Japan Gold Corp · TSXV:JG
Japan Gold — Investor Presentation (June 2018)
57 slides from Japan Gold's investor presentation, Jun 1, 2018
Slide 1: Corporate Presentation
Corporate Presentation June 1, 2018 TSX-V: JG OTCQB: JGLDF
Slide 2: Forward-looking Statements
Forward-looking Statements Certain of the statements made and information contained herein is “forward-looking information” within the meaning of the British Columbia Securities Act. These statements relate to future events or the Company's future performance. All statements, other than statements o
Slide 3: The Investment Opportunity
The Investment Opportunity To invest in an early-stage gold exploration company operating in a first world country, with a rich history of gold mining, that has been exposed to very little modern mineral exploration. TSX-V: JG 3
Slide 4: Why Japan?
The first foreign mineral exploration company to focus solely on Japan Why Japan? • Stable and corrupt-free jurisdiction • Revised mining law in 2012 to re-activate the mining industry • Well established regulatory framework, easy access to government officials • Significant historical gold producti
Slide 5: A Rich History of High-Grade Gold Production
A Rich History of High-Grade Gold Production Hishikari 8.4 Moz TSX-V: JG 5
Slide 6: Significant Historical Gold Production
Significant Historical Gold Production1 Contained Gold Gold Grade Deposit Location Years of Operation (oz) (g/t) Hishikari* 8,400,000 47.3 S. Kyushu 1985 - Present Sado 2,500,000 5.1 N. Honshu 1601 - 1970 Konomai 2,346,950 6.4 NE. Hokkaido 1917 - 1974 Kushikino 1,800,000 6.7 S. Kyushu 1914 - 1974 Ta
Slide 7: Hishikari Mine
Hishikari Mine1 Discovered in 1981 In operation from 1985 - Present Reported production of: 7.4 Moz of gold from 1985 - 2017 Average grade of 30-40 g/t Au Gold vein in the Hishikari Mine 1 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. website. TSX-V: JG 7
Slide 8: Japan Gold's Vision, Strategy and Strengths
The first foreign mineral exploration company to focus solely on Japan JAPAN GOLD’S VISION • To unlock the potential of Japan’s gold resources JAPAN GOLD’S STRATEGY • Utilize extensive, detailed exploration databases to acquire and develop high quality, underexplored projects • Identify mineral depo
Slide 9: Substantial Project Portfolio
Substantial Project Portfolio Total Project Portfolio: JAPAN GOLD PROJECT PORTFOLIO 17 projects totaling 69,505 hectares • 17 projects representing 210 accepted prospecting rights applications • Total of 69,505 hectares covering 40 historic gold mines and workings • 23 Prospecting Rights have been g
Slide 10: Project Portfolio Highlights: Epithermal Gold Projects in Hokkaido
Project Portfolio Highlights: Epithermal Gold Projects in Hokkaido TSX-V: JG 10
Slide 11: Ikutahara Project
Project Portfolio Highlights: Ikutahara Project The Ikutahara Project • 56 blocks - 19,114 hectares • 23 Prospecting Rights have been granted to date • The project covers 17 historic mines and workings • Ground magnetics completed over key areas • Regional exploration completed over the majority of
Slide 12: Ikutahara Project – Kitano-o Gold District
Project Portfolio Highlights: Ikutahara Project – Kitano-o Gold District Prospect – Kitano-o Gold District1 • The Kitano-o, Ikutahara, Showa and Sakinzawa workings are located over an approximate 6 by 2.5 km area in the historic Kitano-o Gold District • Historic production from the Kitano-o gold Dis
Slide 13: Historic Kitano-o Mine (circa 1937)
Project Portfolio Highlights: Historic Kitano-o Mine (circa 1937) TSX-V: JG 13
