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EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2011
Jan 30, 2011
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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December 2010 Quarterly Update

Disclaimer




- The information contained in this presentation is not financial product advice. The presentation is for information purposes and is of a general and summary nature only. It does not constitute an offer. Catalpa Resources Limited (Catalpa) gives no warranties in relation to the statements and information in this presentation. Investorsshould seek appropriate advice on their own objectives, financial situation and needs.
- This presentation contains certain statements which may constitute "forward-looking statements". Such statements are only predictions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties which could cause actual values, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed, implied or projected in any forward-looking statements.
- Catalpa disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
- This presentation does not constitute or form any part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any securities in Catalpa nor shall it or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or commitment or investment decision relating to any securities in Catalpa. Any decision regarding any proposed subscription for securities in Catalpa must be made solely on the basis of information on Catalpa that is publicly available.
Corporate Information

| ASX Code | CAH |
|---|---|
| ASX Top 300 | |
| ASX Market Cap (1) | A\$275M |
| Shares | 163M |
| Options (2) | 14M |
| (3) Cash & Bullion |
A\$30M |
| Debt(3) | A\$59M |
| Largest Shareholder | ≈4.6% |
| Institutions and Funds | >50% Register |
| Board & Management |
≈4% |
| Producing Operations | 2 |
| Forward Sales | 318Koz @ A\$1,557/oz |
| Ore Reserves(4) | 1.1Moz |
| Resources(4) Mineral |
2.2Moz |


(1) As at ASX market close 28 January 2011
(2) Exercise price A\$0.83 – A\$1.69
(3) As at 31 December 2010
(4) Depleted as at 30 June 2010
A Company on the Move


Source – IRESS As at 28 January 2011

Group Production - December 2010 Quarter

Record quarter of consolidated gold production - 24,942 ounces
Exploration Success, Resource Growth

Group Resource Growth (Ounces)

Growing Gold, Growing Value

Group Ore Reserve Growth (Ounces)

Year
Edna May Gold Project Snapshot

9 years
Ore Reserves: 1.0Mozs
Mineral Resources: 1.7Mozs
Gold Production (oz): June 2010 - 9,808 Sept 2010 - 13,413 Dec 2010 - 17,148
Plant Capacity: 2.8Mtpa
Plant Recovery: 91.5%



Edna May Dec 2010 Quarterly Highlights
| Production | Record gold production of 17,148 ounces | ||||
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| Gold production delivered into hedge book at A\$1,557/oz |
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| Plant Throughput & Reliability |
SAG liner wear issues resolved Test work commenced for 3.2Mtpa plant upgrade |
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| Reconciliation | Resource and grade control models reconcile within 0.1g/t of gold production |
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| Resource Growth | New high grade underground Mineral Resource of 660,000t @ 9.1g/t for 195,000 ozs - Targeting high grade ore delivery early 2012 |
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| Resource definition drilling success - new high grade zones discovered, broad high grade mineralisation identified 7.07m @ 25.5g/t gold and 12.20m @ 7.5g/t gold |
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| Opportunities | Tungsten recovery results indicate the potential for >A\$50/oz cost benefit through tungsten credit and gold recovery |
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| Regional acquisition and growth opportunities continue to be assessed |
Edna May Positioned to Deliver Production Growth

Plant Throughput & Reliability
- A\$3.9M tailings thickener and A\$0.6M fine carbon screen under construction
- Secondary crusher trials for planned mill upgrade to 3.2Mtpa underway
- Plant reliability and critical spares review
High Grade Underground Potential
- Infill drilling planned 2011
- Mineral resource update Mar qtr 2011
- Underground mining studies planned Mar qtr 2011 targeting high grade ore delivery early 2012
Resource Expansion
• Accelerated resource expansion drill programs 2011 planned at the high potential, under-explored Edna May, Golden Point and Greenfinch gold corridors
Edna May Resource Definition and Expansion Success

