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Salares Norte Project MAX COMBES: PROJECT DIRECTOR 10 April 2019 Salares Norte Maiden Reserve declared in an attractive mining jurisdiction The feasibility study for Salares Norte completed and peer

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Salares Norte Project

MAX COMBES: PROJECT DIRECTOR

10 April 2019

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Salares Norte

  • The feasibility study for Salares Norte completed and peer reviewed (Brecha Principal and Agua Amarga)
  • Maiden Reserve declared: 21.1Mt at 5.1g/t gold and 57.9g/t silver for 3.5Moz of gold and 4.0Moz of gold equivalent
  • Key metrics from the feasibility study:

̵ Initial 11.5-year life of mine ̵ Annual process plant throughput: 2Mt ̵ Life of mine production: c.3.7Moz gold equivalent – front ended ̵ Average annual production of 450koz gold equivalent over first seven years at AISC of US$465/oz (355koz gold equivalent over first 10 years) ̵ Feasibility study capital cost estimate: US$834m (real Q4 2018 money) ̵ AISC: US$545 per gold equivalent ounce; AIC: US$785 per gold equivalent ounce (over LoM) ̵ IRR of 25% at US$1,300/oz gold price with a 2.2 year payback period; NPV of US$654m (discount rate of 7.5%) from investment decision

  • Open pit operation envisaged with contractor mining and Merrill Crowe/CIP process design
  • More than adequate water secured in close proximity
  • Dry stacked tailings
  • Water and land rights have been secured and permitted for the future operational phase
  • On site diesel power station (gensets) – 14MW (Renewable Energy strategy in place)
  • The environmental impact assessment (EIA) was accepted for review on 11 July 2018

̵ 18 – 24 month review period anticipated

  • Detailed engineering underway

̵ Overall Engineering progress: 35%

  • Construction could commence in late 2020

Maiden Reserve declared in an attractive mining jurisdiction

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Context: The Journey and Location

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The Salares Norte Journey

Project Lifecycle, DFS status

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High Level Project Timeline

Exploration Discovery March 2011 Updated Resource 3.9 Moz AuEq 31% Indicated Dec 2015 Maiden Resource 3.55 Moz AuEq 100% Inferred Dec 2013 Commenced EIA Base Line Oct 2015

  • Int. Feasibility

Study Mar 2018 Construction Q4 2020 EIA Preparation Mar 2017 EIA/RCA FNTP Q1/Q2 2020

PERMISOS PROYECTO

DIA / RCA 2014

2011 2015 2017 2018 2019

Detail Engineering Apr 2018

2020 2021 2022 PERMITS PROJECT

Permits Development Nov 2018 24 Months 31 Months (*) EIA Submission Jul 2018

2023

FIRST GOLD Feb 2023 Acquired 100% of SN Feb 2012 Water Rights Application March 2014 Scoping Study Jul 2015

2012 2013 2014 2016

Water Rights granted 114 l/s Nov 2016 Pre Feasibility Study Mar 2017

  • Def. Feasibility

Study Feb 2019 DIA/RCA 2016 Maiden Reserve Declared

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~5 hrs (330 km) from Copiapo, ~4,500 m RL

Maricunga Belt, Atacama Region, Chile

El Salvador Codelco La Coipa Kinross Lobo-Marte Kinross Refugio Kinross Volcan Hochschild Caspiche Exeter

Salares Norte

Cerro Maricunga Atacama Pacific Cerro Casale Barrick-Kinross Candelaria Lundin Manto Verde Audley Capital

Diego de Almagro Chañaral Caldera

50 km

Salares Norte Social Area

Salares Norte

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Regional Geology / District Exploration

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High Sulfidation Epithermal Deposits

Global Distribution

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Several oxide examples in the Miocene (23 – 5 Ma) of Peru, Chile and Argentina Andes

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Notable Andean HS Epithermal Districts

Andean HS Epithermal Analogues

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History shows deposits grow into significant production centres – long-lived assets (15 to >20 years)

Mine Elevation (m) Production Start Year Production End Year Initial Reserves (Moz AuEq) Produced (Moz AuEq) R & R Dec 2015 (Moz AuEq) Reserve Growth El Indio 4,000 1979 2002 2.5 7.2 Closed 2002 2.9x La Coipa 4,100 1989 2013 3.7 7.6 C&M 2.1x Yanacocha 3,950 1993

  • 4.0

36.2 11.3 11.9x Pierina 4,000 1999 2014 6.1 8.2 Closed 2014 1.3x Lagunas Norte 4,100 2005

  • 6.9

9.1 5.7 2.1x Veladero 4,200 2005

  • 8.4

7.1 10.9 2.1x Salares Norte 4,250 2023 (?)

