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Transcript of PDAC Presentation, March 7, 2016
Low-Cost Gold Production in Timmins, Ontario
PDAC Convention 2016
March 6 – 9, 2016
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Information included in this presentation relating to the Company's expected production levels, production growth, costs, cash flows, economic returns, exploration
activities, potential for increasing resources, project expenditures and business plans are "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning
of certain securities laws, including under the provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws and under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and are referred to herein as "forward-looking statements." The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements represent management's best judgment based on current facts and assumptions that management considers reasonable,
including that operating and capital plans will not be disrupted by issues such as mechanical failure, unavailability of parts, labour disturbances, interruption in
transportation or utilities, or adverse weather conditions, that there are no material unanticipated variations in budgeted costs, that contractors will complete projects
according to schedule, and that actual mineralization on properties will be consistent with models and will not be less than identified mineral reserves. The Company
makes no representation that reasonable business people in possession of the same information would reach the same conclusions. Forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In particular, delays in development or mining and
fluctuations in the price of gold or in currency markets could prevent the Company from achieving its targets. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements. More information about risks and uncertainties affecting the Company and its business is available in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form
and other regulatory filings with the Canadian Securities Administrators, which are posted on sedar at www.sedar.com, or the Company’s most recent Annual Report on
Form 40-F and other regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
QUALITY CONTROL
Lake Shore Gold has a quality control program to ensure best practices in the sampling and analysis of drill core. A total of three Quality Control samples consisting of 1
blank, 1 certified standard and 1 reject duplicate are inserted into groups of 20 drill core samples. The blanks and the certified standards are checked to be within
acceptable limits prior to being accepted into the GEMS SQL database. Routine assays have been completed using a standard fire assay with a 30-gram aliquot. For
samples that return a value greater than three grams per tonne gold on exploration projects and greater than 10 gpt at the Timmins mine and Thunder Creek underground
project, the remaining pulp is taken and fire assayed with a gravimetric finish. Select zones with visible gold are typically tested by pulp metallic analysis on some projects.
NQ size drill core is saw cut and half the drill core is sampled in standard intervals. The remaining half of the core is stored in a secure location. The drill core is
transported in security-sealed bags for preparation at ALS Chemex Prep Lab located in Timmins, Ontario, and the pulps shipped to ALS Chemex Assay Laboratory in
Vancouver, B.C. ALS Chemex is an ISO 9001-2000 registered laboratory preparing for ISO 17025 certification.
QUALIFIED PERSON
Scientific and technical information related to mine production and reserves contained in this presentation has been reviewed and approved by Natasha Vaz, P.Eng., Vice-
President, Technical Services, who is an employee of Lake Shore Gold Corp., and a “qualified person” as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).
Scientific and technical information related to resources, drilling and all matters involving mine production geology, as well as exploration drilling, contained in this
presentation, or source material for this presentation, was reviewed and approved by Eric Kallio, P.Geo., Senior Vice-President, Exploration. Mr. Kallio is an employee of
Lake Shore Gold Corp., and is a “qualified person” as defined by NI 43-101.
Forward-Looking Statements
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LSG, Tahoe Business Combination 0.1467 Tahoe Share for Each LSG Share
Large-scale, low-cost production @ 400,000 oz gold, 20M oz silver per year (600,000 – 700,000 oz gold equivalent)(1)
Gold equivalent cash costs <US$700/oz, AISC <US$950/oz(1)
Large portfolio of growth assets Growing gold production in Peru and Canada
Attractive exploration targets in all regions
Solid free cash flow generation
Strong balance sheet
Returning capital to shareholders
(1) Using US$1,175/oz gold, US$15.00/oz silver
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Diversified Operating Platform in the Americas
La Arena Oxides Shahuindo Oxides
2016E Prod. 200-250koz Au
Cash Costs US$700-$750/oz
Reserves Au 0.9Moz @ 0.36g/t 1.9Mozs @ 0.53g/t
M&I Res. Au 1.2Moz @ 0.32g/t 2.3Mozs @ 0.50g/t
La Arena Sulfides
Reserves Au 0.6Moz @ 0.31g/t
Reserves Cu 0.6Blbs @ 0.43%
M&I Res. Au 2.1Moz @ 0.24g/t
M&I Res. Cu 2.0Blbs @ 0.33%
Shahuindo Sulfides
Inf. Res. Au 2.0Moz @ 0.71g/t
Inf. Res. Ag 59Moz @ 21g/t
Timmins West Bell Creek
2016E Prod. 170-180koz Au
Cash Costs <$650/oz
Reserves Au 0.5Moz @ 4.30g/t 0.3Moz @ 4.57g/t
M&I Res. Au 0.7Moz @ 4.76g/t 0.7Moz @ 4.36g/t
Escobal
2016E Prod. 18-21Moz Ag
Cash Costs $7.50-$8.50/oz
Reserves Ag 310Moz @ 332g/t
M&I Res. Ag 389Moz @ 332g/t
Other Lake Shore Assets
Resources M&I (Moz) Inferred (Moz)
144 Gap Zone 0.3 @ 5.41g/t 0.3 @ 5.19g/t
Whitney 0.7 @ 6.85g/t 0.2 @ 5.34g/t
Gold River 0.1 @ 5.29g/t 1.0 @ 6.06g/t
Juby 1.1 @ 1.28g/t 2.9 @ 0.94g/t
Vogel 0.1 @ 1.75g/t 0.2 @ 3.60g/t
Marlhill 0.1 @ 4.52g/t -
Fenn-Gib 1.3 @ 0.99g/t 0.8 @ 0.95g/t
Total 3.7 @ 2.77g/t 5.4 @ 2.41g/t
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Strong Balance Sheet
Cash: US$162M
C$216M (C$/US$:0.75)
Debt: US$65M
C$87M*
* Assumes conversion of LSG
convertible debentures to shares
Growing, Low-Cost Gold Production
20.4 20.3 20.3
$7.57 $7.10 $7.06
2016E 2017E 2018E
Sil
ver
Pro
du
cti
on
(M
ozs
)
Ag Production - THO Cash Cost (US$/oz Ag)
Stable Prodution
254 283 300
175 175 176
429 458 476
$621 $622 $628
2016E 2017E 2018E
Go
ld P
rod
ucti
on
(ko
zs)
Au - THO Au - LSG PF Cash Cost (US$/oz)
StrongGrowth
Potential
Source: Available analyst estimates Note: EBITDA as per Bloomberg consensus estimates
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Benefits for LSG shareholders
Unlocks value immediately at level well over conversion price
of convertible debenture ($1.40/share)
Increases prospects for future value creation through
ownership of Tahoe shares
Leverage to accelerated growth plans for Timmins assets
Participation in near-term growth in gold production in Peru
Leverage to silver through Escobal mine in Guatemala
Participation in attractive dividend
US$0.02 per share per month (US$0.24 per share per year)
LSG, Tahoe Business Combination
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LSG: Three-Year Outlook(1)
Production 170,000 to 180,000 oz per year
Improved balance sheet
Drive growth pipeline forward
Cash op. costs <US$650/oz, AISC <US$950/oz
(1) Contains Forward-looking Information
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Growth Projects
Potential for Multiple Gold Deposits Along 144/GR Trends
Timmins West Mine
Near-Term Exploration
Targets Gold River Trend
TC–144 Trend
Gold River Deposit M&I: 690k tonnes @ 5.3 gpt (117k oz)
Inferred: 5.3M tonnes at 6.1 gpt (1.0M oz)
Timmins
Deposit
Thunder
Creek
144
North
144 South
144 Gap SW Zone Discovery (Within 200 m of 144 Gap Zone)
144 Gap
144 Gap Deposit Indicated: 1,734,000 tonnes @ 5.41 gpt (301.7k oz)
Inferred: 1,914,000 tonnes @ 5.19 gpt (319.2k oz)
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Growth Projects 144 Gap Deposit – New Resource
Timmins Deposit Thunder Creek 144 GAP Deposit
144 Gap Deposit(1) Indicated: 1,734,000 tonnes @ 5.41 gpt (301.7k oz)
Inferred: 1,914,000 tonnes @ 5.19 gpt (319.2k oz)
(1) See Slide 16 for footnotes related to the 144 Gap Deposit resource
Open
Open
Open
Open
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Growth Projects
Bell Creek Deep: Preparing for Shaft Extension
Conceptual shaft
extension and
development plan
775 mL
925 mL
1250 mL
1050 mL
1625 mL
Bottom of current
reserve at 1165 L
(1) Refers to proven and probable
(2) Refers to measured and indicated
Reserves
P&P(1): 1,792,000 tonnes @ 4.6 gpt 263,600 oz
Resources
M&I(2): 4,904,000 tonnes @ 4.29 gpt 687,000 oz
Inferred: 4,399,000 tonnes @ 4.84 gpt 685,000 oz
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Growth Projects
Potential Open-Pit at Whitney
* Grams per tonne, at 3.0 gpt cut-off
(1) Lake Shore Gold has not verified the mineral
resources disclosed in the technical report for
the Whitney Project. To the best of Lake Shore
Gold’s knowledge, information, and belief, there
is no new material scientific or technical
information that would make the disclosure of
the mineral resources inaccurate or misleading.
(2) 60% Interest
Whitney Project JV – Resources(1)(2)
Tonnes Grade* Ounces
Measured 966,000 7.02 218,100
Indicated 2,253,000 6.77 490,500
Total M&I 3,219,000 6.85 708,600
Inferred 995,000 5.34 170,700
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Growth Projects New Drilling Planned at Gold River
986,000 tonnes @ 9.81
gpt for 310,900 ozs
(between 400 and 800
metres)
1,700 m
800 m
Gold River Trend – East Two highly prospective deposits
within 4 kms of Timmins West
mine shaft – East and West
deposits
Resources:
690k tonnes @ 5.3 gpt (117k oz)
5.3M tonnes @ 6.1 gpt (1.0M oz)
Resource contains high-grade
core consisting of 310,900 oz at
9.81 gpt
Drilling to date focused on shallow
targets in East Deposit
2016 drilling largely focused on
Gold River Extension
3D View – Conceptual
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Growth Projects Potential Large-Scale, Open-Pit at Fenn-Gib
Potential large-scale,
open-pit project
Excellent opportunity to
increase existing
resources
Significant potential
along strike and at
depth given limited
drilling beyond the 300
metre level
Contains silver ounces
in deposit, not factored
into current resource
estimate
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Unlocks value immediately
Participation in attractive monthly dividend
Financial strength/flexibility to drive growth projects
LSG, Tahoe Business Combination Benefits for LSG Shareholders
144 Trend (advancing into production, significant exploration potential)
Bell Creek Deep (sinking shaft to below 1,400 metres)
Whitney Project (Combined Open Pit, U/G project adjacent to Bell Creek Mill)
Gold River (>1 million ounces in resources, new drilling planned in 2016)
Fenn-Gib (large-scale, longer-term project)
Juby (large-scale, longer-term project)
Low-Cost Gold Production in Timmins, Ontario
PDAC Convention 2016
March 6 – 9, 2016
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Footnotes to 144 Gap Deposit Resource
1) Mineral resource estimates have been classified according to CIM Definitions and Guidelines.
2) Mineral resources are reported inclusive of reserves.
3) Mineral resources incorporate a minimum cut-off grade of 2.6 grams per tonne gold.
4) Cut-off grade is determined using a weighted average gold price of US$1,100 per ounce and an
exchange rate of $0.90 $US/$CAD.
5) Cut-off grades assume mining, G&A and trucking costs of $74 per tonne and processing costs of $22 per
tonne. Metallurgical recoveries are estimated at 97.0% based on initial test work.
6) Mineral resources have been estimated using Inverse Distance Squared estimation method and gold
grades which have been capped between 70 and 120 grams per tonne based on statistical analysis of
each zone.
7) Assumed minimum mining width is two metres.
8) The mineral resources were prepared under the supervision of, and verified by, Eric Kallio, P.Geo.,
Senior Vice-President, Exploration, Lake Shore Gold Corp., who is a qualified person under NI 43-101
and an employee of Lake Shore Gold.
9) Tonnes information is rounded to the nearest thousand and gold ounces to the nearest one hundred. As a
result, totals may not add exactly due to rounding.
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Cash Operating Costs per Ounce
Cash operating cost per ounce is a Non-GAAP measure. In the gold mining industry, cash operating cost per ounce is a
common performance measure but does not have any standardized meaning. Cash operating costs per ounce are based
on ounces sold and are derived from amounts included in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income and
include mine site operating costs such as mining, processing and administration, but exclude depreciation, depletion and
share-based payment expenses and reclamation costs. The Company discloses cash cost per ounce as it believes this
measure provides valuable assistance to investors and analysts in evaluating the Company’s performance and ability to
generate cash flow. This measure should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures prepared in
accordance with GAAP such as total production costs. A reconciliation of cash operating costs and cash operating cost
per ounce sold to total production costs for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2015 is set out beginning
on page 24 of the Company’s Management Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) for the full-year and fourth quarter 2015.
All-In Sustaining Costs per Ounce
AISC is a Non-GAAP measure. The measure is intended to assist readers in evaluating the total costs of producing gold
from current operations. While there is no standardized meaning across the industry for this measure, the Company’s
definition conforms to the AISC definition as set out by the World Gold Council in its guidance note dated June 27, 2013.
The Company defines all-in sustaining cost as the sum of cash costs from mine operations, sustaining capital (capital
required to maintain current operations at existing levels), corporate general and administrative expenses, in-mine
exploration expenses and reclamation cost accretion related to current operations. All-in sustaining cost excludes growth
capital, growth exploration expenditures, reclamation cost accretion not related to current operations and interest and
other financing costs. A reconciliation of all-in sustaining costs and all-in sustaining cost per ounce to total production
costs for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2015 is set out beginning on page 25 of the Company’s
MD&A for the full-year and fourth quarter 2015.
Non-GAAP Measures(1)
(1) The Company’s MD&A for the full-year and fourth quarter of 2015 and 2014 is posted at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at www.lsgold.com.