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Bobcaygeon Graphite Property

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Bobcaygeon Graphite Project Overview

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Graphite ‐ Identified to Date

Geophysics: 800m x 40  0m IP geophysics anomaly defined; open for expansion

Metallurgy: • 99.97% C purity(LOI*) from metallurgical leach tests on fine‐flake size fraction

• 94.9% C on large & jumbo flake size fraction• 34% Cg head grade in metallurgy

Drilling: 6.36% Cg over 3.38m; including 31.9% Cg over 0.53m

Prospecting: New zones ‐ “Salerno” “Crystal” & “4South”, & expansion of “Corridor” currently suggests +23kmof Cg strike potential

2014 Exploration: Drilling, geophysics & metallurgy

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Bobcaygeon

TorontoInset Map

*Loss on Ignition (LOI) is a more accurate process of analyzing for carbon content. Double LOI increases the accuracy further, as LOI is conducted twice.**LECO is the process of analyzing for carbon content and is accurate within 1-2%

• Bobcaygeon: 2012 property acquisition w/ 100% earn‐in• Size: >160 sq km under tenure• Location: Southern Ontario ‐ stable jurisdiction, excellent geology & superior infrastructure; 60 minute drive from Peterborough (pop. 90,000)

Discovery

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• Deliver a high grade graphite deposit to a rapidly expanding global marketplace. 

• Accelerate graphite exploration through to mining of a high‐margin, low capital product.

Keys to Economic Graphite Deposits1. Location: Infrastructure, transportation2. Grade Range: 2% ‐ 20% 3. Flake Size & Price:

‐ Large Flake – $1,400 – 1,800 (>0.178mm)

‐Medium Flake – $1,050 – 1,400 (0.149mm to 0.178mm)

‐ Fine Flake – $900 – 1,200 (0.053mm to 0.149mm)

‐ Synthetic @ 99.9% C = $7,000 – 20,000

4. Purity: Medium and Large Flake +94%Fine Flake Leachable to +99%

Vision - Bobcaygeon Project

March 2013 ‐ Inaugural Drilling @ Discovery Trench

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Graphite Company ComparisonsValterra has the potential to quickly reach the market capitalization of its peers 

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Company  Deposit Location Graphite Type Resource Grade (Cg) Market Cap (Jan10/14)Ind.: 25.1MT 3.89%Inf.: 20.1MT 2.20%M+I: 4.9MT 15.76%Inf. : 3MT 15.58%M+I: 50MT 15.60%Inf.: 11.86MT 17.10%M+I: 19.95MT 1.74%Inf.: 33.7MT 1.81%M+I: 83.99MT 6.36%Inf.: 40.32MT 6.30%

Flinders Resources Ltd. Kringel Mine Sweden Flake (unspecified) M+I: 2.8MT 10.70% $20,800,000Graphite One Resources Graphite Creek Alaska Large FLake Inf.: 107.2MT 5.78% $17,000,000Valterra Resource Corporation Bobcaygeon Ontario Flake (all sizes) ‐ 34% $1,450,000

$113,000,000

$68,500,000

$49,600,000

$36,400,000

$25,500,000

Ontario All Flake Sizes

All Flake Sizes

Amorphous/Flake

Large Flake

Flake (unspecified)

Quebec

Quebec

Ontario

Madagascar

Zenyatta Ventures

Focus Graphite Inc.

Mason Graphite

Northern Graphite Co.

Energizer Resources Molo, Green Giant

Bissett Creek

Lac Gueret

Lac Knife

Albany

Graphite Company Comparisons

DDH BOB13‐004: 31.90% Cg over 0.53m @ 17.15‐17.68m (Sample 960087)

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Toronto

Peterborough

Kingston

OttawaMontreal

Quebec City

USA

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QUEBEC

Hudson Bay

Lake Ontario

ShippingRoute

LakeHuron

LakeSuperior

LABRADOR

Vancouver

Bobcaygeon

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# Company_Name Deposit_NameGraphite Resource/ 

