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Gold Hydrogen
Aiming to Develop Naturally
Occurring Australian Hydrogen
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November 2023 Investor Conferences
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Engineer, Mr. Billy Hadi Subrata. Mr. Hadi Subrata’s qualifications include a Bachelor and Master of Engineering Science from
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and he is an active member of Engineers Australia and SPE. Mr. Hadi Subrata's has
18 years of relevant exploration, development and production experience in petroleum, conventional and unconventional
hydrocarbons, and hydrogen. Mr. Hadi Subrata has sufficient experience that is relevant to Gold Hydrogen’s resources to qualify as a
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Contents
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Executive Summary
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Industry Overview
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Company Overview
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Key Team
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Executive Summary - Low Cost, Natural Hydrogen
Title over natural hydrogen
occurrences and a certified
prospective resource
Certified Prospective Resource for natural
hydrogen with an unrisked Best Estimate of 1.3
billion kilograms (Refer Slide 12 for details)
Flagship ‘Ramsay Project’,
exploration permit granted,
plus application permits
Ramsay Project 7,820 km2 (green on map) is
100% owned by Gold Hydrogen. Other locations
under exclusive application to Gold Hydrogen
are a further 67,512 km2
Ramsay 1 exploration well
results indicate Hydrogen
and Helium
Preliminary gas sample analyses have yielded
high purity levels of up to 73% hydrogen plus
helium in high purity levels at 3.6%
Enabling engagements with
leading global experts and
contractors
Strategic engagements with CSIRO,
Schlumberger, Total Seismic, Xcalibur, Savanna
Energy Services
Significant commercial and
environmental competitive
advantage
As a replacement for carbon-based fuels,
naturally occurring hydrogen offers significant
cost and emission advantages relative to other
sources of hydrogen production. Global helium
projects may be commercial from 1% purity or
less
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Figure: Overview of Gold Hydrogen tenements
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Industry Overview
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Global Hydrogen Forecast
Substantial investment laying the foundation for Hydrogen use
Global Hydrogen Demand by Sector, Net Zero Emissions
Target Scenario (Mt)
527
A$629B
A$184B
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Projected annual
investment on
hydrogen projects in
2050
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Projected annual
investment on
hydrogen projects in
2030
ESG push to decarbonise
industries and economies is
underpinning demand
for hydrogen
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Natural hydrogen as a
carbon-neutral, low-cost
source presents a very
attractive opportunity to
facilitate decarbonisation
Source: Frost & Sullivan Report - Page 29 of Gold Hydrogen Prospectus
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87
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187
93
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2020
2030
Industry
Transport
2050
Electricity
Other
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Source: International Energy Agency, Oct-2021
1. Other includes buildings, agriculture and refineries
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Key Trends Driving Hydrogen Adoption
Most hydrogen used today is in the production of ammonia and steel, or by oil refineries
Future growth projections are based on a number of key trends that are driving adoption
ESG investment and
country policies push
to decarbonise
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Technological advances
across the hydrogen
value chain
Hydrogen enhances
flexibility of grids and
industrial applications
Use of hydrogen as
transport fuel or heat
source alternative
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Types of Hydrogen Production
Naturally occurring Hydrogen offers a significant cost and / or carbon advantages relative
to other Hydrogen production (manufacturing) processes
Energy source
Environmental impact
Grey
Black/Brown
Blue
Green
Natural hydrogen
Natural gas
Coal
Natural gas /
coal
Renewables /
biomass
Low
High
Very High
Low
Low
$1.00
$5.60
$6.20-$6.40
$10.20-$10.30
P: $6.40-$25.50
A: $4.70-$23.20
No thermal process
Production cost (A$/kg)1,2
Cost comparable to existing
power generation3
Today, ~95% of all hydrogen produced
Source: Frost and Sullivan, Sep-2022
is from natural gas
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Source: Christophe Rigollet1, Alain Prinzhofer2,3, Natural Hydrogen: A New Source of Carbon-Free and Renewable Energy That Can Compete With Hydrocarbons,
First Break, Volume 40, Issue 10, Oct 2022, p. 78 – 84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3997/1365-2397.fb2022087; “The Bourakébougou field, in Mali, represents the first natural hydrogen deposit studied both scientifically and industrially.
