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GWR GROUP LIMITED Investor Presentation 2012

Aug 20, 2012

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Midwest
Economics
and
Resources
Summit,
Geraldton,
August
2012

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Regulatory
and
Compliance
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Disclaimer

This
presenta@on
contains
reference
to
certain
plans
of
Golden
West
Resources
Limited
which
may
or
may
not
be
achieved.
The
performance and
opera@ons
of
Golden
West
Resources
Limited
may
be
influenced
by
a
number
of
factors,
uncertain@es
and
con@ngencies
many
of
which
are outside
the
control
of
Golden
West
Resources
Limited
and
its
Directors,
staff
and
consultants.
Golden
West
Resources
Limited
makes
no undertaking
to
subsequently
update
or
revise
the
forward
looking
statements
made
in
this
release
to
reflect
events
or
circumstances
aLer
the date
of
this
release.

**Competent

Person’s
Statement**

The
informa@on
in
this
report
which
relates
to
Explora@on
Results,
Mineral
Resources
or
Ore
Reserves
is
based
on
informa@on
compiled
by
Mr Brian
Varndell,
a
Fellow
Member
of
the
Australasian
Ins@tute
of
Mining
&
Metallurgy
(“AusIMM”)
and
independent
consultant
to
the
Company. Mr
Varndell
is
an
employee
of
Al
Maynard
&
Associates
Pty
Ltd
and
has
many
years
of
experience
in
explora@on
and
mining
in
a
variety
of mineral
deposit
styles.
Mr
Varndell
has
sufficient
experience
which
is
relevant
to
the
style
of
mineralisa@on
and
type
of
deposit
under considera@on
and
to
the
ac@vity
which
he
is
undertaking
to
qualify
as
a
Competent
Person
as
defined
in
the
2004
Edi@on
of
the
“Australasian Code
for
repor@ng
of
Explora@on
Results,
Mineral
Resources
and
Ore
Reserves”.
Mr
Varndell
consents
to
inclusion
in
the
report
of
the
ma\ers based
on
his
informa@on
in
the
form
and
context
in
which
it
appears.

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Corporate
Snapshot
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Issued Securi6es Issued Securi6es
Ordinary Shares (GWR)
192M
Issued Op@ons 25M
Major shareholders
Clifs Asian Pacifc Iron
13%
Fairstar Resources Ltd 12%
Wynnes Investment Holdings Ltd 11%
Joyful Winner Holding Ltd 11%
Hunan Valin Steel Co Ltd 8%
Capitalisa6on/cash Capitalisa6on/cash
Market Cap ($0.30 per share (01/08/12)
A$58M
Cash (30/06/12) A$25M

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Board
&
Senior
Management
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**Gary

Lyons**

(Non-­‐Execu6ve
Chairman)

20
years
experience;
MD
-­‐
Heiniger
Groups
Aust.
Ops;
Non Execu@ve
Director
of
Anagen
Limited.

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**Tien

Seng
Law**

(Deputy
Chairman)

Malaysian
businessman;
Advisor
of
Jinan
Group;
Deputy Chairman
of
Hiap
Teck
Venture

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**Chin

An
Lau**

(Non-­‐Execu6ve
Director)

Qualified
lawyer
and
owner
of
legal
prac@ce
Lau
Moghan
& Ee.

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Kong
Leng
Lee
(Jimmy) (Non-­‐Execu6ve
Director)

34
years
mining
experience

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**Mick

Wilson**

(Execu6ve
Director
&
Explora6on
Manager)

25
years
explora@on
geologist
in
Australia
and
South
East
Asia

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**Craig

Ferrier**

(Execu6ve
General
Manager)

  • 25
    years
    experience
    in
    managing
    public
    companies; Former
    CFO
    of
    Aurox
    and
    Grange
    Resources

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Project
Interests
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  • § Iron
    Ore
    Development
    Project – Wiluna
    West
    Iron
    Ore

  • § Advanced
    Gold
    Project – Wiluna
    West
    Gold

  • § Iron
    Ore
    Explora@on
    Projects – Woodley
    Iron
    Project

  • – Earaheedy
    Iron
    Project

  • – Booylgoo
    Iron
    Project

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Wiluna
West
Project
Overview
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§ Tenement
holding
267km[2
]

§ Granted
mining
leases
over
main project
area

§ DSO
hema@te
Mineral
Resource Es@mate
of
130Mt
@
60%
Fe § DSO
hema@te
Mineral
Reserve Es@mate
of
69.2Mt
@
60.3%
Fe § Gold
Mineral
Resource
Es@mate of
3.5Mt
@
2.3g/t
for
258,000
oz

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**Iron Wiluna

West Ore**

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Wiluna
West
Iron
Ore

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Status
Resources
and
Reserves
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§ Resource
defini@on
drilling
largely
completed

  • § JORC*
    DSO
    hema@te
    Resource
    of
    130Mt

§ 69Mt
of
Proven
&
Probable
JORC
Reserves,
with
an
addi@onal 13Mt
of
Inferred
Resource
within
Reserve
pit
limits
(total
of 82Mt)

  • Conversion
    of
    Resources
    to
    Reserves
    95%

*JORC
refers
to
the
Australasian
Code
for
Repor@ng
of
Explora@on
Results,
Mineral
Resources
and
Ore
Reserves
(The JORC
Code)
as
prepared
by
the
Joint
Ore
Reserves
Commi\ee
of
The
Australasian
Ins@tute
of
Mining
and
Metallurgy, Australian
Ins@tute
of
Geoscien@sts
and
Minerals
Council
of
Australia
(Effec@ve
17
December
2004)

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JORC
Resources
&
Reserves
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DSO
Hema6te
Resources
Classifca6on Tonnes (Mt) Fe (%) SiO2 (%) Al2O3 (%) LOI (%) P (%)
Measured 3.7
59.6

7.8

2.5

4.0

0.09
Indicated 77.2
60.3

7.4

2.4

3.6

0.05
Inferred 49.5
59.7

7.3

2.4

3.9

0.05
Total 130.3
60.0

7.4

2.4

3.6

0.06
DSO
Hema6te
Reserves
Classifca6on Tonnes (Mt) Fe (%) SiO2(%) Al2O3 (%) LOI (%) P (%)
Proven 2.9
59.7

7.6

2.6

4.0

0.07
Probable 66.3
60.4

7.2

2.5

3.6

0.05
Total 69.2
60.3

7.2

2.5

3.6

0.05

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Development
Considera@ons
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§ Progressing

comple@on
of
Defini@ve
Feasibility
Study
(DFS)

  • Product
    defini@on
    and
    marke@ng

  • Hydrology

  • Mine
    planning
    and
    closure
    plans

§ Port

selec@on

  • Timeframe
    and
    infrastructure
    development

§ Pit-­‐to-­‐ship

logis@cs

  • Cost
    efficient
    for
    transport
    of
    a
    bulk
    commodity

  • Capital
    demands
    and
    scale
    of
    opera@ons

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Infrastructure
Overview
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§ Port

op@ons
include:

  • Geraldton

  • Esperance

  • Oakajee

§ Key

issues
rela@ve
to
each
op@on:

  • Access
    and
    tariff
    arrangements

  • Transport
    and
    supply
    chain

  • Development
    pathway
    and
    @meline

  • Opera@ng
    cost
    and
    capex
    demands

  • Planning
    horizons
    extend
    over
    a
    number of
    years
    and
    likely
    to
    define
    “development path”,
    given
    required
    commitments
    to deliver
    large
    scale
    infrastructure
    projects

