OVERVIEW

Maple Leaf Short Duration 2012 Flow-Through Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”) is designed to provide holders of National Class Units (“National Class Limited Partners”) with a tax-assisted investment in a diversified portfolio of Flow-Through Shares of Resource Companies incurring Eligible Expenditures across Canada with a view to maximizing the tax benefits of an investment in National Class Units and achieving capital appreciation and/or income for National Class Limited Partners. National Class Limited Partners must be a resident of Canada or liable to pay Canadian income tax.