b'LAND REHABILITATION During 2023, we wereJAGUAR NICKEL PROJECT will be created by planting native floravery proud to haveThe JNP area and greater region has seenspecies from Centaurus dedicated project decades of widespread land clearing forrehabilitation plant nursery. produced 5,145 seedlings stock grazing and farming.This has resultedThe rehabilitation plant nursery wasduring our secondin fragmentation of the remaining native forests.With the recent discovery of theexpanded during the reporting year and hasyear of operations.four locally recruited staff members.They are JNP deposit within this farmland, Centauruscurrently germinating seeds from 30 locallyCombined with seedlings raised sees an opportunity to now reconnect thesecollected native tree species and raisingthe previous year, a total of 9,849 fragmented forest remnants to create wildlifeseedlings to a size suitable for planting out onseedlings were planted in 2023 ecological corridors both for fauna movementdisturbed areas. as part of the continuing land and flora habitat expansion.These corridorsrehabilitation program.WATER MANAGEMENT JAGUAR NICKEL PROJECT Median (Q2 or 50th percentile): the middleJAMBREIRO IRON ORE PROJECTHydrological data from river flows in andvalue in the data set, represented by theThe local rivers of the JIOP were sampled to around the JNP were used to generatecross.collect baseline data on their water qualities.boxplots.A boxplot is a standardised wayFirst quartile (Q1 or 25th percentile): alsoThis is useful to know when comparing future of displaying the dataset based on theknown as the lower quartile qn (0.25), it iswater quality testing after a project has been five-number summary: the minimum, thethe median of the lower half of the dataset,developed, so the water quality around the maximum, the sample median and the firstrepresented by the bottom of the box. JIOP site after the project is in operation will 2023 Sustainability Report - Centaurus Metals and third quartiles: Third quartile (Q3 or 75th percentile): be compared to these values.Any adverse changes in water quality can be acted on Minimum (Q0 or 0th percentile): the lowestalso known as the upper quartile qn (0.75),with further management intervention.data point in the data set excluding anyit is the median of the upper half of theSixteen sampling points were tested with outliers, represented by the tick at thedataset, represented by the top of the box. most sampling points recording naturally bottom of the whisker. Flow rates for the main rivers influencing thehigh values of many parameters that exceed Maximum (Q4 or 100th percentile): theJNP from 2020 through to 2023 are shownthe National Water Quality Standards, highest data point in the data set excludingbelow, along with the groundwater level for 5including: iron, aluminium, cadmium, copper, any outliers, represented by the tick at thewells/piezometers.The yellow stars are themanganese, fluoride, phosphorus, E.coli, top of the whisker. 2023 monthly averages. turbidity, oxygen, BOD5, nickel, cobalt, chrome and zinc.2023 Sustainability Report - Centaurus Metals JIOP-Corrente Canoa (m 3 /h) JIOP-Babilnia (m 3 /h)Figure 1: Corrente Canoa (m3/h) 18 Figure 1: Corrente Canoa (m3/h)Figure 2: Babilnia (m3/h) The local rivers of the JIOP were sampled to collect baseline data on their water qualities.This is useful to know when comparing future water quality testing after a project has been developed, so the water quality around the JIOP site after the project is in operation will be compared to these values.Any adverse changes in water quality can be acted on with further management intervention.Sixteen sampling points were tested with most sampling points recording naturally high values of many parameters that exceed the National Water Quality Standards, including: iron, aluminium, cadmium, copper, manganese, fluoride, phosphorus, E.coli, turbidity, oxygen, BOD 5 , nickel, cobalt, chrome and zinc.2 Figure 2: Babilnia (m3/h) The local rivers of the JIOP were sampled to collect baseline data on their water qualities.This is useful to know when comparing future water quality testing after a project has been developed, so the water quality around the JIOP site after the project is in operation will be compared to these values.Any adverse changes in water quality can be acted on with further management intervention.Sixteen sampling points23 ere tes sta dability Report DRAFTv4.docxPage 16 of 40 20 wCTM Su te inwith most sampling points recording naturally high values of many parameters that exceed theNational Water Quality Standards, including: iron, aluminium, cadmium, copper, manganese, fluoride, phosphorus, E.coli, turbidity, oxygen, BOD 5 , nickel, cobalt, chrome and zinc.2 2023 CTM Sustainability Report DRAFTv4.docxPage 16 of 40'