Minotaur Exploration held its annual general meeting on November 22, 2010. The managing director provided an overview of Minotaur's projects and goals. Minotaur aimed to define and drill new targets for copper-gold and base metals by the end of 2010. Goals for the end of 2011 included drilling new mineral deposits at Cloncurry and completing studies for the Mutooroo magnetite and Poochera kaolin projects. Minotaur envisioned completing intensive drilling, studies, and resource definition to advance its projects by the end of 2012.
2. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
22 November 2010
Andrew Woskett, Managing Director
Minotaur Exploration Limited
ACN: 108 483 601
ASX: MEP
Monday, 22 November 2010
3. I joined Minotaur on 1 March 2010 and I am delighted to be part of such a great team
I am an engineer with 30 years multi-disciplinary, mining industry experience & in technology
plus a Masters in Commercial Law, Fellow of AusIMM
I have been directly responsible for creating numerous large, new gold & copper processing
operations, such as:
Bougainville Copper concentrator & mine area infrastructure
Kalgoorlie Super Pit, Fimiston plant & Gidgee fluidised bed Roaster
Kanowna Belle
Marymia, Granny Smith mods
Ballarat Goldfields
Iv’e managed studies for a range of new projects in gold, silica, coal, iron ore, copper and
coal-to-liquid fuels, such as:
Cockatoo Island - restructured the high grade {64% Fe} iron ore fines operation, defined new
mineable reserves and extended the life of mine by several years, saving it from closure
Olympic Dam - planned the new open pit operation & organisation (for WMR)
Pilbara Iron - planned the Hamersley iron expansion to 230Mtpa
Extension Hill - PFS for a 5Mtpa hematite/magnetite plant and open pit mine
Eneabba Coal - PFS for a 500ktpa DRI pig iron nugget plant & open pit mine
Background
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5. 1. About Minotaur today; facts & figures
2. Minotaur’s achievements through 2010
3. Minotaur’s aims for the end of 2011
4. Minotaur’s aims for the end of 2012
5. Cloncurry IOCG exploration
6. Mutooroo Fe exploration and a regional perspective
7. Poochera Kaolin; the pathway to commercialisation
8. usual Disclaimer
9. Q & A
today’s Agenda:
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6. About Minotaur
Equity: 92.7M shares on issue
Top 5 hold 23.7%: Oz Minerals (8.67%); Newmont (5.74%)
52 week range: 16.5c - 38c
Last Price (as @ 19 Nov): $0.245
Market Capitalisation: $22.7M
Cash (31 Oct): $6.2M
ListedInvestments: $7.5M
EnterpriseValue: =$9.0M (thedisturbinglylowvaluethatthemarketascribestoourrealassets)
ExplorationAssetsvalued@: $0.097pershare(as@19November2010)
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8. Minotaur’s priorities through 2010:
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exploration mainly in:
Queensland
New South Wales
South Australia
and
Victoria
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9. Minotaur’s priorities through 2010:
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exploration mainly in:
Queensland
New South Wales
South Australia
and
Victoria
where the focus has been on:
defining and drilling new IOCG Copper-gold targets
defining and drilling new Base metals (Pb, Zn) targets
investigating IOCG style (Cu-Au), Magnetite, Kaolin,
and Gold prospects
acquiring new VMS style base metal targets & Gold
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10. Minotaur‘s achievements in 2010:
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11. Project diversity, well funded by JV’s, investing $7 million through 2010:
Cloncurry (Qld): geophysics completed on multiple IOCG targets, first drillhole
successfully completed, but program now hampered by early
onset of‘wet‘ season
Aphrodite (SA): IOCG target 35km SE of Olympic Dam. Access approvals gained.
Drilled to 829m depth in October. The gravity anomaly was
tested but not explained by core. New downhole geophysical
methods needed to assess and understand the anomaly
Border (SA): AEM & EM surveys completed on base metals targets, drill in 2011
Mutooroo (SA): High quality sedimentary hosted magnetite deposit discovered.
Drilling delayed by wet, to re-commence in January 2011
Poochera (SA): Highest quality,‘world class’ kaolin resource characterised.
