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W W W . R O M A R C O . C O M FEBRUARY 2012 CORPORATE PRESENTATION

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FEBRUARY 2012

CORPORATE PRESENTATION

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The information in this document has been prepared as of February 9, 2011. Certain statements contained in this document constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward looking information under the provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws. When used in this document, the words “anticipate”, “expect”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “will”, “planned”, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements or information. Specifically, this presentation contains forward looking statements regarding the results and projections contained in the February 2011 technical report of the Haile Gold project, including the expected mine life, recovery, capital costs, cash operating costs and other costs and anticipated production of the described open pit mine, the projected internal rate of return, the projected payback period, the availability of capital for development, sensitivity to metal prices, ore grade, the reserve and resource estimates on the project, the financial analysis, the timing for completion of the revised feasibility study on the Haile Gold project, the timing and amount of future production, the timing of construction of the proposed mine and process facilities, capital and operating expenditures, the timing of the receipt of permits, rights and authorizations, communications with local stakeholders and community relations, availability of financing and any and all other timing, development, operational, financial, economic, legal, regulatory and political factors that may influence future events or conditions and expected drilling activities. In addition, this presentation also contains updated resource estimates contained in the February 2011 technical reports. Scientific and technical information referred herein has been extracted from and are hereby qualified in their entirety by reference to the aforementioned technical reports (“Technical Reports”). Joshua Snider, P.E., Thomas L. Drielick, P.E., Lee “Pat” Gochnour, M.M.S.A., John Marek, P.E. and Derek Wittwer, P.E. are responsible for preparing the Technical Reports. Each of the above referenced persons is a “qualified person” as defined in National Instrument 43-101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Such forward‐looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, but not limited in any manner, those disclosed in any another of Romarco’s public filings, and include the ultimate determination of mineral reserves and resources, availability and final receipt of required approvals, licenses and permits, sufficient working capital to develop and operate the proposed mine, access to adequate services and supplies, economic conditions, commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates, access to capital and debt markets and associated cost of funds, availability of a qualified work force, lack of social opposition and legal challenges, and the ultimate ability to mine, process and sell mineral products on economically favorable terms. While Romarco considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect. Actual results may vary from such forward‐looking information for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to risks and uncertainties disclosed in other Romarco filings at www.sedar.com. Forward‐looking statements are based upon management’s beliefs, estimate and opinions on the date the statements are made and, other than as required by law, Romarco does not intend, and undertakes no obligation to update any forward‐looking information to reflect, among other things, new information or future events   Cautionary Note to United States Investors Concerning Estimates of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources: Certain tables may use the terms “Measured”, “Indicated” and “Inferred” Resources. United States investors are advised that while such terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations, however, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize them. “Inferred Mineral Resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of Inferred Mineral Resources may not form the basis of feasibility or other economic studies. United States investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of Measured or Indicated Mineral Resources will ever be converted into Mineral Reserves. United States investors are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of a Mineral Resource is economically or legally mineable. All figures are US$ unless otherwise indicated    

Cautionary Statement

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Why own ROMARCO?

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Near term, low cost gold producer with strong project economics

Located in a mining friendly jurisdiction with excellent infrastructure

Private Land – No Royalties

Significant Exploration Upside – open pit & underground

Solid cash position (~ US$115 million), no debt – as of December 31, 2011

70% Institutionally Held

Permits Pending – targeted by year end 2012

Extremely undervalued in today’s Market vs. Peers

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§  First Gold rush before California §  Carolinas led US Gold production until

1848

§  Second US Mint in Charlotte, NC §  Original 49’ers came from East Coast

§  Significant gold production in 80’s-90’s §  Mining part of local history/community

§  500 active mines in South Carolina today

CAROLINA SLATE BELT

Tennessee  

Kentucky   West  Virginia  

North  Carolina  

Georgia  

South  Carolina  

Buzzard  

Elm  

Hickory  Ironwood  

Bayberry  

Locust  

Russell  Mine  

Reed  Mine  Howie  Mine  

Brewer  Mine  

Ridgeway  Mine  Dorn  Mine  

Bante  Mine  Tathom  Mine  

Columbia  Mine  

Magruder  Mine  

Haile  Mine  

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HAILE GOLD MINE MINING HISTORY

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LOCAL COMMUNITY TOWN OF KERSHAW

