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Lifezone Metals Ltd

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Apr 1, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Apr 1, 2024

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CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS

In this document, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Acquisition date” means Business Combination on July 6, 2023.

“Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Lifezone Metals” or “A&R Articles of Association” means the memorandum and articles of association of Lifezone Metals.

“Ancillary Documents” means each agreement, instrument, certificate or document including the GoGreen disclosure schedules, LHL disclosure schedules, the Plan of Merger, Initial Lock-Up Agreements, the New Registration Rights Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Warrant Assumption Agreement, any Joinder and the other agreements, instruments, certificates and documents executed or delivered by any of the parties to or in connection with the Business Combination Agreement.

“AUD” means Australian Dollars.

“Barrick” means Barrick Gold Corporation.

*“BCA”*means business combination agreement.

“*BHP”*means BHP Billiton (UK) DDS Limited, a UK based subsidiary of BHP Group Limited.

“Bushveld Complex” means a basin-shaped intrusion and geological region, internationally recognized for its PGM-bearing deposits, located in South Africa.

“Business Combination” means the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, collectively.

“BCA” or “Business Combination Agreement” means the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2022, as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time by and among GoGreen, Lifezone Metals, the Sponsor, Merger Sub, LHL, Keith Liddell, solely in his capacity as LHL Shareholders representative, and the shareholders of LHL party thereto.

“CGU” means cash generating unit.

“Committee” means a committee of at least two people appointed to Lifezone Metals’ board.

“Company” means Lifezone Metals.

“COVID-19” means the disease known as coronavirus disease or COVID-19, the virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and any evolutions or mutations thereof.

“CTP” means concentrate treatment plant.

“Definitive Feasibility Study” / “DFS” means the definitive feasibility study for both the Kabanga underground mine and the base metals refinery to determine the development requirements of the project, including capital and operating costs, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2024.

“DLSA” means the development, licensing and services agreement between Lifezone Limited and KNL, pursuant to which Lifezone Limited agreed to: (i) develop the Kabanga Hydromet Technology; (ii) once developed, license that technology to KNL for use by or on behalf of KNL initially in connection with a feasibility study and thereafter in connection with the Kabanga Project; and (iii) provide a variety of related services. Unless terminated earlier, the DLSA will remain in force until completion of the Kabanga Project and any related project, following which it shall automatically expire.

“D&O” means Directors and Officers.

“DGPS” means Differential Global Positioning System.

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“DTC” means the Depository Trust Company.

“Dutwa Acquisition” means the potential acquisition of all the tangible assets and all registered and unregistered intellectual property relating to the Dutwa Nickel Project (excluding the Ngasamo deposit in the Dutwa Nickel Project area) from Harmony Minerals Limited and Dutwa Minerals Limited, pursuant to the non-binding term sheet dated September 5, 2022, between and among Harmony Minerals Limited and Dutwa Minerals Limited, which was subsequently amended and restated on April 27, 2023, by which we may acquire all the tangible assets and all registered and unregistered intellectual property related to the Dutwa Nickel Project in Tanzania (excluding the Ngasamo deposit in the Dutwa Nickel Project area).

“Dutwa Nickel Project” means the nickel laterite ore deposit at Dutwa in northern central Tanzania.

“Earnout Period” means the time period beginning on the Share Acquisition Closing Date and ending on the five-year anniversary of the Share Acquisition Closing Date.

“Earnout Shares” means the Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares to be issued by Lifezone Metals to the eligible LHL Shareholders in connection with the Share Acquisition, within five business days after the occurrence of the Triggering Events described in this Annual Report, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, and subject to equitable adjustment for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares.

“EBSP” means Economic Benefits Sharing Principle.

“EIA” means environmental impact assessment.

“EIS” means environmental impact statement.

“EGM” means Extraordinary general meeting.

“EGC” means emerging growth company.

“EMA” means the Environmental Management Act, 2004 of Tanzania.

“EMP” means the environmental management plan in relation to the Kabanga Project.

“ESG” means environmental, social and governance.

“EV” means electric vehicle.

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“FCC” means the Fair Competition Commission of Tanzania.

