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P A N A U S T R A L I A NR E S O U R C E S L I M I T E D
Corporate Update May 2007
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Project Location Map S/E Asia
Phu BiaContract Area
PuthepPuthepProjectProject
CHIANG MAIBELT
TRUONGSONBELT
LOEI-PHETCHABUN/ LOUANGPHABANG BELT
Mae Sot
Chatree
LEGEND
Acid igneousrocks
Palaeozoic-Mesozoicvolcano sedimentary belt - volcanic arcs
CHIANG MAI BELT
TRUONGSON BELT
LOEI-PHETCHABUN/ LOUANGPHABANG BELT
SeponSepon
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Focus & StrategyPhu Kham Phu Bia Gold Mine:Phase I Strategic greenfield “starter” project
Op’s team, systems, infrastructure established
Phu Kham Phu Kham Copper-Gold Project:Phase II Brownfield development
Fully financed June 2006Owner operate mining late 2006 Pre-commissioning from December 2007Concentrate sales from mid-2008
Exploration & Maintain project pipeline:Acquisitions US$13m exploration & evaluation budget 06/07
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Phu Bia Mining Ltd
Ownership Pan Australian 90%, Gov’t of Laos 10%:
paid for from future free cash flow
Corporate Tax Rate 25% from first year of profit after realising
tax losses of US$54M at end 2006
NSR Royalty Regime Scaled by metal price between 3% and 6%
Contract Area Retained at 2,637km2 ~1.1% of Laos
Tenure 30 years, refreshed with each new mine
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Phu Kham Deposit Schematic Section
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Phu Kham Copper-Gold Ore Reserve*
Category Tonnes(Mt)
Cu Grade(%)
Au Grade(g/t)
Copper Metal (000 t)
Gold Metal (M oz)
Proved 67 0.63 0.28 420 0.6
Probable 77 0.51 0.23 390 0.6
Total 144 0.56 0.25 810 1.2
• 85% of Measured & Indicated Resources convert to Ore Reserve
• 9M t of Inferred Resources fall within final pit shell
• Strip ratio exceptionally low at 0.57:1
*Refer JORC compliant Mineral Resource announced to the ASX on 3 April 2006
Price assumptions: Copper US$1.35/lb, Gold US$450/oz, Silver US$8.00/oz
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Phu Kham Copper-Gold Project
Mine Life +12 years
Throughput Rate 12M tpa
Annual Concentrate 207,000dmt @ 25% Cu, 7g/t Au, 65g/t Ag
Annual Production 52,000t Cu, 47,000oz Au, 400,000oz Ag
Development Capital US$241m (Inc US$28m contingency)
Senior Debt / Equity ~51 / 49
Mine Site Cash Cost* US¢ 40/lb
Total Cash Op Cost* US¢ 74/lb* After precious metal credits: US$450/oz gold and US$8.00/oz silver.
Feasibility study predictions using conventional technology
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Total Funding Envelope
US$M
Capital cost estimate 241.1
Pre-commissioning costs 11.0
Financing costs inc. cap interest 20.4
Refinancing existing facilities 10.0
Working capital 12.5
Total uses of funds 295.0
Fully funded: ~50/50 debt/equity
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Phu Kham Development: March 2007…
... on schedule, within budget
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... on schedule, within budget
Phu Kham Development: March 2007…
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Phu Kham Process Plant
Benefits from 3-D Model
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Development & CommissioningMilestones
First concrete pour December 2006 Achieved
Start structural steel work March 2007 Achieved
Critical concreting & June 2007 On schedule machining of mills complete
Main mill components on site September 2007 On schedule
Pre-commissioning start December 2007 On schedule
First production mid-2008 Ahead of Schedule
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Points of Difference
Strip Ratio 0.57:1 one of the lowest strip mines in the world
Mining down-grade haul from pit to crusher in early years
Work index 9 to 15 kWhr/t – lowest in early years
Power Mine 12km from hydro-power line
Capital Development within US$241M capital budget
Delivery Ahead of schedule for first concentrate mid-2008
Resource New resource and reserve prior to start-up
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Phu Kham Plan View
• In-fill drilling of north mine area started February 2007
• Aim is to upgrade indicated and inferred mineralisation
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Cross Sections
+1% copper in floor of final pit
Limited drilling below current
pit
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Cash Operating CostsCopper mine cost curve, 2009
