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These presentation slides (the “Slides”) do not comprise a prospectus or other form of offering documentrelating to Tethyan Resources plc. (“the Company”), and do not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase orsubscribe for any securities of the Company or any other company and should not be relied on in connectionwith a decision to purchase or subscribe for any such securities.
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This presentation may contain forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, comments regarding thetiming and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potentialmineral recovery processes, and other related matters. Forward-looking statements address future events andconditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. The Company’s current projects in Serbia areat an early stage and all estimates and projections are based on limited, and possibly incomplete data. Morework is required before geological and economic aspects can be confidently modelled. Actual results may differmaterially from those currently anticipated in this presentation. No representation or prediction is intended as tothe results of future work, nor can there be any guarantee that estimates and projections herein will be sustainedin future work or that the Project will otherwise prove to be economic.
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Company Overview
Tethyan is a Project Developer with a focus on gold and copper in the Balkan
region of the great Tethyan Metallogenic Belt
• Attention to delivering shareholder value
o Clear and defined strategy
• Agile and experienced Management team
o Proven track record
• Focus on the Balkan region of the Western Tethyan belt
• Consolidating exploration licenses in the ‘Raska District’
o Historic mining district
o Drilling at potential new targets at Suva Ruda and Gokcanica projects
� Potential for major porphyry copper-gold at Suva Ruda
• Developing a portfolio of projects up the value curve
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Strategy
• Market: Use recent downturn in commodities markets to discover or acquire a quality portfolio of
exploration projects which can be quickly moved to development stage.
• Team: Established an efficient and capable local team with wide-ranging expertise to progress our projects.
• Projects: The Balkan region is emerging as a highly prospective yet underexplored area for copper-gold
deposits. Tethyan has acquired projects with known mineralisation in proven mining districts in order to fast
track to drilling and exploration success.
• Pipeline: Tethyan is actively reviewing new targets and intends to stake or acquire permits over promising
mineralised systems in Serbia and the Balkan region (Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia).
• Corporate Restructuring: Rolled-back the company’s stock and planned listing on the TSX-V for better
access to North American exploration and mining market.
Why the project developer model works
Company Country Project
Share Price on
Drilling or
Acquisition
Share Price
High, BuyoutAcquirer
Andean Resources Argentina Cerro Negro (gold) 2 cents CAD $ 3.6 billion Goldcorp
Exeter Resources Argentina Cerro Moro (gold) 50 cents CAD $ 8.80 Yamana
Bear Creek Mining Peru Corani (silver) 50 cents CAD $ 8.69 -
Antares Minerals Peru Haquira (copper) 20 cents CAD $ 460 million First Quantum
Monterico Metals Peru Rio Blanco (copper-moly) 20 pence £150 million Zijin Group
Aurelian Resources Ecuador Fruta Del Norte (gold) 50 cents CAD $ 1.2 billion Kinross
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Management and the Board have experience in delivering excellent returns for shareholders.
Company Country Project
Share Price on
Drilling or
Acquisition
Share Price
High, BuyoutAcquirer
Lydian International Armenia Amulsar (gold) 40 cents CAD $ 2.95 -
Laramide Resources Australia Westmoreland (uranium) 7 cents CAD $ 15.79 -
Aquiline Resources Argentina Navidad (silver) 20 cents CAD $ 626 million Pan American
Real value is made by owning a major stake in a discovery.
Western Tethyan Mineral Belt
Tethyan belt extends over 10,000km from Asia to the Balkans and is comparable to
the Andes and Western US & Canada yet significantly less explored
• Cretaceous and Tertiary age porphyry
& epithermal copper, gold & base-
metal belts
• Number of world-class districts:
o Chelopech/Elatsite region - Bulgaria
o Bor/Timok region – Serbia
o Trepca region – Serbia & Kosovo
o Rosia Montana – Romania
• Under explored with modern
geophysics and geochemistry,
particularly for gold
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Serbia – A Welcoming Mining Jurisdiction
• Favourable new Mining Law:
o Practical new Mining Law enacted December 2015 developed by interaction with stakeholders including local and international mining companies
o 15% corporate taxo 5% net smelter royalty
o 100% foreign ownership and repatriation of profits
• Favourable business jurisdiction as an EU candidate with political stability
• Excellent infrastructure and easy access to markets
• In-country expertise
• Low-cost operating environment
• Young population and low employment levels
• Other active companies:
o Eldoradoo Rio Tintoo Freeport McMoRano Nevsuno Dundee Precious Metals
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A rare combination: stable government, pro-mining, low
tax, good geology and under explored
Raska District – Favourable Location
Located in a favourable region for
infrastructure
• Located in a region of historical mining
• Large, pro-mining local workforce
• Local water source
• Grid electricity
• Railway line to Adriatic Coast
• Main Rudnitza porphyry zone is on a hill
200m above surrounding ground; therefore
potential low pre-mining strip
• Potential large reduction in capital cost
due to existing infrastructure
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Suva Ruda &
Gokcanica Projects
Two promising exploration licenses situated in a well known historic mining district:
Suva Ruda Project:
• Tethyan holds a 7 year option to buy 100%
o 4 payments of Euro 100 k to Oct 2019
o 100 % buy out for Euro 6 million. Plus bonus as part of construction cost to underlying owner
• Potential for major porphyry copper-gold project at Rudnitza
• Tethyan recently drilled in winter of 2016:
o 567m @ 0.28% copper & 0.45 g/t gold (RDD-001) from surface.
Includes 30m @ 1.45% copper & 0.4 gold (oxide)
Acquired 197km2 in Emerging Porphyry-
Epithermal Belt
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Raska District
Gokcanica Project:
• Very large altered and mineralised system (7km x 3km), believed to host porphyry potential
Rudnitza Porphyry
Suva Ruda Project – Rudnitza Porphyry
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Possible double-headed porphyry with
potential at depth
Total alteration system covers 1500m by 500m area defined by coincident copper-gold-molybdenum anomaly in soil sampling, with two zones of +100 ppb gold:
Southern porphyry zone
• In drillhole RDD-001 Tethyan returned 567m at 0.28% copper and 0.45 g/t gold (includes 30m @ 1.45% copper & 0.4 gold)
Northern porphyry zone
• New 600m by 400m geochemical anomaly discovered by soil sampling extends to the north
• Never drill tested
Figure: The Rudnitza porphyry area, contoured gold in soil results highlight the two porphyry centres. Results for drillholes RDD-005 to RDD-008 are pending.
Tethyan will run Quantec’s proprietary TITAN IP technology in 10 lines over the Rudnitza porphyry to
identify potential mineralisation, the TITAN system can identify targets up to 1,500m depth.
Suva Ruda Project – Rudnitza Porphyry Geophysics
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Figure: The Rudnitza porphyry, contoured copper in soil results highlight the mineralised area, IP survey lines to be analysed in August 2017.
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Gold Equivalent Calculations
Hole ID From (m)Length
(m)Cu (%) Gold (g/t)
Gold Equivalent
(g/t)
RDD-001 0 567 0.28 0.45 0.89
RDD-002 96 224 0.24 0.27 0.65
RDD-003 42 291 0.31 0.32 0.81
RDD-004 0 428 0.34 0.27 0.81
Table below is to display the Rudnitza copper-gold porphyry drilling results in ‘gold terms’:
Notes on calculations:
10m min comp length. 10m internal waste max, 0.3 trigger value AuEq
Au $ 1200 per ounce Gold equiv Cu % * 1.57
Cu $ 2.75 lb
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• ASTER satellite imagery analysis has identified a number of new targets on the Suva Ruda license in addition to the Rudnitza porphyry
• In particular the Kremic zone in the north of the license which is a site of historic mining with reported high-grade copper mineralisation
• This area has never been explored in ‘modern’ times and will be a focus of Tethyan’s exploration in 2017
• Additional potential for Lead and Zinc veins, including historical Pb-Zn deposits (Karadak, Sastavic and Kizevak)
Consolidating the Raska District – Suva Ruda
Tethyan has entered into a joint venture over the Gokcanica permits
Site of Roman & French
silver mine, rock samples up
to 0.7 g/t gold & 189 g/t silver
High-grade gold structure, up
to 11 g/t gold in rock sampling
Previous drilling hit 12.4 m @ 1.5% Cu,
1.4% Pb, 0.8% Zn, 62 g/t Ag, 1.6g/t Au
• Porphyry-epithermal targetsituated 15km north of Rudnitza
• Roman workings on epithermal gold and silver targets
• Dealo Spend $500k by 9th May
2018 to earn 51%
o Complete PEA for 70%
o Complete Feasibility study for 80%
o JV partner fund or dilute to 1.5% NSR capped at$5 million
Consolidating the Raska District - Gokcanica
Recent stream sediment sampling by Tethyan has defined a significant gold anomaly.
• Geophysics and first drill programme planned in 2017
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The next 6-12 months J
• Drill 2000m diamond core drilling (commenced April 24, 2017)o Target extensions to known mineralisation
• Complete Major Geophysical Programme
o TITAN IP searching between 500 and 800m for high grade porphyry potassic core
• Commence second major drill programme, 4000m to 6000mo Drilling IP targets for buried high grade porphyry system & build the size of known resourceo 5 to 10 drill holes, 600m to 800m depth
• Joint List on TSX-Vo Increase liquidity on share tradingo Gain access to North American Investors and Funds
• Commence Exploration on early stage targetso Gokcanicao Kremic & Karadak
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Investment Case
• Management has a proven track record of delivering shareholder value
o They are an experienced and nimble team
• Project Developer focused on acquiring and developing projects and moving projects up
the value curve
• Portfolio approach – Consolidating ‘Raska’ flagship area
o Known mining district
o Have potential flagship development project Suva Ruda
o Continuous news flow in 2017
• Exploring in the Balkan region of the Western Tethyan Mineral belt
o Focused on Serbia – a significant historic mining district
• Defined strategy to create and develop shareholder value
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“Peers” with Porphyry Cu-Au Projects
19Goal for Tethyan to be re-rated higher price (Current mark cap $ CAD 8 m).
