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Apollo Minerals Limited Dominic Tisdell – Chief Operating Officer ABN 96 125 222 924 T +61 2 9078 7665 Level 9, 50 Margaret St SYDNEY NSW 2012 Tony Dawe – Investor Relations T +61 2 9078 7665 F +61 2 9078 7661 1 T +61 8 9388 0944
Friday, 22 March 2013
APOLLO MINERALS LIMITED (ASX: AON) Hong Kong Mines & Money Presentation The Company will be presenting today at the 2013 Mines & Money Conference in Hong Kong (10.30am Hong Kong Time). A copy of the presentation is attached. Dominic Tisdell Executive Director
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www .apollominerals .com.au
Prepared to make a giant leap
Investor briefing March 2013
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This presentation has been prepared by Apollo Minerals Limited (“Apollo” or the “Company”). It should not be considered as an offer or invitation to subscribe for, or purchase any, securities in the Company or as an inducement to make an offer or invitation with respect to those securities. No agreement to subscribe for securities in the Company will be entered into on the basis of this presentation.
This presentation contains forecasts, projections and forward-looking information. Such forecasts, projections and information are not a guarantee of future performance and involve unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are out of Apollo’s control. Actual results and developments will almost certainly differ materially from those expressed or implied. Apollo has not audited or investigated the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Apollo makes no representation and can give no assurance, guarantee or warranty, expressed or implied, as to, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for:
1. the authenticity, validity, accuracy, suitability or completeness of, or any errors in or omission from, any information, statement or opinion contained in this presentation, and
2. without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the achievement or accuracy of any forecasts, projections or other forward-looking information contained or referred to in this presentation.
Throughout this presentation all figures are quoted in A$ dollars unless otherwise stated. You should not act in reliance on this presentation material. This overview of the Company does not purport to be all inclusive or to contain all information which its recipients may require in order to make an informed assessment of Apollo’s prospects. You should conduct your own investigation and perform your own analysis in order to satisfy yourself as to the accuracy and completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation before making any investment decision.
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ASX Code: AON
Shares: 299.3m
Unlisted securities: 77.8m
Market Cap: $20.1m
Cash, 22 Mar 2013: $3.0m
Tony Ho - Chairman
Dominic Tisdell - Exec. Director, COO
Richard Shemesian - Exec. Director
Matthew Rimes - Non-Exec. Director
Executive and Board
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Source of funds
Company overview Well placed for significant growth
Company overview
Iron ore focused
Multiple projects
PFS Stage in SA
High quality products
Base metals potential
Retail (58%)
Capital structure
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Apollo Minerals
Fortescue Metals Group
Iron Ore Holdings Iron Road
IronClad Mining
12 Month Share Price Performance
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Iron ore developer …but keeping an eye on the other metals!
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Fe Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) Style Mineralisation
Super Premium Fe Concentrates
IOCGU and Ni-S
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...with strong potential for significant base and precious metals. Sear
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Steel Iron Ore &
Coal Mining Power
Generation Hot Briquetted
Iron (HBI) Pellet Plant
Leading Indian player in steel, power, mining, oil & gas and infrastructure
Publicly listed in India, market cap of US$12bn
FY2011 revenues of US$3.6bn, cash profit of US$1.1bn
Expanding presence across Asia (Oman, Indonesia, Mongolia and China), Africa (Mozambique, South Africa, DRC and Madagascar), South America (Bolivia and Brazil), Australia and Georgia
Committed to protecting the environment and social development
Corporate Snapshot
5 Jindal Steel & Power Apollo’s newest significant shareholder
Locations
3 mtpa 15 mtpa 2,113 MW 1.5 mtpa 5 mtpa
Jindal Shadeed, Oman – 1.5 mtpa HBI plant Evaluating the use of Apollo Minerals iron ore products
Jindal Steel & Power Operations Map
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NewCo (Iron Ore)
Commonwealth Hill
Kango North Mt Oscar
6 Proposed demerger Simple structure, maximum value
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Apollo Minerals (Base-Precious
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Titan non-ferrous mineral rights + EL4433 farmin
Mt Oscar non-ferrous mineral
rights
NewCo makes an in-specie distribution of shares to Apollo Minerals shareholders
Invests $10m
NewCo value post deal circa $20m
Separation of assets into two listed companies creates a clear commodity focus
NewCo (Iron Ore) supported by new $10m investment for a circa 51 – 54% controlling interest
Existing cash (circa $3m post a successful SPP) remains with Apollo Minerals for base-precious metals exploration, transaction costs and working capital
Apollo Minerals shareholders retain a proportional interest in NewCo (Iron Ore) via in-specie distribution
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7 Titan Base Metals Project An emerging base metals hot spot
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Situated along regional Coorabie Fault and its splays
Area of 1,450km2 – high potential IOCGU frontier
Junction of world recognised Thompson Nickel Belt analogue and high potential IOCGU terranes
Unexplored for either mineralisation style
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8 Titan Base Metals Project Widespread evidence of base metals
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Historic evidence of widespread base and precious metals mineralisation
Area covered by a thin but pervasive blanket of transported sediments and sand
Fresh basement typically intersected between 75 – 150m below surface
Very little geophysics done historically apart from AMAG
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9 Titan Base Metals Project High potential IOCGU target: Acacia East
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Strong EM conductors indicative of massive sulphides
Surface rock samples returned up to 45.4% Fe, 0.31% Cu and 99 g/t Ag
Very large 4.2km x 1.6km dense body suggestive of iron ore mineralisation
Co-incident gravity high, magnetite alteration, EM conductors and surface base metals adjacent to major fault = ideal setting
GS1 EM
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10 Acacia East IOCGU Target Highly anomalous base metals in calcretes
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Wide ranging and highly anomalous base and precious metals above strong EM conductor and gravity high
Highly anomalous ‘pathfinders’ indicative of copper sulphide and IOCGU mineralisation
Best precious metals results include:
1.6 g/t platinum
1.2 g/t silver
GS1 EM conductor plate model
1 mgal residual gravity outline
Regional 99th percentile
Surface Copper Surface Silver
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Potential for very large resource and long mine life
Lower risk processing
Demonstrated high quality, high value products
Lower capital cost options
No need to build ‘Port Apollo’
No need to build ‘Apollo Rail’
Competitive operating costs
Opportunity to scale operations up to over 5Mtpa
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Key Characteristics
Commonwealth Hill A competitive iron ore development
Giffen Well (WPG)
OneSteel: $300m
SA has 2 new iron ore producers as of 2012
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12 Excellent infrastructure 3rd party, multi-user rail and port services
1st class rail services
At Commonwealth Hill iron ore deposit and prospects
High quality below rail engineering
Above rail competition
Rolling stock leasing
New, competitive port and ship loading services at Port Pirie
Basic port operational
Direct connection to rail network
Easily reconfigurable and expandable
Gina rail siding at Commonwealth Hill Nearby Rankin Dam rail siding (ASX: IXR)
Port Pirie – site of proposed 3rd party, multi-user iron ore transhipment services
Potential ship loading site
Existing rail corridor
Potential warehouse site
Illustration of similar iron ore warehouse (PDC Consultants) Sear
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13 Premium products High purities at exceptional sizings
Adelaide to
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Concentrate Grades
Company Project Grind Size Fe SiO2 Al2O3 S P
(P80 µm) % % % % %
Apollo Minerals Commonwealth Hill 143 69.4 2.3 0.36 0.01 0.01
Equatorial Resources Mayoko 63 68.9 3.7 0.11 0.01 0.01
Xstrata Mauritania 80 70.2 1.8 0.22 n/a n/a
African Iron Mayoko 59-65 69.4 3.1 0.22 0.03 0.01
Bellzone Kalia 65 68.7 3.9 0.14 0.32 0.01
Xstrata Zanaga 65 66.1 4.5 0.2 n/a n/a
Gindalbie Karara 35 68.8 4.2 0.08 0.08 0.01
Sources: Equatorial Resources (May 2012), Apollo Minerals
69% Fe Sequoia Concentrate
(P80 = 143 µm)
Sought after haematite sinter fines product at circa 60% Fe
Super premium blended sinter fines product at 67-68% Fe
High quality magnetite pellet feed at 69% Fe
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14 Positive Scoping Study Long-life, high quality
Simple processing and infrastructure paths identified and assessed
Mineable inventory of 131Mt Run of Mine (ROM)
Initial strip ratio of 0.5:1, LOM 1.1:1 (tonnes of waste per ROM tonne)
Open cut mine life of approximately 17 years at 2.5Mtpa sales
Sales of 42Mt at 68.8% Fe at an exceptionally coarse sizing of approx. P80 150µm
Long-term FOB cash cost of US$64/t, (dry, 62% Fe, Pilbara FOBeq basis)
Direct start-up capital expenditure of US$333M, including studies
Strong potential identified to scale the operations up to over a 5Mtpa sales rate for more than 20 years via the processing of iron ore from the Ibis Prospect
Opportunities identified to further reduce the unit capital and operating costs during the Pre-Feasibility Study stage
Sequoia Scoping Study Highlights
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15 Positive Scoping Study …with opportunity for further enhancement
Operating Costs A$/t US$/t
Mining & rehabilitation 22.3 19.1
Processing 22.6 19.4
Product logistics 34.6 29.6
FOBwet cash costs ex-Port Pirie 82.0 70.2
62% Fedry, Pilbara FOBeq cash cost 74.8 64.0
Capital Costs US$M
Studies and approvals 16
Process plant 182
Process infrastructure 91
Logistics 44
Direct capital total 333
EPCM and contingency 100
Opportunities identified to reduce operating costs by another $5 - $15/t
Potential exists to further reduce total unit capital to $120 – 140/t
Notes:
Costs - All costs are expressed in US dollars based on forecast USD AUD exchange rates of 2013: 1.025, 2014: 1.025, 2015: 1.000, 2016: 0.950, 2017: 0.900, 2018 onwards: 0.850
Dry, 62% Fe, Pilbara FOBeq basis costs: These product cash costs are expressed as equivalent cash costs assuming the product is being exported from Port Hedland at a grade of 62% Fe. Adjustments to the costs are made to reflect the fact that the Sequoia products are much higher grade and are being exported from Port Pirie. Typically, Australian iron ore products are expressed relative to the 62% Fe index ex-Port Hedland. Se
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Helping develop Africa’s iron ore industry
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Kango North location map
Kango North Project Highlights
Granted ~400km2 iron ore and gold Exploration
Licence
Gabon - one of Africa’s most politically stable and
economically developed countries
Iron ore occurrences exist over > 20km strike
Exceptional product quality estimated at >69%
Fe with very low levels of impurities
1st class location – close to existing port, 10
mtpa rail, road and two hydroelectric dams
Potential to discover significant at-surface DSO
deposits
Apollo retains 70% controlling interest
Kango North
(Apollo Minerals)
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17 Kango North Project Product quality
Early indications of exceptional product qualities
DTR testing carried out by AMDEL, Adelaide on
samples of surface and near-surface BIF
Very high quality iron ore concentrate produced
with a very high mass recovery (49%) and coarse
grind size (75µm)
Operating cost implications superior to many
other magnetite projects from around the world
Potential to produce DRI-grade concentrates or
quality sinter fines products
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Fe Recovery Recovery Fe SiO2 Al2O3 P S LOI
% % % % % % % % %
41.1 49.2 83.5 69.7 0.9 0.25 0.004 0.004 -2.0
DTR Concentrate Results
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Investor Contact:
Dominic Tisdell
Chief Operating Officer
Ph: +61 2 9078 7660
ASX Code: AON
The information in this document that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Derek Pang, a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Pang has over 15 years’ experience in mineral exploration and is a full time employee of Apollo Minerals Limited. Mr Pang has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit 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’. Mr Pang consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The potential quantity and grade of Apollo’s Projects are conceptual in nature and there has to date been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a mineral resource.
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