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Corporate Presentation February 2025

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Fortunate to have made the most significant new gold
discoveryin NZ in decades

Rise & Shine prospect in our Bendigo-Ophir project (2.5Moz

and growing)

NZ open for business with new Fast-track Approvals Law

First PFS completed, on track to go from discovery to

production in 5 years

Capable of being one of the lowest cost gold producers in

Australasia

Corporate Presentation February 2025

Bendigo-Ophir Project

Disclaimer
Disclaimer

Allinformationcontainedinthispresentationisofageneralnature.Potentialinvestorsarecautionedagainstusingthecontentofthis

presentation,inisolation,formakinginvestmentdecisionsandshouldalsorefertoSantanaMineralsLimited(‘Santana’)AnnualReportsand

ASX:SMIreleases.ForfurtherinformationaboutSantanavisitourwebsiteatwww.santanaminerals.com.

Besteffortshavebeenmadetoensuretheaccuracyofinformationcontained(atthetimeofpreparation).Whereforwardtargetsand/or

assumptionshavebeenincluded–allsuchinstancesareindicativeonlyandsubjecttoalterationand/orcancellationasandwhenthe

managementofSantanadetermines.

Researchandadviceofaqualifiedfinancialadvisororaccountantarestronglyrecommendedtoanyoneconsideringinvestinginlisted

companysecurities,includingthoseofSantana.

ThePrefeasibilityStudy,includingtheproductiontargetandtheforecastfinancialinformationderivedfromtheproductiontarget,referredto

inthisPresentation(PFS)wasreleasedtotheASXon15November2024.ThisPresentationincludessummaryexcerptsfromthePFSanddoes

notpurporttobeall-inclusiveorcomplete.

Forward-LookingStatements

ThisPresentationcontainsvariousforwardlookingstatements.Forward-lookingstatementsinthispresentationinclude,butarenotlimited

to,statementsregardingtheproductiontarget,financialinformationbasedonthatproductiontargetandstatementsstatementswith

respecttoSantana’sfutureplans,strategy,activities,eventsordevelopmentstheCompanybelieves,expectsoranticipateswillormayoccur.

Bytheirverynature,forward-lookingstatementsrequireSantanatomakeassumptionsthatmaynotmaterializeorthatmaynotbeaccurate.

TheCompanyhasconcludedthatithasareasonablebasisforprovidingtheseforward-lookingstatements,includingtheproductiontarget

andtheforecastfinancialinformationincludedinthisPresentation.Thedetailedreasonsfortheseconclusionsareoutlinedthroughoutthe

ASXreleasesdated15November2024.However,noassurancecanbegiventhattheseexpectationswillprovetohavebeencorrect,asactual

resultsandfutureeventscoulddiffermateriallyfromthoseanticipatedintheforward-lookingstatements.Accordingly,viewersarecautioned

nottoplaceunduerelianceonforward-lookingstatements.Santanadoesnotundertaketoupdatepubliclyortoreviseanyoftheincluded

forward-lookingstatements,exceptasmayberequiredunderapplicablesecuritieslaws.

ToachievetherangeofoutcomesanticipatedinthePFS,thePFSestimatesthatfinancingintheorderofA$340millionwillberequired.

Santanabelievesthattherearereasonablegroundsfortheassumptionsithasmadeinsatisfyingitselfthattherequisitefundingforthe

developmentoftheProjectwillbeavailablewhenrequired.However,Shareholdersandprospectiveinvestorsshouldbeawarethatthereis

noguaranteeSantanawillbeabletosecurethisfundingasrequired,anditispossiblethatthetermsavailablemaybedilutiveorotherwise

adverselyimpactthevalueofSantana’scurrentshares.Additionally,Santanamayexplorealternativevalue-creatingstrategies,suchas

divestingsomeorallpotentialrevenuestreamsfrompreciousmetalsorafullorpartialsaleofitsinterestintheBendigo-Ophirproject.

CautionaryStatement–InferredResourcesIncludedinProductionTarget

OftheMineralResourcesplannedforextractionunderthePFSproductionmodelapproximately84%iswithintheIndicatedResourcescategory,with

thebalance(16%)beingclassifiedwithintheInferredResourcescategory.ThereisalowlevelofgeologicalconfidenceassociatedwithInferredMineral

ResourcesandthereisnocertaintythatfurtherexplorationworkwillresultinthedeterminationofIndicatedMineralResourcesorthattheproduction

targetitselfwillberealised.

CompetentPersonsStatement

Theproductiontargetandtheforecastfinancialinformationderivedfromtheproductiontargetsetoutinthispresentationwerefirstcontainedina

publicannouncementreleasedtotheASXon15November2024.TheCompanyconfirmsthatallmaterialassumptionsunderpinningtheproduction

targetandtheforecastfinancialinformationderivedfromitcontinuetoapplyandhavenotmateriallychanged.

