Slide 1: Critical Elements Corporation - May 2011
V:CRE WWW.CECORP.CA May 2011
Slide 2: Disclaimers: Forward Looking Statements
DISCLAIMERS Forward Looking Statements Except for historical information contained herein, this presentation may contain forward looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding predictions and projections. Forward looking statements address future events and conditions and therefo
Slide 3: Corporate and Investor Information
CORPORATE AND INVESTOR INFORMATION Board and Management Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, P.Geo, President & CEO Michel Robert, M.A.Sc. Eng, Director Jean Rainville, Eng., Director Jenna Hardy, M.B.A., P.Geo, Director Nathalie Laurin, CFO & Secretary Market Information Trading Symbol: TSX-V:CRE Frankfurt F12
Slide 4: Board of Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, President & CEO Mr. Lavallée has been active in mining exploration since 1994. He is the vice president of Consul-Teck Exploration Inc., a consulting firm of Val-d`Or founded in 2003 that specializes in mining exploration in northern areas. Most of the fir
Slide 5: Board of Directors (continued)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS (CONTINUED) Jean Rainville, Director Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock Metals Inc., has 30 years of experience in the mining industry and financial markets. He started his career as a mining analyst, and has acted as a corporate director for many companies. He has recognized Ca
Slide 6: Overview
OVERVIEW Creating value for its shareholders by acquiring promising projects that can be brought into production in the short term. Our focus is on properties with: • EASILY DEMONSTRABLE ECONOMIC RESOURCES, and for commodities with • ATTRACTIVE PROJECT FINANCING CONDITIONS due to potential for verti
Slide 7: Rose Lithium-Tantalum Project
ROSE LITHIUM-TANTALUM PROJECT The 100% owned Rose project Highlights − Deposit outcrops to surface − Open-pittable system − High Grade Deposit − Indicated Resources 11.4 MT @ 165 ppm Ta2O5, 1.34% Li2O. − New Resource Estimate by InnovExplo underway. − Metallurgical Testing by Acme Metallurgical Ltd
Slide 8: Rose Project Infrastructure
ROSE LITHIUM-TANTALUM PROJECT PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE − Project location: Quebec, 75Km due south of Goldcorp’s Eleonore Gold Deposit − Road access − Power line directly on the project − Quebec Government announced on May 9th 2011 the Plan Nord with a $80B investment for project development & infrastr
Slide 9: Rose Tantalum-Lithium Project Timeline and Budget
ROSE TANTALUM-LITHIUM project 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Budget Main Activities $ Months since start up (Spent) 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 1st Phase Exploration 2,000,000 1st Resources Definition 75,000 2nd Phase Exploration 1,000,000 2nd Resources Definition 30,000 Metal
Slide 10: Rose - Mineral Resource Indicated
ROSE - MINERAL RESOURCE INDICATED Tonnes Li2O Li2CO3 Ta2O5 BeO Rb Ga Cs (X 1,000) (%) (%) ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm (equivalent) (g/t) (g/t) (g/t) g/t) (g/t) Indicated 11,436 1.34 3.31 165 377 2,668 71 106 Resources Pounds (lbs) 337,133,280 832,769,520 4,156,255 9,496,414 Inferred 2,170 1.27 3.14 138 311
Slide 11: Infrastructure Map
INFRASTRUCTURE MAP www.cecorp.ca
Slide 12: New Resource Estimate Underway
NEW RESOURCE ESTIMATE underway www.cecorp.ca
Slide 13: Pivert / Rose - Typical Vertical Section
PIVERT / ROSE - TYPICAL VERTICAL SECTION www.cecorp.ca
Slide 14: Pivert / Rose - Drillhole Location and Claim Holdings
PIVERT / ROSE - DRILLHOLE LOCATION AND CLAIM HOLDINGS www.cecorp.ca
Slide 15: Lithium Use by Industry and Increasing Demand
LITHIUM USE BY INDUSTRY AND INCREASING DEMAND 2010 - 25,300 Metric Tonnes 15% ceramics and glass 31% 6% 6% batteries 9% 23% lubricating greases 2% pharmaceuticals and polymers 2004 - 15,500 Metric Tonnes air treatment aluminum production other uses www.cecorp.ca
Slide 16: Lithium Price & Demand
LITHIUM PRICE & DEMAND Lithium use in batteries expanded significantly in recent years, 3.00 2.50 rechargeable lithium batteries are 2.00 being used increasingly in portable 1.50 electronic devices and electrical 1.00 tools. 0.50 0.00 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 According to the vice-presiden
Slide 17: Tantalum Use by Industry and Upward Price Pressure
TANTALUM USE BY INDUSTRY AND UPWARD PRICE PRESSURE metal powder superalloys sputtering targets Tantalum Import Restrictions tantalum carbide US Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Jul 2010) requires all US-listed companies to file annual wire for electronics reports with the SEC stating
Slide 18: Tantalum Price
TANTALUM PRICE Tantalum is an element used in many applications in our everyday lives, to improve technology and material 140 120 performance. These include uses in 100 80 electronics, medicine, engineering and 60 energy generation. 40 20 0 Tantalum ores are found primarily in March Jun Sep Dec Feb
Slide 19: Tantalum Growing Demand
TANTALUM GROWING DEMAND About half of the tantalum consumed each year is used in the electronics industry: • Laptops, PDA’S, iPods, MP3, etc. • Electrical appliances •Ticket Machines, ATM’s • Antenna for Radar • In car electronics such as anti-lock braking systems (ABS), navigation systems, wheel tr
Slide 20: Rose Lithium-Tantalum Project: Advancing Towards Production
ROSE LITHIUM-TANTALUM PROJECT Aggressively advancing project towards production − Deposit outcrop surface − Open-pitable system − High Grade Deposit − Indicated Resources 11.4 MT @ 165 ppm Ta2O5, 1.34% Li2O. − New Resource Estimate by InnovExplo underway. − Metallurgical Testing by Acme Metallurgica
Slide 21: Our Projects
OUR PROJECTS PROJECTS PORTFOLIO 8 PROPERTIES IN QUEBEC, 7 PROPERTIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Tantalum, lithium, rare earths and gold. Development Project • ROSE Tantalum-Lithium Quebec | 100% Ownership 11,436,000 tonnes grading 1.34% Li2O, 165 ppm Ta2O5 and 377 ppm BeO of indicated resource 2,170 tonnes