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FINEX ’ 08

Bou Jabeur

– Gite de l’Est Headframe

ZINC EXPLORATION IN

NORTH AFRICA

Gordon P Riddler

Chairman

Maghreb Minerals plc [MMS]

24 September 2008 FINEX '08, LONDON 1

Disclaimer

Although reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the facts stated in the presentation and in this document are accurate and that the opinions expressed are fair and reasonable, no reliance can be placed for any purpose whatsoever on the information contained in this document or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given by either Maghreb Minerals Plc (the ‘Company’) (or by any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or advisers (as the case may be) as to the accuracy of the information or opinions contained in, or as to the completeness of, this document. Prospective investors are encouraged to obtain separate and independent verification of information and opinions contained herein as part of their own due diligence. This document is made available only on request to recipients whom the Company believe on reasonable grounds are persons falling within sections 19(5)(3), 48, 49(2) and 50 of the Financial Services and Markets

Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001. Any investment or investment activity to which this proposal relates is available only to such persons and will be engaged in only with such persons. Persons who do not have professional experience in matters relating to investments should not rely on this document. By accepting this document, the Recipient agrees to keep permanently confidential the information contained herein or sent herewith or made available in connection with further enquiries. It is a condition of the issue of this document that it will not be reproduced, copied or circulated to any third party without the express prior consent of the Directors of the Company. The distribution of this document in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore any person into whose possession this document comes should inform himself about and observe any such restriction. This document is not for distribution outside the United Kingdom and, in particular, it or any copy of it should not be distributed by any means (including electronic transmission) either to persons with addresses in Canada, Australia, Japan, the Russian

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The statements contained in this presentation are both historical and forward-looking in nature. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including those relating to exploration, the establishment of reserves, the recovery of any reserves, future zinc production and production costs, and future permitting dates for additional sources of ore.

NOTE:

– Throughout this presentation some of the information in relation to mineral resource estimates has been sourced from the Office National des

Mines and other official sources in Tunisia. The Group has not yet been able to verify independently the accuracy of some of this information.

Where applicable in its context, any tonnage and grade estimates given in this presentation are based on available historical information and are not compliant with International Reporting Standards but it is the only information currently available to the Group.

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Zinc Exploration in North Africa

• Factors influencing Maghreb strategy:

– Historical background to mining in Africa

– Where are the past and present mines and exploration?

– Factors Relevant to Increasing Production in Africa

– Potential for Discovery and Increasing Production

• Where is Maghreb Minerals plc looking?

• What is the company doing?

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Historical Background

• Pre-historic hearth smelting

• Roman working

• Artisanal and small-scale mining

• Colonial development

• Disruption following independence

• Mining getting back on track in many countries in Africa

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ZINC

IN

AFRICA

33, 34

35

R

E

25, 26

27, 28

37

36

38, 39, 40,

41, 42, 43,

44, 45

15, 16

17, 18

E

RR

8

9

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Zinc in Africa

Country

South

Africa

Namibia

Zambia

DRC

Congo

Nigeria

Burkina

Faso

Eritrea

# Deposit Name

1 Black Mountain

2 Broken Hill

3 Gamsberg

4 Pering

5 Maranda

6 Metorex

7 Tsumeb/Adenab

8 Rosh Pina

9 Skorpion

10 Kabwe

11 Kipushi

12 Yanga Koubanza

13 Mindouli

14 Mfouati

15 Ishiagu

16 Enyiba

17 Ameri

Status

M

Mine Start

(Mine Closure)

