New Hope Corporation Limited · ASX:NHC
New Hope — H1 2006 Earnings Presentation
17 slides from New Hope's earnings presentation, Apr 11, 2006
Slide 1: Interim Half Year Report — January 2006
My, New Hope Corporation Limited Interim Half Year Report — January 2006.
Slide 2: Highlights — Interim Half Year Report
y Nee) Highlights — Interim Half Year Report New Hope Corporation Limited to 3 ] st Ja Nn var 2006 + Listed on ASX with Washington H. Soul Pattinson shareholding of 61.6 % + Group profit after tax of $40.3 million = Australian operations result up by 80%. — Last year comparative $42. 1m (including o
Slide 3: Production & Sales Statistics
ee Production & Sales Statistics Corporation Limited| Production* 1.823 1.831 Domesticsales |. 0.664 ~—S «4 -~—C«O BO
Slide 4: Acland Location
ea ie Acland Location Corporation Limited| / Meandu (Rio Tinto)’ GlenWilga (Farong) Kogan ‘Creek (Aberdare) Kogan Creak Powar'Siation “yar under construction: ~ Wilkio Créek (Poabody} ome Hate Millmerran Power Station
Slide 5: Acland Stage II Expansion
Mee Acland Stage II Expansion Corporation Limited| Initial Design Capacity | 700 TPH feed rate 2.0 MTPA 2.45 MTPA Stage Il Expansion | 350 TPH feed rate}. 1.0 MTPA ~4.20 MPTA Seer fo | 3.65 MTPA
Slide 6: Acland Expansion Facilities
Me Acland Expansion Facilities Corporation Limited| © Existing Enfrastructure in Black Stage 2 Expansion in Blue REWORK COAL AUSTRALAS, CRAP COAL, BRE IENT ‘Sage 8 twronstess
Slide 7: Queensland Bulk Handling (QBH)
Mee Queensiand Bulk Handling (QBH) Corporation Limited| Owned 50:50 by New Hope and Patrick Corporation ~* Throughput of 2.2mt (1.8mt for previous equivalent period) - = 4.2mt record for year ending December 2005 + Brisbane Port remains congestion free as a despatch coal
Slide 8: Exploration Activities
vo Exploration Activities Corporation Limited| + Activity is centred around — Acland on the Darling Downs — Central Queensland coal fields + Acland thermal coal resource and quality ~ confirmation programme has been active for. -12 months and will continue to mid 2007
Slide 9: Exploration Activities (cont)
vo Exploration Activities (cont) Corporation Limited| | * Central Queensland exploration has identified possible indications of underground hard coking coal resources | — Lenton = Saraji East
Slide 10: Lenton Project Location
rN New Hope Corporation Limited| Lenton Project Location Rail aporox. 3okrn |
Slide 11: Lenton Project
Mae Lenton Project Corporation Limited| + Structural repeat of the coal seams hosting the Burton Coal Mine of Peabody (2 kms to the east) ~ Exploration target is a mix of open cut coking coal and thermal coal, combined with underground coking coal ‘resources -
Slide 12: wage
wage a yan ste ba ep. . ro TARGET: Leichhardt-Vermont Seam — Intersected 3.2m at 267.8m depth Quality - Coking Coal
Slide 13: Saraji East Location
vo Saraji East Location Corporation Limited| Most prospective Dysart Seam occurrence for underground development. North-South Long Section / Most prospective Harrow Creek Seam occurrence for underground development Oysart Moranbah Road
Slide 14: Saraji East Project
vo Saraji East Project Corporation Limited| ~ Down dip coal seam extensions of those mined at the BMA Saraji open cut mine + Exploration target is for underground hard coking coal resources ad Preliminary drilling has confirmed the presence of two potential ~-underground coal mining horizons: ~ Uppe
Slide 15: Saraji East — Indicative Coal Quality
ve Saraji East — Indicative Coal Quality Corporation Limited| Seam Thickness (m) 44 3.7 Simulated Yield (% ad) 75.8 79.5 | Simulated Ash (% ad) 95 90 Volatile Matter(% ad) | ttit«é‘i 47.0.
Slide 16: Financial Summary
Meee Financial Summary Corporation Limited| + New Hope has returned $180 million to shareholders + Remaining funds ($400 + million) to be used in optimising base business, expanding existing capacity, exploration a and. development as well as investment i in complimentary - businesses BSS!
Slide 17: Pricing Outlook
vo Pricing Outlook Corporation Limited| + Coal pricing volatility will be influenced by both buyer and seller operating costs including transport costs, which will influence power generators choice of multiple energy fuel alternatives and supply sources — . Lower sales volume expected over remaining