Investor Series : Nickel Day...
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Stonehenge Metals Limited, Level 24, St Martins Tower, 44 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000, www.stonehengemetals.com.au
Investor Series : Nickel Day Presentation
February 2008
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Summary
• Corporate Overview• Mandiodo Nickel Project • Australian Exploration• Investment Summary
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Corporate Overview
35.78%Top 20 Shareholders
$3.1mCash at Bank (Feb 08)
$26.05mMarket Cap. – Fully Diluted
$16.92mMarket Capitalisation
30 centsShare Price
86,850,000Fully diluted shares on Issue
6,125,000Unlisted Options
24,325,000Listed Options (entitlement issue)
56,400,000Shares on Issue
Code: SHEListed on ASX December 2006
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Experienced BoardPaul RengelNon-Executive ChairmanFCA, BCom.
Todd HibberdManaging DirectorBSc. (Hons), MSc. Dip. Bus.MAusIMM
Warren StaudeNon-Executive DirectorBSc, MSc, MAusIMM., F Fin
Andrew ParkerNon-Executive DirectorLLB.
Bevan TarrattNon-Executive DirectorBCom.
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Mandiodo Nickel Project• Operating Structure• Project Summary• Location and
Infrastructure• Geology• Resources• Metallurgy• Development Schedule• Exploration Blue Sky
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Operating Structure
• Mining Services Agreement– Between exploration
permit holder and Stonehenge Indonesian subsidiary company
• Exclusive Marketing Agreement
• Transition to listed Indonesian Company
• New mining laws will allow direct ownership of permits
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Project Summary• JORC Resource
– Measured and Indicated 10.4Mt @ 1.61% Ni*
– 167Kt nickel metal• Drilled to feasibility level• Ore - direct smelter feed• Shipping access (barges)• Exploration Potential
– 200-300Mt– 1.3 - 1.5% nickel– 2.6 - 4.5Mt nickel metal– =$USD 78-135 Billion
•ASX release, PT Aneka Tambang (ATM), 2006.
•The reader is cautioned that the potential quantity and grade of the Exploration Potential described is conceptual in nature, that there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and that it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource.
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Location
• Indonesia• Southeast Sulawesi Mandiodo
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Infrastructure• Existing resource• Coastal location• Shipping access (barges)• Local electricity, mobile
phone and internet coverage
• Local workforce• Sealed roads• Local domestic airport• Local Gov’t support• Perth time zone
Mandiodo
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Regional Laterite Mines1. La Sampala-Rio Tinto
370 Mt @ 1.3% nickel2. Sorowako - Inco
322 Mt @ 1.8% nickel3. Bahodopi - Inco
180 Mt @ 1.8% nickel4. Pomalaa - Inco
150 Mt @ 1.8% nickel5. Mandiodo - Stonehenge
10.4 Mt @ 1.6% nickel and growing
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Geology
• Ultramafic Bedrock– Underlies permits– Background grades of
0.3% Ni– Tropical weathering
concentrates nickel– Laterite blanket 10-25
metres thick– Laterite grades:
• 0.9% - 2.2% nickel
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Geology - Laterite
• Extensive tropical laterite blanket– Typically 10-25 metres
thick– 0.8-1.5% Ni Limonite– 1.5-3.0% Ni Saprolite– Drill grids at:
• 50 by 50 metres• 100 by 100 metres• 200 by 200 metres
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Existing Resources• Measured and Indicated
resource of:– 10.4Mt @1.6% nickel
• COG 1.8% Saprolite• COG 1.2% limonite
– 167Kt contained nickel– Massive resource increase
as cut off grade drops
• Drilled to feasibility level– Drill grid 50m,100m,200m– 400 diamond drill holes
The reader is cautioned that the potential quantity and grade of the Exploration target described is conceptual in nature, that there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and that it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource
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Resource Drilling• Immediate drilling• Targeting resource
increase of:– 60-90Mt @1.3-1.5% nickel
• COG 1.0%– 0.7-1.2Mt nickel metal– $USD 21-36 Billion value
