# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001958217
**File Stem:** 0001958217-26-000009
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 838801
**Document Hash:** 6294fdd868e636c03c5c059352aaf730
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001958217-26-000009.hdr.sgml**: 20260319

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001958217-26-000009

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 20-F

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 187

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251231

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260319

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260319

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Lifezone Metals Ltd
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001958217
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** METAL MINING [1000]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** Y8
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 20-F
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-41737
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26772363

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2ND FLOOR ST GEORGE'S COURT
- **STREET 2:** UPPER CHURCH STREET
- **CITY:** DOUGLAS
- **STATE:** Y8
- **ZIP:** IM1 1EE
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 44 (0)1624 850 500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2ND FLOOR ST GEORGE'S COURT
- **STREET 2:** UPPER CHURCH STREET
- **CITY:** DOUGLAS
- **STATE:** Y8
- **ZIP:** IM1 1EE

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 20-F**

**(Mark One)**

□ **REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**OR**

⌧ **ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025**

**OR** 

☐ **TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**OR** 

☐ **SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**Date of event requiring this shell company report:** 

**Commission File Number: 001-41737**

**Lifezone Metals Limited**

**(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)** 

**Isle of Man**

**(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)** 

**2nd Floor, St George's Court, Upper Church Street**

**Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1EE**

**(Address of principal executive offices)** 

**Chris Showalter**

**Lifezone Metals Limited**

**2nd Floor, St George's Court, Upper Church Street**

**Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1EE**

**Telephone number: +44 (0) 1624 850 500**

**(Name, Telephone, Email and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)**

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| **Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share** | **LZM** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50** | **LZMW** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

**None** 

**(Title of Class)** 

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

**None** 

**(Title of Class)** 

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

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| Ordinary Shares\* | **85,509,305** |

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\*includes 1,725,000 ordinary shares issued and held in escrow

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes □ No ⌧

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes □ No ⌧

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ⌧ No □

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ⌧ No □

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer | □ | Accelerated filer | ⌧ | Non accelerated filer | □ |
| | | | | Emerging growth company | ⌧ |

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If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. □

†The term "new or revised financial accounting standard" refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. □

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. □

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). □

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP □ International Financial Reporting Standards as issued Other □ <br> by the International Accounting Standards Board ⌧

If "Other" has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. □ Item 17 □ Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes □ No ⌧

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**TABLE OF CONTENTS**

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| <u>[INTRODUCTION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_10)</u> | [iv](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_10) |
| <u>[CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_13)</u> | [v](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_13) |
| <u>[CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_16)</u> | [xi](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_16) |
| <u>[PART I](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_19)</u> | [1](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_19) |
| <u>[ITEM 1](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_22)[A, B, C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_22)[IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_22)</u> | [1](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_22) |
| <u>[ITEM 2](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_25)[A, B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_25)[OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_25)</u> | [1](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_25) |
| <u>[ITEM 3](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_28)[A, B, C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_28)[KEY INFORMATION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_28)</u> | [1](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_28) |
| <u>[ITEM 3](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_31)[D](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_31)[RISK FACTORS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_31)</u> | [1](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_31) |
| <u>[ITEM 4](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_34)[INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_34)</u> | [39](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_34) |
| <u>[ITEM 4](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_40)[B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_40)[BUSINESS OVERVIEW](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_40)</u> | [40](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_40) |
| <u>[ITEM 4](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_43)[C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_43)[ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_43)</u> | [43](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_43) |
| <u>[ITEM 4](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_46)[D](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_46)[PROPERTY, PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_46)</u> | [44](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_46) |
| <u>[ITEM 4](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_49)[A](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_49)[UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_49)</u> | [80](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_49) |
| <u>[ITEM 5](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_52)[OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_52)</u> | [81](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_52) |
| <u>[ITEM 5 A](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_55)[OPERATING RESULTS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_55)</u> | [82](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_55) |
| <u>[ITEM 5 B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_58)[LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_58)</u> | [90](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_58) |
| <u>[ITEM 5 C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_61)[RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PATENTS AND LICENSES, ETC](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_61)</u>. | [94](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_61) |
| <u>[ITEM 5 D](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_64)[TREND INFORMATION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_64)</u> | [95](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_64) |
| <u>[ITEM 5 E](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_67)[CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_67)</u> | [95](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_67) |
| <u>[ITEM 6](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_73)[A](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_73)[DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_73)</u> | [95](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_73) |
| <u>[ITEM 6](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_76)[B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_76)[COMPENSATION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_76)</u> | [99](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_76) |
| <u>[ITEM 6](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_79)[C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_79)[BOARD PRACTICES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_79)</u> | [102](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_79) |
| <u>[ITEM 6](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_82)[D](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_82)[EMPLOYEES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_82)</u> | [106](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_82) |
| <u>[ITEM 6](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_85)[E](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_85)[SHARE OWNERSHIP](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_85)</u> | [107](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_85) |

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| <u>[ITEM 6](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_88)[F](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_88)[DISCLOSURE OF A REGISTRANT'S ACTION TO RECOVER ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_88)</u> | [107](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_88) |
| <u>[ITEM 7](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_91)[MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_91)</u> | [107](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_91) |
| <u>[ITEM 7](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_94)[A](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_94)[MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_94)</u> | [107](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_94) |
| <u>[ITEM 7](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_97)[B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_97)[RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_97)</u> | [109](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_97) |
| <u>[ITEM 7](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_100)[C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_100)[INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_100)</u> | [109](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_100) |
| <u>[ITEM 8](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_103)[FINANCIAL INFORMATION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_103)</u> | [109](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_103) |
| <u>ITEM 8 A CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION</u> | [109](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_103) |
| <u>[ITEM 8](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_115)[B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_115)[SIGNIFICANT CHANGES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_115)</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_115) |
| <u>[ITEM 9](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_118)[THE OFFER AND LISTING](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_118)</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_118) |
| <u>[ITEM 9](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_121)[A](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_121)[OFFER AND LISTING DETAILS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_121)</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_121) |
| <u>[ITEM 9](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_127)[B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_127)[PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_127)</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_127) |
| <u>[ITEM 9](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_130)[C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_130)[MARKETS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_130)</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_130) |
| <u>[ITEM 9](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_133)[D, E, F](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_133)</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_133) |
| <u>ITEM 10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_133) |
| <u>[ITEM 10](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_139)[A](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_139)[SHARE CAPITAL](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_139)</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_139) |
| <u>[ITEM 10](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_142)[B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_142)[MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_142)</u> | [111](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_142) |
| <u>[ITEM 10](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_145)[C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_145)[MATERIAL CONTRACTS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_145)</u> | [115](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_145) |
| <u>[ITEM 10](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_148)[D](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_148)[EXCHANGE CONTROLS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_148)</u> | [120](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_148) |
| <u>[ITEM 10](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_151)[E](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_151)[TAXATION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_151)</u> | [120](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_151) |
| <u>[ITEM 10](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_154)[F, G](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_154)</u> | [127](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_154) |
| <u>[ITEM 10](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_157)[H](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_157)[DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_157)</u> | [127](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_157) |
| <u>[ITEM 10](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_160)[I](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_160)[SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_160)</u> | [127](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_160) |
| <u>ITEM 10 J ANNUAL REPORT TO SECURITY HOLDERS</u> | [127](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_160) |
| <u>[ITEM 11](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_166)[QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_166)</u> | [127](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_166) |
| <u>[ITEM 12](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_169)[A, B, C, D](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_169)</u> | [128](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_169) |

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| <u>[PART II](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_172)</u> | [129](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_172) |
| <u>[ITEM 13](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_175)[DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_175)</u> | [129](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_175) |
| <u>[ITEM 14](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_178)[MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_178)</u> | [129](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_178) |
| <u>[ITEM 15](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_181)[CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_181)</u> | [129](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_181) |
| <u>[ITEM 16](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_184)[\[RESERVED\]](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_184)</u> | [131](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_184) |
| <u>[ITEM 16 A](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_187)[AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_187)</u> | [131](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_187) |
| <u>[ITEM 16 B](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_190)[CODE OF ETHICS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_190)</u> | [131](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_190) |
| <u>[ITEM 16C](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_193)[PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_193)</u> | [131](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_193) |
| <u>[ITEM 16 D, E](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_196)</u> | [131](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_196) |
| <u>[ITEM 16](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_202)[F](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_202)[CHANGE IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_202)</u>  | [131](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_202) |
| <u>[ITEM 16](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_205)[G](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_205)[CORPORATE GOVERNANCE](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_205)</u> | [131](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_205) |
| <u>[ITEM 16](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_208)[H](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_208)[MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_208)</u> | [132](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_208) |
| <u>ITEM 16 I DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS</u> | [132](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_208) |
| <u>[ITEM 16](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_214)[J](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_214)[INSIDER TRADING POLICIES](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_214)</u> | [133](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_214) |
| <u>[ITEM 16](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_217)[K](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_217)[CYBERSECURITY](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_217)</u> | [134](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_217) |
| <u>[PART III](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_220)</u> | [136](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_220) |
| <u>[ITEM 17](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_223)[FINANCIAL STATEMENTS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_223)</u> | [136](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_223) |
| <u>[ITEM 18](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_226)[FINANCIAL STATEMENTS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_226)</u> | [136](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_226) |
| <u>[ITEM 19](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_358)[EXHIBITS](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_358)</u> | [149](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_358) |

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INTRODUCTION

**About this Annual Report**

This Annual Report on Form 20-F contains the consolidated financial statements and the related notes for the year ended December 31, 2025 ("**Annual Financial Statements**") of Lifezone Metals Limited ("**Lifezone Metals**"). The Annual Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("**IFRS**"), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("**IASB**").

Discrepancies in any table between totals and sums of the amounts listed are due to rounding. Certain amounts and percentages have been rounded; consequently, certain figures may add up to be more or less than the total amount and certain percentages may add up to be more or less than 100% due to rounding.

Throughout this Annual Report, unless otherwise designated or the context otherwise requires, the terms "we," "us," "our," "Lifezone" and "the Company" refer to Lifezone Metals and its subsidiaries.

**Financial Statement Presentation**

Lifezone Metals was incorporated on December 8, 2022, for the purpose of effectuating the Business Combination described herein. Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, Lifezone Metals had no material assets and did not operate any businesses.

Lifezone Metals qualifies as a foreign private issuer as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act and prepares its financial statements denominated in U.S. dollars and in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. The audited financial statements of Lifezone Metals for the year ended December 31, 2025**,** have been prepared in accordance with IFRS and audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the "**PCAOB**") and are reported in U.S. dollars.

On December 13, 2022, Lifezone Metals, an Isle of Man company and GoGreen Investments Corporation (**"GoGreen"**), an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, entered into a business combination agreement, with GoGreen Sponsor 1 LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Aqua Merger Sub (**"Merger Sub"**), a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned direct subsidiary of Lifezone Metals, and Lifezone Holdings Limited, an Isle of Man company.

On July 6, 2023, Lifezone Limited, Lifezone Holdings Limited and GoGreen consummated the SPAC Transaction pursuant to the business combination agreement (the "**Business Combination**"). The transaction was unanimously approved by GoGreen's Board of Directors and was approved at the extraordinary general meeting of GoGreen's shareholders held on June 29, 2023. GoGreen's shareholders also voted to approve all the other proposals presented at the extraordinary general meeting of GoGreen's shareholders held on June 29, 2023.

As a result of the Business Combination, the Merger Sub, as the surviving entity, and Lifezone Holdings each became wholly owned subsidiaries of Lifezone Metals. Merger Sub was placed into voluntary liquidation by Lifezone Metals, and on April 8, 2024, Merger Sub was permanently dissolved.

**Currency and Exchange Rates**

In this Annual Report, unless otherwise specified, all monetary amounts are in U.S. dollars and all references to "$" mean U.S. dollars. Certain monetary amounts described herein have been expressed in U.S. dollars for convenience only and, when expressed in U.S. dollars in the future, such amounts may be different from those set forth herein due to intervening exchange rate fluctuations.

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CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS

In this document, unless the context otherwise requires:

"*A&R Articles of Association*" means the memorandum and articles of association of Lifezone Metals.

"*Ancillary Documents*" means each agreement, instrument, certificate or document including the GoGreen disclosure schedules, Lifezone Holdings disclosure schedules, the Plan of Merger, Initial Lock-Up Agreements, the New Registration Rights Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Warrant Assumption Agreement, any Joinder and the other agreements, instruments, certificates and documents executed or delivered by any of the parties to or in connection with the BCA.

"*AUD*" means Australian Dollars.

"*Autocats*" means Automotive Catalytic Converters.

"*Barrick*" means Barrick Gold Corporation.

"*BCA*" means the business combination agreement, dated as of December 13, 2022, as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time by and among GoGreen, Lifezone Metals, the Sponsor, Merger Sub, Lifezone Holdings, Keith Liddell, solely in his capacity as Lifezone Holdings Shareholders representative, and the shareholders of Lifezone Holdings party thereto.

"*BHP*" means BHP Billiton (UK) DDS Limited, a UK based subsidiary of BHP Group Limited.

"*Business Combination*" means the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the BCA, collectively.

"*CGU*" means Cash Generating Unit.

*"Corporate"* means the corporate segment of Lifezone's business which consists primarily of the group related activities and functions.

*"December 2024 Technical Report Summary*" means Kabanga 2024 Mineral Resource Update Technical Report Summary prepared by Sharron Sylvester, BSc (Geol), RPGeo AIG (10125) and Bernard Peters, BEng (Mining), FAusIMM (201743) (each, a "Qualified Person" and collectively, the "Qualified Persons") with an effective date of December 4, 2024.

"*Feasibility Study*" means the July 18, 2025, Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary for the Kabanga Nickel Project and the Kabanga underground mine to determine the development requirements of the project.

"*DLSA*" means the development, licensing and services agreement between Lifezone Limited and Kabanga Nickel Limited, Kabanga Nickel Project.

"*Dutwa Nickel Project*" means the nickel laterite ore deposit at Dutwa in northern central Tanzania.

"*Earnout Period*" means the time period beginning on the Share Acquisition Closing Date and ending on the five-year anniversary of the Share Acquisition Closing Date.

"*Earnout Shares*" means the Lifezone Ordinary Shares to be issued by Lifezone Metals to the former Lifezone Holdings Shareholders in connection with the Share Acquisition, within five business days after the occurrence of the Trigger Events described in this Annual Report, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the BCA, and subject to equitable adjustment for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares.

*"EIA"* means Environmental and Impact Assessment.

"*ESIA*" means Environmental and Social Impact Assessment.

"*ESG*" means Environmental, Social and Governance.

"*EUR*" means Euro, the official currency of the European Union.

"*EV*" means electric vehicle.

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"*FCPA*" means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

"*FID*" means Final Investment Decision.

"*Framework Agreement*" means the agreement entered into on January 19, 2021, between KNL and the Government of Tanzania, pursuant to which TNCL, in which the Government of Tanzania holds a 16% non-dilutable free-carried interest and KNL holds the remaining 84% interest, was created.

"*FVTPL*" means Fair Value Through Profit and Loss.

"*GBP*" means Great British Pound.

"*Glencore*" means Glencore plc and its subsidiaries including Glencore Canada Corporation and Glencore Limited*.*

"*GoGreen*" means GoGreen Investments Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company.

"*GoGreen Initial Shareholders*" means the Sponsor and certain members of GoGreen's board of directors and advisors.

"*GoGreen PIPE Investors*" means the investors who are affiliates of GoGreen that invested in the PIPE Financing and consist of John Dowd, Govind Friedland and Sergei Pokrovsky.

"*GST*" means Goods and Services Tax.

"*Hydromet Technology*" means the particular hydrometallurgical processing technology that has been developed and is intended to be developed further, based on Lifezone's intellectual property. Hydromet Technology includes certain patents and proprietary information in relation to such technology, and which term includes the Kabanga Hydromet Technology and the Kell Process Technology.

"*IASB*" means the International Accounting Standards Board.

"*IDC*" means Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, a South African national development finance institution.

"*IDC-KTSA Shareholder Loan Agreement*" means the shareholder loan agreement between IDC and KTSA dated March 31, 2022, in terms of which the IDC agreed to advance to KTSA a shareholder loan in the amount of R407,000,000.

"*IFRS*" means International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the IASB.

"*Initial Lock-Up Agreements*" means, collectively, the lock-up agreements entered into by the GoGreen Initial Shareholders and Lifezone Holdings Shareholders at the Share Acquisition closing in connection with the Business Combination.

"*Intellectual Property segment*" means the intellectual property segment of Lifezone's business which comprises patents held and managed by Lifezone Limited, a team of highly skilled engineers, scientists and technicians based in Lifezone's Simulus hydromet laboratory based in Perth, a strategic partnership with Sedibelo Resources Limited and IDC regarding the development of the potential Kell-Sedibelo-Lifezone Refinery and the agreement between Lifezone and Glencore to recycle PGM in the United States.

"*IOM Companies Act*" means the Companies Act 2006 of the Isle of Man.

"*IPO*" means GoGreen's Initial Public Offering of GoGreen units, consummated on October 25, 2021.

"*JOBS Act*" means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended.

"*Kabanga Data*" means the data and information acquired by KNL on April 30, 2021, relating to the Kabanga Nickel Project, including historical mineral resource estimation, all metallurgical test work and piloting data, analysis and studies in conjunction with the acquisition of Kabanga Holdings Limited from Barrick International (Barbados) Corporation and Glencore and all shares of Romanex International Limited from Glencore and Sutton.

"*Kabanga Hydromet Technology*" means the Hydromet Technology proposed to be developed for refining nickel, cobalt and copper at the Kahama refinery and licensed by Lifezone Limited to Kabanga Nickel Limited, pursuant to the DLSA.

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"*Kabanga Nickel Project*" means the exploration project of the Kabanga deposit project area and study work undertaken in respect of the Kahama multi-metals refinery.

"*Kagera Mining*" means Kagera Mining Company Limited, a Tanzanian company.

"*Kell Intellectual Property*" means the intellectual property rights with respect to the Kell Process Technology owned, licensed to or controlled by LZL.

"*Kell License*" means the exclusive license granted by Lifezone Limited to its 50% owned subsidiary, Kelltech, to use and sub-license the Kell Process Technology in the SADC License Area.

"*Kellplant*" means Kellplant Proprietary Limited, a limited liability private company, registered in and incorporated under the laws of South Africa.

"*Kell Process Technology*" means the Hydromet Technology licensed by Lifezone Limited to Kelltech pursuant to the Kelltech License Agreement for refining PGM, gold and silver and associated base metals where the primary focus of the extraction process is a PGM, gold, or silver.

"*Kelltech*" means Kelltech Limited, a company registered and incorporated in Mauritius.

"*Kelltech License Agreement*" means a license agreement among Lifezone Limited, Keith Liddell and Kelltech, as amended.

"*Kell-Sedibelo-Lifezone Refinery*" means a potential refinery at SRL's Pilanesberg Platinum Mine in South Africa that would process PGM, gold, nickel, copper and cobalt, applying the Kell Process Technology.

"*KNCL*" means Kabanga Nickel Company Limited, a Tanzanian company.

"*KNL*" means Kabanga Nickel Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.

"*KTSA*" means Kelltechnology SA Proprietary Ltd.

"*KTSA License*" means the license granted to KTSA under the KTSA License Agreement.

"*KTSA License Agreement*" means a license agreement between Kelltech and KTSA, dated April 16, 2014, as amended, pursuant to which Kelltech granted KTSA an exclusive sub-license to the Kell intellectual property under the Kelltech License Agreement to use the Kell intellectual property within the SADC License Area.

"*Lifezone*" means Lifezone Metals Limited together with all of its controlled subsidiaries.

*"Lifezone Metals"* means Lifezone Metals Limited.

"*Lifezone Holdings*" means Lifezone Holdings Limited, an Isle of Man company, and its consolidated subsidiaries and, following the Share Acquisition, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lifezone Metals.

"*Lifezone Holdings Shareholders*" means the shareholders of Lifezone Holdings immediately prior to the Share Acquisition closing.

"*Lifezone Holdings Transaction*" means the acquisition of 100% of the equity interest (including outstanding options and restricted stock units) in LZL on June 24, 2022, in consideration for issuing shares of Lifezone Holdings on a 1:1 basis to LZL shareholders at the time (following a 1:200 split of shares of LZL).

"*Lifezone Ordinary Shares*" means the ordinary shares, with $0.0001 par value per share, of Lifezone Metals.

"*Lifezone Subscription Agreement*" means the subscription agreement dated December 24, 2021, entered into between Lifezone Limited and BHP, pursuant to which BHP subscribed for ordinary shares of Lifezone Limited for an aggregate amount of $10 million.

"*LME*" means London Metal Exchange.

"*Lock-Up Agreements*" means, collectively, the Initial Lock-Up Agreements and the lock-up agreements entered into by the limited partners of the Sponsor in connection with the distribution of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants by the Sponsor to such limited partners.

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"*LZAP*" means Lifezone Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd (formerly known as Metprotech Pacific Proprietary Ltd).

"*LZL*" means Lifezone Limited, a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Isle of Man.

"*LZSL*" means LZ Services Limited.

"*Merger*" means the merger of GoGreen with and into Merger Sub, as a result of which the separate corporate existence of GoGreen ceased and Merger Sub continued as the surviving entity, and the shareholders of GoGreen (other than shareholders of GoGreen who elected to redeem their GoGreen ordinary shares and dissenting shareholders) became shareholders of Lifezone.

"*Merger Sub*" means Aqua Merger Sub, a company registered in The Cayman Islands was voluntarily dissolved on April 8, 2024.

"*Metals Extraction*" means the metals extraction and refining segment of Lifezone's business undertaken primarily through KNL at the Kabanga Nickel Project.

"*Mineral Resource Estimates*" means the mineral resource estimates set out in the December 2024 Technical Report Summary.

"*MRU*" means Mineral Resource Update.

"*NCI*" means Non-Controlling Interest.

"*New Registration Rights Agreement*" means the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by and among Lifezone, certain Lifezone Holdings Shareholders and the Sponsor in connection with the Business Combination.

"*NiEq*" means Nickel Equivalent.

"*PAP*" means Kabanga Nickel Project affected person.

"*PGM*" means Platinum Group Metals, which include platinum, palladium and rhodium.

"*Pilanesberg Platinum Mine*" means the PGM-open pit mine complex located primarily within the farm Tuschenkomst 135JP, and which was operated by PPM until December 1, 2023, and indirectly owned by SRL.

"*PIPE*" means Private Investment in Public Equity.

"*PIPE Financing*" means the private placement of 7,017,317 Lifezone Ordinary Shares to the PIPE Investors for gross proceeds of $70,173,170, pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements.

"*PIPE Investors*" means the investors (including the GoGreen PIPE Investors) in the PIPE Financing pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements.

"*PIPE Subscription Agreements*" means those certain subscription agreements entered into on December 13, 2022, among GoGreen, Lifezone and the PIPE Investors named therein relating to the PIPE Financing.

"*PPM*" means Pilanesberg Platinum Mines Proprietary Limited, a limited liability private company, registered in and incorporated under the laws of South Africa. PPM is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of SRL.

"*Private Placement Warrants*" means the 667,500 warrants issued to the Sponsor in a private placement concurrently with the IPO that were assumed by Lifezone pursuant to the Warrant Assumption Agreement.

"*Public Warrants*" means the public warrants that were previously registered and originally issued in the initial public offering of GoGreen Units at a price of $10.00 per GoGreen Unit, with each GoGreen Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share of GoGreen and one-half of one GoGreen public warrant, and that were assumed by Lifezone pursuant to the Warrant Assumption Agreement.

"*QA/QC*" means Quality Assurance/Quality Control.

"*RAP*" means Resettlement Action Plan.

"*Recycling Subscription Agreement*" means the subscription agreement signed on January 10, 2024, between Lifezone and Glencore for a PGM recycling project which will utilize Hydromet Technology.

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"*RecycleCo*" means Lifezone Recycling US, LLC , a company owned by Lifezone Holdings US, LLC and Glencore.

"*Reorganization*" means capital reorganization.

"*RSUs*" means Restricted Stock Units and "*RSU*" means one such unit.

"*SADC License Area*" means the countries (Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the Seychelles) where Kelltech can use and/or exercise the Kell Process Technology, under the exclusive license granted by LZL.

"*Section 404*" means Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

"*Share Acquisition*" means the acquisition by Lifezone of all of the issued share capital of Lifezone Holdings in exchange for the issue to Lifezone Holdings Shareholders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and, if applicable, Earnout Shares, such that Lifezone Holdings became a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Lifezone.

"*Share Acquisition Closing Date*" means the date of the Share Acquisition Closing, which was July 6, 2023.

"*Simulus*" means Simulus Group Pty Ltd.

"*S-K 1300*" means subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K.

"*SML*" means the Special Mining Licence for the Kabanga deposit project area issued by the GoT to TNCL on October 25, 2021.

"*SOFR*" means Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

"*SPAC*" means Special Purpose Acquisition Company.

"*SPAC Transaction*" means a transaction or series of related transactions by merger, consolidation, share exchange or otherwise of a company with a publicly traded SPAC or its subsidiary, immediately following the consummation of which the common stock or share capital of the SPAC or its successor entity is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or another exchange or marketplace approved by the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Preferred Directors.

"*Sponsor*" means GoGreen Sponsor 1 LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

"*Sponsor Earnout Shares*" means the 1,725,000 Lifezone Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Sponsor that are subject to vesting upon the occurrence of the Trigger Events described in this Annual Report, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the BCA and the Sponsor Support Agreement.

"*Sponsor Support Agreement*" means the letter agreement entered into concurrently with the BCA by the Sponsor, GoGreen, Lifezone and Lifezone Holdings, pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor agreed to (a) waive the anti-dilution and certain other rights set forth in the organizational documents of GoGreen and (b) subject the Lifezone Ordinary Shares to an earn-out subject to certain conditions.

"*SRL*" means Sedibelo Resources Limited.

"*Sutton*" means Sutton Resources Limited.

"*TNCL Subsidiary" or "TNCL Subsidiaries*" means either TNMCL and TNRCL, singularly or collectively.

"*TNMCL*" means Tembo Nickel Mining Company Limited, a subsidiary of Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited.

"*TNRCL*" means Tembo Nickel Refining Company Limited, a subsidiary of Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited.

"*TNCL*" means Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited.

"*TRA*" means Tanzanian Revenue Authority.

"*Trading Day*" means any day on which the Lifezone Ordinary Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (or the exchange on which the Lifezone Ordinary Shares are then listed).

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"*T1A Investment*" means the investment of $40 million received by KNL from BHP by way of a convertible loan, pursuant to the T1A Loan Agreement.

"*T1A Loan Agreement*" means the loan agreement dated December 24, 2021, between KNL and BHP, pursuant to which KNL received investment of $40 million from BHP by way of a convertible loan forming the T1A Investment.

"*T1B Investment*" means BHP's investment of $50 million in KNL in the form of equity under the T1B Subscription Agreement.

"*T1B Subscription Agreement*" means the equity subscription agreement dated October 14, 2022, between KNL and BHP, pursuant to which KNL received investment of $50 million from BHP by way of an equity subscription forming the *T1B* Investment.

"*T2 Option Investment*" means BHP's potential investment in KNL in form of equity under the T2 Option Agreement, the completion of which is subject to certain conditions and pursuant to which BHP would, in aggregate, hold indirectly 51% of the total voting and economic equity rights in TNCL on a fully diluted basis.

"*T2 Option Agreement*" means the equity option agreement dated October 14, 2022, as amended on February 8, 2023, entered into between BHP, LZL and KNL, pursuant to which BHP has the option to consummate a further investment in KNL, subject to certain conditions being satisfied, including the satisfactory completion of, and agreement on, the Feasibility Study, agreement on the Joint Financial Model in respect of the Kabanga Nickel Project, the amendment of the articles of association and share capital of the TNCL Subsidiaries and receipt of any necessary regulatory and tax approvals.

"*T2 Option Shareholders' Agreement*" means the shareholders' agreement that KNL and LZL would enter into with BHP upon closing of the T2 Option Investment in respect of KNL and its subsidiaries.

"*Trigger Event I*" means if at any time during the Earnout Period, the daily VWAP of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares during such period is equal to or exceeds $14.00 per share for any 20 Trading Days (which may or may not be consecutive) during a 30-consecutive Trading Day period.

"*Trigger Event II*" means if at any time during the Earnout Period, the daily VWAP of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares during such period is equal to or exceeds $16.00 per share for any 20 Trading Days (which may or may not be consecutive) during a 30-consecutive Trading Day period.

"*Trigger Events*" means, collectively, Trigger Event I and Trigger Event II.

"*TZS*" Tanzanian Shillings.

"*U.S. dollar*" or "USD" or $" means the legal currency of the United States.

"*U.S. GAAP*" means Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America.

"*VAT*" means Value-Added Tax.

"*VWAP*" means volume-weighted average price.

"*Warrants*" means, collectively, the Private Placement Warrants and the Public Warrants.

"*ZAR*" means South African Rand.

"*2025 Offering*" means Lifezone's underwritten registered direct offering that closed on November 12, 2025, whereby Lifezone issued (i) 4,411,764 ordinary shares and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 4,411,764 ordinary shares.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 20-F (including information incorporated by reference herein, this "Annual Report") are not historical facts and, accordingly, may be considered "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), regarding, among other things, the plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial, of Lifezone Metals. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of management, as well as information currently available to Lifezone Metals. Although Lifezone Metals believes that its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, Lifezone Metals cannot assure you that it will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations.

Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to significant risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results of operations, and any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by, or include words such as "believes," "estimates," "expects," "predicts," "projects," "forecasts," "may," "might," "will," "could," "should," "would," "seeks," "plans," "scheduled," "possible," "continue," "potential," "anticipates" or "intends" or similar expressions; provided that the absence of these does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

In addition, statements of belief and similar statements reflect the beliefs and opinions of our management on the relevant subject, and are based upon information available to such parties, as applicable, as of the date of this Annual Report, and while such party believes such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and statements should not be read to indicate that our management has conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain, and you are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

Forward-looking statements contained or incorporated into this Annual Report include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future events, the estimated or anticipated future results of Lifezone, future opportunities for Lifezone, including the efficacy of the Hydromet Technology and the development of, and processing of mineral resources at (amongst other things), the Kabanga Nickel Project, the ability to finance the Kabanga Nickel Project, negotiations regarding the Framework Agreement and other commercial arrangements, the outcome of certain legal proceedings with Tanzania Revenue Authority, Lifezone's ability to continue to operate as a going concern, and other statements that are not historical facts.

These statements are based on Lifezone's management's current expectations and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on, by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond Lifezone's control.

These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties regarding Lifezone's business, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: general economic, political, and business conditions, including but not limited to economic and operational disruptions; the development and processing of mineral resources at the Kabanga Nickel Project, including the agreement and finalization of the joint financial model relating to the Kabanga Nickel Project which will underly the equitable economic benefits allocation; obtaining additional capital, including use of the debt market, future capital requirements, and sources and uses of cash; maintaining key strategic relationships with partners and customers; the timing and significance of contractual relationships; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Lifezone; risks related to the rollout of Lifezone's business, the efficacy of the Hydromet Technology, and the timing of expected business milestones; the acquisition, maintenance, and protection of intellectual property; the ability of Lifezone to achieve projections and anticipate uncertainties relating to its business, operations, and financial performance, including expectations with respect to financial and business performance, future operating results, financial projections, and business metrics; expectations regarding product and technology development and pipeline, market size, and the competitive landscape; the ability to develop, design, and sell differentiated products and services; expectations regarding future acquisitions, partnerships, or other relationships with third parties; executing its growth strategy, managing growth profitably, and retaining key employees; upgrading, maintaining, and securing information technology systems; maintaining the listing of its securities on the New York Stock Exchange; complying with applicable laws and regulations, including privacy regulation; anticipating the impact of, and responding to, new

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accounting standards; meeting future liquidity requirements and complying with restrictive covenants related to long-term indebtedness; and dealing effectively with litigation, complaints, and/or adverse publicity.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements which speak only as of the date hereof. You should understand that the following important factors, in addition to those referred to under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Annual Report, could affect the future results of Lifezone, and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report.

New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible to predict all such risk factors, nor can the parties assess the impact of all such risk factors on us, or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial could also affect our actual results and outcomes.

All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. Lifezone undertakes no obligations to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

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PART I

ITEM 1 A, B, C: DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT, ADVISERS AND AUDITORS

Not Applicable

ITEM 2 A, B: OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not Applicable

ITEM 3 A, B, C: KEY INFORMATION

Not Applicable

ITEM 3 D: RISK FACTORS

*Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below. Our business, operating results, financial condition or prospects could also be harmed by risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently do not believe are material. If any of the risks actually occurs, our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects could be adversely affected. In that event, the market price of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks discussed below may not prove to be exhaustive and are based on certain assumptions that later may prove to be incorrect or incomplete. Lifezone Metals and its subsidiaries may face additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known to such entity, or that are currently deemed immaterial, or which may prove difficult to mitigate against, and also impair our business or financial condition.*

*The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the sections entitled "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements," "Item 5 - Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" and the financial statements of Lifezone Metals and the Notes thereto included herein, as applicable.*

**Summary of Risk Factors**

An investment in our securities involves substantial risks and uncertainties that may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. Some of the more significant challenges and risks relating to an investment in Lifezone Metals include, among other things, the following:

**Risks Related to Operational Factors**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The ability to obtain the significant additional capital required to fund Lifezone's business, which is closely linked to the bankability of contractual arrangements in Tanzania.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The impact on Lifezone's business of geopolitical conditions and social, economic and political stability in Tanzania, where Lifezone's operations, assets and prospects are concentrated.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Elevated political risk in Tanzania, including potential changes in government policy, regulation, or enforcement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The absence of any operating history at Lifezone on which to evaluate Lifezone's business and prospects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The significant governmental regulations to which Lifezone is subject, including local content rules that may affect project execution.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The risk of required consents, approvals and permits not being forthcoming in time or being changed or revoked, resulting in increased costs and in delays compared to earlier company statements or market expectations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to Lifezone's acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures, including the PGM recycling project with Glencore.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Changes in consumer demand, preference and market prices for metals and products relevant to Lifezone's business.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The ability to retain and compete for employees, exploration, resources, capital funding, equipment and contract exploration, development and construction services.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to increased capital expenditure and operating costs as the result of inflation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to changes in interest rates and exchange rates impacting the cost of borrowing and purchases.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The ability to implement Lifezone's business strategies.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to litigation, tax and other regulatory actions, including our ability to receive VAT refunds in the jurisdictions we operate in and the outcome of the negotiated settlement of withholding tax payments related to Tanzanian legacy entities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone's reliance on third-party operators, providers and contractors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to Lifezone's holding company structure, as a foreign private issuer incorporated in the Isle of Man.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to any assertion of control by governments, for strategic and economic reasons, over natural resources located in their territory.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The impact of accidents, safety incidents, natural disasters, public health, riots or political crises or other catastrophic events, including weather impacts that may affect construction schedules.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Inaccuracies in Lifezone's assumptions and analyses on which projections or forecasts are based.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Uncertainty around the timing of FID and risks related to project execution.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Uncertainty around supply agreements and the Framework Agreement.

**Risks Related to the Hydromet Technology and Intellectual Property**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone's ability to obtain, maintain, protect or enforce its intellectual property rights and know-how.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to the lack of prior deployment of Lifezone's proprietary technology at a commercial scale and the ongoing development of its technology.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to delays in connection with further development of Lifezone's proprietary technology.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The ability to find licensees for Lifezone's Hydromet Technology and its professional and technical services.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Increases in capital costs for development of recycling processing projects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Demand and market prices for PGMs.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The risk of the project being delayed, not being economically viable or Lifezone not being able to raise sufficient funds to execute the project.

**Risks Related to the Metals Extraction Operations** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Changes in the market price of nickel, cobalt and copper.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks specific to refinery economics, including the possibility of low projected valuations or investor returns impacting the ability to raise further funds and continue with projects, leading to impairments of past investments.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Community unrest, resettlement and land access challenges and/or in-migration risk.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The ability to replace the Mineral Reserves and Resources on the area covered by the SML as it depletes.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone's concentration of Metals Extraction operations in one location.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Differences in Lifezone's Mineral Resource Estimates from mineral reserves and final quantities recovered, inaccuracies in estimates of life-of-mine and market price fluctuations and changes in operating and capital costs, which may render mineral extraction uneconomic.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The highly speculative nature of Lifezone's exploration activities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone's reliance on governmental approvals and permits for its metals extraction business and the risk of alterations, suspension or cancellation thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Risks Relating to Lifezone Metals Operating as a Public Company**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Failure of an active and liquid market to develop for Lifezone Ordinary Shares and fluctuations in the market price thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone Metals identifying an error in any of its financial statements or a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to Lifezone Metals' status as a public company, including increased costs and compliance with corporate governance and internal control requirements.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to Lifezone Metals' status as an "emerging growth company" and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable thereto.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks related to Lifezone Metals' status as a "foreign private issuer", including Exchange Act reporting obligations and New York Stock Exchange ("**NYSE**") corporate governance rules that, to some extent, are more lenient and less frequent than those of a United States domestic public company.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The potential classification of Lifezone Metals as an inadvertent investment company for the purposes of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "**ICA**").

**Risks Related to Sustainability** 

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risks associated with failure, or perceived failure, to operate in a responsible, transparent and sustainable manner and failure to provide benefits and mitigate adverse impacts to affected communities and maintain our social license to operate.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The risk of a negative market reaction if Lifezone does not comply with sustainability standards, frameworks and regulations or if Lifezone mismanages sustainability-related risks and opportunities and if they are not disclosed properly.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Regulations and pending legislation governing issues involving climate change could result in increased operating costs, delays in project execution or lack of funding.

**Risks Related to Operating in foreign jurisdictions, including Tanzania** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Perceptions of risks of operating in developing countries or emerging markets, such as Tanzania.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Potential risks related to changing tax and business laws and litigation, taxation and other regulatory actions by government authorities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The potential risk of not receiving VAT refunds in a timely fashion and negative outcomes from tax assessments and the settlement of tax disputes and payments in Tanzania.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Potential risks associated with water use and tailing storage regulations in Tanzania.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Potential lack of required infrastructure to begin construction, production and export of products, causing delays and increased capital and operating costs, negatively impacting the financial conditions of Lifezone.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Risk of impacts from laws and regulations applicable to foreign-owned companies and barriers to foreign investment in Tanzania.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The potential impact of currency controls and wider fiscal regulations on the operations of the business and the ability to fund projects or repatriate profits.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Potential risk of the downgrading of Tanzania's debt rating by an international rating agency, or an increase in interest rates in Tanzania, impacting our ability to issue or use letters of credit.

**Risks Related to Ownership of Lifezone Metals' Securities**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The ability of Lifezone Metals to continue to list its securities on the NYSE and comply with the NYSE's continued listing standards.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The potential dilution of shareholders from Lifezone Metals issuing additional equity in the future.

**Risks Related to Operational Factors Affecting Lifezone**

**The ability to obtain the significant additional capital required to fund Lifezone's business, which is closely linked to the bankability of contractual arrangements in Tanzania.**

We will require significant additional capital to fund our business, and our ability to obtain such capital is closely linked to the bankability of contractual arrangements in Tanzania. No assurance can be given that such capital will be available at all or available on terms acceptable to us. Developing and operating large-scale metals extraction and refining projects, particularly the Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania, requires substantial capital to identify and delineate mineral resources, conduct feasibility studies, construct processing facilities and related infrastructure, expand production capacity, replenish reserves, comply with regulatory requirements, and meet unexpected liabilities. Long-term production also requires significant ongoing maintenance and working capital expenditures. Our ability to secure this capital is closely linked to the bankability of contractual arrangements in Tanzania, including the stability of regulatory frameworks, enforceability of contracts, and the willingness of lenders and investors to commit funds in light of elevated political and jurisdictional risks.

Following our acquisition of BHP's equity interest in Kabanga Nickel Limited, Lifezone now owns 100% of KNL and is solely responsible for raising the funding required to develop the Kabanga Nickel Project. While we are pursuing a diversified funding strategy, including debt and equity financing, monetization of offtake and royalty streams, and engagement with strategic partners and lenders, there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise such funds on favorable terms or at all. The early-stage nature of our business, combined with the concentration of our operations in Tanzania, may make potential investors unwilling to provide us with the necessary capital. Any fundraising efforts may divert management's attention from day-to-day operations, and we may be required to sell existing assets, such as rights to our Hydromet Technology or interests in the Kabanga Nickel Project, which would dilute our ownership and reduce future returns.

If the Kabanga Nickel Project does not generate the expected economic benefits, or if financing is delayed or unavailable, the trading price of the Ordinary Shares and Warrants in Lifezone Metals could be adversely affected. Even if funding is secured, it may take considerably longer than anticipated to deploy, and equity financing would dilute existing

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shareholders, who do not have pre-emptive or anti-dilution rights under our Articles of Association. In addition, our capital requirements extend beyond Kabanga to potential recycling projects, acquisitions, and exploration activities, each of which may require substantial additional investment. Any failure to raise the necessary funds, or delays in doing so, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects, or liquidity.

Borrowing to finance capital expenditures may increase our leverage, reduce financial flexibility, and require us to dedicate a substantial portion of cash flow to debt service and pledge a substantial portion of our assets. Debt agreements may contain restrictive covenants that limit our ability to finance future operations or pursue strategic opportunities, and a breach of such covenants could trigger defaults across multiple agreements. Lenders may also require hedging of future metal output, imposing further restrictions on our operations. Collectively, these risks underscore our dependence on securing sufficient, timely, and bankable financing arrangements in Tanzania to advance our projects and sustain our business.

**The impact on Lifezone's business of geopolitical conditions and social, economic and political stability in Tanzania, where Lifezone's operations, assets and prospects are concentrated.**

Our development, growth, future profitability and ability to continue our operations are highly dependent on geopolitical conditions and the social, economic and political stability of Tanzania, where our operations, assets and prospects are concentrated. Instability in Tanzania following the elections in October 2025 has resulted in heightened political risk, creating uncertainty that may discourage investment in the country or the wider region. Such instability can adversely affect future investments in Lifezone Metals, transport and supplies to the Kabanga Nickel Project site, our ability to attract a trained workforce and increase pressure from communities and stakeholders, among others. Socio-political unrest may disrupt our business, compromise safety and security, increase costs, affect employee morale, impact our ability to deliver operational plans, create uncertainty regarding mining licenses, and cause reputational damage or adverse regulatory changes, any of which could materially affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

We may also face additional regulatory hurdles or increases in taxation due to changes in political regimes. For example, prior governments in Tanzania have imposed higher taxes and levies on companies in industries such as mining, telecom and shipping. Shortages of critical skills and industrial expertise in Tanzania continue to affect the execution of large-scale development projects, including the Kabanga Nickel Project, and broader political and economic factors have led, and may continue to lead, to downgrades in national credit ratings. Any deterioration in the Tanzanian economy could adversely affect our operations and financial position.

Instability in the financial services industry and inflationary pressures may further reduce investor appetite for equity or project financing in Tanzania, contribute to volatility in currency exchange rates, commodity prices and interest rates, and undermine confidence in political institutions, regulatory agencies and financial markets. These risks could materially impact our ability to raise funds, execute projects, and meet contractual obligations. In addition, actions by the United States or other countries, including trade measures, tariffs, export controls or sanctions, and any retaliatory responses could increase costs, disrupt supply chains, and adversely affect our operations or our ability to meet financial commitments.

**Elevated political risk in Tanzania, including potential changes in government policy, regulation, or enforcement.**

Lifezone's operations are subject to elevated political risk in Tanzania, where changes in government policy, regulation or enforcement could materially affect our business. The Tanzanian government has historically exercised significant influence over the mining sector, including through taxation, royalties, local content requirements, and permitting processes. Sudden or unexpected changes in these policies, or inconsistent enforcement of existing regulations, could increase costs, delay project execution, or impair our ability to operate. Political risk also encompasses the potential for government intervention in strategic natural resources, renegotiation of contracts, or restrictions on foreign investment.

Recent unrest following national elections in October 2025 has contributed to a more uncertain operating environment, which may heighten investor concerns and increase scrutiny of regulatory and policy developments. While it is not certain that such unrest will lead to specific changes in government policy or enforcement, it underscores the elevated political risk associated with operating in Tanzania. As our operations, assets and prospects are concentrated in Tanzania, any adverse political developments could have a disproportionate impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

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**We have no operating history on which to base an evaluation of our business and prospects and an evolving business model, which raises doubts about our ability to achieve profitability. There is also an absence of profitable operations in recent periods.**

We have no operating history upon which an investor can evaluate our prospects. While LZL was established in 2008 and KNL was incorporated in 2019, no active refinery has licensed our Hydromet Technology and KNL has not operated any metals-producing properties. As of the date of this Annual Report, the only recent source of revenue for Lifezone has been laboratory and technical services fees from third-party customers from Simulus. These revenues have been immaterial compared to the funds required to develop the Kabanga Nickel Project. As a young business, we are unable to give potential investors any historical basis on which they can evaluate a potential investment. There is also an absence of profitable operations in recent periods.

Production from the Kabanga Nickel Project has yet to begin, and our activities at Kabanga as of the date of this Annual Report have been largely focused on raising capital, organizational matters, staffing, studies and technical assessments, permitting work, limited early works and community development, the setting up of required infrastructure in anticipation of commencing the construction and ultimately the production at the Kabanga Nickel Project. Further, once the Kabanga Nickel Project is commissioned, production is expected to be ramped up to its maximum capacity in a phased manner. As an organization, we have not yet demonstrated an ability to successfully mine the mineral resources necessary for successful commercialization or enter into offtake agreements with third parties. Consequently, any predictions about our future success or viability may not be as accurate as they could be had we had an operating history. Our operations are subject to the risks inherent in the establishment of a new large-scale business enterprise, including access to capital, successful implementation of our business plan, and limited revenue from operations. We cannot assure you that our intended activities or plan of operation will be successful or result in revenue or profit to us and any failure to implement our business plan may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity. We have encountered, and may continue to encounter, unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other known or unknown factors in achieving our business objectives.

**We are subject to significant governmental regulations that affect our operations and costs of conducting our business and may not be able to obtain all required permits and licenses to place our properties into production.**

We are subject to significant governmental regulation that affect our operations, costs and timelines, and we may not be able to obtain, maintain or renew all permits, licenses and approvals required to develop, construct and operate our assets in accordance with our expectations.

Our exploration, development and planned refining activities are subject to extensive laws and regulations, particularly in Tanzania, administered by multiple governmental authorities, including the Tanzanian Mining Commission. These laws and regulations govern, among other matters, environmental protection and emissions, natural resource management, the handling of hazardous substances and explosives, mine development and operation, production, closure, reclamation and rehabilitation, imports and exports, price controls, repatriation of capital and exchange controls, taxation, royalties, labor standards, occupational health and safety, and the protection of historic and cultural heritage.

In addition, our operations are subject to local content requirements in Tanzania, which may require the use of Indigenous Tanzanian Companies ("ITCs"), the formation of joint ventures with ITCs, and the engagement of local labor, suppliers, contractors and service providers, in each case subject to review and approval by the Tanzanian Mining Commission and other governmental authorities. Compliance with these requirements may limit our ability to select contractors or suppliers based solely on technical capability, experience or price, increase administrative and compliance burdens, and result in delays to approvals, construction and project execution, as well as increased capital and operating costs. Any failure to comply with applicable local content requirements or approval conditions could result in penalties, delays, suspension of activities or the loss of licenses or permits.

The costs associated with complying with these laws and regulations are substantial. Future legislation, changes in government policy, regulatory amendments or shifts in the interpretation or enforcement of existing laws by the Tanzanian Mining Commission or other authorities could result in additional expenditures, increased capital requirements, operational restrictions or delays. Our operations require numerous permits and approvals related to the construction and operation of facilities, the production, storage and transportation of products, waste management and site rehabilitation. Such permits and approvals may be amended, suspended or revoked, and there can be no assurance that they will be obtained or maintained on acceptable terms and/or within anticipated timeframes. *See "Item 4.D – Description of the Kabanga Nickel Project."*

Certain laws and regulations may permit governmental authorities, affected stakeholders or private parties with a direct interest in our operations to bring claims or proceedings relating to environmental impacts, property damage or

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personal injury, including claims arising from health, safety or environmental incidents. Such actions could result in significant fines, penalties, remediation obligations, damages awards or other civil or criminal sanctions. In addition, non-governmental organizations or local community groups may generate adverse publicity or seek to disrupt our operations.

Environmental, social, health and safety laws and regulations are subject to ongoing change and, in many jurisdictions, including Tanzania, are becoming more stringent. If our compliance obligations increase due to legislative or regulatory changes, shifts in government policy or enforcement practices, changes in assumptions used to estimate liabilities, or the emergence of unanticipated conditions, our costs, provisions and project timelines could increase materially. Any such increases could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

**The regulatory approval and permitting of our Kabanga Nickel Project may take longer than expected and involve unanticipated events resulting in delays that could negatively impact our business and the results of our operations and cash flows.**

The regulatory landscape governing environmental approvals is complex and dynamic. Changes in environmental regulations or the imposition of stricter standards may necessitate modifications to our projects, including the Kabanga Nickel Project, leading to increased compliance costs. A failure to adapt swiftly and adequately to evolving regulatory requirements poses a risk of delays, fines, or legal actions. In addition, it is critical that we secure appropriate environmental and operating approvals and permits as a prerequisite for commencement of our projects. Any delays in the permitting process, whether due to regulatory complexities or stakeholder opposition, could hinder our project timelines. Extended approval timelines could result in increased project costs, interest expenses, and missed market opportunities.

An ESIA process is integral to obtaining approvals, and challenges in preparing a comprehensive and compliant ESIA may lead to delays or denials. In addition, the relevant authorities may issue administrative directives and compliance notices in the future to enforce the provisions of the relevant statutes to take specific mitigating measures, continue with those measures and/or complete those measures. The authorities may also order the suspension of part, or all of, our operations if there is non-compliance with legislation. Contravention of some of these statutes may also constitute a criminal offence and an offender may be liable for a fine or imprisonment, or both, in addition to administrative penalties. Local communities and stakeholders may express concerns or opposition to resource projects on environmental grounds. Opposition may lead to legal challenges, delays in approvals, or reputational damage. Effectively managing relationships with local communities and stakeholders is imperative to mitigate the risk of project disruptions. As a result, the occurrence of any of these events may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures and other partnerships, including offtake agreements, may not perform in accordance with expectations, may fail to receive required regulatory approvals or may disrupt our operations and adversely affect our credit ratings and profitability.**

We have entered, and in the future, we expect to enter into joint ventures, strategic partnerships, partnership arrangements, acquisition agreements or offtake agreements with other parties in relation to our metal's extraction business and our intellectual property licensing business. Any failure of other parties to meet their obligations to us or to third parties, or any disputes with respect to the parties' respective rights and obligations, could have a material adverse effect on us, the development and operations of our Metals Extraction businesses, including the Kabanga Nickel Project, and the intellectual property licensing business, and future joint ventures, if any, or their properties, and therefore could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

We evaluate, and expect in the future to evaluate, potential strategic acquisitions of, and partnerships or joint ventures with, complementary businesses, services or technologies. We may not, however, be able to identify appropriate acquisition, partnership or joint venture targets in the future, and our efforts to identify such targets may result in a loss of time and financial resources. In addition, we may not be able to negotiate or finance such future acquisitions successfully, enter into partnerships or joint ventures successfully or on favorable terms, or to effectively integrate acquisitions into our current business, and we may lose customers or personnel as a result of any such strategic transaction (in particular the customers and personnel of an acquired business). The process of integrating an acquired business, technology, service or product into our business may divert management's attention from our core businesses. The integration of any acquired assets requires management capacity. There can be no assurance that our current management team has sufficient capacity, or that it can acquire additional skills to supplement that capacity, to integrate any acquired or new assets and operations and to realize cost and operational efficiencies at the acquired assets or maintain those at the existing operations. It may result in unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures and generate unforeseen pressures and strains on our organizational culture. There can be no guarantee that we will succeed in retaining the key personnel of any acquired

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businesses. Moreover, we may be unable to realize the expected benefits, synergies or developments that we initially anticipate from such a strategic transaction.

We may also enter into offtake or marketing agreements with respect to the products that will be produced at our projects, including the Kabanga Nickel Project. However, we may not realize the expected benefits from such arrangements. We may not, however, be able to identify appropriate or acceptable offtake partners, and our efforts to identify such targets may result in a loss of time and financial resources. In addition, we may not be able to negotiate successfully or enter into an agreement on favorable terms.

**As we do not own the entire interest in our technology licensing, refinery and Metals Extraction businesses, other shareholders in such businesses, such as SRL and Glencore, will be able to influence the operations at the respective businesses and significant corporate actions.**

We currently own 50% of the shares of Kelltech, where SRL holds the remaining 50% (through its wholly owned subsidiary, Orkid S.a.r.l.). There are reserved matters in respect of certain actions and decisions to be taken by Kelltech and/or any of its subsidiaries, such as entering into partnerships, issuing of long-term debt or material borrowings and paying of management fees to third parties, which require the approval of the shareholders holding not less than 80% of the shares in Kelltech. Accordingly, SRL will be able to influence the operations at the respective businesses of Kelltech and its subsidiaries and initiate or influence significant corporate actions. We cannot assure you that this will not lead to conflicts over decision making at such businesses.

For the partnership with Glencore for recycling PGMs in the US, execution of the project is subject to the successful completion of Phase 1 deliverables, which includes a pilot program, feasibility study, legal agreements and FID by both parties. If Phase 1 is successful, a commercial scale PGM recycling facility will be developed, majority owned by Lifezone Metals, with Glencore being the sole off-taker of refined PGMs from the facility. Glencore would also provide a working capital facility to fund the operations. If Lifezone Metals is unable to achieve economic PGM recovery rates, deliver on-spec materials to Glencore or there are delays or there is an event of default or a covenant breach of the working capital facility, this could pose a material risk for Lifezone Metals' interest in the partnership.

Currently, our subsidiary, KNL, holds 84% of the interest in TNCL, where the Government of Tanzania holds the remaining 16%.

For a discussion of the economic potential allocations between the Government of Tanzania and KNL, please see "*Risk Factors - A delay in our delivery of the Kabanga Nickel Project Joint Financial Model could negatively impact our business and our results of operations and cash flows" and "Item 10 C of the Annual Report - Material Contracts — Arrangement with the Government of Tanzania — Framework Agreement.*"

**A delay in our delivery of the Kabanga Nickel Project Joint Financial Model could negatively impact our business and our results of operations and cash flows.**

A Framework Agreement exists with the Government of Tanzania for the development and operation of the Kabanga Nickel Project, which describes the equitable Economic Benefit Sharing Principle ("**EBSP**") between KNL and the Government of Tanzania. The overarching principle is that KNL and the GoT equally share income derived from the Project over the life, where Government of Tanzania's income is derived from dividends, taxes, royalties, duties, and levies.

While the acquisition by Lifezone Limited of BHP's 17.0% equity interest in KNL does not impact the SML or the Framework Agreement between KNL and the Government of Tanzania, the equitable EBSP outlined in the Framework Agreement describes the requirement for a Joint Financial Model to guide the management and operations and how and when the Government of Tanzania will derive income from taxes, royalties, duties, levies, and dividends from its 16% interest in the Project.

The Joint Financial Model currently exists in draft between KNL and the Government of Tanzania, and LZM will continue to engage with the Government of Tanzania to ensure that this is finalized and signed by the parties, giving investors certainty on the quantum of taxes, royalties, duties, etc. Finalization of the Joint Financial Model is a condition precedent for the Project FID and therefore any delays could impact on the overall Project execution timeline.

**Lifezone does not have substantive mining expertise, and unless Lifezone is able to enter into commercial arrangements with third-parties who have substantial mining experience, this may cause material and adverse impacts on our business, financial condition, and the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project, potentially causing substantial delays and raising substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.**

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While our senior management has substantial industry experience, our earlier development plans for the Kabanga Nickel Project relied heavily on BHP's involvement, given its extensive mining expertise and financial capacity. Our original business strategy contemplated the T2 Option Investment by BHP. As previously discussed, on July 18, 2025, Lifezone entered into a definitive agreement with BHP to acquire BHP's 17% equity interest in KNL. As a result of the transaction Lifezone now owns 100% of KNL and all existing agreements with BHP, including the T2 Option Agreement, are terminated. As part of the transaction, Lifezone assumed control over 100% of the offtake from the Kabanga Nickel Project. Following this transaction, Lifezone no longer has access to BHP's mining expertise or potential additional financing. Lifezone does not currently have substantive in-house mining expertise, and the successful development of the Kabanga Nickel Project will depend, in significant part, on our ability to enter into commercial arrangements with third parties that possess substantial mining and operational experience. There can be no assurance that we will be able to identify or secure such arrangements on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to obtain access to sufficient mining expertise through third-party relationships, the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project could be materially delayed, our costs could increase, and our business, financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

We have never generated any substantial revenue or any profit, and such condition raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. There is uncertainty regarding our ability to implement our business plan and to grow our business to a greater extent than we can with our existing financial resources without additional financing. Our long-term future growth and success is dependent upon our ability to raise additional capital and implement our business plan. The recent July 18, 2025, arrangement with BHP presents an opportunity to reshape the ownership and financing strategy for the Kabanga Nickel Project but could over time also impede our ability to fully implement the strategy of our Metals Extraction business and grow our Metals Extraction business, which might result in a substantial delay in the project timeline as we explore the introduction of other strategic partners.

**Changes in consumer demand and preference for metals relevant to us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.**

Because our revenue in the Metals Extraction business is expected, for the foreseeable future, to be derived from the sale of nickel, and to a lesser extent, cobalt, copper and PGMs, changes in demand for, and the market price of, and taxes and other tariffs and fees imposed upon, these metals and products related to these metals could significantly affect our profitability. Our financial results may be significantly adversely affected by declines in the prices of such base metals. Base metals and PGMs prices may fluctuate and are affected by numerous factors beyond our control such as interest rates, exchange rates, taxes, inflation or deflation, fluctuations in the relative value of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies on the world market, shipping and other transportation and logistics costs, global and regional supply and demand for base metals or PGMs, potential industry trends such as competitor consolidation or other integration methodologies, and the political and economic conditions of countries that produce and procure base metals or PGMs. Protracted periods of low prices for base metals, PGMs and related products could significantly reduce revenues and the availability of required development funds in the future. This could cause substantial reductions to, or a suspension of, production operations, impair asset values and reduce our proven and probable nickel, cobalt and copper orebodies. Furthermore, supply side factors have a significant influence on price volatility for base metals and PGMs.

**The impact of inflation could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.**

Inflationary pressures pose significant challenges to the future development of the Kabanga Nickel Project and other capital-intensive extractive industry projects. The Kabanga Nickel Project involves substantial upfront capital investment, and increases in inflation may result in higher costs for construction materials, equipment, labor, energy, logistics and contractor services. As a result, our initial cost estimates may prove inadequate, leading to increased capital expenditure and operating costs.

Sustained or unexpected inflation may erode the economic viability of our projects, reduce anticipated margins and result in lower-than-expected returns on investment. Inflationary cost pressures may also require us to revise project budgets, defer or scale back development activities, or seek additional funding. In addition, inflation-driven cost escalation may delay project execution and completion, resulting in delays to production and revenue generation, missed market opportunities or increased exposure to contractual penalties.

If inflation continues at elevated levels or increases further, our expenses and capital requirements could rise materially, which could adversely affect our ability to fund, develop and operate our projects and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

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**Changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates may adversely affect our cost of borrowing, procurement costs and overall financial performance.**

An increase in interest rates or the cost of capital may make it more difficult or more expensive for us to secure the financing required to fund the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project and other resource projects. Higher interest rates may increase debt servicing costs and reduce the availability or attractiveness of debt and equity financing. In periods of interest rate volatility or tightening financial conditions, lenders and investors may be more cautious, which could result in higher financing costs, more restrictive financing terms, delays in securing funding or an inability to raise capital on acceptable terms.

In addition, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates may increase the cost of purchasing equipment, materials and services that are priced in foreign currencies, particularly where revenues are denominated in a different currency. Exchange rate movements may also affect the value of our cash balances, liabilities and contractual commitments. Adverse currency movements could therefore increase capital and operating costs, negatively impact project economics and reduce expected returns.

Changes in interest rates and exchange rates, individually or in combination, may increase financing costs, disrupt procurement planning and delay project execution. Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**If we lose senior management or are unable to hire and/or retain sufficient technically skilled employees, our business may be materially adversely affected.**

Our ability to commence operations, sustain existing activities, innovate, implement continuous improvement, or expand depends heavily on our ability to attract, develop and retain senior management and key employees with the requisite knowledge, skills, experience and other competencies. For additional information regarding our employees, see "*Item 6 D of the Annual Report - Employees.*"

Our operations require employees with expertise in hydrometallurgical refining processes, particularly with respect to our Hydromet Technology. While this expertise is scarce globally, it is more pronounced in some of the countries where we operate, such as Tanzania. Further, as the adoption of our Hydromet Technology grows, such scarcity may be further exacerbated.

Our reliance on advanced hydrometallurgical processes necessitates comprehensive employee training programs. These programs may require long lead times, significant investment in infrastructure, and the development of internal training programs or partnerships which may also result in additional working capital expenditure. Despite such efforts, we may face difficulties in recruiting and retaining appropriate senior management, technically skilled employees (including the employees trained by us) or other management personnel, as they may become valuable to competitors or seek other opportunities. This could necessitate increased remuneration packages, including higher base salaries, sign-on bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives.

Additionally, our ability to respond to these challenges is compounded by the need for robust succession planning, particularly for senior management and technical leadership roles. Failure to implement effective succession planning or retain adequately skilled personnel could adversely impact our ability to manage operations, achieve strategic objectives, and maintain competitive advantage. This risk applies not only to our operations in Tanzania but also to our operations in other jurisdictions, where similar challenges may arise due to local market dynamics or skill shortages.

**We may be unable to compete successfully for employees, exploration, resources, capital funding, equipment and contract exploration, development and construction services with our competitors.**

The Metals Extraction industry is competitive in all of its phases, and many of our competitors have greater financial resources and a longer operating history than us. We may encounter competition from other metals extraction companies in our efforts to hire experienced mining professionals and professionals having expertise in hydrometallurgical refining. In addition, competition for exploration resources at all levels is intense. Increased competition could adversely affect our ability to attract necessary capital funding, to acquire it on acceptable terms, or to acquire suitable producing properties or prospects for mineral exploration in the future. Increases in nickel, cobalt, copper, PGMs or other metal prices have in the past, and could in the future, encourage increases in mining exploration, development and construction activities, which could result in increased demand for, and cost of, exploration, development and construction services and equipment.

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Increased demand for, and cost of, services and equipment could cause project costs to increase materially, resulting in delays if services or equipment cannot be obtained in a timely manner due to inadequate availability, and increased potential for scheduling difficulties and cost increases due to the need to coordinate the availability of services or equipment. Any of these outcomes could materially increase project exploration, development or construction costs or result in project delays, or both. As a result of this competition, we may be unable to maintain or acquire attractive mining properties, install, maintain or acquire refineries in respect of our Hydromet Technology or attract better or more qualified employees.

**Increased labor costs could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.**

A number of factors may adversely affect the labor force available or increase labor costs from time to time, including high employment levels, inflationary pressures and government regulations. A sustained labor shortage or increased turnover rates within our employee base could lead to increased costs, such as increased wage rates to attract and retain employees, and could negatively affect our ability to complete our Metals Extraction projects according to the required schedule or otherwise efficiently operate our businesses. Additionally, there is a risk of not meeting the local content requirements where an appropriately skilled workforce in the country is lacking. If we are unable to hire, train, upskill and retain employees capable of performing at a high level, our businesses could be adversely affected. An overall labor shortage, lack of skilled labor, increased turnover or labor inflation could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

Tanzanian laws and regulations require businesses to pay statutory employee benefits, including pensions, medical insurance (currently not mandatory in Tanzania, but proposed legislation may require mandatory medical insurance for employees and their immediate family), work- related injury insurance, and maternity insurance. While these represent minimum requirements, industry best practices often include broader benefits, such as family-inclusive medical insurance and education allowances for dependents, with failure to meet these expectations risking employee dissatisfaction, industrial disputes, and reputational harm.

Non-compliance with statutory obligations could result in fines, penalties or reputational damage which could impact our business. If the relevant authorities determine that our businesses are required to make supplemental social insurance and housing fund contributions or subject them to fines and legal sanctions, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. We expect labor costs, including wages and employee benefits, will continue to increase. Unless we can offset these through operational efficiency, workforce optimization, or by passing them on to customers, our financial performance may be adversely affected.

*For further details, see "Risk Factors - Risks Related to Operational Factors Affecting Lifezone Metals - Our operations and profits may be adversely affected by labor unrest and union activity and compliance with labor legislation."*

**The successful implementation of our business strategies and plans is dependent on the performance of our management and external factors. Any failure to implement our business strategies and plans may have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.**

Our ability to successfully implement our business strategy and plans for our Metals Extraction business, the Kabanga Nickel Project and our intellectual property licensing business, and specifically the development of the partnership with Glencore for recycling PGMs in the US within our intellectual property licensing business, is dependent on the performance of our management. If our management is unable to execute on our business strategies, then our development, including the generation of revenues and our sales and marketing activities would be materially and adversely affected. In addition, our management may encounter difficulties in effectively managing the budgeting, forecasting and other process control issues presented by any future growth. If we lose key members of our management team or are unable to replace or hire new management members with sufficient skill, experience and/or business relationships, this may have a material adverse effect on our management's ability to implement our business strategy and plans. This could in turn have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**We may be involved in litigation, and unfavorable decisions may be entered against our company, subsidiaries, management, and/or controlling shareholders in legal and administrative proceedings.**

We, our subsidiaries, management and/or controlling shareholders, if any, may be subject to litigation, arbitration and other legal and administrative proceedings arising in the normal course of business and may be involved in disputes that may result in litigation. The causes of potential future litigation cannot be known and may arise from, among other things, business activities, environmental, social, community and health and safety concerns, share price volatility or failure

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to comply with disclosure obligations. The results of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty but could include negative publicity, costly damage awards or settlements, fines and the loss of licenses, concessions or rights, among other things. We may also become subject to claims from individuals who live in proximity of our projects based on alleged negative social impacts or health effects related to our operations. In addition, we may subsequently become subject to legal proceedings or claims contesting the development or operation of our projects. Further, in the event of a dispute, we may be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of foreign courts or may not be successful in subjecting foreign persons to the jurisdiction of courts in the Isle of Man, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Mauritius and the US. An adverse or arbitrary decision of a foreign court could have a material adverse impact on our financial performance, cash flow and results of operations.

We currently rely on intellectual property laws as well as confidentiality procedures, cybersecurity practices and contractual provisions and restrictions, to protect the intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights relating to our products, proprietary processes and proprietary technology, including our Hydromet Technology. Despite efforts to safeguard and maintain our proprietary rights, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in doing so or that our competitors will not independently develop products or technologies substantially equivalent or superior to ours. Protecting or defending our intellectual property rights, determining the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others, or defending against claims of infringement or invalidity may require litigation. Such litigation, whether successful or unsuccessful, could result in substantial costs and diversions of management resources, either of which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity, see "*Risk Factors - Risks Related to our Hydromet Technology and Intellectual Property."*

Any such legal proceedings or disputes could delay our ability to complete the development of a project in a timely manner or at all, or materially increase the costs associated with commencing or continuing commercial operations at a project. Moreover, our intellectual property rights may be challenged or infringed upon by third parties or we may be unable to maintain, renew or enter into new licensing agreements with third-party licensees on reasonable terms. In addition, unauthorized use of our intellectual property rights or our inability to preserve existing intellectual property rights could adversely impact our competitive position or results of operations and the loss of our patents could reduce the value of the related products and technologies. The success of our business depends, in part, on our ability to utilize our proprietary process technologies and we could encounter unforeseen problems or costs, or both, in scaling up our technologies to commercial applications. If unfavorable decisions are rendered in one or more lawsuits or should we be unable to resolve disputes favorably or to enforce our rights, we could also be required to pay substantial amounts, which could materially adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

**Our operations may be subject to litigation or other claims in relation to tax regulations and challenges by tax authorities.**

We have a footprint in a number of countries, including Tanzania, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia, the US and the Isle of Man, and are subject to numerous tax regulations in various jurisdictions and are regularly examined in this regard. Changes in our global mix of earnings could affect our effective tax rate. Furthermore, changes in tax laws could result in higher tax-related expenses and payments. Legislative changes in any of the countries in which we operate could materially impact our tax receivables and liabilities as well as deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities. Additionally, the uncertain tax environment in some regions in which we operate may limit our ability to successfully challenge adverse determination by any local tax authorities. We operate in countries with complex tax rules, which may be interpreted in a variety of ways and could affect our effective tax rate. Future interpretations or developments of tax regimes or a higher than anticipated effective tax rate could have a material adverse effect on our tax liability, return on investments and business operations.

In addition, we and our subsidiaries and affiliates operate in, are incorporated in, and are tax residents of, various jurisdictions. The tax authorities in the various jurisdictions in which we and our subsidiaries and affiliates operate, or are incorporated, may disagree with and challenge our assessments of our transactions, tax position, deductions, exemptions, where we or our subsidiaries or affiliates are tax resident, application of tax treaties or the content of these, or other matters. If we or our subsidiaries and affiliates are unsuccessful in responding to any such challenge from a tax authority, we, or our businesses, may be required to pay additional taxes, interest, fines or penalties, may be subject to taxes for the same activity in more than one jurisdiction or may also be subject to higher tax rates, withholding or other taxes. A successful challenge could potentially result in payments to the relevant tax authority of substantial amounts that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

Even if we, or our subsidiaries and affiliates, are successful in responding to challenges by tax authorities, responding to such challenges may be expensive, consume resources or divert management's time and focus from our operations. Therefore, a challenge as to our tax position, status, or transactions, or that of our subsidiaries and affiliates', even if unsuccessful, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations,

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prospects or liquidity. Please refer to Item 8A.7 "Legal Proceedings" for details of our ongoing disputes with the tax authority in Tanzania.

