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22 June 2011
Company Announcement Office Australian Securities Exchange Limited
Broker Presentations
In accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 3.1 we submit the attached material being presented to investors and brokers today.
Mr Peter Kennewell, CEO of Precious Metal Resources Limited, is making the presentation.
For further information please contact
Investor Relations, Henry Kinstlinger Raffles Capital Limited
+61 2 9251 7177
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Halls Peak Copper – Zinc – Silver
5 – 70 Million Tonnes Base Metals Exploration Target
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DISCLAIMER The material in this presentation (“material”) is not and does not constitute an offer, invitation or recommendation to subscribe for, or purchase any security in Raffles Capital Limited (Raffles) nor does it form the basis of any contract or commitment. Raffles makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of this material. Raffles, its directors, employees, agents and consultants shall have no liability, including liability to any person by reason of negligence or negligent misstatement, for any statements, opinions, information or matters, express or implied, arising out of, contained in or derived from, or for any omissions from this material except liability under statute that cannot be excluded. Statements contained in this material, particularly those regarding possible or assumed future performance, costs, dividends, production levels or rates, prices, resources, reserves or potential growth of Raffles, industry growth or other trend projections are, or may be, forward looking statements. Such statements relate to future events and expectations and, as such, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
Actual events and results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors. The principal important risk factors that could cause Raffle’s actual performance and future events and actions to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, continuing volatility in the capital or credit markets and other changes in the securities and capital markets, changes in market prices of Raffle’s investments, the occurrence of one or more catastrophic events, such as an earthquake, hurricane, or act of terrorism, changes in laws or regulations, changes in income tax laws, and changes in general economic and market factors that affect the prices of securities or the industries in which does business.
JORC STATEMENT The information in this report that relates to mineral exploration is based on information compiled by Peter John Kennewell, who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Peter John Kennewell is a director of Precious Metal Resources Limited, a subsidiary of Raffles Capital Limited and 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, Identified Mineral Resources, and Ore Reserves”. Peter John Kennewell consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
1 DIRECT SHIPPING ORE In this presentation all references to direct shipping ore (DSO) refers to the company’s exploration objective of defining DSO grade mineralisation. The potential quantity and grade of exploration targets is conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient exploration to define a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource.
2 TARGETS The poten.al quan.ty and grade of explora.on targets is conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient explora.on to define a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further explora.on will result in the determina.on of a Mineral Resource.
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Halls Peak 5 – 70 Million Tonnes Base Metals Exploration Target2
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Leading Industry Statements
“There is undoubtedly room for large deposits to occur…. At least three mineralised horizons involving 8,000 metres of favourable argillites are shown…”
BHP, 1974
“An ore body in the order of magnitude of ten million tonnes at 30% combined base metals and 150 – 300 g/t silver is possible.” 2
AMOCO, 1983
“Halls Peak, …. is a classic sedex massive sulphide system with potential to discover a large, Mt Isa sized deposit.”
McKelvey, 2006
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Hall’s Creek – Exploring for Direct Shipping Ore1
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High grade, multi-metal field with world class potential.
Neglected for twenty five years because of the low metal prices over that time.
Demand from China, India and other growing countries has reignited interest in the area.
Mineral sample from Gibson’s No.1, showing base metal mineralisa.on
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Directors and Team
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Precious Metal Resources Limited
CEO Peter Kennewell BSc, MAusIMM Chief Geologist Michael Leu BSc (Hons 1)
Raffles Capital Limited
Board Chairman Tan Sri Ibrahim Menudin B Com ACA MACPA Executive Director Vincent Tan B Com and Admin CA Director Richard Yap B Econ, MBA Director (Marketing & Finance) Benjamin Amzalak, B. Comm
Officers Joint Company Secretary David L Hughes Joint Company Secretary Henry Kinstlinger Chief Financial Officer Francis Choy MBA FCPA(HK) CPA
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Retired CEO Exploration, Phelps Dodge Mining Co Greg McKelvey opinion (2006)*
“Halls Peak, known since 1896, is a classic Sedex massive sulphide system with potential to discover a large, Mt Isa sized deposit.**
“Mineralisation is in a large sedimentary exhalative System over 30 sq km.
