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IGO LIMITED — Investor Presentation 2012
Aug 2, 2012
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Tropicana Gold Mine Analysts Visit – 5 August, 2012
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AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd ABN 42 008 737 424
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Independence Group NL ABN 46 092 786 304
Tropicana Gold Project - summary
Location: 330 km east-north east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia
Ownership: AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd 70% and manager; Independence Group NL 30%
Discovered: 2005
Approved: November 2010
First Gold Production: December Quarter 2013
Mine Life (approved project): 10+ years
Employment: 550 construction workers and 450 during operations. FIFO operations out of Perth & Kalgoorlie, mostly on an 8-and-6 roster for operations employees
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Tropicana Gold Project – approved project* parameters
Capital Cost: A$690-A$740 million (real)
Annual Production first three years: 470,000490,000 ounces
LOM Production: 3.45 million ounces
Cash Costs first three years: A$580/oz-A$600/oz
LOM Cash Costs : A$710/oz-730/oz
Ore Reserves (as at December 31, 2011): 3.91 Moz
Mineral Resource (as at December 31, 2011): 6.41 Moz
Mining Methods: Conventional open cut with potential for future underground mining
Plant Throughput: 5.8 million tonnes per annum (5.5 Mtpa on fresh material)
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* 100% project
Tropicana Gold Project – construction safety
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* 100% project
Tropicana Gold Project – major contracts
EPCM
- Lycopodium
Construction Contracts
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Mine access road – Lucas (complete)
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Airstrip and bulk earthworks – Watpac (complete)
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Village, airport and plant buildings installation – Freo
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Concrete supply – Holcim
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Concrete installation – S&N Concrete
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Structural Mechanical & Piping; Tankage – Pacific Industries Company (PIC)
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Steel frame buildings – WABG
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Process water supply pipeline - DSA
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Tailings Storage Facility – to be awarded
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Electrical and Instrumentation – to be awarded
Operational Contracts
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Mining – Macmahon
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Power Generation – Pacific Energy Ltd
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Village & Administration – ESS
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Aviation – Network Aviation, Goldfields Air Services
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Dayworks Services - Bundarra
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Tavern and retail services – SMC
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Cross-cultural inductions – Triodia
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Light Vehicle Workshop – to be awarded
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Tropicana Gold Project – organisation structure operations
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Operational recruitment status
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Management team in place – critical roles filled early to establish systems and processes
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First phase of recruitment focused on mining, geology, sustainability and business support roles
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Second phase will focus on processing and maintenance
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Transfer of some personnel from AngloGold Ashanti Australia’s Sunrise Dam mine
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Sunrise Dam used to train processing personnel
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Tropicana Gold Project – infrastructure status
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220 km road from Pinjin to Tropicana completed
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Microwave communications installed
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Airstrip work almost complete and CASA approval for landing of 100 seat jets expected in the September quarter
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350 permanent village rooms complete; dry mess and wet mess operational; village complete in September quarter
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Waste water plant commissioned
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First wing of administration buildings commissioned; second wing installed
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Medical clinic operational
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Process water supply borefield pipeline commenced
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Powerhouse construction commenced
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Tropicana Gold Project – plant construction status
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Process plant engineering design and drafting complete
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Plant bulk earthworks complete
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Concrete installation for primary crusher, crusher reclaim, ball mill and HPGR in progress
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CIL tank concrete foundations in place and all eight base plates installed, tankage installation in progress
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Off-site tankage fabrication nearing completion
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Structural, mechanical & piping work scheduled to begin in September quarter
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Steel-framed workshop/warehouse building erection underway
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Tropicana Gold Project – mining status
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Macmahon fleet mobilised and operational
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Construction of Mining Services Area facilities continuing with steelworks underway for boilermaker, light vehicle and heavy vehicle workshops
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Clearing and grubbing of open pit, haul roads, ROM and TFS underway
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Mining in Havana starter pit has commenced
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Mining waste utilised for ROM pad and TSF construction
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MineStar Fleet Management System implementation commissioning nearing completion
• Subcontractors
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Carey Mining - ancillary equipment and personnel
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Dyno Nobel – Explosive supply
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Wallis Drilling – Grade Control
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Tropicana Gold Project - mining fleet
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5 x Cat 793 dump trucks
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3 x Cat 785C dump trucks
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1 x Cat 6040 excavator
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2 x Cat D10T dozer
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1 x Cat D6T dozer
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1 x Cat 992G loader
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1 x Cat 966H loader
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•1 x Cat 773 service truck
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1 x Cat 777F water cart
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1 x Cat 988 tyre handler
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1 x Cat16H grader
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1 x Cat 16M grader
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1 x Cat CH74 roller
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1 x Cat 854 wheel dozer
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1 x Cat 24M grader mobilising in Sept
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1 x Cat MD6240 drill
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(SKFX) mobilising in Sept
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Tropicana Gold Project - processing plant
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Mining Area
ROM
HV Workshop Primary Crusher
Offices
Secondary Crusher
Ball Mill
HPGR
PowerStation
Emergency
Stockpile
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Tropicana-Havana resource growth
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Open Pit Reserve &
Resource (Dec 2010)
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Bankable Feasibility Study Reserve & Resource
Open Pit Proved and Probable Ore Reserve (Dec 2010): 48 Mt @ 2.2 g/t for 3.4 Moz*
Mineral Resource (Dec 2010): 76.5 Mt at 2.15 g/t for 5.28 Moz**
- *Cut off grade of 0.6 g/t for Oxide and Sap-Rock materials and
0.7 g/t for Fresh materials at a nominated gold price of US$880/oz and an AUD:USD exchange rate of 0.80 (equiv to A$1,100/oz at the time)
- ** At a gold price of US$1,600/oz and an AUD:USD exchange rate of 1.14
Tropicana-Havana resource growth
June 2011 Reserve & Resource Update
Open Pit Proved & Probable Ore Reserve (June 2011): 56.4 Mt at 2.16 g/t for 3.91 Moz
Open Pit Mineral Resource (June 2011): 73.3 Mt at 2.01 g/t for 4.73 Moz
Underground Mineral Resource (June 2011): 5.3 Mt at 3.65 g/t for 0.63 Moz
Total Mineral Resource: 78.6 Mt at 2.12 g/t for 5.36 Moz
Open Pit Reserve & Resource (June 2011 & Dec 2011)
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Underground Resource (June 2011 & Dec 2011)
December 2011 Reserve & Resource Update
Open Pit Reserve (June 2011): 3.91 Moz
Open Pit Mineral Resource (Dec 2011): 74.5 Mt at 1.99 g/t for 4.78 Moz
Underground Resource (Dec 2011): 13.8 Mt at 3.67 g/t for 1.63 Moz
Total Mineral Resource: 88.3 Mt at 2.26 g/t for 6.41 Moz
Tropicana-Havana resource growth
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Potential expanded open
pit resource
Underground outside expanded
open pit resource
Potential additional
underground resource
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Havana Deeps
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Completion of Havana Deeps drilling in Sept quarter
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Resource model update to be completed at year end
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Completion of Havana Deeps PFS mid2013
Exploration
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Drill testing north of Boston Shaker
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Follow up drilling of intercepts at Springbok
Havana Deeps Pre-feasibility Study drilling
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Near-mine exploration – phase one RC drilling traverses
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Tropicana 50 km radius - recent intersections
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