2009-09-07 Mining the Territory · Norseman Gold Corporation, WMC Resources Limited and Lafayette...

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3 Kimberley Street, West Leederville WA 6007 PO BOX 1573 West Perth WA 6872 Telephone 08 9381 7838 Facsimile 08 9381 5375 Email: [email protected] Website: www.emmersonresources.com.au ABN 53 117 086 745 Monday 7 th September, 2009 ASX Limited Dear Sir/Madam, INVESTOR PRESENTATION Emmerson Resources Limited is pleased to release a presentation which will be delivered to investors and industry at the annual Mining the Territory Conference and Exhibition, held at the Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory. The conference runs from Wednesday 9 th September to Friday 11 th September, 2009. Yours faithfully, Emmerson Resources Limited Shane Volk Company Secretary For personal use only

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3 Kimberley Street, West Leederville WA 6007 PO BOX 1573 West Perth WA 6872 

Telephone 08 9381 7838  Facsimile 08 9381 5375 Email: [email protected] 

Website: www.emmersonresources.com.au ABN 53 117 086 745 

   Monday 7th September, 2009 ASX Limited Dear Sir/Madam,

INVESTOR PRESENTATION

Emmerson Resources Limited is pleased to release a presentation which will be delivered to investors and industry at the annual Mining the Territory Conference and Exhibition, held at the Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory. The conference runs from Wednesday 9th September to Friday 11th September, 2009.

Yours faithfully, Emmerson Resources Limited

Shane Volk Company Secretary

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Rebuilding a Richly EndowedGold and Copper Province

Rob Bills – Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

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Important Notice and DisclaimerThis presentation has been prepared by Emmerson Resources Limited ACN 117 086 745 (ASX: ERM) (the “Company”) and is being provided to a limited number of investors for the sole purpose of providing preliminary background information to enable recipients to review the business activities of the Company. It is not intended as an offer, invitation, solicitation or recommendation with respect to the purchase or sale of any securities.

This presentation should not be relied upon as a representation of any matter that a potential investor should consider in evaluating the Company. The Company, nor any of its directors, agents, officers, employees or affiliates does not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to or endorsement of, the accuracy or completeness of any information, statements, representations or forecasts contained in this presentation, and they do not accept any liability for any statement made in, or omitted from, this presentation.

Prospective investors should make their own independent evaluation of an investment in the Company.

Nothing in this presentation should be construed as a financial product advice, whether personal or general, for the purposes of Section 766B of the Corporations Act. This presentation consists purely of factual information and does not involve or imply a recommendation or a statement of opinion in respect of whether to buy, sell or hold a financial product. The Company has not considered any of your objectives, financial situation or needs. This presentation and contents has been made available in confidence and may not be reproduced or disclosed to third parties or made public in any way without the express written permission of the Company.

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Emmerson Resources

• Emmerson 3000 km2 of Tenements cover the main Tennant Creek Mineral Field (TCMF) structures

• TCMF is recognised as one of the worlds major mineral belts

• TCMF is an Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) province

• The field remains largely unexplored with the average drilling depth less than 150m

• Emmerson’s innovative approach to exploration in the TCMF focuses on using new geophysics to explore undercover

• The recent and significant investment by Ivanhoe is testament tothe potential of this approach

• Ivanhoe will invest $18M over 3 years and a further $10M over the following 5 years

• Emmerson is well funded with a cash balance of ~$13M2

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Mr. Robert Bills B.Sc, M.Sc

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Rob joined Emmerson on 10 September 2007. He is a geologist and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Monash University and a Master of Science Degree from James Cook University. Prior to joining Emmerson Rob had a 25 year career with Western Mining Corporation, then BHP Billiton where he held the position of global commodity specialist.

Chairman & Managing Director

Mr. Andrew McIlwain B.Eng (Mining)

Non-Executive Chairman

Andrew joined Emmerson on 1 February 2007, appointed as first Chairman of the Board. He is a qualified mining engineer and has held technical, senior management and executive roles within Mt. Isa Mines Limited, Central Norseman Gold Corporation, WMC Resources Limited and Lafayette Mining Limited.

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Emmerson Resources

• Tennant Creek Mineral field produced 5.5 Moz gold and 470,000 tonnes copper

• Historically one of the highest grade goldfields in Australia (average 15-20 g/t Au, 2-4% Cu)

• Previous discoveries were largely ‘low hanging fruit’

• Emmerson has aggregated the majority of the field

• Will be systematically testing ~ 26 tier 1 gold-copper projects

• Emmerson own the only gold plant in the region

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Company Making Field

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Discovery History in the Tennant Creek Field

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Applications New Exploration Techniques

Old ApproachTechniques:

• Prospecting

• Geochemistry

• Magnetics

Methods used:

• Geology• Drill magnetic highs• Geochemistry

New ApproachTechniques:

• Systematic gravity geophysics

• High resolution aeromagnetics

• Structural & Mineral mapping

Methods used:

• Predictive structural & deposit framework

• Understand the relationship of gravity & magnetic anomalies

• Geochemistry + ASD• Prioritise and drill, drill .... !!

