Developing a New Gold District in Southwest Mongolia
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Developing a New Gold District in Southwest Mongolia
Erdene Resource Development Corp. Developing a New Gold District in Southwest Mongolia Forward Looking Statements Certain information regarding Erdene ("the Company") contained herein may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forwardlooking statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The Company cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control, and that future events and results may vary substantially from what the Company currently foresees. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration results, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions. All Mineral Resources for Altan Nar reported in this presentation represent estimates as at 19th February, 2015. RungePincockMinarco (“RPM”) have considered the costs, recoveries and dilutions expected by comparing with other similar deposits in the region and adjusted these by considering the location of the Project and the deposit characteristics. Mineral Resource grades are reported in accordance with the CIM Standards. Mineral Resource Estimates for Altan Nar are reported on a dry in-situ basis. Gold equivalent (“AuEq”) values are used in an effort to express the combined value of gold, silver, lead and zinc as a percentage of gold, and are provided for illustrative purposes only. No allowances have been made for recovery losses that may occur should mining eventually result. Calculations use metal prices of US $1,200/oz gold, $18/oz silver, and $0.90/lb for lead and zinc. The Mineral Resource estimates for Altan Nar has been compiled under the supervision of Mr. Jeremy Clark who is a full-time employee of RPM and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr. Clark has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity that he has undertaken to qualify as a Qualified Person as defined in the CIM Standards of Disclosure. Please refer to the NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource report for Altan Nar, dated March 24, 2015, entitled “Altan Nar Gold Project, National Instrument 43-101 Mineral Resource Technical Report”, available on the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com, as well as the Company’s news release dated March 31, 2015, for further details on the Altan Nar mineral resource estimate. Reported drill hole intervals at Altan Nar represent drill intersection widths with most holes drilled at a 45 degree angle. For the Discovery Zone, the orientation of the mineralization is near vertical and therefore true width is interpreted to be approximately 70% of the reported intervals. For Union North the mineralized zone has an interpreted dip of 45 degrees therefore true width is close to reported drill hole intervals. All holes in Union North were drilled perpendicular to the trend of mineralization. All other technical/geologic information contained herein has been reviewed and approved by Michael MacDonald, P.Geo. (Nova Scotia), Director of Exploration for Erdene, who is the Qualified Person as that term is defined in National Instrument 43-101. All samples have been assayed at SGS Laboratory in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In addition to internal checks by SGS Laboratory, the Company incorporates a QA/QC sample protocol utilizing prepared standards, blanks and duplicates. The Company's forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The information contained herein is stated as of the current date and subject to change after that date. Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar values herein are in C$. 