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UNLOCKING CARR BOYD’S MASSIVE NICKEL SULPHIDE POTENTIAL
INVESTOR PRESENTATION I JUNE 2021 I ASX:ESR
Disclaimer & Declaration
This presentation has been prepared by Estrella Resources Limited (“ESR”) as a summary of the company’s exploration and development activities, with
particular reference to the Carr Boyd Ni/Cu Project near Kalgoorlie, WA.
No Offer of Securities
The presentation is not, and should not, be considered as an offer or invitation to subscribe for, or purchase any securities in ESR, or as an inducement to
make an offer or invitation with respect to those securities. No agreement to subscribe for securities in ESR will be entered into on the basis of this
presentation.
Forward Looking Statements
This presentation contains certain forward looking statements which have not been based solely on historical facts but, rather, on ESR’s current expectations
about future events and on a number of assumptions which are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are outside the control
of ESR and its directors, officers and advisers.
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Due care and attention has been taken in the preparation of this presentation. However, the information contained in this presentation (other than as
specifically stated) has not been independently verified nor has it been audited. Accordingly, the company does not warrant or represent that the
information contained in this presentation is accurate or complete. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no liability, however arising, will be accepted by
ESR or its directors, officers or advisers, for the fairness, accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this presentation.
Competent Person Declaration
The information in this announcement relating to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Neil Hutchison, who is a Director of Estrella
Resources and a member of The Australasian Institute of Geoscientists and Mr Steve Warriner, who is the Exploration Manager, an employee of Estrella
Resources and also a member of The Australasian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Hutchison and Mr Warriner have sufficient experience relevant to the style
of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity being undertaking to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2012
Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves”. Mr Hutchison and Mr Warriner consent to the
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inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Investment Opportunity
WA-focussed nickel exploration company in
a Tier-1 mining jurisdiction
100% owned Carr Boyd project only 80km
from Kalgoorlie
Initial drilling programs have discovered
Massive Nickel Sulphide at the T5 prospect
Major exploration activity underway to drive
shareholder value
Highly experienced board and management
*Photograph from ASX release dated 1 June 2021
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Capital Structure
(as at 31 May 2021)
FPOS
- 918,759,493
Options
- 11,500,000 3c exercise Nov 2022
- 16,600,000 20c exercise Nov 2023
- 225,812,246 5c exercise June 2021 (ASX:ESRO)
- 254,363,575 2c exercise July 2023 (ASX:ESROA)
Major Shareholders
• Directors / Management 12%
CASH
~ A$1.5M^
^ As at 31st March 2021 with ~A$17.2M worth of options currently “in-the-money”
Convertible Notes
Source: ASX
- $340,000 1c conversion, expiry Feb 2022
12%PA
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Carr Boyd - Overview
• 100% owned Ni/Cu Project
• Continuous tenure covering 259km2
• Tenements cover 75km2 of mafic and ultramafic
igneous complex with multiple nickel and
copper sulphide occurrences – most significant
being the Carr Boyd Rocks mine
• Comprises:
• 3 Mining Licences
• 6 Exploration Licences
• 1 Miscellaneous Licence
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Carr Boyd - History
GBM and NK
acquired by WMC,
mined from 19731977
1970
Discovered by Great
Boulder Mines Ltd
North Kalgurli JV
1972)
Placed into new ASX
float Defiance Mining
(1987) additional
areas consolidated
1980
WMC concentrated
on its Kambalda and
Leinster operations
Titan JV to Yilgarn
Mining (2006)
1990
2000
Defiance transitions
to biotechnology and
sells asset to Titan
Resources (2001)
Pallinghurst sell
WA assets to Salt
Lake Mining
(2013)
2010
Yilgarn (now
Brockman)
withdraw from JV
(2009)
Titan retain 100%
but now owned by
Pallinghurst
Apollo sell Carr
Boyd to Estrella
Resources (2017)
2020 2021
SLM sell Carr
Boyd to
Apollo
Phoenix
(private)
(2015)
Massive
Sulphides
Discovered
at T5
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Carr Boyd Intrusive Complex
• Strike extents at Carr Boyd under-explored due to
historically fractured ownership and unique geology
• Estrella is applying modern systematic exploration
to better understand the magmatic geology
• Magmatic nickel of increasing focus following a
number of significant discoveries in WA:
• IGO (ASX:IGO) Nova-Bollinger Mine
• Legend Mining (ASX:LEG) Rockford Project
• Chalice Gold Mines (ASX:CHN) Julimar
Projects
• Panoramic Resources (ASX:PAN) Savanah
North Deposit
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T5 – RC Drilling
RC Drilling - 2 holes for 414m (2019) 1
• Results include:
• 8m @ 1.11% Ni & 0.36% Cu from drill hole CBP042
• includes 4m @ 1.60% Ni & 0.31% Cu from matrix
sulphide zone
• 1m @ 0.61% Ni & 0.57% Cu from drill hole CBP043
• Mineralisation extends over 400m strike and open north, south
and developing at depth
• First significant results outside the known Carr Boyd nickel mine
area
• Intersected sulphides are located on the stratigraphic primary
basal contact position
• DHTEM modelling confirms drilling has intersected the T5 MLEM
conductor
1. See ASX Announcement dated: 8/7/2019
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T5 – Diamond Drilling
