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The Sintoukola Potash Project

Technical Overview of PotashMining

Paul KlugeMarch 2013 ASX: ELM, TSX: ELM

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Agenda

●About Elemental Minerals●The Potash Market●Potash Basics●The Sintoukola Potash Project

Geology Mining Processing Infrastructure Economics

●Summary & Conclusion

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About Elemental Minerals

● Exclusively focused on the 93% owned Sintoukola Potash Project in Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

● Listed on the ASX and TSX● Management Team based in Dainfern, South Africa● Global group of consultants from Perth to

Vancouver, SRK Denver lead engineers● Key Milestones so far:

● Start of drilling – Sep 2010● Maiden resource – Apr 2011● PEA – Aug 2011● IPO in Toronto – Aug 2011● PFS completed – Sep 2012● ESIA and mining license application – Dec 12

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The Potash Market

• Potash primary use is in fertiliser, along with nitrogen and phosphorous (NPK)• Saleable product is Murate of Potash (MoP) which is pure KCl• K improves crop water retention, yield, nutrient value, taste, colour and

disease resistance

Why Potash?

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The Potash Market

• One third of production concentrated in Saskatchewan Canada – controlled by Canpotex

• One third of production concentrated in the FSU, controlled by Belarussion Potash Corporation

• Final Third of Production spread between Germany, Chile, Chine, Israel, Jordan

• No supply currently from Africa, but a historic operation in RoC flooded in the 1970’s (Holle Mine)

Potash Supply

• Demand from agricultural users• Mature markets: USA, EU• Growth markets: China, India, SE Asia, BRAZIL• Brazilian market consumed 8.2Mtpa in 2013 (own

production 800ktpa), demand projected to grow to 10.2Mtpa by 2017

Potash Demand

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Potash Basics● Potash sold as 96-98% pure KCl (60-61% K2O) –

Muriate of Potash (MoP)● Potash Ores:

● Sylvinite = Sylvite (KCl) + Halite (NaCl) ● Grades typically 15%-25% K2O● Basis for reserve at Sintoukola (21% K2O

& HWS intersection at 35% K2O)● Most of world production

● Carnallitite = Carnallite (KMgCl3·6H2O) + NaCl● Grades typically 10%-15% K2O● More difficult to process● Production often in conjunction with Mg

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The Sintoukola Project - Location● Situated in the south west corner of the Republic of Congo● 30km direct line of sight from the coast● 60km north of Pointe Noire● 1,408km2 exploration license covering the Kola and Dougou

deposits – 90km2 explored to date

VancouverPortland

Brazil

NW Europe

ChinaMiddle EastUSA

Pacific NW St. PetersburgVentspilsKlaipediaHamburg

AshdodEilatAqaba

Pointe NoireAfrica

Distance (Vancouver – Santos)8,491 nautical miles

Distance (St. Petersburg – Santos)

6,447 nautical miles

Distance (Ashdod – Santos)

6,411 nautical miles

New Brunswick

Distance (Pointe Noire – Santos)

3,560 nautical miles

India

Significant opportunity for Asian markets

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Historic Exploration• Potash discovered in 1935. French (Potasse d’Alsace) explored

coastal plain, scattered drilling, focussed at Holle. • >60 historic boreholes within basin completed by previous oil

and potash explorers, most contain references to potash. >10 within SP permit area.

• Within SP permit >400 line kilometres of 2D oil industry seismic data from 80’s to 2006. Plus oil exploration boreholes.

• ELM acquired most historic borehole logs and 200 kms of historic seismic data through purchase and swap agreements

• ELM initated exploration by twinning K6 and K18 at Kola in 2010

Strategic World Class Potash Project

Historic log

Kola DepositBoreholes, seismic linesand resource outlines

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The Sintoukola Potash Project - Resource• All exploration with consultation and sign-off by CSA Global of Perth.• Team of 10 local and expat geologists and technicians• Drilling of 45 exploration boreholes (15,737 metres)• Drilling of 22 hydrological boreholes (3,779 metres)• 203 line kms of 2D Seismic data over 2 phases. • 3 resource estimations (by CSA) the latest being August 2012.• Phase 3 commenced 8th Jan 2013.

