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The Chaarat Project On the road to production November 2016 2 Disclaimer THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY CHAARAT GOLD HOLDINGS LIMITED (THE COMPANY ) SOLELY FOR USE AT PRESENTATIONS. THE COMPANYS PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY IS THE


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The Chaarat Project On the road to production

November 2016

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Disclaimer

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The Chaarat Gold Project – the story so far

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One of the largest high grade undeveloped deposits in the world 2002 - licence awarded to Chaarat Zaav – 100% interest 2007 - AIM IPO – CGH 2011 – Prefeasibility Study completed 2013 – Mining licence awarded 2016 – NERIN Feasibility study completed for the whole project and

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2017 – The next chapter….

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A two stage development

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FIRST STAGE Open pit Heap Leach operation producing ~60,000 oz/year at a low cost SECOND STAGE expansion to over 200,000 oz/year High grade refractory ore project

Bankable feasibility study for the Heap Leach operation in progress scheduled for completion in H1 2017 Construction and pre-stripping to start in 2017 First gold pour in 2019

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The Tien Shan Gold Belt

Location - a great neighbourhood

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Kyrgyz Republic – a mining country

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Resource – large and high grade

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Type Quantity (kt) Grade (g/t) Content (koz) Tulkubash open pit heap leach COG 0.5 g/t Au Heap leach Measured and Indicated 18,813 1.35 819 Heap leach inferred 2,124 1.36 93 Heap leach total 20,937 1.35 912 Open pit Main and Contact zones Refractory COG 1.0 g/t Au Open pit Refractory measured and indicated 24,533 2.39 1,883 Open pit Refractory inferred 2,478 2.26 180 Open pit Refractory total 27,011 2.38 2,063 Underground Main and Contact zones refractory COG 1.8 g/t Au Underground Refractory measured and indicated 29,059 3.56 3,328 Underground Refractory inferred 6,068 3.79 740 Underground Refractory total 35,127 3.60 4,068

Total Resource 7.04 million ounces Total Reserves as per Chinese DFS 4.74 million ounces

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One of the highest grade developers…

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Undeveloped Deposits – Measured & Indicated Resource vs grade

“The Chaarat deposit hosts one of the world’s largest and highest grade undeveloped M&I resource bases”

Source: MineView Consulting April 2016

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Chaarat’s reserves are the outlier

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Proven & Probable Reserves vs grade

“…and one of the largest undeveloped reserve bases too…”

Developers Producers

Source: MineView Consulting April 2016

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Bottom quartile on the cost curve (using the NERIN FS data)

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All In Sustaining Cost AISC (Individual Projects, $/oz)

Source: MineView Consulting April 2016

Developers Producers

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Infrastructure – road and power line for stage 2

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The Tulkubash heap leach project

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Total heap leachable resource 19.7 MT @ 1.34g/t > 838,000 ounces More to come……. Bankable feasibility study under way Good recovery from heap leach – to be verified in BFS work Modest strip ratio of approximately 1:6 Significant design work already completed Subject to raising construction finance - production possible from Spring 2019 No “fatal flaw” issues identified so far in work on BFS

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Tulkubash pit and satellites

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WASTE DUMP LEACH PAD

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Tulkubash future pit

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WASTE DUMP LEACH PAD

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Tulkubash Project prospective timetable

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2016 2017 2018 2019 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Feasibility study Local documentation Finance package Construction First gold poured

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Indicative numbers extracted from the ongoing work on the BFS

Tulkubash Project in numbers

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Annual production 2.5-3 million tons of ore Run of Mine grade expected to be ~1.3g/t Metallurgical recovery 70% +/-3% Strip ratio 1:6 Estimated investment approximately USD 80-100million

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Directors and Management Team

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Martin Andersson – non executive Chairman Private investor with significant experience of Russia and the region Largest shareholder Martin Wiwen-Nilsson – non executive director Ex Goldman Sachs – global commodities, emerging markets and sovereign wealth fund experience Dekel Golan – Chief Executive Formerly African Plantations Corp and Apex Silver Asia Alex Novak – Country Manager, Bishkek office 25 years in business in Russia, the Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan Linda Naylor – Finance Director Formerly partner in Grant Thornton UK, focusing on junior mining companies Turat Usubaliev – Deputy Director Chaarat Zaav Responsible for community relations – Kyrgyz national

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The Kyrgyz Republic

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The only democracy in central Asia Elections are organised and carried out according to schedule Mining an important contributor to the budget – c10% of GDP Increasing number of mines scheduled to come into production Member of the Eurasian Economic Union – access to people and markets Transparent taxation regime

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Effective 1 July 2016

Taxation in the Kyrgyz Republic

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Royalty 5% of revenue Local infrastructure contribution 2% of revenue Revenue based tax depending on price of gold at $0-1300 per ounce = 1%

TOTAL = 8% of revenue

Revenue based tax depending on price of gold at $1301-1400 per ounce = 3%

TOTAL = 10% of revenue

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Corporate social responsibility

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Social initiatives led by deputy director of local company – a Kyrgyz national - and include the following: Infrastructure development - upgrading local roads and water infrastructure Healthcare - local mobile clinics Education / skill building education – scholarships job creation – at Chaarat site and in villages community facilities – sports hall built and equipped micro-finance – local co-operative financed to run local shops Emergency support during winter - supply of flour and hay at market prices Regional Consultation Group established to facilitate communication and consultation with local communities

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*source Mineview Consulting April 2016

Company statistics

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£ US$ Share price 9.0p 10.98c Market Capitalisation 31.7 M 38.67 M Investment to date per share 32p 39c Total investment 112.6 M 137.4 M EV/ounce 3.94 4.81 Average EV/ounce developers* 18.04 22

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Share Information

Chaarat corporate snapshot

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Major shareholders October 2016 Labro Investments (Chairman) 32.62% Other directors 9.96% UBS Wealth Management 7.49% China Nonferrous Metals Int’l Mining Co 6.40% Ruffer 2.54% AIM Ticker CGH Shares outstanding 351.8m Fully diluted 388.4m Market Cap @ 9.0p US$ 38.63m Cash at 31 October 2016 US$ 4.8 m

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Recapping

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Large licence area in Western Kyrgyz Republic 7.04 Moz JORC resource delineated in 2016 Ore bodies are open along strike and down dip with many more targets undrilled

Definitive Feasibility Study substantiates the value and potential of the whole Chaarat deposit Bankable Feasibility Study for Tulkubash Project well underway Plans in progress to move to production as quickly and cheaply as possible

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www.chaarat.com

info@chaarat.com

Contact

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Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited

+44 (0)20 7499 2612 Dekel Golan (CEO) Linda Naylor (FD)

Numis Securities +44 (0)20 7260 1000

John Prior/Paul Gillam James Black