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Kun-Manie Nickel Sulphide Deposit Corporate Investor Presentation March 2019

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Kun-Manie Nickel Sulphide DepositCorporate Investor Presentation

March 2019

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Disclaimer

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Overview

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Company Overview

The Right Project…• Amur is developing the Kun-Manie project, the largest undeveloped and drill proven nickel copper sulphide deposit in

Asia with a JORC Mineral Resource Estimate containing 155.1 million ore tonnes comprising a nickel equivalent grade of1.02%, equating to a total of 1.58 million equivalent tonnes of nickel

• PFS released in February 2019 reinforcing the Project’s technical and economic viability, highlighting a three yearconstruction period and a 15 year production period with upside potential to extend the LOM

• Two production scenario’s• TS Option – Total post tax free cashflow of $2,041 million• FFS Option - Total post tax free cashflow of $2,980 million

…The Right Location…• Located in the Far East of Russia, close to China’s north east border, with ready access to the key nickel and copper

markets of China, Japan and Korea via Sea (Vladivostok) and Land (Rail)

• Highly skilled management team with experience operating in Russia and the Far East

…The Right Time• Nickel demand set to dramatically grow as nickel is a non-substitutable and essential commodity for the Electric Vehicle

(EV) battery market accounting for up to 80% of the raw materials in NCA batteries

• On track to be one of the world’s top-10 nickel producers arriving in a period of chronic nickel supply deficits

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Board

Robert SchaferNon-Executive

Chairman

Mr. Schafer has nearly42 years ofexperience in themineral industry.Founder andManaging Director ofEagle MinesManagement, aglobally active privatenatural resourcescorporation.

Robin YoungChief Executive Officer

Mr. Young is ageological engineerwho has workedextensively in the CISsince 1991. He has 41years of experienceincluding large scaleprojects in remoteareas as well assignificant work withjunior miningcompanies.

Brian SavageNon-Executive Director

Mr. Savage has morethan 37 years ofexperience in all aspectsof the mining industry.Currently Chairman ofSage Management LLC,a privately heldcompany he founded toadvise and invest innatural resourceprojects and companies.

Paul GazzardNon-Executive Director

Mr. Gazzard, who hasacted as an externaladviser to Amur for fouryears, has over 12 yearsof experience workingacross large institutionsin the City of London inhis role as a FundManager.

Ljupco NaumovskiNon-Executive Director

Mr. Naumovski hasmore than threedecades of experienceworking in Russia, mostrecently as VicePresident and GeneralDirector of the Moscowoffice for Kinross GoldCorporation, the largestCanadian investor inRussia.

Strong and experienced Board with a track record in Russia

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Exchange Ticker Share Price*

AIM AMC 2.9p

Market Cap* 52 Week Range Shares in Issue

£ 20.45M 2.5p – 5.8p 705,333,094

Key Shareholders* Share price graph (September 2018 to March 2019)

* As of 06 March 2019

Corporate Overview

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BARCLAYSHARE NOMINEES LIMITEDHARGREAVES LANSDOWN (NOMINEES)HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK)HSDL NOMINEES LIMITEDINTERACTIVE INVESTOR SERVICESJIM NOMINEES LIMITEDLAWSHARE NOMINEES LIMITEDVIDACOS NOMINEES LIMITEDWEALTH NOMINEES LIMITEDDIRECTORS / EXECUTIVESOTHER SHAREHOLDERS

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KUN-MANIEThe right project in the right location…

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A Globally Significant Nickel Sulphide Project

Nickel Sulphide projects with >20Kt p.a. likely to come into production over the next five years

• Kun-Manie Project is one of the highest grade, undeveloped nickel sulphide deposits globally, capable of supplying significant quantities on a yearly basis

• Only new nickel sulphide asset of any significance in Asia

• Limited number of global projects scheduled to come into production to meet forecast nickel demand, making Kun-Manie an essential asset to develop

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• Kun-Manie Project is close to

major nickel markets

• Direct access to China through

existing rail infrastructure

• Proximity to Vladivostok port

allows shipment of product to

China, Japan and Korea, large

users of nickel products

• Opportunity to deliver into

Europe via rail to St

Petersburg

Strategically Placed to Feed Major Markets

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Located In An Established Mining Area

• Amur region is home to London listed Petropavlovsk’s gold operations, with four mines close to the Project

• The Kun-Manie Project will benefit from established road and rail infrastructure with direct routes to China

and internally through Russia via the Baikal-Amur and Tran Siberian rail lines

• Amur region is well known to commodity traders and has established logistics routes

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Attractive PFS

• JORC Mineral Resource Estimate containing 155.1 millionore tonnes comprising a nickel equivalent grade of 1.02%,equating to a total of 1.58 million equivalent tonnes ofnickel

• A three year construction period and a 15 year productionperiod with upside potential to extend the life of mine

• Production will derive from four open pits and oneunderground mining operation

• Two production scenario’so TS Option - Toll Smelt option which provides the swiftest

path to revenue generation, where the concentrate is soldto a purchaser

o FFS Option - where the Company constructs and operatesan electric furnace / flash smelter converting theconcentrate to a low grade matte which allows for thecapture of additional revenues from the by-productmetals of copper, cobalt, platinum and palladium

• Low cost operations:o C1 costs within the second lower quartile for all nickel

producers TS Option estimated $3.87 per pound of payable

nickel FFS Option estimated $2.34 per pound including

additional by-product revenues

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TS Option $3.10 $3.14 $3.28 $3.88 $3.64 $4.17 $4.37 $4.06 $4.40 $5.10 $4.33 $4.38 $3.97 $3.56 $2.83

FFS Option $1.75 $1.74 $1.95 $2.76 $2.22 $2.73 $2.96 $2.64 $3.01 $3.46 $2.72 $2.80 $2.48 $2.10 $1.62

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2018 Nickel Cash Cost Curve

Source: SNL Market Intelligence

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• NPV post-tax at 10% discount rate of $614.5 million using a long-term nickel price of $8.00 per pound

• Post tax IRR of 29.3%• Total post tax free cashflow of $2,041 million• Pre-production capital expenditure of $570.4 million with a payback period of three

years

TS Option

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• NPV post-tax at 10% discount rate of $987.4 million using a long-term nickel price of $8.00 per pound

• Post tax IRR of 34.7%• Total post tax free cashflow of $2,980 million• Pre-production capital expenditure of $695.0 million with a payback period of three

years

FFS Option

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Kun-Manie Process Flowsheet

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Strategic Development

The robust PFS puts Amur and the project in an attractive position for the Company tocontinue its strategic plan and identify partnerships that will add to, and complement,the Company’s existing experience and influence in order to bring Kun-Manie intodevelopment.

• Construction of a one lane access road capable of lasting 30 years

• The initial road design was begun in February 2019

• Capital cost included in the PFS• Engagement of Strategic Partner

• Process underway • Supported by delivery of PFS• Enhance existing expertise to

help drive shareholder value

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Asia’s Largest Undeveloped Nickel Copper Sulphide Deposit

Resource Classification

Ore Ni Cu Co Pt Pd Eq Ni Ni Cu Co Pt Pd Eq Ni

Mt % % % g/t g/t (%) (1000’s t) (1000’s t) (1000’s t) (t) (t) (1000’s t)

Measured 11 0.7 0.2 0.01 0.2 0.3 0.99 80 20 1.3 3 3 111

Indicated 107 0.7 0.2 0.02 0.2 0.2 1.00 787 217 16.2 16 17 1,075

M+I 118 0.7 0.2 0.02 0.2 0.2 1.00 867 237 17.5 19 20 1,186

Inferred 37 0.8 0.2 0.02 0.2 0.2 1.08 290 81 6.0 6 7 398

TOTAL 155 0.8 0.2 0.02 0.2 0.2 1.02 1,157 319 23.5 25 18 1,582

• Following the successful drill programme in 2018 there are substantial upside opportunities including:

• Increase in the Mineral Resource Estimate

• Expansion of the mine life based on Mining Ore Reserve increases

• Optimisation of a production schedule to move higher revenue material forward allowing for enhanced early cash

flow during the first 10 years of production when reduced Metals Royalty and Net Profits Tax are available

• Metallurgical test work to reduce the magnesium oxide content for which penalty fees are applied during smelting

• The potential to generate a separate copper concentrate stream providing copper stream revenues

• Negotiate improved off take agreement terms

• Define Russian government low cost loan considerations for the access road

Kun-Manie Resource Estimate

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2018 Drill Programme

• A two-stage programme

• Completed 32,526.5 m of drilling within 169 drill holes located throughout themining licence area, bringing the total drilled metres to 117,343.7 m within 656diamond core drill holes

• Newly discovered mineralisation located adjacent to IIHG, ISK and western areaof KUB has been drill identified based on spacing of 100 m by 100 m

• As much as 30 million tonnes of existing Inferred resource may have beenconverted to Indicated and the potential to increase the mineral resourceinventory by up to an additional 25 million tonnes should materially impact theestimated mineral resource of the project

• Anticipate that the two of the PFS pits located at IKEN and KUB may merge intoone large pit, covering a strike length of more than four kilometres

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Moving Towards Development

Detailed Engineering

DRILLING RESULTS MI&I

PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY

DEFINITIVE FEASIBILITY STUDY

2021 – DEVELOPMENT

2023 – START-UP PRODUCTION

AMUR MINERALS

KUN-MANIE

PROJECT

2007 Ni-341,000tn, Cu-95,500tn 2008

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20112012 Ni-650,600tn, Cu-178,400tn

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201520162017 Ni-769,000tn, Cu-206,000tn, Co-15,000tn

LICENCED UNTIL 2035

Finalised Q1 2019

Outotec & RPM extended

Concentrate or matte being assessed

2018 Ni-1,157,000tn, Cu-319,000tn, Co-23,500tn Pt-25tn, Pd-18tn

Infrastructure & Environmental Work

Metallurgical Work

CONSTRUCTION START

2023

2022

ONGOING

TEO Submitted

TEO Approved

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Project De-Risking to Drive Further Value

Pre-Feasibility Study released in February 2019Confirms attractive economics and viability of Kun-Manie

Ongoing conversations with industry players Amur to target EV battery manufacturers and nickel supply chain participants

Discussions underway with international lendersSignificant appetite to provide project finance debt for construction of Kun-Manie Project

Production scheduled to come online during rising demand for nickel sulphide product

Project optimisation

Offtake

Financing

Production

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NICKEL MARKET…at the right time

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The Prospect for Nickel – An Electric Vehicle (EV) Demand Driven Market

• Environmental benefits are fuelling a dramatic rise in mass EV adoption globally• Lithium, cobalt and graphite prices have spiked on their role in EV, but the role of nickel in EV battery Cathodes

has so far not yet responded• All current and in development EV batteries will have significant quantities of nickel, making up to between 20-

52% of the battery raw material• Battery makers require high purity nickel to create the sulphates used in the manufacturing of EV battery

cathodes• Nickel sulphide deposits are the best source of battery grade class 1 nickel, however, they only account for

c. 40% of global production (c. 800K of world production in 2017)• To meet the projected demand production, sulphide production would have to at least double over the

next seven years, an unprecedented feat and counter to current trends – a new Kun-Manie every year!• Cathode chemistry is becoming evermore nickel rich as manufactures look to enhance energy density and

combat utilisation of cobalt

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Nickel Forecast – The Only Way Is Up

Sources: Nornickel Group, Reuters, Wood Mackenzie, UBS

• CRU expects a tight nickel market in the short / mediumterm but anticipate a large long term deficit

• CRU estimate 1.79 Mt of additional unallocated supply isneeded to match anticipated demand by 2035

• Nickel demand from batteries is the primary demanddriver and anticipated to grow from 3% of total demandin 2018 to 33.7% by 2035, representing a CAGR of 17.4%

• Wood Mackenzie has the most bullish view of nickelmetal prices projecting them to exceed the US$12/lbmark by 2030

• CRU anticipate a near doubling of todays nickel price by2027 and Consensus Economics estimate to exceedUS$8/lb by 2024

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All forecasts predict a rise in the nickel price

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Nickel Price Forecasts

Medium Term Nickel Market Balance, 2015-2023

A tight nickel market in the short / medium term

Large long term deficit predicted

Nickel Metal Supply Gap 2015-2035

1.79 Mt

Source: CRU Consulting; Wood Mackenzie; Consensus Economics

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INVESTMENT CASE

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The Case for Kun-Manie

In development and moving towards BFS

Production scheduled to start at the beginning of a sustained nickel supply requirement

Strong management and Board with experience in project development in Russia

Government support for the project and associated infrastructure

Nickel to be the major component of grid and EV batteries for many years

Nickel price set to rise in line with rising EV demand

No substitution for nickel in EV battery technology

Ideally positioned to supply China, Korea and Japan, the biggest consumers of nickel

LOCATION

The largest proven nickel sulphide deposit in Asia

PFS released in February 2019

•TS Option - post tax NPV(10%) $614.5 million, post tax IRR 29.3%, total post tax free cashflow $2,041 million•FFS Option – post tax NPV(10%) $987.4 million, posy tax IRR 34.7%, total post tax free cashflow $2,980 million

SUPPORTTIMINGSIZE COMMODITY

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Contact Us

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Amur Minerals CorporationRobin Young, CEOPaul McKay, CFO

[email protected]

SP Angel (Nomad & Broker)Lindsay MairSoltan Tagiev

+44 (0) 20 3470 0470

Blytheweigh (PR & IR)Tim BlytheMegan Ray

+44 (0) 20 7138 3203

@amur_minerals

www. amurminerals.com