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FOCUS MINERALS LTD — Investor Presentation 2012
Oct 9, 2012
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FFT:FZA FOCUS MINERALS LIMITED ASX:FML Driving Sustainable Profitable Production
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Focus’ 1.2Mtpa Three Mile Hill
processing plant in Coolgardie, WA
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ASX:FML focusminerals.com.au
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1 Campbell Baird, CEO Shaw Stockbroking Gold Conference: 10[th] October 2012
Disclaimer and Competent Person’s Statement
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This presentation is not a prospectus nor an offer for securities in any jurisdiction nor a securities recommendation.
The information in this presentation is an overview and does not contain all information necessary for investment decisions. In making investment decisions in connection with any acquisition of securities, investors should rely on their own examination of Focus Minerals Ltd (Focus Minerals or the Company) and consult their own legal, business and/or financial advisers.
The information contained in this presentation has been prepared in good faith by Focus Minerals Ltd, however no representation or warranty expressed or implied is made as to the accuracy, correctness, completeness or adequacy of any statements, estimates, opinions or other information contained in this presentation.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Focus Minerals Ltd, its directors, officers, employees and agents disclaim liability for any loss or damage which may be suffered by any person through the use or reliance on anything contained in or omitted from this presentation.
Certain information in this presentation refers to the intentions of Focus Minerals Ltd , but these are not intended to be forecasts, forward looking statements or statements about future matters for the purposes of the Corporations Act or any other applicable law. The occurrence of events in the future are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Focus Minerals Ltd’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ from those referred to in this presentation. Accordingly, Focus Minerals Ltd, its directors, officers, employees and agents do not give any assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of the events referred to in the presentation will actually occur as contemplated.
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results and Minerals Resources is based on information compiled by Dr Garry Adams who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Dr Adams is employed by Focus Minerals and has sufficient experience that 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 Adams consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the information in the form and content in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Peter Ganza, who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Ganza is a full time employee of Focus Minerals and has sufficient experience that 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 Ganza consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
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Focus Minerals
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Produced 176,632oz of gold in FY12 (a 143% increase on FY11) at a cash cost of $1,222/oz
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On 20[th] September 2012, Focus Minerals announced a landmark transaction with Shandong Gold to raise approx. $225M
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In past 12 months Focus has:
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M&A - Completed the acquisition of Crescent Gold to create a Group with 4.3Moz Gold Mineral Resource
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New Team - Built a new leadership and technical team to drive this transformation
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Operational Transformation – Turned around the Crescent assets and transformed the Coolgardie operations
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VEP – Established the Value Enhancement Program and achieved a first round of a progressive campaign to sustainably lower operating costs
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Exploration Success – Achieved significant exploration success
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Strong Growth in Company Scale and Production
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Focus has generated very strong growth over the last 4 years
200,000 Coolgardie Laverton 176,632oz 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 89,959oz 80,000 72,830oz 62,296oz 60,000 41,401oz 40,000 20,000 4,456oz - FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 Recommissioned Developed Recommissioned Developed 2 new Takeover of Tindals Underground – Perseverance & Three Mile Hill mines Crescent Laverton June Quarter 08 Countess Ore Bodies Treatment Plant operations
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Shandong Gold Placement - Transaction Summary
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Placement to Shandong to raise $225.1 million Directors recommend shareholders support the Placement in the Transaction absence of a superior proposal & subject to an independent expert opining that the terms of the Placement are reasonable
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| Subscription price of 5 cents per share | ||
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| Subscription | Premium of 13.6% to close price before transaction announced(20/09/12) | |
| Details | Premium of 28% to the 60 day VWAP of 3.91 cents per share | |
| Issue of 4,501,997,651 new shares for a total of 51% (fully diluted) | ||
| Subscription Details |
Subscription price of 5 cents per share Premium of 13.6% to close price before transaction announced(20/09/12) Premium of 28% to the 60 day VWAP of 3.91 cents per share Issue of 4,501,997,651 new shares for a total of 51% (fully diluted) |
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| Exclusivity & Pre- Bid Agreements No shop / no talk provisions and other deal protections Shandong Gold has a right to match a superior proposal Conditions Focus - shareholder approval Shandong - FIRB approval, Chinese regulatory approvals No material adverse change in relation to the Focus business Refer to ASX announcement for further details |
