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www.u3o8corp.comFebruary, 2021
Uranium
Nuclear Energy Power Storage Rare Earths
Toward Production & Storage of Clean Energy:
Resources in battery commodities & uranium
A Green Resources Company
Vanadium, Nickel & Phosphate
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QP for Technical Disclosure – All scientific and technical disclosure contained herein has been prepared and approved byDr. Richard Spencer, U3O8 Corp’s President and CEO and a “Qualified Person” within the meaning of NI 43-101.
Certain statements contained herein constitute forward-looking statements (“FLS”) that involve substantial known and unknown risks anduncertainties. These FLS are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the control of U3O8 Corp., including,but not limited to, the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions, geopolitical risks, volatility of commodity prices,assumptions used in resource estimates, economic analysis and financial projections, risks associated with the uncertainty of explorationresults and estimates and that the resource potential will be achieved on exploration projects, timing and outcome of the preliminaryeconomic assessment (“PEA”) and that a mine will be achieved on the Berlin Deposit. Readers are cautioned that the assumptions used inthe preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such,undue reliance should not be placed on FLS. These FLS are made as of the date hereof and U3O8 Corp. assumes no obligation to updateor revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. Industry and peer information has been drawn from publicly available sources andhave not been independently verified by U3O8 Corp. Comparisons of U3O8 Corp’s resource and exploration targets with other uraniumdeposits are conceptual in nature, and have not been independently verified by U3O8 Corp. and information regarding these peer depositsare drawn from publicly available information.
Berlin Project, Colombia – resources of 1.5Mlb indicated at 0.11% U3O8 and 19.9Mlb inferred at 0.11% U3O8 ; plus a phosphate inferredresource of 0.8Mt at 9.3% P2O5 and vanadium inferred resource of 97mlb at 0.50% V2O5 defined on only the southern 3km of the 10.5kmmineralized trend at Berlin. See March 2, 2012 – “Berlin Project, Colombia – National Instrument NI 43-101 Report”. Based on explorationon other mineralized areas, there is an additional exploration target of 20-27Mt at a grade of 0.09% to 0.11% U3O8 (~50-55Mlb) on theremaining 7.5km of the trend – see press release dated September 20, 2012. For the Berlin PEA see the January 31, 2013 – “BerlinProject, Colombia - Preliminary Economic Assessment, NI 43-101 Report”.
PEAs are preliminary in nature as they include inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically for economicconsideration that would enable them to be classified as mineral reserves. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and have notdemonstrated economic viability. There is no certainty that the results of the PEAs will be realized. Potential quantity and grades areconceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource on the above exploration targets, and it isuncertain if further exploration will increase the mineral resources on the company’s projects in Guyana, Argentina and Colombia.Information on U3O8 Corp., its projects and technical reports in compliance with NI 43-101 are available on the company’s web site atwww.u3o8corp.com.
Forward-Looking Statements & DisclaimerA Green Resources Company
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U3O8 Corp: Clean energy & Energy Storage
A Green Resources Company
3. Rare Earths High-efficiency generators & motors
2. UraniumTo fuel large nuclear
power plants
To fuel small modular reactors (SMRs)
1. Battery CommoditiesNickel,
Vanadium, Phosphate,
Zinc
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U3O8 Corp. Capital Structure
8% Insiders
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Share Capital
Market cap(at $0.24) C$4.5M
Basic shares o/s 29,775,104
Warrants o/s 9,612,193
Options o/s 2,163,000
Fully diluted 41,550,297
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Name Experience & Key Areas of Expertise Function
Dr. Keith Barron
• Founded Aurelian Resources & discovered the 13 million ounce (“Moz”) Fruta del Norte (FDN) gold deposit in Ecuador. FDN was sold to Kinross Gold for $1.3B• Recipient of PDAC’s Thayer Lindsley International Discovery Award – 2008• Northern Miner’s Mining Man of the Year – 2008
• Chairperson• Member of Audit Committee
Ms. Helen Molesworth
• A gemologist and classicist. • BA (Oxon) and has international experience across the coloured gemstone industry. • A recognized gems and jewellery expert, who has worked at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, and launched a coloured gemstone Academy out of Hong Kong and China.