“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

“FID” means final investment decision.

“First Working Capital Note” means the promissory note dated January 19, 2023, issued by GoGreen to the Sponsor in the principal amount of up to $300,000 for working capital expenses.

“Flip-Up” means the KNL shareholders’ exchange of KNL shares for LHL shares on June 24, 2022.

“FPI” means Foreign Private Issuer.

“Framework Agreement” means the agreement entered into on January 19, 2021, between KNL and the GoT, pursuant to which TNCL, in which the GoT holds a 16% non-dilutable free-carried interest and KNL holds an 84% interest, was created.

“FVTOCI” means fair value through other comprehensive income.

“FVTPL” means fair value through profit and loss.

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“FY” means full year.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles.

“GBP” means Great British Pound.

“GDP” means Gross Domestic Product.

“GHGs” means greenhouse gases.

“Glencore” means Glencore Canada Corporation*.*

“GoGreen” means GoGreen Investments Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company.

“GoGreen Initial Shareholders” means the Sponsor and certain members of GoGreen’s board of directors and advisors.

“GoGreen PIPE Investors” means the investors that are affiliates of GoGreen that invested in the PIPE Financing and consists of John Dowd, Govind Friedland and Sergei Pokrovsky.

“GoT” means the Government of Tanzania.

“GST” means goods and services tax.

“Hydromet Technology” means the particular hydrometallurgical concentrate processing technology that has been developed, and intended to be developed further, based on Lifezone’s intellectual property which includes certain patents and proprietary information in relation to such technology, and which term includes the Kabanga Hydromet Technology and the Kell Process Technology.

“IASB” means the International Accounting Standards Board.

“ICA” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“IDC” means Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, a South African national development finance institution.

“IDC-KTSA Shareholder Loan Agreement” means the shareholder loan agreement between IDC and KTSA dated March 31, 2022, in terms of which the IDC agreed to advance to KTSA a shareholder loan in the amount of R407,000,000.

“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the IASB.

“Initial Lock-Up Agreements” means, collectively, the lock-up agreements entered into by the GoGreen Initial Shareholders and LHL Shareholders at the Share Acquisition Closing in connection with the Business Combination.

“IOM Companies Act” means the Companies Act 2006 of the Isle of Man.

“IP” means intellectual property.

“IPO” means GoGreen’s initial public offering of GoGreen units, consummated on October 25, 2021.

“IRS” means Internal Revenue Service.

“IT” means Information Technology.

“JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended.

“TNCL Subsidiaries” means Tembo Refining and Tembo Mining, collectively.

“New VentureCo” or “VentureCo” means any joint venture entity formed by KNL and BHP pursuant to the Cooperation Deed.

“Kabanga Data” means the data and information acquired by KNL on April 30, 2021, relating to the Kabanga Project, including historical mineral resource estimation, all metallurgical test work and piloting data, analysis and studies in conjunction with the acquisition of Kabanga Holdings Limited from Barrick International (Barbados) Corporation and Glencore and all shares of Romanex International Limited from Glencore and Sutton.

“Kabanga Hydromet Technology” means the Hydromet Technology proposed to be developed for refining nickel, cobalt and copper at the Kahama refinery and licensed by Lifezone Limited to KNL, pursuant to the DLSA.

“Kabanga Nickel” means Kabanga Nickel Company Limited, a Tanzanian company.

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“Kabanga Nickel Project” means Lifezone Metals’ exploration project of the Kabanga deposit project area.

“Kagera Mining” means Kagera Mining Company Limited, a Tanzanian company.

“Kell Intellectual Property” means the IP rights with respect to the Kell Process Technology owned, licensed to or controlled by Lifezone Limited.

“Kell License” means the exclusive license granted by Lifezone Limited to its 50%- owned subsidiary, Kelltech, to use and sub-license the Kell Process Technology in the SADC License Area.

“Kellplant” means Kellplant Proprietary Limited, a limited liability private company, registered in and incorporated under the laws of South Africa.

“Kell Process Technology” means the Hydromet Technology licensed by Lifezone Limited to Kelltech pursuant to the Kelltech License Agreement for refining PGMs, gold and silver and associated base metals where the primary focus of the extraction process is a PGM, gold, or silver.

