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Investor Presentation March 2012
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Forward Looking StatementsThis presentation contains "forward-looking information" (also referred to as "forward looking statements") which may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the future financial or operating performance of the Company, its subsidiaries and its projects, the future price of metals, the estimation of mineral reserves and resources, the realization of mineral reserve estimates, costs and timing of future exploration, the timing of the development of new deposits, requirements for additional capital, foreign exchange risk, government regulation of mining and exploration operations, environmental risks, reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims, insurance coverage and regulatory matters. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "hopes", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information involves and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company and/or its subsidiaries to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current exploration activities and feasibility studies; assumptions in economic evaluations which prove to be inaccurate; fluctuations in the value of the United States dollar and the Canadian dollar relative to each other; future prices of metals; possible variations of ore grade or recovery rates; accidents, labour disputes or slow downs and other risks of the mining industry; climatic conditions; political instability, insurrection or war; arbitrary decisions by governmental authorities; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this presentation and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information or statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information or statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Michael P. Gross, P.Geo., Vice-President Exploration of Northern Gold Mining Inc. (“NGM”), a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, has reviewed and verified the technical information contained in this presentation regarding NGM’s properties. Certain of the technical information in this presentation is taken from three NI 43-101 technical reports* for the Garrcon Gold Project, which may be found under NGM’s profile on www.sedar.com.
Note: The October 2009, September 2010 and June 2011 resource update, which also contained a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), are all National Instrument 43-101 Reports that were independently prepared by A.C.A. Howe International Limited (“Howe”) of Toronto and posted by the Company on SEDAR. All monetary amounts herein refer to Canadian dollars unless otherwise specified.
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Information Concerning Estimates of Mineral Reserves and Resources
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
The mineral resource estimates reported in this presentation were prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of the mineral deposits in these categories constitute or will ever be converted into reserves. In addition, “inferred” mineral resources have an amount of uncertainty as to their existence and an uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian securities laws, issuers must not make any disclosure of results of an economic analysis that includes inferred mineral resources.
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Garrison Gold Project hosts two key Gold deposits located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, 100 Km east of Timmins, Ontario
Garrison Gold Project – Our Value Proposition
Garrcon and Jonpol Deposits
Two NI 43-101 compliant resource estimates for the Garrison Project including a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for Garrcon
Low cost explorer
Excellent land package for expanded exploration, infrastructure and development of future open pit mine
Timmins Kirkland Lake
Toronto
Val D’or
Garrison GoldProject
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A 100 Year History of Prolific Canadian Gold Mining
The Garrison Gold Property is located along the Porcupine-Destor and Munro Fault zone in the Timmins-Kirkland Lake Gold District, a region with historic
production dating from the early 1900’s of over 200 million Au ounces.
Hollinger-McIntyreTimmins71 Moz
North Gate
Kirkland Lake47Moz
DomeParmour
Black Fox
WahgoshigFirst Nation
MatachewanKerr Addison
Holloway
Doyon Bousquet
Sigma-Lamaque
MalarticMalartic
9 Moz
Rouyn-Noranda19 Moz
Cadillac18 Moz
Val d’Or28 Moz
Ontario Quebec
Garrison GoldProperty
Gold Deposits > 3.0M oz.Gold Deposits < 3.0M oz.
Garrison Gold Property
Town
Major FaultsMunro Fault
Larker Lake-Cadillac Fault
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Capital StructureCorporate Data at Feb 29th, 2012
TSX Venture Symbol NGM
Share Price (Feb 15th) C$0.28
Share Price (52 Week Range)
C$0.17- C$0.64
Basic Shares Outstanding 155 million
Fully Diluted Shares 180 million
Cash C$6.5 million
Debt $0
Market Capitalization C$43 million
Developing Institutional Shareholder Base
Sprott Asset Management, Dundee Resources
Garrison Property Drill & Zone Plan
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Surface exposure, bulk mineable potential
Quartz-carbonate vein stockwork in siliceous - meta sediments
Resource footprint is 1.1km long by 300m wide
Open to east, west, at depth and to the north toward the Jonpol East Zone
Aggressive 70,000+ meter drill program planned for 2012
Immediately adjacent to Highway 101.
