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EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED Investor Presentation 2018

Sep 4, 2018

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COWAL SITE VISIT

CRAIG FAWCETT - GENERAL MANAGER 5 SEPTEMBER 2018

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT

These materials prepared by Evolution Mining Limited (or "the Company") include forward looking statements. Often, but not always, forward looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward looking words such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "plan", "estimate", "anticipate", "continue", and "guidance", or other similar words and may include, without limitation, statements regarding plans, strategies and objectives of management, anticipated production or construction commencement dates and expected costs or production outputs.

Forward looking statements inherently involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance and achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements. Relevant factors may include, but are not limited to, changes in commodity prices, foreign exchange fluctuations and general economic conditions, increased costs and demand for production inputs, the speculative nature of exploration and project development, including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses and permits and diminishing quantities or grades of reserves, political and social risks, changes to the regulatory framework within which the Company operates or may in the future operate, environmental conditions including extreme weather conditions, recruitment and retention of personnel, industrial relations issues and litigation.

Forward looking statements are based on the Company and its management's good faith assumptions relating to the financial, market, regulatory and other relevant environments that will exist and affect the Company's business and operations in the future. The Company does not give any assurance that the assumptions on which forward looking statements are based will prove to be correct, or that the Company's business or operations will not be affected in any material manner by these or other factors not foreseen or foreseeable by the Company or management or beyond the Company's control.

Although the Company attempts and has attempted to identify factors that would cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those disclosed in forward looking statements, there may be other factors that could cause actual results, performance, achievements or events not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, and many events are beyond the reasonable control of the Company. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements. Forward looking statements in these materials speak only at the date of issue. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant stock exchange listing rules, in providing this information the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any of the forward looking statements or to advise of any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

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EVOLUTION'S CORNERSTONE

Sustainable, reliable, low cost production

3 year net mine cash flow of A\$431M

Developing a pathway to increase production to >300kozpa

Exploration success delivering 10+ years organic mine life extensions

Underexplored region offers immense untapped potential

Location Approximately 40km north-east of West
Wyalong in New South Wales, Australia
Property Mining Lease (ML 1535) encompasses an area
of 2,636 hectares and lies within Evolution's
total property holding of ~13,152 hectares
Commencement Mining commenced 2005 and processing 2006
Approval Operation currently approved until 2032
Mining method Conventional open pit
Owner-Miner
Minerals Gold
Mineralisation type Structurally hosted epithermal to mesothermal
sheeted veins and shear hosted lodes
Process method Grinding, gravity, flotation
and cyanide
leaching circuits
Plant capacity >8Mtpa
Recovery 82% (4-6% increase with Float Tails Leach)
Ore Reserves1 116.28Mt @ 0.81g/t Au for 3.05Moz Au
Mineral Resources1 199.80Mt @ 0.95g/t Au for 6.08Moz Au

Cowal – a world class deposit

Access Sealed road connecting to West Wyalong
and major regional highways
Power Grid power supplied to the mine by
132kV transmission line
Workforce Residential
Employees and
contractors
520
Shift roster 7:7

  1. See the Appendix of this presentation for further details of the Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves

FY18 performance

  • 2 recordable injuries in FY18
  • 1 lost time injury in FY18
  • 4 incidents in FY18

Current performance

  • 39 days since last LTI
  • Total recordable injury frequency (TRIF) currently at 5.1

Key focus areas

  • Supervisor engagement
  • Contractor competencies
  • Skills training

TRIF: Total recordable injury frequency. The frequency of total recordable injuries per million hours worked. Results above are based on a 12 month moving average

SSO: An internal event classification with either an actual or potential consequence. The frequency rate is per

Strict Environmental Assessment (EA) guidelines

  • ISO14001 certified
  • ICMI certified
  • Annual independent audits and internal compliance reviews
  • LCCC environmental studies, monitoring and initiatives

Strong local community support

  • Partnership with Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation (WCC)
  • Total local procurement spend of ~A\$28M per annum
  • Supporting local charities and sports clubs
  • ~75% of employees are permanent residents
  • ~6% of employees are Indigenous

