- Big North Graphite aims to accelerate the restart of the Nuevo San Pedro amorphous graphite mine in Sonora, Mexico. The company acquired 3 past producing graphite mines in the area, including a 50% JV in Nuevo San Pedro. - Amorphous graphite accounts for 55% of the natural graphite market and over 90% of production was historically from China. Big North is pursuing amorphous graphite to position itself in a tightening supply sector. - Management has experience in financing and developing junior mining projects. The company aims to be one of the first junior producers of graphite to take advantage of tightening supply.

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TSX – V NRT
Discovering Graphite Opportunities in
Canada & Mexico
May 2013

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Forward-­‐looking
statements
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statements
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statements.”
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look
into
the
future
and
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an
opinion
as
to
the
effect
of
certain
events
and
trends
on
the
business.
Forward-­‐looking
statements
may
include
words
such
as
“plans,”
“intends,”
an/cipates,”
“should,”
“es/mates,”
“expects,”
“believes,”
“indicates,”
“targe/ng,”
“suggests,”
“poten/al,”
and
similar
expressions.
These
forward-­‐looking
statements
are
based
on
current
expecta/ons
and
entail
various
risks
and
uncertain/es.
Actual
results
may
materially
differ
from
expecta/ons,
if
known
and
unknown
risks
or
uncertain/es
affect
our
business,
or
if
our
es/mates
or
assump/ons
prove
inaccurate.
Investors
are
advised
to
review
the
Company’s
Annual
Informa/on
Form
filed
at
www.sedar.com
for
a
detailed
discussion
of
investment
risks.
The
Company
assumes
no
obliga/on
to
update
or
revise
any
forward-­‐looking
statement,
whether
as
a
result
of
new
informa/on,
future
events
or
any
other
reason.
While
Big
North
intends
to
re-­‐start
the
Nuevo
San
Pedro
mine,
the
Company
has
not
established
mineral
resources
and
has
not
completed
a
valid
mining
study
(as
defined
by
NI
43-­‐101)
to
support
a
produc/on
decision.
Historically,
a
produc/on
decision
under
these
circumstances
results
in
much
higher
economic
or
technical
risk.
Furthermore,
without
a
pre-­‐
feasibility
or
feasibility
study
and
a
graphite
reserve,
there
can
be
no
assurance
that
opera/ons
at
Nuevo
San
Pedro
will
be
profitable.
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3. Management & Directors
 Spiro
Kletas,
President
&
CEO,
Director
–
Over
10
years
experience
in
the
financial
industry
with
7
years
in
the
public
capital
markets,
working
for
several
Toronto
Exchange-­‐listed
companies
in
project
procurement,
corporate
development
and
financing.
 Dean
Nawata,
Director
–
Over
18
years
of
public
market
experience,
nine
of
which
he
spent
as
a
licensed
stockbroker
focusing
on
financing
of
junior
mining
and
oil/gas
projects
with
NesbiJ
Burns,
Research
Capital
and,
most
recently,
Raymond
James.
Mr.
Nawata
currently
holds
a
posiPon
in
Business
Development
for
49
North
Resources
and
is
a
Director
of
Prima
Fluorspar.
 Andrew
Rees,
Director
–
Mr.
Rees
is
currently
President
and
CEO
of
WellStar
Energy
Corp.
and
sits
on
the
board
of
directors
of
several
publicly
trading
companies.
Mr.
Rees
brings
15
years
of
public
company
experience
having
been
involved
with
developing
projects
from
concept
to
producPon.
Mr.
Rees
has
been
directly
involved
in
raising
over
$150
million
for
junior
resource
companies.
 Eric
Ostensoe
P.
Geo.,
Director
-­‐
Mr.
Ostensoe
is
a
consulPng
geologist
with
more
than
forty
years
direct
involvement
with
the
mining
and
mineral
exploraPon
industries.
Mr.
Ostensoe
supervises
property
exploraPon
and
development
projects
from
"grassroots"
to
advanced
stages
and
provides
recommendaPons
to
management
of
junior
and
medium
sized
public
companies.
 Connie
Norman,
Corp
Secretary
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4. Capital Structure
• Issued
&
Outstanding
38.3
m
• Warrants
15.4
m
• OpPons
2.5
m
• Fully
Diluted
56.2
million
• Management
&
Insiders
–
approx
20%
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5. Investment Highlights
• Graphite
supply
Pghtening
in
an
historically
underexplored
sector
• Projects
located
in
geologically
favorable,
poliPcally
stable
jurisdicPons
• Aiming
to
accelerate
re-­‐start
of
Nuevo
San
Pedro
amorphous
graphite
mine
in
Sonora,
Mexico
• Amorphous
graphite
accounts
for
55%
of
natural
graphite
market
and
over
90%
of
producPon
was
out
of
China
in
2011
–
Big
North
is
only
TSX.V
company
pursuing
amorphous
graphite
• Aiming
to
be
one
of
the
first
junior
companies
to
produce
Graphite
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6. Sonora Mexico Properties
• Big
North
acquired
3
past
producing
graphite
mines
in
Sonora,
Mexico
-­‐
La
Fortuna,
Caraples
and
a
50/50
JV
in
the
Nuevo
San
Pedro
Graphite
mine.
• Nuevo
San
Pedro
mine
in
the
process
of
being
re-­‐started:
Big
North
Graphite
to
accelerate
the
start-­‐up
process.
• Nuevo
San
Pedro
is
approx
1km
away
from
the
La
Lourdes
graphite
mine,
which
has
been
operaPng
for
50
over
years
• Approx.
50
km
SE
of
Hermosillo,
a
city
of
1
million
people
• Approx.
10
km
East
of
a
rail
line
with
direct
access
to
the
port
of
Guaymas
• Area
of
good
infrastructure
and
access
• Sonora
Mexico
has
produced
graphite
for
over
100
years
• Pursuant
to
the
terms
of
the
agreement,
a
100%
interest
will
be
acquired
in
Grafito
Barranca,
which
owns
the
50/50
JV
in
NSP
mine
and
100%
of
Akiwiki
claims
(Less
3%
NSR)
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7. Sonora Mexico Property Map
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7
• Nuevo
San
Pedro
is
an
approximately
11
hectare
property.
It
is
a
past
producing
mine,
which
is
in
the
process
of
being
restarted.
• Aki
Wiki
consists
of
approximately
145
hectares.
• Aki
Wiki
is
located
approximately
1.5
kilometers
south
of
the
historic
El
Cochi
graphite
mine.
There
are
two
past
producing
mines
on
the
property,
La
Fortuna
and
Caraples.

8. Buying and Processing
April
22,
2013
NR:
Big
North
…
announces
that,
as
part
of
the
Company's
business
plan,
the
Company
has
started
buying
amorphous
graphite
from
local
private
producers
who
do
not
have
processing
capabiliPes.
Big
North
has
recently
acquired
approx
100
tons
of
amorphous
graphite
in
an
unprocessed
form
from
two
local
miners.
Big
North
plans
to
purchase
graphite
from
local
producers
to
supplement
potenPal
producPon
from
the
Nuevo
San
Pedro
project.
The
Company
plans
to
process
the
purchased
graphite
to
the
specificaPons
of
future
customers
and
re-­‐sell
the
purchased
graphite
at
market
prices,
capturing
the
difference
in
prices.
 Increase
“producPon”
without
the
tradiPonal
risks
of
mining
 Many
small
family
run
graphite
mines
without
processing
ability
 Minimum
grade
requirement
 Capture
the
difference
on
pricing,
minus
processing
and
transport
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9. Amorphous Graphite
• Global
graphite
producPon
was
1.2
million
tons
in
2011,
approx
55%
of
which
is
amorphous
graphite.
• The
United
States,
Europe
and
China
have
included
graphite
among
the
short
list
of
criPcal
metals
• The
UnPed
States
produces
no
graphite
and
is
100%
dependent
on
imports
to
meet
it's
industrial
and
technology
needs.
• China
produces
70%-­‐80%
of
the
world’s
natural
graphite.
China
produced
over
90%
of
world’s
amorphous
graphite
in
2011
• ConPnuing
government-­‐backed
consolidaPon
programs
in
the
Hunan
Province
is
seeing
over
230
mines
reduced
to
20
• The
consolidaPon
of
China's
amorphous
graphite
industry
is
set
to
impact
the
supply/
demand
balance
for
2012
and
2013
and
will
result
in
a
loss
of
global
supply
• Amorphous
graphite
sells
for
$350-­‐800/ton
depending
on
the
carbon
content
which
ranges
from
65%
to
85%+
• Amorphous
graphite
producPon
is
dominated
by
China,
with
approx
16K
tpa
from
Austria,
12K
tpa
from
Mexico
and
300
tpa
from
Turkey
• Amorphous
graphite
is
mainly
used
as
a
component
in
lubricants,
refractories,
steel
producPon,
brake
linings,
clutch
materials,
gaskets
and
water-­‐based
paints
*Source:
Industrial
Minerals
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10. Griffith/Brougham Graphite Properties - Ontario
• Approximately
6,500-­‐hectare
land
posiPon
in
central
southeastern
Ontario
• High
value,
high
quality
large-­‐flake
graphite
exploraPon
target
• In
an
area
of
well-­‐established
access
and
infrastructure
• ProperPes
cover
substanPal
tracts
of
graphite-­‐prospecPve
Grenville-­‐age
marble
+/-­‐gneiss
geology
and
are
unexplored
for
graphite
using
modern
technology.
• To
the
southeast,
the
Brougham
Graphite
Property
is
anchored
by
two
historic
graphite
occurrences
(based
on
Ontario
Geological
Survey
maps
from
the
1970's)
• EM
survey
completed
July
2012
• NI43-­‐101Technical
Report
released
Oct
2012
• Phase
2
ExploraPon
Q2
2013
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10

