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ORBMINCO LIMITED Investor Presentation 2013

Nov 17, 2013

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INVESTOR PRESENTATION November 2013

Australian American Mining Corporation Ltd – ASX: AIW

Disclaimer

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All persons should seek appropriate professional investment advice in reviewing or considering this presentation and all other information with respect to Australian-American Mining Corporation Limited’s (“AusAmerican” or “the company”) , business, financial performance and operations. Neither the provision of this presentation nor the information contained therein, or any associated communication to any person should be taken as constituting financial advice regarding the purchase or dealing of shares in AusAmerican. This presentation does not purport to provide all information that might reasonably be required to complete a detailed assessment of AusAmerican. Individuals should conduct their own investigation of investment and financial parameters relevant to their personal requirements for investment purposes.

The presentation may contain forward looking statements regarding the intentions of the Company, and these will be affected movements in share markets, commodity prices and many other factors beyond the control of Company personnel. The presentation must be considered in the light of these uncertainties and investments in AusAmerican should be considered as speculative in nature. The presentation is not a prospectus or similar disclosure document and does not constitute an invitation to apply for shares. Statements relating to potential quantity and grades of exploration targets in this presentation are conceptual in nature as there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain whether further exploration will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource

Competent Person. The review of exploration activities and results contained in this presentation in relation to the Company’s projects is based on information compiled by Mr. Richard Holmes.

Mr. Holmes is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a permanent employee of AusAmerican Mining. He has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and types of deposits under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the December 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code). Mr. Holmes consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears in this presentation.

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Investment Highlights

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  • Portfolio of near production and brownfield exploration projects in the USA

  • Focus on:

  • Copper, gold, silver

  • High grade uranium

  • Victoria copper mine, Nevada

  • High grade underground mine

  • Near term cash flow

  • Low capital cost

  • Blue Bell and De Soto, Arizona

  • Significant exploration target

  • Initial drilling program very successful

  • VTEM survey highlights anomalies

  • Strategy of using cash flow to finance exploration

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Company Overview

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Capital Structure

Class Exercise Price/Date
264m Shares
64.6m Unlisted Options 9c March 2015
0.6m Unlisted Options 5.9c March 2015
15m Unlisted Options 3 c June 2016
22.0m Performance Shares 20c (8.5m) and 25c (13.5m)
Cash Top Shareholders
AU$400k (at Nov 15) Directors and Management - 8%
Top 20 - 35%

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Board

Richard Holmes – Managing Director

Mr Holmes is a highly experienced geologist who joined AusAmerican as Managing Director in May 2012. Prior to this Mr Holmes worked in senior management positions in business development for major mining companies Anglo Gold Ashanti and Aditya Birla Limited .

Mr Holmes has an honours degree in geology and geography and a master’s degree in applied structural geology from Imperial College London.

Ben Mead – Executive Director

Mr Mead has had considerable experience in the management of ASX-listed and private companies in the mineral, energy and aluminium sectors. Mr Mead, who resides in Park City, Utah, in the USA, was instrumental in introducing the Victoria Mine transaction to the company and in assisting the company in its negotiations with the project’s owners. Mr Mead will continue to assist with the due diligence, development, financing and on-going management of the project in his role as US based Director residing close to the project.

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Peter Landau – Non Executive Director

Mr Landau is a highly experienced company director who brings with him many years of experience in managing resource companies. Especially important for the company is Mr Landau’s recent experience in capital raising for and development of, USA silver developer Black Mountain Resources Limited and their New Departure Silver project in Montana. Mr Landau has a law degree and sits on the Board of a number of ASX and Aim listed companies.

Don Falconer – Non Executive Director

Mr. Falconer is a uranium veteran and a seasoned senior executive with extensive industry experience which includes 35 years in a variety of senior management positions in both the uranium mining / nuclear utility sectors and 15 years as a director / corporate secretary of a number of uranium mining companies.

Mr. Falconer has an in-depth knowledge of the nuclear fuel cycle / uranium market and a track record of contributing dedicated effort, skills and experience to assisting the development of start-up and junior mining companies.

