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Archer Materials — Archer Exploration — Shareholder Meeting (November 2015)
26 slides from Archer Materials's shareholder meeting presentation, Nov 13, 2015
Slide 1: 2015 Annual General Meeting
For personal use only ARCHER EXPLORATION LIMITED 2015 Annual General Meeting 13th November 2015 Gerard Anderson Managing Director 0
Slide 2: Presentation outline
Presentation outline For personal use only 1. Company overview 2. Archer graphite 3. Campoona Shaft Mining Lease Proposal (MLP) 4. Future ores - Waddikee flake 5. Sugarloaf carbon 6. Pure graphene 7. Archer Graphite summary 8. Leigh Creek magnesite 9. Spring Creek copper 10. Mt James barite 11. Key
Slide 3: 1. Company overview
1. Company overview 100% ownership of 16 tenements all in South Australia covering key commodities – graphite, magnesite, copper and gold For personal use only 2
Slide 4: 2. Archer Graphite
2. Archer Graphite Tenement holding of 2,154km2 on the Eyre Peninsula with huge resource potential For personal use only Overview of Archers Key Graphite Assets Locations of Resources and Exploration Targets Near Cleve-Darke Peak-Kimba, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Location Close to Whyalla and P
Slide 5: 3. Campoona Shaft MLP – timeline to date
3. Campoona Shaft MLP – timeline to date From first drill hole to Draft MLP submission in just over 3 years For personal use only Exploration window limited to the period post harvest to end mid – late April (i.e., <4 months per year) February 2012 - first drilling at Campoona Shaft September – Nove
Slide 6: Campoona community consultation
Campoona community consultation Longstanding community engagement with excellent community support for project For personal use only Focus group meeting in September 2013 Established a Community Consultative Committee (CCC) with community representatives and Archer CCC meetings held regularly (≈ever
Slide 7: Campoona Shaft MLP – the elements
Campoona Shaft MLP – the elements Lodging of Final MLP for Campoona Shaft expected late November 2015 For personal use only Mining Lease Proposal Mineral Claim (MC) Campoona Shaft - ≈ 68 ha covering the conventional open pit mine Pindari Miscellaneous Purpose Licence (MPL) Sugarloaf - covering the S
Slide 8: Campoona Shaft mine
Campoona Shaft mine Conventional largely free dig open pit For personal use only Mining Conventional open pit mine largely free dig to 70m below ground level Campaign day shift mining (notionally spring and autumn), six days per week Dry pit. Rainfall harvested to augment bore water for dust suppres
Slide 9: Sugarloaf processing facility
Sugarloaf processing facility Scalable production profile For personal use only Mineral processing Comprehensive metallurgical studies have defined optimum processing conditions Process steps: Crushing Blunging Rougher Flotation Concentrate Milling Cleaner/Re-cleaner Flotation Screening Leaching Dry
Slide 10: Campoona graphite product
Campoona graphite product Finely crystalline graphite concentrates grading to 98%Cg which when leached will produce ≥99%Cg For personal use only Overview of Campoona Metallurgy Testing Highly Crystalline Graphite Concentrate Since October 2012, Archer has undertaken rigorous metallurgical bench-scal
Slide 11: Campoona graphite specifications
Campoona graphite specifications Campoona graphite suitable for several applications including batteries and very high quality lubricants For personal use only Micron size of Campoona final product will depend on customer requirements Production of up to 10,000 tpa high purity graphite - option to s
Slide 12: Campoona Project – two step approval process
Campoona Project – two step approval process Lodging the Campoona Shaft Mining Lease Proposal is a significant Project milestone For personal use only Mining Lease Proposal Lodging of Final MLP expected early December 2015 The essential key outcome of developing the mining lease proposal is a demons
Slide 13: Campoona - likely Project timetable
Campoona - likely Project timetable Final MLP lodged; PEPR to be lodged ≈ June 2016 For personal use only Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Submit Draft MLP Incorporate feedback into Mining Lease Application Lodge Final MLP Prepare PEPR Submit PE