**We use and expect to use third-party operators, providers and contractors, and the lack of availability, or failure to properly perform services, of one or more of these third-party operators, providers and contractors may adversely affect us.**

Our current base case business strategy involves use of third-party operator, providers and contractors to develop the Kabanga Nickel Project and operate the mine. Operational difficulties at the mine, increased competition for contract miners, equipment and personnel from other metals extraction companies and other factors beyond our control could affect the availability, cost and quality of the nickel, cobalt and copper produced for us by the operator. Disruption in our supply of nickel, cobalt and copper could impair our ability to fill our customers' orders or require us to pay higher prices to obtain the required nickel, cobalt and copper from other sources. Any increase in the per-ton compensation for services we pay for the production and marketing of nickel, cobalt, and copper products could increase our costs and therefore, lower our earnings and adversely affect our results of operations. We may engage with a joint venture or offtake partner to undertake certain roles, and we are exploring sources of capital, which may, among other things, lead to substantial delays in the project timeline. There can be no assurance that a joint venture or offtake partner willing to undertake such roles can be found in a timely manner or at all.

Further, the lack of availability of, or failure to properly perform services by, one or more third-party providers and contractors, which we depend on, could result in a decrease in our production (once commenced) or delays in the development of projects, which in turn could impact our results of operations and financial condition. In particular, certain resources are only available through a limited number of third parties, and lead times, work slowdowns, stoppages, or other labor-related developments or disputes involving such third parties or contractors are out of our control. Additionally, we are required to abide by local content regulations in Tanzania, pursuant to which we are required to work with select local suppliers that satisfy the local content requirements. In the event such requirements change or the local suppliers we currently work with cease to be eligible under such requirements, we may have to source the requisite materials from other local suppliers which may cause a disruption in our operations. There can be no assurance that we will be able to secure in a timely manner, on commercially acceptable terms or at all, the provision of all the services that we will need to execute our exploration and development plans, or that such arrangements (both current and planned) will be sufficient for our future needs or will not be interrupted. In addition, we may incur liability to third parties as a result of the actions of our contractors.

In addition, certain of the services we require are, or may in the future be, available on commercially reasonable terms only from a limited number of auditable and properly licensed providers, and we may encounter difficulties in securing the services of specialized contractors due to the high demand for those services. As a result, we are dependent on external contractors who are performing satisfactorily and fulfilling their obligations. While we are not aware of any specific matters, our business and development plans may be adversely affected by any failure or delay by third parties in supplying these services, any change to the terms on which these services are made available, or the failure of such third-party providers to provide services that meet our quality or volume requirements. If we are obliged to change the provider of such services, we may experience additional costs, interruptions to production, or other adverse effects on our business. There is a risk that we may not be able to find adequate replacement services on commercially acceptable terms, on a timely basis, or at all.

The occurrence of one or more of these risks could have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects, ownership of assets or liquidity. We will rely on outside contractors to perform key roles, such as drilling and blasting, loading and hauling, mine development, plant, refinery and infrastructure design and construction, environmental services, relocation services, engineering, security and logistics. In the medium term, the success of our operations and activities remains dependent to a significant extent on the efforts and abilities of outside contractors, particularly in relation to the aforementioned activities, and therefore our operations remain significantly reliant on their performance.

Should we be unable to acquire or retain providers of key services on favorable terms, or should there be interruptions to, or inadequacies with, any services provided, we may need to incur capital and operating expenditure. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, timelines, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Our operations and profits may be adversely affected by labor unrest and union activity and compliance with labor legislation.**

Organized labor dynamics in the metals extraction and related sectors are volatile and unpredictable, varying significantly across the jurisdictions in which we operate. Labor unrest risks may be influenced by local laws, union

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strength, and socio-political factors. These dynamics may result in operational disruptions, wage negotiations accompanied by lawful or unlawful strikes, work stoppages, picketing, sabotage, or other industrial actions. Activist unions and rivalries between unions may destabilize labor relations in our facilities and metals extraction operations, increasing the likelihood of unplanned labor action.

Even if our direct operations are not affected, labor unrest within our supply chain or among contractors and industry peers could disrupt critical activities, delay project timelines, or increase costs.

Significant labor disputes, whether internal or within the broader supply chain, could force us to shut down operations temporarily or incur higher costs to resolve disputes.

Evolving labor legislation in the jurisdictions where we operate could also impose additional costs or operational constraints. Non- compliance with labor laws, whether intentional or inadvertent, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

For further details, see "*Risk Factors - Risks Related to Operational Factors Affecting Lifezone Metals - Increased labor costs could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.*"

If our operations do not perform in line with expectations, we may be required to write down the carrying value of our assets, which could affect any future profitability and our ability to pay dividends.

Under IFRS, we are required to test the carrying value of assets with an indefinite life, like goodwill or cash-generating units for impairment annually, or if there are indicators of impairment, and otherwise when we have reason to believe that the future cash flows generated by our assets may no longer support the carrying value of such assets. If the results of operations and cash flows generated by Simulus, our Hydromet Technology licensing or the Metals Extraction operations are deteriorating and may not support carrying values, we may be required to write down the carrying value of these assets partially or completely. Any write-down could materially affect our business, operating results, operations and financial condition.

**We are subject to exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations, which may be harmful to our business. Further, our business, results of operations, and financial condition may be adversely affected by inflation.**

We are exposed to exchange rate risk because we have assets and liabilities and future cash flows and earnings denominated in non- functional currencies. Our Kabanga operations are located in Tanzania. When operational, any output sold therefrom will be priced in U.S. dollar terms in international markets; however, we incur expenses in respect of the Kabanga operations in TZS. We also have personnel in the United Kingdom and Australia and accordingly incur related expenses in GBP and AUD, respectively. The impact on our results of any change in the TZS, GBP or AUD against the U.S. dollar exchange rate could be substantial. Inversely, any depreciation of such currencies against the U.S. dollar could have a positive impact on our financial results. We do not expect to enter into long-term currency hedging arrangements and thus will be mainly exposed to the spot market exchange rate. See "*Item 5 of the Annual Report - Operating and Financial Review and Prospects*."

**Our holding company structure makes us dependent on the operations of our subsidiaries.**

Lifezone Metals is a company limited by shares incorporated and registered under the laws of the Isle of Man. The material assets of Lifezone Metals are its direct and indirect equity interests in its subsidiaries. Lifezone Metals is, therefore, dependent on payments, dividends, distributions and royalty payments from its subsidiaries, and royalty payments from other clients, to pay its operating and other expenses and to pay future cash dividends or distributions, if any, to holders of the ordinary shares, and it may have tax costs in connection with any dividend or distribution. Furthermore, exchange rate fluctuations will affect the U.S. dollar value of any distributions our subsidiaries and joint ventures make with respect to our equity interests in those subsidiaries.

**Due to an inadvertent administrative error during incorporation, the articles of association of each TNCL Subsidiary imply that the Government of Tanzania has a 16% interest in the TNCL Subsidiaries in addition to the 16% non-dilutable free-carried interest in TNCL.**

The Government of Tanzania and KNL entered into the Framework Agreement to jointly develop, process and refine the concentrate from the Kabanga Nickel Project. To achieve this objective, the Government of Tanzania and KNL set up a Tanzanian company, TNCL, which owns two Tanzanian subsidiary companies, TNMCL and TNRCL, to carry out mining operations and mineral refining, respectively. As of the date of this Annual Report, the SML has been issued to TNCL and the TNCL Subsidiaries do not have any operations or assets. The Framework Agreement provides for

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ownership by TNCL of the TNCL Subsidiaries as wholly owned subsidiaries and the share counts of the TNCL Subsidiaries reflect this correctly. However, whilst the register of members of each TNCL Subsidiary correctly records TNCL as holding 4,999 shares and the Government of Tanzania as holding 1 share, the articles of association of each TNCL Subsidiary incorrectly indicate that the Government of Tanzania holds a 16% interest and as such TNCL holds an 84% interest in each TNCL Subsidiary. Correcting the inadvertent error in the articles of association of the TNCL Subsidiaries will require the Government of Tanzania and TNCL to amend the articles of association of the TNCL Subsidiaries. For more information, see "*Item 10 C of the Annual Report – Material Contracts - Arrangement with the Government of Tanzania, Framework Agreement.*"

Under the terms of the Framework Agreement, KNL is expected to own an 84% indirect interest in each TNCL Subsidiary. However, as of the date of this Annual Report, due to the 16% non-dilutable free-carried interest held by the Government of Tanzania in each TNCL Subsidiary, KNL owns a 70.56% indirect interest in each TNCL Subsidiary. Until the articles of association of the TNCL Subsidiaries are amended to remove the Government of Tanzania's 16% interest, the shareholders of Lifezone Metals indirect interest in the TNCL Subsidiaries will be diluted.

We expected that the Government of Tanzania would amend the articles of association of the TNCL Subsidiaries to provide that the TNCL Subsidiaries are wholly owned subsidiaries of TNCL in 2024. However, as of the date of this Annual Report, the Government of Tanzania has not done so and has not provided us with any written confirmation that it will amend the articles of association of the TNCL Subsidiaries. We cannot guarantee the Government of Tanzania will amend the articles of association of the TNCL Subsidiaries in a timely manner, or that any such amendment will occur at all. We may incur expenses in connection with the Government of Tanzania's amendment of the articles of association of the TNCL Subsidiaries and we cannot guarantee that obtaining such amendments will not require legal proceedings. Any such legal proceedings could delay our ability to complete the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project in a timely manner or at all, or materially increase the costs associated with commencing or continuing operations at the Kabanga Nickel Project.

**Our failure to comply with applicable anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, economic and trade sanctions, and other similar laws and regulations could negatively impact our reputation and results of operations.**

We and our associates are required to comply with anti-corruption laws and regulations imposed by governments around the world with jurisdiction over our operations, which may include Isle of Man, Tanzanian, British, US and Australian anti-bribery and corruption legislation, as well as the laws of the other countries where we do business. These laws and regulations may restrict our operations, trade practices, investment decisions and partnering activities. These and other applicable laws prohibit us and our officers, directors, employees and business partners acting on our behalf, including agents, from, among other things, corruptly offering, promising, authorizing or providing anything of value to "foreign officials" for the purposes of influencing official decisions or obtaining or retaining business or otherwise obtaining favorable treatment. We are subject to the jurisdiction of various governments and regulatory agencies around the world, which may bring our personnel and representatives into contact with "foreign officials" responsible for, among other things, issuing or renewing permits, licenses or approvals or for enforcing other governmental regulations.

In respect of our metal's extraction operations in Tanzania, there are several pieces of legislation that relate to anti-corruption activities and impose large penalties (custodial and non-custodial penalties) in the event of any breaches. The Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania is subject to the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Act, 2007, which applies in conjunction with other related laws, like the Anti Money Laundering Act, 2006, the Economic and Organized Crimes Control Act, Cap 200 R.E 2002 and the Criminal Procedure Act, Cap 20 R.E 2002. These laws and regulations aim to restrict corrupt activities and impose penalties which can include imprisonment and/or fines which can be imposed on individual directors, including those of TNCL and KNL and on TNCL and KNL as corporate bodies.

We and our associates are also required to comply with applicable economic and trade sanctions laws and regulations, such as those administered and enforced by the United States Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United States Department of State, the United States Department of Commerce, the United Nations Security Council and other relevant sanctions authorities. Our global operations expose us to the risk of violating, or being accused of violating, economic and trade sanctions laws and regulations.

Our failure to successfully comply with these laws and regulations may expose us to reputational harm, as well as significant sanctions, including criminal fines, imprisonment, civil penalties, disgorgement of profits, injunctions and debarment from government contracts, as well as other remedial measures. We may from time to time investigate potential or alleged violations of these laws and regulations. Investigations of alleged violations can be expensive and disruptive and may lead to suspension of operations until the completion of investigations. We continuously develop and maintain policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, economic and trade sanctions, and other similar laws and regulations. However, there can be no guarantee that our policies and procedures will effectively prevent violations by our employees or business partners acting on our behalf, for which we

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may be held responsible, and any such violation could adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition

**We are subject to global resource nationalism trends which encompass a range of measures, such as seeking the greater participation of historically disadvantaged or indigenous people, expropriation or taxation, whereby governments seek to increase the economic benefits derived by their countries from their natural resources.**

We are subject to the potential impact of resource nationalism trends. These measures include a government holding a stake directly in companies holding mineral projects (as is the case with the Kabanga Nickel Project), increased taxation of mineral projects including windfall taxes and requiring companies to meet domestic beneficiation requirements, such as local processing rules, export taxes or restrictions, charges on unprocessed ores or expropriation. Further, the countries in which we operate may in the future have political regimes that may not view foreign business interests favorably and may attempt to expropriate all or part of our local assets or impose controls on our operations.

In Tanzania, certain laws can be passed under the certificate of urgency, particularly those in the extractive sector, meaning that they may not go through the ordinary process of collecting opinions from stakeholders or publication of bills which have to be debated in the parliament prior to being passed into law. Such steps may prevent us from actively participating in the consultative process and sharing our views with the relevant governmental authorities prior to the proposed legislation becoming law.

We cannot predict the outcome or timing of any amendments or modifications to public policies or applicable regulations or the interpretation thereof, the implementation of new policies or regulations and the impact these may have on our business. As a result, political, legal, social and economic conditions in Tanzania and South Africa and any other country in which we have interests and operations can have a significant effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Unexpected operational accidents, health and safety incidents and natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, public health emergencies, riots, political crises or other catastrophic events may adversely affect our operations, construction activities and business.**

Our operational processes and construction activities may be subject to operational accidents and health and safety incidents, including traffic accidents, incidents related to the operation of equipment and the handling of chemical substances by employees or contractors, incorrect operation, mechanical or critical equipment failures, and interruptions to power or water supply. In addition, adverse or extreme weather conditions, including heavy rainfall, flooding or other climate-related events, may disrupt construction activities, damage infrastructure, restrict site access, delay the delivery of materials or equipment, and adversely affect construction schedules and project timelines.

Our operations may also be subject to unexpected natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods or public health emergencies such as pandemics or political crises or other catastrophic events which could adversely affect our ability to produce and deliver minerals and in general our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The occurrence of one or more of these events may result in the death of, or personal injury to, personnel, the loss of mining and refining equipment, damage to or destruction of mineral properties or production and infrastructure facilities, disruptions in production, increased costs, environmental damage and potential legal liabilities, all of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Our insurance coverage may not adequately satisfy all potential claims in the future.**

Currently, we only have medical insurance for our employees at the Kabanga Nickel Project site, vehicle insurance and life insurance, and director and officer insurance. Although we have an insurance program and expect to continue to have one, we may become subject to liability at the Kabanga Nickel Project site for pollution, occupational illness or other hazards subject to political risks against which we have not been insured, cannot insure or are insufficiently insured, including those relating to past mining activities. If we suffer a major loss at the Kabanga Nickel Project site, which is insufficiently covered, future earnings could be affected. In addition, certain classes of insurance may not continue to be available at economically acceptable premiums. As a result, in the future, our insurance coverage may not fully cover the extent of claims against it or any cross-claims made.

Further, mineral exploration, development and production involve many risks which even a combination of experience, knowledge and careful evaluation may not be able to overcome. Our operations at the Kabanga Nickel Project site will be subject to all the hazards and risks inherent in the exploration for mineral resources and, if we discover a mineral resource in commercially exploitable quantity, our operations could be subject to all of the hazards and risks inherent in the development and production of resources, including liability for pollution, environmental damage, cave-ins

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or similar hazards against which we cannot insure or against which we may elect not to insure. We do not currently maintain any insurance coverage against these operating hazards. The payment of any liabilities that arise from any such occurrence would have a material adverse impact on our company.

Should we suffer a major loss, which is insufficiently covered, future earnings could be affected. In addition, certain classes of insurance may not continue to be available at economically acceptable premiums. As a result, in the future, our insurance coverage may not fully cover the extent of claims against it or any cross claims made.

Moreover, we currently do not have cybersecurity and political risk insurance, and any such insurance we may obtain in the future may not be sufficient to cover actual losses or may not apply to the circumstances relating to any particular loss.

**We use information, communication and technology systems, which record personal data and critical corporate and financial information. Failure of or damage to these systems, cyber threats, disruption or the failure to protect corporate and personal data, could significantly impact our business and operations.**

We use and are reliant on various internal and external information, communication and technology system applications to support our business activities (which includes the processing of both personal and sensitive personal information of employees in accordance with the applicable employment legislation), metals extraction systems, and other systems and applications. Damage or interruption of our information, communication and technology systems, whether due to accidents, human error, natural events, or malicious acts, may lead to important data being irretrievably lost, exposed or damaged, thereby adversely affecting our business, operating results and financial condition. Such threats are persistent and evolve quickly, and we may in the future experience such cybersecurity threats. While we continuously take measures to protect our data and to protect our computer systems from attack, in accordance with our data protection obligations, these measures may not prevent unauthorized access to our systems or theft of our data. As the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to or to sabotage information technology systems change frequently and are often not recognized until after they are launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures.

The information security management system protecting our information, communication and technology infrastructure and network may be subject to security breaches (e.g., cybercrime or activists) or other incidents that could result in loss of intellectual property, disclosure of commercially or personally sensitive information, misappropriation of funds, increased health and safety risks to people, disruption to our operations, environmental damage, legal or regulatory breaches and liability, other costs and reputational damage. Given the increasing sophistication and evolving nature of this threat, we cannot rule out the possibility of their occurring in the future. An extended failure of critical system components and the required response, caused by accidental or malicious actions, including those resulting from a cybersecurity attack, could result in a commercial loss, interruption to operations, loss of access to critical data or systems, significant environmental incident, unfavorable publicity, damage to our reputation, difficulty in marketing our services, allegations that we have not performed our contractual obligations, indemnification obligations, regulatory investigations, fines or penalties, litigation or other claims by affected parties and possible financial obligations for liabilities and damages related to the theft or misuse of our information and other business delays or disruptions, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

We receive, generate, store and process sensitive information, such as personal information in accordance with the principles of lawful processing of personal information contained in various applicable data protection laws. Notwithstanding the operational and technical measures we implement, we face a number of risks relative to protecting this critical information, including loss of access risk, inappropriate use or disclosure, inappropriate modification, and the risk of being unable to adequately monitor, audit and modify our controls over our critical information. This risk extends to the third-party vendors and subcontractors we use to manage this sensitive data even though our agreements with these third-party vendors and sub-contractors require that they implement technical and operational measures to protect personal information from being unlawfully disclosed or accessed.

We cannot guarantee that our and our associates' data protection compliance efforts will be deemed appropriate or sufficient by regulatory authorities or the courts. Claims that we or our associates have violated individuals' privacy rights, failed to comply with data protection laws, or breached contractual obligations or privacy policies, even if we or our associates, as applicable, are not found liable, could be expensive and time consuming to defend, could result in adverse publicity and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We and our associates may also be contractually required to indemnify and hold harmless third parties from the costs or consequences of non-compliance with any laws, rules and regulations or other legal obligations relating to privacy or consumer protection or any inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure of data that we store or handle as part of operating our business.

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**If we fail to comply with our obligations under any shareholder, license or technology agreements with third parties, we may be required to pay damages, and we could lose license rights that are critical to our business.**

We may in the future license certain intellectual property rights, including technologies, programs, applications and data from third parties, which are important to our business, and in the future, we may enter into additional agreements that provide us with licenses to valuable intellectual property rights or technology.

If we fail to comply with any of the obligations under such license agreements, we may be required to pay damages, and the licensor may have the right to terminate the license. Termination by the licensor may cause us to lose valuable rights and could prevent us from selling our products and services, or inhibit our ability to commercialize future products and services. Our business would suffer if any such licenses terminate, if the licensors fail to abide by the terms of the license, if the licensors fail to enforce licensed patents against infringing third parties, if the licensed intellectual property rights are found to be invalid or unenforceable or if we are unable to enter into necessary licenses on acceptable terms.

**Our operating and financial results, forecasts and projections rely in large part upon assumptions and analyses developed by us. If the assumptions or analyses that we made in connection with our projections and forecasts prove to be incorrect, our actual results of operations may be materially different from our forecasted results.**

Any projections we provide reflect our estimates of future performance depending on the variation in the prices of nickel, cobalt and copper and the operating expenditure involved, incorporate certain financial and operational assumptions based on information available at the time the forecasts were made and should not be regarded as an indication that we or any other recipient of this information considered, or now considers, it to be predictive of actual future results. In addition, such projections incorporate assumptions relating to (a) the price of nickel, copper and cobalt, which could be significantly impacted by demand and preference for such metals and other events elaborated on elsewhere in this Annual Report, (b) our expected operating expenditure, which could be impacted by various factors such as commodity and labor prices, (c) taxes, depreciation, amortization and interest expenses, (d) metal recoveries, (e) implementation, commissioning and ramp-up schedules, (f) marketing costs and fees and (g) capital expenditure estimates.

The Feasibility Study for the Kabanga Nickel Project has shown to contain proven or probable mineral reserves. Investors should not assume that the projections on mineralization at the Kabanga Nickel Project will ever be realized. In addition, the projected financial and operating information incorporates assumptions about our ability to maintain an effective cost structure, which could be impacted by the prices of commodities and other inputs, wage inflation, logistics costs, infrastructure and utilities costs, the costs of specialized equipment and tooling, research and development costs, facilities costs and numerous other factors. These assumptions were preliminary and there can be no assurance that the actual results upon which our assumptions were based will be in line with our expectations at the time the forecasts were made. We have no operating history on which to base an evaluation of our business and prospects and an evolving business model and accordingly we have limited data on which to base our projections of our future performance. We have limited experience forecasting revenues and volumes. Any projections also reflect assumptions as to certain business strategies or plans that are subject to change. As a result, the inclusion of such forecasts in this Annual Report should not be relied on as "guidance" or otherwise predictive of actual future events, and actual results may differ materially from the projections. Whether actual operating and financial results and business developments will be consistent with the expectations and assumptions reflected in the projections depends on a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described elsewhere in this section. If we fail to meet our own financial or operating forecasts or those of securities analysts, the value of Lifezone Metals' securities could be significantly and adversely affected.

**Uncertainty around the timing and occurrence of FID and risks related to project execution.**

The timing of a FID for the Kabanga Nickel Project remains uncertain and there can be no assurance that FID will be achieved at all. The decision to proceed to FID is subject to a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control. The achievement of FID depends on, among other things, completion of required technical work and project definition, finalization of project design and cost estimates, negotiation and execution of key commercial arrangements, securing project financing on acceptable terms, and obtaining necessary governmental approvals.

In particular, project financing is expected to involve a lenders' syndicate and will be subject to customary due diligence and credit approvals, including technical, commercial, legal, environmental and social reviews, model verification, and agreement on financing terms and conditions precedent (which may include requirements for cost-overrun support, hedging, security and intercreditor arrangements). The timing and outcome of lenders' due diligence and approvals are uncertain and may be affected by market conditions, lender risk appetite and the status of key Kabanga Nickel Project contracts. There can be no assurance that financing will be available on terms acceptable to us or within anticipated timeframes.

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Even if FID is achieved, the execution of a large-scale, capital-intensive metals extraction and processing project involves significant risks. Kabanga Nickel Project execution is subject to risks relating to engineering and design, procurement and logistics, construction and contractor performance, supply chain constraints, labor availability and productivity, and potential cost overruns or schedule delays. Actual capital and operating costs may differ materially from estimates, and timelines may be extended due to unforeseen technical challenges, site conditions or regulatory requirements.

Any delay in achieving FID, or failure to execute the project within planned budgets and schedules, could result in increased capital requirements, deferred or reduced cash flows, impairments of capitalized costs, the need to raise additional financing on unfavorable terms, loss of market opportunities and damage to stakeholder confidence. As a result, uncertainty around the timing of FID and risks related to Kabanga Nickel Project execution could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity. *See also the risk factors relating to inflation and foreign exchange, permitting and environmental approvals, and supply agreements and the Framework Agreement.*

**Our senior secured bridge loan facility agreement contains operating and financial covenants that may restrict our business and financing activities.**

As of December 31, 2025, KNL had $20 million outstanding borrowings under our senior secured bridge loan facility agreement with Taurus Mining Finance. Borrowings under the bridge loan facility are secured by a security interest in the shares that LZM holds in KNL and security interests in other assets relating to the Kabanga Nickel Project, and are guaranteed by Lifezone Metals and certain subsidiaries. The bridge loan facility contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants, as well as certain financial covenants. The operating and financial restrictions and covenants in the bridge loan facility, as well as any future financing arrangements that we may enter into, may restrict our ability to finance our operations, engage in, expand, or otherwise pursue our business activities and strategies. Our ability to comply with these or other covenants may be affected by events beyond our control, and future breaches of these or other covenants could result in a default under the bridge loan facility. If not waived, future defaults could cause all of the outstanding indebtedness under our bridge loan facility to become immediately due and payable and terminate all commitments to extend further credit.

If we do not have or are unable to generate sufficient cash to repay our debt obligations when they become due and payable, either upon maturity or in the event of a default, we may not be able to obtain additional debt or equity financing on favorable terms, if at all, which may negatively impact our ability to operate and continue our business as a going concern.

**Uncertainty around supply agreements and the Framework Agreement.**

We are negotiating and updating key commercial arrangements, including supply agreements—some with Tanzanian state-owned enterprises (SOEs)—and amendments to our Framework Agreement, and there can be no assurance regarding the final terms, timing or successful completion of these negotiations. Any amendments to the Framework Agreement and related supply arrangements may require consents or approvals from governmental authorities and counterparties and may be subject to conditions or implementation requirements.

The terms of supply agreements (including volumes, specifications, delivery points, pricing and indexation, payment terms, take-or-pay provisions, credit support and remedies) and the allocation of operational and regulatory responsibilities under the Framework Agreement will be important to the Kabanga Nickel Project's commercial framework. Engagements with SOE counterparties may involve additional procedural requirements, public policy considerations and approval processes, and may be more susceptible to changes in law, policy or enforcement priorities. There can be no assurance that supply agreements or any amended Framework Agreement will be concluded on terms that are favorable or sufficiently bankable, or that counterparties will perform as expected over time.

As we advance the project, we are evaluating potential adjustments to marketing strategy, development sequencing and processing configuration, which may include phased development and alternative product marketing pathways. Any such changes could alter logistics, regulatory considerations, commercial terms and expected timing relative to prior assumptions. Delays in finalizing or implementing supply agreements or the Framework Agreement, adverse or uncertain terms, or counterparty non-performance could reduce expected returns, necessitate changes to the scope or schedule of the Kabanga Nickel Project, or require us to seek alternative arrangements that may be less favorable or take longer to secure.

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Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity. See also the risk factors relating to political and regulatory risks in Tanzania, permitting and environmental approvals, and FID timing and project execution.

**Risks Related to our Hydromet Technology and Intellectual Property**

**We may not be able adequately to obtain, maintain, protect or enforce our intellectual property rights in our technology, which could result in a loss in our competitive position and/or the value of our intangible assets, and substantially harm our business.**

Our business and our ability to compete effectively depend on our ability to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, confidential information and know-how. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trade secret and other intellectual property laws in various jurisdictions, as well as confidentiality procedures, cybersecurity practices, license agreements, non-disclosure and assignment agreements, and other contractual rights to protect the intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights relating to our products, proprietary processes and proprietary technology, and we intend to rely on such laws, practices, procedures and rights to protect our Hydromet Technology. Despite our efforts to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights, there can be no assurance that these rights will be available in all cases or will be adequate to prevent our competitors or other third parties from copying, accessing or otherwise obtaining and using our technology, intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, products or processes without our permission. Further, there can be no assurance that our competitors will not independently develop products or processes that are substantially equivalent or superior to ours or design around our intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights. In each case, our ability to compete and our business, results of operations and financial condition could be significantly impaired.

We rely on core patents that have been granted to protect the Hydromet Technology families. We cannot provide assurances that the patents are sufficiently broad to protect the technology, to provide us with a competitive advantage in relation to other hydrometallurgical or other metal extraction processes, or to prevent competitors or other third parties (including our previous clients) from using the same or similar technologies. Even if our patents are sufficiently broad, patents typically have a maximum term of twenty years from when they are first filed as patent applications, after which they expire. Our patents have fixed terms, after which we cannot exclude third parties from exploiting the inventions that the patents claim. Prior to expiry, the validity and enforceability of our patents may be challenged and found invalid or unenforceable. For example, prior unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure or testing of inventions claimed in our patents, or of similar inventions, may render our patents invalid or unenforceable. Also, the inventors of the Hydromet Technology were employed by other companies when they invented it. Although we believe that we own the intellectual property rights in the technology, we cannot exclude the possibility that third parties may assert an ownership interest in it. Our patents might be circumvented or infringed by others now or in the future. If our patents are infringed, we cannot assure you that we will have adequate resources to enforce them, or that our enforcement efforts will be successful or sufficient to compensate for the infringement of the patents or the harm to our business.

We also rely on our unpatented proprietary technology, including trade secrets and other confidential information and know-how, in connection with our Hydromet Technology. It is possible that others may obtain access to our unpatented technology or will independently develop the same or similar technology. To protect our trade secrets and other confidential information and know-how, we generally require employees, independent contractors and others with access to such information to enter into agreements restricting its use and disclosure. Also, we generally enter into agreements with employees and independent contractors to assign to us any intellectual property rights in Hydromet Technology that they gain through exposure to it or our other confidential information. However, we cannot guarantee that we have entered into such agreements with each person that has developed intellectual property for us, or that has access to our trade secrets or other confidential information or know-how. Moreover, we cannot guarantee that the agreements will not be breached or that they will provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets, confidential information or know-how, including in the event of any misappropriation or unauthorized use or disclosure of such information. We may need to bring claims against employees, independent contractors or other third parties that have entered into such agreements to enforce our rights under them. We have experienced unauthorized disclosure of our confidential information in the past, including in relation to inventions claimed in one or more of our patents, and in the future, we may experience unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of our confidential information, or misappropriation of our trade secrets. Disclosure of our confidential information may result in the loss of legal protection for the information, preclude or limit our ability to obtain patent protection for any inventions that are disclosed or similar to those disclosed, or risk patents that claim such inventions being found to be invalid or unenforceable in legal or administrative proceedings. If we are unable to maintain the proprietary nature of our Hydromet Technology, we could be materially adversely affected.

In addition, our patents, trade secrets and other rights in confidential information and know-how may not be sufficient to offer us meaningful protection or provide us with any competitive advantage. We will not be able to enforce

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our intellectual property rights if we do not detect infringement, misappropriation or other violations of them, and such detection can be difficult or impossible. Moreover, any changes in, or unexpected interpretations of, intellectual property laws may compromise our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights. If we are unable to adequately enforce our intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, our competitive position and our business could be harmed, as third parties may be able to commercialize and use products and technologies that are substantially the same as ours to compete with us without incurring the development and licensing costs that we have incurred. Any of our owned or licensed intellectual property rights could be challenged, invalidated, circumvented, infringed, misappropriated or violated, our trade secrets and other confidential information could be disclosed in an unauthorized manner to third parties, or our intellectual property rights may not be sufficient to permit us to take advantage of market trends or to otherwise provide us with competitive advantages, or maintain our competitive position, which could result in harm to our business.

We believe that we have sufficient intellectual property rights to allow us to conduct our business without incurring liability to third parties. However, we or the conduct of our business may nonetheless infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of third parties. Any claims of patent infringement or other violations of intellectual property, even those without merit, could be expensive and time-consuming to defend, divert management's attention and resources, or require us to pay significant damages or license third parties' intellectual property. Such licenses may not be available to us on commercially reasonable terms or at all, in which case we may be prevented from constructing, commissioning, operating, maintaining or revamping the potential Kell-Sedibelo-Lifezone Refinery, the Kahama refinery connected with the Kabanga Nickel Project or other refineries, or we may be prevented from selling the refined products. Alternatively, we may be required to modify our Hydromet Technology and reengineer the refineries that use it. Any claims of infringement or other violation of intellectual property, or an adverse result in any litigation proceeding, could harm our business.

**Our technology has not been deployed at a commercial scale and we may encounter operational difficulties at that scale, and the Kabanga and Recycling Hydromet Technology families are yet to be demonstrated at industrial scale and may not be commercially viable, or Phase 1 of the partnership with Glencore for recycling PGMs in the US, each of which may in turn have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.**

A feasibility study evaluating the use of the Kell Process Technology on the concentrate from SRL's Pilanesberg Platinum Mine based on batch testing was undertaken by Simulus in Australia in 2013. Based on a concentrate feed rate of 110 ktpa, the study demonstrated a positive net present value. Further, extended pilot plant trials were undertaken between 2014 and 2016, which were updated in 2020 for subsequent process improvements. The pilot plant was able to repeat the results achieved in the previous laboratory tests performed in 2013. However, the Kell Process Technology has not yet been used or licensed by an active refinery or tested at feed rates or other operating characteristics at an active refinery.

Further, the successful implementation of our operational plans depends upon many factors, including those outside our control, which are discussed in more detail elsewhere in this section. This includes unforeseen difficulties such as our partners updating their mine plans, or third- party capital funding issues, which may adversely affect the successful implementation of our business strategy and plans. Any such difficulties, including third party delays or unexpected difficulties third parties experience with capital financing, could prevent us from fully implementing our business strategy (including potential licensing of our intellectual property to third parties), which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial position.

There can be no guarantee that operation at a commercial scale of the Kabanga Hydromet Technology, or Phase 1 of the partnership with Glencore for recycling PGMs in the US, when developed, will deliver the metal recoveries, and the cost and environmental benefits described in this Annual Report or commercially viable recovery rates and benefits, and actual results may differ materially from the results of our feasibility studies. When our Hydromet Technology is developed and deployed on a commercial scale, we may encounter operational difficulties which we may not have anticipated, including in cases where there is variation in the concentrate feed material. While our Hydromet Technology has the potential to be applied in various metal refining and recycling processes, if we are not able to address any such operational difficulties which may arise, we may lose then-existing licensees and any future licensees which would have otherwise licensed our Hydromet Technology.

**Our partners may change their interests, plans and strategies, and we may lose the support of any or all of our partners, which may have a material adverse effect on our ability to successfully develop and deploy the Hydromet Technology on a commercial scale, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.**

If we lose the support from any of our partners or if any of our partners, including Glencore and the Government of Tanzania, changes its interests, plans and strategies, our ability to successfully develop and deploy the Hydromet

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Technology on a commercial scale may be materially adversely effected, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**We may not be able to successfully develop and implement new technology initiatives and other strategic investments relating to our Hydromet Technology in a timely manner. We may not be able to obtain patent protection for such new technologies or be able to do so in a timely manner. Specifically, while we anticipate that one of our patent applications will apply to the Kabanga Hydromet Technology, we may file additional patent applications based on our ongoing development and testing, and any delay or failure to obtain patent protection for the Kabanga Hydromet Technology or other initiatives may negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.** 

In order to operate our business, achieve our goals, and remain competitive, we seek to identify and devise, invest in, implement and pursue technology and business initiatives, such as those relating to metals refining and initiatives seeking to ensure more energy efficient and lower emission metals extraction. For instance, while we expect that our Hydromet Technology may be utilized to refine sulfide mineral concentrates to saleable metal-bearing products, we may need to modify our process to refine other metals or for recycling purposes.

We may, over time, increase our investment in protecting our intellectual property rights through patent, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property filings, which could be expensive and time-consuming. We may not be able to obtain registered intellectual property protection for our products or processes and even if we are successful in obtaining effective patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright protection, it is expensive to maintain these rights in terms of application and maintenance costs, and the time and costs required to defend our rights could be substantial. Moreover, our failure to develop and properly manage new intellectual property rights could hurt our market position and business opportunities.

In addition, the introduction of new technologies or services that compete with our technology and products could result in our revenues decreasing over time. If we are unable to upgrade our processes with technological advances in a timely manner, or at all, our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity could suffer.

**Our licensing revenues, growth and future profitability may be impacted by third parties not licensing our Hydromet Technology or continuing to receive professional services from LZL in accordance with our business plan and/or using substitute technology.**

As part of our intellectual property licensing business, we propose to acquire interests in and/or operate processing refineries that use our patented Hydromet Technology and license our Hydromet Technology to other licensees. However, we cannot guarantee that we will license our Hydromet Technology to additional licensees, and failure to do so may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity.

**Risks Related to the Metals Extraction Operations**

**Changes in the market price of nickel, cobalt and copper, which in the past have fluctuated widely, may negatively affect the profitability of our Metals Extraction operations and the cash flows generated by those operations.**

Our Metals Extraction business and financial performance will be significantly affected by fluctuations in the prices of the principal metals we seek to extract (nickel, cobalt and copper). The prices of these metals are volatile and are affected by numerous factors that are beyond our control, including prevailing interest rates and returns on other asset classes; expectations regarding inflation, monetary policy and currency values; speculative activities; governmental and foreign exchange rate decisions; decisions regarding the creation and disposal of metal stockpiles; political and economic conditions; structural changes in demand; the availability and costs of metal substitutes; the location and the demand for products containing these key metals; technological changes and changes in industrial processes; and economic slow-downs or recessions. See "*Item 5 of the Annual Report - Operating and Financial Review and Prospects*."

Additionally, the Mining Commission has authority to indicate the prices for various minerals in Tanzania. While TNCL or KNL may agree the price between itself and its customers, the indicative prices set by the Mining Commission can be used to assess various fees, royalties and payments which may be payable by KNL. Accordingly, in the event that the prices for the minerals that the Kabanga Nickel Project will produce fall and the Mining Commission has not amended its indicative prices at or below market prices, KNL may incur further costs with respect to compliance with Tanzanian law by paying higher fees, royalties and payments as compared to the global market. In challenging such assessments by the Government of Tanzania, KNL may have to involve itself in dispute resolution to ascertain the correct value of the minerals which deviate from the pricing that has been set by the Mining Commission.

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This Annual Report contains certain third-party views on the future price developments of certain metals, but there is no certainty such views will be correct; and actual price developments may be materially different. Also see "*Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements*".

**Risks specific to refinery economics, including the possibility of low projected valuations or investor returns impacting the ability to raise further funds and continue with projects, leading to impairments of past investments.**

Projected valuations and investor returns for our refining activities will depend on refinery-specific economics and whether those economics support a FID and project financing on acceptable terms. Assumptions will be refined through future feasibility studies, and outcomes may indicate higher capital intensity or operating costs, lower recoveries, longer ramp-up or different phasing than assumed. As part of any project-finance process, a lenders' syndicate would conduct technical, commercial, environmental and social due diligence, and there can be no assurance that such reviews will support bankable economics within anticipated timeframes.

For any future Tanzanian refinery expected to process Kabanga Nickel Project concentrate, economic performance will be sensitive to throughput, recoveries and on-stream availability, and to alignment between mine plans and refinery process design. Tanzania-specific factors, such as power availability and tariffs, logistics, and the need to develop specialist operating skills in a market where in-country beneficiation is not yet widely established, may affect ramp-up, reliability, costs and schedule. Regulatory expectations regarding in-country processing or value-addition may also be relevant to approvals and could influence project configuration, timing or capital intensity.

For other potential Lifezone refineries, economics will similarly depend on feasibility-study results and location-specific drivers including power, reagents, water and waste-management, logistics, labor and permitting/ESG. Performance may also be influenced by feed availability and quality from our own operations or, where applicable, third parties and prevailing commercial terms.

If feasibility results, operating performance or financing assessments are less favorable than assumed, projected valuations and investor returns may be lower, which could constrain access to capital, delay or defer FID and construction, or result in impairments of previously capitalized expenditures. Any such developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Community unrest, resettlement and land access challenges, and/or in-migration risk.**

Development of the Kabanga Nickel Project requires engagement with project-affected persons ("PAPs") and local communities, including resettlement and land access processes in line with applicable national requirements and relevant international standards. We may be required to restore livelihoods, provide benefits and mitigate adverse impacts. Failure, or perceived failure, to meet these expectations could result in legal challenges or injunctions, additional costs, delays to project activities, adverse reputational impacts and erosion of our "social license to operate."

Resettlement and land access involve complex planning, consultation, approvals and site development. Risks include: difficulties acquiring land or securing rights where customary tenure, overlapping claims, boundary disputes or the asserted rights of indigenous peoples; identification of host sites with suitable services and livelihood opportunities; and timely delivery of housing, infrastructure and livelihood restoration. Inadequate planning or execution, or disputes about eligibility, valuation or compensation (including allegations of cash-compensation misuse or demands for additional compensation), may lead to grievances, legal proceedings, access restrictions or project disruptions, schedule slippage and cost overruns.

Projects of this nature may experience community unrest and opposition, including protests, work stoppages, roadblocks, or threats to personnel and assets. Such events can interrupt construction and operations, impede access to sites or critical infrastructure and increase security costs. Regulatory scrutiny may also intensify, potentially affecting the issuance or maintenance of permits or resulting in directives or compliance notices that delay activities. Any of these outcomes could negatively affect timelines, increase costs and reduce investor confidence.

The Kabanga Nickel Project area may also face in-migration, including job seekers, contractors' workforces, and opportunistic settlement on or near acquired land. In-migration can place pressure on local infrastructure and services (such as roads, water and power), contribute to communicable-disease risks, crime and inflation, and increase the likelihood of conflicts with PAPs or among local communities. In-migration and associated encroachment may also trigger additional compensation claims, complicate land access, and delay site handover and construction. Perceived non-compliance with local employment or procurement expectations could further exacerbate social tensions and reputational risk.

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Unmet expectations regarding employment and business opportunities can contribute to dissatisfaction and unrest. If community relations and resettlement processes are not effectively managed, we could face legal liabilities, project delays, additional costs (including infrastructure support), security incidents and reputational harm. Any of these developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity. *See also the risk factors relating to permitting and environmental approvals, political and regulatory risks in Tanzania, and FID timing and project execution.*

**Concentration of our operations in Tanzania may increase our risk of production loss and could have a material adverse impact on our operations.**

Our Metals Extraction business is focused on a single project in Tanzania. Because our operations will not be as diversified as some of our competitors, the success of our project and operations in Tanzania and our profitability may be disproportionately exposed to the effect of any events occurring in Tanzania, including: fluctuations in prices of base metals produced in Tanzania, access to power and critical infrastructure, unfavorable local content regulations and labor market conditions, geologic and engineering constraints, accidents or natural disasters, restrictive governmental regulations or political instability, climate action or other legislation and/or regulation within Tanzania, anti-industry activism and litigation, curtailment of production, interruption in the availability of gathering, processing or transportation infrastructure and services, and any resulting delays or interruptions of production from existing or planned Metals Extraction operations. Similarly, the concentration of our operations within a single location exposes us to risks, such as changes in local regulations, which could adversely affect development activities or production. These constraints and the resulting shortages or high costs could delay our operations and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Our Mineral Resource Estimates may be materially different from Mineral Reserves and final metal quantities we may ultimately recover, our estimates of life-of-mine may prove inaccurate and market price fluctuations and changes in operating and capital costs may render all or part of our mineral resources and reserves uneconomic to extract.**

We have reported our Mineral Resource Estimates in accordance with the requirements of S-K 1300. Our reported Mineral Resources Estimates represent our estimate of quantities of nickel, copper and cobalt that have the reasonable potential to be economically extracted and refined under anticipated geological and economic conditions. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of mineral resources and in projecting potential future mineral reserves and rates of mineral production, including many factors beyond our control. The accuracy of any mineral resource and mineral reserves estimate is a function of a number of factors, including the quality of the methodologies employed, the quality and quantity of available data and geological interpretation and judgment, and is also dependent on economic conditions, such as commodity prices and exchange rates, and market prices being generally in line with estimates.

Furthermore, estimates of different geologists and mining engineers may vary, and results of our mining and production subsequent to the date of an estimate may lead to revision of estimates due to, for example, fluctuations in the market price of ores and metals, reduced metal recovery or increased production costs due to inflation or other factors which may render mineral resources containing lower grades of mineralization uneconomic to exploit and may ultimately result in a restatement of mineral resources and may adversely impact future cash flows. Furthermore, mineral resource and reserve estimates are based on limited sampling and, consequently, are uncertain as the samples may not be representative of the entire body of mineralization. As a better understanding of a body of mineralization is obtained, the estimates may change significantly. In addition, the mineral reserves we ultimately exploit may not conform to geological, metallurgical or other expectations and the volume and grade of ore recovered may be below the estimated levels. Mineral resources data is not indicative of future production.

Substantial capital expenditure is required to identify and delineate mineral resources through geological and geotechnical surveying and drilling, to identify geological features that may prevent or restrict the extraction of ore, to determine the metallurgical processes to extract the metals from the ore and, in the case of new properties, to construct mining and processing facilities. Accordingly, it may not always be possible or economical to conduct such exercises at regular intervals or at all in the future.

There can be no assurance that we will in the long term be able to identify additional mineral resources and reserves or continue to extend the mine life of our existing operations. Without such additional mineral resources and reserves, any increase in the level of annual production would therefore shorten the life of our existing operations. Any failure to identify, delineate and realize mineral resources and reserves in the future could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Extraction of minerals from identified nickel deposits may not be economically viable and the development of our mineral project into a commercially viable operation cannot be assured.**

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The economic viability of a nickel deposit, including at the Kabanga Nickel Project, is dependent on several factors, not all of which are within our control. These include deposit attributes such as size and grade, structural setting, government regulation and taxation, the prevailing price for nickel and other metals such as cobalt and copper which are also found along with nickel mineralization, prevailing currency exchange rates, land tenure and titles, availability of capital, local infrastructure and other factors. Further, the development and operations of the Kabanga Nickel Project will depend heavily on the local infrastructure such as road, railways, hydroelectricity projects and electricity transmission lines being developed in Tanzania, including in relation to the transport of mineral concentrate from Kabanga to Kahama and transport of the saleable products from Kahama to the port at Dar es Salaam. The full effect of these factors, either alone or in combination, cannot be entirely predicted, and their impact may result in our not being able to economically extract minerals from any identified mineral resource.

The Kabanga Nickel Project has no operating history on which to base estimates of future commercial viability. The Mineral Resource Estimates are based on the interpretation of geological data obtained from drill holes and other sampling techniques. Generally, this information is used to calculate estimates of the capital cost and operating costs based on anticipated tonnage and grades of ore to be mined and processed, the configuration of the mineral resource, expected metals recoveries, comparable facility and equipment operating costs, anticipated climatic conditions, and other factors. As a result, the actual capital cost, operating costs and economic returns of any proposed mine may differ from those estimated, and such differences could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity. There can be no assurance that we will be able to complete the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project, or any future project, at all or on time or to budget due to, among other things, and in addition to those factors described above, changes in the economics of the mineral projects, inability to attract the required funding, delays in receiving required consents, permits and licenses (including mining, refining and environmental licenses), the delivery and installation of plant and equipment and cost overruns, or that the current personnel, systems, procedures, and controls will be adequate to support our operations. For additional information about our environmental licensing requirements and the status of our environmental licenses, see *"Risk Factors - Our operations are subject to environmental, health and safety regulations, which could impose additional costs and compliance requirements, and we may face claims and liability for breaches, or alleged breaches, of such regulations and other applicable laws.*" Should any of these events occur, it would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Our exploration activities on our properties are highly speculative in nature and may not be commercially successful, which could lead us to abandon our plans to develop our properties and our investments in further exploration.**

Our exploration activities are largely complete, and we are currently in the evaluation and pre-development stage. However, we are, in part, currently in the process of exploration activities on certain areas around and within the Kabanga Nickel Project. In addition, if we pursue other acquisitions, we will need to engage in extensive exploration activities in respect thereof. Our long-term success depends on our ability to identify mineral deposits at our Kabanga Nickel Project and other properties we may acquire, if any, that we can then develop into commercially viable mining operations. Exploration for metals such as nickel and cobalt is highly speculative in nature, and there is no guarantee of exploration success. Our exploration in Tanzania involves many risks, and success in exploration is dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, quality of management, quality and availability of geological expertise and availability of exploration capital. As a result of the above, we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to extract quantities of nickel, cobalt and copper at such additional locations or that our future exploration efforts will result in the discovery of mineral resources or result in the discovery of any mineral resource suitable for economic extraction.

**Mineral operations are subject to applicable law and government regulation. Such laws and regulations could restrict or prohibit the exploitation of the mineral resource we have or might find in the future.**

Both mineral exploration and extraction in Tanzania require obtaining exploration and mining concessions and associated permits from various foreign, federal, state, provincial and local governmental authorities, and are governed by laws and regulations, including those with respect to prospecting, mine development, mineral production and refining, transport, export, taxation, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, toxic substances, land use, environmental protection, mine safety and other matters. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain or maintain any of the mining rights and permits required for the continued exploration of mineral properties or for the construction and operation of a mine on our properties (especially but not limited to extracting nickel) nor that we will be able to obtain or maintain any of such rights and permits at economically viable costs.

The mining legislation in Tanzania authorizes mining companies which hold mineral rights to mine minerals which appear on their licenses. In the event there are additional discoveries other than the minerals for which the licenses have been granted, it will be necessary to apply for separate rights from the Government of Tanzania to mine the additional

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minerals found. Such a separate license may be accompanied with additional free carried interest to be issued to the Government of Tanzania and additional capital investment requirements. Additionally, if there are any defaults with respect to laws within the mining area, environmental or otherwise, the mine operations may be suspended, or the license may be revoked by the relevant governmental authorities. While under the Tanzania Mining Act government authorities are required to provide KNL an opportunity to be heard, there is no guarantee that despite opposition by KNL, the governmental authority will retract its decision.

**Our operations are subject to environmental, health and safety regulations, which could impose additional costs and compliance requirements, and we may face claims and liability for breaches, or alleged breaches, of such regulations and other applicable laws.**

Our operations are subject to extensive environmental, health and safety laws and regulations in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. These regulations, as well as international standards for the industry, establish limits and conditions on our ability to conduct our operations and govern, among other things, extraction, use and conservation of water resources; air emissions (including dust control); water treatment and discharge; biodiversity, regulatory and community reporting; clean-up of contamination; land use and conservation of protected areas; safety and health of employees and community health; and the generation, handling, transportation, storage, disposal and release of solid and hazardous wastes, such as reagents, radioactive materials and mine tailings.

The cost of compliance with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations is significant. From time to time, new or updated laws, regulations and standards are introduced and may be more stringent than those to which we are currently subject. Should compliance with these laws, regulations and standards require a material increase in expenditures or material changes or interruptions to operations or production, including as a result of any incident or failure to comply with applicable regulations, our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity could be adversely affected. We could incur fines, penalties and other sanctions, clean-up costs and third-party claims for personal injury or property damage, suffer reputational damage, or be required to install costly pollution control equipment or to modify or suspend operations, as a result of actual or alleged violations of environmental, health and safety laws and regulations or the terms of our permits.

Our ability to obtain and maintain permits and to successfully operate in particular communities may be adversely impacted by real or perceived effects on the environment or human health and safety associated with our or other mining companies' activities. Further, the proposed site for the development of the refinery at Kahama was previously a gold mine that is now under rehabilitation, and which includes an open pit, waste dumps, a tailings dam and processing facility. While we expect to take the requisite measures, there may be environmental effects of the previous operations at the site or proceedings or claims in relation to the previous operations which we may not be able to foresee.

Environmental laws, regulations and standards both nationally and internationally are continually changing and are generally becoming more stringent. Changes to our social and environmental compliance obligations or operating requirements could adversely affect our operations, rate of production and revenue. Variations in laws and regulations, assumptions made to estimate liabilities, standards or operating procedures, more stringent emission or pollution thresholds or controls, or the occurrence of unanticipated conditions, may require operations to be suspended or permanently closed, and could increase our expenses and provisions. These expenses and provisions could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

**Our mining rights and licenses, including our SML and the Framework Agreement in relation to the Kabanga Nickel Project, could be altered, suspended or cancelled for a variety of reasons, including breaches in our obligations in respect of such mining rights.**

Various national and local laws govern our mineral and mining rights, policies and regulations in Tanzania, which are characterized by significant uncertainties associated with both their formulation as well as implementation. Should we breach any of our obligations in respect of our mining rights, including the Special Mining Licence, such rights could be altered, suspended or cancelled.

**Title to our properties may be subject to other claims that could affect our property rights and claims.**

Title to our properties may be challenged, and we may not have or be able to obtain, all necessary surface rights to develop a property. An unknown title defect on the Kabanga Nickel Project or any of our future mineral projects (or any portion thereof) could adversely affect our ability to explore, develop and/or mine the projects and/or process the minerals that we mine in the future. In addition to termination, failure to make timely tenement maintenance payments and otherwise comply with applicable laws, regulations and local practices relating to mineral right applications and tenure could result in reduction or expropriation of entitlements.

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**Metals Extraction and related activities are inherently hazardous and the related risks of events that cause disruptions to such of our operations may adversely impact cash flows and overall profitability.**

Metals Extraction and the related activities by their very nature involve significant risks and hazards, including environmental hazards, as well as industrial and mining accidents. These include, for example, death or injury, seismic events, fires, cave-ins and blockages, flooding, backfill inrush, tailings dam failure, discharges of gasses and toxic substances, contamination of water, air or soil resources, unusual and unexpected rock formation affecting ore or wall rock characteristics, ground or slope failures, critical habitat loss, rock bursts, wildfires, radioactivity and other accidents or conditions resulting from mining activities, including, among others, blasting and the transport, storage and handling of hazardous materials.

Since the Kabanga Nickel Project is expected to be an underground mine, during the construction and operation phases of the Kabanga Nickel Project, geotechnical conditions pose a risk to ground stability around major infrastructure on the site and the use of pastefill to fill the holes drilled for the extraction of the ores poses the risk of pipe bursts, barricade failures and blockages of such pastefill. Further, since the Kabanga Nickel Project is a sulfide ore, there are inherent risks in mining high sulfur-content ore such as sulfuric dust bursts during mining and acidic run-off which pose health and safety risks.

We are at risk of experiencing environmental and other industrial hazards, as well as industrial and mining accidents. Any such incidents could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity. Seismic activity is of particular concern in the underground environment. Seismic events have intermittently in the past caused death and injury and can result in safety- related stoppages. Additionally, seismic activity may also cause a loss of mining equipment, damage to and destruction of mineral properties and production facilities, monetary losses, environmental damage and potential legal liabilities.

Furthermore, there is the risk that relevant regulators may impose fines and work stoppages for non-compliant mining operating procedures and activities, which could reduce or halt production until lifted. The occurrence of any of these events could delay or halt production, increase production costs and result in financial and regulatory liability for us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

In addition, the relevant environmental authorities may issue administrative directives and compliance notices in the future to enforce the provisions of the relevant statutes to take specific anti-pollution measures, continue with those measures and/or complete those measures. The authorities may also order the suspension of part, or all of, our operations if there is non-compliance with legislation. Contravention of some of these statutes may also constitute a criminal offence and an offender may be liable for a fine or imprisonment, or both, in addition to administrative penalties.

As a result, the occurrence of any of these events may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Metals Extraction operations and projects are vulnerable to supply chain disruption such that operations and development projects could be adversely affected by shortages of, as well as the lead times to deliver, strategic spares, critical consumables, mining equipment or metallurgical plant.**

Our operations and development projects could be adversely affected by both shortages and long lead times to deliver strategic spares, critical consumables, including, for example, equipment, explosives, fuel, steel, spare parts, consumables and reagents, metals extraction equipment and metallurgical plant, as well as transportation delays. Import restrictions can also delay the delivery of parts and equipment. In the past, other metals extraction companies have experienced shortages in critical consumables, particularly as production capacity in the global mining industry expanded in response to increased demand for commodities. Shortages may result in unanticipated price increases and production delays and shortfalls, resulting in a rise in both operating costs and in the capital expenditure necessary to maintain and develop mining operations.

Our procurement policy will be to source metals extraction, processing equipment and consumables from suppliers that meet our corporate values and ethical standards. Although we expect to monitor and assess suppliers on their governance conduct, there is a risk that we may fail to identify actual instances of unethical conduct by those suppliers or other activities that are inconsistent with our values and standards. In certain locations where a limited number of suppliers meet these standards, additional strain may be placed on the supply chain, thereby increasing the cost of supply and delivery times. In addition, our efforts to monitor supply chain activities, including freight and logistics routes, and our engagement with our suppliers to identify disruptions on our ability to source materials or equipment or otherwise impact our operations, may not be sufficient to avoid disruptions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity. Additionally, an outbreak of infectious diseases, a pandemic or other public health threat, such as Monkeypox or the Marburg virus, or a fear of any of pandemic, epidemic or

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public health threat, could adversely impact our operations by causing supply chain delays and disruptions, import restrictions or shipping disruptions, as well as operational shutdowns (including as part of government-mandated containment measures). They could also result in the need to increase inventories on long lead time items and critical consumables and spares which may lead to an increase in working capital. In addition, freight and travel restrictions and border access may impact our ability to source and transport goods and services required to operate projects, transport the materials to refineries and ship salable products from refineries as well as increase the costs of so doing.

**Power stoppages, fluctuations and usage constraints may force us to halt or curtail operations or increase costs.**

Our primary source of electricity for the Kabanga Nickel Project will be supplied by TANESCO, a state-owned electricity utility company. Prolonged power outages, disruption or shortage in supply to our operations would have a material adverse impact on production and employee safety. In the past, electricity supply in Tanzania has been constrained, with multiple power disruptions and load shedding limitations. Further, Tanzania has recently begun rationing electricity due to a drop in hydroelectric output after a severe drought. As a result of the droughts, hydropower generation has slumped in Tanzania due to decreased water levels in rivers and reservoirs. Tanzania has begun efforts to increase its reliance on gas-fired electricity plants to mitigate this; however, there is no assurance that efforts to protect the national power grid will prevent a complete nationwide blackout, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**We face intense competition in the metals extraction and mining industry.**

The metals extraction and mining industries are highly competitive in all of their phases, both domestically and internationally. Our ability to acquire properties and develop mineral resources and reserves in the future will depend not only on our ability to develop the Kabanga Nickel Project, but also on our ability to select and acquire suitable producing properties or prospects for mineral exploration, of which there is a limited supply. We may be at a competitive disadvantage in acquiring additional mining properties because we must compete with other individuals and companies, many of which have greater financial resources, operational experience and technical capabilities than us. We may also encounter competition from other mining companies in our efforts to hire experienced mining professionals. Competition could adversely affect our ability to attract necessary funding or acquire suitable producing properties or prospects for mineral exploration in the future. Competition for services and equipment could result in delays if such services or equipment cannot be obtained in a timely manner due to inadequate availability and could also cause scheduling difficulties and cost increases due to the need to coordinate the availability of services or equipment. Any of the foregoing effects of competition could materially increase project development, exploration or construction costs, result in project delays and generally adversely affect our business and prospects.

**Risks Related to Lifezone Metals Operating as a Public Company**

**Prior to the Business Combination, there was no public market for Lifezone Ordinary Shares, and there is no guarantee that an active and liquid market will develop or be maintained.**

Prior to the Business Combination, there was no public market for Lifezone Ordinary Shares, and there can be no assurance that one will be maintained. If a market is not maintained, it may be difficult for you to sell your Lifezone Ordinary Shares. Public trading markets may also experience volatility and disruption. This may affect the pricing of Lifezone Metals' securities in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and the extent of regulation applicable to Lifezone Metals. Lifezone Metals cannot predict the prices at which Lifezone Ordinary Shares will trade.

In addition, it is possible that, in future quarters, Lifezone Metals' operating results may be below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. As a result of these and other factors, the price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares may decline.

**The market price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares could fluctuate significantly, which could result in substantial losses for purchasers of Lifezone Ordinary Shares.**

The market price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares is affected by the supply and demand for such shares, which may be influenced by numerous factors, many of which are beyond Lifezone Metals control, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• fluctuation in actual or projected operating results;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• failure to meet analysts' earnings expectations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• short selling, shareholder activism;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the absence of analyst coverage;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• negative analyst recommendations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in trading volumes in Lifezone Ordinary Shares;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in Lifezone Metals' shareholder structure;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• board and management changes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in macroeconomic conditions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the activities of competitors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in the market valuations of comparable companies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in investor and analyst perception with respect to Lifezone Metals' business or the metals extraction or metals refining intellectual property industries in general;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Non-compliance with sustainability reporting requirements; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in the statutory framework applicable to Lifezone Metals' business.

As a result, the market price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares may be subject to substantial fluctuation.

In addition, general market conditions and fluctuation of share prices and trading volumes could lead to pressure on the market price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares, even if there may not be a reason for this based on Lifezone Metals' business performance or earnings outlook. Furthermore, investors in the secondary market may view Lifezone Metals' business more critically than prior or current investors, which could adversely affect the market price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares in the secondary market.

If the market price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares declines as a result of the realization of any of these or other risks, investors could lose part or all of their investment in Lifezone Ordinary Shares.

Additionally, in the past, when the market price of a company's shares has been volatile, holders of those shares have sometimes instituted securities class action litigation against Lifezone that issued the shares. If any of Lifezone Metals' shareholders were to bring a lawsuit against Lifezone Metals, Lifezone Metals could incur substantial costs defending the lawsuit. Such a lawsuit could also divert the time and attention of management from the business, which could significantly harm Lifezone Metals' business, financial condition and operating results.

**If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about Lifezone Metals' business, the market price for Lifezone Ordinary Shares and trading volume could decline.**

The trading market for Lifezone Ordinary Shares depends in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about Lifezone Metals or its business. If securities or industry analyst coverage results in downgrades of Lifezone Ordinary Shares or such analysts publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about Lifezone Metals' business, the share price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of Lifezone Metals or fails to publish reports on Lifezone Metals regularly, Lifezone Metals could lose visibility in the financial markets and demand for Lifezone Ordinary Shares could decrease, which, in turn, could cause the market price or trading volume for Lifezone Ordinary Shares to decline significantly.

In addition, organizations that provide information to investors on corporate governance and related matters have developed ratings processes for evaluating companies on their approach to ESG matters. Such ratings are used by some investors to inform their investment and voting decisions. Inaccurate or unfavorable ESG ratings could lead to negative investor sentiment towards Lifezone Metals, which could have a negative impact on the market price and demand for Lifezone Ordinary Shares, as well as Lifezone Metals' access to and cost of capital.

**Lifezone Metals incurs costs as a result of operating as a public company, and its management is required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives and corporate governance practices.**

As a public company, Lifezone Metals incurs significant legal, accounting and other expenses. For example, Lifezone Metals is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and is required to comply with the applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("**Sarbanes-Oxley Act**") and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and NYSE.

Compliance with these requirements increases Lifezone Metals' legal and financial compliance costs and makes some activities more time- consuming and costly. In addition, our management and other personnel are required to divert their attention from operational and other business matters to devote substantial time to these public company requirements. In particular, we incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404, which will increase further when Lifezone Metals is no longer an emerging growth company ("**EGC**") as defined under the JOBS Act. As a public company, Lifezone Metals is hiring additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge and may need to establish an internal audit function.

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**We do not anticipate paying dividends before we achieve significant profitability and, as a result, your ability to achieve a return on capital of your investment may depend on appreciation in the price of Lifezone Ordinary Shares.**

None of Lifezone Metals and its subsidiaries has ever declared or paid any cash dividends on its ordinary shares and we do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that we will retain all of our future earnings for use in the development of our business and for general corporate purposes. In addition, our ability to pay cash dividends is not currently, but may in the future be, limited by the terms of our credit agreements, and any future credit or other agreements may contain terms prohibiting or limiting the amount of dividends that may be declared or paid on our ordinary shares. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their ordinary shares after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investments.

**We have broad discretion over the use of our cash balances and may not apply such balances in ways that increase the value of your investment.**

Our management has broad discretion in the application of the cash balances of Lifezone Metals and, as a result, you will have to rely on the judgment of our management with respect to the use of such balances. Our management may spend a portion or all of our cash balances in ways that not all shareholders approve of, or that may not yield a favorable return. Management's failure to apply these funds effectively could harm our business.

**Lifezone Metals' management team has limited experience managing a public company, which may result in difficulty adequately operating and growing Lifezone Metals' business.**

Lifezone Metals' management team has limited experience managing a publicly traded company, interacting with public company investors and complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies. Lifezone Metals' management team may not successfully or efficiently manage their new roles and responsibilities or the transition to being a public company subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under United States federal securities laws and the continuous scrutiny of analysts and investors. These new obligations and constituents require significant attention from Lifezone Metals' senior management and could divert their attention from the day-to-day management of Lifezone Metals' business, which could adversely affect Lifezone Metals' business, financial condition and operating results.

Prior to the Business Combination, when LZL was a private company, LZL had not endeavored to establish and maintain public-company- quality internal controls over financial reporting. If Lifezone Metals fails to establish and maintain proper and effective internal controls over financial reporting, as a public company, its ability to produce accurate and timely financial statements could be impaired, investors may lose confidence in its financial reporting, and the trading price of its shares may decline.

Pursuant to Section 404, following the consummation of the Business Combination, the report by management on internal controls over financial reporting is on Lifezone Metals' financial reporting and internal controls (as accounting acquirer). As a private company, neither LZL nor Lifezone Metals had previously been required to conduct an internal control evaluation and assessment. The rules governing the standards that must be met for management to assess internal controls over financial reporting are complex and require significant documentation, testing and possible remediation. To comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the requirements of being a reporting company under the Exchange Act and any complex accounting rules in the future, Lifezone Metals may need to upgrade its information technology systems, implement additional financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures, and hire additional accounting and finance staff. If Lifezone Metals is unable to hire the additional accounting and finance staff necessary to comply with these requirements, it may need to retain additional outside consultants. Lifezone Metals may not be able to effectively and timely implement controls and procedures that adequately respond to the increased regulatory compliance and reporting requirements that are applicable after the consummation of the Business Combination.

Any failure to maintain internal controls over financial reporting could result in a material weakness and severely inhibit Lifezone Metals' ability to accurately report its financial condition, operating results or cash flows. If Lifezone Metals is unable to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or conclude that its internal controls over financial reporting is ineffective, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of its financial reports, the market price of its securities could decline, and Lifezone Metals could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the NYSE, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. Failure to remedy any material weakness in Lifezone Metals' internal controls over financial reporting, or to implement or maintain other effective control systems required of public companies, could also restrict Lifezone Metals' future access to the capital markets. In addition, failure to implement adequate internal controls or ensure that books and records accurately reflect transactions could result in criminal and civil fines and penalties under the FCPA, as well as related reputational harm and legal fees in defense of such investigations. Any of the

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foregoing risks could have an adverse effect on Lifezone Metals' business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

During the audit for the year ended December 31, 2024, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

This material weakness could affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner.

**If we fail to maintain effective internal controls, we may not be able to report financial results accurately or on a timely basis, or to detect fraud, which could have a material adverse effect on our business or share price.**

As a public company, we are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in those controls. Any failure to maintain internal controls over financial reporting could result in a material weakness and severely inhibit Lifezone Metals' ability to accurately report its financial condition, operating results or cash flows. A material weakness is defined as a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis.

If Lifezone Metals is unable to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or conclude that its internal controls over financial reporting is ineffective, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of its financial reports, the market price of its securities could decline, and Lifezone Metals could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the NYSE, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. Failure to remedy any material weakness in Lifezone Metals' internal controls over financial reporting, or to implement or maintain other effective control systems required of public companies, could also restrict Lifezone Metals' future access to the capital markets. In addition, failure to implement adequate internal controls or ensure that books and records accurately reflect transactions could result in criminal and civil fines and penalties under the FCPA, as well as related reputational harm and legal fees in defence of such investigations. Any of the foregoing risks could have an adverse effect on Lifezone Metals' business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

In connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, Lifezone's disclosure controls and procedures were deemed to be ineffective as a result of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. This was due to policies and procedures with respect to the review, supervision and monitoring of our accounting and reporting functions, were either not designed and in place, or not operating effectively.

Our management evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2025. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at a reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2025. See "Item 15 Controls and Procedures."

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reasonable assurance with respect to our financial reports and to effectively prevent financial fraud. Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we are required to periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the design and operation of our internal controls. Internal controls over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements because of inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error or collusion, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud. If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, our business and operating results could be harmed, and we could fail to meet our reporting obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and our share price. Additionally, for as long as we are an "emerging growth company" under the U.S. securities laws, our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. An independent assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting could detect problems that management's assessment might not. Undetected material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting could lead to further financial statement restatements and require us to incur the expense of remediation.

If we fail to maintain proper disclosure controls and procedures or have additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we may be unable to accurately report our financial results or report them within the timeframes required by law or any stock exchange regulations, and we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which would cause the price of our common stock to decline. Failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting also could potentially subject us to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities or stockholder lawsuits, which could require additional financial and management resources.

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**We identified a material weakness in connection with our internal control over financial reporting. Our efforts to remediate this material weakness may not be successful in a timely manner, or at all, and we may identify other material weaknesses.**

In connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, included elsewhere in this Annual Report, a material weakness was identified in our internal control over financial reporting. The material weakness related to the fact that policies and procedures with respect to the review, supervision and monitoring of our accounting and reporting functions, were either not designed and in place, or not operating effectively. There were no material misstatements identified for the year ended December 31, 2025, as a result of these deficiencies. However, because there is a reasonable possibility that material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis, we have concluded the deficiencies represent a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting and our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2025.

We are currently not required to comply with Section 404b of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and our independent registered public accounting firm is therefore not required to make an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

We are intending to remediate this material weakness and we are in the process of taking steps that we believe will address the underlying cause. We are developing a formal plan to remediate the identified material weakness, and monitor progress within an internal control working group, comprised of senior representatives from the Company's finance and IT teams and a third-party internal audit services provider. Management is committed to implementing these measures to ensure this material weakness is remediated and is non-recurring.

