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CORPORATE
PRESENTATION
Q1 2014
ADVANCING DIAMOND PROJECTS TO PRODUCTION IN WEST AFRICA
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OVERVIEW
African focused diamond development company listed on AIM
Portfolio of development projects in prolific diamond regions of Sierra Leone and Guinea
Flagship 1.1 million carat Tongo Project: high grade kimberlite undergoing definitive feasibility
study, low capex development, high US$ per tonne value and a current US$53 million NPV10
Baoulé Project: kimberlite pipe with multi-million carat resource potential; prolific diamond
area in Guinea; open pit mine potential
Defined development programme in place for Tongo and Baoulé leading to near term
production potential – high impact news flow
Additional assets with resource of over 3.3 million carats - ready for development on recovery of
rough diamond pries
Targeting aggregate resource base of 7.5 million carats in 2014 with in-situ value of US$1 billion
Experienced Board of Directors with track record of value creation and decades of experience
in the diamond sector and West African region
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PORTFOLIO OF ASSETS
TONGO PROJECTSIERRA LEONE
Stage: Definitive Feasibility Study
Dyke 1 (of 4): Initial resource: 1.074M cts
High grade: 120cpht
Diamond value: US$248/ct
NPV10: US$53M
BAOULÉ PROJECTGUINEA
Stage: Resource Definition
Initial target resource: 3M cts
Estimated grade: between 13 & 40 cpht
Estimated diamond value: over US$200/ct
ADDITIONAL PROJECTSMANDALA MINE
Guinea: est. alluvial resource of 200,000 cts
KONO*Sierra Leone: advanced kimberlite trial mining
DROUJBA Guinea: 3.1M ct resource
*Licences under dispute
Baoulé
Tongo
Kono
Droujba
Mandala
Potential for significant resource
increase and recommencement of
production from additional projects
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STRATEGY
Build a leading diamond explorer and producer in West Africa
Focus on highly prolific West African Diamond Fields - relativelyunderexplored by modern methods but has yielded millions of highquality diamonds, mostly from artisanal mining methods
2014 focus on delivering Tongo Dyke-1 DFS which has a current 1.1 million carat resource
Targeting an increase in aggregate resource base to 7.5 million carats with an in-situ value of US$1 billion on definition of an estimated 3 million carat resource at Baoulé
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
KARL SMITHSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Geologist and MBA with 25 years’ African diamond
exploration and development experience, including 12 years in West Africa. Senior management positions with
De Beers, SouthernEra and African Aura Mining.
LORD DARESBURY (PETER), NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Involvement in emerging markets since 1994.
Previously Non-Executive Chairman of De Vere Group plc 2000-2006, Chairman of KazakhGold Group Ltd 2005-
2007 and Executive Chairman of Highland Gold Mining Ltd 2002-2004.
JAMES CAMPBELL, NON-EXEC DIRECTOR Mining geologist and MBA with 26 years’ experience in the
diamond mining industry under De Beers, where he held a number of senior positions. Previously Managing
Director of African Diamonds Plc. CEO and President of Rockwell Diamonds.
LUIS DA SILVA, NON-EXEC DIRECTOR CEO of GB Minerals (TSX) and Non-Executive Director of Aureus
Mining. Mining Engineer and MBA with operational, technical and corporate experience globally with Blue
Circle Industries and Lafarge SA.
STEVEN POULTON, NON-EXEC DIRECTOR Mining geologist previously with Mano River. Co-founder of
Ariana, African Aura, Afferro Mining, Aureus Mining and Altus Strategies (CEO).
DR. MARKUS ELSASSER, NON-EXEC DIRECTOR An experienced financer and investor in the natural
resources sector. Director of Arctic Gold, Kopi Goldfields, Stellar Resources Ltd and Impact Minerals.
Currently head of the Elsässer Family Office.
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MANAGEMENT TEAM
ROWAN D. CARR, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Rowan has 25 years of diamond industry experience throughout Africa. He
spent 21 years working for De Beers Group in senior management positions heading up exploration efforts across the country.
Rowan joined Stellar in 2007 and has been at the forefront of project exploration and development on the ground.