“Kelltech” means Kelltech Limited, a company registered and incorporated in Mauritius.

“Kelltech License Agreement” means a license agreement among Lifezone Limited, Keith Liddell and Kelltech, as amended.

“Kell-Sedibelo-Lifezone Refinery” means a potential refinery at SRL’s Pilanesberg Platinum Mine in South Africa that would process PGMs, gold, nickel, copper and cobalt, applying the Kell Process Technology.

“Key LHL Shareholders” means, collectively, Keith and Jane Shelagh Liddell (jointly), Varna Holdings Limited, BHP, Peter Smedvig, Keith Liddell, Kamberg Investments Limited, Duncan Bullivant, Hermetica Limited and Chris Showalter.

“KNL” means Kabanga Nickel Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.

“KTSA” means Kelltechnology SA Proprietary Ltd.

“KTSA License” means the license granted to KTSA under the KTSA License Agreement.

“KTSA License Agreement” means a license agreement between Kelltech and KTSA, dated April 16, 2014, as amended, pursuant to which Kelltech Limited granted KTSA an exclusive sub-license to the Kell Intellectual Property under the Kelltech License Agreement to use the Kell Intellectual Property within the SADC License Area.

“LIBOR” means the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate.

“Lifezone Holdings” or “LHL” means Lifezone Holdings Limited, an Isle of Man company, and its consolidated subsidiaries and, following the Share Acquisition, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lifezone Metals.

“LHL Shareholders” means the shareholders of LHL immediately prior to the Share Acquisition Closing.

“*Lifezone”*means Lifezone Metals Limited (the Company, individually and together with its controlled subsidiaries.

“Lifezone Limited” means Lifezone Limited, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Isle of Man.

“Lifezone Metals” or “LML” means Lifezone Metals Limited, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Isle of Man.

“Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, with $0.0001 par value per share, of Lifezone Metals.

“Lifezone Subscription Agreement” means the subscription agreement dated December 24, 2021, entered into between Lifezone Limited and BHP, pursuant to which BHP subscribed for ordinary shares of Lifezone Limited for an aggregate amount of $10 million.

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“LME” means London Metal Exchange.

“Lock-Up Agreements” means, collectively, the Initial Lock-Up Agreements and the lock-up agreements entered into by the limited partners of the Sponsor in connection with the distribution of Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares and Warrants by the Sponsor to such limited partners.

“LSP” means loss per share.

“LZAP” means Lifezone Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd (formerly known as Metprotech Pacific Pty Ltd).

“LZL” means Lifezone Limited.

“LZSL” means LZ Services Limited.

“Merger” means the merger of GoGreen with and into Merger Sub, as a result of which the separate corporate existence of GoGreen ceased and Merger Sub continued as the surviving entity, and the shareholders of GoGreen (other than shareholders of GoGreen who elected to redeem their GoGreen ordinary shares and dissenting shareholders) became shareholders of Lifezone Metals.

“Merger Closing” means the closing of the Merger.

“Merger Closing Date” means the date of the Merger Closing, which was July 5, 2023.

“Merger Effective Time” means the time at which the Merger became effective, which occurred on July 5, 2023.

“Merger Sub” means Aqua Merger Sub.

“Mineral Resource Estimates” means the mineral resource estimates set out in the Technical Report Summary.

“MMPF” means Multi-purpose Mineral Processing Facility

“MRU” means mineral resource update.

“NCI” means non-controlling interest.

“New Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by and among Lifezone Metals, certain LHL Shareholders and the Sponsor in connection with the Business Combination.

“NiEq” means nickel equivalent.

“PAP” means project affected people.

“PFIC” means passive foreign investment company.

“PGM” means platinum group metals.

“Pilanesberg Platinum Mine” means the PGM-producing open pit mine complex located primarily within the farm Tuschenkomst 135JP, located in the Bushveld Complex, and which was operated by PPM until December 1, 2023, and indirectly owned by SRL.

“PIPE” means Private Investment in Public Equity.