“1 to 3 metre wide high grade zones are surrounded by 10 to 100 metre wide altered zones and potentially mineralised units.”
*Greg McKelvey consents to the inclusion in this presenta6on of the ma9ers based on his informa6on in the form and context in which they appear.
**Mt Isa district in 2005 had JORC reserves of 24 million tonnes (5.1%zn, 3.1%Pb, 1.9oz/t Ag) and an open-‐pit mineable resource of 84 million tonnes (4.1%Zn, 3.5%Pb, 2.60z/t Ag) 3 .
3 hHp://www.mining-‐technology.com/projects/mount_isla_lead/
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Gibsons Open Cut. Outcrop 0.7 metres wide
7 Outcropping High Grade Massive Copper / Zinc / Silver Mineralisation
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Halls Peak Typical High Grade* - Comparison with world class deposits
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Typical Grade Ag ozs / t Cu % Zn % Pb % Au g/t
Mt Isa 4.8 6.3 6.9
Hilton 5.8 9.6 7.7
Broken Hill 6.4 15.0 11.0
McArthur River 1.6 11.3 4.9
Cannington 15.5 4.0 10.9
Halls Peak 29.4 3.3 23.2 15.6 0.6
* Halls Creek Typical High Grade is the average of average maximum grades and average minimum grades for all exploration targets reported.
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Benefits from the past
• OLD OPERATIONS, 1896 Onwards. • BHP Co Ltd, 1938. • The Zinc Corporation, 1951 - 52. • Halls Peak Australia, 1967 - 70. • Allstate Exploration NL 1968 – 71. • Carpentaria Exploration, 1970 - 71. • BHP, 1971 - 75. • CRA, 1978 - 79. • Amoco, 1980 -83. • BHP, 1984.
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We have inherited many millions of dollars worth of exploration data.
Only now have all the small mining titles been consolidated into three exploration licences.
Base metal prices have risen to very high values, making these previously marginal deposits potentially very economic.
Multi-metal province prospected by multinationals 25 years ago
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Halls Creek Historical Base Metal Deposits
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• Firefly Mine
• Faints Mine
• Mickey Mouse Prospect
• Keys Prospect
• Gibson’s Open Cut Mining Area
• Khans Creek Mine
0 2Km 4Km |__________|__________|
References to Mines, refer to geographical names, and no inference should be made that PMR is opera.ng any mines at this stage of its development.
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Close to port
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87km, by road, south-east of Armidale, NSW.
4 hours drive to port of Newcastle NSW; Freight A$55 per tonne.
3 Exploration licences (EL4474, EL5339, ELA 4045) cover all known areas of mineralisation, 132 square kilometres
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Copper Potential: Allstate, 1970
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Drill Hole
Interval m*
Cu %
Zn %
Pb %
Ag oz/t
Allstate 3 0.0 - 6.1 2.9 13.0 13.0 12.1
15.7 - 9.8 3.2 20.3 10.9 7.6
Allstate 4 0.0 - 4.3 4.2 24.8 15.4 5.2
7.4 - 17.0 3.8 24.1 13.3 7.1
Allstate 6 21.9 - 31.7 3.3 24.1 13.2 6.1
Gibsons No 1 Mineralisation
* True widths uncertain; Total mineralisation approximately 5 metres true thickness (Leu,1998)
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Silver Potential: Firefly/Faints Mine
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Source Sample (m) Ag (ozs/t)
Zn %
Pb %
Cu %
Au g/t
DDH CEC Faints 2, (CEC, 1971)
83.6 - 84.6 126.8 18.4 9.0 0.8
Average (NSW Mines Dept, 1918)
18 tons 62.0 34.5 25.6 1.5 3.1
Average grade 94.4 26.5 17.3 1.2
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Zinc Potential: Khan’s Mine
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High Grade
1.1 - 1.8 metre wide massive sulphide lens.
PMR assay July 2010:
Zinc 37.5% Lead 25.8% Copper 0.8% Silver 5.6 ounces/tonne
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Gold Potential: Amoco Anomaly
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Anomalous gold in 500 by 800 metre zone.
31 soil samples contained 0.1 to 1.8 grams/tonne (g/t) gold.
Rock samples up to 7.29 g/t gold and 14.3 g/t silver.
Weathered rock bearing anomalous gold
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Short Term Plan
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Pre JORC drill core from more than 23 holes has been preserved by the NSW Government. This will be assayed and relogged.
A drill program will be conducted to confirm, infill and extend high grade mineralisation.
A JORC compliant inferred resource of high grade will be prepared, if supported by the drilling results, .
Extending the Existing Data Set
High Grade Exploration Target, Firefly Deposit (Core has only been partly assayed in the past)
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Extending the Historical Deposits*
Medium Term Plan
Compile previous drilling onto computer and determine large mixed high and low grade targets.
Focus on two best target areas and drill to locate a large tonnage of mixed high and low grade mineralisation.
Determine an inferred resource to JORC standard.
* Substantial data and historical estimates pre-dating JORC reporting will be reassessed to confirm inferred resources according to JORC standards .
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The Big Picture Long Term Plan
Drill to prove that base metals extend under the mountain for hundreds of metres (or more) in a black shale basin.
Search for silver/copper/zinc/lead in the black shale basins using drilling and geophysics and locate volcanic vents which may host large copper deposits.
Locate and drill a world class base metal deposit.
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Exploration Target2 – Large Mixed High and Low Grade (Approx. 15 Metres Thick)
A large mixed high and low grade target
Base Metals occur in black layers
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Exploration Targets2
Deposit Width (m) Length (m) Depth (m) Target (tonnes)
Gibson’s 30 - 60 200 - 400 100 - 300 2 – 20 million
Firefly 10 - 20 300 – 1,000 400 - 800 3 – 50 million
TOTAL 5 – 70 million
Density: 3 tonnes/cu m
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Tonnages
Grades
Deposit Cu % Zn % Ag ozs / t Pb %
Gibson’s 4 - 2 19 - 2 12 - 0 13 - 1
Firefly 0.8 - 0.7 7 – 1 20 - 3 4 - 0.6
Upper es.mates assume 20% average massive mineralisa.on, interbedded with 80% average low grade mineralisa.on. Lower es.mates assumes 100% average low grade mineralisa.on.
Ranges of all available representa.ve sampling through each Explora.on Target
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Scale 0 1 Km l____l
* Black shales carrying base metals are shown in black
Amoco Map Showing Extent Of Base Metal Bearing Black Shale*
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Amoco Geological Cross Section*
*Base metal bearing layer is in black
Metres 0 500 l__________l
Amoco Cross Section Showing Extent of Base Metal Bearing Black Shales – Central Area
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Rio Tinto Cross Section Showing Extent of Base Metal Bearing Black Shales* - Southern Area
(* Base metal bearing black shales are black layer)
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In Conclusion
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“There is undoubtedly room for large deposits to occur…. At least three mineralised horizons involving 8,000 metres of favourable argillites are shown…”
BHP, 1974
“An ore body in the order of magnitude of ten million tonnes at 30% combined base metals and 150 – 300 g/t silver is possible.” AMOCO, 1983
“Halls Peak, …. is a classic sedex massive sulphide system with potential to discover a large, Mt Isa sized deposit.”
McKelvey, 2006
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Company Precious Metal Resources Limited ACN 145 105 148
A division of Raffles Capital Limited
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Contact Peter Kennewell – CEO
Telephone + 61 2 9251 7177
Email [email protected]
Website www.rafflescapital.com.au
For further information