INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017

WESTERN AUSTRALIA PERTH NOVA OPERATION (NI-CU) IGO 100% FIGURE 9 NOVA OPERATION MINING METHOD Underground – stoping FY17 PRODUCTION Ni in concentrate – 3,502t Cu in concentrate – 2,106t AREA DISTURBED 439ha AREA REHABILITATED 107ha WORKFORCE 93% FIFO 7% DIDO NATIVE TITLE Ngadju LIFE OF MINE 9 years The Nova Operation is a high- grade nickel-copper-cobalt deposit located in the Fraser Range, approximately 140km east-north-east of Norseman and 35km north of the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. The Nova Operation consists of one mining lease and three miscellaneous licences. The mining lease extends into pastoral leases of the Fraser Range and Southern Hills stations in some parts. The Nova Operation comprises an underground mine consisting of two orebodies, Nova and Bollinger, as well as a 1.5Mtpa processing facility that produces a nickel concentrate and a copper concentrate, and associated infrastructure. The native title holders for the area in which the Nova Operation is located are the Ngadju people. 32 — IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017