Measured Indicated Inferred

Tonnes(Mt)

%K2O %KCl Tonnes(Mt)

%K2O %KCl Tonnes(Mt)

%K2O %KCl

HWS - - - - - - 47 34.8 55.0Upper Seam 171 22.5 35.5 159 22.0 34.9 96 21.8 34.5Lower Seam 93 19.2 30.4 150 19.1 30.2 107 19.1 30.3Footwall Seam 225 17.6 27.9

Total 264 21.3 33.7 309 20.6 32.6 475 20.4 32.3

Mineral Resource estimate for sylvinite mineralization only at a 10% K2O cut-off grade

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Project Geology• 150-200 metres soft sands, clays, silts,

Fe-sandstones overly; • 80 m of limestone and dolomite. • Anhydrite and clay aquitard (5-15 m

thick) rests on the ‘Top of salt’.• Salt sequence typically 400 metres thick,

mainly halite and carnallitite.• Upper 50-100 metres of the salt

sequence contains the sylvinite seams.• The clastic syn-rift sediments of Upper

Jurassic form the FW to the evaporites.

bischofite

Top of salt

Base of salt

anhydrite

10’s metres of carnallitite (<15% K2O)

sylvinte

Evaporite sequence dominated by salt

gam

ma

K2O Mg

Geo

logy

anhydrite

clay

Typical anhydrite sequence: an aquitard

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The Sintoukola Potash Project - PFS study structure

Strategic World Class Potash Project

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The Sintoukola Potash Project - Mining

• Approx. 20% of world production: Chile, China, Israel, Jordan• Lowest production costs• Large environmental impact• Limited new resources available

Solution Mining

• Approx. 10% of world production: Canada, Russia• Generally conversion from flooded conventional mines• High operating costs, power & water requirements• Amenable to deep deposits

Solar evaporation from brine lakes

Conventional Mining

• Approx. 70% of world production• Lowest environmental impact• Underground Room & Pillar Mining• Maintaining seal between mine workings and overlying aquifer is

critical• Borer Miner or Continuous Miner• Requires ground freezing for shaft sinking

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The Sintoukola Potash Project - Mining

• Use continuous miners feeding shuttle cars• Underground conveyors to shaft• Convert 573Mt of M&I resource to 152Mt of reserve at 20% K2O• 26% overall extraction ratio• Production of 2Mtpa – 23 mine life with current resource

Selected Conventional Mining

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The Sintoukola Potash Project - Processing

• In conjunction with evaporation & solution mining• Required for the processing of carnallite• Energy and water intensive

Floatation

• Used in conjunction with conventional mining• Chosen at Sintoukola

Hot or cold crystallization

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Roads● 30km road to the mine site● 12km road to the process plantProcessing Facility at Coast● Central, scalable process plant located at the coast● Facilitates brine disposal in oceanMaterial Transport● RoM material via 36km overland conveyor to plant (6.8Mtpa)Port● Jetty facility at Tchiboula adjacent to plant● Transship product in barges for 10km to ocean going vesselsInfrastructure ● Power transmission from existing national grid (50MW required –

200MW available)● Water sourced from ocean and aquifer● 80km Gas line for product drying● Employee facilities for approximately 950 people near the process

plantInfrastructure Funding● Pursuing opportunities to fund these infrastructure packages

externally

UP 3.17

UP 5.26

Existing Track 1 (ET1-N6)

Existing Camp

UP 8.01

UP 23.98

UP 13.59

UP 17.09

UP 27.51

Employees Facilities

ElectricalSubstation

UP 33.70

ProcessPlant

Existing Track 2 (ET1-N5)

Existing Track 2 (ET2)Jetty

REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Dougou

TCHIBOULA

LEGEND

Existing RoadsExisting TracksHaulage RoadNew Track Service RoadExisting Tracks UpgradedUnder PassShoreline Buffer ZoneReserve Buffer Zone

UP

The Sintoukola Potash Project - Infrastructure

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Definitive Feasibility Study

Infrastructure and plant construction

Plant Basic Engineering

PFS-level Technical Report

Phase 2 Mineral Resource Estimation

ESIA Process

Permitting

Shaft and mine construction Mine ramp up

Full production

Plant Production Ramp-up

Detail Engineering Plant Com

Study and Implementation schedule

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Capital Cost by Discipline ($1.85bn)

Capital and Operating Costs – 2.0 Mtpa mine

NI 43-101 Technical Report, Sintoukola Potash Project, Sep. 17, 2012; available at www.sedar.comNote: Capital estimates exclude sustaining capital costs

Capital Cost by Discipline ($1.85bn)

$27.7

$13.1

$23.5

$1.7$0.6 $5.1

$2.0$6.0

Operating Costs by Discipline ($79.7/ tonne MoP)

Mining HaulingProcess J etty & MarineWaste & Brine Employee FacilitiesGeneral Infrastructure G&A