Queen's Baton Relay – January 2018. Inge Higgins from site and one of our Bell B45E Moxys for transportation

Key Projects

  • Mining
  • Drilling, fuel, tyres, maintenance: A\$4.0M
  • Processing operations
  • Milling efficiency, grinding media and reagents: A\$4.9M
  • Processing maintenance
  • Planning and execution: A\$2.6M
  • Project shut
  • Shutdown service provider contracts: A\$1.5M
  • Support department cost efficiencies
  • A\$1.0M

Tonnes produced per hour Cost (A\$/t processed)

Mod 12 – previous permit

▪ Operations 2024 with plant throughput at 7.5Mtpa

Mod 13 – current permit

  • Operations extended to 2032
  • Underpins current LOM (including Stage H)

Mod 14 – submitted March 2018

  • Enables plant expansion up to 9.8Mtpa
  • Includes Integrated Waste Landform (IWL) and infrastructure upgrades

Permitting required to unlock further potential

  • Major changes such as new pits or underground mines likely to trigger a major amendment (Part 4A)
  • Requires full Environmental Impact Study (EIS) with approval timelines typically greater than 3 years

  • Integrated Waste Landform (IWL)

  • Proposed tailings solution to support plant expansion to 9.8Mtpa
  • Footprint contained within existing Mining Lease boundary
  • Key enabler of future mine development and expansion
  • Significantly reduced costs over Life of Mine

Plant expansion feasibility study

  • On track for completion in December 2018 quarter
  • Assessing increased throughput up to 9.8Mtpa
  • Targeting a drop in processing unit costs of 10 15%

Proposed layout of Integrated Waste Landform (IWL) joining with current waste dump and surrounding TSF

Potential plant expansion option - conceptual 3D model 10

A significant investment in Cowal's future

Stage H cutback on track

  • Planned material movement achieved in FY18
  • Capital stripping scheduled to be completed in FY21

Float Tails Leach project on time and on budget

  • Expected to increase recoveries by 4 6%
  • Enables flexibility and co-treatment of oxides (current oxides stockpile >5Mt which will grow with Stage H)
  • Commissioning on track for December quarter

GRE46 underground exploration decline

  • Board approved and pending government approval
  • Development planned to commence H2 FY19
  • Work started on contracts

E42 Reserves 3.0Moz Resource 4.1Moz Past Production 2.8Moz Total E42 Endowment >6Moz

December 2017 Resource 5.8Moz Au Reserves 3.0Moz Au

Marsden Reserve: 817koz Au, 371kt Cu Resource: 1.0 Moz, 560kt Cu

▪ New high -grade intercepts from infill drilling include:

Hole ID Intercept *downhole width From
1535DD331B [email protected]/t 753m
1535DD331C [email protected]/t 747m
1535DD331D [email protected]/t 712m
[email protected]/t 766m
[email protected]/t 805m
1535DD331E [email protected]/t 751m
[email protected]/t 806m
[email protected]/t 834m
1535DD331G [email protected]/t 754m
Evolution Mining Limited
[email protected]/t
Macquarie Australia Conference
792m

E46D3219

Opportunity

  • Confirm and expand high grade GRE46 resource
  • UG project studies and production permitting
  • Blend 3 4g/t Au underground feed and open pit ore to improve head grade
  • Targeting 750 1,000ktpa production rate
  • Accelerate underground schedule to match plant expansion

East Girral

▪ Structurally hosted Au

Milly Milly

▪ Au-Cu porphyry

South Cowal

▪ Au-Cu porphyry

E46 Nth

▪ Au and Au -Cu porphyry

New Tenements

  • Additional tenements over Volcanic Rocks of Macquarie Arc
  • New geophysics (gravity)
  • Supplementary geochemistry – sampling to complete geochemistry data set
  • Additional geochemical samples – aircore drilling

East Girral

  • FY18 aircore drilling has delineated a significant geochemical anomaly
  • New Magnetics and follow up drilling to commence in the coming months
  • Landholder liaison completed with positive responses

Current Ore Reserves and mine plan to 2032

Underground development on GRE46 to commence in June 2019 half year

Planning underway to achieve a consistent production rate in excess of 300kozpa for 20+years

