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VMS Exploration in the Hanson Lake Assemblage-Flin Flon Greenstone Belt of Eastern Saskatchewan
www.foranmining.com
Dave Fleming, VP Exploration*Roger March, VP Project ExplorationCliff Stanley, Acadia UniversityTodd Ballantyne, in3D Geoscience Inc.
Saskatchewan Geological Survey Open HouseDecember 4, 2013
* Presenter
Forward Looking Statements
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This presentation contains "forward-looking information" (also referred to as "forward looking statements") which may include,but are not limited to, statements with respect to the future financial or operating performance of the Company, its subsidiariesand its projects, the future price of metals, the estimation of mineral reserves and resources, the realization of mineral reserveestimates, costs and timing of future exploration, the timing of the development of new deposits, requirements for additionalcapital, foreign exchange risk, government regulation of mining and exploration operations, environmental risks, reclamationexpenses, title disputes or claims, insurance coverage and regulatory matters. Often, but not always, forward-looking statementscan be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "hopes", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates","forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or statethat certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.
Forward-looking information involves and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which maycause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company and/or its subsidiaries to be materially different from anyfuture results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include,among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of currentexploration activities and feasibility studies; assumptions in economic evaluations which prove to be inaccurate; fluctuations inthe value of the United States dollar and the Canadian dollar relative to each other; future prices of metals; possible variations ofore grade or recovery rates; accidents, labour disputes or slow downs and other risks of the mining industry; climatic conditions;political instability, insurrection or war; arbitrary decisions by governmental authorities; delays in obtaining governmentalapprovals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities. Although the Company has attempted toidentify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimatedor intended. Forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this presentation and the Companydisclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events orresults or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information or statements will prove to be accurate, asactual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information or statements. Accordingly,readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Dave Fleming (P.Geo), VP Exploration for the Company, is a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and hasreviewed the disclosure of a technical or scientific nature contained in this presentation. Mr. Roger March (B.Sc. (Hons.), P. Geo),VP Project Exploration for the Company, is a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and is the QualifiedPerson for the McIlvenna Bay Deposit.
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Introduction• Corporate Overview• Key Assets
Geology• FFGB, Hanson Lk Assemblage (HLA)• McIlvenna Bay Deposit
Lithogeochemistry for Discovery• Acadia MSc. Study• McIlvenna Bay-Balsam LGC
Geophysics• Airborne Mag-EM (VTEM)• Large Loop TDEM (DEEP-EM)
Exploration Success• Thunder Zone Discovery• McIlvenna Bay EM Target “A”
Outline – “Finding the Next One”
Left to right: Steve Kramar, Ryan Morelli, Greg Ross, Mike Koziol, Cliff Stanley
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Foran was re-organized and re-financed in October 2010
Strong management; mining industry veterans as directors & major shareholders
Key Asset McIlvenna Bay: large Cu-Zn-Au-Ag VMS deposit
Principal focus: McIlvenna Bay – Resource Growth
• 19,301 metres in 47 drill holes since January 2011• New mineral resource released March 2013• Engineering, Metallurgy, Environmental Studies
Exploration: Moving Forward - Finding Additional VMS Deposits• Geophysics: 2011 VTEM + 2013 TDEM + Borehole EM• Diamond Drilling: Regional Targets - 6,550 metres in 19 holes• Lithogeochemistry: ~ 4,500 sample database - MSc Thesis initiated
Corporate Overview
Foran exploration success indicates good potential for discovery of resources proximal to McIlvenna Bay
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Hanson Block Foran’s two principal claim blocks are 65 to 90 km WSW of Flin Flon, MB.
Key property: Hanson Block Claims• Large Cu-Zn-Au-Ag VMS
deposit at McIlvenna Bay• 27,000 Ha of claims with
several known VMS deposits • Road accessed close to power,
rail and infrastructure
Bigstone Property• 16,000 Ha of mineral claims• Host to Cu-rich VMS Bigstone
Deposit with historic resources• Good potential to improve
overall McIlvenna Bay development economics
Bigstone
LocationMap
Foran Projects
Saskatchewan
Foran is focused on the mining friendly province of
Saskatchewan
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Flin Flon
Snow Lake
>1875Ma?
ca. 1875-1860
Ma
ca.1900-1880
Ma
Flin Flon:ca. 1890
MaVMS
ca.1890 Ma
Snow Lake:ca. 1890 Ma
VMS
DeschambaultLake
BGBA
FFGB: Volcanic Arc Assemblages
HLM
71 Based on the mineral resource estimate with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2013; see Mineral Resource slide for additional information.
