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IRON BEAR RESOURCES LTD Investor Presentation 2009

Sep 14, 2009

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ASX Announcement 15 September 2009

Market Update Presentation

The Company has organised a broker roadshow where Executive Chairman, Mr Tony Sage, will make a presentation to attendees.

We attach herewith a copy of the presentation.

Yours faithfully

CAPE LAMBERT IRON ORE LIMITED

Eloise von Puttkammer Company Secretary

Cape Lambert is an Australian domiciled, mineral investment company. Its current investment portfolio is geographically diverse and consists of mineral assets and interests in mining and exploration companies.

The Company continues to focus on investment in early stage resource projects and companies, primarily in iron ore, copper and gold. Its “hands on” approach is geared to add value and position assets for development and/or sale.

The Board and management exhibit a strong track record of delivering shareholder value.

Australian Securities Exchange Code: CFE

Ordinary shares 523,797,213

Unlisted options (30 June 2010) 8,350,000

Unlisted options (31 Oct 2010) 28,000,000

Board of Directors

Tony Sage Executive Chairman Tim Turner Non-executive Director Brian Maher Non-executive Director Eloise von Puttkammer Company Secretary

Key Projects and Interests

Lady Annie Copper Project Sappes Gold Project DMC Mining Limited Corvette Resources Limited

Cape Lambert Contact

Tony Sage Executive Chairman Phone: +61 (0)8 9380 9555

www.capelam.com.au

Australian Enquiries

Professional Public Relations David Tasker Phone: +61 8 9388 0944 Mobile: +61 433 112 936 Email: [email protected]

UK Enquiries

Conduit Public Relations Jos Simpson Phone: +44 (0)20 7429 6603 Mobile: +44 (0)7899 870 450

[email protected] www.capelam.com.au

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Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd ABN 71 095 047 920 PO Box 144, West Perth Western Australia 6872 Phone: +61 8 9380 9555 Facsimile: +61 8 9380 9666

Market Update September 2009

Disclaimer

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This presentation has been prepared by Cape Lambert Iron Ore Limited (“Cape Lambert” or the “Company”). It is not a disclosure document and should not be considered as an offer or invitation to subscribe for, or purchase any, securities in the Company or as an inducement to make an offer or invitation with respect to those securities. No agreement to subscribe for securities in the Company will be entered into on the basis of this presentation.

This presentation contains forecasts and forward looking information. Such forecasts, projections and information are not a guarantee of future performance, involve unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results and developments will almost certainly differ materially from those expressed or implied. Cape Lambert has not audited or investigated the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Cape Lambert makes no representation and can give no assurance, guarantee or warranty, express or implied, as to, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for, the authenticity, validity, accuracy, suitability or completeness of, or any errors in or omission, from any information, statement or opinion contained in this presentation.

Throughout this presentation all figures are quoted in A$ dollars unless otherwise stated.

You should not act or refrain from acting in reliance on this presentation material. This overview of the Company does not purport to be all inclusive or to contain all information which its recipients may require in order to make an informed assessment of Cape Lambert’s prospects. You should conduct your own investigation and perform your own analysis in order to satisfy yourself as to the accuracy and completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation before making any investment decision.

Information in this presentation that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on previous announcements made by Cape Lambert (or other relevant parties) to the ASX.

This presentation does not constitute financial product advice (nor investment, tax, accounting or legal advice) and has been prepared without taking account of any person’s investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs.

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At a Glance

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  • Australian domiciled, mineral investment company,

  • Standard & Poors ASX 300 company,

  • Geographically diverse portfolio of mineral assets, and interests in mining and exploration companies,

  • Cash assets of A$65.4 million (including environmental performance bonds primarily related to Lady Annie), no debt and fully funded,

  • Cash receivable of A$80 million due in second half of 2010, plus convertible notes of A$39.6 million maturing inside 24 months,

  • Estimated cash outgoing of A$23 million to be paid in May 2010,

  • Directors & management hold 5.4% of the Company,

  • Recent track record of delivering shareholder value – October 2008, A$100 million capital/dividend payment.

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Business Model & Strategy

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  • Leverage off strong balance sheet - cash reserves,

  • Invest in early stage resource projects and companies that are considered undervalued or distressed,

  • Assets and investments are primarily iron ore, copper, gold and uranium,

  • Add value through a “hands on” approach,

  • � Position the assets for either development and/or sale,

  • Current turmoil in financial markets and scarcity of capital is generating widespread and quality investment opportunities,

  • Regularly distribute cash to shareholders via dividend payments as asset realisations occur.

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Corporate

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Capital Structure Share Price Performance
Ordinar shares ASX: CFE 546M
y ( )
Market Cap at $0.42 $229M
Cash & receivables $185M
Amount owing $23M
Enterprise value $67M
Options
30 June 2010 - $0.432 8.4M
31 Oct 2010 - $0.377 28M
Shareholding Substantial Shareholders Holding (%)
Directors & management 5.4% UK Institutions 18.3%
African Minerals 11.2%
Top 20 60% Australian Institutions 7.3%
Directors & Management 5.4%
Chinese Interests 3.9%
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Directors & Management

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Directors

Key Management

Directors & Management Directors & Management Directors & Management Directors & Management Directors & Management
Directors
Key Management
Tony Sage Executive Chairman
Over 25 years experience in
corporate
advisory,
funds
management
and
capital
raisings.
Joe Ariti General Manager
Metallurgist
with
over
25
years
experience in the mining industry
working in Australia, Indonesia, PNG &
Africa.
Fiona Taylor Chief Financial Officer
Chartered accountant with over 13
years experience in both commerce
and professional practice in South
Africa, Australia and the UK.
Tim Turner Non-Executive Director
Over 25 years experience in
management
and
business
consultancy and a partner in
an accountancy practice.
Kim Bischoff GM – Exploration
Geologist with 26 years experience in
exploration, development and mining
working in Australia, Southeast Asia
and Africa.
Brian Maher Non-Executive Director
Mining engineer with over 40
years experience in the mining
industry working in Australia,
Liberia,
Guyana
&
the
Philippines.
Simon McDonald Head of M&A
Simon has extensive experience in
capital markets and has spent the last
decade as a professional investor for
Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and
Commerzbank.
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Group Structure

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Lady Annie Copper Project

  • Oxide copper heap leach EW/SX project with,

  • Established infrastructure to support 25kt pa copper cathode production,

  • Total oxide Cu Mineral Resource inventory of 25.2 million tonnes at 0.9% Cu containing 224,800 tonnes of copper metal,

  • Total sulphide Cu Mineral Resource inventory of 15.3 million tonnes at 0.8% Cu containing 125,400 tonnes of copper metal.

  • Extensive portfolio of granted tenements covering ≈1,855km[2] within highly prospective Mt. Isa Inlier,

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  • Mature asset in terms of CFE business model and planned for near term divestment via trade sale or IPO.

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Lady Annie - IPO

� Copper fundamentals are good;

  • 132% price increase since Dec08,

  • Chinese have poor copper endowment.

� Lady Annie is well positioned;

  • Minimal timeline and risk to recommence production - all infrastructure, & key technical management in place,

  • No copper/currency hedging,

  • Historical cash costs at second quartile of cost curve – US$1.10/lb,

  • Five year mine life at 25kt pa copper production, with excellent potential to add mine life in the near term.

� IPO process;

  • Patersons mandated as Lead Manager,

  • Minimum value to CFE – A$150M + 5% retained equity.

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Marampa Iron Ore Project

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  • 35% interest and Manager,

  • Specular hematite, operated from 1933 to 1977,

  • Proximal to existing mineral railway that connects to Pepel port,

  • Hard rock drill targets defined & diamond drill testing commenced at Gafal West prospect – 5 holes completed for 2,000m,

  • Bench scale metallurgical test work completed on composite samples – high iron and mass recoveries utilising WHIMS,

  • Hard rock target size ± 500-600 million tonnes.

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Rougher
WHIMS Test
Work
Mass
%
Fe Rec.
%
Fe% SiO2% Al2O3% P %
0-50m
Feed – 30% Fe
43 90.5 63.2 5.8 1.8 0.03
50-200m
Feed – 28% Fe
43 92.3 61.1 7.4 1.8 0.04

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Marampa – Gafal West

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DMC Mining Limited (Hold 36.3% - ASX: DMM)

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  • 80% interest in Mayoko Iron Ore Project,

  • Within 3km of railway that connects to port at Point Noire,

  • Airborne magnetic survey recently completed,

  • Main anomaly 7km by 200m,

  • 3 new targets identified,

  • Drilling scheduled to commence early October.

  • Target size ± 0.7-1.0 billion tonnes of itabirite iron ore.

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Sappes Gold Project

� Project based on developing;

  • high-grade, underground Viper resource (total Mineral Resource – 1Mt at 21.4 g/t Au),

  • small, open pit on St Demetrios mineralisation (total Mineral Resource – 0.8 Mt at 3.4 g/t Au).

