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Investor Update US & Canada Roadshow June 2011 For personal use only

Investor Update For personal use only - Troy Resources · Merrill Crowe (due to silver) Dry Tailings (due to seismically active area) Closed circuit for water balance Initial difficulty

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Investor Update

US & Canada RoadshowJune 2011

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Forward Looking Statements

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This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements and forecasts which includewithout limitation, expectations regarding future performance, costs, production levels orrates, reserves and resources, the financial position of Troy Resources NL (the “Company”),industry growth or other trend projections.

Although such forecasts and forward-looking statements reflect current beliefs and arebased on information currently available and assumptions believed to be reasonable there isno assurance that actual results will be consistent with such forecasts and forward-lookingstatements. A number of factors could cause actual results, performance, or achievement todiffer materially from the results expressed or implied in such forecasts and forward-lookingstatements. For a description of such factors please see the section entitled “Risk Factors”in the Company’s amended and restated preliminary prospectus dated 10 January 2008available under the Company’s profile at sedar.com.

Nothing in this presentation should be construed as either an offer to sell or a solicitation ofan offer to buy or sell securities.

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Dividend Paying Junior Gold Producer

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Listed on ASX (TRY) in 1987 as a Gold Explorer Became a gold producer in Western Australia in 2000 Opened our first gold mine in South America in 2002 (Sertão) Dual listed on the TSX in 2008 Commissioned the Andorinhas gold mine in Brazil in 2008 Acquired the Casposo gold silver project in Argentina in 2009 Paid 10(1) consecutive cash dividends First gold pour at Casposo in November 2010 April Casposo production 4,414 oz Au @ US$232/oz net of silver

credits No hedging Significant exploration potential(1) 11th Dividend declared and to be paid on June 29, 2011

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What We Own

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Gold Assets Andorinhas Gold Mine – Brazil Casposo Gold Silver Mine – Argentina Sandstone Gold Mine – Australia (Closed)

Performance Dec 2010 H1 Profit of A$6.05m FY2011 production guidance of ~80,000oz Au_eq

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Corporate Snapshot

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Troy Share Price

Board & Senior Management

Non-Executive Directors

David Dix, Non-Executive Chairman

Gordon Chambers, Non-Executive Director

Fred Grimwade, Non-Executive Director

John Jones, Non-Executive Director

Robin Parish, Non-Executive Director

Senior Management Paul Benson, CEO & Managing Director

Peter Doyle, VP Exploration & Bus. Development

Ken Nilsson, Executive Director Operations

David Sadgrove, CFO & Company Secretary

Ordinary Shares: 87.97MOptions: 4.8MShare Price as at June 9, 2011: $3.6752 Week Range: $1.85 - $4.29 Market Cap as at June 9, 2011: ~A$320MNet Debt as of May 31, 2011 ~A$19.3m

Key Statistics (A$)

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Andorinhas Gold Mine – Brazil

Small narrow vein underground

supplemented by low grade

open cut stockpiles

FY2010 - 31,568oz at

US$634/oz

9 months to March 31, 2011

34,364 oz @ US$584/oz

Already exceeded FY10

production at a lower cost

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Andorinhas, Mamão Underground Mine

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Melechete Lode Drilling and Grade Distribution

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Melechete Deep Drilling Plan

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Andorinhas – Summary

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Moving into higher grade areas FY2010: 31koz Guidance FY2011: ~48koz, FY2012: ~50koz 2 year mine life with potential at depth and

regionally to add Reserves Monetising iron ore royalty ~ forecast US$3m pa

from calendar 2012

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Casposo Project – San Juan Province

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San Juan Province Mineral EndowmentMines and Casposo Project Access

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Mine is 30km from Calingastaat 2,400m AMSL

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Delays in Ramp Up to Full Production

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Relatively complex circuit Merrill Crowe (due to silver) Dry Tailings (due to seismically active area) Closed circuit for water balance

Initial difficulty with tailings filter performance Clay binding filter cloth New Flocculent Introduction of antiscalant Introduction of diatomaceous earth and

cellulose Various challenges with:

Merrill Crowe filters Thickeners/clarifiers Commissioning of electronics/plant

monitoring and control systems Training and supervision Expect to reach budget throughput in June

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Tails Filtering January 2011

Tails Filtering March 2011

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Casposo Ramp Up

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March Quarter Produced: 4,318 oz Au @ US$974/oz (net of 72koz

silver credits) or 6,118 oz Au_eq @ US$1,153/oz Au_eq

(co-product costing) Averaged 250tpd compared to design of

1100tpd Month of March:

2,465 oz Au @ US$477/oz net of silver credits Averaged 360tpd

Month of April: 4,414 oz Au @ US$232/oz net of silver Averaged 550tpd

Mining comfortably ahead of the plant – stockpile at March 31: 145,877 t @ 7.1g/t Au and 97.7 g/t Ag Over 4 months stockpile at budget rates!

