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IRON BEAR RESOURCES LTD — Investor Presentation 2011
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ASX Announcement 10 June 2011
Company Presentation
Cape Lambert Resources Limited is pleased to attach a copy of the presentation which will be delivered by Company executives in Perth today.
Yours faithfully
Cape Lambert Resources Limited
Claire Tolcon
Company Secretary
Cape Lambert is an Australian domiciled, mineral investment company. Its current investment portfolio is geographically diverse and consists of mineral assets and interests in mining and exploration companies.
The Company continues to focus on investment in early stage resource projects and companies, primarily in iron ore, copper and gold. Its “hands on” approach is geared to add value and position assets for development and/or sale.
The Board and management exhibit a strong track record of delivering shareholder value.
Australian Securities Exchange Code: CFE
Ordinary shares 571,849,603
Unlisted Options 7,850,000 ($0.45 exp 30 Sep 2011)
Board of Directors
Tony Sage Executive Chairman Tim Turner Non-executive Director Brian Maher Non-executive Director Ross Levin Non-executive Director Claire Tolcon Company Secretary
Key Projects and Interests
Marampa Iron Ore Project Pinnacle Group Assets Sappes Gold Project African Iron Limited International Goldfields Limited
Cape Lambert Contact
Tony Sage Executive Chairman
Eloise von Puttkammer Investor Relations
Phone: +61 8 9380 9555 Email: [email protected]
Australian Enquiries
Professional Public Relations David Tasker Phone: +61 8 9388 0944 Mobile: +61 433 112 936 Email: [email protected]
UK Enquiries
Tavistock Communications Emily Fenton / Jos Simson Phone: +44 (0)20 7429 6603 Mobile: +44 (0)7899 870 450
Cape Lambert Resources Limited[ABN 71 095 047 920 ]
Corporate - 18 Oxford Close, Leederville WA 6007 Projects - Level 1, 2 Ord Street, West Perth WA 6005 United Kingdom - 14 Golden Square, London W1F 9JG
www.capelam.com.au
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Market Update June 2011
Tony Sage Executive Chairman
Disclaimer
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This presentation has been prepared by Cape Lambert Resources Limited (“Cape Lambert” or the “Company”). It is not a disclosure document and should not be considered as an offer or invitation to subscribe for, or purchase any securities in the Company or as an inducement to make an offer or invitation with respect to those securities. No agreement to subscribe for securities in the Company will be entered into on the basis of this presentation.
This presentation contains forecasts and forward looking information. Such forecasts, projections and information are not a guarantee of future performance, involve unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results and developments will almost certainly differ materially from those expressed or implied. Cape Lambert has not audited or investigated the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Cape Lambert makes no representation and can give no assurance, guarantee or warranty, express or implied, as to, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for, the authenticity, validity, accuracy, suitability or completeness of, or any errors in or omission, from any information, statement or opinion contained in this presentation.
Throughout this presentation all figures are quoted in Australian dollars (A$) unless otherwise stated.
You should not act or refrain from acting in reliance on this presentation material. This overview of the Company does not purport to be all inclusive or to contain all information which its recipients may require in order to make an informed assessment of Cape Lambert’s prospects. You should conduct your own investigation and perform your own analysis in order to satisfy yourself as to the accuracy and completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation before making any investment decision.
Information in this presentation that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on previous announcements made by Cape Lambert (or other relevant parties) to the ASX.
This presentation does not constitute financial product advice (nor investment, tax, accounting or legal advice) and has been prepared without taking account of any person’s investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs.
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Progressive Global Mining Company
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Australian mineral investment company, listed on ASX (CFE)
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Geographically diverse portfolio of mineral assets and interests in mining and exploration companies
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Cash and receivables of A$150 million[1] at 31 March 2011, no bank debt and fully funded
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Convertible notes of A$7.9 million maturing inside 18 months
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Deferred consideration receivable from sale of Lady Annie (A$5 million) triggered by the achievement of certain production milestones
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Directors hold approximately 6.7% of the Company
