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Natural Soda LLC 2024 Project Status Report& Annual Plan of Development 20 January 2025 4.3. 2024 Operation Results (Confidential) Mining and production activities were continuous in 2024. The following Table 4 provides a summary of mining and process results: Table 4: Mine and Process Data (Confidential) 2024 Recovery Recovery Assay Assay Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Monthly Month Avg GPM Temp. Bicarb g/l NaCl g/l Mining Interval #12H Mining Interval #13H Mining Interval #15H Mining Interval #16H Mining Interval #17H Total Tons Jan-2024 2,018 183 201 14 1,648 1,364 5,914 7,789 4,843 21,557 Feb-2024 1,894 184 203 14 3,017 0 5,961 6,079 4,208 19,265 Mar-2024 2,032 184 203 14 1,032 1,813 6,391 8,413 4,469 22,118 Apr-2024 1,900 185 206 13 2,962 0 5,528 7,920 3,969 20,379 May-2024 1,806 184 207 13 3,417 0 6,034 7,459 3,980 20,890 Jun-2024 1,516 183 205 13 1,640 0 4,506 6,797 3,099 16,042 Jul-2024 2,000 181 202 15 2,111 812 6,702 7,441 4,168 21,234 Aug-2024 1,812 181 200 14 29 2,575 6,269 5,702 4,232 18,807 Sep-2024 2,007 181 201 14 1,928 964 6,087 7,254 4,305 20,537 Oct-2024 1,843 180 197 14 586 2,111 5,514 6,122 4,132 18,464 Nov-2024 1,919 182 200 14 0 2,335 5,768 7,119 3,918 19,140 Dec-2024 1,900 183 203 14 3,038 488 5,665 7,333 4,452 20,976 AVERAGE 1,887 183 202 14 1,784 1,039 5,861 7,119 4,148 19,951 TOTAL 21,407 12,463 70,337 85,428 49,775 239,410 Key to the above headings: Recovery - Monthly average house flow rate and pregnant liquor temperature during process operations. Assay - g/L sodium bicarbonate (as total bicarbonate) and sodium chloride in the pregnant liquor. (Total bicarbonate = bicarbonate g/L + 1.58 x carbonate g/L) Tons - Total monthly bicarbonate production from each mining interval. Temp. - Temperature in degrees F recovered at the pregnant liquor tank. Avg GPM - Monthly average injection flow rate during process operations.
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