Kore Potash Regulatory News (KP2)

3 April 2018

Kore Potash Plc

("Kore Potash" or the "Company")

AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017

Kore Potash, the potash exploration and development company whose flagship asset is the Kola Project ("Kola" or the "Project"), located within the Company's 97%-owned Sintoukola Potash Project in the Republic of Congo, is pleased to provide its audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 (the "Period"). The full report is available on the Company's website, www.korepotash.com.

Highlights

· The Kola Definitive Feasibility Study ("DFS") commenced on 22 February 2017 with a world class consortium of French engineering and construction companies and is due to be completed at the end of Q2 2018 or early Q3 2018.

· An updated Mineral Resource Estimate was completed for the Kola Deposit, including a combined Measured and Indicated sylvinite Mineral Resource of 508 Mt grading 35.4% KCl, making Kola one of the highest grading potash deposits globally.

· A Mining Convention was signed on 8 June 2017 by the Government covering Kola, Dougou and Dougou Extension.

· The Scheme of Arrangement between Kore and its shareholders, in relation to the re-domicile from Australia to the UK, was approved by shareholders on 27 October 2017, the Federal Court of Australia on 6 November 2017, and was implemented on 20 November 2017. As a result Kore Potash plc is the new parent and Kore Potash Limited is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Kore Potash plc. Kore Potash plc was listed on the ASX on 7 November 2017 with Kore Potash Limited being removed from the official list of ASX Limited on 1 December 2017.

· Kore received a Letter of Support from BPIFrance Assurance Export ("BPIFrance") for French export credit insurance for the French component of the procurement for the Kola project construction which is estimated to be in the region of US$500-700m.

· On 26 March 2018 Kore raised a total of US$13.14m from new and existing investors via a share placing, direct subscription and the issuance of a convertible loan note for USD 0,25m which is expected to convert to equity subject to shareholder approval at Kore's next AGM.

· On 29 March 2018 Kore was listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange as well as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange having appointed Canaccord Genuity Limited as its adviser in the UK and Rencap Securities (Pty) Limited in South Africa.

Sean Bennett, CEO, commented that:

"I am pleased to report on what has been a very positive year for Kore Potash. We have made significant strides both operationally and in terms of corporate activity. In addition, we have made a number of key hires, who I have been delighted to welcome to the Company.

"The Kola, Dougou, and Dougou Extension assets have extremely high potential with exceptional grades, shallow depth, and convenient proximity to the coast - we look forward to reporting on the DFS, which is on track for completion later in the summer

"Following the period end we have completed our listings on AIM and on the JSE, which is another vital staging post in the Company's development and puts us in a very strong position looking at the next stage of financing for the project."

ENDS

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Footnotes

1. Announcement dated 23 January 2017: Drilling at Kola intersects very high-grade sylvinite of 58.9% KCl

2. Announcement dated 7 March 2017: Further Excellent Sylvinite Intersections in drill-holes at Kola; Drilling about to commence at the very High Grade Dougou Extension Prospect

3. Announcement dated 7 December 2017: High grade assay results returned for Kola

4. Announcement dated 6 July 2017: Updated Mineral Resource for the High Grade Kola Deposit

5. NI 43-101 Technical Report. PFS for the Kola Deposit, 17 September 2012 (SRK Consulting)

6. Announcement dated 20 October 2014: Elemeantal Minerals Announces Exceptional Results from Dougou Yangala Drilling

7. Announcement dated 11 September 2017: Dougou Extension Prospect Sylvinite intersections up to 8.8 m thick within a zone of 8 by 5 km, open laterally

8. Announcement dated 18 May 2017: Dougou Mining Lease granted

9. Announcement dated 17 February 2015: Results for the Dougou Potash Project Scoping Study

10. Announcement dated 27 January 2015: Elemental Minerals Announces an Exploration Target for the High Grade Sylvinite Hangingwall Seam at the Yangala Prospect

Corporate activities

· Kore closed a $5m raising at AU$0.25 from Summit at a significant premium to that initially envisaged as part of the November 2016 strategic investment (AU$0.25 compared to AU$0.20).

o The Summit revised terms were as follows

§ An equity investment of US$5m at a share price of AU$0.25

§ Summit also received 5m options at AU$0.30.

