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GRANGE RESOURCES LIMITED. AGM Information 2018

May 29, 2018

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AGM Presentation

May 2018

Most EXPERIENCED magnetite producer

  • STRONG Safety Culture

  • Shipped ~1.9m tonnes of Iron Ore Products

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  • LONG LIFE producer of PREMIUM iron ore pellets

  • STRONG balance sheet

  • PRESERVED balance sheet strength with disciplined cost control

  • Advanced GROWTH Project

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Blast Furnace

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Lower

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~57% - ~ 61% Fe
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Developing Fluxed Pellet

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~
63% Fe
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Price

Iron Ore Pellet ~65% Fe

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~65%-67% Fe
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Higher

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Pellets are an enriched form of iron ore and provide significant benefits for the steel maker:

  • Reduction in energy consumption

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  • Lower maintenance costs in the Blast Furnace

  • Reduction in waste - slag

  • Higher yield of metallic iron due to higher Fe content

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  • Reduced environmental impact with decrease in air emissions

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Pellet Premium Received (FOB USD)

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80

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62% Index FOB Calculated Price

Grange Price

65% Index FOB Calculated Price

0 Jan-2017 Feb-2017 Mar-2017 Apr-2017 May-2017 Jun-2017 Jul-2017 Aug-2017 Sep-2017 Oct-2017 Nov-2017 Dec-2017

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0

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Stronger Iron Ore Business

Seek Strategic Partner(s) for Southdown Project

Optimise Capital Allocation Plan

Focus on Tasmania Operations

  • Improve productivity

  • • Sustain access to high grade ore

Investment for the long term

  • Optimise LOMP

  • • North Pit underground feasibility study

  • Centre Pit feasibility study

  • • Long Plains

Further progress sales process with our JV partners and advisor

Maintain tenements, permits and project assets and continue to monitor all ongoing project requirements to ensure the current status of the feasibility studies allow the full recommencement of the project

Generate, conserve and actively manage our cash reserve for future mine investment.

Diversify risk & return to create a well-balanced portfolio of investments that can meet our future mine investment needs while achieving enhanced returns within conservative risk parameters.

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Australia’s Most Experienced Magnetite Producer

Focusing on the fundamentals

Searching for an equity partner

Quality assets in Tasmania and Western Australia.

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Ordinary Shares on issue 31 Mar 2018 1,157m
Share Price 31 Mar 2018 $0.17
Market Capitalization 31 Mar 2018 $197m
Cash and Term Deposits 31 Mar 2018 $185m
Loan 31 Mar 2018 $3m

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43%
47%
2%
8%
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Indicator 2017
AUD’000
2016
AUD’000
Difference
AUD’000
Variance% Comments
Current Assets 261,339 232,806 28,533 12% ↑Cash,↓ Shipping receivables,
↑Inventories
Non-current Assets 228,622 196,150 32,472
17%
↑ PP&E ↑ Mine Properties & Dev
↓Deferred Tax Assets
Total Assets 489,961 428,956 61,005 14%
Current Liabilities 41,176 36,185 4,991 14% ↑Creditors ,↓Borrowings
Non-current
Liabilities
61,206 60,118 1,088 2% ↑Provisions
Total Liabilities 102,382 96,303 6,079 6%
Net Assets 387,579 332,653 54,926 17% Development in North Pit,
construction of SDTSF and increased
Ore and Pellet stockpiles

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Indicator Unit 2017 Actual 2016 Actual Difference Variance
%
Comments
Concentrate Tonnes ‘000 1,960 2,397 (437) (18%) ↓ Mining delays with restricted access to
ore has impacted full year production.
Pellet Tonnes ‘000 1,895 2,378 (483) (20%) ↓ Pellet production line balanced with
concentrate production
C1 Cash Operating Costs AUD/t 99.17 79.13 20.04
(25%)
↑ Maintenance works undertaken at pellet
and concentrate plant
Iron Ore Sales Tonnes ‘000 1,896 2,750 (854) (31%) ↓ Sales line balanced with production
Average Realized Price of Iron
Ore Products*
AUD/t 127.20 98.06 29.14 30% ↑ Strengthening iron ore prices, in
particular pellet premium
Average Realized Exchange
Rate
AUD:USD 0.7692 0.7438 0.0254 3% ↑ AU Dollar strengthening
Sales Revenue (before freight
adjustments)
AUD ‘000 241,175 269,675 (28,500) (11%) ↓ Decreased sales volume
↑ Increase in iron ore prices
Profit after tax AUD ‘000 60,713 92,903 (32,190) (35%) ↓ Decreased sales revenue

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Indicator Unit Q1 2018
Actual
Q4 2017
Actual
Difference Variance% Comments
Concentrate Tonnes
‘000
647 696 (49) (7%) ↓ Q4 2017 record daily and weekly
production rates achieved
Pellet Tonnes
‘000
623 674 (51) (8%) ↓Pellet production line balanced with
concentrate production
C1 Cash Operating Costs AUD/t 82.02 76.89 5.13 7% ↑ Lower production rates
Iron Ore Sales Tonnes
‘000
632 693 (61) (9%) ↓Sales line balanced with production
Average Realised Price of Iron
Ore Products*
AUD/t 136.54 137.08 (0.54) (0.4%) ↓Iron ore prices remain strong, in
particular pellet premium
Average Realised Exchange
Rate
AUD:
USD
0.7853 0.7697 0.0156 2% ↑StrongAU Dollar in Q1 2018
Sales Revenue (before freight
adjustments)
AUD ‘000 86,293 94,956 (8,663) (9%) ↓Decrease in iron ore sales volume and
strongAU Dollar

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  • Restored ore production from Main Ore Zone

  • Second Autogenous Mill Shell replacement successfully completed ahead of

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  • Continued investment in Mine Development

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North Pit

Centre Pit

South Deposit

Long Plains

Total resources exceeding 374MT which support long life operations

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North Pit Development
North Pit Mine Development

West wall cut-back continues
North Pit East Wall Remediation

Supporting continued ore production
Ore Supply

Main Ore Zone production
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North Pit Mine Development

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North Pit Underground

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Centre Pit

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  • The Project continues on reduced expenditure while Grange seeks an equity partner

  • Existing tenure and approvals have been maintained .

  • Project security has been enhanced by continuing to build land tenure and access,

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  • Progressed studies relating to project engineering and further environmental

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The on-going strategy is to maintain the currency and good standing of all tenements,

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  • Joint Venture with ROC Built

  • JV Board and Management

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  • Project 1 – Lumley Court, Prahran

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  • Project 2 – Brookville Road, Toorak

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  • Improve productivity and sustain access to high grade ore

  • Continue to invest in process infrastructure

Target growth opportunities to complement existing business

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Our fundamentals remain firm

We are proactively:

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We continue to:

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Primary Contact:

Honglin Zhao

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