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Investor Presentation2 December 2024SMIMaterials

Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project
Developing New Zealand's newest and richest gold mine

December 2024 – Resource Rising Stars Conference

Disclaimer
Disclaimer

All information contained in this presentation is of a general nature. Potential investors are cautioned against using the content of this

presentation, in isolation, for making investment decisions and should also refer to Santana Minerals Limited (‘Santana’) Annual Reports and

ASX:SMI releases. For further information about Santana visit our website at www.santanaminerals.com.

Best efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of information contained (at the time of preparation). Where forward targets and/or

assumptions have been included – all such instances are indicative only and subject to alteration and/or cancellation as and when the

management of Santana determines.

Research and advice of a qualified financial advisor or accountant are strongly recommended to anyone considering investing in listed

company securities, including those of Santana.

The Prefeasibility Study, including the production target and the forecast financial information derived from the production target, referred to

in this Presentation (PFS) was released to the ASX on 15 November 2024. This Presentation includes summary excerpts from the PFS and does

not purport to be all-inclusive or complete.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Presentation contains various forward looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this presentation include, but are not limited

to, statements regarding the production target, financial information based on that production target and statements statements with

respect to Santana’s future plans, strategy, activities, events or developments the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur.

By their very nature, forward-looking statements require Santana to make assumptions that may not materialize or that may not be accurate.

The Company has concluded that it has a reasonable basis for providing these forward-looking statements, including the production target

and the forecast financial information included in this Presentation. The detailed reasons for these conclusions are outlined throughout the

ASX releases dated 15 November 2024. However, no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to have been correct, as actual

results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, viewers are cautioned

not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Santana does not undertake to update publicly or to revise any of the included

forward-looking statements, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

To achieve the range of outcomes anticipated in the PFS, the PFS estimates that financing in the order of A$340 million will be required.

Santana believes that there are reasonable grounds for the assumptions it has made in satisfying itself that the requisite funding for the

development of the Project will be available when required. However, Shareholders and prospective investors should be aware that there is

no guarantee Santana will be able to secure this funding as required, and it is possible that the terms available may be dilutive or otherwise

adversely impact the value of Santana’s current shares. Additionally, Santana may explore alternative value-creating strategies, such as

divesting some or all potential revenue streams from precious metals or a full or partial sale of its interest in the Bendigo-Ophir project.

Cautionary Statement – Inferred Resources Included in Production Target

Of the Mineral Resources planned for extraction under the PFS production model approximately 84% is within the Indicated Resources category, with

the balance (16%) being classified within the Inferred Resources category. There is a low level of geological confidence associated with Inferred Mineral

Resources and there is no certainty that further exploration work will result in the determination of Indicated Mineral Resources or that the production

target itself will be realised.

Competent Persons Statement

The production target and the forecast financial information derived from the production target set out in this presentation were first contained in a

public announcement released to the ASX on 15 November 2024. The Company confirms that all material assumptions underpinning the production

target and the forecast financial information derived from it continue to apply and have not materially changed.

The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources is based on information contained in the following public announcements:

15 November 2024– ASX Announcement titled “Bendigo-Ophir Pre-Feasibility Study”

2 July 2024 – ASX Announcement titled “Infill drilling increases RAS Indicated category to 1.45Moz”

16 February 2024 – ASX Announcement titled “1.3M ounces upgraded to Indicated category from RAS drilling:”

28 September 2021 – ASX Announcement titled “Bendigo-Ophir Gold Resources Increased 155% to 643k Oz”

The information in this report that relates to Ore Reserves is based on information contained in the public announcement made to the ASX on 15

November 2024.

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information contained in the following public announcement:

22 August 2022 – ASX Announcement titled “MDD054 Jewellery Box Re-Assays to 1400 g/t Gold”

A copy of these announcements are available to view on the Santana Minerals Limited website www.santanaminerals.com or on the ASX platform

www.asx.com.au.

The reports were issued in accordance with the 2012 Edition of the JORC Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and

Ore Reserves. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original

market announcements referenced above and, in the case of the Mineral Resource estimates, that all material assumptions and technical parameters

underpinning the Mineral Resource estimates in the relevant announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company

confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market

announcements.

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Project location
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•One hour east of Queenstown

•90km West of OceanaGold’s Macraes

gold mine

•Central Otago region of the South island

•20min drive from Cromwell with 8,000

people

•In the semi-arid Central Otago

•Private farmland, with agreements to

mine in place

Project discoveries
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Come In Time

81koz @ 0.8 g/t Au

Rise and Shine (RAS)

2.23koz @ 2.2 g/t Au

1.15Moz Probable Ore Reserve

Srex

132koz @ 0.8 g/t Au

73koz @ 0.9 g/t Au Indicated

Srex-East

13koz @ 0.8 g/t Au

Combined Total

2.46koz @ 1.9 g/t Au*

CIT

RSSZ

RAS

SRX

SRE

ASX Release 15 November 2024 - Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project - Pre-Feasibility Study

▪A blind discovery
▪85,000m+ of Diamond

Drilling

▪1.7 km down-plunge

and open

▪450m wide

▪High-grade core (150m-

200m wide)

▪ (30 - 40m thick)

▪Bulk barren waste pre-

strip


The Rise & Shine (RAS)

Section A

Section B

Section C

Long Section

1.7km

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▪A blind discovery
▪85,000m+ of Diamond

Drilling

▪1.7 km down-plunge

and open

▪450m wide

▪High-grade core (150m-

200m wide)

▪ (30 - 40m thick)

▪Bulk barren waste pre-

strip


The Rise & Shine (RAS)

Section A

Section B

Section C

Long Section

1.7km

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▪A blind discovery
▪85,000m+ of Diamond

Drilling

▪1.7 km down-plunge

and open

▪450m wide

▪High-grade core (150m-

200m wide)

▪ (30 - 40m thick)

▪Bulk barren waste pre-

strip


The Rise & Shine (RAS)

Section A

Section B

Section C

Long Section

1.7km

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▪A blind discovery
▪85,000m+ of Diamond

Drilling

▪1.7 km down-plunge

and open

▪450m wide

▪High-grade core (150m-

200m wide)

▪ (30 - 40m thick)

▪Bulk barren waste pre-

strip


The Rise & Shine (RAS)

Section A

Section B

Section C

Long Section

1.7km

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•A blind discovery
•85,000m+ of

Diamond Drilling

•1.7 km down-

plunge and open

•450m wide

•High-grade core

(150m-200m wide)

(30 - 40m thick)

•Bulk barren waste

pre-strip


Continuous and open at depth

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•A blind discovery
•85,000m+ of

Diamond Drilling

•1.7 km down-

plunge and open

•450m wide

•High-grade core

(150m-200m wide)

(30 - 40m thick)

•Bulk barren waste

pre-strip


The Rise & Shine (RAS)

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Battery Hill

Rise & Shine Valley

Shepherds Creek

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Blessed with infrastructure
Bendigo-Ophir

RAS Gold Project

Cromwell

8,000 people

Queenstown

International Airport

1hr away

No FIFO

No major camps

Main road access

Access to fresh water

Cheap power

State Highway 8

EASY ACCESS

Borefield

FRESH WATER

Clyde Dam Hydro Power

LOW COST GREEN ENERGY

5km

66kV Substation

8km from the project

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PFS SUMMARY
ROBUST RETURNS

HIGH MARGINHIGH GRADE

LOW HURDLE

RESPONSIBLE

SIGNIFICANT

A$1.06 billion NPV

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(after tax)

68% IRR (after tax)

<1yr payback (from production)

>3g/t from RAS in early stages

2.3g/t on average for project

150koz pa in Yr1 & Yr2

>A$1,500/oz margin after-tax

After all costs and full depreciation of

CAPEX

Strong environmental focus

Avoid, mitigate, offset strategy

Mining consents in line with strict NZ

criteria

A$340M max cash drawdown

A$1,416/oz Au AISC

Surrounded by existing workforce &

services

Designated by NZ Government

Nationally & regionally significant

Fast Track Approval eligibility

Based on a spot gold price of A$4,000/oz

ASX Release 15 November 2024 - Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project - Pre-Feasibility Study

Proposed mine infrastructure and layout
Project is located on private free-hold farm

land with agreements in place to mine.

Allows a smooth pathway to permitting.

Open pit mine

Project infrastructure includes

Underground

mine

1.5/2.1Mtpa

process plant

Workshops

and stores

Temporary

camp

Tailings

storage facility

(TSF)

Environmental

land fill (ELF)

Water pipeline

Power line to

national grid

Maximum footprint

shown for illustration

purposes only

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Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project PFS outcomes
Production profile

9.2 years

initial mine life

16.8Mt @ 2.3g/t

ore mined

1.15Moz of Gold

sold

~900koz Inferred resources

remaining

125koz pa

average production over

initial mine life

Capital & Operating

A$340M

total pre-production

cash drawdown

A$66.4/t

C1 cash cost per tonne

milled

A$96.9/t

AISC per tonne milled

A$1,416/oz

AISC per ounce

Financials at Spot Gold Price A$4,075

<1yr

simple payback (from

production)

A$4.6 billion

revenue

A$3.1 billion

EBITDA

A$1.8 billion

after tax free cash

A$1.06 billion

NPV

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after tax

68%

IRR after tax

BOGP PFS Outcomes

•Robust economics

•Exceptional margins

•Low hurdles

•Rapid payback

•Growth not yet included

•~770koz Inferred

resources still to be

converted at RAS

•~150koz Inferred at

SRX and CIT

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ASX Release 15 November 2024 - Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project - Pre-Feasibility Study

Highly profitable investment case
Strong financialsUnitsTotal A$

Revenue$ billion4.6

EBITDA$ billion3.1

Free cash after tax$ billion1.8

Taxes$ million728

After tax NPV$ billion1.06

After tax IRR%68

After tax Paybackyrs.<1

$ Millions

(137)

(204)

341

267

234

178

155

391

212

263

76

20

(14)

(137)

(341)

0

267

501

679

834

1,226

1,438

1,701

1,777

1,797

1,783

(1,500)

(1,000)

(500)

-

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

(300)

(200)

(100)

-

100

200

300

400

500

Year -2Year -1Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6Year 7Year 8Year 9Year 10Year 11

Cumulative net cash flow ($'000)

Cash Flow ($'000)

Project Free Cash Flow (inc tax)Cumulative FCF (RHS)

609

605

552

514

393

740

476

515

183

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Yr1Yr2Yr3Yr4Yr5Yr6Yr7Yr8Yr9

Revenue per annum A$ millions (main production years)

Cash flows from pre-production to conceptual mine closure

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ASX Release 15 November 2024 - Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project - Pre-Feasibility Study

Very high grades in early years enables fast payback
MDD054 1400 g/t – Jewellery Box

Rich high grade core at RAS

Mining over 3.5 g/t in Yr1

Requires stockpiling and blending

Scheduling to smooth output

Gold Production OP/UG (oz per annum) w/ AISC AUD (primary production years)

1.MDD054 reported to the ASX on 22 August 2022

152

151

138

129

98

185

119

129

45

1,268

1,213

1,287

1,641

2,044

1,302

1,604

1,130

1,709

-

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

-

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6Year 7Year 8Year 9

AISC $/oz

Production (kOz)

Open PitUndergroundAll-in-Sustaining Cost

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Open pit mining at Rise & Shine (RAS) and Srex (SRX)
1Moz

14.4Mt at 2.2g/t

RAS/SRX gold inventory

Mining physicals

9yrs mining

13Mt @ 2.36g/t from RAS

1.4Mt @ 0.68g/t from SRX

94% ore feed is Probable Reserve

Mining method

Five stages of cutbacks

250t class excavators

150t class rear dump trucks

220Mt total rock

40Mt pre-strip

14.4Mt ore

12.5:1 operating strip ratio

Mined gold

982koz Au from RAS

31koz from SRX

>1Moz Au total

Overall grade 2.19g/t

Come-in-Time (CIT) to

be added as supplementary feed

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Underground mining at RAS
232koz

2.4Mt at 3.0g/t

RAS UG inventory

Mining physicals

6yrs mining

2.4Mt ore

Total development 12km

96% Indicated ore feed

Mining method

Long hole stoping w/paste fill

5.5mW x 5.5mW twin declines

Cable bolts and shotcrete

12km development

1.9Mt paste fill

36km of cables

17k m

3

shotcrete

Mined gold

235koz Au

Grade 2.99g/t

~770koz Inferred resources at

RAS to be converted

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Conventional CIL processing plant
Five phases of metallurgical testing

completed

Very high recoveries at RAS of 93%

Overall PFS recovery of 92.4%


THE PFS DESIGN USES SIMPLE CIL TECHNOLOGY TO GENERATE VERY HIGH RECOVERIES

Single stage crush

SAG millingGravity circuit

CIL

Electrowinning

Gold furnace

1

2

3

4

5

6

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An Approved Fast Track Project
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Officially

named in the

Bill

Bill becomes

law

Submit

application

PERMITTED

7 October - Santana

officially designated

for Fast Tracking

The Fast Track Approvals Bill – establishes a fast track approvals regime for

projects of regional and national significance. A one-stop-shop review process

covering all relevant Acts within 6 months

Ratified into law by year

end

Feb 25 - Santana to

submit application

6 months permitting

process

Fast Track Information -Environment.govt.nz

Permitting and timeline to first gold
PATHWAY TO FIRST GOLD

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Timeline subject to permitsQ4/24Q1/25Q2/25Q3/25Q4/25Q1/26Q2/26Q3/26Q4/26

Approvals

Lodge Application

Approval

Process Plant

Detailed engineering

Mobilisation

Earthworks

Plant Construction

Mining

Pioneering

Mobilisation

ELF strip & haul roads

RAS strip & early mining

Bulk Mining

Mobilisation

Pre-strip

Support

Temporary camp

Site access road

Piped water

Power

TSF

Embankment prep

Buttress build

First Gold

Detailed

engineering and

contract awards

period

Company snapshot
Peter Cook

Non-Exec Chair

Geo and mine maker

Damian Spring

CEO & Exec Director

Engineer and NZ local

Kim Bunting

Non-Exec Director

Geo who discovered RAS

Sam Smith

Exec Director, IR/Corporate

Engineer and marketer

Board & Management

Well Funded

Substantial Ownership

Frederick (Kim) Bunting6.1%

Board & Management 7.3%

NZ Registered Holders>40%

Capital Structure

Market CapitalisationA$339 million

639.9 million FPO shares @ A$0.53/share - Nov 29, 2024

Options

86M Options at $0.36ps expiry date (28 Feb 2025)

Plus minor employees incentives and broker options

Cash at Bank at Oct 24A$31m+ net

Craig McPherson

CFO & Co-Sec

Finance and compliance

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ROBUST RETURNS
HIGH MARGINHIGH GRADE

LOW HURDLE

RESPONSIBLE

SIGNIFICANT

A$1.06 billion NPV

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(after tax)

68% IRR (after tax)

<1yr payback (from production)

>3g/t from RAS in early stages

2.3g/t on average for project

150koz pa in Yr1 & Yr2

>A$1,500/oz margin after-tax

After all costs and full depreciation of

CAPEX

Strong environmental focus

Avoid, mitigate, offset strategy

Mining consents in line with strict NZ

criteria

A$340M max cash drawdown

A$1,416/oz Au AISC

Surrounded by existing workforce &

services

Designated by NZ Government

Nationally & regionally significant

Fast Track Approval eligibility

Based on a spot gold price of A$4,000/oz

MOVING IMMEDIATELY TO DETAILED CONSTRUCTION PLANNING

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Maiden Ore Reserves – High conversions
AreaProvenProbableTotal

MtAu g/tMtAu g/tMtAu g/tAu koz

RAS (open pit)--11.92.4211.92.43928

RAS (Underground)2.33.032.33.03223

SRX(open pit)1.30.701.30.7030

Total--15.52.3715.52.371,181

Bendigo-Ophir

Maiden Ore Reserve

15Mt @ 2.37g/t

PFS targeted 1.45Moz of Indicated resources and converted 82% (1.18Moz) to a Probable Reserve

1. Please see full PFS Summary and Reserve estimate modifying factors in the disclosures announced to ASX

on 15 November 2024

Note 1: RAS Open pit cut-off grade 0.3 g/t at $US1,650/oz Au price

Note 2: RAS Underground cut-off grade 1.75 g/t at $US1,650/oz Au price

Note 3: SRX Open pit cut-off grade 0.35 g/t at $US2,100/oz Au price

Note 4: Underground Reserves are from the quoted Open pit Resources area

Note 5: The effective date of the Mineral Reserve is 1 November 2024, estimated by Rodney Redden (MAusIMM and CP-Mining), a contractor to Santana Minerals Ltd.

Note 6: Approved consents and required permits are yet to be granted to enable mining of the RAS and SRX deposits.

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DepositMining methodCategoryCutoff (Au g/t)tonnes (Mt)Au (g/t)koz
RAS

open pit

Indicated

0.25

19.62.31,452

Inferred9.92.0634

Total29.52.22,086

underground

Indicated

1.5

01.90

Inferred2.12.2145

Total2.12.2145

RAS Total

Indicated19.62.31,452

Inferred122.0779

Total31.62.22,231

SRXopen pit

Indicated

0.25

2.60.759

Inferred2.40.973

Total5.00.8132

SREopen pit

Indicated

0.25

0.40.710

Inferred0.10.93

Total0.50.813

CITopen pitInferred0.253.20.881

Totalcombined

Indicated22.62.11,521

Inferred17.71.6936

Total40.31.92,457

The July 2024 RAS Mineral Resource Estimates (MRE) and the SRX and SRE November 2024 MRE is based on work completed by Mr Kerrin Allwood, a Competent Person (CP) who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and

Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Allwood is a Principal Geologist of GeoModelling Limited, Petone, New Zealand and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the

activity which is being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Refer to ASX announcement on 16

February 2024 for further detail.

The information in this report that relates to prior 2021 Mineral Resource Estimates (2021 MRE) for CIT, SHR and SRE deposits completed by Ms Michelle Wild (CP) continue to apply and have not materially changed. Refer to ASX

announcement on 28 September 2021 for further detail.

Appendix 1: Mineral Resource Estimate

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