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Castle Minerals — Stars in Resources 2011 Series, Sydney
30 slides from Castle Minerals's conference presentation, Oct 19, 2011
Slide 1: Exploring the Largest Landholding in Ghana
Exploring the Largest Landholding in Ghana Stars in Resources 2011 Series For personal use only Sydney October 2011
Slide 2: Exploring in Ghana since 2006
For personal use only Exploring in Ghana since 2006- ASX: CDT Largest Landholder with >11,000km2 2011 our most successful year with three greenfields gold discoveries in last six months Proven the prospectivity of our land holding Preparing for a bigger 2011/12 field season Well funded w
Slide 3: Board and management
For personal use only Michael Ashforth - Non Executive Chairman, Executive director of Macquarie Capital. Former MD of Gresham Advisory Partners and partner of Freehills. Michael Ivey – Managing Director & CEO Geologist, 25 years corporate, technical, exploration and mine development experience Form
Slide 4: Tight Capital Structure
For personal use only Issued Shares 113.5m Options (35c Dec 2011 and 40c) 4.55m Market Cap (@33c) $37m Cash (Oct 2011) $6.9 m % Issued Capital Tight Capital Structure Azumah Resources 14.7% Register includes; Lujeta Pty Ltd 8.9% Seamans Capital (Boston) Harper 7.5% Resource Capital Funds VLP
Slide 5: Largest land holder in Ghana
For personal use only Largest land holder in Ghana 6 exploration projects covering ~11,000 km2 Two gold discoveries in 2008 Three discoveries in 2011 Focus on Akoko and Wa projects 5
Slide 6: For personal use only
| Burkina Faso si 1 11°N — SS ee a 1) 0 50km = = | Voltain Basin sediments Tarkwaian Birimian Metasediment Mafic volcanic flows Intrusive units, granitoids, | 10°N [py] matic intrusives,matic Konkers granitoids 2.2Moz Gold —— Major fault / structure C) ; . 4 Re ® Gold Mine or Deposit \ © — Gold occu
Slide 7: Wa Project
For personal use only ~10,000km2 Good title - 3 RL’s, 17 PL’s/PLA’s acquired Nov 2007 No historic minerals drilling Julie West defined 2009, (415,000t @ 4.2g/t) 4 advanced regional exploration areas Wa-Lawra Belt South Wa Julie West – Jang Kandia 7
Slide 8: Wa-Lawra trend
For personal use only Wa-Lawra trend (~70 strike ~4m alluvial cover km) has same stratigraphy as ~800,000 oz Kunche Bepkong deposits Never drilled Bedrock Western area adjacent to Black Volta has variable alluvial cover sequences Conventional soils sampling largely ineffective Auger and RA
Slide 9: South Wa
For personal use only Intersection of Wa-Lawra and Bolgatanga greenstone belts Extension of Batie West structure No pre Castle drilling Soil anomaly confirmed and refined by auger drilling 112 aircore holes on 3 lines completed June 2011 as first test of the 5km x 3km auger anomaly Birim
Slide 10: Maiden aircore drilling outlines gold trend
Maiden aircore drilling outlines coherent For personal use only gold trend intersecting • 26m @ 0.24 g/t gold from 25m to EOH (11SWRB47) • inc.10m @ 0.51g/t gold from 25m and • 10m @ 0.54 g/t gold from 25m (11SWRB69) 10
Slide 11: Kandia
For personal use only • 180km long, • 30-80km wide • acquired Nov 2007 • Julie West discovered 2008, first resource 2009 • New vein discovery March 2010 • Batie West extension target first sampling 2010 11
Slide 12: Kandia Artisanal Workings
Kandia Artisanal Workings For personal use only 12
Slide 13: For personal use only
+10Km fait corrido wr e/c}ie * e D gold anomalism for drill testing |
Slide 14: Kandia Gold Prospect drill plan and section
597 800mE 598.000mE 598 200mE | 598'050mE Se oon % Siem z KANDIA GOLD PROSPECT KANDIA GOLD PROSPECT es Drill Hole Location Plan 1104440 N Section A 2m @ 1.0git Au 9 e 5m @ 0.69g/t Au z ec0e e 13 10m @ 1.04g/t Au 20m@0.45g/t Au 2 10m @0s4gtAu-——)_ , granite 15m @ 2.39gi/t Au 25m @ 0.76g/t Au 3 20m@1.
