Evolution Mining Limited · ASX:EVN

Evolution Mining — Technical Presentation (September 2023)

51 slides from Evolution Mining's technical presentation, Sep 13, 2023

  1. Slide 1: Red Lake Site Visit

    For personal use only RED LAKE SITE VISIT 13 and 14 September 2023

  2. Slide 2: Forward Looking Statement

    FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT These materials prepared by Evolution Mining Limited (“Evolution” or “the Company”) include forward looking statements. Often, but not always, forward looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward looking words such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “intend

  3. Slide 3: Land Acknowledgement

    LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT For personal use only “I would like to acknowledge the land where we gather today. This is Treaty No.3 territory, the traditional lands of Lac Seul First Nation and Wabauskang First Nation, our partners here at the Red Lake Operation” Note: Artwork sourced from Government of Can

  4. Slide 4: Agenda

    AGENDA For personal use only 1 Day 1 Mining Tour 1 - Upper Campbell – 11 level Tour 2 - Balmer/Cochenour 2 Day 2 Discovery - Core shed tour Processing - Campbell mill tour Sustainability - Tailings storage facility (TSF) and wetland tour 4

  5. Slide 5: Site Leadership Team

    SITE LEADERSHIP TEAM For personal use only Daniel Alain Sarah-Lynn James Marcus John Hosfeld Russell Jewell Mouton Novlan Penhall People and Culture Geology Integrated Planning Sustainability Commercial VP Red Lake Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager1 Operations Martin Luis Vizcarra Amber David

  6. Slide 6: Red Lake Overview

    RED LAKE OVERVIEW Group Production Group Operating Cash Flow FY23 (ounces) FY23 For personal use only Red Lake Red Lake 19% 4% 120,840koz Mine life To 2040 530,315koz $902 M Ontario, Canada – approximately 535km north-west of Location Thunder Bay Ownership 100% Group Mineral Resources Group Ore Rese

  7. Slide 7: Sustainability

    SUSTAINABILITY TRIF1 Emissions breakdown by 18.8 asset (FY22) Red Lake For personal use only 5% Mt. 9.8 Rawdon 14% Cowal 44% Ernest Henry 20% Mungari 17% Health and Safety Environment First Nation Collaboration Agreements Improved safety performance Red Lake Operations accounted for ▪ Visible leader

  8. Slide 8: Community Partnerships

    COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS Red Lake contributed over CAD$300,000 into the local and First Nation Communities in FY23 For personal use only Red Lake Miners Hockey Mining Matters Youth Program Pride Celebration Red Lake Food Bank Bursary and Scholarships Red Lake Hospital Foundation Norseman Festival Evol

  9. Slide 9: Employer of Choice

    Leading to increased EMPLOYER OF productivity CHOICE ✓ Workforce restructure completed (~10% +100% For personal use only headcount reduction), optimisation continues 20 ✓ Transitioned to Group performance-linked 16 remuneration structure from hourly pay 10 ✓ Improving alignment at all levels of the

  10. Slide 10: The Vision for Red Lake

    THE VISION FOR RED LAKE Delivering a safe, reliable, long-life, margin focused operation For personal use only A world-class, Skilled Operational Developing high-grade workforce with transformation cost culture gold system in experienced advancing to with a focus on a Tier 1 leadership increase marg

  11. Slide 11: Red Lake Overview

    RED LAKE OVERVIEW Click here to view the overview video For personal use only

  12. Slide 12: Ore Sources

    Red Lake ORE SOURCES Campbell mill Stockpiles Any excess ore to mill stockpiles Cochenour For personal use only shaft CYD Reid decline Balmer (#3) shaft shaft Services Red Lake only R zone Upper Sulphides Aviation HW7 Cochenour Campbell Lower 12

  13. Slide 13: Mining – Productivity Gains

    Average drill metres per shift in last two months1 MINING – PRODUCTIVITY GAINS 36 +22% For personal use only ▪ Efficiency improving every day 44 ▪ Over 60% reduction in primary equipment (↓ to 39) Stopemaster Simba ▪ Increase in equipment capacity ▪ Introduction of ▪ jumbo bolting ▪ carousel product

