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KORELLA EXPORT CAPABILITY ENHANCED THROUGH RAILPHOS PROJECT

Operational Update19 June 2025CRPIndustrials

NEWS RELEASE 25-012 June 18, 2025

KORELLA EXPORT CAPABILITY ENHANCED THROUGH RAILPHOS PROJECT


WELLINGTON New Zealand - Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited (TSXV: “NZP”, NZX: “CRP” and

“3GRE” (Frankfurt) or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a Feasibility

Study to develop a railway to connect its 100% owned Korella North Mine and its planned phosphate

export facility to the Port of Karumba.


The RailPhos project connecting the Korella North Mine, NW Queensland to the Port of Karumba

involves the building of the long-mooted Cloncurry to Normanton rail line with an extension to

Karumba.


The Korella North Mine is adjacent the existing Phosphate Hill to Port of Townsville rail line which

would connect at Cloncurry to the new Cloncurry- Karumba rail line.


Korella North is the only phosphate mine capable of loading directly in bulk onto rail. Phosphate

companies with currently no access to bulk phosphate rail transport options are NW Phosphate, Centrex,

Avenira, Australia Venus Resources and Golden Cross Resources.


Transport in bulk by rail and transshipment of phosphate through the Port of Karumba into Panamax

and larger ocean-going vessels anchored in the Gulf of Carpentaria, provides the only economical

means of exporting phosphate.


RailPhos would provide a bulk rail solution for CRP’s Korella North Mine and Korella South projects

at Phosphate Hill in NW Queensland which will also enable other phosphate miners to export in bulk

utilising the common-user facility in the Port of Karumba.


RailPhos will be privately funded and operated.


RailPhos’s Cloncurry to Karumba rail line is designed to be an all-weather operation to enable export

of up to 10 million tonnes per annum of phosphate through a common-use facility in the Port of

Karumba.


Chatham is engaging with potential customers in China/Indonesia, rail construction companies, railway

operators, landowners, construction material providers and existing /potential phosphate miners inviting

them to participate as potential Joint Venture partners in RailPhos.


The feasibility study will establish the scope, cost and programme for delivery of railway track and

rolling stock to build and operate RailPhos and will include consideration of government approvals,

funding and title requirements for the rail corridor and other assets.


To enable third party users of RailPhos the feasibility study will also consider the establishment of

common user bulk rail loading facilities at Mirri (at Korella North, Phosphate Hill), Mt Isa and Duchess.


Chris Castle

President and Chief Executive Officer

Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited

64 21 55 81 85 or chris@crpl.co.nz



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