Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. · TSXV:NCP
Nickel Creek Platinum — Investor Presentation (March 2021)
24 slides from Nickel Creek Platinum's investor presentation, Mar 2, 2021
Slide 1: Metals for the New Economy
TSX: NCP | OTCQB: NCPCF METALS FOR THE NEW ECONOMY March 2nd, 2021
Slide 2: Cautionary Statements
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRESENTATION (“PRESENTATION”) HAS BEEN PREPARED BY NICKEL CREEK PLATINUM CORP. (“NICKEL CREEK” OR THE “COMPANY”) AND IS BEING COMMUNICATED FOR GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PRESENTATIO
Slide 3: Nickel Creek: Developing Metals for Our Future
NICKEL CREEK: DEVELOPING METALS FOR OUR FUTURE EXPANSIVE OPEN-PIT NICKEL-COPPER SULPHIDE PROJECT WITH EXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFE JURISDICTION Metals for the New Economy driven District-scale Polymetallic Deposit Exceptional Infrastructure, Proven by Environmental Integrity with Excellent Expa
Slide 4: The Public Is Finally Awakening to the Need for Nickel
THE PUBLIC IS FINALLY AWAKENING TO THE NEED FOR NICKEL ELON MUSK (CEO, Tesla) “Well, I’d just like to re- emphasise, any mining companies out there, please mine more nickel. Okay. Wherever you are in the world, please mine more nickel and don’t wait for nickel to go back to some long — some high poi
Slide 5: The Electric Vehicle Evolution
THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE EVOLUTION • The question around EV growth is now ‘how fast?’ with commitments by EU, China and now the US to support the required infrastructure • Part of the plan for zero carbon by 2050 for all nations • All of the major automobile companies have committed to hybrid and EV veh
Slide 6: How Much More Nickel Will We Need to Meet Demand?
HOW MUCH MORE NICKEL WILL WE NEED TO MEET DEMAND? By 2025 • The nickel market will need 750,000 tonnes of nickel per year to meet the EV growth of 20M cars and another 300- 500,000 tonnes to meet normal growth (2-3% per annum) ~1.25 M tonnes or 50% MORE NICKEL By 2030 • An additional 10M cars needin
Slide 7: How Can We Double the Annual Global Production of Nickel?
HOW CAN WE DOUBLE THE ANNUAL GLOBAL PRODUCTION OF NICKEL? NICKEL DEMAND GROWTH PROJECTED TO SURPASS LONG-TERM NEW SUPPLY LATERITES • NICKEL PIG IRON (NPI) • NPI Production of 1.1MTPA Ni (45% of total Ni supply) representing 100% of nickel supply growth in past 10 years • Class 2 nickel for the Stain
Slide 8: Nickel Market Summary
NICKEL MARKET SUMMARY NICKEL CREEK IS PART OF A SMALL GROUP OF LARGE-SCALE DEPOSITS ABLE TO DELIVER LONG-TERM SUPPLY • It TYPICALLY takes 5-7 years to take a project from a PEA level to production • Laterite production through NPI and HPAL will need to grow faster than current expectations • Concern
Slide 9: Historical Nickel Price
HISTORICAL NICKEL PRICE NICKEL PRICE MUST RISE TO INCENTIFY SUPPLY • The Long-term view on nickel price needs to increase in order to make low-grade sulphide projects economic and ensure new production is ready for 2025-2030 • Otherwise, there is a risk that the nickel price will spike similar to th
Slide 10: Nickel Shäw – Not Just a Nickel Play
NICKEL SHÄW – NOT JUST A NICKEL PLAY MULTIPLE OPTIONS ON CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE 45% OF THE CONTAINED VALUE IN PGM/GOLD/COPPER/COBALT ✓ One of the larger PGM ✓ Copper is critical to ✓ Cobalt is a critical Resources outside of the infrastructure component of the EV South Africa/Russia for the EV
Slide 11: Yukon – World Class Mining District
YUKON – WORLD CLASS MINING DISTRICT ✓ Yukon Territory Government supportive of mining ✓ An increase in the number of mines in production has resulted in more locally provided services ✓ Strong support of Kluane First Nation ✓ North American-sourced critical metals NICKEL SHäW ✓ Located three hours w
Slide 12: Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiatives
ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) INITIATIVES ENVIRONMENT • Reducing Carbon Footprint with LNG and renewable power generation • Reducing Impacts on Water with tailings process water recycling and minimizing the volume of impacted water captured on site • Baseline Environmental Programs contin
Slide 13: Nickel Shäw Low Carbon Footprint Potential
NICKEL SHÄW LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT POTENTIAL POTENTIAL FOR CARBON CAPTURE CO2 • Rock containing serpentine minerals react with atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and precipitate carbonate minerals such as magnesite, which is stable and safe to the environment, thus facilitating the environmentally frien
Slide 14: Nickel Shäw - District Size Potential
NICKEL SHÄW - DISTRICT SIZE POTENTIAL 18 km Strike of Host ultramafic within ~ 147 sq km total land package • Extensive geophysics work done on the property 2019 and 2020 • Numerous untested electromagnetic conductors detected with 11 potentially representing Ni-sulphide mineralization • Large drill
Slide 15: Nickel Shäw Resource Estimate
NICKEL SHÄW RESOURCE ESTIMATE 43-101 Resource Estimate Ni Cu Co Pt Pd Au Ni Cu Co Pt Pd Au Tonnes % % % g/t g/t g/t kt Kt kt Moz Moz Moz (000’s) Measured & Indicated 323,400 0.26 0.16 0.015 0.25 0.26 0.05 850 500 50 2.6 2.7 0.5 Inferred 108,100 0.29 0.15 0.016 0.26 0.28 0.04 313 163 17 0.90 1.00 0.1
Slide 16: 2019-2020 EM Survey Completed Over Property Wide Land Package
2019-2020 EM SURVEY COMPLETED OVER PROPERTY WIDE LAND PACKAGE 18 km of host ultramafic strike length 2020 -ARCH Wellgreen Deposit Area N 2019-QUILL 2020-BURWASH EAST & WEST Ultramafic Unit 1 km TSX: NCP | OTCQB: NCPCF 16
Slide 17: Arch Conductors
ARCH CONDUCTORS 575000 E 574000 E 574500 E EM Receiver Line Mafic-Ultramafic Units CONDUCTOR D 6817500 N Hole AR88-03 2.6m @ 1.44% Ni & 0.75% Cu Hole AR01-04 1m @ 1.98% Ni & 4.18% Cu 6817000 N Massive Sulfide Showings 3.0% Ni, 3.0% Cu, CONDUCTOR E N 2.4 g/t Pt, 3.5 g/t Pd over 2 m Formation Conducto
Slide 18: West Burwash Conductors
WEST BURWASH CONDUCTORS 583800 E 583400 E 583200 E 583600 E 583000 E Mafic-Ultramafic Units EM Receiver Line Trail Lower Showing Poorly Defined 6814800 N Conductor CONDUCTOR G CONDUCTOR H CONDUCTOR I Upper Showing 6814600 N CONDUCTOR K S K Showing CONDUCTOR L 6814400 N Hole L88-01 Massive Sulfide Sh
Slide 19: East Burwash Conductors
EAST BURWASH CONDUCTORS 585000 E 584600 E 584800 E 585400 E 583000 E 585200 E 583800 E 584000 E 584200 E 584400 E CONDUCTOR N 6814800 N Trail Mex Showing 6814600 N EM Receiver Line CONDUCTOR L Poorly Defined Conductors 6814400 N CONDUCTOR M 6814200 N CONDUCTOR O Suicide Hill Showing CONDUCTOR P Tex
Slide 20: 11 Identified Near Surface Conductors
2021 PLANNED EXPLORATION 11 IDENTIFIED NEAR SURFACE CONDUCTORS •Field check all conductors •~1,500 m helicopter supported drill program with individual hole depth ranging from 25-75m •Program duration ~6 weeks •Flow Through Fund Eligible TSX: NCP | OTCQB: NCPCF 20
Slide 21: Nickel Shaw's Peer Group of Large, Open-Pit Deposits
NICKEL SHAW’S PEER GROUP OF LARGE, OPEN-PIT DEPOSITS GLOBAL LARGEST OPEN-PIT NICKEL SULPHIDE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, RANKED BY NICKEL EQUIVALENT GRADE Pardoo- Asset Weld Range Kingash Minago Nickel Shaw Makwa Mayville West Musgrave Mesaba Crawford Dumont NorthMet Turnagain Highway Western Yukon Wester
Slide 22: North American Peer Comparison
NORTH AMERICAN PEER COMPARISON NICKEL CREEK IS UNDERVALUED COMPARED WITH THE FEW LARGE NICKEL SULPHIDE DEVELOPERS Nickel Creek is significantly undervalued in comparison to its North American peers: Nickel Creek PolyMet Company Grid Metals GIGA Metals FPX Nickel Canada Nickel Platinum Mining Makwa P
Slide 23: Management & Shareholders
MANAGEMENT & SHAREHOLDERS SHAREHOLDER SUPPORT MANAGEMENT • Large, strategic institutional shareholders • Over 80 years of nickel mining industry experience in geology, • 48% of shares held by three key institutions, with finance, mining and metallurgical operations and marketing Electrum owning 31%
Slide 24: Nickel Shäw – Project for the New Economy
NICKEL SHÄW – PROJECT FOR THE NEW ECONOMY Strong Institutional Shareholders Updated Resource Estimate with M&I after Infill Drill Program completed Advanced Metallurgy – Mini Pilot Plant completed with saleable Ni & Cu concentrates Internal Mine Planning & Optimization Studies completed Baseline Env
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