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FireFly Metals Ltd. Investor Presentation 2009

Sep 20, 2009

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Punt Hill Joint Venture Presentation September 2009

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Forward Looking Statements

“These materials include forward looking statements. Forward looking statements inherently involve subjective judgement and analysis and are subject to significant uncertainties, risks and contingencies, many of which are outside of the control of, and may be unknown to, the Company. Actual results and developments may vary materially from those expressed in these materials. The types of uncertainties which are relevant to the Company may include, but are not limited to, commodity prices, political uncertainty, changes to the regulatory framework which applies to the business of the Company and general economic conditions. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward looking statements.

Forward looking statements in these materials speak only at the date of issue. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant stock exchange listing rules, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any of the forward looking statements or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.”

Competent Person Statement

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr G M Ferris, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Ferris is employed full time by the Company as Managing Director and, has a minimum of five years relevant experience in the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and qualifies 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 Ferris consents to the inclusion of the information in this report in the form and context in which it appears.

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Punt Hill Project

  • EL 3457 – 887 sq km

  • Located within Olympic Iron-Oxide Copper

  • Gold Province

  • Located 25km south of Carrapateena (Hole

  • 50 reported 905m @ 2.1% Cu and 1 g/t Au

  • MOX drilled 22 holes at Punt Hill totalling

  • 19 680m on 10 regional targets

  • Large zone of mineralisation and alteration

  • defined

  • Best intersection – Hole GHDD6

159m @ 0.47% Cu, 0.12 g/t Au, 5.3 g/t Ag, 0.48% Zn & 0.12% Pb (from 846m)

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Olympic Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold ± Uranium Province

  • Extends for 700km along eastern margin of the Gawler Craton

  • Hosts 3 significant deposits

Olympic Dam 8,330 Mt @ 0.88% Cu, 0.028% U3O8, 0.31g/t Au & 1.5g/t Ag

Prominent Hill – 152 Mt @ 1.18% Cu, 0.48g/t Au, 2.92g/t Ag

Carrapateenano resource yet , reported intersection 905m at 2.1 % Cu and 1.0 g/t Au

• New discoveries at Hillside (Rex Minerals) and Cairn Hill (IMX Resources) may also be part of the IOCG family of deposits •IOCG ± U deposits are commonly associated with long-lived tectonic zones, resulting in highly endowed mineralised provinces (Examples include the Peruvian and Chile deposits of South America and the Great Bear Magmatic Zone in Canada)

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Significant Intersections – Punt Hill Project

Prospect Drillhole Depth Interval Copper Gold Silver Zinc REE
Whistle Pig WPDD1 788-848m 60m 0.13% 0.03 g/t
Woodchuck WDDD1 648-666m 18m 0.42%
683-753m 70m 0.41%
including 28m 0.82% 10g/t
Groundhog GHDD1 788-805m 17m 0.41%
837-963m 126m 0.40% 0.24%
including 14m 0.70%
and 14m 1.00% 0.25 g/t 4.5 g/t
GHDD2 888-1050m 162m 0.34%
including 28m 0.70%
GHDD3 826-902m 76m 0.22% 2.2 g/t
including 22m 0.28%
GHDD4 840-962m 122m 0.47% 0.1 g/t 6.6 g/t 0.38%
including 48m 0.69% 0.11 g/t 8.75 g/t 0.48%
and 15m 0.96% 0.13 g/t 10.5 g/t 0.52%
GHDD6 846-1005m 159m 0.47% 0.12 g/t 5.3 g/t 0.48%
including 17m 1.1% 8.5 g/t 1.2%
Prairie Dog PDDD1 754-782m 29m 0.12%
811-821m 11m 0.22%
888-900m 13m 0.55%
985-997m 13m 0.33%
PDDD2 856-1014m 152m 0.32%
876-975m 99m 0.24%
Including 1m 7.58% 0.03 g/t 144 g/t

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Gravity Survey:

  • Regional

  • 973 stations (1km x 500m)

  • Infill

1823 station (250 x 250m)

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Punt Hill – TMI (total magnetic intensity)

Punt Hill – Gravity (residual)

Carrapateena

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

hematite altered mudstone/siltstone with carbonate veining

intense amphibole/chlorite/carbonate alteration overprinting hematite/albite alteration

amphibole/chlorite alteration with

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Wiarton Willy, Beauregard Lee, Punxsutawney Phil

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Gravity (residual)
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Gravity (2.39 gm/cc)
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TMI_1vd
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Hanneson, 2006, AMG06/44

