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OZ MINERALS • NOVEMBER 2009 • PAGE 1
OZ MINERALS 2012 FIRST QUARTER REPORT
26 APRIL 2012 WWW.OZMINERALS.COM
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DISCLAIMER
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HIGHLIGHTS
• Strong copper and gold production for the quarter.
• Production impact from rain event minimised.
• Continued improvement in safety performance.
• First ore from stoping from Ankata underground mine achieved at the end of the quarter.
• Further drill results at Carrapateena indicating extensions to resource.
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• Continued improvement in lost time injury frequency rate.
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PROMINENT HILL
• 10% increase in material movement.
• Copper and gold production on track to meet 2012 guidance of 100,000t-110,000t of copper and 130,000oz-150,000oz of gold.
• Higher milled gold grades contribute to strong quarterly gold production.
• New concentrates handling system commissioned at the Port of Adelaide.
PROMINENT HILL PRODUCTION STATISTICS
DEC QTR '11
MAR QTR '12
MINED (TONNES)
ORE 2,212,157 1,945,417
WASTE 14,266,345 16,102,251
MINED GRADE COPPER (%) 1.28 1.11
GOLD (G/T) 0.47 0.49
ORE MILLED (TONNES) 2,442,800 2,460,397
MILLED GRADE COPPER (%) 1.22 1.24
GOLD (G/T) 0.61 0.63
RECOVERY COPPER (%) 89.9 89.2
GOLD (%) 78.6 77.9
COPPER CONCENTRATE PRODUCED
TONNES 53,163 55,322
CONTAINED METAL IN CONCENTRATES
COPPER (TONNES)
26,802 27,182
GOLD (OZ) 37,814 38,887
TOTAL CONCENTRATE SOLD
(DM TONNES) 56,396 41,677
C1 CASH COSTS US CENTS PER LB 84.2 96.9
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UNIT PRODUCTION COSTS
40.00
50.00
60.00
70.00
80.00
90.00
100.00
110.00
84.2 (0.6) (3.9) 9.7 0.6 8.1 (1.2) 96.9
Q4 Actual 2011 Commodity Price Volume(By Product)
Volume(Cost Driver)
Costs FX Volume(Payable Metal)
Q1 Actual 2012
(US c/lb)
Unit Cost C1 - Q4 2011 vs. Q1 2012
Higher gold grades
Draw down on ROM stocks
partially offset by higher waste movement
Increase in mining costs due to equipment
mobilisation, offset by lower
processing and administration
costs
Increase in average A$/US$ to 1.06 from 1.01
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UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT
• Production commenced at Ankata with first stopes blasted in March 2012.
• Project approved June 2010, construction commenced November 2010, full production expected by Q3 2012.
• Annual mine production of 1.2mt of high grade copper ore contributing ~25,000t of copper and ~12,000oz of gold in concentrates.
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PROMINENT HILL UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT PROMINENT HILL LONG SECTION East West
• Exploration decline advanced to 445 metres, expected to be completed in Q4 2012.
• Drilling from the exploration decline under the Malu pit expected in H2 2012.
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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS Q1 2012
Prominent Hill Mine
Cairn Hill Mine
Brumby
Fyans
Ground Gravity
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS Q1 2012
Electromagnetics (EM)
OZ Minerals tenements
IMX tenements
Seismic Reflection
• Geophysics continued in Q1 focused on the southern boundary of the tenement within the ‘mine corridor’ to define drill targets employing:
- Induced Polarisation
- Electromagnetics
- Seismic Reflection
• New targets have been generated for further drill testing.
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DIAMOND DRILLING Q1 2012 • Drilling in the quarter mainly
followed up geophysical signatures identified in 2011 with a continued focus in the ‘mine corridor’.
• 5 – 6 rigs deployed across near mine, regional and IMX JV ground.
• Several new targets tested.
• Prospects being followed up.
• Multiple untested targets remain.