• Independent Director• Member of Audit Committee
Dr. Scott Morrison
• Geologist (B.Sc in Geology)• Metallurgist (PhD in metallurgy)• Director of Zinc Oxide LLC, largest zinc producer in the USA• Director of AK Altynalmas – a gold producer in Kazakhstan.
• Independent Director• Chair of Audit Committee
Dr. Richard Spencer
Led the exploration teams that:• Discovered the 3.3 million ounce Loma Larga gold deposit in Ecuador (+23Moz silver);• Increased gold reserves at Las Cristinas in Venezuela by 65% from 10Moz to 17Moz;• Grass roots discoveries of copper porphyries in Ecuador – resources are:23 billion pounds of copper + 4 Moz gold in Mirador, Panantza & San Carlos porphyries
• Non-independent Director• President & CEO
Mr John Ross• As CFO of IAMGOLD Corp., was the first to introduce the gold “money policy” – converted
the company’s cash to gold at an average price of US$287/oz as an ultra-contrarian when the majors were still hedged and when the Bank of England was selling the country’s gold
• CFO
U3O8 Corp. Board & Management
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U3O8 Corp. is a minerals exploration company focused on:• Battery commodities for the accelerating e-transport and renewable energy
storage markets; and• Uranium for the zero-carbon nuclear electricity generation.
Battery commodities include:• Phosphate for the LFP lithium-ion batteries – used by BYD, the Chinese battery
and e-vehicle manufacturer, as well as in Tesla’s Chinese-made cars;• Nickel for NMC lithium-ion batteries used by most e-vehicle manufacturers
including Tesla in the USA;• Vanadium for Vanadium Redox Batteries (“VRB”) – for industrial-scale storage
Uranium resources in the Berlin Deposit.
SummaryA Green Resources Company
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Battery Commodities
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A Green Resources Company
Colombia
Arge
ntin
a
BERLIN, Colombia
NI 43-101 Resource category
Vanadium Nickel Phosphate ZincMillionpounds
Million pounds
Million Tonnes
Million Pounds
Indicated 6 3.1 0.05 4.4Inferred 91 42.1 0.8 45
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U3O8 Corp. holds shares in International Consolidated Uranium TSXV:CUR, that has interests in uranium deposits in Argentina (from U3O8 Corp.), Canada and Australia.
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Berlin:Estimated Revenue by Commodity
– Preliminary Economic Assessment Model
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PEA estimates are preliminary in nature. Includes resources that are not reserves & do not have demonstrated economic viability. No certainty of the PEA being realized.
$977, 35%
$866, 31%
$420, 15%
$268, 9%
$202, 7%
$92, 3%
Uranium
PhosphoricAcidNickel
Vanadium
Rare EarthElementsZinc &Molybdenum
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$489, 27%
$265, 14%$720,
39%
$12, 1%
$208, 11%
$29, 2%$50, 3%
$59, 3%
PEA Model: Revenue (US$ millions) PEA Model: Revenue at current commodity prices (US$ millions)
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Estimated Increase in Demand for Battery Commodities
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Lithium-Ion Battery CommoditiesA Green Resources Company
Metal content by battery chemistry
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Li-ion Battery Type Chemistry Abrev.
Lithium Iron Phosphate LiFePO4 LFP
Lithium Vanadium Phosphate Li3V2(PO4)3 LVP
Lithium Manganese Oxide
LiMn2O4 LMO
Lithium Cobalt Oxide LiCoO2 LCO
Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminium Oxide
LiNiCoAlO2 NCA
Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide
LiNiMnCoO2 NMC
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Battery CommoditiesVanadium Redox Batteries – Industrial e-Storage
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Cost Guidance• US$500/kWh (UniEnergy Technologies)
= US$0.10/kWh over 15,000 cycles;• US$300/kWh with recycled Vanadium
(Imery)= US$0.07/kWh over 15,000 cycles
• Footprint: 20MW/acre or 50MW/hectare• UET system cost estimate: US$0.05c/kWh
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VRB
=Typical large
reactor (1,000MW)
Only 5 of these VRBs would be needed to store the entire electricity output of a typical large reactor
Largest battery in world is a VRB:• 200MW / 800MWh in Dalian, China;• Sufficient to power 100,000 typical western
homes for 8 hours;VRB selected for:• Reliability – no significant loss of capacity
over battery life;• >20 year life;• Electrolyte is fully recyclable at end of the
battery’s life.
