South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula A World Class Graphite Province “The Pilbara of Graphite”
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Competent Person’s Statement This presenta on has been prepared by Lincoln Minerals Limited (“LML") as an aid to a spoken explana on. The informa on contained in this presenta on is a professional opinion only and is given in good faith. The presenta on is for the informa on of shareholders, poten al investors and other interested stakeholders only and is not intended to guide any investment decisions in LML. Some informa on in this presenta on has been derived from third par es and though LML believes it to be reliable as at the date of this document, LML makes no representa on or warranty as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. To the extent permi ed by law, LML and its officers, employees, related bodies corporate and agents (“Agents”) disclaim all liability, direct, indirect or consequen al (and whether or not arising out of the negligence, default or lack of care of LML and/or any of its Agents) for any loss or damage suffered by a Recipient, a purchaser or other persons arising out of, or in connec on with, any use or reliance on this presenta on or informa on. The Recipient agrees that it shall not seek to sue or hold LML or its Agents liable in any such respect for the provision of this presenta on or any other informa on. Informa on in this presenta on that relates to explora on ac vity, mineral resources and results was compiled by Dr AJ Parker who is a Member of the Australasian Ins tute of Geoscien sts. Dr Parker is Managing Director of Lincoln Minerals Limited and has sufficient experience relevant to the styles of mineralisa on and to the ac vi es which are being presented to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the JORC code, 2004. Dr Parker consents to the release of the informa on compiled in this presenta on in the form and context in which it appears. It is emphasized that Explora on Target tonnage and grade es mates are en rely conceptual in nature and it is uncertain if further explora on will result in the es ma on of a Mineral Resource. Lincoln Minerals Limited
Company Overview • Listed on ASX March 2007 • 153.4 million shares on issue • Market capitalisa on (November 2012 @ 9 cents/share) $13.8 million • 27 explora on tenements on Eyre Peninsula totalling 4,667 sq kms • Offices in Adelaide and Port Lincoln • Significant explora on assets on Eyre Peninsula and emerging miner • Graphite – Inferred Resources at Kookaburra Gully and Koppio, scoping study completed, EM survey flown & explora on targets at Kookaburra Gully, Koppio and Cockabidnie/Campoona • Iron – Gum Flat, Nantuma and Eurilla including mine proposal for Barns deposit at Gum Flat • Copper-lead-zinc-silver – significant discovery at Minbrie 2012 • Nickel-cobalt (Cockabidnie) and Uranium (Jungle Dam)
Eyre Peninsula is part of the Gawler Craton A world class mineral province Gum Flat Iron Ore Project Update
Barns Deposit Located 20km from Port Lincoln Mineral Resource • Hema te-goethite Mineral Resources based on proposed pit design: – Indicated 1.4 Mt @ 49.8% Fe including DSO @ 55-60% Fe – Inferred 0.7 Mt @ 46.0% Fe • Magne te Mineral Resource: – Indicated 12.3 Mt @ 26.6% Fe – Inferred 88.9 Mt @ 23.5% Fe • Addi onal explora on targets Two Stage Development Op on • Stage 1 – mine and export up to 300,000 tonnes per annum hema te-goethite DSO & upgraded fines • Stage 2 – mine magne te ore & process onsite to produce up to 2 Mtpa high grade concentrate (67% Fe) Mining Lease • Mining Lease Proposal prepared for Stage 1 • Revising groundwater extrac on and re-injec on license applica ons to fit within bedrock Water Alloca on Plan Graphite Exci ng New Opportuni es
• Graphite is a form of carbon, an excellent conductor of heat and electricity with the highest natural strength and s ffness of any material to extremely high temperatures (36000C) • Best known as the “lead” in pencils and as a dry lubricant • Commonly used in steelmaking to line blast furnaces, in electrical equipment and, in par cular, as the anode in lithium-ion ba eries (10x more graphite than lithium) – a growing market • 40-80 kilograms in every electric car • New products in development by IBM, Intel & others – graphene and fast charge Li-ion ba eries • There are 3 naturally occurring types of graphite: • Crystalline flake (flat, plate-like par cles >100 microns in schist or gneiss) • Vein graphite (similar to flake but very coarse grained and pure – only found in Sri Lanka) • Amorphous graphite powder (non crystalline) • Flake graphite is most valuable and poten al demand from lithium-ion ba eries is projected to more than double the demand for graphite by 2020 Global Poten al for Graphite Resources (Graphite Sector Overview, May 2012)
Source: Graphite Sector Overview, May 2012, Industrial Alliance Securi es Inc SA’s Eyre Peninsula Australia’s Premier Graphite Province “The Pilbara of Graphite” SA’s Eyre Peninsula A World Class Graphite Province
Extensive high grade flake graphite resources occur on eastern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia
a world class graphite province
graphite schist • Eyre Peninsula’s Hutchison Group sequence contains extensive graphi c rock units graphite schist • High grade regional metamorphism to upper amphibolite and lower Hutchison Group granulite facies has produced coarse grained flake graphite • First recorded produc on of graphite on Eyre Peninsula dates back to 1866 • Uley Graphite Mine is a world class flake graphite deposit and Australia’s largest graphite ore deposit Global Poten al for Graphite Resources (Graphite Sector Overview, May 2012)
Lincoln Minerals Limited (LML) • One of few western companies with Inferred and Historic Resources; AND • Scoping Study completed
Source: Graphite Sector Overview, May 2012, Industrial Alliance Securi es Inc Global Poten al for Graphite Resources
Lincoln Minerals’ Koppio and Kookaburra Gully deposits are world class deposits with respect to total graphi c carbon content
Source: TMR Advanced Graphite Projects Index Explora on & Development • Largest tenement holder on Eyre Peninsula 4,667 sq km • Coordina on agreement with Centrex Metals: • Centrex has iron ore rights • Lincoln Minerals has rights for ALL other minerals including graphite • Significant graphite opportuni es: • Koppio Graphite Mine and Kookaburra Gully Prospect near Port Lincoln • Gum Flat (just 2km north of world class Uley Graphite Mine) • Campoona and Sugarloaf Hill (adjacent Archer Explora on (AXE)) • Numerous outcrops, old mines, prospects and drill hole intercepts in Koppio-Gum Flat & Campoona regions Lincoln Minerals has rights to graphite and all minerals other than iron on Centrex/SAIOG ELs Koppio Graphite Mine where 97 tons Koppio, Kookaburra Gully & Gum Flat of graphite was mined up to 1944
Koppio Graphite Mine • Historic mine (early 1900’s then 1941 to 1944) • Inferred Resource 57,000 tonnes @ 13.1% C but open along strike and at depth • Numerous old mines/prospects within 7km of Koppio Kookaburra Gully • Iden fied and inves gated by Pancon nental Mining during the 1980s • Several trenches excavated north and south of outcropping graphite unit • Inferred Resource 880,000 tonnes @ 11.47% C based on trenching and depth extent of 50m but open to south and poten ally at depth • Petrology - average size graphite flakes >100 micron • Beneficia on of 500kg sample @ 16% C produced a final product of +150 micron flake graphite at >90% C Gum Flat • LML drilling has intersected several graphite occurrences eg 13m @ 12% C in GFRC022 (57-70m) • 2 km north of Uley Graphite Mine Kookaburra Gully-Koppio Electromagne c (EM) Survey
• Airborne Tempest EM survey flown in July 2012 • 4.5km EM anomaly extending SW from Kookaburra Gully • Other EM anomalies: • Koppio Mine • Glendara • Yellow Gums • Pernella
Preliminary EM Image
Fugro Tempest EM survey plane Kookaburra Gully – Koppio Region Explora on Targets
• Conceptual Explora on Targets based on airborne EM Survey and: • Lower es mate = 50m depth extent and upper es mate = 100m depth extent • Subver cal graphite unit similar to Kookaburra Gully and Koppio Mine deposits • SG = 2.2 • Grade range 7-15% TGC (total graphi c carbon)
Prospect EM Strike Thickness Lower Es mate Upper Es mate Length (m) Koppio Mine 500m 7-15 0.4 Mt 1.6 Mt Kookaburra Gully 4,500m 15-20 7.4 Mt 19.8 Mt Glendara 1,000m 15-20 1.6 Mt 4.4 Mt Yellow Gums 1,400m 15-20 2.3 Mt 6.2 Mt Pernella 1,200m 7-15 0.9 Mt 4.0 Mt Others ~2,000m 7-15 1.5 Mt 6.6 Mt Total 14.2 Mt 42.6 Mt
** It is emphasized that explora on target tonnage es mates are en rely conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient drilling in the immediate areas of these targets and it is uncertain if further explora on will result in the es ma on of a Mineral Resource. Kookaburra Gully Scoping Study
Trench 4 (looking west) 20m @ 16.3% C including 12m @ 20.5% C Kookaburra Gully Metallurgy
• Metallurgical test work for Kookaburra Gully: • Graphite mineralisa on readily amenable to concentra on using size classifica on, flota on and gravity concentra on • Premium product at +150 micron can be produced at grades >90% without chemical leaching • Carbon contents up to over 95% TGC can be reached a er 4 stage flota on together with recovery of 85% of total graphite • Further crushing testwork required to preserve +150 micron flake during processing • Recovery of final premium product = 6-10% of feed • Fines product to grades of 80% TGC can also be produced
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! ! Kookaburra Gully • Mine, crush, screen, mill Conceptual Process Flow Sheet • 4 stage flota on incl. flash flota on, regrind as needed, then rougher, scavenger & cleaner flota on cells • Thicken, press & dry • Bag & export Kookaburra Gully Scoping Study
• Capital Expenditure Es mate (Capex)
Item Estimate ($) Estimate ($) 200,000 tpa 400,000 tpa Kookaburra Gully Graphite Project $30,307,300 Mining $380,400 Process plant $22,597,800 Infrastructure $7,329,100 Total direct costs $30,308,100 $38,800,000 EPCM (15%) $4,546,200 $5,820,000 Common distributables (10%) $3,030,800 $3,880,000 TOTAL CAPITAL COST ESTIMATE $37,885,100 $48,500,000
• Opera ng Expenditure Es mate (Opex) Not including mining costs nor transport/shipping
Recovery Availability $ / annum $ / tonne $ / tonne $ / tonne ore concentrate concentrate 200,000 tonnes ore per annum 400,000 tpa 70% 85% $9,041,400 $45.2 $538.2 $436.3 80% 85% $9,099,900 $45.5 $474.0 $384.8 90% 85% $9,158,500 $45.8 $424.0 $344.8 Comparison of Kookaburra Gully Scoping Study with Northern Graphite BFS – Bisse Creek (Canada)
Bisse Creek Kookaburra Gully Resource size 19 million tonnes 0.9 million tonnes Resource grade (% total graphi c carbon) 1.9% 11.5% Processing rate (tonnes per annum) 840,000 tpa 200,000 tpa Mill recovery 95% 80% Annual produc on (ca. 95% C) 18,600-15,900 tonnes 16,000 tonnes Capital cost CDN $102.9 million AUD $37.9 million Opera ng cost ($ per tonne concentrate) CDN $851 to $968 AUD $474 + mining
Bisse Creek data based on Bankable Feasibility Study, 2012 Mining cost for Kookaburra Gully may be $200-$300 per tonne concentrate depending on strip ra o
Kookaburra Gully is high grade and cost competitive by international standards Campoona Graphite Key Points • Immediately adjacent to Archer (Cockabidnie Project) Explora on (AXE) & Monax Mining (MOX) graphite discoveries • Campoona, Jameison Tank & Sugarloaf Hill EM anomalies extend onto EL 4883 • Further poten al in Campoona Syncline between Campoona and Sugarloaf Hill • EM survey – July 2012
Lincoln Minerals EL 4883
Map based on Archer Explora on Limited ASX release 19-11-2012 Campoona Graphite – EM Survey Summary Graphite – exciting opportunities on south-central Eyre Peninsula A World Class Graphite Province
Lincoln Minerals has a dominant ground position with existing Inferred Resources of high grade, high value flake graphite and significant graphite Exploration Targets Positive Scoping Study with low Capex and low Opex by international standards
Lincoln Minerals Limited – in the right place at the right time
Exploration and Development Schedule Next 6 months - drilling program (approved by DMITRE) Mid 2013 – resource definition Later 2013 – BFS and Mining Lease application
November 2012