2 Corporate Highlights Developing a New Gold District in Tian Shan Belt Through Greenfield Discovery Advancing the Altan Nar Gold-Polymetallic Project Toward Production (100% Owned) High-Grade Gold Discovery in Q3-2015 at Bayan Khundii Project (100% Owned) Regional Copper-Gold Exploration Through Alliance with Teck Resources Experienced Management and Technical Team; Exploring Mongolia Since 1997 3 Major Porphyry-Epithermal Gold Terranes and Deposits Prolific Tian Shan Gold Belt Includes some of the largest economic gold accumulations in the world Second only to Witwatersrand in South Africa for known gold resources 4 Tian Shan Gold Belt (2014-15 Gold Production & Highlights) Annual Gold Production from TSX listed Companies >2M ounces Polymetal buys Bakyrchik Gold Projects: US$618M Bayan Airag: First gold production in Q2-2014 Centerra Gold advances 1.6 Moz Gatsuurt gold deposit Kinross’s Kupol, 37% increase in production to ~750,000 oz Au Erdene Eldorado’s three China gold mines produced > 360,000 oz Au Turquoise Hill (Rio Tinto), 589,000 oz Au produced China Gold production increases 22% to 180,674 oz Au Polymetal, 130,000 oz Au in concentrate (Mayskoye) refined in China 5 Southern Mongolia Mining Activity & Regional Infrastructure Build-Up Major Infrastructure Development With Access to Equipment & Manufacturing 6 Mongolia Highlights • In December, Rio Tinto closed $4.4 bln financing deal for Oyu Tolgoi mine in southern Mongolia • In December, National Bank of Canada bought 10.5% stake in one of Mongolia’s top banks; first strategic investment by a foreign commercial bank in the Mongolian banking system • In January, significant Canadian Government-funded development projects approved, aimed at improving governance and policy in mining sector • Mining sector critical component of Mongolian economy; 23% of GDP, 30% of government revenue, and 89% of exports • Several mining-friendly legislative changes over the last 2 years including a reduction in the gold royalty rate and a new Foreign Investment Law Rio Tinto chief development officer on Oyu Tolgoi (Sept 2015) “It's the biggest and best new project we've got, full-stop, across the group.” 7 Alliance with Teck Resources § Alliance established in 2013 § Area of Focus: Tian Shan Copper-Gold Belt (117,000 km2 area) § Extensive exploration by Erdene team from 2009 to present; multiple targets generated § Erdene projects (Altan Nar, Bayan Khundii, etc.) excluded from Alliance agreement § Teck fully funding exploration for base/ precious metals on Erdene-generated targets § Teck required to invest a total of $3 mln or acquire 19.9% of Erdene shares before right to earn interest in any project § Teck currently owns 13% of ERD § Field work / license applications on-going 8 Southwest Gold District Altan Nar and Bayan Khundii - Grassroots Discovery (100% Owned) 4 Million Hectare Exploration Program Deep Seated Regional Structures Altan Nar 200 km Altan Nar Discovery - Ancient Pits Containing Azurite and Malachite 20 km Bayan Khundii Bayan Khundii Discovery - Visible Gold on Surface 9 Erdene Projects - Emerging Gold District 10 Altan Nar Gold Project - Highlights Discovered 2011 Initial 43-101 Resource in 1Q15 Near-Surface Portion for First 2 of 18 Targets High-Grade System 1Q15 Drilling Includes 19 m @ 7.8 g/t Gold Equiv. Near-Surface 90% of Resources Within 150 m of Surface Significant Exploration Upside Limited Drilling on Remaining 16 Targets Along 5.6 km Trend 100% Ownership in Project No Related Royalties or Burdens Carbonate Gold, Base Metal System Analogous to Some of Asia’s Largest Gold Deposits 11 Altan Nar Gold Project Initial Resource Estimate on First 2 of 18 Targets Extent of Initial 1Q15 Resource Highlights § 18 targets along 5.6 km trend Union North § Average vertical drilling depth: 105 metres § Initial 1Q15 NI 43-101 Resource Estimate Discovery Zone § 62% of total drilling confined to Discovery Zone and Union North § Resource open in all directions 500m § 88% drilling success rate intersecting target mineralized zones § Exploration license in 7th of 12th year 12 Altan Nar Gold Project - Discovery Zone Intensely Mineralized, Near Surface, Open to North & at Depth 3Q-2015 Drill Result Previous Drill Result 16 m @ 8.7 g/t AuEq 11 m @ 2.6 g/t AuEq 19 m @ 7.8 g/t AuEq 94 m @ 1.0 g/t AuEq 7 m @ 7.1 g/t AuEq 22 m @ 2.8 g/t AuEq 53 m @ 2.0 g/t AuEq (5.8m @ 7.0 g/t AuEq) 9m @ 9.2 g/t AuEq 8 m @ 6.0 g/t AuEq See cross-section on following slide 16 m @ 7.1 g/t AuEq 21 m @ 3.0 g/t AuEq 13 Altan Nar Gold Project - Discovery Zone Cross Section A Continuous, High-Grade Mineralization From Surface and Open at Depth 14 Altan Nar Gold Project - Union North Multiple Mineralized Structures Open in All Directions 3Q-2015 Drill/Trench Result 30 m @ 1.4 g/t AuEq Previous Drill/Trench Result 6 m @ 6.7 g/t AuEq (T) 28 m @ 2.5 g/t AuEq (T) 5 m @ 7.7 g/t AuEq 12 m @ 5.4 g/t AuEq 19 m @ 15.2 g/t AuEq (T) 12 m @ 5.3 g/t AuEq 9 m @ 7.6 g/t AuEq (T) 9 m @ 5.4 g/t AuEq 11 m @ 6.7 g/t AuEq (T) 10 m @ 4.1 g/t AuEq 9 m @ 6.2 g/t AuEq 15 Altan Nar Gold Project 1Q-2015 Initial Resource Estimate (First Two Deposits) High-Grade, Near-Surface Resource Estimate on First 2 of 18 Priority Targets (open in all directions) Cut-Off Resource Tonnes Au Ag Pb Zn AuEq AuEq, g/t Category Mln g/t g/t % % g/t oz Indicated 4.55 0.80 8.2 0.40 0.51 1.39 203,800 Inferred 4.23 0.65 8.3 0.31 0.45 1.17 158,800 Indicated 3.37 1.03 9.4 0.47 0.57 1.71 184,900 Inferred 3.02 0.85 9.4 0.35 0.51 1.43 139,300 Indicated 2.50 1.33 10.4 0.51 0.60 2.06 165,300 Inferred 2.00 1.19 10.1 0.38 0.54 1.81 116,500 Indicated 1.85 1.71 11.1 0.54 0.61 2.47 146,800 Inferred 1.50 1.49 10.4 0.39 0.54 2.12 102,100 Indicated 1.50 2.03 11.5 0.56 0.60 2.80 134,400 Inferred 1.17 1.77 10.7 0.39 0.53 2.41 90,600 Indicated 0.82 2.99 13.5 0.63 0.63 3.83 100,900 Inferred 0.61 2.47 11.8 0.45 0.58 3.18 62,500 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 2.0 Initial Resource Areas 500m Note: See Forward Looking Statements on slide 2 for cautionary statements as related to the above mineral resource estimates 16 Altan Nar Strategic Option Analysis Metallurgy and Process Options § Strategic Option Analysis being completed by RPM (“RungePincockMinaraco”) § Metallurgical Testing Program completed by Blue Coast Research Ltd. on Discovery Zone North Material - Gold responded very well to direct leaching with recoveries of 88% - High-grade gold-lead-silver concentrates can be produced with good recoveries using conventional lead-zinc differential flotation Au Assay Ag Pb Zn (%) (g/t) (g/t) (%) 100 2.5 16.1 Lead Concentrate 0.97 229.1 Zinc Concentrate 0.84 Sulphide Concentrate Combined Processing Flowsheet Mass Head Grade Recovery (%) Au (%) Ag (%) Pb (%) Zn (%) 0.81 0.67 - - - - 1,029 61.87 5.53 74.7 64 74.4 7.8 20.2 242 5.78 50.28 5.7 13 6.0 61.3 4.01 6.2 14 0.82 0.52 8.4 3.5 4.1 3.1 5.82 - - - - 88.8 81 84.5 72.2 100 - - - - 87.8 64 - - Flotation Cyanidation (48 hour) Source: Blue Coast Research Ltd. Altan Nar Metallurgical Study, 3Q-2015 17 Erdene Projects - Emerging Gold District 18 Bayan Khundii Gold Discovery § Ownership: New discovery on 100% owned license announced October 2015 § High Grade: up to 4,380 g/t gold in surface samples; 187 g/t gold over 1m in drilling § Scale: Pervasive, low-grade gold in alteration system enveloping high-grade zones (16 g/t gold over 12m) § Metallurgy: Visible gold observed in multiple locations (10 of 15 drill holes) with no significant sulphide material present § Mining: Initial drilling establishes good continuity and favorable geometry for possible open pit development § Expansion: All targets tested within 50 metres of surface and open along strike and at depth § Plans: Second drill program expected to commence in April 2016 19 Bayan Khundii Gold Discovery Intense Mineralization Over 550 m x 300 m Area 20 Bayan Khundii Gold Discovery Cross-Section 1: High-Grade Gold Over 400 Metres BKD-‐09; 1m samples from 33 to 59m 0.21 79.40 18.50 0.03 0.11 0.08 0.28 0.08 0.06 0.24 0.18 0.77 38.90 0.30 5.21 4.56 0.25 1.04 0.60 1.37 0.67 1.09 0.19 0.22 0.43 0.33 21 Bayan Khundii Gold Discovery Cross-Section 2: 60m Step-Out Hole from Striker Zone BKD-‐10; 1m g/t Au 0.11 0.15 0.18 0.11 0.17 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.17 0.11 0.14 2.98 0.69 3.01 1.25 0.05 0.12 4.22 2.65 2.27 3.37 167.00 6.27 0.30 0.10 0.07 0.31 0.12 1.14 0.15 0.28 0.67 0.05 0.14 22 Bayan Khundii Gold Discovery Coincident Resistivity Anomaly with Structure ohm-‐m 23 Bayan Khundii Gold Discovery Visible Gold Showings in 10 of 15 Drill Holes 24 Moving Forward – 2016 Bayan Khundii Gold Discovery Ø Second Phase of Drilling Ø Metallurgical Testing Initiated Ø Resource Drilling Altan Nar Gold-Polymetallic Project Ø Additional Metallurgical Process Testwork Ø Independent Strategic Options Analyses Ø Mining License Application to be Initiated Regional Exploration; Teck Alliance Ø Copper-Gold Prospecting and Tenement Applications Funded Through Alliance with Teck 25 What Sets Erdene Apart? ‒ ‒ ‒ Developing a new gold district through greenfield discovery Early in exploration to development value curve Low point in commodity cycle = low valuations Ownership ‒ 100% interest in Projects Growth Potential ‒ ‒ Limited drilling to date All targets open for expansion over large areas High-Grade & Near Surface ‒ ‒ Development Stage of a Successful Mining Company Value / ~Market Cap Early-In Opportunity Bayan Khundii / Altan Nar Explora5on Discovery Feas-‐ Const-‐ ibility ruc5on Prod-‐ uc5on Very high grades Mineralized zones near vertical, exposed at surface Excellent Metallurgy ‒ ‒ 88% gold recovery using conventional processing at DZN, Altan Nar Coarse gold, low sulfide association at Bayan Khundii Experience ‒ Very experienced management team, in Mongolia since the mid-1990’s Location & Infrastructure ‒ ‒ Region receiving rapid rail & road upgrades Next door to world’s second largest gold consumption region and largest gold producer 26 Corporate Snapshot Capital Structure Trading Info Share Price 52 Wk Range Shares Outstanding Shares Fully Diluted Market Cap TSX: ERD $0.15 $0.10-0.17 105 M 124 M $16 M Share Distribution Management Peter Akerley, President & CEO, Director Ken MacDonald, VP Bus. Development, CFO Mike MacDonald, Director of Exploration Mike Gillis, Director of Operations Dawson Brisco, Manager Corporate Dvpmt Board Of Directors Chris Cowan (Chairman), Mining executive/engineer with 40+ years in senior industry positions 12% 11% Teck Resources William Burton, Mining industry executive/geologist with ERD Mgmt & Directors John Byrne, Finance industry professional with over 30 Lion Selection Group 59% 6% 4% 2% 6% Khan Investments Glencore Other Institutional Retail 30+ years in the industry years experience in the Canadian banking industry Layton Croft, Experienced Mongolian mining industry professional (Oyu Tolgoi LLC & Peabody) Phillip Webster, President of Imperial Windsor Group ---------David Mosher (strategic advisor), Mining industry executive with 35 years in the industry. Former CEO of High River Gold Mines Ltd. 27 ERD Performance - 24 Months 10% Increase vs. TSX-V Comp over 24 months 35% Increase vs. TSX-V Comp over 12 months Mkt Cap CDN Millions ERD - TSX Market Capitalization: 4 fold increase since Q4 2013 $20 $16 $12 $8 $4 $-‐ Q4 2013 Q2 2014 Q4 2014 Q2 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 28 Erdene Resource Development Corp. January 2016 Developing a New Gold District in Southwest Mongolia TSX: ERD Peter C. Akerley President & CEO, Director Tel 902-423-6419 Email info@erdene.com Website www.erdene.com Twitter @ErdeneRes
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