TheinformationinthisreportthatrelatestoMineralResourcesisbasedoninformationcontainedinthefollowingpublicannouncements:

15November2024–ASXAnnouncementtitled“Bendigo-OphirPre-FeasibilityStudy”

2July2024–ASXAnnouncementtitled“InfilldrillingincreasesRASIndicatedcategoryto1.45Moz”

16February2024–ASXAnnouncementtitled“1.3MouncesupgradedtoIndicatedcategoryfromRASdrilling:”

28September2021–ASXAnnouncementtitled“Bendigo-OphirGoldResourcesIncreased155%to643kOz”

TheinformationinthisreportthatrelatestoOreReservesisbasedoninformationcontainedinthepublicannouncementmadetotheASXon15

November2024.

TheinformationinthisreportthatrelatestoExplorationResultsisbasedoninformationcontainedinthefollowingpublicannouncement:

22August2022–ASXAnnouncementtitled“MDD054JewelleryBoxRe-Assaysto1400g/tGold”

AcopyoftheseannouncementsareavailabletoviewontheSantanaMineralsLimitedwebsitewww.santanaminerals.comorontheASXplatform

www.asx.com.au.

Thereportswereissuedinaccordancewiththe2012EditionoftheJORCAustralasianCodeforReportingofExplorationResults,MineralResourcesand

OreReserves.TheCompanyconfirmsthatitisnotawareofanynewinformationordatathatmateriallyaffectstheinformationincludedintheoriginal

marketannouncementsreferencedaboveand,inthecaseoftheMineralResourceestimates,thatallmaterialassumptionsandtechnicalparameters

underpinningtheMineralResourceestimatesintherelevantannouncementscontinuetoapplyandhavenotmateriallychanged.TheCompany

confirmsthattheformandcontextinwhichtheCompetentPerson’sfindingsarepresentedhavenotbeenmateriallymodifiedfromtheoriginalmarket

announcements.

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Corporate snapshot
Capital Structure

Shares659.5 million

Market CapA$330million

Options ($0.36b4 28/2/25)67.3 million

Employee incentive12.8 million

Cash at Bank$35.6 million

Option conversion (assume 90%)$21.8 million

Enterprise Value$272.6 million

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AustraliaASX: SMI New Zealand NZX: SMI

$0.53 $0.60

Last Trade (5/2/25) Last Trade(5/2/25)

Avg. Daily Trade ASX (90 days) 1.52millon

Board of Directors

Peter Cook (NE Chair)Geo & Min. Econ

Damian Spring (Exec & CEO)Mining Engineer

Sam Smith(Exec Corp/IR)Mining Engineer

KimBunting (NED)Geologist

Emma Scotney (NED)Lawyer

MajorShareholders

NZ largeprivate investors18.9%

Australianlarge private investors17.4%

Institutional investors5.5%

Board & management8%

RAS, a new discovery
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•Over 8 million ounces produced in the 1860’s gold rush

with dredging and sluicing

•The old timers exposed the mineralisationbut couldn’t

chase it under cover

•Discovery holes under cover on the Rise & Shine shear

zone were made in early 2021

•By early 2024 the Rise & Shine orebody had grown to 2.2

million ozand development studies commenced

•Initial PFS for development completed by the end of 2024

Adjacent to an historical alluvial gold field

Initial PFS on part of RAS only
Rise & Shine (RAS) –Current Mineral Resource Estimate

Indicated: 19.6Mt @ 2.3g/t for 1.452Moz

Inferred: 12Mt @ 2.0g/t for 779koz

Total RAS MRE: 31.6Mt @ 2.2g/t for 2.23Moz

Only the Indicated Resource (circled) was assessed with

infill drilling. We are continuing to upgrade and expand

Inferred Resources at RAS, SRX and CIT.

Srex(SRX), SrexEast (SRE) & Come in Time (CIT) –MRE

SRX Indicated: 2.6Mt @ 0.7g/t for 59koz

SRX Inferred: 2.4Mt @ 0.9g/t for 73koz

SRE Indicated: 0.4Mt @ 0.7g/t for 10koz

SRE Inferred: 0.1Mt @ 0.9g/t for 3koz

CIT Inferred: 3.2Mt @ 0.8g/t for 81koz

Total BOGP MRE: 40.3Mt@ 1.9g/t for 2.45Moz

Stage 1 PFS outcomes
Stage 1 PFS Key Financial OutcomesBase Case AUDCurrent Price

Gold PriceA$2,884/ozA$4,550/oz

Key Project Metrics

Gold Produced1.15 Million Oz1.15 Million Oz

Initial Mine Life9.2 years9.2 years

Gold RevenueA$3.32 BillionA$5.23 Billion

Open Pit Mining CostA$617 millionA$617 million

Underground Mining CostA$152 millionA$152 million

Processing CostsA$288 millionA$288 million

General and Admin CostsA$64 millionA$64 million

Royalties –Gov’tA$170 millionA$360 million

Royalties –Third PartyA$89 millionA$141 million

Total Operating Cost (C2)A$1.38 BillionA$1.62 Billion

Total Operating Cost per Ounce A$1,203/ozA$1,410/oz

Project Free Cash FlowA$1.94 BillionA$3.61 Billion

Deprec’nand Amort. (100% excl. closure)A$544 millionA$544 million

Total Cost (all in) A$1.92 BillionA$2.17 Billion

Total Cost per Ounce A$1,671/ozA$1,883/oz

Net Profit Before Tax (NPBT)A$1.39 BillionA$3.07 Billion

Maximum Corporate Tax (30%)A$422 millionA$881 million

After Tax ProfitA$972 millionA$2.19 Billion

Financial MeasuresBase Case AUDCurrent Price

Initial NPV 8% (unleveraged and after-

tax)

A$533 millionA$1.32 Billion

IRR42%81%

Payback1.67 Yr(s)0.75 Yr(s)

NPV per shareA$0.81/shareA$2.00/share

....and that’s only half the story!

•Still 780koz of Inferred Resource to be upgraded.

•RAS remains open at down plunge (only 550m deep).

•Additional projects at Srex, SrexEast, Come-in-Time.

•Regional exploration over other anomalies underway.

RAS, a simple tabular ore system
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A blind discovery

100,000m+ of Diamond Drilling

1.7 km down-plunge and open

400m wide

High-grade core

-150m-200m wide

-30 -40m thick

-contains 70% of the metal

Barren waste overburden

RAS typical cross sections
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Cross Section A

Cross Section B

Cross Section C

Consistent thick high-grade core
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Moderate terrain for open pit mining
Rise and Shine

Fault/Unconformity

TZ4 Schists

TZ3 Schists

Simple metallurgy flowsheet CIL
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

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Blessed with infrastructure
Bendigo-Ophir

RAS Gold Project

Cromwell

7,000 people

Major services

Queenstown

International Airport

65km

No FIFO

No major camps

Main road access

Access to fresh water

Cheap power

Private grazing land

Landowner agreements

State Highway 8

EASY ACCESS

Borefield

FRESH WATER

5km

66kV Substation

8km from the project

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Clyde Dam Hydro Power

LOW COST GREEN ENERGY

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-shopreview process

covering all relevant Acts within 6 months

Ratified into law 12/24Mar/Apr 25 -Santana to

submit application

6 months permitting

process (prescribed)

Current thinking –Shovel ready by September and 12 months to first gold

Funding –Strategy/Requirements
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Combination of debt and equity –a decision for 6-8 months time

Currently well funded –expected cash at end of Feb ’25A$50 million

Working Capital Requirement to first Production:

•Infrastructure, Services, Land, Set-up

•Process Plant

•Pre-production Mining (incl. pre-strip)

Sub total

(A$83 million)

(A$123 million)

(A$135 million)

(A$341 million)

Debt finance (70%)A$250 million

Equity (30%)A$100million

Working capital buffer/overrunA$59 million

Currentburn rate (exploration & studies) per monthA$1.5million

Investment opportunity
Australian Listed Peers (ASX)

ProducersDevelopers

CapricornEmeraldOraBandaBellevuePantoroGenesisGold Road

SANTANA

SpartanPredictiveDe Grey

Market CapA$Bn3.32.91.61.60.83.72.8

0.34

1.80.85.0

Net Cash less debtA$Mn31323354-1999222174

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27229786

CY 2024 Prod'nOz107,169116,718 83,254 142,095 80,852 158,165 143,635

125,000

223,000269,000530,000

CY 2024 AISC A$/oz1,5481,3892,5712,2592,4472,4642,211

1,412

1,5711,7981,295

Mining ReservesMoz4.020.550.191.510.963.301.62

1.15

0.403.056.00

EV/Oz ProductionA$/oz27,784 22,776 19,123 11,472 8,752 21,862 18,110

$2,560

6,8732,7777,926

Source: CanaccordGenuity-Perth Feb 25

THANK YOU
Corporate Presentation February 2025

Bendigo-Ophir Project

Broker CoveragePrice Target

Canaccord$1.30

Bell Potter$1.07

Euroz Hartleys$0.95

Shaw & Partners$1.14

Blue Ocean Equities$1.25

Argonaut$1.00

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