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Archer Materials — Archer Exploration — AusIMM Adelaide Branch Lunchtime Series (April 2016)
30 slides from Archer Materials's conference presentation, Apr 21, 2016
Slide 1: Imminent Project Developments
For personal use only ARCHER EXPLORATION LIMITED Imminent Project Developments AusIMM Adelaide Branch Lunchtime Series 21st April 2016 Gerard Anderson Managing Director 0
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Disclaimer For personal use only Competent persons statement The exploration results and Exploration Target reported herein, insofar as they relate to mineralisation, are based on information compiled by Mr Wade Bollenhagen, Exploration Manager of Archer Exploration Limited. Mr Bollenhagen is a Memb
Slide 3: Archer Exploration - company overview
Archer Exploration - company overview FIND ADD VALUE MONETISE For personal use only Listed August 2007 (ASX:AXE) 84.3 million shares on issue plus 2.3 million performance rights (expire 30 June 2016) $1.0 million in cash at 31 December All tenements 100% owned and located in South Australia Major sh
Slide 4: Archer's imminent development Projects
Archer’s imminent development Projects Start small, technically de-risk then grow For personal use only Eyre Peninsula Graphite Project Campoona Shaft Mining Lease Proposal 1,000tpa rising to 10,500tpa of high purity graphite concentrate over a 16-year LOM High purity graphite gives >99.9% graphene
Slide 5: Archer Graphite – deposits and prospects
Archer Graphite – 3 deposits and 10 prospects Tenement holding of 2,154km2 on Eyre Peninsula For personal use only Archer’s Key Graphite Assets Locations of Resources and Exploration Targets Near Cleve-Darke Peak-Kimba, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Location Close to Whyalla and Port Lincoln Total
Slide 6: Campoona Graphite Project
1. Campoona Graphite Project ML and 2 MPLs For personal use only Development elements ML Campoona Shaft - covering open pit mine Pindari MPL Sugarloaf - covering the Sugarloaf processing site and TSF Sugarloaf MLP Water - covering the processing facility Pindari Borefield and process water line to S
Slide 7: Graphite - community consultation
Campoona Graphite - community consultation Longstanding community engagement For personal use only Focus group meeting Community Consultative Committee (CCC) with community representatives, Archer, invited guests (facilitated) CCC meetings held regularly (~every 2 months) during 2013, 2014 and 2015
Slide 8: Shaft Geology
Campoona Shaft Geology Deep lateritic weathering resulting in excellent liberation of graphite from gangue For personal use only Open cut mining - free dig to at least 70 metres Graphitic zones occur within 0.5m of surface Complete oxidation is a defining characteristic that enhances liberation of g
Slide 9: Graphite - mine
Campoona Graphite - mine Conventional, largely free dig open pit mine For personal use only Mining Compact site ~ 68 Ha Conventional open pit mine largely free dig to 70m bgl Initial mining of 10,000tpa from drop- cut directly into ore Ramp to full scale production of 140,000tpa of ore Campaign day-
Slide 10: Graphite – mineral processing
Campoona Graphite – mineral processing Mineral processing facility to be built on Company-owned land at Sugarloaf 12km west of Campoona For personal use only Mineral processing Initial production of 1,000tpa rising to 10,500tpa (at full capacity) of very high purity graphite Process steps: - Crushin
Slide 11: Graphite - infrastructure
Campoona Graphite - infrastructure Power, water, transport and shipping For personal use only Process water High yielding fractured rock aquifer at Pindari located 7 kms north of Sugarloaf Saline water ≈ 22,500 ppm TDS - no other beneficial users Two bores to supply full production requirement of 10
Slide 12: Graphite - product
Campoona Graphite - product Archer to produce +99% Cg natural graphite concentrate For personal use only Overview of Campoona Metallurgy Testing Highly Crystalline Fine Graphite Concentrate Rigorous metallurgical bench-scale testing of representative diamond drill core samples of Campoona graphite –
Slide 13: Graphite – product specifications
Campoona Graphite – product specifications Campoona graphite suitable for several applications including batteries and very high quality lubricants For personal use only Production 1,000tpa rising to 10,500 tpa concentrate Typical specifications are: – Carbon +99% Cg – Sulphur <0.1% – Fe < 100ppm –
Slide 14: Graphite – >99.9% graphene
Campoona Graphite – >99.9% graphene Archer and the University of Adelaide - a two-year research collaboration into graphite and graphene products For personal use only Graphite Materials Prepared Semi-products Prepared Products Archer Product Examples Graphene Nanosheets Graphene Oxide Sheets Graphe
Slide 15: Archer graphene
Archer graphene Pure graphene offers enormous commercial opportunities For personal use only Raman data of graphite and prepared graphene showing typical D, G and 2D bands. Shift of 2D peak confirms the transformation of graphite into graphene. Summary of characterization results a) Photograph of pr
