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TALISMAN MINING LIMITED Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2016

Jun 22, 2016

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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TALISMAN MINING LIMITED

ABN 71 079 536 495

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND

PROXY FORM

TIME : 10.00 am (WST) DATE : Tuesday 26 July 2016 PLACE : Celtic Club 48 Ord Street West Perth, Western Australia 6005

This Notice of Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting.

Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on (+61 8) 9380 4230.

CONTENTS PAGE

Notice of General Meeting 4 Explanatory Statement 5 Glossary 6

T IME AND PLACE OF MEET ING AND HOW TO VOTE

VENUE

The General Meeting of the Shareholders to which this Notice of Meeting relates will be held at 10.00 am (WST) on Tuesday 26 July 2016 at:

Celtic Club 48 Ord Street West Perth, Western Australia 6005

in person at the meeting. The appointment must comply with the requirements of section 250D of the Corporations Act. The representative should bring to the meeting evidence of his or her appointment, including any authority under which it is signed. Shareholders can download and fill out the 'Appointment of Corporate Representation' form from the website of the share registry of the Company – www.linkmarketservices.com.au.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

VOTING BY PROXY

The business of the General Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.

HOW TO VOTE

  • A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint not more than two proxies. Each proxy will have the right to vote on a poll and also to speak at the meeting.

Shareholders can vote by either:

  • attending the meeting and voting in person or by attorney or, in the case of corporate shareholders, by appointing a corporate representative to attend and vote; or

  • appointing a proxy to attend and vote on their behalf using the proxy form accompanying this Notice of Meeting and by submitting their proxy appointment and voting instructions in person, by post, or by facsimile.

  • The appointment of the proxy may specify the proportion or the number of votes that the proxy may exercise. Where more than one proxy is appointed and the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the shareholder's votes each proxy may exercise, the votes will be divided equally among the proxies (i.e. where there are two proxies, each proxy may exercise half of the votes).

  • A proxy need not be a shareholder.

VOTING IN PERSON

Shareholders, or their attorneys, who plan to attend the meeting are asked to arrive at the venue 15 minutes prior to the time designated for the meeting, if possible, so that their holding may be checked against the Company's share register and attendance recorded. Attorneys should bring with them an original or certified copy of the power of attorney under which they have been authorised to attend and vote at the meeting.

  • The proxy can be either an individual or a body corporate.

  • If a proxy is not directed how to vote on an item of business, the proxy may generally vote, or abstain from voting, as they think fit.

  • Should any resolution, other than those specified in this Notice, be proposed at the meeting, a proxy may vote on that resolution as they think fit.

VOTING BY A CORPORATION

A Shareholder that is a corporation may appoint an individual to act as its representative and vote

  • If a proxy is instructed to abstain from voting on an item of business, they are directed not to vote on the shareholder's behalf on the

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poll and the shares that are the subject of the proxy appointment will not be counted in calculating the required majority.

  • Shareholders who return their proxy forms with a direction how to vote but do not nominate the identity of their proxy will be taken to have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy to vote on their behalf. If a proxy form is returned but the nominated proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chair of the Meeting will act in place of the nominated proxy and vote in accordance with any instructions. Proxy appointments in favour of the Chairman of the meeting, the secretary or any Director that do not contain a direction how to vote will be used where possible to support each of the resolutions proposed in this Notice, provided they are entitled to cast votes as a proxy under the voting exclusion rules which apply to some of the proposed resolutions.

than 48 hrs before the commencement of the meeting. If facsimile transmission is used, the power of attorney must be certified.

SHAREHOLDERS WHO ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE

In accordance with Regulations 7.11.37 and 7.11.38 of the Corporations Regulations 2001, the Board has determined that a person's entitlement to vote at the General Meeting will be the entitlement of that person set out in the Register of Shareholders as at 10.00 am (AWST) on 24 July 2016.

  • To be effective, proxies must be lodged by 10.00 am (WST) on 24 July 2016. Proxies lodged after this time will be invalid.

  • Proxies may be lodged using any of the following methods:

by post using the pre-addressed envelope provided with this Notice;

by post to Talisman Mining Ltd C/- Link Market Services Limited, Locked Bag A14, Sydney South NSW 1235;

in person to 1A Homebush Bay Drive, Rhodes NSW 2138;

by faxing a completed proxy form to +61 2 9287 0309; or

online - www.linkmarketservices.com.au Select ‘Investor Login’ and enter the holding details as shown on the proxy form. Select the ‘Voting’ tab and then follow the prompts. You will be taken to have signed your Proxy Form if you lodge it in accordance with the instructions given on the website.

The proxy form must be signed by the shareholder or the shareholder's attorney. Proxies given by corporations must be executed in accordance with the Corporations Act. Where the appointment of a proxy is signed by the appointer's attorney, a certified copy of the power of attorney, or the power itself, must be received by the Company at the above address, by facsimile, or online and by 10.00 am (WST) on 24 July 2016, being not later

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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEET ING

Notice is given that a General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 10.00 am (WST) on Tuesday 26 July 2016 at the Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005.

The Explanatory Statement to this Notice of Meeting provides additional information on matters to be considered at the General Meeting. The Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form are part of this Notice of Meeting.

Terms and abbreviations used in this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement are defined in the Glossary.

AGENDA

1. RESOLUTION 1 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR PLACEMENT

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

“That, pursuant to Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, the prior issue on or around 17 March 2016 of 37,139,975 fully paid ordinary shares in the Company at $0.45 each to raise $16,712,989 (before costs) under a placement as set out in the Explanatory Statement accompanying this Notice of Meeting, be ratified.”

Voting Exclusion :

The Company will disregard any votes cast on Resolution 1 by any person who participated in the issue and any associates of those persons.

However, the Company need not disregard a vote on Resolution 1 if:

  • (a) it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the proxy form; or

  • (b) it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the proxy form to vote as the proxy decides.

The Chair of the Meeting will vote any undirected proxies in favour of Resolution 1.

If you choose to appoint a proxy, you are encouraged to direct your proxy how to vote on this Resolution by marking either “For”, “Against” or “Abstain” for that item of business.

DATED: 9 JUNE 2016

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of the Shareholders in connection with the business to be conducted at the General Meeting to be held at 10.00 am (WST) on Tuesday 26 July 2016 at the Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, WA 6005.

The purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide information which the directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolution in the Notice of Meeting.

1. RESOLUTION 1 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR PLACEMENT

A total of 37,139,975 new fully paid ordinary Shares ( Placement Shares ) were issued to Australian professional, institutional and sophisticated investors on 17 March 2016. These investors did not require the issue of a disclosure document in order to subscribe for the Placement Shares. None of the subscribers for the Placement Shares was a related party of the Company for the purposes of the Corporations Act or the Listing Rules. Shares were allotted at the discretion of the Board. The Placement Shares were issued at $0.45 per Share, raising $16,712,989 before costs of the issue. Of the total number of Placement Shares issued, 14,855,990 were issued with approval under Listing Rule 7.1A and 22,283,985 were issued under the 15% capacity available to the Company under Listing Rule 7.1.

As announced by the Company, the funds raised under the placement will be used to enable Talisman to continue to contribute to joint venture funding at the Springfield copper-gold joint venture, to progress Talisman’s growth strategy at the Sinclair nickel project and for general working capital purposes.

From their date of issue, the Placement Shares rank equally in all respects with the Company’s existing fully paid ordinary Shares.

Resolution 1 seeks Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.4 to ratify the issue of the Placement Shares. The effect of such ratification will be that the placement of these Shares will not be counted as reducing the number of securities which the Company can issue in the future without Shareholder approval under the 15% limit imposed by Listing Rule 7.1 and the 10% additional placement capacity limit imposed by Listing Rule 7.1A (i.e. the 15% and 10% limited are “renewed” to the extent of the ratification).

The Board unanimously recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution.

2. ENQUIRIES

Shareholders are requ ested to contact the Company Secretary on (+ 61 8) 9380 4230 if they have any queries in respect of the matters set out in these documents.

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GLOSSARY

$ means Australian dollars.

General Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice of Meeting.

ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

ASX means ASX Limited.

ASX Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.

Board means the current board of Directors of the Company.

Business Day means Monday to Friday inclusive, except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and any other day that ASX declares is not a business day.

Company means Talisman Mining Limited (ABN 71 079 536 495).

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Directors means the current Directors of the Company.

Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice of Meeting.

Notice of Meeting or means this notice of General Meeting including the explanatory statement.

Related Body Corporate has the meaning given in the Corporations Act.

Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, or any one of them, as the context requires.

Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.

Shareholder means a holder of a Share.

WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.

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Talisman Mining Limited ABN 71 079 536 495

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LODGE YOUR VOTE
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ONLINEwww.linkmarketservices.com.au

BY MAIL � Talisman Mining Limited C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A14 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia � BY FAX +61 2 9287 0309

BY HAND Link Market Services Limited 1A Homebush Bay Drive, Rhodes NSW 2138

ALL ENQUIRIES TO Telephone: +61 1300 554 474 PROXY FORM I/We being a member(s) of Talisman Mining Limited and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint: APPOINT A PROXY the Chairman of the OR if you are NOT appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of the person or Meeting (mark box) body corporate you are appointing as your proxy or failing the person or body corporate named, or if no person or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act on my/our behalf (including to vote in accordance with the following directions or, if no directions have been given and to the extent permitted by the law, as the proxy sees fit) at the General Meeting of the Company to be held at 10:00am (WST) on Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at the Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, WA 6005 (the Meeting ) and at any postponement or adjournment of the Meeting. The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business. VOTING DIRECTIONS Proxies will only be valid and accepted by the Company if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the Meeting. Please read the voting instructions overleaf before marking any boxes with an T Resolutions For Against Abstain * 1 Ratification of prior placement

� * If you mark the Abstain box for a particular Item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.

SIGNATURE OF SHAREHOLDERS – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED

Shareholder 1 (Individual)
Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary
Joint Shareholder 2 (Individual)
Director/Company Secretary (Delete one)
Joint Shareholder 3 (Individual)
Director

This form should be signed by the shareholder. If a joint holding, either shareholder may sign. If signed by the shareholder’s attorney, the power of attorney must have been previously noted by the registry or a certified copy attached to this form. If executed by a company, the form must be executed in accordance with the company’s constitution and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

TLM PRX1601A

HOW TO COMPLETE THIS SHAREHOLDER PROXY FORM

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS

LODGEMENT OF A PROXY FORM

This is your name and address as it appears on the Company’s share register. If this information is incorrect, please make the correction on the form. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note: you cannot change ownership of your shares using this form.

This Proxy Form (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given below by 10:00am (WST) on Sunday, 24 July 2016, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Meeting.

APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

Proxy Forms may be lodged using the reply paid envelope or:

If you wish to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, mark the box in Step 1. If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of that individual or body corporate in Step 1. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

  • ONLINE

www.linkmarketservices.com.au

Login to the Link website using the holding details as shown on the Proxy Form. Select ‘Voting’ and follow the prompts to lodge your vote. To use the online lodgement facility, shareholders will need their “Holder Identifier” (Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) as shown on the front of the Proxy Form).

DEFAULT TO CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING

Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will default to the Chairman of the Meeting, who is required to vote those proxies as directed. Any undirected proxies that default to the Chairman of the Meeting will be voted according to the instructions set out in this Proxy Form.

BY MAIL � Talisman Mining Limited C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A14 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia � BY FAX +61 2 9287 0309

VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY APPOINTMENT

  • You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the Locked Bag A14 boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in Sydney South NSW 1235 accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of Australia voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you � BY FAX do not mark any of the boxes on the items of business, your proxy may +61 2 9287 0309 vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your BY HAND

  • vote on that item will be invalid. � delivering it to Link Market Services Limited*

  • APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXY 1A Homebush Bay Drive

  • You are entitled to appoint up to two persons as proxies to attend the Rhodes NSW 2138 Meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning the Company’s share registry or you may copy this form and return them both together. * During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm) To appoint a second proxy you must: (a) on each of the first Proxy Form and the second Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or number of shares applicable to that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded; and

  • (b) return both forms together. SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided: Individual: where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign. Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, either shareholder may sign. Power of Attorney: to sign under Power of Attorney, you must lodge the Power of Attorney with the registry. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.

  • During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm)

Companies: where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001 ) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.

CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate “Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative” should be produced prior to admission in accordance with the Notice of Meeting. A form of the certificate may be obtained from the Company’s share registry or online at www.linkmarketservices.com.au.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE GENERAL MEETING, PLEASE BRING THIS FORM WITH YOU. THIS WILL ASSIST IN REGISTERING YOUR ATTENDANCE.