This presentation by Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC provides an overview of their mining operations and projects. It summarizes that ETT owns licenses over the Tsankhi and West Tsankhi coalfields located in Mongolia's Tavan Tolgoi deposit, one of the largest coking coal deposits globally. It also outlines ETT's current operations including open-pit mining and 3.5Mtpa production at East Tsankhi, as well as plans to develop West Tsankhi through a consortium and expand production at both sites.
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INVOLVE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE THAT RELATE TO
COAL RESOURCES AND SALEABLE PRODUCT YIELDS, PRODUCTION PLANS, COSTS OF
PRODUCTION, STRIP RATIOS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, COAL PRICES AND MARKETS. THERE CAN
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Overview Current Corporate Structure
Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC owns
licences over a majority of the
Tavan Tolgoi coalfield, one of the
largest open pittable coking coal
deposits in the world
The Company holds 7.4Bt of
Measured, Indicated and Inferred
coal reserves and resources and
1.8Bt of Proven and Probable coal
reserves in accordance with JORC
The Company commenced
commercial production in July
2011
COMPANY SNAPSHOT
Government of Mongolia
Erdenes MGL LLC
Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC
100%
100%
Anticipated Future Corporate Structure
Government of Mongolia
Erdenes MGL LLC
Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC
51% or more
100%
Mongolian Shareholders Publicly Traded Shares
20% Up to 29%
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Location
COMPANY SNAPSHOT - LOCATION
The Tavan Tolgoi coalfield
is located in the central
South Gobi region of
Mongolia
Approximately 200km
north of the Mongolian-
Chinese border
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Tavan Tolgoi deposit consists of 6 sub-fields: Tsankhi, Ukhaa Khudag, Bortolgoi,
Borteeg, Southwest and Eastern coalfields
ETT owns licences over 5 of the 6 sub-fields (excluding Ukhaa Khudag)
Tsankhi is the main and best explored of the coalfields owned by ETT and contains
the highest portion of Measured and Indicated coal resources
COALFIELD STRUCTURE
Source: Draft Technical Report
~25km
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Tavan Tolgoi deposit consists of 6 sub-fields: Tsankhi, Ukhaa Khudag, Bortolgoi,
Borteeg, Southwest and Eastern coalfields
ETT owns licences over 5 of the 6 fields (excluding Ukhaa Khudag and Small TT)
Tsankhi is the main and best explored of the coalfields owned by ETT and contains
the highest portion of Measured and Indicated coal resources
COALFIELD STRUCTURE
Source: Draft Technical Report
~25km
MMC 500Mt 286 Mt
Small TT
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The current focus of the Group is on the Tsankhi coalfield
1Represents ROM coal Reserves. Reserves for East Tsankhi exclusive of reserves within mining licences owned by third parties
2In-situ coal Resources at <300m depth limit and estimated under JORC Code. Resources inclusive of reserves. Resources for East Tsankhi exclusive of resources within mining licences owned
by third parties
Source: Draft Technical Report
Eastern coalfieldBorteeg
coalfield
Southwest
coalfield
Tavan Tolgoi JSC
(“Small TT”) (third party)
Daitsuki LLC
(third party)
Bortolgoi coalfield
Measured
Indicated
Inferred
287А
11977А
11945А
West Tsankhi coalfield
Reserves1: 888Mt (~59% coking coal)
Resources2: 1,734Mt (~72% coking coal)
East Tsankhi coalfield
Reserves1: 948Mt (~61% coking coal)
Resources2 1,262Mt (~71% coking coal)
JORC RESERVES AND RESOURCES
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Coal Resources (Mt, inclusive of coal Reserves)
JORC COAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES
Source: Draft Technical Report
Coalfield
Proved
(Mt ROM)
Probable
(Mt ROM)
Total
(Mt ROM)
Marketable
(Mt Product)
East Tsankhi 359 589 948 619
West Tsankhi 482 406 888 610
Total ETT 841 995 1,836 1,229
Coal Reserves (Mt)
Coal Reserves split by coal type (Mt)
Coalfield
Measured
(Mt ROM)
Indicated
(Mt ROM)
Inferred
(Mt ROM)
Total
(Mt ROM)
East Tsankhi 410 726 126 1,262
West Tsankhi 576 706 452 1,734