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Production in Southern Tenements – Outcrop Versus No Outcrop

Production of 2.6mozs (out of a total of 5.5mozs)

Production of 2.6mozs (out of a total of 5.5mozs)

Production of  153kozsProduction of  153kozs

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Application of New Technologies and Exploration Models

Developed 3-D Models of Mineralising System

Olympic Dam province Prominent Hill – 1.3moz Au; 7.0moz Ag; 1.9mt Cu

• Emmerson has collected new geophysical and geological datasets

• Emmerson has undertaken innovative geophysical processing and integration of data to reveal a new generation of gold-copper targets in the Tennant Creek Mineral Field

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New Greenfields Targets :Trinity – Troika - Pinnacles

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Additional detailed geophysics at Trinity 1

2D gravity model showing depth extent of dense iron-oxide (interpreted host to the mineralisation – note section depth is 1 km).

X-section of AMT showing low resistivity zone

Induced Polarisation showing chargeable zones

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Pinnacles – Image of the Gravity with Magnetics (as contours).

• Undercover RAB Geochemical Drilling

• Delineated hematite ironstone as predicted by the gravity geophysics

• Do not know if it is mineralised –assays pending

• Next step is drilling downplunge

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Large Tenement Package in Underexplored Premier Gold Province

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Brownfields Exploration 2009 – “Analytic One”

ANRC 0013m @ 48.3g/t Aufrom 264m

ANRC0043m @ 7.76 g/tfrom 225m

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Brownfields Exploration 2009 - Golden Forty & Golden Kangaroo

Golden Forty Mine:• 5m @ 7.03g/t Au incl.

3m @ 10.1g/t Au• 4m @ 5.96g/t Au• 4m @ 9.12g/t Au• 4m @ 15.3g/t Au• 3m @ 4.04g/t Au • 5m @ 4.59 g/t Au

Golden Kangaroo:• 7m @ 21.3g/t Au• 5m @ 12.4 g/t Au• 7m @ 5.16 g/t Au• 9m @ 3.82 g/t Au• 3m @ 4.81 g/t Au• 3m @ 5.25 g/t Au• 10m @ 7.53 g/t Au

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AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE JV IN 2009/2010

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Warrego Gold Plant – 100% Emmerson

• Carbon-in-pulp processing plant

• Located 35km North East of Tennant Creek

• The plant has a maximum throughput capacity of 300,000 tonnes per annum

• Gold recovery rates of 98% achieved by prior operators

• Warrego plant commissioned in 1992. Last operated in December 2005 after being completely refurbished in 2003

• Will cost ~$2m to bring back into service

• Replacement value of greater than $20m

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Emmerson Snapshot [ASX:ERM]

Capital Structure Shareholder Blocks

Shares on issue 184,033,197Restricted shares on issue [escrow until 17 Dec 2009] 42,062,016Total shares on issue 226,095,213

Expiry 31‐JUL‐2010 Exercise price $0.21 1,580,000Expiry 31‐JUL‐2010 Exercise price $0.25 5,000,000Expiry 13‐DEC‐2010 Exercise price $0.25 5,000,000Expiry 1‐JUN‐2011 Exercise price $0.20 7,900,000Expiry 31‐JUL‐2012 Exercise price $0.25 6,500,000Expiry 13‐DEC‐2012 Exercise price $0.30 5,000,000Expiry 10‐MAR‐2013 Exercise price $0.25 500,000Total Options on Issue 31,480,000

Share Price Since ListingSnapshot

Shares on issue 226,095,213

Share price $0.210

Market capitalisation $47,479,995

Cash on hand   [31 August 2009] $12,500,000

Debt $0

Enterprise value $34,979,995

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What to Expect in 2009

• Ranking and prioritisation of all targets now complete

• EMR possess a high quality portfolio of brownfield and greenfield targets

• New techniques progressively applied to drill targets

• Aggressive drilling campaign commenced - success does not hinge on any one target (26 tier 1 targets)

• $28m IVA JV to accelerate exploration and spend~ $7m on testing new greenfields tier 1 targets this field season

• Option for ERM to “sole fund sole risk” projects that are not being worked by the JV

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The  information  in  this  report  relating  to  Exploration Results  and Mineral Resources  is based on  information compiled by Mr Steve Russell who  is a Member of  the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient exploration experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization under consideration 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 Russell  is a full time employee of Emmerson Resources Ltd.  Mr Russell  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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