\$A3.2M Exploration Program
Confirmed high-grade gold continuity of mineralisation beneath Edna May open pit
Identified new high-grade zones in hanging wall of Edna May Gneiss
Identified broad zones of high-grade gold mineralisation including; 7.07m @ 25.5g/t gold and 12.20m @ 7.5g/t gold
Results anticipated to improve Mineral Resource confidence to the Indicated category in a significant portion of target area
Mineralisation remains open at depth, down dip and along strike
The Edna May Underground Opportunity Indicative Timetable

| Edna May Underground Potential - Indicative Timetable | |||||||||||
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||
| Sept Qtr | Dec Qtr | Mar Qtr | Jun Qtr | Sept Qtr | Dec Qtr | Mar Qtr | Jun Qtr | Sept Qtr | Dec Qtr | Mar Qtr | |
| UG Evaluation | |||||||||||
| Maiden UG Resource | |||||||||||
| Infill Drilling | |||||||||||
| Mineral Resource Update | |||||||||||
| UG Mining Study | |||||||||||
| Ore Reserve Estimate | |||||||||||
| Borefield Establishment | |||||||||||
| Decline Rehabilitation | |||||||||||
| UG Infill Drilling | |||||||||||
| Trial Mining and UG Dev | |||||||||||
| Ramp up UG Ore Production | |||||||||||
| Full Scale Production |
An indicative timeline to high grade ore production
Ramping Edna May to 140,000+ oz pa

Surface Expression of Edna May,Greenfinch &Golden PointGneiss and new pit design
Edna May Underground Target Surface Drilling

16 holes complete; intersections confirm high grade continuity, broad mineralisation widths and new high grade zones
Golden Point Targets – Open at Depth


Greenfinch Targets - Open at Depth



Cracow Gold Project Snapshot
consistent, reliable, low cost

Mine Life: >2 years
Ore Reserves: (30%) 69,000ozs
Mineral Resources: (30%) 305,000ozs
Gold Production (oz) (30%): March 2010 – 6,437 June 2010 – 8,466 Sept 2010 – 7,727 Dec 2010 – 7,794
Plant Capacity: 550,000tpa Plant Recovery: 92%


Cracow Dec 2010 Quarterly Highlights

| Consistent gold production with 7,794ozs produced | |
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| Production | Cash operating Cost of A\$562/oz |
| Production not materially affected by flooding in Queensland |
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| Plant Throughput & Reliability |
Plant upgrade to 550,000tpa on schedule with practical completion March qtr 2011 |
| Resource Growth | Accelerated exploration programs targeting high grade epithermal gold mineralisation to increase Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves |
| Exploration success with the extensions to the western epithermal field by several hundred metres to the south |
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| Exploration success at the historic Golden Plateau mine with the intersection of 7m @ 5.9 g/t gold |
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| Resource Definition |
Drill results in line with expectations within Kilkenny and Empire shoots with best intersections including 19m @ 13.0g/t gold and 27m @ 11.0g/t gold |
Note: C1 Cash Cost represents the cost for mining, processing and administration, including accounting movements for stockpiles and gold-in-circuit. It does not include costs for exploration, mine development, royalties or processing mill capital works. It includes net proceeds from by-product credits.


Guidance FY2011

- Catalpa Group production guidance 105,000 120,000 ounces
- Catalpa C1 cost guidance A\$745 –A\$677 per ounce

- C1 – cash costs represents the cost for mining, processing and administration, including accounting movements for stockpiles and gold-in-circuit. It does not include capital costs for exploration, mine development or processing mill capital works. It includes net proceeds from by-products credits. It does not include the cost of royalties.
5 Year Strategic Growth Plan

Near term organic growth from existing assets
Acquisition growth from significant cashflow
Growing Gold, Growing Value


- Ore body and metallurgical recoveries reconcile well
- Improvements to Edna May plant reliability underway
- Increase throughput with Edna May plant upgrade to 3.2Mtpa
- On target to deliver high grade underground mill feed
- Increase gold production driving unit costs down
- Pilot plant test work on potential tungsten credit and gold recovery >A\$50/oz cost benefit underway
- Golden opportunity for Mineral Resource/Ore Reserve Growth expansion at Edna May and Cracow Gold Projects
- Acquisition and growth opportunities continue to be assessed
- Catalpa is on track to deliver on its 5 year growth strategy
Comparable Company Metrics

Cash Margin and Mine Life

Cost per ounce based on reported Jun'10 production Catalpa cost/ounce reflects FY10/11
Analysts NAV Valuations

Source: Broker consensus estimates

Competent Persons

The reported Edna May Underground Mineral Resource has been compiled by Mr Daniel Guibal. Mr Guibal is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and an employee of SRK Consulting Pty Ltd. He has sufficient experience, relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves' of December 2004 ("JORC Code") as prepared by the Joint Ore Reserves Committee of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and the Minerals Council of Australia. Mr Guibal consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based upon his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The reported exploration results have been compiled by Mr John Winterbottom (Manager Geology), who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) and a full-time employee of Catalpa Resources Limited. He 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 December 2004 edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves" (JORC Code). Mr Winterbottom consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based upon his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources is based on work completed by Mr Nicolas Johnson, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Johnson is a full time employee of Hellman and Schofield Pty Ltd 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 Johnson consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to Ore Reserves is based on work completed by Mr Harry Warries, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Warries is a full time employee of Coffey Mining 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 Warries consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The reported Cracow Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve are based on a Competent Persons Statement provided by Newcrest Mining Limited on behalf of the Cracow Gold Joint Venture. Cracow is an unincorporated joint venture between Catalpa (30%) and Newcrest (70%). Further details on CGJV Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves are available on the Newcrest website www.newcrest.com.au.
Appendix 1 - A Strong and Experienced Board


PETER MALONEY, Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Maloney, aged 59, has broad commercial, financial and management expertise and experience. In a long career with WMC Resources, he held the positions of Treasurer, Executive Vice President Americas, and Manager Commercial and Marketing –WA. He has also been Executive General Manager, Finance at Santos and Chief Financial Officer at FH Faulding. Mr Maloney has also been a director of several companies and organizations including Indophil Resources and Barra Resources, and was chairman of Southern Health, the largest healthcare provider in Victoria. He has been Chief Financial Officer of Lion Selection (and its predecessor companies) since 2003.

BRUCE MCFADZEAN, Managing Director/CEO
Mr McFadzean, a mining engineer, FAusIMM, brings over 30 years of management, mining, processing and project "start up" experience to the organisation, half of which was gained in the employ of global resources brands, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Mr McFadzean has broad commodity experience in gold, iron ore, diamonds and nickel/cobalt and in a wide range of roles including corporate, managerial, technical and operational. Mr McFadzean is a non-executive director of Venture Minerals Limited.

BARRY SULLIVAN, Non-Executive Director
Mr. Sullivan is an experienced and successful mining engineer with a career spanning 40 years. His initial mining experience was gained in the South African gold mining industry, followed by more than 20 years with Mount Isa Mines. In the final 5 years of his tenure with MIM, Mr Sullivan was Executive General Manager responsible for the extensive Mount Isa and Hilton operations. More recently, Mr Sullivan has been working with a number of smaller exploration and mining companies.

JOHN ROWE, Non-Executive Director
John Rowe brings a wealth of geological and business development skills to the Company. Mr Rowe has 35 years experience within the Nickel and Gold industries of Western Australia. He has held a variety of positions in mine management, exploration and business development and was previously employed as an executive of Lion Ore in Australia.
GRAHAM FREESTONE, Non Executive Director

Graham Freestone has over 30 years experience in the finance and natural resources industry in Australia and internationally. He has a broad based finance, corporate and commercial background obtained from various senior finance positions with the Shell Group, Acacia Resources and AngloGold. Graham was comprehensively involved in the float of the Shell Group's mineral interests through Acacia Resources Limited.
MURRAY POLLOCK , Non-Executive Director
Murray Pollock is a businessman with 40 years experience within the mineral resource sector, principally in drilling. Mr Pollock is a drilling and mine management services consultant for several companies.
Appendix 2 – Management Team – Mining, Operational & Start-up Experience

- BRUCE MCFADZEAN Managing Director/CEO Mining Experience 32 years Operations Experience 27 years Project Start up 6


- ERIK PALMBACHS Chief Financial Officer Finance Experience 29 years Mining Experience 17 years Project Start up 3

STUART PETHER COO Mining Experience 20 years Operations Experience 15 years Project Start up 1


JOHN FRASER GM Edna May Processing Experience 25 years Operations Experience 25 years Project Start up 1
Mining Experience 11 years Operations Experience 6 years Project Start up 2
ADRIAN PELLICCIA Manager Bus Dev
NICK WINNALL Exploration Manager Exploration Experience 35 years In-field Experience 30 years
Hand picked management team
- Sound blend of skills in engineering, geology, metallurgy & finance
- Significant Technical and Operating expertise
- Experienced start-up team