  • 3.47**
  • 3.47**

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** Mineral Reserve Dec 2018 – Au only + 39.2 Moz Ag

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  • Total endowment + 90 Moz Au Eq;
  • All, except La Coipa, Esperanza and Salares

Norte are porphyry-style Cu-Au deposits, large but low grade;

  • La Coipa in care and maintenance since

2013, ~7.5 Moz AuEq production over 25 years;

  • Maricunga (Refugio) suspended in 2016, ~3

Mozs Au production over 20 years;

  • Salares Norte is the first discovery in the

northern part of the belt.

Maricunga Belt

Northern Chile

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220 km

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History of Discovery

  • 2008-2009:

Initial RC drilling at Horizonte, with positive results: 24 m @ 4.1 g/t Au, in structurally controlled breccia with oxidised vuggy quartz

  • 2009-2010:

Follow-up drilling at Horizonte, intersections on the order of 100 m @ 0.5 g/t Au, in vuggy quartz breccia with advanced argillic alteration

  • 2010-2011:

First drill program at Salares Norte, March 2011: 980 m RC / 4 holes, discovery hole: SNRC002, with 96 m @ 1.54 g/t Au and 61 g/t Ag. Oxidized, good metallurgical response in preliminary leach tests

  • 2011-2013:

Delineation drilling; spectacular oxide intercept: 132 m @ 53.2 g/t Au and 59.3 g/t Ag (SNDD017). Maiden Resource Declaration (2013)

  • 2013-2018:

Infill and extension drilling (over 142 km drilled up to date) and resource update (31/12/2018):

  • 25.6 Mt @ 4.76 g/t Au & 53.14 g/t Ag for 3.9 Moz Au & 43.7 Moz Ag
  • at prices of US$ 1,400/oz Au and US$ 20.00/oz Ag
  • approximately 97% of the resource is classified as Indicated and 98% oxide

Salares Norte Deposits

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Salares Norte District

Land Consolidation

  • Increase landholding + 25,880 ha – new claims;
  • Exercised Aster 3, Aster 2, Helada and

Pedernales Options in 2018;

  • Other JVs under negotiation;

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Property Original Owner Hectares Year Acquired Gold Fields concessions

Gold Fields

45,550 2008-2017 Gold Fields applications

Gold Fields

25,880 In progress Salares Norte Option

SBX

900 2012 Rio Baker Option

SLM Rio Baker

900 2016 Pircas Option

SCM Aguas Heladas

1,800 2016 Aster 2 Option

Azufres de Atacama SCM

1,800 2018 Aster 3 Option

Azufres de Atacama SCM

1,200 2018 Helada Option

Azufres de Atacama SCM

2,000 2018 Pedernales Option

Azufres de Atacama SCM

1,600 2018 Potential JVs under negotiation

Other

2,200 In progress Total 83,830

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Salares Norte District

District Targets and Priority Exploration Areas

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Salares Norte Horizonte Aster 3 Aster 2 Pedernales Helada-Mayweather

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Salares Norte Geology

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Drilling History: 2011 to 2018

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Agua Amarga and Brecha Principal Deposits

Longitudinal Section: Geology and Alteration

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4,370 m 4,320 m

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Agua Amarga and Brecha Principal Deposits

Surface Geology and Cross Sections

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Agua Amarga and Brecha Principal Deposits

Geological Model Video

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Resources & Reserves

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Salares Norte Project Mineral Resources

  • Resource now mostly Indicated at 97% by gold metal

̵ 13,463 m additional AA infill drilling ̵ GC-spaced drilling at BP and AA

  • Additional ~250 koz Au in latest update

̵ Process cost improvement ̵ Definition of additional high-grade at AA

  • Internal and external audit complete and passed
  • Maiden Reserve declaration based on DFS

2018 Mineral Resource Update

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Salares Norte Project Mineral Resources

Class Tonnes (Mt) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Au (Moz) Ag (Moz) Au metal (%) Measured Indicated 23.7 4.99 56.29 3.80 42.91 97 Inferred 1.8 1.84 12.62 0.11 0.75 3 Total 25.6 4.76 53.13 3.91 43.66 100 2018 Mineral Resources Update

