Black Rock Mining Mahenge Graphite Mine

Simply Better Graphite: Investor Update

Paydirt Battery Materials Conference, Perth

April 2022

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Competent Person(s) Statement

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results and Mineral Resource Statements is based on information compiled by John de Vries, who is a member of the AusIMM. He is an employee of Black Rock. John de Vries has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 and 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'.

The information that relates to Mineral Resources is based on and fairly represents information compiled by Mr Lauritz Barnes, (Consultant with Trepanier Pty Ltd) and Mr Aidan Patel (Consultant with Patel Consulting Pty Ltd). Mr Barnes and Mr Patel are members of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and have sufficient experience of relevance to the styles of mineralisation and types of deposits under consideration, and to the activities undertaken to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Barnes, Mr Patel and Mr de Vries consent to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which they appear.

The Ore Reserves have been compiled by Black Rock, under the direction of Mr John de Vries, who is a Member and Chartered Professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr de Vries is a full-time employee of Black Rock and holds performance rights in the company as part of his total remuneration package. Mr de Vries has sufficient experience in Ore Reserve estimation relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves".

Forward Looking Statements

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Black Rock and the Mahenge Graphite Mine

Table of Contents

Corporate overview: Black Rock at a glance 4

Black Rock team 5

The outlook for graphite 6

A snapshot of the Mahenge graphite mine 11

Premier Location 12

Graphite Uses 13

Why Black Rock?

14

ESG Focus

15

Graphite Playbook

16

Development Timetable

17

Advancing Next Steps

18

Summary

19

Appendix

21

Black Rock at a glance

Premium graphite player

Developing the Tier 1 scale Mahenge graphite project in Tanzania (2nd largest reserve globally)

Strategic Alliance with POSCO as cornerstone offtake partner and major shareholder

POSCO Term Sheet agreed for US$10m prepay and LOM fines offtake for Module 1 (Dec 2021)

Mahenge NPV10 nominal US$1.5bn (A$2.1bn)1

Qualified path to market through established strategic partnerships

All key Tanzania Govt agreements in place with FCI Agreement signed with Govt (Dec 2021)

1NPV10% nominal / 8% real post-tax, post deducting Govt 16% free carry based on the eDFS (July 2019)

Capital structure ASX ticker

Share price (1 April 2022) Shares on issue

Options and performance rights Market capitalisation (undiluted) (@$0.25c) Cash (31 December 2021)

BKT $0.25 872.3 M 69.7 M A$218 M A$8.6 M

Debt (31 December 2021)

Nil

Major shareholders

Copulos Group 16%

POSCO Group 14%

($A)M

Black Rock team

Board of Directors

Richard Crookes, Non-exec Chairman: Geologist with over 30 years' executive experience in the resources and finance industries; raised capital and financed a number of projects globally, including across Africa. Previous roles include Investment Director at Mining PE Fund EMR Capital, Executive Director in Macquarie's Metals & Energy Capital and Chief Geologist / Mining Manager at Ernest Henry Mining.

John de Vries, MD & CEO: Mining Engineer with over 35 years' experience in mine development and operations; professional experience spans Africa, the Pacific, the Former Soviet Union, North and South America and Australia. Previously General Manager Technical Services with St Barbara, integral in the 2014 turnaround; earlier operational management roles at BHP Nickel West, Orica Mining Services and Western Mining Corp.

Ian Murray, Non-exec Director: Finance Executive with over 20 years' corporate experience in the publicly listed resources sector; led highly successful project developments, major acquisitions, company restructures and stock exchange listings. Previous roles include CEO of Gold Road Resources, CEO and CFO of DRDGold Ltd, Director of Rand Refinery Ltd and GoldMoney.com, and senior positions at KPMG, PwC and Bioclones.

Gabriel Chiappini, Non-exec Director & Company Secretary: Chartered Accountant with over 20 years' experience in the commercial sector; Experience in several ASX-listings and involved with total equity and debt raised of over A$400m. Over the last 15 years has held positions of Director, Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer in both public and private companies with operations in Australia, the UK and the US.

Management

Steuart McIntyre, GM Corporate Development: Mining analyst with over 15 years experience. Previous roles include sell-side mining analyst for Royal Bank of Canada and Blue Ocean Equities and associate at Cutfield Freeman, a mining-focused corporate finance boutique in London. Steuart has degrees in Civil Engineering and Commerce from the University of Sydney and a diploma of corporate finance from the London Business School

Daniel Pantany, GM Engineering & Technical: Civil Engineer with over 22 years experience in mining project development in Africa and Australia across a broad range of broad range of project delivery roles including EPCM, EP, and lump sum EPC contracts. His most recent position was with CPC Engineering including secondment as Project Engineering Manager for Syrah's Balama project. BKT's Study Manager for Mahenge since 2018.

Paul Sims, CFO: A highly credentialled finance resources executive with over 25 years of executive experience in the resources industry, spanning both commercial and financial roles at BHP, Western Mining Corp, Minara Resources and Karara Mining. Mr Sims has extensive experience in debt finance, project management and cost control. He has a Bachelor of Business degree from Curtin University and is a Fellow of CPA Australia.

Greg Wheeler, CCO: An experienced finance and commercial manager who started his career within PwC and spent 10 years with ship manufacturer Austal, where he was responsible for managing the Finance, Accounting, IT and HR functions of the global business. Mr Wheeler then joined global trading and shipping player Wellard during a period of strong growth, including public listing and was responsible for financial systems and processes.

Raymond Hekima, VP, Corporate (Tanzania): Qualifications in Environmental Sciences and Management with over 13 years' experience in the government and corporate sectors, including significant specific permitting expertise. Responsible for overall business and operations in Tanzania and key relationships and interact ions with national government, local government, NGO's and community relations.

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