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Assumptions:Copper price: US$1.00/lbGold price:US430/ozSilver price:US$6.50/ozMolybdenum oxide price:US$4.56/lbTC:US$55/dmtRC:US5.5/lbProduction:52,312t contained CuBusiness operating cost: US$0.659/lb
Scenario 2
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Competitive on Capital Intensity
Mine & Mill Industry Average
~US$5,500/t Cu Equiv in 2003 Dollars
Phu Kham
~US$3,900/t in 2006 Dollars ~US$3,700/t in 2003 Dollars CPI Adjusted ~US$2,700/t in 2003 Dollars Mine Cost Inflation Adjusted 0
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Capital Expenditure 31 March 2007
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Phu Kham Copper-Gold Economics
Cu Price Au Price Annual Cash Flow
CapitalPayback
US$1.35/lb1 US$450/oz US$50M
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Concentrate Transport
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BHP Billiton & Sempra
BHP Billiton – manager of all concentrate sales
Exposure to global market presence and expertise
Optionality on benchmark or spot sales
Sempra – guaranteed offtake for 50% of production
US$5M placement at $0.55 per share – 20% premium
US$10M debt facility on very competitive terms
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Phu Bia Gold: December 2006
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Gold Production
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MiningMining activities integrated from 1Jan 2007
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Exploration & Evaluation – US$13M in 2007
Other Exploration,
US$0.6M
Other Evaluation, US$1.0M
Ban Houayxai, US$2.6M
Northern Exploration
Area, US$3.7M
Southern Exploration
Area, US$1.7M Phu Kham
Copper-Gold, US$2.6M
Magnetic & Radiometric
Survey, US$0.8M
Drilling at Tharkhek
Ore Reserve discovery cost to date:
US$2.5/oz gold equivalent, or
US¢1.3/lb copper equivalent
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Exploration & Evaluation Prospects
14m @ 1.9g/t Au13m @ 0.5% Cu55m @ 164g/t Ag
18m @ 17.2g/t Au from surface12m @ 9.1g/t Au from 38m22m @ 9.4g/t Au from 24m
10m @ 14.6g/t Au & 198g/t Ag2m @ 5.9g/t Au & 87g/t Ag
Soil anomaly 4 x 2kmsoil samples of over 1,600ppm Curock chips grading up to 1.3% Cu Channel samples up to 0.76% Cu over 5m
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Ban Houayxai Deposit
East
300m EOH
> 0.3 g/t Au
> 0.3 g/t Au Equiv alent
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Cry stal Lithic and Cry stal Tuf f
249.5m EOH
300m EOH
HDD006
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BOCO
HDD007
HDD009
West
BOPO
132m @ 0.9g/t Au Eq from 4m inc. 19m @ 2.7g/t Au Eq from 59m
196m @ 1.3g/t Au Eq from 2m inc. 68m @ 3.2g/t Au Eq from 60m
Gold to silver price ratio assumption: 50 to 1
Crystal Lithic and Crystal Tuff
EastHDD008
300.3m EOH
299.88m EOH
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HDD010
248m EOH
HDD011
HDD012
250.1m EOH
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West
BOCO
BOPO
>0.30g/t Au >0.30g/t Au Equivalent
44m @ 0.7g/t Au Eq from 4m and 64m @ 3.4g/t Au Eq from 66m
36m @ 3.2g/t Au Eq from 54m inc. 10m @ 10.6g/t Au Eq from 54m
42m @ 1.8g/t Au Eq from 24m and 21m @ 1.6g/t Au Eq from 81m
94m @ 0.9g/t Au Eq from surface
98m @ 1.4g/t Au Eq from surface inc. 38m @ 2.0g/t Au Eq from 38m
North X-Section
South X-Section
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Pha Nai Prospect
20km north of Phu Kham
High tenor, up to 0.18% copper soil anomaly
1.5km x up to 1.0km within a 4km x 2km halo
Elevated molybdenum (70 to 150ppm) and gold zones
Drilling to start mid-2007
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Project Location Map S/E Asia
Phu BiaContract Area
PuthepPuthepProjectProject
CHIANG MAIBELT
TRUONGSONBELT
LOEI-PHETCHABUN/ LOUANGPHABANG BELT
Mae Sot
Chatree
LEGEND
Acid igneousrocks
Palaeozoic-Mesozoicvolcano sedimentary belt - volcanic arcs
CHIANG MAI BELT
TRUONGSON BELT
LOEI-PHETCHABUN/ LOUANGPHABANG BELT
SeponSepon
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Puthep Copper Project
Pan Australian earning 60% interest
Largest known copper deposit in Thailand
PUT 1 Mineral Resource*: 85m t @ 0.44% for 370,000t copper
Thai Government approval for BFS received November 2006
Infill and extensional resource drilling started March 2007
Targeting primary copper-gold mineralisation below transitional
