South American Silver Corporate Presentation, Q2, 2011
1. A Growth Focused Exploration & Development Company Growing and advancing one of the world’s largest undeveloped silver and indium resources. TSX: SAC, US OTC: SOHAF Corporate Presentation Q2 2011 www.soamsilver.com
2. Forward Looking Statements 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. 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. TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF
34. Potential NYSE-AMEX listing to increase visibility and liquidityAs of November 8, 2010 with proposed $28 million financing (1 (1) On a fully diluted basis (2) As of March 31, 2011 3
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36. Strategic 19.7% investment positions SAC in strong financial and operational position to advance projects to feasibility
37. Track record of successfully facilitating South American project development through relationships with national and state governments in the region
38. Portfolio of South American projects with strong government support in permitting, rail and port infrastructure
42. Comparative Resources in the Americas Second largest development stage silver resource $1.71 Millions of Silver Ounces & (Enterprise Value Per Oz) $0.72 $11.30 $3.37 Millions of Silver Ounces $2.17 $2.44 $8.08 $1.87 $5.82 $17.89 $9.13 $39.35 Mexico El. Salvador Peru Yukon Peru Mexico Nunavut Mexico Mexico Mexico Argentina Bolivia Chile Guatemala Source: CanaccordReport resource numbers as of January 11, 2011 Based on Arpil 11, 2011 share price Note: All companies have projects in South and/or North America 5
43. Enterprise Value per Resource Oz By project development stage Producers Average >$25/oz EV of $1.15 base on 230.3 million M&I oz Ag Advanced Development Stage Average >$9/oz Development Stage Average >$4/oz Producing Companies Source: Canaccord Report January 17, 2011 Share prices as of April 11, 2011, Note: All companies have projects in South and/or North America *EV/oz truncated to $25 6
44. Development Stage Value Curve Potential value growth with project advancement Production Average Enterprise Value per Oz of Silver by Stage Take-Over offers or Partnerships common at this stage $25/oz Construct Increased value through resource expansion Increasing Market Value Permits FS $9/oz PFS Resource Definition PEA $4/oz Advanced Development Stage (Reserves) Early Stage Exploration & Development Production Discovery Increasing value with project advancement 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. 7
45. Current Silver Company Valuations by Stage Circle size represents EV/oz 500 EARLY DEVELOPER STAGE ADVANCED DEVELOPER STAGE PRODUCER STAGE $2,000 Source: Canaccord Report January 17, 2011 Intierra, February 8, 2011 Share prices as of March 28 2011, Note: All companies have projects in South and/or North America 8
46. Silver Supply/Demand Surging investment demand plus improving industrial consumption suggests continued demand growth with flat total supply Total Global SilverSupply Total Global SilverDemand & ETFs Source: GFMS World Silver Survey 2010 9
56. Additonally, global primary production of gallium is 78 tonnes, Malku Khota is estimated to produce 15 tonnes per year, for the first 5 years.Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2010 11
57. Indium & Gallium Demand Growing demand in high-tech markets 5 year projected demand growth End-use Market Demand (tonnes) 2010 total indium production level Growth assumptions based on data from Displaybank in LCD TV Association “LCD TV Matters”-Volume 3, Issue 2, February 2010 , Strategies Unlimited, August 2009 , Solarbuzz, Photon International, GFMS , Nanomarkets, and the US Department of Energy Critical Minerals Strategy Report 12
58. Indium Fundamentals World indium demand vs price (1969-2013*) Indium Demand Indium Price/kg ($US) Source: Indium: Global Industry Markets and Outlook, 9th Edition 2010 (Roskill) *2011-2013 Data are estimates only 13
82. Moving into Pre-Feasibility in 2011 and Feasibility in 2012on average for the first 5 years of production See March 31, 2011 News Release for detailed resource estimate Total contained metal 16
89. Economic cut-off grade <15 g/t(at $18/oz Ag) 2AgEq comprised of all contained metals Economic cut-off grade comprised only of silver and indium 18
90. Mineralization High Grade Sandstone1160 g/t Silver Geological formations looking south from Limosna Malku Khota Sandstone Aroifilla Fm WaraWara Sandstone TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF 19
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92. Updated resource results increase total M&I oz to 230 Moz Ag (a 60% increase in M&I oz) plus an additional 140 M inferred Ag oz
93. 2011 program to target conversion from resources to reserves & expansion drilling
95. Deposit open along trend and down dip with excellent potential for expansion
96. New discovery of higher grade zones and down dip expansion of surface mineralization20
97. New Exploration Results Discovery of broad continuous mineralization horizon LMD048: 286 meters grading 76 g/t Ag Eq Grade thickness values of over 21,500 g-m AgEq OPEN OPEN TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF 21
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99. Excellent potential to expand resourcesWara Wara Area Sucre Area Limosna Area Continuation of favourable sedimentary host rocks TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF 22
108. Downstream processing to metal productsCrushing Leaching Metal Recovery & Processing Silver, Gold, Copper Dore Indium ingots Lead and Zinc concentrates TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF 23
109. Summary of PEA 2011 Metal Prices ($US) Mid Case Recent Base Case Mining Rate Life of Mine Ore Mined (LOM)3 Average Silver Grade 2 Average Indium Grade2 Ag Eq grade 40,000 tpd 15 years 200M tonnes 42.2 g/t 7.55 g/t 58 g/t $35/oz $650/kg $730/kg $25/oz $570/kg $570/kg Silver: $18/oz Indium : $500/kg Gallium: $500/kg LOM Annual First 5 years Total Recovered Metals Silver (oz) Indium (tonnes) Lead (lbs) Zinc (lbs) Copper (lbs) Gallium (kgs) 158 M 1,184 191M 135 M 88 M 212,962 13.2 M 80.7 12.48M 4.42M 5.64M 15,184 10.5 M 78.9 M 12.7 M 9 M 5.87 M 14,198 Base Case Mid Case Recent First 5 years cash flow Net cash flow (undiscounted) NPV (5% discount rate)1 Internal Rate of Return Payback period (years) $185M/yr $1,261M $704M 37.7% 27 months $287M/yr $2,528M $1482M 63% 19 months $430M/yr $4,298M $2571M 92.9% 15 months In US dollars, March 2011, PEA First 5 years of production (average) LOM = Life of Mine 24
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111. Global Silver Industry Cash Cost Curve Anticipated low-cost silver production Cumulative Percentile of Silver Mine Production Cost Malku Khota 13.25 Mozs/yr (1) ~ $2.94/oz (2) Total Cash Cost Per Ounce of Silver Industry AverageCash Cost $5.25/oz Source: GFMS World Silver Survey 2010 Average first 5 years of production Silver cash costs after credits ($US)/oz 26
112. Advancing to Production Development Timeline The project is at the PEA stage and may change substantially in terms of size and cost as further exploration, engineering and metallurgical testing are completed 2013-14 2012 2011 Pre-Feasibility Studies Feasibility Study Projected Mine Development TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF 27
128. Project construction will require a peak construction workforce of over 1,000 with operational workforce of around 400, most of whom will be sourced from surrounding communities*Business for Social Responsibility, San Francisco, CA 32
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130. Updated resource estimate & PEA doubles throughput to 40,000 tpd, increases annual production to 13.2 M oz of silver and 80.7 tonnes of indium per year*
131. 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
136. Potential for significant deposit of copper, gold and silver*Average first five years of production 33
137. Leveraged to Silver Value of silver per dollar invested Silver value per $1 invested SAC has some of the best leverage to silver of any development stage company with over $30 of silver value per $1 invested Average value of silver <$8 of silver per $1 invested* Source: Canaccord as of January 17, 2011, Share prices updated April 11, 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 34
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139. Track record of discovery and successful project development
140. Growing shareholder value through resource expansion and advancing projects up the development value curve toward feasibility
147. TSX: SAC OTC: SOHAF Phone: 604.681.6926 1.855.681.6926 www.soamsilver.com Greg Johnson President & CEO TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF 36
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149. SAC undervalued relative to peers at >$0.80 Enterprise Value/oz vs average of more than $4/oz for early stage resourcesTSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF
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155. Board of Directors Strong industry and financial experience Ralph Fitch, Executive ChairmanGreg Johnson, President and CEO Antonio Canton, Director - Mr. Canton is an independent consultant for international companies in marketing, finance and real estate. He is a director of a number of Swiss companies and brings to the board extensive experience in accounting and finance. Peter Harris, Director - Mr. Harris is an engineer with over 40 years of mining industry experience including as Senior VP and Chief Operating Officer at Nova Gold Resources Inc., and Senior VP of Project Development at Placer Dome Inc. He has been involved in the construction and operation of over 20 different mines in North and South America, Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea. William Murray, Director - Mr. Murray is an engineer in the mining industry with over 33 years of experience in construction management and project evaluation in North America and Africa. He currently serves as the executive chairman and director of Polymet Mining Corp. Mr. Murray has been involved in numerous successful projects while working at Fluor Daniel, Denison Mines, Optimum Project Services and Anglo American Corp. in South Africa. Paul Haber, Director - Mr. Haber is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant with a strong background in US/Canadian accounting and finance. Presently manages Haber & Co. Ltd. Has previously been Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of a TSX Venture listed company. John Watson, Director - Mr. Watson has been the President of a TSX Venture Exchange listed company since 2002. He is also the manager/member of a limited liability corporation that owns and manages commercial real-estate. Tina Woodside, Director - Ms. Woodside is currently the head of the corporate finance department in Gowlings’ Toronto office and a member of the firm’s National Executive Committee. Ms. Woodside practices corporate and securities law with particular emphasis on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF
160. Silver bullion is now the more scarce precious metal than gold from investment supply perspective
161. US mint has sold only approximately three times more value in gold than in silver in 2010 coin sales, despite having to sell 131 times more gold for the market to stay in balance
164. Indium Fundamentals Global Zinc Production vs. U.S. Indium Demand U.S. Indium Demand (tonnes) Global Zinc Production (Millions of tonnes) Source: U.S Department of Energy: Critical Materials Strategy, December 2010; Global Zinc Production USGS Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States
165. Key Metal Consumption vs Reserves Remaining Years of Supply Years of Supply INDIUM TSX:SAC US OTC:SOHAF