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2 CONTENTS Page Topic 3 Maps 7 Ambatovy Operational Highlights 8 General Process Overview 9 Mine Operations 16 Pipeline 17 Plant Site 25 Logistics and Marketing 30 Sustainability 36 Reporting 3 MAP Overview of the Joint Venture 4 MAP Toamasina Area Sites 5 MAP Plant Site 6 MAP Mine Operations 7 AMBATOVY OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Area Highlight
Mine Commenced operations in July 2010. Mining certificate completed in Q1 2013. (1) OPP Full capacity achieved in Q1 2013. Pipeline Slurry was first sent down pipeline to the plant site in Q2 2011; pipeline operated within design parameters the same quarter. Pipeline certificate completed in Q1 2013. (1) PAL Commercial Production (above 70% of PAL nameplate capacity over 30 days) achieved on January 22, 2014. Refinery Highest level of nickel briquetted in one day 175 tonnes, against nameplate of 165 tonnes. Refinery 2013 nickel extraction rate exceeded the process design criteria (95%). Marketing Quality Management System ISO 9001 registration expected in Q2 2014. Port Port operation has met design rates and the capacity certificate (1) was achieved in Q2 2013. (1) For Project Financing completion tests. 8 GENERAL PROCESS OVERVIEW H P A L
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The Ambatovy flowsheet emphasizes conservative design and redundancy. All processes are proven on a commercial scale and critical circuits have several parallel trains for operation. Pressure leaching is carried out by titanium lined autoclaves. At Ambatovy, there are five parallel process trains. Solid-liquid separation is carried out by Counter-Current Decantation (CCD). Sulphide precipitation occurs in two parallel process trains, and results in the production of mixed sulphides. Purifying the nickel containing-solution and separating nickel and cobalt is carried out by solvent extraction (SX). Separate reduction circuits for nickel and cobalt precipitate metal powders in autoclaves (7 autoclaves for nickel, 3 for cobalt). Metal powder is washed, dried and briquetted. 10 MINE OPERATIONS Moramanga, Madagascar 10 MINE Reserves and Resources Reserves (1), (2) December 31, 2013 Tonnage (million tonnes) Ni (%) Co (%) Proven 74.9 1.03 0.085 Probable 90.5 0.87 0.080 Proven + probable 165.4 0.94 0.082 Resources (1) December 31, 2013 Tonnage (million tonnes) Ni (%) Co (%) Measured 6.1 0.88 0.070 Indicated 13.1 0.84 0.081 Measured + indicated 19.2 0.85 0.078 Inferred 41.8 1.01 0.059 1. Based on a cut-off grade of 0.6%. 2. Includes materials that have been mined and stockpiled at the mine site. 1. Based on a cut-off grade of 0.6%. 11 MINE Reserves and Resources Ambatovys reserves and resources comprise two ore bodies (Ambatovy and Analamay) that are about three kilometers apart.
The deposit was identified in 1960, and has been the subject of several studies and drilling campaigns over the years. It covers an area of about 1,300 hectares, with a thickness from 20 to 100 meters - average thickness is approximately 40 meters.
More than ninety percent of the deposit is classified as ferralite, some of which is underlain by saprolite.
A material type termed low magnesium saprolite (LMS) lies below the ferralite and between the ferralite and saprolite, where the latter is present. Only the ferralite and LMS have been considered in the mine plan. 12 MINE OPERATIONS
Q3 2006 Mining permit granted valid for 40 years.
Q3 2010 Mining commences at the site in the Ambatovy West deposit.
In 2013, over 4.0 million tonnes of ore were mined.
To date, over 8.0 million tonnes of ore have been mined.
Mine life is estimated to be 20 years, plus 9 years of rehandling of low grade ore, giving a total production plan of 29 years.
Mine Site, Moramanga 13 MINE OPERATIONS Due to the soft nature of lateritic ore, it is necessary to sheet the travel sections of the benches with suitable material.
