Western Copper And Gold Corporation · TSX:WRN
Western Copper And Gold — Investor Presentation (August 2024)
44 slides from Western Copper And Gold's investor presentation, August 2024
Slide 1: Developing Canada's Largest Critical Minerals Project
TSX WRN NYSE AMERICAN WRN DEVELOPING CANADA’S LARGEST CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECT Corporate Presentation August 2024
Slide 2: Forward Looking Statements
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS The information provided in this presentation is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all relating to interpretation of drill results and the geological continuity and grade of mineral matters and developments concerning Western Copper and Gold Corporation and its
Slide 3: Corporate Overview
CORPORATE OVERVIEW TRADING Toronto Stock Exchange, TOP WRN Rio Tinto Canada 9.7% NYSE American SHAREHOLDERS August 6, 2024 Cash & Short-Term Fidelity Management & Research CASH C$77.2 M 4.8% Investments Co. LLC POSITION June 30, 2024 Board and Senior Management 4.6% Short/Long Term Debt $Nil SHARE M
Slide 4: WRN & Casino Copper-Gold Project
WRN & CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT CLEAR INVESTMENT THESIS • One of the largest copper-gold projects in Canada • Located in the Yukon – emerging mining district • New Feasibility Study shows robust economics and long life • Strong copper market CONTINUING TO ADD VALUE • Significant resource expansion
Slide 5: Strategic Investments
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS C$25.6M May 2021 C$2.3M Top-up April 2023 C$6.0M New rights Nov 2023 C$21.3M C$0.3M Top-up March 2024 Initial Investment May 2021 Initial Investment March 2023 C$5.0M Top-up April 2024 RIO TINTO KEY RIGHTS* MITSUBISHI KEY RIGHTS* Rio has the right to appoint: Mitsubishi has the
Slide 6: The World Needs a Lot More Copper
THE WORLD NEEDS A LOT MORE COPPER • To keep global warming under 1.5 degrees, annual COPPER copper supply needs to grow by more than 12 Mt in 12 million tonnes the next 10 years – growth only 7 Mt in the past 20 years copper equal to KEY TO LIMITING • There are limited copper projects under developm
Slide 7: An Attractive Copper/Gold Mine
CASINO COPPER-GOLD AN ATTRACTIVE COPPER/GOLD MINE Contained 46% 34% Metal Value Distribution COPPER GOLD in the M&I Mill Resource COPPER GOLD 7.6 Billion lbs 14.8 Million oz M+I Resources M+I Resources +3.1 Billion lbs +6.3 Million oz Inferred Resources Inferred Resources 4% 17% SILVER MOLYBDENUM So
Slide 8: Casino Copper-Gold Project
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT TSX | NYSE AMERICAN | WRN
Slide 9: Casino Copper-Gold Deposit
CASINO COPPER-GOLD DEPOSIT HEAP LEACH RESERVE 209.6 Million Tonnes @ 0.28 g/t AuEq (P&P) Core Zone CuEq Final Pit Outline 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 MILL RESERVE 1.22 Billion Tonnes @ 0.40% CuEq (P&P) Notes: Looking North, North longitudinal section +6958634.51. Based on Casino Copper-Gold 2022 Fea
Slide 10: Core Zone Grades Confirmed by Drilling
CORE ZONE GRADES CONFIRMED BY DRILLING Results confirmed or, in some cases, improved upon historical drilling Casino Copper-Gold Core Zone 800 m X 500 m zone in the centre of the deposit DDH21-07 Primarily breccia geology DDH21-09 289.6 m 1.01% CuEq from 36.6 m 65.8 m 2.53% CuEq Grades significantly
Slide 11: Grades in Line with Peers
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT GRADES IN LINE WITH PEERS Casino Mill Yr 1-4 (174 Mt) CASINO COPPER-GOLD Casino Mill LOM (1.22 Bt) PROJECT Operating Mine Average Copper Mountain - HBM (702 Mt) Gibraltar - TKO (706 Mt) Highland Valley - TCK (1.21 Bt) PEERS Developing Mine Average Mt. Milligan - CG (150 Mt
Slide 12: Feasibility Study Summary
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY SUMMARY $2.33 Billion 18.1% 0.43:1 3 years NPV IRR STRIP RATIO PAYBACK AFTER-TAX (8%) AFTER-TAX LOM 27 years $10 Billion MINE LIFE – Mill operation LOM CASH FLOW AFTER-TAX Metal Prices Cu US$3.60/lb Au US$1,700/oz Ag US$22/oz Mo US$14/lb Note: Based on Ca
Slide 13: Great Economics at Conservative Prices
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT GREAT ECONOMICS AT CONSERVATIVE PRICES ECONOMICS BASE CASE Copper (US$/lb) 3.60 Gold (US$/oz) 1,700 Molybdenum (US$/lb) 14.00 Silver (US$/oz) 22.00 Foreign Exchange (US$:C$) 0.80 NPV @ 8% (after-tax) (C$ M) 2,334 IRR (100% equity) (after-tax) (%) 18.1 Cash Flow (Y1-Y4) (af
Slide 14: Economic Throughout the Commodity Cycle
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT ECONOMIC THROUGHOUT THE COMMODITY CYCLE COPPER PRICE ($US) $3.00 $3.50 $3.60 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 NPV 8% (C$M) $866 $1,437 $1,551 $2,006 $2,571 $3,136 $3,701 $1,300 IRR % 12.1% 14.5% 14.9% 16.7% 18.7% 20.7% 22.5% Payback (yrs) 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.7 NPV 8% (C$M) $1
Slide 15: Significant Contribution from Early Years
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION FROM EARLY YEARS YEARS LIFE OF 1-4 MINE AVERAGE Cash Flow (Pre-tax) (C$ M) 1,033 662 ANNUAL CASH FLOW & Cash Flow (After-tax) (C$ M) 951 517 COSTS Net Smelter Return ($/t ore milled) 43.15 29.08 Operating Cost ($/t ore milled) 11.16 AVERAGE Copper
Slide 16: Feasibility Study Operating Cash Costs
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY OPERATING CASH COSTS BASE CASE BY- Copper Cash Cost PRODUCT (0.80) Net of By-Products (US$/lb) COSTS CO- Copper Cash Cost 1.54 PRODUCT Co-Product (US$/lb) COSTS Gold Cash Cost 799 Co-Product (US$/oz) Note: Based on Casino Copper-Gold 2022 Feasibility Stud
Slide 17: Feasibility Study Capital Costs
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY CAPITAL COSTS PROJECTED CAPITAL COSTS C$ Millions PROCESS PLANT & Project Directs (including freight) $2,116 INFRASTRUCTURE Project Indirects $431 Contingency $369 Subtotal Process Plant $2,916 and Infrastructure MINE COSTS Mine Equipment $433 Mine Prepro
Slide 18: ESG Commitment
ESG COMMITMENT SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE Committed to health and safety Committed to exceeding best Committed to high ethical and committed to the protection practices in protecting the standards and building of cultural values environment long term value • Ongoing Engagement with Local • Acce
Slide 19: Working with the Community
WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY • Closure by rock/sand cover limiting Tailings Facility Redesign the need for tailings “pond” Reduced Risk, Reduced • Several other changes to the design Environmental Impact and to reduce construction risk Improved Safety • Redesign incorporates the outcomes of the BATT s
Slide 20: Access Road Funding Secured
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT ACCESS ROAD FUNDING SECURED C$130 Million Committed from Governments for the Casino Funding Copper-Gold Access Road Construction started early 2022, first 5 km completed late 2023 Agreements reached with First Nations on key aspects of remaining road Canadian Prime Ministe
Slide 21: Developments on Power
DEVELOPMENTS ON POWER Connecting Yukon’s Power Grid Supporting Canada’s future Green .. Economy • Casino Base Case is to use an LNG power plant • Discussions initiated in January with Yukon, BC and Federal governments to connect the BC and Yukon power grids • Included in Yukon Minister Streicker’s m
Slide 22: Infrastructure Port
