PRESENTATION of NEW-CALEDONIA. A.Chung ADECAL Project Executive

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1 PRESENTATION of NEW-CALEDONIA A.Chung ADECAL Project Executive

2 INTRODUCTION New Caledonia is a French Overseas Territory. A tropical archipelago less than 2,000 km from Australian and New-Zealand Coast lines KIX Km CDG Km NTA Km HNL Km LAX Km VLI 570 Km WLS Km NEW-CALEDONIA BNE Km NAN Km PPT Km Surface : 18,575 square kilometres SYD Km AKL km Larger than all the Hawaiian islands together

3 INTRODUCTION New Caledonia is a French Overseas Territory. A tropical archipelago less than 2,000 km from Australian and New-Zealand Coast lines NEW-CALEDONIA Surface : 18,575 square kilometres Larger than all the Hawaiian islands together

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5 INTRODUCTION POPULATION 245,000 Nearly 51 % are under 30

6 INTRODUCTION 3 Provinces 33 Municipalities NORD SUD ILES Municipalities: 17 Population : 19% 21 Municipalities: 13 Population : 72% 68 Municipalities: 3 Population : 911%

7 INTRODUCTION Currency GDP (2006) 647 billion XFP 5.42 billion 9 billion AU$ billion NZ$ 813 billion Yen 7.04 billion US$ GDP per Capita million XFP 22,700 37,700 AU$ 43,200 NZ$ 3.4 million Yen 29,550 US$

8 INTRODUCTION GDP per capita US $ Source World Bank 2006 (est.) AUSTRALIA FRANCE NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND FRENCH POLYNESIA FIJI TONGA VANUATU

9 INTRODUCTION CURRENCY Fixed link to the XPF At one For :

10 INTRODUCTION Nickel (25% of the World estimated resources, ranking 3 rd )

11 INTRODUCTION Natural Resources EEZ Covering 1.45 million square kilometres

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13 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Nickel mining & processing Production: Nickel ore 130,000 tons ( Ni Nickel metal: 60,000 tons Ni-content )

14 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Development plans related to Nickel COMPANIES PROJECT NAME LOCATION INVESTMENTS PRODUCTION CAPACITY EMPLOYMENT 75 KT Nouméa Doniambo North Province 200 millions Euros Nickel 75,000 tons 240 North Province Tiébaghi South Province 2.3 billion Euros Nickel 50,000 tons Cobalt 5,000 tons 800-1,000 Project Koniambo North Province 2.7 billion Euros Nickel 54,000 tons 800-1,000 FALCONBRIDGE

15 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Projects sites New Mining site Mining & Processing FALCONBRIDGE Mining & Processing Nouméa smelter

16 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Option 1. Join the majors Option 2. Form joint-ventures with independent mining companies For what operations? - Ore extraction ; - Ore enrichment ; - Ore processing?

17 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AGRICULTURE AQUACULTURE Prawn farming 2,200 tons FISHING Tuna 2,000 tons

18 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TOURISM 28% 26% Hotel brands RAMADA CORAL PALM Best Western 110,000 passengers Current Capacity 2,500 rooms 16% 9% 100,000 Visitors annually

19 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AIRLINE DEVELOPMENT CDG NTA KIX BNE VLI NAN WLS PPT Code share with SYD AKL

20 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SECTORS Primary Productions Manufacturing & Mining sectors Building & Construction Trade & Retail Other services Banks, Transports, Hotels, Consulting firms & Public services GDP 2% 16% 9% 13% 60%

21 INVESTMENT INCENTIVES INTRINSIC INCENTIVES European-standard business environment

22 INVESTMENT INCENTIVES INTRINSIC INCENTIVES F CFP Fixed parity to Euro

23 INVESTMENT INCENTIVES INTRINSIC INCENTIVES PRIMARY INFRASTRUCTURES

24 INVESTMENT INCENTIVES MANPOWER INTRINSIC INCENTIVES

25 FINANCIAL INCENTIVES French Overseas Territories Incentive scheme FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Shareholders Equity + Bank loans

26 Thank you for your attention

27 Thank you for your attention And Invest in NEW CALEDONIA