• T5 has yielded several highly significant intersections to date2
containing nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum, palladium and silver in
the Company’s Phase 2 step-out drilling
Hole
m From
CBDD028
165.2
including
165.2
CBDD030
431.6
including
436.3
CBDD033
368.5
including 372.52
and
380.7
and
386.15
CBDD035
516.8
including
516.8
CBDD036
505.6
including 506.15
CBDD042A 603.7
including 606.89
m To
167
165.6
445.5
439.5
388.6
378.4
382.8
388.6
524.85
520.5
511
508.1
608.6
608.6
Interval
1.8
0.4
13.9
3.2
20.1
5.88
2.1
2.45
8.05
3.7
5.4
1.95
4.9
1.71
Ni%
0.73
1.12
1.18
3.19
1.04
1.39
1.37
1.65
0.83
1.18
0.87
1.34
0.96
1.63
Cu%
0.34
1.07
0.39
0.64
0.67
0.66
0.54
2.01
0.49
0.76
0.76
1.41
0.35
0.66
Co%
0.04
0.06
0.05
0.14
0.05
0.07
0.06
0.08
0.03
0.04
0.04
0.05
0.04
0.07
2PGE **
0.65
0.91
0.45
0.71
0.79
0.90
2.34
0.83
0.62
0.97
0.61
0.93
0.29
0.43
Ag g/t
1.78
6.80
1.61
2.56
2.45
2.31
2.61
7.31
2.84
5.29
3.25
6.12
1.35
3.12
Note: Intervals quoted are downhole lengths, true widhts are not known
** 2PGE refers to Pt + Pd in g/t
*Photogragh from ASX release dated 8 October 2020
2. See ASX Announcement dated: 1/2/2021
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T5 Discovery – Phase 3
• Phase 3 drilling, now underway, has yielded further massive sulphide intercepts with assays from
the laboratory pending for intersections in CBDD048, CBDD049A, CBDD053,CBDD053A, CBDD053B
and CBDD054.
*Photograpgh from ASX release dated 1 February 2021
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T5 Discovery – Phase 3 & 4
Phase 3 drilling aims
to determine plunge
direction, geological
vectors and confirm
basal mineralisation.
Phase 3 combines
close spaced drilling
and step-out drilling
with DHEM to achieve
goals.
Phase 4 will step
North (for 3km) and
South (1.5km) and
also begin testing at
depth utilising seismic
results and DHEM.
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Expanded Opportunity
• The basal pyroxenite host rock at T5 extends both north and
south of the current drill position
• Historical drilling of the basal contact has been sporadic
however, nickel sulphides (NiS) have been located in the past
• Exploration will involve systematically imaging the contact in 3D
through mapping, historical drilling and new seismic surveying
• Accurately knowing the basal contact position will allow much
better refined targeting of known nickel sulphide occurrences
(NiS) with surface, fixed-loop EM
• This in turn will provide better targeting of ESR’s drilling and
subsequent DHTEM
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Geological Modelling Enhances Exploration
• Geological understanding of the mineralisation process at T5 should allow the vectoring to
additional Ni-Cu intercepts by following the progression of assimilated sulphides through the T5 pyroxenite
• The silica-sulphide plume that exists above the massive sulphides will enable this vectoring
• This model can be applied across the Carr Boyd Igneous Complex
*Photographs from ASX release dated 8 October 2020 and 1 June 2021
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Carr Boyd – Mine Source?
Mined from 1973 to 1977 by WMC
•
Total production: 202,100t at 1.43% Ni and 0.46% Cu producing a 9.7% Ni concentrate
•
High tenor nickel mineralisation is confined to coarse grained, bronzite pyroxene rich rocks with sulphide minerals forming a matrix around brecciated
matrix around brecciated xenoliths of unmineralised country rocks
•
Four ore pipes occur containing a central zone of brecciated and stringer sulphides surrounded by broader zones of strongly disseminated sulphide
disseminated sulphide mineralisation
•
Development was completed on 3 levels with partial stoping completed on all levels, including a glory hole through to the surface
surface
•
Estrella is exploring the possible links at depth between this mineralisation and the massive sulphides discovered at T5.
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Carr Boyd Intrusive Complex
• Estrella’s geological understanding
of the Carr Boyd Igneous Complex
and surrounding stratigraphy is
growing rapidly
• Mapping of the prospective basal
contact and footwall geology is
underway
• The mapped location of sulphide
sources adjacent to the basal
contact directly correlate with
nickel sulphide formation within
the complex due to assimilation
• 3D modelling of the contact and
surrounding geology will form the
basis for future geophysical and
drill targeting at multiple prospects
The prospective basal contact is in the process of being fully mapped (location in yellow and red)
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Seismic Program To Assist
Drill Targeting
• ~20km of seismic surveying was conducted over the
prospective Carr Boyd Intrusive Complex basal contact
• The R&D program of data acquisition was completed and
final interpreted results are due within weeks
• The program will give ESR an accurate idea of the
orientation and depth of this prospective zone
• If successful the seismic program may be extended further
• ESR will be using the Lightning e-Vibe system from Ultramag, an
electronically controlled seismic source, and new seismic nodes by
Schlumberger.
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Investment Opportunity
Active nickel explorer in a tier-1 mining jurisdiction
Target 5 massive nickel sulphide discovery – a gamechanger!
Focused on geology and drilling to unlock Carr Boyd’s
potential and build shareholder value
Experienced board and management in exploration
with innovative approach to mining and development
of metal deposits
Well funded to progress exploration campaigns
Highly leveraged to success
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Contact:
Chris Daws
Managing Director
M: +61 8 9481 0389
E: info@estrellaresources.com.au
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