Planning for a new mine operation from end 2012; +50 year life.
Production to ramp from 50,000 tpa @ start up to +100,000 tpa
(assumes 2 x wet processing modules)
Victoria: Successfully tendered for new VMS tenure; Option taken on
exploration & acquisition of 2 historic gold fields, drilling started
Minotaur‘s achievements in 2010:
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12. Minotaur’s vision for end 2011:
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13. Minotaur’s vision for end 2011:
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Project outcomes:
Cloncurry: drill testing done on multiple IOCG anomalies for new mineral deposits
Mutooroo: have completed a Scoping Study of 1 billion tonne Magnetite target with
possible mineralisation upside to 3 billion tonnes. An initial JORC
Inferred resource reported.
A case made to JV to proceed to PFS from March 2012
Poochera: have completed PFS & DFS studies into Kaolin commercialisation.
Offtake agreements in place, ready to make an Investment
decision to proceed to design, construction and commissioning in 2012
Victoria: have delineated and drilled VMS style base metals targets.
Identified Gold resource and potential production prospects
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14. Minotaur’s vision for end 2012:
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15. Minotaur’s vision for end 2012:
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Project outcomes:
Cloncurry: intensive drilling completed on several new IOCG mineral deposits
Mutooroo: PFS completed. A case made to JV for progression of a $50M BFS, from
March 2013, into a 40Mtpa magnetite mining & processing operation
Poochera: design, construction & commissioning complete; readying for first
commercial production early in 2013
Victoria: VMS base metals targets advanced to new discovery stage.
Gold resources advanced to production proposition
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16. looking for‘Ernest Henry’style iron oxide,
copper-gold (IOCG) orebodies
multiple IOCG targets over 546 km2
30km N of Ernst Henry IOCG mine
JV with Japan Oil Gas & Metals Corp
JOGMEC earning 51%
JOGMEC funding $4M over 3 years
Cloncurry IOCG
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Cloncurry
Ernest Henry
Australia’s most productive
copper belt, but
surface deposits are depleted
vast areas are under cover (obscured)
and are under-explored
geophysics “sees through” the cover
to locate potentially mineralised
targets (anomalies)
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17. Drill Targets at:
Gypsy Plains, drilled 12 Nov to
401.5m target depth, core being
transported to Adelaide for full
technical assessment
Cormorant
Cotswold
Woolshed Flat
Cloncurry IOCG
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ground geophysics
completed
geophysical anomalies
selected for drilling
aka Eloise, Osborne,
Ernest Henry
drilling to resume in
2011, after Wet season
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18. Cloncurry River flows (Saturday 13 November) as a result of first rains overnight
Cloncurry
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19. Mutooroo Fe
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a major new magnetite deposit
JV: Minotaur 40.1%, Sumitomo 59.9%
Australia’s next big iron province?
90km SW of Broken Hill
35km from E-W rail line
Heavy duty rail link 300km to Port
Pirie
a case could well arise for regional
consolidation of new infrastructure to
deliver multi-user Processing, Rail, Port,
Power, Water supply facilities etc,
supporting all magnetite mines in the
area
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20. The
term
"Explora/on
Target"
should
not
be
misconstrued
as
an
es/mate
of
Mineral
Resources
and
Reserves
as
defined
by
the
JORC
Code
(2004),
and
the
term
has
not
been
used
in
that
context.
It
is
uncertain
if
further
explora/on
will
result
in
the
determina/on
of
a
Mineral
Resource.
Refer
Cl
18
of
the
JORC
Code
(2004).