  • planned production of 100koz pa over 5 years (in dore and flotation concentrate) for a cash operating cost of A$430 per oz,

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  • development capital circa. A$120M

  • Historical permitting delays, but flow sheet now configured to eliminate cyanide.

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Corvette Resources – Gold (Hold 46.5% - ASX: COV)

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� Strategic tenement holding of 2,300km[2] in emerging Albany-Fraser gold province,

  • Geological setting analogous to 5 million oz Tropicana deposit (70km north along strike),

  • Extensive anomalous gold in soil/calcrete over 12km at Corvette prospect,

  • Numerous, encouraging RC gold intercepts requiring interpretation and follow-up drilling,

  • AngloGold & Independence Group committed to a feasibility study around a A$520 million investment to produce 360k oz gold pa over 10 years.

� Scrip takeover bid completed,

  • 0.417 CFE shares per COV share,

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  • CFE now control 46.5%.

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Australis –Phosphate

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  • Wholly owned subsidiary,

  • Exploration licences and ≈

  • applications covering 38,000km[2] ,

  • Additional 5,000km[2] of landholding being acquired through A$1.75 million scrip transaction,

  • A large part of the holdings & applications cover the Georgina Basin – prospective for;

  • Rock phosphate deposits,

  • Uranium, and

  • .

  • Sedimentary base metal deposits

  • Reconnaissance exploration work program, ahead of potential IPO.

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Other Key Assets

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Asset Interest Commodity Stage Location
Platmin 4.4% PGM Preproduction South Africa
Lady Loretta 25% Pb-Zn-Ag Preproduction Qld, Australia
Tianshan 19.9% Gold Feasibility China
Cauldron 18.7% Uranium Exploration Australia/Argentina
IGC 12.3% PGM Preproduction South Africa
Universal 5.6% Copper Feasibility Qld, Australia

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Value Proposition

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Asset A$ Value
Cash $65M
Cash Receivables $120M
Cash Outgoing ($23M)
Equities (mark-to-market) $72M
Lady Annie (100%) $150M?
Marampa (35%) $120M?
Sappes (100%) $50M?
Australis (100%) ?
Lady Loretta (25%) ?
Cape Lambert South (100%) ?
Total ++$500M

Notes:

1.Cash receivables relates to the final payment to be received in respect of the sale of the Cape Lambert project and repayment of convertible notes. 2.Equities were marked-to-market on 11 September 2009.

  • 3.Lady Annie value based on “asking price” in respect of a trade sale and “minimum value” in respect of an IPO.

  • 4.Marampa value based on “asking price” in respect of a trade sale.

  • 5.Sappes value based on the preferred value determined by the Independent Expert in CopperCo Limited’s ASX release dated 30 June 2008 “ Prospectus to acquire all the issued shares in Mineral Securities Limited ”.

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Attributes

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Competent Persons Statement

The Metallurgical information in this presentation is based on information compiled by GV Ariti who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Ariti has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr. Ariti consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and the context in which it appears.

The Exploration information in this presentation is based on information compiled by K Bischoff who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Bischoff has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr. Bischoff consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and the context in which it appears.

Mineral Resources

Lady Annie Copper Project Mineral Resources quoted in this presentation in respect of Lady Annie are based on previous announcements made to ASX Limited by CopperCo Limited, specifically ASX release dated 30 October 2008 “ Mining 2008 Resources Convention Presentation ”.

  • Sappes Gold Project Mineral Resources quoted in this presentation in respect of Sappes are based on previous announcements made to ASX Limited by CopperCo Limited, specifically ASX release dated 30 June 2008 “ Prospectus to acquire all the issued shares in Mineral Securities Limited ”.

Target Statements

Target sizes quoted in this presentation are conceptual in nature and in respect of the target sizes quoted, there has been insufficient exploration to define a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource. Target sizes referred to in this presentation refer to potential tonnages of iron ore mineralisation that have been estimated using available exploration information including historic and contemporary geological mapping, geochemical sampling of outcrops, pits and trenches, wide spaced diamond drill holes and modelling of ground and airborne geophysical survey data.

Production and Cost Information

Sappes Gold Project Production rates, capital and operating costs quoted in this presentation in respect of Sappes are based on previous announcements made to ASX Limited by CopperCo Limited, specifically ASX release dated 30 June 2008 “ Prospectus to acquire all the issued shares in Mineral Securities Limited ”.

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