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EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED — Investor Presentation 2007
Nov 21, 2007
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Investor Presentation
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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
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Exploration upside potential:
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Edna May Deeps
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Westonia Greenstone Belt
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• Programme progress
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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 |
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| Shares on issue Raise AUD80m @10¢ Total shares |
345m 800m 1145m |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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Mineralisation at 700m vertical depth
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� 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:
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New GIS database
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→
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New science and thinking
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New reef interpretation based on structure and lithology
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Drilling program to test new model below 300m
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� 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:
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Landholder consents in place
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Drilling commencing end of November 2007
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Auger sampling program:
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Landholder consents 50% in place
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Auger drilling planned for first quarter 2008
The Investment Proposition: leverage to gold price + upside
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