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Natural Soda overview
February 2020
• World-Class Deposit in ideal jurisdiction – Colorado USA
• Environmentally friendly operation
• Strong customer relationships
• Leader in quality standards
• Production and market expansion opportunities
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Natural Soda Overview
Asset Highlights
World-Class Deposit in Ideal
Jurisdiction
World-class sodium bicarbonate deposit located only ~2,000 feet below surface
Current solution mining technology can be leveraged for ~32 million tons probable nahcolite
reserves
Pure and Natural Sodium
Bicarbonate
Natural Soda’s solution mining technology produces a natural form of Sodium Bicarbonate to
one of the highest purity standards (USP) of product produced in North America.
Environmentally-Friendly, Zero-
Discharge Production
With its closed-system solution recovery method, Natural Soda has a low environmental
footprint and produces pure, natural product
Near-Term Opportunities for
Capacity and Margin Expansion
Near-term opportunities for expansion include capacity expansion to 500ktpa and entrance
into the hemodialysis and active pharmaceutical ingredient markets (where sodium
bicarbonate is used as a critical input)
Existing Abundant Water
AccessRequired water demands satisfied easily by currently held water rights
Strong Customer Relationships Long-term relationships with loyal customer base
Key Business Improvements
During Rincon Ownership
Highly experienced management team has driven improvement in key operational drivers
including brine flow, on-stream time and yield
Additional Long-Term
Opportunities
Further capacity expansion and international expansion opportunities and multiple other
resources, including water and soda ash.
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• Located in western Colorado, Natural Soda is the
second largest producer of sodium bicarbonate in North
America
– Produces pure, natural sodium bicarbonate from
extensive nahcolite leases
• Location: Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado
– Long-life, pure nahcolite resource
– Sits atop the nahcolite-rich Boies Bed
• Property/Leases: ~9,700 acres of sodium leases
– Long life deposit with over 3 million tons of sodium bicarbonate
produced from leases since inception
• Extraction: Solution mining method
– Unique closed-circuit solution mining technology, with no chemical
alteration to the product and a low environmental footprint
• Key Developments:
– Completed an expansion to 240ktpa in 2014
– Opportunity to expand to permitted 500 ktpa
• Key Customers: wholesale distributors, grain & commodity businesses, animal
feed producers, consumer product producers and agricultural product producers
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Natural Soda’s Competitive Landscape
Overview of Lease and Permits
• Natural Soda sustains a competitive advantage relative to domestic producers
• All of Natural Soda’s domestic competitors utilize soda ash in their production, which has tightened
supply in the sodium bicarbonate market
• Soda ash to sodium bicarbonate conversion process demands extra time and cost
– Requires carbon dioxide (CO2)
– Adds significant production cost
– Entails a carrying opportunity cost when soda ash commands a higher market price than sodium
bicarbonate
Natural Soda Facilities & Mineral Resources
• ~31,000 square foot plant and ~22,000
square-foot leased warehouse in Rifle,
Colorado
• Piceance Basin: estimated in-place resource
of 43 billion tons of nahcolite, based on USGS
Oil Shale Assessment
• Boies Bed: nahcolite-rich area in the
Piceance Basin with high quality deposits
within ~2,000 feet of the surface
• Federal sodium leases comprise ~9,700 acres
• Halite deposits exist on-site and offer
additional potential source of value
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Note: All tons mentioned throughout this document refer to “short tons” unless otherwise noted.
Unique Closed-Circuit Solution Recovery Method
• Pregnant Liquor Storage: Pregnant liquor is delivered from the
Natural Soda mine to two 40,000 gallon storage tanks at the plant site
• Crystallization: Sodium bicarbonate is re-crystallized by cooling the
pregnant liquor
• Dewatering: The total sodium bicarbonate production from the
crystallizers is pumped as a slurry to a set of thickening hydrocyclones
• Centrifuge: Underflow from hydro cyclones is fed to the centrifuge to
dewater before drying
• Drying: Wet cake from the dewatering operation is dried in natural
gas-fueled, direct-fired flash dryers
• Storage: Product from the dryers is transferred to the dome storage
building or screening operation
• Bagging Facility: The bagging facility has 2 packaging machines, with
a total of 5 packers
• Loading: Bulk and packaged product loaded out
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Barren Liquor
Packaging
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Natural SodaSales & Product Breakdown
Natural Soda’s Strong
Customer Relationships
Tons Sold
• Repeat and loyal partner customers that have
verified the purity and specifications of Natural Soda
product
• Top 15 Customers have a 15+ year relationship with
Natural Soda
• Extensive network of distributors
• Well recognized end use customers including
national brand names
• Multiple package size options
• Customization packaging available
• Sales chain available in 24 countries globally
• Customer friendly ordering system
• Point of Sale and Sales Material available
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• Extensive testing and quality assurance
– Every lot undergoes testing and has a
“Certificate of Analysis”, including feed &
industrial product
• Approvals and Certifications , Natural Soda is
the industry leader due to its natural production
process leaders in approvals and certifications
– ISO 9001
– Non- GMO Project
– FSSC 22000 Certificate
– FDA– Bioterrorism Act
– Annual Customer Audits
Natural Soda’s
Quality and Certifications
Tons Sold Differentiated Grade
Feed & Industrial Grade
• Represents ~1/4 of total 2018 volume
• Commands higher prices than sodium bicarbonate grades used
for general industrial uses or animal feed
• Evaluating entry into new differentiated markets (active
pharmaceutical ingredient and hemodialysis markets)
Food & Baking Personal
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Animal Nutrition Chemical Pool & Water Treatment
Selected End Markets
Selected End Markets
Home
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• Represents ~3/4 of total 2018 volume
Natural Soda LLC
Kirk Daehling, President
Jackie Deiter, Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing
Rincon Ltd
Tim Goldsmith, Chief Executive Officer
Ben McCormick, Chief Financial Officer
Natural Soda LLC
3200 RBC County
Road 31
Rifle, CO 81650
United States
+1 970 456 1268
Rincon Ltd.
Level 2
15- 19 Claremont street
South Yarra
Melbourne 3141
Australia
www. naturalsoda.com
Natural Soda LLC is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Rincon Ltd.
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This summary (“Summary”) has been prepared by Natural Soda LLC (“Natural Soda”) for informational purposes only. This Summary does not
constitute an offer or invitation for the sale or purchase of the securities, assets or business described herein. The reader uses this Summary at
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judgments may or may not prove to be correct and there can be no assurance that any statements and estimates, targets or projections of Natural
Soda’s results are attainable or will be realized. Accordingly, neither Natural Soda nor its affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers,
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