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DEEP YELLOW LIMITED — Investor Presentation 2012
Feb 27, 2012
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Deep Yellow Limited
Paydirt’s 2012 Uranium Conference
The TRS Project: “Making a Silk Purse out of a Sow’s Ear”
28[th] February 2012
Greg Cochran – Managing Director
ASX: DYL www.deepyellow.com.au
Forward Looking Statements
This presentation has been prepared by Deep Yellow Limited (“Deep Yellow”). The information contained in this presentation is of a general nature only and does not constitute and offer to issue, or to arrange an issue, of securities or financial products. The information contained in this presentation is not investment or financial product advice and is not intended to be used as the basis for making an investment decision. This presentation has been prepared without taking into account the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any particular person.
Before making an investment decision on the basis of this presentation, the investor needs to consider, with or without the assistance of a financial advisor, whether the investment is appropriate with due regard for their particular investment needs, objectives and financial circumstances.
This presentation is based on company stock exchange announcements, stockbroker research and technical information believed to be reliable. To the maximum extent permitted by law, none of Deep Yellow’s Directors, employees or agents, nor any other person accepts any liability, including, without limitation, any liability arising out of fault of negligence, for any loss arising from the use of the information contained in this presentation nor is any obligation assumed to update such information. In particular, no representation or warranty, express or implied, is provided as to its accuracy, completeness or currency of the information contained in this presentation. Deep Yellow accepts no obligation to correct or update the information or opinions expressed in it. Opinions expressed are subject to change without notice and reflect the views of Deep Yellow at the time of presenting.
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Corporate Profile Namibian Core Projects 2011 Highlights The TRS Project Summary and Conclusion
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Commence uranium production in Namibia in 2015 and continue to successfully grow our uranium resource base
The Board
Mervyn Greene – Chairman
Greg Cochran – Managing Director
Martin Kavanagh – Executive Director Gillian Swaby – N.E.D Rudolf Brunovs – N.E.D (independent) Mark Pitts – Company Secretary
Executives & Management
Greg Cochran – Managing Director Martin Kavanagh – Executive Director Leon Pretorius – MD: Namibia Ursula Pretorius – Financial Controller Klaus Frielingsdorf – GM: Technical
Capital Structure – as at 27 Feb 2012
| Shares on Issue | 1,128.51 M |
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| Unlisted Options/Perf. Rights | 12.68 M |
| Market Cap (@ 13c) | ~147 M |
| Net Cash | ~6 M |
| Major shareholders: | |
| Paladin Energy | 19.9% |
| Board & Management | 15.7% |
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DYL Share Price vs. Uranium Spot
Relative Price Performance – DYL v. Uranium Price (20 Jun ’11 - 20 Jan ‘12)
90%
70%
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Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12
Deep Yellow Uranium Spot Index
Relative Price Performance
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4,195 km[2] exploration area: 101.4 Mlbs in
resources
*Note: Exploration in Namibia is conducted by DYL’s wholly-owned subsidiary Reptile Uranium Namibia (RUN)
OMAHOLA PROJECT
ONGOLO & MS7 INCA URANIFEROUS ALASKITE MAGNETITE
JORC resource: 23.6 Mlbs JORC resource: 13.4 Mlbs Primary mineralisation Primary mineralisation Open Pit Hardrock – Drill & blast Open Pit Hardrock – Drill & blast Acid plant treatment Acid plant treatment Grade/Cut-off: 416 ppm/250 ppm Grade/Cut-off : 490 ppm/250 ppm
Three deposits feeding a central plant
TRS PROJECT
SHIYELA IRON PROJECT
TUBAS RED SAND DEPOSIT
JORC resource: 28.4 Mlbs Secondary mineralisation Shallow wind blown sand deposit Free dig/physical beneficiation Acid or alkali plant treatment Grade/Cut-off: 148 ppm/70 ppm
SHIYELA IRON DEPOSIT Mineralisation: Magnetite/Hematite Open Pit Hardrock – Drill & blast Drilling completed mid-2011 Scoping Study Completed 2012 Capex: U$467 M Opex: U$78/t 78.7 Mt @ 18.9% Fe, 16.2% DTR
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Ongolo & MS7 JORC Resource delivered Successful TRS Beneficiation Trial INCA & TRS EIA’s completed & submitted Shiyela EIA completed & submitted TRS Deposit upgrade underway for standalone project Mining Licence applications for TRS/INCA submitted Shiyela Mining Licence application submitted Shiyela resource and scoping study completed
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An Outstanding Year of Achievement
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Omahola Project:
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Continue to expand Ongolo & MS7 Resource base
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Achieve Resource Critical Mass for Project (>50 Mlbs)
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Finalise Pre-Feasibility Study
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TRS Project
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Resource Upgrade
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Standalone Option Pre-Feasibility Study
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Shiyela
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Large diameter drilling for pilot plant testwork
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Raise funding for and complete Feasibility Study
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A multi-project company rapidly advancing its flagship projects towards development
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Grade:
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~300ppm U3O8 for palaeochannel and sheetwash calcretes
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~400ppm U3O8 for hard rock open pit deposits (alaskites)
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• ~1,000ppm U3O8 for potential underground deposits Minimum 18Mlbs U3O8 per deposit with upside (15 yr mine life) Minimum production profile ~2.2Mlbs per operation No refractory uranium minerals Resource inventory ~100Mlbs U3O8 – to enable long term offtake agreements Use physical beneficiation for unique low grade sand deposit
Rational economics drives exploration and project decision making
Ongolo & MS7 Alaskite (250 ppm cut-off) 25.8 Mt @ 416 ppm: 23.6 Mlbs
INCA
( 250 ppm cut-off) 12.4 Mt @ 492 ppm: 13.4 Mlbs
TRS
( 70 ppm cut-off)
87 Mt @ 148 ppm: 28.4 Mlbs
Omahola JORC Resource: 38.2 Mt at 441 ppm for 37 Mlbs U3O8
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TRS Project – MLA & Red Sand Area
TRS Deposit showing area with known red sand
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Deposit Characteristics: Well-sorted wind-blown sand, low grade uranium Free flowing/loosely consolidated Large area along the Tubas palaeochannel Bulk of uranium in sub 20µm fraction Uranium mineral almost exclusively carnotite At~150ppm, generally considered uneconomic
Objective: Concentrate maximum uranium in minimum volume through physical beneficiation to enhance economics
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Decreases the physical weight of material to be handled Reduces amount of gangue and increases uranium concentration
Some alternatives:
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Radiometric sorting
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Grinding and sizing
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Gravity separation
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Magnetic or Electrostatic separation
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Floatation cells
BUT!
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Few ores are amenable to simple physical beneficiation If they are, it offers large cost and process advantages
Process:
Hydrosort®- II Scrubbing Hydrosort®- I 3 X Hydrocyclones Successful Pilot Plant Test:
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Simple, physical beneficiation process Uranium Recovery >80% in <20% volume Carbonate reduction >80% Mass pull between 10% ~ 20% Uranium upgrade factor 7.9 (at 10% mass pull) Process guarantee offered
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Hydrocyclone Schematic Pilot Plant
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Spoil Pile Trench for Bulk Sample
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Scrubbing Mineral Liberation
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Flotation Tests
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Mineral Size Separation
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Column Leach Open Flask Leach
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Loaded IX Resin @ pH 2.5
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Successful Pilot Plant Testwork was conducted on a TRS deposit bulk sample The deposit can be upgraded via physical beneficiation A uranium recovery in excess of 80% was achieved A uranium upgrade factor 7.9 was obtained Testwork also showed that the Schauenburg product is easily leached and loaded onto resin Combined with the TRS deposit upgrade to 87 Mt @ 148 ppm for a 28.4 Mlb resource , the project has critical mass The Project has environmental clearance with a Mining Licence Application under assessment The new resource, combined with the successful testwork, enables the TRS Deposit to be a standalone project
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Develop sand mining operation with Schauenburg Plant on the TRS Deposit Construct Resin-In-Leach Circuit on the INCA MLA Produce loaded resin for sale to existing Namibian uranium producers Small columns transportable by truck – low volume, high value product Schauenburg plants are modular, allowing scalability One module ~ 250 tpa U3O8 Indicative Capital Cost from initial Scoping ~ U$135 M for 1,000 tpa U3O8 plant (Schauenburg Plant & RIL Circuit)
Aggressive timetable to production
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DYL has unlocked the potential of the unique, low grade TRS deposit
The solution is the application of a physical beneficiation process from Schauenburg MAB in Germany The newly increased resource base will allow a long life operation at around 500 tpa U3O8 Uranium loaded resin can be sent to existing producers in an offtake contract or ultimately the Omahola Plant An offtake contract will allow a faster development time, lower capex requirement and reduce technical risk
A unique deposit treated with a new processing solution is making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear!
Greg Cochran Managing Director Deep Yellow Limited Level 1, 329 Hay Street Subiaco, Western Australia 6008 T +61 8 9286 6999 M +61 409 938-784 F +61 8 9286 6969 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.deepyellow.com.au
Appendices
| Cut-off Tonnes (ppm U3O8) (M) Deposit Category |
Cut-off Tonnes (ppm U3O8) (M) Deposit Category |
Cut-off Tonnes (ppm U3O8) (M) Deposit Category |
Cut-off Tonnes (ppm U3O8) (M) Deposit Category |
U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 (ppm) (t) (Mlb) |
U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 (ppm) (t) (Mlb) |
U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 (ppm) (t) (Mlb) |
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| REPTILE URANIUM NAMIBIA (NAMIBIA) | ||||||
| Omahola Project | ||||||
| INCA | Indicated | 250 | 7 | 470 | 3,300 | 7.2 |
| INCA | Inferred | 250 | 5.4 | 520 | 2,800 | 6.2 |
| Ongolo # | Indicated | 250 | 14.7 | 410 | 6,027 | 13.2 |
| Ongolo # | Inferred | 250 | 5.8 | 380 | 2,204 | 4.8 |
| MS7 # | Indicated | 250 | 3.3 | 430 | 1,400 | 3.2 |
| MS7 # | Inferred | 250 | 2.0 | 540 | 1,100.00 | 2.4 |
| 38.2 Omahola Project Total |
441 16,831 37.0 |
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| TRS Project | ||||||
| TRS - Sand | Inferred | 70 | 87 | 148 | 12,876 | 28.4 |
| 87.0 TRS Project Total |
148 12,876 28.4 |
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| Tubas-Tumas Palaeochannel Project | ||||||
| Tumas | Indicated | 200 | 14.4 | 366 | 5,270 | 11.6 |
| Tumas | Inferred | 200 | 0.4 | 360 | 144 | 0.3 |
| Tubas - Calcrete | Inferred | 100 | 7.4 | 374 | 2,767 | 6.1 |
| 22.2 Tubas-Tumas Project Total |
369 8,181 18.0 |
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| Aussinanis Project | ||||||
| Aussinanis | Indicated | 150 | 5.6 | 222 | 1,243 | 2.7 |
| Aussinanis | Inferred | 150 | 29 | 240 | 6,960 | 15.3 |
| 34.6 Aussinanis Project Total |
237 8,203 18.0 |
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| 182.0 RUN TOTAL - NAMIBIA |
253 46,091 101.4 |
Notes: Figures have been rounded and totals may reflect small rounding errors. XRF chemical analysis unless annotated otherwise.
eU3O8 - equivalent uranium grade as determined by downhole gamma logging. # Combined XRF Fusion Chemical Assays and eU3O8 values.