1981

Resource Data

Reserves: 12.7Mt @1.8%Zn, 4.38% Pb

(2001),

M

R 90Mt @ 6.3% Zn, 0.5% Pb with Cu

1984 (2002) 18Mt @ 3.6% Zn, 0.69% Pb c MaHost

Rock Age

2000 Ma

2000

2521

Host Rock

Type

Granulite gneiss

Dolomite MVT

E

 (2003) Reserves: 0.3 Mt @ 15.3% Zn, 1.5% Cu

1907 (1996) 30Mt @ 4.0% Cu, 9.0% Pb. 3.2% Zn 1500

M 1969 Reserves: 6.5Mt @ 8.7% Zn, 2.5% Pb

Resources: 15Mt dolomite

600 Volcanic -

600 sedimentary

Volc – sed

1500-220 carbonates

M 2003 24.6Mt @ 10.6% Zn

1906 (1994) Mine capacity 250,000 tpa

R 1929 (1973) 17Mt 16.7% Zn, 2.32% Cu plus

9Mt @ 23.3% Zn 1.93% Cu

 E 1905 (1978) 5.53Mt @ 8%Pb. 7% Zn. 1.9% Cu

(1978) Largest in E Niari region

 1938 (1984)

1500

1500

1500 dolomite

Calc schist dolomite

M

M

1.5Mt @ 7% Zn (2006)

Overall average grade for Benue Valley deposits 12% Zn+ Pb ratio 2:1

100 Carb shales

M

18 Ameka

19 Perkoa

M

R Expected 2008 6.3Mt @ 14.5% Zn, .06% Pb, 10%

BaSO

4,

26 g/t Ag

2000

20 Asmara R 1500

5.3 Mt @1.57 g/t Au, 74.8 g/t Ag, 2% Cu, 0.8% Zn 21 Debarwa

22 Adi Nefas

R

R 1.2Mt @ 11.5% Zn, 1.1%Cu, 4.4 g/t Au,

165 g/t Ag

40 Mt target 23 Emba Derho E R

24 Bisha

Status : M = Active Mine;

E Assy: 6.27%Cu, 1g/t Au, 42.g/t Ag +Zn

= Closed Mine ; R = Estimated Resource; E = Active Exploration.

Volc tuffites

VMS

VMS

Note: Indicative List. Resources quoted may not be to reporting code standards

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Zinc in Africa

Country

Morocco

Algeria

Tunisia

# Deposit Name

25 Bou Beker

26 Touissit

27 Mekta

28 Beddiane

Mine Start

Status (Mine Closure)

1926 (1997)

 (2003)

1926 (1997)

M 1992

Resource Data

Between 1926 and 1997 produced

67Mt @ 7%Pb, 3% Zn and up to 600 g/t Ag c MaHost

Rock Age

170

Host Rock

Type dolomites

29 Hajar 8.4Mt @ 10.5% Zn, 3% Pb, 0.3% Cu,

60 g/t Ag (2002)

7.79Mt 5.52% Zn, 2.3% Pb, 0.27% Cu

355 Volc – sed contact zone

30 Drâa Lasfar M 2004

31 Tighza

32 Oued Amizour

33 Bouk Dema

34 Kef Semmah

35 Ain Sedjra

36 Bou Jabeur West

37 El Abed

38 Gite l’Est

39 Dar N’Hal Nord

40 Djebba

41 Bougrine

42 Zriba Guebli

43 Kohol

M E 1955 5 Mt; production 30 ktpa Pb, 4 ktpa Zn

E 30 Mt @ 5.5% Zn, 1.4% Pb of which

11Mt @ 10.9% Zn. 3% Pb

E 1927 (1930) 18.4Mt @ 4% Zn, 2% Pb

E 1900 (1953) Oxide: 2.1 MT @ 20% Zn, 2.93% Pb

Sulphide: 3.2Mt @ 6% Zn, 1.35% Pb

 E 1911 (1953) 2.2Mt @ 11.4% Zn, 1.14% Pb

R

 (1997)

Zinc mineralisation recorded - ?5Mt

Part of Bou Beker

– Touissit resource

E 1891 (2002) 5.1 Mt @ 3.76% Zn, 1.38% Pb, 33.2%

BaSO

4

, 9.3% CaF

2

E 1891 (2005) 1.2 Mt @ 6.1% Zn, 5.5% Pb mine reserve left.

E 1920 (1956) 2.7 Mt @6.14% Zn, 3.34% Pb

E 1990s (2005) c10 Mt at start

1.3Mt @ 10.9% Zn, 1.9% Pb (2002)

E 1967 (1992) 4Mt @ 25% CaF

2

, 2% Pb + Zn

R E 0.4 Mt @ 35% CaF

2

, 5% Pb + Zn

350

150

100

170

170 volc – sed

Lavas + sed

Dolomites dolomites

100 - 10 Karstic carbonates and dolomites

44 Sidi at Taia E Mineralisation 3.5% Pb + Zn, 15% CaF

2,

10% BaSO

4

Zinc oxide and sulphide 45 Mesella  E

Status :

M

= Active Mine;

= Closed Mine

; R

= Estimated Resource;

E

= Active Exploration

Note: Indicative List. Resources quoted may not be to reporting code standards

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Zinc in Africa

Factors Relevant to Increasing Production

• Political risk

• Stability of title

• Stability of fiscal regime

• Data availability and infrastructure support

• Access to under-explored areas and former mine sites

• Application of modern exploration and mining techniques

• Innovative processing

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Potential for Discovery and Increasing Production

• Large (>40Mt), lower grade VMS type deposits in older Proterozoic terrains (Gamsberg, Asmara)

– Complex mineral paragenesis; complicated metallurgy

• Smaller (~5 - 10Mt), higher grade MVT type carbonate hosted deposits (Benue Valley, Bouk

Dema, Fej Lahboum, Gite de l’Est)

– Central processing facility and more extensive infrastructure

• Zinc Oxide Deposits

– Application of SE/EW technology (Skorpion, Kef Semmah)

• Volcano-sedimentary Hercynian terrains (Hajar,

Draa Lasfar)

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Where is Maghreb Minerals Looking?

FOLLOWING

THE

ROMANS

INTO

TUNISIA

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Why Tunisia ?

 Opportunity to re-start mining at past producing mines

 mining stopped at a time of low metal prices; these mines have established resources in situ and upside for more

 Bougrine concentrator on care and maintenance

 Centrally located with capacity up to 2,000 tpd

 Ready Market in Europe

 World shortage of good quality concentrate

 Clean concentrate commanding high prices in the European smelting market

 Bou Grine product sold to a number of European smelters

 Competitive mining code and stable fiscal regime

 Good existing infrastructure

 power, water, rail, concentrate handling, extensive good quality geodata and effective government support

 Little modern exploration and excellent exploration potential

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Maghreb Minerals Response…

 Built a strong portfolio of exploration permits

 Hold 100% title on 7 EPs around and along strike from former producing mines

 After extended negotiation, recently (2007) secured title to three past producing mines

 Opportunity to fast track to production

 Exploration targeting using alternative model

 "thrust related model replaces salt dome related concept“

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Maghreb portfolio of assets

Past producing mine

Pb=Zn showing

Mejerda Zone

Djebba ‘resource’* approx. 3 to 4 Mt grading

6% Zn + 3% Pb

10km from Fej Lahdoum

Past Producing Fej Lahdoum mine current ‘resource’*

1.5 Mt grading 11.6% Pb+Zn

Significant Upside Tonnage Potential

Past Producing

Breakwater Resources

Bou Grine Mine up to 2,000 tpd mill

Past Producing

Closed September 2005 on

Bou Jabeur

Pb-Zn-Ba-CaF2 mine(s)

G îte de l’Est ‘resource’* 5.1 care and maintenance

10km

50km

Mt grading 3.76% Zn, 1.38%

Pb, 33.2% BaSO4, 9.3% CaF2

Significant Upside Tonnage

Potential at depth & along strike

Lorbeus EL

125km

Past Producing

Zaghouan-Zriba fluorite mine

Current ‘resource’ > 4.8

Mt grading 25% CaF

2

Significant Upside

Tonnage Potential

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* not to reporting code standard

Past – Producing Mine Resource

Evaluation Projects

Bou Jabeur – Gite de l’Est – Step out drilling, May 2008

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15 March 2007

14

Bou Jabeur EP - Gi te de l’Est Mine

March to September 2007: Phase 1 - Verification

Drilling completed at Gite de l'Est. 10 drill holes totalling 3,404.5m. Drilling results confirm and verify the previous O.N.M. drilling results, with some zinc assays in cores looking considerably better.