Pit slopes have been designed at a conservative 27 degrees.
The mine plan is based on the use of hydraulic excavators and both 40-ton and 100-ton haulage trucks.
Truck requirements will be twenty-seven 100-ton trucks and eight 40-ton trucks when at full production capacity.
Mine Site, Moramanga 14 MINE OPERATIONS Ambatovy West is expected to be mined for 18 years, proceeding to Ambatovy Southeast (in 2015), followed by the Analamay deposit (in 2017).
At capacity, approximately 6.225 million tonnes of ore are scheduled for delivery to the ore preparation plant (OPP) annually. On average this amounts to 17,500 t/d of ore.
The total mine capacity starts at about 20,000 t/d, which allows for a 0.2: 1 strip ratio.
The mining rate increases over time, and by year six, the mining rate is about 50,000 t/d, or about a 1.3:1 strip ratio.
The average strip ratio over the mine life is about 0.73: 1.
Mine Site, Moramanga 15 MINE OPP Q2 2010 Construction completed.
Q3 2010 Commissioning completed.
Q2 2011 Slurry sent down pipeline to the plant site.
Pipeline operates within design parameters.
Q1 2013 Full capacity achieved at OPP.
Q1 2013 Mining certificate completed. (1)
Q1 2013 Pipeline certificate completed. (1) Mine Site, Moramanga (1) For Project Financing completion tests. 16 PIPELINE 2013 20[09] Transports ~7.2 million tonnes per year of slurry from the Ambatovy mine site to terminal facilities at Tamatave, a 30-hour journey.
The pipeline system includes: a 220 km, 24-inch outside diameter buried pipeline; one pump station located at the OPP; three pressure monitoring stations along the pipeline route; one main valve and choke station along the pipeline route; and pipeline terminal facilities and choke station.
For nearly all of its length, the pipeline was buried using standard cut and cover construction to an average depth of 1.5 m. In certain areas, Ambatovy drilled horizontally beneath the surface, leaving stretches of forest untouched, and allowing the Pipeline to pass safely below Madagascars scenic rivers.
Extensive rehabilitation over the course of the Pipeline is already returning the landscape to its natural state. 18 PLANT SITE Toamasina, Madagascar 18 SAFETY Targets Ambatovy set a Lost Time Injury (LTI) index target of zero and a Total Recordable Injury (TRI) index target of less than 0.50 for 2013. The TRI index target will be further lowered to 0.45 in 2014.
Performance At Ambatovy, the 2013 process safety incident (PSI) frequency rate was at the industry minimum level, as per the Centre for Chemical Process Safetys benchmark PSI.
The TRI and LTI rolling indices for employees and contractors were 0.22 and 0.03 respectively.
Ambatovy is working toward OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) 18001 certification for its safety management system, the highest international standard for occupational health and safety. 0.00 0.25 0.50 Q1 13 Q2 13 Q3 13 Q4 13 Ambatovy TRI INDEX 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 Q1 13 Q2 13 Q3 13 Q4 13 Ambatovy LTI INDEX 2013 Target Target 19 STATUS OF THE RAMP-UP 20 UTILITIES SYSTEMS Key System Design Capacity Met or Exceeded
Raw water supply Process water Cooling water Compressed air Demineralized water plant Power plant (3 units) Hydrogen plant Hydrogen sulphide plant Air separation plant Sulphuric acid plant Lime & limestone plant Coal for Power Plant 21 PAL SYSTEMS STATUS System Design Capacity Met or Exceeded
Slurry Thickener PAL Leach Autoclaves (1 5) Neutralization CCD Raw Liquor Neutralization Sulphide precipitation Mixed sulphides wash
All systems in the PAL circuit met or exceeded their design capacity by January 2014.
Facilities running above nameplate capacity are indicative of future opportunity. Autoclave 22 REFINERY SYSTEMS STATUS Key System Design Capacity Met or Exceeded
Saleable Nickel and Cobalt Production (% of capacity) Refinery is continuing to ramp- up. Finished nickel and cobalt production exceeded 70% of nameplate over a 30-day period in March 2014. Cobalt quality exceeds the LME specification. Nickel quality meets LME specification for all elements with the exception of silicon.
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$4 - $6 $6 - $8 $9 - $11 $ 3 - $5 % of nameplate capacity (finished product) Range of Estimated NDCC at Various Capacities (holding current commodity prices constant) REFINERY PRODUCTION The net direct cash cost (NDCC) of nickel for the operation is within the range anticipated for the percentage of capacity achieved. The greatest benefits to the unit cost structure occur when the facilities are operating at over 85% of their design capacity. Key sensitivities to the costs at Ambatovy remain: Volume (throughput) Sulphur pricing/use Diesel pricing/use Reporting of Ambatovy unit cost data will begin in Q1 2014.
26 LOGISTICS & MARKETING Toamasina, Madagascar 26 PORT & RAIL The port of Toamasina handles 90 percent of Madagascars container traffic and more than 80 percent of all trade traffic. Limestone, coal and sulphur are unloaded using ships gear, directly for transfer by rail to the process plant. The products from the process plant (nickel, cobalt, and ammonium sulphate) are trucked to the port for export. A rail spur, approximately two kilometers long, was built to connect an existing rail line, which was double tracked, to the plant site. All rail construction was completed in Q2 2010.
27 COMMODITY UNLOADING Commodity Unloading 2013 (tonnes) Start to March 15, 2014 (tonnes) Limestone 997,188 1,856,513 Coal 416,768 1,054,822 Sulphur 281,327 616,227 Ammonia 20,400 51,060 Total 1,715,683 3,578,622 Port operation has met design rates and the capacity certificate (1) was achieved in Q2 2013. Imported commodities required for production will total approximately 3.4 million tonnes, or nearly 13 times greater than the amount of finished goods to be exported. Ambatovys port investments included a substantial extension of Pier B (Mole B, in French) and state-of-the-art equipment for handling the import of bulk raw materials such as limestone, coal, sulphur, and ammonia. (1) For Project Financing completion tests. 28 MARKETING Finished Nickel Ambatovy sells all of its nickel production to KORES, Sumitomo and Sherritt at market prices under nickel offtake agreements covering full nickel capacity for 15 years. The Partners, in a coordinated manner, market directly to end users. Realized prices improving as production volumes increase and quality stabilizes. Sherritts nickel marketing is recorded in both the revenue and cost of the Metals Division, but its net impact on EBITDA and earnings is immaterial.
LME Discount FOB Madagascar Percentage of LME Achieved 94.8 95.0 95.2 95.4 95.6 95.8 96.0 96.2 96.4 96.6 96.8 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 P e r c e n t
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Realized Ni Price (percentage of LME Ni Price) 29 MARKETING Africa 17% East Asia 15% Europe 42% North America 26% Cobalt Sales by Region Customer sales of both finished nickel and finished cobalt are geographically diverse with good penetration into key markets.
Finished Cobalt Ambatovy markets all of its cobalt and utilizes established distribution channel relationships in Europe, India and North America.
Ammonium Sulphate Ammonium sulphate is sold principally in Southeast Asia and East Africa. Africa 2% Europe 33% East Asia 55% North America 9% Nickel Sales by Region 31 SUSTAINABILITY Mantella aurantiaca 31 MADAGASCAR Mining Environment
Madagascar has developed the legal and regulatory framework to support large-scale mining in the country. Madagascars Large Investments in Mining Act (LGIM, Loi sur les Grands Investissements Minires) is a main component of that framework.
The LGIM features include: Tax and legal stability guaranteed for 25 years; International dispute arbitration and waiver of sovereign immunity on the enforcement of arbitrated awards; Ability to maintain and operate offshore bank accounts; Reduced corporate income tax; Reduced royalty payments (1% on value-added mineral products); Up to 75% debt financing and repayment of loan principal and interest without withholding tax; 10% withholding tax on dividends to foreign shareholders; and elimination of value added tax (VAT) for operations and subcontractors.
32 SUSTAINABILITY US$25 MILLION COMMITTED TO SUPPORT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Including in 2013: Infrastructure for Community of Ampitambe Two classrooms for the Public Primary School (EPP), construction of a Primary Health Care Center (CSB), a football field with bleachers, hand pumps for eight wells, and a gendarmerie outpost. Harenasoa Poultry Project Construction of approximately 50 broiler farms. Creating over 100 jobs and product for the communities. Eco-friendly School Poultry Farm Under Construction 33 SUSTAINABILITY PROTECTION OF OVER 25,000 HECTARES OF FOREST AND WETLANDS (15 times the size of the mine footprint) Ankerana Biodiversity Offset Ankerana (6,800 ha) was chosen as an offset because of similarities to the mine azonal forests. Studies indicate that Ambatovy protection efforts have successfully reduced forest loss at Ankerana. Ambatovy Lemur Conservation Program With 90% of Madagascars lemur species now considered by IUCN at risk of extinction, this program and the biodiversity offsets will ensure no net loss, and preferably a net gain, in the populations of endangered lemurs. 34 SUSTAINABILITY 85% OF AMBATOVY EMPLOYEES ARE MALAGASY PERSONNEL (Employ an additional 6,500 Malagasy Contractors) Both classroom and on-the-job training is provided. Programs include PEXT, Mentorship Program and Advanced Leadership Development. Training is coordinated with various contractors to optimize resources and methods. Utilization of SkillMine software system facilitates training tracking and progress monitoring for individual employees, and Supervisor verification for completion. 35 SUSTAINABILITY Pipeline 650 hectares of rice fields were affected by the construction phase of the pipeline. 556 hectares have been fully rehabilitated, the remaining 94 hectares will be completed in 2014. Resettlement Families in the mine lease area received new land in the neighouring Ambolomaro area. In addition to the land transfer, technical training was provided aimed at improving productivity. MITIGATION PROGRAM Avoid and Minimize Impact Then Repair and Restore
Pipeline Construction Ambolomaro Resettlement 37 REPORTING 37 REPORTING IN 2014 Impact on Operating Results
Beginning February 1, 2014, Sherritt began recognizing its share of Ambatovy operating results.
This will be represented in a single line item, Earnings (loss) from an associate.
For 2014, an estimated loss from Ambatovy will be derived as follows (estimates in $ millions, Sherritts 40% interest):
EBITDA $ x DD&A (170) Net interest expense (110) Income tax recovery 35 Estimated loss from an associate $ x 245
Worker at OPP 38 REPORTING IN 2014 Balance Sheet Advances, Loans Receivable The Ambatovy subordinated loans receivable represent a funding mechanism. The balance at December 31, 2013 was $1.106 billion.
Prior to Commercial Production, interest income on this receivable was fully eliminated. After Commercial Production, only 40% of the interest income will be eliminated. As a result, Sherritt will recognize interest income from these loans in 2014.
Balance Sheet Investment in Associate The net Investment in an associate is forecast to decrease in 2014 (losses to exceed funding).
2014 Losses from Ambatovy February 1 December 31 (Sherritts 40% share) ($X 245 million) Funding for Ambatovy Sherritts 40% Share (~$200 million) Air Separation Plant 39 REPORTING IN 2014 Net Direct Cash Cost (NDCC) Beginning in Q1 2014, the Moa JV NDCC will include a by- product credit from the Fort Site operations (utilities and fertilizers). Reporting of NDCC for Ambatovy will begin in Q1 2014. It will be presented in a comparable manner to the Moa Joint Venture.