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OXIANA LIMITED THIRD QUARTER REPORT 2007 Owen Hegarty, Managing Director & CEO – October 23 2007 For personal use only

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Page 1: For personal use only - ASXOct 23, 2007  · • Xantho Extensions -: 22.4m @ 16.1% zinc and 1.3g/t Au, and 6.8m @ 21.0% Zn Expansion studies • To extend mine life beyond 2020 begun

OXIANA LIMITEDTHIRD QUARTER REPORT 2007Owen Hegarty, Managing Director & CEO – October 23 2007F

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1. HIGHLIGHTS

2. MARKETS

3. SEPON GOLD AND COPPER

4. GOLDEN GROVE

5. PROMINENT HILL

6. MARTABE

7. TORO / NOVA MERGER

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3Highlights

HIGHLIGHTS MARKET SEPON GOLDEN GROVE PROMINENT HILL

Group production and costs on track.

Expansion studies announced for Golden Grove and Prominent Hill.

High grade gold and copper results returned at Sepon.

Strong half year financial results with solid revenues and cash flow.

Fully franked interim dividend of 4c /share paid.

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Gold• 28 year highs

Zinc• Stocks remain low • Demand remains solid

Copper• Supply disruptions in Latin America • Spot TC’s low

Oxiana• Dividends increasing • Expansions to continue growth

Markets remain strong

HIGHLIGHTS MARKET

LME Gold Spot Price

LME Copper Spot Price

LME Zinc Spot Price

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Oxiana Share Price

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5Sepon – production and costs

HIGHLIGHTS SEPONMARKET GOLDEN GROVE PROMINENT HILL

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Sepon Gold

• 22,355oz for quarter.

• On track to meet 100,000oz forecast.

• Total cash cost US$499/oz, impacted by drawdown on stockpiles.

• 2007 forecast US$450-US$500/oz.

• Primary gold expansion dependent on further resources.

MARTABE

Sepon Copper

• 16,139t for quarter.

• Direct cash cost US63c/lb. (forecast US$65-70c/lb)

• 60,000-63,000t for 2007.

• Two-stage plan for copper expansion

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6Sepon – exploration

HIGHLIGHTS SEPONMARKET GOLDEN GROVE PROMINENT HILL MARTABE

THENGKHAM NORTH

THENGKHAM SOUTH

HOUAY YENG23m@ 4.93% Cu

KEYResults received this quarter

14m @ 7.76g/t Au

6m @ 2.59g/t Au2m @ 25.05g/t Au

86.9m @ 3.29% Cu50m @ 2.18% Cu25m @ 4.21% Cu

35.2m @ 3.05% Cu

11m @ 9.22% Cu17m @ 9.43% Cu

23m @ 4.93% Cu

12m @ 18.75% Cu

9.9m @ 13.4% Cu9.2m @ 20.4% Cu

7.8m @ 17.52% Cu

21m @ 20.42g/t Au

8.5m @ 18.2g/t Au6.1m @ 14.2g/t Au

43.8m @ 8.72g/t Au

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7Golden Grove - production and costs

SEPON GOLDEN GROVEHIGHLIGHTS MARKET PROMINENT HILL MARTABE

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Zinc CopperMining and production• Predominantly zinc quarter.• 35,751t zinc.• 2,420t copper.• 18,671oz gold.• 1.3Moz silver.• Production for 2007 as forecast.

- 140,000t to 150,000t zinc - 12,000t to 15,000t copper- 50,000t to 55,000t gold - 3 - 3.5Moz silver- 10,000t to 13,000t lead

Costs• Total cash cost US31c/lb.

Exploration• Xantho Extensions -: 22.4m @ 16.1% zinc and 1.3g/t Au,

and 6.8m @ 21.0% Zn

Expansion studies• To extend mine life beyond 2020 begun• Underground extensions • Open pit developments • Plant productivity improvements. Gossan Hill Budget

Gossan Hill Extension

Scuddles

Scuddles Extensions

Cu Oxide Pit

Primary Cu Pit

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8Prominent Hill

Mining ahead of schedule.

~ 100,000m3 mined/day

~ 33.5Mbcm mined to the end of the quarter

Concrete pours: mill pedestals, crusher, stockpile reclaim tunnel, concentrate storage area, flotation area.

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West East

Recent results:87m @ 1.18% Cu, 0.48 g/t Au

Chalcocite-bornite

‘EasternGoldZone’

Cover

Base of current resource

4000mE 4400mE 4800mE 5200mE 5600mE 6000mE 6400mE

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25m @ 3.14% Cu & 0.23 g/t Au

60m @ 1.36 g/t Au

13.2m @ 12.6% Cu

27m @ 2.82 g/t Au

16m @ 5.72 g/t Au

87m @ 1.18% Cu & 0.48 g/t Au

11m @ 5.47 g/t Au

21m @ 3.71% Cu

72m @ 1.12 g/t Au

Prominent Hill Resource Expansion Drilling

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10Martabe – Feasibility Study

Purnama pit infill and extension drilling continues

Technical review continues

Geology

Mining

Metallurgy

Feasibility Study due end 2007

PROMINENT HILLGOLDEN GROVESEPONHIGHLIGHTS MARKET

INDONESIA

Lake Toba

Contract of Work

MEDAN

TEBING TINGGI

KABANJAHE

PEMATANGSIANTAR

PARAPAT

TARUTUNG

SIBOLGA

PADANGSIDEMPUAN

KOTANOPANNATAL

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11Toro-Nova merger

Toro and Nova agreed merger

5.5 Toro shares for each Nova share

Oxiana to own 46%

Current acceptances ~85.77% -unconditional

Offer extended until 26 October

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12On track for a strong finish to 2007

• Strong market outlook.

• Production and costs to plan.

• Growth pipeline

- Prominent Hill expansion studies x 2

- Golden Grove expansion studies x 3

- Martabe gold feasibility study

- Sepon copper expansion

• Near mine exploration success.

- Sepon

- Golden Grove

- Prominent Hill

• Regional exploration competitive advantage.

• Strong cash balance.

HIGHLIGHTS MARKET SEPON GOLDEN GROVE PROMINENT HILL MARTABE TORO / NOVA

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