Slide 14: Ikutahara Project – Ryuo Prospect
Project Portfolio Highlights: Ikutahara Project – Ryuo Prospect Prospect – Ryuo Mine Area1 • Workings were developed on multiple levels on two veins, Jinja and Shouei, with a number of peripheral veins mined nearby • Maximum sample assays: 474 g/t Au and 1,607 g/t Ag • Company mapping at Ryuo has id
Slide 15: Project Portfolio Highlights: Epithermal Gold Projects in Kyushu
Project Portfolio Highlights: Epithermal Gold Projects in Kyushu 8.4 TSX-V: JG 15
Slide 16: Permitting Process
Permitting Process SIMPLIFIED PERMITTING PROCESS IN JAPAN: STEP ONE: • Companies must apply for Prospecting Rights to acquire projects and conduct mineral exploration activities • One Prospecting Right represents an approximately 350 hectare block of subsurface mineral exploration rights • This perm
Slide 17: Milestones Achieved
Milestones Achieved Following Public Listing in September 2016 Team and Property Financings Exploration Operations Portfolio • Completed $7 million • Formed team of highly • Extended the property • Completed detailed financing in September experienced exploration portfolio to the three main regional
Slide 18: 2018 Objectives
2018 Objectives • Generate ongoing results from drilling programs JAPAN GOLD PROJECT PORTFOLIO • Develop a pipeline of compelling drill targets 17 projects totaling 69,505 hectares • Receive new drilling permits • Complete one or more joint-ventures • Ikutahara Project: • Consider further drilling a
Slide 19: Experienced Leadership Team – Board of Directors
Experienced Leadership Team Board of Directors John Proust, Dr. Mike John Carlile, Mitsuhiko Robert Dr. Sally Eyre, Andrews, BSc, MSc, FAusIMM BSc, PhD (Economic C.Dir. Yamada, Gallagher, Geology) Director Chairman & CEO PhD, FAusIMM Executive Vice BA (Int’l Economics) BApSc President & COO, Preside
Slide 20: Experienced Leadership Team – Executive Team
Experienced Leadership Team Executive Team John Proust, Dr. Mike John Carlile, Andrew Rowe, Takashi Dr. Kotaro Vince Boon, C.Dir. Andrews, BSc, MSc, FAusIMM BSc, MAusIMM Kuriyama, Ohga, CPA, CA Chairman & CEO PhD, FAusIMM Executive Vice Vice President B.Eng. PhD Chief Financial President & COO, Pres
Slide 21: Experienced Leadership Team – Board of Advisors
Experienced Leadership Team Board of Advisors Japan Gold’s leadership team and board of advisors bring decades of technical and business experience to the Company, along with a proven track record of identifying mineral deposits Douglas Kirwin, Dr. Steve Garwin, and advancing them to BSc, MSc, FSEG
Slide 22: Collaborating for Success
Collaborating for Success Japan Gold believes in strong collaboration with the people and communities in Japan Executives from Japan Gold Corp. and Sumiko Dr. Ohga, Associate Professor at Hokkaido Mr. Yamada, Mr. Proust, Professor Emeritus Izawa, Mr. Resources Exploration & Development Co., Ltd. Uni
Slide 23: Advancing Gold Exploration in Japan
Advancing Gold Exploration in Japan Solely Focused on Japan • First mover advantage • The only foreign mineral exploration company focused entirely on Japan’s mineral resources Substantial Property Portfolio • 69,505 hectares over 17 projects prospective for both high- grade epithermal gold minerali
Slide 24: Share Structure
Share Structure As at the MD&A, prepared as of May 29, 2018: Shares Options Warrants Fully Diluted 68,314,409 5,453,112 12,500,000 86,267,521 September 2016: • Japan Gold completed a $7M private placement at $0.40 per share August 2017: • Japan Gold completed a $5M private placement with strategic i
Slide 25: Contact Japan Gold Corp.
Contact Japan Gold Corp. Corporate Office Tokyo Office Suite 650, 669 Howe St. #302 Roppongi Ignoppor Vancouver, BC 5-9-20 Roppongi, Minato-ku Canada V6C 0B4 Tokyo, Japan 106-0032 Phone: +1 778-725-1491 Phone: +81 (0)3-6550-8735 Attention: Attention: John Proust, Chairman & CEO Andrew Rowe, Vice Pre
Slide 26: Appendix – Project Portfolio
APPENDIX – Project Portfolio 26
Slide 27: 13 Epithermal Gold Projects
13 Epithermal Gold Projects 27
Slide 28: Thirteen Epithermal Gold Projects
Thirteen Epithermal Gold Projects • Japan Gold has acquired 13 underexplored epithermal gold projects covering 60,174 hectares • Ten of the epithermal gold projects are on the island of Hokkaido • Three of the epithermal gold projects are on the island of Kyushu • Project areas were selected based o
Slide 29: Epithermal Gold Projects in Hokkaido
Epithermal Gold Projects in Hokkaido TSX-V: JG 29
Slide 30: Ikutahara Project
Ikutahara Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido The Ikutahara Project • 56 blocks - 19,114 hectares • 23 Prospecting Rights have been granted to date • The project covers 17 historic mines and workings • Ground magnetics completed over key areas • Regional exploration completed over the majority
Slide 31: Ikutahara Project
Ikutahara Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido IDEALIZED EPITHERMAL GOLD-SILVER SYSTEM IKUTAHARA PROJECT AREA TSX-V: JG 31
Slide 32: Ikutahara Project – Priority Targets: Kitano-o
Ikutahara Project Priority Targets Prospect – Kitano-o Gold District1 • The Kitano-o, Ikutahara, Showa and Sakinzawa workings are located over an approximate 6 by 2.5 km area in the historic Kitano-o Gold District • Historic production from the Kitano-o gold District is estimated at 96,450 oz of gol
Slide 33: Ikutahara Project – Priority Targets: Ryuo
Ikutahara Project Priority Targets Prospect – Ryuo Mine Area1 • Workings were developed on multiple levels on two veins, Jinja and Shouei, with a number of peripheral veins mined nearby • Maximum sample assays: 474 g/t Au and 1,607 g/t Ag • Company mapping at Ryuo has identified a 1,000 m by 400 m z
Slide 34: Ikutahara Project – Priority Targets: Akebono
Ikutahara Project Priority Targets Prospect – Akebono Mine Area1 • Recent Company mapping shows epithermal veins up to 4 m wide crop out over a 770 m long trend that is open in both directions • A drilling permit was granted and our first scout drilling program was completed in December 2017 • Initi
Slide 35: Ikutahara Project – Other Prospects
Ikutahara Project Priority Targets Other Prospects1 Saroma and Taiho Mines • Reconnaissance samples contained up to 3 g/t Au and 153 g/t Ag • Trenching intersected 15.7 g/t Au and 12.2 g/t Au in narrow intervals in wall rock breccias Taihoku Mine • Underground sampling along the vein • The vein is m
Slide 36: Aibetsu Project
Aibetsu Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 22 blocks – 7,035 hectares • Area covers five historic epithermal gold-silver and mercury mines, including the Tokusei deposit (38,580 oz gold and 472,620 oz silver) mined between 1930-1942 1 • MMAJ completed an extensive work program over the Toku
Slide 37: Aibetsu Project – MMAJ Drill Section
Aibetsu Project 1 MMAJ Drill Section of Drill Holes MAHB-1, 2, 3 & 4 B 14MAHB-1 • Located 500 m along strike to the Azimuth: 344.5 Dip: -60 northeast of the Tokusei mine veins, these MMAJ drill holes A Depth: 600 m illustrate significant potential along 13MAHB-1 Azimuth: 000 strike and on parallel s
Slide 38: Hakuryu Project
Hakuryu Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 15 blocks – 4,901 hectares • Located approximately 1.5 km south of the Kōnomai mine, which produced 2.35 Moz of gold1 from 1915-73 • The southern portion of the Kōnoma vein system lies within the northeastern part of the Hakuryu Project • Eight his
Slide 39: Tenryu Project
Tenryu Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 4 blocks - 1,267 hectares • Little information is available on the Tenryu workings which closed in the early 1940’s • Tenryu is hosted in similar volcanic stratigraphy to the historic mine workings located within Japan Gold’s Aibetsu Project • Mappi
Slide 40: Buho Project
Buho Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 4 blocks – 1,324 hectares • Buho is a vein hosted by high-level alteration on the flank of the Akaigawa inner caldera • Epithermal mineral deposits within the district include: • Chitose (736,000 oz of gold @ 14.5 g/t Au) 1 • Tiene (352,000 oz of gold
Slide 41: Onne Project
Onne Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 9 blocks – 2,998 hectares • Hosts the historic Onne gold-silver and Niko mercury mines • At Onne, the epithermal quartz veins are developed along east-northeast to east-west orientated structures • Minor production in the years of 1936 and 1928 report
Slide 42: Fujimi Project
Fujimi Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 7 blocks – 2,201 hectares • Hosts the historic Fujimi and No.2 Tateushi gold-silver mines • At Fujimi, five quartz veins hosted in rhyolite were mined in the 1930’s, minor production records noted an average grade of 15 g/t Au and 20 g/t Ag1 • The N
Slide 43: Harutomi Project
Harutomi Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 5 blocks – 1,672 hectares • Centered around the historic Harutomi mine, the Harutomi mineralization is hosted in the Miocene Konomai formation and was discovered in the late 1930’s, development and production were halted by the 1943 moratorium • S
Slide 44: Sanru Project
Sanru Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 35 blocks - 11,269 hectares • Immediately adjacent to the historic Sanru mine, which was the second largest gold producer in North Hokkaido, producing 215,410 oz of gold at an average grade of 7.4 g/t Au, and over 1.4 Moz of silver¹ • This Sanru stru
Slide 45: Numanoue Project
Numanoue Project Epithermal Gold Project, Hokkaido • 4 blocks – 1,296 hectares • Vein system is approximately 8 km east of the Kōnomai mine, which produced 2.3 Moz of gold1 • Historical production at Numanoue was in the order of 35,365 oz of gold @ 8.0 g/t Au and over 2.6 Moz of silver @ 815 g/t Ag1
Slide 46: Epithermal Gold Projects in Kyushu
Epithermal Gold Projects in Kyushu 8.4 TSX-V: JG 46
Slide 47: Kamitsue Project
Kamitsue Project Epithermal Gold Project, Kyushu • 12 blocks – 4,069 hectares • Located 10 km southeast of the Taio mine, northern Kyushu’s largest gold mine, which produced approximately 1.2 Moz of gold at an average grade of 6.3 g/t Au and operated between 1903-19731,2 • Kyushu hosts two other mil
Slide 48: Tobaru Project
Tobaru Project Epithermal Gold Project, Kyushu • 4 blocks – 1,347 hectares • Significant gold producers nearby include the Fuke and Ohkuchi mines located respectively 1.5 km and 4 km west and south of the project • No historic production is recorded at Tobaru, but the project applications enclose a
Slide 49: Ohra-Takamine Project
Ohra-Takamine Project Epithermal Gold Project, Kyushu • 5 blocks – 1,681 hectares over the historic Ohra, Takamine- Urushi and Takamine mines • The historic Yamagano mine is located 7.5 km north and produced 900,000 oz of gold at a grade of 17.4 g/t Au • The Ohra mine produced approximately 27,000 o
Slide 50: Lithocap Projects
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Slide 51: Four Lithocap Projects
Four Lithocap Projects • Diagram shows an idealized model of the alteration and mineralization zonation of a typical porphyry copper- gold system • Note the advanced-argillic assemblages developed above the porphyry deposit, also referred to as the ‘lithocap’ which are a tell-tale vector to potentia
Slide 52: Four Lithocap Projects
Four Lithocap Projects Japan Gold Lithocap Projects • Japan Gold has 28 prospecting rights applications covering 9,331 hectares accepted over four underexplored gold bearing lithocaps, which may indicate the presence of porphyry mineralization • To date, all applications have been granted as Prospec
Slide 53: Eboshi Project
Eboshi Project Lithocap Project, North Honshu • Prospecting Rights granted over all 9 blocks – 3,080 hectares • Extensive area of advanced argillic alteration mapped over 6 km2, limits of alteration not yet defined • Residual-vuggy silica has late native sulphur deposition, surrounding geology hosts
Slide 54: Kobui Project
Kobui Project Lithocap Project, Hokkaido • 8 blocks – 2,738 hectares • Extensive advanced argillic alteration zone including a wide area of gold in silica at levels above 0.1 g/t Au 1 • Targets include high-level gold systems (Osorezan and Hishikari types), and high- sulfidation gold systems • The s
Slide 55: Minamikayabe Project
Minamikayabe Project Lithocap Project, Hokkaido • 6 blocks – 1,943 hectares • Extensive advanced argillic alteration zone includes areas of lower temperature massive silica • An MMAJ drill hole, with a 200 m intersection of gold at levels above 0.1 g/t Au, was drilled on the edge of the project area
Slide 56: Ponkutosan Project
Ponkutosan Project Lithocap Project, Hokkaido • 5 blocks – 1,570 hectares • Extensive area of advanced argillic alteration • MMAJ mapped a silica-alunite alteration area and sampled 32 m at 1.3 g/t Au (in an adjacent area held by a third party) 1 • The project covers the eastern and southern areas o
Slide 57: Japan Gold Corp.
The Historic Numanoue Mine, Hokkaido, Japan Japan Gold Corp. TSX-V: JG OTCQB: JGLDF 57