PHILIP KNOWLES, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Philip joined Stellar in June 2011. He is a qualified accountant with over 10
years of accountancy experience. Most recently Philip was Group Financial Controller for Firestone Diamonds plc and for Kopane
Diamonds plc, and brings with him strong experience of working for growing diamond mining companies.
GRAHAM C. RADBURND, TONGO PROJECT MANAGER Graham’s early career was focused in the civil construction sector in
Africa and the Middle East. He also brings 13 years of diamond industry experience in both production and management roles in
Angola, DR Congo, Russia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Graham joined the Stellar team in 2008.
ALKALY YANSANE, COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE, GUINEA Alkaly is a Guinean national with a degree in geology. He was
the Director of the CPDM in Conakry for a number of years, responsible for many aspects of the mineral sector. He also worked
for 16 years in the private sector of the exploration and mining industry with Rio Tinto, West African Diamonds and now Stellar.
ABDULAYE DIALLO, SENIOR GEOLOGIST, DROUJBA PROJECT Abdulaye is a Guinean national with a degree in mining
geology. He previously worked with Mano River Resources as project geologist exploring for gold and diamonds in Guinea,
Sierra Leone and Liberia. Abdulaye joined Stellar in 2007 and is currently responsible for the drilling project at Droujba.
KASSIM MANSARAY, SENIOR GEOLOGIST, SIERRA LEONE Kassim is a qualified geologist with +30 years of industrial
experience. He brings a vast wealth of multi-commodity experience having worked in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Gabon and
the Central African Republic, having spent the past 15 years with the Mano River-Stellar Diamonds group of companies.
SULAIMAN SWARAY, TONGO PROJECT GEOLOGIST Sulaiman is a Sierra Leone national with a degree in Geology. He was
previously project geologist in a regional diamond exploration JV with BHP Billiton and joined Stellar in 2004 and . This led to the
discovery and development of the Tongo kimberlites. Sulaiman is now project geologist for the resource estimation programme.
FODÉ CAMARA, MANDALA PROJECT MANAGER Fodé is a Guinean national with a degree in geology. He has 16 years
diamond industry experience, 12 of which was with De Beers in senior positions in Guinea, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe,
Madagascar, Gabon and DR Congo. Fodé joined Stellar in 2008 and is currently project manager at the Mandala mine.
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KEY DATA
Market EPIC Share
Price
Shares in
Issue
Market
Cap
52 Week
price range
Share
Options
Warrants
Outstanding
Fully
Diluted
AIM STEL1.5
pence
521
million
£7.4
million
0.75 – 3
pence42,926,150 187,973,331 752,099,102
Foradex Invest SLR 17.2%UBS Deutschland (private) 12.3%Nassim Funds (institutional) 8.5%Aureus Mining 5.9%Hottinger 5.5%Directors & Management 5.0%BlackRock 3.7%Other 41.9%
Share price graph Major Shareholders
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TONGO PROJECT: SIERRA LEONEDYKE-1: A SNAPSHOT
Current
NPV10 US$53.1M
32% IRR
1.1 million caratJORC
Compliant Resource for Dyke-1 only
17 year
Life of Mine
3 remaining
dykes to
drill
Gross Cash Flows
US$413
DFS Targeted H2 2014
Located in one of
Sierra Leone’s
premier diamond
districts
Low Cost
US$16millionStarting capex
2nd bulk
sampling
programme
underway
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TONGO KIMBERLITE PROJECT:SIERRA LEONE
Located in the Kenema District of the Eastern Province of
Sierra Leone in the heart of the prolific Tongo Diamond Fields
Four diamondiferous dykes, main two being:Dyke-1: 2km long, 120 cpht, US$248/ct
Dyke-4: 1km long, 110cpht, US$140/ct
Additional potential:Dyke-2: 1km long, 140cpht
Dyke-3: 0.5km long, 185cpht
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TONGO DEVELOPMENT
Extensive development since 2007 culminating in a
current JORC compliant diamond resource delivered
by CAE Mining in December 2012 of 1.1 million carats
for 1 of 4 known kimberlite dykes
Development work included: stream and soil sampling,
ground geophysical surveys, core drilling,
microdiamond analysis and larger scale bulk sampling
Robust economics indicated in independent
economic scoping study by Paradigm Project
Management for the development of an underground
diamond mine
Dyke-1 – Stellar’s current priority - has now been
advanced to the Inferred Resource status
DFS targeted for H2 2014
Tongo 5tph DMS plant
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DYKE-1: POSITIVE INITIAL ECONOMIC SCOPING STUDY 2013*
Tongo Dyke-1 Base Case Enhanced Case
Life of mine (years) 13 17
Tonnes mined 1,131,000 1,738,000
Carats recovered 638,000 1,051,000
Starting diamond price (US$/ct) 248 248
Life of mine capital (US$m) 21 30
Life of mine cost per tonne (US$) 84 122
Life of mine gross cash flow (US$m) 169 412
NPV (10%) pre-tax (US$m) 16.2 53.1**
IRR pre-tax 23% 32%
*N.B. at the current US$:ZAR exchange rate, NPV10 increases to US$59.5m
*Paradigm Project Management preliminary economic scoping study July 2013
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TONGO DYKE-1:HIGH GRADE AND VALUE RESOURCE
Kimberlite Metres Depth Grade cut-
off (mm)
Resource
tonnes
Grade
+1mm (cpht)
Inferred JORC
carats in
resource
Modelled
average
diamond value
(US$/ct)
Implied
contained
value US$m
In-situ value
US$/t
Dyke-1 300m +1.0mm 895,000 120 1,074,000 248 266 298
Tongo Dyke-1 diamonds
Definitive Feasibility Study Progress
650 tonnes bulk samples already collected
Sample processing commenced using Stellar’s
on-site 5tph DMS plant
Objective to recover minimum 1,000 carat parcel
for diamond grade and value creation
First results expected February 2014
Previous results established a grade of 120cpht at
US$248 per carat from 1,050 carat parcel
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BAOULÉ PROJECT, GUINEA:A SNAPSHOT
22Mt
TargetLarge tonnage
JV signedSociété
TassilimanNov 2013
Drilling to 300m
to establish
resource
Diamondiferous
Kimberlite
Pipe Located in Guinea’s most
renowned diamond mining district
US$200/ctDiamond value internal estimation
100% interest
earn-in optionUS$5m earn-in for 75% &
option to acquire
remaining 25%
13-40 cphtgrade
internal estimation
Open pit
mine
potential
Target
resource
3 million cts
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BAOULÉ KIMBERLITE PROJECT:GUINEA
The Baoulé kimberlite pipe is believed
to be a source of the high value Baoulé
alluvial diamonds in the Aredor region
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AREDOR: GUINEALARGE STONE PRODUCING AREA
Historically produced the largest and highest valuediamonds in Guinea
Numerous high quality diamonds in excess of 100 caratsrecovered from commercial alluvial mining operations
In 1990s Aredor FCMC mined alluvial diamonds withaverage values of over US$400 per carat 7kmdownstream from the Baoulé pipe
Year Diamonds US$ /ct Selling Price (US$)
1986 121.13 1,501/ct 181,855
100.30 15,533/ct 1,558,000
57.83 12,226/ct 707,065
1987 142.96 25,560/ct 3,654,000
1988 181.77 47,412/ct 8,618,177
1989 255.61 39,263/ct 10,036,000
1991 192.95 16,325/ct 3,150,000
1993 22.52 81,705/ct 1,840,000
284.96 28,442/ct 8,105,000
1997 70.10 39,443/ct 2,765,000
1999 146.00 13,507/ct 1,972,000
2000 25.73 51,185/ct 1,317,000 (pink)
16.91 46,008/ct 778,000 (pink)
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BAOULÉ KIMBERLITE:DEVELOPMENT
5 hectare kimberlite pipe discovered in 1999
Significant drilling (5,708m) and bulk samplingcompleted by Trivalence Mining Corporation (TSX)and Rio Tinto – access to historic exploration database
JV signed with Société Tassiliman – a Guineanincorporated company headed by the well-respected& prominent businessman El Hadj MohammedMoustapha Kaba
Option to earn into 75% interest through US$5mexpenditure (indefinite time period) with option topurchase remaining 25%On 100% acquisition by Stellar, Tassiliman will begranted 2% net profit royalty on any future productionrevenues