“PIPE Financing” means the private placement of 7,017,317 Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares to the PIPE Investors for gross proceeds of $70,173,170, pursuant to the Subscription Agreements.

“PIPE Investors” means the investors (including the GoGreen PIPE Investors) in the PIPE Financing pursuant to the Subscription Agreements.

“PPM” means Pilanesberg Platinum Mines Proprietary Limited, a limited liability private company, registered in and incorporated under the laws of South Africa. PPM is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of SRL.

“Private Placement Warrants” means the 667,500 warrants issued to the Sponsor in a private placement concurrently with the IPO that were assumed by Lifezone Metals pursuant to the Warrant Assumption Agreement.

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“Promissory Note” means the promissory note dated March 17, 2021, as amended by the amended and restated promissory note dated September 21, 2021, whereby the Sponsor agreed to loan GoGreen up to $500,000 to be used for the payment of costs relating to the IPO.

“Public Warrants” means the public warrants that were previously registered and originally issued in the initial public offering of GoGreen Units at a price of $10.00 per GoGreen Unit, with each GoGreen Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share of GoGreen and one-half of one GoGreen public warrant, and that were assumed by Lifezone Metals pursuant to the Warrant Assumption Agreement.

“QA” means quality assurance.

“QC” means quality control.

“OCI” means other comprehensive income.

“RAP” means Resettlement Action Plan

“Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement” means the registration and shareholder rights agreement dated as of October 20, 2021, among GoGreen, the Sponsor and the other “Holders” named therein.

“Reorganization” means Capital reorganization.

“SADC License Area” means the countries (Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the Seychelles) where Kelltech can use and/or exercise the Kell Process Technology, under the exclusive license granted by Lifezone Limited.

“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” or “SOX” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

“Second Extension” means the extension requested by the Sponsor, on April 10, 2023, that GoGreen extend the date by which GoGreen has to consummate a business combination from April 25, 2023, to July 25, 2023, as the second of two three-month extensions permitted under GoGreen’s existing governing documents.

“Section 404” means Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“SGPL” means The Simulus Group Pty Limited.

“Share Acquisition” means the acquisition by Lifezone Metals of all of the issued share capital of LHL in exchange for the issue to LHL Shareholders of Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares and, if applicable, Earnout Shares, such that LHL became a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Lifezone Metals.

“Share Acquisition Closing” means the closing of the Share Acquisition.

“Share Acquisition Closing Date” means the date of the Share Acquisition Closing, which was July 6, 2023.

“Simulus” means Simulus Group Pty Ltd.

“Simulus SSA” means the Share Sale Agreement, dated July 3, 2023, among Metprotech Pacific Pty Ltd, the persons set out in Schedule 1 thereto as vendors, Simon Walsh, as Management Vendors Representative, the Simulus Group Pty Ltd and Lifezone Limited.

“SML” means the Special Mining Licence for the Kabanga deposit project area issued by the GoT to TNCL on October 25, 2021.

“SOFR” means Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

“SONIA” means Sterling overnight indexed average.

“SPAC” means special purpose acquisition company.

“SPAC transaction” means a transaction or series of related transactions by merger, consolidation, share exchange or otherwise of the Company with a publicly traded “special purpose acquisition company” or its subsidiary (collectively, a “SPAC”), immediately following the consummation of which the common stock or share capital of the SPAC or its successor entity is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or another exchange or marketplace approved by the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Preferred Directors.

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“Sponsor” means GoGreen Sponsor 1 LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

“Sponsor Earnout Shares” means the 1,725,000 Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Sponsor that are subject to vesting upon the occurrence of the triggering events described in this Annual Report, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and the Sponsor Support Agreement.

“Sponsor Support Agreement” means the letter agreement entered into concurrently with the Business Combination Agreement by the Sponsor, GoGreen, Lifezone Metals and LHL, pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor agreed to (a) waive the anti-dilution and certain other rights set forth in the organizational documents of GoGreen and (b) subject the Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares to an earn-out subject to certain conditions.

“Sedibelo” means Sedibelo Resources Limited.

“Subscription Agreements” means those certain subscription agreements entered into on December 13, 2022, among GoGreen, Lifezone Metals and the PIPE Investors named therein relating to the PIPE Financing.