Mutooroo Fe
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2 RC holes drilled to 200m
thick magnetite beds
intersected under thin cover
consistently high quality (~69%)
magnetite concentrates made
from composited drill chips
low level Heli-Mag data reveals
extensive regional arrangement
of magnetised siltstone beds
Work Plan (rain delayed):
★ 8 x RC & Diamond holes
planned along 40km strike
extent of highly magnetised
sedimentary beds
★ Concentrate quality testing
★ to estimate size of the
potential Exploration Target(s);
aiming for ~3b tonnes
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22. Mutooroo Fe
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08RCMUT-‐02 08RCMUT-‐01Magnetite Pellet Fines - Quality CriteriaMagnetite Pellet Fines - Quality CriteriaMagnetite Pellet Fines - Quality CriteriaMagnetite Pellet Fines - Quality CriteriaMagnetite Pellet Fines - Quality Criteria
Species
BF Pellet
fines grade
(target %)
MUT01/02
DTRC %
Comment Result
Fe >60.0 69.3 pure magnetite is 72.4% Fe (maximum grade achievable)
FeO >25 ~26.4 calculated by differences
SiO2 <5.5 3.57
SiO2<5% preferred for Blast Furnace (‘BF’) feed.
For DRI grade Si+Al <2% (preferred) and certainly <3%
Al2O3 1.0-1.5 0.36 low Al2O3 can be considered ‘preferred’ by BF
CaO <3.0 0.10 moderate CaO can offset flux addition in BF
MgO <3.0 0.05 moderate MgO can offset flux addition in BF
TiO2 <0.75 0.06 Concentrate is unsaleable if TiO2 > 1%
Mn <0.050 0.02 Mn increases coke rate in BF
P <0.030 0.01 P<0.08% preferred as P reports to pig iron smelt
S <0.010 <0.01 S contributes to acid rain (SO2) gases in BF exhaust
Mutooroo DTRC grade, to date, ticks all the boxesDTRC: Davis Tube Recovery Concentrate
BF:
Blast Furnace; a steel making furnace
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23. Mutooroo Fe
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A Regional Vision:
Australia’s next big iron province?
several aspiring developers side-by-side
multiple zones each potentially hosting
hundreds of millions of tonnes of
magnetite rich siltstones
Regional potential for ~10bt ore, with a
foreseeable 100 year life of mining @
nominal 100Mtpa mining rate, producing
25Mtpa of concentrate, comprising:
4-5 processing operations for 5-10Mtpa
concentrate each, at ~$2b Capex each, or
one 25Mtpa Super Plant and assoc
infrastructure at ~$6b, saving ~$5b
overall, with scale to include a Pellet Plant
(producing a value added product)
equal to CITIC’s $5.5b for 28Mtpa huge
magnetite project at Cape Preston, WA
(see photos)
6 autogenous grinding mills @ 28MW each
450MW Power station, combined cycle, gas fired
(photos sourced from http://www.citicpacificmining.com/resources/news)
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24. Poochera Kaolin
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!
Granite decomposes to granitic kaolin through tropical weathering
Finished product size is 92% passing 2 microns
(or 2 thousandths of one millimetre).
World trade of highest quality ‘China Clay’
exceeds 10 million tonnes per year.
Used in plastics, paints, paper coatings, tyres,
pharmaceuticals, ceramics
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25. MEP 100%
20Mt Inferred Kaolin resource
5m - 30m below surface, soft digging
92% < 2um hydrous kaolin product
world class‘Ultra white’&‘Ultra bright’
hydrous kaolin qualities;
Reflectance (ISO): R457 = 90.7
pilot plant producing world class
calcined product: R457 = 92.4
potential for new operation
producing +100kt pa for over 50 years
100km from Port Thevenard, SA
marketing exposure expected to
lead to preliminary Offtake discussions
Pre-feasibility study in H1 of 2011
Poochera Kaolin,‘world class’
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Note: * elevated Alumina level is beneficial
* *
Poochera kaolin ticks all the quality boxes
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26. so, to conclude......Minotaur has:
a diversified portfolio with real growth assets
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27. Disclaimer and Competent Person’s Statement
Information in the foregoing presentation that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves
is based on information compiled by Dr A. P. Belperio, who is a Director and full-time employee of the Company
and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Dr A. P. Belperio has a minimum of 5 years
experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the
activity that he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the
“Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Dr A. P. Belperio
consents to inclusion in the presentation of matters based on his information in the form and context in which it
appears.
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and
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success,
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es/mates
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28. and if imitation is the highest form of flattery....
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29. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
22 November 2010
Questions please............then a cup of tea.
Minotaur Exploration Limited
ACN: 108 483 601
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