Slide 16: graphite converts to >99.9% graphene
Campoona graphite converts to >99.9% graphene High grade Campoona graphite concentrate enables production of pure graphene For personal use only Graphene aerogel Graphene aerogel close-up In discussions on commercial-scale graphene production Research-quality graphene products will be fully certifie
Slide 17: graphite converts to >99.9% graphene
Campoona graphite converts to >99.9% graphene High grade Campoona graphite concentrate enables production of pure graphene For personal use only Selected graphene products : graphene conductive film, conductive flexible polymer, graphene composite and electrodes for batteries and supercapacitors Hig
Slide 18: Graphite – Project timetable
Campoona Graphite – Project timetable Second iteration of MLP completed to include small scale start-up and the production of graphene For personal use only Final MLP ready for submission Current MLP based on small scale production start-up with graphite concentrate output rising to 10,500tpa Small
Slide 19: Sugarloaf carbon
Sugarloaf carbon Excellent potential as soil conditioner For personal use only • Sugarloaf hosts unique carbon deposit with an exploration target of 40 – 70Mt at 10-12% TC* • Within 100m of the proposed graphite processing facility • Provides an ideal resource for bulk use projects • Successfully aw
Slide 20: Sugarloaf carbon
Sugarloaf carbon Improves soil wettability and moisture retention For personal use only Initial results from Adelaide University indicate: • carbon additions improve soil wettability and the soil’s ability to retain moisture • presence of trace elements found in fertilisers • assists plant growth Th
Slide 21: Leigh Creek Magnesite Project
2. Leigh Creek Magnesite Project World’s largest cryptocrystalline magnesite (MgCO3) deposit For personal use only 20 Exhaustively studied project close to development
Slide 22: Leigh Creek magnesite
Leigh Creek magnesite World’s largest cryptocrystalline magnesite deposit For personal use only Exploration Licences EL4567 Termination Hill and EL4729 Witchelina Five designated magnesite deposits (Mt Hutton, Mt Playfair, Pug Hill, Termination Hill and Witchelina) extend for 60 kilometres northwest
Slide 23: Leigh Creek magnesite resource
Leigh Creek magnesite resource Leigh Creek accounts for 48% of World’s known cryptocrystalline magnesite resources For personal use only Deposit Measured Indicated Inferred Total MgO (%) Mount Hutton South - 30.0 - 30.0 42.0 Mount Hutton 18.3 42.0 53.0 113.3 42.9 Mount Playfair - 21.0 23.0 44.0 42.5
Slide 24: Magnesite + heat = MgO (Magnesia) + CO2
Magnesite + heat = MgO (Magnesia) + CO2 Magnesia characteristics For personal use only Magnesia (magnesium oxide or MgO) is a specialist industrial mineral with diverse end market uses Magnesia can be produced from the natural mineral magnesite or synthetically from magnesium hydroxide The key prope
Slide 25: Magnesia market
Magnesia market Growth markets For personal use only 2012 Global Magnesia Demand by Product (‘000t) The magnesia market is split between: 800 - refractory applications (DBM and EFM) 2,200 - a variety of chemical applications (CCM) DBM (71%) CCM (21%) DBM is the dominant magnesia product EFM (8%) acc
Slide 26: Leigh Creek Project plan
Leigh Creek Project plan Calcination option using third party kilns For personal use only Shallow ~40m deep open pit undertaken by contract miner ROM ore crushed and screened to remove fine silica in form of talc Reject fines make excellent road base for haul road construction Interburden dolomite b
Slide 27: Production trial planned Sep 2016
Production trial planned Sep 2016 A successful trial likely to open opportunities for longer-term toll treating arrangements For personal use only Non binding MOU signed for the long-term supply and mining of magnesite at Leigh Creek Archer is in advanced discussions with third parties to use their
Slide 28: Leigh Creek magnesite summary
Leigh Creek magnesite summary Exciting opportunity For personal use only Alinta’s decision to close its coalfield has opened opportunities at access existing infrastructure: • Town – fully serviced mining township • Rail – standard gauge rail line linking Leigh Creek to Port Augusta, Port Pirie and
Slide 29: Summary – Two imminent project developments
Summary – Two imminent project developments Eyre Peninsula Graphite Project For personal use only Mining Lease Proposal covering Campoona Shaft deposit completed Small scale start-up (nominally Years 1-3) before full scale production of 10,500tpa of >99% Cg graphite concentrate LOM 16 years Further
Slide 30: Contact details
www.archerexploration.com.au For personal use only Contact details Archer Exploration Limited Gerard Anderson Managing Director Ph: +61 8 8272 3288 Fax: +61 8 8272 3888 Email: ganderson@archerexploration.com.au Thank you 29
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