• Timeline– Drilling results by May 08– Resource Calc by June 08– Feasibility initiated July 08
The reader is cautioned that the potential quantity and grade of the Exploration target described is conceptual in nature, that there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and that it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource
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Current Drilling
•45 hole program
•3 month timeframe
•Drilling in progress
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Laterite Metallurgy
• Saprolite Metallurgy– Tropical laterite– Grade ~1.45%– SiO2/MgO ratio = 2– Fe content 18%
• >1.5% suitable for ferro-smelting or pig iron production
• Limonite Metallurgy– Tropical laterite– Grade ~1.3%– SiO2/MgO ratio = 2.2– Fe content 33%
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Development Schedule• Direct shipping
– Truck to Beach– Beach to Barge– Barge to Ship– Ore is Free On Board– ~$USD 84/t (1.5%)– ~$USD 150/t (2.0%)– Y1 production 1.2 Mtpa– Y2 production 3.6 Mtpa– Y1 free cash flow $30M– Y2 free cash flow $100M
2009-11Mining start
2009Pre-stripping
Mid 09Govt Approval
Dec 08Feasibility complete
Nov 08Resource Calc
July 08Feasibility initiated
Jun 08Resource Calc
April 08Drilling results
Feb 08Drilling starts
DateTask
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Exploration Blue SkyMandiodo North• Exploration target 150-300 Mt• Target grade 1.3 -1.8% nickel• 5 existing diamond drill holes
with the following grades:
2.1121m1442.0023m131.9126m281.7423m151.7127m14
GradeIntersection widthHoleThe reader is cautioned that the potential quantity and grade of the Exploration target described is conceptual in nature, that there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and that it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource
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Exploration Cross Section
• Average thickness = 24 metres• Average Grade 1.87% Nickel• 1 Kilometre long section, open in all directions
26m @
1.9%Ophiolite bedrock
21m @
2.1%
27m @
1.7%
23m @
2.0%
23m@
1.7% 350mRL
450mRL
Mineralised limonite and Saprolitesurface
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Drill Hole Grades1kmOpen Open
23m@
1.7%
23m @
2.0%
27m @
1.7%
26m @
1.9%
21m @
2.1%
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Mandiodo Summary• JORC Resource
– Measured and Indicated 10.4Mt @ 1.61% Ni
– 167Kt nickel metal• Drilled to BFS level• Ore - direct smelter feed• Shipping access (barges)• Exploration Potential
– 200-300Mt– 1.3 - 1.5% nickel– 2.6 - 4.5Mt nickel metal– =$USD 65-110 Billion
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Australian Exploration• Stonehenge Nickel
– Drilling– Geophysics
• Stonehenge Base Metals– Resource calculation
• Granville East Tin– Production commences
• Federation Tin-Zinc– Resource calculation
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Location
• Australia• Northwest
Tasmania
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Stonehenge Nickel– Two Avebury style
nickel targets• Stonehenge• Southwest
– Similar rocks and magnetic signatures to Avebury
– High resolution geophysics
– Currently waiting on Assay results
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Stonehenge Base Metals
Sunshine Shear~125 metres long~10 metres wide
Best result:7m at:12.2% Zinc2.3% lead64 g/t silver
Tramway Shear6.5m @ 6.3% Zn, 2.9% Pb
and 41 g/t Ag
Resource Calculation underway
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Granville East Tin
• Ore stockpiles of 6-7000 tonnes @ 1% Tin• Mill Refurbishment 98% complete• Refurbishment cost of $300,000• Planned Mill commissioning in March
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Federation Tin-Zinc
• Modelling complete• Resource calculation underway
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Investment Summary
• Mandiodo nickel project in Indonesia– Rapid resource and mine development– Direct shipping to smelters– Large exploration upside
• Australian projects– Stonehenge Nickel discovery potential– Lead-zinc-silver and tin-zinc resources– Tin production imminent
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More Information
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Feb 2008