greenx metals limited

NEWS RELEASE 31 JANUARY 2023

Quarterly Activities Report December 2022

Highlights

·      During the quarter, the hearing for the international arbitration claims against the Republic of Poland under both the Energy Charter Treaty and the Australia-Poland Bilateral Investment Treaty was concluded.

o  Combined arbitration hearing took place in front of the Arbitral Tribunal in London under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules for GreenX's claims against Poland.

o  Damages of up to £737 million (A$1.3 billion / PLN4.0 billion) have been claimed including the assessed value of GreenX's lost profits and damages related to both the Jan Karski and Debiensko projects, and accrued interest related to any damages.

o  The Company has funded the Claim proceedings under its US$12.3 million Litigation Funding Agreement (LFA).

·      In November, the Company announced highly encouraging results from an initial site visit to ARC.

o  Analysis of the site visit results is underway and will be key to future work programs.

o  GreenX can earn up to 80% of the ARC copper project in Greenland. ARC is a significant, large-scale project (5,774km² license area) with historical exploration results and recent analysis indicative of an extensive mineral system with potential to host world-class copper deposits.

·     Cash balance as at 31 December 2022 of A$2.6 million with a further A$6.1 million available under the LFA.

GreenX Metals Limited (ASX:GRX, LSE:GRX) (GreenX or the Company) is pleased to present its Quarterly Activities Report for the period during and subsequent to 31 December 2022.

DISPUTE WITH POLISH GOVERNMENT

During the quarter, the Company reported the conclusion of the hearing for the international arbitration claims (Claim) against the Republic of Poland under both the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and the Australia-Poland Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) (together the Treaties). The hearing took place in London in November 2022 and lasted two weeks.

Following completion of the hearing, the Arbitral Tribunal will render an Award (i.e., the legal term used for a 'decision' by the Tribunal) in due course with no specified date available for the Tribunal decision.

As previously advised, the arbitration and hearing proceedings in relation to the Claim are required to be kept confidential.

Details of the Claim

The Company's Claim against the Republic of Poland is being prosecuted through an established and enforceable legal framework, with GreenX and Poland agreeing to apply the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Rules (UNCITRAL) rules to the proceedings. The arbitration claims are being administered through the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague.

The evidentiary hearing phase of the arbitration proceedings has now been completed in front of the Arbitral Tribunal. With completion of the hearing, the Arbitral Tribunal will render an Award in due course. There is no specified date for an Award to be rendered. The Company's claims for damages against Poland are in the amount of up to £737 million (A$1.3 billion/PLN4.0 billion), which includes a revised assessment of the value of GreenX's lost profits and damages related to both the Jan Karski and Debiensko projects, and accrued interest related to any damages. The Claim for damages has been assessed by independent external quantum experts appointed by GreenX specifically for the purposes of the Claim.

In July 2020, the Company announced it had executed the Litigation Funding Agreement (LFA) for US$12.3 million with Litigation Capital Management (LCM). The facility is currently being drawn down to cover legal, tribunal and external expert costs as well as defined operating expenses associated with the Claim. The LFA is a limited recourse loan with LCM that is on a "no win - no fee" basis.

In September 2020, GreenX announced that it had formally commenced with the Claim by serving the Notices of Arbitration against the Republic of Poland. In June 2021, GreenX announced that it had formally lodged its Statement of Claim in the BIT arbitration, including the first assessed claim for compensation. The Company's Statement of Reply, the last material filing to be made by the Company for the BIT arbitration proceedings, was submitted in July 2021. The Statement of Reply addresses various points raised by the Republic of Poland in their Statement of Defence. The Statement of Reply also contains a re-evaluation of the claim for damages based on responses to Poland's Statement of Defence.

GreenX's dispute alleges that the Republic of Poland has breached its obligations under the applicable Treaties through its actions to block the development of the Company's Jan Karski and Debiensko projects in Poland which effectively deprived GreenX of the entire value of its investments in Poland.

In February 2019, GreenX formally notified the Polish Government that there exists an investment dispute between GreenX and the Polish Government. GreenX's notification called for prompt negotiations with the Government to amicably resolve the dispute and indicated GreenX's right to submit the dispute to international arbitration in the event of the dispute not being resolved amicably.

GreenX's investment dispute with the Republic of Poland is not unique, with international media widely reporting that the political environment and investment climate in Poland has deteriorated since the change in Government in 2015. As a result, there are a significant number of International Arbitration claims being bought against Poland.

HIGHLY ENCOURAGING RESULTS FROM INITIAL ARC SITE VISIT

During the quarter, GreenX and its joint-venture (JV) partner Greenfields Exploration Ltd (Greenfields) announced the results of from the first visit to the Arctic Rift Copper Project (ARC or the Project) in Greenland.

The results of this work program have demonstrated the high-grade nature of the known copper sulphide mineralisation and wider copper mineralization in fault hosted Black Earth zones and adjacent sandstone units. The exact position of a native copper fissure at the Neergaard Dal prospect was also identified.

Analysis of this new information is underway and will be key to future work programs.

A logistical base in Greenland was also secured as part of the site visit. The Company successfully established depots, and field trialed its SHERP vehicles and advanced satellite communications systems.

CORPORATE

Financial Position

As at 31 December 2022, GreenX had cash of A$2.6 million with a further A$6.1 million available to fund Claim related costs under the LFA.  

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Forward Looking Statements

This release may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on GreenX's expectations and beliefs concerning future events. Forward looking statements are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of GreenX, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. GreenX makes no undertaking to subsequently update or revise the forward-looking statements made in this release, to reflect the circumstances or events after the date of that release.

Competent Persons Statement

The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results for ARC is extracted from the ASX announcements dated 6 October 2021, 22 January 2022 and 28 November 2022 which are available to view at www.greenxmetals.com. GreenX confirms that (a) it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original announcements; (b) all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the content in the relevant announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed; and (c) the form and context in which the Competent Person's findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original announcements.

APPENDIX 1: TENEMENT INFORMATION

As at 31 December 2022, the Company has an interest in the following tenements:

Notes:

¹        In October 2021, the Company announced that it had entered into an Earn-In Agreement (EIA) with Greenfields to acquire an interest of up to 80% in ARC. As at the date of this announcement, the Company held no beneficial interest in ARC, other than through the EIA.

²        GreenX formally commenced international arbitration claims against the Republic of Poland under both the ECT and the BIT in 2021. GreenX alleges that the Republic of Poland has breached its obligations under the Treaties through its actions to block the development of the Company's Jan Karski and Debiensko mines in Poland. Refer to discussion of the Claim above.

³        The Kaczyce 1 tenement was due to expire on 31 December 2021. The Company applied for an extension to the Kaczyce 1 tenement prior to its expiry and awaits a decision.

Appendix 2: Related Party Payments

During the quarter ended 31 December 2022, the Company made payments of $166,000 to related parties and their associates. These payments relate to existing remuneration arrangements (director fees, consulting fees and superannuation of ($118,000) and the provision of a serviced office and company secretarial and administration services ($48,000).

Appendix 3: Exploration and Mining Expenditure

During the quarter ended 31 December 2022, the Company made the following payments in relation to exploration activities:

There were no mining or production activities and expenses incurred during the quarter ended 31 December 2022.

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Compliance statement

1        This statement has been prepared in accordance with accounting standards and policies which comply with Listing Rule 19.11A.

2        This statement gives a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.

Date:                31 January 2023

Authorised by:  Company Secretary

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Notes

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