Bellevue on track to be Australia's first net-zero gold miner, Signs pivotal Native Title Agreement

Industry leading hybrid power solution; Renewable energy will provide 80% of Bellevue's power

• Bellevue has signed an Early Works Agreement with Energy Developments Pty Ltd (EDL), a Tier-1 provider of sustainable distributed energy, for an off-grid hybrid power station to be built at its Bellevue Gold Project in Western Australia
• Bellevue has now secured the long-lead items required for the hybrid power station
• The Agreement is a pivotal step in Bellevue's strategy to minimise greenhouse gas emissions, with the project to be powered by a forecast average of 80% renewable energy per annum
• The hybrid power solution will consist of wind and solar generation, as well as a battery and thermal generation to supply the site's power requirement of ~13MW
• The power station will enable the mine to have the lowest Scope-1 emissions of any major gold mine in Australia, providing the cleanest power on a greenhouse-gas-per-kilowatt hour basis; and forecast emissions intensity of 0.15t CO₂e/oz to 0.2t CO₂e/oz will be the lowest of any major Australian gold mine (Figure 1)
• The hybrid power station will enable the project to operate on 100% renewable energy and 'engines off' mode.
• Bellevue's processing circuit has been designed to maximise the natural resources of wind and solar, providing a direct cost reduction and emission-free energy use, by time shifting up to 1MW of power use, to times of ample low-cost and zero emission renewable energy

Native Title Agreement signed for the Bellevue Gold Project

Highlights:

• Bellevue Gold Limited (Bellevue or Company) (ASX:BGL) is pleased to advise that a Native Title Agreement (NTA) has been signed with Tjiwarl (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC (Tjiwarl AC) as the holder on trust for the Tjiwarl Native Title Holders, being the native title rights and interests holders and traditional owners of the land which hosts the Bellevue Gold Project in Western Australia's North-eastern Goldfields
• The NTA follows mutually beneficial discussions between Tjiwarl AC and Bellevue, resulting in the formalisation of an agreement that embodies a spirit of genuine collaboration and respect which facilitates Project development while providing compensation for impacts on native title rights and interests, protecting heritage and country and providing opportunities for Tjiwarl people
• The Agreement was signed on site at the Bellevue Gold Project by senior representatives from both parties, representing a major milestone for the Project and aligning the Project with the incoming Western Australian legislation on protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage