Objective Capital's Global Resources Investment Conference 2011
Stationers' Hall, City of London
27-28 September 2011
Day 1- Session 3: Strategic metals – the resources everybody wants
Speaker: Gary Billingsley, Great Western Minerals Group
3. Rare Earths: Not So Rare, But Sought After… September 27-29, 2011 Objective Capital Global Resources Investment Conference London and Edinburgh, UK TSX.V: GWG OTCQX: GWMGF info@gwmg.ca www.gwmg.ca
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5. Although GWMG believes that its expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risk and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Readers are advised to refer to GWMG’s current Annual Information Form available at www.sedar.com for a full description of risk factors.
6. GWMG shall not be liable or responsible for any claim or damage, directly or indirectly, special or consequential, incurred by the user arising out of the interpretation, reliance upon or other use of the information contained in this presentation.4
7. World Mine Production and Reserves(tonnes REO) Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2011 5
8. Global RE Exploration 2011 Approximately 200 of 302 Global REE Exploration Projects Shown Below: Source: TMR, GWMG 6
9. Chinese Export Quota History (tonnes REO) 1. Adjusted to reflect 12 month allocation 2. Includes ferro-alloys of rare earths (RE > 10%) Sources: Chinese Ministry of Commerce, IMCOA 7
12. 2015 Regional Imbalances Source: IMCOA Shortage, Surplus, Large surplus *not including Er, and Ho-Lu 10
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14. GWMG Corporate Structure Canada 100% 100% 100% Various % 75% Rareco Great Western GQD Rare Earth Materials Co. Ltd.* LCM Exploration GWTI 74% JV Separation Plant, SA *details being finalized SKK (Steenkampskraal) Hoidas Lake Douglas River Red Wine, Canada Birkenhead, U.K Troy, Michigan USA Former-producing Steenkampskraal Mine, SA 12
26. 20 years of high quality, profitable production
27. LCM products end up in Swiss watches, EU Aerospace and Guidance Systems, electric hand tools, and Automobiles14
28. Global Expansion for LCM 100% capacity expansion driven by forecast demand from major customers in Europe and Japan seeking NdFeBalloy (note agreements with Aichi Steel Corp. & VAC) New state of the art facility now being developed to increase capacity to 2,000 tonnes per annum RE alloy production First special casting furnace ordered and scheduled to have saleable product by second half 2011-2nd furnace in 2012 First phase of metal-making to be located at LCM Processing capacity matches REE distribution of planned output from Steenkampskraal for La, Nd, Pr. Sm, Dy 15
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30. LCM currently operates a co-reduction process for converting samarium oxide to samarium cobalt metal alloy and we will rebuild facilities to produce samarium metal.
31. LCM is developing a fused salt electrolysis process for oxides from South Africa to produce lanthanum, neodymium and praseodymium metal
32. LCM is developing a process to produce dysprosium, terbium and yttrium metal using calciothermicreduction of rare earth fluorides16
49. Favourable Metallurgy: The technology for REE extraction from Monazite is well established allowing for more rapid approval of process and plant design
53. Planned exploration program has a high probability of increasing the known resources on and near the property20
54. Steenkampskraal Strategy Execution Feasibility/EPCM work well underway Discussions in progress for accessing additional monazite from 3rd parties that can be processed at Steenkampskraal Agreement reached with GanzhouQiandong Rare Earth Group Ltd. (“GQD”), an experienced separator and metal maker, to construct and operate a separation plant in South Africa under a joint venture Discussions in progress for offtake of material not required by LCM/GWTI Mill/Separation plant construction targeted to commence Q1 2012 with completion by Q4 2012 GWMG goal is first commercial SteenkampskraalREO production of in Q1 2013 21
China has less than 50% of the world’s RE reserves but are supplying 100% of the global demand-not sustainable in their view.It appears that the ROW has adequate resources for their needs.
From a handful of activeprojects a few years ago to over 300 today
Tougher export quotas have resulted in higher prices and outright panic in certain RE market segments.
Segments of RE demand: ie Why they are in demand.
Assumes Lynas, Molycorp, and GWMG meet stated production levels
Illustrates that the increase in demand comes from ChinaWill the ROW be importing into China in 2015?ExcessCe and La; Nd tight; shortage of Dy for magnets and Eu, Tb and Y for lighting
Outlines three main areas of GWMG corporate strategy
Note that outside China there are very few separators, metal makers or alloying plantsOutside China the supply chain between mine and end user has yet to be established
LCM has been a profitable manufacturer for many years and is well known and respected in the RE industry
Demand from current customers fuelling growth
GWMG will become a metal maker
Currently GWMG makes SmCo metal at LCM
GWTI is a strategic asset in the US RE supply chain
Former producer with mining permit
SKK is high grade with favourable metallurgy and Nuclear Authorization in place.
Separation expertise in place and on a fast track to production
The mine entrance before and during refurbishment; construction underway
Shows the flow of oxides through to alloy production at LCM
Good portfolio of exploration projects at various stages of development
Near term targets and goals within the mine to market strategy