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Short

Term

Unlocking
Immediate
Value

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Tom Price
Paraburdoo Newman
GOLDEN WEST RESOURCES
WILUNA WEST IRON PROJECT
PROPOSED RAILWAY Jack Hill
Wiluna West to proposed Oakajee Port Meekatharra
WILUNA
Weld Range
Kalbarri TalleringPeak Mt. Richardson Mt. Magnet Mt. ForrestMt. Alfred LeonoraLaverton Leonora • Kalgoorlie-Boulder • EsperanceEXISTING RAILWAY
Oakajee proposed port GERALDTON Koolanooka Karara Mt. Mason
Port of Geraldton Windarling Menzies
Mt. Jackson
Koolyanobbing KALGOORLIE-BOLUDER
Coolgardie Kambalda
Merredin
Northam
PERTH Norseman
Bunbury
ESPERANCE
Port of Esperance
Albany
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Esperance

  • § Planned
    upgrade § Deep
    water
    port

    Capesize
    vessels § Sealed
    road
    from
    Wiluna
    to
    Leonora § Railway
    from
    Leonora
    to
    Esperance § Railway
    siding
    at
    Leonora

  • Capacity
    Reserva@on Deed
    in
    place

  • §

  • or

Geraldton

  • § Immediate
    op@on § Exis@ng
    mul@-­‐user
    port § Panamax
    vessels

  • Road
    from
    Wiluna
    to
    Geraldton

  • §

  • Ultra
    low
    capex
    op@on

  • §

  • Viable
    immediate
    op@on

  • §

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Long
Term
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  • § Develop
    a
    large
    scale
    mining opera@on
    at
    the
    Wiluna
    West
    project that
    will:

  • Export
    up
    to
    3Mtpa
    iron
    ore
    out
    of Esperance

  • Export
    5-­‐7Mtpa
    iron
    ore
    out
    of Oakajee

  • § Unlock
    value
    from
    Company’s Woodley,
    Earaheedy
    and
    Booylgoo explora@on
    projects

  • § Con@nue
    to
    iden@fy
    further
    iron
    ore opportuni@es

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Oakajee:

Future
Value

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Marble Bar
Karratha
Tom Price
Paraburdoo Newman
GOLDEN WEST RESOURCES
WILUNA WEST IRON PROJECT
PROPOSED RAILWAY Jack Hill
Wiluna West to proposed Oakajee Port
Meekatharra
Weld Range WILUNA
Tallering
Kalbarri Peak Mt. Magnet Mt. Forrest EXISTING RAILWAY
Mt. Richardson Mt. Alfred Laverton Leonora • Kalgoorlie-Boulder • Esperance
Oakajee proposed port Karara Mt. Mason Leonora
GERALDTON Koolanooka Windarling
Port of Geraldton Menzies
Mt. Jackson
Koolyanobbing
KALGOORLIE-BOLUDER
Coolgardie Kambalda
Merredin
Northam
PERTH Norseman
Bunbury
ESPERANCE
Port of Esperance
Albany
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Why
Oakajee?
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Port Spur or Road Public Rail Total km = kilometres from
Wiluna West Project site
Oakajee 230km 400km 630km
Esperance 320km 650km 970km

§ Part

of
long
term
development
strategy

§ Proposed

OPR
Development
model:

  • Phase
    I

    Port
    45Mtpa,
    Rail
    75Mtpa

  • Rail
    Oakajee
    to
    Weld
    Range

  • § Weld
    Range
    Hub
    op@on:

  • Combined
    load-­‐out
    and
    processing

  • Opportunity
    for
    blending

§ GWR

Development

  • 230km
    of
    new
    rail/haul
    road
    from
    Wiluna
    West
    to
    Weld
    Range

  • Planning
    and
    approvals
    work
    commenced
    for
    transport
    corridor

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Project
Status
-­‐
Infrastructure
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  • § In
    January
    2012,
    Western
    Australian
    State
    Government
    announced
    inten@on to
    upgrade
    Esperance
    Port
    by
    up
    to
    20Mtpa

  • § Esperance
    Mul@-­‐User
    Iron
    Ore
    Facility
    (MIOUF)
    market
    sounding
    adver@sed in
    June
    2012

    @metable
    set
    for
    consulta@on
    with
    private
    sector.
    Capacity Reserva@on
    Deed
    for
    3Mtpa
    signed
    in
    July
    2012

  • § Opportuni@es
    exist
    for
    export
    of
    ore
    via
    the
    Port
    of
    Geraldton,
    with discussions
    underway

  • § Oakajee
    remains
    the
    “pathway
    of
    choice”
    for
    large-­‐scale
    mining,
    subject
    to infrastructure
    development,
    @ming
    and
    tariff
    structure

  • § Work
    commenced
    on
    planning
    and
    approvals
    for
    Weld
    Range
    transport corridor
    as
    part
    of
    long
    term
    development
    ac@vi@es

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Project
Status
-­‐
Environment
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§ Major
environmental
studies
complete

  • No
    environmentally
    sensi@ve
    fauna
    or
    flora
    species

  • No
    hydrological
    issues

  • No
    show-­‐stoppers

  • § Mining
    proposal
    approval
    received
    for
    1Mtpa
    mine
    opera@on at
    the
    high
    grade
    JWD
    deposit

– Clearing
permit
granted
by
Department
of
Environment
and Conserva@on

§ Pursuing
large
scale
mining
approval
for
all
of
the
Wiluna
West project
area

referral
document
to
be
submi\ed
to
EPA
in 2012

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Project
Status
-­‐
Aboriginal
Heritage
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§ Na@ve
Title
Mining
Agreement
executed

§ Archeological
and
ethnographic
surveys
largely
completed

  • § Heritage
    Management
    Plan
    well
    advanced

  • No
    indica@on
    of
    any
    significant
    ethnographic
    or
    archeological
    sites
    or issues

  • Comple@on
    expected
    in
    2012

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**Wiluna

West
Gold**

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Project
Overview
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  • § Aiming
    to
    commence
    gold
    mining
    opera@ons
    in
    2012,
    via
    toll milling
    arrangement
    with
    nearby
    milling
    facility

§ Wiluna
West
has
a
number
of
gold
deposits
with
a
combined Resource
of
3.5Mt
@
2.3g/t
Au
for
258,000
oz

§ Preliminary
infill
and
confirmatory
RC
drilling
at
the
Golden Monarch,
Iron
King
and
Bo\om
Camp
deposits
completed
in November
2011
(refer
ASX
release
30
January
2012)

  • § Trial
    parcel
    of
    1500
    tonnes
    of
    stockpiled
    ore
    delivered
    to Apex.
    Toll
    processing
    agreement
    for
    trial
    in
    place

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**Wiluna

West
JWD
Mining
Approval**

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JWD
Mining
Approval
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§ John
William
Doutch
(JWD) high
grade
mining
proposal approved
by
Department
of Mines
and
Petroleum,
in April
2012

  • § Clearing
    permit
    previously approved
    by
    Department
    of Conserva@on
    and Environment

  • § 3
    million
    tonnes
    @
    1Mtpa

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JWD Mining Approval JWD Mining Approval JWD Mining Approval
JWD Hema6te
Resource
Classifca6on
Indicated
Tonnes (Mt)
6.3
Fe (%)
64.5
SiO2(%)
2.6
Al2O3(%)
1.6
LOI (%)
2.7
P (%)
0.03

Reported above a 50%
Fe Cut-Of
Inferred 4.5 63.6 3.0 1.5 2.6 0.03
Total 10.8 64.1 2.8 1.6 2.6 0.03

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JWD
Mining
Approval
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  • § JWD
    mine
    development
    planning
    well advanced

  • § Discussions
    underway
    with
    interested par@es
    in
    rela@on
    to
    transport
    and
    port access

    opportunity
    for
    shipment
    via Geraldton
    being
    assessed
    currently

