A.I.S. Resources Limited Powering the 21 st Century with Lithium Energy Investor Presentation JUNE 2018 1
TSX-V: AIS OTCQB: AISSF Disclaimer This presentation contains forward looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding predictions and projections. Forward looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although A.I.S. Resources Limited believes that such expectations are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct, and therefore actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward looking statements, whether made in this presentation or in any question and answer period related to this presentation. A.I.S. Resources | Page 2
TSX-V: AIS OTCQB: AISSF Growing Importance of Lithium Impact of Lithium Battery Technology ! ! Government declarations in Paris, Sweden and other countries, no more fossil fueled cars. ! ! Battery costs are continuously dropping – but using 55kg LiCO3 per battery. • ! There are no cost efficient substitutes or synthetic replacements for lithium batteries that are commercial. • ! China and many other countries provide subsidies for electric cars, increasing demand for lithium batteries. Electric Vehicle Sales • ! A record 55,000 new passenger electric cars were registered in august 2017 in China, with the market growing 68% compared to the same month last year and pulling the year-to-date (TDT) count over 282,000 electric cars, up 45% year over year (YoY) • ! The US sold 157,130 electric vehicles in 2016.. • ! Over 12 Battery Gigafactories are set to open by 2025. • ! Demand is projected to exceed supply through 2025. A.I.S. Resources | Page 3
TSX-V: AIS OTCQB: AISSF Why Invest in A.I.S. Resources? • ! Two projects in the Lithium Triangle • ! Guayatayoc and Vilama • ! Low number of shares issued • ! Experienced Management and Technical Team, pilot plant and process engineering. • ! Argentina Royalties – 4.5% (Federal 1.5% and Juruy Province 3%). Lower than world standard. • ! Market Capitalization and undervalued compared to peers • ! Attractive 2020 time-line to production • ! Production samples scheduled for Dec 2017 – completed • ! TEM-Electromagnetic survey is underway – which will determine size and location of aquifers in the top 250m of Guayatayoc • ! Guayatayoc has a mining permit and applied for lithium. A.I.S. Resources | Page 4
TSX-V: AIS OTCQB: AISSF Guayatayoc Project Deal Terms • ! !"#$%&'()&*+,-./0&-+1.&234&567&-3/08&3*93/&:;<0&#$=">&& • ! ;*93/&03&.70./1&234&2?408.4&567&-3/085&234&!#@$%&'()& • ! !ABC&D6EE63/&'()&*+,-./0&03&*?4<8+5.&F&<3/<.5563/5&G,& ;<0&#$=@&H&!I$$&*.4&8.<0+4.& • ! J8.&+G3K.&04+/5+<93/&504?<0?4.L&*.4-605&08.&M/+E& .K+E?+93/&32&08.&<3/<.5563/5&03&G.&<3-*E.0.1&G.234.& M/+E&*+,-./0&65&-+1.& • ! N3&503<%&655?+/<.L&/3&50+O.1&*+,-./05&34&43,+E9.5&03& K./1345& • ! J8.&+G3K.&04+/5+<93/&13.5&/30&16E?0.&58+4.83E1.45&+/1& +EE3P5&08.&<3-*+/,&03&.K+E?+0.&08.&<3/<.5563/5&*4634&03& *?4<8+5.& • ! N+93/+E&Q/504?-./0&AFR=$=&S.*340&+**43K.1&G,&08.&J(T& +/1&4.E.+5.1&D+,&#$=I&+K+6E+GE.&3/&(U)VS&+/1&<3-*+/,& P.G560.& • ! VQ(&S.53?4<.5&(V&E3<+E&<3-*+/,&6/<34*34+0.1& Brine pond contains 900ppm lithium in the Sodium and potassium saturated brine A.I.S. Resources | Page 5
TSX-V: AIS OTCQB: AISSF Experienced Management Team Martyn Element – Chairman of the Board, Director • ! Founder and President of Element & Associates – primarily focused on sourcing new business ventures globally with a proven track record of securing financing. • ! Cultivated extensive network and developed strong working relationships with specialized funds and high net worth individuals around the world – for private and public equity financings. • ! Prior to forming Element and Associates in 1989, he developed his experience in the public financial markets in Canada through various corporate finance rolls. Marc Enright-Morin – President, CEO, Director • ! Successful mining and investment banking executive based in Vancouver – has assisted various public and private companies raise capital through numerous institutions throughout North America, Europe and Austral-Asia. • ! Over 15 years experience in the public and private markets with extensive network of investment banking contacts, all instrumental in the management and development of junior companies. • ! Assisted various companies to go public through RTOs and IPOs, and has