Avocet Mining Strategic Update and Interim Results Presentation
27 July 2011
Avocet Mining Strategic Update and Interim Results Presentation 27 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Avocet Mining Strategic Update and Interim Results Presentation 27 July 2011 Disclaimer This Presentation is for information purposes in connection with the Avocet Mining PLC s (the Company s ) preliminary results presentation
27 July 2011
This Presentation is for information purposes in connection with the Avocet Mining PLCs (the Companys) preliminary results presentation
to, or in relation to, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information in this Presentation, or any revision thereof, or of any other written or oral information made or to be made available to any interested party or its advisers (all such information being referred to as "Information") and liability therefore is expressly disclaimed. Accordingly, neither the Company nor any of its shareholders, directors,
contractual, tortious, statutory or otherwise, in respect of the accuracy or completeness of the Information or for any of the opinions contained herein or for any errors, omissions or misstatements or for any loss, howsoever arising, from the use of this Presentation. This Presentation may contain forward-looking statements regarding Avocet Mining PLC and its subsidiaries. These statements are based on various assumptions made by the Company, which are beyond its control and which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may in some cases be identified by terminology such as may, will, could, should, expect, plan, intend, anticipate, believe, estimate, predict, potential or continue, the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These forward looking statements are only
such statement. Such factors include among others general market conditions, demand for our products, development in reserves and resources, unpredictable changes in regulations affecting our markets, market acceptance of products and such other factors that may be relevant from time to time. Although we believe that the expectations and assumptions reflected in the statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this Presentation to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations. You are advised, however, to consult any further public disclosures made by us, such as filings made with the Oslo Stock Exchange or press releases. This Presentation does not constitute an offer or invitation to sell, or any solicitation of any offer to subscribe for or purchase any securities and nothing contained herein shall form the basis of any contract or commitment whatsoever. Copies of this Presentation should not be distributed in or sent into any jurisdiction where such distribution may be unlawful. United Kingdom: This Presentation has not been approved by an authorised person in accordance with Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and therefore it is being delivered for information purposes only to a very limited number of persons and companies who are persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the category of person set out in Article 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or are high net worth companies within the meaning set out in Article 49 of the Order or are otherwise permitted to receive it. Any other person who receives this Presentation should not rely or act upon it. By accepting this Presentation, the recipient represents and warrants that they are a person who falls within the above description of persons entitled to receive the Presentation.
160.00 180.00 200.00 220.00 240.00 260.00 280.00 AVOCET GOLD FTSE GOLD MINES INDEX
AVM relative to Gold and FTSE
9000 9500 10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
USD Index
Gold US$ Gold Spot Price $/oz (L) US Dollar Index (R)
Birimian volcanic rocks Birimian greenstone Gold deposit
Country Birimian geology Gold resources (km2) (Moz) Ghana 45,000 110 Mali 124,000 33 Guinea 27,000 12 Burkina Faso 60,000 12 Côte d'Ivoire 113,000 8 Senegal 6,000 3
Inata (Avocet) 137,732 oz Mana (Semafo) 179,700 oz Youga (Endeavour) 82,400 oz Kalsaka (Cluff) 74,000 oz Essakane (IAMGold) 135,900 oz Taparko (High River) 127,684
Inata North Extension Inata North Extension Sayouba Sayouba
Inata North 7m @ 7.79 g/t Au from 154m Inata North 7m @ 7.79 g/t Au from 154m Inata Central 9m @ 10.3 g/t Au from 122m Inata Central 9m @ 10.3 g/t Au from 122m Inata South 8m @ 5.08 g/t Au from 61m Inata South 8m @ 5.08 g/t Au from 61m Inata Far South 26m @ 7.35 g/t Au from 97m Inata Far South 26m @ 7.35 g/t Au from 97m
Minfo East Minfo East Minfo Minfo Filio Filio
Damba Damba Pali Pali Ouzeni Ouzeni Kourfadie Kourfadie Filio Filio
Inata mining licence Inata mining licence
Tri-K Permits Balandougou Cassidy (Kouroussa 1.0 Moz Au) SEMAFO (Kiniero 0.9 Moz Au) Kolenda Kankan Burey Gold (Mansounia 0.8 Moz Au) Conakry
AngloGold Ashanti (Siguiri 5.6 Moz Au) Avocet (Koulékoun 1.1 Moz Au) Severstal (Lefa 5.9 Moz Au)
1.1 Moz alone Currently drilling
60 m @ 2.01 g/t Au 20 m @ 6.43 g/t Au Currently drilling
2 km long orpaillage Drilling planned in Q4
Kodiafaran Anomalous gold over NW-
Kodiéran-Kourounin Anomalous gold low conductivity (granite) margin along major magnetic linear Fowara Anomalous gold over low conductivity (granite) body Dimbala Awaiting results from termite mound sampling. Major orpaillage Koulékoun District Anomalous gold on margins
Koulékoun Anomalous gold on margin of low- high conductor
NTjila
Koulékoun
Souma
Kodiéran
Filio Damba
Balandougou
2.12Moz Au 1.10Moz Au
Mali Burkina Faso Guinea
NTjila
Koulékoun Mali
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Souma Kodiéran
Filio Damba Balandougou
Inata South
Q2 2011 Q1 2011 US$ million Contd Discontd Group Contd Discontd Group Revenue 44.7 35.2 79.9 55.8 32.0 87.8 Cash costs (26.7) (23.7) (50.4) (25.6) (23.1) (48.7) Changes in inventory 3.0 (0.1) 2.9 (1.0) 0.1 (0.9) Other cost of sales (1.2) (1.9) (3.1) (1.5) (1.4) (2.9) Admin and share based payments (3.2)
(2.3)
EBITDA 16.6 9.5 26.1 25.4 7.6 33.0 Depreciation (9.2)
(11.2)
Profit on disposal 9.0 72.8 81.8
(1.5) (0.2) (1.7) (1.6) 0.1 (1.5) PBT 14.9 82.1 97.0 12.6 7.7 20.3 Tax (2.0) (1.4) (3.4) (2.6) (1.3) (3.9) Profit after tax 12.9 80.7 93.6 10.0 6.4 16.4
Chartered debt facility
million
Q2 2011 Q1 2011 US$ million Cont d Discont d Group Cont d Discont d Group EBITDA 16.6 9.5 26.1 25.4 7.6 33.0 Working capital (12.4) 0.3 (12.1) 0.9 (1.5) (0.6) Share based payments 0.3
0.4
Provision/other non-cash
0.1
0.3 Operating cash flow 4.5 9.9 14.4 26.7 6.4 33.1 Interest (1.2)
(0.7)
Tax (0.9) (1.5) (2.4)
(2.2) Capex (8.2) (0.3) (8.5) (13.8) (0.6) (14.4) Exploration (9.2) (1.5) (10.7) (10.0) (1.5) (11.5) Loan repayment (31.0)
(6.0)
Other 0.2 (3.0) (2.8)
(0.9) Net cash on disposal of subsidiaries and investments 190.2
(15.6)
3.6 (3.6)
(1.2)
132.4
(2.6)
Opening cash 46.9
49.5
Closing cash 179.3
46.9
2011 2010 Q1 Q2 Total Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Production Inata 47,963 39,423 87,386 19,838 31,225 40,461 46,208 137,732 North Lanut 12,148 9,709 21,857 11,370 11,184 12,311 12,715 47,580 Penjom 11,597 13,671 25,268 13,669 10,461 15,020 11,934 51,084 TOTAL 71,708 62,803 134,511 44,877 52,870 67,792 70,857 236,396 Cash costs Inata 533 677 598
569 526 5112 531 North Lanut 759 890 817 635 678 657 722 674 Penjom 1,194 1,103 1,145 818 1,119 841 1,064 944 TOTAL 678 802 736 735 701 619 641 660 Group realised gold price 1,2413 1,2923 1,265 1,107 1,203 1,1393 1,2293 1,174 1 Inata costs and revenues in the quarter to 31 March 2010, prior to the commencement of commercial mining operations, were capitalised. 19,838 ounces of gold poured in this period were however included in total gold production. 2 Includes US$2.7m adjustment to reflect a government decree on 31 December 2010 that government royalties for 2010 should be charged at 3% rather than 5% royalty rate from 2011: up to $1,000 Au price 3%; $1,000 to $1,300 Au price 4%; >$1,300 Au price 5% 3 Reflects 24,792 , 24,608 and 26,135 delivered into the Inata hedge in Q2 2011, Q1 2011and Q4 2010 respectively at US$970/oz
Appointed July 2010, Russell is the retired as Chairman of AngloGold Ashanti. Non-exec Director of Old Mutual PLC and several companies in the Rothschild Group. Appointed Chairman September 2010.
R P Edey Non-executive chairman
Chief Executive Officer of Datum AS, Avocet's second largest shareholder. Harold previously held the position of Senior VP, Corporate Finance, Norway for Svenska Handelsbanken
Harold Arnet Non-executive Director
A mining engineer with over 30 years experience in mining operations and new mine developments in Africa, Australia, South East Asia and Europe.
M J Donoghue Non-executive Director
Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank and director of ASA Limited, an investment trust investing principally in South African gold mining companies.
R A Pilkington Non-executive Director
Appointed in July 2010. He served as a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 17 years, acting as advisor and auditor for several large and medium-sized public and private sector businesses before retiring in 2001.
B J W Rourke Non-executive director
Appointed CEO in July 2010 and brings significant experience working in Africa and developing larger mining companies that will be invaluable in realising Avocets potential. Brett is a HR and operations executive with previous experience at Katanga Mining, Kinross and Co-Steel Inc.
Brett Richards CEO
Finance Director since July 2007 having previously been CFO since February 2007. Chartered accountant at Coopers & Lybrand before holding senior financial and operational roles at Rio Tinto PLC and Anglo American PLC.
Mike Norris Finance Director
Richard joined Avocet in June 2009 following the acquisition of Wega Mining. He has had a successful career in developing mining companies, including 15 years working in South Africa for Gencor Ltd, and 10 years in West Africa for Golden Star Resources.
Richard Gray EVP Operations
Peter is a geologist with over 20 years experience in gold and copper exploration, resource evaluation and reserve development in South East Asia, Central Asia and North America. He joined the Group as Chief Geologist in May 2002 following 12 years with Newmont.
Peter Flindell EVP Exploration
* Mineral Resources include Reserves (Reserves were calculated at a 0.7 g/t Au cut-off and a stock pile is developed for all low grade ore (0.5 0.7 g/t Au) that will be processed towards the end of the mines life.) Note: the above figures are rounded up/down where appropriate. INATA & BELAHOURO Gross Net attributable Tonnes Grade (g/t) Contained Ounces Tonnes (Mt) Grade (g/t) Contained Ounces Mineral Reserves
9,905,000 2.05 653,900 8,914,500 2.05 588,500
5,536,000 2.20 391,400 4,982,400 2.20 352,300
15,441,000 2.10 1,045,300 13,896,900 2.10 940,800 Mineral Resources*
20,077,000 1.60 1,034,400 10,789,200 1.60 589,100
10,910,000 1.37 482,200 11,604,600 1.47 435,500
30,987,000 1.52 1,516,600 22,393,800 1.53 1,024,600
21,560,000 1.68 1,164,500 18,223,100 1.73 1,102,600 Resources subtotal 52,547,000 1.59 2,681,100 40,616,900 1.62 2,127,200
* Mineral Resources include Reserves Note: the above figures are rounded up/down where appropriate. TRI-K (KOULEKOUN) Gross Net attributable (100%) Tonnes Grade (g/t) Contained Ounces Tonnes Grade (g/t) Contained Ounces Mineral Reserves
Mineral Resources*
22,250,000 1.37 1,039,800 22,250,000 1.37 1,039,800
22,250,000 1.37 1,039,800 22,250,000 1.37 1,039,800
933,000 1.86 55,800 933,000 1.86 55,800 Resources subtotal 23,183,000 1.47 1,095,600 23,183,000 1.47 1,095,600