November, 2010 - Stans Energy Corp.
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November, 2010 - Stans Energy Corp.
November, 2010 Statements contained in this presentation which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences, without limiting the generality of the following, include: risks inherent in exploration activities; volatility and sensitivity to market prices for uranium and rare earths; volatility and sensitivity to capital market fluctuations; the impact of exploration competition; the ability to raise funds through private or public equity financings; imprecision in resource and reserve estimates; environmental and safety risks including increased regulatory burdens; unexpected geological or hydrological conditions; a possible deterioration in political support for nuclear energy and rare earth technologies; changes in government regulations and policies, including trade laws and policies; demand for nuclear power and rare earth products; failure to obtain necessary permits and approvals from government authorities; weather and other natural phenomena; and other exploration, development, operating, financial market and regulatory risks. Although Stans Energy Corp. believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this release. Stans Energy Corp. disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. United States investors are advised that while the term "inferred" resources is recognized and required by Canadian regulations, the SEC does not recognize that term. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of mineral deposits in this category will ever be converted into reserves. The only Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREEs) producer in the entire world recently stated, “China‟s medium and heavy rare earths reserves may last 15 years to 20 years at the current rate of production, possibly requiring imports” China‟s Ministry of Commerce October 16th, 2010 Aside from 2009, demand for HREEs has been steadily increasing. Over the next 5 years, we believe that there is no one project or combination of projects that will be able to fill the looming gap in the supply of heavy rare earth elements (HREEs). Accounting for current HREE economic trends, even a modest increase in HREE demand would effectively create a supply crisis in some elements. HREE prices are moving higher IMMEDIATE GOAL: „Stans Energy will become the first HREEs producer outside of China by revitalizing its 100% owned, former REEs mine, Kutessay II‟ AGENDA: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Confirm the extensive Russian and Kyrgyz geological and surface data on Kutessay II by producing a JORC Resource Estimate. Finalize economic evaluation of KCMP REE Processing Facilities. Establish relationships with the end-users of REEs and evaluate partnership opportunities. Create a new mine plan for Kutessay II following consultation with Stans Energy’s world-class geology, mining engineering and science partners. Commence feasibility study for Kutessay II Establish a team in Kyrgyzstan to implement the new mine plan Evaluate additional HREE acquisitions Fact 1: Specific HREEs are in short supply. Bringing new REE properties into production will be essential to meet the demand for these specific REEs, but increased production will cause a supply surplus for others (LREEs). Fact 2: The capital costs of bringing new undeveloped properties into production will be in the hundreds of millions - to billions of dollars (e.g. infrastructure, milling, plant facilities, etc.). Permitting issues, environmental studies, and other setbacks related to opening a new mine can potentially add years to projected development timeframes. Fact 3: Although the metallurgy of a prospective mine can be proven before mass production takes place, the R&D needed to perfect the REE metallurgical processes at each specific location is extremely difficult and costly. In addition, many REE mineral complexes have never been mined before and operationalizing a large-scale development can take many years. Fact 4: The fastest, most cost effective way to make a mine is to put an existing mine back into production. Stans Energy Corp owns 100% of a 20-year Mining Licence for Kutessay II, signed on December 29, 2009 Kutessay II is the only past producing HREE mine outside of China Previously produced 80% of the Former Soviet Union’s REEs for 30 years Kutessay II was the source of 120 different REE products including oxides, metals, and alloys Known, proven metallurgical process Weighted average International price of $80/kg US (Oct. 2010) Historical recovery rate of 65% Infrastructure of paved roads, power, rail, water in place The new government of Kyrgyzstan is fully supportive of bringing Kutessay II back into production Kutessay II REE Mine 51,500 tonnes TREO, 0.3 grade, 48% HREEs Element Oxide Lanthanum (La) Historical REEs % REO$/Kg USD Nov. 2010 9.12 60.00 25.02 60.00 3.20 81.00 8.49 85.00 3.81 35.00 2.51 610.00 Gadolinium (Gd) 2.69 40.00 Terbium (Tb) 1.15 625.00 Dysprosium (Dy) 6.26 286.00 Holmium (Ho) 1.16 38.38 Erbium (Er) 4.82 50.18 Thulium (Tm) 0.05 790.00 Ytterbium (Yb) 1.77 155.30 Lutetium (Lu) 0.06 250.92 26.69 76.00 Cerium (Ce) Praseodymium (Pr) Neodymium (Nd) Samarium (Sm) Europium (Eu) Yttrium (Y) (historical) Kalesay Aktyuz Kutessay III Kutessay II 1. Prices of REEs are highly volatile, and often change weekly. There is no current futures market for REEs. Price discovery is obtained using Free-OnBoard (FOB) surveys of recent transactions. 2. REE oxides are the most common way to list the elements’ prices, however, there are many additional products for REEs, including pure metals, alloys, and concentrates; all of which have independent prices. 3. There is an industry standard purity for each REE compound, but specific orders for purity levels can substantially increase the price. 4. Given the lack of REE substitutes, a small restriction in supply, or a small increase in demand can result in a significant price spike for certain elements. 5. Many REE prices in 2010 have reached their pre-recession highs, and are resuming the price trends experienced prior to 2008. Kutessay II REE Breakdown (% of Ore) Kutessay II REE Breakdown by Value (FOB prices in USD Nov. 2010) La 9.42% Y 27.57% La 5.30% Y 20.68% Ce 25.85% Lu 0.06% Yb 1.83% Tm 0.05% Ce 14.54% Lu 0.23% Yb 4.71% Tm 0.38% Pr 2.51% Nd 6.99% Er 2.70% Ho 0.49% Er 4.98% Ho 1.20% Dy 6.47% Tb 1.19% Gd 2.78% Eu 2.59% Sm 3.94% Nd 8.77% Pr 3.31% LREEs HREEs Sm 1.29% Dy 17.34% Tb 6.96% Gd 1.04% Eu 14.83% Average REO price of $99/kg LREEs HREEs Geophysical Survey Kutessay III Assays Pending Kutessay II Exploration Licence Area 40 Km2, 50+ mineralized targets Kutessay III • • • • • KCMP was designed to separate REEs from concentrate derived from Kutessay II Almost all equipment remains on site Produced Oxides, Metals, and Alloys up to 99.99% Under care and maintenance since 1990 Stans Energy owns an exclusive option to purchase KCMP Beryllium deposit with historical reserves of С1+С2 category: ore – 9,245,000 t., containing 11,701 t of Beryllium oxide at an average grade of 0.128%*… Beryllium’s price is $356,000.00/t USD By modernizing the existing infrastructure, the mine could be developed after refurbishing the concentrating mill, tailings line and tailing dumps Increasing Beryllium reserves is possible through exploration of deposit pit flanks and to the depth. More than 70% of total reserves of the deposit can be mined by open pit *Reserve estimate from historical Soviet data, not NI 43-101 compliant and should not be relied on Kyzyluraanskaya is located directly south of the main reservoir for Kyrgyzstan’s hydro electric power generation 13 defined areas over 15 kilometers up to 200 meters at an average grade of 0.025% Open pit, heap leachable NI 43-101 compliant Correct geological environment to host in-situ leaching uranium deposits Known Uranium showings in the area Highly accessible by paved road, with access to electrical power Never been drilled September 13, 2010 : Stans Energy Corp. signed an agreement with Leading Russian Research Institute of Chemical Technology to evaluate and pursue rare earth acquisitions in the Russian Federation. Canada Russia VNIIHT Honorary Consul of the Kyrgyz Republic for Canada Kyrgyzstan CSRL IGPMG RAS ARRIMR GEOTEP Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University What’s Next? Confirm the extensive Russian and Kyrgyz geological data on Kutessay II by producing a JORC resource estimate and complete a new mine design Test the depth potential of Kutessay II with deep underground drilling Complete geophysical survey of the entire Aktyuz Ore Field to locate additional drill targets Complete economic evaluation of KCMP REE processing facility Establish relationships with end users of REEs and evaluate partnership opportunities Upgrade the past metallurgical process to implement new technologies and chemicals Commence a feasibility study on resuming production at Kutessay II Assemble mining, milling, and metallurgical team to restart Kutessay II, and KCMP Conclusions Due to the following value drivers, Kutessay II will require a limited amount of capital to bring back into production Compared to other REE properties: i) Mining licence ii) 30 years of known metallurgy and recoveries iii) Existing infrastructure and processing facilities iv) 50/50 LREEs to HREEs v) Scientific & Geological partners with REEs expertise vi) Qualified local labour force Kutessay II is one of the only REE deposits in the world that can help fill the imminent HREE supply shortage in the coming years. TSX-V: RUU Kutessay III STANS ENERGY CORPORATION 8 King St. East, Suite 205 Toronto, ON, M5C 1B5 Tel: 647 426 1865, Fax 647 426 1869 info@stansenergy.com www.stansenergy.com INVESTOR RELATIONS The Buick Group jbuick@buickgroup.com Share Type Number Common 132,397,183 Warrants 3,025,000 Options 12,740,000 Total 148,162,183 No debt Roughly 3 mil cash Nov. 30, 2010 Market capitalization of $122,975,000 Nov. 30, 2010 52 week high/low = 1.14/0.10 GORDON BAKER, QC Vice Chairman of the Board Corporate Law Specialist RODNEY IRWIN, MA Chairman of the Board Retired Canadian Ambassador to Russia Honorary Consul of Kyrgyz Republic in Canada ROBERT MACKAY; BSc. Mining President, CEO & Director 20 years experience in the capital markets DR. GENNADY SAVCHENKO, BORIS ARYEV; CGeol FGS, QP MSc., PEng Managing Director of COO & Director STANS ENERGY KG Founding Director of the Canadian-Eurasia-Russia