dalradian corporate presentation may 2012 final
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The European Explorer │ Investor Presenta4on May 2012
Patrick F. N. Anderson Chairman and Chief Execu4ve Officer
Forward-‐Looking Statement & Qualified Persons
This presenta4on contains “forward‑looking informa4on” which may include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the comple4on of the acquisi4on (the “Acquisi4on”) by the Company from a group of private vendors of approximately 1.7 million hectares of mineral rights over four greenstone belts and a historic silver mining camp in Norway, future financial or opera4ng performance of the Company and its mineral projects, the future price of metals, the es4ma4on of mineral resources, the realiza4on of mineral resource es4mates, the 4ming and amount of es4mated future produc4on, costs of produc4on, capital, opera4ng and explora4on expenditures, costs and 4ming of the development of new deposits, costs and 4ming of future explora4on, requirements for addi4onal capital, government regula4on of mining opera4ons, environmental risks, reclama4on expenses, 4tle disputes or claims and limita4ons of insurance coverage. OTen, but not always, forward‑looking statements can be iden4fied by the use of words and phrases such as “plans,” “expects,” “is expected,” “budget,” “scheduled,” “es4mates,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “an4cipates,” or “believes” or varia4ons (including nega4ve varia4ons) of such words and phrases, or state that certain ac4ons, events or results “may,” “could,” “would,” “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved.
Forward-‐looking statements are based on the opinions and es4mates of management as of the date such statements are made and are based on various assump4ons, such as approvals from the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Norwegian Directorate of Mining will be obtained in respect of the Acquisi4on, the con4nued poli4cal stability in Northern Ireland and Norway, that permits required for the Company’s opera4ons will be obtained in a 4mely basis in order to permit the Company to proceed on schedule with its planned drilling programs, that skilled personnel and contractors will be available as the Company’s opera4ons con4nue to grow, that the price of gold will be at levels that render the project economic, or that the Company will be able to con4nue raising the necessary capital to finance its opera4ons and realize on mineral resource es4mates.
Forward‑looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertain4es and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward‑looking statements. Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, compe44ve, poli4cal and social uncertain4es; the actual results of current explora4on ac4vi4es; actual results of reclama4on ac4vi4es; conclusions of economic evalua4ons; changes in project parameters as plans con4nue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible varia4ons of ore grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as an4cipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; poli4cal instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the comple4on of development or construc4on ac4vi4es, as well as those factors discussed in the sec4on en4tled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Informa4on Form.
Although the Company has a\empted to iden4fy important factors that could cause actual ac4ons, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward‑looking statements, there may be other factors that cause ac4ons, events or results to differ from those an4cipated, es4mated or intended. Forward‑looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this presenta4on and the Company disclaims any obliga4on to update any forward‑looking statements, whether as a result of new informa4on, future events or results, except as may be required by applicable securi4es laws. There can be no assurance that forward‑looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those an4cipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward‑looking statements.
Some technical data in this presenta4on was taken from the technical report en4tled “An Updated Mineral Resource Es4mate for the Curraghinalt Gold Deposit, Tyrone Project, County Tyrone and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland” dated January 10, 2012, prepared by B. Terrence Hennessey, P.Geo., and Dibya Kan4 Mukhopadhyay, M.Sc., MAusIMM, of Micon Interna4onal Limited (the “Technical Report”).
Damien Stephens, BSc.(hons), M.AIG, M.AusIMM, Explora4on Manager, Dalradian Resources, is the Qualified Person who supervised the prepara4on of the technical data in this presenta4on.
John McCombe, PEng, Chief Opera4ng Officer, Dalradian Resources Inc., is the Qualified Person who supervised the prepara4on of the technical data in this presenta4on.
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Corporate Informa=on
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TSX DNA
Shares outstanding Fully diluted
89.3 million 94.8 million
Market cap. (May 8, 2012) $84.8 million
Average volume (30 day) 66,030
52 Week Range $2.42 -‐ $0.89
Analyst coverage
Andrew Mikitchook
Jamie Spra\
Craig Stanley
STOCK PRICE
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$0.95 May 14, 2012
§ High-‐grade 2.7M ounce gold resource (all categories)1
− Measured: 0.02 MT grading 21.51 g/t Au for 10,000 contained ounces
− Indicated: 1.11 MT grading 12.84 g/t Au for 460,000 contained ounces
− Inferred: 5.45 MT grading 12.74 g/t Au for 2.23 million contained ounces
§ Ac4ve field program
§ Approx. 84,000 ha property
§ Mining friendly country − Government investment in
geological surveys
− Excellent infrastructure
§ DNA second largest mineral rights holder in Northern Ireland
§ Posi4oned for discovery − 4 greenstone belts
− historic silver camp
The European Explora=on Company
4 1 Refer to press release en4tled “Dalradian Announces Resource Increase at Curraghinalt” at www.dalradian.com
NORTHERN IRELAND NORWAY
§ Data capture underway
§ Approx. 1.7M ha property
§ Mining friendly country − Government investment in
geological surveys
− Excellent infrastructure
§ DNA largest mineral rights holder in Norway
Our Board: A Track Record of Discovery and Development
COLIN K. BENNER
CHAIRMAN OF DELTA MINERALS AND AURICO GOLD Also Director of Mercator Minerals, Lundin Mining, Troon Ventures, and Corsa Capital
JOSEPH F. CONWAY
CEO OF PRIMERO MINING CORP. Former CEO of IAMGOLD
RONALD P. GAGEL
Former SVP and CFO of FNX Mining Also Director of Adriana Resources and Stonegate Agricom
PATRICK F. N. ANDERSON
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Former CEO of Aurelian Resources
Also Director of Colossus Minerals, Malbex Resources and Con=nental Gold
THOMAS J. OBRADOVICH
CHAIRMAN OF LAGO DOURADO MINERALS LTD. Former CEO of Young-‐Davidson Mines
Former Director of Aurelian Resources
SEAN E. O. ROOSEN
CEO OF OSISKO MINING CORPORATION Also Director of Rio Novo Gold, Bowmore Explora=on and Astur Gold
ARI B. SUSSMAN
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF COLOSSUS MINERALS CEO OF CONTINENTAL GOLD LIMITED
KEITH D. MCKAY
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Former CFO of Aurelian Resources
Also Director of Noront Resources
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Our Management Team:
JOHN MCCOMBE
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Director of Reve[ Minerals
Former SVP, Opera4ng Strategy at IAMGOLD
ED KELLEHER
VICE PRESIDENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND HEALTH & SAFETY
Former Director, Environment & Permisng at Kinross Ecuador (formally Aurelian Resources)
PATRICK F. N. ANDERSON
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Former CEO of Aurelian Resources
Also Director of Colossus Minerals, Malbex Resources and Con=nental Gold
DAMIEN STEPHENS
EXPLORATION MANAGER Former Explora4on Manager at Westgold Resources
Former Project Manager at Gold Fields Australasia
KEITH D. MCKAY
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Former CFO of Aurelian Resources
Also Director of Noront Resources
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Northern Ireland:
§ Our flagship asset: Curraghinalt mesothermal high-‐grade gold deposit
§ Excellent regional infrastructure § Over 84,000 hectares under explora4on § Poten4al exists for further precious
and base metals deposits
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Exploring for gold along a 50 km trend
Pla4num and palladium explora4on
Extensive underground mining
Gor4n Rousky
Omagh
Curraghinalt Deposit
BELFAST
NORTHERN IRELAND
Cavanacaw Galantas Gold
Conroy Diamonds & Gold
Lonmin
Irish Salt Mining
In produc4on since late 2007
U.K. & BRITISH ISLES
Brownfields Explora=on: Curraghinalt Trend
§ Glaciated terrain with minimal outcrop
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Advanced Explora=on: Curraghinalt
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January 16, 2012 Dalradian Files 43-191 Updated Resource Technical Report
November 30, 2011 Resource update increasing Curraghinalt to 2.7 M ounces
September 6, 2011 Drilling at Curraghinalt intersects 8.34 metres of 5.84 g/t gold and 3.2 metres grading 5.34 g/t gold.
Additional parallel veins discovered to the South of the deposit.
June 8, 2011 Drilling at Curraghinalt intersects 2.06 metres of 111.6 g/t gold and 1.11 metres grading 26.84 g/t gold
April 7, 2011 Hole 11-CT-85 cut 2.54 metres of 20.61 g/t gold
February 28, 2011 Hole 10-CT-76 cut 2.74 metres of 15.27 g/t gold
December 2, 2010 Hole 10-CT-73 cut 1.83 metres of 37.41 g/t gold
October 14, 2010 Two new parallel veins discovered
Road
Sheep Dip Mullan
T17 No1
106-‐16 V75 Bend Crow
ABB-‐D ABB-‐G
Kiln Shear
Crows Foot Shear
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0 200 400
KILOMETRES
4.1m: 42.7 g/t @ depth 42.9m 1.6m: 56.3 g/t @ depth 416.2m
2.0m: 482.7 g/t @ depth 77.0m 1.3m: 65.7 g/t @ depth 159.8m
2.0m: 24.0 g/t @ depth 41.5m 3.3m: 16.9 g/t @ depth 615.7m
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Curraghinalt Deposit Explora=on
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Curraghinalt: Open Along Strike
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0 200 400
METRES
Curraghinalt: A Growing Resource
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2007 Resource
2010 Resource
2011 Resource
2012 Interpreted vein extents
Development Timeline – Northern Ireland
Preliminary Economic Assessment
Environmental Baseline Study
U/G Drilling App’n *U/G Drill Permidng
U/G Exp Development Permidng Process
U/G Infill Drilling
U/G Exp Dvlpt
2012 2013 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR
U/G Explora=on Dvlpt Applica=on
* March 9, 2012 – Underground Drilling Application Submitted
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Development: Underground Diamond Drilling
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§ Conceptual Drill Plan § Requires water discharge
permit – submitted March 9, 2012
§ Some UG work required (scaling, mucking out, possibly spot bolting)
§ Work to begin in mid August § Final drill layout to be
determined
Underground Explora=on Development
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§ Conceptual development
plan § Extend crosscut to south to
intercept main veins § Drive East and West on
main veins
§ Ramp down and establish sublevel
§ Mine test stope
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Conceptual Mine Design
Corporate Social Responsibility – Social License to Operate
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Getting the Social License to Operate by: § Working towards a standard ISO26000 § Identify Gaps between actual and
ISO26000 § Preparing the relevant policies § Developing structured Stakeholder
Relations § Training Staff on CSR § Informing Staff and Stakeholders of
the CSR Activities § Implement a sound and coherent
Communications Strategy
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Norway: “Let the Treasure Hunt
Begin”
Industry Minister, Trond Giske at Press conference announcing new direction in mineral strategy for Norway
Another Mining Friendly Jurisdic=on
• The new Mineral Act legisla4on passed in January 2010 to promote mining ac4vi4es
• Minister of Industry announces large investment over 4 years to iden4fy mineral resources
• Dalradian has acquired mineral rights over 6 areas including four greenstone belts and an historic silver mining district
• Proper4es total more than 1,700,000 hectares
• Country with good infrastructure, educated workforce and stable government
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Greenfields Explora=on
• Norway Explora4on Program
• On-‐going data acquisi4on & analysis
• Boots on the ground by end of May 2012
• Regional surface sampling program to iden4fy best targets
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Dalradian Concession Areas
Greenstone Belts
NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND
RUSSIA
OSLO STOCKHOLM
HELSINKI
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3 4
3
2
1
4
Kidlä
Sakadlampi
Pechenga
Bidjovagge
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5 Al=k
§ Development:
§ Preliminary Economic Assessment
§ Permisng Applica4on Process
§ Explora4on:
§ Curraghinalt trend
§ Geophysics & geochemistry
§ Corporate Social Responsibility:
§ Enhance CSR strategy & leverage best prac4ces
§ ISO 26000 cer4fica4on
§ Data acquisi4on/compila4on
§ Data analysis
§ Boots on the ground
§ Target selec4on
§ Ground truthing
§ Drill, drill, drill…
Next Steps
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NORTHERN IRELAND NORWAY
The European Explorer
Patrick F. N. Anderson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Investor Relations
Shae-Lynn Mathers Director, Investor Relations
[email protected] 416.583.5622
Trading Symbol:
DNA on TSX
Executive Office: Dalradian Resources Inc.
155 Wellington Street West Suite 2920
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V 3H1
www.dalradian.com
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Appendix
Curraghinalt NI 43-‐101 Technical Report
§ Prepared by Micon Interna4onal Limited
§ Dated January 10, 2012
§ Updated from May 10, 2010 and reflects revised gold price
Curraghinalt Mesothermal Gold Deposit Measured 0.02 MT @ 21.51 g/t Au for 0.01 million contained ounces Indicated 1.11 MT @ 12.84 g/t Au for 0.46 million contained ounces Inferred 5.45 MT @ 12.74 g/t Au for 2.23 million contained ounces
Notes: § Subject to a 2% NSR royalty to Minco Plc and a 4% royalty to the Crown Estate on silver and/or gold production § Assumes US$900/oz and an economic cut-off grade of 5 g/t Au over a minimum thickness of 0.10 metres, diluted to 1 metre at 0 grade § Using a cut-off grade of 5 g/t § All veins less than 10 cm were excluded § Width or vein thickness is measured at 90 degrees to the vertical § "Vein thickness" refers to a zone of grade and may not be 100 per cent vein material § Please see "A Mineral Estimate for The Curraghinalt Gold Deposit, Tyrone Project, County Tyrone and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland” dated January 10,
2012 and available at www.dalradian.com
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Ac=ve Resource Industry in County Tyrone
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There are approximately 150 quarries across Northern Ireland