A b o u t X st r a t a p l c W e ar e a major pr oducer of a range of vital commodities used in everything fr om constructing buildings and delivering electricity , to developing jet engines and mobile phones. W e ar e one of the top fve global pr oducers of copper , ther mal and metallur gical coal, ferr ochr ome, zinc and nickel and we also pr oduce silver , lead, platinum, gold, cobalt and vanadium. Founded in 2002 and headquarter ed in Switzerland, we operate in over 20 countries and employ over 70,000 people at mor e than 100 operations and pr ojects ar ound the world. W e work in a r esponsible and sustainable way , with an entr epr eneurial spirit and dynamic appr oach. For mor e infor mation, visit www .xstrata.com . XSTRA T A NICKEL CONT ACT Peter Fuchs Dir ector , Corporate Af fairs T el: +1 (416) 775-1523 pfuchs@xstratanickel.ca www .xstratanickel.com XSTRA T A NICKEL 100 King Str eet W est, Suite 6900 P .O. Box 403 T or onto, Ontario Canada M5X 1E3 T el: +1 (416) 775-1500 Fax: +1 (416) 775-1744 XSTRA T A PLC Bahnhofstrasse 2 P .O. Box 102 6301 Zug Switzerland T el: +41 41 726 60 70 Fax: +41 41 726 60 89 LSE: XT A SWX: XT AN All funds in this document ar e in U.S. dollars and all measur ements ar e metric, unless otherwise noted. February 2012 Fr ont cover; Chris Goggin, Graduate Surveyor at our Sinclair Mine in W ester n Australia.