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ANTILLES GOLD LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2011

Mar 21, 2011

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Capital/Financing Update

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Registered Office: Level 2 12 O’Connell Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Tel: 61 2 4861 1740 Fax: 61 2 4861 7665

Email: [email protected]

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ABN : 48 008 031 034
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ASX / Media Release

22 March 2011

ENVIROGOLD REPORTS IMPROVED AZUAY PROJECT ECONOMICS FOLLOWING REVISED SCOPING STUDY

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Production from Papercorp and Pinglio underground mines to be expanded in two stages;

  • Substantial reduction to equity requirement;

  • EnviroGold could book after tax profits of approximately US$250 million over 14 year mine life at US$1000 per oz gold;

  • Increasing to US$365 million at US$1200 per oz gold;

  • Primary source of funding generated by Company’s Las Lagunas project.

Australian-based mineral resources company, EnviroGold Limited ( ASX: EVG ) ( EnviroGold or the “Company” ) has revised the Scoping Study for its 65%-owned Azuay gold project in Ecuador following a decision to undertake the proposed expansion of production from the Papercorp and Pinglio underground mines in two stages. This is expected to substantially reduce the equity requirement and risk profile of the US$92 million project, which is targeting approximately 100,000 oz gold production per year by mid 2014.

The revised development concept will involve a progressive increase in the mining rate from mid 2012 to achieve ore production of 25,000t/month within six months. The ore will be trucked approximately 20km to a process plant and tailings dam site.

The first stage of development will involve the construction of a gravity circuit to extract up to 50% of the contained gold, which is free milling. Gold production is expected to ramp up to approximately 50,000 oz per year from commissioning around June 2013.

Free cash flow from this production will be applied to the second stage of the development. This will require the addition of an Albion oxidation plant combined with a standard carbon-in-leach circuit to extract the balance of gold, which is contained primarily in refractory ore. The second stage is expected to be commissioned in late 2014 and result in total gold production increasing to around 100,000 oz per year.

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A drilling program has commenced within the mines, and subject to the results confirming the advice of geological consultants that near mine expansion should yield a 4mt mining target grading from 10g/t Au to 12g/t Au (refer ASX announcement 25 October 2010), a development decision could be made in mid 2012.

A summary of the results of the Scoping Study for the Azuay project is attached.

Features include:

Mining Rate 300,000tpa
Life of Mine (4.0mt) 14 years
Gold Production (head grade 11g/t)
Phase 1 July 2013 - December 2014 53,000 oz/yr
Phase 2 January 2015 - June 2027 96,000 oz/yr
Operating Costs
Phase 1 July 2013 - December 2014 US$502/oz
Phase 2 January 2015 - June 2027 US$391/oz
EnviroGold Funding Requirements
Equity December 2010 to March 2011 US$1.3 million
April 2011 to June 2012 US$5.2 million
Loans June 2012 to December 2013 US$10.1 million
US$1000/oz Au US$1200/oz Au
Project After Tax Profits US$381.5 million US$561.4 million
Project Average Annual After Tax Profits US$27.3 million US$40.1 million
Current NPV Project (10% discount) US$116.3 million US$185.9 million
Current NPV EnviroGold’s interest US$82.1 million US$127.8 million

Mr Brian Johnson, Executive Chairman of EnviroGold Limited, said that the Company will provide US$5.2 milion of equity for the Azuay project over the next 15 months (in addition to US$1.3 million already contributed) and a further US$10.1 million of shareholder loans by December 2013, if the project proceeds as expected.

“If the project proceeds, the Company has the potential to book after tax profits of approximately US$250 million over the 14 years following commissioning, at a gold price of US$1000 per oz gold. At a gold price of US$1200 per oz gold, the Company’s share of profits could jump to US$365 million,” Mr Johnson said.

Funding will be sourced primarily from cash generated by the Las Lagunas project in the Dominican Republic which is expected to commence gold and silver production in January 2012.

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The Azuay project is at the centre of a highly mineralised gold belt with the Papercorp and Pinglio mines surrounded by reported NI43-101 (Canadian JORC equivalent) compliant resources of over 15 million oz of gold (refer ASX Announcement 24 November 2010).

