Kerr Mines TSX: KER I OTC: KERMF July 2018 FORWARD-LOOKING - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Kerr Mines TSX: KER I OTC: KERMF July 2018 FORWARD-LOOKING - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
AN EMERGING AMERICAN GOLD PRODUCER CORPORATE PRESENTATION Kerr Mines TSX: KER I OTC: KERMF July 2018 FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation contains forward-looking information, including statements regarding: the proposed timing,
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This presentation contains forward-looking information, including statements regarding: the proposed timing, schedule, and costs for restarting production at the Copperstone Mine, rate of production, expected cash costs, expected increase in milling capacity, exploration potential at the Copperstone Mine, proposed debt restructuring and financing, share capitalization and director ownership,. These forward-looking statements entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on current expectations, are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks, and actual results may differ materially from those contained in such statements. These uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, the strength of the economy; the price of gold; operational, funding, and liquidity risks; the degree to which mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates are reflective of actual mineral resources and mineral reserves; and the degree to which factors which would make a mineral deposit commercially viable are present; assumptions with respect to the cost and availability of labour for the restart of operations are correct,; results of exploration and validity of geological models; the risks and hazards associated with underground operations, and any specific risks or assumptions set out or referenced in this presentation. Risks and uncertainties about Kerr Mines Inc. and its business are more fully discussed in its disclosure materials, including the annual information form, technical reports, financial statements and MD&As, filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and available at www.sedar.com and readers are urged to read these
- materials. Kerr Mines Inc. assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from such
statements unless required by law. This presentation includes certain non-IFRS measures, including cash costs on a per gold ounce basis. Cash costs per gold ounce are defined as costs of production (including refining costs) divided by the total number of gold equivalent ounces produced. The Company reports total cash costs on a production basis. In the gold mining industry, these are common performance measures but do not have any standardized meaning, and are non-GAAP measures. As such, they are unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. In reporting cash costs per gold ounce, the Company follows the recommendations of the Gold Institute standard. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures, prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company’s performance and ability to generate cash flow. Accordingly, it is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Technical information in this presentation has been reviewed and approved by Michael R. Smith P. Geo., who is a qualified person that is independent of the Company, as defined in National Instrument 43-101. 2
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
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Transitioning to production & cash flow
HIGH GRADE RESOUCE
MII 420K oz @ +7.0 g/t Multi Million Ounce potential
PROLIFIC REGION
Safe, mining friendly Arizona, USA Top 10 mining jurisdiction Supportive Community and Gov’t
PRODUCTION & CASH FLOW
2019 Production Target 38,000 ounce per year Low cost profile generates US $22M EBITDA
RESOURCE EXPANSION PLAN
2018 15,000 m drill program targeting 200K ounce expansion to resource and mine life
POSITIVE GOLD PRICE
Geo political tensions Global Debt Growth
INFASTRUCTURE & PERMITS
US $50M invested in infrastructure Low CAPEX needed to start up
Ticker Symbol TSX: KER I OTC: KERMF Shares Outstanding 255.7 million Options 9.8 million Warrants 22.2 million Fully Diluted 287.7 million 52 week range $0.09 - $0.41 Recent price $0.22 Market Cap $56.2 million Cash (March 2018) $3.3 million
* Figures denominated in Canadian dollars 4
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Shares & Balance Sheet* Shareholder Breakdown
Middle East Europe North America Directors Family Offices & Institutional Specialist Mining Retail
JUNIOR MINING DEVELOPMENT CYCLE
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At an inflection point of value creation in the cycle
Share price (C$) New executive management team CAPEX Financing Pre-Feasibility released
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KEY LEADERSHIP
Claudio Ciavarella – Chief Executive Officer & Director Fahad Al Tamimi - Chairman
- A businessman with global investment activities
- Former President and CEO of SaudConsult, the largest engineering
firm in Saudi Arabia
- Investments in mining
Peter Damouni - Director
- Over 17 years of experience in investment banking and capital
markets, with expertise in mining and oil and gas
- Led equity and debt financings valued over $5 billion
Ayman Arekat - Director
- Over 35 years of banking, finance and investment experience
- Previously with Chase Manhattan Bank, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche
Bank, Investcorp and Abraaj Capital
James McVicar - Director
- Over 20 years of specialized experience in corporate finance and
corporate/commercial matters for natural resources companies
- Director of Monarca Minerals
- CPA, 25 years as private business owner. CEO of Kerr Mines since
April 2017
- Owns and operates international businesses in construction and
manufacturing
- Investments in mining
Martin Kostuik – President and Director
- 25 years underground and open pit mining experience. President of
Kerr Mines since April 2017
- CEO of Rupert Resources, Operations & Engineering at Barrick’s
Goldstrike mine
Michael R. Smith – Exploration and Development
- 38 years exploration and geology, Chief Mine Geologist, Barrick’s
Goldstrike mine. Led the Arizona Vulture Gold Mine back into
- production. Executed 20 exploration projects adding $9 billion in gold
resource value alone
- BS Geology Arizona State and MS Geology Mackay School of Mines
Invested team with significant industry experience
David Thomas– VP Projects/Mine GM
- 30 years of mine building and operations experience including 5
underground gold projects with Newmont, Bema Gold (Kinross), Teck and others
- EPCM Manager for Newmont (worldwide) and Nordgold (Russia
and Africa), EVP of Comstock Mining in Nevada
Strategic Growth Vision
Resource Expansion
- 2018 drill program for conversion of
MII to P&P reserves
- Add mine life in 2018 by expanding
Copperstone & Footwall Zones at depth and strike
Blue Sky Exploration
- Multi-million ounce targets with
existing gold mineralization
- South & SW target satellite deposits
- Three blue pearl exploration targets
Increase production profile Increase resource ounces
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- On track for 2019 gold production
- CAPEX finance partner selected
- PFS complete, detailed
engineering progressing
Production
VALUE CREATION STRATEGY
Extend mine life
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ROBUST ECONOMICS
PFS Highlights* (US$) Project Attributes Base Case Gold Price $1,250 Gold price environment long term trending upwards Gold Production per annum 38,000 oz Scalable operation with potential for expansions Recoveries to Doré 95% Excellent gold recoveries Average Gold grade M&I 7.6 g/t High grade, recoverable copper not included in PFS Initial Capital Costs $22.7M Small CAPEX, financed via non dilutive instruments Gold Cash Cost $684 Low cash cost, high profit margin All-in Sustaining Costs $875 Low AISC After-Tax IRR ($1,250 Au) 40% High IRR Annual EBITDA $22M Strong cash flow and highly profitable
*Kerr Mines National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report: Preliminary Feasibility Study for the Copperstone Project, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Catalysts
2019 Q1 Q4 Q2 Q3 2018 Q4 Q2 Q3 Secured financing Exploration program Detailed engineering Permit modifications
BLM Mine plan of
- perations
Resource Upgrade / Mine Engineering Long lead equipment Leach Plant Construction Commissioning and start- up Mine development / Infill drilling Begin mining First Gold pour
First gold
FIRST GOLD ESTIMATED IN Q4 2019
Permits modifications are well along in the process – First permit modifications to be finished by beginning of Q4’18 First gold pour estimated to be Q4’19 To be expedited if detailed engineering is completed before the end of Q4’18
VALUE CREATION TIMELINE
Today
- The majority of the
activities are standardised and executed throughout the world
- Advanced nature of
current study allows quick progression to detailed engineering
- From funding to first
gold pour very fast due to straight-forward nature of project
Comments
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Source: Michael R. Pawlowski P. Geo, January 2005 Schematic cross-section of the Moon Mountain Detachment Fault and the Copperstone Listric Fault (depth unknown), Solid heavy lines are
- bserved faults; broken lines and projected faults
Copperstone Mine
Moss Mine Gold Road Mineral Park Mesquite Castle Mountain ARIZONA
NEVADA
Detachment Fault Known detachment fault- related Mineralization
Source: USGS Keith R Long Preliminary descriptive deposit model for detachment fault related model
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DETACHMENT FAULT SYSTEM - SCALE POTENTIAL
INCREASING RESERVES & RESOURCES
ENGINEERING, DRILLING & COST REDUCTIONS
Conversion goal 60,000 oz of M&I to P&P 2018 accretion and infill drilling program Other factors increasing P&P reserves Targeted Resource Expansion Objectives
Mine life expectancy 4.5 years Proven and Probable reserves (oz of gold) 175,092 + Conversion of current M&I to P&P through mine engineering 60,000 + 2018 accretion and infill drilling program and subsequent mine engineering expected to add P&P 140,000 = Proven and Probable reserves (oz of gold) in 12-18 months 375,092 Mine life expectancy 10 years
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- Mine engineering is the basis for defining Measured
and Indicated Resources as Proven and Probable Reserves, respectively.
- The mineral resources that are economically feasible
are converted into P&P after applying revenue per tonne and deducing all related costs to extraction.
- Currently ~100k ounces (276.1k ounces – 175.1k
- unces) of M&I not deemed as economically feasible
to extract – these are available for conversion to P&P through mine engineering and cost reductions.
- Detailed engineering will add ounces by maximizing
mined ore recovery through varying the design of the minimum mining widths allowing the production to follow the natural contours of the ore shapes.
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- A key objective is to convert the Inferred mineral
resources to M&I and to improve continuity and grade
- f the M&I mineral resource base – 6,500 meters of
drilling dedicated for this purpose: – Large parts of the Inferred resource base not recognised as M&I because the current drilling density is too low. Drilling will increase density resulting in 33,000 ounces Inferred potentially being converted into M&I.
- Another objective is to test potential new Inferred zones
– up to 8,400m- and thereby adding ~180,000 ounces Au to the Inferred resource base.
- The dynamics of mine engineering and additional drill
density as the program progresses will allow these newly classified resources to be converted from Inferred to M&I to P&P – targeted to add ~140,000
- unces Au.
Consideration of the modifying factors
The economically mineable part of M&I
Increasing level of geological knowledge and confidence
Inferred 145.7 koz Indicated 148 koz Measured 128 koz Probable 93.7 koz Proven 81.4 koz
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Conversion dynamics
- Optimizing operating cost adds Au ounces to P&P
– The revenue from copper (not accounted for in PFS) could be the equivalent of a 5% reduction in mine operating costs and effectively add 10,000
- unces Au to P&P.
– PFS operating cost is conservative and upside remains to reduce planned cost. 10% reduction in cost adds 22,000 ounces Au to P&P.
- Conservative gold recovery of 95% assumed in the
PFS where Cyanide leaching produced 97% during testing. Higher recovery would increase revenue per tonne thereby converting additional ounces of M&I into P&P.
- Conservative gold price of USD1,250/oz assumed in
the PFS reserve.
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THE COPPERSTONE MINE – Long View
Historically produced over 500,000 oz in the open pit 2018 Resource Model - Proven & Probable, Measured & Indicated, Inferred
Strike Length for Measured & Indicated & Inferred 1,550m – Copperstone and Footwall Zones
Proposed workings Existing open pit Existing workings Measured & Indicated Proven & Probable Inferred Inferred 305 L 152 L
- 152 L
D Zone C Zone B Zone A Zone
Inferred* 145,700 oz @ 6.81 g/t M&I Resource* 276,100 oz @ 7.63 g/t P&P Resource* 175,093 oz @ 6.79 g/t
Conversion of MII to P&P
Resource Statement*
*Kerr Mines National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report: Preliminary Feasibility Study for the Copperstone Project, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
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150m = 500k ounces
305 L 152 L
- 152 L
THE COPPERSTONE MINE – Cross Section View
2018 Measured & Indicated & Inferred Resources Copperstone and Footwall Zones
Proposed workings Existing open pit Existing workings Measured & Indicated Proven & Probable Inferred
Footwall Zone Copperstone Zone
Supports strengthened economics
Historical Adit
108m = 400k ounces
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MULTI-MILLION OUNCE RESOURCE POTENTIAL
SOUTH WEST TARGET
- Footwall Zone South
Extension and South West target have previous successful drilling
- Intercepts of 8 g/t to 32 g/t
- ver 2 – 4 metres
- Detachment fault region
COPPERSTONE ZONE P&P, M&I & INFERRED RESOURCE AND ACCESS TO UNDERGROUND FOOTWALL ZONE INFERRED RESOURCE FOOTWALL ZONE SOUTH EXTENSION INFERRED RESOURCE
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- Highly prospective 11,800 acre land package
- South West Target – geophysical signature
identical to Copperstone and Blue Pearls , supported by previous drilling indicating identical geology, inclination, width and grade to Copperstone
- North East “Blue Pearl” Geophysical targets –
significant strength and similar size to the geophysical anomaly under the Copperstone
- Orebody. The blue indicates a uniformly
magnetic rock with a very slow change in magnetic field. No previous drilling
REGIONAL EXPLORATION – SCALE POTENTIAL
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- April 2017 – Claudio Ciavarella and Martin Kostuik appointed new CEO and President
- May 2017 – Technical team in place to execute operational plans
- June 2017 – Company closes oversubscribed non-brokered private placement for C$8,000,000
- August 2017 – Initiation of Phase I exploration program
- October 2017 – Released initial results of Phase I exploration program
- December 2017 – Company closes oversubscribed non-brokered private placement for C$6,000,000
- December 2017 – Phase I drilling program completed
- January 2018 – Phase II exploration and engineering program and progress towards production decision
- April 2018 – PFS highlights released
- May 2018 – Strengthens Executive Team with Appointment of VP Projects and Mine General Manager
- July 2018 – Capex Financing Program Announced
KEY SUMMARY POINTS – ONE YEAR PERFORMANCE
Delivering on Strategy
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DISCOUNTED TO PEERS
- EBITDA US$22M (C$30M) of EBITDA
- At a conservative 6 - 8x EBITDA target ~ market cap $180M - 240M
MULTIPLE DRIVERS OF VALUE IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
- CAPEX financing complete
- Resource expansion program
- Straightforward Project Execution
- Commence gold mining
- Cashflow positive
STRATEGIC PREMIUM
- Significant M&A opportunities to consolidate single asset gold producers
WHY INVEST IN KERR MINES NOW
CONTACT INFORMATION
CLAUDIO CIAVARELLA Chief Executive Officer E: cciavarella@kerrmines.com T: +1 (416) 855-9305 INVESTOR RELATIONS E: ir@kerrmines.com W: www.kerrmines.com
TECHNICAL APPENDIX
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LAND STATUS – 11,800 ACRE LAND PACKAGE
Copperstone Mine Southwest Target Blue Pearls South Extension
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Age Name Description Early Miocene Basalt
Contains gold mineralization.
Cut by mineralized amethyst-quartz-specularite veins and strongly altered. The mineralization and brecciation observed in the unit is related to the Copperstone Detachment Fault. Early Miocene Monolithic Breccia (MSB)
Contains gold mineralization.
Monolithic fragments derived from Jurassic QLP. Locally mineralized above the Copperstone Detachment Fault. Hematization and quartz-specularite mineralization. Jurassic Quartz Latite Porphyry (QLP)
Contains gold mineralization.
Volcanic flows with well-developed metamorphic foliation. The principle ore host in the pit where it extends into both the hanging wall and footwall of the Copperstone Detachment Fault. Triassic Marble
Contains gold mineralization.
Marble occurs at the top of the Triassic meta-sediments in C and D areas. Hosts intervals of massive specular hematite ± manganese oxide and Cu minerals. The mineralization and brecciation observed in the unit is related to the Copperstone Detachment Fault. Triassic Quartzite
Contains gold mineralization.
The mineralization and brecciation observed in the unit is related to the Copperstone Detachment Fault. Observed in C and D areas. Triassic Phyllite
Contains gold mineralization.
The mineralization and brecciation observed in the unit is related to the Copperstone Detachment Fault. Observed in C and D areas.