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Bulletin Resources Limited Unit A8, 435 Roberts Rd, Subiaco WA 6008 | phone (08) 9388 6921 | fax (08) 6316 3337| www.bulletinresources.com

Corporate Presentation March 2013

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This document has been prepared by Bulletin Resources Ltd (ACN 144 590 858) (Bulletin or the Company). No party other than Bulletin has authorised or caused the issue of this document, or takes responsibility for, or makes any statements, representations or undertakings in this document.

Presentation of general background: This document contains general background information about Bulletin’s proposed activities current as at the date of this presentation (Information). It is Information in a summary form only and does not contain all the information necessary to fully evaluate any investment. Further information on Bulletin can be obtained from the Company’s website; www.bulletinresources.com.

Not investment advice: The Information provided in this presentation is not intended to be relied upon as advice to investors or potential investors and has been prepared without taking into account the recipient’s investment objectives, financial circumstances or particular needs. Any investment decision should be made based solely upon appropriate due diligence and, if applicable, upon receipt and careful review of relevant offering documents. Recipients of this presentation are advised to consult their own professional advisers. An investment in any company, including Bulletin, is subject to significant risks of loss of income and capital.

Financial data: All dollar values are in Australian dollars (A$) unless otherwise stated.

Future performance: This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements. The words 'anticipate', 'believe', 'expect', 'project', 'forecast', 'estimate', 'likely', 'intend', 'should', 'could', 'may', 'target', 'plan' and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Indications of, and guidance on, future earnings and financial position and performance are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of Bulletin, and its officers, employees, agents and associates, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Actual results, performance or outcomes may differ materially from any projections and forward-looking statements and the assumptions on which those assumptions are based. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and neither Bulletin nor any of its directors, employees, servants, advisers or agents assume any obligation to update such Information.

Risks: An investment in Bulletin’s securities is subject to investment and other known and unknown risks, some of which are beyond the control of Bulletin and Bulletin's directors, employees, advisers or agents. Some of the risks associated with an investment in Bulletin are set out in Section 11 of the Company’s Prospectus dated 17 November 2010.

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The Highlights

Lamboo and Golden Crown Projects

• 100% owned in highly prospective Halls Creek goldfield

• Infrastructure in place (mill, power, water) on granted mining leases

Near term production potential

• High grade Probable Ore Reserve: 560,000t at 4.2g/t Au in open pits and 177,000t at 6.0g/t Au from underground for a total of 110,000 oz Au

• Open pit start-up transitioning to underground

• Average gold production of 28,000oz/annum

• Permitting well advanced

Growth

• All resources remain open at depth

• New high grade vein targets discovered extending along strike

• Potential of high grade quartz lode gold system independently estimated 0.7-1.1 moz1

• Additional 400km2 of tenure in lightly explored historic goldfield

Note:1 The potential tonnage and grade of the exploration target expressed is conceptual in nature and should not be considered as an estimate of a Mineral Resource. There has been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the estimation of a Mineral Resource

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The Company

Board of Directors and Senior Management

Phil Retter – Non-executive Chairman Geologist with over 26 years industry experience in mining and

exploration, mineral property transactions, consulting and corporate finance. Direct involvement in numerous listings and M&A transactions

Martin Phillips – Managing Director Engineer with 25 years experience in managing new mine

developments, leading and directing commercial transactions in exploration and acquisitions of projects. Held senior management and business development roles at Iluka and MIM

Steve Robinson – Non-executive Director Financial economist and business strategist with 21 years

experience in the agribusiness and mining industries and recently in the structuring and managing of listings on the ASX. Held corporate roles in Western Mining Corp and Barrick Gold

Mark Csar – Exploration Manager Geologist with 25 years of exploration, development and

mining experience in gold, nickel, copper, tin and mineral sands in Australia and overseas. FAusIMM

