Slide 1: Archer Graphite: Presentation to Cleve Council
For personal use only Archer Graphite Presentation to Cleve Council 16th April 2013 Gerard Anderson Managing Director 1
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Disclaimer Competent persons statement For personal use only The exploration results 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 Member of the Australasian
Slide 3: Presentation Outline
Presentation Outline Corporate overview For personal use only Company projects Archer Graphite Campoona Geology EM Phase 1 Maiden JORC Resource Metallurgy Marketing Positioning Campoona in the graphite market Campoona work plan Baseline ecological survey Outstanding project and communi
Slide 4: Corporate Overview
Corporate Overview Leigh Creek 13 Exploration Licences and the rights to For personal use only Olympic Dam Mine Magnesite Project minerals other than uranium on Wildhorse Leigh Creek Ediacara Plain. One ELA. Exploration Licence (EL) UraniumSA JV (EL) Exploration Licence Application (ELA) Carrapateen
Slide 5: Archer Graphite
Archer Graphite Mt Messenger ELA 2012/304 For personal use only 4861 EL 4861 EL4893 Archer has a substantial land position (1,100km2) in “graphite province” with several flake occurrences. ELA2012/304 granted October 2012. 5
Slide 6: Shaft Geology
Campoona Shaft Geology Graphite outcrops as a NE striking, steep NW dipping, 20-50m thick main zone with narrower For personal use only discontinuous footwall zones. Graphite occurs as highly graphitic schist within a low grade (2-5%TGC) graphitic proto-gneiss derived from mostly clastic marine
Slide 7: Campoona Cross Section
For personal use only Campoona Cross Section ZONE OF 50m MINERALISATION 100m 0 50 metres 7
Slide 8: Shaft Geology
Campoona Shaft Geology CSDD12_002 For personal use only Hangingwall contact with Highly weathered, porous Strongly weathered graphitic highly weathered gneiss quartz + graphite + kaolin + schist below BOCO. passing directly into garnet + tourmaline ± iron Feldspars altered to illite ± comple
Slide 9: EM
Campoona EM Airborne EM has highlighted probable strike extensions to Campoona For personal use only Shaft and Central Campoona EM provides an effective tool to identify the presence of conductive bodies. EM has identified several possible graphite bodies along strike from the known graphite occ
Slide 10: Phase 1 Maiden JORC Resource
Campoona Phase 1 Maiden JORC Resource Campoona JORC Resource (2%TGC lower cut-off grade) For personal use only Area Resource Tonnes Graphite Contained Category (Mt) (% TGC) Graphite (tonnes) Campoona Shaft Measured 0.339 14.8 50,200 Indicated 1.059 12.7 134,500 Inferred 3.475 5.0 173,800 Central Cam
Slide 11: Maiden JORC Resource
Campoona Maiden JORC Resource Maiden JORC Resource accomplished within 9 months of discovery. For personal use only Resource estimation undertaken by independent expert consultancy MiningPlus. Resource drilling at Central Campoona to a 100m drill spacing. First results include: CSRC13_001 10
Slide 12: Metallurgy
Campoona Metallurgy Metallurgical testing of Campoona graphite still in progress has delivered exceptional graphite For personal use only concentrates: Finely crystalline natural graphite concentrate >99% TGA* achieved from mechanical cell flotation. High tech applications that require graphite
Slide 13: Campoona Graphite
For personal use only Campoona Graphite Morphology typical of the ultrafine highly crystalline graphite concentrate (-75 micron) showing very pure crystalline graphite flake. Such concentrate is easily reprocessed to remove trace contaminants to achieve an ultrafine natural graphite flake (eg >99% T
Slide 14: Marketing
Campoona Marketing Archer engaged the services of Tech Minerals Consulting Group (“Tech”) which includes senior global For personal use only industrial minerals experts who have worked extensively with major graphite suppliers and purchasers to assess the results and make comment on the likely marke
Slide 15: Positioning Campoona in the Graphite Market
Positioning Campoona in the Graphite Market Archer’s operating philosophy is to leverage the Company’s ability to produce high grade, high For personal use only value and largely unique graphite concentrates. Samples from scale-up testing will be sent to specialist manufacturers and end-users of bat
Slide 16: Work plan
Campoona work plan Campoona Shaft Drilling For personal use only Resource Drilling Exploration & Central Campoona Drilling Metallurgical Characterisation Resource Estimation Campoona Shaft Resource Estimation Campoona Central Ecological Baseline Studies Marketing Study Community Consultation Develop
Slide 17: Baseline ecology survey
Baseline ecology survey Archer commissioned a Campoona Baseline Ecology Survey which was completed in For personal use only November 2012. Key findings of the Spring 2012 Baseline Ecology Survey were: The landscape-level ecological character of the study area is largely disturbed due to past and p
Slide 18: Outstanding project and community studies
Outstanding project and community studies Project Studies For personal use only Scale-up testing Customer interface Scoping study – capital and operating costs, site layout, utilities. Baseline studies: Hydrology - surface and groundwater Meteorology and Air Quality Radiation Geochem
Slide 19: Operating philosophy
Operating philosophy Archer fully understands its environmental and social For personal use only responsibilities if mining proceeds. The Company has defined a series of goals that it would commit to: Environment Identify environmental aspects and design to minimise impacts. Keep the project foo
Slide 20: Community & stakeholder engagement
Community & stakeholder engagement Archer set to commence widespread community consultation. For personal use only Community and stakeholder engagement to identify real and perceived issues and develop measures to address them prior to formal approvals processes. A variety of communication and e