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Exhibit 2.2
Quota Sale and
Share Subscription
Agreement
BETWEEN
Rare Earths Americas Limited
ACN 664 370 254
AND
Rare Earths Americas Ltd.
a Cayman Islands exempted company
Registration number 419111
Quota Sale and Share Subscription Agreement
Table of Contents
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Definitions and Interpretation |
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1.1 |
Definitions |
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1.2 |
Interpretation |
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Sale and purchase of the Sale Quotas |
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2.1 |
Sale and purchase of the Sale Quotas |
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2.2 |
Title, property and risk |
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Subscription for the Consideration Shares |
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3.1 |
Consideration |
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3.2 |
Agreement to subscribe |
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3.3 |
Application for Consideration Shares |
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3.4 |
Rights attaching to Consideration Shares |
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Completion |
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4.1 |
Time and place for Completion |
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4.2 |
Seller's obligations |
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4.3 |
Buyer's obligations |
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4.4 |
Notice to complete |
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4.5 |
Simultaneous actions on Completion |
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4.6 |
Conditions of Completion |
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4.7 |
Interdependency with FRE Sale Completion |
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Post Completion |
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5.1 |
Title, property and risk |
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5.2 |
Exercise of rights of registered shareholder |
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Warranties |
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6.1 |
Warranties |
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6.2 |
Qualifications |
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6.3 |
Reliance and survival |
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6.4 |
Buyer's acknowledgment |
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6.5 |
Indemnities |
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Limitations |
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7.1 |
Time limit on Claims |
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7.2 |
General Limitations |
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7.3 |
Threshold for Relevant Claims |
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7.4 |
Maximum aggregate liability for Relevant Claims |
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7.5 |
Exclusions |
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No liability where breach |
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No limitations |
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7.8 |
No double recovery |
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7.9 |
Independence |
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7.10 |
Survival |
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7.11 |
Mitigation |
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Tax matters |
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Confidentiality and announcements |
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9.1 |
Confidentiality obligation |
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9.2 |
Disclosure of confidential information |
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9.3 |
Excluded Information |
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9.4 |
Business Confidential Information |
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9.5 |
No disclosure of Business Confidential Information |
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9.6 |
Business Confidential Information is not Excluded Information |
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9.7 |
Announcements |
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9.8 |
Survival |
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GST |
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10.1 |
Definitions |
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10.2 |
GST |
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Notices |
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11.1 |
Form of Notice |
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11.2 |
Address for service |
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General |
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12.1 |
Further assurances |
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12.2 |
Severability |
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Non-merger of provisions |
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12.4 |
Waiver |
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12.5 |
Prohibition or enforceability |
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12.6 |
Entire agreement |
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12.7 |
No amendments without agreement |
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12.8 |
Assignment |
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12.9 |
Costs, expenses and stamp duty |
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12.10 |
Counterparts |
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12.11 |
Electronic execution |
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Governing law and jurisdiction |
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Schedule 1 |
Seller Warranties |
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Schedule 2 |
Buyer Warranties |
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Execution Page |
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Parties
RARE EARTHS AMERICAS LIMITED ACN 664 370 254
Address: Acute Business Services, Suite 53 Level 2, 11-15 Labouchere Road, SOUTH
PERTH WA 6151 Australia
Email:
Attention: Stephen Kelly, Company Secretary
(Seller)
RARE EARTHS AMERICAS LTD.
Address: c/o Appleby Global Services (Cayman) Limited, 71 Fort Street, PO Box 500, George
Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KY1-1106
Email:
Attention: Jen Grafton, COO, General Counsel and Secretary
(Buyer)
Background
Terms and Conditions
In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires:
AMBPL means Alpha Minerals Brazil Participações Ltda., a Brazilian company existing and operating under the Laws of Brazil, enrolled with the CNPJ under No. 43.093.229/0001-20 and with its principal offices at Rua Turim, No. 59, 3rd floor, São Paulo, State of Minas Gerais, CEP 30360-552, Brazil.
Business Confidential Information has the meaning given in clause 9.4.
Business Day means a day on which banks are open for general banking business in Cayman Islands, excluding Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays.
Business Records means original and copies of all books, files, reports, financial and other records, documents, correspondence, information, accounts and data (whether machine readable or in printed form) exclusively relating to the business conducted by AMBPL as at the date of this agreement and held by AMBPL.
Buyer Warranties means the warranties given by the Seller in favour of the Buyer as set out in Schedule 2.
Claim means any allegation, cause of action, claim or demand of any nature however arising and whether present or future, fixed or unascertained, actual or contingent whether at law, in equity, under statute or otherwise.
Completion means completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Quotas under clause 4.
Completion Date means the date of this agreement.
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Consequential Loss means any:
Consideration means the total amount to be paid by the Buyer to the Seller, which corresponds to the amount in AUD$ (Australian dollars) equivalent to BRL40,910,116.35 (forty million, nine hundred and ten thousand, one hundred and sixty-six reais and thirty-five cents).
Consideration Shares means 9,375,000 ordinary shares of US$0.0001 par value each, in the amount in US$ for a total subscription amount attributable to the Consideration Shares equivalent to the Consideration, credited as fully paid, in the capital of the Buyer.
Controller is a receiver, or receiver and manager, or any other person in possession or control of a corporation's property for the purpose of enforcing a charge.
Disclosing Party means the party disclosing information that is the subject of clause 9.
Duty means any stamp, transaction or registration duty or similar charge imposed by any Government Agency and includes any interest, fine, penalty, charge or other amount imposed in respect of the above but excludes any Tax.
Encumbrance means any mortgage, charge, lien, restriction against transfer, pledge, trust, power, profit a prendre, easement, deposit, hypothecation, arrangement for retention of title, encumbrance and any other security interest, whether or not registered, including a right, interest, power or arrangement in relation to an asset which in substance provides security for the payment or satisfaction of a debt, obligation or Liability.
Excluded Information means information which is in or becomes part of the public domain other than through breach of this document or an obligation of confidence owed to the Disclosing Party or any Related Body Corporate of the Disclosing Party
Fairly Disclosed means, in relation to a fact, matter, circumstance or information, a disclosure sufficient in detail and content and made in a manner and context to enable a reasonable purchaser, experienced in transactions of the nature of the sale the subject of this agreement, to reasonably be aware of and understand the substance and significance of the fact, matter, circumstance or information.
FRE means Foothills Rare Earths Limited ACN 645 424 979.
FRE Sale means the sale by certain FRE shareholders, and purchase by the Buyer, of at least 90% of the total issued shares in FRE with consideration for the sale being the issue of the FRE Sale Consideration Shares by the Buyer to the FRE shareholders, in accordance with the FRE Sale Agreement.
FRE Sale Agreement means the share sale deed to be entered into between certain FRE shareholders (as sellers), Perpetual Nominees Limited, the Participating Optionholders, the Buyer (as buyer) and FRE on or about the date of this agreement in relation to the FRE Sale.
FRE Sale Completion means completion of the FRE Sale in accordance with the FRE Sale Agreement.
FRE Sale Consideration Shares means up to 2,805,267 ordinary shares of US$0.0001 par value each, credited as fully paid, in the capital of the Buyer.
Government Agency means any government or governmental, semi-governmental, administrative, fiscal or judicial body, department, commission, authority, tribunal, agency or entity whether foreign, Federal, State, Territorial or local.
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GST means goods and services tax under the GST Law.
GST Act means A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
GST Law has the same meaning as in the GST Act.
ITAA 1997 means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth).
Liability includes all liabilities, claims, debts, obligations, losses, damages, costs, interest, fees, penalties, fines, assessments, forfeiture and expenses of whatever description (whether actual, contingent or prospective).
Loss means any loss, Liability, damage, charges, payments, cost or expense (whether
accrued or paid) including legal fees and disbursements and costs of investigation, litigation, settlement, judgment, interest and penalties, but not Consequential Loss.
M&As means the Buyer's memorandum and articles of association.
Participating Optionholders has the meaning given to the term in the FRE Sale Agreement.
Private Offer
and professional investors to raise up to A$20,000,000 (or such higher amount that the Buyer may in its sole discretion agree to accept on account of oversubscriptions) to fund,
among other things, the Buyer's initial public offering, mining project option payments and general working capital.
Private Offer Completion means completion of the Private Offer in accordance with its terms.
Private Offer Shares means up to 2,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.0001 par value each, credited as fully paid, in the capital of the Buyer.
Receiving Party means the party receiving information that is the subject of clause 9. Related Body Corporate where a body corporate is:
Representative of a person or entity means its officers, employees, agents, advisers, partners, consultants, members and financiers.
Sale Quotas means 48,976,822 (forty-eight million, nine hundred and seventy-six thousand, eight hundred and twenty-two) quotas, representing the entire capital issued by AMBPL, at the par value of R$1,00 (one real) each, having paid-up the balance of BRL40,910,116.35 (forty million, nine hundred and ten thousand, one hundred and sixty-six reais and thirty-five cents).
Seller Warranties means the warranties given by the Seller in favour of the Buyer as set out in Schedule 1.
Tax means any tax, levy, charge, impost, fee, deduction or withholding, which is assessed, levied, imposed or collected by any Government Agency and includes any tax payable under the GST Act or any interest, fine, penalty, charge, fee or any other amount imposed in addition to, or in respect of any of the above but excludes Duty.
Transaction Documents means:
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Treasurer means the Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia. Warranty means, where given by:
In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires:
a reference to a party includes the party's executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns;
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On the Completion Date, the Seller agrees to sell the Sale Quotas to the Buyer and the Buyer agrees to buy the full legal and beneficial interest in and to the Sale Quotas from the Seller:
The title to, property in and risk of the Sale Quotas:
The consideration for the sale by the Seller of the Sale Quotas to the Buyer is the Consideration, which will be satisfied by the allotment and issue of Consideration Shares by the Buyer to the Seller in accordance with this agreement.
The Seller agrees to subscribe for, and the Buyer agrees to allot and issue to the Seller, the Consideration Shares in accordance with this agreement.
Execution of this agreement by the Seller constitutes the Seller’s irrevocable:
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The Consideration Shares are subject to the M&As and will rank equally in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of US$0.0001 par value each in the issued and outstanding share capital of the Buyer when the Consideration Shares are issued.
Subject to clause 4.7, Completion must take place by electronic means at 11:00am on the Completion Date, or at such other place, date or time agreed in writing between the parties.
At Completion, the Seller must:
Subject to the Seller’s performance of the obligations under clause 4.2:
In respect of Completion:
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The parties acknowledge and agree that the obligation to complete the sale and purchase of the Sale Quotas under this agreement is interdependent on FRE Sale Completion.
Despite any other term of this agreement, Completion must not occur unless FRE Sale Completion also occurs.
Until Completion, the title to, property in and risk of the Sale Quotas remain solely with the Seller, but they pass to the Buyer on and from Completion.
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Each Warranty given by a party is given subject to and is qualified, and that party will not be liable for a breach of that Warranty, to the extent of, any fact, matter or circumstance that:
Each party acknowledges that:
The Buyer acknowledges that it enters into this agreement as a result of its own due diligence, investigations, inquiries, advice, and knowledge concerning the Seller, AMBPL and the Sale Quotas and in reliance of the Seller Warranties.
Subject to clause 7, each party (Indemnifying Party) must indemnify the other party (Indemnified Party) from and against all Claims or Losses which the Indemnified Party may incur in connection with any of the Indemnifying Party’s Warranties being untrue, incomplete, incorrect or misleading.
No party (Respondent Party) will have any liability for any Loss or Claim against it by the other party (Claimant Party) under this agreement (including any Claim that any Warranties given by the Respondent Party were untrue, incomplete, incorrect or misleading) (Relevant Claim), unless the Claimant Party has given written notice, summarising the nature of the Relevant Claim, to the Respondent Party within 12 months of the Completion Date.
A Respondent Party is not liable under a Relevant Claim for any Loss to the extent that the Loss:
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No Respondent Party will be liable to any Claimant Party for any Relevant Claim unless the amount of the Relevant Claim is more than A$100,000 in which case, subject to clause 6 and this clause 7, the full amount of the Relevant Claim is recoverable.
The maximum aggregate liability of a Respondent Party for all Relevant Claims will not exceed an amount equal to the amount in A$ (Australian dollars) equivalent to BRL40,910,116.35 (forty million, nine hundred and ten thousand, one hundred and sixty-six reais and thirty-five cents).
The liability of a Respondent Party in respect of a Relevant Claim will be reduced or extinguished to the extent that the relevant Loss arising in connection with the Relevant Claim is caused or contributed to by any act or omission of the Claimant Party.
None of the limitations contained in this clause 7 will apply to any Relevant Claim to the extent that any Loss in respect of that Relevant Claim arises from, or to the extent that such Loss is increased as a result of, any fraud, wilful misconduct, wilful default or wilful concealment by or on behalf of the Respondent Party or any of its officers.
A Claimant Party will not be entitled to recover damages or obtain payment, reimbursement, restitution or indemnity more than once where the same facts or circumstances give rise to a Loss or Relevant Claim.
Each qualification and limitation in this clause 7 is to be construed independently of the others and is not limited by any other qualification or limitation.
The provisions of this clause 7 remain in force and effect after Completion according to their terms.
Each party acknowledges and agrees that it must takes reasonable steps to mitigate any Loss (or potential Loss) arising in relation to this agreement.
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Subject to clause 9.2, no party may disclose:
If a Receiving Party discloses information under clause 9.1, that Receiving Party must use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that recipients of the information do not disclose the information except in the circumstances permitted in clause 9.1.
Clauses 9.1 and 9.2 do not apply to Excluded Information.
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From the Completion Date, all non-public information relating to AMBPL (Business Confidential Information) is confidential information of the Buyer for the purposes of this agreement.
The Seller must not, and must procure that each of its Related Bodies Corporate and Representatives must not, use or disclose any Business Confidential Information except:
The Business Confidential Information is not taken to be Excluded Information only because it was known to any of AMBPL, Seller, or any Representatives of a Seller at any time prior to Completion.
Unless required by law, a securities exchange or Government Agency no party may, before or after Completion, make or send a public announcement concerning the transactions contemplated by this agreement unless it has first obtained the written consent of the Buyer and the Seller.
This clause 9 continues despite the termination of this agreement.
Words used in this clause 10 that have a defined meaning in the GST Law have the same meaning as in the GST Law unless the context indicates otherwise.
GST exclusive market value) multiplied by the rate at which GST is imposed in respect of the supply. The recipient must pay the additional amount at the same time as the consideration to which it is referrable.
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Any demand, notice, consent, approval or other communication under this agreement may be made or given by a party or the solicitor or attorney for that party provided that it:
but if the delivery or receipt occurs on a day which is not a Business Day or at a time after 5.00pm (both the day and time being in the place of receipt) it is regarded as having been received at 9.00am on the next Business Day.
Each party will promptly execute all documents and do all things that another party from time to time reasonably requires of it to effect, perfect or complete the terms and conditions of this agreement and any transaction contemplated by it.
If anything in this agreement is unenforceable, illegal or void then it is severed and the rest of this agreement remains in force.
A provision of this agreement which can and is intended to operate after its conclusion will remain in full force and effect.
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Any provision of, or the application of any provision of, this agreement, which is prohibited, void, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction:
This agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties concerning its subject matter and succeeds and cancels all other agreements and understandings concerning the subject matter of this agreement and any warranty, representation, guarantee or other term and condition of any nature not contained in this agreement is of no force or effect.
This agreement may not be modified, discharged or abandoned unless by a document signed by the parties.
The rights and obligations of each party under this agreement are personal. No party may assign, encumber or otherwise deal with such rights and obligations without the prior written consent of all other parties.
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This agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with all applicable laws in force in New South Wales from time to time and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
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Schedule 1 Seller Warranties
The Seller
AMBPL
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Schedule 2 Buyer Warranties
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Execution Page
EXECUTED as an agreement on 22 July 2025
EXECUTED by RARE EARTHS AMERICAS )
LIMITED ACN 664 370 254 in accordance with )
section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth): )
/s/ Dominic Allen |
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/s/ Daniel Shribman |
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/s/ Donald Swartz |
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Daniel Shribman |
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