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TSX: TXG; TXG.WT.A<br />

Morelos Project <strong>Development</strong><br />

Jason Simpson, P.Eng.<br />

March, 2013


Safe Harbour Statement<br />

2<br />

This presentation contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation.<br />

Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, information regarding future exploration and development plans<br />

concerning the Morelos gold project, including expected drilling results, updated mineral resource and reserve estimates,<br />

completion of the 2012 drill program and technical studies, obtaining permits and licenses, project commissioning, executing<br />

land agreements and negotiating road allowances, and the Company’s feasibility study (including realization of estimated mineral<br />

reserves; expectation that the Morelos gold project will be profitable with positive economics; recoveries; grades; annual<br />

production; receipt of all approvals; parameters and assumptions underlying mineral resource and reserve estimates and<br />

financial analysis; and gold prices). Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of terminology such as<br />

"plans", "expects", "estimates", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or variations of such words or state that certain actions,<br />

events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", or "will be taken", "occur", or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is<br />

subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, level of<br />

activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking<br />

information, including, without limitation, risks related to: unexpected events and delays impacting completion of the 2013 drill<br />

program, technical studies and updated mineral resource and reserve estimates; exploration results not being consistent with<br />

expectations; required permits, licenses and approvals not being obtained on a timely basis; estimated mineral reserves and<br />

annual production not being realized; parameters and assumptions underlying mineral resource and reserve estimates and<br />

financial analysis being incorrect; and risk factors disclosed in the Company’s annual information form and management’s<br />

discussion and analysis for the year ended October 31, 2012. Forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions,<br />

estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in light of its experience and its perception of trends, current conditions<br />

and expected developments, as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the<br />

circumstances at the date such statements are made. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that<br />

could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors<br />

that cause results not to be as anticipated. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual<br />

results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place<br />

undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information,<br />

except in accordance with applicable securities laws.<br />

Additional technical information is contained in the Company’s feasibility study entitled “Morelos <strong>Gold</strong> Project, Feasibility Study,<br />

Form 45-106F1 Technical Report, Guerrero, Mexico”, dated September 4, 2012 (the “Feasibility Study”). The technical<br />

information contained in this presentation is based upon the information contained in the Feasibility Study and prepared by or<br />

under the supervision of the authors of the Feasibility Study, who are each qualified persons for the purposes of National<br />

Instrument 43‐101.


Site Tour Presentation<br />

Goal<br />

To give you an overview of Project <strong>Development</strong><br />

work; the plan and the path forward<br />

Agenda<br />

‣ Project overview<br />

‣ Construction Plan<br />

3


A look at what we will build<br />

• Video<br />

4


Overview – Morelos <strong>Development</strong><br />

‣Feasibility Study completed<br />

‣Work continues<br />

‣ EIA permit submitted<br />

‣ Detailed engineering underway<br />

‣EPCM and Owners Team in place<br />

‣Preparation for construction underway<br />

‣Long Lead time items ordered<br />

5


Where we have been- Work Completed<br />

Morelos <strong>Development</strong><br />

‣ March 2011 - Scoping studies completed on mining<br />

method for El Limon, Open Pit Mining selected<br />

‣ April 2011 – Internal update of resource model<br />

completed, model incorporated all resource drilling to<br />

February 2011<br />

‣ June 2011 – Preliminary designs of the pits, dumps and<br />

mine haul roads completed using internal resource<br />

model<br />

‣ August 2011 – Decision made to complete full feasibility<br />

6


Decisions Made - Work Completed<br />

Morelos <strong>Development</strong><br />

‣ January 2012 – Trade off study on El Limon ore<br />

haulage, Rope Con vs Truck - Rope Con selected<br />

‣ June 18 th 2012 – Technical Report released for updated<br />

resource for Guajes and El Limon deposit<br />

‣ July 2012 – Received water concession from CONAGUA<br />

‣ 5 million m 3 per year<br />

‣ 3 wells developed<br />

‣ Sept 4 th 2012 – Feasibility Results released<br />

‣ October 23 rd 2012 - C$380 Million Bought Deal Financing<br />

7


Decisions Made - Work Completed<br />

Morelos <strong>Development</strong><br />

‣ January 15 th 2013 - Appointment of Senior Operations<br />

Team<br />

‣ February 25 th 2013 - <strong>Torex</strong> Executes Engagement Letter<br />

for US$250 Million Project Finance Facility<br />

8


9<br />

El Limon and Guajes Resource<br />

effective date June 11, 2012


Notes to accompany Mineral Resource table<br />

• Mineral <strong>Resources</strong> are not Mineral Reserves until they have demonstrated<br />

economic viability<br />

• Mineral <strong>Resources</strong> are reported above a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off grade<br />

