Rua Gold Inc · TSX:RUA
Rua Gold — Investor Presentation (December 2023)
32 slides from Rua Gold's investor presentation, Dec 7, 2023
Slide 1: Rediscovering New Zealand's Two Premier Gold Districts
Rediscovering New Zealand’s Two Premier Gold Districts www.ruagold.com Corporate Presentation
Slide 2: Cautionary Statement
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CAUTIONARY STATEMENT This presentation may contain forward-looking statements that are not historical facts. Forward Looking Information includes, but is not limited to, disclosure regarding possible events, conditions or financial performance that is based on assumptions about
Slide 3: RUA to go public in Canada via RTO
RUA to go public Exploring Two Gold Districts in Canada via RTO in First World New Zealand Resulting issuer First Uranium Resources Ltd (URNM:CSE) has signed a Business Capital Structure 5 Directors Combination Agreement to acquire URNM Shareholders 42% 4 Nominees for Reefton Reefton Goldfields Inc
Slide 4: Experienced Board and Management
Experienced Former Chairman of Fronteer Gold Exploration expert, established a joint Board and and Roxgold. Largest shareholder of venture with Newmont/OceanaG old and has strong Management RUAGOLD. relationships with New Zealand's permitting +40 yrs exp +40 yrs exp authorities. Chairman CEO & Direc
Slide 5: Exploration in Two Gold Districts
Exploration in Two Gold Districts (Maori translation: RUA - Two) HAURAKI GOLDFIELD High-grade epithermal gold province • Total district production >15Moz gold and >60Moz silver • Wharekirauponga Discovery >2Moz gold at 13.5 g/t Au Ind + Inf RUA GOLD’s recent acquisition • Glamorgan, a 4644-hectare p
Slide 6: New Zealand A High-grade Gold Destination
New Zealand A High-grade Gold Destination Ideal mining address Highly prospective geology Low sovereign risk No corruption Active mining industry Skilled labour NZ’s Rich Production History • 9+ Moz Au (orogenic) • 15+ Moz Au (epithermal) • 18+ Moz Au (alluvial) 6
Slide 7: High grade history of the Reefton goldfield
50% Ownership of Historic Reefton Goldfields CAPLESTON 136.1k oz Au produced @ 30.2 g/t Au Including from Welcome-Hopeful 88.6k oz Au produced @ 61.4 g/t Au (2 oz/t) MURRAY CREEK High grade history of 39.7 k oz Au produced @ 19.57 g/t Au Including from Inglewood-North Star, Phoenix, & Victoria the R
Slide 8: Reefton Goldfields
Reefton Goldfields CAPLESTON RECENT DISCOVERY +2 KM STRIKE LENGTH PACTOLUS VEIN • 16.4 g/t gold over 7 m in surface channel sampling • Significant intercepts in 4 drill holes • DDH PAC 004 8.3 m @ 7.7 g/t Au, including 4 m @ 12.3 g/t Au HIGH-GRADE ORE SHOOTS TYPICAL OF OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS MURRAY
Slide 9: High Grade Underground Historical Mine Production
OR SOU F F F F F F High Grade Underground Historical Mine Production 9
Slide 10: Murray Creek near-mine targets
Murray Creek near-mine targets MURRAY CREEK AJAX AREA CRUSHINGTON AREA
Slide 11: Murray Creek near-mine Targets Magnetics View
Murray Creek near-mine Targets Magnetics View MURRAY CREEK AJAX AREA CRUSHINGTON AREA
Slide 12: Murray Creek – Inglewood East Area Dilational Jog
Murray Creek – Inglewood East Area Dilational Jog
Slide 13: Capleston Creek near-mine targets
Capleston Creek near-mine targets OPEN 13
Slide 14: Initiatives to Speed Exploration
INITIATIVES TO SPEED Rapid Soil Sample Collection and in-house processing and assaying EXPLORATION PROCESS SCIENCE DATA DRIVEN MINERAL Ultra detailed UAV liDAR and Magnetics SYSTEMS APPROACH TO EXPLORATION on key target areas • Multiple Greenfields targets to pursue • Near-mine targets around histor
Slide 15: Science Data Driven Mineral Systems Targeting
SCIENCE DATA DRIVEN MINERAL SYSTEMS TARGETTING HAURAKI GOLDFIELD REEFTON GOLDFIELD Glamorgan Reefton Empirical Ranking of Rigorous, data-driven targets allows both Intervention over the entire near-mine brownfield goldfield – Mineral Systems and greenfield targets Method creating an Empirical Rankin
Slide 16: Exploration Results
Exploration Results Pre-2018 Exploration Three years of RUA Exploration Greenfield and near-mine targets generated 16
Slide 17: Geochemistry of Top Ranked Targets
GEOCHEMISTRY OF TOP RANKED TARGETS Raglan & Caledonia Gold Arsenic Antimony Stony Creek 17
Slide 18: Pactolus
Pactolus 0.11 g/t Au & 334 ppm As over 1 m 16.4 g/t au over 7m incl. 2 intervals 34.6 g/t Au & >10,000 ppm As over 1 m of >1 oz/t au over 1 m 3.98 g/t Au & >10,000 ppm As over 1 m Arsenopyrite mineralized hydrothermal breccia containing fragments of argillite and greywacke cemented by quartz grading
Slide 19: Pactolus Mineralization Model
Pactolus Mineralization Model 19
Slide 20: Pactolus Current Surface Mapping
Pactolus Current Surface Mapping 20
Slide 21: RUA Exploration
RUA Exploration 21
Slide 22: Hauraki Goldfield
Hauraki Goldfield HAURAKI’S HIGH-GRADE EPITHERMAL GOLDFIELD • ~50 Epithermal gold – silver deposits • Mined from 1860’s • >15Moz gold and >60Moz silver produced RUA GOLD RECENT ACQUISITION • Untested 3.8km long zone of silicification, veining and alteration • > 50 ppb gold in soils over its 3.8km le
Slide 23: Glamorgan
-RUAGOLD GLAMORGAN |
Slide 24: Wires Ridge Prospect
WIRES RIDGE PROSPECT • Untested 3.8km long zone of silicification, veining and alteration • > 50 ppb gold in soils over its 3.8km length • Microcrystalline quartz, opaline and chalcedonic quartz, high levels in the epithermal system • Anomalous Au-As-Sb-Hg geochemistry indicates above or upper level
Slide 25: Glamorgan Prospecting
Glamorgan Prospecting 8 Drillholes into two prospects: Roulfs New Find (RNF) and Sainsbury plateau Wires Ridge anomaly remains untested by drilling Well defined Wires Ridge and Wentworth anomalism — up to 1,090 ppb Au in soils, and 98 ppm in rock samples Drillholes and defined anomalies in Glamorgan
Slide 26: Glamorgan – Work Program in First 12 Months
Glamorgan –Work Program in First 12 Months • 3km CSAMT planned across Wires Ridge and Glamorgan – Wentworth • Follow up on 3.8km > 50ppb gold in soils anomaly with Infill rapid soil sampling and pXRF analysis • Several mineralized trends present within the corridor may represent step over or relay z
Slide 27: Our Nearest Neighbor
Our Nearest Neighbor Wharekirauponga – OceanaGold 2015 OceanaGold purchased Newmont Waihi Gold assets and bought out Glass Earth Interest in Waihi North. 2017-2020 31,220m drilled in 72 holes with significant discovery confirmed in the 37th and 42nd holes. DISCOVERY INTERCEPT WKP42: 8.7m true width
Slide 28: Catalyst Timeline
RTO Closes Catalyst Timeline a) Phase 1 Drilling Begins 6,000m e———__ art> Glamorgan Drilling Permitted Drilling Ongoing > RUAGOLD Targeting >1Moz High-Grade Discovery 28
Slide 29: Contact
Contact Simon Henderson, CEO Tyron Breytenbach, Advisor simon@reeftongold.net tyronbreytenbach@hotmail.com www.ruagold.com
Slide 30: Pactolus Significant Intercepts
Pactolus Significant Intercepts Hole ID Depth From Depth To True Length Grade (Au ppm) Including Linear Grade (gm/m) 2m @ 25.3 g/t PAC Trench 01 0 7 7 16.02 114.8 1m @34.6g/t DD PAC 001 132.5 135 2.5 4.75 1.5m @ 7.2 g/t 11.86 DD PAC 002 133 138 5 6.28 2m @ 11 g/t 31.4 DD PAC 004 183 195 12 9.41 4m @
Slide 31: New Zealand
New Zealand RGI/RGL NZ team intact Supervising Geologist Field Manager Jamie Cudby Pilgrim Christian Field Geologist Field Geologist Field Geologist Sike (Mary) Li Sofia García Matias Tettamanti 31
Slide 32: RGL Exploration LiDAR
RGL Exploration LiDAR 32