Exclusivity & Pre- Bid Agreements |
No shop / no talk provisions and other deal protections Shandong Gold has a right to match a superior proposal |
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Shandong Gold Placement – Use of Funds
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| Production Strategies | Enable the progression of operational strategies aimed to increase the rate of production across Focus’ operations |
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| Accelerate exploration at 1,200km2landholding in Laverton | ||||
| Laverton Exploration | Over 110km strike of mineralised shear systems that have been | |||
| sparsely drilled to date | ||||
| Coolgardie | Increased exploration at Coolgardie operations, aimed at increasing the | |||
| Exploration | resource position, especially at depth, and extending the mine life | |||
| Treasure Island | Exploration at green fields exploration project at Treasure Island Surface anomalies have revealed promising drill targets |
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| Nepean | Evaluate and develop a nickel strategy at Focus’ Nepean nickel mine | |||
| Acquisitions | Potentially pursue value accretive acquisition opportunities | |||
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Assets Overview
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Focus owns two processing hubs positioned in Australia’s two largest gold producing regions:
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Wallaby / Granny
Smith
Sunrise Dam
250km
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Laverton Operations
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Large scale open pit mining. 2 Main mining centres
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Currently processing at 3.5Mtpa Barrick Granny Smith
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1.45Mtpa Barnicoat plant
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Significant landholding of 1,200km[2]
Coolgardie Operations
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2 x u/g, 2 x open pit operations
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1.2 Mtpa Three Mile Hill plant
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Significant landholding of 450km[2 ]
Ore Reserve of 8.9Mt @ 2.2g/t for 0.62Moz and Mineral Resource of 53Mt @ 2.5g/t for 4.3Moz
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Coolgardie -> Stable, Sustainable Production
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Stable production centre: 22-25,000oz per Quarter
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Mix of Open Pit & Underground. Produced 89,959oz @ $1,194/oz in FY12
100% owned 1.2Mtpa processing plant (Three Mile Hill). Recommissioned in 2009
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Largest plant in region. Replacement value $100m
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Producing from 2 underground and 1 open pit operation
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Ramped up two new production centres: Tindals Open Pits & The Mount underground
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Increased YOY quarterly gold production by 37%
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Bringing on second open pit operation in September Quarter - Greenfields pit; 1.0Mt @ 1.7g/t
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Base feed transitioning to primarily open pit
Operations historically focused in 10km[2] project area
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| Location | Coolgardie, WA (35km west of Kalgoorlie) |
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| Mines | Tindals Open Pits; Tindals Underground; The Mount Underground; Greenfields Open Pit |
| Production Rate(Qtly) | 300,000t @ 2.3g/t for 22,000oz |
| Cash Operating Cost | FY12 $1,194/oz |
| Mineral Resource | 27.6Mt @ 2.6g/t for 2.29Moz |
| Ore Reserves | 3.2Mt @ 2.4g/t for 242,000oz |
Coolgardie Production Growth
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305,000 30,000
300,000 25,000
Open Pits
The Mount
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290,000 15,000
285,000 10,000
280,000 5,000
275,000 -
Mar-11 Jun-11 Sep-11 Dec-11 Mar-12 Jun-12
Milled Tonnes Produced oz
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A Focus of Coolgardie Development: Dreadnought
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Continued expansion of Dreadnought open pit in Coolgardie:
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Commenced as Trial pit. Has produced 8,000oz to date Mining has enabled business to start to unlock complex geology
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Discovered additional structures running through area Major free gold component
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Potential pit footprint to significantly increase
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Major new 2 rig drilling program commenced in Sept 2012
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Target Drilling
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Example of visible gold seen in pit floor
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New Structures being identified
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A Focus of Coolgardie Development: Greenfields
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Development of Greenfields as base load for Three Mile Hill for next 2 years:
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Transition of Coolgardie base load from Tindals Underground to Greenfields open cut Low Risk Deposit; Ore Reserve of 1.0Mt @ 1.7g/t. Adjacent to Three Mile Hill plant 5:1 stripping ratio. Major cut-back commencing in Q4 2012
Greenfields open pit with Three Mile Hill Plant in background
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Laverton -> Turning Operation Around Since Takeover
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Stable mining: 22-25,000oz per Quarter
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Large Scale multiple open pit operations
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FY12 86,673 ounces. Reduced cash costs from $1,554/oz to $1,203/oz
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Completed takeover in October 2011
Focus injected $17m in working capital over the last 9 months
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| Location | Laverton, WA (250km North of Kalgoorlie) |
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| Mines | Large scale open pit operation with multiple active open pits across two key project areas |
| Production Rate (Qtly) | 450,000t - 500,000t @ 1.8g/t for 22-25,000oz |
| Cash operating costs | $1,203/oz for June Quarter (reduced 29% since takeover). Targeting $1,000/oz long-term |
| Mineral Resource | 26.5Mt @ 2.4g/t for 2.0Moz |
| Ore Reserves | 5.8Mt @ 2.1g/t for 381,000oz |
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All funded internally from FML cash balances
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Developed 2 new production centres
Laverton Cash Operating Costs Reduction / Production Growth
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Now stabilised mining schedule
Reduced operating costs
Laverton ops turned around from a -$51m loss to $3.8m profit
Achieving mining growth and operational success
Focusing on continual reduction in unit operating costs to drive success
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$1,800 30,000
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Gold Produced (oz) C1 Cash Costs (A$/Oz)
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A Focus of Laverton Development: Burtville
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Development of Burtville mining centre to create 3rd major project area in Laverton:
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2011 Drilling, 50 RC Holes
2012 Drilling, 142 RC Holes Future Development Drilling
2012 Pit Design
Resource expansion: 2010 35koz / 2011 98koz / 2012 235koz
500m
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Historical low-strip ratio pit 2012 Mineral Resource of 5.7Mt @ 1.3g/t for 235,000oz Development targeted in Q1 2013 Strong regional exploration potential. 2km x 1km footprint.
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Known Mineralised Trends
500m
Future Exploration Drilling
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Exploration Focus: Laverton – Sparsely Drilled
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Laverton has been Sparsely Drilled
Mineral Resource of 26.5Mt @ 2.4g/t for 2.0Moz
1,200 sq km of tenements
6 major regional gold producing structures running through projects – 110km of strike
Historical drilling has been shallow with large gaps in known resources
Opportunity to continue to add significant resources as only 2% of drill holes have gone below 120m
Focus has already added Resources of 250,000oz since taking control
Cost of discovery $30/oz
Tenements surround 3 world class deposits: Wallaby, Sunrise Dam & Granny Smith ~20Moz’s
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Exploration Focus: Coolgardie Record of Resource Growth
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Mineral Resource of 26.6Mt @ 2.6g/t for 2.2Moz
Added Resources of 850,000oz in last 4 years whilst mining +200,000oz
Majority of exploration been focused on just 2% of ground
Tindals underground has delivered 5,000oz per vertical metre (100,000oz per level)
$35/oz cost of discovery
Drilling historically shallow
Still finding significant gold at surface
Focus is the largest landholder in the Coolgardie gold belt
2.8Moz produced historically from 26 mines
Over 30 prospective targets currently identified and ranked in Coolgardie area
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Discovery: Treasure Island Gold Project
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World class green fields exploration On the Boulder-Lefroy fault, the largest gold producing system in Australia
226km[2] of tenements Treasure Island exhibiting early similarities to 15Moz St. Ives to the north
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STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN
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Looking Forward > Strategic Growth Plan
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New strategic growth plan Based purely on exploiting the existing 4.3Moz Mineral Resource base across Coolgardie and Laverton
Modelled on sustained mill throughputs with open pit and underground ore sources
Further potential exists on exploration success
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Tindals
Open Pits
Apollo
PRODUCING Tindals
The Underground
Mount
Jasper Hills (Fish/Lord Byron)
COMMISSIONING Burtville Greenfields
Chatterbox
Lindsays
(Apollo
Tindals
DEVELOPING Lancefield area) Surface
PROJECTS Brilliant
Admiral Hill
Bayleys
Jasper Hills UG
Treasure Island
Bayleys Project Area
Lancefield Central Chatterbox
EXPLORATION Trend Trend Nepean Trend
Barnicoat
Norris Project Area
Trend
Coolgardie Laverton Nickel
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Targeting New Resource Development Areas
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Major target ranking exercise undertaken by Laverton and Coolgardie Exploration teams to identify future mining targets
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Program designed to prioritise targets that do not yet have an Inferred Mineral Resource. Group has identified over 40 targets across the company’s tenement package
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The areas prioritised for exploration and immediate focus are:
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| Laverton | Wider Burtville Area | 5m @ 21.5g/t [email protected]/t |
Stage 3 |
| Lancefield Repeat | Stage 3 | ||
| Admiral Hill West - A, B & C | Stage 2 | ||
| Sunrise North - A & B | Stage 2 | ||
| Coolgardie | Bayleys North | 8m @ 10.2g/t [email protected]/t |
Stage 3 |
| Jolly Britons | 10m @ 21g/t [email protected]/t |
Stage 3 | |
| Melanie Anne | 5m @ 3.5g/t [email protected]/t |
Stage 3 | |
| Boundary | 20m @ 3.7g/t | Stage 3 | |
| The Mount | Mount North | Stage 2 | |
| South Extension | Stage 2 | ||
| Treasure Island Gold Project |
Treasure Island | Surface samples @ 58.9g/t |
Stage 3 |
| Eastern Zone | Stage 2 | ||
| E15/1224 | Stage 1 |
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Coolgardie: Bayleys North
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Review of recent drilling indicates a possible parallel structure to the Prices lode previously mined.
