D TA R G E T

ROM of 5.6 Mtpa

PGMs of 200 kozpa

Chrome concentrates of 2.0 Mtpa

FY2018A C T U A L

ROM of 4.9 Mtpa

PGMs of 152.2 kozpa

Chrome concentrates of 1.4 Mtpa

FY2019G U I D A N C E

ROM of 5.0 Mtpa

PGMs of 150 kozpa

Chrome concentrates of 1.4 Mtpa

DEVELOP

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DELIVERING VISION 2020

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Improving PGM recoveries at Voyager Plant by upgrading current circuits, installing new capacity

Phase 1 completed Phase 2 commissioning

Q4 FY2019

PGM OPTIMISATION

Fine chrome recovery plant

Proprietary process developed by Arxo Metals

DFS completed FEED study review

VULCAN PLANT

Additional crushing circuit at Genesis Plant to increase plant throughput

Construction completed in FY2019

Full benefits in FY2020

FOURTH STAGE CRUSHING

Opening full mining strike length

Fleet optimisation Cat 6050 Cat 789 Liebherr 9200

Maintain correct multi-reef layer profile

Culture of continuous improvement

Ensure stable feed grades for processing

GRADE IMPROVEMENT AND FLEET OPTIMISATION

DELIVER

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DELIVERING ON OUR STRATEGY

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Globally significant, diversified low cost operations

Innovative research and development feeding organic growth

Maximise value extraction through process engineering

Marketing, sales and logistics platform

Expansion into multi -commodities

Geographic diversity

Annual dividend policy of minimum 15% NPAT

Capital allocation to low risk projects

LEADING NATURAL RESOURCES GROUP

INNOVATIONOPTIMISATION

INITIATIVES

LEVERAGING EXISTING

PLATFORMSCAPITAL DISCIPLINE

DELIVER

Production guidance of 150 koz of PGM concentrate and 1.4 Mt of chrome concentrates for FY2019

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QUESTIONS

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DISCLAIMER

These Presentation Materials are for information purposes only and must not be used or relied upon for the purpose of making any investment decision or engaging in any investment activity. Whilst the information contained herein has been prepared in good faith, neither Tharisa plc (the ‘Company’) and its subsidiaries (together, the ‘Group’) nor any of the Group’s directors, officers, employees, agents or advisers make any representation or warranty in respect of the fairness, accuracy or completeness of the information or opinions contained in this presentation and no responsibility or liability will be accepted in connection with the same. The information contained herein is provided as at the date of this presentation and is subject to updating, completion, revision, verification and further amendment without notice.

These Presentation Materials contain forward-looking statements and information in relation to the Group. By its very nature, such forward-looking statements and information require the Company to make assumptions that may not materialise or that may not be accurate. Such forward-looking information and statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors beyond the control of the Company that could cause the actual performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information and statements. Nothing in this presentation should be construed as a profit forecast. Past share performance cannot be relied on as a guide to future performance.

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