Q4 2021 Northern Star Resources Ltd Activities Report Call Transcript

The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer section of the transcript.

Question: Daniel Morgan - Barrenjoey Capital Partners Pty Ltd, Research Division - Analyst : The transaction announced this morning with Evolution Mining makes sense. It's obviously been something the market has been looking at for a long time and the synergies therein. But how should we view the price from a Northern Star perspective? Did you share the synergies that are gained from the deal?

Question: Daniel Morgan - Barrenjoey Capital Partners Pty Ltd, Research Division - Analyst : Yes. Sure. And I guess most questions I'll leave until tomorrow reviewing the materials. But just looking at Pogo, which saw a big turnaround on the development meters, just wondering if you could talk about how important the border between Australia and the U.S. remains on the performance of Pogo because at face value, Alaska now has about 50% of people vaccinated. As a state, it is less restricted in terms of people movement and things. But obviously, there's still a hard border restrictions, I guess, between Australia and the U.S. So how important is that border to the performance? REFINITIV STREETEVENTS | www.refinitiv.com | Contact Us consent of Refinitiv. 'Refinitiv' and the Refinitiv logo are registered trademarks of Refinitiv and its affiliated companies. JULY 22, 2021 / 1:00AM, NST.AX - Q4 2021 Northern Star Resources Ltd Activities Report Call

Question: Daniel Morgan - Barrenjoey Capital Partners Pty Ltd, Research Division - Analyst : And on more local borders, so the WA border versus the rest of Australia, how much of an impact is that having on your business? And could you comment on labor and contractor costs, please?

Question: Andrew Bowler - Macquarie Research - Analyst : I guess, it's sort of a continuation. Obviously, you've got the pack coming out this afternoon. But I mean, talking about -- in your quarterly about Thunderbox mill expansion to 6 million tonnes per annum, does that sort of imply that you expand -- I know you were trading these studies off, but does that sort of imply that the expansion of Jundee will not go ahead?

Question: Andrew Bowler - Macquarie Research - Analyst : All right. And I guess, also continuing on the theme of Pogo. You talked about vaccines certainly weighing on output -- helping output, I should say, and COVID not weighing on output so much. Can you quantify that in terms of absence from work and numbers of staff isolating and that sort of thing? Like are you seeing -- is it a dramatic turnaround? Or is it still incremental at this stage? REFINITIV STREETEVENTS | www.refinitiv.com | Contact Us consent of Refinitiv. 'Refinitiv' and the Refinitiv logo are registered trademarks of Refinitiv and its affiliated companies. JULY 22, 2021 / 1:00AM, NST.AX - Q4 2021 Northern Star Resources Ltd Activities Report Call