Pure-Play Molybdenum Opportunity
Bruce D. Hansen Chief Executive Officer GMO: NYSE AMER & TSX Annual Meeting of Stockholders Lakewood, Colorado June 21, 2018
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GMO: NYSE AMER & TSX Pure-Play Molybdenum Opportunity Bruce D. Hansen Annual Meeting of Stockholders Chief Executive Officer Lakewood, Colorado June 21, 2018 Cautionary Statements Statements herein that are not historical facts are
Bruce D. Hansen Chief Executive Officer GMO: NYSE AMER & TSX Annual Meeting of Stockholders Lakewood, Colorado June 21, 2018
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Statements herein that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by such sections. Such forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated, expected, or implied by the Company. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to metals price and production volatility, global economic conditions, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade or recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, exploration risks and results, political, operational and project development risks, including the Company's ability to obtain a re-grant of its water permits and Record of Decision, ability to maintain required federal and state permits to continue construction, and commence production of molybdenum, copper, silver, lead or zinc, ability to identify any economic mineral reserves of copper, silver, lead or zinc; ability of the Company to obtain approval of its joint venture partner at the Mt. Hope Project in
potential copper, silver lead or zinc deposits at Mt. Hope, ability to respond to adverse governmental regulation and judicial outcomes, and ability to maintain and /or adjust estimates related to cost of production, capital, operating and exploration expenditures. For a detailed discussion of risks and other factors that may impact these forward looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors and other discussion contained in the Company's quarterly and annual periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, on file with the SEC. The Company undertakes no
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors Concerning Estimates of Reserves and Resources Calculations with respect to "proven reserves" and "probable reserves" referred to herein have been made in accordance with, and using the definitions of National Instrument 43-101, as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities. For United States reporting purposes, the U.S. SEC applies a different standard in order to classify mineralization as a "reserve". Under SEC standards, mineralization may not be classified as a "reserve" unless the determination has been made that the mineralization could be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time the reserve determination is made. No such determinations have been made with respect to any mineralization at the Liberty project, and it cannot be assured that such a determination will be made. This presentation also uses the terms “measured”, “indicated” and “inferred” resources. We caution U.S. investors that while such terms are recognized and required by Canadian Securities Administrators pursuant to the National Instrument 43-101, the SEC does not recognize them. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves. “Inferred Resources”, in particular, have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian Securities Administration rules, estimates of Inferred Mineral Resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that part or all of an inferred resource exists, or is economically or legally minable. Please refer to End Notes in the Appendix. The Qualified Person’s statement related to exploration is in End Note 5 in the Appendix.
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largest & highest grade moly deposits, and previously mined Liberty Project
grade Cu-Ag Target & zinc mineralized skarns
Moly with Cu- Ag-Zn Potential
Producer Strategic
Tangible
Financial
bankable feasibility complete; 65% engineered
Supplemental EIS through draft pre- publication review process
hearing set
sustained market improvement & financing
relationship with largest share- holder, Chinese multinational AMER
ship with Korean POSCO unit
agreements with international companies – ArcelorMittal, SeAH Besteel and Sojitz
$88.0M of plant & mine equipment at
tangible Company assets
cash $6.0M i
quarterly burn rate
quarter for 2018, excluding any exploration drilling
restricted cash of $9.0M sufficient to sustain project into 2022 i
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Sources
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15 30 45 60 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019p 2022p 2025p
Million Pounds
Actual Projections
Deficit Surplus
Annual, Projected through 2026p
Source: CPM Molybdenum Market Outlook Update, October 2017 – Base Case estimates.
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i. Source: Platts ii. CPM Group’s Molybdenum Market Outlook Update, October 2017, projected real prices based on 2017 real dollars. 2018 price projection updated in February 2018. $11.85 $14.70 $15.08 $14.51
(Base: 20 2017 17)
$15.43 $15.62 $16.77 $12.37 $16.14 $17.55
More than doubled from Nov 2015 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019p 2020p 2021p 2022p 2023p 2024p 2025p
Current moly price
$14.36 $16.35 $19.36 $16.29
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$289 $734 $1,194 $85 $325 $559 $12.50 $15.00 $17.50
Molybdenum price/lb
* See End Notes 1, 3 and 4 in the Appendix.
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Ownership 80% General Moly; 20% POSCO Status Pre-construction work suspended Estimated life * 30 years Remaining capex, 100% $1.03B First 5 years*:
$6.28 cash op. costs/lb General Moly’s 80% interest LOM*: NPV = $734M IRR = 18% After-tax, undiscounted cash flow= $3.8B
primary development projects
long-lead equipment
Record of Decision and Nevada water permits i
with AMER upon market improvement
i See Slides 22 and 23 in the Appendix. * See End Note 1 in the Appendix.
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previously mined horizons of zinc, open at depth and to northeast
accessible by decline ramp
up to 1,000’ wide and extending over 1,000’ north-northeast trend
definition of a new drilling program
justify an underground operation with either toll milling or development
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Legend: Red = proposed drill holes, Green = historical drill holes, Yellow = quartz porphyry and rhyolite volcanic rocks, Blue line = Patented claim boundary, Red hatched line = 5-year moly pit boundary
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Section looking south. Red = thick and continuous skarn bedding replacement in limestone, Black = high-wall of 10-year molybdenum pit
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First 5 years*:
& 7.5M Cu lb /year $7.79 cash op. costs/lb Mo LOM NPV* = $325M IRR* = 17% LOM after-tax, undisc. cash flow*= $1.7B
Ownership 100% Status Completed PFS Estimated life* 32 years Capex* $366M
Reno Battle Mountain Winnemucca Carlin Elko Wells Austin Eureka Ely Tonopah
* See End Note 3 in the Appendix.
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Photos from AMER’s website.
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completion of a 10-hole initial drill campaign
water rights at the Mt. Hope Project, anticipated by early 2019
the medium term
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Source: SMR Research
5% 3% 4% 6% 7% 8% 10% 13% 15% 15% 15%
Other Applications Electronics & Medical Aerospace & Defense Building & Construction Power Generation Other Transportation Process Industry Mechanical Engineering Automotive Chemical / Petrochemical Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas - Refinery catalysts, LNG development, shale gas installations, off-shore /deep ocean oil production Chemical / Petrochemical - Corrosion inhibitors, chemical catalysts, fertilizers, waste water treatment Automotive - Engines, pistons, crankshafts, axle shafts, steering components Mechanical Engineering - Heavy machinery, mining equipment, cutting tools Process Industry - Food processing equipment and storage, metal / steel processing, desalination Other Transportation - Locomotive shafts, train wheels, brake pads, shipbuilding (bulkheads and hulls) Power Generation - Coal, oil, gas and nuclear power plants, wind turbines, hydro and solar energy Building & Construction - Major infrastructure: bridges & tunnels, anchors, rebars, heating / ventilation systems Aerospace & Defense - Turbine parts, jet engines, landing gear, piping systems, armored vehicles Electronics & Medical - Semiconductors, pharmaceutical and biotechnology processing equipment, x-ray tubes Other Applications - Pigments, coatings, lubricants
Energy & Transportation
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18 ($M, except per share) Current Cash and cash equivalents (Corporate) i 6.0 Restricted cash to be used for loan procurement fund or business opportunities i 0.6 Share of Mt. Hope Project cash (Restricted cash) i 7.2 Share of Mt. Hope’s property, plant & equipment ii 70.4 Cost basis in land, water rights & Liberty Project i 21.1 Long-term debt and convertible debt i (7.1)
Net Tangible Assets 98.2 Net Tangible Assets/GMO share $0.77
i. Please refer to the 1Q 2018 results news release on May 8, 2018. ii. Represents Company’s 80% ownership of $88.0M in PP&E in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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Every $1/lb change in moly price between $10-$20/lb* NPV
+/- $180M Liberty Project +/- $95M General Moly Total NPV +/- $275M Projects’ Breakeven Prices
/lb $10.82
/lb $9.35 Liberty NPV breakeven price /lb $11.64 Liberty cash flow breakeven price /lb $9.58
* See End Note 4 in the Appendix.
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* See End Note 2 in the Appendix.
AMER International Group Snapshot i Largest GMO shareholder 22% stake from Tranche 1& 2 27.9M shares + warrants Three-tranche investment in General Moly * Invested $4M in 2015 and $6M in 2017. Potential Tranche 3 for additional $10M. Fortune Global 500 ranking Privately owned; 183rd on annual revenues of $49.7B Major businesses
Non-ferrous metals (copper mining, downstream wire/cable fabrication & trading); value- added manufacturing of semi- conductors & polymers
Employees Over 17,000 Headquarters Shenzhen, China Chairman
13th richest billionaire in China in 2018 by Forbes Chairman Wang, August 2017: “We are confident about a rewarding future from a quality management team, the development of the Mt. Hope Project as the best, low-cost primary molybdenum asset in the world and continued increases in the molybdenum price.”
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Officer and Senior VP, Operations Services & Development, and was Senior VP, Corporate Development for Santa Fe Pacific Gold. Executed numerous financings and M&A transactions.
served as general manager of Phelps Dodge’s Morenci Mine, one of the largest open- pit/concentrator operations in the world.
Resources at Flatiron Financial Services and as in-house counsel for Qwest and US
and Freeport-McMoRan in operations, technical services, research and development, project management and M&A.
VP & GM Mt. Hope
Manager Engineering & Development
Chief Legal Officer & VP HR
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Previously served as Operations Environmental Permitting Manager with Newmont
VP Permit. & Envir. Comp.
Accountant certificate from the American Inst. of Certified Public Accountants.
Principal Accnt. Officer & Controller
Red Lion Inn and Casino.
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2012, and subsequently challenged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada by two western U.S. based NGOs ("non-governmental organizations").
Court's Order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in September, 2014.
raised by the NGOs challenging the Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") issued by the BLM.
quality analysis and related cumulative impact examination, and as a result vacated the ROD.
completed additional air quality analysis of direct and cumulative impacts to air quality to address the Ninth Circuit’s concerns with the zero baseline assumption previously used and questions concerning the potential existence of public water reserves.
with the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), and to receive a new ROD for the eventual construction and operation of the Mt. Hope Project by early 2019. 22
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District Court upholding the Nevada State Engineer’s grant of the project’s water permits and Monitoring, Management and Mitigation (3M) Plan, and remanded the Company’s applications back to the District Court.
Nevada State Engineer, vacating the permits approved on the applications and vacating the 3M Plan.
Supreme Court and in September 2017, the Supreme Court affirmed the District Court Order.
to mining rights for the Mt. Hope Project. With the September 2017 decision of the Nevada Supreme Court, the Nevada State Engineer has scheduled a new hearing beginning Sept 11, 2018 to address the Company’s new change applications for water permits at the Mt. Hope Project.
avoid any potential impacts to senior water right holders.
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The mine life and economic indicators are based on the updated optional mine plan announced in a February 25, 2014 news release, which reported on an internal study that examined an optimized pit using lower molybdenum prices. The internal study used a $10/lb molybdenum mine plan and the geologic block model from the Canada National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report Feasibility Study, filed in January 2014 and available on the Company’s website. Operating data represent the averages over the first five years of production under the optional mine plan. Net Present Value and the Internal Rate of Return use the optional mine plan with a $15.00/lb molybdenum price over 24 years of mining and 30 years of mill processing at an 8% discount rate, after tax. Cash flow is based on the same optional mine plan, except it is undiscounted. The optional mine plan called for mining of 737M tons of ore containing 935M lb of molybdenum and relied on the 2014 Feasibility Study’s proven and probable reserves representing 984.6M tons at an average grade of 0.070% containing 1.4B lb of molybdenum. While the above reserves are in accordance with NI 43-101, they are not recognized as reserves by the U.S. SEC. Refer to the cautionary note to U.S. investors on Slide 2. As reported in the Company’s Form 10-K for 2017, based on an $8.00/lb molybdenum pit design, Mt. Hope Project has proven and probable reserves of 367.4M tons of ore at an average grade of 0.080% molybdenum. There is also additional mineralized material of 682.5M tons at an average grade of 0.061% molybdenum. The $8.00/lb pit design used to determine reserves and mineralized material was justified on a $10.26/lb of molybdenum price, which is the average of the past four years’ average prices of molybdenum and the future four years’ nominal price estimates for molybdenum by the CPM Group. 2. AMER - Slide 20: Under the Amended Investment Agreement with AMER, which was most recently amended in August 2017, the Company and AMER accelerated and closed the Tranche 2 private placement of $6.0M for 14.6M common shares of General Moly priced at $0.41 per share in October 2017. A sum of $5.5M of the Tranche 2 proceeds was allocated to general corporate purposes and $0.5M were directed to the existing expense reimbursement account to cover costs related to Mt. Hope Project financing and other jointly sourced business development
Also in the August 2017 Amended Investment Agreement, the Company and AMER modified the Tranche 3 $10.0M private placement which calls for the purchase of 20.0M common shares amending certain conditions related to completion of Tranche 3. The Tranche 3 private placement for $10.0M of General Moly common shares, priced at $0.50, is conditioned on the receipt of water permits from the Nevada State Engineer or the earlier close of a joint business opportunity involving use of 10.0M shares of General Moly common stock. A sum of $9.5M will be directed to general corporate purposes and $0.5M will be allocated to the expense reimbursement account described above. The Company received $4M under the Tranche 1 equity investment closed in November 2015 ($2M restricted to fund the expense reimbursement account to fund joint business opportunities and Bank Loan expenses, and $2M for general corporate use). In addition to 13M GMO shares priced at $0.30 per share, AMER also received warrants to purchase 80M shares at an exercise price of $0.50 per share ($40M if fully exercised). These warrants have since been extended to the earlier of the 60-month anniversary of Loan drawdown
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3. Liberty Project - Slide 13 and NPV Slide 7: Data are based on the updated Pre-Feasibility Study Technical Report, compliant under Canada National Instrument 43-101, filed in July 2014 and available on the Company’s website. Operating data represent the averages over the first five years of production. Cash operating costs per pound of molybdenum are estimated using $3.25/lb copper byproduct credits. Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return use $15/lb molybdenum, $3.25/lb copper over 31 years of mining, 32 years of milling and an 8% discount rate, after tax. Cash flow is based on the aforementioned, except it is undiscounted. Measured and indicated resources of 309.2M tons at average grades of 0.078% molybdenum and 0.098% copper contain 482M lb of molybdenum and 606M lb of copper. Liberty reserves, based on $15/lb molybdenum and $3.00/lb copper, are effective as of July 30, 2014. Proven reserves are within 92.5M tons at average grades of 0.101% molybdenum and 0.056% copper while probable reserves are within 216.7M tons at average grades of 0.068% molybdenum and 0.116% copper. While the above reserves are in accordance with NI 43-101, they are not recognized as reserves by the U.S. SEC. Please refer to the cautionary note to U.S. investors on Slide 2. 4. NPV Leverage - Slide 19: (Also see Notes 1 and 2.)
plan, using a $15.00/lb molybdenum price over 24 years of mining and 30 years of mill processing at an 8% discount rate, after tax. Liberty Project NPV breakeven and cash flow breakeven use $15/lb molybdenum, $3.25/lb copper over 31 years of mining, 32 years of milling and a discount rate of 8%, after tax. There is the potential to increase Liberty’s NPV and IRR by toll roasting Liberty molybdenum concentrates at the Mt. Hope Project once constructed, thereby decreasing total cash costs to $7.41/lb for the first 5 full years of production. 5. Cu-Ag-Zn Exploration – Slides 9-12: To date, given this represents an early-stage copper-silver-zinc exploration program at the Mt. Hope Project, most of the historical data discussed here comes from historical reports and cannot be independently confirmed and lacks the modern standards of quality assurance and controls for samples and assays. Such data may not be relied upon for any evidence or likelihood of a mineral resource, mineral reserve
43-101”) or any proved or probable reserves as defined by the United States Securities and Exchange Industry Guide 7, nor is there any certainty that further exploration will result in any targets becoming part of a mineral resource or mineral reserve. Qualified Person’s Statement: The scientific and technical information as related to the 3D IP survey results and the copper-silver-zinc exploration program was reviewed by Mark W. Osterberg, Principal Consulting Geologist of Mine Mappers, LLC. Dr. Osterberg is a “qualified person” as defined by NI 43-101. He is a Professional Geologist, with master’s and doctorate degrees in geology. He has extensive minerals industry experience that is relevant to the evaluation of the style and nature of mineralization described herein.
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