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RAMELIUS RESOURCES LIMITED Investor Presentation 2015

May 12, 2015

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RIU Sydney Resources Round-up – 14 May 2015

Forward Looking Statements

This presentation contains certain forward looking statements with respect to Ramelius'financial condition, results of operations, production targets and other matters that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or achievements could be significantly different from those expressed in or implied by those forward looking statements. Such forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are beyond the control of Ramelius that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward looking statements contained herein. Ramelius Resources Limited gives no warranties in relation to the information and statements within this presentation.

Competent Persons Statement

The Information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Kevin Seymour (Exploration Results), Rob Hutchison (Mineral Resources) and Mark Zeptner (Ore Reserves), who are Competent Persons and Members of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Kevin Seymour, Rob Hutchison and Mark Zeptner are full-time employees of the company and have sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Kevin Seymour, Rob Hutchison and Mark Zeptner consent to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

Production Targets

Production targets presented for Vivien and Kathleen Valley projects contain Inferred Resources. For details covering the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve classifications and proportions relating to the production targets refer to slide 26. Further evaluation work and appropriate studies are required to establish sufficient confidence that this target will be met.

Corporate Summary

Capital Structure(as at 31 Mar 15)
Shares on Issue 468.9M
Listed Options (@ 12cexpiry Aug 15) 51M
Unlisted Options (@ 20cexpiry Jun 16) 1.5M
Market Cap A$49.2M
Cash & Gold A$35.8M
Corporate Debt Nil
Enterprise Value A$13.4M
6 Month Trading Range A$0.04 -$0.15
Significant Shareholders(as at 31Mar15)
SprottAsset Management 7.2%
Board & Management 2.8%
DimensionalFund Advisors 1.5%
Board & Management
Robert Kennedy
Non Executive Chairman
Mark Zeptner
Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Lines
Non Executive Director
Mike Bohm
Non Executive Director

  • 1. Be profitable in a low gold price environment

2. Discover a high margin asset over next 2 years

  • 3. Strong focus on capital management

* AISC represents All-In Sustaining Costs as per the World Gold Council guidance

Forward Gold Sales

Operations & Development Projects

*Undiscounted Cash Flow @ A$1,500/oz

Operations - Mt Magnet Gold Mine

  • Focus on Saturn and Mars open pits in FY15
  • Saturn pit
    • 170m deep, 200m at base
    • Remaining grade 1.8g/t
    • 1:1 strip ratio
  • Mars pit
    • 130m deep, 150m at base
    • Remaining grade 2.0g/t
    • 2:1 strip ratio
  • Transition to Percy pit for FY16
    • Commenced Jan 2015, 30m deep
    • Average grade 1.9g/t
    • 8:1 strip ratio

Operations - Mt Magnet Gold Mine

Development - Vivien Project

  • July 14 - Acquisition completed & approvals received
  • Oct 14 - Updated financials via contract tenders
  • Mar 15 - Preliminary surface works started
  • Jun 15 - Decline commencement expected

Physicals Ore ReserveJune 2014
Mine Life 3 years
Mineral Resource 184koz2
MiningInventory 109koz3
Grade 7.6 g/t
Recovery 95.0%
Recovered Ounces 104koz
Financials Updated BFSOct 2014
UpFront Capital A$16.3M
C1 Cash Cost A$766/oz
Royalties A$120/oz
AISC A$990/oz
Total Cost(incl. Up Front) A$1,148/oz
Cash Flow @ A$1,400/oz A$26.7M
Cash Flow @ A$1,500/oz A$37.1M

Development - Vivien Project

Development - Kathleen Valley Project

  • 1 st Sep 2014 - Acquisition completed
    • Mineral Resource of 130,000oz
  • Nov 2014 - Infill drilling completed
  • Jan 2015 - Upgraded Mineral Resource (↑24%)
    • 1,814,000t @ 2.8g/t for 163,000oz⁴
  • Jan 2015 - Maiden Ore Reserve
    • 418,000t @ 4.1g/t for 56,000oz⁵
  • Pre-Feasibility metrics
    • Up-front Capital A$1.7M
    • AISC of A$940/oz

Development – Kathleen Valley Project

Physicals Ore ReserveJanuary 2015
Mine Life 1.5 years
Mineral Resource 163koz4
Ore Reserve 56koz5
Grade 4.1 g/t
Recovery 95.0%
Recovered Ounces 53koz
Financials BFSFebruary 2015
UpFront Capital A$1.5M
C1 Cash Cost A$925/oz
AISC A$936/oz
Total Cost (incl. Up Front) A$975/oz
Cash Flow @ A$1,400/oz A$22.7M
Cash Flow @ A$1,500/oz A$27.8M