Snow Lake
Flin Flon
1McIlvenna Bay:13.9 Mt Indicated11.3 Mt Inferred
Lalor: 26.5 Mt Proven + Probable
ReservesFlin Flon:62.5 Mt
Production
777:+ 21.2 Mt
Production
Trout Lake:21.7 Mt
Production
Bigstone
Balsam (Thunder Zone)
5 Large VMS Deposit in the FFGB
McIlvenna Bay - Mineral Resources1
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2013 McIlvenna Bay Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate (US$60t/ NSR cut-off)
Zone Tonnes(kt)
Cu(%)
Zn(%)
Au(g/t)
Ag(g/t)
CuEq(%)
ZnEq(%)
Main Lens – Upper West Zone 2,148 1.66 4.10 0.88 31 2.79 18.75
Main Lens – Zone 2 3,386 0.31 7.15 0.24 24 1.51 10.19
Lens 3 756 1.23 2.55 0.30 15 1.79 12.03
Copper Stockwork Zone 7,610 1.60 0.30 0.50 11 1.90 13.10
Total Indicated 13,900 1.28 2.67 0.49 17 1.96 13.19
1 Effective date Jan. 1, 2013; Metal prices for 2013 Resource are US$3.25/lb. Cu, US$1.10/lb. Zn, US$1,400/oz. Au & US$25/oz. Ag; The base case uses a US$60/t NSR cut-off using provisions for metallurgical recoveries, smelter payables, refining costs, freight, and applicable royalties; see appendices for full footnotes; for additional information see the Foran news release dated March 27, 2013 at www.sedar.com
2013 McIlvenna Bay Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate (US$60t/ NSR cut-off)
Zone Tonnes(kt)
Cu(%)
Zn(%)
Au(g/t)
Ag(g/t)
CuEq(%)
ZnEq(%)
Main Lens – Upper West Zone 2,913 1.63 3.68 0.51 19 2.47 16.62
Main Lens – Zone 2 2,796 0.51 7.13 0.38 26 1.79 12.04
Lens 3 124 1.61 2.67 0.51 18 2.31 15.52
Copper Stockwork Zone 5,478 1.56 0.47 0.42 12 1.87 12.59
Total Inferred 11,311 1.32 2.97 0.43 17 2.01 13.52
INDICATED
INFERRED
Mineralized zones extend >1900m down plunge (open below 1200 vertical metres)
Highest grades and thickness of the CSZ (up to 50m) are overlain by Cu-rich Upper West zone (UWZ) massive sulphide
Extensive Zn-rich massive sulphide of Zone 2 is continuous with the UWZ occurring down-dip and down-plunge
15m average thickness for the combined Main Lens (Zone 2/UWZ) and underlying CSZ
Horizontal widths of the mineral resource locally exceed 800 metres
McIlvenna Bay DepositSection 9700E
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RuskFmt.
Koziol BIF
Main Lens(Zone 2)
CopperStockworkZone (CSZ)
Main Lens (UWZ)
UpperSequence
HWA BIF
Paleozoic Cover
MV
Gabbro
Magnetic StrataAltered
McIlvenna Bay Fmt.
Altered McIlvenna Bay Fmt.
Cap Tuffite
Lens 3
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McIlvenna Bay: Copper Stockwork Zone (CSZ)Indicated: 7.61 MT @ 1.60% Cu, 0.30% Zn, 0.50 g/t AuInferred: 5.48 MT @ 1.56% Cu, 0.47% Zn, 0.42 g/t Au
View looking down andSouth West
IndicatedInferred
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McIlvenna Bay: CSZ + UW MS + Zone 2 MS
Indicated: 3.39 MT @ 0.31% Cu, 7.15 % Zn, 0.38 g/t AuInferred: 2.80 MT @ 0.51% Cu, 7.13% Zn, 0.38 g/t Au
Indicated: 7.61 MT @ 1.60% Cu, 0.30% Zn, 0.50 g/t AuInferred: 5.48 MT @ 1.56% Cu, 0.47% Zn, 0.42 g/t Au
Indicated: 2.15 MT @ 1.66% Cu, 4.10 % Zn, 0.88 g/t AuInferred: 2.91 MT @ 1.63% Cu, 3.68% Zn, 0.51 g/t Au
View looking down andSouth West
IndicatedInferred
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McIlvenna Bay - De-risking the depositExploration:
• Validated and verified historic database (assays, surveys, etc) • New NI 43-101 compliant resource encompassing all zones of mineralization;
McIlvenna Bay now ranks as the 3rd largest deposit in belt and is open at depth
Engineering & Environmental Studies: Metallurgy
• Positive results from initial test work; Concentrate marketing study Engineering Studies
• Geotechnical, geochemical, hydrogeological and tailings study complete or underway and high level mining and development studies initiated
Environmental Studies• Field work and report on Baseline Studies complete
Now it is time to shift our focus to the search for the next one…..