Slide 14: 4. Future ores - Waddikee Flake
4. Future ores - Waddikee Flake Wilclo South JORC 2012 Resource of 6.28Mt @ 8.8% Cg over a strike of 1.2 kms. Recent drilling extended the strike by a further 1.2 kms. For personal use only Wilclo to Wilclo- South strike potential is over 11kms. Infill drilling expected to result in significant reso
Slide 15: Waddikee Flake
Waddikee Flake Wilclo South: ≈50% of graphite recovered as Extra Large, Large, Medium and Fine Flake For personal use only Wilclo South deposit and Francis prospect produced Extra Large, Large, Medium and Fine Flake graphite at grades of 91-92% Cg from basic Halutain superpanner sorting Grades expec
Slide 16: 5. Sugarloaf carbon – unique attributes
5. Sugarloaf carbon – unique attributes Soil conditioning properties For personal use only Initial research included extracting graphene from Sugarloaf carbon and applying graphene coatings on superphosphate to try to slow the release rate of the nutrients. This work was very successful however, the
Slide 17: Sugarloaf plant trials
Sugarloaf plant trials Sugarloaf carbon substantially increases plant growth For personal use only When compared with control samples over 21 days the addition of Sugarloaf carbon: o Increased root length by >45% o Increased shoot length by >30% o Plant stems noticeably thicker Analysis of nutrient
Slide 18: Sugarloaf carbon – enormous potential
Sugarloaf carbon – enormous potential Soil conditioner For personal use only Many of Australia’s soils are ancient and skeletal and have been heavily leached of nutrients. Farming ventures rely on the application of high-cost fertilizers to provide macro-nutrients - NPK (+ S, Ca and Mg) and micro-nu
Slide 19: 6. Campoona readily gives 99.995% graphene
6. Campoona readily gives 99.995% graphene Archer and the University of Adelaide have 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 Sh
Slide 20: Campoona readily gives 99.995% graphene
Campoona readily gives 99.995% graphene High grade Campoona graphite concentrate enables production of pure graphene For personal use only Pure graphene conductive film What A$10,000 of graphene looks like! Graphene composite Graphene powder 19 Pure graphene is rare and its production opens up huge
Slide 21: 7. Archer Graphite - summary
7. Archer Graphite - summary Australia’s largest JORC 2012 Graphite Resource For personal use only Executive Summary Large Position in a Location 2,154km2 of tenements near Cleve-Darke Peak-Kimba on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 1 Premium Graphite Eyre Peninsula is Australia’s premier graphite exp
Slide 22: 8. Leigh Creek magnesite update
8. Leigh Creek magnesite update Largest cryptocrystalline magnesite deposit in the World with JORC Resource of 453 Mt grading 41.4% MgO For personal use only Leigh Creek was put up for sale and or JV during 2015 Magnesite is a specialty industrial mineral. The most likely buyers/JV partners include
Slide 23: 9. Spring Creek copper
9. Spring Creek copper High potential to define un-mined high grade copper mineralization immediately below the shallow underground workings For personal use only The historic Spring Creek copper mine is located 30km south of the township of Wilmington, South Australia Copper mining ceased in 1918 w
Slide 24: 10. Mt James barite
10. Mt James barite Barite (BaSO4) used extensively in oil and gas drilling where its high specific gravity is used to reduce the risk of blow-outs For personal use only The Mt James barite (BaSO4) prospect within EL 4869 (Ediacara) has numerous barite veins where widths vary from 0.2m to +1m and st
Slide 25: 11. Key milestones FY 2016
11. Key milestones FY 2016 For personal use only Graphite Campoona Graphite – Submit the Final Campoona Mining Lease Proposal November 2015 – Complete purchase of Campoona Shaft land May 2016 – Secure off-take agreements/JV partner May 2016 – Finalise plant capacity and complete “as build” design dr
Slide 26: 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
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