Development - Kathleen Valley Project

Approvals & Permitting Status
Project ManagementPlan (DMP)
Section 18 Heritage Approval (DAA)
Works Approval (DER)
Licence to Take Water (DoW)
Clearing Permit (DMP)
Explosives Storage Licence (DMP)
Road Haulage & Access Point (Main Roads)
Local Approvals (Shire of Leonora)
Ministerial Consent for mining activities onhistoric Kathleen Townsite(Lands Dept) (7thMay 2015)
Mining Proposal(DMP) (7thMay 2015)
Mining Commencement 11thMay 2015

Production Targets*

  • Assuming commencement of Vivien & Kathleen Valley gold projects in Q4 FY2015
  • Integrated production model with Mt Magnet over next 3 years using primarily Ore Reserves (94%)

RMS - Group Production Profile

* Production targets for Vivien & Kathleen Valley contain Inferred Resources, refer to slide 26 for further details.

Exploration - Projects

Exploration – Blackmans (WA)

  • Secured 100% ownership of Blackmans ML in Sep 2014
  • Strategic location, 30km nth of Checkers Mill at Mt Magnet
  • High grade supergene gold intersections from maiden Ramelius drilling programme
  • Better RC intersections include:
    • 9m at 31.9 g/t Au
  • 25m at 7.61 g/t Au
  • 13m at 8.27 g/t Au

Exploration – Blackmans (WA)

  • West Lode + East Lode Long Sections
  • Central splay links lodes 30m apart (offset as shown below)
  • Resource modelling and deeper RC drilling below East Lode underway

→ results awaited

Exploration – Coogee (WA)

  • Anomalous gold & elevated copper response associated with deeper granodiorite (non-magnetic) intrusive – 600m west of pit
  • Anomalous intersection of 23m @ 0.38 g/t Au from 42m in CORC0016 with coincident copper up to 16m at 0.09% Cu
  • 4m @ 2.76 g/t Au associated with advanced argillic (clay) alteration interpreting as the of top of dismembered Archaean "porphyry" system
  • Infill Aircore traverses scheduled for completion in June

Exploration – Tanami JV (NT)

  • 1,700km2 of prospective geology – earn-in 85% from Tychean (ASX: TYK)
  • Under-explored and within 100km of Newmont's 4.5Moz Callie Gold Mine and Granites Treatment Plant
  • Walk-up Callie-style drill target associated with fold closure within granted Suplejack EL
  • RC drilling returned +3.5km interface geochem anomaly (+10ppb Au) at base of post mineralising basalt cover, within Tanami Group sediments
  • Infill drill planning underway

Exploration – Fraser Range (WA)

  • Coincident magnetic & gravity anomaly within Albany–Fraser Province
  • Magnetic modelling identified target ~200mbs
  • RC drill hole failed to penetrate through Eucla Basin cover
  • Planning to re-enter the 177m deep RC hole to test the target with a diamond tail
  • Drilling scheduled for May 2015, once access tracks repaired following recent rains

Exploration – Condobolin & Tomalla (NSW)

  • Two new farm-in + JV deals in central and north-eastern NSW
  • Targeting low sulphidation epithermal veins at Condobolin between Mineral Hill (360koz Au) and Lake Cowal (+5Moz Au), adjacent to Gilmore Suture
  • Targeting Intrusive related Gold mineralisation at Tomalla within southern New England Fold Belt

Exploration – Condobolin & Tomalla (NSW)

  • Condobolin JV – earn 80% from Clancy (ASX: CLY)
  • Planning underway to extend IP survey north to identify resistive and/or chargeable trends around shallow bottom of hole gold intersections
  • Tomalla – option to earn 80% from private party
  • Walk up intrusive related drill target, planning underway to extend gold mineralised hole to scope for vertically zoned, grade enhanced system

Condobolin JV - Central NSW Tomalla Option – North-East NSW

Active Exploration Program

Exploration Timeline Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15
Brownfields
Blackmans -Mt Magnet (WA) Assessment Drilling Resource Modelling
Coogee (WA) Assessment Drilling
Kathleen Valley -Expl. (WA) Assessment Drilling Assessment
Mount Magnet -Expl. Targets (WA) Assessment
Greenfields
Condobolin JV (NSW) Sign JV Site prep IP
Fraser Range (WA) Site prep Drilling Assessment
TomallaOption (NSW) Heritage Site prep Drilling
Eungella, Yandan& Auburn (Qld) Rock Chip & Soil sampling
Suplejack-Tanami JV (NT) Drilling Assessment Site prep Infill Drilling
Tanami JV Applications (NT) Heritage EL Grant

Australian +80kozpa gold producer in a strong financial position to progress near term, high grade development projects

Operations
Upside
Capital Position

Thank you

¹ All Mt Magnet Production targets are based on Ore Reserves only. For detailed information relating to Mt Magnet Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves see ASX release (RMS) 3 Sept 2014, 'Resources and Reserves Statement'.

