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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 |

- 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
- 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