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South American Ferro Metals Limited
Expanding, profitable iron ore
producer
8Mtpa to 16Mtpa plan on track.
Production cost below $20 tonne
at mine gate.
65.5% Fe content.
Increased resource.
Increasing profits.
Alan Doyle – Executive Director
October 2013
ASX:SFZ
www.safml.com
Investment Highlights
Expanding to 8Mtpa then to 16Mtpa
Only non-Brazilian listed pure play iron ore producer in South America
Located in prolific Iron Ore Quadrilateral (neighbouring Vale)
 Near to customers and infrastructure
JORC resource of 301.6Mt at 40.7% Fe of which 174.7 Mt is Measured
and Indicated (5th richest Fe grade in Brazil, Phase III drilling program underway)
BFS for Stage I expansion from 1.5 to 8Mtpa ROM underway
 Stage II expansion to 16Mtpa ROM targeted for end 2016
Growing Profitability - Stage II Concentrator completed and being ramped-up
Highly experienced & successful Brazilian leadership team
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Feasibility Study Progress
 8 million tpa ROM expansion feasibility study progressing with plant size and equipment
selections being addressed for:
 Primary crushing
 Scalping, Secondary crushing with Primary
wet screening
 Rod mill with Primary and Secondary wet screening
 Three stage of WHIMS (4 roughers, 3 cleaners and 2 re-cleaners)
 Concentrate thickening, filtration, stocking and loading
 Tailings thickening, filtration, stockpile and disposal.
 Current grind sizing is a concentrate below 1.4 mm.
 Average composition of the Concentrate coming from the recent test works is:
Fe
SIO2
Al2O3
P
Mn
LOI
65.5%
3.9%
1.1%
0.02%
0.50%
1.42%
LOW PHOSPOROUS
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Increasing Resource
 November 2012: Updated resource from 230 million tonnes to 277.9 million tonnes.
 April 2013:
Increase of its resource estimate within the open pit envelope from
277.9 million tonnes to 301.1 million tonnes; including an increase in
indicated resources from 60 million tonnes to 101 million tonnes.
 Mineralisation extends to a depth of over 400 metres. Drilling is underway to target the
core of the deposit at depth and extensions to the north of the current projected pit
envelope. This has the potential to further increase the size of the deposit.
 Breakdown of the updated resource
Resource Class
Measured
Indicated
Measured & Indicated
Inferred
Total Resource
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Ponto Verde Iron Ore Project
(Cut-off Grade Applied: 20% Fe)
Tonnes (Mt)
72.76
101.96
174.72
126.34
301.06
Fe (%)
41.06
40.68
40.84
40.45
40.65
Increasing profitability
 Commissioning of Second Concentrator commenced on schedule and within budget.
Targeted additional concentrate production, at a grade of approximately 65% Fe, is in
the range of 20,000 -24,000 tonnes per month, which represents an increase in
production of approximately 33%. This marked increase at low incremental cost will
result in a significant decrease in overall unit costs.
 On-site laboratory completed providing quick assay results for production as well as
assisting in design of the enlarged pit.
 Current production cost below $20 tonne (2013 financial year $20/t, 2012 $17/t)
 Strong outlook for international iron ore demand – current CIF price exceeding $135
tonne
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Port access
 Memorandum of Understanding with rail corporation, MRS Logistica SA, to develop rail
based port delivery for export of SAFM’s production.
 Proposal to rail production to port terminals at Bahia de Sepitiba in the state of Rio de
Janeiro, approximately 400 km from the Ponte Verde mine.
 The Ponto Verde mine is located 15 km west of the Andaime branch line of the MRS
system, which transports production from the Minas Itabaritos mines adjoining Ponto
Verde.
 The rail transportation of the product will utilise existing MRS infrastructure for the
transport and unloading of iron ore products, as well as development of a new loading
terminal.
 MRS is one of the largest railway companies in Brazil.
 Advanced discussions with Port Authority re export of product
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Port access cont.
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Strong Geology & Resource Base
Technical
 5th Highest grade resource in Brazil.1
 Lowest 10% on the Brazilian cost curve.1
VALE
SAFM
 Total cost of beneficiation production is
projected to drop to around $18 per tonne,
following full ramp up of the Stage II
Concentrator.
