A1 Minerals Limited - ASX · 2010. 6. 3. · John Williams - Managing Director A1 Minerals Limited...
Transcript of A1 Minerals Limited - ASX · 2010. 6. 3. · John Williams - Managing Director A1 Minerals Limited...
A1 Minerals Limited
EXPLORER TO MINER
Presented by
John Williams - Managing Director
A1 Minerals Limited
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Disclaimer
This presentation contains certain forward-looking information and forecasts
which include without limitation, expectations regarding future performance,
costs, production levels or rates, reserves and resources, the financial
position of A1 Minerals Limited, industry growth or other trend projections.
Such forecasts and information are not a guarantee of the Company’s future
performance and include unknown risks and uncertainties in addition to
other factors that are beyond A1 Minerals Limited’s control. Accordingly, the
actual results and developments may differ from those expressed or implied
by these forward looking statements due to a variety of factors. Nothing in
this presentation should be construed as either an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities.
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Managing Director of A1 Minerals since 29th May 2002
Geologist; 25 yrs Australian and International experience
exploration
feasibility studies
open pit and underground gold mines
Previous Gold Mine Management Experience:
Lady Bountiful, Broads Dam and Burbanks Operations in Western
Australia
Gold Discoveries:
Brightstar Alpha, Beta, Delta (Laverton, Western Australia)
Wendy Gully (Broad Arrow, Western Australia)
Attilla Deposit (Yamarna Greenstone Belt,Western Australia)
Managing Director –
John Williams
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• COO - ALAN DOWNHAM
• CFO - ALBERT LONGO
• MINE MGR – TONY WALLACE
• EXPLORATION MGR – MARK JURY
• GEOLOGY MGR – ANDREW RICHARDSON
• PROCESS MGR – ROB TAYLOR
• CAMP MGR - KERRIE GURNETT
MINE MANAGEMENT
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BETA NORTH PIT
MINE GEOLOGIST MARKING OUT THE
ORE AFTER BLASTING
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High
grade
oreblock
BRIGHTSTAR BETA - HIGH GRADE MINING
ALTERNATIVE
IN
NARROWER CONDITIONS
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BETA CENTRAL PIT
MINE GEOLOGIST SUPERVISING
MINING CONTRACTOR -WATPAC
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Ore Stockpile
BRIGHTSTAR BETA MINE SITE ROM PAD
PROCESSING PERSONNEL INSPECTING ‘RUN OF MINE’ ORE
BEFORE FEEDING INTO PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER
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BRIGHTSTAR BETA CRUSHING CIRCUIT
ROM PadROM
Ore
Chute
Crushed Ore Stockpile
Secondary
(Cone)
Crusher
Primary
(Jaw)
Crusher
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BRIGHTSTAR BETA MINESITE CRUSHED ORE STOCKPILE
AND PROCESS WATER DAM10
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PROCESSING PLANT
6 X Carbon-in-Pulp
(CIP) TanksLeach Tank
Ball Mill
and
Regrind
Mill
Crushed
Ore
200,000L
Fuel Facility
2 Megawatt Powerplant
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GOLD POURS
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Successful Track Record
“Since successful ASX listing in Dec 03 A1 Minerals has
maintained its focus and grown Brightstar Gold Project
through prudent operation and successful exploration.”
Brightstar Gold Project Key Points:
1. Near Laverton(WA) service centre
2. Highly endowed gold province +25Moz
3. ~500kms ground holdings
4. 1.7Moz Resources
5. including150Koz Reserves
6. Pipeline of Projects -Drilling targets delineated
7. Gold Plant producing at 300ktpa rate
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Brightstar Gold Project
BLUE TEXT – A1 Minerals
BLACK TEXT – Other Mines
Perth.
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Delta Discovery
New Realisation of 1980’s Cork
Tree Well Gold Discovery
•Previously thought to be strata-
bound and trending north-northwest
however A1 Minerals soon found
that gold mineralisation follows north
trending shear zone.
•Gold mineralisation continues
beneath pits and also along strike to
north.
N NNW
VIEW to
SOUTH
GO
LD
Note: 8g/t, 2 metre width Chert
lode exposed in open pit is
analogous to Lancefield Gold
Deposit(2.5Moz) 15km to the
south which has been shown to
extend beyond 800metres
depth
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BRIGHTSTAR DELTA
3.2KM LONG 400M DEPTH
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Gold Deposit with Significant Exploration
Upside:
+400metres depth (Visible gold in diamond
core more than 330m)
3,200metres length
726,000oz Resources current est.
Including 60Koz Ore Reserves est.
Further drilling planned to increase
resources/reserves
Good underground potential
Shares similar geological characteristics with
2.5Moz Lancefield deposit
BrightStar Delta
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Full rated production throughput
Cash flow
debt free
Unhedged
Ongoing drilling
Rising Gold Prices
Outlook
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LATEST DRILLING GRADE CONTROL
•BETA NORTH PIT
DESIGNED PIT
OUTLINE
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LATEST DRILLING
Resource Drilling• Beta North Pit
• Gold lodes continue beyond current pit design
Beta North Pit
Drill Section
20610N
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LATEST DRILLINGGRADE CONTROL
Beta Central Pit
• Infill drilling (RC grade control) at Beta Central Pit excellent correlation between resource model and grade control
• returns intercepts up to of 11metres at 16.1g/t
Depth
Hole ID From To Grade (g/t) Av Grade (g/t) m
MR019
33 34 36.05 36.05 1
34 35 84.89 60.47 2
35 36 2.93 41.29 3
36 37 14.81 34.67 4
37 38 1 27.94 5
38 39 1.08 23.46 6
39 40 1 20.25 7
40 41 2.08 17.98 8
41 42 0.49 16.04 9
42 43 1.34 14.567 10
43 44 31.55 16.11 11
44 45 0.56 14.815 12
Current pit Floor
447.5RLGRADE
CONTROL
DRILLHOLES
COMPARISON OF LATEST
GRADE CONTROL
DRILLING TO RESOURCE
DRILLING CONFIRMS
MODELLING AND HEAD
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Company Formed: May 02
Listed on ASX : December 2003 (Code ASX:AAM)
Directors: Michael Hunt (Independent Chairman)
John Williams (Managing Director)
Ross Louthean (Independent Director)
Cash and Gold: A$2million
Shares: ~198 million
Market Cap: @ A$0.23 = ~$41m
Major Shareholders: John Williams 9% (Founding Director)
Sandra Wheeler 6% (Plant Purchase)
Top 20 Shareholders: 38%
Corporate
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CRE - 94%HEG - 68%IGR - 57%NAV - 35%
Share Price Performance against similar ASX Companies
Indexed to 100% at Jun 2008
The market has been slowly re-rating A1 Minerals for a year...
Source: Yahoo Finance
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With Thanks
Further information is available by contacting:
John Williams – Managing Director
A1 MINERALS LIMITED
Australian Stock Exchange Code ASX : AAM
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.a1minerals.com.au
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