Company Presentation,

Services and Clients

SAXUM Servios de consultoria Ltda, Brazil

SAXUM Engineering LLC, USA

SAXUM Ingeniera S.A., Argentina

May 2014
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 Mission & Vision

MISSION
To provide high-quality engineering and project/construction management services
to the industry. We timely meet the demanding technical needs of our customers
with accuracy, quality and cost effective solutions during all stages of their projects,
from Pre-Feasibility to construction/erection. We promote training and continuous
improvement of our professionals to achieve excellence in engineering and
procedures.

VISION
To enhance our clients' bottom-line results through efficient engineered solutions
and management, and accurate cost estimates and planning for their industrial
projects, every time, everywhere.

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 SAXUM:
Our history
SAXUM began its activities in 1996, providing high-level engineering and project
management services to the industry.

Our international experience and value added engineering services, including

metallurgic and cement processes, mechanical, piping, civil, structural, electrical,
instrumentation and control engineering, as well as in project management to the
mining, cement/lime, grain/seed, and manufacturing industries, as well to
infrastructure projects, allowed us to attend a growing and prominent international
clientele, with emphasis on the Americas.

Our project management procedures have demonstrated high effectiveness to meet

clients needs, while achieving the demanding targets of their projects. These unique
features allow SAXUM to be involved in the most relevant projects of the industries
we in the Americas, and to appropriately respond to the growing customer demands
in the region.

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 Who is SAXUM ?

In engineering, we offer key disciplines for plant design:

Process Engineering for the Cement and Metal Mines Industries

Mechanical Engineering (plant design, piping, process gas

handling, environmental controls, nuisance dust collection and
materials handling, crushing and grinding systems)

Civil and Structural Engineering

Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Engineering

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 Who is SAXUM ?

We differentiate our self from other engineering companies by offering strong

expertise and knowledge in EPCM services for mineral processing industries
(cement, lime, mining), as well as to the manufacturing and agro industries. Our
services are characterized by high level project management and engineering
teams which allow our clients to rely on our way to execute their projects with a
focus on delivering either refurbished or new facilities within realistic schedules
and budgets as well as optimal technical solutions.

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 SAXUM Staffing & Categories
Our staff is composed as follows:

32 civil and structural engineers

20 mechanical engineers

5 electrical engineers

6 Project Managers and PM assistants

Drafters and designers support

Engineers Categories and required experience:

Senior Consultant: over 20 years experience in relevant designs

Engineer IV: minimum of 15 years experience in industrial designs

Engineer III: 9 to 14 years experience in industrial designs

Engineer II: 5 to 8 years experience in industrial designs

Engineer I: up to 4 years experience in industrial designs

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 SAXUM Organization chart
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Guillermo Etse

LEGAL STAFF

GENERAL MANAGER VP TECHNOLOGY &

NORTH AMERICA PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Chris Hayman Federico Guido-Lavalle

COMMERCIAL ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS PROJECT MANAGEMENT

MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER AND CONSTRUCTION
Pablo Santamartina Pablo Dawidowicz Marcelo Ansardi GROUP

QA/QC LEAD SAFETY LEAD

PROCESS/ CIVIL/STRUCTURA MECHANICAL/PIPI ELECTRICAL/I&C

ENVIRONMENTAL L ENGINEERS & NG ENGINEERS & ENGINEERS &
ENGINEERS DRAFTERS DRAFTERS DRAFTERS
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 Clients: South America & Caribbean
BRAZIL
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Cement Agriculture
COLOMBIA Grupo Estrella Camargo Corra Monsanto
Holcim Manufacture
Cement & Lime Mining Votorantim Procter & Gamble
Grupo ARGOS Cerro Matoso Cimentos Liz
(BHP-Biliton) Cimpor
CSN
PERU Cimentos da
Bahia
Cement & Lime Mining BOLIVIA ARGENTINA
Cementos Lima GlencoreXstrata Cementos Cement & Lime AngloGold Ashanti
Cementos Yura Buenaventura Bolivianos Loma Negra Minera IRL
Cementos Otorongo Minera IRL Minetti (Holcim) Intrepid Mines
Cemento Pacasmayo Southern Peru Cementos Avellaneda Mansfield Minerals
Copper Corp. Minera TEA Eramet Ingnierie (lithium)
Agriculture FMC Lithium
CHILE Molinos Rio de la Plata Goldcorp
Cement & Lime Aceitera Gral Deheza Exeter Resources
San Juan Mining Monsanto Panamerican Silver
Polpaico (Holcim) Barrick Gold Energy & Manufactures Silver Standard
Cementos Bio Bio Southamerican Gold Pluspetrol Minera Aguilar (Glencore)
Minera Cal Norte Anglo American Procter & Gamble Lithium Americas Corp.
Minera Esperanza Mining Hochschild Mine
Manufactures Teck Chile Minera Alumbrera Aluar
Procter & Gamble GlencoreXstrata (GlencoreXstrata) Buenaventura
Barrick Gold YMAD
Galaxy Lithium www.saxuming.net
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 Services

Planning
Studies
Auditing
Project Management
Engineering
EPCM
Site Services
Plant Operation
Client Liaison

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 General capabilities

Scope Development Contractor Selection Assistance

Schedule Development Quality Assurance/Quality Control
CAPEX Studies Procurement & Expediting Assistance
Complete Engineering: Basic, Site Advisory Services
Detail, Process, Mechanical,
Civil/Structural, Electrical Training
Main Process Equipment bid Commissioning and Start-up Assistance
Documents Closure of Contracts
Auxiliary Equipment Selection
Assistance
Construction Bid Documents
Preparation

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 Process Engineering

Cement, Lime and Mineral Processing:

Process auditing, capacity upgrades
Troubleshooting Coal Grinding System
Process Flow Sheet
Operations analysis
Process calculations and flow diagrams
Process selection and equipment sizing
Analysis of optimum material storage
requirements
Development of cost-effective engineering
solutions
Commissioning
Dragon Products Co., Inc.
Thomaston, Maine

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 Mechanical Engineering
and Plant Design

Systems Integration with multiple vendors

Plant layouts
General Arrangements
Engineering design:
Piping systems
Material handling systems
Process equipment layouts
Equipment technical evaluations
Equipment sizing and capacity determination
Equipment and installation specifications

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 Civil and Structural
Engineering
Structural analysis & designs (including high
seismic and hurricane zones) for complete
plants
Evaluation and implementation of
geotechnical reports
Vibration design
Dynamic foundation analysis
Reinforced concrete, steel and hybrid
structures
Concrete and metal domes
Concrete silos and bunkers
Steel bins and hoppers
Tunnels and underground structures

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 Electrical Engineering

Power distribution systems

Instrumentation and controls
Field sensors and protective devices
HMI interface coordination ELECTRICAL
PLC programming SINGLE-LINE DIAGRAM
Motors (medium voltage and low voltage)
Medium voltage starters and breakers
Transformers
Motor control centers
Short circuit analysis
Power studies

3D LAYOUT
WITH PHOTOMETRY
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 Procurement
Equipment Specification
Bid Evaluations, alignment and recommendations
Purchasing
Expediting
Logistics Management
Supplier Quality Review
and Assurance
Global Market Sourcing
and Knowledge
Material Planning and Control
Project and Site
Material Management
Integration of Guarantees

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 Engineering/Fabrication Integration

Integration of equipment engineering

with the civil, mechanical fabrication
and electrical engineering

Shop drawing reviews

Fabrication shop inspections

Coordination of materials fabrication

for construction and deliveries
to the job sites

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 Construction Management

Construction contracts Supervision and Management

Project Scheduling
Cost controls
Integration of guarantees
Logistics management
Material planning and control
Supervised Quality Assurance
and Quality Control
Commissioning and start-up
Project close-out

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 Occupational safety management

Worksite health & safety management

Environmental auditing
Risk assessment

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 Cementos Argos, Columbus new line #4
Cartagena, Colombia
Colombian 2010 ASOCRETO (*)
Excellence in Concrete Award
Category:
Technology in Civil Works Constructions

Construction: ConConcreto HS Ing.

Project Design: SAXUM Ingeniera
(formerly Ingeniera Pentasur SA)
Owner: Cementos ARGOS

(*) Colombian Association of Concrete Producers

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 Columbus
Preheater tower

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 Columbus
Cooler building

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 Camargo Corra Diviso Cimentos
New cement grinding line Cubato, So Paulo, Brazil
New 140 tph cement grinding line.
Conceptual, basic & detailed engineering.

Civil/Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and I&C design of:

Clinker and limestone hopper wagons Cement transport systems (airsliders

discharge & buckets)
Clinker and limestone transport system 4-cells cement silo
10.000 t clinker silo Bulk cement dispatch system
17.000 t slag and 1.500 t gypsum warehouses Bagging and palletizing plant
Slag and gypsum transport systems Dispatch area
Bins building Electrical and auxiliary services
Cement mill rooms
Offices building
Lodge

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 Camargo Corra Diviso Cimentos
New cement grinding line Cubato, So Paulo, Brazil

MULTI-CELL CEMENT SILO

Multi-cell silo construction at

InterCement Vicente Casares
(Argentina) plant, using the
same design

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 Camargo Corra Diviso Cimentos:
New cement grinding line Cubato, So Paulo, Brazil

CLINKER SILO

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 Camargo Corra Diviso Cimentos
New cement grinding line Cubato, So Paulo, Brazil

CEMENT MILL FOUNDATIONS

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 Camargo Corra Diviso Cimentos
New cement grinding line Cubato, So Paulo, Brazil

Medium Voltage plant distribution system through pipe racks

Main transformer of 10 MVA (88 kVA / 6,6 kVA)
5 electrical rooms, 8 CCMs and 5 Low Voltage switchboards with cos correction

ELECTRICAL ONE-LINE DIAGRAMS ELECTRICAL ROOMS

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 Camargo Corra Diviso Cimentos
New cement grinding line Cubato, So Paulo, Brazil
Distributed Instrumentation & Control CCTV, Voice and Data systems
system Subsystem communication:
1 Control room, 5 PLCs, 15 remote units, 8 DeviceNet , ControlNet
intelligent CCMs 1500 field instruments
Optic fiber distribution through pipe racks

ANALOG I/O MODULES PROCESS CONTROL ARCHITECTURE

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 Camargo Corra Diviso Cimentos
New cement grinding line Cubato, So Paulo, Brazil

Engineering designs
fully developed by
SAXUM, including
process, mechanical,
electrical, control and
civil/structural
engineering of the
complete new plant.

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 Votorantim Cimentos
Salto de Pirapora, So Paulo, Brazil

Project: Plant expansion with new 4,500

TPD cement line.

Our Scope of Work: engineering

integration of the following areas:

1. Pre homogeneization
2. Raw mill feed bins
3. Raw mill
4. Gas conditioning
5. Cyclones Tower
6. Homogeneization Silo
7. Rotative Kiln
8. Clinker Cooler
9. Coke Kiln

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 Votorantim Cimentos
Salto de Pirapora, So Paulo, Brazil
Mechanical and Structural
Engineering Design of:

Feed Bins Building

Process duct works
Process duct supports
Clinker Cooler steel structure
Coke transport system
Chutes
Main transport system and transfer towers
Structural design of TAD support and kiln roof

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 Votorantim Cimentos
Cuiab, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Steel structures design
Loads list for foundations design

Our scope of work:

Gas recirculation building
Ducts support for hot gases generator
Bag house building inner steel structure
Support platform for main airslide
Cement silo elevator supports
Stairs towers

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 Companhia Siderrgica Nacional
Arcos, Minas Gerais, Brazil
New 160 t/h cement grinding plant.
Basic and Detailed engineering
Bid Packages development, and vendors technical proposals analysis.

Civil/Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation design of:

Additives stockage
Additives transport systems
Cement grinding (vertical mill)
28.000 t cement silo (7 cells)
Bagging, palletizing and truck shipping
Rail loading
Truck scales
Auxiliary buildings

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 Companhia Siderrgica Nacional
Arcos, Minas Gerais, Brazil

SILO ROOF 3D VIEW

CEMENT SILO
(28.000 t ; 7 cells)

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Companhia Siderrgica Nacional
Arcos, Minas Gerais, Brazil

FINITE ELEMENTS METHOD MODELING OF MILL

FOUNDATIONS

BAGGING, PALLETIZING AND SHIPPING

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 Holcim
Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Feasibility study for clinker production capacity
upgrade, from 1250 to 1600 t/d

Conceptual Engineering
Process, mechanical and civil/structural design
Upgrade alternatives development to reach new
capacity
Flowsheets
General Arrangements
Civil/structural drawings
CAPEX

PRE HEATER STAGES MODIFICATION PROPOSAL

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 Loma Negra
Lamali plant, Argentina

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 Loma Negra
Vicente Casares Plant, Argentina

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Cementos San Juan
V Regin, Chile
Conceptual Engineering
Provided design, layouts and cost options
Prepared bid documents for secondary
equipments
Provided detail electrical, structural and
mechanical engineering
Construction management services

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 Minera Alumbrera (Xstrata Copper)
Catamarca, Argentina

SAXUMs SOLUTION OF STRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY

STRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY OF PRIMARY CRUSHER:

DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT

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 FMC Lithium
Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina

Mechanical Engineering
Electrical, Instrumentation &
Control Engineering
Civil Engineering
Process reviewing

3D MODELS

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 FMC Lithium
Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina

ISOMETRICS

PROCESS FLOWSHEET

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 FMC Lithium
Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina

ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTATION IFC DRAWINGS

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Intrepid Mines, Casposo Project
San Juan, Argentina

Complete Engineering and

Procurement Services for the gold and
silver Casposo mining plant

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Minera Alumbrera (Xstrata Copper)
Catamarca, Argentina
Pebbles line
3rd and 4th production lines

1,200 t lime silo

Retrofit structural analysis of

the damaged primary crusher
structure
New cleaning cells

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Minera Triton (Pan American Silver)
Santa Cruz, Argentina
Basic Engineering (mechanical, civil, electrical
and metallurgic process)
Detailed Engineering
Procurement Assistance
Construction Assistance
Site services

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Minera Alumbrera (Xstrata Copper)
4th Grinding line

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 Minera Alumbrera (Xstrata Copper)
4th Grinding line

Our scope of work: Mechanical,

Electrical and Structural Engineering
Designs

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Minera Alumbrera (Xstrata Copper)
Tunnel Design in Precast Concrete

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 Minera IRL, Don Nicols Project
Santa Cruz, Argentina
Pre-Feasibility Study:

Preliminary process design criteria, plot plan

and facilities layout
Tailings management design, Hydrological
campaign/Water development campaign
CAPEX development

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 Cerro Vanguardia (AngloGold Ashanti)
Crushing plant & Heap Leach pumping

Mechanical, Electrical, I&C

and Structural
Basic and Detailed engineering
designs

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 Cerro Vanguardia (AngloGold Ashanti)
Crushing plant & Heap Leach pumping
Construction & Assembly
works supervision
As-built documents

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 Advantages of working with
SAXUM
Total Resources in House
Leadership in Design Analysis and Detail Engineering Solutions
Know-how and Experience in Cement and Metallurgic Process Solutions
Extensive Experience in Engineering Assistance for the Cement Industry
Deep knowledge of South American Codes, Standards & Practices
Engineering Management oriented to satisfy client technical needs
Extensive Experience in Value Eng. for Industrial Projects
Extensive Experience in Budgets, Schedules and Cost Control

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Looking forward to assist you in your next project.
Thank you . . .

SAXUM Servios de consultoria Ltda, Brazil

SAXUM Engineering LLC, USA

SAXUM Ingeniera S.A., Argentina

Contact us:

Chris Hayman chris.hayman@saxum.us

Pablo Santamartina pablo.santamartina@saxuming.net

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