INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017

NOVA PROJECT The majority of land disturbance at the Nova Operation occurred in FY15 for the construction of the processing plant, tailings dam, boxcut and other associated infrastructure. In FY17, 18.14ha of land was disturbed. A total of 38.39ha was rehabilitated in the reporting period. EXPLORATION As IGO’s Stockman Project is currently in the approvals stage, no land clearing has occurred. IGO’s regional exploration operations around Australia created a disturbance footprint of 47.52ha. Generally, all land disturbance is rehabilitated within six months of the initial disturbance occurring. LAND AND BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT JAGUAR OPERATION TROPICANA GOLD MINE During the 2017 calendar year, 2,457ha of land was cleared at the Tropicana Gold Mine, primarily for the expansion of the waste rock dump, open pits, growth medium stockpiles, haul roads and marginal ore stockpiles. During the same period, no rehabilitation was completed. Following the Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum release of a new guideline for mining proposal development in late 2016, additional information was provided through interactive workshops in FY17. The most significant change is the development of a whole-of-site mining proposal, which is required to be progressively updated as operations are modified. The move to a risk based mining proposal aligns with IGO’s internal risk management process. IGO is also committed to contributing to the conservation of biodiversity within its operating areas. In FY18 IGO will develop a land and biodiversity management standard that will provide our operations with clarity on the required land management practices, aligned to accepted best practice industry guidelines. At the Jaguar Operation, during FY17, 2.5ha land was disturbed. Further to this, rehabilitation of 2.2ha was completed in FY17. Exploration efforts surrounding the Jaguar Operation, including diamond drilling, resulted in clearing of 10.57ha. LONG OPERATION During the FY17, 1.05ha of land was disturbed at the Long Operation. During the same period, no rehabilitation was completed. Exploration project Land disturbed FY17 (ha) Land rehabilitated FY17 (ha) Lake Mackay 0.36 5.35 Alchemy/Bryah Basin 4.095 2.725 Salt Creek 11.64 60.35 Fraser Range (incl. Windward) 31.429 0 Total 47.524 68.425 IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017— 75