Nearby hydro-electric power, good water source
Operating core shack facility
Mines in proximity – St. Andrew Goldfields’ Harker-Holloway, Hislop, and Brigus’ Black Fox
Garrcon Gold Deposit
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Continuity of Mineralization
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Garrcon Deposit
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Hole ID Length (m) Au Grade (g/t)
GAR-10-16 169.0 1.17
GAR-10-19 10.0 5.0
GAR-10-42 209.0 1.44
GAR-10-46 284.0 1.62
GAR-11-59 102.0 1.00
GAR-11-71A 66.0 1.94
GAR-11-78 44.0 1.98
GAR-11-130 55.0 1.19
GAR-11-114 (interval 194m-241m) 47.0 2.10
GAR-11-114 (interval 313m-463.6m) 150.0 1.24
Selected Drill Intercepts Across the Garrcon Deposit showing consistently long mineralized sections
Drill Hole Expansion
A.C.A. Howe International Limited- Technical and Preliminary Economic Assessment – June 23, 2011
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Longitudinal Section of Garrcon Deposit
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Evolution of Resource Estimate
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Indicated Resources Inferred Resources
144,000 ounces
3,780,000 tonnes
1.2 grams/tonne
530,000 ounces
18,500,000 tonnes
0.9 grams/tonne
Indicated Resources Inferred Resources
720,000 ounces
29,400,000 tonnes
0.9 grams/tonne
430,000 ounces
18,600,000 tonnes
0.8 grams/tonne
September 2010 | cutoff = 0.5 g/tonne
June 2011 | cutoff = 0.3 g/tonne
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Garrcon Deposit Block Model and Pit
Preliminary Economic Assessment Highlights
In Pit Ounces:High Grade Ounces (0.3g/t cutoff): 960,000 ounces @ 0.91 g/tonneLow Grade Ounces (0.2g/t cutoff): 80,000 ounces @ 0.76 g/tonne
Annual Production: 130,000 oz./year
Mine Life: 8+ years
Cash Costs: $495 per ounce, life-of-mine
Initial Capex: $156.3 million
NPV: $265.9 million
IRR: 47% after tax
Payback: 2.2 years
Average Annual Cash Flow $49.2 million
Garrcon Deposit as at June 2011 – Gold Price US$1200 per ounce
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Focus on Expanding
Current focus on expanding known mineralization to depths of 500+ meters along
strike
58 holes with 1.0 g/t over 50+ meters
4 Diamond Drills currently
operating
70,000+ meter drilling program
planned for 2012
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Upside Potential
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Further Upside Potential
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Historic Jonpol Gold Deposit
In 1996-1997 a 50,400 tonne bulk sample was mined
with an average grade of 8.3g/t which produced
13,564 oz Au.
45,000 meters of unassayed core
from 419 historical holes to be re-assayed
Jonpol is closed* but existing ramp
and shaft are preserved *in full
compliance with regulations
Sulfide-rich, HG, narrow vein in
mafic, ultra-mafic rocks
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Hyperspectral ImagingCore Mapper™ by Photonic Knowledge
Represents a significant advance in logging and
processing drill core when assessing gold mineralization on the
property
Output integrates with geological modeling,
enabling 2D or 3D visualization
Core Mapper™ used to map and identify
mineralogical content of 1500-2000 meters of
core per week
Drill Core Mapping/Logging to identify lithology and alteration associated with Gold
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Social and Environmental Responsibility Practice
Social
Actively working with neighbouring Wahgoshig First Nation Utilizing Wahgoshig as a preferred vendor
Contractor Asinii Drill Co. has hired local band members
Initiated IBA (Impact Benefits Agreement) discussions with Wahgoshig
Plans to continue to provide jobs and training during mine development
EnvironmentalConsiderations at all design and planning stages to optimize environmental processes
Retained Blue Heron, Environmental Consultants to ensure mine development and planning will comply with environmental regulations
Metallurgical testing is designed to reduce chemical footprint of the operation
Looking Forward – 2012
UPDATED RESOURCE ESTIMATE
Q1 2012
Garrison Project:
Complete IBA agreement with
Wahgoshig First Nation
Aggressive drill program (infill and step out) targeting
Jonpol East Zone and Garrcon Deposit
Ongoing environmental monitoring in
support of mine permitting
Follow-up and detailed metallurgic
test work
Continued geochemical definition of
resources (ARD)
Geotechnical Engineering Mine Design
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2012 2013 2014 2015
1. Environmental Background Studies2. Environmental Background Studies
Production PermittingMill & Facilities Siting Studies
Condemnation DrillingMetallurgical Testing
Feasibility & Pit DesignMill & Facilities Construction
Mine DevelopmentProduction
Permitting for ExpansionFeasibility For Expansion and Pit Design
Garrcon DepositInfill and Definition Drilling
'Stepout & Infill Drilling to the EastStepout Drilling to the West
Preliminary Economic Analysis
Jonpol East Zone Infill (Garrcon Northerly Expansion) Stepout Drilling to the North Into Jonpol East Zone
