Diatreme Resources Limited · ASX:DRX
Diatreme Resources — RIU Conference 2014
36 slides from Diatreme Resources's conference presentation, Feb 19, 2014
Slide 1: Milestones at Cyclone and New Projects
For personal use only DIATREME RESOURCES Milestones at Cyclone and New Projects February 2014
Slide 2: Statements
Statements For personal use only This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements and forecasts which include without limitation, expectations regarding future performance, exploration, mineral resources, the financial position of Diatreme Resources Limited (the “Company”), industry gro
Slide 3: DRX Corporate Details
DRX Corporate Details For personal use only DRX—Capital Structure Directors Position Shares on Issue 610 Million Tony Fawdon Executive Chairman / CEO Share Price (as at 14/02/2014) A$0.017 David Hall Executive Director Operations Market Capitalisation (as at 14/02/2014) A$10.4 Million Cash at Bank (
Slide 4: Diatreme Projects
For personal use only Diatreme Projects 4
Slide 5: Mineral Sands Exploration
Mineral Sands Exploration For personal use only 5
Slide 6: Cyclone Project Fundamentals
Cyclone Project Fundamentals For personal use only • PROBABLE RESERVE: 97 million tonnes @ 2.5% heavy minerals. • 770kt of high value Zircon • Resource: 137Mt @ 2.2%. Potential for additional resources. • Zircon fundamentals are solid in the long term. Urban development worldwide key to growth. • Zi
Slide 7: Proposed Mining Methods
Proposed Mining Methods For personal use only 7
Slide 8: Cyclone Mining Stats – PFS
Cyclone Mining Stats – PFS For personal use only Strip Ratio 1.1 : 1 Mining Rate (Dry) 1,300 tonnes per hour – 2 x Dozer traps Mine Site 26 Tonnes / Hour HMC production Wet Concentration Plant Product 147,000 t PA @ 98.5% HM Concentrate Transport - Road 240km - 4 trucks x 110 tonnes to Forrest. Tran
Slide 9: Transport Options
Transport Options For personal use only CYCLONE Forrest Perth Port Pirie Esperance Haul Road Corridor Adelaide Initial Environmental Surveys - Completed Initial Cultural Heritage Surveys - Completed Formal Referral to the EPA - Completed Referral for Environmental Approval Process - Underway 9
Slide 10: Cyclone Project Milestones
Cyclone Project Milestones For personal use only • Agreement in place with Chinese party to earn initial 6% for $2M additional to $1.6M expended on project received as placement in 2013. • Able to farm-out further interest in return for funding and still maintain sizeable equity. Water supply - Majo
Slide 11: Drilling for Water - Cyclone
Drilling for Water - Cyclone For personal use only • Water discovery as important as mineral discovery. • Successful water discovery beneath proposed minesite. • High yielding sandstone aquifer below 530m depth, extending to the base of test borehole (803m). • Appears to be part of an extensive Offi
Slide 12: Drilling for Water - Cyclone
Drilling for Water - Cyclone For personal use only 12
Slide 13: Drilling for Water - Cyclone
Drilling for Water - Cyclone For personal use only Preliminary flow of 40 l/sec at salinity of 20,000TDS 13
Slide 14: Mineral Sands Exploration: WA Eucla Basin Tenements
Mineral Sands Exploration For personal use only WA Eucla Basin Tenements Zephyr Legend Cyclone Possible Beach Strandline Diatreme Tenement Highly Prospective Topography Background 14
Slide 15: Cape Bedford, QLD
Cape Bedford, QLD For personal use only Cape Bedford, QLD EPM Application Size: 554 sq km Silica Sand, Heavy Mineral Sands 15
Slide 16: Cape Bedford, QLD
Cape Bedford, QLD For personal use only Lookout Pt Large sand dune system with known silica sand mineralisation cover an area 50km x 15km. (50 – 100m high). Previous exploration for silica sand indicates heavy minerals are present in a number of horizons. High grade silica established from former dr
Slide 17: Cape Bedford, QLD
Cape Bedford, QLD For personal use only Sand Dunes, Cape Bedford. 17
Slide 18: Cape Bedford, QLD
Cape Bedford, QLD For personal use only Heavy Minerals on beach, Cape Bedford. 18
Slide 19: Cape Bedford, QLD
Cape Bedford, QLD For personal use only Mineralisation on the current beach shedding from the dunes 19
Slide 20: Cape Bedford, QLD
Cape Bedford, QLD For personal use only Major dune field with high grade silica sand overlying heavy mineral sand potential 20
Slide 21: Cape Bedford, QLD
Cape Bedford, QLD For personal use only Overburden comprising high quality silica sand grading up to 99.9% silica 21
Slide 22: Elliston Project, SA
Elliston, SA For personal use only Elliston Project, SA EL Application Size: 994 sq km Heavy Mineral Sands 22
Slide 23: Elliston, SA
For personal use only Elliston, SA 23
Slide 24: Clermont Project, QLD
Clermont Project, QLD For personal use only Clermont, QLD Granted EPM’s Size: 1,220 sq km Gold, Copper, Nickel 24
Slide 25: Clermont Project – Copper, Gold
Clermont Project – Copper, Gold For personal use only 25
Slide 26: Clermont – Prospects
Clermont – Prospects For personal use only Program Geological mapping – Goldfields Drilling the Gollan Project Target generation in Central Porphyry corridor 26
Slide 27: Rosevale Porphyry Corridor
Rosevale Porphyry Corridor For personal use only 27
Slide 28: Clermont – Rosevale Drilling
Clermont – Rosevale Drilling For personal use only • Ridgeway Porphyry Target at Gollan (Rosevale) • RDD-006, drilled into dolerite, contains cupriferous granitic veins and red-rock alteration such as forms a narrow halo around the narrow, strongly mineralised but deep intrusive-hosted Cu-Au Ridgewa
Slide 29: Clermont – Rosevale Drilling
Clermont – Rosevale Drilling For personal use only Copper Proposed SW at Surface RDD-006 RDD-018 Hole RDD-019 NE Historic copper mine Fracture 100m zone 300m Strong Red Rock Alteration In Drill Core Red rock Alteration 500m High Grades Ridgeway Deposit 700m Superimposed High Grade Copper Gold 29
Slide 30: Clermont – Rosevale Drill Core
Clermont – Rosevale Drill Core For personal use only RDD-015 -440m Red Rock Alteration and Mineralisation 30
Slide 31: Clermont – Rosevale Drilling
Clermont – Rosevale Drilling For personal use only Red-rock (haematite in plagioclase) alteration, with epidote and quartz+calcite vein, dolerite, RDD-006, 620m down-hole. 31
Slide 32: Glenthompson, VIC
Glenthompson, VIC For personal use only Glenthompson, Vic Granted EL5478 Size: 123 sq km Gold, Copper 32
Slide 33: Glenthompson, VIC
Glenthompson, VIC For personal use only Highly prospective for base metals as the area is known to contain Andean-style copper-gold porphyry systems. Geological survey of Victoria regard the area as highly prospective citing “the tenement lies within the centre of the fairway of a fertile porphyry b
Slide 34: Investment Fundamentals
Investment Fundamentals For personal use only • Programs funded and underway for the Environmental, Heritage and Haul Road Licencing requirements at Cyclone Zircon Deposit. • Potential funding options at project level to crystallise shareholder value. Currently 100% ownership by DRX - Agreement in p
Slide 35: DRX Prospectivity
DRX Prospectivity For personal use only • Cyclone – One of the best undeveloped zircon deposits in the World. • Exciting porphyry copper exploration projects in Queensland, Victoria & South Australia. • Cape Bedford, Qld – 554 sq km of massive silica sand & titanium mineralisation. • Elliston SA - V
Slide 36: Towards Development at Cyclone
For personal use only DIATREME RESOURCES Towards Development at Cyclone New Projects. High Prospectivity February 2014