13 CENTAURUS METALS LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT Figure 4 Jaguar Nickel Sulphide Project Location Jaguar Nickel Sulphide Project The Jaguar Project represents a cornerstone asset for Centaurus that will underpin the Company’s ambition to build a diversified Brazilian critical minerals business with best-in-class Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials. The JNP is approximately 250km from the regional city of Parauapebas (population ~267,000) in the northern Brazilian State of Pará and sits within a 30km2 tenement package in the São Félix do Xingu municipality. The Carajás Mineral Province is Brazil’s premier mining hub, containing one of the world’s largest known concentrations of bulk tonnage Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) and iron ore deposits. Jaguar is currently one of the largest undeveloped nickel sulphide projects globally and a highly strategic potential source of unencumbered nickel concentrate product. It is one of the few potential new sources of nickel supply outside of Indonesia, with Jaguar’s anticipated first quartile cost positioning enabling it to compete with Indonesian nickel projects and generate strong margins throughout the commodity price cycle. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Significant activities undertaken during the year focused on the development of the JNP. Basic engineering work commenced with CPC Engineering in Australia to prepare the necessary project definition and engineering design information required to allow the detailed engineering phase to be undertaken in Brazil. As part of this process, the project layout was further refined to reduce the overall project footprint. The infrastructure layout, site clearing and planning for initial mining activities also commenced, along with planning works for the project execution phase, and design approval for the construction of a water storage dam was received from the State Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainability (SEMAS). p
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