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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.
MARTABE TORO / NOVA
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580
600
620
640
660
680
700
720
740
760
780
Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07
2
2.25
2.5
2.75
3
3.25
3.5
3.75
4
Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07
2500
2700
2900
3100
3300
3500
3700
3900
4100
4300
Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07
5000
5500
6000
6500
7000
7500
8000
8500
9000
Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07
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
US$/o
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US$/t
onne
A$
US$/t
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Oxiana Share Price
SEPON GOLDEN GROVE PROMINENT HILL MARTABE TORO / NOVA
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5Sepon – production and costs
HIGHLIGHTS SEPONMARKET GOLDEN GROVE PROMINENT HILL
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10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
2005Q2
2005Q3
2005Q4
2006Q1
2006Q2
2006Q3
2006Q4
2007Q1
2007Q2
2007Q3
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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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
2005Q2
2005Q3
2005Q4
2006Q1
2006Q2
2006Q3
2006Q4
2007Q1
2007Q2
2007Q3
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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
TORO / NOVA
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7Golden Grove - production and costs
SEPON GOLDEN GROVEHIGHLIGHTS MARKET PROMINENT HILL MARTABE
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
2005 Q1 2005 Q2 2005 Q3 2005 Q4 2006 Q1 2006 Q2 2006 Q3 2006 Q4 2007 Q1 2007 Q2 2007 Q3
Tonn
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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
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Mill
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25
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75
100
125
150
175
200
Con
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Cu Contained Metal Zn Contained Metal
TORO / NOVA
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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.
GOLDEN GROVE PROMINENT HILLSEPONHIGHLIGHTS MARKET MARTABE TORO / NOVA
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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
1200mRL
800mRL
400mRL
LEGEND
0mRL
10 year pit outline
UntestedGold
Potential
UndergroundMining
Potential
GoldPotential
Chalcopyrite
metres
0 400200 300100
UntestedCopper
Potential
12m @ 8.28 g/t Au
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
GOLDEN GROVE PROMINENT HILLSEPONHIGHLIGHTS MARKET MARTABE
Gold
Copper
TORO / NOVA
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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
MARTABE
MARTABE TORO / NOVA
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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
PROMINENT HILLGOLDEN GROVESEPONHIGHLIGHTS MARKET TORO / NOVAMARTABE
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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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