It gives us information on its renewability, on the natural flows involved and therefore on its sustainable exploitation. It is possible to estimate that the cost of operating hydrogen would be less than $1/kg, which is significantly cheaper than any
manufactured hydrogen, whether green, grey, or blue. Equivalent work is in progress in other continents, in order to be able to compare our knowledge of this Malian field with other fields in the world, which will make it possible to better ensure the industrial and societal interest of R&D for this new field.”
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P = Polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysis. A = Alkaline Electrolysis. Gold Hydrogen cost is an estimate
3.
For industrial buyers, a hydrogen offtake price of €3 ($4.50) per kg would be required to incentivise hydrogen production over power generation
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Global Helium Projects
Gold Hydrogen’s Ramsay 1 exploration well found Helium at up to 3.6% (in addition to the 73% Hydrogen identified)
Gold Hydrogen currently has insufficient data for the generation of a prospective resource for Helium. This will be an
ongoing focus of exploration and development initiatives if Helium continues to be encountered.
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Company Overview
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Historical Drilling Found Hydrogen: Ramsay 1 Confirmed it
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Historical drilling
In the 1920s and 1930s, Natural Hydrogen
occurrences in PEL 687 were reported during
unsuccessful ventures looking to discover oil
Gases from the Ramsay Oil Bore were sampled
by the State of South Australia at the rig site
and after lab analysis was found to have a very
high Natural Hydrogen content between 66%
and 89% (air corrected)
Gold Hydrogen successfully twined the Ramsay
Oil Bore in October 2023 and found up to
73.3% Hydrogen and 3.6% Helium (both air
corrected values)
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American
Beach
2023 Program
Ramsay
Oil Bore 1
Ramsay 1
Ramsay 2
Depth (m)
289.5
240
220 - 1005
TBC
H2 (%)
air corrected
values
83.3
76
Up to 73.3
(3.6% He)
TBC
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Gold Hydrogen Prospective Resources
American Beach -1
Hydrogen Discovery
Flowed 70% H2 @ 290m
Ramsay -1
Hydrogen Discovery
Flowed 84% H2 @
508m
H
2
Certified Prospective Hydrogen Resources, existing discoveries and
drill ready hydrogen prospects (calculated volume not determined)
Unrisked Prospective Hydrogen Resources, PEL 687
SPE-PRMS Sub-Class Category
Low Estimate
(kTonnes)
Best Estimate
(kTonnes)
High Estimate
(kTonnes)
Prospect
165
1135
8050
Lead
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178
770
Total
207
1313
8820
H
2
H
2
H
2
Diagrammatic Section
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NOTE - All estimates are unrisked and aggregated arithmetically by category,
hence caution that the aggregate low estimate maybe a conservative
estimate and the aggregate high estimate maybe very optimistic estimate
due to the portfolio effects of arithmetic summation. The estimated
quantities of hydrogen that may potentially be recovered by the application
of future development project(s) relate to undiscovered accumulations.
These estimates have both an associated risk of discovery, risk of
development and risk of commercialization. Further exploration, appraisal
and evaluation is required to determine the existence of a significant
quantity of potentially recoverable Natural Hydrogen.
See ASX release of 13 January 2023 for full details and notes
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Key Success Factors
Ramsay Project ticks the boxes in respect of the key attributes for the
Formation and Accumulation of Natural Hydrogen
Key Success Factor
Ramsay Project
Source &
Generation
Via hydrolysis and
radiolysis reactions
in old rocks
Located at the Gawler craton of South Australia, where
radiolysis and hydrolysis reactions of iron-rich rocks are
ongoing creating naturally occurring hydrogen
Seals &
Traps
Required to enable
accumulations of
naturally formed
hydrogen
The Cambrian stratigraphy including tight limestones that
overlie the basement source rocks provides likely seals that
were penetrated by the historic wells that found hydrogen
Structure
Major structural
boundaries in an
extensional
geological regime
where natural
fractures exist
Ramsay Project located on major lithospheric boundary and
bend in the Tasman line of the Delamerian orogeny.
Additionally, it is within the setting of the tectonically active
horst-graben Adelaide extensional rift
Reservoir
To be commercial,
a reservoir of
adequate volume,
accessibility, flow
rate and quality is
required
Ramsay Project Reservoir may extend to 5km depth (with only
50-150m thickness assumed in the Technical Expert Report)
with historical occurrences of up to 84% Natural Hydrogen (up
to 89% Air-corrected) from rocks which overlie the Basement
Source rocks
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Source: SPE Hydrogen Section, online. November 2, 2023
(Ref: Prinzhofer, 2021)
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Gold Hydrogen activity since inception
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1920s - 1930s: Before Gold Hydrogen was formed, natural
Hydrogen reported at 66% and 89% (air corrected) while drilling
for oil
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2020-2021: Gold Hydrogen formed, leases obtained
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Ramsay 1 drill site and Savanna Energy drill rig
2020-2022: ongoing G&G desk- top work including seismic
reprocessing, static modelling; planning and approvals
processes for field exploration activities
Jan 2023: Gold Hydrogen IPO; ongoing G&G
Mar 2023: Airborne Gravity Gradiometer (AGG) Survey
Apr 2023: Soil-gas sampling by CSIRO
Jun-Jul 2023: Interpretation of airborne data
Sep 2023: Drilling approvals received
Oct 2023: Ramsay 1 exploration well spuds (11 Oct)
Next: Analysing data from Ramsay 1 and Ramsay 2 wells and
determine next steps;
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Potential activities 2024: seismic, exploration drilling …
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Large Scale Potential Commercialisation Opportunities
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Key Team
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Key Management
Neil McDonald
Founder & Managing Director
Neil McDonald has more than 20 years of extensive
commercial experience across the energy and minerals
sectors in multiple Australian states. He has been
involved from greenfield exploration to early
development in projects across Queensland, Northern
Territory and South Australia. He has worked on and
helped commercialise some of Australia’s largest
exploration projects for private and public companies.
As a commercial lawyer, Neil has a strong legal
grounding in commercial and regulatory compliance in
the resources industry. Areas of focus in his career have
been: acquiring new assets for business growth,
monetisation of existing assets, engaging domestic and
international investors, new partnerships to maximise
commercialisation of assets, developing non-partisan
relationships at the highest political levels, both Federal
and State.
Neil is a graduate of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors.
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Roger Cressey
Executive Director, Commercial & Operations
Roger Cressey has more than 35 years of experience
in the resource industry, predominantly in gas
exploration and production.
Roger has held CEO, COO and other executive roles
within upstream and downstream operations across
Australia, most recently in Queensland, NT and
before that PNG. He has also held senior roles with
companies active in Indonesia and Uganda.
Roger’s strengths lie in managing multi-discipline
teams, strategy development and delivery.
He has a strong focus on engagement with both
external and internal key stakeholders.
Karl Schlobohm
Company Secretary & Chief Financial Officer
Karl Schlobohm is a Chartered
Accountant and Fellow of the
Governance Institute of Australia,
with over 30 years experience across
a range of businesses and industries.
Karl has extensive listed company
experience spanning the ASX, LSE,
AIM and TSX exchanges, and has
acted as CFO and / or Company
Secretary for a number of publiclylisted companies in the resources
industry including SolGold plc, Atlantic
Lithium Ltd, DGR Global Ltd, Meridian
Minerals Ltd and Tombola Gold Ltd
Josh Whitcombe
Chief Operating Officer
Dr Josh Whitcombe is a Chartered
Chemical Engineer and RPEQ with over 20
years of experience in the Oil and Gas
industry, both offshore and onshore.