  14. Slide 14: Mining – Productivity Gains

    MINING – PRODUCTIVITY GAINS ▪ 100% improvement in daily loader rates since For personal use only acquisition ▪ Replacement of old fleet ▪ Introduction of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) Loader rates (t/d) 800 700 600 500 400 300 +100% since 200 acquisition 100 - FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 14

  15. Slide 15: Focus on Increasing Margin

    Red Lake Mine Sulphides FOCUS ON INCREASING MARGIN Campbell Mill For personal use only ▪ Operational flexibility - HW7 Consistent & R Zone Aviation and stable sufficient contingency operations ▪ Operational excellence - Campbell Mine reliable delivery Upper Deliver long Campbell term success through

  16. Slide 16: FY24 Guidance

    FY24 GUIDANCE Production (koz) AISC to reduce by ~24% to +40% ~170 For personal use only ~$2,000/oz Production to increase by ~40% 121 115 to ~170koz FY22 FY23 FY24 Guidance New mine areas drives cost and All-in Sustaining Cost ($/oz) production improvements 2,620 2,519 -24% ~2,000 Sets the foundati

  17. Slide 17: Location

    LOCATION Red Red Lake Lake Superior Superior Craton Craton For personal use only RPGB RPGB Uchi N. Abitibi S. Abitibi S. Abitibi Wawa Wawa Location of the Red Lake Greenstone belt (modified from Robert et al., 2005) Superior Craton – similar age and mineralisation to gold deposits in the Yilgarn Cra

  18. Slide 18: Regional Geology

    District gold endowment of ~50Moz and growing - 37Moz on Evolution ground1 REGIONAL GEOLOGY ▪ Under explored, immature, For personal use only well-endowed greenstone terrane with large potential (5Moz discovery at Great Bear in 2021) Red Lake - Campbell ▪ Limited access with Cochenour freshwater lak

  19. Slide 19: Lower Campbell (MMTP)

    Mineral Resource expanded by ~50% through recent drilling and LOWER CAMPBELL (MMTP) recognition of alternate mineralisation styles1 CAMPBELL RED LAKE Upper For personal use only Campbell Ls Campbell Shaft 33L >1oz/t HST to Cochenour 36L ▪ Discovered late 1980s at Lower Campbell Reid Shaft ▪ MM - Mir

  20. Slide 20: Case Study – Lower Campbell (MMTP)

    CASE STUDY – LOWER CAMPBELL (MMTP) 63% of drilling ▪ 399km drilled at MMTP prior to 2021 For personal use only pre-Evolution ownership not ▪ 253km (63%) not assayed for gold (core not kept) assayed for gold ▪ Subtle mineralisation, different orebody context ▪ Significant drill program ongoing: ▪ FY2

  21. Slide 21: Case Study – Lower Campbell (MMTP)

    A CASE STUDY – LOWER CAMPBELL (MMTP) MMTP Dec 2021 Mineral Resource MMTP Dec 2022 Mineral Resource 256koz at 4.56g/t Au1 502koz at 5.14g/t Au1 96% ounces 5656750N For personal use only 5656825N 5656900N 5656930N 5656855N -1230 -1245 -1305 -1320 Legend MMTP mineralised domains Historically unsampled

  22. Slide 22: Recent Drilling: Upper Campbell

    RECENT DRILLING: UPPER CAMPBELL Upper Campbell 9 Level – “A Hangingwall” ▪ Multiple high-grade For personal use only stacked lodes in 5.2(4.1)@58.6g/t hangingwall of historic “A Zone” ▪ Maiden area of gold mineralisation and growth 3.2(2.2)@24.5g/t potential informed by 24.4(17.1)@4.3g/t recent dril

  23. Slide 23: Processing Infrastructure

    PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE Red Lake mill For personal use only ▪ 0.35Mtpa capacity Red Lake ▪ Conventional crushing, grinding, gravity concentration, CIP ▪ Flotation/concentrate handling McKenzie ▪ Paste plant Island Campbell TSF Balmer Lake Red Lake TSF Airport Campbell mill ▪ 0.8Mtpa capacity ▪ Cru

