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Alkane Resources — Investor Presentation 2007
Sep 10, 2007
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R ESOURCES L TD
ABN 3 5 0 0 0 6 8 9 2 1 6
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11 September 2007
Manager Announcements Company Announcements Office ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000
Dear Sir,
PRESENTATION
Attached is a copy of a presentation to the Excellence in Mining and Exploration Conference in Sydney today.
A copy of this presentation will also be available on the Company’s website www.alkane.com.au.
Yours faithfully, for ALKANE RESOURCES LTD
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D I Chalmers Managing Director
Registered Office: 129 Edward Street Perth WA 6000 Telephone: 61 8 9227 5677 Facsimile: 61 8 9227 8178 PO Box 8178 Perth Business Centre Western Australia 6849 www.alkane.com.au [email protected]
ALKANE RESOURCES LTD
ABN 35 000 689 216
Multi Commodity Development in the Central West of NSW
Excellence in Mining and Exploration Conference Sydney 10-11 September 2007 www.alkane.com.au
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CORPORATE PROFILE
ASX Code Issued Capital Cash (31/08/07) Trading Range (1 yr) Trading Volume (1 yr) Current Market Cap Gandel Metals No Debt
ALK (listed since 1969) 200m shares
A$3.5m
A$0.17 - $0.45 average about 10m/mth
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A$60m 18.2%
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ALKANE MANAGEMENT
John Dunlop
Chairman
Mining Engineer with 36 years in mining operations
Ian Chalmers
Managing Director
Geologist with 36 yrs experience in mining, exploration and development
Tony Lethlean
Ian Gandel
Ian Cornelius
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Geologist with 10 yrs in mining and 14 yrs in finance, specialising in resources sector
Successful businessman and resource sector investor
45 yrs in minerals and petroleum industry administration
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Lindsay Colless Company Secretary
Chartered Accountant with 40 yrs experience in the minerals and petroleum industry
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Chief Geologist
Terry Ransted
Resources, reserves, mining – feasibility EIS, Planning consent
Mike Sutherland
Environment Manager
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Australia – project locations
Nullagine BC Iron
Central West NSW
Gold – copper
Leinster Nickel JV
Zr-Nb-Y-U-REE
Perth
Sydney
500 km
Project
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Central West NSW
Tritton Copper
The Peak 2Moz
Alkane Projects and major deposits
TGP Gold Syerston Ni Pt DZP Rio Tinto 2Moz 1.5Mt Cu Newcrest 30Moz 2Mt Cu Barrick 4.5Moz
Copper - gold Newmont JV Gold - copper
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Tomingley Gold Project
Regional Outcrop Geology
Cover Caloma Hervey Group Wyoming Myalls United Dulladerry Rhyolite Yeoval Granite Forbes Group Peak Hill 153,000 ozs produced Mungincoble Chert Cotton Formation Goonumbla (Mingelo) Volcanics
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Tomingley Gold Project
Wyoming Geological Summary
Geological Summary 58,700oz New discovery 3km Pelitic Sediments Feldspar porphyry 547,700oz Volcaniclastic sediments Graphitic mudstone Volcaniclastic conglomerate 70,000oz production Epidote altered volcanics Chlorite-talc schist Andesitic volcanics Mineralisation
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Tomingley Gold Project – South View
Peak Hill Gold Mine 153,000 oz production, 450,000 oz in sulphides at depth
Smiths
McLeans
Myalls United Mine 70,000oz production
Wyoming One >550,000oz
Myalls Deeps
Caloma 200,000oz ?500,000oz Newell Highway
Wyoming Three >60,000oz
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Tomingley
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TOMINGLEY GOLD PROJECT
Resource Summary Wyoming One and Three Dec 2005 0.75g/t gold cut off
Measured 4.835 mt @ 2.24g/t gold 348,350 oz 58% Indicated 1.025 mt @ 2.76g/t gold 91,000 oz 15% Inferred 1.270 mt @ 4.09g/t gold 167,000 oz 27 % TOTAL 7.130 mt @ 2.70g/t gold 606,350 oz 100%
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Tomingley Gold Project
Caloma
Preliminary Geological Interpretation
Pelitic Sediments Feldspar porphyry Volcaniclastic sediments Graphitic mudstone Volcaniclastic conglomerate Epidote altered volcanics Chlorite-talc schist Andesitic volcanics Mineralisation
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New RC Intersections 37m @ 8.63g/t Au 11m @ 6.87g/t Au 19m @ 6.03g/t Au 14m @ 4.83g/t Au
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Tomingley Gold Project Caloma RC Drilling May 2007
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Tomingley Gold Project
Wyoming Proposed Pit Locations
Addition gold potential Caloma 200,000oz Total Project potential to approach 1Moz
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TOMINGLEY GOLD PROJECT
Wyoming Development Summary
Definitive Feasibility Study program to resource drill out Caloma, optimise open pits, generate conceptual underground mine plan, optimise head grades and recoveries Detailed design and engineering for CIL treatment plant Current Concept: 1,000,000tpa open pits to produce 60-70,000oz pa Underground 250,000 to 500,000 tpa Capital cost A$40 million ? Four to five year open pit life; four years + ? underground Cash flows range to +A$25M pa; open pits to generate A$100m Complete Environmental Assessment and lodge Development Application Investigate financing options, and possible development commitment mid-late 2008
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Orange Area Regional Geology
Molong Regional Geology Cudal ODEJV = Molong and Moorilda Quaternary Tertiary Carboniferous granites Cadia Valley Moorilda Siluro-Devonian granites +30Moz Siluro-Devonian sediments Ordovician monzonite and related intrusives Ordovician ultramafics Ordovician volcanics
Newmont Joint Venture ODEJV = Molong and Moorilda
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ODEJV Moorilda
Geology and Prospects
Godolphin Structural Corridor
McPhillamys Discovery 2006 McPhillamys Discovery 2006 123m @ 1.96g/t Au 123m @ 1.96g/t Au 10m @ 4.08g.t Au 10m @ 4.08g.t Au 31m @ 1.64% zn 31m @ 1.64% zn
7m @ 2.85g/t Au 7m @ 2.85g/t Au 6m @ 2.37g/t Au 6m @ 2.37g/t Au 6m @ 3.52g/t Au 6m @ 3.52g/t Au 19m @ 1.23g/t Au and 19m @ 1.23g/t Au and 0.20% Cu 0.20% Cu
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ODEJV
Moorilda
McPhillamys
600m
Soil geochemistry
with drill hole
locations
300m
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ODEJV Moorilda McPhillamys Drill Section 6292050mN
Legend Sediments
Western altered sediments Altered-sediments Felsic volcanic / volcaniclastic Volcaniclastic sediments Mineralised Zone - Au Mineralised Zone - Zn >0.10% Zn >0.25 g/t Au
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ODEJV Moorilda McPhillamys Drill Section 6292120mN
Legend Sediments Western altered sediments Altered-sediments
Felsic volcanic / volcaniclastic Volcaniclastic sediments
Mineralised Zone - Au Mineralised Zone - Zn
0.10% Zn >0.25 g/t Au
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ODEJV
Moorilda
McPhillamys
East Zinc Zone
+0.2% Zn
Mineralisation
with drill hole
300m
locations
East Gold Zone
Target potential +1g/t Au
> 1Moz
West Gold Zone
Central Zinc Zone
+1g/t Au
+1% Zn
200m
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ODEJV MOLONG - Borenore Prospect Core drilling May 2007
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DUBBO ZIRCONIA PROJECT
Project Site and Infrastructure Location
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DUBBO ZIRCONIA PROJECT
RESOURCES
Measured Resource : 0 - 55 metres
Inferred Resource : 55 - 100 metres
TOTAL
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35.7 million tonnes grading 1.96% Zr02, 0.04%HfO2, 0.14% Y2O3 0.46% Nb2O5, 0.03% Ta2O5 , 0.014% U3O8, and 0.75% REO
37.5 million tonnes at similar grades
73.2 million tonnes
Major world resource of zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, yttrium and rare earth elements
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Although the ore is not classified as a radioactive deposit, it contains 23 million lbs (10,200t) of uranium
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Production of uranium is currently prohibited in NSW
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DUBBO ZIRCONIA PROJECT
Current Program
AusIndustry Commercial Ready Grant of A$3.29M in April 2006 on dollar for dollar basis to complete process optimisations, and construct and operate the Demonstration Pilot Plant (DPP).
Laboratory program to review and optimise flow sheet commenced at ANSTO (Lucas Heights) July 2006, with Demonstration Pilot Plant to be operating in second half of 2007 Market update for all products in progress Substantial product samples (50 to 100kg) from DPP to be distributed late 2007, into 2008 Revise and update the 2002 feasibility study by mid-late 2008 Specialist consultants, TZ Minerals International are the feasibility study managers
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DUBBO ZIRCONIA PROJECT
PROCESS FLOW SHEET
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LKANE
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DUBBO ZIRCONIA PROJECT
Process Flow Sheet – Possible developments
Uranium Nuclear power
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Zirconium and hafnium metal Nuclear and special alloys New microchip applications
Niobium and tantalum for special alloys
Separated yttrium and HREE’s for speciality glasses, magnets, alloys, ceramics
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Thorium ?? Acclerator driven subcritical reactors
DUBBO ZIRCONIA PROJECT Possible Product Suite
ZBS Zirconium basic sulphate ZOH Zirconium hydroxide ZCO Zirconium carbonate ZrO2 Zirconia (calcined) Zirconium and hafnium metal Nb O 2 5 niobium (+Ta) concentrate
Zirconium products
Niobium - tantalum products Yttrium - rare earth Others?