Project Consultants:
Stratigraphy is N to NW trending, upright and east-facing, except at Balsam (SW dipping)
Several volcanic cycles from west to east across the property
Sodic, high Zr upper rhyolite extends from Parrex Bay south to Balsam
Upper rhyolite is a felsic dome at Parrex Bay flanked by sediment-BIF-rhyolite hosted Zn-rich sulphide mineralization
Highly evolved Eastern Belt rocks are deemed most prospective by association with McIlvenna Bay
HLA Eastern Belt
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McIlvennaBay
Balsam
Zinc Zone
?
?Hanson
Lake
Sareco Bay
Trace of Eastern Belt VolcanicsEastern Belt VMSCentral and Western VMS
Parrex Bay Rhyolite Dome - coarse fragmentals
Distal VMS?
Distal VMS?
Fragmentals
Rhyolite dome-large system
Central and Western belt volcanics (lower sequences) host significant VMS mineralization including the past producer Hanson Lake Mine (HLM - 147,000 tons @ 10% Zn, 5.8% Pb, 137 g/t Ag production)
HLM rhyodacite positioned at the top of Central belt volcanics?
Western belt volcanic rocks are sourced from juvenile magma
The western project area has less exposure and poorly explored relative to the eastern belt
Central-Western Belt
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McIlvennaBay
Balsam
?
Grid F
HL Mine (HLM)
Miskat
Grid B
Flinty
South Bay
Bluebird
?Hanson
Lake Trace of Eastern Belt VolcanicsEastern Belt VMSCentral and Western VMS
Mafictholeiites
Mineralization at the top of a central volcanic cycle?
CentralBelt?
CentralBelt?
Acadia University Research 2013-2014:Lithostratigraphy of the Hanson Lake Assemblageg
Thesis advisors: Dr. Cliff Stanley, Acadia UniversityDr. Ryan Morelli, Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Objectives:1. Establish an integrated lithostratigraphy and
chemostratigraphy of the volcanic, volcaniclastic and plutonic rocks in the HLA
2. Understand where VMS deposits and VMS mineralization reside within this stratigraphy
3. Identify any regional and local hydrothermal alteration zones associated with known or yet-to-be discovered VMS deposits to focus exploration
4. Characterize the nature and estimate the intensities of alteration in these zones in spite of metamorphism
15MSc. candidate Steven Kramar
*304 Samples collected in July 2013
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HLA Surface LGC Sampling304 LGC samples collected in July 2013 by Steven Kramar
~ 1,350 historic surface LGC samples at Hanson Lake
>3,150 LGC samples from drill core ~2,000 at MB + 674 from Balsam
Ryan’s Reef
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Conserved Elements
McIlvenna BayBalsam
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Molar Element Ratios
McIlvenna BayBalsam
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McIlvennaBay
Balsam
?
Grid F
HL Mine
MiskatGrid B
Flinty
South Bay
BluebirdSareco
Bay
ZincZone
?
VTEM AirborneRTP Residual Mag
Phanerozoic cover is rendered transparent in airborne magnetic-EM data sets (VTEM 2007,2011)
MB hangingwall stratigraphy is defined in magnetic and EM data sets (mafic Rusk Formation + BIF)
Structural discontinuity NW of Balsam (Balsam dips to the SW)
A composite gabbro-diorite pluton breaches eastern belt rocks south of the Zinc Zone
Trace of Eastern Belt VolcanicsEastern Belt VMSCentral and Western Belt VMS
Gabbro-Diorite
Fault
BIF-Graphitic Seds
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2013 Large Loop DEEP-EM Survey
TDEM coverage totalled 98 km:• McIlvenna Bay = 61 line km• Balsam Grid = 37 line kmSurvey Line Spacing: 200 mMeasurements: 50 mXYZ components
McIlvennaBay
Balsam
CH 20 X dB/dtEM Response
Grid Location
Grid Location Detail
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Historic drilling (1985-2002) at Balsam targeted several stratigraphic intervals of VMS alteration and Cu-Zn-Au-Ag sulphides over two km’s of strike
Late-time maximum EM decay constant (Tau) calculations from the 2013 survey are highest at the Thunder Zone (13.30 ms); significantly stronger than at Balsam
The last drill hole of the 2013 program (BA-13-77) was re-oriented from an existing drill pad to test the Thunder Zone conductor.
BA-13-77 intersected massive sulphide at a downhole depth of 356.96 m (vertical depth is ~300 metres)
Borehole EM (MB-13-177) decay constant (Tau) at the Thunder Zone is an order of magnitude higher than surface data
BA-13-773.66 m @4.08% Cu
Target “B” Balsam-Thunder ZoneDEEP-EM X dB/dt CH 20
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Massive Sulphide: Po-Py-Cpy-Mt-Aspy356.96-360.62m = 3.66m @ 4.08% Cu, 0.71% Zn, 0.43 g/t Au, 27.0 g/t Ag
Mt
Chl
Balsam–Thunder Zone:DDH BA-13-77
Cpy Aspy
PyPo
And
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McIlvenna Bay Deposit:Resource Grade ShellMcIlvenna Bay Deposit:Resource Grade Shell
Target B:Thunder Zone Conductor
Tau = up to 13.3 ms
Target B:Thunder Zone Conductor
Tau = up to 13.3 ms
Target Area A Principal ConductorTau = up to 36.0 ms
Target Area A Principal ConductorTau = up to 36.0 ms
McIlvenna Bay ConductorTau = up to 14.6 msMcIlvenna Bay ConductorTau = up to 14.6 ms
Balsam ConductorTau = up to 4.0 msBalsam ConductorTau = up to 4.0 ms
Balsam DrillingBalsam Drilling
View is down and to the East
DEEP-EM: Channel 20 X dB/dt
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MB DEEP-EM= EM X dB/dt CH 20
Priority 1 Conductor AxesPriority 2 Conductor AxesPriority 3 Conductor AxesMcIlvenna Bay projected to surface
Target Area “A”
Target A Priority 1Late Time Tau 26-36 ms1200 m EM response
Target A Priority 2Late Time Tau 14-18 ms2400 m (possibly 3400 m) EM response
Line 7000 N
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20 kilometres of highly evolved, Na-rich, felsic volcanic rocks of the Eastern Belt are deemed most prospective by their association with the McIlvenna Bay deposit
Cu-rich massive sulphide at EM Target “B”-Thunder Zone has validated the application of large loop, deep penetrating TDEM• Thunder Zone discovery: 4.08% Cu over 3.66 metres
DEEP-EM Target “A” is a significant conductor and a solid VMS target with good potential for discovery within close proximity to McIlvenna Bay• >1200 m long, strong conductor at depth, SE of McIlvenna Bay
Predictive lithogeochemistry will effectively target prospective volcanic stratigraphy and alteration at both regional and deposit scales which will focus DEEP-EM surveying and drilling
Conclusions:
Good potential exists for new discoveries in both the HLA and Northern Lights Assemblage (Bigstone Property) and the development
of a district-scale VMS mining camp in eastern Saskatchewan
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Steven Kramar and Cliff Stanley; Acadia University
Ryan Morelli and Ezra Meszaros; Saskatchewan Geol. Survey
Mike Koziol; Foran Technical Advisor
Koop Geotechnical Services Ltd., Flin Flon, MB
Boart Longyear Drilling Services Ltd., Saskatoon, SK
The Foran Field Crew: Todd Carpentier, Mearl Jobb, Lisa Holleman, Jeff Kellner, Kevin Paterson, Dianne Peterson, Greg Ross and John Vanderveen
Past mappers and explorationists including Cameco, Granges, Aur Resources, Copper Reef Mining Corporation and the Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Thanks to: