mawson resources investor presentation
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DisclaimerSome of the statements contained in the following material may be "forward-looking statements." Allstatements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments thatMawson Resources Ltd (“Mawson”) believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future areforward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the useof words such as "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," and "intend" and statementsthat an event or result "may," "will," "can," "should," "could," or "might" occur or be achieved and othersimilar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations or beliefs ofMawson based on information currently available to Mawson. Forward-looking statements are subject toa number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of Mawson to differ materially fromthose discussed in the forward-looking statements, and even if such actual results are realized orsubstantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, oreffects on Mawson. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from currentexpectations include, among other things, failure to successfully complete intended financings, capitaland other costs varying significantly from estimates, production rates varying from estimates, changes inworld metal markets, changes in equity markets, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs offinancing needed in the future, equipment failure, unexpected geological conditions, imprecision inresource estimates, success of future development initiatives, competition, operating performance offacilities, environmental and safety risks, delays in obtaining or failure to obtain necessary permits andapprovals from government authorities, and other development and operating risks. Any forward-lookingstatement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicablesecurities laws, Mawson disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement,whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Although Mawson believesthat assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statementsare not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on suchstatements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. The qualified person for Mawson’s projects, TerryLees, VP President Exploration for Mawson, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, hasreviewed and verified the contents of this overview.
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KEY POINTS
Flagship 100% owned Rompas gold project in Finland: tremendous unique potential
Large scale and extremely high grade gold discovery from surface going to depth - 6 km strike and up to 270 m wide
Maiden drill result: 6 metres at 617 g/t gold from 7 metres (ROM0011)
Rajapalot – new camp 8km east – 3km long to date up to 85g/t gold
Finland/Sweden are excellent mining jurisdictions; new projects;
Very experienced team – people/people/people
Geologists with capital market experience and not the other way around;
Senior technical management has 100 years of geological experience –Scandinavian focus;
Three Directors add another 110 years of geological and mine engineering experience.
Strong, supportive shareholder base, tightly held, timeframes aligned
Reduces financing risk and validates the potential of the project.
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Investment Highlights
Investment opportunity
Value creation along the discovery curve
Tightly held and relatively unknown
Very experienced exploration team
Early stage but huge system
Investment risks
Permitting process lengthy - Finland (cfSweden)
Early stage - drilling process just begun
Continuity of gold remains to be determined
Radioactivity
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Corporate Snapshot
Capitalization Summary Major Shareholder Summary
Share Price Performance
Management & Board aligned with investors
Common Share Price (15 Sept 2012) C$1.51
Basic Common Shares Outstanding 52.2M
Fully Diluted (2.5M Options, 8.8M War) 63.5M
Basic Market Capitalization C$78.8M
Cash C$7.0M
TOTAL ENTERPRIZE VALUE C$71.8M
Shares %Sentient 10.3 19.7
Pinetree 3.79 7.3
AREVA 4.7 9.0
TOTAL 18.8 36.0
Insiders 5.0 9.6
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So Why the Fuss? 1 Grade, scale, frequency and early days.
AVERAGE GOLD GRADE(g/t)
0.66Producing Mines
1.06Total
0.82439 deposits in the world that contain > 1Moz of Gold
Distribution by Grade
Source: NRH Research – 2012 Ranking Gild Mines and Deposits
Gra
ms
Per T
onne
Producing Mines
Undeveloped Deposits
Undeveloped deposits
RompasGrade???
97 g/t Average of Rompas
channel samples
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Grade, scale, frequency and early days.
>1Moz deposits are rare assetsto own
>10MozExtremely
rare
Distribution by Size
439 deposits in the world that contain > 1Moz of Gold Source: NRH Research – 2012 Ranking Gild Mines and Deposits
Mill
ions
of O
unce
s
Producing Mines Undeveloped Deposits
RompasSize???
So Why the Fuss? 2
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Discovery is rare and getting rarer!
Exploration Effectiveness Declining;
$1 spent on exploration now delivers about $11 of value in-the ground;
Finland exploration costs 50% less c.f. South America/Africa.
So Why the Fuss? 3
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Simple Clear Strategy
Focus on gold and copper in Scandinavia;
Drill out gold mineral system at Rompas >2 years. Early stage - drilling process just begun;
Fennoscandian “greenfield” exploration in a “brownfield” terrain;
Focus on large, long-life assets;
First mover advantage - largest deposits are generally found first in a camp, 100% owned large claim area;
Long term vision to cement ourselves as a Finnish company, local engagement – list on NASDAQ OMX;
European Uranium and Darwin Resources spinouts completed with non-core assets
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ManagementMichael Hudson: President & CEO, Director; Geologist 22 yrsTerry Lees: VP Exploration, Geologist 35 years Dr. Erkki Vanhanen: Exploration Manager Scandinavia, Geologist 27 yrsDr. Jan-Anders Perdahl: Chief Geological Consultant, Sweden, Geologist 30 yrs
DirectorsNick DeMare: Accountant, 33 yrsDavid Henstridge: Geologist, 40 yrsGil Leathley: Mining Engineer, +50 yrsMark Saxon: Geologist, 20 yrsColin Maclean Geologist/Finance 40 yrs
AdvisersClaude Caillat Geology (Areva)Philip Williams Capital Markets
Experienced Team
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Open for Business – Globally 2nd and 7th
Policy and
Mineral Potential
Source: http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploadedFiles/fraser-ca/Content/research-news/research/publications/mining-survey-2011-2012.pdf
Scandinavia – Project Generation StrategyMetal basket of Europe;
+500 year history, many Tier 1 projects;
Reformation since new mining act in early 1990’s. Clear guidelines;
World class systems being discovered (NK, SK);
Surface discoveries ie Rompas Gold;
100 years since mature terrains were making surface discoveries.
ROMPASGOLD
NORRA KARRHREE
KRINGELGRAPHITE
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Rompas Great example of Finland’s prospectivity;
Discovered Sept 2008 by Areva;
First full seasons of exploration by Mawson in 2010 and 2011 and first drilling in 2012;
Truly bonanza grades, +300 sites identified to
date over 6km strike;
Extremely high grade
drillhole ROM0011 617 g/t Au over 6m;
204 g/t Au over 0.59m – average of 80 channel samples (2010)
51.9 g/t Au over 1.40m average of 74 channel samples (2011)
1,127 g/t Au - average of 171 grab samples up to 33,200 g/t Au
New discovery at Rajapalot.
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Big New Camp – 75,433 Ha, 100% MAW
6 km
10km
RAJAPALOT
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Rompas – Scale Comparison New York
6km x 200mMineralized
Zone
Two small windows
South Rompas – IP and Drill Areas
Drilling in two small windows of the 6km strike length...
Represents only 3% of mineralized trend to 50m depth
39 holes for 4,188 m
ROM0011: 617 g/t Au over 6m, including 3,540 g/t over 1m
ROM0015: 1 metre at 114.5 g/t
12 holes returned values >0.5 g/t over 1m or better
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160m strike
240m strike
250m
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Rajapalot – Evidence for Gold Camp New discovery provides further evidence for a large new gold camp;
18 samples averaged 11.0 g/t gold (up to 85g/t) within 3 separate prospect areas separated by many kilometres;
14 samples results remain to be received, 5 of which contained visible gold
10km
Rajapalot
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Rajapalot – Scale and Grade, Early Days
1km
7 Finnish Applications (104,223 Ha)
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Mawson Projects1. Latvarova (8,862 Ha)
Rompas target style gold (in Kittilä)
2. Liikasenvaara (8,655 Ha)
Rompas target style gold (in Kuusamo)
3. Metsäkylä (9,941 Ha)
Wide electromagnetic anomaly within a deep shear
zone
4. Käkiperä (4,076 Ha)
Archean age, up to 3.7 ppm gold in rocks
5. Puokio (41,750 Ha)
Shear zone with gold/copper anomalies
6. Aittojärvi, Säviä (30,939 Ha)
Pyhäsalmi mine area, VMS style copper-zinc-gold
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4 Swedish Applications (33,978Ha)
Targets
Projects
200km
Lill-Träsket (8,805 ha) Application Nickel
Tjålmak (4,665 ha) Application Bulk tonnage copper
Orrbäcken (10,925 ha) –Granted Nickel Joint venture with ASX:IGO
Los (9583 ha) Application Target high grade copper+cobalt
(+gold) Drillhole: 12.1m @ 2.8% Cu,
0.3% Co, 84 g/t Ag
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Finland Plans for 2012/13
Q3/Q4 2012: Summer program. 10 people at Rompas/Rajapalot.
62 line km of IP; 1,500 geochemical samples; 800 Line km VTEM
Q3/Q4 2012 – Drilling, subject to permitting:
South Rompas around drillhole ROM0011 6m for 617 g/t Au;
Drilling North Rompas – never tested
Apply for modification of granting to drill in Natura 2000 area (2013);
2012 July – Dec Budget (C$7M cash)
$1.6M Finland, $660K Sweden = $2.26M
Discretionary: immediately upon legal clearance at Rompas plan is to drill +20km (C$8-10M);
Summary
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Sampling footprint of 6 km strike and 200-250 m width at Rompas
Extremely high grade:
204 g/t Au over 0.59m – average of 80 channel samples 1,127 g/t Au - average of 171 grab samples up to 33,200 g/t Au
Significant gold results from the maiden drill program
Hole ROM-0011 returned 617 g/t Au over 6m from 7m depth, and including
3,540 g/t over 1m from 11m
Drilling started on two small windows of the 6km of strike length
Only 400 m of the strike was drilled
New results from Rajapalot – further evidence for a new “camp”
Seven new prospect generation areas
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Summary
Projects
Rompas – Potential world-class gold discovery
Scandinavian Project Generation Strategy – Great people find great projects
People/People/People
Over 100 years of geological experience
Programs and news flow
Early stage project just beginning at Rompas with huge potential
ROM0011: 1 metre at 3,540 g/t gold
Free Gold
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Contacts
MAWSON RESOURCES LTD
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INVESTOR RELATIONS
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