VRB
VRB
VRB
VRB
Dalian VRB 50% complete
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Battery CommoditiesVanadium Redox Flow Batteries (“VRB”)
A Green Resources Company
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Flow Batteries
Lithium Ion Lead Acid
1 hr 5 hrs 10 hrs
10MW
10kW
1MW
Rat
edO
utpu
t
Battery Duration
5+
4+3+
2+
Vanadium occurs naturally in 4 different charge states
+ve -ve
V5+
V4+
V3+
+veelectrode
-veelectrode
V2+
current
Membrane
U3O8 Corp. Uranium Resource: 21 million pounds
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Note – Projected cash costs are based on PEAs that are preliminary in nature as they include resource estimates that are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability – see slide 2
Colombia
Argentina
BERLIN, Colombia Estimated Cash Cost of Uranium
Production
Estimated Capital Cost
Resource Type Million pounds
Indicated 1.5 US$0/pound of uranium net of by-
products
US$441 millionInferred 19.9
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Richard Spencer, President & [email protected]
1-647-292-0225www.u3o8corp.com
Appendix Follows
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Berlin Deposit: Stage of ProjectA Green Resources Company
Built on discovery by Cogema (Orano)
Initial (21Mlb) NI43-101 uranium resource
Increase resource to 50Mlb threshold
Pilot processing plant
Feasibility Study
Construction decision
PEA – focus on cash cost of productionNext Step
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Berlin Deposit:Location & Infrastructure
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Good Existing Infrastructure• Between Colombia’s largest cities
(Bogota & Medellin) in agricultural heartland
• Power – 395MW hydroelectric plant located 12km from Project
• Roads – 60km from main highway• Port – 60km from major Magdalena
river, navigable to the Caribbean• Rail – 60km from rail line scheduled
for refurbishment
------- National Highways------- Railway Being Refurbished
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Uranium Sector SnapshotA Green Resources Company
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Berlin ProjectPEA – Production Profile
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1 Projections based on Berlin PEA – see cautionary statements on slide 2
Product Uranium Phosphate Vanadium Nickel Rare Earth Elements Moly Zinc
Units Mlbs Thousand tonnes Mlbs Mlbs Tonnes Mlbs Mlbs
Annual Mill throughput 500,000 tonnes
Life of Mine Production 16.3 884 51 22 4,040 4.2 47
Average AnnualProduction 1.2 59 3.4 1.5 270 0.3 3.1
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Berlin ProjectPEA Opex Estimate
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1 Projections based on Berlin PEA – see cautionary statements on slide 2
Item US$/tonne of Ore Life of Mine
Revenue $405.81 $B2.82
Opex
Royalty to State $18.60
$B1.40
Mining $54.69
Processing $103.00
G&A $3.60
Dewatering $4.84
Contingency $16.61
Total $201.33
Free Cash Flow per tonne of Ore $204.48 $B1.42
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Berlin ProjectPEA Capex Estimate
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1 Projections based on Berlin PEA – see cautionary statements on slide 2
Item Initial Capital (US$)
Sustaining Capital (US$)
Total Estimate
(US$)
Mine & Mining $63 $11 $74
Processing Plant $164 $13 $177
Mine Dewatering, Environmental & Closure $10 $15 $25
Infrastructure $55 $4 $59
EPCM & Indirect Costs $65 $65
Contingency $41 $41
Total $398 $43 $441
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ProjectedAnnual
Production
SensitivitiesProjected
Capex(US$M)
Uranium Price ($/lb)
After-Tax (US$M) Payback (years)
NPV7.5% NPV10% IRR
1.2MlbBase Case
$40 $85 $19 11% 6.6
$441$50 $142 $66 13% 5.9
$60 $198 $112 15% 5.3
$70 $255 $159 17% 4.9
Sensitivity analysis based on PEA that is preliminary in nature. Includes resources that are not reserves & do not have demonstrated economic viability. No certainty of the PEA being realized.