“Sutton” means Sutton Resources Limited.

“Technical Report Summary” means Kabanga 2023 Mineral Resource Update Technical Report Summary prepared by Sharron Sylvester, BSc (Geol), RPGeo AIG (10125) and Bernard Peters, BEng (Mining), FAusIMM (201743) (each, a “Qualified Person” and collectively, the “Qualified Persons”) with an effective date of November 30, 2023.

“Tembo Mining” means Tembo Nickel Mining Company Limited, a subsidiary of Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited.

“Tembo Refining” means Tembo Nickel Refining Company Limited, a subsidiary of Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited.

“TNCL” means Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited.

“TRA” means Tanzanian Revenue Authority.

“Trading Day” means any day on which the Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares are actually traded on the NYSE (or the exchange on which the Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares are then listed).

“Tranche 1 Investment” means the investment of $40 million received by KNL from BHP by way of a convertible loan, pursuant to the Tranche 1 Loan Agreement.

“Tranche 1 Loan Agreement” means the loan agreement dated December 24, 2021, between KNL and BHP pursuant to which KNL received investment of $40 million from BHP by way of a convertible loan forming the Tranche 1 Investment.

“Tranche 2 Investment” means BHP’s investment of $50 million in KNL in the form of equity under the Tranche 2 Subscription Agreement.

“Tranche 2 Subscription Agreement” means the equity subscription agreement dated October 14, 2022, between KNL and BHP, pursuant to which KNL received investment of $50 million from BHP by way of an equity subscription forming the Tranche 2 Investment.

“Tranche 3 Investment” means BHP’s potential investment in KNL in form of equity under the Tranche 3 Option Agreement, the completion of which is subject to certain conditions and pursuant to which BHP would, in aggregate, hold indirectly 51% of the total voting and economic equity rights in TNCL on a fully diluted basis.

“Tranche 3 Option Agreement” means the equity option agreement dated October 14, 2022, as amended on February 8, 2023, entered into between BHP, Lifezone Limited and KNL, pursuant to which BHP has the option to consummate a further investment in KNL, subject to certain conditions being satisfied, including the satisfactory completion of, and agreement on, the Definitive Feasibility Study, agreement on the joint financial model in respect of the Kabanga Project, the amendment of the articles of association and share capital of the TNCL Subsidiaries to remove the free-carried interest rights of the GoT in the TNCL Subsidiaries and receipt of any necessary regulatory and tax approvals.

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“Tranche 3 Shareholders’ Agreement” means the shareholders’ agreement that KNL and Lifezone Limited would enter into with BHP upon closing of the Tranche 3 Investment in respect of KNL and its subsidiaries.

“Triggering Event I” means if at any time during the Earnout Period, the daily VWAP of the Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares during such period is equal to or exceeds $14.00 per share for any 20 Trading Days (which may or may not be consecutive) during a 30-consecutive Trading Day period.

“Triggering Event II” means if at any time during the Earnout Period, the daily VWAP of the Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares during such period is equal to or exceeds $16.00 per share for any 20 Trading Days (which may or may not be consecutive) during a 30-consecutive Trading Day period.

“Triggering Events” means, collectively, Triggering Event I and Triggering Event II.

“Trust Account” means the trust account that held proceeds of the IPO and the concurrent sale of the GoGreen placement warrants established by GoGreen for the benefit of its shareholders.

“TZS” Tanzanian Shillings.

“U.S. dollar” or “$” means the legal currency of the United States.

“U.S. GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

“VAT” means value added tax.

“VWAP” means, for any security as of any date(s), the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange on which such security is then traded during normal trading hours of such exchange or market, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during normal trading hours of such market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date(s) on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date(s) shall be the fair market value as determined reasonably and in good faith by a majority of the disinterested directors of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the applicable issuer. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock or share dividend, stock split or share subdivision, stock combination or share consolidation, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

“WACC” means weighted average cost of capital.

“Warrants” means, collectively, the Private Placement Warrants and the Public Warrants.

“ZAR” means South African Rand.

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