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Page 1: Noram Ventures Inc. Corporate Presentation May 2013

Exploring in British Columbia’s historic

Central Kootenay Region

TSX-V: NRM May 2013

Page 2: Noram Ventures Inc. Corporate Presentation May 2013

Noram Ventures Inc.

Cautionary Statement

This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements

that involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties.

Consequently, actual results, performance, and/or

achievements could differ materially from the expectations

expressed in these forward-looking statements. There can be

no assurance that future developments affecting the parties

herein will be those anticipated by management. While we may

elect to update these estimates at any time, we do not

undertake to update any estimate at any particular time or in

response to any particular event.

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Listed TSX-Venture Exchange: July 2011

Trading symbol: NRM

52-week hi/lo: $0.25 - $0.10

Recent price: $ 0.14

*Shares issued: 14,562,500

Management ownership: >60%

Market cap: ~$2,000,000

Corporate Facts 3

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Management 4

Dave Rees - President & CEO; Director 35+ years of mineral exploration and business experience

Ken Phillippe – CFO; Director Chartered accountant with 25+ years of pubco operating experience

Chris Dyakowski - PGeo; Director Exploration geologist with 30+ years experience

Tom Christy - Director 30+ years as owner/operator of financial services business

Marc Sandercombe – Director 30+ years investment industry experience as advisor and consultant

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Business Plan

• Project generator exploration model

• Identify and acquire discovery stage & drill

ready projects

• Upgrade through drilling and discovery

• Seek & secure well-financed joint-venture

partner with development expertise

• Share in success of accelerated exploration

and development

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Business Objectives

• Create shareholder value while:

maintaining low exploration and

administration expense

limiting need do to equity financings

minimizing shareholder dilution

• Foster diversity; being neither single project

nor single commodity dependent

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Selection Criteria

• Only properties in pro-mining jurisdictions are

considered

• Properties must demonstrate large scale resource

potential

• Location - infrastructure readily accessible:

Power

Water

Road & rail access

Skilled work force

Community services

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Exploration Focus

Noram is currently focused on

three exploration properties in

the Central Kootenay Region

of British Columbia.

The area has a rich mining history dating

back over 130 years.

Mining is a key goods-producing industry

employer in the area

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* Source: Stats Canada

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Current Properties

Jumbo New discovery of large-flake graphite targets in

widespread, surface, outcroppings; early stage

Kokanee Area of initial drill testing shows near surface

potential of 15,000,000 to 22,500,000 tonnes

grading 1.65 to 1.80% graphite

Silver Hill Host to a porphyry/skarn style copper-molybdenum

target; drill ready

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Jumbo Property

• Option to Earn a 100% interest

• Located 15km southwest of Nakusp, BC

• Covers a large area of 10,539 hectares (>100 square km)

• SkyTEM survey, geological mapping and surface sampling

have identified an overall strike length of 35 km of favourable

graphite horizon

• A total of 81 bedrock and float rock samples were collected

and analytical results returned grades of 0.03 to 7.37% carbon

graphite (“C/GRA”) with average grades as follows:

• 7 samples from the Mosquito area averaged 1.43% C/GRA;

• 17 samples from the Black Fly area averaged 2.54% C/GRA; and

• 57 samples from the Fisher area averaged 1.96% C/GRA.

• SGS Lakefield hired for metallurgy

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Kokanee Property

• Option to Earn a 100% interest

• Located 50km northeast of Nelson, BC

• Covers an area of 1,659 hectares

• Assay results from initial drill program confirmed

significant graphite mineralization over true widths of 60

to 137m and established the down-dip depth to be 100

to 150m and the strike length of the graphite horizon to

be 1,200m, zone is open north, south and down dip

• Using a cut-off of 1% graphite the area drilled shows a

potential of 15,000,000 to 22,500,000 tonnes grading

1.65 to 1.80% graphite*

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* Caution: insufficient exploration to determine a NI 43-101 resources estimate

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Silver Hill Property

• Option to Earn a 100% interest

• Located 45km southeast of Revelstoke, BC

• Covers an area of 2,784 hectares

• Porphyry/skarn style copper-molybdenum

mineralization

• Noram completed an exploration program that

included a 3D IP and magnetic survey, a geochem

survey, reconnaissance sampling and prospecting.

• Six drill ready targets identified

• Permitting in place

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There are three principal types of natural graphite (graphite),

each occurring in different types of ore deposit:

• Crystalline flake graphite (flake graphite) occurs as isolated,

flat, plate-like particles with hexagonal edges that can be

irregular when broken;

• Amorphous graphite occurs as fine particles and is the result

of the last stage of coalification. Very fine flake graphite is

sometimes called amorphous in the trade;

• Lump graphite (or vein graphite) occurs in fissure veins or

fractures and appears as massive platy intergrowths of fibrous

or needle like crystalline aggregates, and is probably

hydrothermal in origin.

Natural Graphite 13

Source: Wikipedia

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Supply/Demand Outlook

• Both the US State Department and the European Commission

have all declared graphite to be a critical raw material

• Global graphite production is currently ~1.1 million tons

annually and demand has been growing at ~5% per year

• Global steel production remains the largest driver of graphite

consumption – estimated to be up to 70% of global production

• Emerging markets include lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and

pebble-bed nuclear reactors

• Billions are being spent to research the new material graphene

and its potential use in semiconductors, solar cells, LEDs, etc.

• Estimates have annual graphite demand increasing to 1.6

million tons in the next 5 years

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Sources: Industrial Minerals, USGS, Roskill, MetalMiner

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Global Supply Concerns

• China accounts for ~75% of natural graphite production in the

world and is also the largest graphite consumer

• Globally there are concerns of resource protection as China’s

domestic demand grows and export restrictions that could lead

to export supply disruptions

• Additional concern stems from China’s ability to maintain its

supply of flake graphite as enhanced mining regulations are

consolidating production from its legacy graphite mines

• Major international buyers are now looking to become 100%

self-sufficient in graphite because to alleviate dependence on

Chinese supply, long term

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Sources: Industrial Minerals

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Graphite Price

• The larger the flake size and higher the grade the more

valuable the flake graphite commands in the market

• Prices for good quality (-80 to +100 mesh, 94 to 97% carbon

content) medium-flake graphite averaged $1,530 per ton in

2012, which compares to the average of $500 per ton in 2007

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Sources: Industrial Minerals, USGS

$-

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Medium Flake Graphite Prices

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• Thinnest material imaginable - 1 gram could cover

a football field in a single layer of carbon atoms

arranged in honeycomb structure

• Strongest material ever measured with record

thermal conductivity (> diamond)

• Stiffest known material, yet most stretchable and

pliable crystal

• Highest current density at room temp. (1mil. times copper)

• Highest intrinsic mobility (100 times silicon)

• Completely impermeable to gases

Graphene’s Potential 17

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For further information contact:

Greg Lytle, Communications Manager

(604) 839-6946

[email protected]

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