$353

$116

$536 $125 $42

$47

$98 $59

$252

$204

$20

Capital Cost by Discipline ($1.85bn)

Mine Hauling Process PlantJ etty & Marine Waste & Brine Employee FacilitiesGeneral Infrastructure Owner's Costs ContingencyEPCM Insurance

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Benchmarking Elemental vs. PeersHigh Grade Sylvinite Resource

Shallow Mineral Resources Depth

Capex Comparison

Source: Company Reports, NI 43-101 Technical Report, Sintoukola Potash Project, Sep. 17, 20121. Sulphate of Potash (“SoP”) production

Source: Company Reports, NI 43-101 Technical Report, Sintoukola Potash Project, Sep. 17, 20121. Sulphate of Potash (“SoP”) production

Source: Company Reports, NI 43-101 Technical Report, Sintoukola Potash Project1. Sulphate of Potash (“SoP”) production2. Excludes capital costs of US$530mm due to infrastructure opportunities

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$1,035

$1,069

$1,111

$1,196

$1,471

Allana Potash(Danakhil Project)

Prospect Global Resources(Holbrook Basin)

Elemental Minerals(Sintoukola Potash)

IC Potash(Ochoa)

South Boulder(Colluli Potash)

Verde Potash(Cerrado Verde)

Karnalyte Resources(Wynyard)

Elemental Minerals(Sintoukola Potash)

BHP Billiton(Burr)

K+S / Potash One(Legacy)

Encanto Potash(Muskowekwan Property)

MagIndustries(Mengo)

Western Potash(Milestone)

BHP Billiton(Jansen)

Mining Methodology Conventional Solution

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(US$/tonne)

Estimated Potash Developer Cost Curve

Royalties

Freight CostsOperating Costs

(US$/tonne KCl)

Source: Company Reports, Equity Research, NI 43-101 Technical Report, Sintoukola Potash Project, Sep. 17, 2012; available at www.sedar.comNote: Freight and royalties included where available, excludes Saskatchewan Potash Production Taxes1. Figures based on weighted average cost over LOM production2. Includes sales and marketing costs; using Q2 2013 figures3. Includes 2.5% crown royalty and 3.0% Saskatchewan resource surcharge based on US$450/tonne KCl price

Expected Capacity

(Mtpa)

Project

Operating Costs

Freight Costs

Royalties

(1)

Sintoukola’s opex per tonne is the lowest when benchmarked against its peers

Sintoukola Potash Legacy Burr Danakhil Project Milestone Mengo Holbrook Basin Jansen Muskowekwan

Property Ochoa Sevier Lake Project Wynyard Cerrado Verde

$81 $63 $59 $69 $63 $124 $98 $163 $54 $158 $155 $131 $285

-- $49 $59 $30 $60 -- $44 -- $51 $4 -- $45 --

$14 -- -- $24 $10 $16 $20 -- $65 $17 $36 $25 $1

(2)

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Summary & Conclusions

● The growing world population underpins strong fundamentals for the potash market

● Price levels are likely to remain high due to the controlled concentration of production and the high barriers to entry

● The Sintoukola Potash Project hosts a significant high grade resource● Strong cost advantages result in excellent project economics: NPV = $2.97bn,

IRR = 29%.● Proven conventional mining, processing and shallow depth ● Excellent location to serve the Brazilian market

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Questions?

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Appendix

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PFS Mineral Reserves & Resource Estimate

Strategic World Class Potash Project

Measured Indicated Inferred

Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl

HWS - - - - - - 47 34.8 55.0Upper Seam 171 22.5 35.5 159 22.0 34.89 96 21.8 34.5Lower Seam 93 19.2 30.4 150 19.1 30.17 107 19.1 30.3Footwall Seam 225 17.6 27.9Total 264 21.3 33.7 309 20.6 32.61 475 20.4 32.3

Mineral Resource estimate for sylvinite mineralization only at a 10% K2O cut-off grade (1)

Mineral Resource estimate for sylvinite and carnallitite mineralization at a 10% K2O cut-off grade (1)

Measured Indicated Inferred

Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl

HWS 47 34.8 55.0Upper Seam 245 19.5 30.9 310 17.8 28.1 278 16.3 25.8Lower Seam 313 13.3 21.0 448 13.7 21.8 398 13.1 20.8Footwall Seam 225 17.6 27.9Total 559 16.0 25.4  758 15.4 24.4 948 16.2 25.6

Source: NI 43-101 Technical Report, Sintoukola Potash Project, Sep. 17, 2012; available at www.sedar.com1. Includes resources upgraded to P&P reserves

Mineral Reserve for sylvinite mineralization only at a 10% K2O cut-off grade

Proven Probable Total

Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl Tonnes(Mt) %K2O %KCl

87.9 20.0 31.7 63.8 20.0 31.7 151.7 20.0 31.7

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DisclaimerThis Presentation contains "forward-looking statements" ‘‘forward-looking information’’ within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Wherever possible, words such as ‘‘plans’’, ‘‘expects’’, or ‘‘does not expect’’, ‘‘budget’’, ‘‘scheduled’’, ‘‘estimates’’, ‘‘forecasts’’, ‘‘anticipate’’ or ‘‘does not anticipate’’, ‘‘believe’’, ‘‘intend’’ and similar expressions or statements that certain actions, events or results ‘‘may’’, ‘‘could’’, ‘‘would’’, ‘‘might’’ or ‘‘will’’ be taken, occur or be achieved, have been used to identify forward-looking information.

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Forward-looking statements are based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in light of its experience and its perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date that such statements are made, but which may prove to be incorrect. Management believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things: the Company executing its project development plans in accordance with its budgets and planning; feasibility and other studies supporting the Company’s development plans; the Company being able to obtain sufficient financing when required and on reasonable terms; the Company being able to convert existing Mineral Resources into Proven or Probable Mineral Reserves; the Company obtaining required licenses and approvals in a timely manner; applicable environmental and other laws and other regulations not being amended; key management continuing to serve in their respective roles with the Company; title to the Sintoukola Potash Project not being challenged; and no changes occurring to the price of potash that might adversely affect the prospects for developing and operating the Sintoukola Potash Project or which might make it uneconomic to proceed with development.Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements, including risks related to: no history of mineral production; lack of revenue from operations; dependence on the Sintoukola Potash Project; uncertainty of estimates of Mineral Resources; lack of Proven or Probable Mineral Reserves; projections being materially different than results; challenge of title to the Project; failure to obtain approvals and licenses; adverse regulatory requirements; litigation; mining complexities; construction delays; potential for water ingress; potential for ground water access to Mineral Resources; adverse climate conditions; failure to secure suitable waste disposal permits; inadequate infrastructure; delays in gaining access to land; existence of cultural heritage on lands for which access is required; inability to recruit and retain key employees; unknown environmental risks; uninsurable risks; potential officer and director conflict of interest; inability to secure additional capital; global financial conditions; competition in the mining industry; cyclical demand for potash; weather patterns and natural disasters; volatility in potash prices; political and economic risks in the ROC; entitlement of the Congolese government to a stake in the Sintoukola Potash Project; enforcement of contractual rights in the ROC; exchange rate fluctuations; repatriation of funds; failure to declare funds prior to bringing them into the ROC; opposition from non-governmental organizations; lack of dividends; volatility and lack of liquidity of ordinary shares of the Company. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this Presentation are based upon what management of the Company believes are reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure investors that future performance and actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. The Company, its directors, officers, agents, employees or advisors, do not represent, warrant or guarantee, expressly or impliedly, that the information in this Presentation is complete or accurate. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company disclaims any responsibility to inform any recipient of this Presentation or any matter that subsequently comes to its notice which may affect any of the information contained in this Presentation. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this Presentation and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Subject to applicable securities laws, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances.

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Competent Person / Qualified Person Statement: All scientific or technical information, including information that relates to exploration results and minerals resources (“Information”) in this press presentation is based on information prepared and/or approved by Andrew Scogings, MSc, MAusIMM, MAIG, PhD (CSA), Jean Hector, Senior Geologist (EGIS), Jane Joughin, Pr.Sci.Nat., MSc (SRK), Johan Boshoff, MEng, P.Eng. (SRK), Neal Rigby, CEng MIMMM, PhD (SRK), Paul O’Hara, P.Eng. (AMEC) and Simon Dorling, MSc, MAIG, PhD (CSA) (collectively, the “Qualified Persons”), each of whom are independent of the Company and have sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity they are 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” (the JORC Code) and as a Qualified Person for the purposes of Canadian National Instrument 43-101. Each of the Qualified Person consents to the inclusion in this press presentation of the Information, in the form and context in which it appears.

Further information respecting Elemental’s Sintoukola Potash Project and the PFS is contained in a technical report entitled ‘‘NI 43-101 Technical Report, Sintoukola Potash Project, Republic of Congo’’ dated September 17, 2012 with an effective date of September 17, 2012 (the “Technical Report”). The Technical Report can be accessed on the Company’s profile on SEDAR.

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