• Mineral <strong>Resources</strong> are reported as undiluted; gold grades are contained grades<br />

• Mineral <strong>Resources</strong> are reported within a conceptual open pit shell<br />

• Mineral <strong>Resources</strong> were developed in accordance with CIM (2010) guidelines<br />

• Mineral <strong>Resources</strong> are reported using a long-term gold price of $1,400/oz and<br />

silver price of $26/oz<br />

• Mining costs used are estimated at $1.65 per tonne and processing costs are<br />

estimated at $11.51 per tonne. General and administrative costs were<br />

estimated at $0.98 per tonne<br />

• <strong>Gold</strong> recoveries are dependent on grade and rock type and have a weighted<br />

average recovery of 87.33%.<br />

• Silver metallurgical recoveries by rock type show a weighted average of 33%.<br />

• Assumed pit slope angles range from 32° to 51°<br />

• QP for El Limon is Edward J. C. Orbock III, RM SME and QP for Guajes is Mark<br />

Hertel, RM SME<br />

10


Reserves<br />

85% of M&I Resource was converted to reserve...<br />

11<br />

...more can be converted with additional engineering


Financial Outcomes<br />

All $ Are<br />

U.S. Millions<br />

Net Cumulative<br />

Cash Flow<br />

After Tax NPV<br />

@ 5% DCF<br />

US$ 1276 / oz.<br />

Base Case<br />

US$ 1500 / oz. US$ 1750 / oz. US$ 2000 / oz.<br />

$1,558 $2,121 $2,747 $3,374<br />

$900 $1,262 $1,679 $2,096<br />

After Tax IRR (%) 24.2% 28.9% 34.6% 39.8%<br />

Capex Payback<br />

(Years)<br />

3.6 3.2 2.8 2.5<br />

2017 EBITDA $276 $336 $417 $497<br />

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Capital Costs<br />

Capex required up to<br />

Commercial Production<br />

US$<br />

Capex required after<br />

commercial production<br />

US$<br />

Expenditures (With Contingency)<br />

Plant & Infrastructure 452 M 15 M<br />

Mine Access Roads 27 M 2 M<br />

Initial Mine Equipment Fleet 48 M 46 M<br />

Mining Ore & Waste<br />

65 M<br />

Processing Ore includes G&A<br />

38M<br />

Royalties, and Treatment<br />

3 M<br />

Owner’s Cost<br />

42 M<br />

Sub-total 675 M 63 M<br />

Credits<br />

Metal Value Produced<br />

(includes 81,000 oz Au)<br />

(123 M)<br />

Total net of revenue credits<br />

Sustaining Capex<br />

Total Capex after commercial<br />

production<br />

552 M<br />

23 M<br />

86 M<br />

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Production Summary<br />

Summary of the annual mine production plan<br />

Ore<br />

mined<br />

Ore<br />

milled<br />

Head<br />

Grade<br />

<strong>Gold</strong><br />

Production<br />

Head<br />

Grade<br />

Silver<br />

Production Waste Strip<br />

Years (Mt) (Mt) (Au g/t) (k oz) (Ag g/t) (k oz) (Mt) ratio<br />

2013 4.53 NA<br />

2014 0.26 1.43 1 2.50 1 11.00 41.9<br />

2015 2.13 2.28 2.01 128 4.58 110 13.01 6.1<br />

2016 3.66 3.75 2.32 246 6.63 267 25.57 7<br />

2017 5.19 5.04 2.36 333 6.3 345 29.07 5.6<br />

2018 4.88 5.04 2.22 316 5.54 293 32.46 6.7<br />

2019 5.20 5.04 2.33 324 3.69 185 31.33 6<br />

2020 5.06 5.04 2.43 345 3.48 183 31.06 6.1<br />

2021 5.04 5.04 2.34 332 3.08 163 31.14 6.2<br />

2022 4.94 5.04 3.07 434 3.74 191 26.50 5.4<br />

2023 5.12 5.04 3.47 494 3.96 204 19.51 3.8<br />

2024 4.97 5.04 2.97 424 3.23 168 12.99 2.6<br />

2025 2 1.22 1.31 2.9 107 2.79 38 2.07 1.7<br />

2026 2 0.12 - - - - - 0.71 6.1<br />

2027 2 0.41 0.52 3.68 54 7.64 49 0.88 2.1<br />

2028 2 0.57 0.58 2.44 39 4.35 30 0.59 1<br />

Total 48.77 48.77 2.61 3,573 4.35 2,227 272.40 5.6<br />

14


Operating Costs<br />

Cash costs net of Ag revenue<br />

(<strong>Inc</strong>ludes 2.5% royalty to the government)<br />

Mining cost per tonne (ore and waste)<br />

Mining cost per tonne to the Mill<br />

(((Strip ratio 5.4 avg.) + 1) X $1.90)<br />

Milling cost per tonne milled<br />

G&A per tonne milled<br />

(<strong>Inc</strong>ludes land lease payments)<br />

$421 / oz<br />

$1.90 / tonne<br />

$12.16 / tonne<br />

$14.19 / tonne<br />

$2.92 / tonne<br />

(Cost estimates for all of the above start at the declaration of<br />

commercial production and go through to the end of mine life,<br />

excluding the tail)<br />

15


Pit Slope Design Parameters<br />

Sector<br />

Max. Slope<br />

Height (m)<br />

Max. Stack<br />

Height (m)<br />

Max.<br />

Interramp<br />

Slope Angle<br />

(°)<br />

Max.<br />

Overall<br />

Slope<br />

Angle<br />

(°)<br />

Bench<br />

Face<br />

Angle<br />

(°)<br />

Bench<br />

Height<br />

(m)<br />

Berm<br />

Width<br />

(m)<br />

El Limón – NW,<br />

East and South<br />

El Limón - La<br />

Flaca Fault Zone<br />

380 126 (6x21)* 55 51 75 21 9.0*<br />

150 126 (6x21)* 47 42 65 21 9.8*<br />

El Limón – NN 250 84(6x14)* 47 40 70 14 8.0*<br />

Guajes- La<br />

Amarilla Footwall<br />

Guajes - La<br />

Amarilla Hanging<br />

Wall<br />

400 126 (6x21)* 55 51 75 21 9.0*<br />

150 84 (6x14)* 38 35 58 14 9.2*<br />

*A minimum 20 m stepout or “geotechnical berm” should be designed between bench stacks. The 20 m<br />

minimum width includes the normal 9 m berm width<br />

16


Post Feasibility work completed<br />

‣ Senior Operation Management team in place<br />

o Chief Operating Officer – Jason Simpson<br />

o General Manager – Felipe Martinez<br />

o Mill Manager – David Alduenda<br />

o Mine Manager – Alfonso Alvarez<br />

‣ M3 selected as EPCM<br />

o Detailed engineering underway<br />

o 20+ years building in Mexico<br />

‣ Pit haul road and access road contractors selected<br />

17


18<br />

Path Forward<br />

Project De-risking<br />

‣ Completed project de-risking<br />

o Land leases obtained<br />

o Water concession granted<br />

o Positive Feasibility<br />

o Agreement for village relocation<br />

‣ Next items<br />

o Schedule<br />

o Cost<br />

• EIA (MIA) and ETJ permits expected<br />

• Dozer access trails<br />

• Haul road/access roads<br />

• Scope, unit cost, and schedule management process established<br />

• Experienced construction management team in place<br />

o Village relocations<br />

• Urban concept design complete and tender to begin<br />

o Completion of Environmental Social Impact Assessment<br />

• Baseline field work well underway


19<br />

What we will build


Complete Project Map<br />

Main Project<br />

Area<br />

Note: Figure courtesy of M3, August 2012.<br />

20


Last day of operation<br />

Looking South East<br />

El Limon Pit<br />

Guajes Pit<br />

Tailings Dry Stack<br />

Rope Con<br />

Load out<br />

Waste Rock<br />

Process Plant<br />

Water Control<br />

Structures<br />

Rope Con<br />

Dump<br />

21


22<br />

Guajes Early Mining Phases


23<br />

Guajes Ultimate Pit


El Limon Ultimate Pit<br />

NN Pit cause of<br />

production tail<br />

24


25<br />

Rope Con – View along center line


26<br />

Rope Con


27<br />

Rope Con


28<br />

Mill Design (A simplified flow sheet)<br />

Cyanide Leach , Carbon-in-Pulp Recovery


29<br />

Mill Design (The actual Flow Sheet)<br />

Cyanide Leach , Carbon-in-Pulp Recovery


Metallurgical Recoveries<br />

Ore Type<br />

Average<br />

Au grade<br />

g/t<br />

Extraction Equation<br />

Extraction<br />

%<br />

Prograde (Skarn)(+Gouge) 2.93 y= 2.2771*ln(x) + 87.057 89.48<br />

Retrograde (skarn) (+Mass Sulfides) 3.55 y= 5.4671*ln(x) + 77.314 84.24<br />

Oxides (Oxide + Marble) 2.78 y= 3.1185*ln(x) + 82.235 85.42<br />

Breccia 3.43 y= 15.453*ln(x) + 48.282 67.33<br />

Hornfels (+Vein Material) 1.42 y= 90 90<br />

Intrusive 1.61 y= 1.3912*ln(x) + 82.376 83.04<br />

Total 2.61<br />

Weighted Average on<br />

Contained <strong>Gold</strong> =<br />

87.40<br />

30


Relocation of villages of<br />

La Fundicion and El Limon<br />

31


Village Relocation<br />

Current Status<br />

‣ Compensation agreement<br />

‣ Location selected<br />

• Urban concept completed<br />

• Individual lots selected<br />

‣ Design complete<br />

• 3 Home styles<br />

• Community buildings<br />

• Community services<br />

‣ Tender Package<br />

‣ Completion date of Dec 2014<br />

32


Overview - Morelos <strong>Development</strong><br />

Summary<br />

‣Mining Methods<br />

• All Open Pit<br />

• Guajes and El Limon deposits<br />

• Ore haulage for El Limon via Rope Con<br />

‣Process Plant<br />

• Cyanide Leach , Carbon-in-Pulp Recovery<br />

‣Tailings Disposal<br />

• Dry Stack Tailings<br />

33


Overview - Morelos <strong>Development</strong> Team<br />

Feasibility Study<br />

• Work lead by Dawson Proudfoot, Project Manager Morelos <strong>Development</strong><br />

• M3 Engineering of Tucson, Arizona<br />

– Lead consultant, responsible for overall document<br />

– Directly responsible for process and infrastructure design<br />

• AMEC Mining & Metals Consulting of Sparks, Nevada<br />

– Responsible for Geology and Resource<br />

• SRK Canada of Toronto, Ontario<br />

– Mine design<br />

• AMEC Earth and Environment Consulting Mississauga, Ontario.<br />

– Responsible for Waste Management design<br />

• <strong>Gold</strong>er Associates<br />

– Environmental Social Impact Assessment<br />

• IDEAS, Hidrogeologos Consultores of Hermosillo, Sonora<br />

– Water Supply, confirm and secure<br />

34


Timelines to Production<br />

Task<br />

2012 2013 2014 2015<br />

Resource update for El Limon and Guajes<br />

South of river drilling<br />

Exploration/Resource drilling across Property<br />

Long term lease agreements<br />

Bankable Feasibility Study<br />

Permitting<br />

Construction decision<br />

Construction<br />

Initial Production<br />

35


36<br />

<strong>Development</strong> Area<br />

Looking South


<strong>Development</strong> Area<br />

Looking South East<br />

El Limon<br />

Guajes<br />

Plant<br />

37


Project General Arrangement<br />

Design Consideration<br />

Nuevo Balsas<br />

El Caracol Reservoir<br />

Rio Cocula<br />

Communities<br />

• Nuevo Balsas<br />

• La Fundicion<br />

• El Limon<br />

• Balsas Sur<br />

Terrain<br />

• Front Ridge Line<br />

• El Limon Ridge<br />

La Fundicion<br />

Water Bodies<br />

• Rio Balsas<br />

• Rio Cocula<br />

• El Caracol Reservoir<br />

El Limon<br />

Balsas Sur<br />

Rio Balsas


Project General Arrangement<br />

Pit locations<br />

Guajes Pit<br />

El Limon Pit


Project General Arrangement<br />

Dump Locations<br />

Tailings<br />

Disposal<br />

Guajes East<br />

Disposal<br />

Guajes North<br />

Disposal<br />

Guajes West<br />

Disposal<br />

El Limon Disposal<br />

Guajes South<br />

Disposal


Project General Arrangement<br />

Infrastructure Locations<br />

Power Line<br />

Existing &<br />

Project<br />

Plant Site<br />

East Service<br />

Road and water pipeline<br />

Camp along East Service<br />

Road<br />

Well field located in Atzcala


TSX: TXG, TXG.WT.A<br />

For further information:<br />

Gabriela Sanchez, VP Investor Relations<br />

email: gabriela.sanchez@torexgold.com<br />

Mobile: (416) 357-6673<br />

www.torexgold.com

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