· The Scheme of Arrangement between Kore and its shareholders, in relation to the redomicile from Australia to the UK, was approved by shareholders on 27 October 2017, the Federal Court of Australia on 6 November 2017, and was implemented on 20 November 2017.

· Following the period end, Kore raised a total of US$12.89m from existing and new investors ("Placees") through the placing and direct subscription of 83,523,344 ordinary shares ("Placing Shares") in the Company at a placing price of AUS$0.20 per new Ordinary Share. In addition, the Company raised US$250,000 from the Chairman, Mr David Hathorn, through a convertible loan note that will convert into Ordinary Shares on the same terms as the Placing Shares, upon shareholder approval at the next general meeting of the Company (collectively the "Fundraise"). Placees with Placing Shares on AIM were granted 8,250,000 equity warrants and Placees with Placing Shares on JSE will be granted 4,644,659 equity warrants pending SARB approval if such approval is required, on the basis of one equity warrant for every US$1.00 invested in the Placing exercisable at AUS$0.30 for one ordinary share with a 3 year subscription period.

· In May 2017, Kore appointed John Crews as its Chief Financial Officer. John was previously Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at UBS South Africa. In addition, he was also responsible for the finance function across MENA, Israel, Turkey and Nigeria and also served on a number of boards within the region. John graduated from the University of Orange Free State and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in 1997.

· Gavin Chamberlain joined Kore as Chief Operating Officer in October 2017. Gavin was Director of Operations at Amec Foster Wheeler Africa. He has over 30 years' experience in the delivery of large mining projects across Africa. He also has specific experience as Project Director in executing a US$2.2bn uranium project in Africa. His other roles include time spent in civil construction, project management and as managing director of an EPC construction company focussed on mining. Gavin qualified with a BSc (Eng) Civil Engineering degree and is a registered Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa. He is also a registered Professional Project Manager with PMI and is registered as a Construction Project Management Professional with the SACPCMP.

· Mr David Netherway was appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company in December 2017. Mr Netherway is a mining engineer with over 40 years of experience in the mining industry. He was involved in the construction and development of the New Liberty, Iduapriem, Siguiri, Kiniero, Samira Hill & Bonikro gold mines in West Africa and has extensive international mining experience including in Australia, Canada, China, Kazakhstan, Brazil, India, Nepal, Oman and Malaysia. Mr Netherway served as the CEO of Shield Mining until its takeover by Gryphon Minerals. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Toronto listed Afcan Mining Corporation, a China focused gold mining company that was sold to Eldorado Gold in 2005. He was also the Chairman of Afferro Mining which was acquired by IMIC in 2013. He has held senior management positions in a number of mining companies, including Golden Shamrock Mines, Ashanti Goldfields Ltd and Semafo Inc. Mr Netherway is currently the Chairman of Altus Strategies plc. (AIM: ALS), Canyon Resources Ltd (ASX: CAY) and Kilo Goldmines Ltd (TSX-V: KGL) and a Non-Executive Director of Avesoro Resources Inc. (TSX & AIM: ASO).

· BPIFrance, the French government export credit agency, has issued a Letter of Support ("LoS") confirming in principle support under the export credit insurance guarantee scheme of the French State ("ECA cover") for the construction of the Kore Group's flagship potash development asset, Kola. The LoS is based on the construction of Kola through an Engineering, Procurement and Construction ("EPC") contract with the existing consortium of French engineering and construction companies, and the EPC having substantial French content. The LoS is subject to further in-depth due diligence and is not legally binding. Kore Potash and the French Consortium ("FC") estimate that the French element of procurement for the construction, which will be eligible for ECA financing, will be in the region US$500-700m. The Company is also in discussions with other ECAs in relation to the provision of additional ECA financing.

Operational and exploration activity

DFS Scope and Update

The Definite feasibility study is now 81% complete and scheduled for completion late Q2 early Q3 2018. This study addresses the bulk infrastructure, mining, ore transport, processing plant and marine export of product. The bulk infrastructure is looking at power supply from the existing power station via a new overhead power line, the installation of a gas pipeline from the existing gas facility at M'boundi, the construction of new and upgrade of some exiting roads to facilitate both the construction of the project and serve the longer-term requirements of operations.