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Open Cut, Underground and ProcessedTonnes

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Original data from 2010 NI 43-101 – Actual results delayed by slower than expected ramp up

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Total Gold Equivalent Production

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Aim to avoid the drop in production in Years 3 and 4 through proving up additional higher grade ore –eg Kamila SE Extension

Aim to extend mine life through proving up additional surface and underground Reserves

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Original data from 2010 NI 43-101 – Actual results delayed by slower than expected ramp up

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Unit Costs and Production

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Unit Costs and Production

Life of Mine Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 FY 2017

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Unit Cost: By‐Product Costing (after Silver credits)

Gold Produced Oz 320,841 81,846 90,394 43,741 35,012 49,901 19,946 ‐

Unit Cash Costnet of Silver

USD/Oz (Au)(net Ag credits) 120.49 127.00 151.39 349.36 387.83 (88.18) (495.32) ‐

Total unit Costnet of silver (inc deprn & amort) USD/oz 448.85 455.38 505.01 779.50 681.63 157.85 (238.07) ‐

Unit Cost: Co Product Costing

Equivalent Gold Produced Oz 463,494 96,056 110,705 60,681 64,576 92,520 38,956 ‐

Equivalent Gold unit cash cost

USD/Oz(Au+AuAg) 382.05 270.94 307.08 517.03 645.20 390.05 209.97 ‐

Total Equivalent Gold unit total cost (deprn & amort) USD/oz 609.03 550.74 595.83 827.10 804.49 522.75 341.68 ‐

Based on forecasts given in May 2010 43-101 Report . The table will be updated in 2011 once actual operating costs are established

Original data from 2010 NI 43-101 – Actual results delayed by slower than expected ramp upNI 43-101 Assumed silver price at $17/oz falling to $15/oz

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Casposo – Low Sulphidation Epithermal Deposit

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Kamila – Mercado Deposit Geology

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The NW- SE Structural Corridor is a Key Driver in Placement of Mineralisation

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Casposo 2010 Mining Reserves

Highest value intercept on the property to date

HOLE: CA082507.2m @ 108.7g/t Au

4,423g/t Ag

Contained metal value over US$10,000 per tonne at US$1500/oz Au and US$35/oz Ag.

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Kamila Southeast Target Inca Vein Initial 2011 Drilling

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High Grade Intercepts Drilled in April

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Note the quoted gold equivalent grade assumes a conversion of 70:1 for converting silver to gold equivalent.

This is a conservative approach to enable comparisons to the reserve published in 2010. The ratio of 70:1 assumes the differential metallurgical recoveries assumed in the NI43101 Report produced in 2010 and the metal prices assumed at that time.Because silver prices have risen proportionally more than gold prices, this ratio is increasingly conservative for high silver grade intercepts.Using the same assumptions for metallurgical recoveries but current prices of:

Au – US$1500/oz andAg – US$35/oz

Gives a conversion ratio of 50:1 to convert silver to gold.The impact can be seen for hole CA-11-3005.4m @ 8.18 g/t Au and 2,607 g/t Ag

Was reported as 45.43 g/t Au_eq assuming a conversion ratio for silver to gold of 70:1

The grade would be 60.3g/t Au_eq if the conversion ratio of 50:1 was assumed.

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Inca Vein CA-11-295 Cross Section

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Inca Vein CA-11-300 Cross Section

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Inca Vein CA-11-297 Cross SectionF

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Julieta SE Drilling

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Julieta is a target on the main North West – South East structural corridor – some 5kms from the Kamila deposit and at approximately 1000m higher altitude.

Troy established a small low-grade Resource in 2010 based on relatively shallow drilling.

268,700t grading 3.21g/t gold and15.44g/t silver (3.43g/t Au_eq) for 29,700 Au_eq ounces at a cut-off grade of 1g/t Au_eq.

In 2011 we have commenced a program of deeper drilling attempting to find zones of higher grade.F

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Julieta SE DrillingF

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2011 Drilling Results

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These higher grade results are strategically important because:

Although at depth, the topography is such that underground access could be gained by a short aditfrom the side of the hill thus lowering the hurdle in terms of size to justify development.

Only 7km haul distance to the Casposo plant.

We now have ore grade intercepts 5kms apart on the NW-SE structural corridor and ~4kms of this is covered by a thin layer of volcaniclastics.

Commenced planning airborne and ground geophysics with the aim of defining drill targets below the cover.

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Exploration Potential Brownfields Targets

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Cerro Norte ZoneLooking East

Maya Vein

Mercado NW Vein

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Lucia Vein Drill TargetChannel Sample Results

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Casposo Norte – Anomalous Gold In and Near SurfaceA Target for Follow Up Deeper Diamond Drilling

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Castaño Nuevo Target, Argentina

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Castaño Multiple Outcropping Veins Systems

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Extended Our Ground Positionwith the Signing of the Don David JV

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An Inflection Point?

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Casposo ramping up to budget production.

Casposo will be a very low cost mine.

Andorinhas performing well.

Significant exploration results at Casposo with potential, dependent on

further exploration success, to:

Extend mine life (additional ounces) Avoid drop in production in years 3 and 4 (access to higher grade) Lower unit costs (access to higher grade)

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Qualifying Statements

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1. Au_eq grade calculated using a gold to silver ratio of 1:70. As per May 2010 Current Casposo NI-43101 Technical ReportThe gold equivalent cut-off was determined according to the parameters below:

• Au/Ag ratio 1:70.00• Au Price US$933.33/oz• Ag Price US$15.50/oz• Au processing recovery 93.7%• Ag processing recovery 80.6%

Gold equivalency is determined by metal price and recovery factors. Metal prices were the average prices assumed in the Casposo life of mine plan. Processingrecoveries were determined by metallurgical testwork carried out by independent consultants on diamond drill core from Casposo.The equivalency is calculated by the formula - Gold: Silver ratio:

= (gold price ÷ silver price) x (gold recovery ÷ silver recovery)= (933.33 ÷ 15.5) x (.937 ÷ .806)= 70.00

Gold equivalency is calculated by the formula: Au_eq g/t = Au g/t + (Ag g/t ÷ 70.00)

2. NSR – No Significant Results All samples were prepared and assayed by Alex Stewart (Assayers) Argentina Laboratory in Mendoza Argentina.3. Gold by FA and either a gravimetric or AAS finish, using method gold 4-50 or gold 4A 50 for samples with gold>10g/t4. Silver by three techniques: four-acid digestion followed by AAS reading for check samples up to February 2006, aqua regia digestion followed by inductively

coupled plasma with optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) reading for all samples in mineralised intersections after February 2006. Method numbers wereGMA, ICP-AR-39 and silver 4A-50.

Geological information in this Report has been compiled by Troy’s Vice President Exploration & Business Development, Peter Doyle, who:

• Is a full time employee of Troy Resources NL• Has sufficient experience which is relevant to the type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent

Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’• Is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy• Has consented in writing to the inclusion of this data

Information of a scientific or technical nature in this report was prepared under the supervision of Peter J. Doyle, Vice President Exploration and Business Development ofTroy, a “qualified person” under National Instrument 43-101 – “Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects”, a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.Mr. Doyle has sufficient experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity he is undertaking, to qualifyas a “qualified person” as defined in “National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects”. Mr Doyle has reviewed and approved the informationcontained in this report. For further information regarding the Company’s projects in Brazil, Australia and Argentina, including a description of Troy’s quality assuranceprogram, quality control measures, the geology, samples collection and testing procedures please refer to the technical reports filed which are available under theCompany’s profile at www.sedar.com or on the Company’s website.

This report contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs based on information currently available tomanagement and are based on what management believes to be reasonable assumptions. A number of factors could cause actual results, performance, or achievementsto differ materially from the results expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, future prices of gold, the actual results ofcurrent production, development and/or exploration activities, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, variations in ore grade or recovery rates, plantand/or equipment failure, delays in obtaining governmental approvals or in the commencement of operations.

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