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FireFly Metals Ltd. Investor Presentation 2011

Sep 13, 2011

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Monax Mining Limited Exploration Update 14 September, 2011

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 presentation 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.

Corporate Snapshot
Profile
Head Office: Unit I, 5 Butler Blvd, Burbridge Business Park, SA 5950
Vision: To become successful a mining company via
significant mineral discoveries and partnerships with major
exploration, resources development and investment and
mining companies.
Strategy: To make a world class discovery at its flagship
Punt Hill copper-gold project in South Australia and identify
and secure high quality asset positions that are either stand
alone company makers and/or will be attractive to majors.
Cash at bank: $3.7 million (As at 30 June 2011)
Share Details
Total shares on Issue
148,753,668
Market Capitialisation
$8.2 million
Current Share price at 12/09/11
5.5 cents
Directors/Executives
Bob Kennedy
Non-Executive Chairman
Gary Ferris
Managing Director
Reg Nelson
Non-Executive Director
Glenn Davis
Non-Executive Director
Neville Alley
Non-Executive Director
Virginia Suttell
Company Secretary
Largest Shareholders
Alexandria Resources
3.33%
Havilah Resources
3.32%
David & Cheryl Kerr
2.95%
Triple Eight Gold Pty Ltd
2.72%
Mr Neville Alley & Mrs Bronwen
Ireland
2.04%
Top Twenty
35.25%
Profile
Head Office: Unit I, 5 Butler Blvd, Burbridge Business Park, SA 5950
Vision: To become successful a mining company via
significant mineral discoveries and partnerships with major
exploration, resources development and investment and
mining companies.
Strategy: To make a world class discovery at its flagship
Punt Hill copper-gold project in South Australia and identify
and secure high quality asset positions that are either stand
alone company makers and/or will be attractive to majors.
Cash at bank: $3.7 million (As at 30 June 2011)

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Monax Current Projects

1. Punt Hill – copper, gold

2. Waddikee – manganese,

iron

3. Yorke Peninsula – copper, gold

4. Cape York – bauxite

5. Percyvale - gold

Flagship Project

  • Located within the renowned Olympic Iron-Oxide CopperGold Province

  • Province hosts major copper deposits and mines at Olympic Dam and Prominent Hill and significant new discoveries at Carrapateena and Hillside

  • OZ Minerals recently purchased Carrapateena for $250 million

  • 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)

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

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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 - -

Whistlepig Drill Core

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

Bornite in hematite-albite altered volcanics

Bornite in hematite-albite-chlorite altered volcanics

Bornite in amphibole-chloritehematite altered volcanics

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

Chalcopyrite in chlorite-hematitecarbonate alteration

Bornite and minor chalcopyrite in hematite-amphibole-chlorite alteration

Chalcopyrite in chlorite-hematite alteration

Groundhog Drill Core

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

Best intersection GHDD1 – 126m @ 0.4% Cu from 837m including 14m @ 0.7% Cu from 846m 14m @ 1.1% Cu, 0.25 g/t Au & 4.5 g/t Ag from 940m

Groundhog Drill Core Hole GHDD6

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

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)

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

JV with major Chilean mining company Antofagasta Minerals

  • Antofagasta spending US$4 million on exploration to earn 51% interest in Punt Hill

  • Antofagasta to spend a further US$5 million on exploration/scoping study to earn a 70% interest in the project

Antofagasta Projects

  • Minimum expenditure of US$1.5 million over first 2 years

  • In August 2011Monax undertook a successful heritage clearance with representatives from the Kokatha Uwankara, the traditional owners of the Punt Hill project

  • Cleared six sites for drilling

  • Preferred drilling contractor secured with drilling planned to commence in October 2011

  • Signed 9B Agreement currently being registered by PIRSA

  • Monax plans to drill four holes (3200m)

  • Drilling expected to take 50 days

  • Final results expected late 2011 or early 2012

  • All exploration funded as part of the farmin

  • agreement with Antofagasta

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  • Cape York is world-leading bauxite province with miners including Rio Tinto and Chinalco

  • New deposits being outlined by Cape Alumina (Pisolite Hills and Bauxite Hills)

  • Exploration Agreements signed with Wik Way communities

  • Reconnaissance surface sampling has confirmed presence of bauxite and assisted in planning upcoming drilling program

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Cape York Bauxite Project, Queensland

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  • Successful meetings in Pompuraaw and Coen with Traditional Owners

  • Reconnaissance drilling program to commence in October 2011

  • Surface sampling showed Al2O3 ranged from 33.7% to 44.5%

  • Drilling will provide better samples to undertake full analysis including washing and screening of selected samples

  • Drilling expected to take four weeks to complete with results due in late 2011 or early 2012

Cape York Bauxite Project, Queensland

Drilling program is designed to measure thickness of bauxite and provide samples for full analysis including screening and washing

  • Yorke Peninsula Located within Olympic Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold Province

  • Monax has three separate areas on the highly prospective Yorke Peninsula

  • Melton – Joint Venture with Marmota Energy (ASX:MEU)

  • Webling Bay (100% Monax)

  • Coonarie (Monax has 100% right to all minerals except uranium; 30% rights to uranium)

Melton

Joint Venture Project (50:50 with Marmota Energy – MEU operators)

