Newcrest Mining - Market Presentations - Sydney
2008-12-01 08:31:00+10:00
NEWCREST MINING LIMITED ACN 005 683 625 to: from: date: subject: Company Announcements Office Bernard Lavery 1 December 2008 Market Presentations - Sydney Please find attached, for release to the market, three presentations which will be given this morning at the Companys briefing to investors and analysts in Sydney. Newcrest Mining has issued similar announcements 37 times before, most recently about 0 minutes ago on Friday 31 October 2008. The announcement 'Market Presentations - Sydney' was issued to the ASX on Monday 01 December 2008. The share price for Newcrest Mining was $24.550 trending down at the time of the announcement. [Notice Type: Other - not one of the above]

Market Presentations - Sydney
Monday 01 Dec 2008

NEWCREST MINING LIMITED
ACN 005 683 625

to: from: date: subject:

Company Announcements Office Bernard Lavery 1 December 2008 Market Presentations - Sydney

Please find attached, for release to the market, three presentations which will be given this morning at the Company’s briefing to investors and analysts in Sydney.

Yours sincerely

Bernard Lavery Company Secretary

Overview & Strategy

Ian Smith MD & CEO

Contents
1. Gold in General

2. Newcrest Reformation

3. Outcomes So Far

4. Going Forward
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Gold – Significantly Less Volatile
Gold - 30 Day Average Volatility (% )
60

Other Precious Metals - 30 Day Average Volatility (% )
120

50

100

Gold 16%
40

80

Silver 26% Platinum 22% Palladium 34%

60
30

40
20

20
10

0 Jan-98

0 Jan-98
Jan-99 Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08

Jan-99

Jan-00

Jan-01

Jan-02
Silver

Jan-03

Jan-04

Jan-05
Palladium

Jan-06

Jan-07

Jan-08

Platinum

Base Metals - 30 Day Average Volatility (% )
160 140 120 100 80

Other Commodities - 30 Day Average Volatility (% )
140 120

Copper 24% Nickel 37% Zinc 75%

100 80 60

Oil 39% Coal 30%

60

40
40

20
20 0 Jan-98

Jan-99

Jan-00

Jan-01

Jan-02

Jan-03
Copper

Jan-04
Nickel

Jan-05
Zinc

Jan-06

Jan-07

Jan-08

0 Jan-98

Jan-99

Jan-00

Jan-01

Jan-02

Jan-03 Jan-04
WTI-Oil Coal

Jan-05

Jan-06

Jan-07

Jan-08

Source: Bloomberg, 24 Nov 2008

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Gold Equities vs Other Equities

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