² For detailed information relating to Vivien Mineral Resources see ASX release (RMS) 3 Sept 2014, 'Resources and Reserves Statement'.

³ Vivien Production Target based on Ore Reserves plus a small proportion of Inferred Mineral Resource (16% Oz). For detailed information relating to Vivien Mining Inventory and Ore Reserve see ASX release (RMS) 30 May 2014, 'Vivien Gold Mine Feasibility Completed'. Further evaluation work and appropriate studies are required to establish sufficient confidence that this target will be met.

⁴ For detailed information relating to Kathleen Valley Mineral Resources see ASX release (RMS) 19 Jan 2015, 'Maiden Ore Reserve boosts Kathleen Valley Gold Project'.

⁵ Kathleen Valley production target based on Ore Reserves plus a small proportion of Inferred Mineral Resource (16% Oz). For detailed information relating to the Ore Reserve see ASX release (RMS) 19 Jan 2015, 'Maiden Ore Reserve boosts Kathleen Valley Gold Project'. Further evaluation work and appropriate studies are required to establish sufficient confidence that this target will be met.

The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in this presentation and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed.

Mineral Resource Statement

MINERAL RESOURCES AS AT 30 JUNE 2014 - INCLUSIVE OF RESERVES
Measured Indicated Inferred Total Resource
Deposit Tonnes Au Au Tonnes Au Au Tonnes Au Au Tonnes Au Au
('000s) g/t Oz ('000s) g/t Oz ('000s) g/t Oz ('000s) g/t Oz
Galaxy 1,266 1.7 69,000 6,984 2.0 451,000 4,501 1.3 185,000 12,751 1.7 705,000
Morning Star 1,765 1.8 103,000 4 1.4 - 1,770 1.8 103,000
Total major deposits 1,266 1.7 69,000 8,749 2.0 554,000 4,505 1.3 185,000 14,520 1.7 808,000
Bartus Group 49 2.2 4,000 115 2.1 8,000 238 1.6 12,000 402 1.8 24,000
Boomer 1,194 1.8 68,000 786 1.0 26,000 1,980 1.5 94,000
Britannia Well 179 2.0 12,000 179 2.0 12,000
Bullocks 202 3.3 21,000 40 2.5 3,000 242 3.2 25,000
Eastern Jaspilite 146 2.2 10,000 121 2.8 11,000 134 2.5 11,000 401 2.4 32,000
Eclipse 167 2.2 12,000 41 2.1 3,000 208 2.1 14,000
Golden Stream 154 2.9 14,000 7 1.7 - 160 2.8 15,000
Hill 60 309 4.6 46,000 309 4.6 46,000
Lone Pine 199 2.5 16,000 277 1.7 15,000 147 1.7 8,000 623 1.9 38,000
O'Meara Group 231 2.5 18,000 151 1.5 7,000 383 2.1 26,000
Shannon 94 2.5 8,000 35 2.5 3,000 42 2.6 3,000 170 2.5 14,000
Spearmont - Galtee 25 2.9 2,000 207 4.3 28,000 232 4.1 31,000
Stellar 160 2.1 11,000 87 1.9 5,000 59 1.8 3,000 306 2.0 19,000
Welcome - Baxter 222 1.6 11,000 276 1.6 15,000 198 1.8 11,000 696 1.7 37,000
Total satellite deposits 869 2.1 60,000 3,063 2.1 204,000 2,359 2.1 161,000 6,291 2.1 425,000
Hill 50 Deeps 279 5.5 49,000 932 7.0 209,000 396 6.4 81,000 1,607 6.6 339,000
Morning Star Deeps 195 4.2 26,000 334 5.0 53,000 528 4.7 79,000
Saturn UG 1,607 2.5 127,000 1,607 2.5 127,000
St George UG 110 4.9 17,000 149 4.2 20,000 42 4.0 5,000 302 4.4 42,000
Water Tank Hill UG 229 6.6 49,000 89 4.9 14,000 318 6.1 63,000
Total UG deposits 390 5.3 66,000 1,504 6.3 304,000 2,468 3.5 280,000 4,362 4.6 650,000
Western Queen South 104 3.6 12,000 81 3.4 9,000 185 3.5 21,000
Mt Magnet Stockpiles 113 1.1 4,000 890 0.6 17,000 - - 1,003 0.7 21,000
Mt Magnet Total 2,638 2.3 199,000 14,310 2.4 1,091,000 9,413 2.1 635,000 26,361 2.3 1,925,000
Mossbecker 182 3.2 19,000 338 4.0 44,000 520 3.8 63,000
Yellow Aster/Nils D. 282 2.5 23,000 638 2.1 44,000 920 2.3 67,000
Kathleen Valley Total 464 2.8 42,000 976 2.8 88,000 1,440 2.8 130,000
Coogee 31 3.6 4,000 65 3.3 7,000 96 3.4 11,000
Vivien 499 8.8 141,000 306 4.4 43,000 805 7.1 184,000
Other Deposits Total 530 8.5 145,000 372 4.2 50,000 902 6.7 195,000
Total Resources 2,638 2.3 199,000 15,304 2.6 1,278,000 10,761 2.2 773,000 28,702 2.4 2,250,000

