Tradd Pty Ltd

Name: Ross Garling Mobile: 0409 789 877 E-Mail: Ross.Garling@gmail.com Address: 107 Ariadne St, River Heads, Qld., Australia, 4655. Experience 30+ years in Tailings - specialized in the evaluation, strategy, re-mining, re-processing, and rehabilitation of tailings, worked on many tailings dams Key Competencies • Long experience in all aspects of mine tailings – last 30+ years • Well known throughout the industry as a tailings expert with innovative ideas • Large network gained over the 55 years in the industry • Active in industry and community, former Branch Chairman, Sydney Branch - The AusIMM. Currently Trusted Voice Ambassador for the AusIMM, and recently NQ Branch Secretary / Treasurer. Last year awarded by the AusIMM for my services to the industry. • Works well in multi-disciplinary teams – essential for tailings projects • Manages teams – have been a Managing Director and a senior manager for many years Some Areas of Tailings Expertise • Evaluation – resource assessment, sampling, quantification, feasibility studies, • Strategic studies of tailings programming • Re-Mining – all forms including dredge, hydraulic, dry mining, and other techniques • Re-Processing – have proven a process for high recovery of low ash premium coking coal products from high inherent ash coals (fine grained) • Rehabilitation • Fly ash emplacement Some of the recent Tailings/Rejects Activities • Currently Senior Site Executive & Project Manager of the Brilliant Brumby kaolin/gold project west of Charters Towers, • Glencore – just completed a series of bulk pilot trials to remove the critical minerals from coal tailings, • Anglo – evaluation of the best way of emptying an open cut filled with tailings at the Dawson Mine to allow mining below the pit floor, • Cannington – with GHD. Currently a lead in doing the re-mining and deposition studies in proposed Tailings Reprocessing PFS. The re-mining is favoring hydraulic mining. • Oaky Creek – advising improvement