These remediation measures may be time-consuming and costly, and might place significant demands on our financial, accounting and operational resources.

Assessing our procedures to improve our internal control over financial reporting is an ongoing process. Any material weaknesses we identify will be assessed and remediated by implementing the proper operating control. We can provide no assurance that our remediation efforts described herein will be successful and that we will not have material weaknesses in the future. Any material weaknesses we identify could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our consolidated financial statements.

**Lifezone Metals is an "emerging growth company", and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies may make Lifezone Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors.**

Lifezone Metals is an "**EGC**" as defined in the JOBS Act. As a result, Lifezone Metals may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. These include the ability to furnish two rather than three years of income statements and statements of cash flows in various required filings and not being required to include an attestation report on internal controls over financial reporting issued by Lifezone Metals' independent registered public accounting firm. As a result, Lifezone Metals' shareholders may not have access to certain information that they deem important.

Lifezone Metals cannot predict if investors will find Lifezone Ordinary Shares less attractive if it relies on these exemptions. If some investors find Lifezone Ordinary Shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for Lifezone Ordinary Shares and its share price may be more volatile.

**As a foreign private issuer, Lifezone Metals is not subject to United States proxy rules and is subject to Exchange Act reporting obligations that, to some extent, are more lenient and less frequent than those of a United States domestic public company, which may make Lifezone Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors.**

Lifezone Metals reports under the Exchange Act as a non-United States company with foreign private issuer status. Because Lifezone Metals qualifies as a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act, Lifezone Metals is exempt from certain provisions of the Exchange Act that are applicable to United States domestic public companies. As a result, holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of a company that is not a foreign private issuer.

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**As a company incorporated in the Isle of Man, Lifezone Metals is permitted to adopt certain home country practices in relation to corporate governance matters that differ significantly from NYSE corporate governance listing standards.**

As a company incorporated in the Isle of Man and listed on the NYSE, Lifezone Metals is subject to NYSE corporate governance listing standards. However, NYSE rules permit a foreign private issuer such as Lifezone Metals to follow the corporate governance practices of its home country. Certain corporate governance practices in the Isle of Man, Lifezone Metals' home country, may differ significantly from NYSE corporate governance listing standards.

Lifezone Metals intends to follow home country practice and be exempt from requirements to obtain shareholder approval for the issuance of 20% or more of its outstanding shares under NYSE listing rule 312.03(c). If, in the future, Lifezone Metals chooses to follow other home country practices in lieu of NYSE corporate governance listing standards (such as the ones listed above), Lifezone Metals' shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would have under corporate governance listing standards applicable to United States domestic issuers. For more information about Lifezone Metals' corporate governance practices, please see the subsection entitled "*Foreign Private Issuer Status*".

**We may lose our foreign private issuer status which would then require us to comply with the Exchange Act's domestic reporting regime and cause us to incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses.**

We are a foreign private issuer and therefore we are not required to comply with all of the periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to United States domestic issuers. If in the future we are not a foreign private issuer as of the last day of the second fiscal quarter in any fiscal year, we would be required to comply with all of the periodic disclosure, current reporting requirements and proxy solicitation rules of the Exchange Act applicable to United States domestic issuers. We may also be required to make changes in our corporate governance practices in accordance with various SEC and stock exchange rules. The regulatory and compliance costs to us if we are required to comply with the reporting requirements applicable to a United States domestic issuer may be significantly higher than the costs we would incur as a foreign private issuer. As a result, we expect that a loss of foreign private issuer status would increase our legal and financial compliance costs and would make some activities highly time consuming and costly. These rules and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified executive directors and non-executive directors.

**As the rights of shareholders under Isle of Man law differ from those under United States law, you may have fewer protections as a shareholder.**

Lifezone Metals' corporate affairs are governed by the A&R Articles of Association of Lifezone Metals, the Isle of Man Companies Act and the common law of the Isle of Man. The rights of shareholders to take legal action against Lifezone Metals' directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of directors under Isle of Man law are governed by the Isle of Man Companies Act and the common law of the Isle of Man. The common law of the Isle of Man is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Isle of Man. The rights of Lifezone Metals' shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of Lifezone Metals' directors under Isle of Man law are partially codified in the Isle of Man Companies Act but are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedents in some jurisdictions in the United States. The duties and liabilities of directors of an Isle of Man company are governed by a combination of statute and common law (based primarily on English common law). The laws in the Isle of Man do not expressly set out the directors' common law fiduciary duties in statute. In particular, the Isle of Man has a less exhaustive body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and some states (such as Delaware) have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. There is no statutory recognition in the Isle of Man of judgments obtained in the United States, although the courts of the Isle of Man will in certain circumstances recognize and enforce a non-penal judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits. As a result of all of the above, holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by Lifezone Metals' management, members of the board of directors or major shareholders than they would as shareholders of a United States company.

**The A&R Articles of Association of Lifezone Metals contain certain provisions, including anti-takeover provisions, which limit the ability of shareholders to take certain actions and could delay or discourage takeover attempts that shareholders may consider favorable.**

The A&R Articles of Association of Lifezone Metals contain provisions that could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying, or preventing an acquisition that shareholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which shareholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for Lifezone Ordinary Shares and therefore depress the trading price. These provisions could also make it difficult for shareholders to take certain actions, including electing directors who are not nominated by the incumbent members of the Lifezone Metals' Board of Directors or taking other corporate actions,

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including effecting changes in Lifezone Metals' management, and may inhibit the ability of an acquirer to effect an unsolicited takeover attempt. Shareholders may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing original actions in the jurisdictions in which Lifezone Metals is incorporated or in which Lifezone Metals operates based on United States or other foreign laws against Lifezone Metals, its management or the experts named in this Annual Report.

Lifezone Metals is an Isle of Man incorporated company and substantially all of its assets and operations are located outside of the United States. In addition, most of Lifezone Metals' directors and officers reside outside the United States and the substantial majority of their assets are located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult to effect service of process within the United States or elsewhere upon these persons. It may also be difficult to enforce judgments in the jurisdictions in which Lifezone Metals operates or Isle of Man courts against Lifezone Metals and its officers and directors. It may be difficult or impossible to bring an action against Lifezone Metals in the Isle of Man if you believe your rights under the United States securities laws have been infringed. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Isle of Man or jurisdictions in which Lifezone Metals operates would recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts against Lifezone Metals or such persons predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state and it is uncertain whether such Isle of Man courts or courts in jurisdictions in which Lifezone Metals operates would hear original actions brought in the Isle of Man or jurisdictions in which Lifezone Metals operates against Lifezone Metals or such persons predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state.

There is no statutory procedure in the Isle of Man for the recognition or enforcement of judgments of the courts of the United States. However, under Isle of Man common law, a foreign judgment in personam given by the court of a foreign country with jurisdiction to give that judgment may be recognized and enforced by an action for the amount due under it provided that the judgment: (i) is for a debt or definite sum of money (not being a sum payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a like nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty); (ii) is final and conclusive; (iii) was not obtained by fraud; (iv) is not one whose enforcement would be contrary to public policy in the Isle of Man; and (v) was not obtained in proceedings which were opposed to natural justice in the Isle of Man.

**Risks Related to Sustainability**

**We are increasingly expected to operate in a responsible, transparent and sustainable manner and to provide benefits and mitigate adverse impacts. Failure, or perceived failure, to do so may result in legal suits, additional costs to address social or environmental impacts of operations on the communities and environment, investor divestment, adverse reputational impacts and loss of "social license to operate," and could adversely impact our financial condition.**

As a result of public concern about the perceived ill effects of economic globalization and resource extraction activities, businesses in general and metals extraction companies in particular face increasing public scrutiny of their activities. The cost of measures and other issues relating to the sustainable development of metals extraction operations could place significant demands on personnel resources, could increase capital and operating costs and could have an adverse impact on our reputation, results of operations and financial condition, where not considered appropriately.

Metals extraction companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that, while they seek a satisfactory return on investment for shareholders, other stakeholders, including employees, host communities and, more broadly, the countries in which they operate, also benefit from their commercial activities. Such pressures tend to be particularly focused on companies whose activities are perceived to have a high impact on their social and physical environment. Social media and other web-based tools share user-generated content further and increase the potential scope and force of public scrutiny. Adverse publicity in cases where companies are believed not to be creating sufficient social and economic benefit may result in reputational damage, active community opposition, allegations of human rights abuses, legal suits and investor withdrawal. In addition, there have been many instances in which local community groups or NGOs have opposed metals extraction activities, which have resulted in disruption and delays to the relevant operation.

Metals Extraction operations are often located at or near existing towns and villages, natural waterways and other infrastructure or natural resources. As the impacts of dust generation, waste storage, increase in vehicular activity, water pollution or water shortages may be directly adverse to those communities, poor environmental management practices, or, in particular, adverse changes in the supply or quality of water, can result in community protest, regulatory sanctions or ultimately in the withdrawal of community and government support for such operations.

If we are unsuccessful in securing community support for our projects, or groups opposed to mining successfully pursue similar or other legal mechanisms to attempt to block exploration or extraction activities, there could be an adverse impact on our reputation, our ability to develop our mining concessions, and our results of operations and financial condition. The RAP with respect to the Kabanga Nickel Project has been developed to national standards and international

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standards. There is a risk that the resettlement implementation and associated land access is delayed due to court cases or grievances of PAPs or other parties, which would delay the project construction and production timelines or require additional compensation. Further, there is also a risk that the PAPs, related parties, NGOs or governmental departments raise grievances or court cases related to the RAP, several years after the commencement of operations at Kabanga. In both scenarios, in addition to the risk of litigation and increase of costs and delays, our reputation and the reputation of the project may be adversely affected.

Disputes with surrounding communities may also affect our Metals Extraction operations, particularly where they result in restrictions of access to supplies and to metals extraction operations. Workers' access to land may be subject to the rights or asserted rights of various community stakeholders, including indigenous people. Access to land and land use is of critical importance to us for exploration and metals extraction, as well as for ancillary infrastructure.

Any such actions and the resulting media coverage could have an adverse effect on our reputation and financial condition or our relationships with the communities in which we operate, which could adversely impact our "social license to operate" and in turn have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**A failure to understand, manage and provide greater transparency of our exposure to Sustainability standards, frameworks and regulations as well as sustainability-related risks or an overstatement of the potential sustainability-related opportunities of our products or technology may have adverse implications for us and stakeholders.**

Sustainability-related risks may directly or indirectly impact our business and the achievement of our strategy and consequently those of our key stakeholders, which range from customers, institutional investors, employees and suppliers, to policymakers, regulators, industry organizations and local communities. A failure to transparently and consistently implement our Sustainability strategy across the intellectual property licensing business and the metals extraction business may adversely impact our financial condition and reputation and may negatively impact our stakeholders, who all have expectations, concerns and aims related to Sustainability matters, which may differ, both within and across the markets in which we operate.

While we may create and publish voluntary disclosures regarding Sustainability matters from time to time, many of the statements in those voluntary disclosures will be based on hypothetical expectations and assumptions that may or may not be representative of current or actual risks or events or forecasts of expected risks or events, including the costs associated therewith. Such expectations and assumptions are in some cases necessarily uncertain and may be prone to error or subject to misinterpretation given the long timelines involved. Voluntary disclosures regarding Sustainability matters, as well as any Sustainability disclosures mandated by law, could result in private litigation or government investigation or enforcement action regarding the sufficiency, veracity, or validity of such disclosures. In addition, failure or a perception (whether or not valid) of failure to implement Sustainability strategies or achieve Sustainability goals or commitments, including any GHG reduction or decarbonization goals or commitments, could result in private litigation and damage our reputation, cause investors or consumers to lose confidence in us, and negatively impact our operations. For example, while a study by EY Cova for two (2) conceptual applications has indicated that the Kell Process Technology results in lower GHG emissions and lower consumption of electricity compared to smelting, no active refinery currently licenses our Hydromet Technology and we are currently in the process of developing the Kabanga Hydromet Technology and the autocatalyst recycling technology. Accordingly, our Hydromet Technology and the resultant metals may not achieve the expected sustainability related benefits or at all.

Further, governments and regulators globally are increasingly regulating the reporting of Sustainability metrics and their Sustainability standards, frameworks and regulations generally. The requirement to meet relevant national and international Sustainability standards has continued to emerge in general and as part of the battery metals supply chain. However, the countries in which we operate may not adhere to the international best practices or have as stringent rules as other jurisdictions. If we are unable to meet and transparently disclose the global Sustainability standards, frameworks or regulations satisfactorily, this could impact our reputation in the market, customer and stakeholder appetite and would in turn have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Regulations and pending legislation governing issues involving climate change could result in increased operating costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.**

GHGs are and will be emitted directly by our operations, by external utilities from which we may need to purchase electricity and by suppliers from which we may need to purchase consumables. Although refineries using our Hydromet Technology are expected to emit fewer GHGs than metals processing operations using traditional smelting and refining technologies, they will still emit substantial levels of GHGs. Certain members of the international community

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negotiated a treaty at the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in December 2015 (the "Paris Agreement"). The Paris Agreement, which came into force in November 2016, requires developed countries to set targets for GHG emissions reductions. In order to meet national reductions commitments, including a goal of "net zero" carbon or carbon neutrality by 2050 set by numerous jurisdictions, it is likely that additional measures addressing GHG emissions, including stricter GHG emissions limits and/or some form of carbon pricing, will be implemented in various countries in the future. Additionally, the UN Climate Change Conference of Parties, held in November 2021, concluded with the finalization of the Glasgow Climate Pact, which stated long-term global goals (including those in the Paris Agreement) to limit the increase in the global average temperature to 1.5°C and emphasized reduction in GHG emissions and a commitment that countries would phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. More recently, outcomes from COP27 and COP28 – including the Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan, the decision to establish a loss and damage fund and the COP28 'UAE Consensus' calling for a transition away from fossil fuels, tripling global renewable energy capacity and strengthening 2030 and 2035 emissions targets – increase the likelihood of more stringent and wide-ranging climate policies (such as higher or more pervasive carbon pricing, tighter emissions limits and sector-specific transition measures), which could materially affect our projects, operating costs, asset values and access to capital.

Carbon pricing refers to various initiatives that seek to internalize the social or environmental cost of carbon on industries by imposing carbon taxes, cap-and-trade schemes and/or the elimination of free credits for carbon emissions. As governments continue to set aggressive decarbonization targets to meet the commitments made as a result of the Paris Agreement, carbon pricing systems are likely to be implemented in a number of jurisdictions, including in Tanzania where we operate and other areas where we have or may in the future have licensees and operations. Such measures could require us to reduce our direct GHG emissions or energy use or to incur significant costs for GHG emissions allowances or taxes, including as a result of costs or taxes passed on by electricity utilities and consumable suppliers which supply our operations. We could also incur significant costs associated with capital equipment to reduce GHG emissions, as well as GHG monitoring and reporting and other obligations to comply with applicable requirements. Such measures could drive up the costs of capital goods, energy and other utility and consumable costs that are critical inputs to our Metals Extraction operations.

Certain countries, including Australia and Brazil, have passed or are considering GHG trading or tax schemes and/or other regulation of GHG emissions. In regions which rely more on fossil fuels for energy, such as Tanzania and South Africa, mandated GHG reductions and/or carbon pricing measures could have a material adverse effect on our production activities, business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to meet our voluntary targets relating to GHG emissions or comply with targets that may be imposed on the mining and refining industries by external regulators. Further, additional, new and/or different regulations in this area, such as the imposition of stricter limits than those currently contemplated, could be enacted, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

Furthermore, the potential physical impacts of climate change on our operations are highly uncertain and may adversely impact the cost, production and financial performance of our operations. Finally, litigation risks are also increasing as a number of parties have sought to bring suit against various companies in court, alleging, among other things, that such companies created public nuisances by producing products or fuels that contributed to climate change or alleging that the companies have been aware of the adverse effects of climate change for some time but defrauded their investors or customers by failing to adequately or transparently disclose those impacts. Should we be targeted by any such litigation, we may incur liability, which, to the extent that societal pressures or political or other factors are involved, could be imposed without regard to causation or contribution to the asserted damage, or to other mitigating factors. An unfavorable ruling in any such case could significantly impact our operations and could have an adverse impact on our financial position.

**Risks Related to operating in foreign jurisdictions, including Tanzania**

**Investor perceptions of risks in developing countries or emerging markets, including in Tanzania, could reduce investor appetite for investments in these countries or for the securities of issuers operating in these countries, such as Lifezone Metals.**

Emerging markets, including Tanzania, are generally subject to greater risks, including legal, regulatory, economic and political risks, than more developed markets. There may also be unpredictability with respect to court judgments, including in cases involving the local government. Accordingly, investors should exercise particular care in evaluating the risks involved and should consider whether, in light of these risks, investing in the shares of a company whose assets and operations are based in an emerging market is appropriate. Economic crises in one or more such countries may reduce overall investor appetite for securities of issuers operating in developing countries generally, even for such

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issuers that operate outside the regions directly affected by the crises. Past economic crises in developing countries have often resulted in significant outflows of international capital and caused issuers operating in developing countries to face higher costs for raising funds, and in some cases have effectively impeded access to international capital markets for extended periods.

Thus, even if the economies of the countries in which Lifezone Metals operates remain relatively stable, financial turmoil in any developing market country could have an adverse effect on Lifezone Metals' business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Our operations are subject to water use regulations, which could impose significant costs and burdens.**

Tanzania is a water-scarce country, where the demand for water exceeds natural water availability in river basins. As a result, our operations will be subject to regulatory controls on usage and disposal of water. Under Tanzanian law, metals extraction operations are subject to water use licenses and/or authorizations that govern each operation's water usage and that require, among other things, metals extraction companies to achieve and maintain certain water quality limits regarding all water discharges. We may therefore face increasing competition for water uses both in respect of surface and groundwater, which will not only have implications from a water allocation and entitlement perspective but may result in higher operating costs from a tariff perspective, as water use charges may increase. If water scarcity becomes acute, this would raise risks in relation to the sustainability of supply, and there may be a need for us to implement new technology in order to use water more efficiently.

Any failure by us to secure access to suitable water supplies or achieve and maintain compliance with applicable requirements of the permits or licenses, could result in curtailment or halting of commencement or ongoing production at the affected operations. Incidents of water pollution or shortage can, in certain cases, lead to community protest and ultimately to the withdrawal of community and government support for our operations. A failure by us to comply with water contamination-related directives may result in further, more stringent, directives being issued against us, which may, in some cases, result in a temporary or partial shutdown of our operations.

Any failure by us to achieve or maintain compliance with the requirements of any of our water use licenses with respect to any of our operations, including poor water management and control of current operating mines and redundant operations, could result in our being subject to substantial claims, penalties, fees and expenses, significant delays in operations, or the suspension or withdrawal of our entitlement to use water and negatively impact operating licenses. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or liquidity.

**Our business and operations may be negatively impacted by laws and regulations applicable to foreign owned companies and barriers to foreign investment in Tanzania.**

The political and business climate in Tanzania have often been marked by strong economic nationalism manifested by direct legal barriers or indirect business climate barriers. These barriers include but are not limited to unpredictable actions of nationalization, opaque regulatory approval processes which may favor local firms, delays in customs clearances or visa approvals for expatriate workers, and foreign ownership restrictions in respect of lands and infrastructure. We anticipate that any lack of predictability with respect to the treatment of foreign investment in Tanzania may negatively affect our ability to raise project financing. Additionally, any adverse legal or political shift targeted at foreign owned enterprise or investment may result in cost increases, business interruptions, asset seizures or other adverse consequences for our business. Although we intend to mitigate the risk of these possibilities by conducting our business through domestically incorporated subsidiaries and local agents, and although we cannot identify any particular policy, law, or condition that may negatively impact our business at this time, we will have little recourse should any negative conditions arise, and our business could suffer irrecoverable loss or fail as a result.

**The potential impact of the control of currency conversion, restrictions on dividends or the ability to transfer funds out of Tanzania may negatively impact our business.**

In Tanzania, transactions larger than $10,000 must be reported to the Bank of Tanzania. Therefore, we may potentially find our business operations delayed due to administrative burdens and business growth limited or slowed due to a lack of adequate infrastructure in place in Tanzania.

**Any downgrading of Tanzania's debt rating by an international rating agency, or an increase in interest rates in Tanzania, could adversely affect our ability to generate or use letters of credit.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With our vendors we will attempt to establish a record of execution that can eventually lead to back-to-back letters of credit, which would greatly enhance our business and help us grow rapidly. Back-to-back letters of credit are used primarily in international transactions, with the first letter of credit serving as collateral for the second. Any adverse

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revisions to the credit ratings for Tanzania for domestic and international debt by international rating agencies as well as an increase in interest rates or a tightening of credit may adversely affect our ability to finance growth through back-to-back letters of credit, which could lead to a decrease in our growth rate, adversely affecting our share price.

**Risks Related to Ownership of Securities in Lifezone Metals**

**There can be no assurance that Lifezone Metals will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of NYSE.**

Our Lifezone Ordinary Shares are listed on the NYSE. If we violate the NYSE's listing requirements or if we fail to meet any of the NYSE's continued listing standards, our securities may be delisted. If the NYSE delists our securities from trading, then we and our shareholders could face significant material adverse consequences.

**We may issue additional equity in the future, which could cause significant dilution to our shareholders.**

Our A&R Articles of Association authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of Lifezone Ordinary Shares. We may issue additional Lifezone Ordinary Shares in the future in connection with a financing or an acquisition. For more information, see "*Risk Factors - We will require significant additional capital to fund our business, and no assurance can be given that such capital will be available at all or available on terms acceptable to us.*" We may also grant options to purchase Lifezone Ordinary Shares, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units or other equity or equity related awards, in each case, in respect of Lifezone Ordinary Shares as compensation to our directors, officers, employees and consultants, including under the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan. See "*Item 6 B of the Annual Report – Compensation - 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.*" Together with our brokers and financial advisors, we continuously monitor capital market conditions, and our board of directors recurrently considers various forms of financing available to Lifezone.

Such issuances may not require the approval of our shareholders. Any issuance of Lifezone Ordinary Shares, or equity securities convertible into Lifezone Ordinary Shares, including but not limited to, preferred stock, warrants and options, will dilute the percentage ownership interest of all shareholders, may dilute the book value per share of our Lifezone Ordinary Shares and may negatively impact the market price of our Lifezone Ordinary Shares.

**The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") may impose conditions on the Business Combination.**

CFIUS has authority to review certain direct or indirect foreign investments in United States businesses for national security considerations. Among other things, CFIUS is authorized to require mandatory filings for certain foreign investments in the United States and to self-initiate national security reviews of certain foreign direct and indirect investments in United States businesses if the parties to such investments choose not to file voluntarily. With respect to transactions that CFIUS determines present unresolved national security concerns, CFIUS has the power to suspend transactions, impose mitigation measures or recommend that the president of the United States block pending transactions or order divestitures of completed transactions when national security concerns cannot be mitigated. Whether CFIUS has jurisdiction to review an acquisition or investment transaction depends on, among other factors, the nature and structure of the transaction, whether the target company is a United States business, the level of beneficial ownership and voting interests acquired by foreign persons, and the nature of any information, control, access or governance rights that the transaction affords foreign persons. For example, any transaction that could result in foreign "control" (as such term is defined in the CFIUS regulations) of a United States business is within CFIUS's jurisdiction. In addition, CFIUS has jurisdiction over certain investments that do not result in control of a United States business by a foreign person but that afford a foreign person certain access, involvement or governance rights in a "TID United States business", that is, a United States business that: (1) produces, designs, tests, manufactures, fabricates, or develops one or more "critical technologies"; (2) owns, operates, manufactures, supplies or services certain "critical infrastructure"; or (3) maintains or collects, directly or indirectly, "sensitive personal data" of United States citizens.

Certain of the Lifezone Holdings Shareholders are non-United States persons, including without limitation: (1) Keith Liddell (UK national); (2) Keith and Shelagh Jane Liddell jointly (both UK nationals); (3) Varna Holdings Limited (an entity organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands); (4) BHP (an entity organized under the laws of England and Wales); (5) Peter Smedvig (a UK national); (6) Kamberg Investments Limited (an entity organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands); (7) Duncan Bullivant (a UK national); and (8) Hermetica Limited (an entity organized under the laws of England and Wales). Each of Lifezone Metals and Lifezone Holdings and LZL is a foreign person. Each of them is organized under the laws of the Isle of Man and has its principal place of business in the Isle of Man. Neither Lifezone

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Metals nor Lifezone Holdings nor LZL is an operating company. Lifezone Holdings conducts operations through its subsidiaries, and these operations are focused in Europe, Australia and Africa.

CFIUS has broad discretion to interpret its regulations, and we cannot predict whether CFIUS may seek to review the Business Combination. If CFIUS were to determine that the Business Combination or any portion thereof are within its jurisdiction, it might request that the parties submit a filing with respect to the Business Combination. If CFIUS reviews the Business Combination and identifies an unresolved national security concern as part of such review, CFIUS could recommend that the president of the United States order one or more foreign persons to divest all or a portion of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares that they acquired without first obtaining CFIUS approval. Moreover, should CFIUS determine that any parties to the Business Combination were required to make a filing with CFIUS but failed to do so, CFIUS could impose a civil penalty not to exceed $250,000 or the value of the relevant transaction, whichever is greater, on the parties it determines were subject to a mandatory filing requirement.

**Our ability successfully to operate our business is largely dependent upon the efforts of key personnel. The loss of such key personnel could negatively impact the operations and financial results of the combined business.**

The ability to successfully operate the business of Lifezone Metals and achieve its objectives is dependent upon the expertise, leadership and efforts of key personnel, including directors, officers, and other critical employees with specialized knowledge or experience. A lack of familiarity with SEC and other regulatory requirements could require Lifezone Metals to expend time and resources to ensure compliance and effective operations.

Key personnel departures, whether due to resignations, competitive pressures, or retirement, could disrupt the operations, delay strategic initiatives, or negatively affect profitability of Lifezone Metals. The loss of such individuals could also erode stakeholder confidence, harm company culture and employee morale, and create challenges in managing day-to-day operations.

Further, the competitive landscape for skilled and experienced personnel heightens the risk that key employees may be attracted to opportunities with competitors. A lack of robust succession planning or ineffective knowledge transfer processes could exacerbate the negative impacts of personnel departures, increasing operational risks.

**Risks Related to Taxation**

**If Lifezone Metals was or is a passive foreign investment company ("PFIC") in any particular taxable year, in which a United States investor held Ordinary Shares, the United States investor may be subject to adverse United States federal income tax consequences.**

Lifezone Metals believes it was not classified as a PFIC for its taxable year ending December 31, 2025. However, as previously disclosed, Lifezone Metals believed it was likely a PFIC for the taxable year ended December 31, 2024, and could be classified as a PFIC in the future. Lifezone Metals' PFIC status for the current taxable year ending December 31, 2026 will not be determinable until after the close of the year. There can be no assurance regarding Lifezone Metals' PFIC status for the current or any future taxable year.

A United States Holder (as defined below in the section of the Annual Report entitled "*Taxation*") that holds, or held, Lifezone Ordinary Shares during any year in which Lifezone Metals is, or was, a PFIC will generally be subject to adverse United States federal income tax consequences and additional reporting requirements. Further, if Lifezone Metals is, or was, a PFIC for any taxable year in which a United States Holder held, or holds, Lifezone Metals Ordinary Shares or Warrants, such United States Holder would continue to be treated as owning stock of a PFIC in subsequent taxable years even if Lifezone Metals, in fact, would cease to be a PFIC in those years. United States Holders are strongly encouraged to consult with their own tax advisors to determine the application of the PFIC rules to them in their particular circumstances and any resulting tax consequences, including regarding any elections which may mitigate certain adverse United States federal income tax consequences. Please see Item 10 E of the Annual Report entitled "*Taxation*" for a more detailed discussion with respect to the PFIC status of Lifezone Metals and the resulting tax consequences to United States Holders.

**If a United States person is treated as owning at least 10% of Lifezone Ordinary Shares for United States federal income tax purposes, such holder may be subject to adverse United States federal income tax consequences.**

If a United States person is treated as owning (directly, indirectly or constructively) at least 10% of the value or voting power of Lifezone Ordinary Shares, such person may be treated as a "United States shareholder" with respect to Lifezone Metals or certain non United States subsidiaries that constitute a "controlled foreign corporation" as a result of certain attribution rules (in each case, as such terms are defined under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended). United States shareholders of a controlled foreign corporation may be required to annually report and include in

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their United States taxable income, as ordinary income, their pro rata share of "Subpart F income," "global intangible low-taxed income" and certain investments in United States property by controlled foreign corporations, whether or not Lifezone Metals makes any distributions to such United States shareholders. A failure by a United States shareholder to comply with its reporting obligations may subject the United States shareholder to significant monetary penalties and other adverse tax consequences, and may extend the statute of limitations with respect to the United States shareholder's United States federal income tax return for the year for which such reporting was due. Lifezone Metals' management cannot provide any assurances that Lifezone Metals will assist investors in determining whether any of its non-United States subsidiaries are controlled foreign corporations or whether any investor is a United States shareholder with respect to any such controlled foreign corporations. Lifezone Metals' management also cannot guarantee that it will furnish to United States shareholders information that may be necessary for them to comply with the aforementioned obligations. United States investors should consult their own advisors regarding the potential application of these rules to their investments in Lifezone Metals. The risk of being subject to increased taxation may deter Lifezone Metals' current shareholders from increasing their investment in Lifezone Metals and others from investing in Lifezone Metals, which could impact the demand for, and value of, the Lifezone Ordinary Shares.

ITEM 4 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

ITEM 4 A: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY

*For more information, please see Item 4D Property, Plants and Equipment, Item 5 Operating and financial review and prospects and consolidated financial statements Note 1: General Information.*

Lifezone Metals was incorporated under the laws of the Isle of Man on December 8, 2022. Lifezone Metals' registered office is located at 2nd Floor, St George's Court, Upper Church Street, Douglas, IM1 1EE, Isle of Man. Our telephone number at that address is +44 (0) 1624 850 500. At Lifezone, we are at the forefront of innovation, championing cleaner and more sustainable metals production to meet global needs.

Our primary asset is the Kabanga Nickel Project, which is located in north-west Tanzania. Based on the 2024 Mineral Resource and 2025 Reserve Estimates detailed in the Feasibility Study, we believe Kabanga comprises one of the world's largest and highest-grade nickel sulfide deposits. The Kabanga Nickel Project is 84% owned by Lifezone and 16% by the Government of Tanzania.

Our second project which is a recycling partnership with Glencore will utilize our Hydromet Technology to recycle the PGM recovered from spent Autocats in the United States of America.

Lifezone's website is at: www.lifezonemetals.com. The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC's internet site is http://www.sec.gov. None of the information contained on these websites is incorporated into or forms a part of this Annual Report.

**History and organization**

Lifezone Metals was incorporated on December 8, 2022, for the purpose of consummating a SPAC Transaction between Lifezone Metals, Lifezone Holdings and GoGreen that closed on July 6, 2023, resulting in Lifezone Metals being listed on the NYSE following the signing of a Business Combination Agreement on December 13, 2022. Prior to the consummation of the SPAC Transaction, Lifezone Metals had no material assets and did not operate any businesses.

On April 30, 2021, KNL obtained the Kabanga Data by acquiring Kabanga Holdings Limited and Romanex International Limited, equally owned by Barrick Gold and Glencore.

On October 25, 2021, TNCL was issued the SML and, in addition, we hold six prospecting licenses surrounding the SML.

On July 18, 2023, Lifezone acquired The Simulus Group Pty Limited ("**Simulus**"), a prominent hydrometallurgical laboratory and engineering company based in Perth, Australia.

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ITEM 4 B: BUSINESS OVERVIEW

*For more information, please see Item 4D Property, Plants and Equipment, Item 5 Operating and financial review and prospects and consolidated financial statements Note 1: General Information.*

**Overview**

At Lifezone, we are at the forefront of innovation, championing cleaner and more sustainable metals production to meet global needs.

Our primary asset is the Kabanga Nickel Project, which is located in north-west Tanzania. Based on the 2024 Mineral Resource and 2025 Reserve Estimates detailed in the Feasibility Study, we believe Kabanga comprises one of the world's largest and highest-grade undeveloped nickel sulfide deposits.

Our second project which is a US based recycling partnership with Glencore, would utilize our Hydromet Technology to recycle the PGM recovered from spent Autocats.

We seek to support the clean energy transition through licensing of our Hydromet Technology as an alternative to traditional smelting and metals refining. We believe that our mineral resources, Hydromet Technology and expertise position us for long-term growth as customers continually look for cleaner sources of metals for delivery into the global markets.

Our business consists of three segments: (i) our Metals Extraction business, (ii) our Intellectual Property business and (iii) Corporate.

**Metals Extraction** 

The Metals Extraction segment of our business is undertaken primarily through KNL. KNL was formed on February 8, 2019, for the purpose of developing and operating a base metal operation in the north-west region of Tanzania.

On January 19, 2021, KNL entered into the Framework Agreement with the Government of Tanzania, pursuant to which the Government of Tanzania holds a 16% non-dilutable free-carried interest in TNCL and KNL holds the remaining 84% interest. The Framework Agreement includes provisions setting out the arrangement in relation to the conduct of future mining and refining operations, the grant of the Government of Tanzania's non-dilutable free-carried interest in TNCL, the principles of equitable sharing of economic benefits between KNL and the Government of Tanzania, and a commitment to construct a refinery in-country to the benefit of Tanzania as the host nation.

On April 30, 2021, KNL obtained the Kabanga Data by acquiring Kabanga Holdings Limited and Romanex International Limited, equally owned by Barrick Gold and Glencore.

The previous owners of the Kabanga Nickel Project, Barrick and Glencore, cumulatively conducted drilling of 587 km through 1,404 drillholes and cumulatively spent approximately $293 million on drilling and studies. For further details, see "*The description of the Kabanga Nickel Project*" in Item 4D.

On October 25, 2021, TNCL was issued the SML and, in addition, we hold six prospecting licenses surrounding the SML.

On December 24, 2021, BHP, a leading global resources company, signed a $40 million convertible loan agreement with KNL and a $10 million subscription agreement with LZL. The KNL convertible loan was subsequently converted into equity on July 1, 2022.

In October 2022, BHP agreed to invest a further $50 million in KNL in the form of equity which was consummated on February 15, 2023. Upon closing of the $50 million investment, BHP had a 17.0% interest in KNL with LZL owning 83.0%. Concurrent to the signing of the $50 million investment, BHP and KNL entered into an option agreement whereby BHP had the option to increase its interest in KNL to 60.7% utilizing an agreed valuation formula and principles. The option agreement was subject to certain conditions, one of which was completion of a Feasibility Study for the Kabanga Nickel Project.

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On July 18, 2025, Lifezone Metals publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Feasibility Study for the Kabanga Nickel Project. This is a significant milestone being the first-ever feasibility study and maiden Mineral Reserve Estimate since the Kabanga Nickel Project was first discovered in the 1970s.

The Feasibility Study is based on detailed design and engineering to support an Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering Class 3 cost estimate (±15%) and modifying factors to support the declaration of Mineral Reserves. It demonstrates that the Kabanga Nickel Project can be developed and operated in a technically feasible and economically viable manner. The Feasibility Study outlines the development and operation of a conventional underground mine and concentrator to produce a high grade, low impurity nickel sulfide concentrates for sale.

Key features of the Feasibility Study comprise on a 100% project-level basis:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Construction of an underground mine with an 18-year life of mine mining operation and total ore production based on a Mineral Reserve Estimate of 52.2 million tonnes (100% basis; Lifezone attributable is: 43.9 million tonnes) grading 1.98% nickel, 0.27% copper and 0.15% cobalt.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Construction of a 3.4 million tonnes per annum concentrator, producing a high-grade nickel, copper, and cobalt concentrate grading 17.5% nickel, as an intermediate product for downstream processing, and containing a total of 902,000 tonnes of nickel, 134,000 tonnes of copper and 69,000 tonnes of cobalt over the life of mine (100% basis). Customers for the concentrate are envisaged to be international nickel smelters.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Low all-in sustaining costs averaging $3.36 per pound of nickel contained in concentrate, net of copper and cobalt by-product credits. Based on analysis provided by CRU International Ltd. (CRU Group), Kabanga will fall within the first quartile of the global nickel cost curve.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Pre-production capital costs of $942 million, including 9.7% contingency. Total life of mine capital of $2.49 billion includes pre-production capital costs, contingency, capitalized operational expenditures, growth capital, sustaining and closure costs. Life of mine revenue from sales totals $14.1 billion, net of realization costs, with after-tax free cash flow of $4.6 billion.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• After-tax net present value of $1.58 billion using an 8.0% discount rate and after-tax internal rate of return of 23.3%, based long-term consensus metal prices of $8.49 per pound nickel, $4.30 per pound copper, and $18.31 per pound cobalt.

For further details, see "*Description of the Kabanga Nickel Project*" in Item 4D.

Concurrently with the public filing of the Feasibility Study, Lifezone Metals announced on July 18, 2025, the buyback of BHP's 17.0% interest in KNL and the termination of their option agreement and all other agreements. LZM currently owns 100% in KNL and the key terms of the transaction include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• FID Payment: A fixed cash payment of $10 million, payable within 30 days after the earlier of: (i) 12 months after the FID at Kabanga; or (ii) once Lifezone has raised $250 million in aggregate funding (whether through equity, debt or alternative sources).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• First Commercial Production Payment: A second deferred cash payment, payable within 30 days after the period of 12 months following the achievement of first commercial production. The amount is indexed to Lifezone Metals' share price performance, with a reference share price of $4.16 per share and a reference amount of $28 million. An index factor of 0.7x applies – meaning that a 10% increase in Lifezone Metals' share price results in a $1.96 million increase in the payment ($28 million x 10% x 0.7). Based on an illustrative price of $4.50 per share, the payment would total $30 million.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Total consideration cap: Maximum of $83 million, or reduced to $75 million if the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Trigger Event occurs, defined as the independent verification that the Kabanga Nickel Project's Resettlement Action Plan has been developed and implemented in material alignment with the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standard 5 (IFC PS5).

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lock-Up and Right of First Offer: BHP has agreed not to sell its Lifezone shares for 12 months post-completion. After this period, BHP must first offer any shares it intends to sell to Lifezone before potentially transferring them to third parties, subject to customary terms.

On August 8, 2025, KNL signed a $60 million senior secured bridge loan facility agreement with Taurus Mining Finance to provide essential funding to maintain project momentum during the execution readiness phase, bridging the period between Feasibility Study completion and FID, expected in 2026. The loan bears interest at a rate of 9.25% per annum on drawn amounts, is secured by a security interest in the shares that LZM holds in KNL and security interests in other assets relating to the Kabanga Nickel Project. The loan is also guaranteed by Lifezone Metals and certain subsidiaries. As part of the transaction, Lifezone Metals issued 2.5 million warrants to Taurus Mining Finance, exercisable at an exercise price of $5.42 per share. The warrants will expire five years from the date of issuance. The facility has a scheduled maturity date of July 31, 2027, with an option available to KNL to extend the term by an additional six months. On August 29, 2025, KNL received the first tranche of $20 million under the senior secured bridge loan facility from Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2 L.P.

As part of the effort to secure the necessary capital to develop the Kabanga Nickel Project and achieve FID, Lifezone Metals has engaged Standard Chartered investment bank to run a formal process to bring in new investors into KNL and also hired Société Générale as its project finance advisor. Upon achieving FID, the execution and development of the Kabanga Nickel Project will follow that as outlined in the Feasibility Study.

In addition to the extraction and refining business undertaken by KNL with respect to the Kabanga Nickel Project, we are continuously evaluating other potential extraction and refining business opportunities.

**Intellectual property licensing**

With respect to our intellectual property licensing business, on January 10, 2024, Lifezone entered into a subscription agreement with a subsidiary of Glencore to establish a United States based recycling partnership to recover PGM from spent Autocats.

The subscription agreement contemplates a two-phased implementation plan. Phase 1 consists of a program of pilot testing and a feasibility study that Lifezone has been undertaking at its Simulus laboratories in Perth using its Hydromet Technology and is progressing towards completion in 2026. As part of Phase 1, Lifezone and Glencore have both contributed $1.5 million into a United States entity, Lifezone Recycling US, LLC, that prior to the execution of the subscription agreement was 100% owned by Lifezone. In May 2025, Lifezone invested a further $2 million into Lifezone Recycling US, LLC. Lifezone currently owns 94.44% and Glencore 5.56% of Lifezone Recycling US, LLC.

The pilot test and feasibility study program will allow estimation of PGM recoveries, capital and operating expenditures and PGM processing timelines. A business case with updated inputs from phase 1 will determine a decision by Lifezone and Glencore to proceed with the construction of a commercial-scale recycling facility in the United States that will produce refined PGM end products. Glencore would provide a working capital facility for the commercial-scale recycling facility and will be the sole offtaker and marketer of the refined PGMs. Lifezone would provide its Hydromet Technology to the venture, in addition to being the operator and majority owner.

An additional part of our intellectual property licensing business relates to the strategic partnership we agreed with SRL in 2014 and later with the IDC in 2016 regarding the development of the potential Kell-Sedibelo-Lifezone Refinery. As of November 2023, all operations at Sedibelo's Pilanesberg Platinum Mines were suspended and placed on care and maintenance until further notice.

**Seasonality**

The nickel, cobalt, copper and PGM markets do not demonstrate seasonality effects.

**Raw Materials**

Given that operations with respect to the Kabanga Nickel Project and the potential Kell-Sedibelo-Lifezone Refinery have not commenced, no specific raw materials are required beyond gasoline and diesel fuel for the site vehicles and heavy equipment required to build roads and conduct drilling and pre-development operations. While we are currently considered as an exploration-stage company in accordance with S-K 1300, with respect to the Kabanga Nickel Project, our

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exploration activities are largely complete and we are currently in the pre-development stage and as such we do not require any significant raw materials in order to carry out our primary operating activities. Our primary operating objective is to develop the Kabanga Nickel Project.

**Marketing**

While we are currently a pre-development exploration-stage metals company, we are advancing discussions with potential offtakers for eventual offtake of the nickel sulfide concentrate that will be produced from the Kabanga Nickel Project. In relation to our Hydromet Technology, we aim to leverage its intellectual property licensing potential with other companies involved in metals processing. During the year ending December 31, 2025, we spent $68,370 (2024: $84,267) on advertising and marketing expenses.

**Competition**

The metals extraction industry is competitive in all of its phases. The nickel, cobalt and copper exploration and production industries are fragmented, and we expect initially to be a small participant in this sector. Many of our competitors explore for a variety of minerals and control many different properties around the world. Many of them have been in business longer than we have and have established operations. In 2025, the global nickel market balance was in surplus driven by a rapid expansion of nickel laterite mining output from Indonesia, which currently produces over 60% of nickel globally.

However, based on the 2024 Mineral Resource and 2025 Reserve Estimates detailed in the Feasibility Study, we believe that the Kabanga Nickel Project is one of the world's largest and highest-grade nickel sulfide deposits that will sit in the lowest quartile in the nickel industry cost curve, below the majority of Indonesian producers. For further details, see "*Risk Factors — Risks Related to Operational Factors Affecting Lifezone — We may be unable to compete successfully for employees, exploration, resources, capital funding, equipment and contract exploration, development and construction services with our competitors.*"

**Material effects of government regulations on business**

Please see "*Risk Factors — Risks Related to Operational Factors Affecting Lifezone — We are subject to significant governmental regulations that affect our operations and costs of conducting our business and may not be able to obtain all required permits and licenses to place our properties into production."*

ITEM 4 C: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Lifezone Metals is a holding company with its interests organized as set forth in Table below.

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The following diagram depicts our organizational structure as at the date of this Annual Report:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• At the time the TNCL Subsidiaries were incorporated by the Government of Tanzania, the Articles of Association of each of TNMCL and TNRCL implied that the Government of Tanzania has a 16% interest in each entity, with TNCL holding the remaining 84% interest. Based on discussions with the Government of Tanzania, Lifezone understands that the Government of Tanzania has acknowledged TNCL's right under the Framework Agreement to own 100% of each TNCL Subsidiary and expects that the GOT will amend the Articles of Association of the TNCL Subsidiaries to correct this administrative error. However, as of the date of this Annual Report, whilst the register of members of each TNCL Subsidiary correctly records TNCL as holding 4,999 shares and the Government of Tanzania as holding 1 share, the Articles of Association of each TNCL Subsidiary incorrectly implies that the Government of Tanzania holds a 16% interest and as such TNCL holds an 84% interest in each TNCL Subsidiary. For more information, see "*Risk Factors – Risks Related to Operational Factors Affecting Lifezone – Due to an inadvertent administrative error during incorporation, the Articles of Association of each TNCL Subsidiary imply that the Government of Tanzania has a 16% carried interest in such TNCL Subsidiary in addition to the 16% non-dilutable free-carried interest in TNCL*."

ITEM 4D: PROPERTY, PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT

**General**

Currently, we consider only the Kabanga Nickel Project and Simulus laboratory assets to be material. We do not currently consider the interests Lifezone holds in its other projects or property to be material.

**THE DESCRIPTION OF THE KABANGA NICKEL PROJECT**

***Overview***

Lifezone publicly filed the Feasibility Study ("**FS**") Technical Report Summary ("**TRS**") for the Kabanga Nickel Project with the SEC on July 18, 2025. This description of the Kabanga Nickel Project has been extracted from the FS TRS. The effective date of the FS TRS is July 18, 2025, while the effective date of the Mineral Resource Estimate is December 4, 2024. The full FS TRS is included as Exhibit 15.11 to this Annual Report.

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DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd ("**DRA**") and Sharron Sylvester were engaged by Lifezone Metals Limited (NYSE "**LZM**") to prepare an independent FS TRS for the Kabanga Nickel Project ("**the Project**"), located in northwest Tanzania. The TRS was prepared in accordance with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's ("**SEC**") Modernized Property Disclosure Requirements under Subpart 229.1300 of Regulation S-K (S-K 1300) and Item 601(b)(96). The purpose of the FS is to declare Mineral Reserves and to provide an independently validated assessment of the Project's technical and economic viability.

The FS assesses the initial phase of the Project development for an underground mine, concentrator, tailings storage facility ("**TSF**"), surface infrastructure, and logistics required to export concentrate. The FS TRS followed the Initial Assessment ("**IA**") TRS disclosed in LZM's filing of June 2, 2025, which outlined the overall phased development plan for the Project including a potential future beneficiation facility. This future development phase is not assessed in the FS.

The Project, in which LZM holds an 84.0% ownership interest, is a fully integrated, greenfield development that will produce nickel, copper, and cobalt products for the global market. The Project is also expected to generate social and economic benefits for local communities. As one of the world's largest undeveloped high-grade nickel sulfide deposits, the Project represents a globally significant opportunity aligned with the accelerating transition to a low-carbon economy and is positioned to deliver both strategic value to the global supply chain and meaningful economic and social benefits to Tanzania and its citizens.

***Property Description, Mineral Tenure, Ownership, Surface Rights, Royalties, Agreements and Permits***

The Project is located in the northwest of Tanzania, approximately 1,300 km northwest of Dar es Salaam, adjacent to the Burundi border (see Figure 1). The Kabanga mine, concentrator, and associated infrastructure are situated at the Kabanga Site, where a nickel sulfide concentrate will be produced. The Kahama Site is the proposed location for a potential future phase of Project development.

The Kabanga Site is reached by 77 km of unpaved public road (southern access road) from the paved National Route B3 (see Figure 2). Grid electricity (33 kV, 9 MVA) is currently supplied to the Kabanga Site by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited ("**TANESCO**") and is sufficient for construction and initial mine development. The development of the Kabanga Site includes the resettlement of economically displaced households ("**EDHs**") and physically displaced households ("**PDHs**"). The PDHs will be moved to seven identified relocation host sites ("**Resettlement Sites**").

Figure 1: Kabanga Nickel Project Location in Tanzania

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Figure 2: Kabanga Special Mining Licence ("**SML**"), Site Project Footprint, Resettlement Sites and Southern Access Road

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The Kahama Site, approximately 320 km from the Kabanga Site, partly on the paved B3 highway, includes the Kahama Airport. This commercial airport operated by the Tanzania Airports Authority ("**TAA**") will serve as the primary arrival point for personnel travelling to the Kabanga Site, with the final transport leg completed by bus. The Kahama Site is in close proximity to the Isaka Dry Port and provides a staging and laydown area during construction of the Kabanga mine, concentrator, and surface infrastructure. The Isaka Dry Port will provide a 982 km Standard Gauge Rail ("**SGR**") link to the Port of Dar es Salaam via Tabora and Kwala Dry Port.

Both Kabanga Site and Kahama Site are situated within a temperate moist sub-humid climatic zone, experiencing bi-modal rainfall patterns with an average annual precipitation of approximately 1,000 mm, and mean annual temperatures around 20 °C, allowing for year-round site access.

The Project is owned by Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited ("**TNCL**"). TNCL is 84.0% owned by Kabanga Nickel Limited ("**KNL**") and 16.0% by the Government of Tanzania ("**GoT**") Treasury Registrar. KNL is 100% owned by LZM, through its 100% owned subsidiaries. The LZM-attributable ownership is thus 84.0%, after accounting for the GoT shareholding. The current Project ownership structure is shown in Figure 3.

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Figure 3: Current Ownership Structure of the Kabanga Nickel Project

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Note: The RefineCo entity relates to a potential future project phase, not assessed in the FS.

A Framework Agreement exists with the GoT for the development and operation of the Project, which describes the equitable Economic Benefit Sharing Principle ("**EBSP**") between KNL and the GoT. The overarching principle is that KNL and the GoT equally share income derived from the Project over the life, where GoT's income is derived from dividends, taxes, royalties, duties, and levies.

TNCL holds a 201.85 km<sup>2</sup> Special Mining Licence (SML) granted on October 29, 2021, which is valid up to 33 years (2054) and includes all mineralized areas relating to the resource. In addition, TNCL holds six prospecting licences covering a combined area of 101.44 km<sup>2</sup>, which are not part of the Project.

On July 18, 2025, Lifezone Limited entered into a definitive agreement with BHP to acquire BHP's existing 17.0% equity interest in KNL, the majority owner of the Project. As a result of entering into the transaction, Lifezone Limited owns 100% of KNL, which in turn holds an 84% interest in TNCL. The remaining 16% of TNCL is held by the GoT. In addition, all existing agreements with BHP have been terminated. Lifezone Limited has assumed full control of 100% of the offtake from the Project.

The acquisition by Lifezone Limited of BHP's 17.0% equity interest in KNL does not impact the SML or the Framework Agreement between KNL and the GoT.

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***Geology***

***Geological Setting***

The Kabanga nickel deposit is located within the East African Nickel Belt, which extends approximately 1,500 km along a northeast trend that extends from Zambia in the southwest to Uganda in the northeast. In the northern and central sections of the East African Nickel Belt, a thick package of Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks, known as the Karagwe-Ankole Belt (KAB), overlies this boundary, within which occurs a suite of broadly coeval, bimodal intrusions that correspond to the Mesoproterozoic Kibaran tectonothermal event between 1,350 Ma and 1,400 Ma.

The Kibaran igneous rocks comprise mafic-ultramafic intrusions, including well-differentiated lopolithic layered intrusions and small, narrow, tube-like sills, often concentrically zoned, called chonoliths. The nickel mineralization zones discovered to date have exclusively been found associated with the mafic-ultramafic intrusions, in particular, along the Kabanga-Musongati Alignment.

The intrusions that host the potentially economic nickel-bearing massive sulfide zones in the Project area, namely, from southwest to northeast, Main, MNB, Kima, North, Tembo, and Safari, are hosted within steeply dipping overturned metasediments (dipping 70° to 80° to the west), with a north–northeast strike orientation (025°) from Main Zone to North Zone, changing to a northeast strike orientation (055°) (dipping northwest) from North to Tembo. These zones are located within and at the bottom margin of the mafic ultramafic chonoliths. The chonoliths are concentrically zoned with a gabbronorite margin and an ultramafic cumulate core.

Three lithological groups are present at Kabanga:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Metasediments comprising a series of pelitic units, schists, and quartzites, forming the hanging wall and footwall of the massive sulfide mineralization.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Ultramafic intrusive complex rocks, which display a wide range of metamorphism/metasomatism and can carry significant sulfide mineralization (logged as UMAF_1a when ≥ 30% sulfides and UMAF_KAB when < 30% sulfides).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Remobilized massive sulfide (MSSX) mineralization (i.e., MSSX (> 80% sulfides), which carries 90% of the sulfide occurrence, and massive sulfide mineralization with xenoliths of metasedimentary or gabbro/ultramafic (logged as MSXI when ≥ 50% and < 80% sulfides).

***Style of Mineralization*** 

The principal sulfide in the massive sulfide is pyrrhotite, with up to 15% pentlandite. The pentlandite shows distinct globular recrystallization textures, with crystals reaching up to 5 cm in size. Sulfide mineralization occurs both as:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Disseminated to net-textured interstitial sulfides within and external to the cumulate core of the chonoliths.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Massive and semi-massive bodies along the lower or side margins of the chonolith.

***Exploration History*** 

Exploration at the Project has been undertaken in several different phases for over 45 years, with more than 637 km of drilling completed up to the effective date of the current Mineral Resource estimate reported in December 2024.

The first drilling on the deposit was undertaken between 1976 and 1979 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This program resulted in over 20 km of drilling and the estimation of a Mineral Resource for Main Zone. In 1990, Sutton Resources Ltd (Sutton) negotiated the mineral rights to the Project. Between 1990 and 1999, Sutton, in two separate joint ventures (JVs), completed over 100 km of drilling that resulted in Mineral Resource estimates for Main Zone and North Zone.

In 1999, Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) purchased Sutton and commenced a 14-year exploration program. During the first four years of this program, Barrick explored the Main Zone and North Zone areas further, resulting in the discovery of MNB zone and Kima zone, updates to the resource models, and the completion of a scoping study. In 2005, Barrick entered into a JV with Falconbridge Limited (Falconbridge) (which became Xstrata plc (Xstrata), then ultimately Glencore plc (Glencore)) that lasted for nine years and resulted in two additional scoping studies, a Pre-feasibility Study (PFS), an FS, and a draft FS update. During this period, over 450 km of drilling was completed, the Tembo Zone mineralization was discovered, and Mineral Resource updates were generated for all the known zones.

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Other historical exploration work completed included the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Geophysical surveys:

–Crone borehole electromagnetic (BHEM) geophysical surveys with physical properties, ground geophysical surveys, and airborne versatile time domain electromagnetic (VTEM) surveys (which were used, in conjunction with historical soil surveys and a BHP GEOTEM® airborne magnetic survey, to target the ground surveys).

–Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and fixed-loop transient electromagnetic (TEM) surface electromagnetic surveys (Crone and UTEM), as well as a helicopter-borne versatile time domain electromagnetic VTEM survey.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Collection and testing of metallurgical samples.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Geotechnical drilling at planned infrastructure sites.

In December 2021, drilling activities commenced at the Kabanga Site, after SML 651/2021 was granted. Since that time, over 52 km of additional drilling has been completed.

In December 2024, a revised Mineral Resource estimate (2024MRU) was generated based on all the Project drilling completed up to June 4, 2024, and the FS is based on that Mineral Resource estimate.

The Project drillhole database is currently maintained using Fusion software. Data collection activities have been performed using industry-standard practices.

***Sample Preparation, Analyses, Security and Data Verification*** 

The Kabanga sample preparation, assaying, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) activities and protocols can be summarized as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Sample preparation was completed in Tanzania at the ALS Metallurgy Pty Ltd (ALS)-Chemex laboratory in Mwanza (ALS-Chemex Mwanza).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• All the material was crushed to –2 mm, and 2 × 250 g pulp bags were sent to the ALS-Chemex laboratory in Perth, Western Australia (ALS-Chemex Perth) for analysis.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Perth samples were pulverized to –75 µm and analyzed as follows:

–4-acid digestion/inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) for Ni, Cu, Co, Ag, Fe, Cr, Mg, Mn, As, Pb, Bi, Cd, and Sb.

–Fire assay/ICP-MS for Au, Pd, and Pt.

–Ni and Cu samples exceeding 10,000 ppm, and Au, Pd, and Pt samples exceeding 1.0 g/t were re-analyzed with a more accurate technique.

–LECO technique for the determination of sulfur.

–Gravimetric method for specific gravity (SG) determination (pycnometry) on all samples.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Not all the samples were assayed for the complete elemental suite: only 66% for North (10,053 of 15,200 samples), and 95% for Tembo (6,422 of 6,717 samples).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• An industry-standard QA/QC protocol was used at the Project, using certified reference material (CRM) standards, blanks, check assays, and duplicates.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ALS is an independent laboratory accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) and complies with international standards such as ISO/IEC 17025 for testing and calibration in laboratories.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• SGS laboratory in Mwanza is an independent laboratory that is ISO/IEC 10725 accredited by the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS).

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All the aspects of the data that could materially impact the integrity of the Mineral Resource and Reserve Estimates (core logging, sampling, analytical results, and database management) were reviewed by OreWin Pty Ltd (OreWin) with TNCL staff. OreWin personnel met with the TNCL staff to ascertain exploration and production procedures and protocols. Drill rigs were visited, and core was observed being obtained from the diamond drillholes and being logged at the exploration camp to confirm that the logging information accurately reflects the actual core. The lithology contacts that were checked matched the information reported in the core logs.

***Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing***

Extensive historical metallurgical testwork was previously undertaken for the Kabanga Concentrator over the period 2005 to 2010, including mineralogical, comminution, flotation (bench and pilot scale), and dewatering testwork, which provided a basis for the additional metallurgical testwork undertaken as part of the 2022–25 concentrator testwork program.

As part of this program, comminution and flotation flowsheet development and variability testwork was conducted on 4,616 kg of quarter, half, and full NQ-sized (approximately 47.6 mm) drill core. The testwork was conducted to FS level, on a range of composite and variability samples which were selected to represent the major feed types and feed blends expected to be processed over the Life of Mine (LoM). Sample selection and composite preparation were considered:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Grade ranges and expected LoM grades.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Spatial coverage, including depth and along strike.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Appropriate levels of planned and unplanned mining dilution advised by the relevant mining disciplines.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The proportion of MSSX and UMAF_1a tonnage over the LoM.

Testing included comprehensive head grade analysis, mineralogy, comminution (physical crushing and grinding) tests, open-circuit and locked-cycle bench-scale flotation tests, open-circuit bulk flotation tests, feed oxidation assessments, concentrate regrind, thickening, filtration, and rheology testing. The aim of the testwork was to further characterize the flotation response, optimize the flowsheet, generate bulk concentrate samples for vendor testing, concentrate characterization and other downstream testing, and to evaluate the degree of variability that could be expected across the deposit.

The comminution testwork confirmed the previous historical testwork findings, demonstrating that the MSSX and MSXI material is characterized as soft to medium with respect to hardness, while the UMAF_1a and waste dilution are characterized as medium-hard to hard. All the samples had a low abrasion tendency.

The flotation testwork demonstrated that a conventional flotation flowsheet, using a typical flotation reagent regime, could be used for the effective separation of pentlandite and chalcopyrite from the pyrrhotite and non-sulfide gangue. It also confirmed the historical optimal flotation circuit feed size of 80% passing 100 µm and a feed solids concentration of 35% (w/w). The regrind testwork highlighted the relatively soft nature of the sulfide rougher concentrate.

The dewatering testwork was aligned with historical testing by equipment vendors, showing the concentrate and tailings could readily thicken to a density > 65% solids (w/w) and are amenable to pressure filtration, achieving a final concentrate moisture level of 9% (w/w). Tailings testwork showed that rheology is not expected to cause pumping issues at design densities.

The concentrator metallurgical performance projections indicate that the Concentrator will produce a steady-state average of 350 ktpa (dry) nickel-copper-cobalt sulfide flotation concentrate, containing 17.7% nickel. Nickel recovery is expected to average 87.3% over the LoM, while the copper and cobalt recoveries are expected to average 96.5% and 89.6%, respectively.

***Mineral Resource Estimate***

The 2024MRU was based on industry best practice, is similar in approach to the resource modeling of previous estimates, conforms to the requirements of S-K 1300, and is suitable for reporting as current estimates of Mineral Resources.

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The 2024MRU was completed using Datamine software, with macros developed to estimate the full suite of component elements and density for each zone (Main, MNB, North, Kima, and Tembo). All zones were estimated using the ordinary kriging method, with domain-specific search and estimation parameters determined by statistical and geostatistical analyses.

Three distinct mineralization units were interpreted for the Main, MNB, Kima, North, Tembo, and Safari zones:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Massive sulfide (MSSX),

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Ultramafic (UMIN), and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Intrusive (INTRUSIV/INTR) unit, which is generally poorly mineralized but occurs in close association with the mineralized units.

Within these three units, additional sub-domains were created based on spatial continuity, intersecting geological structures, and geochemical variability.

Solid wireframes were constructed for the intrusive bodies at each zone, which predominantly represented the logged generally unmineralized ultramafic (peridotite) (UMAF_KAB) lithology but also served as an 'umbrella' unit for any intervals logged as generic mafic (MAF), generally unmineralized gabbro-gabbronorite (GAB_KAB), UMAF_1a, MSSX, and MSXI. The stratigraphic contacts between the Banded Pelite unit (BNPU) and the Lower Pelite unit (LRPU) were also used to interpret folding structures and unconformities to help orient the sulfide mineralization interpretations.

A multivariate statistical analysis was completed for all domains within each zone. It was based on the assay data limited to the samples that have the complete suite of elements assayed.

Some individual domains were combined where they were found to be statistically similar and could be plausibly related in a geological and spatial sense. The classification criteria and zoning used for the 2024MRU were based on a two-stage approach that considered objective criteria and visual observation.

The criteria referenced for the assignment of Inferred and Indicated mineralization globally included the distance from the cell centroid to the drillhole samples and the search pass in which the estimate was achieved. This global classification was then reviewed visually with specific focus on geological factors, including the geometry of the mineralized zones, spatial and geochemical continuity of the mineralization, and the success rate when intersecting the mineralization at predicted locations and thicknesses with the new drilling. Manually defined wireframe solids were then developed to enclose those areas that warrant upgrading to Indicated or Measured. As the Kabanga North and Tembo zones contain multi-element mineralization, a nickel-equivalent (NiEq) formula, updated for current metal prices, costs, and other modifying factors, has been used for reporting from the Mineral Resource.

The 2024 nickel-equivalent (NiEq24) formula is as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*• MSSX NiEq24% = Ni% + (Cu% x 0.454) + (Co% x 2.497)*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*• UMIN NiEq24% = Ni% + (Cu% x 0.547) + (Co% x 2.480)*

The 2024 NiEq cut-off grades are:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• MSSX NiEq24% is 0.73%

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• UMIN NiEq24% is 0.77%

Metal price assumptions used for cut-off grade determination were USD 9.50/lb for nickel, USD 4.50/lb for copper, and USD 23.00/lb for cobalt. Other input parameters and assumptions used for the NiEq24% formula and determining the cut-off grade are discussed in the FS TRS.

Reasonable prospects for economic extraction for the Mineral Resource determination were assessed by way of an Initial Assessment (IA), as defined in S-K 1300. Note that the IA Mineral Resource was reported in June 2025, which was prior to the declaration of Mineral Reserves; therefore, the Mineral Resource tables in the June 2025 IA TRS show the entire Mineral Resource, inclusive of the volume subsequently declared in the FS TRS to be Mineral Reserve.

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The LZM-attributable tonnage, grades, and metallurgical recoveries of the Mineral Resource estimates, exclusive of Mineral Reserves, are shown in Table 1.

The LZM-attributable tonnage, grades, and contained metals of the Mineral Resource estimates, exclusive of Mineral Reserves, are shown in Table 2.

The Mineral Resource estimates have an effective date of December 4, 2024. Mineral Resource estimates have been reported in accordance with S-K 1300.

***Table 1: Kabanga Mineral Resource Estimates, Exclusive of Mineral Reserves, as at December 4, 2024 – Grades and Metallurgical Recovery***![picture4.jpg](lzm-20251231_g5.jpg)

*Notes:*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.*Mineral Resources in Table 1 are reported exclusive of Mineral Reserves.* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.*Mineral Resources are reported showing only the LZM-attributable tonnage portion, which is 84.0% of the total.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.*Cut-off applies to NiEq24, which is derived using a nickel price of USD 9.50/lb, copper price of USD 4.50/lb, and cobalt price of USD 23.00/lb with allowances for recoveries, payability, deductions, transport, and royalties.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.*NiEq24 formulas are: MSSX NiEq24 = Ni + (Cu x 0.454) + (Co x 2.497) and UMIN NiEq24 = Ni + (Cu x 0.547) + (Co x 2.480).*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.*The point of reference for Mineral Resources is the point of feed into a concentrator.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.*All Mineral Resources in the 2024MRU were assessed for reasonable prospects for economic extraction by reporting only material above cut-off grades of: MSSX NiEq24 > 0.73% and UMIN NiEq24 > 0.77%.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.*Totals may vary due to rounding.*

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***Table 2: Kabanga Mineral Resource Estimates, Exclusive of Mineral Reserves, as at December 4, 2024 – Grades and Contained Metals***![Screenshot 2026-01-14 095824.jpg](lzm-20251231_g6.jpg)

*Notes:*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.*Mineral Resources in Table 2 are reported exclusive of Mineral Reserves.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.*Mineral Resources are reported showing only the LZM-attributable tonnage portion, which is 84.0% of the total.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.*Cut-off applies to NiEq24, which is derived using a nickel price of USD 9.50/lb, copper price of USD 4.50/lb, and cobalt price of USD 23.00/lb with allowances for recoveries, payability, deductions, transport, and royalties.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.*NiEq24 formulas are: MSSX NiEq24 = Ni + (Cu x 0.454) + (Co x 2.497) and UMIN NiEq24 = Ni + (Cu x 0.547) + (Co x 2.480)*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.*The point of reference for Mineral Resources is the point of feed into a concentrator.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.*All Mineral Resources in the 2024MRU were assessed for reasonable prospects for economic extraction by reporting only material above cut off grades of: MSSX NiEq24 > 0.73% and UMIN NiEq24 > 0.77%*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.*Totals may vary due to rounding.*

***Mineral Reserve Estimate*** 

Mineral Reserve estimates have been classified in accordance with the definitions for Mineral Reserves in S-K 1300. An underground mining scenario is assumed using longhole stoping with paste backfill which, following ramp-up, will produce 3.4 Mtpa. The Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves were estimated by calculating economic cut-off values for mining underground stopes, in the various Mine locations within the mine design.

Measured Mineral Resources within the mine design were converted to Proven Mineral Reserves, and Indicated Mineral Resources within the mine design were converted to Probable Mineral Reserves. The Mineral Reserve excludes any Inferred Mineral Resources. The Mineral Reserve estimates have an effective date of July 18, 2025.

Table 3 shows the LZM's attributable share (84.0%) of the Mineral Reserve estimates, including tonnage, grades, contained metal, and metallurgical recoveries, broken down by Mine. Table 4 shows the LZM-attributable share of the Mineral Reserve estimate – MSSX only, split by Mine. Table 5 shows the summary of the LZM-attributable share of the Mineral Reserve estimate – UMIN only, split by Mine. Table 6 shows the summary of the Mineral Reserve estimate, on a 100% basis and LZM-attributable share split by ore type.