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Portfolio of projects in the USA

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Copper/Gold/Silver

  • Victoria Copper Mine (AIW option to JV, Nevada)

  • Blue Bell and De Soto (AIW option to acquire

  • 100%, Arizona)

Gold

  • San Marcos (AIW 100%, Arizona, Pelican

  • Resources earning100%)

Uranium

  • Rio Puerco (AIW 100%, New Mexico)

  • Grants Ridge JV (AIW earning 65%, New Mexico)

  • Kit Carson (AIW 100%, New Mexico)

  • Northern project (AIW 100%, New Mexico)

  • Apex/Lowboy (AIW 100%, Nevada)

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Near Term Production Opportunity

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  • AIW has acquired the right to participate as a 50% joint venture owner of the Victoria Copper Mine, located in Nevada USA

  • Mining operations projected to commence within 6 months of funding/permitting approval, with full production within 8 months.

  • Major infrastructure in place (access roads, power line and decline). Toll treatment facility located nearby and negotiations underway.

  • To earn the 50% interest, AIW must fund all recommissioning costs, which are projected to be no more than US$4m.

  • The Victoria Copper Mine is projected to be cash flow positive and generate a cash surplus in year one including full capex repayment

  • AIW has the right of first refusal over the JV partners share of the project.

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Victoria Copper Mine, Nevada

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  • Discovered and developed by Anaconda Copper Company.

  • Open pit production commenced in 1975

  • – Initial ore reserves of 2.4 Mt grading 2.4% copper and 0.6oz/t silver.

  • Converted to underground operation in 1976.

  • Production of 990,000t @ 2.1% copper

  • Last production by Hecla in 1981.

  • Owned by Taylor Western Resources (JV Partner) since 2004

  • Significant infrastructure

  • Decline

  • Access roads

  • Power line

  • Private land

  • Water rights

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Victoria Geology

  • Ore body is a breccia pipe hosted in limestone.

  • The pipe is elliptical in shape and the N and S contacts dip outward at 60 and 80 degrees respectively.

  • The western contact dips at 45 degrees and the eastern limit is unknown. Mineralisation appears to be confined to the western contact.

  • Primary mineralisation is chalcopyrite

  • minor amounts of bornite and other exotic copper sulphides.

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  • reasonable amount of silver present and minor amount of bismuth

  • No acid generation in waste/runoff as limestone host rock

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Victoria Historical Reserves

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Tons Copper Grade % Contained Metal (Cu Tons)
Proven 1,382,000 2.4 32,477
Probable 148,383 2.5 3,724
Possible 906,650 1.4 12,784
TOTAL 2,437,033 2.0 48,985
  • Historical reserve calculated by Hecla Mining Company in 1983

  • Reserves calculated at a cut off grade 1.5%

  • Supports a 3 year mine life

  • Breccia pipe open at depth

  • Mine life potential to double

  • Production rate of ~1300tpd

  • Block caving mining method

  • High productivity/low cost

NB Non JORC compliant estimate. See ASX release dated 9th Sept for further disclosure

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Recommissioning & Mining Strategy

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Recommissioning can be accelerated due to the existing high quality site infrastructure and good condition of underground workings

It is projected that mining operations will recommence within 6 months of project financing/final permitting with full production two months later

The project will use the same mining method as the original operation and experienced staff have been sourced e.g. Chief Mining Engineer who has previously worked at the project

Two options exist for processing:

  1. Toll treatment of the ore via local processing facility

  2. The preferred option and negotiations are underway for a toll treatment agreement

  3. Purchase of a mill to produce a concentrate

  4. The company has an option to purchase a used 500,000tpa mill

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Indicative Development Timeframe

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Month Activity
November 2013 Finalise joint venture agreement
December 2013 Submit Plan of Operations to NDEP
January 2014 Settlement of project finance
Finalise toll treatment agreement
February 2014 Tender underground mining contract
Tender surface haulage and road maintenance contract
March 2014 Award mining/haulage/road maintenance contracts
April 2014 Approval of Plan of Operations (assumption)
May 2014 Commence site works
Commence decline rehabilitation

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Blue Bell and De Soto

  • Located 100km NW of Phoenix, Arizona USA

  • Mesoproterozoic Jerome Greenstone belt - Host to several VMS deposits

  • Mines operated from 1903 to 1926

  • Focused on high grade massive sulphides (cut off grades 2 – 3% copper depending on price)

  • Blue Bell mined 1.2Mt @ 3.2% copper, 1.7g/t gold and 42g/t silver

  • Seven massive sulphide lenses mined

  • Only one lens outcropped

  • De Soto mined 280,000tons @ 3.7% copper, 1.5g/t gold and 34 g/t silver

  • Several small lenses mined

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Blue Bell – Drilling and Resource

  • Initial drilling program returned consistent results

  • 24 from 26 drill holes contained mineralisation

  • Significant results include:

  • 17m @ 4.5% Copper Equivalent* (CuEq) (2.1% copper, 2.1g/t gold, 38g/t silver and 0.9% zinc) from 239m

  • 9m @ 2.2% Copper Equivalent* (CuEq) (1.8% copper, 0.3g/t gold and 19.6g/t silver) from 8m

  • Initial resource estimate exceeded expectations

Resource at 0.5% copper equivalent cut off Resource at 0.5% copper equivalent cut off Resource at 0.5% copper equivalent cut off
Grade Metal
Tonnage Cu % Au g/t
Ag g/t
Cu_Eq* Cu (T) Au (oz) Ag (oz)
6,037,100 0.84 0.41
12.5
1.21 50,500 79,500 2,424,000

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Blue Bell – VTEM survey

  • Preliminary interpretation of VTEM data identifies 900m long conductor at Blue Bell

  • Northern end of conductor tested by recent drilling and returned 12m @ 4.9% Copper Equivalent* (CuEq)

  • Conductor extends to a depth of at least 300m

  • VTEM conductor is coincident with magnetic anomaly

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Proposed Activity Schedule Next 12 Months

  • 1st Quarter 2014

Victoria – Finalization of project finance, tenders for mining contract New Mexico uranium properties - explore value options

  • 2nd Quarter 2014

Victoria – permitting approval Blue Bell - phase 2 drilling

De Soto - geological mapping, sampling, target generation and drill permitting

  • 2H 2014

Victoria - rehabilitation of decline and production commences De Soto - maiden drilling program

Blue Bell North - geological mapping, sampling and drill permitting

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Investment Summary

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  • Copper, gold and high grade uranium

  • Near term production and cash flow

  • Financing aimed at minimizing shareholder dilution

  • Cash flow to support exploration

  • Projects based in mining friendly states the USA

  • Company leveraged to exploration success

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Australian-American Mining Corporation Limited (ASX- AIW)

Contacts Mr. Richard Holmes Managing Director Mr. Jim Malone Company Secretary

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P: +61 (8) 9481 0799 F: +61 (8) 9481 1927 E: [email protected] www.ausamerican.com

572 Hay Street Perth WA 6000 Australia PO Box 1788 West Perth WA 6872

Competent Person’s Statement

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Competent Person. The review of exploration activities and results contained in this presentation in relation to the Company’s projects is based on information compiled by Mr. Richard Holmes. Mr. Holmes is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and types of deposits under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the December 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code). Mr. Holmes consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears in this presentation.

Information in this report that relates to Mineral Resource estimates reflects information compiled by Mr Alexey Zharnikov a full time employee of CSA Global Pty Ltd, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Zharnikov has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is reporting 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 Zharnikov consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the information compiled by him, in the form and context in which it appears.

*Copper Equivalent Calculation

Copper Equivalent (CuEq) represents the total metal value for each metal, multiplied by the conversion factor, summed and expressed as equivalent copper percentage. These results are exploration results and no allowance is made for recovery losses should mining eventually occur. However it is the company’s opinion that the elements considered here have reasonable potential to be recovered as evidenced by production records from previous mining activity at the project and comparable in the region.

Drill Intersections

Copper Equivalent Formula = Cu% + Au(ppm) x 0.7292 + Ag(ppm) x 0.0146 + Zn% x 0.3

Price Assumptions Cu (US$3/lb), Au (US$1500/oz), Ag (US$30/oz), Zn (US$0.90/lb)

Resource Estimate

Copper Equivalent Formula = Cu% + Au(ppm) x 0.6076 + Ag(ppm) x 0.0097 + Zn% x 0.3 Price Assumptions Cu (US$3/lb), Au (US$1250/oz), Ag (US$20/oz), Zn (US$0.90/lb)

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