Sandy Ridge Project Update – Tellus Signs 15 Year PPA for 50% Solar Diesel Battery Hybrid

• Tellus appoints General Counsel and Company Secretary
• Tellus expands Human Resources capability
• Tellus fills newly created specialist and functional roles

Sandy Ridge is Australia’s first dual open-cut kaolin mine and arid near-surface geological waste repository in a 70-million-year-old kaolin clay bed which is located 240 kms by road west north west of Kalgoorlie. The signing of the Sandy Ridge Power Purchase Agreement is a significant operational milestone for Tellus.

The PPA will provide Tellus with long term, reliable, affordable and cleaner power for operation of the Facility. Hybrid Systems will build, own, operate and maintain a ~ 2.5 MW solar-diesel- battery hybrid power system at the Sandy Ridge Facility and at a nearby water bore. The 15 year term of the Agreement sees Hybrid Systems become a key operations partner for Tellus.

The hybrid power system will prioritise solar generation and will store excess power in a battery energy storage system. Around 50% of the total electricity required by the Facility will be provided by solar generation, which will offset approximately 575,000 litres of diesel fuel per year, or after 25 years of operation, this amounts to a total saving of ~ 14 million liters of diesel, or 39 million tCO2-e . The battery energy storage system will enable the diesel generators to be turned off during periods of high solar penetration.

By prioritising renewable energy generation at Sandy Ridge, Tellus is committed to funding sustainable solutions to reduce our environmental impact.

Hybrid Systems are an experienced provider of integrated hybrid power systems in both on and off grid locations. Hybrid Systems have delivered a number of hybrid power systems into remote off grid locations like Sandy Ridge.