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***Table 3: Project Mineral Reserve Estimate by Mine – as at July 18, 2025***![table3.jpg](lzm-20251231_g7.jpg)

*Notes:* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.*The effective date of the Mineral Reserves is July 18, 2025.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.*Mineral Reserves are reported based on the December 2024 Mineral Resource model.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.*Mineral Reserves are reported showing the LZM-attributable tonnage portion, which is 84.0% of the total.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.*Mineral Reserve cut-offs grades are based on a USD8.50/lb nickel price, USD4.24/lb copper price and USD18.34/lb cobalt price; the overall average nickel, copper and cobalt metallurgical recoveries are 81%, 89%, and 84%, respectively.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.*Elevated net sales return (NSR) cut-off values were selected for each mine, namely, USD 170/t at North (upper), USD 100/t at North (lower) and Tembo, and USD 85/t at Main.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.*All the cut-off values include allowances for metallurgical recoveries, payability, deductions, transport and royalties.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.*An economic analysis has been conducted using a long-term nickel price of USD 8.49/lb, copper price of USD 4.30/lb and cobalt price of USD 18.31/lb.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.*The point of reference for the Mineral Reserves is the point of feed into the processing facility.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.*Totals may vary due to rounding.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.*Ni, Cu, and Co recovery estimates for the respective MSSX and UMIN categories have been calculated using the metallurgical recovery algorithm formulas detailed in the FS TRS and the combined Proven and Probable recovery for each reflects the weighted average recovery based on the tonnage and grade. The total combined recovery for the blend (MSSX+UMIN) reflects the outputs of the same recovery formula applied to the FS mine production and processing schedule.*

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***Table 4: Project Mineral Reserve Estimate by Mine – MSSX only, as at July 18, 2025***![Screenshot 2026-03-09 104018.jpg](lzm-20251231_g8.jpg)

*Notes:*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.*The effective date of the Mineral Reserves is July 18, 2025.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.*Mineral Reserves are reported based on the December 2024 Mineral Resource model.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.*Mineral Reserves are reported showing the LZM-attributable tonnage portion, which is 84.0% of the total.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.*Mineral Reserve cut-offs grades are based on a USD8.50/lb nickel price, USD4.24/lb copper price and USD18.34/lb cobalt price; the overall average nickel, copper and cobalt metallurgical recoveries are 81%, 89%, and 84%, respectively.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.*Elevated net sales return (NSR) cut-off values were selected for each mine, namely, USD 170/t at North (upper), USD 100/t at North (lower) and Tembo, and USD 85/t at Main.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.*All the cut-off values include allowances for metallurgical recoveries, payability, deductions, transport and royalties.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.*An economic analysis has been conducted using a long-term nickel price of USD 8.49/lb, copper price of USD 4.30/lb and cobalt price of USD 18.31/lb.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.*The point of reference for the Mineral Reserves is the point of feed into the processing facility.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.*Totals may vary due to rounding.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.*Ni, Cu, and Co recovery estimates for MSSX have been calculated using the metallurgical recovery algorithm formulas detailed in the FS TRS and the combined Proven and Probable recovery for each reflects the weighted average recovery based on the tonnage and grade.*

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***Table 5: Project Mineral Reserve Estimate by Mine – UMIN only, as at July 18, 2025***![Table 5.jpg](lzm-20251231_g9.jpg)

*Notes:* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.*The effective date of the Mineral Reserves is July 18, 2025.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.*Mineral Reserves are reported based on the December 2024 Mineral Resource model.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.*Mineral Reserves are reported showing the LZM-attributable tonnage portion, which is 84.0% of the total.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.*Mineral Reserve cut-offs grades are based on a USD8.50/lb nickel price, USD4.24/lb copper price and USD18.34/lb cobalt price; the overall average nickel, copper and cobalt metallurgical recoveries are 81%, 89%, and 84%, respectively.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.*Elevated net sales return (NSR) cut-off values were selected for each mine, namely, USD 170/t at North (upper), USD 100/t at North (lower) and Tembo, and USD 85/t at Main.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.*All the cut-off values include allowances for metallurgical recoveries, payability, deductions, transport and royalties.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.*An economic analysis has been conducted using a long-term nickel price of USD 8.49/lb, copper price of USD 4.30/lb and cobalt price of USD 18.31/lb.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.*The point of reference for the Mineral Reserves is the point of feed into the processing facility.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.*Totals may vary due to rounding.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.*Ni, Cu, and Co recovery estimates for UMIN have been calculated using the metallurgical recovery algorithm formulas detailed in the FS TRS and the combined Proven and Probable recovery for each reflects the weighted average recovery based on the tonnage and grade.*

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***Table 6: Project Mineral Reserve Estimate with Tonnage on a 100% and LZM-attributable share (84.0%), as at July 18, 2025***

![table6.jpg](lzm-20251231_g10.jpg)*Notes:* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.*The effective date of the Mineral Reserves is July 18, 2025.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.*Mineral Reserves are reported based on the December 2024 Mineral Resource model.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.*Mineral Reserves are reported showing 100% of the total Project Mineral Reserve and the LZM-attributable tonnage portion, which is 84.0% of the total.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.*Mineral Reserve cut-off grades are based on a USD 8.50/lb nickel price, USD 4.24/lb copper price and USD 18.34/lb cobalt price; the overall average nickel, copper and cobalt recoveries are 81%, 89% and 84%, respectively.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.*Elevated net sales return (NSR) cut-off values were selected for each mine, namely, USD 170/t at North (upper), USD 100/t at North (lower) and Tembo, and USD 85/t at Main.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.*All the cut-off values include allowances for metallurgical recoveries, payability, deductions, transport and royalties.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.*An economic analysis has been conducted using a long-term nickel price of USD 8.49/lb, copper price of USD 4.30/lb and cobalt price of USD 18.31/lb.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.*The point of reference for the Mineral Reserves is the point of feed into the processing facility.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.*Totals may vary due to rounding.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.*Ni, Cu, and Co recovery estimates for the respective MSSX and UMIN categories have been calculated using the metallurgical recovery algorithm formulas detailed in the FS TRS and the combined Proven and Probable recovery for each reflects the weighted average recovery based on the tonnage and grade. The total combined recovery for the blend (MSSX+UMIN) reflects the outputs of the same recovery formula applied to the FS mine plan.*

A summary of the key steps taken to convert Mineral Resources to Mineral Reserves is as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• In situ economic stoping inventory: Stope designs were generated using an automatic stope design optimization tool. Measured and Indicated resource model cells with grades lower than the economic stope cut-off values were assigned to internal dilution. All Inferred and unclassified resource model cells within the stopes was considered internal dilution and the tonnages were accounted for with zero grade.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• In situ mine design: A mine design was completed from the stoping inventory, including the engineering for all mine access development, mine ventilation infrastructure, materials haulage systems, etc. Some isolated stopes above the cut-off values were eliminated from consideration because the development to extract them would cost more than the

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economic return. Each stope and development section in the design is assigned the dominant Mineral Resource classification to better account for the planned dilution.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Dilution and recovery factors. Unplanned mining dilution was calculated, which reduces the head grade. The mining recovery of 90% was applied to stopes.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Tail cutting: Production schedule tail cutting resulted in a net loss from the mined ore inventory.

NSR calculation assumptions are shown in Table 7.

***Table 7: NSR Calculation Assumptions***![Screenshot 2026-01-14 134513.jpg](lzm-20251231_g11.jpg)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The NSR break-even cut-off for the MSSX and UMIN mineralization was calculated as USD 75.57/t feed and USD 76.89/t feed, respectively.

Higher NSR cut-off values were selected for each zone when considering the mine plan. These elevated cut-off values, per mine, are USD 170/t at North Upper, USD 100/t at North Lower and Tembo, and USD 85/t at Main. Applying the higher cut-offs increased ore head grade.

The QP is not aware of any risk factors associated with, or changes to, any aspects of the modifying factors such as mining, metallurgical, infrastructure, logistics, permitting, or other relevant factors that could materially affect the Mineral Reserve estimate.

***Mining Methods*** 

The FS mine plan has been prepared using the 2024MRU cell model. The total planned production for the economic analysis is 52 Mt at 1.98% Ni, 0.27% Cu, and 0.15% Co (100% basis). At this time, mining has not commenced.

The mine plan assumes a four-year construction and ramp-up period, forecast to reach steady-state production of 3.4 Mtpa in Year 4. In the first 15 years, approximately two-thirds of the mill feed will be sourced from North Mine, with Tembo Mine contributing the remaining one-third. In the final years Main Mine will supplement mill feed. Figure 4 illustrates the mine design and Figure 5 shows the annual FS production schedule by source.

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Figure 4: Mine Design and Sequence (in Years)

![Picture4.1.jpg](lzm-20251231_g12.jpg)

**Figure 5: Production Schedule by Source**![Picture5.1.jpg](lzm-20251231_g13.jpg)

In the FS mine design, North Zone (50–1,100 m deep) and Tembo Zone (120–650 m deep) are each accessed via separate 5.5 m (W) x 5.8 m (H) declines starting from small boxcuts, while Main Zone (100–400 m deep) is accessed underground from North Mine. Fresh rock beyond the weathering profile is expected to be encountered 180–250 m laterally along the decline from the portals. Longhole stoping with paste backfill is the mining method. Level spacing is typically 25 m floor-to-floor and stoping strike lengths will vary between 20 and 30 m, depending on mineralization depth and thickness. Most stopes are to be extracted via longitudinal retreat stoping, except in thicker mineralized areas in North Mine, where transverse retreat stoping from the hanging wall drives will be implemented. Mined tonnes are transported to the surface via conventional trucking. Main and Tembo mines are each serviced by a single decline, while North Mine's higher material movement warrants a second decline to establish a dedicated trucking loop. Figure 6 presents a three-dimensional (3D) illustration of a typical mine design for North Mine. Main and Tembo mines are each serviced by a single decline whilst North Mine's higher material movement warrants a second decline to establish a dedicated trucking loop.

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Figure 6: Typical Mine Design – North Mine 3D view

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The geotechnical study for the FS has been carried out to provide geotechnical parameters for the mine designs at the Project based on 2023 geotechnical diamond drilling and extensive historical datasets. Ground Support Standard recommendations were derived from empirical rock mass quality assessment, kinematic analysis, and numerical modeling. Four acoustic emission stress measurements were collected, which indicate that Kabanga is in a low stress environment. The major fault model developed by Golder Associates Inc. (Golder) in 2009 was reviewed and verified with 2022–23 drilling. A 3D finite element modeling was conducted for North and Tembo mines to assess global stability based on rock mass quality, material strength, faults, and foliation, using the planned mine geometry and extraction sequence. This modeling indicated no issues with the extraction sequence, placement of levels and capital infrastructure, and the approach can be adapted based on favorable results, providing flexibility in the sequence.

Ground support for declines and ore drives consisting of resin and cable bolts, frictions sets, mesh, and fibercrete has been specified based on depth and weathering.

Schedule productivity rates are summarized in Table 8. Vertical development activities are scheduled at rates between 2 m/d and 3 m/d, depending on the type and size.

***Table 8: Lateral Development Productivity Rates***

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Benchmarking was undertaken to verify the development rates used, specifically the Jumbo development productivity rate. Information was gathered from 16 mines with similar ground conditions, locations, contractor/owner mining arrangements and project phases. It was confirmed that the Project development rate assumptions are appropriate.

A break-even cut-off value was determined for MSSX and UMIN as USD 75.57/t feed and USD 76.89/t feed respectively. To improve project economics in the mine plan, elevated cut-off values were applied, eliminating from the

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plan payable ore that does not adequately contribute to capital recovery. USD 170/t was applied at North Mine (upper), USD 100/t at North Mine (lower) and Tembo, and USD 85/t at Main Mine.

Generally, the mining sequence will follow a top-down approach, with some localized bottom-up mining as needed to address specific operational requirements. In the deeper sections of North Mine, the planned mining sequence will be a conventional center-out sequence, as shown in Figure 7. Geotechnical modeling has indicated that this approach can be adapted based on favorable results, providing flexibility in the sequence. Tembo Mine sequencing employs similar mining principles, utilizing a center-out approach combined with top-down mining where feasible. Due to the extensive three-kilometer strike length of the Tembo mineralized zone, multiple mining fronts will be established, allowing efficient management across the strike. Higher-value stopes will be accessed and mined early where possible. Notably, Tembo Mine's operations would commence seven months after those at North Mine.

Figure 7: Schematic of North Mining Sequence

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Unplanned (external) dilution has been included in the stoping as an overbreak allowance. This is included as a total amount of overbreak and varies based on the hanging wall dip, and width and height of the stopes. The average external dilution at North is 9.4%, at Tembo is 10.0%, and at Main is 11.5%. The average expected external dilution for the Project is 9.8%.

As a result of the dip and geometry of the mineralized zones, there is some internal dilution within the Stope Optimizer shapes generated in Deswik software (Deswik), which is referred to as 'planned dilution'. This planned dilution at North Mine is 16.1%, at Tembo Mine is 15.1%, and at Main Mine is 19.1%, and the average project planned dilution is 16.1%. All stopes have a mining recovery of 90%.

Ventilation models were constructed to size and position ventilation infrastructure. Peak primary fresh air requirements for Tembo and North mines are provided by six 5 m diameter return air raises (RAR), each equipped with two bifurcated centrifugal or axial fans and five 5 m diameter fresh air raises (FAR).

Secondary ventilation to development ends will be provided via dual stage 110 kW fans with 1,400 mm ventilation bags. Production level ends will be force-ventilated using dual stage dual speed 75 kW fans 'in-level'.

From Year 5 at Tembo Mine and Year 7 at North Mine, air entering the mine at the FARs will be cooled on surface in three 5.3 MWc bulk air coolers (BAC), each served by a 6.0 MWr refrigeration plant.

A centrally located surface explosive magazine will be provided to service both North and Tembo mines. As per the Tanzanian Explosive Act 56 of 1963, detonators will be stored on one side of the compound with boosters on the opposite side. The area is provided with a 500 m clearance radius to other infrastructure, fencing and access control. Emulsion storage facilities at North and Tembo mines, each consisting of two 28 t silos, will handle the receipt, storage,

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and dispensing of emulsion and sensitizer. Each of North and Tembo Mines will have an underground magazine for detonators and explosives to be stored.

A maximum of 8,500 m<sup>3</sup>/d of groundwater ingress (along with mine service water) is projected to be pumped from underground to high-rate settlers placed on surface, from where excess water will be pumped to the Concentrator. The mine is projected to maintain a marginally positive water balance, while the overall Kabanga Site is expected to remain approximately water neutral over the LoM. Mine service water of 0.4 m<sup>3</sup>/t is expected to be used.

DRA has prepared designs for the underground infrastructure for pumping, mine services, workshops, electrical, explosives storage, and instrumentation and control. The Project will utilize the Safescape Escapeway System and a total of 34 MineARC refuge chambers.

Workforce requirements have been estimated using the equipment fleet requirements as well as estimates of the required supervision, mining method / activities planned, technical and engineering personnel. A total of 804 persons are required.

Based on laboratory testing of multiple paste recipes, the proposed backfill system comprises two identical plants that will use non-pyrrhotite tailings (55%), –5 mm crushed waste rock (45%), and low-heat cement to produce a stable Paste Aggregate Fill (PAF). One plant is located at the surface in proximity to North Mine (feeding both North and Main mines) while the other is located at the surface in proximity to Tembo Mine. Crushing and screening of the waste rock is undertaken at North Mine's waste rock stockpile area before hauling to each plant. The plants are fitted with a combined tailings storage capacity of 3,000 m<sup>3</sup> and are configured to enable a higher portion of tailings addition where appropriate. Both plants are designed for an instantaneous production rate of 95 m<sup>3</sup>/h such that backfill requirements at North and Tembo can be satisfied with a system utilization of 64% and 31%, respectively.

An experienced mining contractor will be engaged to operate the mine during the first five years of production, with responsibility for key underground activities including development, drilling, mucking, haulage, pastefill, raiseboring, mine infrastructure, and explosives management. The contractor would also procure, operate, and maintain all underground equipment. The Project has sourced indicative pricing among tier-1 contractors with relevant experience in Africa.

***Processing and Recovery Methods*** 

The Kabanga Concentrator has been designed to process 3.4 Mtpa of Run of Mine (RoM) and includes primary and secondary crushing and screening, milling and classification, aeration and conditioning, Ni-Cu-Co rougher flotation and concentrate regrind, Ni-Cu-Co cleaner, re-cleaner and cleaner scavenger flotation, Ni-Cu-Co concentrate dewatering, filtration, bagging and dispatch, and supporting reagent and utility systems as seen in Figure 8. A 3D model view of the concentrator can be seen in Figure 9.

Tailings is separated by rougher flotation into a non-pyrrhotite tailings stream for use in the backfill mix, and a pyrrhotite tailings stream to be disposed of in the TSF after dewatering/thickening. The Concentrator will produce approximately 350 ktpa (dry) of Ni-Cu-Co flotation concentrate, containing 17.7% Ni at steady-state. The concentrate will contain approximately 2.6% Cu, 1.3% Co, 32% S, and an average of 0.6% MgO over the LoM. The design comprises two 1.7 Mtpa milling and flotation modules that share a common 3.4 Mtpa crushing circuit, tailings pumping circuit, concentrate handling circuit, utilities and services. This approach allows for variations and flexibility in feed types, competency, and rates and caters for a wide throughput operating window which provides increased processing flexibility and introduces redundancy. The flowsheet is shown in Figure 8 conventional and well known in industry, uses common reagents, and has historically been proven as a suitable processing route for base metal sulfide ores. A 3D layout of the proposed Concentrator is shown schematically in Figure 9.

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Figure 8: Simplified Concentrator Flowsheet

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Figure 9: Concentrator 3D Model Layout

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The planned TSF is a valley-type downstream constructed lined facility located 7 km to the east of the Concentrator. The TSF footprint will be 120 ha and is designed to hold up to 50 Mt of tailings solids, with embankments constructed as a starter wall and five subsequent raises using borrow materials from the TSF basin and surrounding area. The main embankment has a maximum height of 72 m, while the saddle embankment has a height of 9 m and each phase will be equipped with an emergency spillway.

Due to the acid generating potential of the tailings, subaqueous deposition will be used, both by spigot and a floating barge deposition system, always maintaining a minimum water cover of 0.8 m above the tailings. Water return will be by submersible barge pump to the pumpstation for return to the Concentrator. A liner leakage collection system and a spring water transfer system have been incorporated into the design.

The TSF design was undertaken by WSP Australia Pty Ltd (WSP (AUS)) building on earlier PFS and basic engineering level work completed between 2006 and 2014 and supplemented by additional geophysical and geotechnical investigations in 2023. Relevant parts of Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD), Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), Tanzanian Dam Safety Guidelines, and other standards have been met, and the residual risks have been reduced to as low as reasonably practicable. Reviews of the TSF design have been conducted by an Independent Tailings Review Board (ITRB), a Tanzanian Ministry of Water Approved Professional Person (APP), and other subject matter experts.

***Project Infrastructure Kabanga Site*** 

Kabanga Site is established, with existing infrastructure including an exploration camp (see Figure 10), office buildings, security access control, and facilities for geological assessment, technical services, and community relations. Additional amenities include a canteen, clinic, workshops, staff housing, and space for sample and drill core storage. The exploration camp will be expanded to 300 beds and will facilitate all personnel during initial construction activities, while the permanent camp is constructed.

The Kabanga Site is equipped with mobile telephone networks and video conferencing facilities for communication. The exploration camp, as seen in Figure 10, is currently serviced by a newly upgraded 33 kV electrical supply from TANESCO.

Water to the exploration camp is currently sourced from a borehole located 900 m to the northwest of the exploration camp.

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The Project scope includes the design and development of the necessary temporary construction facilities and permanent infrastructure to support the construction and operation of the Kabanga Mine and Concentrator. This includes site access and internal roads, earthworks, electrical power supply and reticulation, water supply and associated water systems, accommodation and messing facilities, site buildings, waste rock dumps, a tailings storage facility, waste and sewage management, fuel services, laydown areas, security, laboratory, surface mining infrastructure, and other miscellaneous requirements.

Figure 10: Kabanga Site Exploration Camp Aerial Photo (looking southeast)

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Key infrastructure that will be required at the Kabanga Site includes:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Bulk earthworks and terracing with materials from local borrow pits.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Upgraded access road and internal roads with concrete surfacing on steep haul road sections.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A comprehensive water drainage system for management of contact and non-contact water.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Water supply by boreholes and abstraction from the Ruvubu River.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Modular potable water and sewage treatment facilities and high-density sludge and reverse osmosis water treatment plants.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A new 88 km 220 kV overhead line, with transformers stepping power down to 33 kV on-site.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Three x 3.5 MVA back-up diesel generation as redundancy for critical systems.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Operational and support buildings (offices, workshops, laboratory, training rooms, etc.) and phased accommodation facilities for up to 936 personnel.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A TSF.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lined waste rock dumps (WRDs) with water management.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A central incinerator and landfill facility for recyclable, hazardous, and domestic waste.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Two backfilling pastefill plants.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Surface fans and three refrigeration plants included from Year 5.

***Logistics*** 

A detailed construction logistics study has been completed, covering transport of abnormal loads from Dar es Salaam to the Kabanga Site, including route assessments and logistical constraints. The Project will implement a

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comprehensive logistics system to transport concentrate from the Kabanga Site to the Port of Dar es Salaam, and bulk shipping to international offtaker(s), averaging approximately 350 ktpa (dry) at steady state (see Figure 11). At the Kabanga Site, concentrate will be loaded under a covered area into reuseable Flexible Bulk Containers (FBC), containing approximately 9.3 t per bag, and onto contractor provided flatbed trucks for the 347 km haul to the Isaka Dry Port. From Isaka, the FBCs will be railed 894 km to the Kwala Dry Port in dedicated low-sided flatbed wagons via the SGR, which is currently under construction and expected to be operational at Isaka by 2026. The typical freight train will consist of 40 wagons, with each wagon carrying five FBCs, delivering a train payload of approximately 1,860 t with departures every 48 hours. At Kwala Dry Port, FBCs will be stored in a leased area with sufficient capacity to cater for the approximately monthly shipments. From Kwala Dry Port, the concentrate will travel the final 88 km to the Port of Dar es Salaam via a dedicated "Port Link" rail.

At the Port of Dar es Salaam, Dubai Ports World (DP World) will handle the loading of dedicated 12,000–30,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) bulk carriers using cranes to bottom discharge from the FBCs into the vessel holds. Refer to Figure 11 for the Concentrator logistics tube map.

Figure 11: Concentrator Logistics Tube Map

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***Market Studies***

The following market information on nickel, copper, and cobalt supply and demand is summarized from information provided by CRU International Ltd (CRU), a leading independent data intelligence company focusing on the mining, metals and fertilizers industry. CRU data and forecasts were prepared in May 2025.

The long-term nickel, copper, and cobalt metal price assumptions used in the FS are based on May 2025 consensus industry pricing forecasts and compared to those used in other published studies and forecasts by independent research organizations.

A nickel-rich sulfide concentrate containing payable levels of copper and cobalt and levels of impurities below penalty limits is planned to be produced at the Kabanga Site. Concentrate will be sold to the export market at the commencement of operations. Potential concentrate customers have been engaged, and indicative, non-binding concentrate payment and delivery terms for 100% of the concentrate during this period have been provided to support the FS. This concentrate will be trucked, railed, and shipped to international customers.

Markets for nickel, copper, and cobalt are well established and demand for these metals is expected to continue to grow in the long term given the global trend of decarbonization and electrification. All three metals are key components in batteries, consumer electronics, energy storage and renewable energy capacity, and the long-term outlook for these sectors remains robust.

In the short to medium term, nickel and cobalt demand is robust, driven by strong growth in global electrification, battery manufacturing for electric vehicles and stainless-steel sectors, especially in Asia. The long-term supply-demand dynamics indicate a favorable market for nickel and cobalt, aligning well with Kabanga's production timeline. In the long term, there is a forecast supply gap which is expected to put upwards pressure on nickel and cobalt pricing. Copper demand remains strong with the green energy transition providing most of the demand support over the medium and long term.

***Nickel***

Nickel demand spans several categories of product, including stainless steel, batteries, plating, alloy and steel castings, non-ferrous alloys, and other products. Demand is forecast to be approximately 4.5 Mtpa by 2029, coinciding with Kabanga's anticipated production start. This timing aligns with a projected decline in supply, eventually falling slightly below consumption levels.

Current global supply is predominantly concentrated in Indonesia and China, which together account for approximately 75% of total supply. Total nickel demand is primarily driven by the stainless-steel sector which remains the largest end-use of nickel, and increasingly by the battery sector for electric vehicles (EVs), which is projected to grow at the fastest rate among major demand categories. The majority of nickel consumption occurs in Asia, particularly China, with comparatively lower demand in Europe and the Americas.

Nickel demand is expected to remain strong over the short, medium, and long term due to increasing demand for EVs, Energy Storage Systems (ESS), and other portable power and motive batteries, alongside steady growth in stainless steel consumption. Nickel demand for battery applications is forecast to double over the next five years and nearly triple by 2035. In the short to medium term, there is a forecast nickel market surplus, but a supply gap is expected to form in the early 2030s.

Based on CRU's assessment, key longer-term drivers to the nickel price include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Advancements in Battery Technology: The increased adoption of manganese-rich cathodes and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, particularly outside China, could reduce demand for nickel from the battery sector, exerting downward pressure on nickel prices.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Onshoring of Critical Mineral Supply Chains: Environmental and country-of-origin regulations, such as the Foreign Entity of Concern sourcing obligations in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, are driving a preference for low carbon emissions and/or secure nickel supply chains, with incentives offered for domestic or trusted sources, aiming to reduce reliance on sources from jurisdictions with less stringent environmental and labor standards.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Increasing Marginal Costs in Indonesia: The cost of producing nickel in Indonesia may rise due to factors like declining ore grades, higher energy costs, higher acid costs, increased feed ore prices, higher royalty costs, and more expensive tailings storage.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Expansion of Low-Cost Production Capacity: Continued growth in Indonesian ferronickel, nickel pig iron (NPI), and high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) capacity has reduced the need for other new nickel projects, subsequently lowering the price required to economically incentivize new nickel output.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Increased Recycling: Demand for primary nickel may be lower than forecast due to faster-than-anticipated recycling of nickel from batteries, driven by shorter battery lifespans and improved collection and recoveries. Additionally, China may accelerate its use of scrap in stainless steel production.

***Cobalt*** 

Cobalt demand is propelled by EVs and renewable energy. Similarly to nickel, the pricing and demand outlook for cobalt has changed as LFP cathode materials for use in battery EVs and energy storage applications have seen a strong momentum shift over the last year. The growth in the EV market is still expected to drive long-term cobalt demand, despite a substantial decline in cobalt intensity within EV batteries due to the increased adoption of cobalt-free LFP and nickel-rich, cobalt-lean nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathodes.

Supply of cobalt is primarily a by-product of nickel and/or copper production, making its price typically more volatile than either primary metal. Supply is concentrated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising supply chain security, ethical sourcing environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns, especially with the European Union's (EU) Critical Raw Materials Act. Long-term cobalt demand is expected to outstrip supply.

Recent oversupply has been driven by historically high copper prices boosting production in the DRC from copper-cobalt ores and increasing supply from Indonesian nickel-cobalt HPAL production. Despite this putting downward pressure on prices, the longer-term outlook for cobalt remains positive. Demand forecasts are strong, and it is expected to outstrip supply in the medium to long term.

Notably, the DRC imposed a shock export ban in February 2025, aimed to provide sustained price support, boost artisanal and small-scale mining output and incentivize further processing in-country. Speculation and a paucity of spot volumes have so far fueled a short-term price rally across the market, but the timing and manner of the ban's resolution will determine whether these controls will be deemed a success. Export quotas will be necessary to rebalance the market. The key risk to the short- to medium-term cobalt price is the resolution of the export ban in the DRC.

Based on CRU's assessment, key longer-term drivers to the cobalt price include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Concentration of Production: Cobalt production is limited to a few countries, with the DRC accounting for a significant portion of global output. Even as Indonesian production rises, the DRC will be the main source of global cobalt throughout the 2020s and 2030s. This concentration increases supply risk and reduces supply chain resilience. The realization of this risk has been seen in 2025, as the DRC has banned cobalt exports for a period of four months due to low market prices. However, major producers such as CMOC Group Limited or Glencore are unlikely to curtail cobalt production, assuming the ban will last only four months. This could create storage challenges for those accumulating several months' worth of hydroxide production on site. Regardless, any curtailments are unlikely to amount to more than 20 kt of contained cobalt, much lower than the expected 2025 cobalt surplus.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ESG Concerns: ESG issues in cobalt mining may have an impact on the supply chain, especially with the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act coming into effect this year. Regulatory changes in the European Union will require companies to address ESG issues or risk losing access to financing in the EU.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Rapid Changes in Battery Chemistry: The pace of change in battery chemistry is swift, with higher cobalt prices and supply chain uncertainties driving a shift towards lower or no-cobalt battery types in some markets.

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***Copper*** 

Copper is a primary driver for EVs, energy storage, and renewable energy sectors, reflecting demand growth across transport and utility industries. Strong demand is expected as industries continue with electrification, decarbonization, and energy transition, particularly in the EV and renewable energy sectors.

On the supply side, copper-producing regions like Chile and Peru face regulatory changes, environmental concerns, aging mines, and declining ore grades, all which challenge output. This is compounded by insufficient new project tonnage coming online to replace exhausted assets and meet additional demand.

Copper demand remains strong with the green energy transition providing most of the demand support over the medium- and long-term. This demand growth will require USD 130 billion of investments to adequately meet demand. Projects have slowed in the development process and ore grades are expected to continue to decline. With over 60 uncommitted projects required to meet long-term copper demand CRU expects approximately 7.9 Mtpa copper supply gap to emerge by 2035.

Based on CRU's assessment, key longer-term drivers to the copper price include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Economic Activity: Copper demand is closely tied to global economic activity, often considered a bellwether for the global economy.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Geopolitical Factors: Trade wars, sanctions, and political instability in major copper-producing nations significantly impact copper prices.

***Concentrate Specification, Smelter Capacity and Pricing*** 

The Project has received indicative, non-binding offtake terms for 100% of the concentrate with potential customers providing payment and delivery terms. This concentrate will be trucked, railed, and shipped to international customers. The market for nickel concentrate is well established, and demand for Kabanga's high-grade product is strong, particularly due to its high grade and low impurities.

CRU undertook a review of potential key nickel sulfide smelters, their capacities, and idle capacity available for third party concentrate purchases. Idled smelters have been excluded. The review demonstrated sufficient capacity and appetite for third-party concentrates. It is likely that the superior specifications of the Kabanga concentrate would result in it being prioritized over lower grade third- party concentrates. This smelter capacity and associated demand assessment is supported by the terms provided by potential customers for over 100% of the concentrate production.

The nickel, copper, and cobalt metal price assumptions used in the FS are based on May 2025 consensus industry pricing forecasts and compared to those used in other published studies and forecasts by independent research organizations. The specific assumptions are shown in Table 9, in real terms.

**Table 9: Kabanga Long-term Metal Price Assumptions (in Real Terms)**![table 9.jpg](lzm-20251231_g21.jpg)

The Kabanga concentrate product has a high nickel grade, contains payable levels of copper and cobalt, and levels of impurities below penalty limits. Deleterious elements such as arsenic, antimony, lead, and zinc, which can potentially

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attract penalties in nickel concentrates, have been determined through both historical and current testwork to not reach threshold limits.

Metallurgical algorithms have been developed from testwork to model concentrate grades based on the mine production schedule. The algorithms consider the different feed types, feed grades, and feed blends to determine annualized recoveries and concentrate grades for the payable metals, specifically nickel, copper, and cobalt. The recoveries and concentrate grades of sulfur, iron, and magnesium/magnesia have also been modeled based on recovery algorithms derived from the testwork and the concentrate mass recovery. Minor element grades are based on comprehensive assays of flotation testwork concentrate samples.

The LoM concentrate grade is 17.5% nickel, 2.6% copper, and 1.3% cobalt. Over the same period, the concentrate has a calculated sulfur grade of 32%, iron grade of 39%, and a low magnesium oxide grade of 0.6%. The typical Kabanga concentrate specifications are presented in Table 10.

The FS uses a concentrate metal payability for nickel, copper, and cobalt based on Cost, Insurance and Freight (Incoterms® 2020) (CIF) delivery terms to the destination port as per the indicative terms provided by potential customers.

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***Environmental, Permitting and Social License*** 

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The Project is committed to responsible mining practices that protect environmental resources, promote social welfare and engagement, and ensure transparent and accountable governance.

The Project aligns with key international standards, including International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards (PS), the Equator Principles, and the GISTM. Regulatory approvals are required for the development of the Project and operation of the facilities. These include the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) and permits for the Kabanga Site and the Kabanga Resettlement Sites.

International standard ESIAs were completed for the Kabanga Site and the Kabanga Resettlement Sites, securing approval certificates from the National Environment Management Council (NEMC).

The key environmental and social licenses and permits submitted for the Project are discussed below:

***Kabanga Site*** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Certificate (EC/EIS/824) – granted June 16, 2021

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Ruvubu River Water Use Permit (95100766) – granted September 19, 2024

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Resettlement of host sites: EIA Certificate (EC/EIA/2023/6288) – granted September 3, 2024

***Land Access and Resettlement***

In order to develop the Kabanga Mine and Concentrator, the Project requires a footprint of 4,073 ha from which 353 households will be physically displaced, while 967 households will be economically displaced (land used for agriculture only). A Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) has been developed to restart the process of adequately managing the physical and economic resettlement of the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) during the project land acquisition process in a sustainable manner. The RAP addresses the socio-economic impact on the Project Affected Households (PAHs) and is informed by the Kabanga Relocation Host Site ESIA, which focuses on the seven host sites to where PDHs will be relocated. The resettlement process is aligned with both national and international standards. Approximately 96% of cash compensation agreements have been signed since November 2023 and the PAHs have indicated their willingness to be resettled, allowing the Project to commence with building of houses and relocation.

***Mine and Facility Closure***

The mine closure strategy has been developed to align with Tanzanian legislation and global standards, such as the IFC, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), and GISTM standards, focusing on responsible environmental rehabilitation, financial assurance, stakeholder engagement, and the development of an eco-enterprise legacy, while ensuring regular plan updates, regulatory compliance, and sustainable tailings management for long-term community and environmental protection.

***Project Schedule***

The Project is envisaged to be constructed over a 32-month duration from Project commencement to first concentrate production. The pre-production Capex budget will be spent over this period. Figure 12 shows the pre-production period up to first concentrate, followed by the operations commencing until LoM completion in Year 18.

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Figure 12: Project Execution Schedule

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*Note: \*The Project commencement is contingent on FID and completion of permitting, financing, and execution readiness.* 

***Capital Costs*** 

Pre-production capital scope includes the design, construction and commissioning on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) basis of the Kabanga Mine and Concentrator and the associated on-site and off-site infrastructure such as the TSF, accommodation camps, access road upgrades, and electrical grid connection. Funding of the relocation and livelihood restoration plans has also been included in this construction phase. An Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) 47R-11 Class 3 Cost Estimate with an accuracy range of ±15% has been delivered, meeting the requirements of an FS under S-K 1300 guidelines.

The sustaining capital cost estimate (Sustaining Capex) includes capitalized maintenance, fleet replacement, ventilation and cooling, and TSF wall raises.

Growth capital expenditures for the Project include provisions for exploration and geophysical programs to delineate additional resources and support future expansion, as well as provisions for studying future project beneficiation phases.

All closure and rehabilitation related costs are presented as Closure Capex.

The capital cost estimate (exclusive of escalation) presents capital expenditure (Capex) in United States dollars (USD), base dated Q1 2025. Table 11 provides a summary of the Project's capital cost estimate, including Pre-Production, Sustaining, Growth, and Closure Capex, excluding contingency, categorized by major Project area in accordance with the Work Breakdown Structure.

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***Table 11: Project Capital Cost Estimate Summary (excluding contingency)***![table 11.jpg](lzm-20251231_g24.jpg)

A summary of the Pre-Production Capex is presented in Table 12.

***Table 12: Pre-Production Capex Summary***![table12.jpg](lzm-20251231_g25.jpg)

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***Operating Costs*** 

The AACE 47R-11 Class 3 estimate has been developed, with an accuracy range of ±15%, in line with the expectations requirements of an FS under S-K 1300 guidelines.

The operating cost estimates (Opex) for the Concentrator and infrastructure were developed using a zero-based approach, incorporating comprehensive testwork, engineering inputs, and consultations with industry experts. The estimates incorporate labor, power, water, reagents and consumables, maintenance, materials handling, laboratory and concentrate transport, and are divided into fixed and variable costs. The mining costs were developed by applying the mining physicals and pricing from a well-advanced contract mining tender process.

The operating cost estimate (exclusive of escalation) presents Opex in USD, base dated Q1 2025. Table 13 provides a summary of the Project's operating cost estimate.

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***Economic Analysis*** 

The Project economic results and Project cash flows, based on the Mineral Reserves as per the mine plan, are shown in Table 14 and Figure 13. Key assumptions and results of the economic analysis are summarized in Section 19 of the FS TRS.

With Kabanga's supplied costs with CRU by-product revenue assumptions, its AISC sits within the first quartile of the cost curve. This cost assessment is based on the Kabanga Mine and Concentrator only, selling concentrates to third parties as presented in Figure 14.

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Figure 13: Project Cash Flows

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Figure 14: Nickel All-in Sustaining Costs for 2025 - USD/t Payable Nickel (2024 Real terms)

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To measure the sensitivity of Project economics to changes in key parameters, a sensitivity analysis was carried out using a range of key parameters. These included:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Metal prices

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Nickel payability

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Nickel recovery

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Discount rate

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Capital costs

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Operating costs

The projected Project financial results for undiscounted and discounted cash flows at a range of discount rates, IRR, and payback are shown in Table 15.

**Table 15: Project Net Present Value and Discount Rate**![Picture1.jpg](lzm-20251231_g30.jpg)

The results of the sensitivity analysis for the Project NPV and IRR to a range of metal prices, payability, recovery, discount rates, capital and operating costs are shown in the spider charts presented in Figure 15 and Figure 16.

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Figure 15: Sensitivity Analysis of Post-Tax NPV

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Figure 16: Sensitivity Analysis of Post-Tax IRR

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***Metal Price Sensitivity*** 

The results of the metal sensitivity analysis for *nickel, copper and cobalt are shown in Table 16 to Table 18 respectively.* 

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![table16.jpg](lzm-20251231_g33.jpg)

***Table 18: Cobalt Metal Price Sensitivity***![table18.jpg](lzm-20251231_g34.jpg)

***Interpretation and Conclusions***

***Geology and Mineral Resources***

The Mineral Resource estimate in the FS TRS is based on resource modeling completed and published in December 2024. The QP has prepared the modeling and reviewed supplied data and considers the Mineral Resource estimate to be acceptable.

Mineral Resource estimates in the FS TRS are reported in accordance with U.S. Regulation S-K subpart 1300 rules for Property Disclosures for Mining Registrants (S-K 1300) and have been restated exclusive of Mineral Reserve.

The Mineral Resource estimates were shown to meet reasonable prospects for economic extraction through an IA analysis prepared by DRA in June 2025.

***Mineral Reserves***

The Mineral Reserve estimation for the Project is reported using the definition in Subpart 229.1300 - Disclosure by Registrants Engaged in Mining Operations in Regulations S-K 1300 and conforms to industry-accepted practices. The QP is not aware of any mining, metallurgical, infrastructure, permitting, or other relevant factors not discussed in the FS TRS that could materially affect the Mineral Reserve estimate.

***Economic Analysis***

Based on the assumptions and parameters presented in the FS TRS, the Project has a mine plan that is technically feasible and economically viable. The positive financials of the Project (USD 1,579 million after-tax NPV8% and 23.3% after-tax IRR) support the Mineral Reserve.

***Risks***

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Tanzania is a constitutional multi-party democracy with political dominance by the governing CCM (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) party. National elections are upcoming in October 2025 and the regulatory environment is expected to remain stable<sup>1</sup>. Tanzania has low unemployment and a fast-growing economy supported by ongoing infrastructure development

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Recent negotiated settlements and policy clarifications have improved investor sentiment; however, risks around regulatory predictability and resource nationalism remain.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A Framework Agreement signed between the GoT and Kabanga Nickel Limited (KNL) in 2021, followed by an SML for the development and operation of the Project, will require amendment to include concentrate export.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The initial phase for the Project requires an export permit for concentrate. Tanzania prioritizes in-country beneficiation, and the Project will continue to develop a plan for a downstream beneficiation facility.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• An equitable EBSP is outlined in the Framework Agreement and describes the requirement for a JFM to guide the management and operations and how and when the GoT will derive income from taxes, royalties, duties, levies, and dividends from its 16% interest in the Project. The JFM currently exists in draft between KNL and the GoT, and LZM will continue to engage with the GoT to ensure that this is finalized and signed by the parties, giving investors certainty on the quantum of taxes, royalties, duties, etc. Finalization of the JFM is a condition precedent for the Kabanga Nickel Project's FID and therefore any delays could impact on the overall Project execution timeline.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Project should expedite the finalization of the Implementation Agreement with TANESCO relating to the development of the 88 km, 220 kV overhead line (OHL) to the Kabanga Site. This would include progressing with permitting and planning to ensure timeous completion. In addition, since the Project has committed to the implementation of IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles, the existing TANESCO ESIA and future RAP required for construction need to be reviewed and uplifted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Underground development and production ramp-up rates may not be achieved as planned, which could impact early revenue generation and overall project schedule. While planned rates have been benchmarked against other underground operations in Africa, actual performance may vary due to factors such as contractor productivity, ground conditions, equipment availability, workforce readiness, and logistical constraints. These uncertainties may result in slower-than-anticipated development or stope access delays during early years of production.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• For the Project to proceed, the resettlement of PAPs will need to be completed to provide access to the Project construction areas. A RAP aligned with both national and international standards has been developed to address the socio-economic impact on the PAHs. Approximately 96% of cash compensation has been completed. to be followed by the building of houses and relocation of PAHs. Any delays in resettlement could impact land access for the Project development.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Based on the dam breach analysis, the TSF has been classified as an 'Extreme' consequence dam under GISTM and rated 'Very High "A"' under Tanzanian guidelines, due to potential environmental and safety impacts. The TSF will be designed and operated in line with GISTM guidelines including independent third-party oversight.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The availability of skilled labor presents a moderate risk to early project execution and operations. Limited education levels in local communities will necessitate training investment to build local capacity, while shortages in specialist skills may require increased reliance on expatriate personnel, subject to Labour Commissioner work permit approvals.

<sup>1</sup>The October 2025 general election resulted in CCM securing an overwhelming victory, though the credibility of the election has been widely contested by opposition groups. Political risk is assessed as elevated compared to pre-election levels though the regulatory environment is expected to remain stable. Tanzania has low unemployment and a fast-growing economy supported by ongoing infrastructure development.

ITEM 4A: UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

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ITEM 5: OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

**The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included herein. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS.**

**Year to date highlights 2026:**

**March**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**•** Signed a 14-month exclusivity agreement with the Government of Burundi to evaluate the development potential of the Musongati Nickel Project, a large nickel laterite deposit in the East African Nickel Belt located near the Kabanga Nickel Project.

**Full-year highlights 2025:**

**April** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• New staging plan announced for the Kabanga Nickel Project, comprising the development of a 3.4 million tonnes per year underground mine and concentrator at Kabanga.

**May** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Completion of the updated RAP to fully align with international standards.

**June**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Published the 2024 Sustainability Report.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Filed the Initial Assessment Technical Report Summary for the Kabanga Nickel Project.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Completion of the Kabanga ESIA and Resettlement Sites ESIA to international standards.

**July**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Filed the Feasibility Study for the Kabanga Nickel Project.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Acquisition of BHP's 17% shareholding in KNL, resulting in LZM owning 100% in KNL.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Public posting of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments for the Kabanga Nickel Project by the United States International Development Finance Corporation for public consultation.

**August**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone Metals closed a $60 million senior secured bridge loan facility from Taurus Mining Finance to advance the Kabanga Nickel Project. On August 29, 2025, Lifezone received the first tranche of $20 million under the senior secured bridge loan facility.

**November**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Closed a $15 million underwritten registered direct offering (4,411,764 shares and warrants at $3.40 per share, $4.00 exercise price, four-year term). Net proceeds of approximately $14 million, to be used for Kabanga Nickel Project exploration, project staffing, and general corporate purposes.

**Full-year highlights 2024:**

**January**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Discovery of additional high-grade nickel mineralization at Safari Link Area at the Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Signing of the Recycling Subscription Agreement and completion of funding for Phase 1 of the partnership with Glencore for the PGM recycling project utilizing Hydromet Technology.

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**February**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Two-phased development or staging plan was announced for the Kabanga Nickel Project.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Kahama Hydromet Refinery received its Environmental Impact Assessment Certificate.

**March** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Closing of $50 million non-brokered private placement of unsecured convertible debentures.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Receipt of license from the Government of Tanzania for the Kabanga Nickel Project Multi-Metal processing facility at Kahama and Kahama area formally declared a Special Economic Zone.

**July**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Produced first-ever nickel, copper and cobalt from Kabanga Nickel Project at Lifezone's Simulus laboratory during Hydromet refinery pilot scale test work.

**August**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Initiated the process for risk insurance with the United States International Development Finance Corporation for the Kabanga Nickel Project.

**September**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Initiation of project financing process for the Kabanga Nickel Project with the United States International Development Finance Corporation providing a letter of interest for loan application. Societe Generale selected as Lead Financial Advisor.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Kabanga Resettlement Sites received its Environmental Impact Assessment Certificate.

**October**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Signed Memorandum of Understanding with Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security for a strategic partnership to secure cleaner nickel, copper and cobalt from the Kabanga Nickel Project for the Japanese battery industry.

**December**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**•** Lifezone upgraded nickel, copper and cobalt Mineral Resources at the Kabanga Nickel Project.

ITEM 5 A: OPERATING RESULTS

**Business Overview and Segments**

Lifezone is organized into business units based on the main types of activities and has three reportable operating segments, as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Metals Extraction;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Intellectual Property **("IP")**; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Corporate

Please refer to Note 4 of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, for the operating results by segments.

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**Significant components of results of operations**

We expect continued substantial operating expenses in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we continue to advance the development of our Kabanga Nickel Project and the PGM recycling partnership with Glencore. Given our development stage and operating structure, most of our expenses to date are tied to headcount, exploration and evaluation activity and laboratory costs as we seek to expand our patent portfolio, continue to invest in research and development activities, seek to expand the market penetration of our Hydromet Technology and continue to invest and develop the Kabanga Nickel Project. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses in the foreseeable future, and we expect substantial cash outflows in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly for completing the development

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phase of the Kabanga Nickel Project and the PGM recycling project. In addition, we expect to incur costs associated with operating as a United States public company.

**Results of Operations**

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31** | **December 31** | **December 31** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Revenue | 1057043 | 140522 | 1477826 |
| Cost of sales | (533595) | (86872) | (753914) |
| Gross profit | 523448 | 53650 | 723912 |
| Goodwill impairment | - | (9020813) | - |
| Gain (loss) on foreign exchange | 182161 | (225306) | 179640 |
| General and administrative expenses | (19121095) | (39082152) | (366078202) |
| **Operating loss** | **(18415486)** | **(48274621)** | **(365174650)** |
| Interest income | 536157 | 2342071 | 567190 |
| Fair value gains on embedded derivatives | 15615000 | 5771000 | - |
| Fair value loss on warrants | (1040000) | - | - |
| Gain (loss) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | (668116) | - | 156047 |
| Interest expense | (10397885) | (6434657) | (211979) |
| **Loss before tax** | **(14370330)** | **(46596207)** | **(364663392)** |
| Income tax | 263493 | (540126) | - |
| **Loss for the year** | **(14106837)** | **(47136333)** | **(364663392)** |
| Other comprehensive gain (loss): |  |  |  |
| *Other comprehensive income (loss) that may be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent years (net of tax):* |  |  |  |
| Exchange gain (loss) on translation of foreign operations | 177584 | (92991) | (37931) |
| Total other comprehensive gain (loss) income for the year | 177584 | (92991) | (37931) |
| **Total comprehensive loss for the year** | **(13929253)** | **(47229324)** | **(364701323)** |
| Net loss for the year: |  |  |  |
| Attributable to ordinary shareholders of Lifezone | (13627876) | (46305239) | (363874560) |
| Attributable to non-controlling interests | (478961) | (831094) | (788832) |
|  | **(14106837)** | **(47136333)** | **(364663392)** |
| Total comprehensive loss for the year: |  |  |  |
| Attributable to ordinary shareholders of Lifezone | (13450292) | (46398230) | (363912491) |
| Attributable to non-controlling interests | (478961) | (831094) | (788832) |
|  | **(13929253)** | **(47229324)** | **(364701323)** |
| Net loss per ordinary share: |  |  |  |
| Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share | (0.17) | (0.59) | (5.34) |

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The following section provides a comparison of Lifezone's results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024. For a comparison of Lifezone's results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, please refer to Lifezone's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on April 9, 2025 ("2024 Annual Report").

**Revenue**

Revenue was attributable to technical consulting services provided to the Kellplant joint venture and technical and laboratory services provided by Simulus.

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Revenue recognized by Lifezone is shown below.

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Kellplant Proprietary Ltd |  |  | 129680 |
| Kelltechnology SA Proprietary Ltd |  |  | 684407 |
| Consulting and management fee from joint ventures |  |  | 814087 |
| Technical and laboratory services revenue | 1057043 | 140522 | 663739 |
| **Total** | **1057043** | **140522** | **1477826** |

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Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $1,057,043, compared to $140,522 for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $916,521. Technical and laboratory services revenue was external revenue attributable to services provided by Simulus during the year ended December 31, 2025, and 2024. The increase in revenue was primarily related to Simulus engaging more actively with third-party customers to replace internally generated revenue from the Kabanga Nickel Project and the PGM recycling project. We have not generated any revenue from our Metals Extraction business and do not anticipate doing so in the near term because the Kabanga Nickel Project is in the exploration and evaluation stage.

**Cost of sales**

Cost of sales for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $533,595, compared to $86,872 for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $446,723. The increase was attributable to the increase in raw material and labour costs to meet the increased revenue from technical and laboratory services during 2025.

**Interest income**

Lifezone generates interest income through its corporate treasury operations by investing group cash in the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("**SOFR**") or term deposit facilities provided by its two primary international banking partners. Interest income decreased from $2,342,071 in 2024 to $536,157 in 2025 primarily due to lower average cash balances in 2025 and lower bank interest rates.

**Fair value gains on embedded derivatives**

Fair value gains on embedded derivatives of $15,615,000 represents the decrease in the fair value of the embedded derivative component of the convertible debentures from $20,768,000 as at December 31, 2024, to $5,153,000 as at December 31, 2025. The decrease in fair value of $15,615,000 was primarily attributable to the unwinding of discount due to the passage of time and a decrease in the share price of Lifezone Metals from $6.95 as at December 31, 2024, to $4.27 as at December 31, 2025.

**Fair value loss on warrants**

Fair value loss on warrants of $1,040,000 represents the increase in the fair value of the warrants issued as part of the 2025 Offering. The fair value of the warrants increased from $9,910,000 as at issuance to $10,950,000 as at December 31, 2025. The increase in fair value of $1,040,000 was primarily attributable to the increase in the share price of Lifezone Metals from $3.91 as at the issuance date of the warrants to $4.27 as at December 31, 2025.

**Gain (loss) on remeasurement of deferred consideration**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the year ended December 31, 2025, loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration was $668,116. This loss arises as a result of an increase in the fair value of the deferred consideration payable to BHP primarily due to the unwinding of the discount due to the passage of time, partially offset by a decrease in the share price of Lifezone Metals from $4.47 as at the transaction date of July 18, 2025 to $4.27 as at December 31, 2025.

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**Interest expense**

Interest expense increased from $6,434,657 in 2024 to $10,397,885 in 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to interest expense of $10,301,143 related to the debt component of the convertible debentures issued in March 2024, which incurred interest for the full year in 2025 compared to approximately nine months in 2024. The remaining interest expense relates primarily to interest on finance leases.

**Exchange gain (loss) on translation of foreign operations**

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations for the year ended December 31, 2025, were a gain of $177,584, compared to a loss of $92,991 for the year ended December 31, 2024. The gain in exchange differences on translation of foreign operations in 2025 was primarily due to Australian and UK subsidiaries as GBP and Australian dollar appreciated against the US dollar during 2025.

**General and administrative expenses**

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Wages & employee benefits  | 4105566 | 2670496 | 2620350 |
| Consultancy fees | 2189483 | 2309474 | 2980497 |
| Professional fees | 1178863 | 2214068 | 3197712 |
| Legal expenses  | 1207985 | 1209758 | 5121915 |
| Directors' fees | 721540 | 721697 | 591631 |
| Depreciation of property and equipment | 1027102 | 1042606 | 524959 |
| Depreciation of right-of-use assets | 321414 | 347816 | 353851 |
| Gain on disposal of property and equipment | - | (134) | - |
| Amortization of intangible assets | 141769 | 181991 | 163147 |
| Impairment of VAT receivables | 574270 | 1749527 | 4617911 |
| Provision for withholding tax payable | 4173 | 3434062 | - |
| Provision for bad debt | - | 478558 | - |
| Impairment of deposit | 400000 | - | - |
| Share-based expense - Lifezone Holdings shareholder earnout | - | - | 248464035 |
| Share-based expense - Sponsor earnout | - | - | 17094750 |
| SPAC Transaction expenses | - | - | 76857484 |
| Share-based expense - RSU & share options | 2121036 | 17818907 | - |
| Travel | 310817 | 552276 | 574776 |
| Audit & accountancy fees | 1420535 | 915101 | 1451510 |
| Taxes & licenses | 13396 | 30297 | - |
| Insurance | 908226 | 1555306 | 970517 |
| Other administrative expenses | 2474920 | 1850346 | 493157 |
| **Total** | **19121095** | **39082152** | **366078202** |

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**2025 compared to 2024**

Total general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025, were $19,121,095 compared to $39,082,152 for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing a decrease of $19,961,057.

Wages and employee benefits increased to $4,105,566 in 2025 from $2,670,496 in 2024. Wages and employee benefits included one-off redundancy costs of $825,561 during the year ended December 31, 2025, in relation to

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restructuring Lifezone's operations largely related to the Metals Extraction segment. In addition, wages and employee benefits increased by approximately $925,000 in the Simulus business during the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily due to reduced activity in the Kabanga Nickel Project, resulting in a lower portion of these costs being capitalized at the Kabanga Nickel Project.

The VAT receivables in Tanzania have been fully provided for, following the rejection by the TRA of our VAT refund application related to goods and services procured for the Kabanga Nickel Project. For the year ended December 31, 2025, a provision of $574,270 was recorded to the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss, compared to $1,749,527 for the same period in 2024. Total provision as at December 31, 2025, was $6,941,708 (2024: $6,367,438). TNCL has formally contested the TRA's decision, asserting that the rejection is unfounded, as the purchases were directly linked to its economic activities in Tanzania, aimed at developing the Kabanga Nickel Project with the ultimate goal of producing and exporting metals. Lifezone remains actively engaged with the Government of Tanzania and continues to monitor the situation closely, seeking a favorable resolution in line with applicable local laws and regulations.

During the year, Lifezone impaired the non-refundable deposit of $400,000 paid on September 12, 2022, in relation to a non-binding term sheet between LZL and Harmony Minerals Limited and Dutwa Minerals Limited for the acquisition of all the tangible assets and all registered and unregistered IP relating to the Dutwa Nickel Project. The acquisition has not progressed as anticipated and given Lifezone's focus on the Kabanga Nickel Project, management has reassessed the likelihood of the Dutwa transaction happening in the immediate future and its relative strategic significance and considers it unlikely that the acquisition will progress in the foreseeable future. This impairment was reflected in 'Impairment of deposit' in general and administrative expenses.

Insurance costs decreased by $647,080 as a result of the renewal of our D&O insurance policy in July 2025 with improved commercial terms, including a reduction in premiums of around 40% and a 50% decrease in retention cover cost.

Professional fees expenses decreased by $1,035,205. This reduction was primarily due to the completion of major projects and transactions in the prior year, in addition to strategic initiatives to conserve cash and reduce reliance on external advisors.

Travel expenses decreased reflecting tighter cost controls and reduced business activity.

Audit and accountancy fees increased to $1,420,535 from $915,101 primarily due to increased audit expenses related to audit-related services provided in relation to the issuance of equity in the 2025 Offering by Lifezone and cost overruns related to the completion of the 2024 year-end audit.

Share-based payment of $2,121,036 was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $17,818,907 for the year ended December 31, 2024. This decrease reflects both a lower number of share awards granted in 2025 and a change in the mix of awards, with RSUs issued in 2024 and stock options issued in 2025, which generally have a lower fair value than RSUs. Please refer to Note 25 of the consolidated financial statements for further details.

There was no provision for bad debt during the year ended December 31, 2025. During the year ended December 31, 2024, Lifezone provided $478,558 against a receivable from Kelltechnology SA Proprietary Ltd as management assessed that the counterparty was not in a position to settle the outstanding balance.

**Exploration and evaluation assets and mining data**

Management considers exploration and evaluation costs linked to the Kabanga Nickel Project meeting the criteria of exploration and evaluation assets under IFRS 6 - *Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources*. The ongoing work is focused on the SML which is owned by TNCL, a company incorporated in Tanzania of which the Government of Tanzania is a 16% shareholder.

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Changes to our exploration and evaluation assets are as follows:

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| | **$** |
| Carrying amount as at December 31, 2023 | 69810603 |
| Movements during the year | 47766920 |
| **Carrying amount as at December 31, 2024** | **117577523** |
| Movements during the year | 23409073 |
| **Carrying amount as at December 31, 2025** | **140986596** |

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Exploration costs arising following the issuance of a prospecting and mining license are capitalized on a project-by-project basis as exploration and evaluation assets. Management considers the following exploration and evaluation costs (but not exhaustive) meeting the criteria under IFRS 6 - *Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources* for capitalization:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• purchase of legal rights to explore for natural resources;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• to conduct topographical, geochemical, geophysical investigations and related technical services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• trenching, pitting and soil sampling;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any type of exploratory drilling and assaying and related consulting services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• generation of any geotechnical information;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• related costs to access the site and provide accommodation and basic services including security and transport for employees and contractors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• statutory reporting requirements,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• license fees and other costs to keep the licenses in good standing, including external affairs, government relationship and community work related to an exploration asset;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• costs related to feasibility studies, including trade-off and commercial studies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• metallurgical tests including testing of mineralization for processing and refining, stacking and storage, acid mine drainage or transport;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all labor and contractor costs related to the activities above;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• finance costs to the extent they are directly attributable to financing these activities:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• general and administrative costs directly related to the project;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• costs incurred as part of exploration activities include appropriate technical and administrative overheads, that might be provided by offshore and holding entities; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all or substantially all costs incurred by a legal entity when the legal entity holds a single exploration and evaluation asset and has no other operating activities.

On June 2, 2025, Lifezone published an Initial Assessment and announced a new staging plan to enhance capital efficiency and optimize economics of the Kabanga Nickel Project.

As one of the world's largest undeveloped high-grade nickel sulfide deposits, we believe the Kabanga Nickel Project is uniquely positioned to support the global energy transition. With its integrated mine-to-refinery model and our partnership with the Government of Tanzania, we believe Kabanga offers a scalable, long-life supply of nickel, copper and cobalt.

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The Feasibility Study for the Kabanga Nickel Project was released on July 18, 2025, and represents a major milestone in the advancement of the Kabanga Nickel Project. The Feasibility Study builds on the foundation established by the Initial Assessment and focuses only on the initial development phase of Kabanga, which includes a 3.4 million tonnes per annum mechanized underground mine, concentrator, tailings storage facility and supporting infrastructure.

The Feasibility Study is based solely on Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources converted to Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves respectively and does not include Inferred Mineral Resources in the mine plan or economic analysis. Following Lifezone's acquisition of BHP's 17% interest in KNL on July 18, 2025, the Kabanga Nickel Project is owned 84% by Lifezone and 16% by the Government of Tanzania. Unless otherwise noted below, the project economics presented below are shown on a 100% ownership basis.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• 18-year life of mine mining operation with total ore production of 52.2 million tonnes (the amount attributable to Lifezone's ownership interest is: 43.9 million tonnes) grading 1.98% nickel, 0.27% copper and 0.15% cobalt.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• 3.4 million tonnes per annum concentrator, producing a high-grade nickel, copper, and cobalt concentrate grading 17.5% nickel, as an intermediate product for downstream processing, and containing a total of 902,000 tonnes of nickel, 134,000 tonnes of copper and 69,000 tonnes of cobalt over the life of mine.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Low all-in sustaining costs averaging $3.36 per pound of nickel contained in concentrate, net of copper and cobalt by-product credits. Based on analysis provided by CRU International Ltd. (CRU Group), Kabanga will fall within the first quartile of the global nickel cost curve.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Pre-production capital costs of $942 million, including 9.7% contingency. Total life of mine capital of $2.49 billion includes pre-production capital costs, contingency, capitalized operational expenditures, growth capital, sustaining and closure costs. Life of mine revenue from sales totals $14.1 billion, net of realization costs, with after-tax free cash flow of $4.6 billion.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• After-tax net present value of $1.58 billion using an 8.0% discount rate and after-tax internal rate of return of 23.3%, based on long-term consensus metal prices of $8.49 per pound nickel, $4.30 per pound copper, and $18.31 per pound cobalt.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Government of Tanzania is expected to receive an equitable share of the total economic benefits from the Kabanga Nickel Project through the Economic Benefit Sharing Principle. This includes dividends from its 16% free-carried interest, an estimated $1.20 billion in royalties, fees, levies and duties, and $2.40 billion in corporate income taxes based on the Feasibility Study economic model.

The Feasibility Study is included as Exhibit 15.11 to this Annual Report and can also be found at www.lifezonemetals.com

Lifezone's Board of Directors has approved the Kabanga Nickel Project Feasibility Study and directed management to commence with the execution readiness phase, including the project financing process leading to a FID and to begin early works and infrastructure development. During this execution readiness phase, Lifezone will advance pending permitting, remaining approvals and commercial tenders, while finalizing technical work to support critical path construction activities. A multi-sourced project finance strategy is being pursued, and discussions are ongoing with strategic investors, off-takers of concentrate and lenders. We believe Kabanga's strong economics and alignment with global critical minerals priorities position it well for sustainable financing.

Land acquisition and the RAP spending amounted to $2.57 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 (2024: $12 million). The amount includes $1.45 million (2024: $8.30 million) of cash compensation payments, $0.06 million (2024: $0.70 million) of interest payments paid to Project Affected Persons ("PAP"s), and $1.06 million (2024: $3.00 million) of resettlement related consulting and overhead costs. The RAP relates not only to the resettlement of affected communities but also includes the restoration and improvement of their livelihoods and living conditions. The RAP outlines the steps and measures that will be taken to ensure that the affected communities are adequately compensated, and that their needs are addressed during the resettlement process.

As of December 31, 2025, there were a total of 35 open cases relating to compensation payments for PAPs associated with the Kabanga Nickel Project. The aggregate amount involved in these open cases is relatively small at only $0.15 million. Of these, 6 cases ($0.10 million) are classified as grievances or compensation items where the compensation amount has been determined but remains subject to dispute or further engagement with the affected parties. The remaining

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29 cases, totaling $0.05 million, are categorized as "unknown," which includes small land parcels where the landowner of farmland is unidentified and a single grave site. For all open cases, the company has deposited the total compensation amounts into an escrow account, in accordance with regulatory requirements and best practices, pending final resolution with the respective PAPs. The company continues to actively engage with all stakeholders to ensure the timely and equitable settlement of outstanding compensation obligations.

Exploration and evaluation assets include net borrowing costs on the senior secured bridge loan facility capitalized during the year ended December 31, 2025, of $1.02million (2024: $nil). These costs relate to the senior secured bridge loan facility that has been entered into for the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project.

See Note 15 of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, for further information.

ITEM 5 B: LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Liquidity refers to Lifezone's ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet the cash requirements of its business operations, including working capital and capital expenditure needs, contractual obligations, any debt service, and other commitments.

We have incurred recurring net losses and experienced negative cash flows from operating and investing activities. We expect to continue operating at a loss for the foreseeable future. As at December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $20,144,250 and $29,283,942, respectively.

Currently, we generate revenue through our laboratory and engineering services provided by our Simulus business, which form part of our IP segment. However, we have not generated any revenue from our Metals Extraction activities and do not anticipate doing so in the near term. Revenue and cash flows from our IP business are not expected to be sufficient to fund the development of our two primary projects.

To date, we have primarily financed our operations through the issuance of equity, warrants and convertible debentures and borrowings under secured debt facilities. We have no history of monetizing metal streams or royalties, and all of our mining and prospecting licenses are currently unencumbered by commercial streaming or royalty agreements. As of December 31, 2025, we do not have any material non-cancellable capital expenditure commitments that are subject to significant penalties on early termination.

In the absence of sufficient funding, Lifezone may not be able to fully develop its projects. This may have a consequential impact on the carrying value of the related exploration and evaluation assets and the investment in Lifezone's subsidiaries as well as the going concern status of Lifezone. Given the nature of Lifezone's current activities, it will remain dependent on equity, mezzanine, debt and other funding or monetizing of future off-take from the Kabanga Nickel Project until such time as Lifezone becomes self-sufficient from the commercial production of its mineral resources and royalties received from intellectual property rights linked to its Hydromet Technology. If Lifezone anticipates heightened financing risks that could threaten its ability to continue operations, the company may expedite cost-cutting measures and focus on securing smaller, more targeted capital raises.

On August 8, 2025, Lifezone's wholly owned subsidiary, Kabanga Nickel Limited, entered into a $60,000,000 senior secured bridge loan facility agreement with Taurus Mining Finance, acting as mandated lead arranger and agent. The facility supports the advancement of the Kabanga Nickel Project by funding critical early-stage work and infrastructure as the company moves towards securing long-term project financing. The facility has a scheduled maturity date of July 31, 2027, with an option available to Kabanga Nickel Limited to extend the term by an additional six months. The loan bears interest at a rate of 9.25% per annum on drawn amounts and is subject to an arrangement fee of 2.25% and a commitment fee of 2.50%. As part of entering into this facility Lifezone Metals issued 2.5 million warrants exercisable for its ordinary shares to the lenders. The warrants have an exercise price of $5.42 per share, equivalent to 125% of the 30-day VWAP as of the signing date of the facility and will expire five years from the date of issuance. Availability of borrowings under the facility is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent. We believe this financing represents a major

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milestone in the advancement of the Kabanga Nickel Project and strengthens Lifezone's position as it moves towards securing project financing.

As the proceeds of the senior secured bridge loan facility agreement are specifically designated for the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project within our Metals Extraction segment, we expect that our cash and cash equivalents as at December 31, 2025, will not be sufficient to fund our operating and other expenses in the IP and Corporate segments over the next 12 months. In addition, we expect the Board of Directors to make the Financial Investment Decision for the Kabanga Nickel Project in 2026, which will materially increase our investment cash flows in the near term and will require raising equity, mezzanine, debt or other capital through a multi-sourced project financing solution.

As the senior secured bridge loan facility is ringfenced for the Kabanga Nickel Project, corporate overheads, the investment in the PGM Recycling Partnership with Glencore, other expenses linked to our IP segment and costs linked to business development activities, will require near-term and alternative funding solutions from the Kabanga Nickel Project. Such solutions, which are required within the next 6 months, might include further equity offerings at the Lifezone Metals level. To maintain liquidity, management could also consider reducing operating costs, pausing capital expenditures, restructuring interest-paying debt, or maximising external revenues from the Simulus hydromet laboratory based in Perth.

These conditions give rise to substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, as there can be no assurance that Lifezone will be able to raise required financing through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances, off-take agreements and/or licensing arrangements in the future. Notwithstanding this substantial doubt, the directors of Lifezone consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis as they believe that Lifezone will be able to raise further funding as set out above. The financial statements do not include the adjustments to the amounts and classification of assets and liabilities that may be necessary if Lifezone was unable to continue as a going concern.

To enhance the liquidity position and increase the cash reserve for existing operations and future investments, Lifezone continues to explore off-take arrangements for the metals that it expects to produce in the future from the Kabanga Nickel Project, and it may in the future seek equity, mezzanine, debt or other financing. Any future issuances of equity or convertible securities could result in further dilution to our existing shareholders, and any new securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of our existing shareholders. Any debt financing that we may secure in the future could involve affirmative and restrictive covenants related to financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities. We may not be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all.

Please refer to cash flow from financing activities below for further information on past funding activities.

**Project development and funding**

To support the Kabanga project development, Lifezone is pursuing a diversified funding strategy comprising a mix of equity, strategic partnerships, and project-level debt. Ongoing discussions are being held with development finance institutions, commercial lenders, and potential strategic investors. We believe the project's attractive economics, low operating costs and alignment with global critical minerals priorities position Kabanga as a compelling candidate for sustainable financing.

Lifezone has engaged Standard Chartered Bank as a financial adviser to support the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project. As noted in the liquidity section above, a senior secured bridge loan facility of $60 million was agreed on August 8, 2025, to provide sufficient capital to undertake early works and infrastructure developments and to progress through to FID, including proceeding to financial close of the multi-source project finance package.

Lifezone is also in active discussions with several counterparties regarding long-term strategic partnerships. Société Générale is advising Lifezone on the project financing process. This includes potential support from the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (or US DFC**) t**hrough loans and risk insurance. We believe the project financing process is progressing well and that meaningful interest has been received from potential lenders, including export credit agencies.

These initiatives aim to deliver a capital structure aligned with Lifezone's growth ambitions and development timeline. While BHP's exit marks a transition, we believe it also presents a unique opportunity to reshape the ownership and financing strategy for long-term value creation.

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Certain statements above, including with respect to our expectations regarding the Kabanga project development financing, are forward-looking statements that are subject to considerable risks and uncertainties. See the information included under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Information."

We expect that the total capital requirements for the proposed PGM recycling facility in the United States will become clearer following the completion of the feasibility study. A FID for the PGM recycling plant will be contingent upon a positive feasibility outcome, as well as the completion of front-end engineering design, receipt of required permits, and implementation of an appropriate financing strategy.

If we incur indebtedness to fund the development of these projects, we would face increased fixed financial obligations. Additionally, as discussed above, debt financing could involve restrictive financial and operating covenants, which may limit our operational flexibility and strategic options.

**Cash flow results**

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| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **Cash flow from:** |  |  |  |
| Operating activities | (15592766) | (15891808) | (26979795) |
| Investing activities | (21283241) | (52659817) | (59947767) |
| Financing activities | 27639852 | 48419916 | 115743605 |
| **Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents** | **(9236155)** | **(20131709)** | **28816043** |

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The following section provides a comparison of Lifezone's cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2025, and 2024. For a comparison of Lifezone's cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, please refer to the 2024 Annual Report.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**a)Cash flow from operating activities**

Net cash used in operating activities of Lifezone was $15.59 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily consisting of general and administrative expenses of the corporate function, including wages, salaries and consulting fees paid to staff and legal and professional fees. Cash outflows from operating activities during the year included $1.5 million of expenses incurred on the PGM recycling project. Cash outflows from operating activities are slightly lower during the year compared to $15.89 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily as a result of rightsizing of operations in early 2025, which included cost and workforce reductions to improve and maintain financial discipline, including reduced legal and professional fees and reduced expenditure on the recycling project as it approaches completion of its pilot study offset by redundancy payments and increased costs related to issuance of equity in the 2025 Offering and increased working capital spend.

Net cash used in operating activities of Lifezone for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily consisting of general and administrative expenses of the corporate function including wages, salaries and consulting fees paid to staff and legal and professional fees. Cash outflows from operating activities during the year included $2.89 million of expenses incurred on the PGM recycling project.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**b)Cash flow from investing activities**

During the year ended December 31, 2025, Lifezone reported net cash outflows of $21.28 million from investing activities. This included $21.83 million related to investment in the Kabanga Nickel Project. These cash outlows were partially offset by interest received on bank deposits of $707,407.

Net cash used in investing activities of Lifezone was $52.66 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, of which $49.95 million related to the investment in Kabanga Nickel Project. Additionally, Lifezone made the final payment of $4.00 million in accordance with the 2021 agreement to acquire the physical assets and all historical intellectual property related to the Kabanga Nickel Project from Glencore and Barrick. Expenditures relating to the acquisition of property and

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equipment amounted to $892,779. Cash outflows from investing activities were partially offset by interest received on deposits from banks amounting to $2.34 million.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**c)Cash flow from financing activities**

During the year ended December 31, 2025, Lifezone generated net cash from financing activities of . This was mainly from net drawings of $19.74 million from the senior secured bridge loan facility and $13.95 million of net proceeds received from the 2025 Offering. These inflows were partially reduced by transaction costs of $2.75 million associated with the senior secured bridge loan facility, payments of lease liabilities totaling $874,244, and interest payments of $2.01 million on the senior secured bridge loan facility and convertible debentures and stamp duty expenses of $0.42 million on the acquisition of the 17% of KNL shares from BHP.

Net cash provided by financing activities of Lifezone was for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily on account of proceeds from issuance of convertible debentures net of issuance costs of $49.25 million, proceeds from receipt of subscription from Glencore of $1.50 million, partially offset by account of payment of lease liabilities of $534,055, and interest payment on convertible debentures.

**Capital expenditures**

Lifezone's capital expenditure for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $21.99 million, while capital expenditure was $51.00 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The capital expenditure relates largely to exploration and evaluation activities and the purchase of transportation, office, and computer equipment and costs relating to legal and professional services required to expand and maintain LZL's intellectual property patent families.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

**Contractual obligations**

In the table below, we set forth our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2025. Certain amounts included in this table are based on our estimates and assumptions about these obligations, including their duration, anticipated actions by third parties and other factors. The contractual obligations we will actually pay in future periods may vary from those reflected in the table because the estimates and assumptions are subjective.

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| | **Total** | **Less than 1<br> year** | **1-3 <br> years** | **3-5 <br> years** | **More than <br> 5 years** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Convertible debentures<sup>1</sup> | 61498919 | 6853202 | 54645717 | - | - |
| Senior secured bridge loan facility<sup>2</sup> | 24512500 | 2850000 | 21662500 | - | - |
| Deferred consideration to BHP<sup>3</sup> | 38500000 | - | 10000000 | 28500000 | - |
| Lease obligations | 2387567 | 1122834 | 1264733 | - | - |
| Purchase obligations<sup>4</sup> | 929546 | 929546 | - | - | - |
|  | **127828532** | **11755582** | **87572950** | **28500000** | **-** |

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<sup>1</sup>The unsecured convertible debentures issued by Lifezone Metals are convertible into Ordinary Shares at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $8.00 per share. The amounts disclosed in the accompanying table reflect principal and cash interest payments, assuming that holders do not elect to convert their debentures into equity.

<sup>2</sup>The payments on senior secured bridge loan facility are based on amounts outstanding as at December 31, 2025, and include interest expenses on drawn amounts and commitment fees on undrawn amounts.

<sup>3</sup>The amount and timing of payments on deferred consideration to BHP are based on Lifezone's base case estimates in the above table. Significant judgment is required in estimating the timing of the FID and first commercial production dates as these dates directly affect the timing of payments.

<sup>4</sup>Management defines "purchase obligations" as legally binding agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable across the business. As of December 31, 2025, Lifezone does not have any take-or-pay arrangements, long-term construction contracts, or fixed supply agreements in place. The majority of current obligations relate to technical services supporting the pre-FID phase for the Kabanga Nickel Project. Most of these contracts are cancellable with a notice

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period of approximately four weeks. Accordingly, the amounts disclosed under "purchase obligations" reflect the ability to cancel contracts on short notice and are based on historical spending patterns.

**Off-balance sheet arrangements and legal proceedings** 

As of December 31, 2025, Lifezone did not have or was not involved in any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, expenses, or liquidity and capital resources.

KNCL is in dispute with the TRA on a claim in relation to withholding tax of TZS 8.43 billion (equivalent to $3.44 million) and interest for late payment of TZS 12.36 billion. As at December 31, 2025, KNCL is still in negotiations with the TRA in respect of an out-of-court settlement for all matters under dispute. As at December 31, 2025, Lifezone has made a provision for the full amount of withholding tax, but not the interest for late payment. See Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements for further information.

In 2023, KNCL filed an appeal before the Tax Revenue Appeals Tribunal against the TRA to challenge the TRA's claim of withholding tax imposed on services. Similar to the case mentioned in the previous paragraph, these services were also provided by non-resident entities during a period when KNCL was jointly owned by Barrick and Glencore. The amount of tax in dispute is $167,716 (TZS 422 million). As at the date of signing these audited financial statements a court appeal hearing date was still pending on this case.

Lifezone is not engaged in any capacity in any material litigation, arbitration, prosecution or other legal proceedings (which means with a value in excess of $100,000) or in any material proceedings or hearings before any statutory or governmental body, department, board or agency or other dispute resolution proceedings ("**Legal Proceedings**"), nor has Lifezone been involved in any such Legal Proceedings during the 12 months prior to December 31, 2025, and the date of this Report.

No such litigation, arbitration, prosecution, or other proceedings are pending, and no facts or circumstances exist which are likely to result in any Legal Proceedings.

So far as Lifezone is aware, no material disputes with employees of Lifezone exist or is threatened and Lifezone is not aware of any existing or threatened labor disturbance by such employees or those of any of its significant suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, or customers.

ITEM 5 C: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PATENTS AND LICENSES, ETC.

Existing intellectual property and the expertise of our internal technical team of highly skilled engineers and metallurgists is a core competence of Lifezone's ability successfully to commercialize our Hydromet Technology for the Kabanga Nickel Project, other projects and across the broader downstream metals processing industry as a potentially cleaner and cheaper alternative to smelting.

Along with trade secret protection, non-disclosure, and licensing agreements, Lifezone's intellectual property comprises a collection of global patents focused on the economic processing and recovery of metals from sulfide minerals and concentrates. As of December 31, 2025, LZL has been granted or issued 162 patents and has 99 applications in progress in a total of 93 countries relating to Lifezone's suite of Hydromet Technology and associated processes. These are categorized into six families of principal patents.

Research and development costs for the year ended December 31, 2025, were $127,135 (2024: $157,607) which focused on the application of the Lifezone Hydromet Technology to process and recover nickel derived from lateritic mineralization and PGM from spent Autocats, as well as optimization and value engineering of primary nickel sulfide and PGM applications.

We estimate that our intellectual property licensing business will require capital expenditure over the next 24 months for research and development, patent applications and laboratory equipment.

Following the closing of the acquisition of Simulus on July 18, 2023, Lifezone owns an in-house laboratory to undertake additional test work and engineering design to further streamline timelines, advance its research and development initiatives to current projects, and potentially widen the portfolio of its intellectual property with new patents.

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Through its Tanzanian subsidiary, TNCL, Lifezone currently holds a SML over the Kabanga Nickel Project deposit area with an approximate area of 201.85 square km. A SML is the type of license required to develop large-scale mining operations in Tanzania defined as requiring a capital investment of not less than $100 million. The SML was issued on October 25, 2021, and shall remain valid for a period of the productive life of the deposit indicated in a feasibility study report or such period as the applicant may request unless it is cancelled, suspended, or surrendered.

The SML carries an annual rent of $1,009,250. In addition, Lifezone holds 5 Prospecting Licenses surrounding the Kabanga SML and an Environmental Impact Assessment certificate was transferred from the legacy Kabanga acquisition entities to TNCL on June 16, 2021. Subsequently an updated Environmental and Social Management Plan was submitted to the Tanzanian National Environmental Management Council and approved on June 19, 2023.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, Lifezone received a processing license from the Government of Tanzania for the Kabanga Nickel Project multi-metal processing facility at Kahama.

ITEM 5 D: TREND INFORMATION

Trends, uncertainties, and events which could have a material impact on our revenue, expenses and liquidity and capital resources are discussed above in ITEM 5.A. "Operating Results" and ITEM 5.B. "Liquidity and Capital Resources."

Other than as disclosed elsewhere in this Annual Report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause the disclosed financial information to be not necessarily indicative of future operating results or financial conditions.

ITEM 5 E: CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

**Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates**

See Note 2 and Note 3 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements which provide summaries of significant accounting policies and key sources of estimation and uncertainty that require management to make estimates and judgments relating to matters which are uncertain and that may have a material impact on our financial conditions and results of operations.

ITEM 6: DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

ITEM 6 A: DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT

**Executive Officers and Directors**

The following table lists the names, ages, as of the date of this Annual Report and positions of the individuals who currently serve as directors and executive officers of Lifezone:

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| **Name** | **Age** | **Position(s)** |
| Keith Liddell | 67 | Chair, Director |
| Chris Showalter | 50 | Chief Executive Officer, Director |
| Ingo Hofmaier | 50 | Chief Financial Officer |
| Gerick Mouton | 49 | Chief Operating Officer |
| Dr. Michael Adams | 65 | Chief Technology Officer |
| Spencer Davis | 48 | Chief Legal Officer |
| Robert Edwards | 59 | Lead Independent Director |
| Jennifer Houghton | 64 | Director |
| Mwanaidi Maajar | 71 | Director |
| John Dowd | 57 | Director |
| Beatriz Orrantia | 54 | Director |
| Govind Friedland | 51 | Director |

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**Executive Officers**

**Chris Showalter, Chief Executive Officer.** With over 25 years of experience, Mr. Showalter brings a corporate finance and merchant banking background to the Lifezone team. Mr. Showalter also has extensive experience across Africa. In addition to capital markets and fundraising, Mr. Showalter brings strong expertise originating, sourcing and developing relationships across Africa, having held previous roles as Chief Executive Officer at Kelltech and Director and Partner at merchant bank Hannam & Partners in Zimbabwe, where he focused on the African mining sector. Mr. Showalter is an integral part of the negotiations and development of relations with the Government of Tanzania. Having spent over six years in Zimbabwe, he has developed specific expertise in the platinum sector and advised on a number of platinum mining companies on their current operations and future expansion potential, after relocating to the country as co-CEO of Renaissance Capital. Prior to this, he spent nine years at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President in the New York office where he held various sales roles in equity and capital markets while also exploring opportunities for Goldman Sachs across southern Africa. Mr. Showalter has been CEO of KNL since its incorporation in 2019. Mr. Showalter received his Bachelor of Arts with Honors in environmental studies from Dartmouth College and his Master of Business Administration from Fordham University.

**Ingo Hofmaier, Chief Financial Officer.** Mr. Hofmaier is a market-facing finance executive with over 25 years of experience in financial reporting, tax, commercial contracts, project and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and investment banking. Mr. Hofmaier was previously the Chief Executive Officer at Omico Mining Corp., a Namibian copper exploration company, and he has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of SolGold plc, an LSE and TSX-listed copper and gold developer. He brings corporate finance, financial and risk management experience in global commodity markets across a diverse range of commodities and geographies, including Africa, Asia and the Americas. Mr. Hofmaier's experience includes seven years as a partner at merchant bank Hannam & Partners in London, where he was responsible for metals & mining corporate finance, as well as at Rio Tinto, Capgemini and Wienerberger AG, a building material and industrial minerals group, where he spent eight years as Group Financial Controller for the United States business and Commercial Director during the successful project execution and market entry in India, among other roles.

**Gerick Mouton, Chief Operating Officer.** Mr. Mouton, a mechanical engineer, is a global metals and mining professional. His experience in holding senior, executive and Board of Director positions within established international listed mining companies and engineering consultancies has afforded him the rare opportunity to build a wide range of skills over a nearly 30-year period. His knowledge spans the entire project life cycle, across various commodities, including but not limited to: early-stage strategic project development scenarios; project economics and financial evaluations; challenging project development expectations; partnership negotiations; organizational establishment; project marketing; and dynamic stakeholder relationships. These projects and operations have exposed Mr. Mouton to a multitude of cultures within several countries on multiple continents, for example: Botswana, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia, Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa and Indonesia. He has worked extensively with interested and affected parties and other stakeholders to ensure uninterrupted development of large-scale mining projects in challenging social locations. His interaction with multicultural stakeholders over his career has enhanced his mitigation knowledge with regards to ESG challenges facing the development of new mining projects.

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**Dr. Michael Adams, Chief Technology Officer.** Dr. Adams has worked as process consultant with LZL prior to its founding in 2008. He is co-inventor and focuses on the implementation and commercialization of the patented Hydromet Technology for the environmentally and economically effective recovery of PGM, gold, base and rare metals. His work for over 40 years has included process and resource development for metals recovery and project management of the definitive piloting of several nickel sulfide and nickel laterite projects worldwide. He has also previously consulted independently for over 10 years and was Metallurgical Manager with SGS Lakefield Oretest and Head of Process and Environmental Chemistry at Mintek. Dr. Adams completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) honors and Master of Science (MSc) degrees in applied chemistry at Witwatersrand University, a PhD on the chemistry of the carbon-in-pulp process and a Doctor of Science (DSc) in Engineering on advances in the processing of gold ores. He was Associate Editor for Hydrometallurgy Journal for eight years and has edited three books, including Gold Ore Processing, second edition, published in 2016 by Elsevier. Dr. Adams has made a significant contribution to the chemistry and optimization of the carbon-in-pulp process for gold recovery, for which he received the Raikes Gold Medal from the South African Chemical Institute and two silver medals from the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He is a Fellow of both the Australasian and Southern African Institutes of Mining and Metallurgy, as well as the Royal Society of Chemistry.

**Spencer Davis, Chief Legal Officer.** Mr. Davis is an experienced chief legal officer and general counsel, having advised multiple global businesses and teams across numerous jurisdictions (UK; US; EU; Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific). He has held chief legal officer and general counsel roles at global companies, having started his career in private practice in 2000. Mr. Davis has experience of advising boards, executives and senior management on all legal matters, risks and laws, balancing compliance and risk, with pragmatism and commercial solutions. Mr. Davis holds a Masters in Law and is licensed to practice in England, New York and the E.U.; he also has an MBA from the London Business School. Mr. Davis is a qualified corporate secretary (ACIS, Chartered Institute of Governance 2016), with experience in corporate governance issues, oversight of boards and group committees, corporate secretarial duties, ethics, regulatory and business conduct, and managing statutory filings and forms. Mr. Davis has significant experience in complex commercial transactions, M&A, funding and investments, hyper-growth business, joint venture arrangements, technology, intellectual property, data and privacy.

**Directors**

**Keith Liddell, Chair of the Board.** Mr. Liddell is the founder of the Lifezone group and is an experienced metallurgical engineer, resource company director and investor in the natural resource space. Mr. Liddell has an honors Bachelor of Science (Minerals Engineering) from the University of Birmingham and a Master of Science in Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand. Working since 1981 exclusively in the mineral and metals industry, he has experience in management and ownership of a number of public and private businesses and joint ventures with a variety of participants. In various roles he has taken a number of resource projects, including nickel, copper and PGM, through exploration, development and production. At LZL, Mr. Liddell is primarily focused on further developing LZL's Hydromet Technology – providing strategic guidance and contributing to the Kabanga Nickel Project. Having been involved in technical and corporate roles, company management, capital raising and managing stakeholder relationships, Mr. Liddell has a unique blend of attributes that allow concurrent appreciation of the various social, environmental, commercial and technical components that constitute successful modern resource companies.

**Chris Showalter.** For an overview of Mr. Showalter's business experience, please see the section entitled "*Executive Officers*." in Item 6A.

**Robert Edwards.** Lead Independent Director. Appointed as Lead Independent Director in February 2024, Mr. Edwards brings over 30 years of experience in the natural resource sector. He started his career in South Africa working in production mining and new business roles before joining HSBC as a precious metals equities analyst within the HSBC Global Mining team. Thereafter he moved to Russia and played a key role in transforming Renaissance Capital from a single country investment bank into a successful EMEA and frontier market focused investment bank with a strong franchise in natural resources. When he left Renaissance Capital after a decade, he was serving as Chairman of Mining and Metals managing all investment banking and principal investment activity in the mining, metals and fertilizer sectors. After leaving Renaissance he worked as a Senior Advisor to the Royal Bank of Canada (Europe) Investment Banking Division working on mergers and acquisitions and senior client coverage. Mr. Edwards also served as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Sierra Rutile until its sale to Iluka Resources as well as an Independent Non-Executive Director of GB Minerals until its sale to Itafos, both successful shareholder exits. He also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel (NorNickel), the world's biggest producer of nickel and palladium as well as major producer of copper and platinum, for over eight years until March, 2022. Mr. Edwards also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Chaarat Gold Limited and as Executive Chairman of Bluejay Mining plc. Along with Lifezone he

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currently sits on the board of Sandfire Resources Limited, an ASX listed copper and zinc producer with assets in Spain, Botswana, Australia and the USA. Mr. Edwards graduated from the Camborne School of Mines in the UK with an Honors Degree in Mining Engineering and holds both a Mine Managers and a Mine Overseers certificate of competency (South Africa). He is also a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

**Jennifer Houghton**. Ms. Houghton has board level experience as an independent non-executive director for Santander International where she has chaired the board audit committee and has been a member of the board risk committee and board nomination committee since 2020. Ms. Houghton has been a director of IoD Isle of Man Limited since 2020, and she was chair of the Institute of Directors Isle of Man branch for a record seven years from 2017 to 2024. Ms. Houghton has also chaired the Diana Princess of Wales Hospice Care at Home Trust since 2019, and she has held various other roles, including working 17 years within the audit department of Deloitte in California, Luxembourg, Sweden and the Isle of Man, as a finance manager of AXA for two years from 2006-2008, and as the finance director, then managing director, of an Isle of Man regulated business from 2008-2016. Ms. Houghton has been a Chartered Director since 2021, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors since 2019, a qualified accountant since 1989 and has worked within regulated and unregulated sectors as a director since 2008.

**Mwanaidi Maajar.** Ms. Maajar is an advocate and senior partner at REX Advocates, a law firm in Tanzania. Ms. Maajar has experience in corporate commercial law practice, corporate secretarial practice, and corporate governance. She has chaired and sat on the boards of private and listed companies and public corporations. As part of her corporate governance practice, she trains boards of directors of companies and board committees in corporate governance practice. She also has relevant experience in natural resources law (Mining, Oil & Gas) in Tanzania. Ms. Maajar has experience in banking and finance, competition law, property law, and energy law. Ms. Maajar served as the Tanzanian Ambassador to the United States of America after having served for four years as the Tanzanian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2013. Ms. Maajar is currently Chair of the governing council of the University of Dar Es Salaam, having been a member of the Council since 2018. In July 2024, Ms Maajar was appointed a Presidential Tax Reform Commission member, tasked with reviewing the tax policy framework and the regulatory regime.

**John Dowd.** Mr. Dowd was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of GoGreen from April 2021, and has decades of experience generating attractive risk-adjusted returns as a manager of capital. Mr. Dowd is currently the CEO of GoGreen Partners, a private equity company. He is a board member of Xtremex Mining Technologies, a company focused on bringing proven drilling technology from the oil & gas industry to the mining industry. Mr. Dowd previously spent more than three decades researching and investing in the global energy industry. From 2006 to 2019, he served as portfolio manager at Fidelity Research & Management Co., LLC, managing Fidelity's energy and natural resources oriented sector funds. Mr. Dowd previously served as a Senior Research Analyst of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC from 2000 to 2006 and from 1995 to 1997, where he covered the oil service and equipment, and refining and integrated oil segments. Mr. Dowd also previously served as a partner of Lawhill Capital Partners, an energy focused investment management firm, from 1997 to 2000. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

**Beatriz Orrantia.** Ms. Orrantia has sustainability expertise as a consultant in ESG, decarbonization and Just Transition. Ms. Orrantia also has legal experience, having worked as a mergers and acquisitions, securities and mining lawyer from 2005 to 2015 at large Canadian law firms (Gowlings LLP, McCarthy Tetrault LLP and Heenan Blaikie LLP). In addition to legal mining expertise, Ms. Orrantia has operational mining experience cultivated during her time with Barrick as VP Special Projects, focusing on mining operations and capital projects across assets in Latin America and certain global projects, including Kabanga, from February 2015 until November 2017. Ms. Orrantia also obtained directorship certification by the National Association of Corporate Directors, the leading certification in the United States for board members. Ms. Orrantia has a degree in civil law from the Universidad del Rosario in Colombia and a degree in common law from Osgoode Hall Law School in Canada. She also holds a certificate in sustainability and innovation from Harvard University (Extension School) and a master's degree in sustainability, also from Harvard University. Ms. Orrantia is currently a member of the board of directors of Star Royalties Ltd., having been a director since 2020.

**Govind Friedland.** Govind Friedland has served as a Director of Lifezone since July 2023. He was the COO of GoGreen that merged two companies to create Lifezone. Mr. Friedland is an international mining entrepreneur and investor with extensive experience in the financing and development of strategic mineral projects. He is the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Atomic Eagle Ltd (formerly GoviEx Uranium Inc) where he previously served as Chief Executive Officer and later Executive Chairman, leading the advancement and financing of uranium assets in Niger and Zambia. Earlier in his career, Mr. Friedland held executive and investment roles within the Ivanhoe group of companies and has been involved in the development of iPulse, an advanced pulsed-power technology platform with applications in mining, geothermal and other industrial systems. He is a Founding Partner of GoGreen Partners, a U.S.-based private-equity

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platform focused on critical-minerals supply chains, and serves on the board of XtremeX Mining Technology (XMT). Mr. Friedland holds a degree in Geology and Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and serves on the Industrial Advisory Board at the Payne Institute for Public Policy in Golden, Colorado.

**Family Relationships**

Keith Liddell is the father of Natasha Liddell, former Chief Sustainability Officer (resigned February 16, 2024) and principal consultant of Atlas Sustainability and of Simon Liddell, VP Mining, and the stepfather of Charles Liddell, who is the owner / partner in the Australian firm Integrated Finance WA Pty Limited. Integrated Finance WA Pty Limited has provided certain IT services to Kabanga Nickel Limited and its group of companies from March 2022 to December 2023.

Dr. Michael Adams is the father of Jonathan Adams, Senior Metallurgist at Lifezone.

Please refer to Note 22 of the consolidated financial statements for further details of transactions with these related parties. There are no other family relationships between the other directors, director nominees, or executive officers.

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ITEM 6 B: COMPENSATION

**Directors' Fees and Compensation**

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| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Director's Fees  | 710000 | 710000 | 355000 |
| **Total**  | **710000** | **710000** | **355000** |

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On August 14, 2025, Lifezone granted 113,502 stock options to six non-executive directors under the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan with an exercise price of $4.40 and an expiry date of August 14, 2030. The stock options vest in three equal tranches on November 1, 2025, August 14, 2026 and August 14, 2027. None of the stock options that vested during the year have been exercised.

**Key Management Personnel**

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| Keith Liddell | Chairman |
| Chris Showalter | Chief Executive Officer |
| Ingo Hofmaier | Chief Financial Officer |
| Dr Michael Adams | Chief Technology Officer |
| Gerick Mouton | Chief Operating Officer |
| Benedict Busunzu | TNCL Chief Executive Officer |
| Spencer Davis | Chief Legal Officer |
| Anthony von Christierson | Senior Vice President: Commercial and Business Development |
| Evan Young | Senior Vice President: Investor Relations and Capital Markets (left the business on January 23, 2026) |

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**Compensation to Key Management Personnel**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Salary, wages and consultancy fees <sup>1</sup> | 4048372 | 4187722 | 3651073 |
| Bonuses <sup>1</sup> | 343831 | 305473 | 512524 |
| Post-employment benefits (pension) | 118659 | 116150 | 125591 |
| **Total remuneration** | **4510862** | **4609345** | **4289188** |

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<sup>1</sup> The amounts disclosed include expenses incurred during the reporting period in connection with the employment of and consulting agreements entered into with key management personnel.

**Share based payment to Key Management Personnel**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Share-based expense - Lifezone Holdings shareholder earnout |  |  | 110611407 |
| Share-based payment - share options<sup>1</sup> | 2259975 |  |  |
| Share-based payment - restricted stock units <sup>2</sup> | 2244000 | 5152163 |  |
| **Total** | **4503975** | **5152163** | **110611407** |

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<sup>1</sup> On August 14, 2025, Lifezone granted 1,056,557 stock options to key management personnel under the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan with an exercise price of $4.40 and an expiry date of August 14, 2030. The stock options vest in three equal tranches on November 1, 2025, August 14, 2026, and August 14, 2027. None of the stock

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options that vested during the year have been exercised. Amounts represent the total fair value of stock option granted to key management personnel.

<sup>2</sup> On December 1, 2025 Lifezone cancelled 1,500,000 RSUs that were originally granted on July 1, 2024 of which 1,133,333 related to key management personnel. As a replacement for the cancelled RSUs Lifezone granted 1,133,333 new RSUs to key management personnel that are not subject to any performance conditions and vest equally in three installments on April 7, 2026, September 7, 2026 and April 7, 2027. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the amount represents the excess of the fair value of replacement RSUs granted over the fair value of RSUs cancelled. Please refer to Note 25 of the consolidated financial statements for further information. For the year ended December 31, 2024 amount includes the fair value of vested RSUs. The fair value of unvested RSUs granted to key management personnel during the year ended December 31, 2024 was $7.04 million.

**Compensation paid and benefits granted to key management personnel** 

For so long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer, we will not be required to comply with the proxy rules applicable to United States domestic companies regarding disclosure of the compensation of certain executive officers on an individual basis. Pursuant to applicable Isle of Man laws, we are not required to disclose compensation paid to our senior management on an individual basis and we have not otherwise publicly disclosed this information elsewhere.

**2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan**

Following the consummation of the Business Combination, Lifezone Metals adopted the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the "**2023 Plan**") in order to give Lifezone a competitive advantage in attracting, retaining, awarding and motivating directors, officers, employees and consultants by granting equity and equity-based awards. The 2023 Plan permits the grant of options to purchase Ordinary Shares in Lifezone Metals, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units or other equity or equity related awards, in each case, in respect of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and cash incentive awards, thus enhancing the alignment of employee and shareholder interests.

The initial share limit under the 2023 Plan is the number of Ordinary Shares in Lifezone Metals equal to 10% of the fully-diluted share capital of Lifezone Metals as of immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination.

On August 14, 2025, Lifezone granted stock options under the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan with an exercise price of $4.40 and an expiry date of August 14, 2030. The stock options vest in three equal tranches on November 1, 2025, August 14, 2026, and August 14, 2027. The following stock option awards were made to key management personnel:

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| **Name** | **Role Title** | **Number of Stock Options Granted** | **Fair Value at Grant Date** |
| Anthony von Christierson | Senior Vice President: Commercial and Business Development | 46801 | $100107 |
| Chris Showalter | Chief Executive Officer | 327730 | $701014 |
| Evan Young | Former Senior Vice President Investor Relations and Capital Markets<sup>1</sup> | 32764 | $70082 |
| Gerick Mouton | Chief Operating Officer | 161521 | $345493 |
| Ingo Hofmaier | Chief Financial Officer | 174453 | $373155 |
| Dr Michael Adams | Chief Technology Officer | 179707 | $384393 |
| Spencer Davis | Chief Legal Officer | 133581 | $285730 |

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<sup>1</sup> Mr. Young left the Company on January 23, 2026.

On December 1, 2025, Lifezone cancelled unvested RSUs that were originally granted on July 1, 2024 of which 1,133,333 related to key management personnel. As a replacement for the cancelled RSUs, Lifezone granted RSUs that are not subject to any performance conditions and vest equally in three installments on April 7, 2026, September 7, 2026 and April 7, 2027 to key management personnel:

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| **Name** | **Role Title** | **Number of RSUs Granted** | **Excess of fair value of issued RSUs over cancelled RSUs** |
| Anthony von Christierson | Senior Vice President: Commercial and Business Development | 200000 | $396000 |
| Chris Showalter | Chief Executive Officer | 333333 | $660000 |
| Gerick Mouton | Chief Operating Officer | 200000 | $396000 |
| Ingo Hofmaier | Chief Financial Officer | 100000 | $198000 |
| Dr Michael Adams | Chief Technology Officer | 200000 | $396000 |
| Spencer Davis | Chief Legal Officer | 100000 | $198000 |

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ITEM 6 C: BOARD PRACTICES

**Board Composition**

Lifezone's Board comprises eight directors and pursuant to the A&R Articles of Association is divided into three classes, designated Class I Directors, Class II Directors, and Class III Directors. At each annual general meeting, each Director of the relevant class, whose term then expires, is eligible for re-election to the Board for a period of three years.

Lifezone has examined its governance obligations as a public company, and the rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE. Lifezone has also carefully considered the standards that apply to it as a FPI and that it is a relatively young company. In addition to this, we consulted with our shareholders in 2023, and following these discussions, we consider that amending the A&R Articles of Association to vote on the annual election of directors is not a priority item for Lifezone at this time. The board of directors intends to keep this item under review and if Lifezone is notified of any specific shareholder feedback.

Robert Edwards (Lead Independent Director) was previously Executive Chairman of Bluejay Mining plc, London-listed junior mining company, and an independent non-executive director with Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited, as well as holding one other independent director role. In order to negate any perception of overboarding, Robert Edwards stepped down from his position as Executive Chairman of Bluejay Ming plc in December 2023 and Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited in August 2024.

Lifezone's Board is divided among three classes as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the ***Class I*** directors include John Dowd, Govind Friedland and Mwanaidi Maajar and their terms expired at the first annual general meeting of shareholders following the consummation of the Business Combination, which was held on June 21, 2023. All three were re-elected by shareholders for a period of three years.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the ***Class II*** directors include Robert Edwards, Jennifer Houghton and Beatriz Orrantia and their terms expired at the second annual general meeting of shareholders following the consummation of the Business Combination, which was held on May 15, 2025. All three were re-elected by shareholders for a period of three years; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the ***Class III*** directors include Keith Liddell and Chris Showalter, and their terms will expire at the third annual general meeting of shareholders following the consummation of the Business Combination, which is expected to be held during 2026.

There are no benefits provided to Directors upon termination of their service contracts.

On or before the fifth anniversary of the listing of the Company's ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange, all directors will have retired, or be asked to retire, from their director roles in order that each director may then be proposed for re-election. Such re-election will thereafter take place each year and the Company's board structure will therefore no longer be divided into three classes, Class I, Class II, and Class III.

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Furthermore, the Company intends to adopt a board refreshment program on or before the fifth anniversary of the listing of the Company's ordinary shares by utilizing an ongoing program of director evaluation.

**Director Independence**

The Lifezone Board has determined that each member qualifies as independent, as defined under the NYSE listing rules, except for Mr. Liddell and Mr. Showalter. In addition, Robert Edwards was appointed as the Lead Independent Director in February 2024.

**Board Oversight of Risk**

One of the key functions of the Lifezone Board is to provide oversight of Lifezone's risk management process. The Lifezone Board has appointed the Audit Committee to assist in the oversight of Lifezone's financial risk exposures and risk management and compliance by Lifezone with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Audit Committee, among other things, also reviews and approves all related party transactions, oversees the risk management framework and satisfies itself that the framework is sound. It establishes and communicates Lifezone's risk appetite, endorses the risk policy and standards of Lifezone and is regularly briefed on and considers cyber security threats.

The CEO of Lifezone is accountable for assigning appropriate responsibilities for implementing and embedding risk management into the decision-making process across Lifezone, while the COO of Lifezone is overall responsible for the roll-out of this risk management policy and processes. Both the CEO and COO are invited to attend Audit Committee meetings and the COO is tasked to ensure that adequate processes and procedures are in place to enable Lifezone to operate with an appropriate balance of risks and controls. The COO ensures that Lifezone maintains up to date risk registers and provides a report at least quarterly to the Audit Committee. The CFO is responsible for the oversight of all internal controls and risks related to financial processes and financial reporting.

In addition, the Lifezone Board as a whole, as well as through the various standing committees addresses risks inherent in their respective areas of oversight. For example, the Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks associated with Lifezone's financial reporting, accounting and auditing matters, the Sustainability Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of sustainability-related risks, while the Compensation Committee oversees the management of risks associated with Lifezone's compensation policies and programs.

**Board Committees**

The Lifezone Board has established an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, a Disclosure Committee, an Investment Committee, and a Sustainability Committee.

The Lifezone Board may establish other committees to facilitate the management of Lifezone's business.

The Lifezone Board and its committees hold scheduled meetings throughout the year and can also hold special meetings and act by written consent from time to time, as appropriate. The Board has delegated various responsibilities and authority to its committees, as generally described below. The committees will regularly report on their activities and actions to the full Board.

Each committee has a written charter approved by Lifezone's Board. Copies of each charter are posted on the website of Lifezone Metals at *www.lifezonemetals.com* The inclusion of the website address in this Annual Report does not include or incorporate by reference the information on Lifezone's website into this Annual Report, and you should not consider information contained on the website to be part of this Annual Report. Members will serve on these committees until their resignation or until otherwise determined by the Board of Lifezone Metals.

**Audit Committee: Chair, Jennifer Houghton**

The members of Lifezone's Audit Committee are Jennifer Houghton, Robert Edwards, and Mwanaidi Maajar, each of whom is financially literate.

The Charter for the Audit Committee is available on the website of Lifezone Metals https://ir.lifezonemetals.com/governance/governance-documents

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Ms. Houghton qualifies as an Audit Committee financial expert within the meaning of SEC regulations and meets the accounting or related financial management expertise requirements of the NYSE. Each of Mr. Edwards, Ms. Houghton and Ms. Maajar are independent under the rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing rules of the NYSE applicable to Audit Committee members.

Lifezone's Audit Committee assists the Lifezone board with its oversight of, among other things, the following: the financial statements of Lifezone, including such financial statements' integrity; Lifezone's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; the qualifications, independence, appointment and performance of Lifezone's independent registered public accounting firm; and the design and implementation of Lifezone's internal audit function, internal control over financial reporting and corporate risk management, including oversight of cyber security threats. The Audit Committee also discusses with Lifezone's management and independent registered public accounting firm the annual audit plan and scope of audit activities, scope and timing of the annual audit of Lifezone's financial statements, and the results of the yearly audits and quarterly reviews of Lifezone financial statements and, as appropriate, initiates inquiries into certain aspects of Lifezone's financial affairs.

Lifezone's Audit Committee is responsible for establishing, maintaining and overseeing the processes and procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of any complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, as well as for the confidential and anonymous submissions by Lifezone's employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. In addition, Lifezone's Audit Committee has direct responsibility for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of Lifezone's independent registered public accounting firm. Lifezone's Audit Committee has sole authority to approve the hiring and discharging of Lifezone's independent registered public accounting firm, all audit engagement terms and fees and all permissible non-audit engagements with the independent auditor. Lifezone's Audit Committee reviews and oversees all related party transactions in accordance with Lifezone's policies and procedures.

**Compensation Committee: Chair, John Dowd**

The members of Lifezone's Compensation Committee are John Dowd, Robert Edwards and Keith Liddell.

The Charter for the Compensation Committee is available on the website of Lifezone Metals https://ir.lifezonemetals.com/governance/governance-documents

Lifezone's Compensation Committee assists the Lifezone Board in discharging certain of Lifezone's responsibilities with respect to compensating its directors and executive officers, and the administration and review of its incentive and equity-based compensation plans, including its equity incentive plans, and certain other matters related to Lifezone's compensation programs.

**Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: Chair, Jennifer Houghton**

The members of Lifezone's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Jennifer Houghton, Beatriz Orrantia, and Govind Friedland.

Lifezone's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assists Lifezone's Board with its oversight of, among other things, the size, composition, and structure of the Lifezone Board, identification, recommendation, recruitment, and retention of high-quality board members, and annual self-evaluation of the board and management. Additionally, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee develops and makes recommendations to Lifezone's Board regarding corporate governance guidelines.

**Investment Committee: Chair, Keith Liddell**

The members of Lifezone's Investment Committee are Keith Liddell, John Dowd, and Robert Edwards.

Lifezone's Investment Committee assists the Lifezone Board in oversight of the long-term stewardship of Lifezone's investments and assets. This includes implementing, reviewing, and maintaining the investment strategy and providing oversight related to business development and funding initiatives to ensure sustainable returns and funding of Lifezone's annual expenditures. The Committee also focuses on achieving investment objectives within an acceptable level of risk. Additionally, the Investment Committee collaborates with and advises other board committees on areas that overlap with Lifezone's goals, initiatives, programs, and strategies overseen by the Investment Committee.

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**Sustainability Committee: Chair, Beatriz Orrantia**

The members of Lifezone's Sustainability Committee are Beatriz Orrantia, Govind Friedland, and Mwanaidi Maajar.

Lifezone's Sustainability Committee assists the Lifezone Board in oversight of the development and implementation of the corporate sustainability strategy and policies, goals, initiatives, and programs related to environmental, social, health, safety, and sustainability matters. This includes managing and mitigating related risks, opportunities, commitments, and compliance in environmental and social areas. The Sustainability Committee also focuses on community relationships and impacts, public policy and advocacy strategies, and enhancing Lifezone 's reputation in corporate social responsibility. Additionally, it considers the potential environmental benefits and impacts of projects or initiatives.

The Sustainability Committee works with and, if necessary, advises the other committees on those specific areas that primarily come within the other committees' mandate but are also part of Lifezone's policies, goals, initiatives, programs, risks, opportunities, and strategies.

**Disclosure Committee: Chair, Chris Showalter**

The members of Lifezone's Disclosure Committee are Chris Showalter, Ingo Hofmaier and Spencer Davis.

Lifezone's Disclosure Committee assists Lifezone's Board in discharging certain responsibilities with respect to disclosures made to shareholders, the general public, and/or the investment community, including the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of disclosure statements and meeting applicable legal, regulatory, and NYSE listing standards.

**Conflicts of Interest**

Under Isle of Man law, the directors owe fiduciary duties at both common law and under statute, including a duty to act honestly, and in good faith with a view to the best interests of Lifezone. In exercising the powers of a director, the directors must exercise their powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to Lifezone acting in a manner that contravenes the A&R Articles of Association of Lifezone Metals of the IOM Companies Act.

In addition to the above, directors also owe a duty of care which is not fiduciary in nature. This duty has been defined as a requirement to act as a reasonably diligent person having both the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to Lifezone and the general knowledge skill and experience which that director has.

Isle of Man law does not regulate transactions between a company and its significant members; however, it does provide that such transactions must be entered into in good faith in the best interests of Lifezone and not with the effect of constituting a fraud on the minority members.

Directors have a duty not to put themselves in a position of conflict and this includes a duty not to engage in self-dealing, or to otherwise benefit as a result of their position. This duty is subject to the IOM Companies Act and the A&R Articles of Association of Lifezone Metals which provide, in summary, that subject to a director having duly declared his or her interests to the board that director may be party to a transaction with Lifezone and may vote and count in quorum at a board meeting in respect of a matter in which such director is interested.

Accordingly, as a result of multiple business affiliations, the directors of Lifezone Metals may have similar legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities to multiple entities. In addition, conflicts of interest may arise when the Board of Lifezone Metals evaluates a particular business opportunity.

Lifezone cannot assure you that any of the above-mentioned conflicts will be resolved in its favor. Furthermore, each of the directors of Lifezone Metals may have pre-existing fiduciary obligations to other businesses of which they are officers or directors.

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**Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors**

The IOM Companies Act provides that, subject to contrary provision in its articles, a company may indemnify against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings any person who: (a) is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director of Lifezone; or (b) is or was, at the request of the company, serving as a director of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The IOM Companies Act provides that this does not apply to a person referred to above unless such person acted honestly and in good faith and in what such person believed to be in the best interests of the company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of such person was unlawful.

ITEM 6 D: EMPLOYEES

**Employees**

We believe that our employees are crucial to the success of our business, which depends on our experienced human capital and a strong leadership team. We aim to attract, retain and develop staff with the skills, experience and potential necessary to implement our growth strategy. Our human capital resources objectives include identifying, recruiting, retaining, incentivizing and integrating our existing and new employees.

As of December 31, 2025, we had a workforce of 93 consisting of 85 employees and 8 contractors. As of December 31, 2024, we had a workforce of 153, consisting of 142 employees and 11 contractors. In addition, as of December 31, 2025, we had a temporary workforce in Tanzania of 113 (2024: 132). The overall decrease in workforce during 2025 was as a result of Lifezone rightsizing its operations, which included optimizing our workforce to improve and maintain financial discipline. This strategic decision was made to ensure Lifezone remained cost-effective during this period of cyclically low nickel prices and increased share price volatility.

As the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project progresses, we expect to increase the number of employees and expect to have approximately over 1,000 workers once the Kabanga Nickel Project is operating at full scale and based on any additional projects which we may acquire in the future.

We have not experienced any work stoppages, and we consider our relationship with our employees to be good. We also retain qualified technical contractors and utilize the services of qualified consultants with geological and mining expertise as deemed necessary. None of our employees, to our knowledge, is represented by a labor union or covered by collective bargaining agreements.

The table below sets out our permanent employees and long-term contractors by location, as of the dates indicated:

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| | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** |
| | **2025** | **2025** | **2024** | **2024** | **2023** | **2023** |
|<br>**Geographical Location** | **Number of<br> workers** | %<br> **of total** | **Number of<br> workers** | **%<br> of total** | **Number of<br> workers** | **%<br> of total** |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 12.9 | 14 | 9.2 | 17 | 9.0 |
| Australia | 37 | 39.8 | 40 | 26.1 | 37 | 19.6 |
| Tanzania | 37 | 39.8 | 91 | 59.5 | 125 | 66.1 |
| Other | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 5.2 | 10 | 5.3 |
| **Total** | 93 |  | 153 |  | 189 |  |

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The table below sets out our permanent employees and long-term contractors by function, as of the dates indicated:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** | **As of December 31** |
| | **2025** | **2025** | **2024** | **2024** | **2023** | **2023** |
|<br>**Function** | **Number of<br> workers** | %<br> **of total** | **Number of<br> workers** | %<br> **of total** | **Number of<br> workers** | %<br> **of total** |
| Management | 5 | 5.4 | 7 | 4.6 | 5 | 2.6 |
| Environment | 4 | 4.3 | 9 | 5.9 | 13 | 6.9 |
| Community Relations | 7 | 7.5 | 14 | 9.2 | 21 | 11.1 |
| General & Administration | 17 | 18.3 | 35 | 22.9 | 46 | 24.3 |
| Technical – Exploration/Geology |  |  | 4 | 2.6 | 17 | 9.0 |
| Finance, Tax and Accounting | 16 | 17.2 | 21 | 13.7 | 20 | 10.6 |
| Technical – Engineering | 7 | 7.5 | 15 | 9.8 | 22 | 11.6 |
| Technical – Refining | 5 | 5.4 | 5 | 3.3 | 5 | 2.6 |
| Technical – Mining | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Communication | 1 | 1.1 | 4 | 2.6 | 3 | 1.6 |
| OHS | 4 | 4.3 | 13 | 8.5 | 14 | 7.4 |
| Laboratory | 26 | 28.0 | 25 | 16.3 | 22 | 11.6 |
| **Total** | 93 |  | 153 |  | 189 |  |

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ITEM 6 E: SHARE OWNERSHIP

Refer to Item 7.A and Item 6.B (Equity Comp)

ITEM 6 F: DISCLOSURE OF A REGISTRANT'S ACTION TO RECOVER ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION.

Not Applicable

ITEM 7: MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

ITEM 7 A: MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

**Principal Shareholders**

The following table and accompanying footnotes set forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Ordinary Shares of Lifezone Metals as of February 27, 2026:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• each person known by Lifezone to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of its outstanding ordinary shares;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• each of Lifezone's current executive officers and directors; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all of Lifezone's executive officers and directors as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares over which the individual has sole or shared voting power or investment power as well as any shares that the individual has the right to acquire within 60 days of December 31, 2025, through the exercise of any option, warrant or other right. For purposes of the table below, we deem warrants, options and RSUs that were exercisable as of December 31, 2025 or that become exercisable or vested within 60 days of December 31, 2025, to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the warrants, options and RSUs for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but we do not treat them as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Percentage of shares beneficially owned is based on 89,881,570 shares issued and outstanding taking into account the rights to acquire further shares by the person listed in the table below. It does not include any rights to acquire shares by other persons that do not fall within the scope of this disclosure.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Beneficial Owner** | **Ordinary Shares** | **Right to acquire further shares through warrants, stock options or RSUs within 60 days** | **Total** | **Beneficial owner %** |
| Keith Liddell<sup>1</sup> | 23701437 |  | 23701437 | 28.3% |
| Peter Smedvig | 13718205 |  | 13718205 | 16.4% |
| Cinctive Capital Managment LP<sup>3</sup> | 6761819 | 2755882 | 9517701 | 11.0% |
| Varna Holdings Ltd | 5632889 |  | 5632889 | 6.7% |
| Adage Capital Management, LP<sup>4</sup> | 2147238 | 2927884 | 5075122 | 5.9% |
| **Directors and Executive Officers of Lifezone Metals:** |  |  |  |  |
| Chris Showalter | 2782868 | 109243 | 2892111 | 3.4% |
| Ingo Hofmaier | 26500 | 58151 | 84651 | \* |
| Gerick Mouton |  | 53840 | 53840 | \* |
| Dr. Michael Adams<sup>2</sup> | 342960 | 59902 | 402862 | \* |
| Spencer Davis |  | 44527 | 44527 | \* |
| Govind Friedland | 543657 | 56306 | 599963 | \* |
| John Dowd | 1269512 | 6306 | 1275818 | 1.5% |
| Robert Edwards |  | 6306 | 6306 | \* |
| Jennifer Houghton |  | 6306 | 6306 | \* |
| Mwanaidi Maajar |  | 6306 | 6306 | \* |
| Beatriz Orrantia |  | 6306 | 6306 | \* |
| **All Directors and Executive Officers of Lifezone as a Group (12 Individuals)** | **28666934** | **413499** | **29080433** | **34.5%** |

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\*Less than one percent.

<sup>(1)</sup> Consists of 5,172,747 shares beneficially owned solely by Keith Liddell, 18,045,777 shares beneficially owned jointly between Keith Liddell and Shelagh Jane Liddell and 482,913 shares beneficially owned solely by Shelagh Jane Liddell. By virtue of his relationship with Shelagh Jane Liddell, Keith Liddell may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares owned solely by Shelagh Jane Liddell. Keith Liddell disclaims any beneficial ownership of the

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shares owned solely by Shelagh Jane Liddell other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest he may have therein, directly or indirectly.

<sup>(2)</sup> Excludes (i) 3,833,882 Lifezone Ordinary Shares and (ii) 1,533,553 Earnout share rights. Lifezone Metals has been informed that (a) Hermetica Limited is wholly owned by The Hermetica Trust, (b) the trustee of The Hermetica Trust is Clairmont Trust Company Limited, (c) the board of directors of Clairmont Trust Company Limited makes voting and investment decisions on a joint decision making basis, and no single individual has sole decision making power, (d) Dr. Michael Adams is not a director of Clairmont Trust Company Limited, and (e) that the beneficiaries of The Hermetica Trust comprise the children of Dr. Michael Adams.

<sup>(3)</sup> Based on the information set forth in a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on December 5, 2025 by Cinctive Capital Management LP.

<sup>(4)</sup> Based on the information set forth in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 12, 2026 by Adage Capital Management LP.

ITEM 7 B: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

**Related Party Transactions**

**Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions**

See Note 22 of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, for details on related parties and transactions with related parties including joint ventures.

**Related Party Loans**

Lisa Smith, an employee and shareholder, who is not a director or officer and is not considered holding significant influence over Lifezone, has a loan of $75,000 with LZL as at December 31, 2024. This loan was fully repaid on January 13, 2025.

**Management**

**Executive Officers and Directors**

Please refer to Item 6A for details of our Executive Officers and Directors.

**Transactions with Significant Shareholders and their Extended Families**

See Note 22 of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, for details on transactions with significant shareholders and their extended families.

ITEM 7 C: INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

Not Applicable

ITEM 8 A: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION

*Please refer to Item 18 for consolidated financial statements.*

ITEM 8 A: 5, 6

Not Applicable

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ITEM 8 A:7

**Legal Proceedings**

From time-to-time, we may become involved in actions, claims, suits, TRA and other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, including assertions by third parties relating to intellectual property infringement, breaches of contract or warranties or employment-related matters.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are not currently a party to any actions, claims, suits or other legal proceedings the outcome of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

KNCL, a subsidiary of Lifezone, filed a tax appeal with the Tax Revenue Appeals Tribunal, contesting a withholding tax assessment imposed by the TRA on imported services. These services were provided by non-resident entities during a period when KNCL was jointly owned by Barrick and Glencore. On January 21, 2021, the TRA issued an Agency Notice to KNCL's bank, Citi Bank Tanzania Limited, leading to the transfer of the company's total bank balance of TZS 823.4 million ($335,398) as of January 31, 2021, to the TRA. KNCL is a non-operating entity whose retention mining license were revoked by the Government of Tanzania in 2018, ahead of the acquisition by Lifezone and carries a de-minimis amount of cash.

Subsequently, on April 22, 2021, the TRA lifted the Agency Notice until further notice, pending a hearing and final determination of the case. On July 30, 2024, the Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the TRA, dismissing KNCL's appeal and confirming the tax assessment of TZS 8.43 billion ($3.44 million) as payable. Following this ruling, a provision of the full amount, $3.44 million (equivalent to TZS 8.43 billion) was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2024, covering the principal tax amount plus interest.

On August 19, 2024, the TRA issued a further demand notice for the withholding tax of TZS 8.43 billion ($3.44 million), along with additional interest for late payment. In March 2025, this additional interest was revised to TZS 12.4 billion ($5.03 million).

While the outcome of these discussions is uncertain, based on progress of these discussions and legal advice obtained, Lifezone believes that it can successfully negotiate a waiver of the additional interest charges. Lifezone has not provided for any additional interest charges as, based on ongoing discussions with the TRA, any material outflow is not considered probable. However, if the TRA does not waive the additional interest charges, there is a possibility that KNCL could face an additional liability of up to $5.03 million (TZS 12.36 billion). Following resolution of this matter Lifezone intends to place KNCL in voluntary liquidation. KNCL does not hold the SML and any liquidation has no impact on Lifezone's operations.

During 2025, Lifezone and its Tanzanian entities engaged in discussions with the Government of Tanzania to amend the existing Framework Agreement and agreed on a mechanism to resolve several outstanding matters with the TRA. Based on the advice received and the advanced stage of the Framework Agreement negotiations, management believes it is likely that Lifezone will not be required to pay the additional interest charges of $5.03 million (TZS 12.36 billion) in relation to the withholding tax assessment. However, as the amended Framework Agreement has not yet been signed or become effective, it is considered probable, though not certain, that no payment will be required in respect of the assessed amounts, and accordingly, there can be no assurance we will not be required to make such payment. (See Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements for further details).

Lifezone is not otherwise engaged in any capacity in any other material litigation, arbitration, prosecution or other legal proceedings (which means with a value of in excess of $100,000) or in any material proceedings or hearings before any statutory or governmental body, department, board or agency or other dispute resolution proceedings ("**Legal Proceedings**"), nor has Lifezone been involved in any such Legal Proceedings during the 12 months prior to December 31, 2025, and the date of this Annual Report.

No such litigation, arbitration, prosecution, or other proceedings are pending, and no facts or circumstances exist which are likely to result in any Legal Proceedings.

So far as Lifezone is aware, there is no outstanding judgment, order, decree, arbitral award or decision of any court, tribunal, arbitrator, or governmental agency against any Lifezone group entity or any person for whose acts Lifezone may be vicariously liable.

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So far as Lifezone is aware, no material dispute with the employees of Lifezone exists or is threatened and Lifezone is not aware of any existing or threatened labor disturbance by such employees or those of any of its significant suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, or customers.

ITEM 8A: 8

**Dividend Policy**

We have never declared or paid any cash dividend on our Lifezone Ordinary Shares. We currently intend to retain any future earnings and do not expect to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Any further determination to pay dividends on our Lifezone Ordinary Shares would be at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to applicable laws, and would depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions, and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

ITEM 8 B: SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

No significant change has occurred since the date of the annual financial statements.

ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING

ITEM 9: A: OFFER AND LISTING DETAILS

Not Applicable except for Item 9.A.4

ITEM 9: A: 4: MARKETS

Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants commenced trading on the NYSE on July 6, 2023. Prior to that date, there was no public trading market for Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants.

ITEM 9: B: PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Not Applicable

ITEM 9: C: MARKETS

Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbols "LZM" and "LZMW," respectively.

ITEM 9: D, E, F:

Not Applicable

ITEM 10: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ITEM 10 A: SHARE CAPITAL

Not Applicable

ITEM 10: B: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

Lifezone Metals is an Isle of Man company limited by shares and its affairs are governed by its A&R Articles of Association adopted on June 30, 2023, and the IOM Companies Act (each as amended or modified from time to time).

The Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Lifezone Metals (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272865) were filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023).

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As provided in the A&R Articles of Association, subject to the IOM Companies Act, Lifezone Metals has unlimited capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any transaction.

The registered office of Lifezone Metals is 2nd Floor, St George's Court, Upper Church Street, Douglas, IM1 1EE, Isle of Man.

All Lifezone Ordinary Shares are subject to, and have been or will be created under, the laws of the Isle of Man. The following summary of the material terms of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the A&R Articles of Association. You are urged to read the A&R Articles of Association in its entirety for a complete description of the rights and preferences of shareholders of Lifezone Metals.

A Director who has disclosed his or her interests pursuant to the A&R Articles of Association in respect of a proposal, arrangement or contract in which the director is materially interested, shall be counted in the quorum, and may vote, in relation to any resolution of the Board or a Committee of the Board concerning such proposal, arrangement or contract.

A Director shall not vote on his or her own compensation. There are no age restrictions for directors in the articles.

The Board may exercise all the powers of Lifezone Metals to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or part of the undertaking, property and assets (present or future) and uncalled capital of Lifezone Metals and, subject to the IOM Companies Act, to create and issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for a debt, liability or obligation of Lifezone Metals or of a third party.

**Authorized Shares**

The A&R Articles of Association authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of Lifezone Ordinary Shares unless otherwise directed by the board. All of the outstanding Ordinary Shares in Lifezone Metals are fully paid and non-assessable.

Our Lifezone Ordinary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (**"NYSE")** under the symbol "**LZM**."

Initial settlement of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares occurred on July 5, 2023, through the DTC in accordance with its customary settlement procedures for equity securities. Each person owning Lifezone Ordinary Shares held through the Depository Trust Company ("**DTC**") must rely on the procedures thereof and on institutions that have accounts therewith to exercise any rights of a holder of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares.

The following are summaries of material provisions of the A&R Articles of Association insofar as they relate to the material terms of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares.

**Lifezone Ordinary Shares**

The A&R Articles of Association provide for a single class of Ordinary Shares. Each Ordinary Share entitles its holder to an equal share in any distribution made by Lifezone Metals and each Ordinary Share carries a single vote at a meeting of shareholders.

**Voting Rights**

Except as otherwise specified in the A&R Articles of Association or as required by law or NYSE rules, holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares registered in the register of members of Lifezone Metals will vote as a single class. Holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares shall at all times vote together on all resolutions submitted to a vote of the members. Voting at any meeting of members is by show of hands unless a poll is demanded. A poll may be demanded by the chair of such meeting, at least five members present in person or by proxy, or by a member or members present in person or by proxy representing not less than one-tenth of the voting rights of all the members.

The holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. The A&R Articles of Association do not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors. The Lifezone Metals Board is divided into three classes, each consisting initially of an equal number of directors (to the extent feasible).

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The rights attached to the Ordinary Shares (being the only class of shares in issue) are set out in the A&R Articles of Association. The A&R Articles of Association may be amended by a "Special Resolution" which is defined in the A&R Articles of Association as "a resolution of the Company in general meeting passed by a majority of three-fourths or more of the votes cast at that meeting".

There are no provisions in the articles discriminating against shareholders owning a substantial number of shares.

**Transfer**

All Lifezone Ordinary Shares are issued in registered form and may be freely transferred under the A&R Articles of Association, unless any such transfer is restricted or prohibited by another instrument, the NYSE rules or applicable securities laws.

Under the A&R Articles of Association, uncertificated ordinary shares that are listed on a recognized exchange may be transferred without the need for a written instrument of transfer if the transfer is carried out in accordance with the laws, rules, procedures and other requirements applicable to shares listed on the recognized exchange and subject to the A&R Articles of Association, the IOM Companies Act and the Isle of Man Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2006.

Any Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Lifezone Metals warrants received in the Business Combination by persons who are or become affiliates of Lifezone Metals for purposes of Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be resold only in transactions permitted by Rule 144, or as otherwise permitted under the Securities Act. Persons who may be deemed affiliates of Lifezone Metals generally include individuals or entities that control, are controlled by or are under common control with, Lifezone Metals and may include the directors and executive officers of Lifezone Metals, as well as its significant shareholders.

**Purchase of Lifezone Ordinary Shares by Lifezone Metals**

The IOM Companies Act and the A&R Articles of Association permit Lifezone Metals to purchase its own shares with the prior written consent of the relevant members, or pursuant to an offer to all members, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by its board of directors and by a resolution of directors in accordance with the prescribed requirements of the IOM Companies Act.

**Dividends and Distributions**

Pursuant to the A&R Articles of Association and the IOM Companies Act the Lifezone Metals board may from time to time declare dividends and other distributions, and authorize payment thereof, if the Lifezone Metals Board is satisfied that, in accordance with the IOM Companies Act, immediately after the payment of any such dividend or distribution, (a) Lifezone Metals will be able to pay its debts as they become due in the normal course of its business and (b) the value of Lifezone Metals' assets will exceed the value of its liabilities. Each Lifezone Metals ordinary share has equal rights with regard to dividends and to distributions of the surplus assets of Lifezone Metals, if any.

**Other Rights**

Under the A&R Articles of Association, the holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares are not entitled to any preemptive rights or anti-dilution rights. Lifezone Ordinary Shares are not subject to any sinking fund provisions.

Under the A&R Articles of Association, there is no liability to further capital calls. The A&R Articles of Association provide that all shares be paid in full prior to or at the time of issue.

**Issuance of Additional Shares**

The A&R Articles of Association authorize the board of directors of Lifezone Metals to issue additional Lifezone Ordinary Shares from time to time as the board of directors shall determine, subject to the IOM Companies Act and the provisions, if any, in the A&R Articles of Association and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of any applicable exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing shares.

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However, under Isle of Man law, Lifezone Metals directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under the A&R Articles of Association for a proper purpose and for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of Lifezone Metals.

**Meetings of Shareholders**

Under the A&R Articles of Association, Lifezone Metals is required to hold an annual general meeting each year. The Lifezone Metals board may call an annual general meeting on not less than 21 clear days' notice or an EGM upon not less than 14 clear days' notice unless such notice is waived in accordance with the A&R Articles of Association. A meeting notice must specify, among other things, the place, day and time of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at such a meeting.

At any meeting of Lifezone Metals shareholders, one or more shareholders entitled to attend and to vote on the business to be transacted and holding more than 50% of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares shall be a quorum. Subject to the requirements of the IOM Companies Act and Isle of Man law, only those matters set forth in the notice of the general meeting or (solely in the case of a meeting convened upon a Members' Requisition (as defined below)) properly requested in connection with a Members' Requisition may be considered or acted upon at a meeting of Lifezone Metals shareholders.

Each general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, shall be an EGM. Under the IOM Companies Act shareholders have the right to require the directors to call an EGM of shareholders.

To properly call an EGM pursuant to a Lifezone Metals Members Requisition, (a) the request of shareholders representing not less than 10% of the voting power represented by all issued and outstanding shares of Lifezone Metals in respect of the matter for which such meeting is requested must be deposited at the registered office of Lifezone Metals and (b) the requisitioning shareholders must comply with certain information requirements specified in the A&R Articles of Association.

In connection with any meeting of shareholders, the right of a shareholder to bring other business or to nominate a candidate for election to the Lifezone Metals board must be exercised in compliance with the requirements of the A&R Articles of Association. Among other things, notice of such other business or nomination must be received at the registered office of Lifezone Metals not later than the close of business on the date that is 120 days before, and not earlier than the close of business on the date that is 150 days before, the one-year anniversary of the preceding year's annual general meeting, subject to certain exceptions.

**Liquidation**

On a liquidation or winding up of Lifezone Metals, assets available for distribution among the holders of ordinary shares shall be distributed among the holders of the ordinary shares on a pro rata basis.

**Inspection of Books and Records**

Any director of Lifezone Metals is entitled, on giving reasonable notice to Lifezone Metals, to inspect the documents and records maintained by Lifezone Metals and to make copies of or take extracts from such documents and records.

A company is required to keep at the office of its registered agent: its memorandum and articles of association; its register of members or a copy of the register of members; its register of directors or a copy of its register of directors; its register of charges (if any) or a copy of its register of charges; copies of all notices and other documents filed by the company pursuant to the IOM Companies Act in the previous six years; originals or copies of the accounting records required to be kept under the IOM Companies Act; and originals of any financial statements prepared.

**Anti-Takeover Provisions**

Some provisions of the A&R Articles of Association may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of Lifezone Metals or management that members may consider favorable, including, among other things:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a classified board of directors with staggered, three-year terms (however, on or before the fifth anniversary of the listing of the Company's ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange, all directors

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will have retired, or be asked to retire, from their director roles in order that each Director may then be proposed for re-election. Such re-election will thereafter take place each year and the Company's board structure will therefore no longer be divided into three classes, Class I, Class II, and Class III. Furthermore, the Company intends to adopt a board refreshment program on or before the fifth anniversary of the listing of the Company's ordinary shares by utilizing an ongoing program of director evaluation);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the ability of the board of directors to issue preferred shares and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, potentially without shareholder approval;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the limitation of liability of, and the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to, members of the board of directors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• advance notice procedures with which members must comply to nominate candidates to the board of directors or to propose matters to be acted upon at an annual general meeting or EGM, which could preclude members from bringing matters before an annual general meeting or EGM and delay changes in the board of directors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• that members may not act by written consent in lieu of a meeting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• that the A&R Articles of Association may be amended only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least three-fourths of the votes cast at a general meeting.

However, under Isle of Man law, the directors of Lifezone Metals may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under the IOM Companies Act for proper purposes and for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of Lifezone Metals.

ITEM 10 C: MATERIAL CONTRACTS

*The following section contains a summary of certain key terms of each of our material agreements. This section is intended to be a summary only and does not purport to be a complete or exhaustive description of the topics summarized. Reference should be made to the full text of these agreements, which are included as exhibits to this Annual Report.*

***Arrangement with the Government of Tanzania***

*Framework Agreement*

The Government of Tanzania and KNL entered into the Framework Agreement to jointly develop, process and refine the concentrate from the Kabanga Nickel Project. To achieve this objective, the Government of Tanzania and KNL have set up a Tanzanian company, TNCL, which owns two Tanzanian subsidiary companies, TNMCL and TNRCL, to carry out mining operations and mineral refining, respectively. The key principles of the Framework Agreement are intended to underline and guide the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project for the mutual benefit of the Government of Tanzania and KNL. The key principles are as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the application of the Economic Benefits Sharing Principle (as set out below) shall be on the life of mine plans of the Kabanga Nickel Project and the Multi Purpose Mineral Processing Facility;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• having the Joint Financial Model which is to be agreed between the Government of Tanzania and KNL to guide the management and operations of TNCL and the TNCL Subsidiaries;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• jointly managing TNCL pursuant to the shareholders' agreement and the related agreements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• agreeing on the fiscal assumptions underlying the Economic Benefits Sharing Principle;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• intention for TNCL to hold all proceeds from the sale of mineral products in local and foreign currency bank accounts in Tanzania;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• issuing the SML to TNCL;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• establishing minerals beneficiation facilities at Kahama township in Shinyanga Region in Tanzania, in accordance with KNL's proposal;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ownership by TNCL of the TNCL Subsidiaries as wholly owned subsidiaries<sup>[1]</sup>; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• entry by the Government of Tanzania, KNL, TNCL and the TNCL Subsidiaries into a management and administrative services agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Framework Agreement, the Government of Tanzania and KNL agreed to equitably share the economic benefits derived from the Kabanga Nickel Project in accordance with the Joint Financial Model which is to be agreed between the Government of Tanzania and KNL. The Framework Agreement provides that KNL shall receive its share of the economic benefits through payment of dividends and proportionate returns of capital to shareholders of TNCL and the subsidiaries and that the Government of Tanzania will receive its share of the economic benefits through the payment by TNCL and the TNCL Subsidiaries of taxes, royalties, fees and other fiscal levies and through any distributions on the shares of TNCL held by the Government of Tanzania.

The Government of Tanzania and KNL's negotiation of and agreement on the Joint Financial Model and the fiscal assumptions underlying the Economic Benefits Sharing Principles are currently ongoing and we expect to finalise such negotiations in the first half of 2026.

<sup>[1]</sup> *At the time the TNCL Subsidiaries were incorporated by the Government of Tanzania, the Articles of Association of each of TNMCL and TNRCL imply that the Government of Tanzania has a 16% interest in each entity, with TNCL holding the remaining 84% interest. Based on discussions with the Government of Tanzania, Lifezone understands that the Government of Tanzania has acknowledged TNCL's right under the Framework Agreement to own 100% of each TNCL Subsidiaries and expects that the Government of Tanzania will amend the Articles of Association of the TNCL Subsidiaries to correct this administrative error, which correction was expected to occur in 2024 and is anticipated to occur in 2025. However, as of the date of this Annual Report, whilst the register of members correctly records TNCL as holdings 4999 shares and the Government of Tanzania as 1 share, the Articles of Association of each of the TNCL Subsidiaries incorrectly imply that the Government of Tanzania holds a 16% interest in each TNCL Subsidiaries and we cannot guarantee that the Articles of Association of the TNCL Subsidiaries will be amended in a timely manner. For more information, see "Risk Factors — Risks Related to Operational Factors Affecting Lifezone — Due to an inadvertent administrative error during incorporation, the Articles of Association of each TNCL Subsidiaries imply that the Government of Tanzania has a 16% non-dilutable free-carried interest in such TNCL Subsidiaries in addition to the 16% non-dilutable free-carried interest in TNCL.*"

***Business Combination and the BCA***

On July 6, 2023, Lifezone Metals consummated the previously announced Business Combination pursuant to the BCA.

In accordance with the terms of the BCA, the Lifezone Holdings Shareholders transferred all of the outstanding ordinary shares of Lifezone Holdings to Lifezone Metals in exchange for the issuance of new Lifezone Ordinary Shares by Lifezone Metals and, if applicable, the issuance of Earnout Shares (as defined in the BCA) by Lifezone Metals subject to the terms of and in accordance with the BCA.

*Earnout Shares*

Under the BCA, in exchange for their Lifezone Holdings ordinary shares and in addition to the Exchange Shares, Lifezone Metals will issue to the eligible Lifezone Holdings Shareholders, within five business days after the occurrence of the trigger events described below, with respect to such trigger events the following number of Lifezone Ordinary Shares (which will be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares occurring after the Share Acquisition Closing and upon or prior to the applicable Trigger Event, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the BCA:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• upon the occurrence of Trigger Event I, a one-time issuance of 12,536,026 Earnout Shares; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• upon the occurrence of Trigger Event II, a one-time issuance of 12,536,026 Earnout Shares.

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For the avoidance of doubt, the eligible Lifezone Holdings Shareholders with respect to a Trigger Event will be issued Earnout Shares upon the occurrence of each Trigger Event. However, each Trigger Event will only occur once, if at all, and the sum of the Earnout Shares will in no event exceed 25,072,052.

If there is a Change of Control during the Earnout Period (or a definitive contract providing for a Change of Control is entered into during the Earnout Period and such Change of Control is ultimately consummated, even if such consummation occurs after the Earnout Period) pursuant to which Lifezone Metals or its shareholders will receive consideration implying a value per Lifezone Ordinary Shares (as determined in good faith by the Lifezone Metals board) of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• less than $14.00, then no Earnout Shares will be issuable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• greater than or equal to $14.00 but less than $16.00, then, (a) immediately prior to such Change of Control, Lifezone Metals will issue 12,536,026 Lifezone Ordinary Shares (less any Earnout Shares issued prior to such Change of Control) and (b) thereafter, no further Earnout Shares will be issuable; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• greater than or equal to $16.00, then, (a) immediately prior to such Change of Control, Lifezone Metals will issue 25,072,052 Lifezone Ordinary Shares (less any Earnout Shares issued prior to such Change of Control to the eligible Lifezone Holdings Shareholders with respect to the Change of Control), and (b) thereafter, no further Earnout Shares will be issuable.

The Lifezone Metals Ordinary Share price targets set forth in the definitions of "Trigger Event I" and "Trigger Event II" set forth in the BCA will be equitably adjusted for stock splits, share divisions, reverse stock splits, stock or share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares occurring after the Share Acquisition Closing and prior to the Change of Control.

*Sponsor Earnout Shares*

In addition, 1,725,000 Lifezone Ordinary Shares issued to Go Green pursuant to the BCA are Sponsor Earnout Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of the BCA and the Ancillary Documents, upon the occurrence of (a) Trigger Event I, 50% of such Sponsor Earnout Shares will vest (i.e., 862,500 Lifezone Ordinary Shares) and (b) Trigger Event II, 50% of such Sponsor Earnout Shares will vest (i.e., 862,500 Lifezone Ordinary Shares). For the avoidance of doubt, the Sponsor Earnout Shares will vest solely with respect to a Trigger Event that occurs. However, each Trigger Event will only occur once, if at all, and the sum of such Sponsor Earnout Shares will in no event exceed 1,725,000.

If there is a Change of Control during the Earnout Period (or a definitive Contract providing for a Change of Control is entered into during the Earnout Period and such Change of Control is ultimately consummated, even if such consummation occurs after the Earnout Period) pursuant to which Lifezone Metals or its shareholders will receive consideration implying a value per Lifezone Metals ordinary share (as determined in good faith by the Lifezone Metals board) of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• less than $14.00, then the Sponsor Earnout Shares will be forfeited;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• greater than or equal to $14.00 but less than $16.00, then (a) immediately prior to such Change of Control, 50% of such Sponsor Earnout Shares will vest (i.e., 862,500 Lifezone Ordinary Shares) (less any Sponsor Earnout Shares vested prior to such Change of Control) and (b) thereafter, the remaining Sponsor Earnout Shares shall be forfeited; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• greater than or equal to $16.00, then (a) immediately prior to such Change of Control, 100% of such Sponsor Earnout Shares will vest (i.e., 1,725,000 Lifezone Ordinary Shares) (less any Sponsor Earnout Shares vested prior to such Change of Control with respect to the Change of Control), and (b) thereafter, no Lifezone Ordinary Shares will constitute Sponsor Earnout Shares.

The Lifezone Metals Ordinary Share price targets set forth in the definitions of "Trigger Event I" and "Trigger Event II" set forth in the BCA will be equitably adjusted for stock splits, share divisions, reverse stock splits, stock or share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares occurring after the Share Acquisition closing and prior to the Change of Control.

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***Funding for Phase 1 PGM Recycling Partnership with Glencore***

On January 10, 2024, RecycleCo, Lifezone Holdings US, LLC and Glencore entered into a Subscription and Investment Agreement in respect of a business partnership related to the sourcing, recovery, processing and marketing of precious group metals comprised of refined PGM products ("**Subscription and Investment Agreement**").

Glencore and Lifezone Holdings US, LLC intend for RecycleCo to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) install and operate a commercial-scale PGM recycling refinery in the United States,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) utilize the Lifezone Hydromet Technology to recover PGM from spent Autocats, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) once recovered, beneficiate or process such PGM into refined PGM products that can be marketed by Glencore.

Glencore and Lifezone Holdings US, LLC have acquired from RecycleCo a beneficial interest in RecycleCo pursuant to the Subscription and Investment Agreement.

Glencore and Lifezone Holdings US, LLC entered in to the Subscription and Investment Agreement to provide for the investment and the advancement of the partnership related to the sourcing, recovery, processing and marketing of precious group metals comprised of refined PGM, the operation and management of RecycleCo, and the parties' obligations with respect to the proposed second stage of funding and development of the Project.

Phase 1 of the partnership implementation is already underway and involves a confirmatory program of pilot work in Lifezone' laboratories in Perth, Australia. Following successful completion of Phase 1, Phase 2 will involve Lifezone and Glencore jointly funding the capital expenditures required to construct a commercial-scale PGM recycling facility in the United States.

Lifezone and Glencore have contributed $1.5 million each to the project. Phase 1 is expected to be completed in first half of 2026.

***Subscription Agreement for $50 Million of Unsecured Convertible Debentures***

On March 21, 2024, Lifezone entered into subscription agreements for the issuance of $50 million of convertible debentures with a consortium investors, which was subsequently amended and restated on August 8, 2025. The proceeds were used to continue activities of the Kabanga Nickel Project.

Key Terms of the subscription agreements include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Issuance of $50 million of unsecured convertible debentures. The debentures bear interest at a rate of the SOFR plus 4.0% per annum, subject to a SOFR floor of 3.0%.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) During the 48-month term, the debentures can be redeemed early by Lifezone, subject to the achievement of certain conditions, at a price of 105% plus interest otherwise payable to the maturity date. Interest is payable quarterly via a mix of cash and shares during the first two years and all in cash during the last two years.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The debentures are convertible into Lifezone Ordinary Shares at the option of the holder. The conversion price is $8.00 per share and is subject to customary adjustments. Mandatory conversion can occur if Lifezone's share price is greater than 50% above the conversion price for any 15 Trading Days within a 30 consecutive Trading Days period.

Closing of the $50 million non-brokered private placement of unsecured convertible debentures took place on March 28, 2024, in escrow.

***Acquisition of BHP's equity interest in KNL***

On July 18, 2025, Lifezone Limited entered into a definitive agreement with BHP to acquire BHP's 17% equity interest in KNL, the majority owner of the Kabanga Nickel Project. In connection with the acquisition, all existing

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agreements between BHP, Lifezone Limited, KNL or any affiliates and with respect to the Kabanga Nickel Project, including the T2 Option Agreement, were terminated.

Following completion of the transaction, Lifezone Limited owns 100% of KNL, which in turn holds an 84% interest in TNCL, the Tanzanian operating company for the Kabanga Nickel Project. The remaining 16% of TNCL is held by the Government of Tanzania.

As part of the transaction, Lifezone Limited assumed control over 100% of the offtake from the Kabanga Nickel Project.

Key terms of the acquisition are:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *FID Payment*: A fixed cash payment of $10 million, payable within 30 days after the earlier of: (i) 12 months after the FID at Kabanga; or (ii) once Lifezone has raised $250 million in aggregate funding (whether through equity, debt or alternative sources);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *First Commercial Production Payment*: A second deferred cash payment, payable within 30 days after the period of 12 months following the achievement of first commercial production. The amount is indexed to Lifezone's share price performance, with a reference share price of $4.16 per share and a reference amount of $28 million. An index factor of 0.7x applies – meaning that a 10% increase in Lifezone's share price results in a $1.96 million increase in the payment ($28 million x 10% x 0.7). Based on an illustrative price of $4.50 per share, the payment would total $30 million;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Total consideration cap*: Maximum of $83 million, or reduced to $75 million if a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Trigger Event occurs (*see below*);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Lock-Up and Right of First Offer*: BHP has agreed not to sell its Lifezone shares for 12 months post-completion. After this period, BHP must first offer any shares it intends to sell to Lifezone before potentially transferring them to third parties, subject to customary terms.

The RAP Trigger Event is defined as the independent verification that the project's Resettlement Action Plan has been developed and implemented in material alignment with the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standard 5 (IFC PS5).

If confirmed within 12 months of completion, the total consideration payable to BHP will be reduced to a maximum of $75 million.

***$60 million Senior Secured Bridge Loan Facility with Taurus Mining Finance***

On August 11, 2025, the Company announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, KNL (the "Borrower"), entered into a $60 million senior secured bridge loan facility agreement (the "Bridge Loan Facility Agreement") with Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2, L.P. ("Taurus Mining Finance"), a leading global provider of structured finance to the mining sector.

The senior secured bridge loan facility is intended to support advancement of the Kabanga Nickel Project, by funding the development of critical early works and infrastructure development as the Company moves toward securing long-term project financing for the Kabanga Nickel Project. The senior secured bridge loan facility provides essential funding to maintain project momentum during the execution readiness phase, bridging the period between Feasibility Study completion and FID.

As part of the transaction, the Company issued warrants to Taurus Mining Finance to purchase 2,500,000 of the Company's ordinary shares, exercisable at an exercise price of $5.42 per share. The warrants will expire five years from the date of issuance.

The facility matures on July 31, 2027, and includes an option for the Borrower to extend the maturity date by six months. If the Borrower elects to extend, the Company will be required to issue an additional 1,500,000 warrants to Taurus Mining Finance on substantially the same terms.

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The facility is secured by a security interest in the shares that Lifezone Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, holds in the Borrower, and by security interests in other assets relating to the Kabanga Nickel Project, including all of the assets of the Borrower. The loan is also guaranteed by other subsidiaries of the Company.

The outstanding amounts under the facility bear interest at an annual rate of 9.25%, payable in arrears quarterly, and the principal amount is repayable in full on the maturity date. The loan was subject to an arrangement fee of 2.25% and a commitment fee of 2.5% per annum on undrawn amounts.

The availability of the first drawdown under the facility is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent for a transaction of this nature, and the availability of the second drawdown is further subject to Tanzanian-law security being granted over the shares and assets of certain Tanzanian subsidiaries of the Company. KNL has the option to extend the term of the loan by an additional six months.

The facility agreement states that KNL must apply any amounts received by it as repayment of the $60 million senior secured bridge loan facility on the date 10 business days after receipt by KNL or its group of any amounts advanced from the closing and initial utilisation of any one or a combination of (i) any transaction pursuant to which financial indebtedness is incurred; or (ii) any transaction involving the sale or delivery of any minerals, or the payment of any consideration (in cash, metal or otherwise) measured, quantified or calculated based on, in whole or in part, any minerals, pursuant to a streaming transaction, royalty transaction, prepayment of metals agreement, metals forward sale or option, or similar transaction, whether secured or unsecured, streaming or royalty sale and purchase obligations, provided that the total amount made available for utilisations under these transactions (individually or in aggregate) is at least $200 million and the funding is being provided (all or in part) for capital expenditure or operating costs in connection with the Kabanga Nickel Project.

In connection with the Bridge Loan Facility Agreement, the Company and the debenture holders amended certain terms of the Company's outstanding Convertible debentures.

ITEM 10 D: EXCHANGE CONTROLS

There is no exchange control legislation under Isle of Man law, and accordingly, there are no exchange control regulations imposed under Isle of Man law.

ITEM 10 E: TAXATION

**Isle of Man Tax Considerations**

The Isle of Man has a regime for the taxation of income, but there are no taxes on capital gains, stamp taxes or inheritance taxes in the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man operates a zero rate of income tax for most corporate taxpayers, including Lifezone Metals. There will be no required withholding by Lifezone Metals on account of Isle of Man tax in respect of dividends paid by Lifezone Metals.

**Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations for United States Holders**

The following is a discussion of the material United States federal income tax considerations for United States Holders (as defined below) of the ownership and disposition of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants. For purposes of this discussion, a "Holder" is a beneficial owner of Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants. This discussion applies only to Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants, as the case may be, that are held as "capital assets" within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code for United States federal income tax purposes (generally, property held for investment). This discussion is based on the provisions of the Code, United States Treasury regulations ("**Treasury Regulations**"), administrative rules, and judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date hereof, and all of which are subject to change or differing interpretations, possibly with retroactive effect. Any such change or differing interpretation could significantly alter the tax considerations described herein.

Lifezone Metals has not sought any rulings from the United States Internal Revenue Service (the "**IRS**") with respect to the statements made and the positions or conclusions described in this summary. Such statements, positions and conclusions are not free from doubt, and there can be no assurance that your tax advisor, the IRS, or a court will agree with such statements, positions, and conclusions.

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This summary does not address the Medicare tax on certain investment income, United States federal estate or gift tax laws, any United States state or local or non United States tax laws, or any tax treaties. Furthermore, this discussion does not address all United States federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to particular holders in light of their personal circumstances or that may be relevant to certain categories of investors that may be subject to special rules under the United States federal income tax laws, such as:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• tax-exempt or governmental organizations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• "qualified foreign pension funds" as defined in Section 897(l)(2) of the Code (or any entities all of the interests of which are held by a qualified foreign pension fund);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• dealers in securities or foreign currencies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• traders in securities that use the mark-to-market method of accounting for United States federal income tax purposes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• "controlled foreign corporations," "passive foreign investment companies," and corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• entities or arrangements treated as partnerships or other pass-through entities for United States federal income tax purposes or holders of interests therein;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• persons deemed to sell Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants under the constructive sale provisions of the Code;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• persons that acquired Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants through the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation or through a tax-qualified retirement plan;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• persons that hold Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants as part of a straddle, appreciated financial position, synthetic security, hedge, conversion transaction, or other integrated investment or risk reduction transaction;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• except as specifically provided below, persons that actually or constructively own 5% or more (by vote or value) of any class of shares of Lifezone Metals;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• holders of Private Placement Warrants;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone Metals' officers or directors; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• holders who are not United States Holders.

If a partnership (including an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) holds Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants, the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner, upon the activities of the partnership and upon certain determinations made at the partner level. Accordingly, partners in partnerships (including entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for United States federal income tax purposes) holding Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants are urged to consult with their own tax advisors regarding the United States federal income tax consequences to them relating to the matters discussed below.

ALL HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS (INCLUDING ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE CHANGES THERETO) TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, AS WELL AS ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES ARISING UNDER ANY OTHER TAX LAWS, INCLUDING UNITED STATES FEDERAL

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ESTATE OR GIFT TAX LAWS OR ANY UNITED STATES STATE OR LOCAL OR NON UNITED STATES TAX LAWS, OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE INCOME TAX TREATY.

**United States Holder Defined**

For purposes of this discussion, a "United States Holder" is a Holder that, for United States federal income tax purposes, is:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a trust (i) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a United States court and which has one or more "United States persons" (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) that has made a valid election under applicable Treasury Regulations to be treated as a United States person.

**Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules**

Adverse United States federal income tax rules apply to United States persons that hold shares in a foreign (i.e., non United States) corporation classified as a PFIC for United States federal income tax purposes. In general, Lifezone Metals will be treated as a PFIC with respect to a United States Holder in any taxable year in which, after applying certain look-through rules, either (a) at least 75% of its gross income for such taxable year consists of passive income (e.g., dividends, interest, rents (other than rents derived from the active conduct of a trade or business), and gains from the disposition of passive assets); or (b) the average percentage (ordinarily averaged quarterly over the year) by value of its assets during such taxable year that produce or are held for the production of passive income is at least 50%.

Based upon the composition of our income and assets and the manner in which we currently operate our business, we believe we were likely not a PFIC for the taxable year ended December 31, 2025. The determination of whether we are or will become a PFIC is a fact-intensive inquiry made on an annual basis that depends, in part, on the composition of our income and assets and the market price of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares during the year. As previously disclosed, we believe that we were likely a PFIC for the taxable year ended December 31, 2024. Because PFIC status is based on income, assets and activities for the entire taxable year and because revenue production of Lifezone Metals is uncertain, it is not possible to determine PFIC status for any taxable year until after the close of the taxable year. Accordingly, there can be no assurance regarding our PFIC status for the current taxable year ending December 31, 2026 or any future taxable year. In addition, our United States counsel expresses no opinion with respect to our PFIC status for any taxable year.

It is not entirely clear how various aspects of the PFIC rules apply to the Warrants. A person who has an option to acquire stock in a PFIC may be considered to own such stock in the PFIC for certain purposes of the PFIC rules under Proposed Treasury Regulations.

If Lifezone Metals is a PFIC for any taxable year in which a United States Holder held Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants, Lifezone Metals will be treated as a PFIC for subsequent years even if Lifezone Metals would not be classified as a PFIC in those years.

If Lifezone Metals were treated as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a United States Holder held Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants and, in the case of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares, the United States Holder did not make either a qualified electing fund ("**QEF**") election or mark-to-market election, as further discussed below, for the first taxable year in which Lifezone Metals was treated as a PFIC and in which the United States Holder held (or was deemed to hold) such shares or otherwise, such United States Holder would generally be subject to special and adverse tax rules with respect to (i) any gain recognized by the United States Holder on the sale or other disposition of its Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants and (ii) any "excess distribution" made to the United States Holder (generally, any distributions to such United States Holder during a taxable year of the United States Holder that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such United States Holder in respect of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares during the three preceding taxable years of such United States Holder or, if shorter, such United States Holder's holding period for the Lifezone Ordinary Shares) (together, the "excess distribution rules").

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Under these rules:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the United States Holder's gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the United States Holder's holding period for the Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the amount allocated to the United States Holder's taxable year in which the United States Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the period in the United States Holder's holding period before the first day of Lifezone Metals' first taxable year in which Lifezone Metals was a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the amount allocated to other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the United States Holder and included in its holding period will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the United States Holder; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the United States Holder with respect to the tax attributable to each such other taxable year of the United States Holder.

A United States Holder may mitigate certain, but not all, of these adverse consequences in respect of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares by making and maintaining a timely and valid QEF election (if eligible to do so) to include in income its pro rata share of Lifezone Metals' net capital gains (as long-term capital gain) and other earnings and profits (as ordinary income), on a current basis, in each case whether or not distributed, in the taxable year of the United States Holder in which or with which Lifezone Metals' taxable year ends. However, for any tax year in which we are a PFIC and have no net income or gain, United States Holders that have made a QEF election would not have any such income inclusions as a result of the QEF election.

If a United States Holder makes a QEF election with respect to its Lifezone Ordinary Shares in a year after our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the United States Holder held (or was deemed to hold) Lifezone Ordinary Shares, then notwithstanding such QEF election, the excess distribution rules discussed above, adjusted to take into account the current income inclusions resulting from the QEF election, will continue to apply with respect to such United States Holder's Lifezone Ordinary Shares, unless the United States Holder makes a purging election under the PFIC rules. Under one type of purging election, the United States Holder will be deemed to have sold such Lifezone Ordinary Shares at their fair market value and any gain recognized on such deemed sale will be treated as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of such purging election, the United States Holder will have additional basis (to the extent of any gain recognized on the deemed sale) and, solely for purposes of the PFIC rules, a new holding period in the Lifezone Ordinary Shares.

If a United States Holder has made a QEF election with respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares, and the excess distribution rules discussed above do not apply to such shares (because of a timely QEF election or a purge of the PFIC taint pursuant to a purging election, as described above), any gain recognized on the sale of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares generally will be taxable as capital gain and no additional tax charge will be imposed under the PFIC rules.

Under current law, a United States Holder may not make a QEF election with respect to its Warrants. Proposed Treasury Regulations provide that if a United States Holder sells or otherwise disposes of such Warrants (other than upon exercise or lapse of such Warrants) and we were a PFIC at any time during the United States Holder's holding period of such Warrants, any gain recognized generally will be treated as an excess distribution, taxed as described above. If a United States Holder that exercises such Warrants properly makes and maintains a QEF election with respect to the newly acquired Lifezone Ordinary Shares (or has previously made a QEF election with respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares), the QEF election will generally apply to the newly acquired Lifezone Ordinary Shares. United States Holders should consult with their own United States tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of owning and disposing of the Warrants.

In order to comply with the requirements of a QEF election, a United States Holder must receive a PFIC Annual Information Statement from us that provides the information necessary for United States Holders to make or maintain a QEF election. If Lifezone Metals determines that it is a PFIC for any taxable year, upon written request, it will endeavor to provide to a United States Holder such information as the IRS may require, including a PFIC Annual Information Statement, in order to enable the United States Holder to make and maintain a QEF election, but there is no assurance that Lifezone Metals will timely provide such required information. There is also no assurance that Lifezone Metals will have timely knowledge of its status as a PFIC in the future or of the required information to be provided.

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Alternatively, a United States Holder may be able to avoid the rules described above by making a mark-to-market election with respect to the Lifezone Ordinary Shares, provided that such shares are regularly traded on the NYSE or any other qualified exchange. If a United States Holder makes the mark-to-market election, it generally will recognize as ordinary income any excess of the fair market value of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares at the end of each taxable year in which we are a PFIC over their adjusted tax basis, and will recognize an ordinary loss in respect of any excess of the adjusted tax basis of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of income previously included as a result of the mark-to-market election). If a United States Holder makes this election, the United States Holder's tax basis in the Lifezone Ordinary Shares will be adjusted to reflect the income or loss amounts recognized. Any gain recognized on the sale or other disposition Lifezone Ordinary Shares in a year in which we are a PFIC will be treated as ordinary income and any loss will be treated as an ordinary loss (but only to the extent of the net amount of income previously included as a result of the mark-to-market election, with any excess treated as capital loss).

If Lifezone Metals is a PFIC and, at any time, has a foreign subsidiary that is classified as a PFIC, United States Holders generally would be deemed to own a portion of the shares of such lower-tier PFIC, and generally could incur liability for the deferred tax and interest charge described above if Lifezone Metals receives a distribution from, or disposes of all or part of Lifezone Metals' interest in, the lower-tier PFIC or the United States Holders otherwise were deemed to have disposed of an interest in the lower-tier PFIC. A mark-to-market election generally would not be available with respect to our subsidiaries. United States Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the tax issues raised by lower-tier PFICs.

A United States Holder that owns (or is deemed to own) shares in a PFIC during any taxable year of the United States Holder, may have to file an IRS Form 8621 (whether or not a QEF or mark-to-market election is made) and such other information as may be required by the United States Treasury Department. Failure to do so, if required, will extend the statute of limitations until such required information is furnished to the IRS.

The rules regarding PFICs and the QEF, purging, and mark-to-market elections are very complex and are affected by various factors in addition to those described above. Accordingly, United States Holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants should consult their tax advisors concerning the application of the PFIC rules to Lifezone Metals securities under their particular circumstances.

THE PFIC RULES ARE VERY COMPLEX, ARE AFFECTED BY VARIOUS FACTORS IN ADDITION TO THOSE DESCRIBED ABOVE, AND THEIR APPLICATION IS UNCERTAIN. UNITED STATES HOLDERS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS TO DETERMINE THE APPLICATION OF THE PFIC RULES TO THEM IN THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES AND ANY RESULTING TAX CONSEQUENCES.

**Tax Characterization of Distributions with Respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares**

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, if Lifezone Metals pays distributions of cash or other property to United States Holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares, such distributions generally will constitute dividends for United States federal income tax purposes to the extent paid from Lifezone Metals' current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under United States federal income tax principles, and will be treated as described in the section entitled "Distributions Treated as Dividends" below. Because Lifezone Metals may not maintain calculations of earnings and profits under United States federal income tax principles, it is possible that the full amount of distributions paid by Lifezone Metals will need to be reported as dividends for United States federal income tax purposes.

**Possible Constructive Distributions with Respect to Warrants**

The terms of the Warrants provide for an adjustment to the number of Lifezone Ordinary Shares for which Warrants may be exercised or to the exercise price of the Warrants in certain events. An adjustment which has the effect of preventing dilution generally is not taxable. United States Holders of the Warrants would, however, be treated as receiving a constructive distribution from Lifezone Metals if, for example, the adjustment increases the warrant holders' proportionate interest in Lifezone Metals' assets or earnings and profits (e.g., through an increase in the number of Lifezone Ordinary Shares that would be obtained upon exercise or through a decrease in the exercise price of the Warrants) as a result of a distribution of cash or other property to the United States Holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares. Any such constructive distribution would be treated in the same manner as if United States Holders of Warrants received a cash distribution from Lifezone Metals generally equal to the fair market value of the increased interest and would be taxed in a

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manner similar to distributions to United States Holders of Lifezone Ordinary Shares described herein. Please see the section entitled "Tax Characterization of Distributions with Respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares" above. For certain information reporting purposes, Lifezone Metals is required to determine the date and amount of any such constructive distributions. Proposed Treasury Regulations, which Lifezone Metals may rely on prior to the issuance of final Treasury Regulations, specify how the date and amount of any such constructive distributions are determined.

**Distributions Treated as Dividends**

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, dividends paid by Lifezone Metals will be taxable to a corporate United States Holder at regular rates and will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowed to domestic corporations in respect of dividends received from other domestic corporations. Dividends Lifezone Metals pays to a non-corporate United States Holder generally will constitute "qualified dividends" that will be subject to United States federal income tax at the lower applicable long-term capital gains tax rate only if (i) Lifezone Ordinary Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, (ii) we are neither a PFIC nor treated as such with respect to a U.S. Holder (as discussed above) for the taxable year in which the dividend is paid and the preceding taxable year, and certain holding period and other requirements are met. If such requirements are not satisfied, a non-corporate United States Holder may be subject to tax on the dividend at regular ordinary income tax rates instead of the preferential rate that applies to qualified dividend income.

**Gain or Loss on Sale or Other Taxable Exchange or Disposition of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants**

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, upon a sale or other taxable disposition of Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants (which, in general, would include a redemption of Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants that is treated as a sale of such securities), a United States Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received in such disposition and (ii) the United States Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the United States Holder's holding period for the Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants, as applicable, so disposed of exceeds one year. Long-term capital gains recognized by non-corporate United States Holders may be eligible to be taxed at reduced rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

**Cash Exercise of a Warrant**

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, a United States Holder generally will not recognize gain or loss on the acquisition of Lifezone Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of a Warrant for cash. The United States Holder's tax basis in its Lifezone Ordinary Shares received upon exercise of a Warrant generally will be an amount equal to the sum of the United States Holder's tax basis in the Warrant and the exercise price of such Warrant. It is unclear whether a United States Holder's holding period for the Lifezone Ordinary Shares received upon exercise of the Warrant will commence on the date of exercise of the Warrant or the immediately following date. In either case, the holding period will not include the period during which the United States Holder held the Warrant.

**Cashless Exercise of a Warrant**

The tax characterization of a cashless exercise of a Warrant is not clear under current United States federal tax law. Due to the absence of authority on the United States federal income tax treatment of a cashless exercise, there can be no assurance which, if any, of the alternative tax characterizations and resultant tax consequences would be adopted by the IRS or upheld by a court of law. Accordingly, United States Holders should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of a cashless exercise.

A cashless exercise could potentially be characterized as any of the following for United States federal income tax purposes: (i) not a realization event and thus tax-deferred, (ii) a realization event that qualifies as a tax-deferred "recapitalization," or (iii) a taxable realization event. The tax consequences of all three characterizations are generally described below. United States Holders should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of a cashless exercise.

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, if a cashless exercise were characterized as either not a realization event or as a realization event that qualifies as a recapitalization, a United States Holder would not recognize any gain or

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loss on the exchange of Warrants for Lifezone Ordinary Shares. A United States Holder's basis in the Lifezone Ordinary Shares received would generally equal the United States Holder's aggregate basis in the exchanged Warrants.

If the cashless exercise were not a realization event, it is unclear whether a United States Holder's holding period in the Lifezone Ordinary Shares would be treated as commencing on the date of exchange of the Warrants or on the immediately following date, but the holding period would not include the period during which the United States Holder held the Warrants. On the other hand, if the cashless exercise were characterized as a realization event that qualifies as a recapitalization, the holding period of the Lifezone Ordinary Shares would include the holding period of the warrants exercised.

If the cashless exercise were treated as a realization event that does not qualify as a recapitalization, the cashless exercise could be treated in whole or in part as a taxable exchange in which gain or loss would be recognized by the United States Holder. Under this characterization, a portion of the Warrants to be exercised on a cashless basis would be deemed to have been surrendered in payment of the exercise price of the remaining portion of such warrants, which would be deemed to be exercised. In such a case, a United States Holder would effectively be deemed to have sold a number of Warrants having an aggregate value equal to the exercise price of the remaining Warrants deemed exercised. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, the United States Holder would recognize capital gain or loss in an amount generally equal to the difference between the value of the portion of the warrants deemed sold and its adjusted tax basis in such warrants (generally in the manner described in the section entitled "Gain or Loss on Sale or Other Taxable Exchange or Disposition of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants" above), and the United States Holder's tax basis in its Lifezone Ordinary Shares received would generally equal the sum of the United States Holder's tax basis in the remaining Warrants deemed exercised and the exercise price of such warrants. It is unclear whether a United States Holder's holding period for the Lifezone Ordinary Shares would commence on the date of exercise of the Warrants or on the date following the date of exercise of the Warrants, but the holding period would not include the period during which the United States Holder held the Warrants.

**Redemption or Repurchase of Warrants for Cash**

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, if Lifezone Metals redeems the Warrants for cash as permitted under the terms of the Warrant Agreement or if Lifezone Metals repurchases Warrants in an open market transaction, such redemption or repurchase generally will be treated as a taxable disposition to the United States Holder, taxed as described in the section entitled "Gain or Loss on Sale or Other Taxable Exchange or Disposition of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants" above.

**Expiration of a Warrant**

If a Warrant is allowed to expire unexercised, a United States Holder generally will recognize a capital loss equal to such United States Holder's tax basis in the Warrant. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to certain limitations.

**Information Reporting and Backup Withholding**

Dividends paid to United States Holders with respect to Lifezone Ordinary Shares and proceeds from the sale, exchange, or redemption of Lifezone Ordinary Shares or Warrants may be subject, under certain circumstances, to information reporting and backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a United States Holder that (i) is a corporation or entity that is otherwise exempt from backup withholding (which, when required, certifies as to its exempt status) or (ii) furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes any other required certification on IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification). Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the United States federal income tax liability (if any) of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If backup withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund generally may be obtained, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Certain United States Holders may be required to file an IRS Form 926 (Return by a United States Transferor of Property to a Foreign Corporation) to report a transfer of property (including stock, securities, or cash) to us. Substantial penalties may be imposed on a United States Holder that fails to comply with this reporting requirement, and the period of limitations on assessment and collection of United States federal income taxes will be extended in the event of a failure to comply. Furthermore, certain United States Holders who are individuals and certain entities will be required to report information with respect to such United States Holder's investment in "specified foreign financial assets" on IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets), subject to certain exceptions. An interest in Lifezone Metals

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constitutes a specified foreign financial asset for these purposes. Persons who are required to report specified foreign financial assets and fail to do so may be subject to substantial penalties, and the period of limitations on assessment and collection of United States federal income taxes will be extended in the event of a failure to comply. United States Holders are urged to consult with their own tax advisors regarding the foreign financial asset and other reporting obligations and their application to their ownership of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and Warrants.

**Direct Registration System**

Lifezone Metals, has a sponsored Direct Registration System facility with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company under a Transfer Agent and Registrar Agreement, dated June 29, 2023.

The shares are registered with the SEC, are listed on the NYSE and are traded under the symbol LZM.

ITEM 10 F, G:

Not Applicable

ITEM 10 H: DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY

We are subject to certain of the informational filing requirements of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, we are required to file reports and other information with the SEC, including annual reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K. The SEC maintains an Internet website that contains reports and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is http://www.sec.gov.

As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt under the Exchange Act from, among other things, the rules prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our executive officers, management board members, supervisory board members and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short- swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as United States companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.

Our SEC filings, including this Annual Report, are also available to you on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

Additionally, under the NYSE's rules, a foreign private issuer is subject to less stringent corporate governance and compliance requirements and subject to certain exceptions, the NYSE permits a foreign private issuer to follow its home country's practice in lieu of the listing requirements of the NYSE.

ITEM 10 I, J: SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION AND ANNUAL REPORT TO SECURITY HOLDERS

Not applicable

ITEM 11: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market risks affecting Lifezone are comprised of credit risk, foreign exchange rate risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk. Financial instruments affected by market risk include cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, related party receivables, trade payables, accrued liabilities and convertible debentures.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**i.Credit risk**

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation. During 2025, Lifezone did not have significant external revenues and therefore its credit risk from trade receivables is insignificant.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**ii.Liquidity risk**

Liquidity risk arises from the possibility that Lifezone will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. Lifezone has historically been supported financially by its shareholders. The risk of its shareholders discontinuing the

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provision of financing was historically regarded as low. Lifezone proposes to fund its upfront capital requirements and ongoing operations through current cash reserves, selling equity securities or obtaining debt financing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**iii.Foreign exchange risk**

Lifezone has financial instruments which are denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars, its reporting currency. Lifezone mostly incurs expenditures for which it owes money denominated in non-U.S. dollar currencies, including GBP and AUD. As a result, movement of such currencies could adversely affect Lifezone' results of operations and financial position.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**iv. Interest rate risk**

Lifezone is exposed to interest rate risk from the interest it earns on cash and the interest it pays on the convertible debentures as described in Note 21 of the consolidated financial statements.

For further information on credit, liquidity and foreign exchange risks, please see Note 27 of the consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 12 A, B, C, D:

Not applicable

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PART II

ITEM 13: DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

None

ITEM 14: MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

*No changes.*

ITEM 15: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

**Controls and Procedures**

**Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures**

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, which are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of Lifezone's "disclosure controls and procedures" (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of December 31, 2025. Based on such evaluation, those officers have concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, Lifezone's disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms as a result of the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting described below.

The material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the fact that policies and procedures with respect to the review, supervision and monitoring of our accounting and reporting functions, were either not designed and in place, or not operating effectively.

Notwithstanding the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting described above, our management concluded that our consolidated financial statements in this annual report present fairly, in all material respects, the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of the dates, and for the periods presented, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards and International Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Interpretations (collectively IFRS Accounting Standards).

**Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting**

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act.

Internal controls over financial reporting are designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and effected by our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB and includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets and liabilities of Lifezone; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS, and that receipts and expenditures of Lifezone are being made only in accordance with the necessary authorizations; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of Lifezone's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal controls over financial reporting may not prevent errors or detect all misstatements. Also, projections or any evaluation or effectiveness for future periods are subject to the risk that controls

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may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting as set forth in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework). Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective as of December 31, 2025 due to the material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting described above.

As an 'emerging growth company' we avail ourselves of the exemption from the requirement that our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b).

**Remediation of Previously Reported Material Weaknesses**

We previously reported the existence of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2024, related to limited resources within the finance team with sufficient knowledge and experience in applying IFRS Accounting Standards and with our financial reporting requirements.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, management implemented the following remediation measures to address the previously identified material weakness above and strengthen our internal control over financial reporting:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We hired additional qualified personnel with the appropriate level of accounting knowledge, training, and experience to enhance the depth and capability of our finance and accounting team.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We updated our policies and procedures to provide further guidance to our accounting and finance team on IFRS requirements.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We engaged external SEC accounting advisors for technical accounting advice on significant and complex transactions, including taxation, to ensure timely and accurate accounting conclusions.

The Company continues to design and implement company wide accounting policies, application guidance and procedures, and this will continue in 2026. Whilst progress has been made since December 31, 2024 with respect to remediation of the identified material weaknesses, a number of internal control remediations remain ongoing in respect to the review, supervision and monitoring of our accounting and reporting functions and will require re-testing to validate their effectiveness and support remediation of the remaining identified material weakness. Management is committed to implementing measures to help ensure the deficiencies contributing to the remaining identified material weakness is remediated as soon as possible.

**Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting**

Other than the changes Lifezone has made to its internal control over financial reporting as a direct result of the implementation of the remediation procedures described above, there were no other material changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2025.

**Limitations on the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures**

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and our management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting also are based in

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part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

ITEM 16: [RESERVED]

ITEM 16 A: AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Our board of directors has determined that Jennifer Houghton, a member of our Audit Committee, is a "financial expert," as defined in Item 16A of Form 20-F. Ms. Houghton is "independent," as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. For a description of Ms. Houghton's experience, see Item 6.A.

ITEM 16 B: CODE OF ETHICS

**Code of Conduct and Business Ethics**

Lifezone has adopted a Code of Conduct and Business Ethics that applies to all Lifezone's employees, officers and directors. The full text of Lifezone's Code of Conduct and Business Ethics is posted on the website of Lifezone Metals here: https://ir.lifezonemetals.com/governance/governance-documents/default.aspx. Lifezone intends to disclose future amendments to, or waivers of, Lifezone's Code of Conduct and Business Ethics, as and to the extent required by SEC regulations, at the same location on the website of Lifezone Metals identified above or in public filings. Information contained on the website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report, and you should not consider information contained on the website of Lifezone Metals to be part of this Annual Report.

ITEM 16 C: PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

BDO LLP, London, UK (**"BDO"**) is our independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024.

The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed to Lifezone for services provided by BDO:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31** | **December 31** |
| | **2025** | **2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| Audit fees | 1111945 | 145684 |
| All other fees | 242173 | - |
| **Total** | **1354118** | **145684** |

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Audit fees include the aggregate fees billed for services rendered by BDO for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of the interim financial statements.

All other fees include the aggregate fees billed for services provided by BDO in connection with our registration statements.

ITEM 16 D, E:

Not applicable.

ITEM 16 F: CHANGE IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

Not applicable.

ITEM 16 G: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Foreign private issuers, such as Lifezone Metals, must briefly highlight any significant ways in which their corporate governance practices differ from those followed by US domestic companies subject to the listing standards of the

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NYSE. We intend to follow the rules generally applicable to United States domestic companies listed on the NYSE, subject to certain exceptions. In particular, a majority of our board of directors is considered "independent" as defined under NYSE listing rules.

Lifezone Metals is considered a "foreign private issuer" under the securities laws of the United States and the rules of the NYSE. Under the applicable securities laws of the United States, "**foreign private issuers**" are subject to different disclosure requirements than United States domiciled issuers. As a foreign private issuer, Lifezone Metals is not subject to SEC's proxy rules. NYSE listing rules include certain accommodations in the corporate governance requirements that allow FPI, such as us, to follow "home country" corporate governance practices in lieu of the otherwise applicable corporate governance standards of NYSE. Accordingly, Lifezone Metals shareholders may not receive the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE's corporate governance requirements.

Certain corporate governance practices in the Isle of Man, Lifezone Metals home country, may differ significantly from NYSE corporate governance listing standards. For instance, Lifezone Metals may choose to follow home country practice in lieu of NYSE corporate governance listing standards such as:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• having a majority of the board be independent (although all of the members of the Audit Committee must be independent under the Exchange Act);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• having a compensation committee and a nominating or corporate governance committee consisting entirely of independent directors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• having annual meetings and director elections; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• obtaining shareholder approval prior to certain issuances (or potential issuances of securities).

Lifezone Metals intends to follow home country practice and be exempt from requirements to obtain shareholder approval for the issuance of 20% or more of its outstanding shares under NYSE listing rule 312.03(c).

Lifezone Metals has formed board committees beyond those required under Isle of Man law. In addition to maintaining an Audit Committee consisting of at least three independent directors under NYSE listing rules, we established the following board committees: (1) a compensation committee; (2) a nominating and corporate governance committee; (3) an investment committee; (4) a disclosure committee; and (5) a sustainability committee. For more information, see "*Item 6C – Board Practices — Board Committees.*"

Lifezone Metals intends to take all actions necessary for it to maintain compliance as a foreign private issuer under the applicable corporate governance requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the rules adopted by the SEC and the NYSE corporate governance rules and listing standards.

Because Lifezone Metals is a foreign private issuer, its directors and senior management are not subject to potential short-swing profit liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. However, Lifezone Metals' directors and senior management are subject to insider trading reporting obligations under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and SEC related rules effective as of March 18, 2026, as well as, to the extent applicable, the obligation to report changes in share ownership under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and related SEC rules.

In addition, we have policies and systems in place to promote ethical conduct and mitigate against a variety of risks, including ethics, conduct, modern slavery, anti-bribery and corruption, human rights, environmental, health and safety, insider trading and disclosure, trade compliance and sanctions, data protection and whistle-blowing.

ITEM 16: H, I : MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

Not applicable

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ITEM 16 J: INSIDER TRADING POLICIES

Isle of Man and United States law each contain rules intended to prevent insider trading and market manipulation. The following is a general description of those laws as such laws exist as of the date of this document and should not be viewed as legal advice for specific circumstances.

**Isle of Man**

On July 3, 2016, the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 16, 2014, provides for market abuse rules in respect of Isle of Man incorporated entities trading in the United Kingdom or the European Union. As the securities of Lifezone Metals are traded on the NYSE, and not in the United Kingdom or an EU member state, these market abuse rules do not apply to Lifezone Metals.

The Isle of Man Insider Dealing Act 1988 provides for insider dealing offenses if an individual deals in securities with information as an insider, encourages another person to do so, or improperly discloses the information. This legislation extends to individuals within the Isle of Man at the time the offence is committed.

**United States**

The United States securities laws generally prohibit any person from trading in a security while in possession of material, non-public information or assisting someone who is engaged in doing the same. The insider trading laws cover not only those who trade based on material, non-public information, but also those who disclose material non-public information to others who might trade on the basis of that information (known as "tipping"). A "security" includes not just equity securities, but any security (e.g., derivatives). Thus, members of the Board, officers and other employees of Lifezone may not purchase or sell shares or other securities of Lifezone when in possession of material, non-public information about Lifezone (including our business, prospects or financial condition), nor may they tip any other person by disclosing material, non-public information about Lifezone.

We have policies in place to promote ethical conduct and mitigate against a variety of risks including insider trading. Lifezone also has adopted an insider trading policy. The Insider Trading and Share Dealing policy is available on the Governance Documents page of the website of Lifezone Metals, here: https://ir.lifezonemetals.com/governance/governance-documents/default.aspx.

Under our Insider Trading and Share Dealing Policy, any of our directors, officers, employees, consultants, contractors, agents and others acting on behalf of Lifezone Metals and any of its subsidiaries ("**Covered Individuals**") in possession of material non-public information are prohibited from trading in the securities of Lifezone Metals as well as from disclosing to a third party such material non-public information. The Insider Trading and Share Dealing Policy also contains restrictions on all Covered Individuals from trading in the securities of Lifezone Metals during certain periods of the year "blackout period", being:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; • the period that begins on the last trading day of the third month of each fiscal quarter of Lifezone Metals and ends at the beginning of the first day that follows two full days of trading on NYSE after the release of the quarterly or annual results of Lifezone Metals to the public;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; • if Lifezone Metals issues a suspension of trading because a material event is anticipated.

Covered Individuals should also not at any time engage in the following with respect to the shares of Lifezone Metals: (i) trading on a short-term basis; (ii) short sales; (iii) buying / selling puts, calls, derivatives; (iv) pledges and margin accounts, or incurring indebtedness secured by a margin or similar account in which Company shares are held, or lending out or borrowing any Company shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a blackout period should not prevent Lifezone Metals from (i) granting stock options and other equity awards to its personnel as approved by the Board in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and (ii) automatic purchases or dispositions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations pursuant to any written automatic trading plan established by Lifezone Metals or any its directors, officers, employees or consultants prior to the relevant periods.

Please refer also to Item 16B – Code of Ethics.

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ITEM 16 K: CYBERSECURITY

**Cybersecurity Threats Assessment and Risk Mitigation** 

Lifezone is committed to maintaining a robust cybersecurity framework that identifies, assesses, and mitigates material cybersecurity risks. To strengthen our cybersecurity posture, we have engaged a specialized IT and cybersecurity consultancy firm to enhance our cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance capabilities. This engagement supplements our internal IT expertise and ensures compliance with evolving regulatory requirements and best practices.

Our IT infrastructure is managed by a dedicated internal team, supported by a third-party managed service provider -Espria. Espria has partners in the US and the Philippines to cover Australia's and North American working hours. Our staff works closely with an information technology and cybersecurity consultancy firm, which provides additional expertise in executive-level cybersecurity oversight, continuous cyber risk assessment, and ongoing improvements to our security posture.

**Current Cyber Risk Management Approach**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Cyber Risk Assessments & Third-Party Audits: We conduct annual risk assessments, regular vulnerability scans, and penetration testing to proactively identify and address potential threats, often supported by external experts. Our retained cybersecurity consultancy firm provides independent cybersecurity assessments and works with our IT team to implement necessary improvements on an ongoing basis.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Governance & Executive Oversight: Lifezone has established a cybersecurity governance policy, with third party experts providing additional experience to assist the executive leadership and Board of Directors in risk evaluation, response planning, and mitigation strategies.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Integration of Third-Party Managed Services: The cybersecurity consultancy firm provides oversight to cybersecurity efforts of third-party managed service providers to ensure alignment with our security objectives.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Incident Management & Continuous Improvement: Our team, along with third-party managed service providers, monitors, and analyses ever changing information technology and cyber threats and ensures continuous updates to security controls, infrastructure, and response protocols.

As of the date of this filing, there were no material cybersecurity incidents that have affected our business strategy, financial condition, or results of operations.

**Board and Management Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks**

**Board Oversight**

The Board of Directors of Lifezone Metals has active oversight over cybersecurity risks as part of its broader enterprise risk management strategy. In collaboration with information technology and cybersecurity consultancy firms and third-party managed service providers, the Board of Directors and management ensure that cybersecurity considerations are effectively integrated into business decisions and compliance frameworks.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Board of Directors receives updates on business continuity planning, cyber risk assessments, security incidents, mitigation strategies, and emerging threats.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• External cybersecurity expertise is leveraged to provide the Board of Directors with insightful risk analysis and strategic recommendations to enhance security resilience.

**Management's Role in Cybersecurity Risk Management**

Lifezone's management team, supported by information technology and cybersecurity consultancy firms, is responsible for the assessment, mitigation, and response to cybersecurity threats.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The executive committee, in collaboration with external information technology and cybersecurity consultancy firms, evaluates cyber risks, determines mitigation strategies, and ensures resource allocation for information technology investments.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Our internal team with relevant industry experience and in close cooperation with the Chief Financial Officer oversees Lifezone's information technology, data protection, cyber security strategy, compliance, and operational execution and continuous improvements.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone provides regular information technology and security awareness training to ensure alignment with SEC cybersecurity requirements and industry best practices.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Cybersecurity processes are embedded within broader corporate risk management to ensure a comprehensive, organization-wide approach.

**Commitment to Ongoing Cybersecurity Enhancements**

Lifezone remains committed to continuous improvements in cybersecurity resilience through:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Group wide business continuity planning scenario assessments, including data recovery exercises.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Regular cybersecurity framework updates based on lessons learned and emerging threat intelligence.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Relevant information technology and cybersecurity policies help ensure compliance with SEC and international cybersecurity standards.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Strategic investments in cybersecurity technologies to improve protection, detection and response capabilities.

By integrating third-party expertise into our cybersecurity governance, we reinforce our commitment to safeguarding data, mitigating cyber threats, and ensuring investor confidence in our risk management capabilities.

This disclosure reflects Lifezone's proactive approach to cybersecurity and commitment to regulatory compliance, protecting our stakeholders, clients, and development partners worldwide. Cybersecurity attacks are more frequent and vulnerabilities pose significant corporate risks, including the risk of business interruption, data losses, breach of privacy and ultimately financial losses. Still, the above approach may not be adequate and able to mitigate against all or sophisticated future cybersecurity attacks, or material information technology incidents.

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PART III

ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Not applicable

ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The consolidated financial statements as required under Item 18 are attached hereto starting on page F-1 of this Annual Report. The audit report of BDO, London, United Kingdom and Grant Thornton, Dublin, Ireland, independent registered public accounting firms, is included herein preceding the consolidated financial statements.

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**LIFEZONE METALS LIMITED**

**CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**

**FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025**

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| <u>[Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_238)</u> | F-[4](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_238) |
| <u>[Consolidated Statements of Financial Position](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_241)</u> | F-[5](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_241) |
| <u>[Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_244)</u> | F-[6](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_244) |
| <u>[Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_247)</u> | F-[7](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_247) |
| <u>[Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_250)</u> | F-[8](#i3277f3e143d041608a6e69513f270515_250) |

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**Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

Shareholders and Board of Directors

Lifezone Metals Limited

Douglas, Isle of Man

**Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements**

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position of Lifezone Metals Limited (the "Company") as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with IFRS Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

**Going Concern Uncertainty**

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2.3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2.3. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

**Basis for Opinion**

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ BDO LLP

BDO LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2024.

London, United Kingdom

March 19, 2026

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Board of Directors and Shareholders

Lifezone Metals Limited

**Opinion on the financial statements**

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Lifezone Metals Limited and its subsidiaries ("**Lifezone**") as of December 31, 2023 (not presented herein), the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Lifezone as of December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

**Basis for opinion** 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of Lifezone's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on Lifezone's consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("**PCAOB**") and are required to be independent with respect to Lifezone in accordance with the United States federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Lifezone is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Lifezone's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Grant Thornton

We served as Lifezone's auditor from May 18, 2021 to September 11, 2024.

Dublin, Ireland

March 29, 2024, except for Note 2.2 of the 2024 consolidated financial statements (not presented herein), as to which the date is April 9, 2025

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**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS**

**for the years ended December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | | **December 31** | **December 31** | **December 31** |
| |<br>**Note** | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Revenue | 5 | 1057043 | 140522 | 1477826 |
| Cost of sales |  | (533595) | (86872) | (753914) |
| **Gross profit** |  | 523448 | 53650 | 723912 |
| Goodwill impairment | 13 | - | (9020813) | - |
| Gain (loss) on foreign exchange |  | 182161 | (225306) | 179640 |
| General and administrative expenses | 9 | (19121095) | (39082152) | (366078202) |
| **Operating loss** |  | **(18415486)** | **(48274621)** | **(365174650)** |
| Interest income | 6 | 536157 | 2342071 | 567190 |
| Fair value gains on embedded derivatives | 21 | 15615000 | 5771000 | - |
| Fair value loss on warrants | 21 | (1040000) | - | - |
| Gain (loss) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | 23 | (668116) | - | 156047 |
| Interest expense | 7 | (10397885) | (6434657) | (211979) |
| **Loss before tax** |  | **(14370330)** | **(46596207)** | **(364663392)** |
| Income tax | 16 | 263493 | (540126) | - |
| **Loss for the year** |  | **(14106837)** | **(47136333)** | **(364663392)** |
| Other comprehensive gain (loss): |  |  |  |  |
| *Other comprehensive income (loss) that may be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent years (net of tax):* |  |  |  |  |
| Exchange gain (loss) on translation of foreign operations |  | 177584 | (92991) | (37931) |
| Total other comprehensive gain (loss) income for the year |  | 177584 | (92991) | (37931) |
| **Total comprehensive loss for the year** |  | **(13929253)** | **(47229324)** | **(364701323)** |
| **Net loss for the year:** |  |  |  |  |
| Attributable to ordinary shareholders of Lifezone |  | (13627876) | (46305239) | (363874560) |
| Attributable to non-controlling interests |  | (478961) | (831094) | (788832) |
|  |  | **(14106837)** | **(47136333)** | **(364663392)** |
| **Total comprehensive loss for the year:** |  |  |  |  |
| Attributable to ordinary shareholders of Lifezone |  | (13450292) | (46398230) | (363912491) |
| Attributable to non-controlling interests |  | (478961) | (831094) | (788832) |
|  |  | **(13929253)** | **(47229324)** | **(364701323)** |
| **Net loss per ordinary share:** |  |  |  |  |
| Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share | 26 | (0.17) | (0.59) | (5.34) |

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/s/ Ingo Hofmaier

Ingo Hofmaier

Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 19, 2026

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**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION**

**as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024** 

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Note** | **2025** | **2024** |
| | | **$** | **$** |
| **Assets** |  |  |  |
| **Non-current assets** |  |  |  |
| Goodwill | 13 | - | - |
| Exploration and evaluation assets and mining data | 15 | 140986596 | 117577523 |
| Patents | 14 | 706748 | 674336 |
| Other intangible assets | 14 | 168438 | 215484 |
| Property and equipment | 12 | 4316306 | 5287258 |
| Right-of-use assets | 12 | 2124998 | 1239679 |
|  |  | **148303086** | **124994280** |
| **Current assets** |  |  |  |
| Inventories |  | 58017 | 162004 |
| Deferred financing costs | 21 | 5218063 | - |
| Trade and other receivables | 11 | 2028267 | 2115114 |
| Related party receivable | 22 | - | 98133 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 10 | 20144250 | 29283942 |
|  |  | **27448597** | **31659193** |
| **Total assets** |  | **175751683** | **156653473** |
| **Equity and Liabilities** |  |  |  |
| Equity |  |  |  |
| Share capital | 24 | 8380 | 7913 |
| Share premium |  | 190216537 | 185070706 |
| Shared based payment reserve | 25 | 278038156 | 275917120 |
| Warrant reserves | 24 | 20667152 | 15017257 |
| Other reserves |  | 52556433 | 67732147 |
| Foreign currency translation reserve |  | 162526 | (15058) |
| Redemption reserve |  | 280808 | 280808 |
| Accumulated deficit |  | (468098277) | (454470401) |
| Total shareholders' equity |  | **73831715** | **89540492** |
| Non-controlling interests | 24 | (998960) | 9786509 |
| **Total equity** |  | **72832755** | **99327001** |
| **Non-current liabilities** |  |  |  |
| Lease liabilities | 20 | 1122836 | 801048 |
| Deferred tax | 16 | 303749 | 529018 |
| Senior secured bridge loan facility | 21 | 16677872 | - |
| Deferred consideration | 23 | 25734073 | - |
|  |  | **43838530** | **1330066** |
| **Current liabilities** |  |  |  |
| Lease liabilities | 20 | 931364 | 617648 |
| Trade and other payables | 18 | 3762481 | 4815559 |
| Provisions | 19 | 3672876 | 3434062 |
| Convertible debentures | 21 | 34521935 | 26235808 |
| Embedded derivative | 21 | 5153000 | 20768000 |
| Related party payables | 22 | 88742 | 125329 |
| Warrant liability | 21 | 10950000 | - |
|  |  | 59080398 | 55996406 |
| **Total liabilities** |  | **102918928** | **57326472** |
| **Total equity and liabilities** |  | **175751683** | **156653473** |

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/s/ Ingo Hofmaier

Ingo Hofmaier

Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 19, 2026

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**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY**

**for the years ended December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Share<br> Capital** | **Share<br> Premium** | **Shared<br> Based<br> Payment<br> Reserve** | **Warrant<br> Reserves** | **Other**<br> **Reserves**<sup>1</sup> | **Foreign<br> currency<br> translation<br> reserve** | **Redemption<br> Reserve** | **Accumulated<br> Deficit** | **Total <br> Shareholders'<br> equity** | **Non-<br> controlling<br> Interest** | **Total <br> equity** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **At January 1, 2023** | **3101** | **25436656** | **25483348** | **-** | **57731195** | **115864** | **280808** | **(44290602)** | **64760370** | **11226435** | **75986805** |
| Transactions with shareholders: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Exercise of share options | 83 | 573515 | (11103650) | - | 10640556 | - | - | - | 110504 | - | 110504 |
| Exercise of RSUs | 150 | 9524850 | (14379698) | - | 4854698 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Share for share exchange | 2934 | (2934) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Public Warrants | 8 | (6944463) | - | 14409832 | (6587352) | - | - | - | 878025 | - | 878025 |
| Private Placement Warrants | - | (380475) | - | 607425 | (226950) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Earnouts to shareholders | - | - | 248464035 | - | - | - | - | - | 248464035 | - | 248464035 |
| Earnouts to sponsors | - | - | 17094750 | - | - | - | - | - | 17094750 | - | 17094750 |
| Issuances to SPAC shareholders and sponsors | 800 | 79960740 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 79961540 | - | 79961540 |
| Issuance to PIPE Investors | 702 | 70172468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70173170 | - | 70173170 |
| Issuance to Simulus shareholders | 50 | 6029950 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6030000 | - | 6030000 |
| Equity issuance costs | - | (5683979) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (5683979) | - | (5683979) |
| **Total transactions with shareholders** | **4727** | **153249672** | **240075437** | **15017257** | **8680952** | **-** | **-** | **-** | **417028045** | **-** | **417028045** |
| Total loss for the year |  |  |  |  |  | - | - | (363874560) | (363874560) | (788832) | (364663392) |
| Total other comprehensive loss for the year | - | - | - | - | - | (37931) | - | - | (37931) | - | (37931) |
| **At December 31, 2023** | **7828** | **178686328** | **265558785** | **15017257** | **66412147** | **77933** | **280808** | **(408165162)** | **117875924** | **10437603** | **128313527** |

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<sup>1</sup> Other reserves includes the result of transactions with non-controlling interest that do not result in a loss of control, changes in warrant reserves and share based payments as a result of the Business Combination in 2022.

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY**

**for the years ended December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Share<br> Capital** | **Share<br> Premium** | **Shared<br> Based<br> Payment<br> Reserve** | **Warrant<br> Reserves** | **Other**<br> **Reserves**<sup>1</sup> | **Foreign<br> currency<br> translation<br> reserve** | **Redemption<br> Reserve** | **Accumulated<br> Deficit** | **Total <br> Shareholders'<br> equity** | **Non-<br> controlling<br> Interest** | **Total <br> equity** |
|  | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **At January 1, 2024** | **7828** | **178686328** | **265558785** | **15017257** | **66412147** | **77933** | **280808** | **(408165162)** | **117875924** | **10437603** | **128313527** |
| Transactions with shareholders: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Issuance of shares to debenture holders | 9 | 553277 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 553286 | - | 553286 |
| Grant of RSUs | 76 | 5831101 | 10358335 | - | - | - | - | - | 16189512 | - | 16189512 |
| Glencore contribution in Lifezone US Recycling LLC | - | - | - | - | 1320000 | - | - | - | 1320000 | 180000 | 1500000 |
| **Total transactions with shareholders** | **85** | **6384378** | **10358335** | **-** | **1320000** | **-** |  | **-** | **18062798** | **180000** | **18242798** |
| Total loss for the year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (46305239) | (46305239) | (831094) | (47136333) |
| Total other comprehensive loss for the year | - | - | - | - | - | (92991) | - | - | (92991) | - | (92991) |
| **At December 31, 2024** | **7913** | **185070706** | **275917120** | **15017257** | **67732147** | **(15058)** | **280808** | **(454470401)** | **89540492** | **9786509** | **99327001** |

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<sup>1</sup> Other reserves includes the result of transactions with non-controlling interest that do not result in a loss of control, changes in warrant reserves and share based payments as a result of the Business Combination in 2022.

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY**

**for the years ended December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023**

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| | **Share<br> Capital** | **Share<br> Premium** | **Shared<br> Based<br> Payment<br> Reserve** | **Warrant<br> Reserves** | **Other**<br> **Reserves**<sup>1</sup> | **Foreign<br> currency<br> translation<br> reserve** | **Redemption<br> Reserve** | **Accumulated<br> Deficit** | **Total <br> Shareholders'<br> equity** | **Non-<br> controlling<br> Interest** | **Total <br> equity** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **At January 1, 2025** | **7913** | **185070706** | **275917120** | **15017257** | **67732147** | **(15058)** | **280808** | **(454470401)** | **89540492** | **9786509** | **99327001** |
| Transactions with shareholders: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Issuance of shares to debenture holders | 26 | 1077943 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1077969 | - | 1077969 |
| Share-based payments | - | - | 2121036 | - | - | - | - | - | 2121036 | - | 2121036 |
| Warrants issued as part of senior secured bridge loan facility | - | - | - | 5650000 | - | - | - | - | 5650000 | - | 5650000 |
| Purchase of BHP's minority interest in KNL | - | - | - | - | (15067819) | - | - | - | (15067819) | (10414508) | (25482327) |
| Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with the 2025 Offering | 441 | 4085358 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4085799 | - | 4085799 |
| Issuance of ordinary shares on exercise of warrants | - | 1150 | - | (105) | 105 | - | - | - | 1150 | - | 1150 |
| Cancellation of ordinary shares | - | (18620) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (18620) | - | (18620) |
| Change in minority interest in Lifezone US Recycling LLC | - | - | - | - | (108000) | - | - | - | (108000) | 108000 | - |
| **Total transactions with shareholders** | **467** | **5145831** | **2121036** | **5649895** | **(15175714)** | **-** | **-** | **-** | **(2258485)** | **(10306508)** | **(12564993)** |
| Total loss for the year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (13627876) | (13627876) | (478961) | (14106837) |
| Total other comprehensive income | - | - | - | - | - | 177584 | - | - | 177584 | - | 177584 |
| **At December 31, 2025** | **8380** | **190216537** | **278038156** | **20667152** | **52556433** | **162526** | **280808** | **(468098277)** | **73831715** | **(998960)** | **72832755** |

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<sup>1</sup> Other reserves includes the result of transactions with non-controlling interest that do not result in a loss of control, changes in warrant reserves and share based payments as a result of the Business Combination in 2022.

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**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS**

**for the years ended December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023**

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| | **Note** | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **Cash flows from operating activities** |  |  |  |  |
| Loss for the year |  | (14106837) | (47136333) | (364663392) |
| **Adjustments for:** |  |  |  |  |
| SPAC transaction expenses |  | - | - | 76857484 |
| Share-based payments | 25 | 2121036 | 17818907 | 265558785 |
| Impairment of goodwill | 13 | - | 9020813 | - |
| Interest income | 6 | (536157) | (2342071) | (567190) |
| Amortization of intangibles | 14 | 141769 | 181991 | 163147 |
| Unrealised foreign exchange loss/(gain) |  | 152945 | 201314 | (179640) |
| Gain on disposal of property and equipment |  | - | (134) | - |
| Impairment of VAT receivable | 11 | 574270 | 1749527 | 4617911 |
| Provision for witholding tax |  | 4173 | 3434062 | - |
| Impairment of deposit  | 11 | 400000 | - | - |
| Provision for bad debt |  | - | 478558 | - |
| Interest expense | 7 | 10397885 | 6434657 | 211979 |
| Fair value gain on embedded derivative | 21 | (15615000) | (5771000) | - |
| Fair value loss on warrants |  | 1040000 | - | - |
| Loss/(gain) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | 23 | 668116 | - | (156047) |
| Depreciation of property and equipment and right-of-use assets |  | 1348517 | 1390511 | 878810 |
| Tax paid on behalf of grantee on vesting of RSUs |  | (18624) | (1369323) | - |
| Income tax expense |  | (263493) | 540126 | - |
| Other non-cash items |  | - | - | (37931) |
| **Operating loss before working capital changes** |  | **(13691400)** | **(15368395)** | **(17316084)** |
| Changes in trade and other receivables |  | (920213) | 638844 | (3294857) |
| Changes in related party receivables |  | 98134 | 931552 | 114216 |
| Changes in inventories |  | 45158 | (61224) | (51044) |
| Changes in prepaid mining license |  | - | - | 353 |
| Changes in related party payable |  | (36587) | (7405) | 132048 |
| Changes in trade and other payables |  | (1087858) | (2025180) | (6564427) |
| **Net cash used in operating activities** |  | **(15592766)** | **(15891808)** | **(26979795)** |
| **Cash flows from investing activities** |  |  |  |  |
| Interest received from bank |  | 707407 | 2342071 | 560349 |
| Patent costs incurred | 14 | (127135) | (157608) | (90978) |
| Expenditure on property and equipment |  | (37186) | (892779) | (697431) |
| Expenditure on other intangible assets |  | - | - | (291410) |
| Investment in exploration and evaluation assets | 15 | (21826327) | (49951501) | (51355297) |
| Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired |  | - | - | (8073000) |
| Payment of deferred consideration relating to acquisition |  | - | (4000000) | - |
| **Net cash used in investing activities** |  | **(21283241)** | **(52659817)** | **(59947767)** |
| **Cash flows from financing activities** |  |  |  |  |
| Proceeds from issue of shares to employees and contractors |  | - | 76 | - |
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options |  | - | - | 110504 |
| Proceeds from exercise of warrants | 24 | 1150 | - | 878025 |
| Proceeds from issuance of convertible debentures |  | - | 49250000 | - |
| Drawings from senior secured bridge loan facility | 21 | 19742077 | - | - |
| Transaction costs on senior secured bridge loan facility | 21 | (2748627) | - | - |
| Interest paid |  | (2014132) | (1796105) | - |
| Net proceeds from share offering |  | 13949998 | - | - |
| Net proceeds from PIPE transaction |  | - | - | 70173170 |
| Proceeds from SPAC acquisition |  | - | - | 3104056 |
| Share issuance costs |  | - | - | (5683979) |
| Payment of lease liabilities | 20 | (874244) | (534055) | (338171) |
| Stamp duty taxes paid on acquisition of shares |  | (416370) | - | - |
| Proceeds from non-controlling interests |  | - | 1500000 | 47500000 |
| **Net cash provided by financing activities** |  | **27639852** | **48419916** | **115743605** |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |  | (9236155) | (20131709) | 28816043 |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash |  | 96463 | 24024 | 40374 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year |  | 29283942 | 49391627 | 20535210 |
| **Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year** |  | **20144250** | **29283942** | **49391627** |

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Please refer to Note 17 for significant non-cash transactions.

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**1. General information**

Lifezone Metals Limited ("**Lifezone Metals**") is a limited company incorporated and domiciled in the Isle of Man, whose ordinary shares have been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("**NYSE**") since July 6, 2023, under the trading symbol "**LZM**". Lifezone's warrants trade on the NYSE under the symbol ''**LZMW'**'.

Lifezone Metals registered office is located at 2nd Floor, St George's Court, Upper Church Street, Douglas, IM1 1EE, Isle of Man. The consolidated financial statements of Lifezone Metals for the year ended December 31, 2025, were authorized for release in accordance with a resolution of the Directors of Lifezone Metals on March 19, 2026.

**1.1. Business overview** 

Lifezone Metals' together with all of its subsidiaries ("**Lifezone**") is committed to delivering cleaner and more responsible metals production and recycling.

The Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania is our flagship project and is considered to be one of the world's largest and highest-grade development-ready nickel sulfide deposits. It is a well-advanced project with more than $435 million invested by Lifezone Metals and previous stakeholders, in addition to key licenses being in place to commence development. The Kabanga Nickel Project envisages a staged development plan, commencing with the construction of a large-scale, long-life, underground mine and concentrator at the Kabanga site. The sulfide concentrate produced contains high-grade nickel content with meaningful copper and cobalt by-products. The economics displayed in the Feasibility Study showcase a mining operation with robust economics that are expected to sit in the lowest quartile of the nickel industry cost curve, in addition to a clear execution plan backed by an experienced technical and management team.

We released the Initial Assessment Technical Report Summary in the first half of 2025 followed by a maiden Feasibility Study Technical Report Summary on July 18, 2025, marking a significant and historic milestone in the nearly five-decade journey of the Kabanga Nickel Project. The economic results highlight the project's potential to deliver attractive returns over a long mine life, supported by an exceptional high-grade Mineral Reserve and Resources and a low-cost operating profile. Our partnership with the Government of Tanzania has been instrumental in advancing the project and Lifezone remains aligned in our commitment to responsible development and long-term value creation.

Through the application of our Hydromet Technology, we offer the potential for lower energy consumption, lower emissions and lower cost metals production compared to traditional smelting. In our US-based recycling partnership, we are working to demonstrate that our Hydromet Technology can process and economically recover Platinum Group Metals ("PGM") from responsibly sourced spent Automotive Catalytic Converters ("**Autocats**"). Our process is expected to be cleaner and more efficient than conventional smelting and refining methods, supporting a circular economy for precious metals. Our US-based recycling operation would be the world's first fully vertically integrated PGM recycling facility, providing a scalable, efficient and traceable closed-loop domestic critical minerals solution, delivering refined platinum, palladium and rhodium to the US market. Notably, Lifezone would be one of the US' largest rhodium producers, allowing for the efficient recovery of the PGM basket from the secondary market. The processing and refining of all production in-house provides Lifezone with the ability to offer metal traceability, with no refining occurring offshore, thereby keeping these critical PGMs entirely domestic to the U.S.

On November 12, 2025, Lifezone closed an underwritten registered direct offering (the "**2025 Offering**") of (i) 4,411,764 ordinary shares and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 4,411,764 ordinary shares. The ordinary shares were sold at a purchase price of $3.40 per share ($3.21 after deducting underwriting fees and commissions) and each warrant to purchase ordinary shares is for an exercise price equal to $4.00 per share, exercisable from the date of issuance, and will expire four years from the date of issuance. The net proceeds from the 2025 Offering were approximately $14 million (after underwriting fees and commission). The 2025 Offering was made pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-281189), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "**SEC**") on August 1, 2024, and declared effective on August 16, 2024, and a prospectus supplement dated November 10, 2025.

**1.2. Hydromet Technology overview** 

Lifezone's Hydromet Technology is amenable to processing and refining metals from sulfide minerals containing nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold. As of December 31, 2025, Lifezone holds 181 patents and

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has 80 additional applications in progress in a total of 93 countries relating to Lifezone's suite of Hydromet Technology and associated processes. These are categorized into six key technology families of principal patents.

Compared to traditional pyrometallurgical smelting and refining technologies, Lifezone's Hydromet Technology is expected to produce less carbon dioxide emissions per ton of metal produced with zero sulfur dioxide emissions, be more capital and operating cost efficient, have faster processing times and enable fully traceable refined metals to enable enhanced supply chain transparency.

On July 18, 2023, Lifezone acquired The Simulus Group Pty Limited ("**Simulus**"), a prominent hydrometallurgical laboratory and engineering company based in Perth, Australia. Prior to the acquisition, Simulus generated revenue by providing external hydrometallurgical test work and engineering services to a broad range of clients in the mining industry, including Lifezone. Over the two years since Lifezone acquired Simulus, the primary activity at the Simulus laboratory has been the construction and operation of two Hydromet pilot plants at its premises in Perth for our two core commercial projects, the Kabanga Nickel Project and the recycling of PGMs from Autocats in the United States. As these projects move into the next stages of development, there is a reduction in the demand for Simulus's service for these internal projects. Consequently, the business is proactively pursuing new third-party clients to provide revenue-generating bespoke test work and engineering services for external clients.

Lifezone is focused on commercializing its Hydromet Technology across the metals and mining industry with a primary focus on the US-based PGM recycling opportunity with Glencore. Research and development are continuous alongside the broadening of Lifezone's intellectual property portfolio through applications for additional patents to be applied to new opportunities in other metal groups and deposit types. Lifezone seeks to ensure that its proprietary Hydromet Technology remains secure through patent applications.

**1.3. Kabanga Nickel Project** 

Our primary asset is the Kabanga Nickel Project, which is located in north-west Tanzania. Based on the 2024 Mineral Resource and 2025 Mineral Reserve Estimates detailed in the Feasibility Study, we believe Kabanga comprises one of the world's largest and highest-grade nickel sulfide deposits. The Kabanga Nickel Project is 84% owned by Lifezone and 16% by the Government of Tanzania.

In October 2021, a Special Mining License ("**SML**") was issued by the government of Tanzania for the Kabanga deposit area. Subsequently, in March 2024, a Refining License was issued at the proposed refinery location in Kahama. The Government of Tanzania is a 16.0% shareholder in the Kabanga Nickel Project with a non-dilutable interest via its holding in Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited ("**TNCL**"). As at December 31, 2025, the remaining 84.0% in TNCL is owned by Kabanga Nickel Limited ("**KNL**"), which is 100% owned by Lifezone.