Production (2)Status

1 Valterra Resources Bobcaygeon Initial Exploration

2 Northern Graphite Bissett Creek 1.61MT Pre‐Feasibility

3 Focus Graphite Lac Knife 1.25MT Scoping

4 Zenyatta  Ventures Albany Graphite Initial Exploration

5 Berkwood Resources Lac Gueret East Initial Exploration

6 Mason Graphite Lac Gueret 2.032MT Scoping

7 Graniz Mondal Mousseau West 0.174MT(1) Advanced Exploration

8 Rock Tech Lithium Lochaber 0.07MT(1) Initial Exploration

9 Galaxy Graphite Buckingham Initial Exploration

10 Quatre Milles Lomiko Metals Initial Exploration

11 Ontario Graphite Inc Kearney Mine 1.33MT Commissioning

12 Standard Graphite B.Lyall Initial Exploration

13 Standard Graphite Little Bryan Initial Exploration

14 Standard Graphite Black Donald Mine 0.085MT Past Producer

15 Standard Graphite Mousseau East 0.064MT(1) Advanced Exploration

16 Timcal Graphite Lac Des Iles 0.385MT Production

17 Strike Graphite Wagon Property Initial Exploration

18 Canada Carbon Miller Mine Past Producer/ Exploration

19 Canada Carbon Asbury Mine 0.07MT(1) Past Producer

Major Graphite in the Grenville

(1) Historic resources combined with total commodity produced. (2) Numbers are total historic production for past producers & resources for other statuses. Resources are NI 43‐101 compliant unless stated & are all categories combined. Where two statuses are present, the historic production & resource numbers have been combined. Data is taken from company websites. Numbers are intended only as a rough guide and should be treated accordingly. For more accurate information, visit the websites of the companies concerned.

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June 2012 to December 2016

• Optioned from Earth Resources Ltd. of Ontario

• 100% ownership right granted to Valterra

• Production royalty of 1.5% (can be purchased by VQA in 0.5% increments at C$500K ea.)

• Four‐Year Agreement (first 6mo work commitment = C$ 100,000 completed)

Staged Property Payments

C$ 55,000

VQA to Issue Shares Valued @

C$ 400,000

Aggregate Work Commitments

C$ 1.25M

Summary

Option Agreement

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Community & Sustainability

Valterra has been pro‐active in engaging with stakeholders and communities

The Discovery Zone is on private/patented land; hence permits not required to explore or drill 

Drill permits secured for the Discovery Zone. New zones can be tested via “scout” drills which 

requires no permitting

Aim is to hire locally & focus expenditures that support local families & businesses

Goal is to conduct sustainable & temporary land‐use plans/operations

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• The project is hosted by rocks of the Grenville Province; home to significant graphite projects in Canada

• Claims cover a major tectonic contact which may control the regional distribution of graphite deposits

Regional Terrane Map - Grenville Province

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Bancroft Terrane

Harvey-CardiffArch Belmont

Domain

Paleozoic BasinalSediments

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Bobcaygeon Cg Zones

Regional Graphite Showings

Valterra Claims

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• Road accessible & year‐round exploration potential

• Newly delineated mineralized stratigraphy over property

• Excellent year‐round access via highways; nearby active quarries, power grid, railways & services

• High‐grade +34%Cg potential at the discovery zone

• New zones ‐ “Salerno” “Crystal” &“4South”, & expansion of “Corridor” currently suggests +23km of Cg strike potential

Tens of Kilometres of Untested Graphitic Stratigraphy

Exploration Potential

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• 2012‐13 trenching, mapping, sampling of Discovery Zone & new regional prospects

• Ground geophysics completed – IP/Resistivity/MAG/EM

• Metallurgical tests conducted on +20kg grab sample from main trench

Exposing Near Surface Graphite in Trenching

2012 Sample Grabs Assayed up to 69.1% Cg

Excellent Access

2013 Exploration Highlights

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Discovery Zone Area Compilation

IP Anomaly800m x 400m

“open”

“open”

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Sample# Discovery Trench Description Cg %

960540 Graphite (1.5m chip channel in face) 36.8960541 Graphite (1.4m chip channel in face) 20.2960061 Graphite-quartz seams (0.7m chip channel in face) 14.6960542 Graphite seams in amphibolite (0.5m chip channel in face) 8.7960513 Quartz vein with coarse graphite seams (grab) 7.76

Discovery Trench

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MICROSCOPIC IMAGE OF GRAPHITE FLAKES (IN RED ‐ UP TO 0.8MMSHOWN) WITH NON‐SULPHIDE GANGUE (NSG) ATTACHMENTS. 

High‐Grade• 34% Cg graphite head grade in 2012 metallurgical testing 

• 2012‐13 grab samples ranging from 8.7% to 69.1% Cg

Premium Flakes & High Purity Significant metallurgy results from +20kg grab sample:

• 99.97% C returned via leach/LOI as ultra‐high‐purity, fine‐flake graphite concentrate (‐150 mesh or <0.105mm) which totaled 55.9% of the concentrate.

• 94.9% C returned  via  LOI  as  large  & jumbo  flake  concentrate  (+80  mesh  or >0.178mm) which equaled 31.7% of the concentrate.

• 96.3% C returned via LOI as medium flake (‐80 to +150 mesh) which totaled 12.4% of the concentrate.

• Combined Concentrate Grades = 93.1% C by LOI, and the Recovery = 93.3%.

The total concentrate ranges demonstrate a very high purity & marketable product 

Metallurgy

* Loss on Ignition (LOI) – A sample of known mass is ignited, volatiles escape over time until the mass ceases to change. The sample is then cooled in a controlled environment and the mass is re‐determined; the difference in the mass is thus termed the “LOI”.   ** LECO Infrared Combustion Analysis =  For Cg (graphitic carbon) samples are roasted at 550o C then mixed with nitric acid and de‐ionized water, then digested and filtered. The filtered residue is mixed with metal accelerators and placed in the LECO System where the residual carbon is assayed as Cg.

Scale: 200um = 0.2mm, plane polarized light

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• Completed: Scout Drilling & Initial Prospecting

• Drill plan of 2,000‐2,500m 

• Continued geophysics

• Continued lab analyses 

• Potential bulk sample

Sampling Graphite Trench in 2012 Graphite Close‐up in Discovery Trench 2012

2014 Exploration Plan

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Flake Size & PriceUS$/tonne (94‐97% C)Large flake $1,400‐1,800 (+80mesh = >.178mm or 1/5 Dime Thickness)Medium flake $1,050‐1,400 (+100 to ‐80mesh or .149 to .178mm)Fine flake $900‐1,200 (‐100mesh = or <.149mm)

• Synthetic @ 99.99% C = $7,000‐20,000 

Graphite and diamonds are the only two naturally formed polymersof carbon. Graphite’s an excellent conductor of heat & electricity &has the highest natural strength and stiffness of any material(maintains strength + stability to >3,600°C) & resists chemical attack.

Graphite is used for steel industry (liner applications), and as anagent to increase the carbon content of steel. Autos (hybridbatteries, brake linings, gaskets and clutch materials). As well as auses in lubricants, fire retardants, and plastics.

Industrial Demand has been growing at about 5%/year due mainly togrowth in emerging economies such as China and India. The “bluesky” is in ‘green’ applications ‐ Li ion batteries, fuel cells, solarenergy, semi conductors, and nuclear energy.

The Graphite Market >1MT/year (same as Ni market) of which 60%is amorphous and 40% flake. Only flake graphite which can beupgraded to 99.9% purity is suitable for Li ion batteries.

Supply/Demand = 3x Price Increase Since 2005

Graphite is 3D Stacks of 2D Graphene Sheets

2D Graphene Sheet

Graphite Info

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China 73%

India 12%

Brazil 7%

North Korea 3%

Canada 2%

Sri Lanka 1%

Other 2%

Source: USGS January 2011

“A Supply Critical Mineral!”(US & EU Governments)

Global Graphite Production (1 million tonnes per year)

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Aerospace

Steel-Making

eco-Auto Solar Power

Nuclear

Hi-Tech

“A Supply Critical Mineral!”(US & EU Governments)

The World of Graphite - Used the World Over

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BOBCAYGEONGRAPHITE

SWIFT KATIECU-AU-AG

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Other Projects - BC

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Recent Option Agreement• Option deal Oct’13: Riverside‐Antofagasta 

Alliance to acquire an 80% interest in the Swift Katie Property for staged exploration expenditures of $5million over 4 years

• Deal to enhance shareholder value.• Goal: Develop new targets; identify new 

resourcesProperty• 16 mineral claims covering >8,350 ha• 7 km south of Salmo BC (pop. 1,000)• Cu‐Au‐Ag bulk tonnage target in an infrastructure‐

rich region of BC

History• An amalgamation of the Katie & Swift properties 

(Cu‐Au‐Ag porphyry + Au‐shear targets)• Explored by Noranda & Falconbridge during 

1980s/90s• Over 75 drill holes targeting 4 zones:

Katie Main Zone = 500m (L)  x  70m‐135m (W)

Swift Katie Project Claims Map

Salmo Camp & Jersey‐Emerald MineCanada’s 2nd largest tungsten mineBC’s 2nd largest lead‐zinc mine

Salmo Camp & Jersey‐Emerald MineCanada’s 2nd largest tungsten mineBC’s 2nd largest lead‐zinc mine

2.5 km

Salmo(pop. 1,000)HWY 3

<  Trail Smelter(~30km)

Swift Katie Project - (100% VQA)Cu-Au-Ag Alkaline Porphyry Target

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Swift Katie ‐ Large Geological Target

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Regional Anomalies• Large, annular volcanic centre defined by gov’t regional airborne surveys

• Several stocks detected, numerous porphyry/shear targets outlined

• >1,200ha of new claims staked in 2011 to cover additional anomalies

Salmo BC

Massive Volcanic Centre Shown (Magnetics ‐ 1st Vertical Derivative)

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Copper Mountain Comparison 

Goal The identification and 

development of a bulk‐tonnage Cu‐Au+/‐Ag deposit similar to the Copper Mountain mine, Princeton 

BC (>1.5B lb Cu resource)*

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Details Swift Katie Copper Mountain

Location 7km SW of Salmo BC, Canada 20km south of Princeton BC, Canada

Deposit Type Alkalic Porphyry Copper-Gold Alkalic Porphyry Copper-Gold

MineralizationChalcopyrite, Pyrite

(Disseminated, Fracture-Filling/Stockwork)Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite

(Disseminated & Stockwork)

Age Lower Jurassic Lower Jurassic

Status Advanced Exploration Production

Ownership 100%75% Copper Mountain Mining Corp.

25% Mitsubishi

Market Cap C$ 1.3 Million C$ 510 Million

* Cautionary Note: There is no certainty that a similar mineral inventory will be outlined on Valterra Resource Corporation’s property.

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ContactHead Office:Valterra Resource CorporationSuite 1100, 1199 West Hastings St.Vancouver, BC  V6E 3T5

Investor Relations:Direct: 604.684.9384 Toll Free: 1.888.456.1112Fax: 604.688.4670Email:      [email protected]

Website:         www.valterraresource.com

Auditors: Smythe Ratcliffe LLP

Share StructureShares Outstanding:                26 millionWarrants Outstanding:     7 millionFully Diluted:                         36 millionRecent Prices:                     $0.02‐0.20

Share ListingsTSX.V: VQAOTC: VRSCD

Directors & ManagementLawrence Page, QC – President, Chairman & DirectorGraham Thatcher ‐ Chief Financial OfficerCourtney Shearer, B.Sc., MBA – DirectorEdward Odishaw ‐ DirectorBrian McGrath, P.Geo. ‐ DirectorBarry Schindel ‐ DirectorArie Page, LLB ‐ Corporate Secretary

About Valterra

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Some of the statements contained in this presentation may be deemed “forward‐looking statements.” Theseinclude estimates and statements that describe the Company’s future plans, objectives or goals, and expectationsof a stated condition or occurrence.

Forward‐looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “believes”, “anticipates”, “expects”,“estimates”, “may”, “could”, “would”, “will”, or “plan”. Since forward‐looking statements are based on assumptionsand address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties.

Actual results relating to, among other things, results of exploration, reclamation, capital costs, and the Company’sfinancial condition and prospects, could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements formany reasons such as but not limited to; changes in general economic conditions and conditions in the financialmarkets; changes in demand and prices for the minerals the Company expects to produce; litigation, legislative,environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; technological andoperational difficulties encountered in connection with the Company’s activities; and changing foreign exchangerates and other matters discussed in this presentation.

Persons should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward‐looking statements. Further informationregarding these and other factors, which may cause results to differ materially from those projected in forward‐looking statements, are included in the filings by the Company with securities regulatory authorities. The Companydoes not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward‐ looking statement that may be made from time totime by the Company or on its behalf, except in accordance with applicable securities laws, whether as a result ofnew information, future events or otherwise.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of thecontents of this presentation, that has been prepared by management.

Robert MacDonald Msc, P.Geo., is the Qualified Person responsible for reviewing the technical information presented herein.

Disclaimer

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