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Gold and Tin projects
in Australia
The Mining 2012 Resources Convention
31 October - 2 November 2012
Competent Person’s Statement and Disclaimer
Competent Person’s Statement
The information in this presentation that relates to Exploration Results and Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by Dr Gregor Partington, who is a
Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Dr Partington is the Operations Director and full-time
employee of Auzex Exploration Limited and has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation under consideration and to the activity which 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
Partington consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Forward Looking Statements
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presentation is in summary form and does not purport to be all inclusive or complete. Recipients should conduct their own investigations and perform their own analysis in
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This presentation may include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risk, uncertainties and assumptions that
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events, conditions or circumstances on which any such forward-looking statement is based.
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Company Overview
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Auzex Exploration Limited (“Auzex” or “Company”) is an Australian based precious and base
metals exploration and development company with projects in Australia and New Zealand.
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Auzex comprises an experienced team of mining professionals with a proven exploration and
development track record in the resources industry.
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Auzex was created by the demerger of non-Bullabulling assets from Auzex Resources Limited
(ASX:AZX) prior to merger of AZX with Bullabulling Gold Limited (ASX:BAB).
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Unlisted public company, incorporated 6th October 2011, Auzex has 1,300 Shareholders.
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Flagship projects Tampia Gold shallow, high-grade project in Western Australia and Khartoum
Tin-Tungsten large scale-low grade project in North Queensland.
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Targeting ASX Initial Public offering in Q4’ 2012.
Company Strategy
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Focusing on gold and tin which demonstrate strong growth fundamentals driving higher price
levels.
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Develop Tampia Gold project into 1.0 million oz gold target with projected low cash costs.
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Recreate the success achieved in identifying and developing the Bullabulling gold project from
400Koz to in excess of 3.4Moz in 18 months.
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Develop Khartoum tin project into a world class deposit.
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Fast track projects into development.
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Company Snapshot
Capital Structure
Directors
Chris Baker – Non-executive Chairman
Shares
Ordinary Shares
Options
Total
Shares
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22,475,910
100%
30 years experience in Australian and New Zealand resources sector. Metallurgist, experience includes
technical, operational and management roles in mining sector including gold, uranium, tungsten,
titanium and coal.
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Currently Chairman of Coal Association of New Zealand, Director of CO2CRC, Exec Chairman of the
NZCCS partnership and CEO of Straterra.
22,475,910
100%
John Lawton – Managing Director
40 years extensive experience in the Australasian resources sector through all aspects of exploration,
project development, operations and corporate management. Co-founded Ross Mining NL in 1986
developing 7 gold mines in 12 years. Founded Auzex Resources Ltd which successfully identified and
developed the Bullabulling Gold project to in excess of 3.4m ounces of gold.
John is a member of The Australian Institute of Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company
Directors. He is Chairman of Peninsula Goldfields Pty Ltd.
Projects
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Tampia Hill gold project (WA - 80%)
Khartoum tin-tungsten project (QLD - 100%)
Running Brook copper-gold project (QLD - 100%)
Galala Range gold-tungsten-molybdenum (QLD - 100%)
Lyell gold project (NZ - 65%)
Kingsgate molybdenum-bismuth-silica project (NSW - 100%)
Klondyke/Seven Hills gold project (NSW - 100%)
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Exploration assets, excluding Tampia Gold project valued at $6.0M based on Independent
Expert Report (November 2011)
Dr Greg Partington – Director of Operations
30 years experience in the minerals industry both in exploration and mining. Previously worked for
Western Mining, Northern Gold, Ross Mining, Auzex Resources and Bullabulling Gold. He has been
involved in several discoveries where he has actively managed the development and feasibility studies
of these projects, including the development of the Bullabulling Gold project from 400,000 ounces to in
excess of 3.4m ounces.
Greg is a member of The Australian Institute of Metallurgy is a Director of Kenex Knowledge Systems.
Paul Frederiks – Non-executive Director and Company Secretary
Extensive experience in public company financial and secretarial management with more than 30 years
experience in the Australian resource sector.
Previously held position of Company Secretary of Ross Mining, Auzex Resources and Billabong
International Limited and until recently Company Secretary and CFO of Geodynamics Limited.
Paul is a fellow of CPA Australia, The Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chartered
Secretaries Australia and a former non-executive with China Steel Australia Limited.
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Location of Auzex Projects
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Tampia Hill Gold Project, WA
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Tampia Hill Gold project
Auzex’s flagship project is the 80% owned high grade Tampia Hill Gold project located
300km east of Perth, Western Australia.
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Existing Inferred resource : 3.4m tonnes at 2.89g/t Au for 324,100 ounces at 1.0g/t Au cutoff (2000).
Shallow open-pittable, resource within 100m depth with mineralisation open in all directions.
Excellent upside potential – gold mineralistion open in all directions within a greenstone belt
extending over 15km (held by JV).
Project under-explored: Gault prospect discovered by BHP Gold in 1987 – most exploration
has been focused within 1% of the greenstone host.
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Previous drilling includes 19m at 9.2g/t Au,
12m at 13.4g/t Au, 25m at 10.7g/t Au,
25m at 10.4g/t Au, 9m at 16.49g/t Au,
18m at 24.6g/t Au and 13m at 23.6g/t Au.
Auzex hold 80% of the project: private interests
20% free carried to feasibility.
Exploration assessment program has commenced.
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Current Inferred Resource – Gault prospect
The current Inferred resource was estimated in 2000 after the completion of all drilling.
Features of the resource include:
• Mineralisation at surface
Gault Prospect Inferred Resource(2000)
• Shallow, open-pittable resource
• Open in all directions
• Structurally complex
• High grade character: best intercept – 4m at
102.65g/t Au
• Poorly explored and understood
• Strong gold – arsenic relation
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Geology
• Granulite facies metamorphosed Late Archaean
mafic-felsic gneisses (The Western Gneiss Terrain of
the Yilgarn Craton).
• Disseminated gold mineralisation associated with
arsenopyrite, pyrite and pyrrhotite (strong Au-As
association).
• Soil geochemistry over 15km strike length and a width
of 5km is largely untested. Strong deformational history:
structurally controlled mineralisation is continuous.
Known mineralisation covers 850m x 250m (open in all
directions) associated with K alteration.
• Geological setting similar to Katanning (Ausgold Ltd ASX:AUC) and Griffins Find (Panoramic Resources Ltd ASX:PAN).
Property
• Consists of an Exploration Licence and 2 Mining Leases
covering a total area of 35km2.
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Previous Exploration Drilling
BHP Gold Mines ltd 1987 – 1990
• Soil sampling was followed by RAB (1,197 holes/14,711m) and diamond drilling
(18 holes/2,944m);
• Air magnetics with ground magnetics follow up, 29 line km induced polarization (IP) and
ground electromagnetics.
Dry Creek Mining NL 1990 – 2000
• RAB drilling was completed at Smoker (40 holes/1,145m) and RC drilling at Gault
(53 holes/4,553m).
• 1,308 drill holes totaling 23,252m (68% RAB) have been drilled, predominantly at the Gault
prospect.
There has been no modern
exploration since the late 1990’s.
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Next steps…
Work Program
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Ground gravity program Q4’12
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Diamond drilling program Q4’12
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RC drilling program to step out resource Q4’12
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Updated resource Q2’13
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Metallurgical test work
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Scoping Study
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Khartoum Tin-Tungsten Project, QLD
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Khartoum Tin-Tungsten Project, QLD
• Potential 80-120mt ore, averaging 0.2-0.3% tin +
associated tungsten, silver, zinc, bismuth, copper,
indium & molybdenum in potential recoverable
quantities.
• Potential for world class deposit , extensive
outcropping of mineralised formations across 50km2.
• Best results to date include 15.25% tungsten, 3.78%
tin, 0.13% bismuth, 438 g/t silver & 3.39 g/t gold.
• Initial 6 hole scout drilling intersected mineralisation
in all holes along 2,500m strike extent.
• Recently acquired additional tenements with
historical high grade (+1% tin) mineralisation.
• ~100km SW of Cairns
Khartoum outcrop
Khartoum tin project panorama
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Next steps…strong news flow post IPO
Corporate
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IPO process commenced, targeting listing in Q4’12, markets permitting
Tampia
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Ground gravity program Q4’12
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Diamond drilling program Q4’12
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RC drilling program to step out resource Q4’12
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Updated resource Q2’13
Khartoum
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Additional tenements acquired
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Assessment drilling program
Running Brook
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Kidston style gold target - prospectivity modelling/targeting drilling program
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Summary
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Auzex is a precious and base metals exploration and development company with projects in
Australia and New Zealand.
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Auzex comprises an experienced team of mining professionals with a strong track record in
exploration, development and operations within the resources industry.
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Gold and tin offer strong growth fundamentals expected to drive higher price levels
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Flagship project high grade open-pittable Tampia Gold Project in Western Australia.
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Tampia resource 324,000oz at 2.89g/t Au, shallow and open in all directions. Targeting a
minimum 1 million ounces Au.
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Previous drilling includes 19m at 9.20g/t Au, 12m at 13.39g/t Au, 25m at 10.7g/t Au, 25m at
10.35g/t Au, 9m at 16.49g/t Au, 18m at 24.57g/t Au and 13m at 23.55g/t Au.
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Khartoum, potential for world class tin project, best results to date incl. 15.25% tungsten,
3.78% tin, 0.13% bismuth, 438 g/t silver & 3.39 g/t gold
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Running Brook gold-copper project – Kidston
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Clean capital structure ~ 22.5m shares on issue, no options.
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Auzex has 1,300 shareholders.
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Targeting Q4’12 Initial Public Offering on ASX, markets permitting.
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Appendices
Additional projects
Running Brook Gold (Copper) Project - Queensland (100%)
• Located to the south of Kidston gold mine with very similar geology
and geochemistry to the Kidston deposit
• Drilling and testing to date has only tested a small part of the
prospective area
• Best rock chip samples included a maximum 3.12g/t Au and 8.17% Cu.
• Results to date for gold and copper have been encouraging with wide
100ms low grade up to 0.5g/t Au mineralised zones intersected. Best
results to date include 120m @ 0.17g/t, incl. 10m @ 0.5g/t from 24m
Running Brook costean sampling
• Targeting up to 1m oz
Lyell Gold Project – South Island, New Zealand (65%)
• Located in Reefton Goldfields that has historically produced 2.1m
oz Au & now has new discoveries (Globe Progress) in production
• AZX identified gold bearing quartz lodes over a strike length of 5km
• Soil sampling highly encouraging with five assays over 1.00 g/t Au
& spot assays of 39.4 g/t Au and 10.05 g/t Au
• Previous production of 96,500oz gold with average grade of 17g/t
• Drilling program commenced in March 2011
Diamond drill rig at Lyell
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Additional projects continued
Kingsgate Molybdenum / Bismuth / Silica Project – New South Wales (100%)
• Kingsgate Mine was second largest molybdenum producer in Australia in its
time
• AZX works 2004-2008 inc trial mining successfully completed in 2006
• Best results – resource drilling program inc 5m @ 1.35% Mo & 0.69% Bi
• Feasibility study completed Dec 2008. Demonstrated project is financially
robust with low initial capital cost, high operating margin & short payback
period
Visual molybdenum mined from the first bench of
the Kingsgate trial pit
• 20km east of Glenn Innes NSW
Klondyke/Seven Hills gold project - New South Wales (100%)
• Located to 40km north-east of Glenn Innes, NSW
• Exploration has identified two Intrusion Related Gold Deposits (IRGD) targets
in the region.
• Auzex completed a 28 hole RAB drilling program across a 3.5km by 1.5km
target. Best intersections included 13m at 8.6g/t Au and 14m at 1.3g/t Au. Best
results from RC included 8, at 2.7g/t Au and 8m at 2.8g/t Au.
Drilling at Kingsgate
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