BerlinPreliminary Economics
Current Resource
The economics can be strengthened through alternative technology. The key next step is testing membrane technology – used in water purification – is the next crucial test as a way of separating the various commodities from the leach fluid at Berlin
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Berlin DepositOpportunities to Increase Cash Flow
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NPV7.5% could increase by US$156M or ~45% through optimization:US$
PEA NPV7.5% (Current PEA) $338M
Process optimization:• Removal of 30% of carbonate by flotation (Aiming to achieve >50%
reduction in carbonate) $42M
• Rare Earths Elements: • current PEA includes Yttrium & Neodymium onlyð add Dysprosium & Europium
$66M
Optimize power production by utilizing excess heat from plant $48M
POTENTIAL NPV7.5% $494M
Analysis based on PEA that is preliminary in nature. Includes resources that are not reserves & do not have demonstrated economic viability. No certainty of the PEA being realized. For INTERNAL DISCUSSION PURPOSES – see slide 2
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Berlin ProjectCurrent Flow Sheet (modelled in the PEA)
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SX Solvent ExtractionIX Ion Exchange
Uranium-Vanadium processRare Earth (REE) processPhosphoric acid processBase Metal processGypsumMolybdenum
IX
Uraniumrecovery
Peroxide +
sulphuric acid
V recovery
IXAmmonia
+ Sulphuric
acidMolybdenumPrecipitation
Uranium VI peroxide
Ammonium metavanadate
Ammonium carbonate
TBP + Shell Sol SX Phosphoric
Acid
Ammonia REE precipitation
SX
Ni Zn Mn
REE Oxides
Carbonates
Crush to ~ 100µm
Acetic acid calcite leach
Ferric iron + sulphuric acid leach
Sulphuric acid wash
& Fe Reduction
“Step 1”
“Step 2”
Ore
High Purity
Gypsum
Calcium acetate
Acetic acid regeneration
Sulphuric acid
Ferric Iron reuse
Sulphuric acid
Iron Rejection or
Regeneration
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Berlin Deposit:Potential of Membranes to Separate Metals
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Æ If the membranes effectively separate the various commodities, Capex and Opex are likely to be reduced
Membrane technology – used in water purification – is the next crucial test as a way of separating the various
commodities from the leach fluid at Berlin
Leach fluid carrying 3 metals
A single metal is concentrated in the fluid –and can be extracted more efficiently
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A Green Resources Company
Ø21Mlb NI 43-101 Uranium Resource
Ø 25-30Mlb potentialexploration-drilled area
Ø >25Mlb – northern area –potential indicated by trenching
> 70-75Mlb potential
Green unit contains uranium & other minerals
3km
3.5km
N
4km
25-30Mlbresource potential already
identified by drilling
>25Mlb potential identified
by trenching
21MlbCurrent
NI 43-101 uranium resource
10.5km M
ineralized Trend
1Target based on mineral resources & exploration results for potential 32-34Mt at 0.09% to 0.11% U3O8(~70-75Mlb) Potential quantity & grades are conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource on these targets & it is uncertain if further exploration will increase the current deposit – see slide 2.
Berlin Deposit:Resource Growth Potential
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Berlin DepositCross Section
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Sandstone
Mineralized layer
Limestone
Shale
Ø Mineralization in 3m thick layer;
Ø Remarkable continuity;Ø Underground mining
operation;Ø Minimal mine
footprint;Ø Waste would be
replaced in backfill of underground excavations;
Ø Cut and fill mining in the steep areas combined with room and pillar in the flat areas.
West East
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Berlin DepositPotential to Improve Project’s Economics
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Ø Potential to reduce operating (Opex) and capital costs (Capex):Ø Test work on the effectiveness of alternative techniques for the
extraction of metals and phosphate (eg. Use of membrane systems to separate the metals);
Ø Potential to increase revenue:Ø Removal of carbonate to reduce reagent consumption (lower
operating costs);Ø Current PEA only considers revenue stream from two Rare Earth
Elements (Neodymium & Yttrium). Include other REEs such as Dysprosium & Europium in revenue stream;
Ø Reduce electricity cost by capturing excess heat generated by the processing plant.
Ø Increase the uranium resource – the target is 70-75Mlbs1. Economics of the deposit are strongly geared to deposit size.
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Next Step
1Target based on mineral resources & exploration results for potential 32-34Mt at 0.09% to 0.11% U3O8 (~70-75Mlb) Potential quantity & grades are conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource on these targets & it is uncertain if further exploration will increase the current deposit – see slide 2.
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