June to October 2007: Discovery of cores and pulps from original ONM drilling programme used for earlier COMINO (2001) resource estimates.

Significant uplift in zinc results (>40%) from reanalyses of the first batch of these.

December 2007: Inferred Mineral Resource estimate for Gite de l’Est of 8.836 million tonnes

(Mt) grading combined 3.16% zinc and lead: 2.17% zinc, 0.99% lead, 5.06% CaF

2

21.66% BaSO

4 and

(JORC (2004) - in situ value of the mineral resource is estimated to exceed US$925 million at December 2007 metal prices.

January – June 2008: Earned 90% interest in the

Bou Jabeur exploration permit. Phase 2 complete.

1000 m

Bou Jabeur

Bou Jabeur Mill originally fed by nearby mining operations in the hillside

Gite de l’Est Mine

5.1 Mt

3.76% Zn,

1.38% Pb,

33.2% BaSO4

9.3% CaF2

First verification hole

MBJ-1 Pb+Zn mineralised core

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Ouled Moussa EL

100% Maghreb

16

Bou Jabeur Gite de l’Est - Drilling

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Bou Jabeur Gite de l’Est - Drilling

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Gi te de l’Est Mine – Verification Drilling - 2007

PHASE 2

PHASE 2 DRILLING

January – June 2008

Bou Jabeur Gite de l’Est

Drill hole MBJ 24

April/May 2008

46m interval @ 9.12% Zn and 1.72% Pb

Adds 200m to depth extent

Gite de l’Est – Bou Jabeur

MBJ Series Verification Drilling

Best Zinc – Lead Results

DRILL

HOLE

TOTAL

INTERVAL(m)

MBJ 1 34.2

MBJ 2 36.10

MBJ 4 40.65

MBJ 5 36.65

MBJ 6 44.70

MBJ 8 10.60

5.04

7.47

5.22

Zn

(av. %)

4.74

4.60

6.48

1.54

0.71

0.87

Pb

(av. %)

0.90

1.82

1.83

6.58

8.18

6.09

COMBINED av. Zn%+Pb%

5.64

6.42

8.31

MBJ 10 13.90 3.96 1.28 5.24

Re-analyses results from ONM BJ series cores and Maghreb’s MBJ series results still to be entered in resource model

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Bou Jabeur – Gite de l’Est

Phase 2: Step out drilling

24 September 2008 results

DRILL

HOLE

MBJ12

FROM

(m)

TO

(m)

348.60 352.90

357.80 360.10

368.60 369.60

371.60 393.45 including 375.30 380.45 including 382.90 386.20 including 387.20 388.35

395.45 402.40 including 401.50 402.40

MBJ17 256.15 273.10 including 256.15 258.25 including 259.45 260.45 including 263.55 268.80 of which 263.55 264.65 of which 267.65 268.80 including 270.80 271.60 including 272.30 273.10

MBJ20 144.60 172.00 including 153.60 157.50 including 162.65 165.85

176.80 185.90

MBJ24 311.25 357.50 including 311.25 319.35 of which 314.35 319.35 including 331.40 341.40 of which 337.40 341.40 including 352.40 355.20

MBJ27 222.10 258.00

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270.00 286.40 including 274.40 282.00

MBJ28 383.75 386.40

389.60 391.50

INTERVAL

(m)

4.30

Ag

(g/t)

2.30

1.00

21.85 15.60

5.15

3.30

1.15

6.95 21.01

0.90

16.95

2.10

1.00

5.25

1.10

1.15

0.80

0.80

27.40

3.90

3.20

9.10

Zn

(%)

0.85

1.34

2.25

5.51

7.13

16.16

10.50

1.98

1.63

0.90

13.32

18.04

0.65

1.00

21.18

0.04

1.27

17.00

Pb

(%)