  24. Slide 24: Processing

    PROCESSING ▪ Mill remains mine-constrained with ample capacity available ▪ Unit costs reducing by ~30% since acquisition with significant focus on controlling costs in inflationary For personal use only environment FY20 Q4 FY21 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY22 Q1 FY22 Q2 FY22 Q43 FY22 Q4 FY23 Q1 FY23

  25. Slide 25: Cost Drivers and Sensitivities

    COST DRIVERS AND SENSITIVITIES • Employees and contract mining services account for FY23 cost drivers ~56% total costs For personal use only • Contract management remains a significant Parts / Contract management focus services and consumables, • Further reduction in primary fleet and personnel 23%

  26. Slide 26: Reducing Capital Intensity

    REDUCING CAPITAL INTENSITY Significant reinvestment ▪ Major capital intensity reduction as re-capitalisation since acquisition of existing mining areas drops off For personal use only Major capital expenditure ($M) ▪ Upper Campbell mine investment FY21-24 – FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 Guidance 1 developing

  27. Slide 27: Key Takeaways

    KEY TAKEAWAYS Premier gold mine in a Tier 1 jurisdiction For personal use only Safe, reliable, margin delivery focus Improvements guided for FY24: AISC reducing by ~24% and Production increasing by ~40% Large mineral endowment to support future growth potential 27

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  29. Slide 29: Group Gold Mineral Resources at December 2022

    GROUP GOLD MINERAL RESOURCES AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 ( W I T H E R N E S T H E N R Y J U N E 2 0 2 3 M I N E R A L R E S O U R C E U P D AT E ) Gold Measured Indicated Inferred Total Resource Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Cut-off Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Gold Metal CP7 Project Type Tonnes (Mt) Grade Me

  30. Slide 30: Group Gold Ore Reserves at December 2022

    GROUP GOLD ORE RESERVES AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 ( W I T H E R N E S T H E N R Y J U N E 2 0 2 3 O R E R E S E R V E U P D AT E ) Gold Proved Probable Total Reserve Competent Cut-off Tonnes Gold Grade Gold Metal Tonnes Gold Grade Gold Metal Tonnes Gold Grade Gold Metal Person8 Project Type (g/t Au) (Mt)

  31. Slide 31: Group Resources & Reserves at December 2022

    GROUP RESOURCES & RESERVES AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 ( W I T H E R N E S T H E N R Y J U N E 2 0 2 3 O R E R E S E R V E A N D M I N E R A L R E S O U R C E U P D AT E S ) Group Mineral Resource – contained copper Copper Measured Indicated Inferred Total Resource Copper CP3 Tonnes Copper Tonnes Copper Cop

  32. Slide 32: Site Leadership

    SITE LEADERSHIP John Penhall – VP Red Lake Operations For personal use only John is a motivated, outcome focused professional with over 21 years of operational mine site and leadership experience delivering growth and strategic business outcomes in complex settings. John has experience across Austra

  33. Slide 33: Site Leadership

    SITE LEADERSHIP Thomas Lethbridge – General Manager Red Lake Operations For personal use only Thomas is a highly experienced mining professional with a strong track record of leadership and operational management in the mining industry. With a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the University of

  34. Slide 34: Timeline

    TIMELINE 1949 1991 1996 2002 2006 2012 2020 For personal use only Mining McEwen Four year Discovery of the Dickenson and Cochenour Evolution acquires commences restructures labour strike Deep Sulphide Campbell mines haulage drift Red Lake in the companies to begins zones merge to create completed, n

  35. Slide 35: Mobile Equipment Overview

    MOBILE EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW EVN fleet Right sizing the fleet – 2 x Single Boom Sandvik DD311 Primary Production units For personal use only Jumbos (8) (decommission 1 in January 24) 1 x Twin Boom Sandvik DD420-40 targeting 32 pieces 1 x Twin Boom Sandvik 6-240 3 x Twin Boom Sandvik DD321-40 (Jumbo, Sc

