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ADMIRALTY RESOURCES NL. AGM Information 2007

Nov 7, 2007

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Adm rai lty esources R NL

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AGM REVIEW OF OPERATIONS PRESENTATION November 2007

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Company Overview

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ASX:ADY OTCBB:ARYRY (see www.adrbny.com)

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973.875 million shares on issue (at 5 November 2007)

  • 10.423 million unlisted options at 10 cents exercise price Nov 07 expiry

  • 5.5 million employee options at 10 cents expire Nov 09

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988 million shares fully diluted

Admiralty Resources NL

433 million held by the top 20 shareholders 44.98%

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Fortune Global Holdings
60% o f Ci a Mi nera anta ar S B b ara
100% ADY Resources Ltd
Argentina
100% B u man esources l R P/L
Lead, Zinc
Pyke Hill Resources P/L
Pyke Hill – Nickel 50% Int
100% ADY Investments P/L
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10 , 472 shareholders , 396 overseas

  1. ANZ Nominees – 28.19%

  2. HSBC No 2 Nominees – 2.71%

  3. 3 . Citicorp Nominees2 . 22%

  4. HSBC Nominees – 1.55%

  5. Merrill Lynch – 1.40%

Directors13 . 7%

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Key Personnel

Board of Directors

Prof. J Ross Harper CBE – LLB MA DUniv Chairman, Scottish Coal, legal background, London Michael Robert Clarke MSc – Managing Director – Santiago, Chile Phillip Thomas – BSc MBM AIG SIA Director, geology, investment, marketing – located L14, 200 Queen Street, Melbourne

John Anderson – Non-executive - B Com MBA Director, banking, mining management – Melbourne

Anthony Blumberg – B Com ATT Non-executive Director – stockbroking, margin lending, - Melbourne

Stephen Prior – B Com CPA – Company secretary

Techn cai l Dr Carlos Sorentino – PhD, MEnvSt, DipRadTech, BE(Chem),FAusIMM(CP), MMICA Technical Director, Rincon Salar (Sydney/Argentina) Dr Rodrigo Frias – Representative in Argentina, Legal Counsel (Salta) Dr Daniel Galli – Project Director, Sodium Sulphate, Potash (Argentina)/Jujuy

Cia Minera Santa Barbara

Board of Directors

Leonardo Farkas – President, Santiago, Vallenar Phillip Thomas - Director

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The Year In Review

Demerger announced – to add investor value and management focus

  • Achieved revenues to 30 June 07 of US$5 95m and $14 8m to. . 30 Oct 07 from sales of iron ore to WISCO

  • Released ASX JORC indicated and inferred reserves of 89 million tonnes

  • Sign a 10 year HOA with WISCO which is the preliminary to the final contract , new MD for Admiralty Resources

  • Commenced construction of the pilot plant and filling the ponds at the Rincon

  • Acquired Rio Grande sodium sulphate deposit to produce sodium carbonate

  • Comp el ted geochem si try and aeromagnetics for u man n, B l Z Pb ’ ~~s.~~

  • ~~deposit, granted two new EL~~

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The Year Ahead

CMSB

n - WISCO and 2[d] Cli 3 7 HOA ent year contracts (2008 2011), yearProduction reaches 100,000 tonnes per month (2,000t per hour)

Feb/March demerger comp etel d1 April 2008 international price increaseSep 2008 Cande ar a comp et onl i l i

Rincon

April 2008 first production of 50 tonnes LiCO3 comp el ted10% of annual production sold for 10 yearsAgenc es appo ni i ted for 50% of production

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The Year Ahead continued

  • April 2008 - $60m project finance in place

  • Dec 2008 – construction of plant and 50% of ponds completed

Bulman

  • January 2008 – geomagnetic survey results known

  • July 2008 – drilling results and geological model known

  • Sept 2008 – strategic position re new listing determined

  • Pyke Hill

  • Jan 2008 – drilling results known

  • June 2008 – value strategy by Cougar Metals identified

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Demerger – what are the elements?

  • Constitution will be changed to acquire unmarketable parcels, saving the company substantial amounts in ASX, annual report fees

  • The number of Admiralty shares on issue will be reduced to 280 million

  • An EGM will be held to decide if we should proceed with a capital distribution of 280 million Rincon Lithium Shares

  • If approved, the Rincon Lithium will be listed

  • The experts report provided to shareholders will determine the cost base or ax purposes anf t d address Adm rai lty so vency wl ithout Rincon Lithium

  • Each shareholder prior to the demerger date will have one share in each company

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CMSB Project Overview

Cia Minera Santa Barbara

Nov 2007 – 30,000 tonnes p er month, 500 hours p er month

Nov 2007 – sign port agreement with Phelps Dodge for Candelaria, 4.5 years with roll option

Jan 2008 - $3.0m of equipment installed – capacity increase to 100,000 tonnes per month (200 tonnes an hour)

Feb 2008 – stockpile will reach 200-300,000 tonnes

Feb 2008 – shipping commences – fulfil the 06 SPA agreement to WISCO CFR contract

Apr 2008 – commence 2008 contracts – shipping from Caleta – 4 x 45,000 per month FOB Contract basis 2007 benchmark + increase

Sept 2008 – commission Mariposa, Mirador pits to expand production to 3.6m tonnes per annum

Oct 2008 – commission Panamax size port to increase shipping capacity by another 2.0m tonnes per annum

June 2009 – commission two more pits for production expansion to 7 million tonnes

Jan 2010 – commission cape size port (maybe earlier subject to funding/permits etc).

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Rincon Pilot Plant -timetable

Rincon Lithium Limited

Pilot Plant Construction and Commissioning

Task Duration,
days
Begins Ends
Pilot Plant Assembly

Complete plant testing
14 29 Oct 15 Nov

Transport to site
3 16 Nov 20 Nov

Assembly, including electrics
7 21 Nov 29 Nov

Complete plant building
5 30 Nov 06 Dec

In situplant Testing
14 30 Nov 19 Dec
Evaporation Ponds construction

Geomembranes welding and testing
14 29 Oct 15 Nov

Trucking of brines to ponds,
50 16 Nov 24 Jan´08
Evaporation ponds

Evaporation
108 16 Nov 15 Apr ´08

Unrefined Li2CO3production
16 Apr´08

Full scale production scheduled for June – Sep 2009 subject to evaporation

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Key Statistics – Santa Barbara

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7,421 hectares of tenements at Japonesa Group Mine Vallenar
3,100 hectares at Pampa Tolofo, near Las Colorados Caleta
P or t
Santa Fe
10,000 metres drilling, 2.4m tonne capacity per annum (SB and SF)
Mine
JORC 89.0 m tonnes grading 18% at Japonesa Candelaria
Port
Mine head grade 22 . 3%
3 “fossil” stockpiles with 3 million tonnes fines at 14-16% Fe
457 staff operating plant –Besalco Staff
24 geologists, topographers, mining engineers
Punta
Santa Barbara
Alcalde
18 staff quality control/laboratory Mine
US$20-25m investment in plant – by Besalco
52 trucks to take ore to port each month
14 trucks to move ore to ship (500 metres) – 15,000 tonnes per day
SRK Geological Consulting key partner
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10,000 Hectares in Iron Ore Belt

New Tenements
Existing Tenements (Japonesa
Agreement)
Name
Size - hectares
Mine Name
Size - hectares
Leo 3
200
Japonesa
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New Tenements Existing Tenements (Japonesa
Agreement)
Name Size - hectares Mine Name Size - hectares
Leo 3
200
Japonesa
****
34
Leo 4 200 Japonesita 96
Leo 7 200 *Mirador 21
Leo 8 300 *Gibaiju 41
Leo 9 300 Natasha 50
Leo 10 200 Tatiana 60
Leo 11 200 Phil 3
Leo 12 300 Pamela 67
Leo 13 300 *Soberana 25
Leo 14 200 *Negrita 24
Leo 15 300 Total 421
Leo 16

200
New Tenements


L
18
eo
200 L
U
eo no
20
Leo 19 100 Leo 35
Leo 20 200 Leo siete 20
Leo 100 300 Leo Cinco 300
Leo 101 300 Leo Seis 300
Leo 102 300 Leo Dos 200
Leo 103 300 Tanati 80
Leo 104 300 Tina 181
Leo 105 300 Paco 14
Leo 106 300 Chillan Veijo 50
Leo 107 300 Total 1,200
Total 5,800 Grand Total 7,421

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Current Production and Operations

Production (Tonnes) 2007 Japonesa --- Jan Feb 11,781 Mar 22,764 Apr 30,847 May 27,444 June 26 , 433 July 32,481 August 36,051 Sept 36,627 Oct 34,045

Santa Barbara has grizzly, primary crusher , and high speed drums to install (Jan 08)

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Reserves and Resource Estimates – Santa Barbara 89 Million Tonnes

Mine Tonnage Weighted Average Grade Japonesa 42.0 million 13.7% Japonesita* 47.0 million 21.6% Chilean Viejo Mariposa Mirador Viviana * Juanita Negrita Soberana Primavera Leo2

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Caleta, Caldera Port

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Candelaria Port - Panamax

Laser Picture of Iron ore stockpiled at Caleta Port

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Caleta Pier - handymax

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loading at Caldera

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Hopper ship loading

Port of Punta Alcalde

Estimated Cost – US$32-$40m Main road to pass site 14km road upgrade 300,000 tonne stockpile Container loading facility – Fruit Port Iron ore loading – Santa Barbara Copper/Silver – Barrick Mines Coal unloading – Pascua Lama Power project Estimated Completion date Jan 2009 subject to funding

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Rincon Salar - Argentina

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  • Major, world-class, multi-element brine resource (Li, K,) located in the Salta Province of Argentina.

  • The 37 tenements cover an area in excess of 250 square kilometres.

  • Key resources are lithium chloride, lithium carbonate and potassium chloride, (Potash).

  • Sodium Carbonate, sodium sulphate and boric acid also planned

  • Resource due diligence & extraction methods for LiCl, LiOH, LiC03 KCl, have been finalised.

  • Capital expenditure program for development of Rincon Salar has been established.

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Rincon Salar - Argentina

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The Resource

  • The Rincon Pro j ect is located in north-western Argentina near the Chilean border.

  • It is a hyper saline lake, brine enriched in lithium, magnesium, potash, and boron, with three rivers prov idi ng su b terranean waters fl ow ng i i nto t h e salar through volcanic rocks.

  • The project is situated at an elevation of 3,700 -

  • metres within the Antofalla Pocitos volcanic rift valley in the high Andean Plains, with 50 salars closeby.

  • This ponded evaporate deposit is estimated to contain:

  • 1.8m tonnes of LiCO3 equivalent

  • 51.0m tonnes of KCl (Potash)

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JORC Reserve Calculation

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Production, Observation Wells and Ponds

Analysis Mean,
mg/L
Relative
dispersion

f
th
rom
e
mean
Li+ 394 ±11%
K+
Na+
7,972
113,903
±9%
±5%
Ca++
Mg++
Cl-
712
3,667
195,067
±65%
±14%
±3%
SO4=
B4O7=
CO3H-
12,334
1,762
386
±66%
±44%
±17%

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SEPTEMBER 2007

Admiralty Salar de Rincon Pilot Plant

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  • All major components have been manufactured and are being assembled on site; SepOct 2007

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  • Pond Liners installed by end Oct 2007

  • Plant automated to largest practical degree – plus global data transfer

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Product Specification

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Pilot Ponds Construction and Laboratory

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Japanese Import Statistics – Lithium Carbonate

USD Per tonne lithium Carbonate
imported into Japan
May-07

Lithium
carbonate
May-07
14,000
16,000
i
t
pr ce per onne
CHINA 7,325.51
10,000
12,000
CHINA
CANADA
GERMANY 39,575.14
CANADA 14,024.21
4000
6,000
8,000
USA
CHILE
ARGENTINA
USA 6,224.74

0
2,000
,
CHILE 6,038.49
ARGENTINA 6,448.66
Jan-07
Feb-07
Mar-07
Apr-07
May-07

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THE DEMAND FOR LITHIUM COMPOUNDS IS ABOUT TO SKY ROCKET

  • SQM Estimate of 00-06 CAGR – 6.8%, BUT; HEV, personal battery powered devices and other applications is causing accelerating growth in demand. -

  • Lithium Battery CAGR 2000 05; 25%

  • Car makers are now using Lithium-ion batteries to power Hybrid and full Electric Vehicles. Ford has the Escape and the 4WD Mercury Mariner, General Motors has the Sierra and the Saturn, Honda has the Accord.

  • Citroen announced at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show that all Citroen cars will be Hybrid Diesel-Electric by 2012

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  • Lithium Ion Batteries only currently viable solution

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  • Cost of Hydrogen infrastructure currently prohibitive for hydrogen fuel or hydrogen fuel cell

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  • New battery technologies near market ready: Lithium Polymer (allows battery to be moulded like putty. Lithium Ceramic Anode – hi g her ener gy densit y / g reater number of recharges

Citroen’s new baby Diesel - Electric Hybrid ~~The C-Cactus with 1.4l Diesel backup~~

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Global Lithium Supply & Pricing – an Opaque Oligopoly Admiralty Estimates a 30% Global Shortage of High Grade LCE

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SEPTEMBER 2007
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ADY Full Scale Production will have limited im act on increasin rices p g p

Admiralty
Estimate
Japanese
Corporate
Estimate
Industrial
Minerals
Estimate
Roskill
Report
2006
SQM
2006
Estimate
Admiralty Annual
Report
Hombre Muerto FMC
12-15,000 16,000 17,500 12,168
Attacama / Silver Peak, Chemetall 10-15,000 23,000 30,000 44,140
Attacama SQM3 25-28,000 28,000 27,800
Ri Adilt2 17000 17000 17000
ncon mray
,

,

,
Other 10,000
CITIC1
China
14,600
Total FMC+SQM+Chemetall (Andes Brines) 57-68000 67000 75300 70908 838004

,

,

,

,

,
Admiralty production as a percentage of total Brines 29.8%-
25%
25.4% 22.6% 23.9% 20.3%
  • Estimates of Lithium Compounds Production from Brines (Lithium Carbonate Equivalent - Tons)

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  • Notes: 1 Chinese CITIC Production is possible part brine part Spodumene

  • 2 Full Scale Production target mid 2009 3. SQM have been advising a capacity increase to 40,000 tons pa for a number of years 25

  • Includes Spodumene, but ratios not disclosed

Admiralty Rincon Project Risks – RISK RATING Summary of Risks from Detailed Analysis

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Consequence
Insignificant Minor Moderate Major Catastrophic
Likelihood
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Almost Certain
(5)
Likely 5.3
(4)
earthquake
Possible
4.1 econ 4.4 gas
(3)
b ene fi ts
4.2, 4.3, 4.5
Unlikely
5.2, 6.2 5.1, 5.4
(2)
5.4, 6.1, 6.3
Rare
(1)
Low Medium Significant High Extreme
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Admiralty Salar de Rincon - Summary

  • A World Class Lithium Reserve plus “Free” Potassium Chloride (MOP),

  • and Sodium Sulphate sales from Rio Grande

  • Potential for production significantly greater than planned

  • Rapidly increasing world demand on many fronts not just batteries; independent of base metals, increasing price even with additional future

  • Admiralty production

  • Lowest Global Cost of Production ( estimated )

  • Relatively inexpensive to bring to Full Scale Production

  • Excellent Economics – tax free zone for sales (Zona franca, Guemes)

  • World Class Team

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Bulman – Northern Territory

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  • Zinc and Lead oxide, sulphide deposit located in southern Arnhem land in Australia's Northern .

  • Territory

  • Applied for ELA23814 – 637 sq kilometres

  • In the 1950’s CRA estimated there was 375,000 tonnes @ 15% Zn and 2% Pb of mainly oxide material.

  • The Bulman Leases and five nearby Zn-Pb occurrences historically were considered having potential for at least 1 , 000 , 000 t of at- surface and near-surface exploitable oxide and sulphide ore at greater than 10% combined zinc and lead.

  • Demand for low level treated ores in Thailand, Asia

  • � Further sampling work to be undertaken in order to better define the leases and determine the areas acceptable f or prospecting

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Bulman Exploration Licences

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Bulman – MLN 726, 727

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Bulman Mining leases showing outcrops and banding

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Bulman Resources Lead and Zinc Anomalies

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Pyke Hill – Nickel Cobalt JV – Cougar Metals NL

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  • The Pyke Hill Project is located approximately 40km southeast of the Murrin Murrin Nickel Operation, near Leonora, Western Australia.

  • Prospective for a high-grade nickel-cobalt lateritic resource. Estimated in-ground value $3.1b.

  • Aircore drilling undertaken by Cougar in FY2004 returned intersections including 7m @ 2 . 26% Ni , 6m @ 2.03% Ni and 8m @ 1.50% Ni.

  • In FY2005 Cougar completed two additional drilling programs at the project. A total of 25 holes for 896m were drilled, The second program was completed at the end of FY2005 and consisted of 31 Aircore drill holes for 1380m.

  • Results of the better intersections encountered ranged in thicknesses from 3m to 17m and averaged 7.5m. The depth to the top of mineralisation varied from 13m to a maximum of 23m. Grades averaged 1.48% Ni overall using a 1.2% Ni cut-off.

  • Joint venture provides Admiralty with A$0.20 cents “ run of mineore .

  • per tonne of

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