'Infill Drilling In Jonpol East ZoneScanning/Re-logging & Assaying of Existing Core
'Preliminary Metallurgical TestingMetallurgical Testing
Jonpol DepositScanning/Re-logging & Assaying of Existing Core'Infill Drilling In HW of Jonpol RD, JP & JD Zones
Preliminary Metallurgical Testing'Metallurgical Testing
Forward Looking Time Line
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Continuing Story of GrowthResource Growth on the Garrison Property
Indicated and Inferred Oz Au
JonPolIndicated:63,000Inferred:247,000
JonPolIndicated:63,000Inferred:247,000
JonPolIndicated:63,000Inferred:247,000
GarrconIndicated: 720,000
Inferred: 430,000
GarrconIndicated: 144,000
Inferred: 530,000
1,459,000 oz
980,000 oz
300,000 oz 371%(Oct 2009 – Jun 2011)
June 2011
Sep 2010
Oct 2009
Low Cost Explorer
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Low Cost Per Ounce of Resource Developed on the Garrison Gold Project
Cost Per Ounce Resource Garrcon
w/o Acquisition
At June 30, 2011 $5.14
Exploration Costs Per MeterDrilled:
@Dec 31st, 2011
Total Exploration Costs Overall/Meter Drilled: $202.24 Direct Cost Categories/Meter Drilled:
Diamond Drilling $88.05
DD + Assaying $122.12DD + Assay + Field Labour $143.08
Ditto + Field Equipment & Supplies $154.52
Meters Drilled from Oct. 2009
@ Jun
2011
@ Sep
2011
@ Dec 2011
26,761 37,479 56,143
Acquisition $/oz Resource
Garrcon
At Sept 30, 2011 $6.97
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Significant Drilling/Assaying Statistics
Data Since Drilling Commenced in May 2010 to October 2011Total Drill Holes Drilled 106Total Holes with No Significant Results 5Percent Success 95.3%
Number of Drill Holes Intercepts By g/tDrill Intercepts >0.5 & <1.0 >1.0 & <2.0 >2.0 & <3.0 >3.0
Intercepts Longer Than 25 M and Less Than 50 M 7 6 1 1
Intercepts Longer Than 50 M and Less Than 100 M 12 13
Intercepts Longer Than 100 M and Less Than 200 M 8 3
Intercepts Longer Than 200 M and Less Than 300 M 11 3 1
Intercepts Longer Than 300 M 7
Depth drilled 100 Meters+ 200 Meters+Significant downhole intercepts greater than 0.3g/t Au found in 41 holes 11 30
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A Solid Story
Garrcon is open on strike, at depth and north to Jonpol East Zone95% drill success rate for 106 holes drilled over 18 months - May 2010 to Oct 2011.
Resource Estimate doubled every 9 monthsLow cost explorer
RESOURCE EXPANSION POTENTIAL
A centrally located, surface Gold resource in the historic Timmins/Kirkland Lake Gold Mining DistrictClose to operating St. Andrew Goldfields’ Holloway Mines and Brigus’ Black Fox MineAn excellent land package, with infrastructure and qualified labour force
STRATEGIC LOCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Skilled team with proven geology, mine start-up and mine operations experienceSignificant public market and financing experience
MANAGEMENTEXPERIENCE
Low Cost Explorer
Large Tonnage
Open Pit Mineable
Continuity of
Mineraliza-tion
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Management
Martin R. Shefsky President & CEO, Director
Eric E. V. SzustakC.A., Chief Financial Officer
• Founder and Director of Northern Gold Mining Inc.• Over 25 years in mineral
exploration and brokerage industry
• Over 25 years in public accounting and brokerage industry• Currently CFO of Castle
Resources and Northern Gold Mining Inc.
Michael P. Gross Vice President Exploration
Heather A. LaxtonChief Governance Officer & Corporate Secretary
• Formerly at Hecla Mining, Exall and Royal Oak• Over 42 years exploration,
mining, mine operations and corporate management
• 15 years governance, corporate secretarial and securities regulation experience with a focus on the resource sector• Experience with TSX, TSXV, NYSE-
AMEX and London - AIM listed issuers
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Board of Directors
James C. Gervais, LGen (Ret’d), Chairman and Independent Director
• Retired from the Canadian Forces in 1993 as Commander of the Army• Director SAMA
Resources Inc., an international mineral company
Eric M. Moeller Independent Director
• Registered Professional Geologist (RPG 374 SC) • Principle,
Nanoparticle Consultancy LLC• Over 30 years of
surface and underground mining experience
Dennis H. Waddington Independent Director
• Professional Geoscientist (ON)• 45 years within
the mineral resource sector• Financial
consultant; gold and base metals exploration
Patrick CulhaneDirector
• Over 20 years mineral exploration• Independent
geological contractor• Former Ontario
Provincial Police officer Nuno Brandolini
Independent Director
• General Partner of Scorpion Capital Partners, L.P., • Formerly with
Lazard Frere, Solomon and Rosecliff Inc. Martin R. Shefsky
President & CEO, Director
• Founder and Director of Northern Gold Mining Inc.• Over 25 years
in mineral exploration and brokerage industry
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Northern Gold Mining Inc. is led by an expert team with the ability to create a high value mine out of low cost assets with the clear vision to maximize shareholder value.
www.northerngold.ca