11. Griffith/Brougham Property Map
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12. Grand Lac du Nord Property - Quebec
• Approximately
2,009
hectare
land
package
• Located
approximately
140
km
NW
of
Sept-­‐Iles,
by
road
• 8km
x
2km
graphiPc
paragneiss
formaPon
• Similar
geology
to
other
graphite
deposits
and
mines
in
Quebec,
such
as
Focus
Metals
Inc.'s
Lac
Knife
deposit,
Timcal
Graphite
and
Carbon's
Lac
des
Iles
mine.
• Originally
explored
by
SOQUEM
(2000/2001)
• Phase
1
ExploraPon
completed
-­‐
confirmed
a
mulPple
graphite
bearing
structure
covering
an
area
approximately
4
km
by
2
km
with
results
of
up
to
5.31%
Graphite
in
grab
samples
12
12

13. Grand Lac Du Nord Property Map
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14. What is Graphite?
• CriPcal
supply
industrial
metal
• One
of
two
natural
carbon
polymers
(diamonds)
• Light
weight
with
highest
natural
strength
and
sPffness
of
any
material
• Conductor
of
heat/electricity
• Corrosion
and
heat
resistant
• High
natural
lubricity
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14

15. Graphite Uses
• Automotive Industry & Steel Industry
– Largest
users
of
graphite
with
demand
growing
5-­‐7%
annually
– Brake
linings,
gaskets,
clutch
materials
– liner
for
ladles,
crucibles,
component
in
bricks
which
line
furnaces
and
to
increase
carbon
content
of
steel
• Lithium Ion Batteries
– uses
in
portable
consumer
devices
such
as
laptops,
cell
phones,
MP3
players,
digital
cameras,
power
tools
• Pencils, lubricants, fire retardants
and reinforcements in plastics
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16. Graphite Major End Uses
41%
14%
14%
11%
10%
10%
Steel
&
Refractories
AutomoPve
parts
Lubricants
Carbon
Brushes
BaJeries
Other
Source:
Merchant
Research
&
ConsulPng
(2011)
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17. Supply/Demand Dynamics
• Industrial
demand
growing
5%
per
annum
over
last
10
years
due
to
industrializaPon
of
emerging
economies
such
as
China
and
India
• European
Union
and
USA
named
graphite
a
mineral
in
criPcal
supply
• Lack
of
exploraPon
and
development
over
last
20
years
and
China
producing
+70%
of
the
world’s
graphite
• Chinese
producPon
and
exports
expected
to
decline
due
to
China’s
strategy
to
keep
value
added
manufacturing
in
the
country
• Graphite
market
is
more
than
40
Pmes
larger
than
lithium
and
rare
earths
markets
• Demand
for
graphite
increasing
globally
for
green
technology
applicaPons
which
have
potenPal
to
consume
more
graphite
than
all
current
uses
combined
Source:
Industrial
Minerals,
Supply
Situa*on
Report:
Graphite
demand
soars
above
pre-­‐crisis
Levels,
April
2011
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18. Graphite Global Demand
Source:
Industrial
Minerals
Magazine
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19. Key Milestones
 Big
North
Qualified-­‐
Dec
2011
 Acquired
First
graphite
asset
-­‐
March
2012
 Strategic
AcquisiPon
of
addiPonal
assets
–
April/Sept
2012
 Commence
ExploraPon
on
Canadian
properPes
-­‐
May/June
2012
 AddiPons
to
Management,
OperaPonal
and
Technical
Teams
-­‐
June/July
2012
and
ongoing
 AcquisiPon
of
past
producing
Assets
in
Mexico
-­‐
Sept
2012
 Close
acquisiPon
of
Mexico
properPes
–
Nov
2012
 Start
assembly
of
processing
plant
 Accelerate
re-­‐start
of
Nuevo
San
Pedro
Mine
-­‐
ongoing
 Commence
test
mining
of
amorphous
graphite
in
Mexico
 Amorphous
graphite
offtakes/sales
agreements
 ConPnue
exploraPon
of
Canadian
properPes
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20. Contact Info:
Spiro
Kletas,
President
&
CEO
spiro@bignorthgraphite.com
info@bignorthgraphite.com
www.bignorthgraphite.com
Big
North
Graphite
Corp.
Suite
350
-­‐
885
Dunsmuir
Street
Vancouver,
BC
V6C
1N5
604.629.8220
(Office)
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