Slide 1: Presentation to the District Council of Cleve on the Campoona Graphite Deposit
For personal use only ARCHER EXPLORATION LIMITED Presentation to the District Council of Cleve on the Campoona Graphite Deposit 10 August 2012 Gerard Anderson Managing Director 1
Slide 2: Disclaimer
For personal use only Disclaimer Competent persons statement 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 Australasia
Slide 3: Presentation Outline
For personal use only Presentation Outline • Corporate Overview • Graphite and the Graphite Market • Archer’s Graphite Deposits Campoona Sugarloaf • Archer’s Operating Philosophy • Environmental Studies and Community & Stakeholder Engagement • Campoona – Possible Development Schedule 3
Slide 4: Corporate Overview
For personal use only Corporate Overview 4
Slide 5: About Archer
For personal use only About Archer • Archer Exploration Limited is a South Australian based minerals exploration company with 15 granted mineral tenements, all in South Australia. • Archer listed on ASX in August 2007. Archer Snapshot ASX Code AXE Shares 82,142,763 Unlisted Options 6,000,000 Share p
Slide 6: Exploration focus
For personal use only Exploration focus • Principal focus for exploration is at the Campoona and Sugarloaf Graphite Projects near Cleve on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. • Archer has discovered broad drill intercepts of high grade graphite at both Campoona and Sugarloaf. • Archer will complete the
Slide 7: Graphite and the graphite market
For personal use only Graphite and the graphite market 7
Slide 8: What is Graphite?
For personal use only What is Graphite? • Crystalline allotrope of carbon - non- metallic, opaque, grey to black mineral with a metallic lustre. • Key properties – flexible, soft, low friction resistance (lubricity), thermally and electrically conductive, high melting point (> 3,550oC), non-toxic an
Slide 9: Graphite Uses
For personal use only Graphite Uses Traditional Uses for Graphite High Tech Uses for Graphite Graphene Electric motor brushes Refractory bricks to line blast furnaces Carbon steel forging BMW Hero Graphite crucibles Pencils Valves 9 Dry cell batteries Graphite brake pads
Slide 10: Growing Market
For personal use only Growing Market • China produces around 75% of the world’s graphite. • Amorphous Graphite: 70% of world production, grade 15% - 99%C. Widely used in industrial applications. • Crystalline Flake Graphite: rare, low grade (2–6%C and rarely >10%C), found as flat platy crystals diss
Slide 11: Graphite Prices – rising on strong demand
For personal use only Graphite Prices – rising on strong demand • Increasing demand worldwide from growing traditional uses and rapidly emerging new technological applications. • Prices negotiated between the buyer and seller based on crystal size and carbon content. Settled prices generally around
Slide 12: Archer's Graphite Projects
For personal use only Archer’s Graphite Projects • Campoona • Sugarloaf 12
Slide 13: Wildhorse Plain Graphite
For personal use only Wildhorse Plain Graphite 13
Slide 14: Wildhorse Plain (918km2 area)
For personal use only Wildhorse Plain (918km2 area) • Flake graphite recorded in many regional samples • Large areas not explored for graphite 14
Slide 15: Campoona Drilling
For personal use only Campoona Drilling • Resource drilling nearing completion at Campoona Shaft. • 50m x 20m spaced RC drilling completed with diamond drilling in progress. • High grade graphite - Central 15-50m thick within a Campoona regional shear. Plan view of Campoona drilling 15
Slide 16: Campoona Graphite
For personal use only Campoona Graphite • Highly conductive graphitic schist within proto-gneiss. • Pinching and swelling evident in 3D. • Some drilling intercepts to date: Hole id Intercept CSRC12_009 67m @ 10.1%C from 0m (incl 25m @ 13.2%C) CSRC12_010 48m @ 12.5%C from 24m (incl 20m @ 16.5%C) CSRC
Slide 17: Campoona Graphite
For personal use only Campoona Graphite • EM highlights continuity of graphitic horizons. • Historic EM has indicated >40km of potential strike of graphitic units. Cross section of Campoona EM 17
Slide 18: Campoona Graphite Concentrate
For personal use only Campoona Graphite Concentrate Liberation CSRC12-007 (84-85m) : Photomicrograph showing homogeneous evenly distributed crystalline graphite. Photomicrograph of medium flake graphite Graphite varies from 30 – 350 micron and visually concentrate estimated to average 180 micron in
Slide 19: Sugarloaf Graphite
For personal use only Sugarloaf Graphite • Exploration Target of 40 – 70Mt grading 10-12% total carbon*. * The potential quantities and grades presented are conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient exploration to define an overall Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration
Slide 20: Sugarloaf Graphite
For personal use only Sugarloaf Graphite • Sugarloaf EM: 4km long, 40m in true thickness. • Preliminary metallurgical test work from a sample from hole SLRC11_004 produced graphite concentrate grading 82%C. • Diamond drilling in August 2012 to supply quality samples for metallurgical test work. Stac
Slide 21: Operating Philosophy
For personal use only Operating Philosophy 21
Slide 22: Archer's Operating Philosophy
For personal use only Archer’s Operating Philosophy Archer fully understands its environmental and social 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 pro
Slide 23: Environmental studies and Community engagement
For personal use only Environmental studies and Community engagement 23
Slide 24: Environmental Baseline Studies
For personal use only Environmental Baseline Studies • Archer is in the process of commissioning Environmental and Social Baseline Surveys with fieldwork planned to commence in September 2012. • It is important that flora and fauna studies be conducted over at least one Spring period. • Work to prov
Slide 25: Community & Stakeholder Engagement
For personal use only Community & Stakeholder Engagement If exploration studies indicate an economic project, the Company would be required to complete extensive technical studies (environmental, mining, geotechnical, utilities, mineral processing, tailings storage, transport and mine rehabilitation
Slide 26: Campoona 2013 milestones
For personal use only Campoona 2013 milestones 26
Slide 27: Campoona – Key Milestones for 2013
For personal use only Campoona – Key Milestones for 2013 Campoona Shaft Drilling Resource Drilling Exploration & Central Campoona Drilling Commenced Metallurgical Characterisation Resource Estimation Campoona Shaft Resource Estimation Campoona Central Environment & Community Baseline Studies Communi
Slide 28: Contact details
For personal use only Contact details Archer Exploration Limited Ph: +61 8 8272 3288 Fax: +61 8 8272 3888 Email: info@archerexploration.com.au Thank you 28