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Arrow: A Rapidly Growing Uranium Discovery | January, 2015

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Arrow: A Rapidly Growing Uranium Discovery | January, 2015

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Disclaimer Information Contained In This Presentation

This presentation is a summary description of NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the

“Company”) and its business and does not purport to be complete. This presentation is

not, and in no circumstances is it to be construed as, a prospectus, an advertisement, or

a public offering of securities. No securities regulatory authority or similar authority has

reviewed or in any way passed upon the document or the merits of the Company’s

securities and any representation to the contrary is an offence.

Except where otherwise indicated, the information contained in this presentation has

been prepared by NexGen and there is no representation or warranty by NexGen or any

other person as to the accuracy or completeness of the information set forth herein. This

presentation includes information on adjacent properties that was obtained from various

publicly available sources referred to herein and the accuracy and completeness of such

information has not been verified by NexGen. Except as otherwise stated, information

included in this presentation is given as of the date hereof. Neither the delivery of this

presentation nor any sale made under the terms described herein shall imply that the

information herein is correct as of any date after the date hereof.

All dollar amounts referenced herein, unless otherwise indicated, are expressed in

Canadian dollars.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information

Statements contained in this presentation that are not current or historical factual

statements may constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable

securities laws including statements with respect to the properties, a concurrent

financing, our plans for exploration and development of our properties and our financial

condition, operations and prospects. The forward-looking information reflects current

expectations regarding future results, performance or achievements and speaks only as

of the date of this presentation. When used in this presentation, forward-looking

information can be identified by such words as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “believe”, “plan”,

“project”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “estimate” and other similar terminology. Such forward-

looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors

that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be

materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed in or

implied by such information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are

not limited in any manner to those risks set forth in this presentation under the heading

“Risk Factors”, including, the risk that no mineralization will be identified on the Radio

and Rook I properties; the Company’s dependence on third party financing; the

Company’s limited operating history; risks inherent in exploration activities;

environmental and safety risks including increased regulatory burdens; unexpected

geological or hydrological conditions; a possible deterioration in political support for

nuclear energy; changes in government regulations and policies, including trade laws

and policies; demand for nuclear power; failure to obtain necessary permits and

approvals from government authorities; weather and other natural phenomena; and other

exploration, development, operating, financial market and regulatory risks. The

foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.

The forward-looking information contained in this presentation requires management to

make certain assumptions including with respect to the financing and its ability to

successfully develop its properties. Although management of the Company believes that

the assumptions underlying, and the expectations reflected in, the forward-looking

information are reasonable, significant risks and uncertainties are involved in such

information. Management can give no assurances that its assumptions, estimates and

expectations will prove to have been correct. Forward-looking information should not be

read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate

indications of whether or not or the times at or by which such performance or results will

be achieved. Many factors that are beyond the Company’s control could cause actual

results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.

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Uranium Market - 70 reactors currently under construction

- Another 150-200 in planning - China nuclear capacity currently 18GW increasing to 58GW by 2020, 200GW by 2030:

China Climate Pledge with the US - Needs 1,000 Nuclear Plant Effort, Bloomberg, November 21, 2014.

The Chairman of CGN Uranium Resources, “the firm had already secured uranium projects in all other major producing nations, including Namibia, Kazakhstan and Australia, and was now focusing its efforts

on Canada, Reuters December 5, 2014.

- Japan: Approved the restart of 2 reactors 2015

Application for another 20 of 48 in review

- Spot Price uranium up ~50% since Sept 2014 Kyushu Electric's Sendai nuclear power plant could restart in late 2014 or early 2015. Courtesy: Japan Times

Two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors are currently under construction at the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station in eastern Zhejiang Province, China. Courtesy: Westinghouse

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Board, Executive & Technical Team

Board & Executive

Chris McFadden Chairman

Leigh Curyer Chief Executive Officer

Grace Marosits Chief Financial Officer

Richard Patricio Director

Trevor Thiele Director

Craig Parry Director

Gerry Feldman Director

James Currie Director

Strong team with a successful track record in

uranium exploration.