1 Legal Action has commenced to recover the final A$80 million owing from MCC.
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Strong Track Record
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Strong track record of delivering shareholder value
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February 2011, on market buy-back completed, 54 million shares bought back for A$32 million
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July 2010, A$44 million fully franked special dividend payment
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October 2008, A$100 million capital/dividend payment
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October 2007, in specie distribution of Global Iron Limited (now African Petroleum Corporation Limited), Market Cap now A$1.2 billion
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May 2006, in specie distribution of International Goldfields Limited (now International Petroleum Limited), Market Cap now A$266 million
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Business Model and Strategy
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Leverage off strong balance sheet (cash reserves) and relationships
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Invest in resource and that are considered undervalued or early stage projects companies
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distressed
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Assets and investments are primarily iron ore, copper, gold and uranium
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Add value through a “hands on” approach
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Position assets for ultimate sale
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Regularly distribute cash to shareholders via dividend payments as asset realisation occurs
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Corporate Snapshot
| Capital Structure | Capital Structure |
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| Ordinary shares (ASX: CFE) | 572M |
| Market Cap at $0.46 | $263M |
| Unlisted options ($0.45 exp 30 Sep 2011) |
7.8M |
| Cash and receivables1 | $158M |
| Securities (marked-to-market) | $55M |
| Enterprise value | $50M |
| Shareholding | |
| Directors | 6.7% |
| Top 20 | 64.5% |
| African Minerals Limited | 21.3% |
| Aust & NZ Institutions | 5.4% |
| Asian Institutions | 10.3% |
| UK & European Institutions | 8.6% |
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Share Price Performance
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Average Daily Trading Volume
2011 (year to date) 2.2 million
1Includes convertible notes.
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Strong Board and Management
Directors
Tony Sage
Executive Chairman
Over 25 years experience in corporate advisory, funds management and capital raisings.
Tim Turner
Non-Executive Director
Over 25 years experience in management and business consultancy and a partner in an accountancy practice.
Brian Maher
Non-Executive Director
Mining engineer with over 40 years experience in the mining industry working in Australia, Liberia, Guyana & the Philippines.
Ross Levin
Non-Executive Director
Holds degrees in both Law and Economics, extensive experience in acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and takeovers and is currently a senior partner in the commercial division of Rigby Cooke Lawyers.
Joe Ariti
Fiona Taylor
Kim Bischoff
Claire Tolcon
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Key Management
General Manager Metallurgist with over 25 years experience in the mining industry working in Australia, Indonesia, PNG and Africa.
Chief Financial Officer
Chartered accountant with over 13 years experience in both commerce and professional practice in South Africa, Australia and the UK.
GM – Exploration
Geologist with 28 years experience in exploration, development and mining, working in Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa.
Company Secretary / Legal Counsel Lawyer with 13 years experience primarily in the areas of equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and mining and resources.
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Group Structure
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West African Emerging Iron Ore Business – The Next Pilbara
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Marampa Iron Ore Project (CFE: 100%)
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Specular hematite, operated from 1933-1977
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Existing heavy haulage railway ~3km from main deposit provides access to Pepel port on Atlantic coast
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Maiden JORC resource of 197Mt (@28.5% Fe) representing 20% of mineralised strike. Additional 18,000m drilling completed (140 holes), resource update underway
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Hard rock exploration target �700M-1Billion tonnes at 2832% Fe in 7 deposits
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Bench scale metallurgical test work completed on –
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composite samples high Fe and mass recoveries utilising WHIMS
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Scoping study for 5Mtpa, standalone open pit mining development complete,
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initial capital investment estimated at US$655 million,
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Pre-tax NPV8 US$715 million at FoB price of US$100 /dmt
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10Mtpa upgrade study in progress
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| Mass % |
Fe Rec. % |
Fe % |
SiO2% | Al2O3% | P % |
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| Typical WHIMS concentrate |
43 | 84 | 65 | 3.2 | 1.0 | - |
- Potential production start-up late 2012
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Pinnacle Group Assets (Iron Ore) (CFE: 46.11% & Manager)
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Kukuna, Sierra Leone
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68km[2] granted licence, with >10km of prospective formation with outcropping enriched specular hematite
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80km from Pepel-Lunsar railway and Atlantic Coast
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SRK completed geological mapping and defined five large target areas
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Trenching and IP surveys completed. Drilling of priority targets to commence in June 2011 quarter
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Exploration target of 1-2 billion tonnes at 30-40% Fe of hardrock hematite schist
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Pinnacle Group Assets continued
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Sandenia, Guinea
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Two exploration permits (total 608km[2] ) prospective for iron ore
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Adjacent to Bellzone’s 3.7 billion tonne Kalia iron ore project
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Seven exploration targets prospective for oxidised enriched and magnetite BIF identified
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Regional mapping & sampling confirms BIF with in-situ iron grades of up to 48% Fe at surface
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Prospect-scale mapping & sampling of priority targets at Sandenia is underway.