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT Port of Skagway • Yukon Government signed MOU with Municipality of Skagway securing port space in March 2023 • Term sheet outlining an export cooperation agreement signed in September 2023 • C$21M investment from the Yukon Government for the marine serv
Slide 23: Casino Permitting Timeline
CASINO PERMITTING TIMELINE TASK YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YESAB Process Establish Panel Technical Analysis Potential Public Hearings Construction Start Panel Report Decision Land use Preparation Permit for Casino Road Obtain Permits Type A Water Preparation Use License Water Board Process Quartz M
Slide 24: Key Asset in an Emerging New District
KEY ASSET IN AN EMERGING NEW DISTRICT Major miners in area – Rio Tinto, Newmont, Agnico-Eagle, Kinross, and others ~ 30 million ounces of gold in district* Significant exploration upside Government commitment to fund access to area Coffee project recently completed Environmental Assessment Community
Slide 25: Enterprise Value/Project NPV Benchmarking
ENTERPRISE VALUE/PROJECT NPV (STUDY) BENCHMARKING (x) WRN trades at 0.13x NPV, a discount to its peers 2.84x 1.77x WESTERN COPPER & GOLD 0.48x 0.16x 0.15x 0.13x 0.09x 0.08x 0.07x 0.06x 0.04x 0.03x 0.03x 0.02x 0.02x Northern Dynasty Trilogy Metals Kutcho Copper (Filo del Sol ) Highland Copper (Casino
Slide 26: Enterprise Value/Copper Equivalent Resource Benchmarking
ENTERPRISE VALUE/COPPER EQUIVALENT RESOURCE BENCHMARKING (US¢/lb CuEq) WRN is undervalued with greater growth opportunity compared to its peers WESTERN COPPER & GOLD ¢31.1 ¢27.4 ¢10.9 ¢1.2 ¢1.0 ¢0.9 ¢0.9 ¢0.9 ¢0.7 ¢0.7 ¢0.6 ¢0.2 ¢0.2 ¢0.1 ¢0.1 (Marimaca) (Cotabambas) (Filo del Sol ) Northern Dynasty
Slide 27: Investment Highlights
INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS Multi-decade copper and gold resource High grade core leads to quick payback Significant leverage to rising prices Yukon is stable, an emerging mining district De-risking through permitting Improving infrastructure backdrop through government initiatives Major endorsements and
Slide 28: Appendix
APPENDIX TSX | NYSE AMERICAN | WRN
Slide 29: Significant Positive Economic Impact on the Yukon
SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE YUKON Economic Impact of the development of Casino Copper- Gold on the Yukon and Canada Over the Life of the Project, Casino is estimated to Each year Casino is estimated to • Contribute $44.3 billion to Canada’s GDP • Contribute $1.3 billion to Yukon’s ec
Slide 30: Property Geology
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT PROPERTY GEOLOGY Note: High grade zone dips off section. East-west longitudinal section 6958400 N. Based on Casino Copper-Gold 2022 FS. See “Notes” in Appendix. TSX | NYSE AMERICAN | WRN 30
Slide 31: Mining
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT MINING Pit designs for five mining phases were developed to produce 45.4 M tonnes per year of mill feed ore Mill material is limited to approximately 1.2 billion tonnes due to TMF capacity The pits were designed with 40 m wide ramps, 20 m benches. 45 degree overall pit slo
Slide 32: Processing
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT PROCESSING Milling • Throughput: average LOM 120,000 tonnes per day • Grinding Circuit: 40 ft SAG Mill (29 MW) + 2 x 28 ft Ball Mills (22 MW each) • Medium – soft ore: BWi – 14.5 kWh/t, 200 µm primary grind Flotation • Conventional copper/moly circuit • Recoveries: Copper
Slide 33: Excellent Concentrate Quality
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT EXCELLENT CONCENTRATE QUALITY ELEMENT AVG VALUE UNIT ELEMENT AVG VALUE UNIT Copper 28 % Molybdenum 57.4 % Gold 25 g/t MOLYBDENUM CONCENTRATE Copper 0.39 % COPPER CONCENTRATE Silver 120 g/t Rhenium 133.5 g/t Molybdenum 0.05 % Iron 0.8 % Iron 26 % Sulphur 37.9 % Sulphur 36 %
Slide 34: Feasibility Study Operating Cost
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY OPERATING COST LOM (C$/TONNE) MILLING Milling $6.42 OPERATION Mining $4.28 General & Administrative $0.46 Total $11.16 HEAP LEACH Heap Leach Operation $1.93 OPERATION ADR/SART $4.80 Total $6.73 Note: Based on Casino Copper-Gold 2022 FS at base case metal
Slide 35: 5th Largest Undeveloped Copper-Gold Project Controlled by a Junior
5th LARGEST UNDEVELOPED COPPER-GOLD PROJECT CONTROLLED BY A JUNIOR Alaska 80 Junior controlled copper project BC 150 97 Major controlled copper project 70 COPPER EQUIVALENT (B LBS) WRN’s Casino Copper-Gold project 60 CASINO 50 COPPER-GOLD PROJECT Ecuador Argentina 40 x Yukon 30 Minnesota Nevada Arge
Slide 36: 8th Largest Gold Project Controlled by a Junior
8th LARGEST GOLD PROJECT CONTROLLED BY A JUNIOR 70 107 106 Junior controlled project 60 WRN’s Casino Copper-Gold project CASINO CONTAINED GOLD (M oz) 50 COPPER-GOLD PROJECT 40 30 x 20 10 0 Source: S&P TSX | NYSE AMERICAN | WRN 36
Slide 37: Capital Intensity of Copper Development Projects
Initial Capital Intensity (US$/tpa Average CuEq) - $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 Source: RBC Kudz Ze Kayah Florence Marimaca Tulsequah McIlvenna Bay Brisas El Pilar San Nicolas Back Forty Boa Esperanca Kutcho Bur Ambler Note: Includes greenfield projects in North and South America Magistra
Slide 38: ANA and Casino B
CASINO COPPER-GOLD PROJECT ANA AND CASINO B • Significant exploration potential to the west of the pit • Both copper targets similar to Casino and gold targets similar to the Coffee deposit to the north Note: See “Notes” in Appendix TSX | NYSE AMERICAN | WRN 38
Slide 39: 2022 Casino Copper-Gold Resource
2022 CASINO COPPER-GOLD RESOURCE MILL RESOURCE ($6.11/t NSR CUTOFF) NSR Copper Gold Moly Silver CuEq Copper Gold Moly Silver Class Mt (C$/t) (%) (g/t) (%) (g/t) (%) (M lb) (M oz) (M lb) (M oz) Measured 144.9 40.09 0.30 0.38 0.024 2.1 0.64 953 1.8 75.2 9.6 Indicated 2,114.2 20.34 0.14 0.16 0.015 1.4
Slide 40: 2022 Casino Copper-Gold Resource
2022 CASINO COPPER-GOLD RESOURCE TOTAL RESOURCE (MILL + HEAP LEACH) NSR Copper Gold Silver Copper Gold Silver Class Mt (C$/t) (%) (g/t) (g/t) (M lb) (M oz) (M oz) Measured 188.2 36.34 0.24 0.40 2.2 1,005.0 2.4 13.3 Indicated 2,302.6 19.61 0.13 0.17 1.4 6,638.1 12.4 103.9 M+I 2,490.7 20.88 0.14 0.18
Slide 41: 2022 Casino Copper-Gold Reserve
2022 CASINO COPPER-GOLD RESERVE MILL RESERVE NSR Copper Gold Moly Silver CuEq Copper Gold Moly Silver Class Mt (C$/t) (%) (g/t) (%) (g/t) (%) (M lb) (M oz) (M lb) (M oz) Proven 140.1 38.50 0.31 0.39 0.024 2.1 0.67 944 1.8 74.9 9.4 Probable 1,076.9 23.68 0.17 0.19 0.021 1.6 0.36 4,135 6.7 497.1 55.5
Slide 42: Notes: Casino Copper-Gold Feasibility Study
NOTES “Casino Copper-Gold Feasibility Study” • NSR value for hypogene sulphide mill material is: Technical report entitled “Casino Copper-Gold Project, Form 43-101 F1 - NSR (C$/t) = $73.81 x copper (%) + $41.16 x gold (g/t) + $213.78 x moly (%) + Technical Report Feasibility Study” dated June 13, 20
Slide 43: Notes: Casino Copper-Gold Feasibility Study
NOTES “Casino Copper-Gold Feasibility Study” • NSR value for leach material is Mineral Reserve - NSR (C$/t) = $14.05 x copper (%) + $47.44 x gold (g/t) + $0.210 x silver (g/t), based on recoveries of 18% copper, 80% gold and 26% silver. • The Mineral Reserve estimate has an effective date of June 13
Slide 44: Contact
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