RAVENSTHORPE NICKEL OPERATIONS

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1 RAVENSTHORPE NICKEL OPERATIONS April 2013

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3 Itinerary Time Activity 08:10 Project History and Overview, with Assistant General Manager and Management Team. 09:30 Mine Pit Tour for visual overview of operations (with Mining Manager): Pit Lookout (site layout; geological overview; staged mining approach; grade control areas; Hale-Bopp and Shoemaker-Levy deposits) Pit tour ROM Stockpile and Crusher area (new crushers; stacker reclaimers for blending; buffer ponds; rejects handling) 10:30 Plant Overview by foot (with Plant Manager): New Crushers Beneficiation Plant Pressure Acid Leach Acid Leach and Power Plant MHP Load-out 12:00 Q&A over lunch with Management Team, in Boardroom. 13:00 Depart RNO for Hopetoun. 13:30 Visit Hopetoun and RNO residential housing. 15:50 Depart Ravensthorpe for Perth. 3

4 Ravensthorpe - First Quantum s Record to Date Purchased as a decommissioned operation February 2010 Design phase February June 2010 Recruitment campaign started June 2010 Modifications July 2010 September 2011 First production October 2011 First exports November 2011 Commercial production 28 December Production 32,884 tonnes nickel 4

5 Ravensthorpe s Facts & Figures Expected mine life Three ore bodies Lease Area Corporate tax rate Mineral royalty Workforce Residential Focus >30 years Halleys Hale-Bopp Shoemaker-Levy 3,788 hectares 30% of earnings 2.5% of net sales 640 employees (incl. 200 contractors) >200 currently live in Hopetoun 5

6 Our Modifications to Make Ravensthorpe Work Front end materials handling Dewatering Buffer storage capacity Upgraded Tailings Storage Facility Refurbish existing plant 6

7 Ravensthorpe - Making it Work - Two New Crushing Plants 7

8 Ravensthorpe - Making it Work - Refurbish Stacker Reclaimers 8

9 Ravensthorpe - Making it Work - Dewatering and Rejects Management 9

10 Ravensthorpe - Making it Work - Upgraded Tailings Facility 10

11 Ravensthorpe - Making it Work Refurbished Plant The reconstructed crushing plants, beneficiation, dewatering and rejects handling circuits are performing to expectations and are consistently achieving the design throughputs. 11

12 Ravensthorpe Recoverable Resources Mineral Recoverable Resources have been defined as the recoverable portion of the Mineral Resource contained within the life of mine pit profiles as developed by the previous owners BHP Billiton. These estimates are considered suitable for the initial mine planning works and are currently considered as Potential Recoverable Resources by First Quantum. 12

13 Ravensthorpe s Laterite Profile 13

14 Ravensthorpe s Product - From Mine to Customer CHINA Jinchuan, Sichuan, Huaze INDIA BRAZIL MHP shipped via Esperance Port 14

15 Ravensthorpe s Operational Achievements to Date AREA Crushing and conveyors to reclaimer - limonite & saprolite Beneficiation Atmospheric Leach PAL Trains MHP Loadout Acid Plant ACHIEVEMENT 1400 dry tonnes vs dry tonnes design limonite 1050 dry tonnes vs dry tonnes design saprolite 460 dry tonnes vs. 426 dry tonnes design 200 dry tonnes vs. 135 dry tonnes design 170 dry tonnes vs. 150 dry tonnes design 140 tonnes nickel vs. 142 tonnes nickel design 4200 tonnes H2SO4 vs. 4,400 tonnes H2SO4 design 15

16 Ravensthorpe s Production Record to Date 16

17 Ravensthorpe s Safety Performance 2012 Safety Performance Change Lost Time Injury (LTI) Frequency Rate Reduced 0.70 to 0.13 LTI Severity Rate Reduced to 0.26 Hazard reporting frequency Increased to

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