Prominent Hill Mine
Cressida
Aquilla
Cairn Hill Mine
Brumby Current Rig Position
Fyans
Bluebird Sth
Prom Hill Sth Current Rig Position
Tahemi
Larissa FE Current Rig Position Kennedy Dam
Near Mine OZ Regional IMX JV
DIAMOND DRILLING Q1 2012
OZ Minerals tenements
IMX tenements
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CARRAPATEENA: PLAN VIEW SHOWING DRILLHOLES COMPLETED AND IN PROGRESS DURING Q1
• Further infill drilling to convert inferred resource to indicated resource.
• Encouraging results supporting model and showing extensions of mineralisation.
• Hole 078 extension of over 50 metres of lower bornite zone.
Exploration Target Area April
2011
Inferred Resource Area
April 2011
DD12CAR081
DD12CAR084W2
DD12CAR083
DD11CAR077 DD12CAR085
DD11CAR078 Bornite Zone
Chalcopyrite Zone
Bornite Zone
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CARRAPATEENA Q1 DRILLING RESULTS: DD11CAR078 COPPER ASSAYS
879.5m – 1310m 430.5m @ 2.34% Cu
741m – 813.7m 72.7m @ 1.76% Cu
1361m – 1399m 38m @ 1.34% Cu
Upper Bornite Zone
Chalcopyrite Zone
Lower Bornite Zone
Extension of Bornite Zone 50 metres west of April 2011 Resource Boundary
Extensions of over 50 metres of the lower bornite zone.
Significant results include:
• 658m @ 1.97% Cu and 0.67 g/t Au from 741m,
including;
− 430m @ 2.34% Cu and 0.73g/t Au from 879m.
Cross section showing drill hole DD11CAR078
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CARRAPATEENA Q1 DRILLING RESULTS: DD11CAR077 COPPER ASSAYS
Upper Bornite Zone
Lower Bornite Zone
Chalcopyrite Zone
810m – 1013m 203.7m @ 1.87% Cu
Cross section showing drill hole DD11CAR077 High grade mineralisation supported in Chalcopyrite zone.
Significant results include:
• 450m @ 1.24% Cu and 0.59g/t Au from 668m
including;
− 203m @ 1.87% Cu and 0.93g/t Au from 810m.
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CONCLUSION
• A strong production performance at Prominent Hill for the quarter.
• The underground achieves first ore from stoping.
• Exploration intensity maintained.
• M&A remains an important focus.
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THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR RELEASE IN THE FORM AND CONTEXT IN WHICH IT APPEARS BY MR JIM HODGKISON WHO IS A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE OF OZ MINERALS AND HAS SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WHICH IS RELEVANT TO THE STYLE OF MINERALISATION AND TYPE OF DEPOSIT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND TO THE ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN TO QUALIFY AS A COMPETENT PERSON AS DEFINED IN THE 2004 EDITION OF THE ‘AUSTRALASIAN CODE FOR REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ORE RESERVES.
WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION REFERENCES TO EXPLORATION RESULTS RELATING TO PROMINENT HILL ARE BASED ON INFORMATION COMPILED BY MR MARCEL VAN ECK MSC WHO IS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OF OZ MINERALS, IS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENTISTS AND HAS SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO THE STYLE OF MINERALISATION AND TYPE OF DEPOSIT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND TO THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN TO QUALIFY AS A COMPETENT PERSON AS DEFINED BY THE JORC CODE (2004). MR VAN ECK HAS CONSENTED TO THE INCLUSION OF THE MATERIAL IN THE FORM AND CONTEXT IN WHICH IT APPEARS.
ALL OTHER REFERENCES TO EXPLORATION RESULTS WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION ARE BASED ON INFORMATION COMPILED BY MR A HOUSTON BSC WHO IS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OF OZ MINERALS, IS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENTISTS AND HAS SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO THE STYLE OF MINERALISATION AND TYPE OF DEPOSIT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND TO THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN TO QUALIFY AS A COMPETENT PERSON AS DEFINED BY THE JORC CODE (2004). MR HOUSTON HAS CONSENTED TO THE INCLUSION OF THE MATERIAL IN THE FORM AND CONTEXT IN WHICH IT APPEARS