A BIG ONE IN THE MAKING February 2014 01 Important Notice These - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A BIG ONE IN THE MAKING February 2014 01 Important Notice These presentation materials (the P resentation Materials) are being distributed in the UK only to persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments and who
Important Notice
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Overview & Strategy
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- All Star has a portfolio of two projects in Queensland, Australia, covering 1,226
square kilometres, prospective for copper, phosphate, and uranium.
- It owns 53% of Blue Doe Gold Plc, a company with three projects in Queensland,
prospective for gold, silver, and copper.
- All Star’s strategy is to have a number of producing mines in Queensland, to
enable it to strengthen its balance sheet year-on-year and asset portfolio.
- All Star’s near-term goal is envisaged to commence production at The Big One, a
copper deposit in North-Western Queensland, in the vicinity of a number of producing base metal mines (e.g. Glencore’s Mount Isa Mines, CST Group’s Lady Annie Copper Mine
- Additionally the Company is in discussions with owners of additional high grade
copper deposits in the Mount Isa region with a view to further acquisitions and bringing additional mines into production over the next 3-12 months.
The Big One - Location
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- The Big One - copper deposit in North-Western Queensland
covering 320 acres.
- Located in an abundant region for base metal mineralization,
being c.100km’s North-West of Glencore’s Mount Isa Mines and c.20kms South-East of CST Group’s Lady Annie Copper Mine, as well as numerous other base mines and deposits.
Copper Mines & Deposits In Mount Isa Region
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- Australia's main copper mining centres are in
the Mount Isa/Cloncurry region of Queensland and at Olympic Dam in South Australia.
- Notable mines and deposits in the vicinity of
The Big One include:
- Mount Isa Mines - Past production and reserves
indicate a total resource of around 225 Mt @ 3.3% Cu.
- Ernest Henry - The total reserve + resource prior
to the commencement of mining in 1998 was 166 Mt @ 1.1% Cu, and 0.54 g/t Au.
- Lady Annie - A total known resource of 65.2 Mt
@ 0.71% Cu
- Rockland
Copper Project
- 30.94
Mt
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measured and indicated resources @ 1.24% Cu (August 2010)
The Big One - Geology
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QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.- Situated on a North-East striking fault
structure that lies subparallel and c.11km’s from the Mount Gordon Fault Zone.
- The Mount Gordon Fault Zone contains
numerous examples
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fault-related copper mineralization.
- The outcropping mineralization at The Big
One is predominantly copper lode within vesicular basalt of a fault gouge.
- The dominant copper mineralization is
malachite, whilst chalcocite and azurite are also present.
- It is known the copper mineralization
continues beyond a depth of 40 meters
- with
the deepest hole intersecting copper mineralization at 75 meters.
The Big One - Known Resource
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QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.- Historic drilling of 29 holes to an average depth of 18 metres
below surface has determined that 79,346 tonnes of copper bearing ore is in-situ, of which 51,377 tonnes is “indicated”, and 27,969 tonnes is “inferred”.
- Based on a conservative copper grade of 2.2% - being the
average grade from the drilling program - at least 1,298 tonnes of ore is in place (non-JORC).
- At a copper price of $7,000/tonne = $9million.
- Drilling did not target the higher grade portions of the lode
at the Eastern end of the deposit, nor did it include the basalt structure 100 metres north.
- If a copper grade of 4% were achieved - in line with
production in 1997 via rough selection of ore - the copper content would be 2,360 tonnes, which at $7,000/tonne = $16.52 million.
The Big One - Potential Expansion
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- How deep might mineralization continue to? Mount
Gordon and Lady Annie are two
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the closest
- perating mines in proximity of The Big One.
- The Mount Gordon Copper Mine (c.40km’s North-
East), owned by ASX-listed Aditya Birla Minerals, was
- riginally worked as a small open cut operation in 1927.
Today it is a major underground copper mine.
- In 2013 a scoping study undertaken for Aditya Birla
confirmed mineralization extends to a depth of 1.5km’s (Mammoth Deeps) and 0.8 km’s (Esperanza South)
- At the opencast Lady Annie Copper Mine (20km’s
North-East), owned by CST Mining, a technical report undertaken by Snowden (2010) has confirmed the copper mineralization continues to depths of between 60 - 100 metres below surface.
QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.Plain Creek Overview
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- The Plain Creek project is made up of two EPM’s covering 81 sub-
blocks over a total of 261 square kilometres, and two EPMA’s covering 200 sub-blocks over a total of 644 square kilometres.
- The project area is situated in the northern part of the Drummond
Basin, and is prospective for phosphate mineralization within the siltstone units, and phosphate hosted uranium.
- The Drummond Basin is a major intracratonic feature in which
volcanically derived material accumulated. Units of interest were deposited during Early Carboniferous volcanogenic and sedimentary phase; Natal Formation, Bulliwallah Formation, Star of Hope Formation.
- Within the Plain Creek area, the Bulliwallah Formation and overlying
Natal Formation are folded about the South-East plunging Bulliwallah Syncline. To the West, folded over the Blowhard Syncline and Hopkins Anticline.
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Plain Creek Overview
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- The phosphate mineralization at Plain Creek occurs within fine grained flat lying inter-beds of
up to 3 metre thickness in the alternating sequence of arkoses, siltstones and mudstones of the Natal and Bulliwallah Formations of the Drummond Basin.
- Associated uranium mineralization of up to 0.42% (4,200 ppm) uranium occurs within the
phosphate mineralization.
- Previous exploration by Getty Oil (1978-1979) and North Queensland Mining (1981) for
uranium identified the occurrence of phosphate mineralization in the Plain Creek project area. Chip samples of >20% P2O5 (phosphorous pentoxide) were collected by previous exploration. Large areal extend of phosphate inter-beds were recorded.
- All Star Minerals’ geologic consultants, Terra Search, have carried out an interpretation of
areas of prospectivity based on ASTER satellite data using spectral signatures of known phosphate mineralization (see slide 11).
- The Plain Creek project is located 150 km’s South of Charters Towers, accessible by Flinders
and Gregory Development Highways, and a total of 290 km’s from the Port of Townsville, Queensland.
- Existing road and connections to rail network are in close proximity.
Plain Creek - Targets On ASTER Imagery
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Blue Doe Gold plc - 53% Shareholding
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- Blue Doe Gold is primarily a gold exploration company that
- wns 4 projects in the Charters Towers-Ravenswood region of
Queensland, Australia covering 321 square kilometres.
- Blue Doe (151 sq. km’s granted)
- Eagle Hawk (3 sq. km’s granted)
- Edward (48 sq. km’s granted)
- Edward 2 (119 sq km’s work program approved, rent
and financial assurance paid)
- The Charters Towers-Ravenswood region has a rich history
- f gold mining with historical endowment in excess of 18
million ounces of gold historic deposits identified through standard exploration techniques.
- In
addition to gold, Blue Doe Gold’s projects have potential for silver, copper, lead, zinc, molybdenite, and tungsten.
- The Company has engaged Terra Search Pty Ltd, an
experienced independent exploration services and contractor operating in the region since 1987, to prepare and undertake its exploration programs.
- In 2012 the Company completed a pre-IPO fundraising
that raised £457,000 at a valuation (post-money) of £2.58 million.
Blue Doe - Regional Gold Mineralization
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- Adjacent
figure shows the main centres
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gold mineralization plotted
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an image
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advanced processed aero-magnetics that highlight prominent structures and basement domains. Significant silver and base metals are also associated with some deposits.
- The Charters Towers-Ravenswood region has a rich
history of gold mining with endowment in excess of 18 million ounces of gold historic deposits identified through standard exploration techniques.
- New
deposits being discovered today through advances in technology.
- Mineralized ore settings within the project areas are
both mesothermal (tectonic) and epithermal (volcanic).
Blue Doe Project Area
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- Historical gold production is confined to shallow pits and scrapings.
- Selective mining has resulted in reports of high gold grades.
- More recently the area has been somewhat neglected with previous modern exploration tending to be
cursory in most areas.
- Drilling of shallow percussion holes has occurred at only a few prospects.
- Check sampling has been carried out during site visits and helicopter surveys that confirm previous
exploration results.
- 6 high priority gold and base metal targets have been identified, namely
- Blue Doe Vein Field (includes Blue Doe, June Ellen & North Reef)
- Top of Hill Breccia
- Eagle Hawk - Miners Pinnacle
- East-West Structure Eagle Hawk
- Prince Charles South
- Black Mountain
- In addition, some other prominent magnetic structures and features are present. Many are poorly explored
and require further sampling of both of outcrop areas (rock chip sampling) and under cover (drilling).
Overview of Highly Ranked Prospects
014 Blue Doe Vein Field: includes Blue Doe, June Ellen, North Reef. Rock chips show extensive gold and lead
- values. Limited drilling to date is inconclusive. Steep nature of the country poses significant challenges for
access, drill site preparation and drilling logistics. Top of Hill Breccia: Highly prospective geology indicative of an intrusive-related gold target shown to be gold and pathfinder element bearing (e.g. Pb, Bi) from rock chip sampling. Remains untested as no previous drilling. Eagle Hawk - Miners Pinnacle: Gold-bearing vein structures have been rock chip sampled and drilled over a strike length of 1km and shown to be gold bearing. Drilling to date is inconclusive with the best gold areas largely untested. East-West Structure Eagle Hawk: Gold-bearing vein structures have been rock chip sampled over a strike length of 1km and returned significant gold values. Remains untested as no previous drilling. Prince Charles South: Narrow high-grade copper and gossanous veins, after sulphides occur over a wide area (1.5km x 1.5km). The full extent of the vein array needs to be established. If a focus for the mineralizing fluids could be located, this is an obvious drill target. Black Mountain: Molybdenum-bearing greisen previously sampled and drilled with low-grade Mo
- intersected. Recommend that future Mo exploration focuses on the location of high-grade pipes or
- structures. Gold occurrences in the prospect area require investigation.
Regional Targets: Some prominent magnetic structures and features are present in the tenements. Many are poorly explored and require further sampling both of outcropping areas (e.g. by stream sediment and rock chip sampling) and under cover (ground magnetics and bedrock drilling).
Board of Directors
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Tomas Nugent, Chairman: Tomas commenced his career in the City in 2003 by raising capital for smaller companies coming on the markets. Since then his career has spanned sales trading, fund management, equity research and private equity. Conrad Windham, CEO: Mining entrepreneur, Conrad has founded and co-founded three mining exploration companies that have IPO’d on London’s ISDX and AIM stock exchanges. James Featherstone, Non-Executive Director: Former investment banker with Anglo Irish Bank and Investec.
Why Invest?
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- Diversified junior with exposure to multiple commodities
- Strong pipeline of near term production opportunities sourced by the management team
- Revenue and Production expected to commence in Q2 2014
- The lifting of the prohibition on uranium mining in Queensland transforms the attractions of
developing the Plain Creek project, where uranium and phosphate mineralization are on surface
- Work programs have been approved at Plain Creek, with maiden annual rent and
financial assurance paid.
- Further exposure to upside through major shareholding in Blue Doe Gold Plc
- Exploration programs undertaken by Terra Search Pty Ltd, an independent geologic firm
- perating in the region since 1987.
- Board interests aligned with shareholders.
- Shares in All Star Minerals trade on the ISDX stock exchange (www.isdx.com), a
recognized stock exchange owned and operated by FTSE 250 company ICAP plc
- AIM Listing Planned for 2014
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