For detailed information relating to Mt Magnet Mineral Resources see ASX release (RMS) 3 Sept 2014, 'Resources and Reserves Statement'. No material change has occurred.

Deposit Category Mineral Resource
t g/t oz
Mossbecker Indicated 463,000 4.0 59,000
Yellow Aster Indicated 156,000 4.8 24,000
Nil Desperandum Indicated 49,000 3.0 5,000
Total Indicated 668,000 4.1 88,000
Mossbecker Inferred 186,000 2.3 14,000
Yellow Aster Inferred 759,000 1.8 45,000
Nil Desperandum Inferred 200,000 2.6 17,000
Total Inferred 1,146,000 2.0 75,000
Total Resource 1,814,000 2.8 163,000

For detailed information relating to Kathleen Valley Mineral Resources see ASX release (RMS) 19 Jan 2015, 'Maiden Ore Reserve boosts Kathleen Valley' Gold Project.

Note: Figures rounded to nearest 10,000 tonnes, 0.1 g/t and 1,000 ounces. Rounding errors may occur.

Ore Reserve Statement

ORE RESERVE STATEMENT AS AT 30 JUNE 2014
Proven Probable Total Reserve
Tonnes Au Au Tonnes Au Au Tonnes Au Au
('000s) g/t Oz ('000s) g/t Oz ('000s) g/t Oz
Galaxy Pits
Saturn 204 1.8 12,000 170 1.7 9,000 374 1.8 21,000
Mars 176 2.0 11,000 426 2.0 28,000 603 2.0 39,000
Titan 667 1.4 30,000 483 1.4 21,000 1,150 1.4 51,000
Perseverance 597 2.5 48,000 597 2.5 48,000
Brown Hill 109 2.6 9,000 109 2.6 9,000
Morning Star Cutback
Morning Star 478 2.8 43,000 478 2.8 43,000
Satellite Pits
Boomer 132 2.9 12,000 132 2.9 12,000
Lone Pine 258 1.8 15,000 258 1.8 15,000
O'Meara 46 3.4 5,000 46 3.4 5,000
Golden Stream 95 3.0 9,000 95 3.0 9,000
Underground
Water Tank Hill 176 6.5 37,000 176 6.5 37,000
St George 73 3.6 8,000 86 3.0 8,000 159 3.3 16,000
Stockpiles 113 1.1 4,000 890 0.6 17,000 1,003 0.7 21,000
Mt Magnet Total 1,234 1.6 65,000 3,945 2.1 261,000 5,179 2.0 326,000
Vivien 400 7.9 101,000 400 7.9 101,000
Total Reserves 1,234 1.6 65,000 4,345 2.6 362,000 5,579 2.4 427,000

For detailed information relating to Mt Magnet Ore Reserves see ASX release (RMS) 3 Sept 2014, 'Resources and Reserves Statement'. No material change has occurred.

Note: Figures rounded to nearest 10,000 tonnes, 0.1 g/t and 1,000 ounces. Rounding errors may occur.

Pit Category Ore Reserve
t g/t oz
Mossbecker Probable 321,000 4.1 42,000
Yellow Aster Probable 97,000 4.4 14,000
Total 418,000 4.1 56,000

For detailed information relating to Kathleen Valley Mineral Resources see ASX release (RMS) 19 Jan 2015, 'Maiden Ore Reserve boosts Kathleen Valley Gold Project'.