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Focused on Becoming a High Grade Gold Producer in Burkina Faso Annual General Meeting Presentation 22 November 2013
www.goldenrim.com.au
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Key Points
| • High-grade, near surface gold resource at the Netiana Lodes | |
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| Near term production | • Metallurgical recoveries> 95% |
| opportunity at Balogo | • Potential for a low capex, low cost, high margin open pit operation |
| • BFS underway and targeting first gold production from a modular plant | |
| • Potential for satellite high-grade gold deposits around the Netiana Lodes | |
| Upside through exploration |
• Discovery of the Panga Lodes (14m at 18.8 g/t gold), 600m north of Netiana • Multiple high grade gold drilling targets at Korongou (~200km NE) |
| • Plan to relocate Netiana plant to Korongou | |
| Clear focus, divestment, financial optimisation |
• New focus on high grade production at the Balogo and Korongou projects • Divestments of non-core projects in Mali, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso • Significant cost reduction, including 50% reduction in staff |
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Golden Rim Gold Projects
Mali
- •Sepola - 5 permits (186km[2] ) Faraba - 2 permits (64km[2] )
Ivory Coast
•Kongasso* - 1 permit (395km[2] )
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•Koyekro* - 1 permit (400km[2] )
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•Nguessankro* - 1 permit (398km[2] )
Burkina Faso
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•Yako* - 2 permits (320km[2] )
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•Babonga* - 1 permit (102km[2] )
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•Sebba* - 9 permits (1,808km[2] )
GMR’s Landholding in West Africa (>5,000km[2] ) Burkina Faso Ivory Coast
Mali
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•Balogo - 3 permits (477km[2] )
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•Korongou - 2 permits (315km[2] )
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•Diapaga - 4 permits (960km[2] )
*Golden Rim plans to sell interests in these projects
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Burkina Faso Projects
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Balogo Project (Burkina Faso)
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Multiple, high grade gold quartz vein lodes
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Some of the highest gold intersections in Burkina Faso
Oxide/Transition RC Intercepts include:
57m at 40.6 g/t gold , including 8m at 245 g/t gold 31m at 65.6 g/t gold , including 6m at 308 g/t gold
22m at 13.6 g/t gold , including 2m at 91.5 g/t gold
Fresh Diamond Intercepts include:
13m at 111 g/t gold , including 4m at 343 g/t gold 25.9m at 12.3 g/t gold , including 1.7m at 172 g/t gold
- Maiden Inferred Resource of 850,000 tonnes at 6.8 g/t gold for 185,000 ounces calculated in February 2013 for the Netiana Lodes (0.5 g/t gold lower cut-off )
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3D Model of the Netiana Lodes at Balogo
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Balogo Project
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Independent Scoping Study completed in March 2013 gives GMR confidence to advance the Balogo Project to BFS
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GMR is contemplating a mining and processing operation from a 100m deep pit on the Netiana Lodes
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Preliminary testwork has demonstrated non-optimised metallurgical recoveries of >95% on samples of Netiana Lodes ore
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Potential for gravity recoveries >50%
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Current preferred processing option is a small 30tph modularised gravity + CIL plant
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Potential for a high grade, low CAPEX, high margin operation
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Balogo Feasibility Study (BFS)
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Mandate signed with RMB Resources for A$4M in funding for the BFS (due diligence underway)
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Environmental Impact Assessment underway (Phase 1 complete)
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Gravity, flotation and metallurgical testwork underway at Gekko
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Gravity stage completed (52.8% recovery into 11.1% of original mass at 0.6mm grind)
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Targeting a low CAPEX, low OPEX plant that avoids a large CIL circuit
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Aiming to complete BFS by mid-2014
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Exploration Upside at Balogo
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Depth extensions to the Netiana Lodes
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Potential for satellite high grade gold deposits
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Discovery of the Panga Lodes (600m north of the Netiana Lodes)
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BRC270: 14m at 18.8 g/t gold (34m – 48m), including 4m at 63.8 g/t gold
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Associated with a strong 1km long IP resistivity anomaly
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Parallel to Netiana Lodes
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Hole BRC270 – Panga Lodes
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14m at 18.8 g/t gold (34m - 48m) including:
4m at 63.8 g/t gold (34m – 38m); and
1m at 151.0 g/t gold (35m – 36m)
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Korongou Project (Burkina Faso)
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One of most sought after properties in Burkina Faso
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3 year renewal
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Option payments re-negotiated (US$300k due 31 December 2013)
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Gold mineralisation over 16km of strike in 1.2km wide corridor
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Major regional shear zone with multiple zones of gold mineralisation
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Past production 20,000 oz at 5.2 g/t gold
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Currently processing 10-15 tpd (existing stockpiles)
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Identified Gold Lodes at Korongou
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Banouassi Prospect at Korongou
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Multiple parallel zones of gold mineralisation within 1.2km wide shear corridor
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Maiden RC drilling produced intercepts open at depth & along strike
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BARC001: 7m at 11 g/t gold
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BARC007: 5m at 4.7 g/t gold, 9m at 1.4 g/t gold & 12m at 0.5 g/t gold
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BARC025: 3m at 2.8 g/t gold, 5m at 1.7 g/t gold, 7m at 2.6 g/t gold & 2m at 3.4 g/t gold
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- RC drilling planned
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Namagdo Prospect at Korongou
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NKRC004 returned 5m at 1.8 g/t gold and 11m at 3.6 g/t gold
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Mineralisation open at depth and along strike
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Further mineralisation adjacent the hole and remains untested
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Wide zone of artisanal workings extend for >3km
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1km magnetic low anomaly
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Rock chips up to 108 g/t gold
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RC drilling planned
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Big Veins Prospect at Korongou
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Large new artisanal open pit
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Different style of gold mineralisation (not quartz vein related)
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Gold associated with interbedded iron-rich and carbon-rich sediments
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Potential for a broad zone of mineralisation
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Rock chip samples up to 9.7 g/t gold
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No drilling to date
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RC drilling planned
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Diapaga Project (Burkina Faso)
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JV with Blina Minerals (Blina earning 51%)
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~1,000km[2]
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No previous exploration
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Little outcrop
Major regional shear zone ( 11km wide)
Recent Natougou discovery by Orbis Gold ( 1.8Moz at 3.7 g/t gold ) 30km along strike to SW
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Conclusions
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Near term gold production opportunity
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Potential for a high grade, low CAPEX, high margin operation
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Excellent metallurgy (>95% recovery)
Balogo Project
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No environmental or social issues yet identified
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BFS underway on current gold resource
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Discovery of the Panga Lodes suggests potential for extension to the gold resource
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Extensive zones of gold mineralisation ready for drilling to enable resource definition
Korongou Project
- Modular processing plant can be relocated to Korongou once mining at Balogo is complete
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