The mining is a conventional underground potash mine accessed through 2 vertical shafts. The one shaft for intake air and men and material access. The other shaft is for exhaust air and two high lift conveyors to get the ore out of the mine. The mine will have underground workshop facilities so once the equipment goes underground it will remain there for its life. The production schedule is based on 5 working faces at steady state production.The ore transport from the mine to the process plant is via a 35km overland conveyor. This conveyor has been designed with the requirements of the ESIA for animal movement and community access to land in mind.

The processing plant will be capable of producing 2mtpa of an 80/20 split between granular and standard MOP. The lower impurities found in this orebody in relation to other potash ore bodies has required some additional test work to be completed to validate the float portion of the plant. The marine facilities have been designed to allow transhipment of product via a dedicated jetty with barge loading facility, protected by its own breakwater. The barges then take the product to a transhipment zone where it is transferred to ships for export.

Kola Sylvinite Project

Exploration

During 2017, six drillholes were completed at the Kola Deposit, totalling 2061.7 metres. The program was highly successful; all except one contained high grade sylvinite and results included the highest grading intersections to date for the project.

EK_49 to EK_51 were drilled to provide additional data to support the update to the Kola Mineral Resource Estimate. The results of these holes were reported on the 23rd of January1 and 7th March 20172. All contained Sylvinite of mineable thickness, including and intersection of Hangingwall Seam (HWS) of 4.05 m grading 63.0% KCl (initially reported as being 58.9% KCl based on gamma data).

EK_52 to EK_54 were drilled to test for extensions and new areas of sylvinite HWS at Kola. EK_52 was unsuccessful intersecting carnallitite only. EK_53 and EK_54 were very successful, both intersecting very high grade sylvinite3 (Table 1). These two holes were located 1.5 and 7.0 km southeast 'on strike' from the current Measured and Indicated Resource, thereby demonstrating the potential opportunity for significant expansion of the Kola deposit and the presence of areas of exceptional grade. They highlight the possible future upside to the project economics if further exploration is carried out and is successful.

Table 1. Sylvinite intersections in all holes drilled at Kola during 2017

Kola Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE)

On 6 July 2017 an updated MRE was announced for the Kola Deposit4, including a combined Measured and Indicated Sylvinite Mineral Resource of 508 Mt grading 35.4% KCl (Table 2). This estimate provides the basis for the ongoing Kola DFS. The MRE was completed by Met-Chem division of DRA Americas Inc., a subsidiary of the DRA Group. An MRE for carnallitite was also made (Table 3) though is not part of the current mine plan.

The lower tonnage compared with the 2012 Measured and Indicated resource (Table 3) reflects an adjustment to the extent of the Indicated Resource category, and the use of true thickness for dipping intersections. This is largely offset by the 7% higher grade which, at over 35% KCl is on par with the world's highest grading operating potash mines. The Indicated resource includes 29.6 Mt of Sylvinite HWS with an average grade of 58.5% KCl. The deposit remains open in most directions, as demonstrated by the results of the exploration drill-holes EK_53 and EK_54 described above.

Table 2. July 2017 MRE for Kola sylvnite by seam

Tonnes are rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. The average density of the sylvinite is 2.10. Structural anomaly zones have been excluded. Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, marketing, or other relevant issues.

Changes to Potash Mineral Resources and Reserves

Table 3 provides a comparison of the Company's Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, year-on-year between 2016 and 2017, as per ASX Listing rule 5.21.4. The Kola MRE has changed following the update in July 2017. The Dougou MRE remains unchanged since 2015. The following are noted:

· The Company's total potash Mineral Resources have increased from 5.32 Bt to 5.95 Bt reflecting an increase in the Inferred resource of carnallitite at Kola.

· The combined Measured and Indicated resources for sylvinite and carnallitite have decreased slightly from 2.39 Bt to 2.36 Bt.

· The Measured and Indicated resource for Sylvinite only has reduced from 573 Mt to 508 Mt but at a 7% higher grade.

· The updated mineral reserves will be announced after completion of the ongoing Kola DFS, by early Q3 2018. The 2012 PFS defined proven and probable reserves of 152 Mt grading 31.7% KCl. As a formality, the latter are no longer reported as reserves, being considered an 'historical estimate'.

Table 3. Comparison of Potash Mineral Resources and Potash Mineral Reserves year-on-year between 2016 and 2017

Notes: The Mineral Resource estimates are reported in accordance with the JORC code 2012 edition. The Kola Mineral Resource was reported on the 6 July 2017, and was prepared by Met-Chem division of DRA Americas Inc., a subsidiary of the DRA Group. Resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 10% KCl. The Dougou Mineral Resource was prepared by ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH ("ERCOSPLAN") and reported in the ASX announcement dated 9 February 2015. The form and context of the Competent Person's findings as presented in this document have not materially changed since the resource was first reported. Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, marketing, or other relevant issues. The Mineral resources are considered to have reasonable expectation for eventual economic extraction using underground mining methods. The Kola Mineral Reserve, now considered a historical estimate, was first reported on the 19 September 2012 as defined by a Pre-Feasibility Study completed by SRK Consulting5

Dougou Extension Prospect

Strong results from exploration at Dougou Extension Prospect

In March 2017 the Company commenced drilling to follow up on two previous drill-holes ED_01 and ED_03 (drilled in 2012 and 2014) both of which contained intersections of sylvinite hosted by the HWS of 57.7% and 59.5% KCl over thickness of 4.5 and 4.2 m respectively6.

Between March and September 2017, the Company completed an additional 4 widely-spaced (2 to >4 km) holes (DX_01 to DX_04) totalling 1938.8 metres. As reported on September 11 2017, three of these holes intersected layers of flat-lying sylvinite7. DX_01 returned 8.75m grading 27.2% KCl hosted by the Top Seam, a layer found 12-15 m above the HWS. DX_03 (5km away from DX_01) intersected the same seam giving 4.87m grading 29.9% KCl. Drillhole DX_02 contained HWS grading 61.6% KCl but of a thickness of 0.93m.

The results of the 2017 drilling confirmed the widespread presence of sylvinite but that it is largely hosted by the Top Seam in addition to the HWS. The area delineated by all six of the Company's holes to date at the Prospect, is approximately 8km by 5km and open laterally.

Based on the exploration to date, the Company is of the view that Dougou Extension has the potential to host a second high-grade sylvinite deposit which would add to the Company's flagship Kola Potash Deposit. For the potential delineation of mineral resources further exploration is required; none is planned at present as the Company is focussed on the completion of the Kola DFS.

Dougou Mining Licence awarded

The Company's 97% owned RoC subsidiary Sintoukola Potash SA (SPSA) was awarded a Mining Licence for Dougou8, which includes the Dougou Carnallitite Deposit and the Dougou Extension Prospect. The Licence was issued on 9 May 2017 under decree 2017-139 issued for a period of 25 years from the Gazette date of 18 May 2017. The licence covers 456 km2. A Scoping Study completed for the Dougou Deposit in 2015 indicated favourable economics based on solution mining of the carnallitite9.

New Exploration Permit

SPSA was awarded a new Exploration Licence, Sintoukola 2, by Presidential Decree 2018-34 dated 9 February 2018 granting exploration rights for 3 years which can be renewed twice for periods of 2 years each, covering an area of 294.4km2 adjoining the Dougou Mining Lease, covering prospective ground for sylvinite to the northwest of the latter. Having now received the adjoining Sintoukola 2 Exploration Permit which adjoins the Dougou Extension Prospect the Company plans to update the Exploration Target first reported in 201210, using all available drillhole and seismic data.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains statements that are "forward-looking". Generally, the words "expect," "potential", "intend," "estimate," "will" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. By their very nature and whilst there is a reasonable basis for making such statements regarding the proposed placement described herein; forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any of our forward-looking statements, which are not guarantees of future performance. Statements in this news release regarding the Company's business or proposed business, which are not historical facts, are "forward looking" statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as resource estimates and statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature, they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results in each case could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made.

Competent Person Statement

The information relating to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, and the results of economic studies, is extracted from previous reports, as referred to in footnotes herein , and available to view on the Company's website. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcements and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person's findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.

Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the year ended 31 December 2017, and parent company statement of profit or loss, and other comprehensive income for the 5 month period ended 31 December 2017

Statements of financial position as at 31 December 2017

Statements of cash flow for the year ended 31 December 2017

The transactions for Kore Potash plc were executed and fully funded by its subsidiary, Kore Potash Limited.