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EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED Investor Presentation 2007

Nov 21, 2007

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Mark Fitzpatrick Chairman

22 November 2007

Westonia Mines Limited

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� Westonia Gold Project status – leverage on the AUD gold price

  • Exploration upside potential:

  • Edna May Deeps

  • Westonia Greenstone Belt

  • • Programme progress

  • Investment proposition

Westonia Gold Project Retrospective

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Westonia Project & A$ Gold Price
Feasibility Study
Complete
A$950 July 2006
A$900
A$850
A$800
Feasibility Study
Complete
A$750
April 2004
A$700
A$650
A$600
Increasing Costs
A$550
A$500
A$450
Aug-02 Dec-02 Apr-03 Aug-03 Dec-03 Apr-04 Aug-04 Dec-04 Apr-05 Aug-05 Dec-05 Apr-06 Jul-06 Nov-06 Mar-07 Jul-07
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Westonia Gold Project: Open Pit Mining Potential

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Ore Source Ore Grade Gold Source Treated (g/tonne) Recovered (tonnes) (ounces 000’s) Edna May 14 m 1.21 490 2006 Deepening Feasibility existing pit to Study 220 m approx. (ASX release 31 Jul 06)

Greenfinch: February 2007 Resource Estimate at 0.7 g/t cut-off was 84,000 ozs approx. (ASX release 27 Feb 07)

Westonia Gold Project: Open Pit Costs

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  • Operating

July 2006 Feasibility Study May 2007 Update +Royalties Total

A$555/oz +10% 4.5% of Gold Price mid A$600s/oz

  • Capital

July 2006 Feasibility Study May 2007 Update Assume funding (Including working capital)

$65m $75 m $80 m

Westonia Gold Project: Open Pit Economics – an example (May 2007 numbers; +40,000 oz from Greenfinch; nil debt )

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Existing Shareholders
contribute ‘project rights’
worth say AUD35m at
share price of 10¢
Net Cash Flows,
undiscounted and
IMPLEMENTATION
AUD115m pre-tax (NCF)
OF THE PROJECT
generated from
successful project’
say AUD230m
‘New’ Investors provide
AUD80m of cash to
construct the project
$80m
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Cash margin of approx. AUD440/ oz required to generate AUD230m

Westonia Gold Project: Open Pit Economics – example continued

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Open Pit Eco Open Pit Eco nomics – example continued nomics – example continued
Shares on issue
Raise AUD80m @10¢
Total shares
345m
800m
1145m
Cash Margin NCF NCF/Share
AUD/oz AUDm cps
100 53 4.6
200 106 9.2
300 159 13.8
400 212 18.4
500 265 23
600 318 27.6

*Cash margin = gold price – cash op costs

Westonia Gold Project: Benefits of Gearing

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Cash
Margin
Funding Funding NCF
After debt
repaid**
Shares* NCF/Share
AUD/oz Debt
AUDm
Equity
AUDm
AUDm m cps
100 10 70 53 – 12 = 41 1045 3.9
200 20 60 106 – 23 = 83 945 8.8
300 30 50 159 – 34 = 125 845 14.8
400 40 40 212 – 46 = 166 745 22.3
500 50 30 265 – 58 = 207 645 32.1
600 60 20 318 – 69 = 249 545 45.7

*assumes an equity raising at 10 cps; ** debt repaid in 18 months

Edna May Deeps

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� Historical endowment of Edna May underground mining 575,000 t @ 19.5 g/t; 360,000 ozs (1911/22: 1935/47) � System exists down plunge for 1000m and open at depth

  • Mineralisation at 700m vertical depth

  • � Decline to 270m vertical depth

Edna May Deeps

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Edna May Deeps

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Edna May Deeps

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  • Database review 2007:

  • New GIS database

  • New science and thinking

  • New reef interpretation based on structure and lithology

  • Drilling program to test new model below 300m

  • � Drilling planned for 1[st] half 2008 subject to rig availability

WGB REGIONAL POTENTIAL The Exploration Model

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WGB REGIONAL POTENTIAL Initial Gold Targets

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WGB REGIONAL POTENTIAL Hitchings – a target example

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Current Exploration Program Regional

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RAB Drilling program of first 10 targets:

  • Landholder consents in place

  • Drilling commencing end of November 2007

  • Auger sampling program:

  • Landholder consents 50% in place

  • Auger drilling planned for first quarter 2008

The Investment Proposition: leverage to gold price + upside

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1. WGP is leveraged to the AUD gold price

2. Edna May Deeps upside – fast track WGP

3. Regional exploration upside – a new mine or fast track WGP