Current corporate structure
Ordinary Shares in issue
168,182,052
Shares not in public hands
70,433,336(41.88%)
Total Directors Holding
11.97%
Warrants in issue105,560 at 3.48p & 2,341,500 at C$0.036
Options7,700,000 at 5p & 3,400,000 at 2.4p
Current MarketCap
£6.0 million (at 3.5p)
Cash Position £1.0 m (June 30, 2017)
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Corporate Structure & Financials
Major Shareholders %
Southern ArcMinerals 29.91%
Pat DiCapo 5.4%
Frank Brewer 5.3%
Peter Mullens (CEO) 5.1%
Khuanchai Siphakanlaya 4.0%
Alan Fairless 3.0%
Didier Fohlen (ED) 3.0 %
Share Price Graph
12 month period
Source: LSE
Company Contact Details
For further information please contact –
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Tethyan Resources plc info@tethyan-resources.com
Cairn Financial Advisors LLP (Nomad) 020 7213 0880
Blytheweigh (Financial PR) 020 7138 3204
SP Angel (Broker) 020 3470 0470
Board of Directors
Dr Mike Andrews (Non-Executive
Director)Mike holds a BSc (Hons) Geology from the University of Reading,
and a PhD in exploration geochemistry from the University of
Wales. He played an instrumental role in the discovery,
exploration, feasibility and development of the Way Linggo Gold
Mine in Indonesia. Previously he has held senior roles at AuIron
Energy Ltd., Meekatharra Minerals Ltd. and managed the Teck-
MM Gold Indonesian Joint Venture. Mike is currently President &
COO of Southern Arc Minerals, President & COO of Japan Gold
and a Director of Q Investments.
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John Proust (Non-Executive Chairman)John received the designation of Chartered Director (C.Dir.) from
McMaster University, Directors College, Michael G. DeGroote
School of Business. He is the founder and principal shareholder of
numerous public and private companies. He has directed, managed
and advised public and private companies regarding corporate
strategy and structure, debt and equity financing, M&A and corporate
restructuring since 1986. He is currently Chairman and CEO of
Japan Gold Corp., Chairman and CEO of Southern Arc Minerals Inc.,
Chairman of Canada Energy Partners Inc., Interim President & CEO
and a director of Outrider Energy Corp., and a director of Q
Investments Ltd.
Pete Mullens (Chief Executive Officer,
Director)Peter is a geologist with over 30 years’ of extensive mining and
exploration industry experience. He has successfully helped to
develop four Canadian-listed exploration companies and is
credited with the discovery drill hole of Pico Machay in Peru and
the acquisition of Navidad (700Moz silver), Calcatreu in Argentina
(1Moz gold-silver) and Westmoreland in Australia (50Mlb’s
uranium). He is also a Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Road
Minerals Ltd (TSXV:RYR).
Gokhan Kantarcigil (Non-Executive
Director)Gokhan has over 15 years’ experience in the mining and
engineering industry. He is CEO and founder of Turkish mining
and exploration company VTG Holdings. Previously Gokhan was
involved in the discovery, construction and production of the
Brummersheim coal project in South Africa which is currently
producing in excess of 1mt of export quality thermal coal per
year. He currently trades gold and invests into gold exploration
projects.
Didier Fohlen (Executive Director)Didier has an engineering degree from the School of Geology and
Mines of Nancy. He has 35-yrs experience in exploration, mining
operations and mine closure, with a focus on investment in
emerging markets, corporate social responsibility and
environmental management. This included 15-yrs in the World
Bank Group/IFC mining group working in Europe, Africa, Middle
East and Russia.
Fabian Baker (Chief Operating Officer)Fabian has a BSc in Applied Geology from the CambourneSchool of Mines and is currently completing an executive MscinEconomic Geology with the University of Tasmania. He hasexperience in grassroots exploration through to completion ofBankable Feasibility in frontier and developing countries.Previous roles include Chief Geologist at Lydian International’snewly discovered Amulsar gold deposit and Exploration
Manager for Tigris Resources (now Royal Road Minerals),focused on a new gold and copper district in SE Turkey. In hiscapacity as COO the management of exploration in Serbia andneighbouring countries is managed by Fabian, who wasresponsible for identifying the opportunities that lead toTethyan Resource’s entry into the region.
Management
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Nickola Savic (Regional Manager -
Balkans)Nick is a Serbian national who qualified as a geologist in thelate 70’s, following which he emigrated to Western Australiawhere he worked for a number of major companies for 20years. Nick was tasked by Dundee Precious Metals in theearly 2000’s to establish Dundee Precious Metals in Bulgariaand Serbia where Nick remained as Country Manager for a
number of years. More recently Nick managed the countryentry for First Quantum Minerals into Serbia. Nick hasunparalleled exploration and related administrativeexperience in the Balkans region and is assisting andadvising Tethyan on all local administrative aspects in Serbiaand Bulgaria.
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