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Corporate Presentation
September 2014
TSX: SMC Continuing to build value through
the acquisition and development
of quality mining projects.
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Cautionary Statements
This presentation may include certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including, without limitation, statements regarding future plans and
objectives of Sulliden Mining Capital Inc. (“the Company”), future opportunities and anticipated goals, projected capital and operating
expenses, timetable to permitting and production and the prospective mineralization of the properties, are forward-looking statements
that involve various risks, assumptions, estimates and uncertainties. Generally, forward looking information can be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain
actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". There can be no assurance that
such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, including but not limited to: general business,
economic, competitive, geopolitical and social uncertainties; the actual results of current exploration activities; acquisition risks; and
other risks of the mining and resource industry. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not
to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. These statements reflect the current internal projections, expectations or beliefs of the
Company and are based on information currently available to the Company. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-
looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in
those forward-looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and
such forward-looking statements included in this presentation should not be unduly relied upon by investors as actual results may vary.
Unless required to be updated pursuant to securities laws, these statements speak only as of the date of this presentation and are
expressly qualified, in their entirety, by this cautionary statement.
The technical content of the presentation was reviewed and approved by the Company’s Vice President of Exploration, Stéphane
Amireault, P.Eng., as well as its Vice President of Technical Services and Operations, Joseph Milbourne, who are Qualified Persons
within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101. Messrs. Amireault and Milbourne have reviewed and approved the scientific and
technical aspects of this presentation.
Management team with execution track record
Experts in: Mine exploration & development, Capital Markets
Extensive experience in North & South America
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Strategic Vision
Sulliden Mining Capital is a venture capital
company focused on acquiring and advancing
brownfield, development-stage and early
production-stage mining projects in the Americas.
Capitalizing on the past successes
of our management team with
Desert Sun Mining (Brazil), Central Sun Mining
(Nicaragua), and Sulliden Gold Corp (Peru). Desert Sun (2002-2005)
Sulliden Gold (2009-2014)
Central Sun (2007-2009)
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Corporate Structure (As at August 11, 2014)
Shares Outstanding
SMC Options & Agnico Warrants
~31.9 million
~4 million
Shareholders
Sulliden Gold Corp Shareholders (Major shareholders: Aberdeen Intl., RBC Global Asset
Mgmt, Beutel, Goodman & Co., Standard Life, AGF,
Maple Leaf Funds, Mackenzie, Socrate Capital)
Rio Alto
Management & Insiders
91.4%
8.5%
~7%
Capital Structure & Management Team
Balance Sheet (As at August 11, 2014)
Cash ~$25 million
High calibre management team with proven track record and a long history of working together
Justin Reid, MSc., MBA
President & CEO, Director Geologist and capital markets executive with +20 yrs focused in the
mineral resource space
Former President and Director of Sulliden Gold, Senior mining analyst
at Cormark and Managing Director Global Mining Sales at NBF
Peter Tagliamonte, P.Eng. MBA
Executive Chairman 30 yrs of experience in mine building and operations with particular
focus in Central and South America
Former CEO Sulliden Gold, Central Sun Mining and COO of Desert Sun
Mining
Joe Milbourne, FAusIMM
VP Operations & Technical Services Metallurgist with +40 yrs experience in Central and South America
Former head of process engineering at AMEC Mining and Metals.
International experience with BHP, Eldorado and Cominco
Stéphane Amireault, MScA., P.Eng.
