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June 2013
Going for Gold
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Disclaimer
This document may contain statements that constitute “forward-looking statements”, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the implementation of strategic initiatives, and other statements relating to our future business development and economic performance. While these forward-looking statements represent our judgments and future expectations concerning the development of our business, a number of risks, uncertainties and other statutory requirements may render actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to, (1) general market, macro-economic, governmental and regulatory trends, (2) movements in local and international securities markets, currency exchange rates and interest rates, (3) competitive pressures, (4) technology developments, (5) changes in the financial position or creditworthiness of our customers, obligors and counterparts, and changes in the developments in the markets in which they operate, (6) legislative developments, (7) management changes and changes to our business group structure and (8) other key factors that may adversely affect our business and financial model. We are not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligations to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The technical and financial information presented are best estimates of management and are not JORC or NI43-101 compliant unless otherwise stated. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this information and not rely solely on the information presented for purposes of making investment decisions. This material may not be reproduced, distributed or transmitted to any other person or incorporated in any way into another document or other material without the prior written consent of LionGold.
3 June 2013
LionGold Corp Ltd Asia’s Own
SGX’s only Main Board-listed gold company
Market Capitalisation:
S$1.05 billion / US$854 million
Average Daily Trading Value:
S$20-25 million / US$16-20 million
Mid Cap Liquid Index Inclusion
SGX-listedSource: ShareInvestor 4 June 2013
Share price : S$1.14 52wk high/low : S$1.30/0.865 Shares in issue : 921.9m Bloomberg : LIGO SP
Gold Investments Prioritising Business Index Inclusion Key Acquisitions New Inst’l Shareholders
Warrant price : S$0.152 Warrants in issue : 269.9m Bloomberg : R5UW SP
Board, Shareholder Changes
4 June 2013
LionGold Corp
Dynamic, Expanding Operations
value accretive
US$26/oz, US$126m (S$154m)
LionGold Resources
(ounces)
Reserves
(ounces)
Production
Annualised (ounces) Current 5,506,000 897,300 40-50,000
Target 2014 10,000,000 2,000,000 200,000
Figures are extracted from previous JORC- and NI 43-101-compliant announcements and are based on LionGold’s equitable stake in gold projects.
Differentiated Business Platform
Proactively managed project portfolio
Financial flexibility
Growth
Value
Acquire scalable junior miners at attractive discounts Augment shareholder returns
5 June 2013
Key Mining Assets…Today
AFRICA AMERICAS AUSTRALIA
Castlemaine Goldfields Central Victoria (100%) Minera Nueva Vista (100%) Amayapampa, Bolivia Signature Metals (76%) Ashanti Gold Belt, Ghana Citigold Corporation (18%) Queensland Acadian Mining (9.35%) Nova Scotia, Canada Brimstone Resources Western Australia (100%) Unity Mining (13%) Tasmania + NSW
Global Projects
6 June 2013
Opportunity: Junior gold miners
Cost & time overruns Discovery + production gaps Risk adversity: banks and shareholders
Funding Shortfall
200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
0% 100% 200% 300% 400% 500% May-03 Nov-03 May-04 Nov-04 May-05 Nov-05 May-06 Nov-06 May-07 Nov-07 May-08 Nov-08 May-09 Nov-09 May-10 Nov-10 May-11 Nov-11 May-12 Nov-12
Percentage Increase
Gold Prices vs Junior Miner Index
May 2003 – May 2013
Dow Jones North American Select Junior Miner Gold Total Return Index Spot Price of Gold
CONSOLIDATE
Gold price volatility Credit constraints
BOOM
Rising gold prices Easy credit
Recent gold price volatility has greatly increased opportunities to buy developed mining assets at substantial discounts to market valuation
Gold miner prices have fallen far further than the price of gold
7 June 2013
Other Asian-listed Goldcos
Company Bourse Market Cap
Ave Dly Trading Volume
Resource Operations LionGold Corp
SGX
Main Board
US$800m US$15m 5.5m oz 7 Projects: Australia, Africa, Americas CNMC Goldmine SGX
Catalist
US$145m US$0.2m 0.5m oz Malaysia, Sokor project G-Resources HSE US$950m US$2.5m 8.1m oz Indonesia, Martabe project Zhaojin Mining HSE
H-Share
US$4.3b US$12m 25m oz Projects in China, in production China Gold
,,,HSE US$1.14b US$0.8m 14m oz Projects in China, in production Zijin Mining HSE
H-Share
US$12b US$12m 30m oz Projects in China, in production Lingbao Gold HSE
H-Share
US$334m US$0.5m 1.4m oz Projects in China, in production China Precious Metals HSE US$800m US$1m 7.2m oz Projects in China, Mongolia, in production
June 2013
Market cap and average daily trading volume has been approximated for the past 6 months based on Bloomberg data
8 June 2013
Acquisition Strategy
LGC ALLURE
SCREENING
Gold producers globally
Better opportunities from April 2013
cost cutting, capital discipline
9 June 2013
End Production
Exploration
Targeting the “Sweet Spot”
Mining Project Life Cycle
Pre- Feasibility Scoping Study Feasibility Study
Extension
Value Risk
5-10% 10-20% Brownfields Greenfields
Indicative Capital Allocation
70-85%
Maximise Value, Mitigate Risk
Development Production
10 June 2013
Geographically diversified
Developed
Australia
45% 10%
“De-risking”
Investment & Resource Friendly Emerging Developed Friendly Emerging
Ghana, Ashanti Gold Belt
“Challenging”
Bolivia
Bolivia
“Challenging”
BMT CTO CGT
Australia
60%
Ghana
34%
6%
11 June 2013
Operating Objectives
Mine Profile
Resource expansion Reserve replacement Production stable, growing Increasing Life of Mine
Prioritise
Community Environment, Health, Safety Education & Training P r o d u c t i o n E f f i c i e n c y
12 June 2013
Results delivered
Project Acquired
Castlemaine Goldfields (100%) Signature Metals (77%) Minera Nueva Vista (100%) Brimstone Resources (100%)
Acquire “Gold in the Ground” Fortify the Business
2012 2013 2014
Divest Green Businesses
Grow Organic Production
Integrate resources Grow team, alliances
Expanded Funding Options
Project IPO Project financing
Acquire Producing Assets
New market opportunities 10 million oz Resource 2 million oz Reserve 200,000 oz pa Production 5 year Life of Mine
Ongoing Initiatives
Shareholder Return Minimise Volatility Raise Transparency Mitigate Balance Sheet Risk
Strategic Investments
Citigold Corporation (18%) Acadian Mining Corporation (9.35%) Unity Mining (9.35%)
Global Gold Co
36% Shareholder Return
Junior Miners -16%, Gold +7% US$
4% Shareholder Return
Junior Miners -44%, Gold -16% US$
13 June 2013
Optimise Funding : Projects
LGC
Market cap
~ US$850m
Grow
Execution of 100 day + 2 year business plans
Fund
Mitigate equity dilution, Maintain strong balance sheet
Invest
Undervalued gold interests
Up to 20% of share capital per annum
Project Development Strategy
Self-fund Grow market cap
2-3 acquisitions yearly
14 June 2013
Shareholding Structure
Asian Institutional Investors
Global Institutional Investors
Retail Investors
Broadening Investor Base
Asiasons Capital Ltd
8.5%
Dato’ Md Wira Dani Bin Abdul Daim
6.4%
Van Eck: Market Vector Junior Gold Miners ETF
5.8%
Tan Sri Dato’ Nik Ibrahim Kamil
4.4%
5 June 2013
SGX-listed private equity group; early investor Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Chairman
Among other noteworthy institutional investors are Weiss Capital, Nomura, Macquarie and Credit Suisse
15 June 2013
Healthy Balance Sheet
Convertible Bond – US$23m
~ US$20m of the bond is outstanding (~22m shares)
Warrants - 1:4 – S$15m
exercise price of S$1.1717
Placement – S$47m
+ 41m new warrants issued at 6.5¢ each
Oct 2012 Sep 2012 May 2012
Assets
Current assets Non-current assets Total Assets Current liabilities Non-current Total Liabilities
NET ASSETS
S$m 131.3 259.2 390.5 48.1 66.4 114.5
276.0
Placement warrants are convertible under the same terms as the rights warrants
Cash and equivalents at S$47.0m
16 June 2013
Core Management Team
CEO & MD
Nicholas Ng
Board of Directors
General Counsel
Raymond Tan
COO
Matthew Gill
Company Secretary
LionGold since 2007.
including 15 years with Robert Wang & Woo LLP where he was Partner, and Head of the Corporate & Commercial Department.
banking and corporate advisory in Asia-Pacific.
Co-Head for DMG Partners and Corporate Finance Head for HL Bank.
Darco Water Technologies.
years experience in all aspects of exploration and mining in Australia, India and Papua New Guinea.
for Castlemaine and the Beaconsfield Mine, Tasmania.
Year for 3 years.
lawyer, including acting as general legal counsel for public listed companies.
setting up of iron ore and gold mining operations around the world, from Mali to Mongolia.
M&A effort globally.
Previous Head of Asia Investment Banking at Rabobank.
privatisations and other financial transactions in Asia-Pacific.
CFO
Brendan Goh Corporate & Business Development Director
Peter Chen
17 June 2013
Group Structure
Signature Metals
76%
Castlemaine Goldfields
100% 100%
18%Citigold Corporation
Operations
Brimstone Resources
Owere Mines
70%
Minera Nueva Vista
100%
Board of Directors
LionGold Corp Ltd
Investment
Tan Sri Dato’ Nik Ibrahim Kamil
Non-Executive Chairman Over 45 years managerial and business experience across a range of industries, including mining, media, financial, energy and infrastructure. Asiasons WFG Financial Chairman. Actively involved in resource M&A in Asia and Africa and banking in sub-Saharan Africa. Professionally qualified accountant with affiliations in the UK, Australia and Malaysia with experience in Australia, Southeast Asia and South Africa. Over 40 years experience in senior technical, financial and management roles in the mining industry globally, including with Rio Tinto and Plutonic. Ten years with PwC, followed by more than two decades evaluating, developing, financing and administrating mining projects globally. Twenty years of legal practice with a broad range of experience ranging from litigation and conveyance to corporate and commercial matters. Accountant with extensive experience in project development, finance and business development throughout Asia.
Nicholas Ng
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Raymond Tan
General Counsel and Executive Director
Dato’ Md Wira Dani Abdul Daim
Non-Executive Director
Roland Selvanayagam
Independent Non-Exec Director
Dr Denis Clarke
Independent Non-Executive Director
Gary Scanlan
Independent Non-Executive Director
Lynne Ng Su Ling
Independent Non-Executive Director
Bernard Soo
Independent Non-Executive Director Former CEO of DMG Partners and MD of Citicorp Investment Bank, Singapore. Previously head of Asia investment banking at Rabobank. Over 30 years legal experience including 15 years with Robert Wang & Woo LLP where he was Partner and Head of the Corporate & Commercial Department.
Acadian Mining Corporation
9%Unity Mining
13%18 June 2013
On track for 2014 target
Figures are extracted from previous JORC- and NI 43-101-compliant announcements. Resources include Reserves. For Projects in which LionGold has a controlling stake, the Resources and Reserves are based on 100% of the Project’s holding. For Citigold Corporation, Resources and Reserves are based on LionGold’s 18% equitable holding of the Charters Towers Project’s 11 million ounces of gold Resources, inclusive of 620,000 ounces of Reserves.
Company LGC Interest Country Project Resources
(ounces)
Reserves
(ounces)
Production Target
Annualised (ounces) Castlemaine Goldfields 100% Australia Castlemaine 686,000 ̅ ̅ Ballarat 71,700 ̅ 40-50,000 Signature Metals 76% Ghana Konongo 1,470,000 ̅ 15,000 Minera Nueva Vista 100% Bolivia Amayapampa 1,280,000 787,300 20-30,000 Brimstone Resources 100% Australia Penny’s Find 52,300 ̅ Under review Citigold Corporation 18% Australia Charters Towers 1,946,000 110,000 20-30,000
Total 5,506,000 897,300 95-125,000 TARGET 2014 10,000,000 2,000,000 200,000
Acadian Mining Corporation
9.35% Canada Beaver Dam 950,000 ̅ ̅ Fifteen Mile Stream 308,000 ̅ ̅
Unity Mining
13.2% Australia
Henty Mine 338,000 133,000 50,000 Lakeside
66,000 ̅ ̅
Darques Reef 327,000 233,000 50,000
Significant Shareholder
19 June 2013
Castlemaine Goldfields Ltd
Excellent facilities in established gold region, Central Victoria, Australia
in Ballarat (producing) and Castlemaine
through ongoing extension and exploration
ResourceGold
(ounces)
Tonnage
(tonnes)
Grade
(g/t)
Castlemaine 686,000 2,760,000 7.7 Ballarat 71,700 263,000 8.5 Total 757,700 3,023,000 7.9
Figures indicate historical gold production at Castlemaine Goldfields’ five tenements100% owned by LionGold from October 2012 Figures shown are based on previously quoted JORC-compliant statements
20 June 2013
Flagship Owere Mines (70% owned) holds the Konongo Gold Project, Ghana
>200,000 ounce pa, 30 million ounce Obuasi mine
at 11.8 grams per tonne, mostly from UG
Signature Metals Ltd
Konongo Gold Project
Resources1 Gold
(ounces)
Tonnage
(tonnes)
Grade
(g/t)
Measured & Indicated 779,600 13,100,000 1.9 Inferred 687,100 10,500,000 2.0 Total 1,466,700 23,600,000 2.0
76.22% owned by LionGold as at April 2012 and listed on the ASX. Figures shown are based on previously quoted JORC-compliant statements.
21 June 2013
Minera Nueva Vista
Amayapampa Project
Amayapampa Gold Project, Bolivia
34 km2, located 290 km southeast of La Paz
Amayapampa
Category Gold
(ounces)
Tonnage
(tonnes)
Grade
(g/t)
Reserves Probable 787,300 18,900,000 1.3 Resources Indicated 979,637 26,160,000 1.2 Inferred 300,363 8,750,000 1.1 Total Resources 1,280,000 34,910,000 1.2
100% owned by LionGold from December 2012. Resource is inclusive of Ore Reserves. Figures based on previously quoted NI 43-101-compliant statements
22 June 2013
Citigold Corporation Ltd
Charters Towers Project
Charters Towers tenements near Townsville, Queensland
ASX-listed, 18% owned by LionGold from December 2012
Refer to www.citigold.com for JORC-compliant statements.
Indicated Resources includes Probable Reserves, and Inferred Resources includes Indicated Resources.
Charters Towers
Category
Gold
(ounces)
Tonnage
(tonnes)
Grade
(g/t)
Reserves Probable 620,000 2,500,000 7.7 Resources Indicated 780,000 3,200,000 7.6 Inferred 11,000,000 25,000,000 14
23 June 2013
Unity Mining Ltd
Unity Mining, ASX-listed
year-end to 100,000 oz
Unity’s Primary Projects
13.2% owned by LionGold from May 2013, single largest shareholder
Project
Category Gold
(ounces)
Tonnage
(tonnes)
Grade
(g/t)
Henty
Reserves 133,000 780,000 5.3 Resources 338,000 2,060,000 5.1
Lakeside
Reserves
66,000 750,000 2.8
Dargues Reef
Reserves 233,000 1,390,000 5.2 Resources 366,000 2,170,000 5.3
GoldStone Resources – 35%
Ghanaian gold project locate near LionGold’s Owere Mine
Henty Mine, northwest Tasmania – 100%
Dargues Reef, NSW – 100%
2014, based on recent announcements.
Figures shown are based on previously quoted JORC-compliant statements
24 June 2013
Acadian Mining Corporation Ltd
Nova Scotia Projects
Canadian tenements in Nova Scotia
TSX Venture-listed, 9.35% owned by LionGold from February 2013. Refer to www.acadianmining.com for NI43-101-compliant statements.
Property
Gold
(ounces)
Tonnage
(tonnes)
Grade
(g/t)
Beaver Dam Indicated 446,000 9,080,000 1.5 Inferred 504,000 10,400,000 1.5 Fifteen Mile Stream Indicated 308,000 6,000,000 1.6 TOTAL 1,258,000
25 June 2013
Brimstone Resources Ltd
Prospective tenements in Western Australia and near Castlemaine in Victoria
Scope to initiate open pit operations
facility at Ballarat
Brimstone Projects
Penny’s Find
Resources Gold
(ounces)
Tonnage
(tonnes)
Grade
(g/t)
Measured 11,200 79,000 4.4 Indicated 16,900 132,000 4.0 Inferred 24,200 103,000 7.3 Total 52,300 314,000 5.2
100% owned by LionGold from October 2012 Figures shown are based on previously quoted JORC-compliant statements
26 June 2013
LionGold Corp Ltd
59 Mohamed Sultan Road Sultan Link 02-08 Singapore 238999 T: +65 6690 6860 F: +65 6690 6844 E: info@liongoldcorp.com www.liongoldcorp.com
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