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ROX RESOURCES LIMITED Investor Presentation 2018

Oct 22, 2018

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Cashed Up Nickel Explorer

Rox Resources Limited Australian Nickel Conference

23 October 2018

ASX: RXL www.roxresources.com.au

Disclaimers

Forward-Looking Statements

This presentation has been prepared by Rox Resources Limited. This document contains background information about Rox Resources Limited current at the date of this presentation. The presentation is in summary form and does not purport be all inclusive or complete. Recipients should conduct their own investigations and perform their own analysis in order to satisfy themselves as to the accuracy and completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation.

This presentation is for information purposes only. Neither this presentation nor the information contained in it constitutes an offer, invitation, solicitation or recommendation in relation to the purchase or sale of shares in any jurisdiction.

This presentation may not be distributed in any jurisdiction except in accordance with the legal requirements applicable in such jurisdiction. Recipients should inform themselves of the restrictions that apply in their own jurisdiction. A failure to do so may result in a violation of securities laws in such jurisdiction.

This presentation does not constitute investment advice and has been prepared without taking into account the recipient's investment objectives, financial circumstances or particular needs and the opinions and recommendations in this presentation are not intended to represent recommendations of particular investments to particular persons. Recipients should seek professional advice when deciding if an investment is appropriate. All securities transactions involve risks, which include (among others) the risk of adverse or unanticipated market, financial or political developments.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Rox Resources Limited, its officers, employees, agents and advisers do not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the currency, accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information, statements, opinions, estimates, forecasts or other representations contained in this presentation. No responsibility for any errors or omissions from this presentation arising out of negligence or otherwise is accepted.

This presentation may include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are outside the control of Rox Resources Limited. Actual values, results or events may be materially different to those expressed or implied in this presentation. Given these uncertainties, recipients are cautioned not to place reliance on forward looking statements. Any forward looking statements in this presentation speak only at the date of issue of this presentation. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law and the ASX Listing Rules, Rox Resources Limited does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any information or any of the forward looking statements in this presentation or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such forward looking statement is based.

Competent Person Statements

Exploration Results

The information in this report that relates to previous Exploration Results, was either prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004 or under the JORC Code 2012 and has been properly and extensively cross-referenced in the text to the date of original announcement to ASX. In the case of the 2004 JORC Code Exploration Results and Mineral Resources, they have not been updated to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported.

Exploration Target

The information in this report that relates to Exploration targets for the Fisher East nickel sulphide project is based on information compiled by Mr Ian Mulholland (B.Sc.(hons), M.Sc. F.AusIMM, FAIG, FSEG), a Competent Person who is a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Mulholland is a full-time employee of the Company and has 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'. Mr Mulholland consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

Resource Statements

The information in this report that relates to nickel Mineral Resources for the Fisher East project was reported to the ASX on 5 February 2016 (JORC 2012). Rox confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the announcement of 5 February 2016, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the announcement of 5 February 2016 continue to apply and have not materially changed.

The information in this report that relates to nickel Mineral Resources for the Collurabbie project was reported to the ASX on 18 August 2017 (JORC 2012). Rox confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the announcement of 18 August 2017, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the announcement of 18 August 2017 continue to apply and have not materially changed.

Disclaimers

Cautionary Statement – Scoping Study Parameters

The updated Scoping Study is based on low-level technical and economic assessments, and is insufficient to support estimation of Ore Reserves or to provide assurance of an economic development case at this stage, or to provide certainty that the conclusions of the updated Scoping Study will be realised.

The updated Scoping Study and the production targets derived from the updated Scoping Study are preliminary in nature as the conclusions are drawn on Inferred Mineral Resources (12%) and Indicated Mineral Resources (88%).

The Indicated Mineral Resources and Inferred Mineral Resources underpinning the conclusions from the updated Scoping Study, including the production targets, have been prepared by a competent person in accordance with the requirements of JORC Code 2012 Edition. This announcement does not include an estimate of Ore Reserves as the supporting modifying factors have not been determined to a sufficient level of confidence.

Some (12%) of the Mineral Resources used in the study are Inferred Mineral Resources. When subset to the Resources in the Mining Plan there are only 4.2% Inferred Resources. There is a lower level of geological confidence associated with Inferred Mineral Resources and there is no certainty that further exploration work will result in the determination of Indicated Mineral Resources or that the predictions of expected costs or production rates contained herein, and the production targets themselves, will be realised.

Unless otherwise stated all financial figures are in Australian dollars, are undiscounted and are not subject to inflation or escalation factors. All years are calendar years.

At this stage no toll milling agreement has been negotiated and there is no certainty that an acceptable toll milling agreement can be negotiated.

The forward nickel price and exchange rate assumptions in this report are based on a careful consideration of market forecasts and consensus by a number of third parties. There is no guarantee that this nickel price or exchange rate will be realised.

The Company has concluded that there is a reasonable basis for providing the forward-looking statements included in this report and detailed reasons for that conclusion are contained herein. The Company cautions though that there is no certainty that the forecast financial information or production targets will be realised. Material assumptions underpinning the production target and forecast financial information derived from the production targets are set out in this announcement.

The Study referred to in this announcement is a technical and economic investigation of the viability of the Fisher East Project. It is based on low accuracy technical and economic assessments, (+/- 35% accuracy) and is insufficient to support estimation of Ore Reserves or to provide assurance of an economic development case at this stage, or to provide certainty that the conclusions of the Study will be realised. The Production Target referred to in this presentation is based on JORC Resources which are approximately 96% Indicated and 4% Inferred. The mine plan has been generated using stope optimisation and averaging of grades over multiple year periods prior to the application of mining dilution. To achieve the outcomes indicated in this study initial funding in the order of A$48 to A$87 million is likely to be required. Investors should note that there is no certainty that Rox will be able to raise funding when needed. It is also possible funding may only be available on terms that may be dilutive to or otherwise effect the value of Rox's shares.

It's All About Nickel

"Amongst the highest grade Ni in

WA"

High Grade Nickel Sulphide Resources in WA

"WA is a stable and reliable jurisdiction"

"Ni price was up 70% in last financial year"

4.8 Mt @ 2.0% Ni; 91,000t Ni*

Major Re-rating of Rox share price

*See Appendix for resource details

Scoping Study Cash Flow A$146M

Scoping Study Update

  • Updated Scoping Study1 based on new Conceptual Mining Study by CSA stope optimisations, detailed mine schedule – optimum mining rate was 500 ktpa
  • Other parameters same as previous Scoping Study in 20152
  • Two possible cases examined:
    • Build a concentrator on site (Concentrator Case)
    • Truck ore to nearby plant (Toll Mill Case)
  • Resources in Mining Plan of 2.9Mt @ 1.7% Ni are ~96% Indicated
  • Next stage is to expand resource and then undertake pre-feasibility level work

Scoping Study Delivers

Concentrator Toll Mill
Mining Inventory 2.9Mt @ 1.7% Ni 2.9Mt @ 1.7% Ni
Mine Life 6 years 6 years
Annual Production 7,300t Ni in conc 7,300t Ni in conc
Pre-Production Capital A$87m A$48m
Operating Cash Costs US$3.14/lb US$3.42/lb
All In Sustaining Costs US$3.57/lb US$3.83/lb
Net Cash Flow A$146.5m A$102.3m
NPV A$79.2 A$58.2
IRR 44% 55%

See Appendix for source data

Please refer Scoping Study announcement dated 10 October 2018.

Please note Cautionary Statements regarding Scoping Studies and the Cautionary Statement regarding Forward Looking Statements on slides 2 & 3.

Estimate is accurate to ±35%

The Company is not aware of any new information that materially affects the information included in the relevant announcement.

Nickel Sulphide Discoveries

  • Two exceptional high grade nickel sulphide resources in WA's northern goldfields
  • 70km apart
  • 150km from established infrastructure

Fisher East Resources

  • Total Mineral Resource* of 4.2 Mt @ 1.9% Ni, for 78,000 tonnes Ni metal
  • Potential to increase current resources and to identify new resources
  • * See Appendix for Mineral Resource details

Mine Layout

  • Three deposits are along a 2km strike
  • Shared decline for Musket/ Cannonball
  • Camelwood has its own decline
  • Spiral declines
  • Standard underground mining technique - sublevel stoping with paste fill
  • 15 m sublevels, with 3.0m x 3.0m mineralised development profiles

Mine Schedule & Design

  • Years 1 and 2 are most capital intensive
  • Depth and side extensions at Musket to be drilled
  • Depth extensions at Camelwood also to be drilled
  • Current 6 year mine life could be extended to 9 years with extra drilling

Mine Schedule & Design

Processing & Logistics

  • Simple process flow sheet and logistics
  • Metallurgical recoveries, 80 99%, and saleable concentrate grades, 10 - 14% Ni, acceptable Fe:MgO ratios, low As (no penalties)
  • Overall metallurgical recovery of 88% at concentrate grade of 13% Ni assumed
  • 500,000 tpa milling rate
  • Concentrator on site Capex $87m
  • Toll Mill Capex $48m
  • Either truck concentrate to Esperance (900km), or truck ore to Leinster (200km)
  • Baseline environmental studies complete
  • Increased resources will increase mine life and project value