Highly capable and experienced management

Share Register

Listed on ASX in December 2010

At 14 March 2013 there are 570 shareholders

Top 20 Shareholders 41.3%

Top 40 Shareholders 52.2%

Directors and related entities 6.0%

BNR – Enterprise Value

Share price (at closing 13 March 2013) $0.055/share

Total Shares on issue 96.664 million

Market capitalisation at $0.055/share $5.32 million

Net Cash at 31 December 2012 $0.50 million

Enterprise Value (EV) $4.82 million

Resource ounces 294.0 koz Au

EV / resource oz ~$16/oz Au

Reserve ounces 110.0 koz Au

EV / reserve oz ~$44/oz Au

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The Strategy (April 2011)

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Fast track Lamboo Gold Project to production

Investigate development options and optimise mine plan

Expedite approvals for mining and processing

Recommission the plant for modest capital outlay

Profitability and Growth

Expand resource inventory

Increase economies of scale and competitiveness

Leverage off exploration and acquisitions

Bulletin is close to delivering on its business strategy after only 2 years on the ground

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The Growth Resource expansion New discoveries Acquisitions

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The Plan Open pit Ore Reserve Underground Ore Reserve Mine Plan The Project

Infrastructure in place Project history High grade resource

Advancing Gold Production in the Kimberley

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Lamboo Mine Site

Key infrastructure already in place

Open pit production (1997) 92,000t at 7.71g/t Au

120,000 tpa processing facility

70 tph (550,000 tpa) crushing circuit

Open pit trial mining (2002) 55,000t at 2.7g/t Au

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Mining History

Insufficient resource was main reason for previous closures

Nicolson’s Find open pit was mined by Precious Metals Australia (PMA) in 1997 as a satellite deposit with ore trucked to Palm Springs operation. Produced 23,000oz Au at 7.7g/t Au over 9 months

Wagtail and Rowdies trial open pits were mined in 2002 by Rewah Mining (became subsidiary of GBS Gold) who erected 120,000tpa processing plant and infrastructure on site. Produced 5,000oz Au at 2.7g/t Au over 5 months

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

PMA operation stopped due to weak gold price

Placed on care and maintenance due to

lack of resources

Bulletin is progressively growing the open pit and underground resources

Underground Mineral Resource Open Pit Mineral Resource

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Regional Strategy

Lamboo Project Resource:

• 1.45mt at 5.6g/t Au for 261,000 oz

• 72% in Indicated category

Golden Crown Project Resource:

• 0.3mt at 3.2g/t Au for 34,000oz

• potential satellite open pit operation

Dominant landholding covering over 400km2 in lightly explored, historic goldfield

Good access via established all-weather road network

Halls Creek goldfield considered prospective for discovering additional high grade resources

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The Growth Resource expansion New discoveries Acquisitions

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The Project Infrastructure in Place Project History High grade resource

Advancing Gold Production in the Kimberley

The Plan Open pit Ore Reserve Underground Ore Reserve Mine Plan

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Ore Reserve

Initial open pit operation transitioning to underground at Nicolson’s Find

Shallow Wagtail and Rowdies reserve provides immediate access to mill feed without requirement for pre-strip

Upfront capital requirement of circa $20 million for initial pre-strip and plant refurbishment

Ore Reserve Category Tonnes Gold

Grade (g/t Au)

Contained Gold (oz)

Nicolson’s South Pit Probable 268,000 4.4 38,000

Nicolson’s Find Pit Probable 92,000 5.9 17,000

Wagtail North Pit Probable 105,000 3.0 10,000

Wagtail South Pit Probable 77,000 3.6 9,000

Rowdies Pit Probable 19,000 2.0 1,000

Open Pit Total 560,000 4.2 75,000

Nicolson’s Find UG Probable 177,000 6.0 34,000

Project Total 737,000 4.6 110,000

Note: Figures may not add due to rounding

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Scale

Open Pit Development

Planned Underground Development

Stoping – Indicated Resource

Stoping – Inferred Resource

Current Limit of Resource

Open Pit Production: 92,000t at 7.71 g/t Au

Legend

Target Area

2m at 6.8g/t Au

1m at 17.9g/t Au

2m at 12.5g/t Au

7m at 4.0g/t Au

4m at 10.9g/t Au

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Ore Reserve (cont.)

