Announcement PDF BPH GLOBAL LTD ACN 009 104 330 26 November 2024 Company Announcements Pla9orm Australian Securi<es Exchange Seaweed Consultancy renewed – Focus on Blockchain, carbon credits and AI to drive R&D program Highlights • • • • • • • Blockchain technology: focus on sourcing and deployment of blockchain technology to facilitate: o biological integrity and sustainability of seaweed culHvaHon and processing; and o the development of an accreditaHon methodology for the issue of blue carbon credits ArHficial Intelligence technology (AI): ConHnued focus on AI to enhance criHcal mineral and nutraceuHcal idenHficaHon and extracHon EssenHal Mineral and NutraceuHcal extracHon: FermentaHon and Phycomining techniques to unlock essenHal minerals and nutraceuHcals Biohydrogen ExtracHon: ProducHon of biohydrogen/biogases as a natural by-product of fermentaHon CommercialisaHon: commercialisaHon opportuniHes to drive R&D strategies Consultancy Agreement Renewed: two (2) year agreement with Gaia Mariculture Expanded R&D role: Gaia to conduct R&D and to oversee out-sourced R&D projects The Board of BPH Global Ltd (ASX: BP8) (Company), is pleased to advise the re-appointment of Gaia Mariculture Pte Ltd (Gaia Mariculture) as the manager of the Company’s research and development programs (R&D Programs). Pursuant to the renewed consul<ng agreement, the Company’s wholly owned, Singapore-based subsidiary Stemcell United Pte Ltd (BP8 Singapore) has engaged Gaia Mariculture as a to manage the BP8 Group’s R&D Programs (ConsulHng Agreement). ConsulHng Agreement Pursuant to the Consul<ng Agreement, Gaia Mariculture will provide: • • Out-sourced Research, being the R&D that has been or will be outsourced by or on behalf of the BP8 Group to a third party to be conducted by that party under the supervision of Gaia; and. In-house Research, being the R&D to be undertaken directly by Gaia. Out-sourced Research comprises the following services which the BP8 Group is seeking to out-source to third par<es: • • • • • Sourcing, development and deployment of Blockchain technologies: sourcing, development and/or acquisi<on of blockchain technologies and their deployment to: o provide biological integrity and traceability and to promote sustainable farming of seaweed; and o enable the measurement of carbon capture and storage by seaweeds to facilitate the crea<on of an accredita<on scheme for the issue of blue carbon credits; Phycomining to unlock nutraceuHcals and criHcal minerals: conduct of a feasibility study on the efficacy of deploying Phycomining techniques (the use of aqua<c hyperaccumulator biomasses to bioaccumulate higher concentra<ons of metals in seaweed cul<vated in seawater) to: o determine whether levels of metals that are found in seaweed occur in natural quan<<es or in unnaturally high concentra<ons when the seaweed is cul<vated in polluted waters; and o develop techniques to recover valuable metals from the seaweed biomass; AI GeneHc Algorithm: con<nued development of an AI generated gene<c algorithm to enable machine determina<on of varia<ons in seaweed genomes to be applied to seaweed breeding and gene edi<ng; AI-enhanced extracHon: development and deployment of AI driven imaging technology to further enhance essen<al mineral iden<fica<on and isola<on so as to increase the effec<veness of phyto-hydrometallurgical techniques to extract essen<al minerals from seaweed; and AddiHonal scope: any addi<onal or related service rela<ng to a project outsourced to a third party reasonably requested by the BP8 Group and agreed by Gaia from <me to <me. In-house Research comprises the following services to be provided by the Gaia to the BP8 Group: • • • • • • • • Germplasm Seedbank (prisHne waters): con<nued development of the exis<ng germplasm seedbank for deployment in pris<ne waters; Germplasm Seedbank (polluted waters): development of an addi<onal germplasm seedbank dedicated to different strains and species of seaweed which have a high cri<cal mineral content and which can grow successfully in waters polluted by heavy metals; Precision CulHvaHon Systems: con<nued development of the BP8 Group’s proprietary technical produc<on technology which includes desired seedlings, nutrient formula<on and standard cul<va<on system implementa<on processes; FermentaHon to unlock nutraceuHcals and criHcal minerals: con<nued development of the fermenta<on (Anaerobic Diges<on) process of extrac<ng nutraceu<cals and cri<cal minerals, based on a non-pyroly<c/low heat process; ProducHon of biohydrogen/biogas as a natural by-product of fermentaHon: development of the BP8’s ability to produce biogases, principally biohydrogen and biomethane as a by-product of the fermenta<on process; and Interns: consul<ng and advice in rela<on to the recruitment, engagement and supervision of interns appointed by the Company to work on the R&D Projects; ReporHng regime: run the Research Projects using the student interns engaged by the BP8 Group, and report results and outcomes of the Research Projects to the BP8 Group on a monthly basis; and AddiHonal scope: any addi<onal or related service reasonably requested by the BP8 Group and agreed by Gaia from <me to <me. The ini<al term of the Consul<ng Agreement is two years from the effec<ve date (1 December 2024). The Consul<ng Agreement can be terminated by either party on the giving of thirty (30) days’ no<ce. As with the previous agreement, the renewed Consul<ng Agreement requires that the services to be provided Gaia are overseen exclusively by Mr Alan Lee. In considera<on of Gaia providing the consultancy services, BP8 Singapore will pay Gaia SGD5,000 per month. BP8 Singapore will conduct a performance review of Gaia provision of the services on 1 July 2025. For further informa.on, please visit our website at www.bp8global.com or contact: Mr Paul Stephenson BPH Global Limited Chairman E: pauls@bp8global.com This announcement has been approved for release by the Board of Directors.