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PEEL MINING LIMITED — Investor Presentation 2012
Aug 20, 2012
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Peel Mining Limited (ASX:PEX) Investor Presentation – August 2012
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Discovering Copper in the Cobar Superbasin
Rob Tyson, Managing Director
www.peelmining.com.au
Disclaimer & Competent Persons Statement
• Disclaimer
- The views expressed here other than historical fact constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions considered reasonable by the Company, albeit subject to uncertainties and contingencies of unknown factors that may cause variation in such forward-looking statements beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. Nothing in this release should be construed as either an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell shares in any jurisdiction.
• Competent Persons Statement
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The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Robert Tyson, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Tyson is Managing Director of Peel Mining Ltd. Mr Tyson 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 Tyson consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears .
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The information in this report that relates to mineral resource estimation for Apollo Hill is based on work completed by Mr Jonathon Abbott who is a full time employee of Hellman and Schofield Pty Ltd and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Hellman & Schofield was not required to review the quality or validity of the sampling data, as Peel Mining are accepting responsibility for these aspects of the estimates. Mr Abbott 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 Abbott 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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The information in this report relating to the Attunga resources is based on information compiled by Mr Murray Hutton, who is a Member of the Australian Instituteof Geoscientists and is employed by Geos Mining. He has sufficient relevant experience to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.’ Mr Hutton consents to the inclusion in this report of this information in the form and context in which it appears.
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Capital and Corporate
• Capital structure
Fully paid shares: 110 million Enterprise value: $26.5 million Options: 0.2 million Top 20 investors: ~60% Market cap (@ 25 cps): $28 million Directors’ holding: ~26%
• Business model
– Identify and acquire undervalued/prospective mineral assets
- Add value through systematic exploration
– Monetise (through JV/sale/IPO) or take to production
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Board and Technical Team
Small leadership team with blend of technical and commercial backgrounds; focus on maximising returns
• Board
• Maximising PEX’s discovery potential:
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Rob Tyson (Managing Director)
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Simon Hadfield (Chairman)
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Graham Hardie (Non-exec Director)
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Craig McGown (Non-exec Director)
• Technical team
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Michael Oates (Project Geologist)
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Steve Leggett (Operations Manager)
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Nancy Vickery (Consulting Geologist)
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Bob Brown (Consulting Geologist)
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Very low admin costs at <$150K per quarter
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Small, efficient, skilled, technical/operations team
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High exploration success rate
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Focus on drill testing – only way to prove orebodies
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Maximising every dollar – money goes into the ground
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Project Summary
Growing precious-base metal resources company
• Key assets:
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Mallee Bull Copper-polymetallic Discovery (Gilgunnia, NSW)
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Cobar Superbasin project (Cobar, NSW)
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Apollo Hill Gold project (Goldfields WA)
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Rise & Shine Gold project (Central Otago, NZ)
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Attunga Tungsten project (Tamworth, NSW)
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Ruby Silver project (Armidale, NSW)
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Other Assets – Apollo Hill
• Location and tenure
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50 km southeast of Leonora, WA
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360 km2 of tenements
• Geology and Mineralisation
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Shear-hosted deposit on splay off Keith Kilkenny Lineament
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Mineralisation straddles strongly deformed felsic/mafic contact
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Extensive mineralisation, >1 km long & up to 250m wide
• Resource Estimate
- Updated JORC inferred resource estimate completed August 2011
– 17.2 Mt at 0.9 g/t Au for 505,000 oz (using 0.5 g/t cut)
• Apollo Hill 2012 Workplan
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Metallurgical testwork underway
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Scoping study
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Regional exploration
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Aboriginal Heritage over new ELs and lake edge completed
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Other Assets – Rise and Shine
• Location and tenure:
- 20km northeast of Cromwell, Central Otago, NZ
• Geology and Mineralisation
- Shear-hosted orogenic gold mineralisation
• Rise and Shine
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Historic production of more than 180,000 oz gold
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Gold workings cover >4km of strike along Rise and Shine Shear Zone
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Structurally similar to Hydes-Macraes Shear Zone, host to multi-million oz Macraes gold mine
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New exploration model suggests Rise and Shine Shear Zone possible “flatter” lying than previously assumed offering potential for large-tonnage, low-grade targets
• 2012 forward program
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Surface mapping and geochemical surveys
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RC/RAB drilling, if warranted
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Other Assets – Attunga
• Location and tenure
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20 km north of Tamworth, NSW
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~120 km2 of tenements (ELs)
• Geology and Mineralisation
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Skarn-hosted tungsten and copper-gold mineralisation; orogenic gold mineralisation
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Attunga Tungsten Deposit:
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Updated JORC inferred resource estimate completed April 2008
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1.29 Mt @ 0.61% WO3 and 0.05% Mo
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March 2009 metallurgical test work identifies potentially simple process route; high grade WO3 concentrates produced
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Attunga Copper Mine
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75m at 1 g/t Au, 0.87% Cu, 0.09% Mo, 22 g/t Ag, 0.06% Bi
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5.6m at 0.44% Mo, 0.7 g/t Au, 12 g/t Ag, 0.45% Cu and 1.4m at 22.7 g/t Au, 13 g/t Ag, 0.7% Cu
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2012 Forward Program:
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Seeking potential JV/offtake/development partners
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Other Assets – Ruby Silver
• Location and tenure
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30 km east of Armidale; 400 km north of Sydney, NSW
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~120 km² of tenements
• Geology and mineralisation
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Quartz-carbonate veins develop within fracture/shear/fissure zones, possibly associated with aplite dykes
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Ruby, Tulloch, Rockvale Mines
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~400,000 ounces silver at ~800 g/t Ag historic production
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Lodes up to 1.5 metres wide; traceable at surface to NE/SW for up to 1,200m
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Silver-rich massive sulphide ore grading up to 60,000 g/t silver
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1968 drilling at Ruby returned 5.1m grading 6,500 g/t silver; never followed up
• Ruby Silver Exploration/Forward Plan
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April/May 2011 – geological mapping and sampling completed; GIS
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May 2011 – 18 line km IP geophysics survey; multiple strong shallow chargeable anomalies identified proximal to historic workings
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March 2012 – RC drilling completed
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Cobar Superbasin is worldclass mineral province
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Tinderra granite
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GREAT COBAR
MT BOPPY
NEW OCCIDENTAL
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McKINNONS
PERSERVERANCE PIPELINE
Windnok NYMAGEE
WONAWINTA
Shelf HERA
MALLEE BULL
MAY DAY
Thule granite
Canbelego
WAGGA TANK
- Mineral
Hill Rift
MT HOPE MINE MUNDOE Zone
Erimeran granite
Cobar Basin Architecture
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Nymagee-Wagga Structure
Buckaroon Fault
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• Cobar Superbasin pre-mining metal inventory:
– >2.2 Mt Cu = US$18b
– >7 Moz Au = US$12b
– >4.7 Mt Zn = US$9.5b – >2.8 Mt Pb = US$5.5b – >145 Moz Ag = US$4.5b – Total = US$50b
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Ag
Ag Au
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Au
Zn
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Cu
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“Cobar–style” Deposits vs Mallee Bull Discovery
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| Attribute | Mallee Bull |
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| Polymetallic (Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-Zn) | |
| Proximity to major structures (growth/transfer faults) |
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| Shear-hosted | |
| Strongly leached near surface | |
| Chlorite and silica alteration | |
| Facies and rock competency contrasts | |
| Moderate to high strain zone | |
| Short strike length (<200m) | |
| Narrow widths (5-20m) | |
| Vertical continuity (>400m) | |
| Generally occur as clustered/stacked lenses |
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May-day Gilgunnia Project (incl Mallee Bull)
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CBH Resources Farm-in
Attracting CBH is testament to Mallee Bull’s potential
• Key Terms of Farm-in
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Agreement covers all of the May Day-Gilgunnia project (EL7461 ML1361) including Mallee Bull
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Peel remains operator
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Stage 1 sees CBH earn 15% interest by payment of $1m to Peel as contribution to past expenditure (made) and by contributing $1.5m to exploration within a 12 month period
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Stage 2 sees CBH (at its election) increase to 30% interest by contributing a further $2.5m to exploration within a further 12 month period
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Stage 3 sees CBH (at its election) increase to 50% interest by contributing a further $3.33m to exploration within a further 12 month period
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CBH may elect to form a joint venture at the end of any stage; parties can then elect to contribute on pro-rata basis or be diluted according to an industry-standard formula.
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Mallee Bull Discovery
Phase 1 drilling confirms Mallee Bull as a “Cobar-style” discovery
• Location and tenure
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100 km south of Cobar, NSW
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80 km2 of granted leases (EL and ML)
• Geology and Mineralisation
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Located in Silurian-Devonian Cobar Superbasin
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Cobar-style polymetallic (Cu-Au-Ag-Pb-Zn) mineralisation
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Mallee Bull Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-Zn-Co Discovery
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8km east of May Day Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu deposit; adjacent to historic 4-Mile goldfield
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Coincident EM and magnetic geophysical anomalies
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Favourable geological position in volcaniclastic turbidite sequence age equivalent of Great Cobar geology
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Favourable structural position located on “nose” of anticline; high strain environment
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Ease of access, 3 km off major road
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Perseverance required; several rounds of drilling necessary
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High-grade massive sulphides intercepted in July/August 2011
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Mallee Bull drilling results to date
• Results to date
– Mallee Bull Cobar-style discovery better results to date include:
10m @ 9.01% Pb, 11.00% Zn, 41 g/t Ag, 0.77 g/t Au
9.3m @ 1.20% Cu, 19 g/t Ag, 0.14 g/t Au
5m @ 2.40% Cu, 28 g/t Ag, 0.60 g/t Au
7m @ 1.31% Cu, 19 g/t Ag, 0.56 g/t Au 11m @ 2.71% Cu, 36 g/t Ag, 0.26 g/t Au 5m @ 2.14% Cu, 41 g/t Ag, 1.29 g/t Au
6.65m @ 3.10% Cu, 34 g/t Ag, 0.93 g/t Au 10m @ 1.70% Cu, 46 g/t Ag, 0.27 g/t Au
7m @ 2.32% Cu, 14 g/t Ag, 0.15 g/t Au 6m @ 2.01% Cu, 64 g/t Ag, 0.43 g/t Au 10m @ 2.66% Cu, 41 g/t Ag, 0.51 g/t Au 10m @ 2.22% Cu, 33 g/t Ag, 0.44 g/t Au
– Strike of mineralisation = ~120m
– Shallowest intercept to date = 30m below surface
– Deepest intercept to date = 400m below surface
– Mineralisation open in multiple directions, including down-dip
– Option to purchase Wirchilleba Station (Mallee Bull “footprint”)
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Mallee Bull current exploration
Phase 2 drilling underway
• Mallee Bull down dip
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Phase 2 drilling (10 diamond drillholes for ~4,500m) primarily designed to target down dip extensions
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Structural geology review/interpretation underway
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DHEM
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MLEM and IP targeting 4-Mile anticline
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RAB drilling targeting potential supergene enrichment
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RAB drilling targeting 4-Mile Volcanics unit
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MBDD002 returns wide massive and stringer sulphide intercept – 363.7-404.3m massive sulphides comprising pyrite-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite and 418-446m stringer/matrix sulphides comprising prite-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-galena-sphalerite
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MBDD002 is 100m vertically from nearest previous drilling
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Mallee Bull current exploration
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MBDD002 vs 4MRCDD009 (Py-Po MS Zone)
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MBDD002
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2.71 g/t Au, 23 g/t Ag 294
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2.63 g/t Au, 28 g/t Ag
2.71 g/t Au, 31 g/t Ag
296 3.45 g/t Au, 45 g/t Ag
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4MRCDD009
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MBDD002 vs 4MRCDD009 (Py-Po-Cpy MS Zone)
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MBDD002
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302 4.01% Cu, 1.28 g/t Au, 51 g/t Ag, 593 g/t Co
303 3.53% Cu, 0.70 g/t Au, 36 g/t Ag, 554 g/t Co
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4MRCDD009
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MBDD002 vs 4MRCDD009 (Py-Po-Cpy Stringer Zone)
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MBDD002
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336 5.94% Cu, 0.36 g/t Au, 31 g/t Ag, 210 g/t Co
337 5.07% Cu, 0.18 g/t Au, 31 g/t Ag, 433 g/t Co
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4MRCDD009
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May Day Deposit
• May Day Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu deposit
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8 km west of Mallee Bull discovery
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Granted 1km x 1km Mining Licence
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Shallow (40m) open pit oxide Au heap-leach operation in 1990s
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Structurally-controlled Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu near-vertical deposit below pit
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Drilling by Peel in 2010 returned better results including:
16m @ 1.78 g/t Au, 42 g/t Ag, 0.25% Cu, 0.95% Pb, 1.33% Zn from 159m 27m @ 2.12 g/t Au, 27 g/t Ag, 0.11% Cu, 0.43% Pb, 0.75% Zn from 120m 3m at 1.33 g/t Au, 98 g/t Ag, 0.92% Cu, 7.29% Pb, 8.19% Zn from 140m 10m at 2.15 g/t Au, 28 g/t Ag, 0.06% Cu, 0.34% Pb, 0.39% Zn from 213m
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Mineralisation extends from base of pit to at least 200m below surface and open at depth
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Large untested magnetic anomaly below May Day
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Cobar–style precious/base metal system?
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May Day Deeps drilling planned
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Cobar Superbasin Project (CSP) – 100% PEX
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CSP – Mundoe: the next Mallee Bull?
• Location
- 50 km south of Mallee Bull
• Key facts
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2 km long multi-element geochemical anomaly
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Coincident geophysical anomalies
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Strong historic drill results including:
3m @ 2.90% Zn, 0.87% Zn, 30 g/t Ag and 0.4 g/t Au
6m @ 1.66% Cu, 103 g/t Ag
3m @ 122 /t Ag, 0.3 g/t Au and 6m @
- 0.42% Cu, 14 g/t Ag
12m @ 1.09% Cu and 60 g/t Ag
- Follow-up drilling in 2005 appears to have failed to adequately test previous mineralisation.
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CSP – Mundoe: the next Mallee Bull?
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CSP EL7519 magnetic targets – MD1, MD3
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Butcher’s Dog
Gilgunnia
Mallee Bull
May Day Tails May Day
ML1361
EL7461
MD-1
EL7519
MD-3
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CSP Exploration planning
Exploration planning well advanced
• Mundoe
– Easterly-dipping exploration model RC drilling upon grant of tenure (Oct 2012?)
– 6 RC drillholes for 1,200m
- Broad-spaced RAB drilling
• EL7519
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320 line km Helitem survey this month
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Targeting MD-1 and MD-3 magnetic anomalies
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Deep diamond drilling (timing?)
• ELA4562
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Tara mine area contains multiple geochem anomalies and gossans
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Literature review underway
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Surface geophysics (EM/IP) upon grant of tenure
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RC/diamond drilling
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Investment Highlights
1 Cobar-style polymetallic discovery at Mallee Bull, NSW 2 Mineralisation open at depth 3 Strong partnership following CBH Resources Farm-in 4 Strategic Cobar district landholding with exciting prospects 5
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Small team but high exploration success rate Maximising every dollar – money goes into the ground
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Thank you
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The Mallee Bull legend continues...
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Notes
Information regarding drilling/assaying data:
1. Drilling was completed using a RC face sampling hammer or HQ/NQ diamond core.
2. Sample recoveries were considered adequate for all samples.
3. Drillcore has been, or is still to be, logged in detail based on lithology, mineralisation, and alteration.
4. Samples for analysis were collected by cone splitter sampling, hand spearing or by sawing core in half.
5. Samples were submitted as 4m composite chip samples, 1m chip samples or 1m half-core intervals unless a geological contact was used.
6. Samples were analysed at ALS Chemex utilising methods: Au‐AA25 for Au (fire assay); ME‐ICP61 for multi-element including Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn; Ag-OG62 for >100 g/t Ag; Cu-OG62 for >1% Cu; Pb-OG62 for >1% Pb; and Zn-OG62 for >1% Zn.
7. Drillhole collars were surveyed by DGPS.
8. Downhole gyroscopic surveys are being run continuously.
Copper Equivalent Calculation Explanation:
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Mineralisation at Mallee Bull consists of copper, silver, gold, lead, zinc and cobalt, but only copper, silver and gold are used for Copper Equivalent Calculation.
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Copper equivalent values have been calculated as (CuEq) = Cu% + Ag(ppm)x0.012 + Au(ppm)x0.625
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Copper Equivalent or “CuEq” is the contained copper, silver and gold that are converted to an equal amount of pure copper and summed (based on assays of mineralised rock and nominated metal prices). It is used to allow interpretation of the possible theoretical ‘value’ of mineralised rock, without consideration of the ultimate extractability of any of the metals.
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Cobar-style copper deposits such as Mallee Bull typically recover those metals subject to prevailing metal prices and metallurgical characteristics.
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The ASX requires a metallurgical recovery be specified for each metal, however, no testwork has ever been undertaken at Mallee Bull and recoveries can only be assumed to be typical for Cobar-style copper deposits
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It is the Company’s opinion that each of the elements included in the metal equivalents calculation has reasonable potential to be recovered if the project proceeds to mining.
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Price Assumptions‐ Cu (US$8,000/t), Ag (US$30/oz), Au (US$1,500/oz)
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For more information:
Rob Tyson Managing Director [email protected] Unit 1, 34 Kings Park Road, West Perth, WA 6005 Tel: 08 9382 3955 E: [email protected]
Peel Mining Limited (ASX:PEX)