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OZ MINERALS PAGE 1 OZ MINERALS PAGE 1 OZ MINERALS PAGE 1 JIM HODGKISON - GEOLOGY MANAGER WWW.OZMINERALS.COM OZ MINERALS EXPLORATION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Australia China Resources Symposium 11 July 2012

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OZ MINERALS • PAGE 1 OZ MINERALS • PAGE 1 OZ MINERALS • PAGE 1

JIM HODGKISON - GEOLOGY MANAGER WWW.OZMINERALS.COM

OZ MINERALS EXPLORATION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Australia China Resources Symposium 11 July 2012

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OZ MINERALS • PAGE 2

LOCATION MAP

The Gawler Craton contains world class Iron Oxide Copper Gold systems including Prominent Hill, Carrapateena and the Olympic Dam deposit. Oz Minerals is committed to exploration in the Gawler Craton. ~ A$90M exploration expenditure in 2012.

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OZ MINERALS • PAGE 3

PROMINENT HILL AREA PROSPECTS DRILLED - 2009 to 2012

Cairn Hill Mine

IMX Tenements

OZ Tenements

Prominent Hill Mine

Hallifax Hill

Balta Baltana

Saturn

Jupiter

Torch

Larissa x3 Cressida x2 Epsilon

Umbriel x3

Tahemi

Bluebird Sth

Prominent Hill Sth

52 OZ Prospects Drilled (31 shown)

11 IMXJV Prospects Drilled (8 shown)

Wildfire x2

Armstrong

Perseus

Onassis

Mt Hawker

Danae Hill x2 Pluto

Taurus

Mercury

Kennedy Dam

Proteus Triton

Neptune

Fyans

Rouse

Arapiles

Brumby

Shadwell

Aquilla

Eccles Bumblebee

Exploration Licence Application 132 sq km

IMX JV Tenements – 3,000 sq km

OZ Minerals Tenements – 4,000 sq km

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PROMINENT HILL AREA NEAR MINE EXPLORATION

Near-Mine Drilling Completed

ML6228

EL3795 EL4283

EL4025

Regional Drilling Completed

Ankata Deposit (UG) 13.3mt @ 1.71% Cu (0.5%)

Kalaya Deposit (UG) 51.7mt @ 0.98% Cu (0.5%) 16.9mt @ 1.7g/t Au (1.0)

Regional Drilling Completed

Prominent Hill Sth

Epsilon

Juliet

Proteus

Neptune

Triton

Nicholls Well

Caliban

Native Copper Prospect

Bornite

2.5 km

Prospect Hole Significant Assay Interval

Near Mine PH11D628 3.5 m @ 1.63% Cu from 481.5 m

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CARRAPATEENA PROJECT Acquired from Teck Australia Pty Ltd and Rudy Gomez for US$250 million in May 2011. 1,070 square kilometres of leases. Exploration drilling commenced in October 2011. 2012 drill results support existing model and showing extensions of higher grade zones. A$29 million exploration budget for 2012.

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CARRAPATEENA DEPOSIT (Quarter 1 2012)

1,000m

1,000m

Cover 475m

Granitic host rock

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GEOLOGY Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) deposit. Similar style of deposit as Prominent Hill (OZL) and Olympic Dam (BHPB). Majority of copper occurs as disseminated chalcopyrite and bornite within sericite and chlorite altered hematite breccias.

CARRAPATEENA MINERALISATION

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CONCLUSIONS The Gawler Craton contains world class Iron Oxide Copper Gold systems and is still largely under-explored due to the covered terrain.

The use of technology such as geophysics is crucial to exploration success.

The Prominent Hill Operation has underground copper resources that extend well beyond the current open pit mine life of 2019 and we are committed to convert those resources to reserves.

Carrapateena is an exciting long life project. dg remains the best way to add value to OZ

Exploration drilling remains the best way to add value to OZ Minerals and we are committed to exploration in South Australia.