Strike length of 600m
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Only tested to 40-50m vertically. Untested at depth
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Prices immediately to the northeast mined to a depth of 520m (-120RL)
Bayleys to the southeast mined to a depth of 450m (-50RL)
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- A RC drill program intersected Bayleys style mineralisation
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Results include:
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6m @ 3.8g/t (incl. 1m @ 12.6g/t from 13m)
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8m @ 10.2g/t (incl. 2m @ 30.5g/t from 24m)
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21m @ 1.3g/t (incl. 3m @ 2.2g/t & 1m @ 12.4g/t from 28m)
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Coolgardie: Jolly Britons
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Strong results at a major structural intersection point:
- Area near hinge zone of the Three Mile Hill Dolerite sill and a significant mineralised fault structure extending from two major pits along a 6km strike to the south
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- Located in well endowed Three Mile Hill Dolerite - historic production of 458,000oz, currently 147,000oz of Mineral Resources Recent results include:
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10m @ 21.0g/t (incl. 1m @ 196g/t)
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4m @ 6.7g/t (incl. 1m @ 21.9g/t)
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High grade prospect open at depth & along strike
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Coolgardie: Boundary & Melanie Anne
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Highly prospective targets in know mineralised zone:
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Mineralisation is associated with significant mineralised dolerite Recent results include:
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14m @ 3.0g/t (Melanie Anne)
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20m @ 3.7g/t (Boundary)
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High grade prospect open at depth & along strike
Consistent zones of anomalous gold in geochemical survey along 8km of dolerite contact
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The Mount
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Two high priority targets to the north west and south east of the current mining area:
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District has numerous stratigraphically controlled nickel sulphide deposits (orange triangles) and structurally controlled gold deposits (yellow triangles).
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The existence of a small tonnage, yet very high grade, gold mineralisation in ultramafic host at the Wattle dam deposit (~ 20km from Mount) opens up possibilities at The Mount.
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Northwest
extension MMI
anomaly – tested by
2 shallow RC holes.
Hole M5530-1
intersected 3m @
1.26 g/t Au from
25m in amphibole
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Conductive trend associated with
Fuch’s lode – trend cuts interpreted
stratigraphy. Suggests mineralising
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Southeast extension MMI
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Laverton Exploration Target Summary
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- 6 major regional gold producing structures running through projects – 110km of strike
Historical drilling has been shallow with large gaps in known resources
Tenements surround 3 world class deposits: Wallaby, Sunrise Dam & Granny Smith ~20Moz’s
The study identified a number of priority target areas where all important geological prospectivity features were present.
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Sunrise North – geophysical anomalies similar to those at Sunrise Dam to the south
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Burtville - Strong regional exploration potential. 2km x 1km footprint.
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Admiral Hill – Strata bound copper mineralisation with vertical high-grade gold veins
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Lancefield – Potential stratigraphic repeat identified to south east of Lancefield
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Investment Summary
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| Strong Growth | FML has driven very strong production growth over the last 4 years | |||
| Laverton Gives | Acquisition of Crescent unlocked great potential for the business and | |||
| Scale | doubled production | |||
| New Team | New leadership and technical team delivering operational success and securing the future |
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| Realising Potential | Laverton & Coolgardie operations are beginning to show their long term potential, which is a product of hard work and technical capacity |
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| Reducing | Established the Value Enhancement Program and achieved a first round | |||
| Operating Costs | of a progressive campaign to sustainably lower operating costs | |||
| Exploration Potential |
Tremendous exploration potential at Laverton and Coolgardie | |||
| Focus has agreed a $225M transaction with Shandong Gold to provide | ||||
| $225M Placement | the capital for it unlock the full potential of the strategic growth plan | |||
| for shareholders | ||||
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APPENDICES: MINERAL RESOURCE & ORE RESERVE
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| COOLGARDIEGOLD PROJECT | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tindals Project Total | 739 | 4.7 | 112,000 | 9,143 | 2.6 | 766,000 | 3,354 | 2.8 | 298,000 | 13,236 | 2.8 | 1,176,000 | ||||||||
| Mount Project | 2,090 | 5.5 | 370,000 | 2,090 | 5.5 | 370,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Lindsays Project | 4,350 | 1.7 | 238,000 | 3,562 | 2.0 | 233,000 | 7,912 | 1.8 | 471,000 | |||||||||||
| Three Mile Hill Project | 1,386 | 1.9 | 86,000 | 138 | 3.0 | 13,000 | 1,524 | 2.0 | 99,000 | |||||||||||
| Norris Project | 1,870 | 2.1 | 124,000 | 1,870 | 2.1 | 124,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Total Coolgardie | 739 | 4.7 112,000 |
14,879 2.3 1,090,000 |
11,014 2.9 1,038,000 |
26,632 2.6 2,240,000 |
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| LAVERTON GOLD PROJECT | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laverton-UG | 2,037 | 6.5 | 426,000 | 619 | 7.1 | 141,000 | 2,656 | 6.6 | 567,000 | |||||||||||
| Laverton - Surface | 1,619 | 2.2 | 113,000 | 12,093 | 2.0 | 759,000 | 10,171 | 1.8 | 589,000 | 23,883 | 1.9 | 1,461,000 | ||||||||
| Total Laverton | 1,619 | 2.2 113,000 |
14,130 2.6 1,185,000 |
10,790 2.1 730,000 |
26,539 2.4 2,028,000 |
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| TOTAL COMBINED RESOURCES | 2,358 | 3.0 225,000 |
29,009 2.4 2,275,000 |
21,804 2.5 1,768,000 |
53,171 2.5 4,268,000 |
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| Coolgardie Mineral Resource (as at 30 September 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laverton Mineral Resource (as at 30 June 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coolgardie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tindals Project-Underground: | 230 | 4.0 | 29,300 | 773 | 3.4 | 85,700 | 1,003 | 3.6 | 115,000 | |||||||||||
| Tindals Project-Open Pits: | 620 | 2.0 | 39,600 | 620 | 2.0 | 39,600 | ||||||||||||||
| Three Mile Hill Project-Open Pits: | 1,101 | 1.7 | 59,900 | 1,101 | 1.7 | 59,900 | ||||||||||||||
| The Mount Project-Underground: | 21 | 5.0 | 3,300 | 21 | 5.0 | 3,300 | ||||||||||||||
| Stocks: Total | 456 | 1.7 | 24,600 | |||||||||||||||||
| Reserves and Stocks Total: | 230 | 4.0 29,300 |
2,515 2.3 188,500 |
3,201 2.4 242,400 |
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| Laverton | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laverton Gold Project-Open Pits | 928 | 2.0 | 58,000 | 2,184 | 1.9 | 136,000 | 3,112 | 1.9 | 194,000 | |||||||||||
| Summit Underground | 860 | 5.3 | 146,000 | 860 | 5.3 | 146,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Stocks: Total | 1,801 | 0.7 | 41,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Reserves Total | 928 | 2.0 58,000 |
3,044 2.9 282,000 |
5,773 2.1 381,000 |
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| TOTAL COMBINED RESERVES 1,158 |
2.3 87,300 |
5,559 2.6 470,500 |
8,974 2.2 623,400 |
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| Coolgardie Mineral Reserve (as at 30 September 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laverton Mineral Reserve (as at 30 June 2011) |
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