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Cut-off Tonnes (ppm U3O8) (M) Deposit Category |
Cut-off Tonnes (ppm U3O8) (M) Deposit Category |
Cut-off Tonnes (ppm U3O8) (M) Deposit Category |
U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 (ppm) (t) (Mlb) |
U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 (ppm) (t) (Mlb) |
U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 (ppm) (t) (Mlb) |
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| AUSTRALIA | ||||||
| NAPPERBY PROJECT (NT, AUSTRALIA) | ||||||
| Napperby | Inferred | 200 | 9.3 | 359 | 3,351 | 7.4 |
| 9.3 NAPPERBY TOTAL |
359 3,351 7.4 |
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| MOUNT ISA PROJECT (QLD, AUSTRALIA) | ||||||
| Mount Isa | Indicated | 300 | 2.2 | 470 | 1,050 | 2.3 |
| Mount Isa | Inferred | 300 | 2.5 | 450 | 1,120 | 2.5 |
| 4.7 MOUNT ISA TOTAL |
460 2,170 4.8 |
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| TOTAL INDICATED RESOURCES | 134.2 | 232 | 31,166 | 68.6 | ||
| TOTAL INFERRED RESOURCES | 61.8 | 331 | 20,446 | 45.0 | ||
| 196.0 TOTAL RESOURCES |
263 51,612 113.6 |
Notes: Figures have been rounded and totals may reflect small rounding errors. XRF chemical analysis unless annotated otherwise.
- eU3O8 - equivalent uranium grade as determined by downhole gamma logging. # Combined XRF Fusion Chemical Assays and eU3O8 values.
Namibia
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Dr Leon Pretorius, a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Dr Pretorius, Managing Director of Reptile Uranium Namibia (Pty) Ltd has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Dr Pretorius consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to the Tubas Mineral Resource is based on information compiled by Mr Willem H. Kotzé Pr.Sci.Nat MSAIMM. Mr Kotzé is a Member and Professional Geoscientist Consultant of Geomine Consulting Namibia CC. Mr Kotzé has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Kotzé consents to the inclusion in this release of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to the Aussinanis and Tumas Mineral Resources is based on work completed by Mr Jonathon Abbott who is a full time employee of Hellman and Schofield Pty Ltd and a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Abbott has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’ and as a Qualified Person as defined in the AIM Rules. Mr Abbott consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to the MS7 Mineral Resource is based on work completed by Mr Neil Inwood; for the INCA Mineral Resource on work completed by Mr Neil Inwood and Mr Steve Le Brun – Mr Inwood will supply consent for the Inca Resource; and for the Ongolo Mineral Resource on work completed by Mr Neil Inwood and Mr Doug Corley. Mr Inwood is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Mr Corley is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Messrs Inwood and Corley have sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which they are undertaking to qualify as a Competent Persons as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Messrs Inwood and Corley consent to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. Messrs Inwood and Corley are full-time employees of Coffey Mining.
Where eU3O8 values are reported it relates to values attained from radiometrically logging boreholes with Auslog equipment using an A675 slimline gamma ray tool. All probes are calibrated either at the Pelindaba Calibration facility in South Africa or at the Adelaide Calibration facility in South Australia.
Queensland
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Martin Kavanagh, a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Kavanagh is an Executive Director of Deep Yellow Limited and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Kavanagh consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to the Queensland Mineral Resource is based on information compiled by Mr Neil Inwood. Mr Inwood is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Inwood is employed by Coffey Mining Pty Ltd and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Inwood consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Northern Territory
The information in this report that relates to the Napperby Project Mineral Resource is based on information compiled by Mr Daniel Guibal who is a Fellow (CP) of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Guibal is a full time employee of SRK Consulting and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Guibal consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Where eU3O8 values are reported it relates to values attained from radiometrically logging boreholes with Auslog equipment using an A675 slimline gamma ray tool. All probes are calibrated either at the Pelindaba Calibration facility in South Africa or at the Adelaide Calibration facility in South Australia.