Cost Estimates

OperatingCosts Concentrator Concentrator Toll Mill Case Toll Mill Case Metric(pre-tax) Unit Concentrator Toll Mill
Case (A$/lb) Case (US$/lb) (A$/lb) (US$/lb) Case Case
Mining & Development Cost 2.25 1.69 2.25 1.69 Pre-tax Cash A$M ~A$146m ~A$102m
Transport Cost 0.63 0.47 1.19 0.89 Flow
Processing Cost 1.16 0.87 1.04 0.78 Pre-tax NPV A$M ~A$79m ~A$58m
G & A 0.15 0.11 0.07 0.06 IRR % ~44% ~55%
C1 Cash Cost (rounded) 4.20 3.15 4.60 3.45 Capital PaybackPeriod Years ~2.3 Years 1.8 Years
WA State Royalty 0.17 0.13 0.16 0.12
Total Cash Costs 4.37 3.27 4.72 3.54
Sustaining Capital 0.39 0.29 0.38 0.29
All in Sustaining Cost (rounded) 4.80 3.60 5.10 3.83
Capitalitem Concentrator Case Toll Mill Case (A$M) Financial Assumption $/t $/lb
(A$M) NickelPrice US$
MiningCapital 29 29 US$16,500/t US$7.50/lb
ProcessPlant&Infrastructure 58 19 NickelPrice A$ A$22,000/t A$10.00/lb
Pre-ProductionCapital 87 48 Exchange RateA$/US$ 0.75 0.75
Post-ProductionCapital 38 37
TOTAL 125 85 See Appendix for source data 13

Resource Extensions

Upside Case

Collurabbie

  • 167 km 2 of prospective tenure
  • Main discovery at Olympia deposit
  • Only 70km from Fisher East
  • Widespread Ni -Cu -PGE mineralisation over ~15km strike length on multiple stratigraphic horizons
  • Underdone previous exploration
  • Extensive and quality datasets of drilling and geophysics
  • Drill targets for Ni -Cu -PGE and Au
  • Counter -cyclical high quality acquisition at a relatively cheap* price

Exploration Potential

  • Olympia Mineral Resource of 573,000 tonnes @ 1.6% Ni, 1.2% Cu, 0.08% Co and 2.3 g/t Pt+Pd, 2.3% NiEq*
  • High grade drill intercepts
  • Open at depth
  • Exploration potential over 15km of strike
  • First pass metallurgical test work underway!

* See Appendix for Mineral Resource details

Nickel Deficit is Coming

52.9 122.9 224.7 180.0 131.4 -52.2 -112.0 -209.5 -119.5 -116.4 -600 -400 -200 0 200 400 600 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 LME Stocks (kt Ni) Market Balance (kt Ni) Nickel Market Balance & Stocks Market Balance (kt) LME/SHFE Stocks

  • Stocks shrinking to "alarm" levels by late-2019
    • Supply Demand forces will lead to upward pressure on nickel price

Key Points

  • Impressive Fisher East Scoping Study Outcomes
  • Both Concentrator and Toll Cases are very attractive and Upside Case is very achievable
  • Large shallow mineral systems (over 10km in strike length, open at 700m depth, sulphides at 60m depth)
  • Aggressively exploring tenements covering > 500km2
  • Straight forward underground mining & processing
  • Excellent metallurgy and concentrate specs
  • Strong treasury of cash & receivables = $12.8 million*

* NPV of $3.75m receivable is A$2.4, plus $10.4m cash (as at 30 June 2018) Equipment and mine shown in top right photograph not owned by Rox

Corporate Information

Capital Structure
ASX Code: RXL
Shares on Issue: 1,259M
Share Price: A$0.010
Unlisted Options: 65.8M
Market Cap: $12.6M
Cash & Receivables* (at30 Jun 2018): $12.8M
Debt: Nil
Trading at ~CashEV: $-0.2M
BackingTop 20: 22%
* NPV of A$3.75 million deferred payment from Teck for Reward sale is A$2.4 million

A Great Opportunity

  • RXL Cash & receivables have an NPV ~$13m
  • Concentrator Case has an NPV of $79m
  • Toll Mill Case has NPV of $58m
  • Rox's Market Cap should be a lot more than cash backing!
  • Independent research* has valued Rox at ~$35m ($0.026/share)

*e.g. Bell Potter, 20 June 2018 Bubble size relates to relative Enterprise Value (EV) – some companies have more than one project Non-Rox projects are at a more advanced study stage – see Appendix for source data

Thank You

Rox Resources Limited Level 1, 34 Colin Street, West Perth, WA, 6005 AUSTRALIA T: (08) 9226 0044 F: (08) 9322 6254 E: [email protected] W: www.roxresources.com.au