  • § In-­‐fill
    drilling
    completed
    August
    2012
    to support
    mine
    planning

  • § Logis@cs
    studies
    being
    finalised

  • § Product
    defini@on,
    including
    lump
    ore test
    work
    with
    CSIRO,
    underway.
    Sinter pot
    test
    work
    to
    follow

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Regional
Explora@on

DSO
Iron
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  • § Ac@vely
    pursuing
    other
    DSO
    hema@te
    projects
    within
    the
    Midwest and
    Yilgarn
    regions

  • § Company
    well
    funded
    and
    ideally
    placed
    to
    pursue
    acquisi@on opportuni@es

  • § Woodley

  • DSO
    hema@te
    targets
    iden@fied

  • Nemex
    farm-­‐in
    agreement
    -­‐
    $1M
    spend
    to
    earn
    85%

  • § Earaheedy

  • Located
    200km
    north
    east
    of
    Wiluna
    in
    the
    Earaheedy
    basin

  • Highly
    prospec@ve
    for
    hema@te
    and
    manganese
    deposits

  • § Booylagoo
    Springs
    (12km[2
    ] )

  • Located
    100km
    south
    of
    Wiluna
    West
    project

  • Prospec@ve
    for
    hema@te
    and
    magne@te
    deposits

  • § Reviewing
    other
    opportuni@es

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Regional
Explora@on

Woodley
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  • § DSO
    hema@te
    targets
    iden@fied

  • § Ini@al
    GWR
    mapping
    and
    rock
    chip sample
    results
    iden@fied
    widespread hema@te
    and
    geothite
    mineralisa@on over
    15km
    strike
    length

  • § 70%
    of
    225
    rock
    chip
    samples
    collected had
    grades

    55%
    Fe

  • § RC
    drilling
    program
    to
    test
    con@nuity
    of surface
    mineralisa@on
    at
    depth. Program
    of
    Work
    submi\ed
    to
    Western Australian
    Department
    of
    Mines
    and Petroleum

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Regional
Explora@on

Earaheedy
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  • § Earaheedy
    basin
    located
    200km
    north-­‐ east
    of
    Wiluna
    and
    considered
    highly prospec@ve
    for
    both
    iron
    and manganese
    deposits

  • § GWR
    recently
    acquired
    1382km[2
    ]

  • § Hema@te
    geothite
    mineralisa@on iden@fied
    in
    1970s
    associated
    with Frere
    Forma@on
    which
    is
    evident
    on GWR
    tenement
    applica@ons

  • § Es@mated
    to
    contain
    approximately 45km
    of
    strike

  • § Access
    deed
    terms
    agreed
    with
    the Birriliburu
    Na@ve
    Title
    holders

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Key

Project
Milestones

Milestone Status Complete
Na6ve Title Agreement Jul 2010
69 Mt Reserve Aug 2011
Small Mining Approval (JWD) Apr 2012
Esperance Capacity Reserva6on Deed Jul 2012
Esperance Port Upgrade Aug 2012 – MUIOF Market Sounding underway
JWD Mine Development 2012 – Development program commenced
Major Mining Approval Sep 2013 – In progress
Commencement of opera6ons 2013 – Pending port access
Full Mine Produc6on 2016 – Infrastructure dependent

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Community
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  • § Significant
    commitment
    to community
    by
    GWR

  • § 4[th] Annual
    Wiluna
    Martu
    Eagles/ Dalkeith
    Nedlands
    Football weekend
    held
    in
    Wiluna
    and a\ended
    by
    WAFL
    commissioners. Sponsored
    by
    GWR
    and
    nine
    other local
    resources
    and
    service companies

  • § GWR
    ac@vely
    supports
    programs directed
    at
    improving
    indigenous educa@on
    outcomes
    through Clontarf
    Aboriginal
    College
    and Rolemodels
    Australia

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Contact
Details
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Craig
Ferrier Execu@ve
General
Manager email: [email protected] mobile:
0417
183
269

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