Association; Founder & Chairman of its Mining & Northern Development Committees DR. DOUGLAS H. UNDERHILL; Ph D, M Sc, QP BA (Geology), MBA LENA MASTERS; CGA, B. Director Retired Uranium Law, BA (Finance) Specialist with the IAEA CFO 12 years of financial and operational experience in Investment Industry. DR. MARAT FAZLULLIN; Leading Russian expert on uranium, gold, and rare metals MR. JAMES ALLAN; P.Eng, BASc, MSc. Rare earths exploration and deposit evaluation expert MR. JAMES B. HEDRICK; Retired mineral commodities expert for the USGS for rare earth elements, thorium, zirconium, hafnium, and the mica group minerals. Dr. Valery Kosynkin; Ph.D., Professor. Leading Russian chemical and metallurgical expert in rare earths Chairman of the Board; RODNEY IRWIN, MA , Honorary Consul of Kyrgyz Republic in Canada From 1972 to 1974, Rodney joined the Department of External Affairs, in Ottawa, then in 1978 through to 1980, he served abroad in New-Delhi, Moscow & Port of Spain. From 1988 to 1990 Rodney served as High Commissioner, then in 1992, was named Ambassador to Yugoslavia. Due to the war with Croatia, he served as Ambassador to Albania, Bulgaria, Slovenia & Croatia. From 1993 to 1996, he was Ambassador to Hungary while retaining his Balkan country accreditations. From 1999 to 2003, he served as Ambassador to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation to the Republics of Armenia & Uzbekistan. At this time, Rodney then retired to Ottawa after 32 years in the foreign service. Vice - Chairman of the Board; Gordon R Baker, Q.C. In 1972, Gordon was called to the Bar of Ontario, then in 1983, he was appointed to the Queens Counsel. A highly regarded corporate law specialist, Gordon holds extensive experience in business law (mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, financing & structuring) and has acted as counsel (including as a registered lobbyist) advising on government relations (strategic planning, negotiation, compliance issues). President, CEO & Director, Stans Energy Corp; ROBERT MACKAY, BSc Mining Robert worked in various facets of Mineral Exploration from 1969 to 1975 including diamond drilling, geophysics, geological mapping and prospecting. In 1975, Robert graduated from the Haileybury School of Mines. From 1975 to 1980, he gained extensive experience in mining, including mine planning, surveying, grade control, industrial engineering, open pit and underground production. Robert graduated from The South Dakota School of Mines Technology in 1980 with a Mining Engineering Degree and over the next twenty years he worked in the investment business and was a Vice President of two national investment firms. In 2000 Robert started a consulting business and over the next 5 years he worked as a Project Engineer on projects in Canada, United States, China and Africa. Chief Operating Officer & Director; BORIS ARYEV, MSc, PEng In 1972, Boris graduated from the USSR State Institute Civil Aviation in Riga Latvia. From 1972 to 1982, he worked in the regal branch of the Central Research Institute of Communication Science of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR. After migrating to Canada in 1983, he worked as a software development consultant with NCR Canada Limited & OPTIMOD Inc. until1986 and then with Verifact Inc. until 1996. In 1990, Boris became and still is President of Marhope Systems Inc., providing management and consulting services to both public and private sectors. Boris is the founding Director of the Canada-Eurasia-Russia Business Association, founder and chairman of its Mining & Northern Development Committees and co-founder of IEC Minerals Working Group. Chief Financial Officer; LENA MASTERS, CGA, B. Law, BA (finance) Masters has over 12 years of financial and operational experience in the investment industry, overseeing financial functions of public companies in Canada and companies with capitalization of over EUR 100 million internationally (US, Jersey, Cyprus, Eastern Europe). Masters served as CFO of Sino Vanadium Inc. TSX: SVX and JJR Capital Corp. (including its predecessor JJR Capital Partners), a private equity merchant bank based in Toronto. Ms. Masters also acted as corporate controller for the following Canadian companies: CD Capital Partners, 2008-2009, JJR II Acquisition Inc. TSX: JJR. P (also serves as Director) 2007-2009; JJR IV Acquisition Inc. TSX: JJV.P 2007-present, SSQ Acquisition Inc. (TSX: CWG) 2006-2007. Managing Director of STANS ENERGY KG; DR. GENNADY SAVCHENKO, CGeol, FGS, Qualified Person (QP) Dr. Savchenko graduated from Frunze Polytechnical Institute with a Mining Engineer-Geologist Diploma and Ph. D in Geology & Mineralogy in 1971, then worked till 1981 in exploration & mining enterprises for Uranium in Kazakhstan, East Germany and China. He then became Deputy Chief Geologist of Kara-Balty Uranium mining enterprise in Kyrgyzstan where he remained for eight years. Next, he became Chief Geologist of Kara-Balty until 1996 when he became Chief Geologist for Kyrgyzaltyn, a state owned gold company. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Savchenko was Deputy Chief in the Department of Geology & Investment for the Kyrgyz State Geology & Mineral Resources Agency. He was also a member of Kyrgyz State Mineral Reserves Committee. Gennady is a Fellow, Chartered Geologist, of the London Geological Society Director; DR. DOUGLAS H UNDERHILL, CPG, PhD, MSc, BA (Geology), MBA, Qualified Person (QP) From 1993 to 2002, Doug was a Uranium Resource & Production Specialist for International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. He has over 40 years of minerals industry experience with nearly 30 of those years dedicated to uranium (including experience in Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan). As Senior Consultant with Nuclear Assurance Corporation (USA), he is responsible for consulting on Uranium supply strategy and maintaining a worldwide uranium production projects database. Doug represented IAEA in Joint IAEA-NEA Uranium Group. Has an MBA in Strategic Planning & Finance. Advisor; DR. MARAT I FAZLULLIN Leading Russian expert on uranium, gold, and rare earths Dr. Fazlullin is a renowned Professor, Doctor of (engineering) Science, member of the Mineral Resources International Academy and an Honorable Geologist of the Russian Federation. He has written over 300 publications on Uranium and gold-ore deposits including treatment by the heap and underground leaching methods. He has co-authored papers for the development of Uranium deposits in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. Dr. Fazlullin worked for many years in the Scientific & Research Institute of the USSR’s Ministry of Geology and Ministry of Medium Machine-Building Industry. Here, he wore several hats serving as Deputy Director of the Institute, Department Head and Director of the division responsible for prospecting and exploitation of Uranium & gold deposits. He also lead prospecting teams and expeditions for poly-metallic, mercury deposits, oil and gas fields located in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan & Algeria as a Chief Engineer. Advisor; DR. VALERY KOSYNKIN; Ph.D., Professor Dr. Kosynkin graduated with degree in Chemistry at Moscow State University in 1958. From 1959 until the present, Dr. Kosynkin has been employed by Russia's State Institute of Chemical Technologies (VNIIHT). Since 1973, he has been in charge of VNIIHT's research and development of REEs chemistry and technology. In 1964, Dr. Kosynkin earned his Ph.D. dissertation in a uranium related topic. In 1988, Dr. Kosynkin completed his doctorate dissertation on the development of REEs through processing loparite concentrate. He became a professor in 1990 and has lectured in Russia, China and Korea, and was twice a recipient of USSR and Russian government awards for his work in the REEs industry. Through his time with VNIIHT, Dr. Kosynkin held the following positions - Chief of Laboratory, Head of the REEs Department, and at present, he presides as an Advisor. Dr. Kosynkin has been in charge of the technical research and commissioning of new REE productions in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia and Kazakhstan. Advisor; MR. JAMES ALLAN BASc (Geological Engineering) MSc (Geology, Engineering) Mr. Allan is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). As a geological engineer, James has over 45 years of experience working with several major mining and petroleum companies and as an independent consultant in mining exploration and exploration management, mineral property evaluation and mining geology. Mr. Allan has conducted and managed exploration and evaluation programs for a wide variety of mineral commodities in Canada, the United States, Latin America, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and the former Soviet Union including Russia. Stans will call upon Mr. Allan’s wealth of knowledge and experience in the rare earth sector. James has been involved in the exploration for, and evaluation of, rare earth deposits both as manager of exploration in Canada for a large rare earth company from 1982 to 1990 and as an independent consultant. Advisor; MR. JAMES B. HEDRICK Mr. Hedrick is a rare-earth elements, scandium, yttrium, thorium, zirconium, hafnium, and the mica group of minerals expert. Recently retired from the U.S. Geological Survey, James possesses a wealth of knowledge with over 31 year of experience in Mineral commodities. He is the author of over 300 publications on REEs, thorium, zirconium & hafnium, and mica. James served as an engineering geologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Civilian, Portland, Oregon, and as an economic geologist with the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hedrick reviewed environmental impact statements for the Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He was also a member of the International Advisory Board for the 2nd International Conference on fElements, Helsinki, Finland, a past board member of Rare Earth Research Conferences Inc., and a member of the Superconducting Materials Subcommittee under the Office of the President’s Committee on Materials (COMAT) 1987. Mr. Hedrick served as Chairman and Executive secretary of the U.S. Government’s Minerals, Metals, and Materials Advisory Board from 1981 to 1995, and chaired two sessions on the rare-earth elements and one on strategic and critical minerals for The Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME).