Building A Responsible Resources Industry for Bougainville

The Pacific Rim

The majority of the world’s Copper-Gold porphyry deposits and many epithermal gold deposits occur within the Pacific Ring of Fire

Bougainville – A New Emerging Nation

The Autonomous Bougainville Government established – 2005
2019 referendum - 97.7 % of residents vote in favour of autonomy
Bougainville and PNG Governments negotiating a 'road-map' for independence
Former New Zealand Governor General, and experienced Māori diplomat, Sir Jerry Mateparae appointed in Sept 2024 to lead negotiations

Bougainville aims to become the world’s newest country by 2027

Bougainville

Bougainville is located in a proven, significant resource rich region

BMI - Bougainville Mineral Investments

1 Exploration License Awarded, 2 in Application
Community awareness completed
Landholder consents secured
Autonomous Government Support
$1.5+m invested
First tenement granted by Autonomous Bougainville Government in Nov 2024
9,890 km of Helimag data – 64 targets identified
4-5 Porphyry Copper-Gold targets and 2-3 epithermal gold-copper targets

Delivering A Resources Sector

Next Steps

Multiple significant 'drill-ready' targets.

First tenement granted – TEOP

The pathway to develop sustainable resources projects

Prospect	Summary	Priority
Tore Village	Geochemical and geophysical target Existing access Potential porphyry mineralisation at surface (rock sample)	1
Melelup	Geochemical and geophysical target. Kalia 1st priority target Potential porphyry mineralisation at surface (rock sample)	1
Puspa	Geochemical and geophysical target. Kalia 1st priority target Potential high grade epithermal mineralisation at surface (rock sample)	2
Aita	Geochemical and geophysical target Potential high grade epithermal mineralisation at surface (rock sample)	2
Ramazon	Geochemical and geophysical target	3
Tore Mountain	Geochemical and geophysical target	4

A Responsible Resources Sector

34% equity for Bougainvilleans is ONLY though local entity (as required by AROB Mining Act 2015). Additional 13.5% equity in Australian parent – above and beyond statutory requirements.

Landowners directly oversee and participate in exploration on their traditional lands

A culturally and environmentally sensitive resources industry for Bougainville.

BMI – A Community Partnership

An opportunity to partner with an emerging nation, and its people, to lead establishment and delivery of a responsible resources sector, in a geologically significant and proven environment.

Opportunity

“Elephant Country”
Panguna (6 Mt Cu + 23 MOz Au),
Lihir (87 MOz Au),
Simberi (8 Moz Au)

BMI - Bougainville - Risk

Risk	Mitigation Strategy
Bougainville – Sovereign	Bougainville an emerging independent nation, needs an economy – ABG** is focussed on developing into a nation. Politically and bureaucratically focussed on this goal.
Bougainville – Security	Safer and more secure than PNG, no displaced people, low crime rate
Exploration	This is an exploration opportunity and is subject to standard exploration risk.
Bribery and Corruption	Strong corporate governance with anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and modern slavery policies in place
Large scale high CAPEX deposits	Once opportunity crystalised, work with tier-1 miner/s

** Autonomous Bougainville Government

Bougainville Mineral Investments

BMI has significantly de-risked it’s Bougainville project by engaging Great Divide Mining Ltd as project manager delivering:-

highly experienced team from start-up,
engaged on a contract basis, with
a proven record of delivering free cash-flow mining, together with community and environmental sensitivity