RESULTS FY17 & CORPORATE

PRESENTATION

22 AUGUST 2017

AGENDA

Results & Guidance

Corporate

Operations

Exploration & Growth

Nickel Market

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KEY TAKEAWAYS - FY17

Upgraded Guidance either Met or Exceeded

Guidance

Original FY17 Guidance

Upgraded FY17

Guidance

FY17 ACTUAL

Mine Production (Nickel in Ore tonnes)

22,500 to 24,500

25,000 to 26,000

25,996

Nickel Tonnes in Concentrate Production

20,200 to 22,000

22,000 to 23,000

23,005

Unit Cash Cost of Production (In Concentrate)

A$2.40 /lb to A$2.75/lb

A$2.35 /lb to A$2.50/lb

A$2.38/lb

Sustaining Capex

A$22.0m to A$24.0m

A$22.0m to A$24.0m

A$22.0m

Forrestania and Regional Exploration

A$8.0m

A$8.0m

A$7.8m

Pre-Feasibility Studies

A$2.0m

A$2.0m

A$4.2m*

*A$2.7m was spent earlier than planned on resource conversion and extensional drilling at Odysseus. Originally planned for DFS period

  • Cash at Bank A$140.3m - free cashflow generation of A$64.6m
  • Debt free balance sheet positioned to fund growth
  • EBITDA of A$84.9m:

    • Excluding one-offs, write-offs and non-core activities, improvement of A$11.6m on FY16

  • Reported NPAT A$19.3m:

    • Excluding one-offs, write-offs and non-core activities, improvement of A$4.9m on FY16

    • Improvement in NPAT despite lower nickel sales (2,154 nickel tonnes) and partially aided by a slightly higher nickel price (before payability) of A$6.11/lb (A$5.69/lb)

  • New and improved offtake contracts impacted from 1 February 2017
  • Seven consecutive years of delivering into or beating guidance
  • Fully franked final dividend of 2.0c per share in recognition of non-core investment performance

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