Yttria (Y2O3) - rare earth concentrate (REO) Uranium concentrate and Thorium concentrate
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DUBBO ZIRCONIA PROJECT Product market summary
Zirconium:
Hafnium:
Niobium:
Yttrium:
Rare earths:
drying agent in paints; primer coat of vehicle metalwork; ceramic pigments; engineering ceramics; catalysts; electronics; solid oxide fuel cells cladding in nuclear power plants; special alloys and glasses control rods for nuclear reactors; nextgen microprocessors HSLA steels; special alloys and glasses
stabilizer in ceramics; phosphors for TV/computer screens; lasers
speciality glasses; phosphors; fertilizers; catalysts; lasers; magnets/batteries, particularly for hybrid vehicle motors
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DUBBO ZIRCONIA PROJECT
Demonstration Pilot Plant July 2007
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24m
21m
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DZP Probable Outputs
- Base case models of 200,000 to 500,000 tonnes per year throughput
� 9,000 to 22,500 tonnes of zirconium chemicals (3kt to 7.5kt zirconia equivalent) � 1,000 to 2,500 tonnes of niobium-tantalum concentrate (0.6kt-1.5kt Nb equiv) � 2,400 to 6,000 tonnes of yttrium-rare earth concentrates (1.2kt-3kt YREE equiv)
� 25 to 62 tonnes of uranium concentrate (56,000 to 140,000lbs)
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Revenues of A$40 to $100 million (current escalated to ~A$130M)
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Capital costs of A$100 to $180 million
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Target development commence late 2008 Production 2010 Open pit mine life (base case) > 200 years
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Alkane Resource Summary
� Tomingley Gold Project
Wyoming One (M,Ind & Inf) Wyoming Three (M,Ind & Inf) Caloma ? Potential Total
Peak Hill Sulphide (Ind & Inf) TOTAL
547,700 oz 58,772 oz ?200,000 oz 805,000 oz 467,570 oz 1,274,000 oz
- Wellington Project
Galwadgere Indicated (0.5% Cu) 2.09Mt @ 0.99% Cu and 0.3g/t Au 20,000 oz
- Dubbo Zirconia Project (M & Inf) Toongi
73.2Mt @ 1.96% Zr02, 0.04%HfO2, 0.14% Y2O3 0.46% Nb2O5, 0.03% Ta2O5 , 0.014% U3O8, 0.75% REO
- Moorilda Project McPhillamys Hill Potential ??
500,000 – 1,000,000 oz
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12 Month Strategy
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Resource drill out for the Caloma open pit – October start. Assess underground at Caloma, Myalls United and Wyoming Three
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Complete f easibility study on TGP (Wyoming-Caloma) – mid 2008
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DZP - Operate Demonstration Pilot Plant at ANSTO Advance feasibility study – mid to late 2008
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Progress Orange JV with Newmont. Advance McPillamys resource potential Test other regional targets
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Advance Galwadgere copper project – own exploration or joint venture
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Advance exploration targets at Wellington, Bodangora and Cudal
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- BC Iron - Nullagine WA, progress exploration to resource status Alkane retains 17%
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| The Project Pipeline | The Project Pipeline | The Project Pipeline | The Project Pipeline | The Project Pipeline | The Project Pipeline | The Project Pipeline |
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| PROJECT | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| TGP | ||||||
| Wyoming Caloma |
DFS Resource |
DFS>EIS> DA>Const |
Const > Prod |
70,000oz | 70,000oz | 70,000oz |
| Peak Hill | Review /drill | Resource | ||||
| DZP | DPP | DPP>DFS | DFS>DA – Const |
Const-Prod | 31,000t | 31,000t |
| ODEJV | ||||||
| McPhillamys | Exploration | Resource | DFS>EIS | DA - Const | Const - Prod | ?150,000oz |
| Wellington | ||||||
| Galwadgere | Expl | Exploration | Res -DFS | DFS>EIS> DA |
Construct | Production |
ALKANE RESOURCES LTD
ABN 35 000 689 216
“The New Force in Zirconium” and hafnium, niobium, yttrium, with significant input from gold
Disclaimer:
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www.alkane.com.au
This presentation contains certain forward looking statements and forecasts, including possible or assumed reserves and resources, production levels and rates, costs, prices, future performance or potential growth of Alkane Resources Ltd, industry growth or other trend projections. Such statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve unknown risks and uncertainties, as well as other factors which are beyond the control of Alkane Resources Ltd. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those expressed of implied by these forward looking statements depending on a variety of factors. Nothing in this presentation should be construed as either an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities.