LISHEEN MILLING LTD TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Marketing and Sales Lin Wang Casey 16 August 2013 Tel: +353 21 4355511 Subject: Lisheen Lead Concentrate Tender – September & October 2013 Lisheen Milling Ltd, invites your company to submit terms for the purchase of about 8,000 WMT +/- 10% of lead concentrates for shipment during September & October 2013 (final tonnage to be confirmed during negotiations with successful customer). 1 2 Quantity Material 3 Shipments 4 Delivery 5 Prices 8,000 WMT +/- 10% at Seller’s option Lisheen Lead Concentrates Present assays, see below table In bulk, one shipment of approximately 4,000 wmt in first half of September 2013 and one shipment of approximately 4,000 wmt in October 2013 (at seller’s option) defined as contractual periods of shipments. CIF Free Out – Antwerp/Moerdijk or parity Parity for Kokkola - €9 per wmt Parity for Odda - €5 per wmt Parity for Aviles/Santander - €2 per wmt Parity for Nordenham - €1 per wmt Parity for any additional port to be finalised before confirmation of port Minimum shipment size to Kokkola is 5600wmt LME Lead Price means the average of the official LME settlement quotation in US Dollars for Special High Grade Lead Metal, as quoted during the official morning session of the LME as published in the Metal Bulletin of London in US Dollars, during the corresponding quotational period. LBMA Silver price means the London Bullion Market Association official spot quotations for Silver quoted in US Cents. Treatment charges to be quoted on US$/dmt flat. No Penalty to apply 6 TC 7 Metal Payable Lead: The lead to be paid for each DMT of lead LISHEEN MILLING LIMITED Killoran, Moyne Thurles, Co Tipperary, Ireland Telephone + 353 (0) 504 45600 Fax + 353 (0) 504 45700 www.lisheenmine.ie Directors K. Kumar (India), A Buckley, J Elmes 3 concentrate shall be 95% (ninety-five percent) of the full lead content, subject to a minimum deduction of 3.00 (three) units/DMT. 8 9 Quotational Period Deductions 10 11 12 Supervision, WSMD Splitting Limits Payment 13 Assay Exchange 14 Other Terms Silver: The silver to be paid for each DMT of lead concentrate shall be 95% (ninety-five percent) of the full silver content, subject to a minimum deduction of 50 (Fifty) gms/ dmt. QP shall be LME/LBMA average MOSS. Deductions shall be submitted by the buyer Refining Charges – US$/Tr Oz. No Penalty to apply Load Port Final without weight franchise. Lead: 0.30% Silver: 20 g/t 1st provisional invoice -100% against fax/email copy of customary shipping documents. 2nd provisional invoice on completion of QP. Final invoice when all details are final. Assays to be exchanged in the usual manner by crossing courier i.e. Buyer and Seller certificates. Buyer to furnish assay results on the letterhead of LME registered laboratory. Seller reserves the right to accept any bid or reject any or all the bids received. Any bid submitted under this tender shall remain valid till the bid validity period as per the tender and would remain so in case seller decides to counter the bid under consideration. Should the seller for any reasons refrain from concluding a contract with the successful bidder, the latter shall have no right to claim any damages in this connection. Bidder to specify other terms that may add value to the Seller. We would appreciate having your offer of terms by latest 12:00 hours, Greenwich Mean Time, on the 23rd August 2013. We intend to evaluate promptly and expect to conclude the sale on 27th August 2013, so your offer should be valid for acceptance through the close of business on this date. Lisheen reserves the right to reject any or all offers and will not get into any correspondence with any unsuccessful bidder. Lisheen’s decision is final and binding. LISHEEN MILLING LIMITED Killoran, Moyne Thurles, Co Tipperary, Ireland Telephone + 353 (0) 504 45600 Fax + 353 (0) 504 45700 www.lisheenmine.ie Directors K. Kumar (India), A Buckley, J Elmes 3 Specifications Lead Pb 58 – 66% Zn Zinc 4.0 – 8.0% Cobalt Co 100 – 300 ppm Cadmium Cd 0.02 – 0.05% Iron Fe 4.0 – 8.70% Nickel Ni 200 – 1500 ppm Silver Ag 25 – 280 grams/ton Magnesium MgO 0.1 – 0.4% Germanium Ge < 5 ppm Silica Si02 0.40 – 0.80% Antimony Sb < 0.025% Mercury Hg 1 – 6 ppm Bismuth Bi < 5 ppm Arsenic As 0.09 – 0.65% Manganese Mn 0.001 - 0.006% Water H20 6.5 – 7.8% Sulphur S 15 – 22% IMPORTANT (1) You must return your bid by e-mail only to Katie Corcoran (kcorcoran@lisheen.ie), Lin Wang-Casey (lwangcasey@lisheen.ie), and Vijay Murthy (VMurthy@blackmountain.co.za) (2) Bids NOT received, except through the above mentioned e-mail will not be considered. If you have any questions concerning this invitation, please contact me on +353 21 4355511. We would appreciate your confirming receipt of this e-mail and whether you intend to respond to this tender. Best regards, Lin Wang Casey For and on behalf of Lisheen Milling Ltd LISHEEN MILLING LIMITED Killoran, Moyne Thurles, Co Tipperary, Ireland Telephone + 353 (0) 504 45600 Fax + 353 (0) 504 45700 www.lisheenmine.ie Directors K. Kumar (India), A Buckley, J Elmes