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2011 HIGHLIGHTS

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u  Completed Feasibility Study •  Economically robust •  Low cost gold producer (< $380/oz) •  Low capital cost gold mine (< US $300mm) •  High grade open pit mine (2.06 g/t)

u  Filed for all State & Federal permits u  Completed 172,000 meters drill program

•  Discovered 2 mineralized zones - Mustang & Palomino

u  Ordered long lead-time equipment u  Permitted & built assay lab on time &

under budget •  Successfully passed 2 of 3 requirements for

accreditation •  Final test to achieve accreditation

expected in 2012

u  Acquired 5 regional targets, drilled 3

u  Romarco added to following indices: •  Morgan Stanley Small Cap Index •  S&P / TSX Composite Index •  S&P / TSX Global Gold Index •  S&P / TSX Gold Mining Index •  Dow Jones Junior Precious Metals Index

u  Completed C$92 million bought-deal financing October 2012

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2012 OBJECTIVES

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NEW RESOURCE – Q1 2012

UNDERGROUND STUDY NI 43-101 Technical Report pending

COMPLETE DETAILED ENGINEERING

AGGRESSIVE DRILL PROGRAM

ADVANCE PERMITS targeting approvals by year-end

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FEBRUARY 2011 §  Feasibility completed

$292 million (1) §  One of lowest capital cost projects in industry

$379/oz ($347/oz first 5 years) §  One of lowest operating cost projects in industry

2.06 g/t §  One of highest grade open-pit projects in industry

* NOTE: As per February 9, 2011 Feasibility Study (1) As reported in Q3 MD&A November 7, 2011

INTRODUCTION TO THE

HAILE GOLD MINE PROJECT

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* All figures are in millions of dollars (1)  Source: Company Disclosure���

Peers include direct and indirect costs, contingency funding and previously sunk development capital (sustaining capital not included) (2)  As reported in Q3 MD&A November 7, 2011

Development Capex for Primary Open Pit Asset (US$mm) (1)

$3,365!$3,160!

$2,240!

$1,709!

$1,076!$922!

$789!

$444! $292! $262!

$0!

$500!

$1,000!

$1,500!

$2,000!

$2,500!

$3,000!

$3,500!

$4,000!

Seabridge! Chesapeake! Nova Gold! International Tower Hill!

Detour! Gabriel Resources!

Osisko! Banro! ROMARCO! Guyana!

(2)  

LOW CAPITAL COST

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(1)  Source: Brook Hunt estimates (2)  Announced February 9, 2011

$617!

$379! $428!

$0!

$100!

$200!

$300!

$400!

$500!

$600!

$700!

LOWEST QUARTILE AVERAGE CASH COST IN Q4 2011 (1)

Industry Average (1) ROMARCO ��� LOM Average (2)

Lowest Quartile (1)

LOW CASH COST

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Reserve  Grade  for  Primary  Open  Pit  Asset  (g/t  Au)  (1)  

(1)    Source:  BMO  Capital  Markets  

HIGH GRADE FOR OPEN PIT

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HAILE GOLD MINE FEASIBILITY STUDY HIGHLIGHTS

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u  7,000 tpd throughput u  Designed for 14,000 tpd u  CRUSH > GRIND > FLOTATION u  Recovery: 83.7 % u  Avg. annual production: 150k oz/yr u  Strip Ratio: 7.2:1 (LOM)

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HAILE GOLD MINE FEASIBILITY STUDY HIGHLIGHTS

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u Feasibility Study does not include Horseshoe, Mustang, Palomino, Snake, Deep, Small & Champion deposits

u Opportunities for reducing strip ratio by removing saddles between pits

u Opportunities to expand operation through open pit & underground

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Gold Price

Per oz. NPV @0% NPV @ 5% NPV @ 10% IRR %

PAYBACK YEARS

$1500 $1,426 $930 $621 47.0% 2.0

$1400 $1,259 $811 $534 42.3% 2.2

$1300 $1,092 $693 $447 37.6% 2.4

$1200 $925 $575 $359 32.7% 2.7

$1100 $758 $457 $272 27.6% 3.1

$1000 $591 $339 $185 22.3% 3.8

$950 $507 $279 $141 19.6% 4.2

$800 $257 $102 $10 10.7% 7.6

$700 $90 ($16) ($77) 4.0% 9.4

Pre-tax NPV and IRR Sensitivity to Gold Price (1)

($ Millions, except gold price)

(1) As per parameters used in February 9, 2011 Feasibility Technical Report

NPR & IRR SENSITIVITY���TO GOLD PRICE

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BASE CASE

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RESOURCES & RESERVES

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OPEN PIT & UNDERGROUND MEASURED + INDICATED RESOURCES AT US$1200 GOLD (1)

METRIC TONNES (000’S)

g/t CONTAINED oz Au (000’s)

MEASURED 36,894 1.79 2,125

INDICATED 34,277 1.74 1,914

MEASURED + INDICATED 71,171 1.77 4,039

INFERRED 20,125 1.24 801

RESERVES AT US$950 GOLD (2)

METRIC TONNES (000’S)

g/t CONTAINED oz Au (000’s)

PROVEN RESERVE 19,592 2.19 1,382

PROBABLE RESERVE 10,917 1.82 636

PROVEN & PROBABLE RESERVE

30,509 2.06 2,018

(1)  From February 7, 2012 News Release (2)  From February 10, 2011 Feasibility Study

2011

2010

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AERIAL OF HAILE

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PROPOSED HAILE PROCESSING PLANT

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Chemical Storage &���Ore Processing

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PROPOSED HAILE PROCESSING PLANT

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Ore Processing, ���Process Water Recycling & NPDES Water Treatment

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2 0 1 1

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RESOURCE GROWTH At year end 2011

HORSESHOE

PALOMINO

MUSTANG

2010 GOLD MINERALIZATION

2011 GOLD MINERALIZATION GROWTH

HAILE LONG SECTION

PLAN VIEW

CHAMPION SMALL SOUTH PIT LEDBETTER SNAKE

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3.5 KM

CHAMPION SMALL SOUTH PIT LEDBETTER SNAKE

PLAN VIEW

HAILE LONG SECTION

2 0 1 1

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RESOURCE GROWTH At year end 2011

HORSESHOE

PALOMINO

MUSTANG

US$950 RESERVE PIT LIMITS

CHAMPION

SMALL

MUSTANG

LEDBETTER

HORSESHOE

SNAKE

PALOMINO SOUTH PIT

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CHAMPION SMALL SOUTH PIT LEDBETTER SNAKE

PLAN VIEW

HAILE LONG SECTION

2 0 1 1

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RESOURCE GROWTH At year end 2011

HORSESHOE

PALOMINO

MUSTANG

US$1200 RESOURCE SHELL

CHAMPION

SMALL

MUSTANG

LEDBETTER

HORSESHOE

SNAKE

PALOMINO SOUTH PIT

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US$950 RESERVE PIT LIMITS

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LONG SECTION

CLOSEUP

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UNDERGROUND STOPES BELOW US$1200 RESOURCE SHELL

2011 UNDERGROUND STOPES AT US$1200 GOLD 22  

HORSESHOE PALOMINO

SNAKE

HORSESHOE PALOMINO SNAKE

MUSTANG

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DRILLING SCHEDULE – COST/FT

($ thousands, except per foot date) Total Footage Total Cost Total Cost per foot

CONTRACTOR RC 208,853 $9,076 $43.46

HGM RC 73,082 $3,781 $51.74

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CONTRACTOR CORE 165,044 $9,118 $55.24

HGM CORE 140,838 $3,762 $26.71

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•  404 Wetlands Permit only •  USACE is sole deciding

regulatory body

•  All other agencies commenting agencies only – EPA, US Fish and Wildlife, etc.

•  401 Water Quality Certification •  Mining Permit

•  Operating Permit •  Air Quality Permit

•  Others

Federal – USACE* State – DHEC**

* US Army Corps of Engineers���** South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

HGM PERMITTING

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HAILE GOLD MINE PERMITTING

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ALL

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L No endangered species

No historical sites

No fish or protected wildlife

No impact on local water supplies

No impact on recreation areas

No impact on traffic patterns

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Typical Palustrine Emergent Wetland

WETLANDS AT HAILE PROPERTY

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Typical Palustrine���Forested Wetland (inundated)

Non-Relatively���Permanent Waters���

(intermittent stream channel)

Duckwood���(location of Tailings Facility)

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Record  of  Decision  (ROD)  

30  day  minimum  comment  period  

Final  EIS  includes  comments,  amendments  if  necessary  

Prepare  Final  EIS  and  Response  to  Comments  

45  day  Review  Period  

DraN  EIS  filed  

PreparaPon  of  DraN  EIS  

Scoping  Comment  Period  Closes  –  Nov.  28,  2011  

Public  Scoping  MeePng  –  Oct.  27,  2011  

30  day  noPce  period  

NoPce  of  Intent  Federal  Register  –  Sept.  23,  2011  

Contractor  (3rd  Party)  SelecPon  –  Sept.  2,  2011  (announced  Sept.  26,  2011) þ

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS

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CURRENT STAGE

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§  Pricing is locked in

HAILE EQUIPMENT BEING ASSEMBLED

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•  Strong balance sheet with approximately $115M in cash and no debt(1)

•  Well defined project schedules and clear development milestones

Haile Milestones and Status Report

Milestone / Activity Status

Complete feasibility study P

State operating permit submitted P

401/404 permit submitted P

Resource / reserve report P

Expand Haile & Horseshoe P

Identify new targets P

Acquire other properties P

Explore regional targets P Update Resource 2012 – Q1

Draft EIS 2012

(1) As at December 31, 2011

Project Schedule for EIS

2011 2012 2013 2014

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Feasibility Study

Optimization

Permitting

Construction

Production

Exploration

CLEAR PLAN TO BRING HAILE INTO PRODUCTION

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CAPEX CREEP ? – INDUSTRY VS. ROMARCO

According to Engineering News-Record December 2011, the prior year construction cost increases by major category were:

§  LABOUR + 1.9% §  CONCRETE + 5.0%

§  REBAR + 10.5%

§  PLATE STEEL + 5.8%

§  STEEL SHAPES (avg) + 7.4%

INDUSTRY

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CAPEX CREEP ? – INDUSTRY VS. ROMARCO

Based on HGM’s exposure, assuming an overall inflation of 5% per year, the project could increase by ~$11 million during 2012 and ~$4 million in 2013 (~$15 million combined)

ROMARCO

The current project estimate of $292 million includes ~$30 million in contingency:

§  PROJECT CONTINGENCY $27.6 million §  OWNERS COST CONTINGENCY 2.3 million

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Locked in firm pricing on mobile fleet, mills, shovels ���(~ $80 million) ���Exposure to cost increases - diesel & construction contract

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BlackRock

Sun Valley Gold

Franklin Templeton Investments

Oppenheimer Funds

Van Eck

Colonial First State

Norges Bank

Tocqueville

JP Morgan

US Global Investors

Baker Steel Capital Managers

Wellington Management

Investec

URAM

Fidelity Investments

70% Institutional Ownership

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TOP

15 S

HA

REH

OLD

ERS

OF OUR SHARES ARE INSTITUTIONALLY

OWNED

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TARGET PRICE Paradigm $2.75

BMO $2.50

GMP $2.50

NBF $2.10

RBC $1.50

ANALYST COVERAGE

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P/NAV vs PEER GROUP

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§  Romarco trades at a discount to its developer peers on a P/NAV basis(1)

Source: BMO Capital Markets, as at February 2, 2012

1.03x

0.90x 0.89x

0.81x 0.78x

0.74x 0.73x 0.72x

0.61x

0.8x

Rubicon Minerals

Rainy River International Tower Hill

Extorre Gold Mines

Detour Gold Torex Gabriel Resources

Guyana Goldfields

Romarco Junior Median

Median = 0.78x

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EV/RESOURCE

35  Source: BMO Capital Markets, as at February 2, 2012

$349

$258

$220

$155 $146

$132

$89 $87

$19

$351

Rubicon Minerals

Extorre Gold Mines

Torex Romarco Gabriel Resources

Detour Gold Guyana Goldfields

Rainy River International Tower Hill

Junior Median

Median = $146

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PEER COMPARISON 52 Week LOW vs. Stock Prices as per Feb. 2, 2012 close

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!""#$%&'!(#)*&+$,$*-./0$!12/3$!314.1567/3$89:$;330$<&;$=>?$*-./0$!12/3>$6>$@31$A3B?$:C$:DE:$/F.>3G$$

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GOLD!PRICE"

PEER!MEDIAN"

PERSEUS"

QUEENSTON"

GUYANA"

LAKE!SHORE!GOLD"

INTERNATIONAL!TOWER!HILL"

RUBICON"

RAINY!RIVER"

PREMIER"

TRELAWNY"

NEVSUN"

SABINA"

ROMARCO"

TOREX"

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Exchange/ Symbol TSX:R

Share Price(1) C$1.17

Shares Outstanding (Basic) 583.8M

FD Shares Outstanding (TSM)(2) 588.9M

Market Capitalization(1) C$683M

52 Week High / Low(1) C$2.60 / C$0.87

Cash Balance (December 31, 2011) US$115M

(1) As at close on February 7, 2012 (2) Includes 5.1 mm “in-the-money” options at an average strike price of C$0.48 as of February 7, 2012

Capitalization Summary

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

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§  2 in North Carolina ê Hickory – currently drilling

ê  Historical production during 1800s

ê  Historical drilling consists of 11 core holes and 130 RC holes

ê  Completed 5 of 16 holes from phase one program

ê  H KDH-11-002 encountered 10.7m of 4.5 g/t

ê  Have budgeted for phase two program

ê  Ironwood – currently drilling ê  The highest grade encountered in the trenching was

9.1 g/t ê  Twelve shallow RC holes and two core holes have

been drilled ê  Currently drilling 6-hole phase one program

ê  Results pending

Tennessee  

Kentucky  West  Virginia  

North  Carolina  

Georgia  

South  Carolina  

Haile  Mine  Buzzard  

Elm  

Hickory   Ironwood  

Bayberry  

Locust  

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§  3 in South Carolina ê Bayberry – currently drilling

ê  Similar host rocks, alteration and mineralization as observed at Haile

ê  74 shallow rotary holes, 8 RC holes, and 8 core holes previously drilled on the property

ê  Completed 15-hole phase one program ê  RC-2033 encountered 13.7m of 2.3 g/t,

including 4.6m of 5.5 g/t

ê  Initiated phase two program

ê Locust – drill ready ê  Small historical oxide resource (pre 43-101)

ê  34 RC and 27 core holes have been drilled on the property

ê  Historical Reported, highlighted intercepts include: ê  71.5 meters of 2.9 g/t ê  5.1 meters of 1.5 g/t ê  74.6 meters of 1.5 g/t ê  65.0 meters of 1.9 g/t

ê Elm – drill ready ê  Soil and rock chip sampling completed

ê  Rock chip sampling has yielded 8.6 g/t

Tennessee  

Kentucky  West  Virginia  

North  Carolina  

Georgia  

South  Carolina  

Haile  Mine  Buzzard  

Elm  

Hickory   Ironwood  

Bayberry  

Locust  

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Proven gold mine development, finance, permitting and operations experience

Romarco has the team in place to bring Haile into production

Experienced Board of Directors Strong Management & Technical Team

Leendert Krol, acting Chairman §  Former Brazauro, Newmont

Diane R. Garrett §  Former Dayton Mining, US Global Investors

James R. Arnold §  Former Freeport, Gold Fields – Richards Award Winner

Don MacDonald §  CFO QuadraFNX, former NovaGold, DeBeers, Dayton Mining

John Marsden §  Consultant, former Freeport – Richards Award Winner

Patrick Michaels §  Portfolio Manager – Zuri-invest, Switzerland

Robert van Doorn §  Former Mundoro, Rio Narcea, Morgan Stanley

Diane R. Garrett, Ph.D., President & CEO §  Former Dayton Mining, US Global Investors

James R. Arnold, Sr. VP, COO §  Former Freeport, Gold Fields – Richards Award Winner

Stan Rideout, Sr. VP, CFO §  Former Phelps Dodge

David Thomas, VP, General Manager

James Berry, Chief Geologist & Regional Exploration Manager §  Former Barrick

Brent Anderson, Mine Manager §  Former Quadra, Freeport

Mike Gleason, Construction Manager §  Former Freeport

Jim Wickens, Process Manager §  Former Barrick

Johnny Pappas, Director of Environmental Affairs §  Former Freeport

Ramona Schneider, Environmental Manager §  Former Kinross

Dan Symons, Vice President, Investor Relations §  Former Renmark Financial

STRONG BOARD, MANAGEMENT���& TECHNICAL TEAM

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Near term, low cost gold producer with strong project economics

Located in a mining friendly jurisdiction with excellent infrastructure

Private Land – No Royalties

Significant Exploration Upside – open pit & underground

Solid cash position (~ US$115 million), no debt – as of December 31, 2011

70% Institutionally Held

Permits Pending – targeted by year end 2012

Extremely undervalued in today’s Market vs. Peers

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Brookfield Place 181 Bay Street, Suite 3630 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 Tel: 416.367.5500 Fax: 416.367.5505 Email: [email protected]

Dan Symons Vice President, Investor Relations [email protected]

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