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Syrah Resources — Shareholder Meeting (December 2011)
38 slides from Syrah Resources's shareholder meeting presentation, Dec 14, 2011
Slide 1: Syrah Resources AGM Presentation
For personal use only SYRAH RESOURCES AGM Presentation 14 December 2011
Slide 2: Disclaimer
For personal use only Disclaimer This presentation contains only a brief overview of Syrah Resources Limited and its associated entities (“Syrah") and their respective activities. The contents of this presentation, including matters relating to the geology of the projects, may rely on various assump
Slide 3: Overview of presentation
For personal use only Overview of presentation Corporate structure Board of Directors Jacana Resources acquisition (incl. project details) Divestment of Saudi Arabian interests Lyndhurst project Proposed exploration plans Appendices – country information 3
Slide 4: Capital structure
For personal use only Capital structure Jacana acquisition terms: Capital structure after Issue of 60 million shares + 15 transaction: million options 114,408,333 shares on issue Payment of $1 million to the original 17,750,000 options on issue vendors of some of the projects Capital raising
Slide 5: Board of Directors
For personal use only Board of Directors Non-Executive Tom Eadie Tom is the Managing Director and Chairman of Copper Strike Limited, a base metal explorer in eastern Chairman Australia. Tom has had over 20 years experience in the junior resource sector, including 11 years at Pasminco as Executive Ge
Slide 6: Acquisition of Jacana Resources
For personal use only Acquisition of Jacana Resources Dedicated African focused explorer Balama graphite project has world class potential and well located to infrastructure. Also potential for vanadium credits Mavuzi project offers scope for high grade uranium plus copper / nickel / molybdenu
Slide 7: Diversified portfolio
For personal use only Diversified portfolio Project Country Area Jacana Equity Commodity Targets Balama Mozambique 109km2 100% Graphite, vanadium, copper, zinc Right to earn Uranium, rare earths, molybdenum, copper, Mavuzi Mozambique 208km2 up to 80% nickel, platinum group elements, gold, silver, li
Slide 8: Project Locations
For personal use only Project Locations: Tanzania Zambia Mozambique Botswana Key Selection Criteria: Rapidly developing Pro-mining Good infrastructure 8
Slide 9: Why Africa?
For personal use only Why Africa? Well endowed and one of the most prospective terrains globally Relatively unexplored with modern exploration techniques Hosts many new recent large discoveries Sovereign risk profiles are well accepted and continuing to improve Legislative regimes are cond
Slide 10: Mozambique projects – location
For personal use only Mozambique projects – location 10
Slide 11: Balama – Mozambique (graphite)
For personal use only Balama – Mozambique (graphite) Coarse grained flake graphite Indications of high grade >20% Strike distance >4 km Targeting to develop a JORC Resource in 2012 Well located to infrastructure Drilling to commence after the wet season High quality Balama graphite 11
Slide 12: Graphite uses
For personal use only Graphite uses Now Emerging applications Carbon steel forging Lithium ion batteries Graphite crucibles Fuel cells Refractory bricks Pebble bed nuclear reactors Graphite brake pads Ceramic armour tiles / fibres Valves Oil sand recovery Dry cell batteries Electroconsolidation Grap
Slide 13: Graphite market
For personal use only Graphite market China supplies 70% of world market Quality of supply and reserves are declining EU and USA have named graphite as a critical mineral Source: Industrial Minerals magazine 13
Slide 14: Balama – Mozambique (vanadium)
For personal use only Balama – Mozambique (vanadium) V SAMPLE TYPE (ppm) High grade vanadium in geochem B1 B2 ROCK ROCK 1430 88 sampling B3 B4 SOIL SOIL 1790 602 B5 STREAM 3440 B6 STREAM 2950 All vanadium samples anomalous B7 SOIL 1280 B8 STREAM 7000 except one B9 SOIL 1170 B10 ROCK 12500 B11 RO
Slide 15: Balama – satellite and topography
For personal use only Balama – satellite and topography 15
Slide 16: Coarse flake graphite
For personal use only Coarse flake graphite 16
Slide 17: Balama – Infrastructure
For personal use only Balama – Infrastructure 240 km west of Pemba port, a deep water port Daily direct flights from Johannesburg to Pemba Major road runs directly from the airport / sea port to the project site Main road less than 1 km south of the project site Electricity to Balama town
Slide 18: Mavuzi – Mozambique (uranium)
For personal use only Mavuzi – Mozambique (uranium) Historic Drill Results Included: Mavuzi Mine o 2m @ 3,400 ppm U308 within 8m @ 1,000 ppm U308 (max – 4,600 ppm U308) Airport o Up to 1,000 ppm U308 within 7m @ 300ppm U308 Kaboazi Creek o Up to 1,300 ppm U308 within 4m @ 500 ppm U308 18
Slide 19: Mavuzi – Mozambique (uranium)
For personal use only Mavuzi – Mozambique (uranium) Many additional targets based on ground radiometrics Outcropping davidite at Castro / Inhatobui and other areas Potential for disseminated uraninite Untested potential at depth 19
Slide 20: Mavuzi – Mozambique (Cu/Ni)
For personal use only Mavuzi – Mozambique (Cu/Ni) Numerous anomalies in north Never been followed up in the field Some overlapping >250 ppm Cu/Ni anomalies Researchers compared area to Voisey’s Bay district 20
Slide 21: Mavuzi – Mozambique
For personal use only Mavuzi – Mozambique Molybdenum high grade moly in float Several known outcropping moly occurrences Rare Earth Elements in syenites (over several km) PGE’s in pyroxenites High grade molybdenite Magnetite occurrences 21
Slide 22: Tanzanian projects – location
For personal use only Tanzanian projects – location 22
Slide 23: Wembere – Tanzania (uranium)
For personal use only Wembere – Tanzania (uranium) Closed drainage system Extensive radioactive calcrete Airborne radiometric anomaly affirmed by handheld spectrometer Never drill tested 20 km Wembere radiometric anomaly 23
Slide 24: Shikula – Tanzania (coal)
For personal use only Shikula – Tanzania (coal) Includes eastern Part of the Galula coalfield Est. 140 million tonnes bituminous coal on adjoining licence Potential for coal under cover 24
Slide 25: Tanga – Tanzania (mineral sands)
For personal use only Tanga – Tanzania (mineral sands) World class Kwale deposit 70 km to north Mineral sands deposits further to the south Geology conducive to build up of mineral sands Previously explored 25
Slide 26: Zambian projects – location
For personal use only Zambian projects – location 26
Slide 27: Lunga – Zambia
For personal use only Lunga – Zambia (Uranium) 18 km long radiometric anomaly with palaeodrainage pattern Anomalism confirmed by hand held spectrometer (Copper / IOCG) Area underlain by the Katanga Supergroup (Zambian Copperbelt) Numerous copper occurrences in region Lunga radiometric anomal
Slide 28: Sasare – Zambia (uranium)
For personal use only Sasare – Zambia (uranium) Karoo basin in south east Zambia Along same trend as Mutanga, Chirundu, Kanyemba uranium deposits Karoo sandstone model 16 km long x 7 km wide radiometric anomaly Sasare radiometric anomaly No previous drilling 28
Slide 29: Botswana – Ngamiland (Uranium)
For personal use only Botswana – Ngamiland (Uranium) A number of initiatives underway Applications for areas been lodged Calcrete style mineralisation targeted Very underexplored region of Botwana 29
Slide 30: Divestment of Saudi Arabia interests
For personal use only Divestment of Saudi Arabia interests Sale of 90% of Saudi subsidiary to Arabian Nubian Resources – a Saudi- Australian investment syndicate $50,000 option fee received Subject to due diligence and completion a further $700,000 to be received Priority entitlement to any
Slide 31: Lyndhurst – South Australia (Copper)
For personal use only Lyndhurst – South Australia (Copper) Zurich Resources (JV partner) has earned 50% Zurich making preparations to drill geophysical targets Two new licences granted over Lyndhurst area Syrah has no expenditure commitments on these areas 31
Slide 32: Targets for 2012
For personal use only Targets for 2012 Drill Balama and prepare first JORC graphite resource Field work at Mavuzi and commence drilling high grade uranium targets Sampling for mineral sands at Tanga Trenching at Wembere Ground radiometrics at Sasare Geochemical sampling at Lunga Contin
Slide 33: Planned Exploration 2012
For personal use only Planned Exploration 2012 PROJECT NAME ACTIVITY Q1 - 2012 Q2 - 2012 Q3-2012 Q4-2012 BALAMA Resource drilling Metallurgy Resource estimation MAVUZI Review of historical data Mapping Drilling Mavuzi mine area Drilling Castro / Inhatobui Field review of Mo/Cu/Ni targets Field sampl
Slide 34: Appendices
For personal use only Appendices 34
Slide 35: Mozambique
For personal use only Mozambique Economy currently growing at around 8% High rates of infrastructure spending Major coal fields being developed in Tete province Maputo skyline Ongoing programs of economic reform and privatisation 35
Slide 36: Tanzania
For personal use only Tanzania 8 consecutive years of +6% growth East Africa’s second largest economy Major regional port hub Government committed to reform Mining one of the key New road being developed from Tanzania to Kenya economic drivers 36
Slide 37: Zambia
For personal use only Zambia Economy growing strongly >6.5% for 2010 Democracy since 1991 One of the most stable African countries Government encourages foreign investment Kariba Dam – one of the largest in the world Very strong mining culture 37
Slide 38: Botswana
For personal use only Botswana An African success story Risen to middle income status within 3 decades Transparent and low levels of corruption Democratic since independence Plans for new innovation hub Pushing diversification of its mining industry 38
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