  • Located along Pine Point Fault Zone approximately 40km north of Rex Minerals Hillside deposit on Yorke Peninsula

  • Extensive geophysical surveys outlined several promising magnetic targets

  • Second drilling program completed May 2011

Melton Drilling Results

Hole mFrom mTo Interval Cu % Ag ppm
MIRDD01 451 472 21 0.11 1.02
MIRDD04 432 436 4 0.15 1
MIRDD04 463 467 4 0.13 0.9
MIRDD04 487 490 3 0.26 3.56
MIRDD05 438 439 1 0.21 0.4
MIRDD06 373 376 3 0.25
MIRDD06 468 471 3 0.57 1.3
MIRDD06 476 478 2 0.4 0.9
MIRDD07 423 425 2 0.2 0.85
MIRDD08 467 470 3 1.31 39.03
Including 467 468 1 2.25 112.1

Samples are 1m samples. Copper and silver were determined by four acid digest followed by ICP-AES. All samples are downhole lengths.

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Webling Bay – New Tenement on Yorke Peninsula (EL 3922)

  • Previous drilling on tenement reported highly encouraging results including:

  • 5.3m @ 1.66% Cu (KD11 97102.3m)

  • 2.3m @ 1.06% Cu (KD11 108.30110.6m)

  • 3.5m @ 1.8% Cu (KD16 169.5173m)

  • • 10m @ 0.37% Cu (KD04 224234m)

  • Drilling on adjoining tenement reported good intersections of copper (Glenrae, Netherleigh Park & Alford East – Argonaut Resources)

  • Monax planning soil/calcrete program followed by aircore drilling in late 2011 (after current cropping season)

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  • Farm-in agreement with OM (Manganese) Limited (OMM), a wholly owned subsidiary of OM Holdings Ltd (ASX:OMH)

  • OMM to spend $2 million to earn 60% interest in manganese and iron

  • Drilling program completed in April 2011 provided best results to date from new area – Hodgins prospect

  • Best manganese results include: • 10m @ 29.2% Mn

  • • 20m @ 23.8% Mn

  • • 11m @ 20.8% Mn

  • • 14m @ 16.8% Mn

  • Best iron results for the project include: • 34m @ 35.6% Fe

  • 11m @ 46.6% Fe

  • • 12m @ 33.6% Fe

  • • 4m @ 43.1% Fe

Exploration Focus – 2011/2012

  • Gradient array IP survey over Jamieson Tank and Polinga prospects to assist future drilling

2000m of RC drilling planned for Jamieson Tank (1500m) and Polinga (500m) based on IP results

Follow-up drilling based on IP results at Hodgins prospect (15 RC holes planned)

Initial review of aeromagnetic data has shown magnetic anomaly at Francis prospect – Plan to drill 5 deep RC holes to test magnetite potential at Francis prospect

Diamond drilling at Jamieson Tank to provide samples for beneficiation now planned for early 2012

Exploration to commence in late November 2011

Iron (Magnetite) Potential

TMI data shows three major magnetic features at Francis, Polinga and Jamieson Tank

These areas are very prominent on modeling of the aeromagnetic data

Note: This figure represents a geophysical model. The potential quantity and grade of an exploration target is conceptual in nature since there has been insufficient work completed to define the prospects as anything beyond exploration targets. It is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource.

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  • In July 2011, Monax completed 17 holes totalling 760m on the Percyvale gold project located in northern QLD

  • Best results include:

Union Lease (5 holes) UN01 – 1m @ 4.12 g/t Au (24-25m) UN04 – 1m @ 8.94 g/t Au (29-30m) UN05 – 1m @ 1.54 g/t Au (19-20m) Percy West Lease (2 holes) PW01 – 5m @ 1.6 g/t Au (26-31m) PW02 – 1m @ 1.27 g/t Au (24-25) Homeward Bound Lease (3 holes) HB01 – 1m @ 3.63 g/t Au (11-12m)

Punt Hill Copper - Gold (SA)

  • Drilling to commence in October 2011

Cape York – Bauxite (QLD)

  • Drilling to commence in October 2011

Waddikee – Manganese, Iron (SA)

  • IP survey at Jamieson Tank and Polinga to commence late 2011

  • Follow-up RC drilling based on results of IP survey – early 2012

  • Diamond drilling at Jamieson Tank to provide manganese samples for beneficiation testing planned for December (post harvest) – early 2012

  • Monax has identified a high priority target for magnetite at the Francis prospect, 5 RC holes to be drilled to test this feature – early 2012

Webling Bay Copper-Gold (SA)

  • Soil/calcrete sampling to commence Nov/Dec 2011

Melton Copper-Gold (QLD)

  • Assess drilling results

Percyvale Gold (QLD)

  • Assess drilling results

Punt Hill Drill core

  • Monax on the verge of commencing two major drilling programs at Punt Hill copper-gold project (SA) and Pretender Creek bauxite (QLD)

  • Exploration planned for Waddikee manganese and iron project and Webling Bay copper-gold tenement in late 2011 after the current cropping season

  • Significant news flow expected for remainder of 2011 and into 2012

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Bauxite samples from Cape York project

Thank You Contact: Gary Ferris [email protected] www.monaxmining.com.au