The Azuay process plant and tailings dams will be designed to permit expansion to accommodate increased tonnage of ore sourced from the adjoining San Gerardo property which is under a three year purchase option to EnviroGold (100%). The 2200 ha concession hosts high grade vein sets in five underground workings with similar ore to that in the Papercorp and Pinglio mines.

An exploration program on the San Gerardo lease will commence later this year and focus on these prospects as well as the open-pit potential of five identified areas of mineralised hydrothermal breccias, and a 80ha area of copper-gold-molybdenum mineralisation.

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ENVIROGOLD (AZUAY) SA PAPERCORP – PINGLIO MINE EXPANSION

SCOPING STUDY – SUMMARY OF RESULTS – MARCH 2011

PHASE 1

DEVELOPMENT COST ESTIMATE

ID AREA DESCRIPTION ITEM
No.
ITEM DESCRIPTION ESTIMATE
USD
A FEASIBILITY STUDY 01
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
Costs to Date
Resource Drilling and Definition
Metallurgical Testwork Program
Feasibility Study - Process Plant
Feasibility Study - Mining
Feasibility Study - Tailings
Feasibility Study - Social / Environmental
Plant/Tailings Site Option
SUB TOTAL - FEASIBILITYSTUDYCOSTS
1,300,000
3,150,000
150,000
500,000
500,000
100,000
100,000
50,000
5,850,000
B PREDEVLOPMENT 01
02
03
Plant/Tailings Site Purchase
Earthworks/Access Roads
Engineering - Process Plant
SUB TOTAL - PREDEVELOPMENT COSTS
450,000
100,000
1,500,000
2,050,000
C CONSTRUCTION 01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
12
13
14
15
Mechanical Equipment (Supply)
Transportation
Earthworks/Roadworks
Tailings Dam (Phase 1) EPCM
Concrete Work (Supply and Install)
Tank and Chute Plate Work (Supply and Install)
Structural Steel (Supply and Install)
Mechanical Equipment (Installation)
Pipeworks (Supply and Install)
Electrics and Instrumentation Cabling (Installation)
Mine Development, Infrastructure and Equipment
Plant Mobile Equipment
Consumables
Spares
SUB TOTAL - CONSTRUCTION COSTS
4,946,000
600,000
300,000
2,500,000
1,000,000
400,000
750,000
300,000
1,500,000
500,000
8,000,000
400,000
500,000
500,000
22,196,000
D INFRASTRUCTURE 01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
Electrical Power Supply
Substation Yard (Switch/Transformer)
MCC Buildings and Control Room
Electrical MCC and Control Room Equipment
Buildings
Laboratory and Laboratory Equipment
Boundary and Security Fencing
Access Roads Upgrade
SUB TOTAL – INFRASTRUCTURECOSTS
500,000
800,000
100,000
2,500,000
300,000
250,000
100,000
250,000
4,800,000
Carrier forward 34,896,000

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ID AREA DESCRIPTION ITEM
No.
ITEM DESCRIPTION ESTIMATE
USD
Brought forward 34,896,000
E PROJECT MANAGEMENT& ADMINISTRATION 3,100,000
F CONTINGENCY
10% (A to E)
3,800,000
G ACQUISITION COSTS 3,500,000
H FINANCING COSTS 01 Bank Fees/Legal 1,000,000
02 Bank Interest 1,346,000
03 Shareholders Interest 736,000
SUB TOTAL – FINANCING COSTS 3,082,000
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST 48,378,000

FUNDING - USD

EQUITY
EnviroGold
(65%)
6,500,000
Minorities
(35%)
3,500,000
SHAREHOLDERS LOANS
EnviroGold
(65%)
5,120,000
Minorities
(35%)
2,657,000
PROJECT FINANCE
TOTAL
10,000,000
7,877,000
30,501,000
48,378,000

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OPERATING PARAMETERS – PHASE 1

OPERATING PARAMETERS – PHASE 1 OPERATING PARAMETERS – PHASE 1
PROCESS PLANT OPERATION SUMMARY
Parameter
Unit
Value
Annual Throughput
t/a
Gold Grade
g Au/t
Gold Recovery
%
Gold Production
oz/a
Gold Price
US$/oz
300,000
11
50.0%
53,049
1000

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NOTES: Process Plant assumptions:

Annual Design Throughput, tpa 300,000
Crushing Circuit Design Throughput, tph 68
Crushing Circuit Availability, h/a 4380
Grinding Circuit Design Throughput, tph 37.5
Grinding Circuit Availability, h/a 8000
Smelts, batch/week 14
PROJECT OPERATING COST ESTIMATE SUMMARY PROJECT OPERATING COST ESTIMATE SUMMARY PROJECT OPERATING COST ESTIMATE SUMMARY
Operation Costs US$/a US$/t US$/oz
Mining Costs
Contract Services 15,000,000 50.00 282.76
Road Maintenance 600,000 2.00 11.31
Ore Haulage 1,800,000 6.00 33.93
Exploration 2,100,000 7.00 39.59
SubTotal - Mining 19,500,000 65.00 367.59
Process Plant Costs
Consumables 1,793,167 5.98 33.80
Power - Mains 1,615,200 5.38 30.45
Contract Services 1,001,000 3.34 18.87
Maintenance Spares 550,000 1.83 10.37
Mobile Plant Lease 152,000 0.51 2.87
Labour 984,471 3.28 18.56
Expat. Management 950,000 3.17 17.91
Refinery 65,894 0.22 1.24
Sub Total-Process 7,111,732 23.71 134.06
Total -Operating Cost 26,611,732 88.71 501.65

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PHASE 2

DEVELOPMENT COST ESTIMATE

ID AREA DESCRIPTION ITEM
No.
ITEM DESCRIPTION ESTIMATE
USD
A FEASIBILITY STUDY 05
06
08
Metallurgical Testwork Program
Feasibility Study - Process Plant
Feasibility Study - Tailings
SUB TOTAL - FEASIBILITYSTUDYCOSTS
200,000
500,000
100,000
800,000
B PREDEVLOPMENT 03
04
Licence Fee – Albion Process Technology
Engineering - Process Plant
SUB TOTAL - PREDEVELOPMENT COSTS
2,000,000
2,500,000
4,500,000
C CONSTRUCTION 01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
13
14
15
Mechanical Equipment (Supply)
Transportation
Earthworks
Tailings Dam (Phase 2) EPCM
Concrete Work (Supply and Install)
Tank and Chute Plate Work (Supply and Install)
Structural Steel (Supply and Install)
Mechanical Equipment (Installation)
Pipeworks (Supply and Install)
Electrics and Instrumentation Cabling (Installation)
Mobile Plant
Consumables
Spares
SUB TOTAL - CONSTRUCTION COSTS
13,560,000
750,000
150,000
2,500,000
1,500,000
3,000,000
1,800,000
750,000
1,500,000
600,000
200,000
500,000
500,000
27,310,000
D INFRASTRUCTURE 02
03
04
05
06
07
Substation Yard (Switch/Transformer)
MCC Buildings and Control Room
Electrical MCC and Control Room Equipment
Buildings
Laboratory and Laboratory Equipment
Boundary and Security Fencing
SUB TOTAL – INFRASTRUCTURECOSTS
800,000
100,000
1,500,000
80,000
150,000
150,000
2,780,000
E PROJECT MANAGEMENT& ADMINISTRATION 1,800,000
F CONTINGENCY
10% (A to E)
3,719,000
G ACQUISITION COSTS -
H FINANCING COSTS 01 Bank Fees/Legal 1,000,000
02 Bank Interest 1,338,000
03 Shareholders Interest 699,000
SUB TOTAL – FINANCING COSTS 3,037,000
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST 43,946,000

FUNDING - USD

EQUITY

Retained Earnings Phase 1 SHAREHOLDERS LOANS EnviroGold (65%) Minorities (35%) PROJECT FINANCE

5,327,000 4,955,000 2,668,000 7,623,000 30,996,000 TOTAL 43,946,000

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OPERATING PARAMETERS – PHASE 2

OPERATING PARAMETERS – PHASE 2 OPERATING PARAMETERS – PHASE 2
PROCESS PLANT OPERATION SUMMARY
Parameter
Unit
Value
Annual Throughput
t/a
Gold Grade
g Au/t
Gold Recovery
%
Gold Production
oz/a
Gold Price
US$/oz
300,000
11
90.0%
95,488
1000

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NOTES: Process Plant assumptions:

Annual Design Throughput, tpa 300,000
Crushing Circuit Design Throughput, tph 68
Crushing Circuit Availability, h/a 4380
Grinding Circuit Design Throughput, tph 37.5
Grinding Circuit Availability, h/a 8000
CIL Circuit Solids Conc., % w/w 35
CIL Product WAD Cyanide Conc., ppm 250
Elution Column Carbon Batch Size, t 2
Carbon Strip Frequency, strips/week 5
PROJECT OPERATING COST ESTIMATE SUMMARY PROJECT OPERATING COST ESTIMATE SUMMARY PROJECT OPERATING COST ESTIMATE SUMMARY
Operation Costs US$/a US$/t US$/oz
Mining Costs
Contract Services 15,000,000 50.00 157.09
Road Maintenance 600,000 2.00 6.28
Ore Haulage 1,800,000 6.00 18.85
Exploration 2,100,000 7.00 21.99
Sub Total-Mining 19,500,000 65.00 204.21
Process Plant Costs
Consumables 7,463,745 24.88 78.16
Power - Mains 5,790,400 19.30 60.64
Contract Services 1,156,000 3.85 12.11
Maintenance Spares 1,000,000 3.33 10.47
Mobile Plant Lease 152,000 0.51 1.59
Labour 1,184,515 3.95 12.40
Expat. Management 950,000 3.17 9.95
Refinery 118,609 0.40 1.24
SubTotal - Process 17,815,269 59.38 186.57
Total -Operating Cost 37,315,269 124.38 390.79

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Underground exploration drilling – Papercorp mine, Ecuador

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Exploration Camp – Azuay gold project, Ecuador

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ABOUT ENVIROGOLD

EnviroGold Limited (ASX code: "EVG") is an Australian based mineral resource company using patented next generation technology to extract gold and silver from metallurgically complex mineral resources in Latin America.

EnviroGold has agreements with Xstrata Technology to use its ground-breaking Albion Process Technology which enables EnviroGold to extract gold and silver from refractory ore or mine tailings and eliminate the threat of acid mine drainage, resulting in a net benefit to the environment.

EnviroGold is also applying its expertise to securing gold and silver production from the mining of oxide or sulphidic ore using traditional gravity, carbon-in-leach, or heap-leaching processing.

The Company’s key projects are:

Dominican Republic

Las Lagunas Gold Tailings Project (100%)

  • reprocessing of high grade refractory tailings from the Pueblo Viejo gold mine is expected to commence in December 2011, at the annual rate of 65,000 oz of gold and 600,000 oz of silver (JORC Inferred Resource of 5.137 Mt of tailings at 3.8 g/t gold and 38.6 g/t silver) (621,000 oz of gold and 6,400,000 oz of silver).

Ecuador

Azuay Gold Mining Project (earn-in 65%)

  • planned expansion of Pinglio and Papercorp small scale underground mines in 2012-2013 to produce 50,000 oz of gold per year, and to 100,000 oz per year by end 2014.

San Gerardo Gold Mining Project (purchase option 100%)

  • planned exploration program of highly prospective 2200ha concession in 20112013, to establish a resource sufficient to support an open pit mining operation with the potential to produce 100,000 oz of gold equivalent per year.

EnviroGold is also actively pursuing additional gold projects in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Peru.

Enquires: Mr Brian Johnson Mr James Tyers Executive Chairman Director of Operations E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Ph: +61 2 4861 1740 Ph: +61 2 4861 1740 Fax: +61 2 4861 7665 Fax: +61 2 4861 7665

Media: David Brook Professional Public Relations E-mail: [email protected] Ph: +61 8 9388 0944 Mob: +61 (0) 415 096 804

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Competent Person Statements

Ecuador

The technical information in this release relating to the Ecuador gold projects was compiled by Mr Dale Schultz, Managing Director of Buscore Consulting Ltd, who is a consultant to the EnviroGold Group and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) which is ROPO accepted for the purpose of reporting in accordance with Appendix 5A of the ASX listing rules. Mr Schultz has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 edition of the ‘Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Schultz consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on information in the form and context in which it appears.

Las Lagunas, Dominican Republic

The technical information in this release relating to the Dominican project is based on information compiled by Rick Adams, BSc MAusIMM MAIG, Director Geological Resource Services who is a consultant to EnviroGold Limited. Mr Adams is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Adams consents to the inclusion of the matters in the report based on information in the form and context in which it appears.

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