US$ 1,400/oz Au and US$ 20/oz Ag

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Mineral Reserve Declaration

December 2018 Reserve Statement by Source

Salares Norte Definitive Feasibility Study | April 2019 Probable Mineral Reserve Mining Area Tonnes Au Grade Ag Grade Gold Silver (kt) (g/t) (g/t) (koz) (koz) Brecha Principal 15,373 5.23 69.20 2,587 34,205 Agua Amarga 5,706 4.84 27.57 889 5,058 Total 21,079 5.13 57.94 3,476 39,263

Note: No Proved Mineral Reserves have been defined since there are no Measured Mineral Resources

  • US$ 1,200/oz Au and US$ 17.5/oz Ag
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Salares Norte Project Mineral Resources

Plan View – Grade Control Grid AA/BP

Salares Norte Definitive Feasibility Study | April 2019 Agua Amarga Brecha Principal

EIA Pit (2017)

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Salares Norte Project Mineral Resources

Grade Control Sections (BP) – 4,382 NE

SNDD330: 114.00 m @ 5.20 g/t Au & 27.00 g/t Ag (from 171.00 m) SNDD517: 118.50 m @ 7.44 g/t Au & 43.05 g/t Ag (from 167.50 m) SNDD511: 98.55 m @ 10.51 g/t Au & 130.25 g/t Ag (from 170.00 m) SNDD526: 100.00 @ 10.66 g/t Au & 23.67 g/t Ag (from 179.00 m) SNDD297: 153.00 m @ 7.78 g/t Au & 59.45 g/t Ag (from 136.00 m)

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Salares Norte Project Mineral Resources

Grade Control Sections (AA) – 4,100 NW

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SNDD458

SNDD532: 31.00 m @ 9.06 g/t Au & 8.20 g/t Ag (from 223.00 m) 22.30 m @ 1.39 g/t Au & 15.99 g/t Ag (from 254.00 m) 9.20 m @ 13.76 g/t Au & 43.13 g/t Ag (from 276.30 m) SNDD458: 31.50 m @ 5.62 g/t Au & 35.07 g/t Ag (from 256.00 m) SNDD535: 14.90 m @ 26.28 g/t Au & 35.84 g/t Ag (from 258.10 m)

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Salares Norte Project Mineral Resources

  • Geospark audits of QA/QC and database
  • Santiago Gigola audits of Geology
  • Optiro audit of Resource estimation (January 2019):

“Optiro endorses the estimation and reporting of the Salares Norte resource estimate and approves the classification accorded to the project under the guidelines of the SAMREC Code (2016).”

  • Optiro Reserve audit completed.

External Audits

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Salares Norte Project Mineral Resources

Resource Model Video

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Mine Design

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Salares Norte Mine Design

  • Mining Method: Open pit with conventional equipment
  • Operating model: Mining and Blasting Services performed by Contractors
  • System Constraint: Plant constrained, significant stockpiling strategy and rehandle of ore
  • Key focus during DFS:

̵ Optimized SMU and bench height ̵ Phase design and sequencing ̵ Define achievable ramp-up schedule (ensure mine can deliver) ̵ Verify accelerated ore mining strategy (grade streaming strategy)

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Mining

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Mine Configuration

WSF - North Filtered tailings deposit WSF - South Brecha Principal Sector Agua Amarga Sector Ore Stockpiles Salares Norte Definitive Feasibility Study | April 2019

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Salares Norte Mine Design

Parameter Unit Value Waste mined Mt 308.8 Pre-strip Mt 50.6 Ore mined Mt 22.2 Indicated Mt 18.8 Marginal* Mt 2.3 Inferred Mt 1.1 Strip ratio W:O 13.9:1 Gold grade g/t 4.96 Silver grade g/t 55.6

*Marginal material economic through cost restructuring at and of LOM.

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Physicals

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Salares Norte: Mining Schedule

Mining schedule criteria

  • Pre-strip of 50 Mt during < 2 years compulsory
  • Five years or more at peak mining rate to achieve reasonable mining rates from contractor
  • Mining rate < 50 Mtpa (don’t stress contractor capability)
  • Operable in terms of climatic conditions, with achievable ramp-up phase

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

  • 2
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Mining Tonnage (Mt) Year

BP Waste mined AA Waste mined BP Ore mined AA Ore mined Mining limit

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Metallurgy

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DFS Recovery Models for Gold and Silver

  • Extensive metallurgical test work performed – 211 variability samples
  • Metallurgical recovery is head grade dependent
  • Free milling ore amenable to cyanidation
  • Plant feed predominantly oxides (>98%) with good extraction
  • LOM average recovery;

̵ Gold: 92.7% ̵ Silver: 67.5%

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LOM average

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Metal Production Profile

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Metal production (koz) Year Au Produced Ag Produced Salares Norte Definitive Feasibility Study | April 2019

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Process Flowsheet

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Salares Norte: Process Flowsheet

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Processing Infrastructure

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Site Layout

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Orientation and Terrain

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Processing Plant

Main Generation Plant Tailings Filter Plant Civic District Workshop & Warehouse Primary Crusher Stockpile Grinding Building Raw & Potable Water Leaching CIP Grinding Thickener CCD Thickeners MC Clarifier Tailings Thickener Reagents Warehouse Reagents Area Merrill Crowe Elution Fuel Oxygen Plant Cyanide Area Lime Plant

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Tailings Filtration Plant and Tailings Deposit

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Site Layout

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Tailings Deposition – Selection criteria

Main criteria (from 2014)

  • Avoid site being tailings constraint – limit footprint
  • Limit infrastructure downstream of Facility
  • Avoid upstream facilities > 75% of TSF failures associated with this methodology
  • Adopt Best Available Technology
  • Improve geotechnical and geochemical stability
  • Reduce fresh water consumption

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Tailings Deposition Methodology

Dry stack Operation in Chile Conventional hydraulically placed tailings Salares Norte tailings at 15.7% moisture Filter cake

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Tailings Filter Plant

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  • Tailings placed on waste platform
  • TSF design capacity: 24.1 Mt
  • Geometry

̵ Bench slope angle: 21 degrees ̵ Bench height: 20 m ̵ Berm width: 8m

  • Lined facility with drainage system
  • Removed tailings capacity constraint

Filtered Tailings Deposit - Dry Stack

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Access and Roads

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Salares Norte Site Access

Distances:

  • Copiapó: 330 km
  • El Salvador Airport: 180 km
  • Port of Angamos: 853 km
  • Las Losas Port, Huasco: 670 km

4.500 m 3.920 m Salares Norte Definitive Feasibility Study | April 2019

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Salares Norte Project Access Road

Main Access Road - Existing (No improvement)

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Power and Fuel

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Power and Fuel - Layout

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Power Supply

  • > 100 km from grid - Low demand, relatively short LOM, interconnection not feasible
  • NCRE options possible, but 100% thermal generating capacity required
  • Base case considers Diesel Power station (17.5 MW installed) operated under BOOT contract
  • Staged introduction of NCRE, starting with non-process loads

Average Demand at Delivery Points (Steady State)

Delivery Point Description Mean Power Demand kW kVAr kVA DP1 Process Plant Electrical System 11,233 5,454 12,487 DP2 Water Wells and Pipeline System 133 99 166 DP3 Camp Electrical System 192 119 225 Total Mean Power Demand 11,557 5,672 12,874 Salares Norte Definitive Feasibility Study | April 2019

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2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 120 Average Demand (kW) Month Phase 1 - Non process loads Phase 2A - Process loads Phase 2B - Process loads, improved storage Peak NCRE (% Avg demand to maintain stability) Average demand (kW)

Salares Norte

NCRE Strategy NCRE – 80% demand 20% Electrical Energy 500 kW NCRE (Non-process) Process Plant Ramp-up NCRE 40% of Avg. Demand

Salares Norte Project Definitive Feasibility Study| Max Combes| Feb 11, 2019

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Benefits of Staged Approach

Staged approach

  • Secure and stabilize diesel power station for process plant commission and ramp-up - proven solution
  • Demonstrate commitment by reaching ~500 kW of NCRE for non-process loads at commissioning
  • Allow for construction of NCRE for process loads outside peak construction period
  • No additional camp requirements, no additional stress on laydown areas, etc.
  • Ramp-up power draw will make power cost inefficient under a take or pay arrangement (implement when plant

has stabilized)

  • Viability of high penetration to be proven from year 2 onwards

What is considered in the feasibility study

  • Provision for phase 1 included in Owner´s cost (camp and civic district loads)
  • Provision for management of phase 2A - Sustaining CAPEX (Improvement / debottlenecking projects during Y1)
  • Project financials does not reflect upside from NCRE (approx. US$0.75/t during Phase 2B)

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Water Supply

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Raw Water Supply

Pipeline (Steel 8”) 4100-TK-0042 Raw Water Storage Tank Pipeline (HDPE 10”)

  • Salares Norte granted water rights are 114 l/s
  • Water supply from 2 wells with current water rights

̵ WEDR001 = 58 l/s (12 km) ̵ WEDR003 = 27.2 l/s (13 km)

  • Water extraction permit requested in the EIA is 30 l/s
  • Water quality generally good
  • RO plant provided for potable water

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Sustainable Development

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OCCUPATI ATIONAL AL HEAL ALTH TH AN AND S SAF AFETY TY MANAGEMENT NT SYSTE TEM

Prepare and implement preventive actions to control the critical risks

  • f the operation..
  • Visible Leaderships
  • Inspections
  • Field Reports.
  • Audits.
  • Critical Risk Control.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Promote and maintain the highest degree of physical and mental well-being. Implementation of legal health protocols. Healthy life programs. Preventive control of common health.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Actively involve workers in health and safety management. Gold Fields and Contractors Joint Committee. Acknowledgments Health and Safety campaigns.

WORKERS - PEOPLE

Establish sequences of actions for the control of emergencies. Rescue brigade team. Drills Certified brigadistas.

EMERGENCIES

HS Boundaries:

  • 1686 Activity records made by workers and supervision in Visible Leaderships, Inspections and Field reports
  • Only 1 incident of high potential in 2018
  • Recognition among 14,000 companies in Chile for participation in the National Hand Protection Campaign

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Safety & Health Management

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Environmental Management

Environmental Management

Management of the biotic environment and collection

  • f information as the base line of the Salares Norte

project.

  • Fauna, with focus on the Chinchilla.
  • Flora and Vegetation.

BASE LINE AND BIODIVERSITY

Protect Water resource.

  • Monitoring wells
  • Hydrogeological model.
  • Environmental Monitoring Plan.

21 monitoring wells and 5 monitoring points of surface water.

WATER MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

  • Waste management.
  • Regulatory Compliance (RCA's).
  • Environmental Monitoring.
  • Recycling.

Quantify Greenhouse Gas emissions according to scope.

CLIMATE CHANGE

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  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was submitted on July 4th of 2018 to the Environmental

Evaluation Service of Atacama (SEA)

  • It was accepted by SEA for processing on July 11th, 2018
  • EIA submitted due to the significant effect on the renewable resources, specifically on:
  • Alteration and loss of chinchilla habitat
  • The first Authorities Clarification Requests as part of the EIA Processing (ICSARA) was issued to

MGFSN on October 10th, 2018.

  • The Inquiry to the Indigenous Community process started on January 10th, 2019. In this case it is

addressed to the Diego de Almagro Indigenous Community

  • Indigenous Consultation was closed on March 7 th and the resolution issued on April 5th
  • Addendum 1 is scheduled for submission on April 12th, 2019

EIA Process Status

March '19 Quarterly Review | Apr 10th, 2019

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Project Execution Strategy

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Salares Norte: Summary Schedule

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Investment Case Results

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Salares Norte

Initial CAPEX and AISC

Mine 19% Process Plant 38% Site Utilities 15% TSF and WSF 1% Owner´s Cost 14% Contingency 13%

Initial CAPEX (US$833.3M)

Mine 32% Process 39% G&A 15% Closure 4% Other 6% Sust.CAPEX 4%

AISC (US$545/Au-eq.oz)

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Metal Production and AISC

353 599 600 426 406 352 457 154 103 101 68 48 545 356 357 493 544 602 364 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Year All-in-Sustaining Cost (US$/eq.oz) Gold Production (Au-eq. Oz)

Au-eq. Production AISC

Rehandle only

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Investment Evaluation Model: Main Outcomes

Includes Inferred Material Metal price deck: Au - US$1200/0z Ag-US$17.50/oz District potential not included Cost reported in 2018 Q4 real terms * NPV at Au - US$1300/=Z Ag-US$17.50/oz = US$ M 654

Metric Units IFS Pre-Development Cost from Date of Study (DFS) US$M 80.5 Initial Capex US$M 833.8 All-in-Sustaining Cost (excluding Initial Capex) US$/eq.oz 545 All-in-Cost (including Initial Capex) US$/eq.oz 785 FCF Margin % 46 Discounted to Construction Decision – Excluding any Pre-Development (*) Cost NPV7.5% US$M 510* IRR % 21.8% Payback Period from Start of Operations Years 2.4 Discounted to Date of Study – Including all Pre-Development Cost from March 2019 NPV7.5% US$M 402 IRR % 18.4%

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Next steps

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The Next Steps

  • Obtain EIA approval
  • Advance Detail Engineering and Permitting
  • Funding strategy
  • Final Board approval
  • Continue District exploration

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