Setting
 Ore body runs NE to SW
 Herculano & Vale’s Pico mines to the north of
SAFM’s site
 Ore body open to the North, and West
Geology
 Hematite-rich Itabirite ore
 Resource 301.6Mt at 40.7% Fe
Located in the heart of Brazil’s prolific and historic Iron Ore Quadrilateral
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RBC Prospector - 15 Jun 2012
Product Range – Commercial Optimisation
Current 1.5 Mtpa ROM Feed
15% or 225 ktpa Lump
27% or 405 ktpa Sinter Feed
v
16% or 240 ktpa
Stage I Concentrate
v
16% or 240 ktpa
Stage II Concentrate
(Being ramped-up)
74% Mass Recovery or 1,110 ktpa
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Growth: Stage I Operations Expansion
…From 1.5 to 8Mtpa ROM by end 2015
Stage I Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) nearing completion
 “Off-the-Shelf” approach - Reduced time and cost
 Will include “Footprint” and “Tie-ins” for Stage II Expansion to 16Mtpa
 Accessing export markets
To be commissioned late 2015
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Growth Plan: Stage II Operations Expansion
…From 8 to 16Mtpa ROM by end 2016
Stage II BFS to begin upon Stage I Study Completion
 Mirror image of Stage I Plant
 Foot print and tie in established during 8Mtpa expansion design
Expected commissioning late 2016
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The way forward
 Unused $15 million facility from Deutsche Bank at June 2013
 Profitable operations cover BFS costs
 Current production cost below $20 tonne (2013 financial year $20/t, 2012 $17/t)
 August achieved record monthly production
 Second iron ore concentrator being ramped-up
 Bankable feasibility study on track
 Expansion from current 1.5 Mtpa to 8Mtpa ROM scheduled to be commissioned late
2015
 Expansion from proposed 8Mtpa to 16Mtpa ROM scheduled to be commissioned late
2016
 Strong outlook for iron ore market
 Shares currently priced at low P:E ratio and well below asset replacement
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Disclaimer
South American Ferro Metals Limited and each of its respective directors, officers and agents believe that the
information contained in this presentation is correct and that any estimates, opinions or conclusions contained in this
presentation are reasonably held or made as at the time of compilation. However, no warranty is made as to the
accuracy or reliability of any estimates, opinions, conclusions or other information contained in this document.
South American Ferro Metals and its directors, officers and agents disclaims all liability and responsibility for any direct
or indirect loss or damage which may be suffered by any recipient through relying on anything contained in or omitted
from this presentation.
This presentation is for the intended recipient. No part of this document may be reproduced without the permission of
South American Ferro Metals Limited.
Forward Looking Statements
This presentation contains certain forward looking statements which by nature, contain risk and uncertainty because
they relate to future events and depend on circumstances that occur in the future. There are a number of factors that
could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward
looking statements.
Competent Person’s Statement
Information in this presentation that relates to the JORC resource at Ponto Verde is based on information compiled by
Mr Bernardo Hurta de C Viana (Phase I) and Mr Porfirio Cabaleiro (Phase II) both of Coffey Mining (Brazil). Both are
Members of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Viana and Mr Cabaleiro have sufficient experience
which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he has
undertaken 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 (the JORC Code).
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Plant & Mine Layout
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Feasibility study Flowchart
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Plant Cross section
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Plant Layout
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Appendix A: Feasibility Study Progress
 LogiCamms Pty Limited were engaged in March 2012 to design a plant capacity of 8
Mtpa (dry tons) to produce high grade iron ore concentrate (65.5% Fe) for the export
market. Work to date confirms the overall dry plant and WHIMS design utilisation will be
maintained at 74.2% and the plant is being designed to produce a final concentrate of
-1.4 mm at a grade of 65.5% Fe.
 The ore body is friable Itabirite, to be mined using proven open pit mining methods with
the ore being crushed, screened and then magnetically separated to produce
concentrate. The study is based on proven non-blasting technology with no new
processes envisaged.
 The success of the currently operating magnetic separation system has eliminated within
the expansion design the need for a flotation system, which has in turn eliminated the
need for use of potentially harmful chemicals on site and resulted in a smaller plant
footprint than initially anticipated.
 Project infrastructure consisting of minerals processing facilities as well as support
infrastructure such as water and electricity supplies, access roads, workshops,
warehouses, laboratories and administration buildings are also being designed.
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Feasibility Study Progress cont.
 The production process has a dump hopper feeding onto a vibrating grizzly feeding to a
chute with a primary rock breaker. This chute will be designed to discharge to a jaw
crusher which would discharge to a scalping screen via a conveyor.
 The top deck from the scalping screen then feeds to a secondary cone crusher. The
secondary crusher product, the scalping screen middlings and undersize would then join
together and feed to primary wet screening via a conveyor. The plan is for three double
deck banana screens, the top and middling decks of the screens to be in a closed circuit
with a rod mill. The undersize of the double deck banana screens is to feed onto Derrick
tertiary screening using Stack Sizers or similar high frequency screens to cut at 0.6mm.
The top and middling screens from the Derrick screen are then to feed into a closed
circuit with the rod mill.
 The study is proposing that the Derrick screen undersize is pumped to the rougher
magnetic separators feed tank and from there to a four way distributor, feeding the
rougher magnetic separators. The rougher magnetic separator tailings be pumped to a
high rate elevated thickener via dewatering screens, the tailings thickener underflow to
be sent to the tailings via a belt filter and conveyors.
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Feasibility Study Progress cont.
 The concentrates from rougher the magnetic separators would be pumped to a three
way cleaner distributor and fed to magnetic separators. The tailings from these magnetic
separators would be returned to the rougher magnetic separator feed tank. The cleaner
magnetic separator concentrates become the final concentrates. The final concentrates
are then to be pumped to a high rate elevated thickener with the underflow dewatered by
belt filters.
 The current study proposes the concentrates join an overland conveyor system which
transports them to an area adjacent to a railway stockpile prior to loading onto train by
front end loader.
 Doubling production to a feed rate of 16 Mtpa throughput should be achieved by
duplication the proposed plant.
 The feasibility study is progressing to the company’s satisfaction with the expectation
that capital expenditure for the expansion will be below that initially anticipated.
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