3.13

4.01

1.55

2.62

9.12

7.74

4.08

6.56

1.35 10.27

0.01

0.01

3.04

9.07

35.90

4.40

4.00

2.20

2.85

2.20

16.40

7.60

2.65

1.90

46.25

8.10

5.00

10.00

4.00

2.80

9.12

14.14

17.18

15.74

22.49

12.26

6.99

0.78 10.26

3.10 2.29

7.10

5.05

3.19

2.93

1.81

1.38

11.20

9.61

9.97

9.88

7.95

2.81

4.66

4.25

4.04

1.28

1.45

0.88

1.96

2.48

1.69

2.55

3.75

0.63

1.72

1.45

2.05

1.07

1.03

6.89

0.77

20

COMBINED

Zn%+Pb%

3.98

5.35

3.80

8.13

13.20

14.30

11.62

3.05

9.08

10.84

15.59

19.23

16.81

23.52

19.15

8.27

12.65

10.49

11.93

12.36

9.64

5.36

8.41

4.88

4.81

9.11

17.79

11.40

13.97

19.04

22.45

17.04

11.04

5.39

10.03

6.86

4.57

Fej Lahdoum – Dar N’Hal Nord Mine

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Fej Lahdoum Dar N’Hal Mine

Dar N’Hal Nord Pb+Zn deposit:

• estimated 1.2 Mt 11.6%

Pb+Zn left of 1991

Bulgarian reserve

• 2005 drilling extended the surface area of the resource by ~20%

• DNH25: 7m @ 16.4% Pb+Zn

& DHN 26: 5.8m @ 21.19%

Pb+Zn

Dar N’Hal Sud:

400,000 t grading

13.3% Pb+Zn,

Grades verified by drilling in 2005

Dar N’Hal Sud

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Dar N’Hal Nord

Current combined

> 1.5 Mt, additional drilling

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Fej Lahdoum

Maghreb’s drilling program is targeted at extending the zone of mineralisation at depth and along strike

Maghreb 2005 drilling selected results include:

MFL 8: 79.80 m 5 intervals @ 3% to 5% Zn + Pb

MFL 9: 32.75 m 3 intervals @ 4.5% to 6% Zn + Pb

MFL 18: 17.5 m @ 13.5% Zn + Pb

MFL 21: 24.45 m @ 7.15% Zn + Pb

MFL22: 19.90 m @ 8.75% Zn + Pb

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Possible sub-surface extent of the

Fej Lahdoum Lead - Zinc deposit in

Dar N’Hal Nord and Sud.

P o s s ib le e x te n s io n n o r th w a rd s

in to th e B o u K c h e rid a b lo c k

To u ila F a u lt

B o u K c h e rid a F a u lt z o n e

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50

0 m e tre s

Dar N’Hal Nord

Mine Entrance

D o w n -d ip e x te n s io n o f o re b o d y is u n k n o w n

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Fej Lahdoum – Current Drill Target

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Djebba Exploration Permit

(100% Maghreb)

• Satellite deposit 10km north of Fej

Lahdoum

• Miocene basin

– Canadian SIDAM–Minorex

(1989) ‘Reserve’ estimate of 2.7

Mt grading 6.14% Zn and 3.34%

Pb, including an open-pit mineable resource of 800,000 tonnes at 6.59% Zn and 4.09%

Pb

• Cretaceous – Triassic contact zone

– High grade Pb – Zn mineralisation intersected in

2005/2006 shallow drilling at south and north end of previously defined mineralisation

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Old U/G mining operation

Old O/C mining operation

26

Djebba: Contact Zone Mineralisation

SHALLOW MINERALISATION

OPEN AT DEPTH

MDJ4

42m-70m : 27.9m @ 9.67% Pb/Zn

74m-96m: 25.6m @ 5.92% Pb/Zn

MDJ3

38m-59m : 21.2m @ 13.24% Pb/Zn

MDJ1

23.05m-28.25m

5.2m @ 19.2 % Pb/Zn

MDJ2

21.85m-32.30m: 10.45m @ 19.1% Pb/Zn,

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MDJ 3: 0.45m

@ 10.31% Zn

& 50.90% Pb

27

Djebba Mineral Resource

Djebba Zn orebody

Fault between Cretaceous rocks

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Neogene rocks

Triassic rocks

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Exploration Projects

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Zaghouan Fluorite Exploration

 Zriba Mine produced approx. 4Mt of ore, grading 25% fluorite (CaF

2

), 1-2% Pb+Zn from 1967 to 1992

 Mine closed due to low metal prices

 Simple room and pillar mining operation

 Current “resources”

> 4.8 Mt grading 25% CaF

2

 Fluorspar prices to remain high

 recent acid grade fluorspar cif price

US$400/t, compared with an average of

US$180/t in 2005

 Tunisia annually imports US$20mln worth of CaF

2

 Significant exploration potential for Zn+Pb

 Advanced discussions with partners

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500000

SITUATION GENERALE DES PERMIS DE

RECHERCHE DEMANDES

520000 540000 560000

W

N

E

Grombalia

Zaghouan

Henchir el Jebs

Henchir Mejdoub

Sidi Salem el Garci

Jebel el Messella

Bou Ficha

Sidi et Taia

Hammam Zriba-Jebel Guebli

Jebel el kohol

Jebel Fkirine

500000

10 0

520000

Decoupage administratif

Gouvernorat de Ben Arous

Gouvernorat de Zaghouan

Decoupage cartographique а1/50000

Permis de 4 иme groupe valides

10

Permis de recherches demand йs (3иme G)

540000

20 Kilometers

560000

30

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Zriba – Guebli Potential

 Zriba mine is largely worked out

 (4 Mt @ 25% CaF

2

1992; 4.8Mt* remain) produced to

 Potential to NW and SE but both known to be thinner than at the mined part of the deposit

 Guebli considered a better target for fast development but Zriba data are being studied to understand genesis and likely geometry at

Guebli

(*not compliant with international reporting standards)

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Zriba Mine

 Dominantly a flat lying barite-fluorite deposit with subsidiary Zn and Pb

 Stratigraphically controlled and varying in thickness from 2 – 13 metres

 Sandwiched between Jurassic Portlandian limestones and Cretaceous

Campanian chalks (Abiod Formation)

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GUEBLI DEPOSIT

 South west of Zriba

 Not exposed at surface

 60m – 70m deep in main part of valley

 extensive drilling and trial mining but no exploitation yet

 256 historic drillholes and 15 recent

MMplc drillholes

 Significant variations in thickness over short (<10m) distances

 Largely stratabound and flat

 Typically 18% - 20% CaF

2

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Bou Jabeur Exploration

• Limited exploration to date

• Three targets:

1. Old workings for lead-zinc-barite in galleries in the hillside – mining stopped at the water table

2. High grade assays in drilling near the

Algerian border

S12 – 29 m @ 7.16% Zn

S36 – 3.3 m @ 10.5% Pb

 S37 – 4.9 m @ 45% Zn

S50 – 2.0 m @ 23.5% Zn

S51 – 5m @ 15.5% Zn, 2.0% Pb

3. Gravity target on 100% Maghreb owned Ouled Moussa EL

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Fej Lahdoum Regional

Exploration

100% owned Maghreb

Exploration Licence

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Lorbeus Exploration

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 Past small-scale producer of high grade Pb – Zn mineralisation (closed in

1929)

 On the same mineralised basin margin structure as the nearby (4 km)

Bou Grine Mine

 Over 1.5km of strike length of mineralised host rocks and prospective structures

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Bou Grine Mine – 4km from Lorbeus

• Bou Grine is Tunisia’s largest known zinc/lead deposit to date.

• Discovered in 1981, the Bou

Grine deposit was estimated, in

1985, at 7.3M grading 2.4% Pb and 9.7% Zn using a cut-off of

4% Zn.

• Bou Grine Mine operated by

Breakwater Resources closed in

September 2005.

