G O L D C O R P High Grade Gold Mine Development and District - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
G O L D C O R P High Grade Gold Mine Development and District - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
G O L D C O R P High Grade Gold Mine Development and District Scale Exploration Corporate Presentation September 2017 TSX: HRT / Frankfurt: H4O OTC: HRTFF FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation has been prepared by the Company and
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
- This presentation has been prepared by the Company and includes information from sources believed by
management to be reliable. No representation or warranty, expressed or implied, is made as to the accuracy of the information set forth herein. The information contained herein is as of the date hereof and is subject to change, completion or amendment without notice.
- This presentation contains forward looking statements, estimates, and projections with respect to the anticipated
future performance of the company that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements.” These statements, estimates, and projections reflect various assumptions made by the company concerning anticipated results, which may or may not prove to be correct. All statements contained in the presentation that address operating performance, future direction, management and control of the company, events or developments that are expected to occur in the future (including statements related to earnings, expectations, sales of assets, capital expenditures, or statements expressing general optimism about future operating results) are forward looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those reflected in the forward looking statements contained herein as a result of a variety
- f factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control.
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COMPANY SNAPSHOT
CORPORATE STRUCTURE INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT Analyst Following: Major Shareholder: Headquartered: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Market Cap: C$308 million (C$0.62 Sep 20th) Cash Position: C$35 million (19%) Shares Outstanding: 497 million (Basic) 553 million (Fully Diluted) Symbol: HRT:TSX H4O:FRANKFURT OTC: HRTFF
Head Office (Toronto)
52-Week Share Price: Share Price (C$) Volume (Millions)
0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 $0.00 $0.30 $0.60 $0.90 Sep-16 Dec-16 Mar-17 Jun-17 Sep-17
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Stephen G. Roman
Chairman, President & CEO; BA 35+ years
- Discovered Gold Eagle,
sold to Goldcorp ($1.5B)
- Verena Minerals / Belo Sun
– Volta Grande, Black Fox, Gabriel Resources Limited
- PDAC “Bill Dennis Award”
winner, Prospector of the Year, 2016
George Flach
Vice President Exploration; B
- Sc. P.Geo.
30+ years
- Discovered / developed
gold projects in West Africa
- 20Moz Gold Fields
Tarkwa, 4Moz Bogosu and 2Moz Benso mines in Ghana
- 2Moz Goulagou mine in
Burkino Faso
Rein Lehari
Chief Financial Officer; CPA, CA 30+ years
- Previously Partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Business valuation, M&A,
corporate finance
EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT TEAM
Roger J. Emdin
Vice President, Projects; P.Eng. 30+ years
- Senior management and
- perating experience
- Experience with large
- perating mines including
Glencore’s Nickel Rim Mine
- Chairman CEMI – Center
for Excellence in Mining Innovation
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EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT TEAM (Cont’d)
Steve Ball
General Manager, Sugar Zone Mine; P.Eng. 30+ years
- Technical, operations,
human resources, corporate affairs and project management
- Formerly Mine Manager
at Vale’s narrow vein Coleman Mine and Voisey’s Bay
Shawn Howarth
Vice President, Corporate Development; MBA, B.Eng. 15+ years
- Experience in corporate
finance, corporate strategy and valuations
- Formerly an investment
banker with Standard Chartered Bank
Tim Campbell
Vice President & Secretary; BA Hons. 20+ years
- Government relations,
community consultation
- First Nations, permitting
- Corporate finance, go-
public transactions
- Regulatory compliance
Bob Kusins
Resource Geologist; P.Geo. 35+ years
- Experience as an
underground mine geologist, geological database management, geological modelling and resource estimation
- Previously Chief
underground geologist at Barrick’s Hemlo Mine
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SUGAR ZONE SURROUNDED BY PRODUCING ASSETS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
ON A SIGNIFICANT GREENSTONE BELT, HISTORICALLY PROLIFIC GOLD MINING REGION
Source: Cantor Fitzgerald * Alamos Gold announced a proposed acquisition of Richmont Mines (Sep 11th, 2017)
DISTRICT SCALE POTENTIAL
Company Asset Status
- Approx. Distance
to Harte (Km)
Barrick Hemlo Operating 60 Richmont* Island Gold Operating 80 Wesdome Eagle River Operating 80 Wesdome Mishi Operating 80 Goldcorp Borden Gold Exploration 100
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COMPANY STRATEGY
“THREE LEGS ON THE STOOL”
Mine Development and Commercial Production Immediate Resource Expansion Through Near Mine Exploration Regional Exploration on District Scale Land Package
Target Production: Q2 2018 Phase 1 Target Production*: 540 tpd Construction Begins: July 2017 Strike Length: 3 Km Resource Target: ~3 million oz Update NI 43-101: Q1 2018 Property Size: 80,000 Ha Exploration Budget: $15 million Additional Near-mine Targets
1 2 3
MINING PORTAL SITE OVERVIEW NEAR-MINE TARGETS
MIDDLE ZONE WOLF ZONE
* Preliminary management mine plan estimates
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8 TOP QUARTILE GRADE AMONG DEVELOPMENT-STAGE PROJECTS
VALUE PROPOSITION
0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00
Dalradian Pure Gold Lion One Harte Gold Continental Lundin Gold IDM Galway K92 Osisko (Windfall) Maritime Golden Reign Gowest Gold Rubicon Sabina Satori Auryn Rockhaven INV Metals Condor Gold Eastmain Calibre Mining Algold Goldquest Probe Barkerville Marathon Treasury NovaGold Sarama Orca Gold Red Pine Nighthawk Amarilo California Midas Atlantic Falco First Mining Columbus West African Granada Gold Aurvista Meadow Bay Skeena Resources Gabriel Belo Sun Timberline Lupaka Pinecrest Sandspring Eurosun Ascot Lydian Freegold Exeter Orezone Victoria ITH NewCastle Gold Standard Lumina Almaden Otis TriMetals Atacama Chesapeake West Kirkland Teras Pilot Corvus Euromax
Grade (g/t)
QUARTILE 1 QUARTILE 2 QUARTILE 3 QUARTILE 4
Source: Analyst estimates, public company information
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9 COMPARISON TO RICHMONT MINES
VALUE PROPOSITION
Harte Gold
(Sugar Zone - Analyst Targets) (Island Gold)
Resource (M oz) 0.6 (Sugar Zone) Target: 2 to 3 1.8 Grade (g/t) +9.0 9.4
Throughput (tpd)
540 (Phase 1) 900
Production (000 oz)
50+ (2018) 90
AISC (US$/oz)
$700 $725 - $765
Land Package (Ha)
80,000 7,900
Exploration Targets
Near-mine: Middle & Wolf Property-wide: 5+ Below 1,000 m
Market Cap (M C$)
$308 $933 (Acquisition)
Analyst NAV (M C$)
$566 $717
Implied P / NAV
0.6x 1.3x
Resource Comparison Production Comparison Exploration Potential Valuation Comparison
- On September 11th, Alamos Gold
(AGI) announced the acquisition of Richmont Mines (RCI) for $933 million based on previous close
- Harte Gold’s Sugar Zone project
compares well to RCI’s Island Gold Mine
- Sugar Zone has the added benefit
- f significant exploration potential
- Compelling value opportunity for
new investors seeking the next near- term producer within the region
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SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2016 / 2017
Strategic / financial partner: Appian Capital Advisory LLP Raised over $50 million in total capital for development of the Sugar Zone project Coverage initiated from three institutions
Capital Markets Commercial / Corporate Achievements
109 employees and contractors currently working at the Harte Gold site Commercial production permits, supporting Phase 1 production Recipient of the NWOPA “Developer of the Year” award
Resource Development
$15 million, +85,000 meter drill program with 8 rigs currently active 70,000 tonne bulk sample program completed with Barrick’s Hemlo Mine Property-wide airborne geophysical program completed Expanded land position by over 100%, covering 80,000 hectares
THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE
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RELATIVE PERFORMANCE
HARTE GOLD HAS OUTPERFORMED INDICES AND PEERS
- 50%
0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% Sep-16 Nov-16 Jan-17 Mar-17 May-17 Jul-17 Sep-17
110% 7%
Dev’t Peers1
- 5%
TSX
41%
GDXJ
Notes: 1) Includes selected TSX-listed, high grade, development-stage gold companies with assets in the Americas
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GROWING INSTITUTIONAL FOLLOWING
CONSENSUS TARGET PRICE: ~50% PREMIUM TO CURRENT MARKET PRICE
INSTITUTION ANALYST QUOTE
Pierre Vaillancourt Mike Kozak
RECOMMENDATION / TARGET PRICE
Buy C$1.00 / share Buy C$1.10 / share
Resource Potential “In our view, HRT is “pricing in” a resource estimate of ~2 MMoz, which we believe is a very conservative “base case”. As all three zones continue to expand… we believe the share price will reach much higher levels”. Project Economics “Based on our expectations for the upcoming technical report and mine plan, as well as our long-term outlook for the Sugar Zone deposit, the project has strong economics”.
INITIATED COVERAGE
April 2017 August 2016 Michael Gray Outperform C$0.90 / share
Exploration Upside “We think key geological features related to high grade indicate the potential for expansion
- f existing deposits and point to the discovery
- f multiple deposits”.
May 2017
ANALYST RESOURCE ESTIMATE
1 M oz 3 M oz 1.1 M oz (DCF) 5 M oz (Potential)
Consensus:
C$1.00 / share 3 M oz
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70,000 TONNE BULK SAMPLE COMPLETED, POSITIVE RESULTS DE-RISK MOVE TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION 13
BULK SAMPLE HIGHLIGHTS
MINING - BULK SAMPLE COMPLETED
Mine Development > 2,500 m Ore Shipped 67,454 DMT Grade 8.5 g/t Reconciliation with Barrick + 5% Direct Mining cost C$85 / t
As at March 31, 2017
OPENED LONGHOLE STOPE LOWER ZONE OREBODY
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COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION READY
BULK SAMPLE MINING RESULTS Geology: Confirmed continuity, mineralized widths and modelled grades Mining: Long-hole mining, minimal dilution Processing: Simple metallurgy and high recoveries Costs: Contractor mining costs confirmed Site: Underground and site infrastructure, 20km all weather access road PERMITTING AND FIRST NATIONS ENGAGEMENT Phase 1 Commercial Permit Issued: January 2017 Strong working relationship between Harte Gold and proximal First Nations Band, IBA expect signing in H2 2017
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FUTURE SITE LAYOUT: SMALL FOOTPRINT!
Scale: 500 m
Tailings Pond
ADMIN OFFICES & CORE SHED PROCESSING PLANT
Coarse Ore Crushing / Conveyance
MINING PORTAL
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BULK SAMPLE AND PHASE 1 PRODUCTION AREAS
Fresh Air Raise 95 Level 155 Level 315 Level
NW SE
375 Level
Bulk Sample Phase I Production
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION VIEW
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EXPLORATION – ACHIEVEMENTS
WELL DRILLED, OPEN ON STRIKE AND AT DEPTH
- Sugar Zone
► Open along strike and down dip ► Higher grade than originally expected
- Middle Zone
► 500 meters north of the Sugar Zone and beginning
200 meters below surface
► Expanded to 400 meters on strike and 800 meters
down dip
► Recent drilling indicates wider and higher grade
intersections at depth and potential convergence with Sugar Zone
- Wolf Zone
► Mineralization defined to a depth of 150 meters,
similar characteristics to the Sugar Zone
► Discovery hole 9.5 g/t Au over 7.5 meters, with high-
grade core of 22.9 g/t Au over 3 meters
Deposit Hole Width Grade
Sugar Zone SZ-17-138 3.0 m 65.4 g/t Sugar Zone SZ-17-143 3.2 m 66.8 g/t Sugar Zone SZ-17-133 1.75 m 41.7 g/t Sugar Zone SZ-17-134 1.80 m 33.6 g/t Sugar Zone SZ-17-162 Sugar Zone SZ-17-165 2.24 m 35.5 g/t Middle Zone WZ-16-45 3.80 m 17.6 g/t Middle Zone WZ-16-49 1.93 m 38.6 g/t Middle Zone WZ-16-52 3.45 m 38.5 g/t Middle Zone WZ-16-69 4.02 m 8.3 g/t Middle Zone WZ-16-75W Middle Zone WZ-16- 75W2 SAMPLE DRILL RESULTS (JUNE 2017)
2.05 m 115.5 g/t 7.56 m
8.0 g/t
9.57 m
6.5 g/t
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AIRBORNE MAGNETICS AND ZONES
DISCOVERY OF FOUR NEW ZONES
- Lynx Zone
► On strike, characteristics similar to current mineralized
zones
► High grades recovered from grab sampling ► IP survey completed, drill program underway
- Moose Zone
► Host rock similar to Barrick’s Hemlo Mine
- Marten Zone
► Also similar to the Hemlo Mine mineralization ► Geophysics, soil sampling planned for the summer
- Fisher Zone
► Initial drilling 40 meters of anomalous gold grades on
strike with the Sugar Zone
► Drilling has resumed to test down-dip extension
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EXPLORATION - REGIONAL UPSIDE
DISTRICT SCALE POTENTIAL
- Land package – 80,000 Ha
(200,000 acres)
- Regional staking covered
continuations of greenstone belt
- Airborne geophysical survey
including MAG & VTEM completed
- Eagle Zone: New target
identified
► Major ‘gossan’ approximately
650 meters in length
► Significant pyrite/pyrrhotite as
well as chalcopyrite (copper) and sphalerite (zinc)
- Target follow-up includes ground
IP survey, geochemical and field mapping, drilling
Martin Zone
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TIMELINE – SIGNIFICANT NEAR-TERM CATALYSTS
Construction Commissioning & Commercial Production Definition and Exploration Drill Programs Final Technical Report Permitting & IBA Permitting Complete Updated Resource Estimate
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