Cowal
Gold Mineral Resources -
December 2017
Measured Indicated Inferred Total Resource
Mineral Resource Tonnes Grade Cont. Metal
Au (koz)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade
Au (g/t)
Cont. Metal
Au (koz)
Tonnes
(Mt)
Grade
Au (g/t)
Cont. Metal
Au (koz)
Tonnes Grade Cont.
(Mt) Au (g/t) (Mt) Au (g/t) Metal Au
(koz)
E42 Oxide - - - 0.21 0.65 4 0.02 0.51 0 0.23 0.64 5
E42 Primary - - - 114.40 0.86 3,148 1.65 0.57 30 116.04 0.85 3,179
E42 Stockpile 46.64 0.70 1,049 - - - - - - 46.64 0.70 1,049
E41 Oxide - - - 4.18 1.19 160 0.65 1.73 36 4.83 1.26 196
E41 Primary - - - 11.14 0.89 319 0.98 1.60 50 12.12 0.95 369
E46 Oxide - - - 3.88 1.22 152 - - - 3.88 1.22 152
E46 Primary - - - 0.68 1.06 23 - - - 0.68 1.06 23
GR46 UG - - - - - - 5.90 3.17 603 5.90 3.17 603
GRE46 Oxide - - - 1.28 1.66 68 0.75 1.83 44 2.02 1.73 112
GRE46 Primary - - - 6.23 1.48 298 1.23 2.37 94 7.46 1.63 391
Total 46.64 0.70 1,049 141.99 0.91 4,173 11.17 2.39 858 199.80 0.95 6,079
Cowal Gold Mine Ore Reserves - December 2017
Proved Probable Total Reserve
Ore Reserve Cut-off (g/t
Au)
Tonnes Grade Au Cont. Metal Tonnes Grade Au Cont. Metal
Tonnes
Au (koz)
(Mt)
4
0.21
1,994
69.44
-
46.64
1,998
116.28
Grade Au Cont. Metal
(Mt) (g/t) Au (koz) (Mt) (g/t) (g/t) Au (koz)
E42 oxide 0.40 - - - 0.21 0.65 0.65 4
E42 primary 0.40 - - - 69.44 0.89 0.89 1,994
Stockpile 0.40 46.64 0.70 1,049 - - 0.70 1,049
Total 46.64 0.70 1,049 69.64 0.89 0.81 3,046

Data is reported to significant figures and differences may occur due to rounding

Mineral Resources are reported inclusive of Ore Reserves

Mineral Resources have been reported above a cut-off grade of 0.40g/t gold and constrained within an A\$1,800/oz pit optimisation shell

The Cowal Mineral Resource Competent Person is James Biggam and the Ore Reserve Competent Person is Ryan Kare

This information is extracted from the ASX release entitled "Annual Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves Statement" released to the ASX on 19 April 2018. Evolution confirms that that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in that release and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed

1988
Cowal
North Limited
undertakes extensive
exploration at Lake
2000
North Limited is
acquired by Rio Tinto
2002
Gold
Homestake
Mining
merges with Barrick
2006
First gold is poured in
April 2006
2015
Evolution Mining
acquires Cowal Gold
Operation with 1.6Moz
Ore Reserve
Evolution increases
Ore Reserves by 40%
to 2.2Moz
2017
Mine life is extended
to 2032
Ore Reserves
increased by 12% to
3.2Moz
North
Limited
undertakes
Gold first
extensive
discovered in
1893
exploration
West
at Lake
Wyalong
Cowal
Gold first discovered in
area
West Wyalong
North
Limited is
NSW
acquired by
government
Rio Tinto
issues
development
consent
conditions for the
1999
Cowal gold
project
F
NSW government
2000
issues development
consent conditions for
1999
the Cowal gold project
Cowal gold
project is sold to
Homestake
Mining
F
2001
2002
2001
Cowal gold project is
sold to Homestake
Mining
2004
2004
Construction
commences on Cowal
gold project
2014
2006
Evolution
increases
Ore Reserves
(+40%)
and Mineral
Resources
2016
(+48%)
Evolution increases
to 2.9Moz
Ore Reserves by 30%
  • Provides additional long term optionality
  • Acquired from Newcrest in August 2016
  • Pre-feasibility Study
  • Core across key sections re-logged
  • Key considerations
    • Ore processing
    • Detailed design and scheduling
    • Ore haulage (17km direct line to Cowal)
    • Approvals and permitting
  • Mineral Resources1 123Mt at 0.46% for 560kt Cu

