Independence Group Sustainability Report 2019

VERTICALLY INTEGRATED Vertically integrated to produce battery grade chemicals and cathode precursors. Strategically focused on metals critical to clean energy Delivered by people who are bold, passionate, fearless and fun - a smarter, kinder, more innovative team. GLOBALLY RELEVANT Globally relevant supplier of metals that are critical to energy storage and renewable energy. QUALITY PRODUCTS Quality products desired by end users made safely, ethically, sustainably and reliably. PROACTIVELY GREEN Proactively green using renewables, energy storage and EV mining equipments to reduce carbon footprint. The IGO Strategy We are living our strategy through our actions, such as endeavouring to be proactively green and embracing renewable energy, innovation and technology to reduce our carbon footprint. This is demonstrated in the current construction of the solar farm at the Nova Operation, and our investigation and development of numerous ways to introduce electrification into our Nova mining Operation. We are also focused on vertical integration across the clean energy value chain with ongoing workstreams to investigate the opportunity for IGO to have exposure to the downstream nickel sulphate, and potential cathode precursor chemicals production. This would unlock greater value from the metals we produce whilst also unlocking value via the supply chain of materials critical for clean energy. This focus on vertical integration is reflected in the work we commenced in 2018 to produce nickel sulphates directly from nickel sulphide concentrates. The IGO Process™ is a new and innovative concept we have developed for producing high quality nickel sulphate directly from nickel sulphide concentrate, which is more environmentally friendly, lower cost and more efficient with extractions rates in excess of 97 per cent for nickel and cobalt. At IGO, we will continue to produce high- quality products that are made safely, ethically, sustainably and reliably to meet our customers’ needs; all delivered by people who are bold, passionate, fearless and fun. We are a smarter, kinder, more innovative mining company. IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019 — 7