Hillgrove Resources Limited · ASX:HGO

Hillgrove Resources — Shareholder Meeting (May 2015)

27 slides from Hillgrove Resources's shareholder meeting presentation, May 28, 2015

  1. Slide 1: Annual General Meeting Company Update

    For personal use only ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING COMPANY UPDATE STEVE McCLARE IIIII CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR 28 MAY 2015

  2. Slide 2: Safety Has Improved But Must Be Better

    SAFETY HAS IMPROVED BUT MUST BE BETTER For personal use only  The Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) has improved 75% in the last three years.  This year the severity has reduced but the frequency remains.  It must continue to decline before we can be proud of this reduction. 2

  3. Slide 3: Community Communications

    COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS  Engagement continues through the Kanmantoo Callington Community Consultative For personal use only Committee (KCCCC), with key areas discussed including dust, noise, lights and rehabilitation program  A Dust Working Party was formed promoting understanding and community i

  4. Slide 4: Dust Monitoring

    4 For personal use only DUST MONITORING

  5. Slide 5: Dust Monitoring – Summer Period 14/15

    10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0 01/12/2014 00:00 5 For personal use only 03/12/2014 00:00 05/12/2014 00:00 07/12/2014 00:00 09/12/2014 00:00 11/12/2014 00:00 13/12/2014 00:00 15/12/2014 00:00 17/12/2014 00:00 19/12/2014 00:00 21/12/2014 00:00 23/12/2014 00:00 25/12/2014 00:00 27/12/2014 00:00 29/12/2014 00:0

  6. Slide 6: Seed Farm and Rehabilitation

    SEED FARM AND REHABILITATION For personal use only 6

  7. Slide 7: Environmental Offset Rehabilitation

    ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSET REHABILITATION For personal use only 7

  8. Slide 8: Waste Dump Shaping and Rehabilitation

    WASTE DUMP SHAPING AND REHABILITATION For personal use only 8

  9. Slide 9: PEPR Extension

    PEPR EXTENSION  Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation (PEPR) in relation to the Life For personal use only of Mine plan for ML6345 and ML6436 was approved by the Department of State Development.  The approval provides a 75% increase in processed ore and a two year extension to 2019

  10. Slide 10: Sustainable Operations

    SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS Owner Operator mining - July 2013 For personal use only  - 48% mining unit costs  + 81% mining production  + 8% payload per truck  + 24% truck efficiency  + 17% drilling efficiency  - 17% blasting powder factor  - 29% fuel consumption  - 75% dilution 10

  11. Slide 11: Processing and ROM Unit Costs

    PROCESSING AND ROM UNIT COSTS For personal use only 11

  12. Slide 12: Ore Processing

    For personal use only 12 ORE PROCESSING

  13. Slide 13: Annual Accounts and Report Highlights

    ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND REPORT HIGHLIGHTS For personal use only  A record 20,693t Cu within concentrates produced  EBITDA of $42.7M with underlying EBITDA of $53.4M  Statutory Profit after tax of $3.8M with Underlying Profit after tax of $10.1M  Reduction in bank debt from $40.8M to $18.0M - Gearing

  14. Slide 14: Strong Hedge Book Performance

    STRONG HEDGE BOOK PERFORMANCE For personal use only Hillgrove Resources Hedge Book (A$/mt) 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 Month End Cash Price (A$/mt) Expired Hedging (A$/mt) Committed Hedging (A$/mt)  6,500mt of copper hedges added in April 2015 at a price of A$7,917/mt (A$3.59/lb) before margins.  19.6

  15. Slide 15: Mine Life Potential

    MINE LIFE POTENTIAL For personal use only Reduced Mining and Reserve Exploration Processing Costs Existing PEPR New Proposed PEPR Further PEPR 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 15

  16. Slide 16: Strategy – Enhance Shareholder Value

    STRATEGY – ENHANCE SHAREHOLDER VALUE For personal use only THREE PILLARS FOR ENHANCING SHAREHOLDER VALUE KANMANTOO REGIONAL CAPITAL MINE GROWTH MANAGEMENT Productivity and cost Enabling the focus to maximise free Company to maximise cash flow generation shareholder value Targeted regional through ap

  17. Slide 17: Enhancing Shareholder Value – Kanmantoo

    ENHANCING SHAREHOLDER VALUE – KANMANTOO For personal use only 17

  18. Slide 18: Giant Pit Potential

    GIANT PIT POTENTIAL  Lower costs potentially allow a second cutback on the Giant Pit with existing resource. For personal use only Current Confirmatory Mined Optimisation Surface Current Giant Pit Design Optimisation Options with Reduced Costs Section Line Model Legend > 0.6% Cu 0.4% < Cu <0.2% < 0

  19. Slide 19: Broader Exploration Programme

    BROADER EXPLORATION PROGRAMME  Wheal Ellen appears to For personal use only continue at depth but not along strike  Detailed gravity surveys to north of Kavanagh / Giant have indicated extensions  Helicopter TEM completed 19

  20. Slide 20: Initial Exploration Success

    INITIAL EXPLORATION SUCCESS Exploration success in a 433 metre deep For personal use only reverse circulation (RC) hole, 200 metres to the north of the current resource.  28 metres @ 0.61% Cu, 0.14g/t Au and 2.6g/t Ag at a 0.2% Cu cut off – within a broader mineralised zone of;  39 metres @ 0.47%

  21. Slide 21: Initial Exploration Success

    INITIAL EXPLORATION SUCCESS For personal use only Two density inversion shells that may cause the observed surface gravity signature, and the location of KTRC995 exploration hole Conceptual 3D model of the two potential density shells. Note that the shells have been truncated artificially just north

  22. Slide 22: Kanmantoo Exploration Next Steps

    KANMANTOO EXPLORATION NEXT STEPS For personal use only 22

  23. Slide 23: Kanmantoo Exploration Next Steps

    KANMANTOO EXPLORATION NEXT STEPS For personal use only 23

  24. Slide 24: What Happened in Nugent

    WHAT HAPPENED IN NUGENT For personal use only 24

  25. Slide 25: Managing Directors Intent

    MANAGING DIRECTORS INTENT For personal use only  Shore up revenue – complete Giant cutback promptly  Lower costs – Company wide  Simplify and consolidate organisation in line with renewed focus on Kanmantoo  Extend life – through input cost reductions and exploration  Maximise cash from Operati

  26. Slide 26: Statement

    STATEMENT No representation or warranty is or will be made by any person (including Hillgrove Resources Limited ACN 004 297 116 (“Hillgrove”, “HGO”, or the “Company”) and its officers, directors, employees, advisers and agents) in relation to the accuracy or completeness of all or part of this docum

  27. Slide 27: Competent Person Statements

    COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENTS Kanmantoo Global Mineral Resource Estimate at End February 2013 ABOUT HILLGROVE JORC 2012 Tonnage Cu Au Ag For personal use only Classification (Mt) (%) (g/t) (g/t) Hillgrove is an Australian mining company listed on Measured 2.63 0.88 0.10 1.95 the Australian Securities

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