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STELLAR RESOURCES LIMITED Investor Presentation 2013

Nov 28, 2013

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Heemskirk Tin Project - Tasmania CEO: Peter Blight

ITRI Investing in Tin Seminar November 2013

ASX: SRZ

www.stellarresources.com.au

Agenda

Company Overview Project Background Achievements PFS Results Optimisation Targets Upside Case

Corporate Snapshot

Shares on Issue 223.4M Market Capitalisation $12M Cash $1.4M (Sep 13) Investments $0.2M

Ownership Structure Top 20 60.6% Bunnenberg 18.4% RCF 16.2% JP Morgan Noms 11.0% HSBC Noms 2.9%

ASX Code SRZ (listed April 2005) Share Price 5.2c (12 month range: 4-16c)

Board & Management

Phil Harman Non-Exec Chairman Tom Burrowes Non-Exec Director Dr Markus Elsasser Non-Exec Director Dr David Isles Non-Exec Director Dr Tom Whiting Non-Exec Director Peter Blight Chief Executive Officer Chris Kemp Company Secretary

Stellar's well located tin assets

  • 100% owned Heemskirk tin project
  • 100% owned St Dizier tin deposit
  • Significant mining district
  • Easy access to water & power
  • Sealed road between both deposits
  • Rail & road connects to Burnie Port
  • 18km from Australia's largest tin mine - Renison Bell

Project History

  • 1960s Gippsland Ltd explored the outcropping Queen Hill tin deposit.
  • 1970s Aberfoyle Ltd earned a 60% interest.
  • 1980s Aberfoyle Ltd discovered Severn and Montana deposits.
  • 1986 Project suspended following the tin price collapse.
  • 2008 Stellar acquired 60% from Western Metals Ltd.
  • 2012 Stellar acquired remaining 40% from Gippsland Ltd.

Significant achievements at low cost

Outcomes achieved on $10 million of project spending to date

  • Maximised tin price leverage by moving to 100% ownership.
  • Increased resource by 49% to 71,500t contained tin worth $1.6bn.
  • Demonstrated presence of high grade tin best result: 7m@4% tin.
  • Demonstrated recovery of 70% through bench scale met testing.

Established environmental baseline.

Completed a positive preliminary feasibility study.

Grade and tonnage rising

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Heemskirk: highest grade undeveloped ASX listed tin resource

Resources: Million Tonnes

High grade intersections – ZS113

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PFS technical and cost summary

Description Units Value
Mining inventory Mt 3.95
Mined ore tin grade % tin 1.06
Average Mill Throughput Mtpa 0.6
Initial mine life Years 6.75
Tin recovery % 70
Average concentrate grade % 48
Average tin in concentrate production tpa 4,327
Mine gate costs US$/t tin in concentrate 14,389
Pre-production capital expenditure US$M 114

Mining inventory includes indicated and inferred Mineral Resources that have had mining dilution, recovery and economic factors applied to mine design, creating an inventory of potential stope and development tonnes.

Competitive mine gate costs

Mine gate cash cost of US$14,389/t is 42% below industry marginal cost

PFS shows economic viability

Description Economic Outputs
Tin price scenarios -10% Base Case +10%
LME tin price US$/t 22,950 25,500 28,050
NPVA$M8% 11 61 103
IRR % 10 19 26
Payback years 4.7 3.7 3.1
Operating margin A$/t ore treated 51 70 86
Total cash surplus A$M 77 152 215

Base case LME tin price is the median of nine analyst estimates for 2016 and beyond. It is also the marginal cost of tin production according to International Tin Research Institute cost curve analysis.

Optimisation Targets

Drilling of high grade mineralisation Resource expansion drilling Further metallurgical testing to improve recovery Exploration of open pit targets at St Dizier

Severn/Montana drill targets

Queen Hill drill targets

St Dizier – outcropping tin target

2.5 km of tin mineralised skarn

Upside potential from optimisation

  • Higher grade at Severn: increasing overall head grade from 1.06% to 1.17% adds $44 million or 72% to NPV.
  • Resource expansion: Each additional year of life adds $13 million or 22% to NPV.
  • Improved metallurgical performance: increasing recovery from 70% to 70.7% adds $4.9 million or 8% to NPV.

Addition of an open pit resource: low cost tonnes, developed quickly to provide early cash flow to fund underground development.

Disclaimer

Forward Looking Statement

This presentation may contain a number of forward-looking statements. Known and unknown risks and uncertainties, and factors outside of Stellar's control, may cause the actual results, performance and achievements of Stellar to differ materially from those expressed or implied in this presentation. To the maximum extent permitted by law and stock exchange listing rules, Stellar does not warrant the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information in this presentation, nor the future performance of Stellar, and will not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from the use of the information.

Competent Persons Statement – Heemskirk Mineral Resource

The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources was prepared in accordance with the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves' ("JORC Code") by Tim Callaghan of Resource and Exploration geology, who is a Member of The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy ("AusIMM"), has a minimum of five years experience in the estimation and assessment and evaluation of Mineral Resources of this style and is the Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code. This report accurately summarises and fairly reports his estimations and he has consented to the resource report in the form and context it appears.

The information in this report that relates to Mining Inventory is based on information reviewed by Phil Bremner, who is a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Bremner is an employee of Mining One Consultants Pty Ltd. Mr Bremner 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 (JORC code). Mr Bremner consents to the inclusion in the presentation of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

Competent Persons Statement – Exploration

The drill and exploration results reported herein, insofar as they relate to mineralisation, are based on information compiled by Mr R.K. Hazeldene who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Hazeldene has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits being considered to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2004 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code, 2004 Edition). Mr Hazeldene consents to the inclusion in the presentation of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

Stellar Resources Limited

Level 17, 530 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone +61 3 9618 2540 Fax +61 3 9649 7200 www.stellarresources.com.au

APPENDICES – PFS Result

Preliminary feasibility completed

  • Production scheduling: Mining One Pty Ltd
  • Geotech and mine design: Mining One Pty Ltd
  • Metallurgy: Asther Pty Ltd and ALS AMMTEC
  • Plant engineering and infrastructure: GR Engineering Pty Ltd
  • Environmental: J Miedecke & Partners Pty Ltd
  • Options studies: GR Engineering Pty Ltd

PFS underground mine plan

PFS Pre-production capital expenditure

Item US$ Million AU$ Million
Mine 34.1 37.9
Process facilities including first fills and spares 68.0 75.5
Infrastructure including tailings storage facility 6.4 7.2
Owners costs 1.4 1.5
Contingencies 4.0 4.5
Total project pre-production capital 113.9 126.6

A$/US$ exchange rate assumption of 0.90

Capital requirement reduced by:

Pre-concentration of run of mine ore

Existing infrastructure

PFS life of mine cash operating costs

Item US$/t tin in conc AU$/t ore
Mining 8,137 65.2
Processing 4,131 33.1
Direct Cash Cost (mining+processing) 12,268 98.3
Mine sustaining 1,735 13.9
Site sustaining 175 1.4
Corporate overheads 212 1.7
Total mine gate operating cost 14,389 115.3

A$/US$ exchange rate assumption of 0.90