  36. Slide 36: Mining Infrastructure

    N MINING INFRASTRUCTURE Cochenour shaft Reid shaft 1,000m Service shaft to Cochenour For personal use only Primary ore hoist from Lower mine Campbell and Cochenour CYD decline Red Lake Surface portal and decline in development Primary access to Upper Campbell and HG Young McKenzie Island Balmer Lake

  37. Slide 37: Processing Flow Sheet

    PROCESSING FLOW SHEET For personal use only CAMPBELL MILL RED LAKE MILL Leach BULLION Flotation Tails Leach 37

  38. Slide 38: Red Lake Quarterly Financials

    RED LAKE QUARTERLY FINANCIALS PRODUCTION AND COST SUMMARY1 Quarter Q4 20 Q1 21 Q2 21 Q3 21 Q4 21 Q1 22 Q2 22 Q3 22 Q4 22 Q1 23 Q2 23 Q3 23 Q4 23 Period Ended On Units 06/30/2020 09/30/2020 12/31/2020 03/31/2021 06/30/2021 09/30/2021 12/31/2021 03/31/2022 06/30/2022 09/30/2022 12/31/22 03/31/23 06/30

  39. Slide 39: Red Lake Exploration Results

    For personal use only RED LAKE EXPLORATION RESULTS 39

  40. Slide 40: Red Lake Drill Hole Information Summary

    RED LAKE DRILL HOLE INFORMATION SUMMARY Easting Hole Northing Elevation Dip Azimuth From Interval ETW Au Hole ID Hole Type NAD83 Length NAD83 (m) (m) NAD83 NAD83 (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (m) (m) For personal use only D091128 DDH 5656543.0 448035.3 -10.5 65.0 -22 32 34.00 4.43 3.54 2.91 D091128 DDH 5656543.

  41. Slide 41: Section Sampling Techniques and Data

    SECTION 1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA Red Lake Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut channels, random chips, or specific • Sampling of gold mineralisation at Red Lake Operation is undertaken using diam

  42. Slide 42: Section Sampling Techniques and Data

    SECTION 1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA Red Lake Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • Whether core and chip samples have been geologically and geotechnically logged to • All logging is both qualitative and quantitative in nature recording feat

  43. Slide 43: Section Sampling Techniques and Data

    SECTION 1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA Red Lake Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • Measures taken to ensure sample representation include the collection of field duplicates during Sub- diamond core sampling drilling at the geologist’s discr

  44. Slide 44: Section Sampling Techniques and Data

    SECTION 1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA Red Lake Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • The verification of significant intersections by either independent or alternative company • Independent internal or external verification of significant int

  45. Slide 45: Section Sampling Techniques and Data

    SECTION 1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA Red Lake Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • Whether the orientation of sampling achieves unbiased sampling of possible • Mineralized zones in the Red Lake-Campbell deposit are distinguished first by sp

  46. Slide 46: Section Reporting of Exploration Results

    SECTION 2 REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS Red Lake Section 2 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • Type, reference name/number, location and ownership including agreements or • Drilling at A-Hangingwall zone was undertaken on the following mining claim

  47. Slide 47: Section Reporting of Exploration Results

    SECTION 2 REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS Red Lake Section 2 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • Deposit type, geological setting and style of mineralisation. • The mineralization within the Red Lake Operations can be classified as an Archean greenst

  48. Slide 48: Section Reporting of Exploration Results

    SECTION 2 REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS Red Lake Section 2 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • A summary of all information material to the understanding of the exploration • Refer to the drill hole information table in the Appendix of this present

  49. Slide 49: Section Reporting of Exploration Results

    SECTION 2 REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS Red Lake Section 2 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and tabulations of intercepts should Diagrams be included for any significant discovery being reported. These

  50. Slide 50: Section Reporting of Exploration Results

    SECTION 2 REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS Red Lake Section 2 Sampling Techniques and Data Criteria Explanation Commentary For personal use only • Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration Results is not practicable, • All Exploration and Resource Definition results from 9 level A Hangingwall

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