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Wiarton Willy WWDD1

• hematite altered fine grained silicified sandstone within a clast supported breccia • steely hematite and carbonate breccia matrix

• chlorite-sericite altered shale/siltstone with steely hematite and carbonate veining

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Flickertail, Picketpin Gravity (residual)

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Gravity (2.23 gm/cc)
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TMI_1vd
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Hanneson, 2006, AMG06/47

Hiltaba Suite Granite

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Whistlepig, Woodchuck, Groundhog
Gravity (residual) Gravity (2.48 gm/cc) TMI_1vd
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Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Groundhog Prospect

  • 7 holes drilled to date – incl. 159m @ 0.47% Cu, 5.3 g/t Ag, 0.12 g/t Au, 0.48% Zn & 0.12% Pb

  • Residual gravity anomaly with strong NW with lesser SE structural control

  • Late IOCG style alteration and mineralisation

  • Early oxidised gold skarn style alteration

  • Replacement style mineralisation but potential high grade structurally controlled zones

  • Sedimentary, volcanic and granite host

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

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Mineralisation Model: Groundhog skarn

Stratigraphy Alteration Min. Temp. Low HM HM-SI HM-SI-SE cp-bn HM-SI-SE, ± py AM-CH-CB, HM-CB veining cp-py HM-SI-AB ± bn HM-SI-AB, AM-CH-CB, HM-CB veining AM-CH intense cp-py-fl High

hematite alteration & brecciation

hematite/albite overprinted by amphibole/chlorite/carbonate with late hematite/carbonate veining

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Examples of copper sulphide mineralisation in the Groundhog hole (GHDD1)

Best intersection GHDD1 – 126m @ 0.4% Cu from 837m including

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New GHDD2 Results

  • GHDD2 ended in >1% Cu

  • The drill hole was extended from 901m to 1069m in the last round of drilling

  • New results include:

162m @ 0.34% Cu from 888m to 1050m

(Including 28m @ 0.7% Cu from 897m to 925m)

151m @ 0.38% Zn from 899m to 1050m

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

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GHDD3 GHDD1 GHDD2 NNDD1
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IP Drill Target

Drill holes GHDD1 and GHDD2 appear to have missed the main interpreted zone of mineralisation. A vertical hole was drilled to test this feature.

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Hole GHDD6

Chalcopyrite with minor fluorite within highly brecciated sediments (983-984m 1m @ 2.4% Cu, 0.4 g/t Au, 6.2 g/t Ag, 0.8% Zn & 0.5% Pb)

Chalcopyrite within highly altered sediments (869870m – 1m @ 3.8% Cu, 0.93 g/t Au, 12.8 g/t Ag & 3.3% Zn)

Best intersection -159m @ 0.47% Cu, 0.12 g/t Au, 5.3 g/t Ag, 0.48% Zn & 0.12% Pb (from 846m)

including 17m @ 1.1% Cu, 0.27 g/t Au, 8.5 g/t Ag & 1.2% Zn from 853m

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Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Whistlepig Drill Core

Best intersection Hole WPDD1 – 60m @ 0.13% Cu & 0.03 g/t Au from 788m

Bornite in hematite-albite altered volcanics

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Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

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Woodchuck Drill Core

Best intersection Hole WDDD1 – 70m @ 0.41% Cu from 683m including 28m @ 0.82% Cu & 10g/t Ag from 683m

Bornite in hematite altered volcanics

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Bornite and minor chalcopyrite in hematite-amphibole-chlorite alteration

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Woodchuck 1 70m @ 0.41% Cu from 683m including 28m @ 0.82% Cu & 10g/t Ag from 683m

Whistlepig 1 60 m @ 0.13% Cu and 0.03 g.t Au

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Outline of the Prominent Hill residual gravity anomaly

Footprint of a theoretical 100Mt ore body Plenty of scope for undiscovered deposits

Punt Hill residual gravity anomalies

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

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Teck Cominco, 2007
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Punt Hill – Groundhog Prospect

Punt Hill Copper-Gold Project

Summary

  • •Confirmed two very large IOCG ± U mineralisation and alteration systems up to 8 x 2 km across.

  • •Confirmed IOCG ± U style of alteration (hematite-sideriteamphibole-chlorite-fluorite)

  • •Confirmed IOCG ± U style mineralisation (bornitechalcopyrite)

  • •Punt Hill located within major IOCG ± U Province near significant discovery at Carrapateena

  • MOX is seeking a Joint Venture Partner to move the

  • project to the discovery stage

  • Information Memorandum available

• Interested parties invited to contact the Company at: [email protected]