Announcement PDF ASX ANNOUNCEMENT 27 JULY 2026 Critical Resources Limited – www.criticalresources.com.au Level 45, 108 St George's Tce, Perth WA 6000 P: +61 (8) 9465 1024 E. info@criticalresources.com.au ASX:CRR 2026 Presentation – TechKnow Invest Roadshow Conference Critical Resources Limited (‘Critical Resources’ or the ‘Company’, ASX:CRR) attaches the presentation to be delivered by the Company’s Managing Director, Tim Wither, at the TechKnow Invest Roadshow in Melbourne on Monday, 27 July 2026 and in Sydney on Wednesday, 29 July 2026. The TechKnow Invest Roadshow is an in-person investment conference for ASX-listed technology, biotechnology, medical technology and resources technology companies, attended by institutional investors, brokers and private investors. CONFERENCE DETAILS Melbourne: Monday, 27 July 2026 – Sofitel Melbourne on Collins Sydney: Wednesday, 29 July 2026 – Swissôtel Sydney This announcement has been approved for release by the Board of Directors of Critical Resources. To receive alerts for ASX announcements and updates, sign up at www.criticalresources.com.au or for further information please contact us directly at: E: info@criticalresources.com.au P: +61 (8) 9465 1024 ABOUT CRITICAL RESOURCES LIMITED Critical Resources Limited (ASX:CRR) is an Australian mining and technology company focused on the discovery and development of critical metals and next generation technologies essential to a sustainable future. The Company holds a diversified portfolio including the Mavis Lake Lithium Project in Ontario, Canada, the Halls Peak Base Metals Project in New South Wales, and a growing gold portfolio in New Zealand. 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Capital Structure ASX:CRR $22.36M Market Cap (A$) $0.007 Share Price – 24 July 2026 ~49% Top 20 Holders 3 - Multi-commodity exposure - across Tier-1 geology and jurisdictions: Australia, Canada and New Zealand. - North American lithium resource – Mavis Lake, Ontario Canada. - High-impact gold / tungsten portfolio in the Otago and Reefton regions, New Zealand. - Solid-state lithium-ion battery and thermal management technologies – enhancing optionality across partnerships and commercial pathways. - Aligned, experienced leadership with ~11.7 % ownership. ASX:CRR The New Zealand Opportunity Diverse gold-tungsten-antimony portfolio in Tier-1 juristiction - Outstanding exploration potential across a large-scale gold- tungsten-antimony portfolio Otago and Reefton regions. - Significant scale opportunity: OceanaGold’s +10 Moz Macraes operation1. ‘Power of distribution law’ potential with multiple +1 Moz deposits yet to be discovered within the Otago region. - Breakthrough discovery at Santana Minerals (ASX:SMI) Rise & Shine gold deposit has renewed the exploration strategy and materially upgraded regional targeting models. - In-Country Support - New Zealand-based geological group, with links to the discovery and resource growth of the Rise and Shine deposit. - Extensive landholding: ~1,700 km² package covers the underexplored gold belts of Otago and Reefton. Low-holding costs. - Tier-1 jurisdiction: Ranked 12th in the 2025 Fraser Institute Investment Attractiveness Index, with New Zealand’s ‘Fast Track’ permitting processes. ASX:CRR 4 1. Based on OceanaGold Corporation - NI 43-101 Technical Report, Macraes Gold Mine, Otago, New Zealand - March 28, 2024 Cap Burn Otago Region - Advanced gold project ~11 km from OceanaGold’s Macraes operation. - First-pass RC drilling completed. Confirmed orogenic gold system. - Structurally analogous to Santana Minerals Rise and Shine - untested at depth. Croesus Reefton Goldfields - Two systems - High-grade gold up to 28.9 g/t Au and tungsten-rich greisen systems up to 42.6% WO3. - Multiple untested gold/antimony structural targets across a 5 km mineralised corridor. Lammerlaw Otago Region - Located on major structural (TZ3/TZ4) boundary. Three priority targets. - Analogous to Macraes gold system with mapped gold and tungsten trends. Tokomairiro Otago Region - Historical goldfield - high-grade rock chip samples up to 135 g/t Au. - Multiple reef systems along a broader mineralised trend. Silver Peaks Otago Region - Large-scale prospect near Macraes, historic Au-Sb structures. - Underexplored with district-scale potential. ASX:CRR New Zealand Projects Diverse gold-antimony portfolio to create momentum 5 Silver Peaks Lammerlaw Tokomairiro Cap Burn Croesus - Located on a major NW–SE shear corridor, ~11km from OceanaGold’s Macraes +10 Moz Au operations. - Multiple historic alluvial gold workings along strike, highlight prospectivity of the area. - Structural model leverages Santana Minerals’ Rise and Shine discovery in 20211. - Underexplored - Legacy drilling targeted a large arsenic-in-soil anomaly in TZ4 schist unit. - Multiple drill targets ~10km of strike potential. - First-pass RC drill program defines orogenic gold system within the TZ4 schist beneath the Cap Burn Fault. 2 - Follow-up drill planned for Q3 2026. ASX:CRR 6 1. ASX:CRR announcement 6 August 2025 2. ASX:CRR announcement 25 March 2026 Cap Burn Gold Project - NZ First-pass RC drill program defines orogenic gold system Breakthrough factors. Santana Minerals’ Rise and Shine discovery came from a renewed structural model, stepping down plunge from surface arsenic-in-soil anomalies and Broad disseminated gold within TZ4 mineralisation. Persistence Pays. Rise and Shine was discovered (MDD007) in the third exploration phase1. Committed to drilling through barren cover (TZ3 unit). Untapped Potential. Macraes +10 Moz endowment suggests multiple +1 Moz deposits; only Rise and Shine has been discovered. ‘Power of distribution law’. ASX:CRR Cap Burn – Rise & Shine Analogue - NZ New structural model leverages Santana Minerals’ Rise and Shine discovery 7 1. Santana Minerals Limited (ASX: SMI) Announcement 28 April 2021 Why it Matters. Cap Burn presents the same pre-discovery signature within the same belt at a comparable structural position to Rise & Shine. The down-plunge target is primary follow-up drill target + soil geochemistry survey. - Early exploration with priority gold and tungsten targets. - Modern mining resurgence with Endura Mining - Snowy River operations, Rua Gold (TSX-V: RUA) and Siren Gold (ASX:SNG). - Proven potential with several historic gold and antimony mines within the permit area: - Croesus Reef / Taffy - Minerva / Garden Gully - Standout high-grade confirmed with rock chip samples up to 28.9 g/t Au, boulder sample 42.6% WO3 and 0.4m channel sample up to 16.6 % WO3. 1 - Long history of mining with established infrastructure and strong community support. - Follow-up fieldwork expected in late 2026. Croesus – Reefton Region - NZ Multi-commodity - High Impact Exploration Target 8 1 ASX:CRR announcement 8 April 2026, 23 June 2026 - Large landholding in the New England Fold Belt, Armidale -NSW. - Three advanced prospects - Amoco (Au-Sb), Mayview (Au-Sb) and Gibsons (Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag). - Strategic position – Mayview adjacent to Hillgrove Operations - Larvotto Resources (ASXLRV). Amoco ~14 km E of Koonenberry Gold's (ASX:KNB) Enmore Project, on the same regional structural trends. - Established base metal resource at Gibsons - 0.84 Mt @ 3.7% Zn, 1.5% Pb, 0.44% Cu, 30 g/t Ag, 0.1 g/t Au (Inferred, 2% Zn cut-off)1. - Exceptional high-grade silver at Gibson project - up to nine silver- bearing lodes including 1.15 m @ 3,780 g/t Ag (DDHA6) and 1.6 m @ 1,900 g/t Ag (PMR027)2. - Amoco - confirmed orogenic gold-antimony system with high-grade surface samples - 17.9 g/t Au, 0.7 % Sb and 53.2 g/t Ag.3 - Land-access progressing at Mayview soil-geochemistry survey planned over mapped historical workings with high grade antimony up to 52.3% Sb.4 1. ASX:CRR announcements 30 June 2023 (Halls Peak MRE), 2. ASX:CRR announcement 9 February 2026 (Halls Peak update), 3. ASX:CRR announcement 18 September 2025 (Amoco maiden drilling), 4. ASX:CRR announcement 16 December 2024 (Mayview rock chip results) ASX:CRR Halls Peak Project - NSW Multi-commodity precious and critical minerals pipeline 9 1. ASX:CRR announcement - Maiden Mineral Resource at Mavis Lake - 5 May 2023 2. ASX:CRR announcement - Mavis Lake Exploration Target Highlights Potential for Large-Scale Lithium Project in North-West Ontario - 22 May 2024 3. ASX:CRR announcement - Excellent Results from Metallurgical Test Work - 3 April 2023 10 Mavis Lake Lithium - Ontario Canada Strategically located to support the North American lithium supply chain. - Maiden MRE - 8Mt @ 1.07 % Li2O1 covering Mavis Lake Main Zone. - +57,000m drilling completed. Updated resource model being developed. - Exploration Target of 26 - 37 million tonnes at 0.8 - 1.17% Li2O2. Northern Prospects potentially unlock resource growth and development optionality beyond the Mavis Lake Main Zone. - Standout intercepts - 74.4m @ 1.18 % Li₂O, incl. 32.9m @ 1.81 % Li₂O (MF23-207) outside current MRE. - Metallurgical recoveries up to 87%3, with significant potential to improve process flowsheet. - Infrastructure Advantage - immediate access to highway, rail, clean hydro- power, international port providing a low-cost development pathway. - Permitting & Regulatory Acceleration: Engagement of SLR Consulting and Pathway Group to execute an integrated permitting and government advocacy strategy. ASX:CRR Mavis Lake – Main Zone – looking northeast. The future runs hot. From critical mineral resources to breakthrough battery chemistry and advanced thermal management — engineered for the AI era. ENERGY DENSITY · CELL COMPUTE DENSITY · RACK ASX:CRR where conventional technologies can't ~20× solid-state battery market growth to 2034 · >35% CAGR1 ~945 TWh global data-centre power demand — ~2× by 20303 ~5 TWh global battery demand by 2030 — ~5× 20242 NVIDIA RACK POWER kW IS RISING AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE4 40 kW AI server rack 130 kW AI Blackwell 200 kW Rubin (2027) 1,000 kW Feynman (2029) 1 MW — one future rack ≈ a whole data centre built in 2018. ≈ draws as much power as around 1,500 average Australian homes.5 1. Solid-state market growth: GM Insights, Solid State Battery Market, 2025, 2.Battery demand: McKinsey, Battery 2030: Resilient, sustainable and circular, 2023. 3. Data-centre power: IEA, Energy and AI, April 2025. 4. NVIDIA Technical Blog, "NVIDIA Vera Rubin POD: Seven Chips, Five Rack-Scale Systems, One AI Supercomputer“. 5. Household equivalent based on 1 MW continuous load and AER average household consumption (~5,600 kWh/yr). Today ASX:CRR 600 kW Rubin Ultra (2028) ~30% of data-centre energy costs is spent on cooling.2 25.5 ML of water evaporated a year by a 1 MW site for cooling.3 1. McKinsey & Company, "The cost of compute: A $7 trillion race to scale data centers," McKinsey Quarterly, 28 April 2025. 2. IEA, Energy and AI, April 2025 - (Zhang et al. 2021; Ebrahimi et al. 2014).3. Mytton, D. (2021). "Data centre water consumption." npj Clean Water 4, 11. DOI: 10.1038/s41545-021-00101-w ASX:CRR The bottleneck is not the model. Data-center infrastructure spend is expected to reach US$7 trillion by 2030.1 Every watt that goes into a data centre comes back out as heat, nothing else leaves — except light down a fibre. The physics sets the ceiling. Every kW used is converted to heat that needs to be removed for the chips to operate. Heat removed per unit area, by cooling method1 1. W/cm² at ΔT = 30°C, derived from published heat-transfer coefficients; bars order- of-magnitude scaled. Refer ASX:CRR 20 July 2026 ~1,000× more heat removed than natural convection. more heat removed than the single- phase direct-to-chip cooling used in next-generation racks. Air — natural 0.09W Air — forced 1.2W Single-phase liquid Direct–to-chip 4.8W Immersion 30W Two-phase spray Liquid to vapour 90W ASX:CRR Critical Resources has secured a 10-year exclusive global Licence for two-phase spray technologies ~20× Two-phase Faster, more efficient cooling for the next generation of computer chips. SCHEMATIC · CHILLER-FREE TWO-PHASE LOOP US Patent 11,399,449 B2 (2022). Peer-reviewed: Applied Energy 305 (2022); Energy 269 (2023). Refer ASX:CRR 30 April 2026. Condenser in-take / out-take fluid temperatures vary due to system pressures. CPU / GPU CPU / GPU CPU / GPU CPU / GPU Boils to vapour Vapour carries the heat away CONDENSER Liquid pumped back to sprays > 62 °C < 45 °C Server rack Server rack Server rack Server rack ASX:CRR 25.8% Reduction in total data-centre energy. No chiller. Nil Water evaporated. Fully closed loop. 55 °C Uniform junction temperature across chip. Allows chips to run at full speed. Validated lab metrics, peer-reviewed at lab scale. Target spray GPU/CPU Chip Low boiling point of dielectric fluid. Fluid forms a thin film that boils turning to vapour on contact. 3× more effective than immersion. Vapour Vapour Chip power is concentrating into smaller areas, beyond the limits of direct-to-chip and immersion. Two-phase is the answer to this flux challenge. ASX:CRR The advantage isn't only thermal. Developed and lab proven in Singapore's tropics — designed for hot, humid, high-ambient sites. Cooling-energy and compute-capacity figures derived from Table 1, Applied Energy 305 (2022); compute capacity assumes a fixed site power envelope. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) 1.25 vs 1.69 reported in Energy 269 (2023). Heat flux derived from published heat-transfer coefficients at ΔT = 30 °C — a capability of the mechanism, not a rack-scale CRR result. Direct-to-chip and rack-power figures are industry references. 25.8% less total site energy measured at lab scale. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) 1.25 vs 1.69 measured against tropical air cooling. ~35% MORE COMPUTE PER GRID CONNECTION. NO CHILLERS REQUIRED ~30 °C coolant rejected straight to a dry cooling tower. HIGHEST HEAT FLUX ~90 W/cm² at the chip — around 20× single-phase direct-to-chip. NO AIR HANDLING Two-phase system removes all rack heat — direct-to-chip leaves 10–30% to be air cooled. NO EVAPORATIVE WATER Closed loop dry-cooling tower — about 25 ML a year avoided per MW. C A P A C I T Y A N D C A P A B I L I T Y We licensed the technology. Exclusive worldwide rights — with the inventor team engaged through commercial development. Left to right: patent inventor and NTU Associate Professor Wong Teck Neng; data centre cooling specialist Eric Martinez Gurrea; CRR Managing Director Tim Wither; patent inventor and NTU Assistant Professor Ho Jin Yao; and Capgemini - Industrial Designer David Mansueto. Ownership Exclusive worldwide commercial licence executed with Singapore Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – NTUitive Pte Ltd — 10-year term. Capability Eric Martinez Gurrea engaged as Technical Adviser — 14+ years thermal engineering, in AI and High-Powered Compute (HPC) data centres. Product owner of Submer's flagship immersion line. NTU support Patent inventors engaged to work alongside CRR through the commercial development program. Exclusive worldwide licence - Four technology disclosures including one granted US patent. Refer ASX:CRR announcements 31 March 2026, 21 May 2026 and 20 July 2026. Peer-reviewed: Applied Energy 305 (2022); Energy 269 (2023). Licensed from NTUitive Pte Ltd, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. ASX:CRR Staged pathway to Deployment. Peer-reviewed at lab scale; the energy densities and stages above are CRR target aspiratons and are not assured. Forward-looking — see disclaimer. Gate 1 · Q4 2026 Modular Prototype ~25 kW Single module Design and lab test. GATE 2 Scale Up Integrate modules into rack. Independently test. GATE 3 Integration Modular multi-server unit. GATE 4 Deployment Modular Data center. ASX:CRR Jet arrangement in lab-scale test-unit. Jet Impingement test-unit. High-performance condenser test rig. Lab-scale ~9 kW server rack chamber assembly. ASX:CRR Heat limits how much compute a rack can run. Heat limits the performance of a battery cell. CRITCAL IS RAISING THE CEILING ON BOTH FRONTS. One physical limit. Longer Extended cycle life under load. Faster Higher charge and faster discharge. Safer Non-flammable solid electrolyte. No thermal runaway. Tougher Stable across a far wider temperature range. Denser Lithium-metal compatible. The enabler for step-change density. THE PRIZE — ENERGY DENSITY the energy density of today's lithium-ion batteries. Energy-density figure is a solid-state / lithium-metal category target, not a measured CRR cell result. ASX:CRR Proven in the lab. Manufacturing at scale is the challenge. – Material performance has been solved. – Fast sulphide electrolytes are toxic and difficult to manufacture. – Wet processing won't scale economically. – Supply chain risk major bottleneck. Solid-state is where everything's going. The hardest places to Heat limits performance. Each application defined by reliability, safety and weight. ASX:CRR Defence Aerospace / UAV Data-centres Space / satellites Heat, vibration, reliability and sovereignty supply chains. Every gram of weight counts for operational performance. Heat-stable at high temperatures, reliability. Vacuum – no ability to cool, radiation / extreme temperature range. Dr Smirnova - CRR Technical Advisor 30+ years in batteries research. Began her battery research at NASA Glenn, Ohio (NASA-funded) Director of the NSF-backed CEPS and Professor at South Dakota Mines — inventor & holder of several solid-state patents. UNIVERSITY BACKED RESEARCH CENTRE CEPS INDUSTRY MEMBERS THAT CRR DEVELOPS ALONGSIDE + C4V, Arbin, VRC Metals System,East Penn International, Black Hills Energy, & Quintus Refer - ASX:CRR 2 Feb 2026 (CEPS membership) & 17 Feb 2026 (Technical Advisor). Inside of Thermo-Fisher DualBeam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Focused Ion Beam (FIB) instrument for material characterisation. Robotic controlled 3D cold-spray units 80-channel coin-cell tester Centre for Solid-State Electric Power Storage (CEPS) is a US research centre at South Dakota Mines developing solid-state energy storage with industry, government and the national laboratories, for defence, automotive, grid and medical applications. ASX:CRR Accessing world-class researchers and faculties. Capital-efficient ecosystem built for advanced battery development. The two failure points of solid-state (SS) — chemistry and manufacturing — plus the application target, each gated on measured evidence. ASE Room Temperature SS Electrolyte Amorphous, sulphur-free solid-state electrolyte. 3.2 mS/cm competitive with leading electrolytes 1,200 hrs of interface stability 0.27 eV low activation GATE Lab-validated – (ASX:CRR 28 May 2026) DSD MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGE Dry supersonic deposition in one dry pass. No solvent, oven or binder. GATE Lab-validated - (ASX:CRR 5 Mar / 16 Jun 2026) HTE Sulphur-free solid-state electrolyte — optimised to perform beyond 60°C, where lithium-ion destabilises. Beyond 60°C Non-flammable and stable where lithium-ion runs away — the bridge to data-center thermal loads. GATE Lab-validated - (ASX:CRR 18 November 2025) High-Temperature SS Electrolyte We didn't optimise the old process. 3D Printing - Form-flexible Ability to print a cell to conform to any shape, not to a standard format. ASX:CRR ROOM-TE MPER ATUR E I ONI C CONDUCTI VI TY (MS/CM) LGPS (sulphide) 10 CRR ASE 3.2 Argyrodite (sulphide) 1.5 NASICON (oxide) 0.7 LLZO (oxide) 0.3 Polymer (PEO) 0.01 ≈ 10× LLZO and 4.5× NASICON — far faster than the safe oxides, competitive with sulphides without the H₂S risk. ASE benchmark and comparator reference values per ASX:CRR announcement dated 28 May 2026. ASX:CRR Sulphide-class performance. The real edge: manufacturability Sulphur-based electrolytes are fast but are toxic and costly to make. ASE electrolyte reaches the same class sulphur-free, potentially opening a cleaner, cheaper manufacturing path. Theory lab validated MAR 2026 Dry cathode Solvent-free LFP cathode validated. › MAR 2026 ASE 1,200 hrs Interface stable at room temperature. › MAY 2026 Benchmark Sulphide-class, sulphur- free. › JUN 2026 Single step Full composite in one dry pass. › JUL 2026 DSD peer review Independent peer review. Six ASX-validated results in five months. We move fast and gate on measured evidence — and we'll bring the same cadence to the cooling. DSD Program progression ASX:CRR One dry, single-step pass. DSD deposition, live. 1,200 hours, validated. Testing at South Dakota Mines. Full-Format cell with DSD cathode. Ongoing electrochemical testing. JUN 2026 Pouch cell Full-format cell with liquid- electrolyte baseline. › T H E P A T H · V A L U E C R E A T I O N Validated to date. Compounding value. Each milestone builds on the last — proven now, verified next, deployed after. SOLID-STATE BATTERY · DSD cathode + ASE electrolyte VALIDATED · NOW Validate the science ASE benchmarked sulphur-free; DSD deposits a dense cathode in a single dry pass. › NEXT Integrate the full cell ASE electrolyte and DSD process converge into one complete solid-state cell. › THEN Verify independently Third party confirms performance in a commercial- format cell. TWO-PHASE COOLING · NTU-licensed spray rack GATE 1 · Q4 2026 Prove the cooling Two-phase module prototype — the first evidence- backed cooling milestone. › NEXT Scale up the platform › THEN Deployment and Licensing Staged racks size into modular inference data- centres — capital-light business at scale. Capital efficient throughout — CRR licenses the know-how and IP, funding world-leading researchers and university facilities. CRR targets and are not assured. Forward-looking — see disclaimer First partner or licensing deal — royalty economics begin, no factory to fund. ASX:CRR for where everything's Solving the density challenge on two fronts. ENERGY DENSITY · CELL COMPUTE DENSITY · RACK ASX:CRR ASX:CRR Investment Proposition 28 02 04 03 01 Large, low-cost land holdings of early-stage gold-tungsten- antimony projects in Tier-1 geology and jurisdictions. Multiple drill targets - High discovery potential. Strategically located lithium resource in Ontario, Canada with immediate access to world-class infrastructure and simple metallurgy. Low-cost workstreams underway to de-risk and add long-term value. Evaluation of advanced solid-state lithium-ion battery