and 0.27g/t for 1,053koz Au

▪ Ore Reserves1 65Mt at 0.57% for 371kt Cu

and 0.39g/t for 817koz

  1. Refer to Evolution Mining Annual Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves Statement released to the ASX on 19 April 2018

Location plan showing the Marsden copper-gold project and proximity to Cowal

  • Power supplied by AGL
  • Crushing
  • Primary crushing: Metso 54-75 Superior MK-II gyratory crusher
  • Grinding
  • FFE 36' x 20.5' SAG mill, FFE 22' x 36.5' ball mill
  • Forged steel 125mm balls (SAG), 80mm balls (ball mill)
  • Screening
  • Schenck Vibrating screens (SAG discharge), Deklor Linear (COF)
  • Recycle crusher
  • 2 x Sandvik H6800 hydrocone cone crushers

Mineral liberation/recovery

  • Method: flotation, regrind, CIL of concentrate
  • Equipment: 2 x SK1200 and 10 x OK200TC (flotation), Metso Vertimill (VTM1000WB), 2 x Metso 355kW SMDs, 4,000m3, Pre-Ox, 2 x 4,000m3and 6 x 1,000m3CIL tanks
  • Cyanide supply Orica
  • Lime supply Boral
  • Refining
  • 10t AARL elution circuit, ANSAC regeneration kiln
  • Gravity Circuit
  • Falcon concentrator / Acacia Reactor

Haulage/mine trucks

  • − 16 x Cat 789C Dump Trucks
  • − 5 x Cat 785 Dump Trucks

Drilling equipment

  • − 3 x Atlas Copco D65 (Hired)
  • − 1 x Terex SKF Drill

Dozers

  • − 5 x CAT D10T Tracked Dozers
  • − 1 x CAT834H Wheel Dozer

Shovels/excavators/loaders

  • − 1 x Liebherr 9400 Excavator
  • − 1 x Liebherr 994B Excavator
  • − 1 x Hitachi EX3600 Excavator
  • − 1 x Hitachi EX1200 Excavator
  • − 2 x Cat 992G Loaders

Haul road maintenance equipment

  • − 3 x Cat 16H Graders
  • − 1 x Cat 349 Excavator
  • − 2 x Cat 777D Water Carts

Project Arrive Alive

  • Fatigue management identified as a major operational risk
  • Industry leading fatigue management policy and practices developed
  • Strong emphasis on education and awareness to enable self-regulation
  • Enhancement of rosters and journey management
  • Supported by fatigue management experts and psychologists
  • Project has evolved into a comprehensive employee health and wellness program

Project Vital

  • An integrated and holistic approach to employee health and wellness centred on education and awareness
  • Utilises expert psychologists (Matecheck) to provide confidential counselling services to employees on abroad range of issues
  • Full time health and wellbeing professionals (HBP Healthy Business) on site – developing personal health plans for employees
  • Corporate gym memberships for employees
  • Impact on workforce has been profound

Cowal – 2017 NSW Mining HSEC award for safety

  • Mining Operation of the Year 2017
  • NSW Mineral Council's Safety Excellence Award 2017 (Project Arrive Alive)
  • SES Commissioner's Commendation 2017 (2016 flood mitigation and relief work)
  • Runner up in the NSW Mineral Council's Community Excellence Award 2017 (Project Bridge)
  • NSW Mines Rescue Challenge 2017 (best captain)
  • Victorian Mines Rescue Championships 2017 (1st for Search & Rescue & Breathing Apparatus Practical Events; 2nd for theory exam)

Some of Cowal's 2017 Awards

Cowal – 2017 NSW Mining HSEC award for safety

Evolution MINING