VP Exploration Professional engineer with +25 yrs experience in gold exploration
Extensive experience in Central and South America, particularly in Peru
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Delivering Value Through Production and Exploration
Share Price History and Events
Market Cap: US$3 MM US$35 MM US$150 MM US$690 MM
Gold Price: US$300/oz US$375/oz US$425/oz US$590/oz
• Desert Sun acquired Jacobina in 2002, subsequently adding significant value through successfully
bringing Jacobina into production in 2005, while also expanding resources and making discoveries
• The operational and exploration success put Jacobina on target to
potentially double production before it was acquired by Yamana
22-May-02
Enters earn-in on Jacobina, spending US$2
MM to earn 51% interest. Historical
producing mine with 3.5 MM oz Au resource
23-Sep-02
Acquires option on remaining 49% Jacobina
interest for cash payment of C$5 MM
12-Sep-03
Announces positive
Jacobina feasibility study
11-Sep-03
Peter Tagliamonte
appointed as COO
20-Aug-03
Buys back Jacobina 1.7% NSR for $200k
30-Sep-03
Exercises option to acquire 100%
of Jacobina
14-May-14
Expands land holdings in
Bahia Gold Belt
8-Jun-04
Secures $15 MM credit facilty -
Jacobina now fully funded
6-Jul-04
Receives operating permit
for Jacobina
19-Jan-05
Intercepts 21.9 m at 5.46 g/t
Au along Bahia Gold Belt
30-Mar-05
First gold pour at Jacobina
20-Dec-05
Announces resources of 5.3
MM oz Au at Jacobina
22-Feb-06
Yamana announces
acquisition of Desert Sun for
0.6 Yamana share per Desert
Sun share
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Value Creation Case Study: Desert Sun Mining
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Share Price History & Events
1-Oct-07
Sells Cerro Quema (US$6 MM), $26 MM
private placement, 3 new directors elected
(Chairman: Stan Bharti, Joe Milbourne, and
George Faught). Aberdeen International,
subscribes for $7 MM. Proceeds to convert
Libertad from heap leach to mill operation
and exploration
Market Cap: US$70 MM US$120 MM US$10 MM US$40 MM
Gold Price: US$740/oz US$925/oz US$750/oz US$950/oz
29-Jan-08
Reports positive drilling
results at Limon (depth and
strike extension)
8-May-08
Announces positive
Libertad Feasibility Study
28-Mar-08
Receives full environmental
approval for Libertad Mine
2-Jul-08
Drills 15.4 m at 8.76
g/t Au at Limon
30-May-08
Announces US$22.5
MM debt financing
16-Oct-08
Bank terminates debt financing
due to Global Financial Crisis.
Proceeds intended to complete
Libertad construction.
24-Dec-08
Announces Linear Gold to
merge with Central Sun, 0.4
shares of Linear Gold per share
of Central Sun
27-Jan-09
Receives superior offer
from B2Gold, 1.28
shares of B2 per share
of Central Sun
30-May-08
Announces high grade
intercepts at Libertad
• Central Sun Mining emerged from restructuring as a focused growing junior producer – Post restructuring, Central Sun had exploration success on its large land package in
Nicaragua while also making significant process advancing Libertad to production
– Central Sun’s value creation was interrupted by the Global Financial Crisis, as its debt
finance was declined for Libertad part way through construction (US$31 of US$47 MM was spent)
• Central Sun maximized value for shareholders in this difficult situation through a merger with B2Gold
Value Creation Case Study: Central Sun Mining
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Exploration Success and Developing Libertad
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Share Price History and Events
Market Cap: US$90 MM US$500 MM US$200 MM US$415 MM
Gold Price: US$1,25/oz US$1,400/oz US$1,300/oz US$1,300/oz
15-Jun-10
Granted concession-
wide exploration
permit for Shahuindo
20-Jul-10
Commences
drilling activities
20-Sep-10
Expands mineralization at Shahuindo and identifies
potential to extend the mineralized corridor
24-May-11
Discovers new mineralized zone
at Shahuindo and announces
positive drill results
23-Nov-10
Reports continued
drilling success,
intersects 1.29 g/t
Au over 48 m
26-Mar-12
Identifies new parallel
mineralized structure at Central
Corridor (Shahuindo)
8-Nov-12
Enters $125 MM
project finance
mandate with
Credit Suisse
19-Sep-13
Receives development approval from
Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines
21-May-14
Announces Rio Alto to acquire
Sulliden, Sulliden to receive 0.525
shares of Rio Alto and 0.10 shares of
SpinCo (East Sullivan and C$25 MM
cash) per Sulliden Share
16-Jun-11
Announce updated resource estimate,
increasing oxides 121% to 1.97 MM oz Au
and sulphides 397% to 1.44 MM oz Au
26-Sep-12
Announces positive Shahuindo
Feasibility Study
7-Dec-11
Purchases 1.5% NSR on
Shahuindo for US$11 MM
8-Nov-12
Agnico Eagle makes strategic
investment C$24 MM
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Value Creation Case Study: Sulliden Gold Corp.
