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May 29, 2012
A North American Near Term Copper Developer
May 2012
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this presentation other than purely historical information, including statements relating to the Company’s
future plans, objectives or expected results, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based
on numerous assumptions and are subject to the risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company’s business, including
risks inherent in exploration and development, and uncertainties in connection with anticipated commodity prices, growth
of worldwide market demand, exploration capital requirements, length of asset life and availability of qualified personnel,
among others. As a result, actual results may vary materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
Resources and Reserves
The resource estimates described in this presentation have been prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and uses the terms “mineral reserves” and “mineral resources”. Investors are
cautioned of the difference between the terms “mineral resources” and “mineral reserves” as “mineral resources” do not
have demonstrated economic viability like that of “mineral reserves”.
Bill Willoughby, PhD, PE, Enexco’s Chief Operating Officer and Director, an NI 43-101 Qualified Person, supervised the
preparation of and verified all technical information contained in this presentation.
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Cautionary Notes
Contact Copper Project
Focused on advancing the 100%
owned Contact Copper Project in
northeast Nevada towards
production
Intrusive-related deposit, oxidized
PFS completed in Oct. 2010, BFS
planned for 2012
Major land acquisition completed
with Allied Nevada; step-out drilling
underway to test expansion potential
Good resource upside; deposit open
along strike and at depth
Au-Ag and U Exploration Assets
Enexco Overview
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Management
Arnold Armstrong - President & CEO, Chairman
Extensive legal career. Owner of Armada Investments Ltd. and Founding Director of Silvercorp Metals
Inc. (NYSE – SVM). Chairman & Director of Doxa Energy Ltd., Elissa Resources Ltd., and Director of
Paget Minerals Corp.
Recognized leader in founding and managing successful public companies in natural resource sector
Bill Willoughby - Chief Operating Officer, Director
Mining engineer with 32 years experience. PhD in Mining Engineering from the University of Idaho.
Registered Professional Engineer in Idaho. Director of Enexco since 2008
18 years with Teck Cominco: Chief Mine Engineer, Pend Oreille Mine; Mine Superintendent, Polaris
Mine; Senior Engineer, Projects and Evaluations, responsible for feasibility studies, mine design
Dan Frederiksen - Chief Financial Officer, Director
20 years senior accounting experience. CA, CPA, CFA, Bachelor of Business Administration. Director
and CFO of Elissa, Enexco, and Doxa Energy and Controller of Armada Investments Ltd.
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Directors
Arnold Armstrong Chairman of the Board
Bill Willoughby Director
Dan Frederiksen Director
Jim Gibbons Director, Senior Advisor Geologist, lawyer, former Governor of Nevada
Terry Hodson Director Geologist, General Manager of Geology for Baja Mining
Brad Armstrong Director Environmental Law, Partner Lawson Lundell LLP
Paul McKenzie Director 20+ years experience in the resources sector
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Share Structure
Shares Outstanding 32,348,883
Shares Fully Diluted 38,248,883
Treasury C$ 1.9 Million
Market Cap C$19.4 Million
Major Shareholders
Officers and
Directors 23.5%
Allied Nevada Gold 10%
Note: Post-financing and following completion of land acquisition from Allied Nevada 6
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A feasibility stage, oxide copper project
• 100% owned, located in Elko County, Nevada
• Intrusive-related deposit, oxidized down >2,000 ft.
• Amenable to heap-leaching to produce copper
cathode
• Excellent infrastructure in roads, power lines, water
2010 Pre-feasibility study update:
• Reserves of 317 Mlbs Cu
• Measured & Indicated Resources of 711 Mlbs Cu,
plus Inferred Resource of 291 Mlbs Cu
Recent land acquisition from Allied Nevada; likely
to have significant impact on mine optimization
• Acquired 8,000 acres of additional land
• BFS scheduled for 2012 to incorporate additional
drilling on acquired land
Contact Copper Project
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Intrusive-related copper deposit,
oxidized down ~2,000 feet
Copper mineralization in quartz veins,
and as fracture coatings and
disseminations within granodiorite host
Oxide mineralization open along strike to
the east and west, also open at depth
Additional copper oxide potential in
satellite areas
Deeper sulfide porphyry and vein targets
identified to the north and south of main
resource area
Geology
2010 Reserve Outline
North Porphyry Target
Vein Target
EN-88 EN-156
A A’
N
Looking west
2010
Reserve
Outline
Copper Ridge
West End East End
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Granodiorite
K-alteration Rhyolite
Carbonate Quartzite
Resources from Oct. 2010 NI 43-101
PFS update
Resources and Reserves reported at
0.10% Cu cut-off
2010 Reserves and Resources
Category Tons Cu (%) Pounds Cu
Reserves
Proven 27,011,000 0.305% 164,701,000
Probable 27,138,000 0.280% 152,199,000
Total P&P 54,149,000 0.293% 316,899,000
Resources
Measured 52,976,000 0.282% 298,397,000
Indicated 82,233,000 0.251% 413,413,000
Total M&I 135,209,000 0.263% 711,810,000
Inferred 53,490,000 0.272% 291,368,000
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2010 PFS (Pre-Allied Nevada Transaction)
Metric Value
Production Start 2014
Mine Life 10 years
Production 25 Mlbs/yr cathode copper
Capex $86M
Recovery 76%
Acid Consumption 11 lb/ton
Production Cost $0.93/lb Cu
NPV10% @ $2.25/lb Cu $44M
IRR 20.2%
NI 43-101 Pre-feasibility Study Update completed by
Gustavson Associates in October, 2010
Project NPV sensitive to the price of copper
PFS analysis does not include potential impact of
Allied Nevada land acquisition deal
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NPV-10%
$ x1000
Copper Price $/lb
Base Case NPV at $2.25/lb
Allied Nevada Transaction
2010 Pit Outline
Enexco
Allied Nevada Gold
Allied Nevada land
acquisition deal closed
Sept. 26, 2011
• IEC issued 3.2M shares to
Allied Nevada
Enexco now controls
majority of the Contact
mining district
Increased land holdings
from 5,400 acres to
~13,000 acres
Pit outline no longer
constrained by Allied
Nevada land
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Post-Acquisition Exploration
2010 Pit Outline
Following Allied
Nevada land
acquisition:
• Defined drill targets
• Began 2011-2012
drill program
• On-going
metallurgical tests
and environmental
work
• Refining geologic
model and
incorporating drill
results
• Preparing to revise
reserves and mine
plans for feasibility
study
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East
Extension
Target
2011-2012 Drill Program
40,000 ft (12,192 m) Drill Program Near Completion
Initial drilling east of the 2010 reserve outline
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Intercepts Reported To-Date
ENR-3 45 feet (13.7 m) 0.92% Cu
ENR-6 55 feet (16.7 m) 0.43% Cu
ENR-8 130 feet (39.6 m) 0.24% Cu
ENR-15 95 feet (29.0 m) 0.40% Cu
ENR-26 70 feet (21.3 m) 0.48% Cu
ENR-27 170 feet (51.8 m) 0.24% Cu
ENR-30 110 feet (39.6 m) 0.31% Cu
Project Timeline
H2/2011 H1/2012 H2/2012 H1/2013 H2/2013 H1/2014 H2/2014 H1/2015
Allied Nevada
Land Acquisition
Infill & Step-Out
Drilling
Metallurgical
Testing
Bankable
Feasibility Study
Permitting
Construction
Production
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SX-EW Peers
SX-EW Copper
Project
Annual
Production Recovery
Cash Cost
(US$/lb Cu)
Capex
(US$) NPV (US$)
El Pilar (Mercator) 73 Mlbs Cu 56% $1.37 $245M $335M(3)
Franke (Quadra) 35-45 Mlbs Cu(1) 86% $2.45(2) $239M $234M(4)
Piedras Verdes (Priv.) 70 Mlbs Cu 62% $1.41 $135M $148M(5)
Source: Company and Technical Reports
Note: (1) 2011 Guidance
(2) FY 2010
(3) NPV(8%) at $2.60/lb Cu LT
(4) RBC Research at $2.25/lb Cu LT
(5) NPV(12.5%) at $2.00/lb Cu LT
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M&A in the Copper Sector
Target Acquirer
2011 Transactions Norsemont Mining Inc. HudBay Minerals Inc.
Explorator Resources Inc. Sociedad Punta Del Cobre S.A.
Creston Moly Corp. Mercator Minerals Ltd.
Far West Mining Ltd. Capstone Mining Corp.
Equinox Minerals Ltd. Barrick Gold Corp.
Anvil Mining Ltd. Minmetals Resources Ltd.
2010 Transactions Chariot Resources Ltd. CST Holdings Ltd.
Terrane Metals Corp. Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.
FNX Mining Company Inc. Quadra Mining Ltd.
Continental Minerals Corp Jinchuan Group Ltd.
Globestar Mining Corp. Perilya Ltd.
Antares Minerals Inc. First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Citadel Resource Group Ltd. Equinox Minerals Ltd.
2009 Transactions Centario Copper Corp. Quadra Mining Ltd.
Sanu Resources Ltd. Canadian Gold Hunter Corp/
Stingray Copper Inc. Mercator Minerals Ltd.
Kiwara Plc First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Corriente Resources Inc. CRCC-Tongguan Investment Co. Ltd.
Source: Bloomberg
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Numbers of peers in the
development and intermediate
production space have
dramatically fallen off since
2009
Growth pipelines still required
for remaining junior producers
New junior producers needed to
fill market gaps left by
acquisitions
Junior Producers
Hypothetical impact of an additional 35 Mlbs Cu/yr to junior base metal producer profiles
Source: Company Reports
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Uranium
Holding a 30% interest in the Mann Lake
Uranium Project in the Athabasca Basin,
Saskatchewan; Cameco is operator
3,407 ha, between the McArthur River and
Millennium deposits
Joint Venture
• Enexco 30.0%
• Cameco (Operator) 52.5%
• Areva 17.5%
Gold - Silver
Exploring grass-roots level gold & silver
properties in Idaho and Nevada
• Properties with promising surface
mineralization, structural features
• Low holding costs and royalties
• Drill ready targets
Additional Assets
Bluebird project Surface samples up to 107 opt Ag, 0.04 opt Au
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Contact Us
Spiros Cacos
Corporate Development
2060-777 Hornby Street [email protected] Phone 1.604.669.8368
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1T7 www.enexco.ca Fax 1.604.662.3691