Gold resource oz /vertical m 0oz 750oz 1,500oz

Simple, fully mechanised open stoping operation for underground mine

Zone of high drilling density

Zone of low drilling density

200m below surface

19 200mN 19 400mN 19 600mN 19 800mN 19 000mN

Target Area

Extent of underground Ore Reserve limited by density of drilling at depth

4m at 22.3g/t Au

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Life-of-Mine Plan Transition to underground mining self-funded from open pit cash flow

First gold pour 3 months from mining start-up

Underground plan includes Inferred Resource1 evaluated by mining modifying factors

C1 cash cost of $835/oz for open pits and $1,020/oz for underground

Additional resource expansion drilling planned to support a future production target of 35,000 – 40,000oz pa2 at a lower cash cost

Note: 1 There is a low level of geological confidence associated with Inferred Resources and there is no certainty that further exploration work will result in the determination of an Indicated Resource or that the production target itself will be realised. 2The stated production target is not a ‘prediction’ that with any confidence will be met, and should not be relied upon by investors when making investment decisions. It is provided to give investors a better idea of the company’s future plans, prospects and development path. Further evaluation work and appropriate studies are required to establish sufficient confidence that this target will be met.

Additional resource expansion drilling

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The Project Infrastructure in place Mining History High grade resource

Advancing Gold Production in the Kimberley

The Plan Open Pit Ore Reserve Underground Ore Reserve Mine Plan

The Growth Resource expansion New discoveries Acquisitions

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Resource Expansion

All resources remain open at depth

Independent study estimates total potential of all exploration targets within the Lamboo Project at approximately 4 to 7 million tonnes at an average grade of 5.2 to 5.4g/t Au for 0.7 - 1.1 million ounces of gold1

1The potential tonnage and grade of the exploration target expressed is conceptual in nature and should not be considered as an estimate of a Mineral Resource. There has been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the estimation of a Mineral Resource

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Nicolson’s Find Deeps

Multiple down plunge extensions

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Legend

2012 Resource gram-metres

0.5 – 10.0 Au gram-metres

> 10.0 Au gram-metres

Proposed pit outline

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100mRL

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Creek

Wagtail North Open Pit Production: 4,100t at 3.8 g/t Au

Wagtail South Open Pit Production: 10,400t at 2.7 g/t Au

Target Area

Target Area

6m at 21.0g/t Au

4m at 5.1g/t Au

7m at 7.1g/t Au

4m at 12.9g/t Au

3m at 7.6g/t Au

2m at 10.8g/t Au

4m at 8.4g/t Au

2013 Planned drilling

Significant Intersection

4m at 8.4g/t Au

3m at 5.8g/t Au 1m at 6.3g/t Au

6m at 13.7g/t Au

Target Area

Drilling Intersection

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Target Area

Wagtail Deeps

Underground potential pending assessment

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New Discoveries

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Multiple high grade vein discoveries along 5km strike length of granite contact

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2013 Exploration Targets

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North Lamboo

South Lamboo

First pass RC drilling planned for Q2 2013

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Golden Crown Project

Current open pit Inferred Resource of 323,000 tonnes at 3.2g/t Au for 34,000 ounces of gold

Further RC drilling planned in advance of updated resource estimate and scoping study

Potential high grade, open pit development

1m at 25.8g/t Au

5m at 23.0g/t Au

2m at 15.8g/t Au

2m at 14.8g/t Au

0.8m at 521.1g/t Au

3m at 85.3g/t Au

6m at 13.6g/t Au

2m at 93.1g/t Au

Golden Crown

Faugh-a-Ballagh

2m at 14.2g/t Au

4m at 6.7g/t Au

5m at 6.6g/t Au

7m at 4.4g/t Au

3m at 15.2g/t Au

3m at 31.2g/t Au

3m at 7.0g/t Au

4m at 12.8g/t Au

2m at 11.8g/t Au

2m at 14.3g/t Au

1m at 23.0g/t Au

1m at 54.0g/t Au

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Halls Creek

Image: courtesy Google

Line of extensive alluvial workings

Regional Potential

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20 km

200oz Au

1,280oz Au

Lightly drilled, highly prospective region with numerous old mine workings

73,000oz Au 7,900oz Au

Source: Department of Mines and Petroleum, Bulletin Resources

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Investment and Media inquiries: Martin Phillips Managing Director Email: [email protected] F

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APPENDICES

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Ore Reserve Inventory

Note: Figures may not add due to rounding

Prospect Category Tonnes Gold Grade

(g/t Au) Contained Gold

(oz)

Nicolson’s Find Pit Open pit Probable 92,000 5.9 17,000

Nicolson’s South Pit Open pit Probable 268,000 4.4 38,000

Rowdies Pit Open pit Probable 19,000 2.0 1,000

Wagtail North Pit Open pit Probable 105,000 3.0 10,000

Wagtail South Pit Open pit Probable 77,000 3.6 9,000

Total Open Pit 560,000 4.2 75,000

Nicolson’s Find Underground Underground Probable 177,000 6.0 34,000

Project Total 737,000 4.6 110,000

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Mineral Resource Inventory

Prospect Category Tonnes Grade

(g/t Au) Ounces

Nicolson’s Find & South Open pit Indicated 333,000 5.5 59,000

Open pit Inferred 16,000 2.7 1,000

Total open pit 349,000 5.4 60,000

Underground Indicated 406,000 6.5 85,000

Underground Inferred 372,000 5.7 69,000

Total underground 778,000 6.2 154,000

Nicolson’s total 1,127,000 5.9 214,000

Rowdies Open pit Indicated 17,000 2.4 1,000

Open pit Inferred 6,000 2.7 1,000

Total open pit 22,000 2.5 2,000

Underground Indicated 35,000 5.4 6,000

Underground Inferred 7,000 6.4 1,000

Total underground 43,000 5.6 8,000

Rowdies total 65,000 4.5 9,000 For

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Mineral Resource Inventory (cont.)

Note: Lamboo Project Mineral Resource reported at 0.60g/t Au cut-off for open pit and 3g/t Au cut-off for underground . Golden Crown Project Mineral Resource reported at 1.0g/t Au cut-off. Figures may not add due to rounding

Prospect Category Tonnes Grade

(g/t Au) Ounces

Wagtail area Open pit Indicated 137,000 4.5 20,000

Open pit Inferred 9,000 1.7 -

Total open pit 146,000 4.3 20,000

Underground Indicated 98,000 4.8 15,000

Underground Inferred 9,000 4.9 1,000

Total underground 107,000 4.8 16,000

Wagtail area total 253,000 4.5 37,000

Total Total open pit 517,000 5.0 82,000

Total underground 928,000 6.0 178,000

Project total 1,445,000 5.6 261,000

Golden Crown Project

Golden Crown Open pit Inferred 136,000 3.8 17,000

Faugh-a-Ballagh Open pit Inferred 187,000 2.8 17,000

Project Total 323,000 3.2 34,000

Combined Total 1,768,000 5.2 294,000

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Competent Persons Statement

The information in this presentation that relates to Exploration Targets and in this table that relates to the Lamboo Project Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by Mr Ian Glacken, who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Glacken is a full time employee of Optiro Pty Ltd where he holds the title of Principal Consultant. Mr Glacken has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Glacken consents to the inclusion in this table of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this table that relates to Golden Crown and Faugh-a-Ballagh Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by Mr Aaron Green, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Green is a full time employee of Runge Limited where he holds the title of Operations Manager WA. Mr Green has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Green consents to the inclusion in this table of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this table that relates to Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Glen Carthew who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Carthew is a full time employee of AMC Consultants Pty Ltd. Mr Carthew has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Carthew consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this presentation that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mark Csar, who is a Fellow of Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mark Csar is a full time employee of the company and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Csar consents to the inclusion in the presentation of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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