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Arrow: A Rapidly Growing Uranium Discovery | April 2015
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Arrow: A Rapidly Growing Uranium Discovery | April 2015

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Disclaimer Information Contained In This Presentation

This presentation is a summary description of NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the

“Company”) and its business and does not purport to be complete. This presentation is

not, and in no circumstances is it to be construed as, a prospectus, an advertisement,

or a public offering of securities. No securities regulatory authority or similar authority

has reviewed or in any way passed upon the document or the merits of the Company’s

securities and any representation to the contrary is an offence.

Except where otherwise indicated, the information contained in this presentation has

been prepared by NexGen and there is no representation or warranty by NexGen or

any other person as to the accuracy or completeness of the information set forth

herein. This presentation includes information on adjacent properties that was

obtained from various publicly available sources referred to herein and the accuracy

and completeness of such information has not been verified by NexGen. Except as

otherwise stated, information included in this presentation is given as of the date

hereof. Neither the delivery of this presentation nor any sale made under the terms

described herein shall imply that the information herein is correct as of any date after

the date hereof.

All dollar amounts referenced herein, unless otherwise indicated, are expressed in

Canadian dollars.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information

Statements contained in this presentation that are not current or historical factual

statements may constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of

applicable securities laws including statements with respect to the properties, a

concurrent financing, our plans for exploration and development of our properties and

our financial condition, operations and prospects. The forward-looking information

reflects current expectations regarding future results, performance or achievements

and speaks only as of the date of this presentation. When used in this presentation,

forward-looking information can be identified by such words as “may”, “will”, “expect”,

“believe”, “plan”, “project”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “estimate” and other similar

terminology. Such forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks,

uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or

achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results,

performance or achievements expressed in or implied by such information. Such risks,

uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited in any manner to those risks

set forth in this presentation under the heading “Risk Factors”, including, the risk that

no mineralization will be identified on the Radio and Rook I properties; the Company’s

dependence on third party financing; the Company’s limited operating history; risks

inherent in exploration activities; environmental and safety risks including increased

regulatory burdens; unexpected geological or hydrological conditions; a possible

deterioration in political support for nuclear energy; changes in government regulations

and policies, including trade laws and policies; demand for nuclear power; failure to

obtain necessary permits and approvals from government authorities; weather and

other natural phenomena; and other exploration, development, operating, financial

market and regulatory risks. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.

The forward-looking information contained in this presentation requires management to

make certain assumptions including with respect to the financing and its ability to

successfully develop its properties. Although management of the Company believes

that the assumptions underlying, and the expectations reflected in, the forward-looking

information are reasonable, significant risks and uncertainties are involved in such

information. Management can give no assurances that its assumptions, estimates and

expectations will prove to have been correct. Forward-looking information should not

be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be

accurate indications of whether or not or the times at or by which such performance or

results will be achieved. Many factors that are beyond the Company’s control could

cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-

looking statements.

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3 Uranium Market (Demand) A Story of Stable Demand Growth and Uncertain Supply

Nuclear Electricity Growth • 930 GW needed by 2050 to support existing global decarbonisation mandates • Will represent 17% of the global energy supply • Equates to a 2.3 times increase in nuclear energy demand in just 35 years

Uranium Demand • Average demand growth estimated at 4% per year to 2024

Source: International Energy Agency (2015)

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4 Uranium Market (Demand) Investment and Reactor Builds

• Currently 437 nuclear reactors in operation globally • As of April 2015, 65 nuclear reactors are under construction

• China: 26 currently, 23 under construction, 187 in planning/proposal phase • China Nuclear Power Corp. “looking to invest in Canada in the near future” (Dec. 2014)

• Another 496 reactors are in the planning/proposal phase 1.) Graph: International Energy Agency (2015) 2.) World Nuclear Association (2015)

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5 Uranium Market (Supply) Lack of Economic Deposits

• In 2014 world uranium

consumption was 155Mlbs while mine supply accounted for 147Mlbs

• +20Mlbs from HEU agreement (now over)

• Estimated supply gap of

nearly 100Mlbs per year by 2030

• 11 of top 15 uranium

mines are in unstable jurisdictions (Russia, Kazakhstan, Niger)

End of HEU agreement in 2013 removed the equivalent of McArthur River’s annual production from supply

1.) World Nuclear Association (2015) 2.) World Nuclear Association estimate of 97,450tU demand and 53,000 tU supply in 2030

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6 The Athabasca Basin The Source of Future Supply

1.) World Nuclear Association (2015) 2.) Cameco Corp. 3.) Based on US$45/lb U & US$1,300/oz Au

Remember: 1.00% U3O8 equals 23.50 g/t gold!

• Global average

resource grades ~0.10% U3O8

• Athabasca Basin mines produce at over 100X global average resource grade

• McArthur River produced 18.6Mlbs at 14.87% U3O8 in 2014

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7 Project Overview Focus: High-tonnage, high-grade, technically superior assets in shallow sections of the Athabasca Basin

Portfolio Characteristics

• Straddles the edge and inside of the Athabasca Basin

• Enables NexGen to find basement-hosted, unconformity-hosted and sandstone-hosted mineralization

• Hosts the land-based Arrow discovery

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8 Arrow Discovery Rook I Project Location & Conductor Corridors

• Most dominant land position in the Southwest Athabasca Basin

• Arrow discovered I February 2014 with 1st drill hole in target

• Land-based discovery

located inside the Athabasca Basin boundary

• Basement-hosted high-grade mineralization that continues to grow in all directions and at depth

Rook I hosts all the known uranium bearing conductor corridors in the region

Bow

Discovery

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9 Arrow Drilling 40 of 42 Drill Holes Intersected High-grade Uranium Mineralization

NexGen’s Drilling Methodology:

1. Wide step-outs 1. Angled Holes: 90% of

holes drilled are angled

2. Efficient capital allocation: $8 into the ground for every $1 of G&A

Results:

Current Area of Mineralization:

• Length x width 515 m x 215 m

• Depth 100 m to 905 m

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10 Arrow: A2 & A3 Shears 2 High-grade shear zones now identified at Arrow

• A3 shear zone

discovered in

February 2015

• Both A2 and A3

Zones remain

open in every

direction

A2 Dimensions:

• 88m strike length

• 340m vertical extent

• 11-27.5m true width

A3 Dimensions:

• 73m strike length

• 420m vertical extent

• 30-78.6m true width

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11 2015: Expansion of A2 Shear • 2015 drilling continues to expand

dimensions of A2 high-grade shear

• AR-15-41 (angled): • 202.2m total composite

mineralization including 24.52m

off-scale (>10,000cps to

>61,000cps) in both A2 and A3

• Intersected 8.12m off-scale

(10,000cps to >61,000cps) in the

A2 shear

• AR-14-30 (vertical): • 186.9m total composite

mineralization including 53.85m

off-scale (>10,000cps to

>61,000cps)

• AR-15-34b (angled): • 70.0m at 2.2% U3O8 including

11.0m at 8.95% U3O8

• Confirms grade continuity in A2

shear

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A2 Shear: AR-14-30

Hole AR-14-30 ranks as one of the best holes ever drilled in the Athabasca Basin

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13 2015: A New High-grade Shear Found

• February 24, 2015 discovery of new

high-grade mineralized shear zone;

A3

• AR-15-41 (angled):

• Intersected 15.85m off-scale

(>10,000cps to >51,000cps)

within the A3 shear

• AR-15-39w:

• 124.5m total composite

mineralization including 8.35m

off-scale (>10,000cps to

53,000cps)

• Holes to date in A3 shear

show it to be significantly

larger than A2

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14 The Eagle Point Analogy Eagle Point is an underground mine operated by Cameco

- Eagle Point current mineral reserves: 15.2Mlbs at 0.61% U3O8

- Underground mine using longhole stoping in the competent basement rock

- Eagle Point deposits are located on the eastern edge of the Athabasca Basin, and are part of the Rabbit Lake Uranium district which also includes the Rabbit Lake and Collins Bay deposits.

- Rabbit Lake District produced +198Mlbs of uranium concentrates since production began in 1975

1.) Cameco Corp.

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15 Dravite Breccia – McArthur River & Arrow

1.) Cameco Corp.

Arrow: AR-14-15 422.25m Dravite associated (or proximal) to mineralization

McArthur River: Dravite-Chlorite-filled Breccias associated with high-grade

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Bow: New Discovery 3.7km NE of Arrow

BO-15-10:

• 2.5m total

composite

mineralization

including 0.10m

off-scale

(>10,000cps to

>10,200cps)

• 66m step-out to

east of BO-15-

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BO-15-10: Visible Pitchblende

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18 Patterson Conductor Corridor Multiple targets along 7kms of conductor corridor

BO-15-10, -02

drilled into

coincident

VTEM

conductor

and radon in

lake water

anomaly with

peak reading

of 36.0pCi/L

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19 Fury Target Area

• Six high

priority targets

based on the

same

geophysical

signature as

Arrow

• Land-based

• Depth to

basement

ranges from 10

to 20 meters

• Follow-up drill

target for

summer 2015

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Eastern Athabasca Basin Portfolio

High Quality Portfolio:

1. Radio: located directly adjacent to and long strike of Roughrider, Rio Tinto acquired for $654M in February 2012.

2. Thorburn Lake: 9 of 15 drill holes have intersected uranium mineralization.

3. Madison and 2Z Lake: contain shallow (<100m thick) sandstone-hosted uranium mineralization, and is along strike from U-mineralized conductors. Represent good potential for discovery of new basement-hosted uranium deposits.

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Capital Structure

Shares Issued & Outstanding 195,758,536

Warrants ($0.425 - $0.65) 23,911,666

Options ($0.30 - $0.46) 18,152,303

Fully Diluted 237,822,505

Cash ~$14M

Ownership Tigers Realm Minerals & Associates

Mega Uranium

Radio Optionors (2 - individually)

~17%

~16%

~7%

1.) As of April 01, 2015 2.) As of December 31, 2014.

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Executive, Board & Technical Team

Executive

Leigh Curyer Chief Executive Officer

Garrett Ainsworth VP Exploration & Development

Grace Marosits Chief Financial Officer

Travis McPherson Corporate Development Manager

Board

Chris McFadden Chairman

Richard Patricio

Trevor Thiele

Craig Parry

Gerry Feldman

James Currie Directors

Technical Team

Garrett Ainsworth VP Exploration & Development

Adam Engdahl Project Manager - Saskatchewan

James Sykes Senior Geologist

Technical Advisory

Andrew Browne former VP Exploration & Development

Craig Parry Director

Strong team with a successful track record in uranium exploration and

development.

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NexGen Summary

• Arrow, a world-class uranium discovery

• 40 of 42 holes drilled intercepted mineralization

• Aggressive and deliberate drilling methodology

• Area of mineralization 515 m x 215 m, vertical extent commencing from 100 m down to 905 m

• Two High Grade Shear Zones A2 & A3

• Expansion of A2 high-grade shear and discovery of A3 which already looks significantly larger than A2

• New discovery made 3.7km northeast of Arrow called Bow

• Well financed $14 million

• Currently drilling 20,000m winter program

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Contact

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[email protected]


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