Lorbeus Area – with train line to Bou Grine mill

37

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Bou Grine Pb-Zn Mill

Central Tunisia

 1,000 – 2,000 tpd Bou Grine Mill on

Care & Maintenance

 Opportunity to fast track getting back into production via a possible deal with

Breakwater to toll treat or purchase the mill

 Fej Lahdoum was supplying 15% of mill feed until closure in 2005

 Rail access from Bou Jabeur and

Lorbeus to the Bou Grine Mill

 Rail from mill to the port and concentrate storage facility in Tunis

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Lorbeus Exploration

• Positive indications for MVT mineralization of lead and zinc.

• Office National des Mine reworked soil geochemical survey data shows very positive lead zinc anomalies.

• A positive residual gravity is partly coincident with the soil geochemistry anomalies which track linear satellite trends

• Maghreb’s geology re-mapping showed:

– prospective near basin margin facies;

– evidence of extensive hydrofracturing and fluid flow

– lead mineralisation at surface

Galena stringers at surface

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Lorbeus Exploration

Niton

Survey

Regional

Lineaments

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Anomalous gravity and

Lead and zinc in soils

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Postscript - Algeria

Tan Chaffao location and geology:

• acid volcanics (porphyritic rhyolites)

• overlain by a volcano-sedimentary unit

(volcanic tuffs, with mafic volcanics)

• major fault structures traverse the area.

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Tan Chaffao Mineralisation

The polymetallic (Zn, Pb, Cu, Au) mineralisation of Tan Chaffao:

• discovered in 1971 and explored by O.R.G.M teams

• geological and geophysical studies and a 10-hole drill programme.

• drilled to depths of between

100m to 200m

• several mineral-bearing zones over a strike length of 1,450m

• lenses - length from 50m to

300m; widths between 0.6m and

21m

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Verification work programme by Maghreb

Tan Chaffao

• five drillholes (MTC001 – MTC005), for a total of 823 metres

• mineralisation in an altered sulphidic quartzite below chlorite-sericite schists.

• assay results below expectations based on previous O.R.G.M. data.

Drill Hole From

(m)

MTC 001 including including

84.60

90.10

115.00

118.50

101.00

MTC 003 including of which

107.00

108.00

MTC 004 68.35

MTC 005 including

113.20

116.20

To (m)

94.50

91.10

121.70

119.50

119.00

110.00

109.00

74.35

125.80

122.80

Interval

(m)

9.90

1.00

6.70

1.00

18.00

3.00

1.00

6.00

12.60

6.60

Assay

2.27%Zn; 0.53%Pb; 0.23% Cu

0.72g/t Au

1.42%Zn; 0.34% Cu

0.53 g/t Au

2.4%Zn; 0.79% Pb; 0.17% Cu

3.02 g/t Au

8.04 g/t Au

0.81%Zn; 1.35%Pb

3.89%Zn; 1.73%Pb; 0.16%Cu

6.38%Zn; 2.77%Pb; 0.21%Cu

• gravity soil geochemistry surveys identified some small-scale gravity highs with coincident elevated copper and gold in soils.

• high level of expenditure operating in the remote Tan Chaffao area, slow progress of available contractors and disappointing initial results

• DECISION terminate further exploration over this permit.

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Maghreb Minerals plc Plans…

 Focus in Tunisia on drilling in 2008 to get to compliant resource statements for its deposit holdings:

 Initial estmate for Bou JabeurGite de l’Est by WAI, December 2007

 Updated estimate by Scott Wilson Mining, November 2008

 Working to timetable:

 Completion of verification drilling

 Djebba – Q1 2007; Zaghouan – Q3 2007; Bou Jabeur Gite de l’Est – Q3 2007; Fej Lahdoum Q3 2008

 Deposit resource delineation and scoping study*

 Djebba – Q2 2008; Zaghouan – Q2 2009; Bou Jabeur/Gite de l’Est* – Q4 2008; Fej Lahdoum Q3 2009

 Exploration on permits

 Ongoing for completion Q4 2009

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FINEX ’ 08

24 September 2008

THANK YOU

Maghreb Minerals plc

Blackwell House

Guildhall Yard

London EC2V 5AE

Tel: +44 20 7556 0940

Fax: +44 20 7556 0949

Web: www.maghrebminerals.co.uk

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