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Sheffield Resources Ltd. Investor Presentation 2012

Sep 25, 2012

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Sheffield Resources Ltd

LARGE PROJECTS, NEW PROVINCES

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Investor Presentation September 2012

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Disclaimer

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COMPETENT PERSONS’ STATEMENT – EXPLORATION RESULTS

The information in this announcement that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by David Boyd. Mr Boyd is a full time employee of the Company. Mr Boyd is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and the activity to which they are undertaking to qualify as Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (“JORC Code”)’. Mr Boyd consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

COMPETENT PERSONS’ STATEMENT – RESOURCE ESTIMATES

The information in this presentation that relates to resource estimation is based on information compiled by Mr Trent Strickland. Mr Strickland is a full time employee of Quantitative Group (QG) and a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Strickland has sufficient experience in the minerals industry to satisfy the requirements to act as the competent person for this estimate as defined in the 2004 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Strickland consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this presentation that relates to reporting of resource and exploration results is based on information compiled under the guidance of Mark Teakle. Mr Teakle is a full time employee of the Company. Mr Teakle is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and the activity to which they are undertaking to qualify as Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (“JORC Code”)’. Mr Teakle consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

FORWARD LOOKING AND EXPLORATION TARGET STATEMENTS

Some statements in this announcement regarding estimates or future events are forward-looking statements. They involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from estimated results. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the Company’s exploration programme, outlook, target sizes and mineralised material estimates. They include statements preceded by words such as “expected”, “planned”, “target”, “scheduled”, “intends”, “potential”, “prospective” and similar expressions.

The terms “Target” and “Exploration Target”, where used in this report, should not be misunderstood or misconstrued as an estimate of Mineral Resources and Reserves as defined by the JORC Code (2004), and therefore the terms have not been used in this context. Exploration Targets are conceptual in nature and it is uncertain if further exploration or feasibility study will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource or Reserve.

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Company Snapshot

Capital Structure Capital Structure
Share price $0.64
Shares on issue 95.7m
Options (Ave. Ex Price ~24.7c) 31.1m
Market Cap (Undiluted) $61m
Cash at 30 June 2012 $9.3m
Debt Nil
Enterprise Value $51.7m
Shareholder Split Shareholder Split
Top 20 Shareholders 41%
Directors 16%
Institutions 12%

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Board & Management Board & Management
Will Burbury Exec Chairman
Bruce McQuitty Managing Director
David Archer Technical Director
David Boyd Exploration Manager
Mark Teakle Project Development Manager

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Investment Summary

Experienced management team

Dampier – Zircon

  • Flagship Project

  • First major HMS discovery in the Canning Basin

  • Thick, high grade mineralisation from surface

  • Globally significant project

  • Drilling continues with deposit open in all directions

  • Nearby Argo target provides further exploration upside

Project Locations

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Dampier - Zircon

  • Large high grade discovery

  • New HMS Province

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  • Large tenure position in new minerals sands province

Red Bull – Nickel Copper

  • Located in an exciting new nickel-copper province

  • • 17km from Sirius Resources’ Nova discovery

Pilbara Iron

Eneabba - Mineral Sands

  • Building a significant resource inventory in a proven mining province

McCalls - Mineral Sands

  • Very large choride ilmenite deposit

Pipeline of other Projects

  • Pilbara iron, Moora talc

Eneabba - HMS

  • Large Resource inventory

  • Advanced Project

McCalls - HMS

  • Very large chloride ilmenite deposit

Red Bull - Base Metals

  • Fraser Range Ni-Cu

Moora Talc

PERTH

  • Exposure to exciting new

  • province

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Dampier

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  • Previously under-explored region

  • Sheffield first mover in region with ~ 3,000 km² landholding

  • The Dampier Project contains two significant heavy mineral sands prospects: Thunderbird and Argo

  • Thunderbird is a large shallow deposit on the eastern zone and is the first major discovery in the Canning Basin Argo is located on the western zone

  • The Canning Basin is an emerging HMS province

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Thunderbird Discovery

  • Globally significant zircon exploration project

  • Thunderbird has scale

  • Strike potential of 15 km

  • Mineralisation outcrops, dipping shallowly at < 1 degree

  • Broad, high grade intersections from maiden drill programme:

  • 20.5m @ 9.5% HM from 24m (THAC013)

  • 40.5m @ 6.5% HM from 13.5m (THAC024)

  • 42m @ 6.0% HM from 6m (THAC006)

  • 30m @ 7.2% HM from 3m (THAC016)

  • 28.5m @ 6.1% HM from 1.5m (THAC017)

  • 33m @ 6.3% HM from surface (THAC022)

  • The mineralisation shows excellent continuity and remains open in all directions

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Thunderbird Discovery

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  • Exceptional results from second batch of samples released 19 September 2012, including:

  • 32.1m @ 10.1% HM from 9m (THAC048)

  • 40.5m @ 7.8% HM from 3m (THAC047)

  • 41.5m @ 7.3% HM from 6m (THAC006)

  • 42m @ 6.3% HM from 21m (THAC025)

  • 27m @ 8.6% HM from surface (THAC040)

  • 26m @ 9.6% HM from 15m (THAC064)

  • 17m @ 12.2% HM from 22.5 (THAC049)

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Thunderbird Discovery

  • The drilling results received to date define an internal high grade zone (at 5% HM cut-off) up to 32.5m thick, with an area of 12km[2] , averaging 9.0% HM

  • Half of the deposit has less than 3 metres of overburden

  • Potential for large tonnage and long life mine

  • Drilling Programme - Thunderbird

  • Current programme is ongoing

  • Targeting 8 km of strike length

  • Drilling pattern ranges from 500m x 500m at the centre of the target area to 500m x 1,000m at the strike extremities

  • Immediate next steps – Thunderbird

  • Complete drilling programme Sept 2012

  • Drilling results and mineral assemblage Q4 2012

  • Resource estimation Q4 2012

  • Metallurgical testwork Q1 2013

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Panning of heavy mineral from drill sample

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Valuable Heavy Mineral grains (THAC018 7.5-9m)

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Dampier – Exploration upside

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Zircon Tail
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  • Argo Prospect

  • 12km west of Thunderbird

  • High priority drilling target with established mineralisation (based on a single scout drill traverse)

  • 17% zircon from historical metallurgical testwork (see photo of gravity separation above)

  • Confirmed zircon which was found to be within the acceptable 500 U+Th range

  • Provides significant exploration upside

  • Scheduled for drilling in the 2013 field season

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Red Bull

  • Red Bull Project comprises of two exploration licences (one remains in application)

  • Combined project area of 525km[2 ]

  • A significant new nickel-copper discovery (Nova) has recently been made by Sirius Resources NL (ASX:SIR)

  • Red Bull is within 20km of the Nova discovery

  • Covers the same prospective Fraser Complex rocks which host Nova

  • New Nickel-Copper Province

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Red Bull

  • Targets from historic data review

  • 8km long anomalous Ni-Cu trend identified from historical aircore drilling results

  • Favourable mafic and ultramafic host rocks and large structures

  • Disseminated sulphides noted by previous explorers

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Red Bull

  • Concealed potential

  • At Red Bull, the prospective Fraser Complex rocks are concealed beneath a thin layer of transported cover

  • Sirius’ Nova discovery was made in a similarly concealed setting

  • Due to the extent of cover, the Red Bull project area has received limited previous exploration

Next steps

  • Undertake 144km[2] VTEM airborne survey late October 2012

  • Identify potential conductors

  • Soil sampling

  • Drilling of targets on grant of tenement

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Eneabba

  • Strategy: to build a substantial resource base to underpin a 20-30 year mine life

  • Project located ~ 140km south of Geraldton

  • Established mining province dominated initially by Iluka Resources Ltd and Tronox Ltd

  • Significant tenure position secured in 2010 followed by drilling campaigns in 2011/12

  • Mineral Resource of 226Mt @ 2.3% HM, containing 5.3Mt in HM[1 ]

  • Assay results from drilling at Irwin and Drummond Crossing prospects due Q3 2012

1See Appendices 1 & 2 for resource tabulation

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McCalls

  • Globally significant asset receiving considerable industry attention

  • Large high TiO2 ilmenite deposit, located 110km north of Perth

  • Mineral Resource of 4.4Bt @ 1.2% HM, containing 53Mt in HM¹

  • Lower grade but has scale:

  • contains over 40Mt of chloride grade ilmenite

  • one of the largest chloride grade ilmenite deposits in the world

  • High TiO2 content of ilmenite confirmed by metallurgical testwork

  • Higher value ilmenite, potentially suitable for chloride route / synthetic rutile processing

1See Appendices 1 & 2 for resource tabulation

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Summary

  • Exploring for large deposits in new provinces

  • Dampier - the flagship project

  • Canning Basin is a new province with more discoveries to be made – immediate focus

  • Evaluating highly prospective Red Bull project for NiCu-PGEs

  • Established Mineral Resources at Eneabba and McCalls carry significant value

  • Strong pipeline of other projects

  • Strong cash position to underpin exploration

  • Experienced and successful management team

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For further information please contact:

Sheffield Resources Ltd 14 Prowse Street West Perth WA 6005 Ph +61 (8) 6424 8440 www.sheffieldresources.com.au [email protected]

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Appendix 1 Resource Inventor y

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Sheffield’s contained Valuable HM (VHM)* Resource inventory (0.9% HM cut-off)

Deposit Resource Category Zircon
(‘000t)
Rutile
(‘000t)
Leuc.
(‘000t)
Ilmenite
(‘000t)
Total VHM (‘000t)
Yandanooka Indicated 201 117 168 1,072 1,558
Yandanooka Inferred 12 8.5 15 73 108
Durack Indicated 144 29 52 703 928
Durack Inferred 26 4.6 13 121 164
Ellengail Inferred 92 90 20 658 860
West Mine North Measured 18 33 42 200 293
West Mine North Indicated 71 87 46 506 709
McCalls Inferred 3,491 1,063 2,576 42,911 50,041
Total Measured 18 33 42 200 293
Total Indicated 416 233 266 2,281 3,195
Total Inferred 3,621 1,166 2,624 43,762 51,173
Total All 4,055 1,432 2,932 46,242 54,662

The contained HM tonnages in the above table are derived from Mineral Resource Estimates for the Yandanooka, Ellengail , West Mine North, McCalls and Durack deposits, previously fully reported in ASX releases by Sheffield on 16 August 2011, 25 October 2011, 7 November 2011, 20 February 2012 and 28 August 2012. Appendix 2 summarises the estimated tonnes and grades for these deposits.

  • Valuable Heavy Minerals are classified as zircon, rutile, leucoxene and ilmenite.

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Appendix 2 HMS Mineral Resource1 Inventory at 0.9% HM Cut-off 28 AUG 2012

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ENEABBA PROJECT

Deposit Resource
Category
Material
(Mt)*
Bulk Density HM
%
Slimes % Osize
%
In-situ HM
(Mt)*
Zircon
%
Rutile
%
Leuc.
%
Ilmenite
%
Yandanooka Indicated 61.00 2.0 2.8 14.7 9.4 1.72 11.7 6.8 9.8 62.3
Yandanooka Inferred 10.75 1.9 1.1 12.9 9.0 0.12 10.1 7.0 12.5 59.8
Yandanooka Total 71.75 2.0 2.6 14.4 9.3 1.84 11.5 6.9 10.2 61.9
Durack Indicated 50.3 2.0 2.0 15 21 1.02 14 2.8 5.1 69
Durack Inferred 15 1.9 1.2 14 17 0.18 14 2.5 7.2 66
Durack Total 65.3 2.0 1.8 15 20 1.20 14 2.8 5.6 68
Ellengail Inferred 46.45 2.0 2.2 15.6 2.1 1.04 8.9 8.7 1.9 63.5

Ellengail
Total 46.45 2.0 2.2 15.6 2.1 1.04 8.9 8.7 1.9 63.5

West Mine North
Measured 6.47 2.0 5.6 14.8 1.2 0.36 4.9 9.1 11.6 54.9
West Mine North Indicated 36.11 1.9 2.3 13.1 2.8 0.84 8.4 10.3 5.4 60.0
West Mine North Total 42.58 1.9 2.8 13.4 2.5 1.21 7.9 10.1 6.4 59.2
Total Measured 6.47 2.0 5.6 14.8 1.2 0.36 4.9 9.1 11.6 54.9
Total Indicated 147 2.0 2.4 14.3 11.6 3.58 11.7 6.3 7.1 64.0
Total Inferred 72.2 2.0 1.8 14.9 6.2 1.34 10.1 7.2 4.6 63.4
Total Eneabba All 226 2.0 2.3 14.5 9.5 5.29 11.0 6.7 6.4 63.5

McCALLS PROJECT

Deposit Resource
Category
Material
(Mt)*
Bulk Density HM
%
Slimes % Osize
%
In-situ HM
(Mt)*
Zircon
%
Rutile
%
Leuc.
%
Ilmenite
%
McCalls
Inferred
4,431 2.3 1.2 26.5 1.4 53 6.6 2.0 4.9 80.8

*Tonnes have been rounded to reflect the relative uncertainty of the estimate.[1 ] This estimate is classified and reported in a manner compliant with the JORC code and guidelines (JORC, 2004).[2] The Mineral Assemblage is represented as the percentage of the Heavy Mineral (HM) component of the deposit, as determined by QEMSCAN. TiO2 minerals defined according to the following ranges: Rutile >95% TiO2; Leucoxene 85-95% TiO2; Ilmenite <55-85% TiO2.

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