INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ December 2016 Quarter Results Presentation Peter Bradford, Managing Director and CEO

25 January 2017

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  • Cash Costs are reported inclusive of Royalties and after by-product credits on per unit of payable metal basis, unless otherwise stated

  • IGO reports All-in Sustaining Costs (AISC) per ounce of gold for its 30% interest in the Tropicana Gold Mine using the World Gold Council guidelines for AISC. The World Gold Council guidelines publication was released via press release on 27 June 2013 and is available from the World Gold Council's website.

  • Underlying EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure and comprises net profit or loss after tax, adjusted to exclude tax expense, finance costs, interest income, asset impairments, depreciation and amortisation, and once-off transaction costs.

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    2Q17 highlights

    Strong quarter with significant milestones achieved

    Continued improvement in safety performance

  • No lost time safety incidents in 2Q17

  • 12 month LTI frequency per million hours worked of 1.2

    Tropicana delivers record throughput of 7.6Mtpa

  • Production and cash costs better than guidance range

  • Value enhancement increases Ore Reserves by 58% and life of mine NPV by 79%

    Long cash costs better than guidance

  • Production and cash costs better than guidance range

    Jaguar payable copper and zinc lower

  • Weak quarter driven by expected lower Zn and Cu grades and lower mining production due to technical challenges

    Nova first concentrate produced and shipped

    Strong cash generation and debt reduction

  • Process plant successfully commissioned.

  • Ramp up to full production by mid 2017

  • Cash of A$109M and debt of A$200M at quarter end

  • Unaudited underlying EBITDA of A$43.7M and unaudited profit after tax of A$10.2M for 2Q17

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Unaudited financial results

Stronger cash generation plus debt retirement during 2Q17

Unaudited Metrics

Units

2Q17

1Q17

Revenue

A$M

128.5

94.8

Underlying EBITDA(1)

A$M

43.7

38.1

Net Profit After Tax

A$M

10.2

10.1

Net Cash Flow From Operating Activities

A$M

17.6

8.1

Underlying Free Cash Flow(2)

A$M

(48.6)

(59.0)

Cash (at end of period)

A$M

109.4

249.3

Marketable Securities (at end of period)

A$M

9.4

5.6

Refined bullion (at end of period)

A$M

0.2

0

Debt (at end of period)

A$M

200.0

271.0

  1. Underlying EBITDA are non-IFRS measure (refer to Disclaimer page).

  2. Free Cash Flow comprises Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities and Net cash Flow from Investing Activities. Underlying adjustments exclude proceeds from investment 4

sales and payments for investments

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