MINERAL RESOURCE and RESERVE REPORT 2014 31 March 2015

MINERAL RESOURCE and RESERVE REPORT 2014 31 March 2015

2014 MINERAL RESOURCES AND ORE RESERVES REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................... 2 TABLE OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................... 5 LIST OF GRAPHS ................................................................................................................................... 5 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 6 2. ATTRIBUTABLE REPORTING ..................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Mineral assets 100% attributable to Exxaro Resources ...................................................... 7 2.2 Mineral Assets not 100% attributable to Exxaro .................................................................. 7 3. GOVERNANCE ............................................................................................................................12 4. COMPETENT PERSONS ............................................................................................................13 5. MINERAL RIGHTS AND SECURITY OF TENURE ....................................................................18 6. RISK, LIABILITY AND ASSURANCE .........................................................................................19 7. GROUP SUMMARY OF RESOURCE AND RESERVE ESTIMATES ........................................21 8. ATTRIBUTABLE RESOURCES AND YEAR-ON-YEAR MODIFICATIONS ..............................42 8.1 Attributable tonnage ...........................................................................................................42 9. ANNUAL MINERAL RESOURCE MOVEMENTS .......................................................................43 10. ANNUAL ORE RESERVE MOVEMENTS ...................................................................................45 11. ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY SUMMARY ..............................................................................45 11.1 Mineral resources...............................................................................................................45 11.2 Ore reserves ......................................................................................................................49 12. ANCILLARY RESOURCE AND RESERVE INFORMATION BY OPERATION .........................51 12.1 Arnot coal mine ..................................................................................................................51 12.2 Belfast Project ....................................................................................................................53 12.3 Grootegeluk coal mine .......................................................................................................55 12.4 Thabametsi Project ............................................................................................................57 12.5 Inyanda coal mine ..............................................................................................................59 12.6 Leeuwpan coal mine ..........................................................................................................61 12.7 Matla coal mine ..................................................................................................................62 12.8 NBC coal mine ...................................................................................................................63 12.9 Tshikondeni coal mine .......................................................................................................64 12.10 Mayoko Iron Ore project ....................................................................................................65 13. EXPLORATION ...........................................................................................................................67 13.1 NCC Coal Mine ..................................................................................................................67 13.2 Grootegeluk Coal Mine ......................................................................................................68 13.3 Arnot Coal Mine .................................................................................................................68 13.4 Matla Coal Mine .................................................................................................................69 13.5 NBC Coal Mine ..................................................................................................................69 13.6 Leeuwpan Coal Mine .........................................................................................................70 13.7 Thabametsi project ............................................................................................................71 Mineral Resource & Reserve Report 2014 Page 2 of 79 13.8 Coal Summary ...................................................................................................................71 13.9 Mayoko Project ..................................................................................................................73 13.10 Exploration of areas not included in the Mineral Resource and Reserve Statement ........75 13.10.1 Zonderwater project area ......................................................................................75 13.10.2 Mayoko project ......................................................................................................77 14. ENDORSEMENT .........................................................................................................................79 Mineral Resource & Reserve Report 2014 Page 3 of 79 Table of figures Figure 1: Locality of Exxaro fully owned and managed operations and projects .................................... 8 Figure 2: Arnot mine locality map .......................................................................................................... 51 Figure 3: Arnot resource areas .............................................................................................................. 52 Figure 4: Location map of Belfast project .............................................................................................. 53 Figure 5: Locality of coal seams over project area ................................................................................ 54 Figure 6: Locality of Grootegeluk mine and Thabametsi project area .................................................. 55 Figure 7: Grootegeluk area view ........................................................................................................... 56 Figure 8: Locality of Thabametsi project area ....................................................................................... 57 Figure 9: Thabametsi geology comparison and proposed bench definition .......................................... 58 Figure 10: Thabametsi proposed mining method .................................................................................. 59 Figure 11: Inyanda locality map ............................................................................................................ 60 Figure 12: Inyanda beneficiation plant .................................................................................................. 60 Figure 13: Leeuwpan coal mine locality map ........................................................................................ 61 Figure 14: Matla mine locality map ........................................................................................................ 62 Figure 15: Matla conveyor system to the power station ........................................................................ 63 Figure 16: NBC locality map with mine and project areas .................................................................... 63 Figure 17: Tshikondeni locality map ...................................................................................................... 65 Figure 18: Location of the Mayoko iron ore deposit .............................................................................. 66 Figure 19: Mayoko ore deposit – schematic representation ................................................................. 67 Figure 20: Grootegeluk coal mine ......................................................................................................... 68 Figure 21: Arnot coal mine .................................................................................................................... 68 Figure 22: Matla coal mine .................................................................................................................... 69 Figure 23: NBC coal mine ..................................................................................................................... 69 Figure 24: Leeuwpan coal mine ............................................................................................................ 70 Figure 25: Grootegeluk West coal project ............................................................................................. 71 Figure 26: Exploitation and exploration permits .................................................................................... 74 Figure 27: Zonderwater location

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