Appendix - Study Outcomes

Capital Costs Concentrator Case Toll Case
Mining Inventory 2.9Mt @ 1.7% Ni 2.9Mt @ 1.7% Ni
Pre-Production Capital A$87.0m A$48.0m
Sustaining Capital A$37.9m A$37.0m
Life of Mine 6.0 years 6.0 years
Processing Rate 500ktpa 500ktpa
Nickel in concentrate -LOM 44,100t 44,100t
Nickel in concentrate -Annual 7,300tpa 7,300tpa
Nickel Price US$7.50/lb US$7.50/lb
Exchange Rate (AUD:US) 0.75 0.75
Revenue A$678.5m A$630.0m
C1 Cash Costs A$4.19/lb (US$3.14/lb) A$4.56/lb (US$3.42/lb)
All in Sustaining Costs A$4.76/lb (US$3.57/lb) A$5.10/lb (US$3.83/lb)
EBITDA A$271.3m A$187.4m
Net Cash Flow (pre-tax) A$146.5m A$102.3m
Pre-tax NPV (10%) A$79.2m A$58.2m
IRR 44% 55%
Payback 2.25 years 1.8 years

Appendix – Mineral Resources

Fisher East Nickel, ASX:RXL 5 February 2016

Deposit Category Tonnes (Mt) Ni% Ni (kt)
IndicatedCamelwoodInferredTotal 1.7 2.0 34.0
0.3 1.5 5.0
2.0 1.9 39.0
Cannonball Indicated 0.24 2.9 7.0
Inferred 0.02 1.9 0.3
Total 0.26 2.8 7.3
Indicated 1.8 1.7 30.0
Musket Inferred 0.11.5Total1.91.73.71.9Inferred0.51.5Total4.11.9 1.5
31.6
TOTAL Indicated 71.0
7.0
78.0

Fisher East: 1.0% Ni block cut-off grade. Values may not sum due to rounding.

Olympia Nickel-Copper-PGE, ASX:RXL 18 August 2017

Tonnes(kt) Ni % Cu % Co ppm Pd ppm Pt ppm NiEq%* NiEq(kt) Pd+Pt(koz)
573 1.6 1.2 820 1.5 0.85 2.2 13.5 43.0

Olympia: 1.0% Ni block cut-off grade. Values may not sum due to rounding.

Information provided as required by section 50 of the JORC Code 2012

*NiEq = (Ni grade x Ni price x Ni recovery + Cu grade x Cu price x Cu recovery) / (Ni price x Ni recovery) Where Ni price = US$13,000/t, Cu price = US$6,300/t (as of 10 October 2018)

Ni recovery = 85%, Cu recovery = 85%

Metallurgical recoveries based on results from deposits with similar mineralogy, e.g. Savannah (83% recovery for both Ni and Cu), and Nova (88% recovery for both Ni and Cu). In general, the metallurgical recoveries of nickel and copper are similar, so the factors cancel each other out in the metal equivalent calculation. In addition, metallurgical recoveries at the Fisher East project average 88% for nickel.

It is the Company's reasonable opinion that all metals in the metal equivalent will be able to be recovered and sold, as they are at Savannah and Nova.

Appendix – Peer Comparison Data

Unit Savannah Odysseus Fisher East FE Toll Mill Mincor Poseidon
Ore Reserves/Mining Inventory Mt 7.7 4.9 2.9 2.9 1.1 3.3
Grade Ni% 1.42 2.30 1.73 1.73 2.50 0.72
Production Rate ktpa 936 750 500 500 300 1100
Mine Life Yrs 8 8 6 6 4 3
Up-Front Capex A$M 32 200 87 48 32.6 31.4
Sustaining Capex A$M 198 68 37.9 37 36.5 25
Total Capex A$M 230 268 124.9 85 69.1 57
Opex A$/t 120 130 140.7 152.9 179.4 67
Production p.a. (Ni conc) ktpa Ni 10.8 12.0 7.3 7.3 4.4 8.0
Total Production ktpa Ni 89.6 90.0 43.9 43.9 16.5 24.0
Capital Intensity $/t Ni 2,566 2,978 2,935 2,027 4,188 2,361
Ni Price Used US$/t 14,884 16,500 16,500 16,500 16,500 16,979
Discount Rate % 8 7 10 10 10 10
Exchange Rate $US:A$ 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.76
Net Cash Flow A$M 570.0 580.0 146.5 102.3 80.6 60.2
NPV (Pre-Tax) A$M 380 292 79.2 58.2 54.6 43.6
IRR % 200 28 44 55 70.7 92
C1 Cash Cost A$/lb 2.10 3.21 4.19 4.56 5.75 4.18
AISC A$/lb 4.80 3.69 4.76 5.10 6.80 6.71
Information Source ASX:PAN 27-10-17 ASX:WSA 30-3-17 ASX:RXL 10-10-18 ASX:RXL 10-10-18 ASX:MCR 10-3-16 ASX:POS 18-7-18
Study Stage Feasibility Pre-Feasibility Scoping Scoping Feasibility Feasibility
Enterprise Value (as of 10-10-18) A$M 246 535 1 1 68 104