Q2 2019 Production and Operational Update

18 July 2019

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Q2 2019 Results

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Shanta Gold - Highlights & Guidance

Q2 2019 performance

  • Zero lost time injuries, zero recordable injuries
  • Gold production of 19.9k oz at NLGM
  • H1 2019 gold production of 42.2k oz, up 11% from H1 2018
  • Underground exploration drilling results best since production began at New Luika
  • Drilling at BC Central has converted 127k oz Inferred at 3.15 g/t into 84k oz Indicated at 7.85 g/t
  • All depletion expected from 2019 gold production replaced at a cost of US$2 /oz
  • Cash costs of US$564 /oz, AISC3 of US$773 /oz
  • Strong EBITDA of US$10.5 m (before non-cash loss on unsettled forward contracts)
  • Net debt: US$26.9 m, lowest in NLGM's producing history
  • Gross debt: US$30.1 m, down 22% from Q1
  • All-timedaily throughput record, up 3% from Q1
  • >99% Tanzanian workforce

2019 guidance reiterated

  • Gold production: 80,000 - 84,000
  • AISC: US$740 - 800 /oz
  • Comfortably on track to meet annual guidance

New Luika has now produced more than 500k oz of gold

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2018

2019

Guidance

Summary Capitalisation

Share Price (GBP) 1

8.2p

Market capitalisation

US$81 m

Net debt 2

US$27 m

Enterprise Value

US$108 m

EV / 2018 EBITDA

2.4 x

  1. As of 12 July 2019
  2. As of 30 June 2019
  3. The AISC calculation since Q3 2017 includes the impact of higher royalties (c. US$40/oz). Development costs at the Bauhinia Creek, Luika and Ilunga underground operations are not included in AISC

Q2 2019 Results

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Q2 2019 performance

  • Zero lost time injuries; over 2.9 million hours since last LTI in December 2017
  • No recordable injuries during Q2
  • Gold production of 19,856 oz (Q1: 22,374 oz)
  • Drilling at BC Central has converted 127k oz Inferred at 3.15 g/t into 84k oz Indicated at 7.85 g/t
  • At a cost of US$2 /oz, all depletion expected from 2019 gold production has been replaced;
  • AISC1 of US$773 /oz (Q1: US$701 /oz)1
  • Cash operating costs of US$564 /oz (Q1: US$500 /oz)
  • Strong EBITDA (before non-cash loss on unsettled forward contracts) of US$10.5 m (Q1: US$11.7 m)
  • Net debt: US$26.9 m, down 11% and lowest in
    NLGM's producing history
  • Gross debt: US$30.1 m, down 22% from Q1
  • All-timedaily throughput record, up 3% from previous record set in Q1

1 AISC calculation since Q3 2017 includes the impact of higher royalties (c. US$40/oz). Development costs at the Bauhinia Creek, Luika and Ilunga underground operations are not included in AISC

Quarterly gold production (000's oz)

23.9

21.3

20.5

22.4

19.7

19.9

17.7

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

2017

2018

2019

Quarter on Quarter AISC1 ($ /oz)

767

776

748

769

773

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701

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Q2

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2018

2019

Q2 2019 Results

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Q2 2019 underground update

  • 156 kt of ore grading 4.53 g/t mined from NLGM's three active high-grade deposits

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Tonnes Ore Mined and Development Metres, by Quarter

2,500

160

140

2,000

120

1,500

100

80

1,000

TonnesMinedOre(kt)

60

Development(m)metres

40

500

20

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Development Metres (BC)

Development Metres (Luika)

Development Metres (Ilunga)

Tonnes Ore Mined (BC)

Tonnes Ore Mined (Luika)

Tonnes Ore Mined (Ilunga)

1. Includes ore from development and production BC = Bauhinia Creek

Q2 2019 Results

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