RAMELIUS RESOURCES LIMITED 2018 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS Chairman’s Report 1 RAMELIUS RESOURCES LIMITED Vale Robert Michael Kennedy 7 ACN 001 717 540 Managing Director’s Report 13 ABN 51 001 717 540 Review of Operations 14 Glossary of Terms 34 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Native Title Statement 39 The Annual General Meeting of Sustainability Statement 40 Ramelius Resources Limited will be held at Diversity Statement 43 Hyatt Regency Perth, Ramelius Board of Directors 45 99 Adelaide Terrace, and Senior Executives Perth WA 6000 Corporate Governance Statement 46 on Thursday 29 November 2018 Annual Financial Report 47 at 11am Perth time. - Directors’ Report 48 - Auditor’s Independence Declaration 64 STOCK EXCHANGE - Income Statement 66 The Company is listed - Statement of Comprehensive Income 67 on the Australian Securities - Balance Sheet 68 Exchange Limited. - Statement of Changes in Equity 69 - Statement of Cash Flows 70 ASX CODE - Notes to the Financial Statements 71 Shares: RMS - Directors’ Declaration 109 - Independent Auditor’s Report 110 Shareholder Information 115 Corporate Directory Back Cover Mt Magnet Mine Camp Front Cover: Edna May Stage 2 Open Pit Mine. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Dear fellow Shareholders, On behalf of the Board of Directors, I present to you Bob was a Knight of Honour of the Order of St John of the 2018 Annual Report of Ramelius Resources Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller, a service organisation Limited. which raises money for charitable institutions associated with the poor and sick, including Shareholders will be aware that I was appointed the Mary Potter Hospice in North Adelaide where Chairman earlier this year following the passing of ultimately, and very fittingly, he was cared for in his our previous long-standing and founding Chairman, last days. Mr Bob Kennedy. On behalf of my fellow Directors and all the Ramelius employees, I would like to pay tribute Our thoughts continue to be with Bob’s wife Cathy, to Bob, who sadly passed away on 20 March 2018 his children Jason, Rachel, Shane, Mark and Tricia after a short illness. Bob was an astute, accomplished and their families. Bob will be fondly remembered by and highly respected Chartered Accountant and his colleagues and friends and his presence will be the Company’s inaugural Non-Executive Chairman. greatly missed by the general business community, He was instrumental in leading the initial public float particularly in Adelaide South Australia. The Board of the Company in 2002/03 and guiding Ramelius for is very appreciative of his immense and valuable almost 15 years since its ASX listing on 31 March contribution to Ramelius since its inception and your directors record their highest respect for Bob’s efforts 2003. Under his stewardship, Ramelius grew from a and the legacy he left with the Company. Ramelius junior explorer to a successful gold producer, initially will certainly not be the same without him. with the discovery of the Wattle Dam high grade gold Vale Bob Kennedy. mine near Kambalda and ultimately, with our three mining operations at Mt Magnet, Edna May near I am pleased to report that Ramelius achieved record Westonia and Vivien near Leinster in Western financial and operational performances in the Australia. financial year ended 30 June 2018. The Company reported a net profit before tax of $45.5 million In 2010, Bob steered Ramelius through its first major representing an 81% increase from the $25.1 million asset acquisition of the Mt Magnet Gold Project reported in the prior year. Profit after tax was $30.8 followed by the Coogee and Vivien Gold Projects in million up 74% from last year’s $17.7 million. This 2012, Kathleen Valley Gold Project in 2014, and result was achieved on record gold production of more recently, the Edna May Gold Mine in October last 208,118 ounces of gold, a significant increase from the year. 125,488 ounces produced in 2017 thanks to the Bob believed that the mining industry is important to excellent contribution of the newly acquired Edna May the Australian economy which was summed up by gold mine and improved performance of the a sign he once had in his office that read, “what’s yours Mt Magnet and Vivien mining projects. Sales revenue is mined.” He chaired several other company was a record $341.8 million compared to $197.4 Boards, mainly in the mining and resources sector. million in 2017. Cash flows from operating activities for the year was $118.9 million compared to $83.4 Bob was a man of many talents. He was an avid singer, million in 2017, cash at bank was $75.0 million and his signature song “that’s amore” was many a only down by $3.6 million from last year’s balance of times heard at various functions he attended. He was $78.6 million after payment of $38.4 million cash also a keen painter and a passionate supporter of consideration for the Edna May gold mine acquisition the arts including the Australian Dance Theatre where and expenditure of $65.6 million on capital he was a Board member. In 2012, he founded the development and $13.6 million on exploration. Kennedy Arts Foundation in memory of his late parents, Total net assets increased from $169.8 million to Joseph and Marion Kennedy. $202.0 million. RAMELIUS RESOURCES LIMITED - 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 1 Coarse Ore Stockpile at Enda May Gold Mine 2 RAMELIUS RESOURCES LIMITED - 2018 ANNUAL REPORT CHAIRMAN’S REPORT This very pleasing operational and financial Further, on 13 September 2018, Ramelius announced performance has enabled your company to embark on that it had signed a binding Exclusivity and a range of initiatives designed to both secure the Implementation Agreement for the proposed immediate short-term future of Ramelius and to acquisition of the Marda Gold Project, located 191km advance transactions that build the Company’s capacity north-northeast of the Company’s Edna May operations. in the medium to longer term including; The consideration for the acquisition is $13 million which will be paid in cash from the Company’s cash Corporate Activities reserves. The acquisition will be facilitated by In October 2017, Ramelius completed a strategic Ramelius completing a Deed of Company Arrangement corporate acquisition of the Edna May gold mine from in respect of Black Oak Minerals Limited (in Evolution Mining Limited for $38.4 million cash and Liquidation) which owns the Marda Gold Project that contingent deferred consideration of up to $50 million will result in Ramelius owning 100% of the shares dependent on a decision to mine the Stage 3 open pit in the Black Oak Minerals entity. and/or production above 200,000 ounces of gold. The Edna May gold deposit is located adjacent to the Both these initiatives are aimed at consolidating the town of Westonia, 315km east of Perth. Edna May medium to longer term future of the Company’s represents an important additional gold mining and processing assets at Westonia. processing operation for Ramelius in addition to theoperating facility located at Mt Magnet. Brownfield Developments An improvement program implemented soon after New development activities during the year involved acquisition,resulted in increased productivities and cost several projects as follows: reductions leading to an excellent contribution by Edna May to group gold production and financial results. • The Shannon Project at Mt Magnet where In the nine months under Ramelius ownership, Edna underground mine design work and open pit mining May contributed 72,521 ounces to total gold production was progressed to enable the underground mining of 208,118 ounces, $115.2 million to total sales project to proceed during the 2018/19 financial revenue of $341.8 million and $15.8 million to year; pre-tax net profit of $45.5 million. • The Hill 60 Project located 0.5km to the south of the St George/Water Tank Hill underground mine The addition of the Edna May Operations has been an at Mt Magnet where drilling results generated a new important strategic step for Ramelius and reduces resource model and mine design and evaluation the operational risk exposure of Ramelius by providing studies were progressed; multiple, independent production centres. • The Morning Star Project at Mt Magnet where open In June 2018, the Company announced a 12% pit design work was undertaken and plans increase in the Edna May Mineral Resources and an are progressing for a mining operation commencing 88% increase in the Greenfinch Ore Reserve. early in 2019; and • The Greenfinch Project, a strike extension of the Additionally, during the year Ramelius continued to Edna May deposit located immediately to the review corporate opportunities and on 10 September west of the Edna May Stage 2 open pit where a new 2018, announced a takeover offer for Explaurum open pit was designed and regulatory approvals Limited, a gold exploration and development company progressed for a mining operation planned to focussed on the Tampia Hill Project located in the commence later this year. Wheatbelt of Western Australia near Narembeen, 240km east of Perth. Ramelius is offering Explaurum shareholders the opportunity to receive one Ramelius share for every four Explaurum shares held valuing Explaurum shares at $0.123 each, based on the 30-day Volume Weighted Average Price of Ramelius shares as at 7 September 2018. RAMELIUS RESOURCES LIMITED - 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 3 Mining at the Milky Way North Pit at Mt Magnet 4 RAMELIUS RESOURCES LIMITED - 2018 ANNUAL REPORT CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Exploration Initiatives Ramelius remains focussed on growing your During the year Ramelius spent $13.6 million on investment in the Company. The 2018 year has been exploration activities which included the following one of very significant positive change, but this only targets: provides evidence of the capacity of the Ramelius team to identify and implement value adding projects to our • The Eridanus project at Mt Magnet where high-grade mining portfolio.