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Drilling in 2H-2011
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Sappes Gold Project (CFE: 100%)
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Project based on developing
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High-grade, underground Viper resource (total Mineral Resource – 1Mt at 21.4 g/t Au)
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Small, open pit on St Demetrios mineralisation (total Mineral Resource – 0.8 Mt at 3.4 g/t Au)
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Planned production of 80koz pa over 7 years (in dore and flotation concentrate) for a cash operating cost of A$330 per oz
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Development capital circa. A$100M
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Pre-tax NPV(8%) �A$176 million (A$1330/oz)
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Historical permitting delays, but now targeting
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Feasibility Study Update (no cyanide usage)Complete November 2010
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� Preliminary Environmental Impact study Lodged December 2010
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Other Key Assets
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| Asset | Interest | Commodity | Stage | Location |
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| African Iron Ltd (ASX:AKI) | 25% | Iron Ore | Exploration, near term production |
Republic of Congo, Africa |
| Australis | 100% | Rock Phosphate | Exploration | Qld/NT, Australia |
| Leichhardt | 100% | Copper | Exploration | Qld, Australia |
| Cauldron Energy Ltd (ASX:CXU) |
19.9% | Uranium | Exploration | Australia/Argentina |
| Fe Ltd (ASX:FEL) | 19.9% | Iron Ore | Exploration | Midwest WA, Australia |
| International Goldfields Ltd (ASX:IGS) |
28.67% | Gold | Exploration | Australia/Cote d’Ivoire/Brazil |
| Latin Resources Ltd (ASX:LRS) |
15.42% | Iron Ore & Gold | Exploration | Peru |
| Monitor Energy Ltd (ASX: MHL) |
14.37% | Energy | Exploration | Kyrgyzstan/SA, Australia |
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Value Proposition
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| Asset | A$ Value | |
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| Cash at 31 March 2011 | 70M | |
| Cash Receivables and Convertible Notes1 | 88M | |
| Equities(mark-to-market)2 | 55M | |
| Marampa (100%)3 | 500M? | |
| Sappes (100%)4 | 50M? | |
| Australis (100%) | ? | |
| Pinnacle (46.11%) | ? | |
| Cape Lambert South (100%) | ? | |
| ++763M |
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1.Cash receivables include the final payment to be received in respect of the sale of the Cape Lambert project and repayment of convertible notes. 2.Equities were marked-to-market on 7 June 2011.
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3.Marampa value based on “asking price” in respect of a trade sale.
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4.Sappes value based on approximately 30% of estimated NPV in updated Feasibility Study (December 2010).
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Attributes
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Competent Persons Statement
The Metallurgical information in this presentation is based on information compiled by GV Ariti who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Ariti 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. Ariti consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and the context in which it appears.
The Exploration information in this presentation is based on information compiled by K Bischoff who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Bischoff 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. Bischoff consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and the context in which it appears.
Mineral Resources
Sappes Gold Project - Mineral Resources quoted in this presentation in respect of Sappes are based on previous announcements made to ASX Limited by CopperCo Limited, specifically ASX release dated 30 June 2008 “ Prospectus to acquire all the issued shares in Mineral Securities Limited ”.
Exploration Target Size Statements
Target sizes quoted in this presentation are conceptual in nature and in respect of the target sizes quoted, there has been insufficient exploration to define a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource. Target sizes referred to in this presentation refer to potential tonnages of iron ore mineralisation that have been estimated using available exploration information including historic and contemporary geological mapping, geochemical sampling of outcrops, pits and trenches, wide spaced diamond drill holes and modelling of ground and airborne geophysical survey data.
Production and Cost Information
Sappes Gold Project – Production rates, capital and operating costs quoted in this presentation in respect of Sappes are based on previous announcements made to ASX Limited by CopperCo Limited, specifically ASX release dated 30 June 2008 “ Prospectus to acquire all the issued shares in Mineral Securities Limited ”.
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www.capelam.com.au
Corporate Office
18 Oxford Close Leederville, Western Australia 6007 Australia
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 144 West Perth, Western Australia 6872 Australia
Telephone +61 8 9380 9555 Facsimile +61 8 9380 9666 Email [email protected]
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