Others1 - 1,554 2,833 4,387
Total ETT 986 2,986 3,411 7,382
Coal Resources split by coal type (Mt)
1Include Southwest, Borteeg, Eastern and Bortolgoi coalfields
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Tsankhi coking coal specifications Tsankhi coking coal quality benchmarked
against global coking coal projects
COAL QUALITY
Source: Draft Technical Report
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Overview
EAST TSANKHI – OVERVIEW
JORC Reserves and Resources statement completed
— Total Reserves 948Mt (>60% coking coal)
— Total reserves and resources 1262Mt
Commenced pre-stripping and box cut development in August 2010
Production commenced in July 2011 with total production just under 2Mt to date
Currently producing at an annualized rate of 3.5Mtpa
New large equipment to enter into service at the end of this month
Target 3Mt ROM of raw coking coal in 2012 and gradually increasing capacity to
steady state 20Mtpa ROM by 2017 with potential for further expansion
— Estimated mine life @20Mtpa: 50 years
— Production of high quality unwashed coking coals for export in first two years
while Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (―CHPP‖) is being constructed
— Highly competitive cost with the estimated LOM average mine operating cost:
US$40.70/t of saleable washed coal
Source: Draft Technical Report
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Contract mining agreement
EAST TSANKHI – OVERVIEW
Contract mining agreement commenced with Macmahon/Operta Joint Venture
Structured as an Alliance Contract, with a Base + KPI risk based compensation
scheme
An initial 5 year term with option to extend for an additional 2 years on meeting KPIs
Contractor to raise financing for and procure all necessary mining equipment – ETT
to purchase all mining equipment at the end of the contract term at book value
Offtake agreement
5 Year offtake agreement signed with Chalco
Exports to China under the agreement commenced in October 2011
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Open-pit surface mining with a life of ~50 years Total LOM saleable product of 619Mt
EAST TSANKHI – OPERATIONS
Targeted steady state annual ROM production of ~ 20Mtpa (after ramp-up)
Estimated LOM average strip ratio at ~ 2.74
Targeted annual saleable production of ~ 13-15 Mtpa (after ramp-up)
Estimated LOM average washing yield at ~64%
Source: Draft Technical Report and related mine development plan
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Chinese Demand for Coking Coal
ETT Cost ranking (CFR Bohai Sea)
EAST TSANKHI – MARKET AND ECONOMICS
Source: Draft Technical Report and related mine development plan
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Overview Recent development
WEST TSANKHI – OVERVIEW
JORC Reserves and Resources
statement completed
— Total Reserves 888Mt
— Total reserves and resources
1,734Mt
Feasibility study almost completed
— Supports a steady state 20Mtpa
ROM production rate over a five
year ramp-up period
— Estimated mine life of ~48 years
We plan to commence mining in May-
June this year
Currently in negotiations with
leading foreign companies to
develop the West Tsankhi Coalfield
as a consortium
— Interested parties from the US,
China, Russia, Japan and Korea
Erdenes TT will retain title to the
West Tsankhi mining licences and
the consortium will operate under a
Contract arrangement similar to an
Indonesian style Coal Contract of
Works
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Road from Tavan Tolgoi to Gashuun Sukhait Border Crossing
INFRASTRUCTURE – KEY ELEMENTS
The Company has received Cabinet approval to construct a sealed highway parallel
to the Mongolian Mining Corporation (―MMC‖) paved road
20 Mtpa CHPP will employ ―world-class‖ technologies and processes and is
expected to be one of the largest and most advanced in Asia
East Tsankhi CHPP
Railroad from Tavan Tolgoi to Gashuun Sukhait
Mongolian Mining Corporation (MMC) has a license to build the rail from Tavan
Tolgoi to the Gashuun Sukhait border crossing. ETT anticipates cooperating in this
development.
Water Supply
Cabinet approved water use permit for Balgasyn Ulaan Nuur (―BUN‖) ground water
Power Supply
The company has approval to construct a 300MW power plant to meet its long-term
power requirements