Resource Growth and Advancing to Construction
• Sulliden significantly grew resources at Shahuindo, delivered a robust feasibility,
obtained environmental license and was in advanced stages of permitting and project
finance at the time of the transaction.
• In May 2014, Rio Alto Mining and Sulliden announced a merger,
valuing Sulliden at ~C$400 MM (at closing)
Overview 336 hectares in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada
Property located 2 km north of Cadillac Break, a major fault zone in the Val-d’Or district
History Underground base metal mine operated on the property from 1949-1966
Exploration 1950s: Exploration work revealed a gold-bearing zone about 900 m from the mine shaft.
1980s: Two companies conduct follow-up drilling on the gold target (98 holes, 11,500 m)
180 holes (22,768 m) of surface and underground diamond drilling define the gold zone
2013: Sulliden begins to index all historical geological data related to the gold zone
Development Strategy Phase 1: Completion of historical data compilation (~$150,000)
Phase 2: Follow-up on mineralized trend identified with historical drilling, as well as larger NQ core drilling program in a denser drilling array (~$2 million)
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Current Project Portfolio
East Sullivan Project Val-d’Or, Quebec
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East Sullivan Property Location
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Transversal Section 6600E
Selected intercepts from section 6600E
2.1 g/t gold over 10m, including 4.4 g/t over 2.8m
4.2 g/t gold over 5.2m, including 10.7 g/t over 1.9m
6.8 g/t gold over 7.2m, including 16.8 g/t over 2.7m
Shearzone
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Management & Board with Proven Track Record
Management Team
Justin Reid, MSc., MBA, President & CEO, Director Geologist and capital markets executive with +20 yrs focused in the mineral resource space
Former President and Director of Sulliden Gold, Senior mining analyst at Cormark and Managing Director Global Mining Sales at NBF
Peter Tagliamonte, P.Eng. MBA, Executive Chairman 30 yrs of experience in mine building and operations with particular focus in Central and South America
Former CEO Sulliden Gold, Central Sun Mining and COO of Desert Sun Mining
Joe Milbourne, FAusIMM, VP Operations & Technical Services Metallurgist with +40 yrs experience in Central and South America
Former head of process engineering at AMEC Mining and Metals. International experience with BHP, Eldorado and Cominco
Stéphane Amireault, MScA., P.Eng., VP Exploration Professional engineer with +25 yrs experience in gold exploration
Extensive experience in Central and South America, particularly in Peru
Board of Directors
Peter Tagliamonte, P.Eng. MBA, Executive Chairman 30 yrs of experience in mine building and operations with particular focus in Central and South America
Former CEO Sulliden Gold, Central Sun Mining and COO of Desert Sun Mining
Stan Bharti, P.Eng, Co-Chairman Executive Chairman of Forbes & Manhattan, Inc., a private merchant bank operating worldwide
Justin Reid, MSc., MBA, President & CEO; Director
Bruce Humphrey, P.Eng., Director +35 yrs of experience working in senior management roles with both junior and senior mining companies
George Faught, CA, Director +25 yrs of senior management, financial management, corporate development and operating experience
Hon. Pierre Pettigrew, p.c., Director International business consultant; served Canada as Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and the International Cooperation
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Sulliden Mining Capital Inc.
65 Queen Street West
Suite 800
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 2M5 Canada
Investor Relations
Caroline Arsenault
+1 (416) 861-5805