Technical Team

Garrett Ainsworth VP Exploration & Development

Adam Engdahl

Project Manager - Saskatchewan

James Sykes Senior Geologist

Technical Advisory Committee

Andrew Browne former VP Exploration & Development

Craig Parry Director

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Project Overview Project Overview Focus High tonnage, high grade, technically superior assets in shallow sections of the Athabasca Basin

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South West Athabasca Basin NexGen owns the most dominant land package in this section of the Basin

Portfolio Characteristics

- Straddles the Basin boundary and shallow sections inside the Basin

- Hosts the land based Arrow discovery at Rook I

- Hosts all known uranium

bearing conductor corridors

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Arrow Discovery Rook I Project location & Conductor Corridors

Arrow Discovery - Discovered February

2014, - Land based located

inside the Basin boundary

- 30 from 32 holes drilled to date intersected multiple high grade uranium mineralisation

- AR-14-30 ranked as one of the best holes in the Athabasca Basin

Rook I hosts all the known uranium bearing conductor corridors in the region

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Arrow Target Conductor break coincident with gravity low.

Discovered on first drill hole AR-14-1 (formerly RK-14-21)

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Arrow Series of stacked parallel sub- vertical mineralized shear zones

Characteristics 30 of 32 holes drilled to date intersected high grade uranium mineralization 90% of holes drilled are angled across wide step outs, Area of mineralization, Length x width - 515m x 215m,

Depth - 100m to 730m,

Open in all directions along a 7km

conductor corridor

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Arrow AR-14-30 cross section

Ranks as one of the best drill holes in the Athabasca Basin Very high grade continuous over large intercepts

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AR-14-30 Core

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Arrow Discovery / Eagle Point Deposit Analogy

65 million lbs produced, 20 million lbs reserve, within >200 million lb district

- Eagle Point Uranium deposits are located on the eastern edge of the Athabasca Basin, and are part of the Rabbit Lake Uranium district, which also includes the Rabbit Lake and Collins Bay deposits. - The Rabbit Lake Uranium District has produced more than 190 million pounds of uranium concentrates since production began in 1975 (www.cameco.com/business/uranium-operations/canada/rabbit-lake). - In 1987, a historical (non 43-101 compliant) “total ore reserve” for the Eagle Point deposits comprised approximately 140 Million pounds (64,000 tonnes) at an average grade of about 2.0% U3O8 (Eldorado Resources Limited. 1987. The Eagle Point Uranium Deposits. Saskatchewan Geological Society. Economic Minerals of Saskatchewan. Pg. 78-98). - Production commenced in 1994 and is in production today.

The Arrow zone is located just inside the present day Athabasca Basin where no drill testing has occurred within 4 km along strike to the northeast within the Athabasca Basin, and within 3 km along strike to the southwest outside of the Athabasca Basin.

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Dravite Breccia – Arrow, McArthur River

Arrow: AR-14-15 422.25m Dravite associated (or proximal) to mineralization

Dravite-Chlorite-filled Breccias,

Direct Association with Mineralization – McArthur River Deposits and BJ Zone

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Rook I – Patterson Conductor Corridor Arrow: multiple target zones (7kms)

Patterson Lake South

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Eastern Athabasca Basin Portfolio

High quality portfolio

- Radio located directly adjacent to and long strike of Roughrider, Rio Tinto acquired for $654M in February 2012

Thorburn Lake (9 of 15 drill holes have intersected uranium mineralization)

Madison and 2Z Lake projects contain shallow (<100m thick) sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation, and is along strike from U-mineralized conductors. The mineralized structures and conductors within 2Z have not been adequately explored, and represent good potential for discovery of new basement-hosted uranium deposits.

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Share Structure

As of December 31, 2014

Shares Issued & Outstanding 195,758,536

Warrants ($0.425 - $0.65) 35,448,456

Options ($0.30 - $0.46) 18,252,303

Fully Diluted 249,459,295

Cash ~$14M

Ownership Tigers Realm Minerals & Associates

Mega Uranium

Radio Optionors (2 - individually)

~17%

~16%

~7%

TSX-V:

NXE

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Arrow Summary

- 30 of 32 holes drilled intercepted mineralization,

- Area of mineralization 515 m x 215m, vertical extent commencing from 100m down to 730m,

- AR-14-30 one of the best holes in Athabasca Basin history, grade thickness of 909 including a continuous 46m @ 10.32% U3O8,

- Well financed $15M,

- Geophysical surveys being conducted November / December 2014

- 18,000 meter program commencing January 2015.

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Contact

Investor Relations

604-684-6730 | 1-866-684-6730

[email protected]

Head Office

2450 – 650 W. Georgia Street

Vancouver, BC V6B 4N9

604-428-4112

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