Stellar has completed block modelling of pipe withestimated diamond value of over US$200/ct
Modelled 22 million tonnes to 300m depth at anestimated grade of 13cpht – giving estimated resourceof 3 million carats
Diamond diggings over Baoulé kimberlite pipe
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BAOULÉ MODELLING:BLOCK MODEL WESTERN LOBE
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ADDITIONAL ASSETS:VALUE UPLIFT POTENTIAL
Droujba Project: Guinea Kono Project: Sierra Leone Mandala Project: Guinea
• Kimberlite pipe and
dyke with 3.1M carat
resource
• Grades of 88cpht
(Droujba pipe) and
140cpht (Katcha dyke)
• Economic scoping
study completed
• Project on C&M until
higher diamond prices
• Underground trial
mining on two
kimberlites that
yielded over 4,000
carats of high quality
diamonds
• Licence dispute with
Ministry of Mines –
Stellar continues to
pursue diplomatic and
legal remedies to have
the licences reinstated
• Alluvial mining licence
renewed (5yrs)
• Restart production on
improvement in rough
diamond prices
• Previous mining
yielded 128,000 carats
at a grade of 33cpht
with gems up to 37
carats
• Estimated 200,000 cts
remaining in resource
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SUMMARY
Tongo diamonds
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VALUE CREATION: MILESTONES DELIVERED
Tongo Dyke-1 resource increased from 660,000 to 1.1million carats following
2,929m drilling with potential to significantly
increase
Positive economic scoping study for Tongo Dyke-1 demonstrating NPV US$53million and
low capex
Definitive Feasibility Study commenced at Tongo Dyke-1 –
completion expected H2 2014
Resource increase at Droujba project to 3.1 million carats –
significant future potential
Excellent progress made in advancing the Tongo Dyke-1 during the course of 2013 –
the team has created project value and has significantly de-risked the project resulting
in visibility to production
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DIAMOND RESOURCE BASE
CURRENT
RESOURCE TONNES
GRADE
(cpht) CARATS
DIAMOND
VALUE ($/ct)
CONTAINED
VALUE ($m)
PROJECT
STATUS
TONGO 895,000 120 1,074,000 248 266 Feasibility
DROUJBA 3,960,000 63 2,474,000 45 111 C&M
KATCHA 319,000 140 446,000 57 25 C&M
TOTAL 5,174,000 3,994,000 402
TARGET
RESOURCE TONNES
GRADE
(cpht) CARATS
DIAMOND
VALUE ($/ct)
CONTAINED
VALUE ($m)
PROJECT
STATUS
TONGO 1,250,000 120 1,500,000 248 372 Feasibility
BAOULÉ 23,000,000 13 3,000,000 200 600 Resource
SUBTOTAL 24,250,000 4,500,000 972
DROUJBA 3,960,000 63 2,474,000 45 111 C&M
KATCHA 319,000 140 446,000 57 25 C&M
TOTAL 28,529,000 7,420,000 1,108
Stellar Diamonds is targeting a resource increase to 7.5 million carats in 2014
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SUMMARY
Robust outlook for rough diamond market gives potential to recommence operations at
Mandala and Droujba projects due to
PROJECTS
EXPERIENCE
Advancing two diamond projects with multi-million carat potential to production in West
Africa
ADDRESSFocused on prolific diamond regions of Sierra Leone and Guinea with new
acquisition/growth opportunities in West Africa
UNDERVALUED
VALUE CREATION
Undervalued relative to peer group due to extent of exploration & development work
completed to date & value to be added as Stellar takes Tongo through DFS
Board and management has extensive experience in the diamond sector and West
African region – track record of value creation
Creating a defined path to production at Tongo. Targeting an overall resource base of
7.5m carats across our projects with an in-situ value of US$1billion
POTENTIAL
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CONTACT
STELLAR DIAMONDS PLC355 The StrandLondonWC2R 0HS
KARL SMITHSONChief Executive OfficerTel: +44 (0) 77 837 0971Email: [email protected]
PHILIP KNOWLESChief Financial OfficerTel: +44 (0) 755 744 4007Email: [email protected]
HUGO DE SALIS / LOTTIE BROCKLEHURSTSt Brides Media & Finance Ltd (Financial PR)Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177Email: [email protected]
Tongo Dyke-1 Diamonds