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EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED Investor Presentation 2005

Apr 10, 2005

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WESTONIA MINES LIMITED

THE NEW INITIATIVE BY DAVID HATCH APRIL 2005

Recent History

Project not yet developed due to:

  • Substantial increase in open pit contract mining costs
  • Significant increase in plant construction costs

Strong AUD

Confidence issues surrounding apparently low grade resource

What's Different About Westonia?

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Size of resource

Regional tenement position and prospectivity

Westonia Geological Resource Comparison

July 2004
Indicated Inferred Total
0.7 g/t Cut-off
Tonnes (MT) 23.10 7.29 30.39
Grade (g/t) 1.41 1.35 1.39
Total (kozs) 1046 315 1361
1.0 g/r Cut-off
Tonnes (MT) 14.30 3,96 18.26
Grade (g/t) 1.76 1.77 4.76
Total (kozs) 808 226 4084

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Westonia Gold Project

Mineral Resource (July 2004) 0.7 g/t Cut-Off

Westonia Gold Project

Mineral Resource (July 2004) 0.7 g/t Cut-Off

Long Section

Yilgarn Block

Dewater Westonia Pit

Scope of Site Work Includes

  • Rehabilitation of existing evaporation ponds and construction of new/temporary pond
  • Acquisition and installation of a +2.5km pipeline
  • Re-establish pit access
  • Acquisition and installation of pumps Supervision and monitoring
  • Pumping rate of 15ML/day (11ML/day gain)

Grade Control Drill Programme

  • Estimated 10,000m RC programme along pit floor
  • Leachwell assaying technique
  • 8m x 5m pattern, vertical holes to 25m deep

Validate contained metal per vertical increment from 70m to 100m depth and calibrate the resource model

Resource Drilling

  • Infill drill gaps between 100m and 200m in expectation of adding resource ounces
  • Infill drill to convert inferred mineralisation to indicated category between 100m and 200m
  • Further drill test beyond 200m to increase level of confidence in resource at depth

Timeline

Task Name Duration $Jun-05$ $Jul-05$ Aug-05 Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 $Jan-06$ $Feb-06$ Mar-06
Dewatering 4 months
Grade Control 3 months
Resource Drilling 3 months
New Resource Model 1 month
Optimise, Re-design & Re-schedule Santa de Salvador (1980).
Nacional de Salvador (1980).
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2 months
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New Feasibility Study 3 months

Cost Summary

  • Dewatering
  • Drilling
  • Feasibility, Other
  • Contingency
  • Exploration

AUD 2.1M AUD 1.7M AUD 0.7M AUD 0.5M AUD 0.5M

Total AUD 5.5M

Objectives

  • Establish robust economic base case open pit mine and promote Company's progress
  • Aim for commissioning early 2007
  • Soon after demonstrating viability and cash earning potential of open pit, recommence development and resource drilling to test underground potential
  • Systematic regional exploration Structured growth based on Westonia Greenstone Belt to value-add and create shareholder wealth