A Compelling Iron Ore Investment Opportunity

Corporate Presentation
January 2012

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Forward Looking Statement
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Solid Fundamentals for Success

A High-Quality Iron Ore Development Opportunity
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Good access to skilled labour, power, rail & ports

Exceptional Infrastructure

35km from city of Kryviy Rih (pop. 750k); paved road to site 2 km from state-owned rail and power lines with surplus capacity & five deep water ports accessible by rail (140-515km)
Two properties held Shymanivske & Zelenivske Shymanivske - 373 Mt Measured & Indicated resource @ 31.3% iron; additional 480 Mt of Inferred resource @ 30.2% iron, which will be concentrated to ~65% iron Potential for resource expansion by further drilling of both deposits

Large iron ore deposit with NI 43-101 compliant resource*

Sizable Resource

Close to Target Markets Compelling Economics

Project located in Kryviy Rih, Ukraine; one of the worlds major iron ore districts
Close to target markets: W.Europe, Turkey, Russia, Asia and Middle East Surrounded by 7 other operating iron ore mines

High margins due to close proximity to multiple steel mills, relative labour cost advantage and favourable corporate tax rate of 16%
PEA for 7.3Mt Pellet Plant Feed NPV of US$3.0 billion and 42.1% IRR PEA for 7.6Mt Pellet NPV of US$4.1 billion and IRR of 35.2%

Skilled Management

Experienced management team with history of creating value for shareholders of Consolidated Thompson, RioTinto and Ferrexpo
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* Resource estimate compiled using historic Soviet data by Hugues de Corta, who is an independent qualified person as defined by NI 43-101

Sound Capital Structure

Attractive Valuation with substantial upside
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IPOd on the TSX on March 29, 2011 ($1.40) Shares Outstanding Warrants
(1) (2) (3)
$1.60 $1.40

Historical Share Price

140.1 million 1.7 million 8.2 million 1.5 million 151.5 million ~US$100 million ~US$25.0 million nil

$1.20
$1.00 $0.80 $0.60

Stock Options

$0.40
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Share Comp Plan

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Analyst Coverage
Maxim Sytchev Rajiv Chail John Hughes Philip Ker
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Project Backed by Forbes & Manhattan

Success with Consolidated Thompsons Bloom Lake Iron Mine
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Forbes & Manhattan Involvement

World class 8Mtpa iron ore concentrate mine in Quebec Advanced from exploration stage through development to construction
8 mtpa capacity (66% Fe concentrate) expanding to 16 mtpa Completed scoping study, 3 feasibility studies, secured off-take with Chinas third largest steel producer (WISCO)
First F&M involvement

Recently acquired for $4.9 billion

Raised over Cdn$1 bn in capital Attracted and put in place a qualified management team

$1 mm market cap
2005 Today

A Track Record of Iron Ore Success

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Management & Board have a history of creating value for shareholders of iron ore projects Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines, Rio Tintos Iron Ore Company of Canada and Ferrexpo Respected Ukraine professionals and former Government Advisors
Key Management Board of Directors

Matt Simpson President & CEO

George Mover COO Paul Bozoki CFO Nikolay Bairak VP Gov. & Community

Bruce Humphrey - Chairman

Jaroslav Kinach Chris Westdal Pierre Pettigrew

Aaron Wolfe VP Corp Development

Christine Gallo Corporate Secretary
Ukraine Advisory Board

John Detmold
Dave Porter Matt Simpson President & CEO

Daniel Bilak Jaroslav Kinach Igor Buchatskiy

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Deposits In Mining Friendly Region

Adjacent to existing Iron Ore Producers
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ArcelorMittals Kryviy Rih Iron Ore Complex

M&I: 345Mt @ 31.83% Inferred: 469Mt @ 31.05%

Black Irons Shymanivske Project

Two mining and exploration permits covering 5.92 km2

Mining permit at Shymanivske, which has been extensively explored, covering 2.56 km2 valid until 2024 Exploration permit at Zelenivske covering 3.36 km2 valid until 2014

Railway lines

Black Irons Zelenivske Project

Adjacent to ArcelorMittals Kryviy Rih iron ore complex and Smart & Evrazs YuGOK iron ore mine Plan to acquire a plot of land from Ukraine Government adjacent to the Shymanivske deposit for project waste dumps, concentrator and tailings

Smart & Evrazs YuGOK Iron Ore Mine

Large Ore Deposit with Growth Potential

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Banded iron formation consisting primarily of magnetite with some hematite

Iron band thickness ranges from 40-80 m Only 9.7-21.2 m of overburden Very clean ore body low in phosphorus, manganese and aluminum

The resource is defined by ~37,000 metres of historical drilling

Black Iron recently completed 5,882 meters of twin hole drilling

Shymanivske Resource* Measured Indicated Total Measured and Indicated Inferred

Tonnage (Mt) 306.3 66.4 372.7 480.3

Fe Tot (%) 31.3 31.9 31.4 30.2

Fe Mag (%) 18.9 20.3 19.1 17.4

Total iron grade and band width align very well with historical data

Potential for total combined resource expansion of 1.1 to 1.8BT

Additional drilling of Shymanivske at North end of deposit and to depth Exploration of the Zelenivske project

Tonnage and grade rounded to first decimals. Cut-off grade of 15% Fe Tot

* Resource estimate compiled using historic Soviet data by Hugues de Corta, who is an independent qualified person as defined by NI 43-101

Potential Resource Extension at Shymanivske

Ground Gravity Shows Iron Ore Mineralization at North End
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Potential resource upside to be drilled

Ground gravity and magnetic surveys show potential extension of iron ore mineralization at North end of property as circled in red
This area has not been included in the NI 43-101 resource as it has not yet been sufficiently drilled The identified area will be a target of a future drill program

Property boundary

Very likely Iron in ground

Drill hole

Likely just dirt in ground

Excellent Infrastructure
Key to a Successful Iron Ore Project
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Paved roads to site, located 35km away from the major city of Kryviy Rih which has a skilled work force
Surplus electricity readily accessible from high voltage power lines that run beside property ~2 km from main state-owned rail line Confirmation in July 2010 from Ukrainian Government that there is sufficient capacity to haul at least an additional 10 million tonnes of iron ore per annum

5 deep water ports accessible by rail with iron ore facilities available Preferred port option is Yuzhny located ~390 km away and providing access to the Black Sea and global seaborne iron ore markets
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Strategic Global Location

Close Proximity to Target Markets with Abundant Port and Rail Access
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River barge & rail access to Western Europe and port access via Black Sea to global seaborne iron ore markets
Target markets include Asia, Western Europe, Turkey, and Middle East

Several dry bulk tonnage ports accessible using railway running beside properties
Approximately 20% to 25% shorter transport distance to China compared to North and South American producers1
Major Rail Line

Power, port and rail access, combined with local highly skilled workforce, provide potential to accelerate development and reduce the amount of capital investment
Europe

Russia

Middle East India

South Korea and Japan China

1 Based on approximate nautical miles distances of Odessa (Ukraine), Vitoria (Brazil) and Montreal (Canada) to Tianjin (China) as disclosed at searates.com

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Ukraine: A Mining Friendly Country

Strong Local and National Support
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Democratic republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches Ongoing negotiations to sign the drafted Association Agreement with the European Union Potential key member of the Russia proposed Eurasian Trade Union Strong economic growth GDP growth of 4.2% in 2010; expected to increase to 4.5% in 2011

Steel production is Ukraines largest industry 40% of exports Large, highly skilled labour force Population of approximately 45 million GDP per capita only $6700/yr

ArcelorMittal and Ferrexpo plc have operated incountry for over 5 years Legislated corporate tax rate reductions from 21% in 2012 to 16% in 2014 Favourable mining royalties of $0.40 per tonne of ore mined (~2%) to the Government
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Globally Significant Iron Ore District

Ukraine: 6th largest iron ore producer & 4th largest reserve base
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1000 800

Black Irons projects are located in the heart of Ukraines iron ore belt 35km from city of 750,000 people Iron ore district trends 300 km with sedimentary rock hosted banded iron formations (Dnenpovskog complex)

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Only 3% of world production

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Iron Ore (mt)

420 400 200 0

370 260 100 72 55 49

35 25
Sweden

Historically well explored resource base but substantially under-exploited due to historic Soviet policy
15 iron ore mines in Ukraine produced 72 million tonnes in 2010
Kirovograd Tarnavatskoye Poltavsky GOK Yeristovskoye Tsentralny Safonovskoye Ordzhonikize Gok Ingulestky GOK Yuzhny GOK Kuksunurskoye

Russia

United States

Ukraine

South Africa

Australia

Canada

China

Brazil

India

Global Distribution of Fe Reserves

United States 3% Sweden 3% India 5% China 8% Rest of World 20% Russia 16%

Liponevsky Novokonstantinovsky Kryviy Rih Iron Ore Complex Shymanivske Zelenivske Kryviv Rih

Brazil 18%

Ukraine 10%

Australia 17%

Source: USGS 2011 Iron Ore report and Metal Economics Group

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Shymanivske PEA Highlights

High Value, Low Net Cost Iron Ore Development Project
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Production Case:
Annual Production: Iron Content: Estimated Capital Investment: Estimated Operating Expenses: (average initial 20 years) (avg ex. leasing costs years 8-20) Net Present Value (8%): IRR: Annual Average Cash Flow: Projected Payback (8%):

Pellet Plant Feed

7.3 Mt 67.0% US$896.0 million US$52.40/t US$48.22/t US$3.0 billion 42.1% US$382.8 million 2.2 years

Pellet
7.6 Mt 65.0% US$1,571.3 million US$64.15/t US$60.11/t US$4.1 billion 35.2% US$540.7 million 2.9 years

Estimated Mine Life:

Proj. Revenue Commencement

28 years
Q4 2015

28 years
Q4 2015

OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO FURTHER IMPROVE ALREADY FAVOURABLE ECONOMICS

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Vale (Shimandou 1) African Minerals (phase2) Xstrata (Askaf) African Minerals (DSO) ArcelorMittal (Western
109 109 84 87 90 92

Fortescue (Expansion) Rio Tinto (IOC) Black Iron Alderon

122 123 124

Sundance
Kumba Ferrexpo (Yeristovo) IRC (Kuranakh) London Mining IRC (K&S) Auila (Hardey) Xstrata (Zanaga) Atlas Iron (Ridley) Rio Tinto (Pilbara) Gindalbie (Karara) Anglo Merican (Minas Rio) BHP (RGP5&6) Aquila (West Pilbara) ArcelorMittal (Western
134 135 141 142

Shymanivske Relative to Other Iron Ore Projects

Black Irons Capital Cost Advantage

Source: Company data; Renaissance Capital estimates

CAPEX Forecast (US$/t of capacity)

167 157 159 160 192 200 180 186 188 189 190

Average = 161

BHP (Samarco)
Atlas Iron (Balla Balla) CITIC Pacific (Sino) Baffinland Xstrata (Geulb el Aouj) Grange Resources

221 222 211 217 236 258

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Black Iron Compares Favourably

Black Iron to Other Iron Ore Developers
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Pre-Tax & Royalty NPV8 (US$ billions)

7.3 1.5 0.3 0.5 1.1 Northland Iron Road Macarthur Centaurus 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.4

Tax Regime
30% 34% 29% 26%

Post-Tax & Royalty NPV8 (US$ billions)

4.9 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.7 Iron Road Northland Macarthur Centaurus 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.5

Alderon

Black Iron

Alderon

Black Iron

Gindalbie New Millenium

Brockman

Brockman

Gindalbie

16%

Pre-Tax & Royalty IRR (%)

25.0 32.0 35.0 38.0 40.2 42.1

Royalties
5%

Post-Tax & Royalty IRR (%)

16.9 22.7 23.3 25.3

2%
5-8%

27.1

35.4

Northland

Northland

New Millenium

New Millenium

Alderon

Black Iron

Alderon

n/a 2%

Source: Company data; Press Release; Research Estimates Disclaimer: Post-tax and royalty graphs are for illustrative purposes only using simple math. These numbers have not been reported, nor are they substantiated by a financial model

Black Iron

Gindalbie

Gindalbie

Brockman

Brockman

New Millenium
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Public Comparable Companies

Iron Ore Exploration/Development
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Market Data as at 10-Jan-12 Market Price Cap (US$) (US$ mm) Enterprise Value (US$ mm) Fe Contained Reserve & Resource (mm t) Total Grade EV / Fe Reserve & Resource (C$/t) Total R&R

Company Africa Sundance Resources Zanaga Iron Ore Cape Lambert Resources Bellzone Mining Australia Gindalbie Metals Brockman Resources Iron Road Macarthur Minerals Brazil Centaurus Metals Canada New Millennium Iron Alderon Iron Ore Century Iron Mines Adriana Resources Champion Minerals Sweden Northland Resources

Stage

Total

DFS Complete PFS Complete FS Underway DFS Underway

$0.39 $1.57 $0.56 $0.49

1,140.0 439.7 362.2 352.7

1,077.9 391.7 238.5 177.7

1,200 1,432 207 2,542

42.2% 33.0% 29.2% 23.6%

0.90 0.27 1.15 0.07

Pre-Production DFS Complete PFS Complete PEA Complete

$0.56 $2.16 $0.57 $1.10

693.0 312.8 79.3 50.2

371.0 272.2 63.3 12.8

430 708 341 410

34.1% 43.4% 16.2% 30.5%

0.86 0.38 0.19 0.03

PFS Complete

$0.51

68.0

44.4

60

27.9%

0.74

PFS Complete PEA Complete PEA Underway PEA Complete PEA Complete

$1.72 $3.14 $1.63 $0.92 $1.62

303.1 266.0 151.3 137.3 142.6

215.3 246.9 51.1 126.5 118.9

1,634 329 64 752 484

30.4% 30.2% 24.5% 29.1% 26.4%

0.13 0.75 0.80 0.17 0.25

Construction

$1.50

338.3

222.9

147

32.1%

1.51 0.51 0.55

Adjusted Mean (Excludes Highest and Lowest Data Point) Mean Black Iron DFS Underway $0.71 99.0 67.0 262 30.7%

50% discount

0.26
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Sources: Bloomberg, Reuters, Macquarie equity research and company disclosure

Black Iron Continues to Deliver

Shymanivske Project Development Timeline
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2011
H1 H2

2012
H1 H2

Future

Drill metallurgical holes Scoping Study/PEA Exploration & Definition Drilling Definitive Feasibility Study Environmental Studies Permitting Detailed Engineering Construction Production

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Solid Fundamentals for Success

A High-Quality Iron Ore Development Opportunity
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Good access to skilled labour, power, rail & ports

Exceptional Infrastructure

35km from city of Kryviy Rih (pop. 750k); paved road to site 2 km from state-owned rail and power lines with surplus capacity & five deep water ports accessible by rail (140-515km)
Two properties held Shymanivske & Zelenivske Shymanivske - 373 Mt Measured & Indicated resource @ 31.3% iron; additional 480 Mt of Inferred resource @ 30.2% iron, which will be concentrated to ~65% iron Potential for resource expansion by further drilling of both deposits

Large iron ore deposit with NI 43-101 compliant resource*

Sizable Resource

Close to Target Markets Compelling Economics

Project located in Kryviy Rih, Ukraine; one of the worlds major iron ore districts
Close to target markets: W.Europe, Turkey, Russia, Asia and Middle East Surrounded by 7 other operating iron ore mines

High margins due to close proximity to multiple steel mills, relative labour cost advantage and favourable corporate tax rate of 16%
PEA for 7.3Mt Pellet Plant Feed NPV of US$3.0 billion and 42.1% IRR PEA for 7.6Mt Pellet NPV of US$4.1 billion and IRR of 35.2%

Skilled Management

Experienced management team with history of creating value for shareholders of Consolidated Thompson, RioTinto and Ferrexpo
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* Resource estimate compiled using historic Soviet data by Hugues de Corta, who is an independent qualified person as defined by NI 43-101

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