Announcement PDF 604 Page 1 of 2 15 July 2001 Form 604 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B Notice of change of interests of substantial holder To Company Name/Scheme CORE LITHIUM LTD(ASX:CXO) ACN/ARSN 1. Details of substantial holder (1) Name SEE ANNEXURE 1 ACN/ARSN (if applicable) SEE ANNEXURE 1 There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on 08/05/2026 The previous notice was given to the company on 26/02/2026 The previous notice was dated 24/02/2026 2. Previous and present voting power The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows: Class of securities (4) Previous notice Present notice Person’s votes Voting power (5) Person’s votes Voting power (5) FPO 208,093,342 7.8157% 308,453,563 9.5296% 3. Changes in relevant interests Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as follows: Date of change Person whose relevant interest changed Nature of change (6) Consideration given in relation to change (7) Class and number of securities affected Person's votes affected SEE ANNEXURE 1 4. Present relevant interests Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows: Holder of relevant interest Registered holder of securities Person entitled to be registered as holder (8) Nature of relevant interest (6) Class and number of securities Person's votes SEE ANNEXURE 1 604 Page 2 of 2 15 July 2001 5. Changes in association The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows: Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Nature of association 6. Addresses The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows: Name Address SEE ANNEXURE 1 Signature print name Aoife Kemp capacity Company Secretary sign here date 12/05/2026 DIRECTIONS (1) If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 6 of the form. (2) See the definition of "associate" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001. (3) See the definition of "relevant interest" in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Act 2001. (4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes. (5) The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100. (6) Include details of: (a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances because of which the change in relevant interest occurred. If subsection 671B(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or arrangement; and (b) any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant interest relates (indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies). See the definition of "relevant agreement" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001. (7) Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired. (8) If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write "unknown". (9) Give details, if appropriate, of the present association and any change in that association since the last substantial holding notice. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF INTERESTS OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER ANNEXURE 1 STOCK: CORE LITHIUM LTD (ASX:CXO) 1. Details of substantial holder (1) NAME ACN/ARSN Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd ABN 64 090 148 619 David Paradice 3. CHANGES IN RELEVANT INTERESTS DATE OF CHANGE PERSON WHOSE RELEVANT INTEREST CHANGED NATURE OF CHANGE CONSIDERATION GIVEN IN RELATION TO CHANGE $ CLASS & NO. OF SECURITIES AFFECTED PERSON'S VOTES AFFECTED 26/02/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 774,763.94 2,978,569 2,978,569 27/02/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 514,128.18 1,973,979 1,973,979 2/03/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 2,514.89 9,141 9,141 5/03/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 19,247.46 75,447 75,447 9/03/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 12,771.12 58,025 58,025 10/03/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Sale 1,485.73 - 6,325 - 6,325 11/03/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 3,977.72 16,919 16,919 13/03/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 10,871.83 47,248 47,248 24/03/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 8,946,677.59 42,603,134 42,603,134 16/04/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Sale 3,251.35 - 9,567 - 9,567 29/04/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Sale 5,594.02 - 17,489 - 17,489 8/05/2026 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Share Purchase - 11,052,539.40 52,631,140 52,631,140 Total Purchases 21,337,492.13 -$ 100,393,602 100,393,602 Total Sales 10,331.10 $ -33,381 -33,381 Total -$21,327,161.03 100,360,221 100,360,221 4. PRESENT RELEVANT INTERESTS Holder of Relevant Interest Registered Holder of Securities Person entitled to be registered as holder Nature of Relevant Interest Class & No of Securities Persons Votes Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd HSBC Nominees Aust Ltd HSBC Nominees Aust Ltd Investment Manager 134,487,611.00 134,487,611.00 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd Citicorp Nominees Ltd Citicorp Nominees Ltd Investment Manager 139,266,349.00 139,266,349.00 Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd JP Morgan Nominees Aust Ltd JP Morgan Nominees Aust Ltd Investment Manager 34,699,603.00 34,699,603.00 TOTAL 308,453,563.00 308,453,563.00 ADDRESSES Name Address Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd L27, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000 David Paradice C/- Lumina. Level 43, 25 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW 2000 12/05/2026 Company Secretary Aoife Kemp DATE CAPACITY Nature of relevant interest Power to (or control) exercise vote and/or dispose of the securities as discretionary investment managers or advisers of superannuation funds, pooled superannuation trusts, managed investment schemes and investment management agreements. Relevant interest under section 608(3)(a), where a person is taken to have the same relevant interests as a body corporate, or managed investment scheme, in which the person's voting power is over 20%