Josh has held a number of Senior
Management roles with small to midsized gas producers in Australia. After
completing a PhD in oil refining he
worked offshore with Shell International
before returning to Australia 15 years
ago.
Prior to joining Gold Hydrogen he has had
extensive experience in both green field
exploration and brown field conventional
gas operations. He has demonstrated an
ability to manage diverse technical
challenges, while focusing on HSE and
community outcomes.
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Board of Directors
Alexander Downer
Neil McDonald
Independent
Non-Executive Chair
Founder &
Managing Director
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Neil McDonald has more than 20
years of extensive commercial
experience across the energy and
minerals sectors in multiple
Australian states. He has been
involved from greenfield
exploration to early development
in projects across Queensland,
Northern Territory and South
Australia. He has worked on and
helped commercialise some of
Australia’s largest exploration
projects for private and public
companies.
Neil is a graduate of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors.
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Katherine Barnet
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Alexander Downer is one of the country’s best-known
politicians and diplomats. Leader of the Liberal Party,
Minister for Foreign Affairs and High Commissioner to
the UK. Before entering politics he was an executive
director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce.
Independent
Non-Executive Director
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Since departing Canberra and the diplomatic service,
he holds or has previously held board appointments
including the Advisory Board of British strategic
intelligence and advisory firm Hakluyt & Company,
merchant bankers Cappello Capital Corp. the Adelaide
Symphony Orchestra, Huawei in Australia, as well as
ASX-listed Lakes Oil NL and Ironbark Zinc Ltd.
Alexander is currently a Non-Executive Director of
Yellow Cake Plc, is a columnist for the AFR and is
Companion of the Order of Australia.
Roger Cressey
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Katherine Barnet is a Chartered Accountant with
over 25 years’ experience in the provision of
professional services. Katherine is currently a
partner at Olvera Advisors, a boutique Sydneybased consultancy, and has worked on some of
Australia’s largest corporate matters and achieved
success in developing, evaluating and
understanding complex financial transactions,
optimising sustainable growth and increasing
value to corporate entities. Her recent corporate
expertise has been focused on the renewable
energy / mining, retail, property and construction
industries.
Katherine is a Fellow of CAANZ and ARITA and a
member of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors.
Executive Director,
Commercial & Operations
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Roger Cressey has more than 35 years of
experience in the resource industry,
predominantly in gas exploration and production.
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Roger has held CEO, COO and other executive
roles within upstream and downstream
operations across Australia, most recently in
Queensland, NT and before that PNG. He has also
held senior roles with companies active in
Indonesia and Uganda.
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Roger’s strengths lie in managing multi-discipline
teams, strategy development and delivery.
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He has a strong focus on engagement with both
external and internal key stakeholders.
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Gold Hydrogen Summary
Title over reported natural hydrogen
occurrences and a prospective resource
Certified Prospective Resource for natural hydrogen with an unrisked Best
Estimate of 1.3 billion kilograms (Refer Slide 12 for details)
Flagship project, exploration
permit granted
Ramsay Project 7,820 km2 (green on map) is 100% owned by Gold
Hydrogen. Other locations under exclusive application to Gold Hydrogen are
a further 67,512 km2
Near term value inflection point
Stage One exploration drilling program commenced in October 2023 on the
Yorke Peninsula, with Ramsay 2 exploration well to spud in November 2023
Enabling engagements with leading global
experts
Strategic engagements with SLB (Schlumberger), CSIRO, Total Seismic, and
Xcalibur Multiphysics, Savanna Energy Services
Significant commercial and environmental
competitive advantage
As a replacement for carbon-based fuels, naturally occurring hydrogen
offers significant cost and emission advantages relative to other sources of
Hydrogen production
… and we have a potential Helium play as well
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Neil McDonald
Managing Director
neil@goldhydrogen.com.au
+61 0 421 331 933
goldhydrogen.com.au
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