On July 18, 2025, Lifezone entered into a definitive agreement with BHP to acquire BHP's 17% equity interest in KNL. As a result of the transaction, Lifezone now owns 100% of KNL and all existing agreements with BHP, including the T2 Option Agreement (the equity option agreement dated October 14, 2022, as amended on February 8, 2023, entered into between BHP, Lifezone Limited ("**LZL**") and KNL, pursuant to which BHP had the option to consummate a further investment in KNL, subject to certain conditions being satisfied), are terminated. As part of the transaction, Lifezone assumed control over 100% of the offtake from the Kabanga Nickel Project. As consideration, a fixed cash payment of $10 million is payable by Lifezone within 30 days after the earlier of: (i) 12 months after the FID of Kabanga; or (ii) once Lifezone has raised $250 million in aggregate funding (whether through equity, debt or alternative sources). A second deferred cash payment is payable within 30 days after the period of 12 months following the achievement of first commercial production. This amount is indexed to Lifezone's share price performance, with a reference share price of $4.16 per share and a reference amount of $28 million. The maximum amount of total consideration payable by Lifezone is limited to $83 million, or reduced to $75 million if a Resettlement Action Plan ("**RAP**") Trigger Event occurs. Please refer to Note 23 for more information.

The Feasibility Study for the Kabanga Nickel Project was released on July 18, 2025, and represents a major milestone in the advancement of the Kabanga Nickel Project. The Feasibility Study builds on the foundation established by the Initial Assessment and focuses on the initial development phase of Kabanga, which includes a 3.40 million tonnes per annum mechanized underground mine, concentrator, tailings storage facility and supporting infrastructure. Please refer to the Management discussion and analysis for further details on the Initial Assessment and the Feasibility Study for the Kabanga Nickel Project.

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With the release of the Feasibility Study, Lifezone's Board of Directors has directed management to commence the execution readiness phase, including the project financing process leading to a FID. During this execution readiness phase, Lifezone will advance pending permitting, remaining approvals and commercial tenders, while finalizing technical work to support critical path construction activities. A multi-sourced project finance strategy is being executed, and discussions are ongoing with strategic investors and lenders. Kabanga's strong economics and alignment with global critical minerals priorities position it well for sustainable financing.

On August 8, 2025, Lifezone's wholly owned subsidiary, Kabanga Nickel Limited, entered into a $60 million senior secured bridge loan facility agreement with Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2 L.P. acting as mandated lead arranger and agent. The facility supports the advancement of the Kabanga Nickel Project by funding the development of critical early-stage work and infrastructure as the company progresses towards securing long-term project financing. The facility has a scheduled maturity date of July 31, 2027, with an option available to Kabanga Nickel Limited to extend the term by an additional six months. The facility closed in late August and on August 29, 2025, Lifezone received the first tranche of $20 million under the senior secured bridge loan facility. Please refer to Note 21 for further details on the terms of the facility.

**1.4. Platinum, palladium and rhodium recycling project in the United States** 

Lifezone's Hydromet Technology intellectual property was initially developed from test work on PGM mineral concentrates, and the first test work and scoping study was undertaken in 2014 to demonstrate the successful recovery of PGMs from spent automotive catalytic converters. Today, more than 20% of the global PGM supply is derived from the secondary autocat recycling market.

Recycling is expected to play an important role as an alternative supply of critical metals. However, current recycling practices, involving conventional smelting and refining, compound the carbon dioxide emissions intensity of metal units. Through the application of its Hydromet Technology, Lifezone intends to break this energy-intensive and pollutive recycling chain by providing a cleaner, fully-traceable, lower emissions and responsibly sourced recycling solution.

In partnership with Glencore, a major and diversified participant in global commodities, Lifezone is evaluating the design and construction of a commercial-scale Hydromet PGM recycling facility in the United States to recycle PGMs from autocat material.

In January 2024, Lifezone and Glencore each funded $1.50 million into a newly established US Lifezone group entity, Lifezone Recycling US, LLC, with proceeds designated towards the pilot program. In May 2025, Lifezone invested a further $2 million into Lifezone Recycling US, LLC towards completion of the pilot testwork program and a feasibility study aiming to demonstrate the effectiveness of Lifezone's Hydromet Technology to recover and refine PGMs from Autocats and will inform Glencore and Lifezone's final investment decision to construct the first hydromet PGM recycling facility in the US. The feasibility study is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026. As at December 31, 2025, Glencore holds 5.56% (2024: 6.00%) interest in Lifezone Recycling US, LLC.

**1.5 Simulus acquisition**

On March 3, 2023, Lifezone Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd (**"LZAP"**), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lifezone, signed a share sale agreement with the shareholders of Simulus, a leading hydrometallurgical laboratory and engineering company located in Perth, Australia.

The transaction formally closed on July 18, 2023, for a total consideration of $14.53 million comprising a $1.0 million deposit paid on March 27, 2023, a cash consideration of $7.5 million paid on closing and 500,000 shares in Lifezone. The vendors were restricted from disposing of, transferring, or assigning their consideration shares for a period of six months from the completion of the Simulus acquisition.

**1.6 SPAC Transaction**

On December 13, 2022, Lifezone and GoGreen Investments Corporation (**"GoGreen"**), a Cayman Islands exempted company under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D, incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and listed on the NYSE, entered into the business combination agreement (**"BCA"**).

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Lifezone, Lifezone Holdings and GoGreen consummated the SPAC Transaction pursuant to the BCA on July 6, 2023 (the "**Closing**" and the "**Closing Date**"). The transaction was unanimously approved by GoGreen's Board of Directors and was approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting (**"EGM"**) of GoGreen's shareholders held on June 29, 2023. GoGreen's shareholders also voted to approve all the other proposals presented at the EGM. As a result of the SPAC Transaction, Aqua Merger Sub, a company registered in The Cayman Islands, as the surviving entity after the SPAC Transaction, and Lifezone Holdings each became wholly owned subsidiaries of Lifezone. As Lifezone Holdings shareholders hold the majority of shares in the combined entity post the acquisition, and as Lifezone Holdings's key management personnel continue to direct the combined business and Lifezone Holdings's former shareholder control the board composition, Lifezone is considered the accounting acquirer.

The SPAC Transaction was accounted for as a capital reorganization (**"Reorganization"**). Under this method of accounting, GoGreen was treated as the "acquired" company for financial reporting purposes, with Lifezone being the accounting acquirer and accounting predecessor. Accordingly, the Reorganization was treated as the equivalent of Lifezone issuing shares at Closing of the Reorganization for the net assets of GoGreen. This was accompanied by a recapitalization via a Private Investment in Public Equity (**"PIPE"**) transaction, which raised $70.2 million of gross proceeds.

The Reorganization, which is not within the scope of IFRS 3 - Business Combinations since GoGreen did not meet the definition of a business in accordance with IFRS 3, was accounted for as a share-based payment transaction within the scope of IFRS 2 - Share-based Payment. Accordingly, pursuant to IFRS 2, Lifezone recorded a one-time non-cash expense of $76.9 million recognized as a SPAC Transaction expense, based on the excess of the fair value of Lifezone shares issued at a value of $10 per share over the fair value of GoGreen's identifiable net assets acquired.

**2. Significant accounting policies**

**2.1. Basis of preparation**

Lifezone's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and International Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Interpretations (collectively IFRS Accounting Standards) and are reported in U.S. dollars ("USD" or "$").

The consolidated financial statements were prepared on a historical cost basis unless otherwise stated. The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements were consistently applied in all years presented. Management anticipates that all relevant pronouncements will be adopted for the first period beginning on or after the effective date of the pronouncement.

Control exists when Lifezone has the power, directly or indirectly, to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Lifezone Metals and its subsidiaries. Intercompany balances, transactions, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.

**Lifezone group entities and their country of incorporation are listed below:**

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| | **Principal<br>activities** | **Country of<br>incorporation** | **Principal<br>place of<br>Business** | **Percentage (%)** | **Percentage (%)** |
| | **Principal<br>activities** | **Country of<br>incorporation** | **Principal<br>place of<br>Business** | | |
|<br>**Name of subsidiary** | **Principal<br>activities** | **Country of<br>incorporation** | **Principal<br>place of<br>Business** | **Ownership**<br>**2025** | **Ownership**<br>**2024** |
| Lifezone Holdings Limited | Holding company | Isle of Man | United Kingdom | 100% | 100% |
| Lifezone Limited | Holding company | Isle of Man | United Kingdom | 100% | 100% |
| Lifezone US Holdings Limited | Holding company | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 100% | 100% |
| Lifezone Holdings US, LLC | Holding company | United State of America | United State of America | 100% | 100% |
| Lifezone Services US, LLC | Service company | United State of America | United State of America | 100% | 100% |
| Lifezone Recycling US, LLC<sup>1</sup> | Recycling | United State of America | United State of America | 94.44% | 94% |
| LZ Services Limited | Service company | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 100% | 100% |
| Kabanga Holdings Limited<sup>2</sup> | Holding company | The Cayman Islands | The Cayman Islands | 100% | 83% |
| Kabanga Nickel Company Limited<sup>2</sup> | Holding company | Tanzania | Tanzania | 100% | 83% |
| Kabanga Nickel Limited<sup>2</sup> | Holding company | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 100% | 83% |
| Kagera Mining Company Limited | Mining | Tanzania | Tanzania | 100% | 83% |
| Lifezone Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd | Service company | Australia | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| The Simulus Group Pty Limited | Holding company | Australia | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Simulus Pty Limited | Laboratory and engineering | Australia | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Romanex International Limited<sup>2</sup> | Holding company | Canada | Canada | 100% | 83% |
| Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited<sup>3</sup> | Mining | Tanzania | Tanzania | 84% | 70% |
| Tembo Nickel Mining Company Limited<sup>3</sup> | Mining | Tanzania | Tanzania | 84% | 70% |
| Tembo Nickel Refining Company Limited<sup>3</sup> | Refining | Tanzania | Tanzania | 84% | 70% |

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<sup>1</sup>In May 2025, Lifezone funded $2 million into Lifezone Recycling US, LLC resulting in a change in its ownership from 94% to 94.44%. Please refer to Note 1 for more details.

<sup>2</sup>On July 18, 2025, Lifezone acquired BHP's 17% equity interest in Kabanga Nickel Limited resulting in a change in its ownership from 83% to 100% in KNL. Please refer to Note 1 for more details.

<sup>3</sup>Lifezone holds 84% interest with the remaining 16% held by the Government of Tanzania.

**2.2. Basis of consolidation**

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The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of Lifezone and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2025. Control is achieved when Lifezone is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the investee. Specifically, Lifezone controls an investee if, and only if, Lifezone has:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• power over the investee (i.e. existing rights that give it the current ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the ability to use its power over the investee to affect its returns.

Generally, there is a presumption that a majority of voting rights results in control. To support this presumption and when Lifezone has less than a majority of the voting or similar rights of an investee, Lifezone considers all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing whether it has power over an investee, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the contractual arrangement(s) with the other vote holders of the investee;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• rights arising from other contractual arrangements; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone's voting rights and potential voting rights.

Lifezone re-assesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate that there are changes to one or more of the three elements of control. Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when Lifezone obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when Lifezone loses control of the subsidiary. Assets, liabilities, income and expenses of a subsidiary acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date Lifezone gains control until the date Lifezone ceases to control the subsidiary.

Profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income or loss are attributed to the equity holders of the parent (Lifezone) and to the NCI, even if this results in the NCI having a deficit balance. When necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies in line with Lifezone's accounting policies. All intra-group assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows relating to transactions between members of Lifezone are eliminated on full consolidation.

Lifezone attributes total comprehensive income or loss of subsidiaries between the owners of the parent and the NCIs based on their respective ownership interests.

**2.3. Going concern**

The management of Lifezone has assessed the going concern assumptions of Lifezone during the preparation of these consolidated financial statements. Lifezone had a net loss of $14.11 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, (2024: loss of $47.14 million) and accumulated losses of $468.10 million as at December 31, 2025 (2024: $454.47 million).

As at December 31, 2025, Lifezone had consolidated cash and cash equivalents of $20.14 million (2024: $29.28 million). The net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $15.59 million (2024: $15.89 million).

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the continuity of normal business activities, the realization of assets and the discharge of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. Lifezone has not generated significant revenues from operations and, as is common with many exploration-stage mining companies, Lifezone raises financing for its exploration, study and research and development activities in discrete tranches. As of December 31, 2025, Lifezone has net current liabilities of $31.63 million and based on Lifezone's current and anticipated liquidity and funding requirements, Lifezone will need additional capital in the near future to fund its corporate expenditure, operations and project developments. In the event Lifezone issues additional equity in the future, shareholders could face significant dilution in their holdings.

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Lifezone's future operating losses and capital requirements may vary materially from those currently planned and will depend on many factors including Lifezone's growth rate, the execution of various growth projects, and the demand for the Hydromet Technology, and capital costs in relation to the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project, and the demand and prices for the minerals we envision extracting in our Metals Extraction business and as well as for Lifezone's working capital requirements.

To finance the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project, Lifezone is pursuing a diversified funding strategy potentially including equity offerings, strategic partnerships, mezzanine funding and bridge and project-level debt. Active discussions are ongoing with offtake partners, financial and strategic investors, development finance institutions and commercial lenders.

Additionally, Lifezone may receive the proceeds from any exercise of any Warrants in cash. Each Lifezone warrant represents the right to purchase one ordinary Lifezone share at a price ranging from $4.00 to $11.50 per share in cash. Please refer to Note 24 for further details on the number of warrants outstanding, exercise prices and expiry dates of the warrants. We believe the likelihood that warrant holders will exercise their warrants, and therefore the amount of cash proceeds that we would receive is dependent upon the market price of our Lifezone ordinary shares. On December 31, 2025, the market price of one ordinary share of Lifezone Metals was $4.27.

In the event that Lifezone is unable to secure sufficient funding, it may not be able to fully develop its projects, and this may have a consequential impact on the carrying value of the related exploration and evaluation assets and the investment in its subsidiaries as well as the going concern status of Lifezone. Given the nature of Lifezone's current activities, it will remain dependent on equity, mezzanine, alternative or debt funding or monetizing the offtake from the Kabanga Nickel Project until such time as Lifezone becomes self-financing from the commercial production of metals and minerals and royalties received from intellectual property rights linked to its Hydromet Technology. To the extent that Lifezone foresees increasing financing risks, jeopardizing the existence of Lifezone, Lifezone can accelerate a reduction of costs and aim for smaller, more targeted capital raises.

Our cash and cash equivalents of $20.14 million as of December 31, 2025 and the $40.0 million of undrawn senior secured bridge loan facility as of December 31, 2025 , will be insufficient to fund our operating and other expenses and expenditure over the next 12 months. In this assessment, we consider the Board of Directors making the Financial Investment Decision for the Kabanga Nickel Project, which will materially increase our investment cash flows and require raising equity and debt through a multi-sourced project financing solution. That means that our future viability is dependent on our ability to raise additional capital to fund corporate working capital expenditure, Kabanga Nickel Project developments, potential new projects and acquisitions and to fund operations.

As the senior secured bridge loan facility is ringfenced for the Kabanga Nickel Project, corporate overheads, the investment in the PGM Recycling Partnership with Glencore, other expenses linked to our IP segment and costs linked to business development activities, will require near-term and alternative funding solutions from the Kabanga Nickel Project. Such solutions, which are required within the next 6 months, might include further equity offerings at the Lifezone Metals level. To maintain liquidity, management could also consider reducing operating costs, pausing capital expenditures, restructuring interest-paying debt, or maximising external revenues from the Simulus hydromet laboratory based in Perth, Australia.

These conditions give rise to a substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, as there can be no assurance Lifezone will be able to raise the required financing through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, strategic alliances, off-take agreements and/or licensing arrangements in the future. Notwithstanding this substantial doubt, the directors of Lifezone consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis as they believe that Lifezone will be able to raise further funding as set out above. The financial statements do not include the adjustments to the amounts and classification of assets and liabilities that may be necessary if Lifezone was unable to continue as a going concern.

**2.4. Business combinations and goodwill**

Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the aggregate of the consideration transferred, which is measured at the acquisition date fair value, and the amount of any NCI in the acquiree.

Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred and included in administrative expenses.

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Lifezone determines that it has acquired a business when the acquired set of activities and assets includes an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create outputs. The acquired process is considered substantive if it is critical to the ability to continue producing outputs, and the inputs acquired include an organized workforce with the necessary skills, knowledge, or experience to perform that process or it significantly contributes to the ability to continue producing outputs and is considered unique or scarce or cannot be replaced without significant cost, effort, or delay in the ability to continue producing outputs.

When Lifezone acquires a business, it assesses the assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions as at the acquisition date. This includes the separation of embedded derivatives in host contracts by the acquiree.

Mineral reserves, resources and exploration potential that can be reliably measured are recognized separately in the assessment of fair values on acquisition. Other potential reserves, resources and rights, for which fair values cannot be reliably measured, are not recognized separately, but instead are subsumed in goodwill.

Changes in Lifezone's interest in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity transactions.

Goodwill is initially measured at cost being the excess of the aggregate of the consideration transferred and the amount recognized for NCI over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

Any deferred consideration to be transferred by the acquirer will be recognized at fair value at the acquisition date. Deferred consideration classified as equity is not remeasured and its subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity. Deferred consideration classified as an asset or liability that is a financial instrument and within the scope of IFRS 9 - *Financial Instruments* - is measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss in accordance with IFRS 9.

**2.5. Functional and presentation currency**

These consolidated financial statements are presented in "**USD**" which is the functional currency of Lifezone Metals, and all values are rounded to the nearest USD, except where otherwise indicated. The functional currency is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates. Accordingly, Lifezone presents its financial results and financial position in USD, expressed as $ in this document.

Certain subsidiaries of Lifezone Metals have functional currencies different from USD. LZ Services Limited (**"LZSL"**), a company incorporated in England and Wales has GBP as its functional currency whereas Lifezone Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd ("**LZAP**") and Simulus are incorporated in Australia and have functional currencies as AUD.

**2.5.1. Foreign currency transactions and balances**

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded using the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions, as well as from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, are recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

Assets and liabilities are translated into Lifezone's reporting currency using the exchange rates in effect at balance sheet dates. Equity accounts are translated at historical rates, except for the change in retained earnings during the year, which is the result of the income statement translation process. Revenue and expense accounts are translated using the average exchange rate during the period. The cumulative translation adjustments associated with the net assets of foreign subsidiaries are recorded in accumulated foreign currency translation reserves in the consolidated statements of changes in equity.

Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates at the dates of the initial transactions.

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**2.6. Revenue recognition**

Revenue is derived from research and laboratory services provided by our Simulus business in Australia. Prior to the acquisition of Simulus revenue included consulting and management services related to Lifezone's licenses of patents for use in mineral beneficiation operations of joint ventures primarily in Africa and consulting and management services to other companies.

Lifezone has not generated any revenues from its Metals Extraction and refining business as Kabanga Nickel Project continues to be classified as an exploration and evaluation asset.

Transaction prices are stated within the agreement or are verbally agreed to with no variable elements and are allocated to one performance obligation. Accordingly, revenues from the sale of consulting and management services are recognized at the transaction price during the period the services were provided.

When Lifezone fulfills its performance obligation prior to receiving payment, the company records either a contract asset or a receivable in its consolidated statement of financial position. The classification depends on whether any conditions other than the passage of time must be met before payment becomes due.

**2.7. Cost of sales**

Cost of sales includes costs directly related to the provision of services.

**2.8. Impairment of non-financial assets**

Lifezone assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that an asset or Cash Generating Unit (**"CGU"**) may be impaired. If any indication exists, or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required, Lifezone estimates the assets or the CGU's recoverable amount. An asset's recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's or CGU's fair value less costs of disposals and its value in use.

When the carrying amount of an asset (or a CGU) exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable amount. For assets where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized immediately in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but is tested annually for impairment.

Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually and when circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be impaired. Impairment is determined for goodwill by assessing the recoverable amount of each CGU (or group of CGUs) to which the goodwill relates. Where the recoverable amount of the CGU is less than its carrying amount including goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized. Impairment losses relating to goodwill cannot be reversed in future periods.

**2.9. Interest expense and income**

Interest income and expense is recognized using the effective interest rate method. Interest income is derived primarily from interest on deposits and cash at bank while interest expense is incurred primarily on debt instruments, deferred considerations and finance leases.

**2.10. Taxation**

Tax expense is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss and comprises the sum of current and deferred tax not recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Deferred tax is recognized in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred tax is not recognized for:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• temporary differences on the initial recognition of assets and liabilities in a transaction that is not a business combination and that affects neither accounting nor taxable profit; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that they will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Deferred tax is measured at the tax rates at which the temporary differences are expected to reverse, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where the entity has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to the same taxation authority. Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that there will be taxable profits in the foreseeable future against which they can be utilized.

**2.11. Exploration and evaluation expenditure**

Lifezone's activities involve the search for mineral resources, the determination of the technical feasibility and the assessment of the commercial viability of an identified mineral resource, and report exploration and evaluation expenditure by applying an accounting policy consistently developed using the IFRS framework, including definitions and concepts outlined in IFRS 6 - *Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources*.

Lifezone applies the area of interest method when accounting for exploration and evaluation costs. All direct costs related to the acquisition of exploration rights are capitalized as an intangible asset on a property-by-property basis and mineral licenses adjacent to each other will be combined into a project if managed together. Once the legal right to explore has been acquired, costs are charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss as incurred, unless Lifezone concludes that future economic benefits are more likely than not to be realized. Capitalized exploration and evaluation expenditure includes a wide range of exploration, evaluation and study related costs, including related overhead costs in Tanzania and financing costs. All other costs which do not meet Lifezone's capitalization policy are expensed during this phase and are included in "General and administrative expenses' in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

Exploration and evaluation assets consist of certain mining data acquired in conjunction with the acquisition of the legacy Kabanga Nickel Project from Barrick Gold Corporation (**"Barrick"**) and Glencore in 2021. Following the completion of the Feasibility Study of the Kabanga Nickel Project Lifezone is working towards a FID on the project.

Exploration and evaluation assets are assessed for impairment when facts and circumstances suggest that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Where the carrying value of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, which is the higher of value in use and fair value less costs to sell, the asset is written down. An impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

An exploration and evaluation asset shall no longer be classified as such when the technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are demonstrable. Lifezone considers this threshold achieved once a FID is made. Exploration and evaluation assets shall be assessed for impairment indicators, and any impairment loss recognized, before reclassification.

As of December 31, 2025, Lifezone had defined the Kabanga Nickel Project as its only exploration and evaluation asset, comprising a SML and several prospecting licenses in close proximity, all being explored for the same minerals, managed by the same personnel and owned by TNCL. Study work undertaken for the potential downstream processing at Kahama, was considered an integral part of the project, as it forms part of the Feasibility Study.

An impairment review is undertaken when indicators of impairment arise, but typically when one of the following circumstances applies:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Rights to explore in an area have expired or will expire in the near future without renewal;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• No further exploration or evaluation is planned or budgeted;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A decision is made to discontinue exploration and evaluation in an area because of the absence of commercial reserves, and;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Sufficient data exists to indicate that the book value will not be fully recovered from future development and production (or a sale of the project).

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At each reporting date, Lifezone reviews the carrying amounts of its mining interests to determine if any indicators of impairment exist. If any such indicators exist, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of any impairment loss, if any. On the basis of the above assessment, management is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would suggest the carrying amount of the exploration and evaluation asset may exceed its recoverable amount.

**2.12. Other intangible assets with finite lives**

Lifezone's other intangible assets consist of computer software and patents. Other intangible assets are initially recognized at acquisition cost or acquired as part of a business combination and carried at historical cost less accumulated amortization and impairment losses, if any. Subsequent acquisitions are included in the asset's carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset as appropriate only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to Lifezone and the cost of the item can be measured reliably.

Other intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, which are as follows:

Computer software 3 years <br> Patents 12 years

Other Intangible assets with finite lives are assessed for impairment whenever there is an indication that the intangible asset may be impaired.

**2.13. Property and equipment**

Property and equipment are initially recognized at acquisition cost and carried at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, if any. Subsequent acquisitions are included in the asset's carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset as appropriate only when it is certain the item can be measured reliably. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method to allocate the property and equipment's value over the lower of their legal or estimated useful lives. Property and equipment with indefinite lives are not depreciated and are assessed for impairment on an annual basis. All repair and maintenance costs are recognized in consolidated statement of comprehensive loss as incurred.

Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated economic lives of the following assets:

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| Office and computer equipment | 5 years |
| Laboratory and testing equipment | 2-5 years |
| Buildings | 40 years |
| Transportation equipment | 5 years |

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An item of property and equipment and any significant part initially recognized is de-recognized upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising from de-recognition of the asset is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

The assets' residual values, useful lives and methods of depreciation are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.

**2.14. Right-of-use assets and Lease Liabilities**

Lifezone has lease contracts used in its operations with an original lease term of 3 - 5 years. Lifezone's obligations under its leases are secured by the lessor's title to the leased assets.

Lifezone recognizes right-of-use assets at the commencement date of the lease (i.e., the date when the underlying asset is available for use). Right-of-use assets are measured at cost, less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses and adjusted for any remeasurement of lease liabilities. The cost of right-of-use assets includes the amount of lease liabilities recognized, initial direct costs incurred, and lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any

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lease incentives received. Right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term and the estimated useful lives of the assets. Right-of-use assets are also tested for impairment when there are any indicators of impairment.

Liabilities arising from a lease are initially measured at the present value of the future lease payments discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease or the incremental borrowing rate in case the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable.

The main components of the lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability comprise the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• fixed lease payments;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• variable lease payments that are linked to an index (consumer price index); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• lease payments in an optional renewal period if Lifezone is reasonably certain to exercise an extension option.

Lease payments contain two elements, principal and interest. Interest expense is presented as part of interest costs in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss and measured using the effective interest method. Principal and interest portions of lease payments were presented within financing activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows. The carrying amount of lease liabilities is remeasured if there is a change in the future lease payments due to a change in index or rate.

If ownership of the leased asset transfers to Lifezone at the end of the lease term or the cost reflects the exercise of a purchase option, depreciation is calculated using the estimated useful life of the asset and the asset is depreciated on a straight-line basis.

**2.15. Inventories**

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (calculated on a weighted average basis) and net realizable value. Net realizable value refers to the net amount that an entity expects to realize from the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business. Cost comprises direct purchase costs.

**2.16. Cash and cash equivalents**

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and demand deposits, together with other short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash, and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Lifezone has not experienced any losses on such amounts. Bank balances for which use by the group is subject to third party contractual restrictions are included as part of cash unless the restrictions result in a bank balance no longer meeting the definition of cash. Contractual restrictions affecting use of bank balances are disclosed in note 10.

**2.17. Share-based payments**

Lifezone operates share-based payment arrangements under which employees, consultants and directors receive equity instruments of Lifezone Metals, including Restricted Stock Units ("**RSUs**") and Stock Options. These awards are accounted for in accordance with IFRS 2 – *Share-based Payment*.

**Equity-settled share-based payments**

Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments granted at the grant date. The fair value is determined using an appropriate valuation model, such as the Black-Scholes option pricing model for stock options or the market price of the Company's shares on the grant date for RSUs, adjusted for any applicable market-based vesting conditions.

The fair value is determined at the grant date and is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on Lifezone's estimate of the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest. At each reporting date, Lifezone revises its estimates of the number of awards expected to vest and recognizes the impact of any revision in the consolidated

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statement of comprehensive loss, with a corresponding adjustment to equity. The fair value determined at the grant date is fully expensed on grant where the vesting is not subject to any service conditions.

Share options with graded vesting schedules are accounted for as separate grants with different vesting periods and fair values.

**Vesting conditions**

Vesting of RSUs and stock options is generally subject to the satisfaction of service conditions and, in certain cases, performance conditions. Service conditions require continued employment over a specified period. Performance conditions are based on the achievement of specified performance targets on Lifezone's own operations (non-market conditions) or on the price of Lifezone's ordinary shares (market-based condition). Market-based conditions are reflected in the fair value at grant date and are not subsequently adjusted for differences between expected and actual outcomes. Non-market conditions are taken into account in estimating the number of awards expected to vest.

**Settlement and exercise**

Upon vesting:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• RSUs are settled by the issue of ordinary shares of Lifezone.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Stock Options may be exercised by employees within the contractual exercise period at the pre-determined exercise price.

No cash is received by Lifezone in respect of RSU settlements. Proceeds received from the exercise of stock options, net of any directly attributable transaction costs, are credited to share capital and share premium.

**Replacement of awards**

Where an award is designated as a replacement award, any incremental fair value must be recognized over the vesting period of the replacement award. The incremental fair value is the difference between the fair value of the original award and that of the modified award, both measured at the date of modification.

**2.18. Warrants**

Warrants are classified as either a liability or equity on inception, depending on the terms of the agreement. Warrants are only classified as equity when they are settled by the entity delivering a fixed number of its own equity instruments and receiving a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset. Lifezone assesses the appropriate classification of Warrants at the time of inception.

The fair value of warrants is independently valued using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.

Warrants that are classified as liabilities are subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value reported in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

**2.19. Earnouts**

Earnouts represent payment arrangements whereby the additional purchase consideration on acquisition is contingent on the future financial performance of Lifezone. Earnouts are classified as either a liability or equity on inception, depending on the terms of the agreement.

Lifezone determined that both Lifezone Holdings and Sponsor shareholder earnout should be classified as equity after assessment under IFRS 2 - *Share-based Payment*. Refer to Note 25 for details.

The fair value of earnouts is independently valued based on a Monte Carlo simulation model.

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**2.20. Provisions**

Provisions are recognized when Lifezone has a present obligation as a result of a past event, and it is probable that Lifezone will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the obligation at the balance sheet date and are discounted to present value where the effect is material.

**Asset retirement obligation**

Asset retirement obligations will be incurred by Lifezone either while operating, or at the end of the operating life of, Lifezone's facilities and mine properties. Lifezone assesses its asset retirement obligation at each reporting date. Lifezone recognizes an asset retirement obligation where it has a legal and constructive obligation as a result of past events, and it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate of the amount of obligation can be made.

Over time, the discounted liability is increased for the change in present value based on the discount rates that reflect current market assessments and the risks specific to the liability. The periodic unwinding of the discount is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss as part of interest expense. As at December 31, 2025, no provision for asset retirement obligation was required given all disturbances to natural environment are made good by Lifezone on an ongoing basis.

**2.21. Financial instruments**

**Recognition**

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized when Lifezone becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument.

**Classification and initial measurement of financial assets**

Except for those receivables that do not contain a significant financing component and are measured at the transaction price in accordance with IFRS 15 - *Revenue* from Contracts with Customers, all financial assets are initially measured at fair value adjusted for transaction costs, if any.

After initial recognition, these are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method and are subject to impairment. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. Lifezone's cash and cash equivalents, related party receivables and trade and other receivables fall into this category of financial instruments measured at amortized cost.

**Derecognition**

A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is primarily derecognized (i.e., removed from Lifezone's consolidated statement of financial position) when:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired, or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lifezone has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation to pay the received cash flows in full without material delay to a third party under a pass-through arrangement; and either (a) Lifezone has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, or (b) Lifezone has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.

**Impairment of financial assets**

Lifezone measures the impairment of financial assets in an amount equal to the expected credit loss. In determining whether the credit risk of a financial asset has increased significantly since the initial recognition and in estimating the expected credit losses, Lifezone considers reasonable and supportable information that is relevant and available without undue cost or effort. This includes quantitative and qualitative information and analysis, based on the historical experience, credit assessment and considering forward-looking information.

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**Interest income**

For all financial instruments measured at amortized cost, interest income is recognized using the effective interest rate method. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash receipts over the expected life of the financial instrument or a shorter period, where appropriate, to the net carrying amount of the financial asset. Interest income is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

**Classification and initial measurement of financial liabilities**

All financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair value. Lifezone's financial liabilities include convertible debenture debt, senior secured bridge loan facility, trade and other payables and deferred consideration.

Financial liabilities are measured subsequently at amortized cost using the effective interest method unless such liabilities are classified as Financial Liabilities at Fair Value Through Profit and Loss (**"FVTPL"**) with gains or losses recognized in consolidated statement of comprehensive loss. The embedded derivative in our convertible debentures are classified as FVTPL with gains or losses recognized in consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

All interest-related charges and, if applicable, changes in an instrument's fair value (example embedded derivatives) are reported in consolidated statement of comprehensive loss unless such charges are eligible for capitalization.

**Payables**

This category pertains to financial liabilities that are not held for trading or not designated as at FVTPL upon the inception of the liability. These include liabilities arising from operations (e.g., accounts payable and accrued liabilities). Payables are recognized initially at fair value and are subsequently carried at amortized cost. Amortized cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and fees or costs that are an integral part of the effective interest rate. This accounting policy applies to Lifezone's trade and other payables.

**Derecognition**

Financial liabilities are derecognized when the associated obligation is discharged or cancelled or expires. When an existing financial liability is replaced by another from the same lender on substantially different terms, or the terms of an existing liability are substantially modified, such an exchange or modification is treated as the derecognition of the original liability and the recognition of a new liability. The difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognized in consolidated statement of comprehensive loss

**Deferred transaction costs**

Fees paid to enter into the senior secured bridge loan facility are recognized as transaction costs. These costs include fees such as arrangement fees, advisory, legal, and technical due diligence fees. Additionally, the fair value of warrants issued to the lenders as consideration for entering into the facility are included in these costs. Management determined that the transaction costs are all attributable to the initial drawdown and subsequent drawdowns and as a result, decided to allocate the transaction costs to the facility in proportion to the drawdowns.

Transaction costs solely related to the initial advance are included in full in the debt's initial measurement. Transaction costs related to both the initial drawdown and the subsequent drawdown are allocated on a pro-rata basis. As a result, a percentage of the costs are included in the debt's initial measurement (included in the effective interest rate calculation) and the remainder is deferred as an asset (included in the non-current asset line "**Deferred transaction costs**" in the consolidated statement of financial position) and will be deducted from the liability pro-rata when subsequent drawdowns occur. Deferred financing costs are amortized from the date of the drawdowns to the date of the expiry of the facility on a straight-line basis.

**2.22. Fair value measurement**

This section describes the valuation methodologies Lifezone uses to measure financial and non-financial instruments accounted for at fair value including certain liabilities like embedded derivatives and deferred consideration.

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Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place either:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• In the principal market for the asset or liability or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• In the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible to Lifezone.

The fair value is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest.

A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant's ability to generate economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.

Lifezone uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizing the use of unobservable inputs.

Financial Instruments for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements are categorized within the fair value hierarchy, described as follows, based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Level 1 — Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Level 2 — Valuation techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement is directly or indirectly observable

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Level 3 — Valuation techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement is unobservable

External valuers are engaged by Lifezone for valuation of share options, earnout, warrants, restricted stock units and embedded derivatives. Involvement of external valuers is determined by management based on market knowledge, reputation, independence and whether professional standards are maintained. Fair values of share options, earnout, warrants, restricted stock units, deferred consideration and embedded derivatives are categorized as Level 3 fair values under IFRS.

**2.23. Investments in joint ventures**

Under the equity method, investment in joint ventures is carried in the consolidated statement of financial position at cost and adjusted thereafter for the post-acquisition change in Lifezone's share of the profit and loss and other comprehensive income of the joint ventures. After the interest in the joint ventures is reduced to zero, additional losses are provided for, and a liability is recognized, only to the extent that Lifezone has incurred legal or constructive obligations or made payments on behalf of the joint ventures.

The financial statements of the joint venture are prepared for the same reporting period as Lifezone. When necessary, adjustments are made to bring the accounting policies in line with those of Lifezone.

Lifezone determines at each reporting date whether there is any objective evidence that the investment in joint ventures is impaired*.* 

**2.24. Deferred consideration**

**Recognition and Measurement**

Deferred consideration arises from business combinations or asset acquisitions where part of the purchase price is payable at a future date. Where the deferred consideration is classified as a financial liability, it is initially measured at its

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fair value in accordance with IFRS 3 and IFRS 9. The fair value is determined by discounting the expected future payments to present value using an appropriate discount rate that reflects the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability.

If the deferred consideration is classified as equity (e.g., when settled by a fixed number of Lifezone's own equity instruments for a fixed amount), it is measured at fair value at the acquisition date and is not subsequently remeasured.

Deferred consideration classified as a financial liability is subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, unless it contains a derivative component (e.g., contingent on future events or indexed to share price), in which case it is measured at fair value through profit or loss ("**FVTPL**") with changes in fair value recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

**2.25. Borrowing costs**

Borrowing costs directly attributable to the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project are added to the cost of the project until such time as the project is substantially ready for its intended use or sale. Where funds are borrowed specifically, costs eligible for capitalization are the actual costs incurred less any income earned on the temporary investment of such borrowings. Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on qualifying assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalization. All other borrowing costs are recognized in consolidated statement of comprehensive loss in the period in which they are incurred.

**2.26. Adoption of new and revised standards**

Lifezone has not early adopted any standard, interpretation or amendment that has been issued but is not yet effective.

The following amendment applies for the first time in 2025, but does not have an impact on the consolidated financial statements of Lifezone:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Lack of Exchangeability (Amendments to IAS 21) - The amendment provides guidance for entities to apply a consistent approach to the assessment of whether a currency is exchangeable at the measurement date and for a specific purpose, and if not, the determination of the exchange rate to be used for measurement purposes and the disclosures to be provided in their financial statements. A currency is exchangeable when there is the possibility of exchanging it for another currency, with normal administrative delays, and the transaction occurs through markets or exchange mechanisms that create enforceable rights and obligations. The amendment is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

Management anticipates that all relevant pronouncements will be adopted for the first period beginning on or after the effective date of the pronouncement. The standards and interpretations that are issued, but are not yet effective, up to the date of issuance of Lifezone's financial statements that Lifezone reasonably expects may have an impact on its disclosures, financial position or performance when applied at a future date, are disclosed below.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Amendments to the Classification and Measurement and Impairment of Financial Instruments (Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7) - applies from January 1, 2026

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements - applies from January 1, 2027

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures - applies from January 1, 2027

Lifezone is currently assessing the effect of these new accounting standards and amendments.

**3. Significant accounting judgements and estimates** 

The preparation of Lifezone's consolidated financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the accompanying disclosures including the disclosure of contingent liabilities. Uncertainty about these assumptions and

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estimates could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets or liabilities affected in the future period.

**3.1 Significant accounting judgements**

**Use of Going Concern Assumption**

The use of going concern assumption requires management to make judgments at a particular point in time about the future outcome of events and conditions that are inherently uncertain. The underlying assumption in the preparation of financial statements is that Lifezone has neither the intention nor the need to liquidate the business. Management takes into account a whole range of factors related to expected probability and sources of financing and expected costs.

**Exploration and evaluation assets** 

The application of Lifezone's accounting policy for exploration and evaluation expenditure requires judgement, the use of estimates and assumptions to determine whether future economic benefits are likely from either future exploitation or sale. Under IFRS 6 - *Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources*, entities recognizing exploration and evaluation assets are required to perform an impairment test on those assets when specific facts and circumstances outlined in the standard indicate an impairment test is required. The assets are tested for impairment indicators or when the technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are not demonstrable.

Lifezone capitalizes certain exploration and evaluation expenses in accordance with its accounting policy. There is no certainty that costs incurred during exploration and evaluation will result in discoveries of commercial quantities of minerals. Lifezone applies judgment to determine whether indicators of impairment exist for these capitalized costs.

At December 31, 2025, Lifezone concluded that no impairment indicators exist for any of its exploration and evaluation assets and that the capitalized costs are supported by external (market capitalization) and internal valuations.

**Assessment of the classification of earnouts**

Earnouts represent payment arrangements whereby the additional purchase consideration on acquisition is contingent on the future financial performance of Lifezone. Earnouts are classified as either a liability or equity on inception, depending on the terms of the agreement. Lifezone determined that both the Lifezone Holdings and the Sponsor shareholder earnout should be classified as equity after assessment under IFRS 2 - *Share-based Payment*. Refer to Note 25 for details.

**Classification of deferred consideration in the cash flow statement**

The payments of deferred consideration in relation to the acquisition of the Kabanga Nickel Project were recognized as cash outflows from investing activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows as it represents amounts paid for the acquisition of mining data. Lifezone believes that this is the appropriate classification in accordance with the nature of the underlying transaction and payment terms which are not deemed to have any financing element embedded.

**3.2 Significant accounting estimates**

The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are described below. Lifezone based its assumptions and estimates on parameters available when the consolidated financial statements were prepared. Existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments, however, may change due to market changes or circumstances arising that are beyond the control of Lifezone. Such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they occur.

**Fair value of Warrants**

Warrants are measured at fair value at recognition. Warrants are fair valued using a Monte-Carlo or other appropriate pricing model, taking into account the terms and conditions attached to the Warrants. Key inputs used in making the estimate are disclosed in Note 24.3 where warrants were classified as a liability. Equity-classified warrants are

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not subsequently revalued but liability-classified warrants are measured at fair value through profit or loss, with changes in fair value recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

Warrants issued in connection with the 2025 Offering are recorded as a liability. As at the issuance date, the liability related to warrants, totaling $9,910,000, was valued using the Monte-Carlo model. The liability related to warrants is remeasured at the end of each period at fair value through profit or loss. It is classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. At each reporting date, the fair value of the liability related to warrants is determined using the Monte-Carlo model, which uses significant inputs that are not based on observable market data, hence the classification in Level 3.

A sensitivity analysis was performed by Lifezone on the assumptions related to share price volatility. A 10% increase or decrease in the share price volatility assumption results in approximately a 10% increase or decrease in the value of the liability.

**Hybrid Financial Instruments: Convertible debentures with embedded derivatives**

Lifezone has issued convertible debentures with embedded derivatives, classified as hybrid financial instruments, which are initially measured at fair value and adjusted for transaction costs. The host debt instrument is classified and measured at amortized cost, while the embedded derivatives are accounted for separately at FVTPL.

Upon recognition, Lifezone uses the residual value method to allocate the principal amount of the convertible debentures between the two components: a host debt instrument and embedded derivatives. Under this method, the fair value of the embedded derivative is determined first, and any residual amount is assigned to the host debt instrument. Any subsequent changes in the fair value of the embedded derivative is recorded in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss. The host debt instrument is measured using the effective interest method in all subsequent periods.

The effective interest method is a method for calculating the amortized cost of a financial liability and for allocating the interest expenses throughout the relevant credit period. The effective interest rate is the rate that accurately discounts the forecasted future cash flows over the financial liability's expected lifetime to its' carrying value, or, when appropriate, over a shorter period.

**Deferred consideration**

The fair value of the deferred consideration payable to BHP for the acquisition of its 17% interest in Kabanga Nickel Limited is determined using a present value technique, discounting expected future payments at a 21.5% rate. The calculation incorporates management's estimates of the timing of key project milestones, specifically, the FID and first commercial production.

Significant judgment is required in estimating the timing of the FID and commercial production dates, as these dates directly affect the timing of payments. Management uses a probability-weighted approach, considering a base case (e.g., FID in June 2026, commercial production in March 2029), a delayed case (12 months later), and an accelerated case (such as a change of control), with probabilities assigned to each scenario based on current project status and risks.

The fair value measurement is sensitive to changes in key assumptions:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A significant increase or decrease in the discount rate, or a change in the expected timing of payments, would result in a higher or lower fair value of the deferred consideration.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Changes in Lifezone's share price at the valuation date also directly impact the estimated amount of the indexed payment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Adjustments to the probabilities assigned to each scenario can materially affect the resulting fair value.

Management reviews these estimates regularly and updates them as new information becomes available. Any changes in the fair value of the deferred consideration are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they arise.

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For management purposes, Lifezone is organized into business units based on the main types of activities and has three reportable operating segments, as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Metals Extraction;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Intellectual Property **("IP")**; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Corporate

The Metals Extraction segment of the business consists of Lifezone's interest in KNL, comprising the Kabanga Nickel Project (**''Metals Extraction''**). The IP segment comprises patents held and managed by Lifezone Limited, a team of highly skilled engineers, scientists and technicians based in Lifezone's Simulus hydromet laboratory based in Perth, a strategic partnership with Sedibelo Resources Limited (**"SRL"**) and Industrial Development Corporation (**"IDC"**) regarding the development of the potential Kell-Sedibelo-Lifezone Refinery and the agreement between Lifezone and Glencore to recycle PGM in the United States.

The Chief Executive Officer ensures that the corporate strategy determined by the board is being implemented. He manages Lifezone on a day-to-day basis, monitors and reports on the operating results of the business units for the purpose of making decisions about resource allocation and performance assessment and acts as Lifezone's Chief Operating Decision Maker. Segment performance is evaluated based on cash flows and operating profit or loss before taxes.

Lifezone's financing and treasury operations are centrally managed at the group level. These activities, along with other group-related functions, are reported under Corporate. Additionally, revenue in Corporate includes the provision of management services to the operating segments.

Each of these operating segments is managed separately as each requires different managerial and technological expertise, marketing approaches and other resources. All inter-segment transfers are carried out at arm's length, under terms comparable to transactions with third parties.

Inter-segment eliminations and transactions are identified separately, and the combined segments' information is reconciled to the statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income. Inter-segment revenues are eliminated upon consolidation and reflected in the "**Inter-segment eliminations**" column.

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| | **Intellectual<br>Property** | **Metals<br>Extraction** | **Corporate** | **Inter-Segment<br>eliminations** | **Total** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **For the year ended December 31, 2025** |  |  |  |  |  |
| Revenue | 1746681 | - | 4734751 | (5424389) | 1057043 |
| Cost of Sales | (533595) | - | (4360626) | 4360626 | (533595) |
| Gain (loss) on foreign exchange | 703759 | (493722) | (27876) | - | 182161 |
| General and administrative expenses | (4023165) | (1756023) | (14784102) | 2885435 | (17677855) |
| Depreciation and amortization | (1368350) | (22767) | (52123) | - | (1443240) |
| Interest income | 5239492 | 99 | 488269 | (5191703) | 536157 |
| Fair value gain on embedded derivatives | - | - | 15615000 | - | 15615000 |
| Fair value loss on warrant | - | - | (1040000) | - | (1040000) |
| Loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration | (668116) | - | - | - | (668116) |
| Interest expense | (20951) | (72418) | (10304516) | - | (10397885) |
| **Gain (loss) before tax** | **1075755** | **(2344831)** | **(9731223)** | **(3370031)** | **(14370330)** |
| **As at December 31, 2025** |  |  |  |  |  |
| Segment assets | 144404325 | 165038598 | 153679239 | (287370479) | 175751683 |
| Segment liabilities | 26695036 | 102843488 | 58642182 | (85261778) | 102918928 |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Intellectual<br>Property** | **Metals<br>Extraction** | **Corporate** | **Inter-Segment<br>eliminations** | **Total** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **For the year ended December 31, 2024** |  |  |  |  |  |
| Revenue from customers | 4169658 | - | 6914532 | (10943668) | 140522 |
| Cost of Sales | (2071949) | - | (6773508) | 8758585 | (86872) |
| Gain (loss) on foreign exchange | (8112) | 471663 | (693104) | 4247 | (225306) |
| Goodwill impairment | (9020813) | - | - | - | (9020813) |
| General and administrative expenses | (4190621) | (5256215) | (29913671) | 1767150 | (37593357) |
| Depreciation and amortization | (1359611) | (39199) | (89985) | - | (1488795) |
| Interest income | 76438 | 961 | 4423867 | (2159195) | 2342071 |
| Fair value gain on embedded derivatives | - | - | 5771000 | - | 5771000 |
| Interest expense | (30809) | (353530) | (6050318) | - | (6434657) |
| **Loss before tax** | **(12435819)** | **(5176320)** | **(26411187)** | **(2572881)** | **(46596207)** |
| **As at December 31, 2024** |  |  |  |  |  |
| Segment assets | 7185012 | 123400083 | 92982474 | (66914096) | 156653473 |
| Segment liabilities | 3792443 | 64496247 | 58389664 | (69351882) | 57326472 |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Intellectual<br>Property** | **Metals<br>Extraction** | **Corporate** | **Inter-Segment<br>eliminations** | **Total** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **For the year ended December 31, 2023** |  |  |  |  |  |
| Revenue from customers | 9153646 | - | 5492548 | (13168368) | 1477826 |
| Cost of Sales | (753914) | - | - | - | (753914) |
| Interest income | 106998 | 307610 | 152582 | - | 567190 |
| Gain (loss) on foreign exchange | (23662) | 203621 | (319) | - | 179640 |
| General and administrative expenses | (4989038) | (8027952) | (365516596) | 13168368 | (365365218) |
| Depreciation and amortization | (473752) | (220869) | (18363) | - | (712984) |
| Gain on remeasurement of deferred consideration | - | 156047 | - | - | 156047 |
| Interest expense | (9365) | (187293) | (15321) | - | (211979) |
| **Income (loss) before tax** | **3010913** | **(7768836)** | **(359905469)** | **-** | **(364663392)** |
| **As at December 31, 2023** |  |  |  |  |  |
| Segment assets | 29653933 | 76110868 | 36497552 | - | 142262353 |
| Segment liabilities | 6228145 | 12044608 | 1706834 | (6030761) | 13948826 |

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**Geographical analysis**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| **Revenue** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| South Africa | - | - | 810350 |
| Australia | 1057043 | 140522 | 384358 |
| Rest of the world | - | - | 283118 |
| **Total** | **1057043** | **140522** | **1477826** |
| **Non-current Assets** |  |  |  |
| Tanzania | 144521639 | 120092503 | 72079131 |
| Australia | 3075959 | 4222057 | 14731033 |
| Rest of the world | 705488 | 679720 | 629325 |
| **Total** | **148303086** | **124994280** | **87439489** |

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**5. Revenue**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Kellplant Proprietary Ltd | - | - | 129680 |
| Kelltechnology SA Proprietary Ltd | - | - | 684407 |
| Consulting and management fee from joint ventures | - | - | 814087 |
| Technical and laboratory services revenue | 1057043 | 140522 | 663739 |
| **Total revenue** | **1057043** | **140522** | **1477826** |

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Technical and laboratory services revenue of $1,057,043 during the year ended December 31, 2025 (2024: $140,522) is attributed to technical and laboratory services provided by Simulus to third-party customers.

**6. Interest income**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Interest on related party loan | - | - | 6841 |
| Interest on bank deposits | 536157 | 2342071 | 560349 |
| **Total** | **536157** | **2342071** | **567190** |

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Lifezone generates interest income through its corporate treasury operations by investing group cash in the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("**SOFR**") or term deposit facilities provided by its two primary international banking partners.

**7. Interest expense**

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| | | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| |<br>**Note** | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Interest accretion on deferred consideration |  | - | 306388 | 159904 |
| Interest accretion on lease liability | 20 | 95219 | 86407 | 52075 |
| Debenture interest | 21 | 10301143 | 6039527 |  |
| Other interest expenses |  | 1523 | 2335 | - |
|  |  | **10397885** | **6434657** | **211979** |

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Interest accretion on deferred consideration liability relates to the acquisition of the Kabanga Nickel Project from Barrick and Glencore in 2019. This liability was settled at the end of 2024.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest on lease liability relates to long term leases of office space, accommodation units and warehouse premises in Tanzania and Australia as disclosed in Note 20.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debenture interest relates to interest accrued on the debt portion of the convertible debentures as disclosed in Note 21.

Interest expenses (after deduction of any interest received on any amounts temporarily invested) on the senior secured bridge loan facility has been capitalized to Exploration and Evaluation assets as these are borrowing costs directly

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attributable to the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project. For further details on the senior secured bridge loan facility and the capitalization of related interest, please refer to Note 21.2 and Note 15.

**8. Fair value gains on embedded derivatives** 

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Fair value gains on embedded derivatives | 15615000 | 5771000 | - |
| **Total** | **15615000** | **5771000** | **-** |

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On December 31, 2025, the embedded derivative liability component of the convertible debentures as disclosed in Note 21, was reassessed to be $5,153,000 compared to $20,768,000 as at December 31, 2024. The decrease in fair value of $15,615,000 is largely due to the fall in the price of Lifezone Metals share during the year from $6.95 as at December 31, 2024 to $4.27 as at December 31, 2025. This decline in share price has reduced the likelihood that debenture holders will exercise their option to convert debentures into ordinary shares of Lifezone at the conversion price of $8.00 per share. In addition, the passage of time has shortened the period remaining until expiry. The resulting $15,615,000 fair value decrease has been recognized as a gain in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

On December 31, 2024, the embedded derivative liability component of the convertible debentures was reassessed to be $20,768,000 compared to $26,539,000 on initial recognition. The decrease in fair value of $5,771,000 in 2024 is largely due to the decrease in share price of Lifezone Metals during the year, passage of time and market credit spreads decreasing.

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**9. General and administrative expenses**

The following summary key expenses are included in general and administrative expenses for the year ended:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** | **For the years ended,** |
| |<br>**Note** | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Wages & employee benefits  |  | 4105566 | 2670496 | 2620350 |
| Consultancy fees |  | 2189483 | 2309474 | 2980497 |
| Professional fees |  | 1178863 | 2214068 | 3197712 |
| Legal expenses  |  | 1207985 | 1209758 | 5121915 |
| Directors' fees |  | 721540 | 721697 | 591631 |
| Depreciation of property and equipment |  | 1027102 | 1042606 | 524959 |
| Depreciation of right-of-use assets | 12 | 321414 | 347816 | 353851 |
| Gain on disposal of property and equipment |  | - | (134) | - |
| Amortization of intangible assets | 14 | 141769 | 181991 | 163147 |
| Impairment of VAT receivables | 11 | 574270 | 1749527 | 4617911 |
| Provision for withholding tax payable |  | 4173 | 3434062 | - |
| Provision for bad debt |  | - | 478558 | - |
| Impairment of deposit | 11 | 400000 | - | - |
| Share-based expense - Lifezone Holdings shareholder earnout |  | - | - | 248464035 |
| Share-based expense - Sponsor earnout |  | - | - | 17094750 |
| SPAC Transaction expenses |  | - | - | 76857484 |
| Share-based expense - RSU & share options | 25 | 2121036 | 17818907 | - |
| Travel |  | 310817 | 552276 | 574776 |
| Audit & accountancy fees |  | 1420535 | 915101 | 1451510 |
| Taxes & licenses |  | 13396 | 30297 | - |
| Insurance |  | 908226 | 1555306 | 970517 |
| Other administrative expenses |  | 2474920 | 1850346 | 493157 |
| **Total** |  | **19121095** | **39082152** | **366078202** |

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Lifezone capitalizes exploration and evaluation costs related to the Kabanga Nickel Project to exploration and evaluation assets. Capitalized exploration and evaluation expenditure includes a wide range of exploration, evaluation and study related costs, including general, administrative and financing costs that are related to the Kabanga Nickel Project. General and administrative expenses included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss are costs that are expensed either because such costs do not relate to the Kabanga Nickel Project or are not eligible for capitalization under Lifezone's accounting policy.

**Provision for withholding tax payable**

In 2020, KNCL, a subsidiary of Lifezone, filed a tax appeal with the Tax Revenue Appeals Tribunal, contesting a withholding tax assessment imposed by the TRA on imported services. These services were provided by non-resident entities during a period when KNCL was jointly owned by Barrick and Glencore. On January 21, 2021, the TRA issued an Agency Notice to KNCL's bank, Citi Bank Tanzania Limited, leading to the transfer of the company's total bank balance of TZS 823.40 million ($335,398) as of January 31, 2021, to the TRA. KNCL is a non-operating entity whose retention mining license were revoked by the Government of Tanzania in 2018, ahead of the acquisition by Lifezone and carries a de-minimis amount of cash.

Subsequently, on April 22, 2021, the TRA lifted the Agency Notice until further notice, pending a hearing and final determination of the case. On July 30, 2024, the Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the TRA, dismissing KNCL's

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appeal and confirming the tax assessment of TZS 8.43 billion ($3.43 million) as payable. Following this ruling, a provision of $3.43 million (equivalent to TZS 8.43 billion) has been made, covering the principal tax amount plus interest.

On August 19, 2024, the TRA issued a further demand notice for the withholding tax of TZS 8.43 billion ($3.43 million), along with additional interest for late payment. In March 2025, this additional interest was revised to TZS 12.36 billion ($5.03 million).

Lifezone continues to challenge the demand notice through proactive discussions with the TRA. While the outcome of these discussions is uncertain, based on progress of these discussions and legal advice obtained, Lifezone believes that it can successfully negotiate a waiver of the additional interest charges. Lifezone has not provided for any additional interest charges as, based on ongoing discussions with the TRA, any material outflow is not considered probable. However, if the TRA does not waive the additional interest charges, there is a possibility that KNCL could face an additional liability of up to $5.03 million (TZS 12.36 billion). Following resolution of this matter Lifezone intends to place KNCL in voluntary liquidation. KNCL does not hold the SML and any liquidation has no impact on Lifezone's operations.

During 2025, Lifezone and its Tanzanian entities engaged in discussions with the Government of Tanzania to amend the existing Framework Agreement and agreed on a mechanism to resolve several outstanding matters with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA). Based on the advice received and the advanced stage of the Framework Agreement negotiations, management believes it is likely that Lifezone will not be required to pay the additional interest charges of $5.03 million (TZS 12.36 billion) in relation to the withholding tax assessment. However, as the amended Framework Agreement has not yet been signed or become effective, it is considered probable, though not certain, that no payment will be required in respect of the assessed amounts.

**Share-based payment expenses**

Share-based payment expenses of $2.12 million during the year ended December 31, 2025, (2024: $17.82 million) were recognized in accordance with IFRS 2- *Share-based Payment* in relation to Stock options and RSUs granted to employees, consultants and directors. For details refer to Note 25.

**Impairment of VAT receivables**

The VAT receivables in Tanzania were fully provided for, following the rejection by the TRA of our VAT refund application related to goods and services procured for the Kabanga Nickel Project. For the year ended December 31, 2025, a provision of $574,270 was recorded in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss, compared to $1.75 million in 2024. Total provision as at December 31, 2025, is $6.94 million (2024: $6.37 million). TNCL has formally contested the TRA's decision, asserting that the rejection is unfounded, as the purchases were directly linked to its economic activities in Tanzania, aimed at developing the Kabanga Nickel Project with the ultimate goal of producing and exporting metals. Lifezone remains actively engaged with the Government of Tanzania and continues to monitor the situation closely, seeking a favorable resolution in line with applicable local laws and regulations.

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**10. Cash and cash equivalents**

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| USD - U.S. dollar | 19191738 | 28271247 |
| GBP - Sterling | 226857 | 194644 |
| EUR - Euro | 2911 | 4599 |
| AUD - Australian dollar | 373330 | 768699 |
| ZAR - South African Rand | 398 | 1932 |
| TZS - Tanzania Shilling | 347837 | 42821 |
| CAD - Canadian dollar | 1179 | - |
| Total cash and cash equivalents | **20144250** | **29283942** |
| **Made up of:** |  |  |
| Cash at banks and on hand | 20144250 | 24283942 |
| Short-term deposits | - | 5000000 |
| Total cash and cash equivalents | **20144250** | **29283942** |

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As at December 31, 2025 total cash includes $6.57 million (2024: $nil) in KNL and its subsidiaries and is available only for the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project under the terms of the senior secured bridge loan facility. Included in this cash is an amount of $149,694 (2024: $nil) held in escrow and restricted for compensation payments to Projected Affected Persons in connection with the Kabanga Nickel Project.

**11. Trade and other receivables**

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| VAT / GST receivables | 540708 | 405281 |
| Prepayments | 427288 | 1280657 |
| Deposits | 496154 | 355149 |
| Other receivables | 564117 | 74027 |
| **Total** | **2028267** | **2115114** |

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**VAT / GST receivables**

VAT/Goods and Services Tax (**"GST"**) receivables are short term and receivable within twelve months following an applicable VAT refund application in the local tax jurisdiction. Lifezone has net VAT/GST receivables with the United Kingdom and Australian tax authorities amounting to $540,708 (2024: $405,281).

The VAT receivables in Tanzania were fully provided for, following the rejection by the TRA of our VAT refund application related to goods and services procured for the Kabanga Nickel Project. For the year ended December 31, 2025, a provision of $574,270 was recorded to the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss, compared to $1.75 million for the same period in 2024. Total provision as at December 31, 2025, was $6.94 million (2024: $6.37 million). TNCL has formally contested the TRA's decision, asserting that the rejection is unfounded, as the purchases were directly linked to its economic activities in Tanzania, aimed at developing the Kabanga Nickel Project with the ultimate goal of producing and exporting metals. Lifezone remains actively engaged with the Government of Tanzania and continues to monitor the situation closely, seeking a favorable resolution in line with applicable local laws and regulations.

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**Prepayments**

During the year ended December 31, 2025, Lifezone has impaired the non-refundable deposit of $400,000 paid on September 12, 2022, in relation to a non-binding term sheet between LZL and Harmony Minerals Limited and Dutwa Minerals Limited for the acquisition of all the tangible assets and all registered and unregistered IP relating to the Dutwa Nickel Project. The acquisition has not progressed as anticipated and given Lifezone's focus on the Kabanga Nickel Project, management has reassessed the likelihood of the Dutwa transaction happening in the immediate future and its relative strategic significance and considers it unlikely that the acquisition will progress in the foreseeable future. This impairment is included in 'Impairment of Deposit' in general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025.

**Deposits and other receivables**

Deposits include security and other deposits. Other receivables include trade receivables and accrued interest.

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**12. Property and equipment and right-of-use assets**

Lifezone's property and equipment and right-of-use assets include building, transportation equipment, and office and computer equipment.

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| | | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Buildings** | **Transportation <br> equipment** | **Office and <br> computer <br> equipment** | **Laboratory <br> and<br> testing <br> equipment** | **Total <br> Property <br> and <br> equipment** | **Right-of-use <br> assets** | **Total** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **Cost** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2024 | 677277 | 199503 | 1082065 | 4721595 | 6680440 | 2164799 | 8845239 |
| Reclass | 258281 | - | (258281) | - | - | - | - |
| Additions | 957367 | - | 198953 | 8907 | 1165227 | - | 1165227 |
| Disposals | (12792) | (1979) | - | (5195) | (19966) | - | (19966) |
| Lease reassessments | - | - | - | - | - | 225761 | 225761 |
| Foreign exchange impact | - | - | (40630) | (433522) | (474152) | (31198) | (505350) |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **1880133** | **197524** | **982107** | **4291785** | **7351549** | **2359362** | **9710911** |
| **Accumulated depreciation** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2024 | (58849) | (111251) | (116529) | (393454) | (680083) | (471287) | (1151370) |
| Reclassification | (258281) | - | 258281 | - | - | - | - |
| Disposals | 12792 | 1979 | - | 680 | 15451 | - | 15451 |
| Charge | (54541) | (37055) | (488010) | (919547) | (1499153) | (650139) | (2149292) |
| Foreign exchange impact | - | - | 9168 | 90326 | 99494 | 1743 | 101237 |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **(358879)** | **(146327)** | **(337090)** | **(1221995)** | **(2064291)** | **(1119683)** | **(3183974)** |
| **Cost** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2025 | 1880133 | 197524 | 982107 | 4291785 | 7351549 | 2359362 | 9710911 |
| Additions | - | - | 32794 | 4392 | 37186 | 1795693 | 1832879 |
| Disposals/reassessments | - | - | (22437) | - | (22437) | (737042) | (759479) |
| Foreign exchange impact | - | - | 36374 | 329243 | 365617 | 101390 | 467007 |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **1880133** | **197524** | **1028838** | **4625420** | **7731915** | **3519403** | **11251318** |
| **Accumulated depreciation** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2025 | (358879) | (146327) | (337090) | (1221995) | (2064291) | (1119683) | (3183974) |
| Charge<sup>1</sup> | (146673) | (28235) | (131179) | (959950) | (1266037) | (821835) | (2087872) |
| Disposals/reassessments | - | - | 18355 | - | 18355 | 618135 | 636490 |
| Foreign exchange impact | - | - | (36054) | (67582) | (103636) | (71022) | (174658) |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **(505552)** | **(174562)** | **(485968)** | **(2249527)** | **(3415609)** | **(1394405)** | **(4810014)** |
| **Net book value:** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **1521254** | **51197** | **645017** | **3069790** | **5287258** | **1239679** | **6526937** |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **1374581** | **22962** | **542870** | **2375893** | **4316306** | **2124998** | **6441304** |

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<sup>1</sup>Depreciation charge includes $739,355 of deprecation that has been capitalized to Exploration and Evaluation asset during the year ended December 31, 2025 (2024:$758,781).

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**13. Goodwill**

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| | **Goodwill** |
| | **$** |
| **Cost** |  |
| As at January 1, 2024 | 9020813 |
| Additions | - |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **9020813** |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **9020813** |
| **Accumulated impairment** |  |
| As at January 1, 2024 | - |
| Charge for the year | 9020813 |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **9020813** |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **9020813** |
| **Net book value:** |  |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **-** |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **-** |

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Goodwill related to the acquisition of Simulus Pty Ltd, a hydrometallurgical laboratory and engineering company located in Perth, Australia by Lifezone Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd on July 18, 2023.

Lifezone performed an impairment analysis of the goodwill using the income approach and concluded that the goodwill is fully impaired as at December 31, 2024. The impairment was triggered by a change in strategy for the Simulus business from internal to external use during the second half of 2024.

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**14. Patents and other intangibles**

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Patents** | **Software** | **Total <br> Other <br> Intangibles** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **Cost** |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2024 | 990391 | 383506 | 1373897 |
| Additions during the period | 157607 | - | 157607 |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **1147998** | **383506** | **1531504** |
| **Accumulated amortization** |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2024 | (375288) | (84405) | (459693) |
| Charge | (98374) | (83617) | (181991) |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **(473662)** | **(168022)** | **(641684)** |
| **Cost** |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2025 | 1147998 | 383506 | 1531504 |
| Additions during the period | 127135 | - | 127135 |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **1275133** | **383506** | **1658639** |
| **Accumulated amortization** |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2025 | (473662) | (168022) | (641684) |
| Charge | (94723) | (47046) | (141769) |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **(568385)** | **(215068)** | **(783453)** |
| **Net book value** |  |  |  |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **674336** | **215484** | **889820** |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **706748** | **168438** | **875186** |

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Lifezone's intellectual property includes six patent families, covering various enhancements to the Hydromet Technology process for metal production from ores, concentrates and other feedstocks, including PGM, gold, silver, base metals and rare earth metals. These enhancements span the handling of gangue elements, purification steps, diverse feed materials, and carbon emissions minimization.

**15. Exploration and evaluation assets and mining data**

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Mining <br> Data** | **Exploration <br> and <br> evaluation <br> assets** | **Total** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **Cost** |  |  |  |
| As at January 1, 2024 | 12746135 | 57064468 | 69810603 |
| Additions | - | 47766920 | 47766920 |
| **As at December 31, 2024** | **12746135** | **104831388** | **117577523** |
| Additions | - | 23409073 | 23409073 |
| **As at December 31, 2025** | **12746135** | **128240461** | **140986596** |

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All of our exploration and evaluation assets and mining data relate to the Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania.

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The capitalization of exploration and evaluation costs is based on the reasonable prospect that the Kabanga Nickel Project can be developed into a profitable mining operation. It assumes that the exploration and evaluation expenditure and study work relating to a mineral resource within a valid license area could result in cash in-flows over time, either through sale or development. Exploration and evaluation expenditures are recognized and measured at cost and the related assets are classified as intangible assets.

Lifezone assesses if the exploration and evaluation phase has been concluded on a project-by-project basis. At the earliest, an exploration asset gets reclassified as a development asset when a current and positive feasibility study describing the development path for the mineral resource was released and is available publicly. That is typically the time when a mineral reserve gets declared. A reclassification will happen at the latest when an exploration asset gets approved for development, via a FID.

Where Lifezone is unsuccessful in acquiring or being granted a tenement area, any such costs are immediately expensed. All costs incurred prior to securing the legal right to undertake exploration activities on a project are written off as incurred. Exploration and evaluation expenditures do not include expenditures incurred after the technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are demonstrable.

Additions during the period are capitalized exploration and evaluation costs linked to the Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania. Technical and administrative overheads incurred in connection to exploration and evaluation activities are capitalized as exploration and evaluation assets. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

During the year ended December 31, 2025, $18.27 million (2024: $22.03 million) of the gross total general and administrative expenses was capitalized to exploration and evaluation assets as part of the Kabanga Nickel Project.

Exploration and evaluation assets include net borrowing costs on senior secured bridge loan facility capitalized during the year ended December 31, 2025, of $1.02 million (2024: $nil). These costs relate to the senior secured bridge loan facility that has been entered into for the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project.

**16. Taxation**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **Reconciliation of the tax expense** |  |  |  |
| Loss for the year before tax | (14370330) | (46596207) | (364663392) |
| Tax using the Isle of Man corporation tax rate of 0% | - | - | - |
| Differences in overseas taxation rates | 3898485 | 2051863 | 2360211 |
| Other permanent differences | (249612) | - | - |
| Movement in unrecognized deferred tax assets | (3385380) | (2591989) | (2360211) |
| **Income tax income (expense)** | **263493** | **(540126)** | **-** |

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The group operates in various jurisdictions with different corporate income tax rates, including the Isle of Man (0%), United Kingdom (25%), Tanzania (30%) and Australia (30%). Please refer to Note 2 for a list of subsidiaries and their respective countries of incorporation. The subsidiaries follow the domestic tax rates of their countries of incorporation. The effective tax rate is 0% as there was no taxable income recognized for the current and prior year.

The deferred tax income and deferred tax liability for the year ended December 31, 2025, relates to our Simulus business in Australia.

Deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences can be utilized. No deferred tax assets were recognized as of December 31, 2025, and 2024 in the consolidated statement of financial position.

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There are potential deferred tax assets of as at December 31, 2025, of $98.96 million (2024: $94.18 million) mainly arising on account of estimated accumulated tax losses and capital expenses related to the Kabanga Nickel Project. Deferred income tax assets have not been recognized due to Lifezone's mining operation is not yet developed and still in the exploration and evaluation phase. Consequently, management does not expect the mine operation to generate sufficient taxable profits in the foreseeable future against which the deferred income tax asset can be recovered fully.

Unrecognized deferred tax assets are reassessed at each reporting date and recognized to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available, against which the unrecognized deferred tax assets can be used.

Lifezone has recognized deferred tax income of $263,493 during the year ended December 31, 2025, (2024: deferred tax expense of $540,126). The deferred tax primarily arises on the revaluation of the Simulus assets acquired in 2023 reflecting an increase in the carrying amount of the assets compared to the original unchanged tax base, resulting in a deferred tax liability. As at December 31, 2025, the deferred tax liability is $303,749.

Significant components of unrecognized deferred tax assets are as follows:

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| Accelerated capital deductions | (50491252) | 337722 |
| Pre-trading capital expenses | 50969421 | 50969421 |
| Pre-trading tax losses | 98485475 | 42875733 |
| **Unrecognized deferred tax assets** | **98963644** | **94182876** |

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**17. Supplementary cashflow information**

Below are the significant non-cash investing and financing activities during the year:

**2025:** 

Lease commitments were entered into during the year, resulting in additions of right-of-use assets amounting to $1.80 million. Please refer to Note 12 for the movement in the balances of right-of-use assets.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, Lifezone paid $1.08 million to debenture holders as interest in the form of newly issued 255,369 Ordinary Shares in Lifezone Metals.

**2024:**

During the year ended December 31, 2024, Lifezone paid $553,286 to debenture holders as interest in the form of newly issued 89,181 Ordinary Shares in Lifezone Metals.

Lease modifications were entered into during the year, resulting in additions of right-of-use assets amounting to $225,761. Please refer to Note 12 for the movement in the balances of right-of-use assets.

**2023:**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On July 18, 2023, Lifezone completed the acquisition of the Simulus group for a total consideration of $14.53 million comprising of cash amounting to $8.50 million and $6.03 million non-cash consideration in the form of the Ordinary Shares in Lifezone Metals.

Lease commitments were entered into during the year, resulting in additions of right-of-use assets amounting to $1.70 million. Please refer to Note 12 for the movement in the balances of right-of-use assets.

On July 5, 2023, Lifezone, as part of the SPAC Transaction and pursuant to the execution of the BCA, assumed SPAC Warrants which were measured at fair value amounting to $15.1 million. Please refer to Note 24 for further details of the SPAC Warrant assumption.

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On July 5, 2023, Lifezone, as part of the SPAC Transaction and pursuant to the execution of the BCA, performed a share-for-share exchange reorganization amounting to $2,934.

**18. Trade and other payables**

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| Trade payables | 1901220 | 2999512 |
| VAT payable | 12684 | 61464 |
| Accrued expenses | 1848577 | 1754583 |
| **Total** | **3762481** | **4815559** |

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All amounts are short-term. The carrying value of trade payables and accrued expenses is considered to be a reasonable approximation of their fair value.

**19. Provisions**

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| Provision for withholding tax | 3438235 | 3434062 |
| Provision for other taxes | 234641 | - |
| **Total** | **3672876** | **3434062** |

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**Provision for withholding tax**

In 2020, KNCL, a subsidiary of Lifezone, filed a tax appeal with the Tax Revenue Appeals Tribunal, contesting a withholding tax assessment imposed by the TRA on imported services. These services were provided by non-resident entities during a period when KNCL was jointly owned by Barrick and Glencore. On January 21, 2021, the TRA issued an Agency Notice to KNCL's bank, Citi Bank Tanzania Limited, leading to the transfer of the company's total bank balance of TZS 823.40 million as of January 31, 2021, to the TRA. KNCL is a non-operating entity whose retention mining license was revoked by the Government of Tanzania in 2018, ahead of the acquisition by Lifezone and carries a de-minimis amount of cash.

Subsequently, on April 22, 2021, the TRA lifted the Agency Notice until further notice, pending a hearing and final determination of the case. On July 30, 2024, the Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the TRA, dismissing KNCL's appeal and confirming the tax assessment of TZS 8.43 billion as payable. Following this ruling, a provision of $3.43 million equivalent to TZS 8.43 billion as at December 31, 2024, was made, covering the principal tax amount plus interest.

In March 2025, the TRA issued a further demand notice for the withholding tax of TZS 8.43 billion along with additional interest for late payment of TZS 12.36 billion (equivalent to interest of $5.03 million as at December 31, 2025).

Lifezone is actively engaged in discussions and negotiations with the TRA regarding an out-of-court settlement for all disputed matters. While the outcome of these discussions is uncertain, based on the progress of these discussions and legal advice obtained, Lifezone believes the TRA is likely to waive the additional interest charges. Consequently, no additional liability has been recorded for this claim. Following resolution of this matter Lifezone intends to place KNCL in voluntary liquidation. KNCL does not hold the SML and any liquidation has no impact on Lifezone's operations.

During 2025, Lifezone and its Tanzanian entities engaged in discussions with the Government of Tanzania to amend the existing Framework Agreement and agreed on a mechanism to resolve several outstanding matters with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA). Based on the advice received and the advanced stage of the Framework Agreement negotiations, management believes it is likely that Lifezone will not be required to pay the additional interest charges of $5.03 million (TZS 12.36 billion) in relation to the withholding tax assessment. However, as the amended Framework

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Agreement has not yet been signed or become effective, it is considered probable, though not certain, that no payment will be required in respect of the assessed amounts.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, an additional provision of $4,173 was recorded as a result of an assessment issued by the TRA for additional WHT payable by KNCL for the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024.

**Provision for other taxes**

On 23 February 2026, the TRA completed its tax audit of TNCL for the 2024 financial year and issued a letter setting out its findings. Although a formal tax assessment has not yet been received, it is expected in the coming weeks and is not anticipated to differ materially from the matters communicated to date. TNCL estimates that the total alleged unpaid taxes, interest, and penalties will amount to TZS 1.43 billion (equivalent to $558,565). Of this amount, TZS 709.95 million (equivalent to $277,869) is expected to be offset against VAT receivables that had previously been fully provided for by Lifezone. In addition, penalties of TZS 117.67 million (equivalent to $46,056) are expected to be waived, subject to the outcome of discussions with the TRA. The remaining balance of TZS 599.51 million (equivalent to $234,641) would be payable by Lifezone if the assessment is confirmed and TNCL is unsuccessful in its objections. Management has assessed the TRA's findings and considers it probable that this amount will be paid. Accordingly, a provision of $234,641 has been recognized in the year ended 31 December 2025.

**20. Lease liabilities**

Lifezone's leases include leases of office space, warehouse and accommodation units in Tanzania and Australia. Right-of-use ("**ROU**") lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized for such leases at the commencement date based on

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the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Lifezone does not recognize a related ROU asset and lease liability for short-term leases having a lease term of twelve months or less.

During the year ended December 31, 2025**,** Lifezone recognized an expense of $407,898 (2024: $435,491) relating to short-term leases.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, Lifezone entered into a new lease arrangement for accommodation units at the Kabanga Project site in Tanzania. This lease is for a period of 3 years starting October 1, 2025.

The analysis of lease liabilities is presented below:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| As at January 1 | 1418696 | 1787702 |
| Additions | 1795693 | 225761 |
| Interest accretion on lease liability | 95219 | 86407 |
| Payments | (874244) | (534055) |
| Lease disposals/reassessments | (118907) | - |
| Foreign exchange impact | (262257) | (147119) |
| **As at December 31** | **2054200** | **1418696** |
| Current | 931364 | 617648 |
| Non-current | 1122836 | 801048 |
| **As at December 31** | **2054200** | **1418696** |

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Shown below is the maturity analysis of the undiscounted minimum lease payments:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** |
| **Undiscounted future lease payments** | **$** | **$** |
| Less than 1 year | 1122834 | 664254 |
| More than 1 year but less than 5 years | 1264733 | 827500 |
| **As at December 31** | **2387567** | **1491754** |

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**21. Financial liabilities**

**21.1. Convertible debentures with embedded derivatives**

On March 27, 2024, Lifezone completed a $50 million non-brokered private placement of unsecured convertible debentures. These unsecured convertible debentures were issued to a consortium of marquee mining investors, led by Harry Lundin (Bromma Asset Management Inc.) and Rick Rule.

The unsecured convertible debentures bear interest over a 48-month term, payable quarterly, at a rate of SOFR plus 4.0% per annum, subject to a SOFR floor of 3.0%. The unsecured convertible debentures can be redeemed early by Lifezone, subject to the achievement of certain conditions, at a price of 105% plus interest otherwise payable to the maturity date of March 27, 2028.

Interest was payable in cash until Lifezone had a Form F-3 registration statement declared effective by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form F-3 was declared effective on August 16, 2024. Following the effectiveness of the Form F-3, one third of the applicable interest payment is made by the issue of the equivalent value in shares (the "**Interest Shares**") at a price per Interest Share equal to a 7.5% discount to the VWAP for the five trading days

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preceding the quarterly interest payment date. In the event that the VWAP for the five trading days preceding the applicable calculation date is $4.00 or below, Lifezone shall satisfy its obligation to pay interest on the unsecured convertible debentures in cash. The remaining two thirds of the applicable interest payment is a payment-in-kind accrual of the outstanding principal amount. Upon the second anniversary of the unsecured convertible debentures, all outstanding accrued interest is to be repaid in cash to the holders. During the year ended December 31, 2025, Lifezone paid $937,049 of cash interest, $1.08 million of interest in the form of 255,369 newly issued shares and accrued a further $8.29 million of interest. During the year ended December 31, 2024, Lifezone paid $1.80 million of cash interest, $553,286 of interest in the form of 89,181 newly issued shares and accrued a further $3.69 million of interest.

The unsecured convertible debentures are convertible into ordinary shares of Lifezone at the option of the holder at a price of $8.00 per share and are subject to customary adjustments (the "**Conversion Right**"). The conversion price was determined on the closing date based on the lesser of a 30% premium to a trailing period VWAP and $8.00 per share. Mandatory conversion might occur if Lifezone's share price is greater than 50% above the conversion price for any 15 trading days within a 30 consecutive trading days period.

The unsecured convertible debentures were determined to be a hybrid financial liability, comprising a host debt instrument and two embedded derivatives, the Conversion Right and the Interest Shares, with both having economic characteristics and risks different to the host debt instrument. In other words, they are not closely related to the non-derivative host debt instrument given their value changes with the value of Lifezone shares, while the host liability changes in relationship to a reference borrowing index (in this case SOFR).

The host debt instrument is classified and measured at amortized cost, while the embedded derivatives are accounted for separately at fair value through profit or loss.

On initial recognition, Lifezone Metals used the residual value method to allocate the principal amount of the debentures between the two components: host debt instrument and embedded derivatives. The fair value of the embedded derivative liability was valued first, followed by the residual amount assigned to the host debt instrument.

Transaction costs are required to be apportioned between the host debt instrument and the embedded derivatives in proportion to their value, with the share of transaction costs linked to the host debt instrument subtracted from the carrying amount at initial recognition. $187,019 of the total transaction costs of $352,348 related to the embedded derivative and were expensed on recognition to the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss. The remaining transaction costs relating to the host debt instrument are included in the carrying amount of the liability component and are amortized over the life of the convertible debentures using the effective interest method.

The original issuance discount ("**OID**") of $750,000 equal to 1.5% of the aggregate principal amount of the unsecured convertible debentures is included in the carrying amount of the host instrument and amortized over the life of the convertible debentures using the effective interest method.

The fair value of the Conversion Right was estimated using the Finite Difference Method and the Share Interest feature was estimated using the Monte Carlo Simulations.

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**Key Inputs** 

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|:---|:---|
| Valuation Date | March 27, 2024 |
| Maturity Date | March 27, 2028, term of 4 years |
| Risk-free Rate | Zero coupon curve based on United States Dollar Swap rates as of March 27, 2024 |
| Share Price | $7.75, based on Lifezone's March 27, 2024, closing share price on the NYSE |
| Equity Volatility | 65%, selected based on review of the volatility (rounded) of a group of peer companies |
| Dividend Yield | Assumed at 0% as Management does not expect dividends to be distributed during the term of the Debenture |
| Interest Rate | Forward SOFR + 4.0%, subject to a SOFR floor of 3.0%, 30/360 basis |
| Conversion Price | $8.00 |
| Conversion Cap | $12.00 |
| Credit Spread | 17.5% based on an estimated market-based unsecured rate for Lifezone and consideration of calibrating the FV of the Debentures to 98.5% of par |

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At initial recognition, the $50 million was bifurcated into its host debt instrument and the two embedded derivative liability components. The embedded derivative liability component was assessed to be $26.50 million, with the large majority of the value linked to the Conversion Right. The remaining $23.50 million is thus ascribed to the host debt instrument, before adjustment for transaction costs. During the life of the convertible debenture, it can be expected that the volatility of the Lifezone stock leads to changes in the value of combined derivative liability, potentially resulting in a significantly higher and more volatile income and expense pattern in consolidated statement of comprehensive loss. Both components are recorded as a liability with the debt host portion recorded on an amortized cost basis using an effective interest rate of 33.8%.

The high value of the combined embedded derivative liability and the resulting high effective interest rate are driven by, among other factors, the share price trading close to the conversion price at inception, an assumed volatility of 65% and a long (4-year) term.

The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash flows (interest and principal payments) over the 4-year term of the financial instrument to the net carrying amount of the financial liability. The amortization of the host debt instrument is included in finance costs in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.

The conversion feature may be exercised by the holder at any time, meaning that Lifezone Metals does not have the right to defer settlement of the liability, including any unpaid interest, for more than twelve months from the date of this report. Consequently, all liability elements of the unsecured convertible debentures are classified as current, irrespective of how many years are left until maturity of the instrument.

On December 31, 2025, fair value of the embedded derivative liability component was reassessed to be $5.15 million compared to $20.77 million as at December 31, 2024. The decrease in fair value of $15.62 million is largely due to the decrease in share price of Lifezone from $6.95 as at December 31, 2024, to $4.27 as at December 31, 2025 and a decrease in the remaining time left until maturity. The resulting $15.62 million fair value decrease was recognized as a gain in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss. The fair value of the embedded derivative liability is categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** |
| **Debenture host debt instrument** | **$** | **$** |
| Balance as at January 1 | 26235808 | - |
| Additions | - | 23461000 |
| OID and Transaction issuance cost | - | (915328) |
| Interest accrued | 10301143 | 6039527 |
| Interest paid in shares | (1077969) | (553286) |
| Interest paid in cash | (937049) | (1796105) |
| **Balance as at December 31** | **34521933** | **26235808** |
|  | **2025** | **2024** |
| **Embedded derivatives** | **$** | **$** |
| Balance as at January 1 | 20768000 | - |
| Additions | - | 26539000 |
| Fair value reassessment | (15615000) | (5771000) |
| **Balance as at December 31** | **5153000** | **20768000** |
| **Total convertible debentures with embedded derivatives** | **39674933** | **47003808** |

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**21.2. Senior secured bridge loan facility** 

On August 8, 2025 Lifezone's wholly owned subsidiary, Kabanga Nickel Limited, entered into a $60 million senior secured bridge loan facility agreement with Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2 L.P. acting as mandated lead arranger and agent. The facility supports the advancement of the Kabanga Nickel Project by funding the development of critical early-stage work and infrastructure as the company progresses towards securing long-term project financing. The facility has a scheduled maturity date of July 31, 2027, with an option available to Kabanga Nickel Limited to extend the term by an additional six months. The loan bears an interest rate of 9.25% per annum on drawn amounts and is subject to an arrangement fee of 2.25% and a commitment fee of 2.50%.

Lifezone is subject to financial covenants requiring it to maintain a current ratio of at least 1.1:1 on a consolidated basis while any amounts remain outstanding under the facility. In addition, Kabanga Nickel Limited must maintain a minimum cash balance of $5 million in secured bank accounts, of which at least $4 million must be held in freely tradable currencies and no more than $1 million in Tanzanian shilling or South African rand.

As part of the facility, Lifezone Metals issued 2.5 million warrants exercisable for its ordinary shares to the lenders. The warrants carry an exercise price of 125% of the 30-day VWAP ($5.42) and expire five years from the date of issuance. Availability of borrowings under the facility is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent. We believe this financing represents a major milestone in the advancement of the Kabanga Nickel Project and strengthens Lifezone's position as it moves towards securing project financing. The warrants were fair valued at $2.26 per unit based on the following assumptions:

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|:---|:---|
| **Key inputs** | **Key inputs** |
| Valuation Date | August 8, 2025 (date of signing) |
| Maturity Date | August 8, 2030 |
| Share Price | $4.32 based on Lifezone's 30 days VWAP closing share price on the NYSE |
| Strike Price | $5.42/share; being 125% of the Share Price |
| Risk-free Rate | 3.73% |
| Equity Volatility | 65%, selected based on review of the volatility (rounded) of a group of peer companies |
| Dividend Yield | Assumed at 0% as management does not expect dividends to be distributed during the term of the warrants |

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The total fair value of the warrants was calculated to be $5.65 million and is included in the deferred financing costs of entering into this facility.

On August 29, 2025, Lifezone received the first tranche of $20 million ($19.7 million net of transaction costs) under the senior secured bridge loan facility from Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2 L.P. Future tranches may be disbursed based on the continued performance and achievement of certain milestones. Each subsequent utilization is expected to cover up to three months of capital expenditure and operating expenses.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| | **2025** |
| | **$** |
| **Balance as at January 1** | - |
| Additions | 20000000 |
| Transaction cost and arrangement fees  | (3438487) |
| Interest accrued | 1193442 |
| Interest paid in cash | (1077083) |
| **Balance as at December 31** | **16677872** |

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**Deferred financing costs**

In connection with the senior secured bridge loan facility, Lifezone incurred financing costs which were recognized as deferred financing costs. These costs, including fair value of $5.65 million in respect of warrants issued, are directly attributable to the financing. These financing costs are allocated on a pro-rata basis to the initial and any subsequent drawdowns unless the costs relate specifically to particular drawdowns.

Total deferred financing costs at inception were $8.66 million. As at December 31, 2025, $20 million of the total $60 million available had been drawn by Lifezone. As a result, $3.44 million of the deferred financing costs are set off against the debt and the remaining $5.22 million are deferred as an asset (included in the current asset line "Deferred financing costs" in the consolidated statement of the financial position) and will be deducted from the debt when subsequent amounts are drawn.

Deferred financing costs are amortized on an effective interest rate basis from the date of the drawdowns to the date of the expiry of the facility.

**21.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Warrant liability**

On November 12, 2025, Lifezone issued an aggregate of 4,411,764 warrants as part of a 2025 Offering. Each warrants is exchangeable into one ordinary share and each warrant was issued with an exercise price of $4.00 and are exercisable for a period of 4 years from the issue date. The warrants do not meet the definition of equity under IAS 32 due to the existence of settlement mechanisms on a net cash or share basis and a mechanism for adjustment to the number of shares and exercise price under certain circumstances. The warrants also include downround protection. If Lifezone issues shares at a price per share less than the then current exercise price of the warrants, the exercise price will be reduced to the greater of (i) such lower price per share or (ii) $2.50. Consequently, these warrants are recorded as derivative financial liability under IFRS 9 - *Financial Instruments*. A Monte Carlo simulation analysis was used to measure the fair value of the warrant liability at inception with the following assumptions: volatility of share price of 70%, risk-free interest rate of 3.56%, expected life of 4 years and share price of $3.91 as at November 12, 2025. As at December 31, 2025, the assumption for volatility of share price was 70%, the expected life was 3.87 years, the risk-free rate was 3.59% and the Lifezone share price was $4.27.

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|:---|:---|
| | **2025** |
| | **$** |
| **Balance as at January 1** | - |
| Issued on November 12 | 9910000 |
| Fair value movement | 1040000 |
| **Balance as at December 31** | 10950000 |

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The liability related to warrants is remeasured at the end of each period at fair value through profit or loss. It is classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. At each reporting date, the fair value of the liability related to warrants is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation analysis, which uses significant inputs that are not based on observable market data, hence the classification in Level 3.

**22. Significant related party transactions**

**Related Party relationships with shareholders with significant influence**

Keith Liddell, Chris von Christierson, and Peter Smedvig are the founding shareholders of Lifezone.

The Liddell family holdings are in aggregate approximately 28% of all outstanding Lifezone shares as of December 31, 2025, making Keith Liddell and members of his immediate family related parties with significant influence over the affairs of Lifezone. Keith Liddell is a director of various group companies and the Chair of Lifezone Metals. Mr. Liddell is also retained as a consultant to provide metallurgical engineering services to Lifezone in matters related to metals recovery and the design, engineering, commissioning, and operation of Lifezone's metals and minerals projects. Keith Liddell is the father of Natasha Liddell and of Simon Liddell. Simon Liddell is an employee of LZAP. He was also a director of LZAP and resigned from his directorship with effect from July 1, 2024. Natasha Liddell was an employee of LZAP and a member of the Executive Committee and resigned from her role as Chief Sustainability Officer of Lifezone, effective February 16, 2024. Keith Liddell holds his shares jointly with his wife Shelagh Jane Liddell, who has never had any commercial agreement with Lifezone.

The holdings in trusts where family members of Chris von Christierson are beneficiaries are classified as true trust holdings managed by professional trustees, making Chris von Christierson and close family members non-related parties.

Lifezone has no commercial relationships with Peter Smedvig beyond his shareholding in Lifezone and no compensation or transfer of resources took place during the reporting period with Peter Smedvig and known family members.

**Directorships as at December 31, 2025** 

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **Name of entity** | **Type** | **Keith Liddell** |
| Lifezone Metals Limited | Parent | ● |
| Kabanga Holdings Limited | Subsidiary | ● |
| Romanex International Limited | Subsidiary | ● |
| Tembo Nickel Mining Company Limited | Subsidiary | ● |
| Tembo Nickel Refining Company Limited | Subsidiary | ● |
| Tembo Nickel Corp. Limited | Subsidiary | ● |

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**Resignations and appointments for the year ended December 31, 2025:**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Keith Liddell resigned as Director of LZAP, Simulus Pty Ltd and The Simulus Group Pty Ltd with effect from July 21, 2025.

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**Resignations and appointments for the year ended December 31, 2024:**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Simon Liddell resigned from LZAP with effect from July 1, 2024.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Natasha Liddell resigned as Chief Sustainability Officer with effect from February 16, 2024.

**Related party loans**

From the time of the NYSE listing Lifezone has a policy not to provide personal loans to directors or members of the Executive Committee. Lisa Smith, an employee and shareholder, who is not a director or officer and is not considered to hold significant influence over Lifezone, had a loan of $75,000 with LZL at December 31, 2024. This loan was fully repaid on January 13, 2025.

**Remuneration of key management personnel**

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Salary, wages and consultancy fees <sup>1</sup> | 4048372 | 4187722 | 3651073 |
| Bonuses <sup>1</sup> | 343831 | 305473 | 512524 |
| Post-employment benefits (pension) | 118659 | 116150 | 125591 |
| **Total remuneration** | **4510862** | **4609345** | **4289188** |

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<sup>1</sup> The amounts disclosed include expenses incurred during the reporting period in connection with the employment of and consulting agreements entered into with key management personnel.

**Share-based payments to key management personnel**

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| Share-based expense - Lifezone Holdings shareholder earnout | - | - | 110611407 |
| Share-based payment - share options<sup>1</sup> | 2259975 | - | - |
| Share-based payment - restricted stock units <sup>2</sup> | 2244000 | 5152163 | - |
| **Total** | **4503975** | **5152163** | **110611407** |

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<sup>1</sup> Amounts represent total fair value of stock option granted to key management personnel. Of this total fair value $1,139,522 (2024: $nil) was charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss during the year ended December 31, 2025.

<sup>2</sup> For the year ended December 31, 2025, the amount represents the excess of the fair value of replacement RSUs granted over the fair value of RSUs cancelled. Please refer to Note 25 for further information. For the year ended December 31, 2024 amount includes the fair value of vested RSUs. The fair value of unvested RSUs granted to key management personnel during the year ended December 31, 2024 was $7.04 million.

The amounts disclosed in the above table are the amounts recognized as an expense during the reporting period related to key management personnel as listed below.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| Keith Liddell | Chairman |
| Chris Showalter | Chief Executive Officer |
| Ingo Hofmaier | Chief Financial Officer |
| Dr Michael Adams | Chief Technology Officer |
| Gerick Mouton | Chief Operating Officer |
| Benedict Busunzu | TNCL Chief Executive Officer |
| Spencer Davis | Chief Legal Officer |
| Natasha Liddell | Chief Sustainability Officer (resigned February 16, 2024) |
| Anthony von Christierson | Senior Vice President: Commercial and Business Development |
| Evan Young | Senior Vice President: Investor Relations and Capital Markets (resigned January 23, 2026) |

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**Transactions with significant shareholders, their extended families and key management personnel**

Natasha Liddell (the daughter of Mr. Keith Liddell) was a paid employee of LZAP until February 16, 2024. On April 30, 2024, KNL engaged Atlas Sustainability in relation to the creation of parts of the ESG sections of the Kabanga Nickel Project Feasibility Study. Atlas Sustainability was considered a related party, as the work was undertaken by Natasha Liddell as principal consultant of Atlas Sustainability.

Mr. Simon Liddell (the son of Mr. Keith Liddell) is a paid employee of LZAP. He is Vice President Mining and has extensive underground mining experience, having joined from Gold Fields in Australia in 2022.

Lifezone has a commercial agreement with Airvolution Co., an entity controlled by Dr Michael Adams, with effect from July 1, 2022. Mr. Jonathan Adams (the son of Dr Michael Adams) is a Senior Metallurgist at Lifezone.

Lifezone has a commercial agreement with Keith Liddell.

Details of transactions of the above can be found in the following sections.

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**Transactions with related party entities providing consultancy to Lifezone:**

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| | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Consultant fees and bonuses**<br>**Engagement Party** |<br>**Related Person** | **2025** | **2024** |<br>**Commenced** |<br>**Ended** |
| Atlas Sustainability | Natasha Liddell | - | 59775 | April 29, 2024 | September 27, 2024 |
| Airvolution Co. Limited | Dr Michael Adams | 553316 | 600671 | July 1, 2022 | - |
| LZ Advisory LLC | Christopher Showalter | - | 231532 | March 15, 2022 | April 30, 2024 |
| Keith Liddell | Keith Liddell | 642526 | 739898 | July 7, 2023 | - |
| Integrated Finance WA PTY Ltd | Charles Liddell | - | 3465 | March 23, 2022 | December 31, 2023 |
| NewVision Metals PTE. Limited | Gerick Mouton | 497860 | 479717 | June 2, 2022 | - |
| EJMY Consulting | Evan Young | - | 192829 | October 10, 2023 | November 3,<br>2024 |
|  |  | 1693702 | 2307887 |  |  |
| **Share based payments** |  |  |  |  |  |
| **Engagement Party** | **Related Person** | **2025** | **2024** | **Commenced** | **Ended** |
| Dr Michael Adams | Dr Michael Adams | 780393 | 768000 | July 1, 2022 | - |
| Gerick Mouton | Gerick Mouton | 741493 | 768000 | June 2, 2022 | - |
| Evan Young | Evan Young | - | 32160 | October 10, 2023 | November 3,<br>2024 |
|  |  | 1521886 | 1568160 |  |  |
| **Total** |  | **3215588** | **3876047** |  |  |

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**Family members of key management personnel who are employed by Lifezone:**

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31<br>2025** | **December 31<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| **Wages and Bonuses** |  |  |
| Natasha Liddell <sup>1</sup> | - | 87709 |
| Simon Liddell | 317707 | 313561 |
| Jonathan Adams | 166687 | 133721 |
| **Total** | **484394** | **534991** |
| **Fair value of stock options and RSUs granted** |  |  |
| Natasha Liddell <sup>1</sup> | - | 768000 |
| Jonathan Adams | 13337 | - |
| Simon Liddell | 86916 | 511840 |
| **Total** | **100253** | **1279840** |

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<sup>1</sup> Resigned on February 16, 2024.

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**Related party revenue**

Lifezone had sales to related parties as follows:

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **Transactions with joint ventures** |  |  |  |
| Kellplant Proprietary Ltd | - | - | 129680 |
| Kelltechnology SA Proprietary Ltd | - | - | 684407 |
| **Total** | **-** | **-** | **814087** |

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**Related party receivables**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lifezone had receivables due from related parties as at:

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31<br>2025** | **December 31<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| BHP Biliton (UK) DDS Limited | - | 23133 |
| Shareholder loan | - | 75000 |
| Total | **-** | **98133** |

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**Shareholder loan**

In 2020, Lifezone provided loans to shareholders who were working for Lifezone. As of December 31, 2024, a loan to Lisa Smith of $75,000 was outstanding. As of January 13, 2025, all loans were repaid in full.

**Related party payables**

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31<br>2025** | **December 31<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| Related party payables | 88742 | 125329 |
| **Total** | **88742** | **125329** |

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Related party payables comprise amounts outstanding for services rendered to Lifezone by Airvolution Co. Limited and NewVision Metals PTE Limited as at December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024. The December 31, 2024, balance also included amounts payable to Keith Liddell.

**23. Deferred consideration**

On July 18, 2025, Lifezone entered into a definitive agreement with BHP to acquire BHP's 17% equity interest in KNL. Upon closing, Lifezone owns 100% of KNL and all existing agreements with BHP, including the T2 Option Agreement, are terminated. As part of the transaction, Lifezone assumed control over 100% of the offtake from the Kabanga Nickel Project. As consideration, a fixed cash payment of $10 million is payable by Lifezone within 30 days after the earlier of: (i) 12 months after the FID at Kabanga; or (ii) once Lifezone has raised $250 million in aggregate funding (whether through equity, debt or alternative sources). A second and final deferred cash payment is payable within 30 days after the period of 12 months following the achievement of first commercial production. The amount of the second payment is indexed to Lifezone's share price performance, with a reference share price of $4.16 per share and a reference amount of $28 million. The maximum amount of total consideration payable by Lifezone is limited to $83 million, combining the fixed and second cash payment, or reduced to $75 million if a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) alignment has been achieved during a period of 12 months from July 18, 2025. RAP alignment is achieved if activities related to resettlement activities are aligned with the core objectives of International Finance Corporation's Performance Standard 5

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(IFC PS5), and measures are implemented and effective with respect to the prevention and mitigation of community member vulnerability and gender-based violence risks.

The deferred consideration was fair valued at July 18, 2025, and at December 31, 2025. The deferred consideration is fair valued using the present value of future cash flows based on the expected amounts and timing of the future payments to BHP using the following inputs:

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Date of valuation | July 18, 2025 | December 31, 2025 |
| Discount rate | 17.2% | 17.5% |
| Lifezone share price | $4.47 | $4.27 |

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The fair value was probability weighted using different scenarios that include a base case on the timing of FID as June 30, 2026, and first commercial production as March 1, 2029; a delayed case that incorporates a 12-month delay on the base case estimates and an accelerated event case where payment to BHP is brought forward due to a change in control of the Kabanga Nickel Project.

The discount rate takes into consideration the risks in the cash flow forecasts and the cost of debt. A significant increase (decrease) in the discount rate, in isolation, would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. Changes in fair value can also occur when probability and timing assumptions relating to FID, first commercial production or a change of control are revised. Changes in the fair value of the deferred consideration is recorded as a gain/loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration in the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss. The fair value of the deferred consideration is categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| | **2025** |
| **Deferred consideration** | **$** |
| Balance as at January 1 | - |
| Additions | 25065957 |
| Fair value reassessment | 668116 |
| **Balance as at December 31** | **25734073** |

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A sensitivity analysis was performed to assess the impact of changes in the discount rate on the indicated value at December 31, 2025. For illustrative purposes, a 1% increase and a 1% decrease in the applied discount rate were analyzed, holding all other assumptions constant. A 1% increase in the discount rate would result in a decrease in fair value by $0.53 million, while a 1% decrease in the discount rate would result in an increase in the fair value by $0.56 million.

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**24. Equity**

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **24.1. Share Capital** | **2025** | **2024** | **2024** |
|  | **Number of Shares** | $**Number of Shares** | **$** |
| As at Janaury 1 | 79119572 | 78269952 | 7828 |
| Transactions with shareholders: |  |  |  |
| Issue of shares on vesting of RSUs | - | 760439 | 76 |
| Issue of shares on exercise of warrants | 100 | - | - |
| Cancellation of shares | (2500) | - | - |
| Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with the 2025 Offering | 4411764 | - | - |
| Issue of shares to debenture holders | 255369 | 89181 | 9 |
| **Total transactions with shareholders** | 4664733 | 849620 | 85 |
| **As at December 31** | **83784305** | **79119572** | **7913** |

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Lifezone Metals has one class of ordinary share with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

Ordinary shares held in escrow (1,725,000 earnout units) have been excluded from the share capital in the table above. These shares will be released on the satisfaction of share price targets in two equal tranches if the daily VWAP of Lifezone Metals shares for any 20 trading days is greater than or equal to $14.00 (**"Tranche 1"**) or $16.00 ("**Tranche 2"**). The shares will be forfeited in the event that the share price target is not met by July 6, 2028. Please refer to Note 25 for further details.

On November 12, 2025, Lifezone closed the 2025 Offering of (i) 4,411,764 ordinary shares and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 4,411,764 ordinary shares. The ordinary shares were sold at a purchase price of $3.40 per share ($3.21 after deducting underwriting fees and commissions) and each warrant to purchase ordinary shares is for an exercise price equal to $4.00 per share, exercisable from the date of issuance, and will expire four years from the date of issuance. The net proceeds from the 2025 Offering were approximately $14 million (after underwriting fees and commission). The 2025 Offering was made pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-281189), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 1, 2024, and declared effective on August 16, 2024, and a prospectus supplement dated November 10, 2025.

**24.2. Non-controlling Interest**

NCI was negative $1 million as at December 31, 2025, (2024: $9.79 million).

As a result of Lifezone making a further investment of $2 million in Lifezone Recycling US, LLC on May 2, 2025, Glencore's interest in Lifezone Recycling US, LLC reduced from 6.0% to 5.56% and is presented as NCI in the consolidated financial statements of Lifezone.

In January 2021, KNL and the Government of Tanzania established TNCL, a Tanzanian company in order to develop and operate the Kabanga Nickel Project. Through the Treasury Registrar, the Government of Tanzania owns a non-dilutable free-carried interest representing 16% of the issued share capital of TNCL. The Government of Tanzania's 16% interest in the arrangement is presented as a NCI in the consolidated financial statements of Lifezone.

On July 18, 2025, Lifezone entered into a definitive agreement with BHP to acquire BHP's 17% equity interest in KNL. Upon closing, Lifezone owns 100% of KNL. The transaction has been accounted for as an equity transaction leading to a reduction of non-controlling interests (NCI) by $10.41 million.

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|:---|:---|
| | **2025** |
| | **$** |
| Fair value of deferred consideration  | 25065957 |
| Add stamp duty costs | 416370 |
| Less net assets attributable to NCI | (10414508) |
| **Decrease in equity attributable to shareholders** | **15067819** |

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**24.3. Warrants and warrant reserve**

At December 31, 2025, outstanding warrants to acquire ordinary shares of Lifezone Metals were as follows: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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| | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Note** | **Number of Warrants** | **Exercise Price** | **Expiry Date** |
| Public Warrants |  | 13723550 | $11.50 | July 05, 2028 |
| Private Placement Warrants |  | 667500 | $11.50 | July 05, 2028 |
| Warrants issued in connection with the 2025 Offering | 24.3 | 4411764 | $4.00 | November 12, 2029 |
| Warrants issued as part of senior secured bridge loan facility | 24.2 | 2500000 | $5.42 | August 08, 2030 |
| **Total** |  | **21302814** |  |  |

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The change in the number of outstanding warrants is as follows:

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| | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Public Warrants** | **Private Placement Warrants** | **Direct Offering Warrants** | **Senior Secured Bridge Loan Facility Warrants** |
| Balance as at January 1, 2024 | 13800000 | 667500 | - | - |
| Exercised | (76350) | - | - |  |
| **Outstanding as at December 31, 2024** | 13723650 | 667500 | - | - |
| Exercised | (100) | - | - |  |
| Issued | **-** | **-** | 4411764 | 2500000 |
| **Outstanding as at December 31, 2025** | **13723550** | **667500** | **4411764** | **2500000** |

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Each Public Warrant was fair valued at $1.05 on July 5, 2023, with the total fair value of all Public Warrants being $14.49 million. Each Private Placement Warrant was fair valued at $0.91 on July 5, 2023, with the total fair value of all Private Placement Warrants being $607,425.

On August 8, 2025, as part of entering into a senior secured bridge loan facility, Lifezone issued 2.50 million warrants. Each warrant represents the right to purchase one ordinary Lifezone Metals share at an exercise price of $5.42 per share in cash and expires on August 8, 2030. These warrants were independently fair valued at $2.26 using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. Refer to Note 21 for further details on the assumptions used to fair value the warrants. An amount of $5.65 million equal to the total fair value of the warrants was credited to the warrant reserve in the year ended December 31, 2025.

In connection with the 2025 Offering, Lifezone issued warrants to investors to purchase a total of 4,411,764 ordinary shares with a warrant term of four years. The warrants have an exercise price of $4.00 per share. These warrants are classified as a liability (Refer to Note 21.3 for further details).

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**25. Share-based payments**

**2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan")**

Lifezone adopted the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan in order to give Lifezone a competitive advantage in attracting, retaining, awarding and motivating directors, officers, employees and consultants by granting equity and equity-based awards. The 2023 Plan permits the grant of options to purchase Lifezone Ordinary Shares, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units or other equity or equity related awards, in each case, in respect of Lifezone Ordinary Shares and cash incentive awards, thus enhancing the alignment of employee and shareholder interests.

The initial share limit under the 2023 Plan is the number of Lifezone Ordinary Shares equal to 10% of fully-diluted share capital of Lifezone Metals as of immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination.

**Share-based payments - Stock Options**

On August 14, 2025, Lifezone granted 1,583,085 stock options for the first time under the Plan with an exercise price of $4.40 and an expiry date of August 14, 2030. The stock options vest in three equal tranches on November 1, 2025, August 14, 2026 and August 14, 2027. The fair value of the options was determined on grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and using the following key assumptions:

**Key Assumptions**

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| Risk free rate | 3.60% to 3.62% |
| Expected volatility | 65% |
| **Expected life:** |  |
| Tranche 1 | 2.61 years |
| Tranche 2 | 3 years |
| Tranche 3 | 3.49 years |
| Expected dividend yield |  |
| Forfeiture rate |  |
| Share Price | $4.56 |

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The total fair value of the options granted is being recognized as share-based payment expense on a straight-line basis over the respective vesting periods of each tranche, in accordance with IFRS 2 - *Share-based Payment*. Lifezone has not estimated any forfeitures, given management's assessment of a low likelihood of any material forfeitures.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Stock Options** | **Weighted average Exercise price** |
| **Balance as at January 1, 2025** | - | - |
| Granted | 1583085 | $4.40 |
| **Balance as at December 31, 2025** | **1583085** | $**4.40** |
| **Exercisable at December 31, 2025** | **527692** | $**4.40** |

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The weighted average remaining contractual life of share options outstanding as at December 31, 2025, is 4.62 years. The total share-based payment expense related to the stock options awards in the year ended December 31, 2025, was $1,707,397 (2024: nil).

**Share-based payments - RSUs**

On July 1, 2024, Lifezone granted 2,600,000 RSU awards under the Plan each representing the right for participants to receive 1 share in Lifezone. On July 1, 2024, 933,333 RSUs vested, with the remaining 1,666,667 vesting

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under market price performance conditions of $14.50 per share and $16.00 per share (respectively) based on daily VWAP of the shares for any 20 Trading Days. The vesting period is five years commencing on July 1, 2024.

On December 1, 2025, Lifezone cancelled 1,500,000 RSUs out of the total unvested 1,666,667 RSUs that were originally granted on July 1, 2024. As a replacement for the cancelled RSUs Lifezone granted new 1,500,000 RSUs that are not subject to any performance conditions and vest equally in three installments on April 7, 2026, September 7, 2026 and April 7, 2027.

Cancellation of an award accompanied by the concurrent grant of a replacement award is accounted for as a modification of the terms of the cancelled award. The incremental value is measured as the excess of the fair value of the replacement awards over the fair value of the cancelled awards at the cancellation date of December 1, 2025. Lifezone considered Monte Carlo simulation method as the most appropriate model for determining the fair value for its cancelled RSUs. The option-pricing model requires Lifezone to make several assumptions, including share price, expected volatility, expected term, risk-free interest rate, and expected dividends.

The total incremental share-based compensation of this replacement is $2,970,000 of which $413,639 is expensed as share-based payments in the year ended December 31, 2025. The cancelled RSUs with market performance conditions were independently valued using the Monte Carlo simulation with key assumptions of risk-free rate of 3.60%, dividend yields of 0.00%, expected volatility of 70% and expected lives of 3.6 years. The fair value of replacement RSUs is based on the market value of the underlying shares at the date of grant.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, Lifezone Metals granted another 5,405 RSUs that vested immediately.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Restricted stock units** | **Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ($)** |
| Balance as at January 1, 2024 | - | - |
| Granted | 2605405 | 6.74 |
| Vested | (938738) | 7.67 |
| **Outstanding as at December 31, 2024** | **1666667** | **6.21** |
| Granted | 1500000 | 3.68 |
| Cancelled | (1500000) | 6.21 |
| Vested | - | - |
| **Outstanding as at December 31, 2025** | **1666667** | **3.93** |

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The total share-based payment expense related to the RSU awards in the year ended December 31, 2025, was $413,639 (2024: $17.82 million).

**Share-based payments - Earnouts**

Between the period from July 6, 2023, and July 6, 2028, eligible shareholders are entitled to receive up to 26,797,052 additional ordinary shares of Lifezone Metals **("Earnout shares")** in the aggregate in two equal tranches if the daily VWAP of Lifezone Metals shares for any 20 trading days is greater than or equal to $14.00 (**"Tranche 1"**) or $16.00 ("**Tranche 2"**). Earnout shares grant date is July 6, 2023, and the fair value of Earnout shares were independently valued based on a Monte Carlo simulation model.

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Share Price Earnout Tranches** | **Tranche 1** | **Tranche 2** | **Total units** |
| Grant date | July 6, 2023 | July 6, 2023 |  |
| Expiration date | July 6, 2028 | July 6, 2028 |  |
| Share price hurdle | $14.00 | $16.00 |  |
| Fair value per unit at date of grant | $9.98 | $9.84 |  |
| Number of units - Sponsor shareholders | 862500 | 862500 | 1725000 |
| Number of units - other shareholders | 12536026 | 12536026 | 25072052 |
| **Total number of units** |  |  | **26797052** |

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All earnouts are outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

**26. Loss per share** 

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.

Diluted loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares.

The following table sets forth the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **$** | **$** | **$** |
| **Numerator:** |  |  |  |
| Net loss used for basic and diluted loss per share | (13627876) | (46305239) | (363874560) |
| **Denominator:** |  |  |  |
| Basic weighted-average outstanding ordinary shares | 79862834 | 78662187 | 68055332 |
| **Net loss per ordinary share:** |  |  |  |
| Basic and diluted loss per share | (0.17) | (0.59) | (5.34) |

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Where a loss has occurred, basic and diluted loss per share is the same because the outstanding options, RSUs, Warrants and earnout units are antidilutive.

The following table presents instruments that can potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future but were not included in the calculation of diluted loss per share, as their impact was anti-dilutive (due to net losses in all reporting periods):

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** | **December 31,<br>2023** |
| Convertible debentures<sup>1</sup> | 6657813 | 6388321 | - |
| Stock options | 1583085 | - | - |
| Restricted stock units | 1666667 | 1666667 | - |
| Earnout units | 26797052 | 26797052 | 26797052 |
| Warrant units<sup>2</sup> | 21302814 | 14391150 | 14391150 |
| **Total** | **58007431** | **49243190** | **41188202** |

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<sup>1</sup>The number of shares that may be issued against convertible debentures is determined by dividing the total of the principal outstanding and accrued interest by the exercise price of $8.00 per share.

<sup>2</sup>Please refer to Note 24.3 for a breakdown of the warrant units including exercise prices and expiry dates.

**27. Financial risk review**

This note presents information about Lifezone's exposure to financial risks and the group's management of capital. Lifezone's risk management is coordinated by its directors and Lifezone does not operate any hedging operations or buy or sell any financial derivatives. The most significant financial risks to which Lifezone is exposed are described below.

 **Market risks**

Market risks affecting Lifezone comprise credit risk, foreign exchange rate risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk. Financial instruments affected by market risk include cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, related party receivables, trade payables, accrued liabilities and convertible debentures.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**a) Credit risk** 

During 2025, Lifezone did not have significant external revenues and, therefore, its credit risk from trade receivables is insignificant. The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure and at the reporting date was:

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 20144250 | 29283942 |
| Deposits | 496154 | 355149 |
| Other receivables | 564117 | 74027 |
| Related party receivables | - | 98133 |
| **Total** | **21204521** | **29811251** |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**b) Liquidity risk** 

Liquidity risk arises from the possibility that Lifezone will not be able to meet its financial liability obligations as they fall due. Lifezone has historically been supported financially by its shareholders and minority interest partners. Lifezone expects to fund its capital requirements and ongoing operations through current cash reserves, equity, mezzanine, debt funding or monetizing the offtake from the Kabanga Nickel Project.

The table below represents the expected timing of payments on trade payables, lease and debt liabilities, excluding provisions and warrant liability. The timing and amounts of payments on the deferred consideration to BHP is based on Lifezone's base case assumptions in the table below.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| <=30 days | 3944793 | 5018039 |
| 30 days - 1 year | 10732467 | 587106 |
| 1 - 2 years | 36241669 | 8343281 |
| More than 2 years | 79831281 | 54727518 |
| **Total** | **130750210** | **68675944** |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**c) Foreign currency risk** 

Lifezone has assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than USD, its functional currency. Lifezone incurs expenditures in non-U.S. dollar currencies, primarily GBP, TZS, and AUD. These transactions are not generally hedged. As a result, the movement of such currencies could adversely affect Lifezone's results of operations and financial position.

The following table includes assets and liabilities which are denominated in GBP, TZS and AUD:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **GBP** | **GBP** |
| Cash in banks | 168532  | 155089  |
| Prepaid expenses | 84966  | 155533  |
| Trade and other payables | 467774  | 890213  |
|  | **AUD** | **AUD** |
| Cash in banks | 558091  | 1236945  |
| Trade receivables | 824669  | 1308303  |
| Prepaid expenses | 200448  | 249209  |
| Trade and other payables | 1486944  | 916527  |
|  | **TZS** | **TZS** |
| Cash in banks | 853939035  | 105125420 |

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**Sensitivity analysis**

The following table demonstrates the estimated sensitivity to a 10% increase (decrease) in USD against the relevant foreign currencies as a result of translating Lifezone's foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| | **$** | **$** |
| **Effect on profit or loss** |  |  |
| **Change in GBP Rate** |  |  |
| 10% | 28843 | 72742 |
| -10% | (28843) | (72742) |
| **Change in AUD Rate** |  |  |
| 10% | (6440) | (116704) |
| -10% | 6440 | 116704 |
| **Change in TZS Rate** |  |  |
| 10% | (34784) | (4282) |
| -10% | 34784 | 4282 |

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In management's opinion, the sensitivity analysis is unrepresentative of the inherent foreign exchange risk as the period end exposure does not reflect the exposure during the period.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**d) Interest rate risk**

Lifezone is exposed to interest rate risk from the interest it earns on cash and the interest it pays on the convertible debentures as described in Note 21. A 1% increase (decrease) in SOFR rates, with all other variables held constant, would

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result in an increase (decrease) of approximately $532,625 to interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2025, (2024: $379,150).

**Capital management**

For the purpose of Lifezone's capital management, capital includes issued capital, share premium and other equity reserves attributable to the equity holders of Lifezone Metals, as the parent entity of Lifezone. Lifezone's objectives are to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern in order to pursue the development of the Kabanga Nickel Project and to maintain a flexible capital structure which optimizes the returns to shareholders.

Lifezone's management evaluates the company's capital needs to ensure a balanced and effective financing structure while avoiding excessive leverage. Lifezone manages the capital structure and makes adjustments to it in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets. In order to maintain or adjust its capital structure, Lifezone expects to fund its capital requirements and ongoing operations through current cash reserves, equity, mezzanine, alternative or debt funding or monetizing the offtake from the Kabanga Nickel Project.

**28. Contingent liabilities**

As detailed in Note 19, Lifezone has provided $3.43 million (TZS 8.43 billion) as a result of a Court ruling received during 2024 in relation to a withholding tax assessment. Lifezone has not provided for any additional interest charges, as based on ongoing discussions with the TRA, any material outflow is not considered probable. However, if the TRA does not waive the additional interest charges, there is a possibility that KNCL could face an additional liability of up to $5.03 million (TZS 12.36 billion).

Additionally, in 2021, KNCL filed an appeal before the Tax Revenue Appeals Tribunal against the TRA to challenge the TRA's claim of withholding tax imposed on services. Similar to the case mentioned in the previous paragraph, these services were also provided by non-resident entities during a period when KNCL was jointly owned by Barrick and Glencore. The amount of tax in dispute is $171,894 (TZS 421.81 million). As at the date of signing these financial statements a court appeal hearing date was still pending on this case.

In May 2025, the TRA issued an audit assessment for the 2023 tax year, alleging unpaid taxes amounting to $758,966 (TZS 1.89 billion), interest of $47,169 (TZS 115.80 million) on the unpaid taxes, and a penalty of $5.86 million (TZS 14.39 billion). The penalty pertains to the alleged failure or delay in disclosing contractors' information related to withholding taxes. Lifezone is contesting the assessment in full and has obtained independent tax and legal advice in support of its position. Based on this advice and a review of the relevant facts and circumstances, management considers it likely that the company will successfully defend its position. As such, it is considered probable that no payment will be required in respect of the assessed amounts and that the claim will not be upheld by the TRA.

During 2025, Lifezone and its Tanzanian entities engaged in discussions with the Government of Tanzania to amend the existing Framework Agreement and agreed on a mechanism to resolve several outstanding matters with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA). Based on the advice received and the advanced stage of the Framework Agreement negotiations, management believes it is likely that Lifezone will not be required to pay the additional interest charges of $5.03 million (TZS 12.36 billion) in relation to the withholding tax assessment nor the $5.86 million penalty in relation the 2023 audit assessment. However, as the amended Framework Agreement has not yet been signed or become effective, it is considered probable, though not certain, that no payment will be required in respect of the assessed amounts.

**29. Subsequent events**

On March 10, 2026, Lifezone Metals entered into an exclusivity agreement with the Government of Burundi regarding the Musongati Nickel Project, a large nickel laterite deposit located within the East African Nickel Belt. The agreement grants the Company a 14-month exclusivity period to evaluate the technical and economic potential of the Musongati deposit, including an initial 30-day scoping phase during which Lifezone will review existing geological data and develop a longer-term exploration and feasibility assessment program. Historical studies, including a 2011 resource estimate, indicate a resource of more than 140 million tonnes and potential by-products including copper, cobalt, gold, platinum-group metals and scandium. The project lies approximately 200 km southwest of the Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania, and the agreement reflects Lifezone's strategy to evaluate and potentially consolidate significant nickel resources within the Kabanga–Musongati alignment.

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As of December 31, 2025, KNL had $20 million outstanding under the senior secured bridge loan facility agreement with Taurus Mining Finance. On March 16, 2026, KNL received another $5 million from Taurus Mining Finance. This payment was an advance to the second drawdown of $21.7 million. This second utilisation request was issued to Taurus Mining Finance in early March, and both parties are working through the drawdown conditions, including obtaining all required signatures related to the local Tanzanian security documents and drawing the funds from Taurus Mining Finance's limited partners.

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ITEM 19: EXHIBITS

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|:---|:---|
| **Exhibit Number** | **Description of Exhibit** |
| 1.1 | <u>[Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Lifezone Metals Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272865) filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023055981/ff12023a1ex3-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 2.1 | <u>[Specimen warrant certificat](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390021054619/ea149364ex4-1_gogreen.htm)[e](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390021054619/ea149364ex4-1_gogreen.htm)[(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to GoGreen's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40941) filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390021054619/ea149364ex4-1_gogreen.htm)</u> |
| 2.2 | <u>[Warrant Agreement, between GoGreen and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated October 20, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to GoGreen's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40941) filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390021054619/ea149364ex4-1_gogreen.htm)</u> |
| 2.3 | <u>[Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated July 5, 2023, by and among GoGreen, the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272865) filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023055981/ff12023a1ex4-3_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 2.4## | <u>[Subscription Agreement, dated March 20, 2024, in respect of the commitment to purchase and the issuance of Convertible Debentures due 2028 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024026722/ea020267201ex99-2_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 2.5 | <u>[Description of Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001958217/000121390024028129/ea0202435-20f_lifezone.htm)[2.4](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001958217/000121390024028129/ea0202435-20f_lifezone.htm)[to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-41737 filed with the SEC on](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001958217/000121390024028129/ea0202435-20f_lifezone.htm)[March 2](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001958217/000121390024028129/ea0202435-20f_lifezone.htm)[9, 202](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001958217/000121390024028129/ea0202435-20f_lifezone.htm)[4](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001958217/000121390024028129/ea0202435-20f_lifezone.htm)[) .](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001958217/000121390024028129/ea0202435-20f_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 2.6 | <u>[Warrant to Purchase Ordinary Shares dated August 8, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025073901/ea025102901ex4-1_lifezone.htm)</u> <u>[(incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[4.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[1 to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[August](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[, 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 2.7## | <u>[Bridge Loan Facility Agreement dated August 8, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025073901/ea025102901ex10-1_lifezone.htm)</u> <u>[(incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[10.1#](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on August 11, 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 2.8 | <u>[Form of Amended and Restated Senior Unsecured Convertible Debenture](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025073901/ea025102901ex10-2_lifezone.htm)</u> <u>[(incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[10.2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)[to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on August 11, 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 2.9 | <u>[Form of Warrant](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025108518/ea026498001ex4-1_lifezone.htm)</u> <u>[(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on August 11, 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.1† | <u>[Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2022, by and among GoGreen, GoGreen Sponsor 1 LP, the Company, Merger Sub, LHL and Keith Liddell, solely in his capacity as the Company Shareholders Representative, and those shareholders of the LHL set forth on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to Annex A to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023045592/ff42023a2_lifezonemetals.htm#T555)</u> |
| 4.2† | <u>[Plan of Merger, dated July 5, 2023, by and among GoGreen, Merger Sub and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272865) filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023055981/ff12023a1ex2-2_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.3 | <u>[Sponsor Support Agreement, dated December 13, 2022, by and among LHL, GoGreen and GoGreen Sponsor 1 LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to GoGreen's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40941) filed with the SEC on December 13, 2022).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390022079274/ea170066ex10-1_gogreen.htm)</u> |
| 4.4† | <u>[Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 6, 2023, by and among the Company, GoGreen Sponsor 1 LP, certain equityholders of LHL and GoGreen (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272865) filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023055981/ff12023a1ex10-2_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.5 | <u>[Form of Lock-Up Agreement, by and among the Company and certain LHL Shareholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to GoGreen's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40941) filed with the SEC on December 13, 2022).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390022079274/ea170066ex10-3_gogreen.htm)</u> |
| 4.6 | <u>[Form of Lock-Up Agreement, by and among the Company and GoGreen Sponsor 1 LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to GoGreen's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40941) filed with the SEC on December 13, 2022).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390022079274/ea170066ex10-2_gogreen.htm)</u> |

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| 4.7 | <u>[Form of Subscription Agreement, entered into among GoGreen, the Company and certain institutional subscribers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to GoGreen's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40941) filed with the SEC on December 13, 2022).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390022079274/ea170066ex10-4_gogreen.htm)</u> |
| 4.8 | <u>[Form of Subscription Agreement, entered into among GoGreen, the Company and certain individual subscribers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to GoGreen's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40941) filed with the SEC on December 13, 2022).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852940/000121390022079274/ea170066ex10-5_gogreen.htm)</u> |
| 4.9##† | <u>[Subscription Agreement, dated December 24, 2021, between BHP and Lifezone Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-7_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.10##† | <u>[Loan Agreement, dated December 24, 2021, between KNL and BHP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-8_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.11##† | <u>[Deed of Cooperation, dated December 24, 2021, as amended, between KNL and BHP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-9_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.12##† | <u>[Subscription Agreement, dated October 14, 2022, between KNL and BHP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-10_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.13##† | <u>[Investment Option Agreement, dated October 14, 2022, as amended, among KNL, Lifezone Limited and BHP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-11_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.14##† | <u>[Form of Shareholders' Agreement, among KNL, Lifezone Limited and BHP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-12_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.15† | <u>[Framework Agreement, dated January 19, 2021, between KNL and the Government of Tanzania (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-13_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.16##† | <u>[Kelltech License Agreement, dated April 16, 2014, as amended, between Lifezone Limited, Keith Liddell and Kelltech Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-14_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.17## | <u>[KTSA License Agreement, dated April 16 2014, as amended, between Kelltech Limited and Kelltechnology South Africa (RF) Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-15_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.18## | <u>[Kellplant License Agreement, dated February 12, 2016, as amended, between Kelltechnology South Africa (RF) Proprietary Limited and Kellplant Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-16_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.19##† | <u>[Development, Licensing and Services Agreement, dated October 14, 2022, between Lifezone Limited and KNL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-17_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.20##† | <u>[Lifezone Technical Services Agreement, dated June 10, 2020, as amended, between Lifezone Limited and Kelltechnology South Africa (RF) Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-18_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.21##† | <u>[Lifezone Technical Services Agreement, dated October 24, 2021, between Lifezone Limited and Kellplant Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-19_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.22##† | <u>[PPM Services Agreement, dated November 4, 2021, between Pilanesberg Platinum Mines Proprietary Limited and Kelltechnology South Africa (RF) Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-20_lifezone.htm)</u> |

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| 4.23##† | <u>[PPM Support Services Agreement, dated January 20, 2022, between Pilanesberg Platinum Mines Proprietary Limited and Kellplant Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-21_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.24## | <u>[Loan Agreement, dated November 9, 2021, between Pilanesberg Platinum Mines Proprietary Limited and Kellplant Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-22_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.25 | <u>[Loan Agreement, dated March 31, 2022, between the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited and Kellplant Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-23_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.26 | <u>[Shareholder's Loan Agreement, dated March 31, 2022, between the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited and Kelltechnology South Africa (RF) Proprietary Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-24_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.27##† | <u>[Shareholders Agreement, dated June 24, 2022, by and among certain shareholders of LHL and LHL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-25_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.28##† | <u>[Kelltech Shareholders Agreement, dated April 16, 2014, as amended, between Lifezone Limited, Orkid S.a.r.l., Sedibelo Resources Limited (formerly Sedibelo Platinum Mines Limited), Kelltech Limited and Keith Stuart Liddell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-26_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.29##† | <u>[Kelltech SA Subscription and Shareholders Agreement, dated February 12, 2016, as amended, between Lifezone Limited,](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-27_lifezone.htm)</u><u>[Orkid](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-27_lifezone.htm)</u><u>[S.a.r.l, the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Kelltech Limited and KTSA (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-27_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.30† | <u>[Securities Exchange Agreement relating to Kabanga Nickel Limited, dated June 23, 2022, between Lifezone Limited and various sellers of and option holders over KNL shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-28_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.31† | <u>[Securities Exchange Agreement relating to Kabanga Nickel Limited, dated June 24, 2022, between LHL and various sellers of KNL shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-29_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.32† | <u>[Securities Exchange Agreement relating to Lifezone Limited, dated June 24, 2022, between LHL and various sellers of and optionholders over Lifezone Limited shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-30_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.33 | <u>[Securities Exchange Agreement relating to Lifezone Limited, dated June 24, 2022, between LHL and BHP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023030343/ff42023ex10-31_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.34† | <u>[Share Sale Agreement, dated July 3, 2023, between Metprotech Pacific Pty Ltd, the persons set out in Schedule 1 thereto as vendors, Simon Walsh, as management vendors representative, The Simulus Group Pty Ltd and Lifezone Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 333-271300) filed with the SEC on July 3, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023054143/ea181287ex99-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.35†† | <u>[Lifezone Metals Limited 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272865) filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023055981/ff12023a1ex10-33_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.36†† | <u>[Form of Award Agreement under the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272865) filed with the SEC on July 10, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023055981/ff12023a1ex10-34_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.37†† | <u>[Form of Award Agreement under the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272865) filed with the SEC on July 11, 2023).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390023055981/ff12023a1ex10-35_lifezone.htm)</u> |

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| 4.38## | <u>[Subscription Agreement dated 10 January 2024 between Lifezone Recycling US, LLC, Lifezone Holdings US, LLC and Glencore Ltd (incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)[4.38](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)[to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)[January](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)[0](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)[, 202](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)[4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)[).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit438glencore-subscri.htm)</u> |
| 4.39 | <u>[Form of Unsecured Convertible Debenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024026722/ea020267201ex99-3_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.40 | <u>[Deed of Termination relating to the T2 Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-1_lifezone.htm)[10](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-1_lifezone.htm)[.1 to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on July 18, 2025).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.41 | <u>[Lock-Up Deed, dated as of July 18, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-2_lifezone.htm)[10](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-2_lifezone.htm)[.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-2_lifezone.htm)[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-2_lifezone.htm)[to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on July 18, 2025).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-2_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 4.42## | <u>[Share Purchase Agreement relating to the Kabanga Nickel Project, dated as of July 18, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-3_lifezone.htm)[10](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-3_lifezone.htm)[.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-3_lifezone.htm)[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-3_lifezone.htm)[to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on July 18, 2025).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065310/ea024923101ex10-3_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 8.1 | <u>[List of Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-41737 filed with the SEC on April 9, 2025).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit81subsidiariesoflif.htm)</u> |
| 12.1\* | <u>[Certification of Chris Showalter pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a).](lzm-20251231xexx121.htm)</u> |
| 12.2\* | <u>[Certification of Ingo Hofmaier pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a).](lzm-20251231xexx122.htm)</u> |
| 13.1\* | <u>[Certification of Chris Showalter pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.](lzm-20251231xexx131.htm)</u> |
| 13.2\* | <u>[Certification of Ingo Hofmaier pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.](lzm-20251231xexx132.htm)</u> |
| 15.1 | <u>[Kabanga 2024 Mineral Resource Update Technical Report Summary, effective December 4, 2024 prepared by Sharron Sylvester and Bernard Peters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 96.1 to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2024).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024105762/ea022359101ex96-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 15.2 | <u>[Consent of Bernard Peters for Kabanga 2024 Mineral Resource Technical Report Summary](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit153lifezoneqpconsen.htm)[(incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[15.3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-41737 filed with the SEC on April](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[9](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[, 202](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[5](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)</u>. |
| 15.3 | <u>[Consent of Sharron Sylvester for Kabanga 2024 Mineral Resource Technical Report Summary](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit154lifezoneqpconsen.htm)[(incorporated by reference to Exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[15.4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-41737 filed with the SEC on April](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[9](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[, 202](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[5](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)[)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)</u>. |
| 15.4\* | <u>[Consent of BDO LLP, independent registered public accounting firm](exhibit154bdoconsent1.htm)[.](exhibit154bdoconsent1.htm)</u> |
| 15.5\* | <u>[Consent of Grant Thornton, independent registered public accounting firm](exhibit155gtconsent1.htm)</u>. |
| 15.6 | <u>[Consent of Sharron Sylvester for June 2025 for the Kabanga Nickel Project Initial Assessment Technical Report Summary titled "Initial Assessment - Technical Report Summary".](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025049676/ea024404901ex23-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 15.7 | <u>[Consent of DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd for the Kabanga Nickel Project Initial Assessment Technical Report Summary titled "Initial Assessment - Technical Report Summary".](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025049676/ea024404901ex23-2_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 15.8 | <u>[June 2025 Kabanga Nickel Project Initial Assessment - Technical Report Summary, effective June 2, 2025 prepared by Sharron Sylvester and DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025049676/ea024404901ex96-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 15.9\* | <u>[Consent of Sharron Sylvester dated July 18, 2025 for the Kabanga Nickel Project Feasibility Study Technical Report Summary titled "Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary".](exhibit159lifezoneqpconsen.htm)</u> |
| 15.10\* | <u>[Consent of DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd dated July 18, 2025 for the Kabanga Nickel Project Feasibility Study Technical Report Summary titled "Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary".](exhibit1510lifezoneqpconse.htm)</u> |
| 15.11 | <u>[July 2025 Kabanga Nickel Project Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary, effective July 18, 2025 prepared by Sharron Sylvester and DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 96.1 to the Company's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 001-41737) filed with the SEC on July 18, 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390025065317/ea024921401ex96-1_lifezone.htm)</u> |
| 97.1 | <u>[Clawback Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-41737 filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000121390024028129/ea020243501ex97-1_lifezone.htm)</u>  |
| 99.4 | <u>[Insider Trading Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-41737 filed with the SEC on April 9, 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958217/000162828025017198/exhibit994lifezone-sharexd.htm)</u>. |
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document |
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. |

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| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. |
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |

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\*Filed herewith.

##Portions of this exhibit have been omitted as the Registrant has determined that (i) the omitted information is not material and (ii) the omitted information is of the type that the Registrant customarily and actually treats as private or confidential.

†Schedules to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Registration S-K. The Registrant hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedules to the Commission upon request.

††Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan.

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**SIGNATURES** 

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this report on its behalf.

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| **LIFEZONE METALS LIMITED** | **LIFEZONE METALS LIMITED** |
| By: | /s/ Chris Showalter |
|  | Chris Showalter |
|  | *Chief Executive Officer* |

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Date: March 19, 2026

## Exhibit 12.1

**Exhibit 12.1**

**Certification by Principal Executive Officer**

**Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

I, Chris Showalter, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Lifezone Metals Limited;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3Evaluated the effectiveness of the company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4Disclosed in this report any change in the company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company's internal control over financial reporting.

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| /s/ Chris Showalter |
| Chris Showalter |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| Date: March 19, 2026 |

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## Exhibit 12.2

**Exhibit 12.2**

**Certification by the Chief Financial Officer** 

 **Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

I, Ingo Hofmaier, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Lifezone Metals Limited;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3Evaluated the effectiveness of the company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4Disclosed in this report any change in the company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company's internal control over financial reporting.

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| /s/ Ingo Hofmaier |
| Ingo Hofmaier |
| Chief Finance Officer |
| Date: March 19, 2026 |

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## Exhibit 13.1

**Exhibit 13.1**

**Certification by the Chief Executive Officer**

 **Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

I, Chris Showalter, certify that:

1. This annual report on Form 20-F of Lifezone Metals Ltd. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2025, (the "Annual Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

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|:---|
| /s/ Chris Showalter |
| Chris Showalter |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| Date: March 19, 2026 |

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## Exhibit 13.2

**Exhibit 13.2**

**Certification by the Chief Financial Officer** 

 **Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

I, Ingo Hofmaier, certify that:

1. This annual report on Form 20-F of Lifezone Metals Ltd. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2025, (the "Annual Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

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| /s/ Ingo Hofmaier |
| Ingo Hofmaier |
| Chief Finance Officer |
| Date: March 19, 2026 |

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## Exhibit 15.4

**Exhibit 15.4**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

Lifezone Metals Limited

Douglas, Isle of Man

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-289809, No. 333-272865 and No. 333-281189) and Form S-8 (No. 333-274449) of Lifezone Metals Limited of our report dated March 19, 2026, relating to the consolidated financial statements which appears in this Annual Report on Form 20-F.

/s/ BDO LLP

BDO LLP

London, United Kingdom

March 19, 2026

## Exhibit 15.5

**Exhibit 15.5**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We have issued our report dated March 29, 2024, except for Note 2.2 to the 2024 consolidated financial statements as to which the date is April 9, 2025, with respect to the consolidated financial statements, incorporated by reference, of Lifezone Metals Limited included in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023.

We consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the following Registration Statement of Lifezone Metals Limited Forms F-3 (File No. 333-289809, File No. 333-272865 and File No. 333-281189) and on Form S-8 (File No. 333-274449).

*/s/ Grant Thornton*

Grant Thornton<br>Dublin, Ireland

March 19, 2026

## Exhibit 15.09

**Exhibit 15.9**

**CONSENT OF EXPERT**

I hereby consent to the use of and reference to my name, Sharron Sylvester, B.Sc. (Geol), RPGeo AIG, and the information listed below that I reviewed and approved, as described or incorporated by reference in Lifezone Metals Limited's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. I am a "Qualified Person" as defined in Regulation S-K 1300.

I have reviewed and approved the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Form 20-F section titled: "The Description of the Kabanga Nickel Project".

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Kabanga Nickel Project Feasibility Study Technical Report Summary titled "Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary" effective July 18, 2025 (the "Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary").

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| Dated: March 17, 2026 |
| Yours sincerely, |
| */s/ Sharron Sylvester* |
| Sharron Sylvester, B.Sc. (Geol), RPGeo AIG |
| Technical Director – Geology |
| OreWin Pty Ltd |

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## Exhibit 15.10

**Exhibit 15.10**

**CONSENT OF EXPERT**

DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd hereby consents to the use of and reference to it and its name, DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd, and the information listed below that it has reviewed and approved, as described or incorporated by reference in Lifezone Metals Limited's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd is a "Qualified Person" as defined in Regulation S-K 1300.

DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd has reviewed and approved the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Form 20-F section titled: "The Description of the Kabanga Nickel Project"; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The applicable sections of the Kabanga Nickel Project Feasibility Study Technical Report Summary titled "Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary" for which it has assumed responsibility as Qualified Person, effective July 18, 2025 (the "Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary").

DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd consents to the public filing and use of the Feasibility Study - Technical Report Summary as an exhibit to the Form 20-F to which this consent is an exhibit.

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| Dated: March 17, 2026 |
| Yours sincerely, |
| */s/ DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd* |
| For an on behalf of |
| DRA Projects (Pty) Ltd |

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