served as an officer and director to a number of publicly traded mining companies. • ! His primary focus is the resource sector – with seven years spent acquiring, researching, drilling and raising capital specifically for lithium opportunities. Kiki Smith – CFO, CPA CGA Director • ! Over 20 years experience assisting private and public companies in the roles of accountant, corporate controller and chief financial officer in mining, oil and gas, real estate, high technology, food production, and investment fund management. • ! Currently provides consulting services in mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance to several public and private companies in the resource, food production and investment sectors. • ! Member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia with Bachelor degree in economics. A.I.S. Resources | Page 6
TSX-V: AIS OTCQB: AISSF Experienced Management Team (continued) Phillip Thomas, BSc Geol, MBusM, MAIG, MAIMVA, (CMV) – COO, Director, Project Director/Geologist • ! Has spent the past 12 years exploring for lithium brines, building and operating pilot plants for production, and building production and processing facilities. Has first hand experience with the highly technical process of operating a lithium carbonate / lithium chloride plant at the Rincon salar. • ! Chairman and CEO, Admiralty Resources, 2004 to 2008 – he and his team explored and built the lithium carbonate processing facility which commenced operation in 2007. Upon the sale to the Sentient group in 2008, he resigned to pursue other lithium development opportunities. • ! He and this team developed the Pozuelos salar producing an indicated and inferred resource, and putting in two production wells. At Hombre Muerto salar they trenched, drilled and constructed the lithium isobars, including putting together a fully equipped lab and pilot plant in Salta to manage the extraction processes and phase chemistry including fractional crystallization, membranes and ion exchange processes. • ! Most recently he’s been involved in exploring the Pocitos, Salinas Grandes and Guayatayoc salars. • ! Experienced Geologist both in the field and has written bankable feasibility studies and proven and probable resource estimate statements. • ! Has significant investment banking experience holding senior executive/director roles with Macquarie Bank, ABN-Amro, McIntosh Securities and actuaries Watson Wyatt. • ! Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Australasian Institute of Mineral Valuers and Appraisers, Chairman of its board of directors, a Certified Mineral Valuer. He has a BSc, Geology from the Australian National University, a MBA from Monash University and Certificate in Financial Planning. He has attended numerous advanced courses in geology technology, geophysics and resource evaluation and many lithium conferences. A.I.S. Resources | Page 7
TSX-V: AIS OTCQB: AISSF Experienced Management Team (continued) Dr. Carlos Sorentino – Chief Chemical Engineer • ! Specializes in the valuation, planning, development and management of mining projects, having established a number of significant exploration projects in South America, and has completed a number of major lithium projects in Argentina. • ! Specializes in the exploration, metallurgy & development of evaporitic deposits mineral resources, mainly in the Andes Cordillera. • ! 1996 to 2001, prepared detailed engineering and bankable feasibility study for exploitation of the Salar del Rio Grande. • ! 2004 to 2008, developed the basic and detail engineering and directed the establishment of a pilot plant for a lithium project in the Salar of Rincon, in Salta, Argentina. • ! Recently, he formulated a detailed business plan for the exploitation of lithium in the Salar of Pozuelos. • ! His doctoral dissertation was mineral economics, and has a master of environmental studies, bachelor of engineering (chemistry) and a diploma in radioisotopes technology. • ! He is a fellow and a chartered professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a member of the Mineral Industry Consultants Association, a member of the American Chemical Society, and a director and certified mineral valuer with the Australasian Institute of Mineral Valuers and Appraisers. A.I.S. Resources | Page 8
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