Bulk flotation concept similar to Phu Kham to be evaluated
BFS envisaged to be completed by end 2008* Refer JORC compliant Mineral Resource presented in 2006 Annual Report
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Community & Phu Kham
Socio-economic Survey: March 2007Household income up 385% and 248% since December 2003 in the villages of Nam Gnone and Nam Mo respectively
Shift from subsistence agriculture to cash based economy
70% and 14% of households in Nam Mo and Nam Gnone respectively have in house sanitation versus none in 2003
Distance to village water supplies are now less than 50m
Population growth of 50% to 80% occurring due to in-migration which is supplementing the labour pool
A “high level of community satisfaction for Pan Aust’s mining operations”was concluded
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Community Initiatives
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Summary - Company Potential
Total Cu (t) Au (oz)Mineral Resource 1,700,000 2,000,000
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Capital Structure
Issued securities 1,411M sh’s, 38M opt’s & rights
Share price ~55 cents
Market capitalisation ~A$770 million
Cash March 2007 US$53 million
Debt March 2007 None
Debt facilities un-drawn US$243 million
Indexation (Current) ASX 300
ASX Code: PNA
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This presentation has been prepared by the management of Pan Australian Resources Limited (the 'Company') for the benefit of brokers, analysts and investors and not as specific advice to any particular party or person.
The information is based on publicly available information, internally developed data and other sources. No independent verification of those sources has been undertaken and where any opinion is expressed in this document it is based on the assumptions and limitations mentioned herein and is an expression of present opinion only. No warranties or representations can be made as to the origin, validity, accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of the information. The Company disclaims and excludes all liability (to the extent permitted by law), for losses, claims, damages, demands, costs and expenses of whatever nature arising in any way out of or in connection with the information, its accuracy, completeness or by reason of reliance by any person on any of it.
Where the Company expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to the success of future exploration and the economic viability of future projects, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, such forecasts are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forecasts. Such risks include, but are not limited to, exploration success, gold and copper price volatility, changes to the current mineral resource estimates, changes to assumptions for capital and operating costs as well as political and operational risks and governmental regulation outcomes. For a more detailed discussion of risks and other factors, refer to the Directors' Report in the Company's 2006 Annual Report which has been lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange, as well as the Company's other Australian Stock Exchange announcements and filings. The Company does not have any obligation to advise any person if it becomes aware of any inaccuracy in or omission from any forecast or to update such forecast.
Disclaimer
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Joe Walsh
General Manager Corporate Development
Website: www.panaustralian.com.auEmail: [email protected]
P A N A U S T R A L I A NR E S O U R C E S LIMITED
Slide Number 1Slide Number 2Slide Number 3Focus & StrategyPhu Bia Mining LtdPhu Kham Deposit Schematic SectionPhu Kham Copper-Gold Ore Reserve*Phu Kham Copper-Gold ProjectTotal Funding EnvelopePhu Kham Development: March 2007…Phu Kham Development: March 2007…Phu Kham Process PlantSlide Number 13Points of DifferencePhu Kham Plan ViewCross SectionsCash Operating CostsCompetitive on Capital IntensityCapital Expenditure 31 March 2007Phu Kham Copper-Gold EconomicsConcentrate TransportBHP Billiton & SempraPhu Bia Gold: December 2006Gold ProductionMiningExploration & Evaluation – US$13M in 2007Exploration & Evaluation ProspectsSlide Number 28Pha Nai ProspectSlide Number 30Slide Number 31Slide Number 32Community InitiativesSummary - Company PotentialCapital StructureDisclaimerSlide Number 37