sac september 2011 corporate presentation
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Growing and advancing one of the world’s largest
undeveloped silver and indium resources.
VALUE.GROWTH.VISION
Corporate Presentation
September 2011
TSX: SAC, US OTC: SOHAF
www.soamsilver.com
Cautionary Notes
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Certain statements contained herein constitute “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements look into the future and provide an opinion as to the effect of certain events and trends on the business. Forward-looking statements may include words such as “plans,” “intends,” anticipates,” “should,” “estimates,” “expects,” “believes,” “indicates,” “targeting,” “suggests,” “potential,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and entail various risks and uncertainties. Actual results may materially differ from expectations, if known and unknown risks or uncertainties affect our business, or if our estimates or assumptions prove inaccurate. Investors are advised to review the Company’s Annual Information Form filed at www.sedar.com for a detailed discussion of investment risks. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or any other reason.
Investment Highlights
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• Experienced management team with track record of successful project development and value creation
• Two large-scale deposits in South America
• Malku Khota: one of the world‘s largest silver-indium-gallium resources
• Escalones: high potential copper-silver-gold deposit
• Updated 2011 PEA study doubles estimated production to 13.2 M oz silver, 80 tonnes of indium and 15 tonnes of gallium per year, for first 5 yrs
• Measured and Indicated resources expanded 60% to 230 M oz silver
• Well defined business plan to drive shareholder value
• Leveraged to silver nearly 4 oz of silver per share (6 oz silver equivalent)
• Attractive investment value relative to peers at low value per oz
• Exposure to the high-tech indium and gallium market
• Potential value from new copper-silver-gold resource
• Strong focus on community relations
• Well financed into feasibility
South American Silver Corp.
World-Class Deposits
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Two large-scale assets in South America
Malku Khota, silver-indium project, Bolivia (100%) • Bulk mineable open-pit, sediment hosted deposit • Low capital and operating costs as a heap leach or milling
operation • Update resource increases M&I 60% to 230 M oz silver
• Pre-Feasibility process started in 2011 & Feasibility in 2012 • Resource expansion potential with only 4 km of 50 sq km property drill tested • Potential to be one of the top producing silver and indium mines • Funded into Feasibility
Escalones, copper-silver-gold project, Chile (100%) • Large scale target in world-class mining district near El Teniente • Exploration program and geophysics underway • Resource definition program in 2011 • Potential significant copper, silver, gold deposit
Silver
(Moz)
Indium
(tonnes)
Gallium
(tonnes)
AgEq
(Moz)
M&I 230 1,481 1,082 354
Inferred 140 935 1,001 240
*AgEq=total contained metal
Share Capitalization2
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TSX:SAC, US OTC:SOHAF
Issued &
Outstanding Fully Diluted2 Warrants Options
100.3M 117.9M 6.8M 10.6M
• ~$200 million Market Capitalization (1)
• Average 3 mo. trading volume +500,000 shares/day
• Well financed with +$30 million in cash(2)
• Potential US listing to increase visibility and liquidity
Major Shareholders
•Zamin—19%
•Private investors--18%
•Management3 --15%
Institutional Ownership
•Sprott Asset Management
•Front Street
•K2 funds
•Kudu Partners
(1) As of July 18, 2011, (2) As of June 30, 2011
(3) Fully diluted basis
Adding Value Through Resource Growth
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Sulliden MAG Silver Orko ECU Sabina Tahoe Resources
So.American Silver
Bear Creek
Comparative Silver Resources in the Americas
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Source: Canaccord Report resource numbers as of January 11, 2011
Note: All companies have projects in South and/or North America
Second largest development stage silver resource
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Additional value
of Indium and Gallium Inferred Resources
M&I Resources
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Enterprise Value per Silver Resource Oz
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By project development stage
Source: Canaccord & Intierra as of June 9, 2011,
Note: All companies have projects in South and/or North America
Development Stage
Average ~$4/oz
Advanced Development
Stage Average ~$7/oz
EV of >$0.80 base on 230.3 million M&I oz Ag
Producer
Average
>$24/oz
Development Stage Value Curve
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Potential value growth with project advancement
Increased value
through resource
expansion
Early Stage
Exploration &
Development
Advanced
Development
Stage (Reserves)
Production
Average Enterprise Value per Oz of Silver by Stage
Resource
Definition PEA
PFS
FS Permits
Construct
Discovery
$4/oz
$7/oz
$24/oz
Source: Recent average enterprise value per ounce of silver at
various development stages for North and South American based
projects. Canaccord, Wellington West and Company reports.
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Production
Increasing value with project advancement
US Silver
Alexco
Aurcana
Bear Creek
Esperanza
Golden Minerals
Silvermex
Sulliden
Troy
MAG
Coeur d'Alene
Endeavour
First Majestic
Great Panther
Hecla Hochschild
Pan American Silver
Silver Standard
Arian
Castle
Extorre
Golden Predator
Silver Bull
Silver Quest
South American Silver
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Current Silver Company Market Valuations by Resource Size & Development Stage
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$2,000
SAC SAC SAC
Total Resource Ag Equivalent using (Ag +Au only at $25/oz and $1000/oz values)
Source: Canaccord Report July, 2011 and Intierra, July, 2011
Share prices as of Sept 7 2011,
Note: All companies have projects in South and/or North America
Developers Adv. Developers Producers
$1,000
US Gold
Positive Silver Fundamentals
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A paradigm shift for silver?
• Major shift in supply/demand dynamic over past several years
• Silver still well below inflation adjusted highs of $140/oz ($50 in 1980)
• Silver is a ―hybrid‖ precious and industrial metal due to its scarcity and unique properties including superior electrical and thermal conductivity, malleability, reflectance, and catalytic/biologic reactivity
• Price increases driven by 40% increase in investment demand and 21% increase in industrial demand for a total increase of 17% in 2010
• Total annual mine production growth only 2.5% last year with reduced contribution of by-product silver from copper and gold production
• Projected new mine supply anticipated to be consumed by new industrial demand through at least 2015
• Chinese imports up 4x since 2009 with change from net sellers of more than 100 M oz of silver in 2005 to net buyers of more than 120 M oz in 2010
• Few major new deposit discoveries and growing time lag from time of discovery to metal production
Source: 1) GFMS World Silver Survey 2011
2) BMO Capital Markets Global Mining Research April 2011
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Industrial Applications
Photography
Jewelry and Silverware
Investment and Coins
Silver Supply/Demand Fundamentals
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• Dramatically increased demand growth driven by strong investment demand plus
increased industrial consumption(1)
• Demand growth expected to continue to outstrip production growth(2)
Source: 1) GFMS World Silver Survey 2011
2) BMO Capital Markets Global Mining Research April 2011
+17% total
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+40%
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Growing World Investment Demand For Silver
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Investment Coins & Medals
Growing Demand for Silver in Technology
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Breakdown of key technology/industrial uses for silver
Source: CPM Silver Yearbook 2010
Not for reproduction without written CPM Group consent
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Photovoltaic
Catalysts, alloys, solders and biocides
Electronics
Thin Film/Thick Film Demand Growth
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Growing demand in solar technology
Growth assumptions based on data from Displaybank in LCD TV Association ―LCD
TV Matters‖-Volume 3, Issue 2, February 2010 , Strategies Unlimited, August 2009 ,
Solarbuzz, Photon International, GFMS , Nanomarkets, and the US Department of
Energy Critical Minerals Strategy Report
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Silver Primary & By-Product Production(1)
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• 70% of silver is by-product production from base metals and gold
• By-product silver production is largely silver price inelastic
• Reduced by-product silver production anticipated going forward from base metals(2)
Source: 1) GFMS World Silver Survey 2005-2011
2) BMO Capital Markets Global Mining Research April 2011
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Indium & Gallium – Two Key Strategic Metals
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Rapidly growing market for high-tech uses
Uses
• Indium-tin oxide (ITO) a key component of flat panel displays (FPDs) and touch screens
• High-efficiency CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, selenide) photo-voltaic thin-film solar panels, and LED lighting
• Fiber optics, specialized and transparent semiconductors
Supply
• Global indium use growing rapidly and could surpass available supply from by-product zinc refining at current price range
• One of the most scarce strategic metals due to low recycling and few primary producers
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Indium & Gallium Fundamentals
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Compelling supply/demand dynamics
Indium and Gallium Supply/Demand dynamics
• Indium and gallium highlighted in UN and US DOE studies as a critical technology metals in potential shortage, along with several key rare earth metals, due to rapidly increasing growth, low recycling rates and low primary production
• China is largest producer and consumer of indium and has imposed export quotas and tariffs like other key high-technology specialty metals
• Indium market estimated to see 15-20% annual growth with most indium produced as by product of zinc refining growing at 1-3% annually
• Current indium and gallium price ~$900-1000/kg up from global economic lows during 2008-2009 of $400-500/kg
• Gallium market estimated to be a conservative 15% annual growth rate which could increase significantly with more rapid growth in LED lighting and photovoltaics
Malku Khota annual indium and gallium production
• Malku Khota projected to be one of the world‘s largest indium & gallium producers (80 tonnes and 15 tonnes per year)
• Potential to represent 10% or more of global mine supply of indium and over 5% of global supply for gallium
• Opportunities for project financing from off-take agreements for indium & gallium
Sources: (1) US Dept. of Energy Critical Materials Strategy, Dec.
2010. (2)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Special
Report on Strategic Metals ,May 2011 .
Criticality Index for Clean Energy/Technology Development
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Showing Forecast Supply Shortages of Most Important Metals
Sources: (1) US Dept. of Energy Critical Materials Strategy,
Dec. 2010.
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Indium Supply Mine Production and Refining
Source: 1)Roskill ‗s Indium:Global Industry Markets and
Outlook ,2010
BLEU: Belgium, Luxembourg Economic Union
China, 45%
Peru, 9% Canada, 9%
Australia, 6%
USA, 4%
Mexico, 3%
Other Countries,
23%
Indium Mine Production
China
Peru
Canada
Australia
USA
Mexico
Other Countries
China, 52%
S.Korea, 13%
Canada, 8%
Japan, 8%
BLEU, 6%
Germany, 3%
Russia, 3%
Peru, 1% Others, 6%
Indium Refining
China
S.Korea
Canada
Japan
BLEU
Germany
Russia
Peru
Others
Indium Demand Growth
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Growing demand in high-tech markets
Growth assumptions based on data from Displaybank in LCD TV Association ―LCD
TV Matters‖-Volume 3, Issue 2, February 2010 , Strategies Unlimited, August 2009 ,
Solarbuzz, Photon International, GFMS , Nanomarkets, and the US Department of
Energy Critical Minerals Strategy Report December 2010
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Indium Fundamentals World indium demand vs price (1969-2011*)
Source: (1) Indium: Global Industry Markets and Outlook, 9th Edition 2010 (Roskill)
*2011-2013 Data are estimates (2) 2011-2015 Estimates US Dept. Of Energy
Critical Materials Strategy Dec. 2010. 16
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Silver Mines in Bolivia
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One of the world’s premier silver mining districts
• Historical district production of billions of ounces of silver
• Highly prospective & under-explored
• Increase from 9th largest global silver producer to 5th largest with completion of three major silver mines in past four years:
Pan American Silver – San Vicente
Coeur D‘Alene - San Bartolome
Sumitomo - San Cristobal
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Opportunity in Bolivia
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An emerging resource based economy
• Bolivian government encouraging private investment
• Member of Mercosur Regional trade organization with Brazil as largest trading partner
• Government bond ratings upgraded by Moody‘s & Fitch
• Mining second largest economic sector
• One of the world‘s premier silver districts with billions of ounces of silver production
• Planned $32 billion 5-7 year infrastructure build-out by Bolivian government for new rail and
road corridors and hydropower generation
• Three Major silver mines built within last four years by Pan American Silver, Coeur D‘Alene,
and Sumitomo
• Substantial resource industry investments in Bolivia
Jindal Steel of India investing US$2.1 billion in giant El Mutun iron ore deposit
Petrobras of Brazil—Latin America‘s largest publicly traded oil company – investing
US$1 billion of new capital into the Bolivian gas fields
Repsol of Spain investing $1.6 billion to increase gas production in Bolivia
Petrobras and Repsol have announced new exploration initiatives in Bolivia in early 2011
Recently announced investments by Chinese and South Korean companies to develop
lithium resources
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Malku Khota Project
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• 50 square km, 100% owned, road accessible project
• Low capital and operating costs on a per ounce basis
• Potential to be one of the top primary silver and indium producing mines at 13.2 M oz
silver per year and 80 tonnes of indium1
• Project base case annual Cash flows and NPV‘s more than doubled
• 60% expansion of Measured and Indicated Resources2
• Pit model 80% M&I resources for conversion to reserves with PFS
• Excellent resource expansion potential with just 4 km tested of trend
• Moving into Pre-Feasibility in 2011 and Feasibility in 2012
One of the world’s largest silver-indium resources
1) Average for the first 5 years of production
2) See March 31, 2011 News Release for detailed resource estimate
3) Total contained metal
Silver
(Moz)
Indium
(tonnes)
Gallium
(tonnes)
Copper
(MLbs)
Lead
(MLbs)
Zinc
(MLbs)
AgEq3
(Moz)
M&I 230 1,481 1,082 120 453 247 354
Inferred 140 935 1,001 102 362 246 240
Malku Khota Project – 2011 Resource Estimate Update
Established Infrastructure
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Low projected capital and operating costs
• Open pit, bulk mineable
• Accessible by road
• Commercial power within 15km
• Access to water
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Mineralization
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Enrichment starts at surface Host rock sandstone with disseminated
silver, indium, gallium, lead, zinc and copper
Open pit, bulk mineable silver-indium deposit
Average grade first five years:
• Silver: 42.2 g/t (58 g/t Ag Eq) 1
• Indium: 7.55 g/t
•Economic cut-off grade <15 g/t (at $18/oz Ag) 2
(1) AgEq comprised of all contained metals
(2) Economic cut-off grade comprised only of silver and
indium
Malku Khota Drilling
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Grade thickness map
• 115 drill holes in current resource with updated resource Q1-2011
• Updated resource results increase total M&I oz to 230 Moz Ag (a 60% increase in M&I oz) plus an additional 140 M inferred Ag oz
• 2011 program to target conversion from
resources to reserves & expansion drilling • Mineralization begins at surface
• Deposit open along trend and down dip
with excellent potential for expansion
• New discovery of higher grade zones and down dip expansion of surface mineralization
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Mineralized Sandstones
OPEN
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Malku Khota Mineralization
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• Broad zones of continuous sediment hosted mineralization
• Open at depth and along trend
LMD048: 286 meters grading 76 g/t AgEq Grade thickness values of over 21,500 g-m AgEq
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OPEN
OPEN
Production Processes
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From ore to metal
• Large scale shovel and truck open pit mining
operation
• Ore crushed in preparation for leaching
• Acid-chloride leaching in captures silver, indium,
copper, lead, zinc, gallium and gold
• Metal recovery in several steps:
• Acid recovery
• Silver-gold-copper cementation
• Indium-gallium precipitation
• Lead and zinc sulfides
• Downstream processing to metal products
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Crushing
Leaching
Metal Recovery
& Processing
Open Pit Mining
Silver, Gold,
Copper
Indium &
Gallium ingots
Lead & Zinc
concentrates
2011 Economic Assessment
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(1) In US dollars, March 2011, PEA
(2) First 5 years of production (average)
(3) LOM = Life of Mine
Metal Prices ($US)
Base Case
Silver : $18/oz
Indium : $500/kg
Gallium: $500/kg
$25/oz
$570/kg
$570/kg
Mining Rate
Life of Mine
Ore Mined (LOM)3
Average Silver Grade 2
Average Indium Grade2
Ag Eq grade
158 M
1,184
191M
135 M
88 M
212,962
10.5 M
78.9 M
12.7 M
9 M
5.87 M
14,198
Mid Case
Base Case $185M/yr
$1,261M
$704M
37.7%
27 months
$287M/yr
$2,528M
$1482M
63%
19 months
Mid Case
Total LOM
Annual
40,000 tpd
15 years
200M tonnes
42.2 g/t
7.55 g/t
58 g/t
First
5 years
Recent $430M/yr
$4,298M
$2571M
92.9%
15 months
Recent
$35/oz
$650/kg
$730/kg
13.2 M
80.7
12.48M
4.42M
5.64M
15,184
71%
15%
6% 5% 3%
Share of Gross Revenue (at base case prices)
Silver
Indium & Gallium
Copper
Lead
Zinc
First 5 years cash flow
Net cash flow
NPV (5% discount rate)1
Internal Rate of Return
Payback period (years)
Recovered Metals
Silver (oz)
Indium (tonnes)
Lead (lbs)
Zinc (lbs)
Copper (lbs)
Gallium (kgs)
Silver Producer Price to Cash Flow Multiples (P/CF @ $30/oz)
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Source: BMO Capital Markets Global Mining Research Report,
April 3, 2011 (share prices as of March 31 2011)
Malku Khota PEA Projected Cash Flows
$18/oz $25/oz $35/oz
$185M $287M $430M
Primary Silver Project Annual Production Rates
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*Based on mine production of 13.2 Moz /year for first five years
Malku Khota one of largest emerging producers at over 13 Moz/yr
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Global Silver Industry Cash Cost Curve
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Anticipated low-cost silver production
Cumulative Percentile of Silver Mine Production Cost
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13.2 Mozs/yr (1)
~ $2.94/oz (2)
Source: GFMS World Silver Survey 2011
(1) Average first 5 years of production
(2) Silver cash costs after credits ($US)/oz
Lowest 25%
Percentile Cash
Costs
Escalones Copper-Silver-Gold project, Chile
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High potential, large-scale target
• 70 square km, road accessible, large scale system in well established mining district
• Located near one of the worlds
largest underground copper mines at El Teniente
• Historic drilling shows >1%
copper grades at surface and untested porphyry system grading 0.6% copper
• Additional significant gold,
silver and molybdenum credits • Exploration program underway • Resource estimate targeted for
2nd half of 2011
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Escalones Project Logistics
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Ownership: 100% through lease
Location: 35km E of El Teniente
Elevation: 3800m
• 70 square kilometer property
• Road accessible located 100 km
southeast of Santiago
• Gas pipeline across property
• 30 Drill holes completed to date
Excellent existing infrastructure
SAC property Gas pipeline Access Road
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Drill Results Grade Thickness Map
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Large-scale copper-silver-gold system
• Open to expansion down dip
and laterally
• Strong historic drill results
• Limited testing of porphyry
system with most holes in
replacement /skarn style
mineralization
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Escalones
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Geological cross-section
• Enriched zones with high grades of replacement style mineralization starting at surface
at over >1% copper with significant silver, and gold
• Large scale porphyry target with intercept of 176 m @ 0.6% copper with additional
credits from silver, gold, and molybdenum
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Alto Bajo
Community Relations
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A key to successful project development
• Recent key additions to community relations team:
• Jim Mallory, VP Operations and Social Responsibility – 35 years industry experience
previously with Silver Standard, NovaGold, & Barrick (Placer Dome)
• Miguel Reynaga, Director of Community Relations - 16 years experience with
Newmont at their Inti-Raymi (Kori Kollo) Mine in Bolivia
• Objectives to facilitate economic development in communities as part of project
exploration, development and construction activities
• Project construction will see workforce of over 1,000 with mine workforce of over 400 or
more
*Business for Social Responsibility, San Francisco, CA
Project Milestones
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Value drivers over the next 6-12 months
• Malku Khota, silver-indium-gallium project, Bolivia Updated resource estimate & PEA more than doubles annual production to
13.2 M oz of silver, 80.7 tonnes of indium and 15 tonnes of gallium per year* Updated resource results show 60% increase in M&I ounces to 230 M oz of
silver with an additional 140M oz inferred, and indium to 1,481 tonnes M&I and 935 tonnes inferred
Cash flows, project valuations and rates of return significantly expanded over previous studies
Pre-Feasibility work has started for the second half of 2011 Feasibility work to begin in 2012
• Escalones, copper-silver-gold porphyry project, Chile Exploration and Geophysics program underway Target for initial resource estimate in 2nd half of 2011 Potential for significant deposit of copper, gold and silver
*Average first five years of production
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Leveraged to Silver
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Value of silver per dollar invested
SAC has some of the best leverage to silver of any development
stage company with nearly $45 of silver value per $1 invested
Source: Canaccord as of January 17, 2011, Share prices updated May 24, 2011
Note: all companies have projects in South and/or North America
Calculated using $25/oz Ag. Dollar value of silver per $1 invested = (silver
resource/shares outstanding) x $25/oz silver) divided by share price
Value only shown for silver with no contribution from other metals
Silver value per $1 invested
Average value of silver <$8 of silver per $1 invested*
Additional value of Indium and Gallium
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Investment highlights
• World-class scale projects with excellent expansion potential
• Track record of discovery and successful project development
• Growing shareholder value through resource expansion and advancing projects up
the development value curve toward feasibility
• Leveraged to silver with nearly 4 oz of silver per share (6 ozs Ag equivalent)
• Attractive investment value relative to peers at low value per oz
• Exposure to rapidly growing indium and gallium high-technology market
• Potential value from new copper-silver-gold resource definition and expansion at Escalones
• Continued investor outreach to broaden market awareness of Company
• Potential for NYSE-AMEX listing in the U.S.
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Phone: 604.681.6926
1.855.681.6926
www.soamsilver.com
Greg Johnson President & CEO
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Relative Stock Performance
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SAC outperforming key silver & gold indices
•Trading liquidity increasing with average volume of 500,000 shares/day
•SAC undervalued relative to peers at >$0.80 Enterprise Value/oz vs average of more than $4/oz for early stage resources
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Zamin Group - Strategic Investment A key regional player
• Well funded regional player in South American resources industry with major projects in Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Chile
• Strategic 19% investment positions SAC in strong financial and operational position to advance projects to feasibility
• Track record of successfully facilitating South American project development through relationships with national and state governments in the region
• Portfolio of South American projects with strong government support in permitting, rail and port infrastructure
• Bamin Project-Brazil
• Valintine Project-Uruguay
• Acquiring assets in Bolivia over past year
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Management & Directors
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Greg Johnson (President/CEO & Director) has over 25 years mining
industry experience in corporate finance, project development and
exploration. A s a co-founder of NovaGold, he played a key role in
growing that company from $50 million in value to over $2 billion market
capitalization advancing 3 major projects through to Feasibility.
William Filtness (Chief Financial Officer) is a Chartered Accountant with
over 20 years of financial experience in the mining industry.
Phillip Brodie-Hall (Vice President of Project Development) has over 35
years experience in engineering construction and project development. He
has participated in nearly every aspect of evaluation, feasibility studies and
project development in the mining industry.
James Mallory (Vice President of Operations & Social Responsibility)
has over 30 years of mining industry experience in large-scale mine
management, operations and construction for companies including Barrick
(Placer Dome), Silver Standard, and NovaGold.
Felipe Malbran (Vice President of Exploration) has over 25 years
experience in exploration management in South America including key
roles in the discovery of Malku Khota, Vizcachitas, and Escalones.
David Dreisinger (Vice President of Metallurgy) is Professor and Industrial
Research Chair in Hydrometallurgy at the University of British Columbia.
He is actively involved in developing and commercializing
hydrometallurgical process at a number of mines worldwide.
Andrew Clark (Manager of Project Implementation) has over 30 years
global industry experience in the development, design, management and
construction of industrial mining projects.
Richard Doran, (Vice President & Corporate Secretary) has extensive
industry experience including with General Minerals and as Marketing
Manager for Chevron Minerals.
Xavier Gonzales Yutronic (General Manager Compañía Minera Malku
Khota S.A.) has experience in management, finance, and community
relations in the mining industry including with Glencore, and Comsur S.A.
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Ralph Fitch (Executive Chairman) is an explorationist with over 40
years of global experience, a co-founder of South American Silver and
former Chief Geologist for Chevron Minerals credited with several
major discoveries in South America.
Antonio Canton (Director) is consultant and director to a number of
international companies in marketing, finance and real estate.
Tony Cau (Director) is COO at Zamin Ferrous. With over 30 years of
experience in the mining, construction and heavy manufacturing
industries, he has been involved in mine development and expansion
projects around the world for groups like BHP, SNC-Lavalin, and
Bateman Engineering.
Jeffrey Couch (Director) is the Head of Business Development at
ENRC and has held various financial advisory positions including for
private equity groups such as Campbell Lutyens, was Director of
Metals & Mining Investment Banking for Credit Suisse, and a key
member of the capital markets team for Citigroup European
Investment Bank.
Paul Haber (Director) is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public
Accountant, and previously CFO of a TSX-V company and Chairman
of the Audit Committee for South American Silver.
Peter Harris (Director) is a mining engineer with over 40 years of
industry experience including construction and operation of over 20
mines around the world with groups such as Barrick (Placer Dome)
and NovaGold.
William Murray (Director) is an engineer in the mining industry with
over 35 years of experience in construction management and project
evaluation with groups including Fluor Daniel, Denison Mines,
Optimum Project Services and Anglo American Corp.
John Watson (Director) is President of a TSX -V listed company and
Manager of a limited liability corporation in commercial real-estate.
Tina Woodside (Director) is the head of Gowlings’ corporate finance
department and practices corporate and securities law focused on
corporate finance, M&A and corporate governance matters.