Slide 15: Greenfields gold discovery at Kandia
For personal use only Greenfields gold discovery made from drill testing soil anomalism RC drilling has confirmed persistent bedrock gold mineralisation up to 45m wide over +600m of strike. Open to the south and down dip Evidence for a parallel zone to the west that requires testing Excellen
Slide 16: Julie - Jang
For personal use only +50km of anomalous gold geochemistry Hosts Julie West gold deposit and two new discoveries - Koda Hill and Baayiri 3km west of AZM’s Julie deposit No historic minerals drilling 16
Slide 17: Julie - Jang gold targets
Kjersti Prospect (AZM) Gold targets for For personal use only Koda Hill RC drill testing within +50km of anomalous gold Julie – Jang corridor geochemistry Hosts Julie West gold deposit and two new discoveries - Koda Hill and Baayiri 3km west of AZM’s Julie deposit No historic minerals drilli
Slide 18: Julie West Vein
Julie West Vein 415,000t@ 4.2g/t gold (56,000 ounces) For personal use only 500m long laminated quartz vein 5m @ 28g/t gold, 2m @ 41g/t gold 7m @ 23g/t, 3m @10g/t Conceptual open pit study ($600/oz shell) captures 250kt@ 4.9g/t gold Cash cost of US$295/oz 18
Slide 19: Koda Hill/Baayiri - New Discoveries
Koda Hill/Baayiri - New Discoveries 20 For personal use only
Slide 20: Julie - Jang Trend
Julie – Jang Trend For personal use only 12 x 6km area of strong gold anomalism in an area never previously explored or sampled Surface soils up to 2,671ppb gold Highest tenor and size reported so far along Julie- Jang Trend Excellent structural position enhances prospectivity First RC dri
Slide 21: Baayiri Prospect
se - limited by sampling boundary oe | , | o d a _—tt 12 no | an 34 1 } discovery = ) see detaile /BAAYIRI PROSPECT _ RC drill collar locations / and soil sample results Grid: WGS84/UTM Zone 30N
Slide 22: Julie - Jang Trend RC results
Julie – Jang Trend For personal use only Phase One RC • 55m @ 1.82g/t gold fm 15m (BARC 07) Inc. 40m @2.02g/t • 5m @ 6.64g/t from surface (BARC 02) • 20m @ 0.55g/t gold from10m (BARC 06) Phase Two RC • 15m @ 2.73 g/t gold from 30m inc.10m @ 4.0g/t gold from 30m and • 20m @ 1.08 g/t gold from 20m • 3
Slide 23: For personal use only
1.08 2.3 1.3 1.91 0.04 2.72 2.14 0.87 1.07 For personal use only 1.64 0.18 1.78 0.36 1.68 1.5 1.24 3.9 0.04 4.03 1.98 3.97 2.57 3.27 1.17 0.4 3.52 3.12 1.94 0.36 0.44 0.8 1.72 0.08 5.69 1.63 0.1 0.66 1.68 19.27 3.86 1.16 0.21 3.01 2.11 0.26 2.15 0.14 0.68 1.14 0.51 0.23 0.26 1.89 0.38 0.93 0.66 0.1
Slide 24: Wa Project summary and next steps
For personal use only ~11,000km2 Wa Project is an exceptional underexplored landholding >50,000m of drilling completed in 2011 Kandia, Baayiri and Koda Hill greenfield gold discoveries Assays still outstanding for • Baayiri • Koda Hill • Kandia • Wa South Auger Large drill focused program
Slide 25: Akoko South and North prospects
For personal use only Akoko South and Akoko North prospects 10km east of Adamus Resources 2 Moz Salman/Anwia project 30km south of 22 Moz Tarkwa goldmine Ashanti Gold Belt
Slide 26: Akoko North resource grade increased
For personal use only Resource grade at Akoko North has increased by 37% Akoko North totals 1.1mt @ 2.2g/t gold for 77,400 ozs Combined Resource estimate for Akoko North and Akoko South totals 103,300 ozs Scoping studies at Akoko North captures 1.07mt @ 2.0g/t gold (68,000 ozs) at a cash cos
Slide 27: Akoko North Prospect
AKOKO NORTH PROSPECT AKOKO NORTH PROSPECT RC Section 559 680 mN 4
Slide 28: Diamond drilling at Akoko North
For personal use only Four Diamond drill holes completed October 2011 Testing for primary mineralisation beneath oxide gold cap Logging and sampling underway
Slide 29: Potential for multiple uplift on exploration success
For personal use only Potential for multiple uplift on exploration success 279M web: www.castleminerals.com email: mivey@castleminerals.com Perth Office: Unit 6, 1 Clive Street West Perth phone: +618 9322 7018 post: PO Box 437 West Perth WA
Slide 30: Julie West and Akoko North resource estimates
Julie West Deposit April 2009 OK Resource Estimate 1g/t cut-off For personal use only Indicated Inferred Total Type Tonnes Au Au Tonnes Au Au Tonnes Au Au t g/t Ounces t g/t Ounces t g/t Ounces Oxide Transitional 66,700 3.8 8,200 3,500 7.8 900 70,200 4.0 9,000 Fresh 316,200 4.3 43,900 28,400 3.5 3,2
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