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Mineral Resources

  Effective date for this Mineral Resource is May 1, 2011

Base Case High Grade Mineral Resource Estimate for the
Carmen, Veta Minitas and Carótare Deposits

(At a 2 g/t Recoverable Gold Equivalent Cut-off Grade)

Classification

Tonnes (000s)

In situ Gold Grade
(g/t)

In Situ Silver Grade
(g/t)

Contained In Situ Gold
(oz)

Contained In Situ Silver
(oz)

Indicated Carmen

4,550

3.65

151.6

534,200

22,178,600

Indicated Veta Minitas

42

4.08

294.1

5,500

397,200

Indicated Carótare

220

3.07

58.6

21,700

414,700

Total Indicated

4,812

3.63

148.6

561,400

22,990,500

Inferred Carmen

2,410

3.80

85.0

294,300

6,585,600

Inferred Veta Minitas

761

4.39

186.4

107,400

4,560,600

Inferred Carótare

210

2.91

45.7

19,600

308,300

Total Inferred

3,381

3.88

105.4

421,300

11,454,500

1.        Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, sociopolitical, marketing, or other relevant issues.

2.        The quantity and grade of reported inferred resources in this estimation are conceptual in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to define these inferred resources as an indicated or measured mineral resource. And it is uncertain if further exploration will result in upgrading them to an indicated or measured mineral resource category.

3.        While all resources are presented at a 2 g/t AuEq cut-off grade, the Carmen AuEq equation uses different metal prices than for Veta Minitas and Carótare.

Base Case Total Mineral Resource Estimate (Inclusive of High Grade) for the
Carmen, Veta Minitas and Carótare Deposits

(At a 0.3 g/t Recoverable Gold Equivalent Cut-off Grade) 

Classification

Tonnes (000s)

In Situ Gold Grade
(g/t)

In Situ Silver Grade
(g/t)

Contained In Situ Gold
(oz)

Contained In Situ Silver
(oz)

M+I Carmen

20,290

1.06

58.7

692,800

38,281,100

Indicated Veta Minitas

510

0.68

36.0

11,100

591,000

Indicated Carótare

2,520

0.75

16.2

60,500

1,310,100

Total Indicated

23,320

1.02

53.6

764,400

40,182,200

Inferred Carmen

11,260

1.03

31.2

371,800

11,277,400

Inferred Veta Minitas

2,700

1.37

70.9

119,200

6,153,000

Inferred Carótare

2,620

0.63

17.1

45,400

1,234,000

Total Inferred

16,580

1.02

35.4

536,400

18,664,400

1.        Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, sociopolitical, marketing, or other relevant issues.

2.        The quantity and grade of reported inferred resources in this estimation are conceptual in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to define these inferred resources as an indicated or measured mineral resource. And it is uncertain if further exploration will result in upgrading them to an indicated or measured mineral resource category.

3.        While all resources are presented at a 0.3 g/t AuEq cut-off grade, the Carmen AuEq equation uses different metal prices than for Veta Minitas and Carótare.

The mineral resource estimate presented in the preceding tables was prepared by Gary Giroux, P.Eng., MASc. Mr. Giroux is independent of Kimber as defined by Section 1.5 of NI 43-101.