Estrella Presentation May 2014
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CHILE’S STAR IN COPPER-GOLD
May 2014
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The table on page 17 of this presentation and information contained therein relates to nearby deposits, none of which are owned by Estrella and is obtained from publicly available information. All deposits have
been published in compliance with the 2004 JORC code. Estrella makes no comparison between its projects and these named deposits other than to demonstrate their locality. There is no guarantee that Estrella’s
projects will realise similar results.
On page 7 of this presentation references are made to historical drilling results by SQM as previously announced to the ASX by Estrella on 18 March 2013, 7 May 2013, 22 August 2013 and 9 September 2013.
References made on page 3,7 and 8 to Estrella’s own drilling results are as previously announced to the ASX on 11 November 2013, 3 December 2013 and 29 April 2014. The Company is not aware of any new
information or data that materially affects either of these drilling results. Extracts only of Estrella’s drilling results are outlined on page 3,7 and 8 with the full drilling results found in the ASX announcements of 11
November, 3 December 2013 and 29 April 2014.
Competent Person’s Statement
The information in this presentation that relates to exploration activities by Estrella is based on information compiled by Dr. Jason Berton, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Metallurgy and Mining
(AusIMM) and is the full-time Managing Director of Estrella . Dr Berton has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisations and type of deposits under consideration and to the activities which
he is undertaking to qualify as a ‘Competent Person’ as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code). Dr Berton
consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the statements based on their information and context in which it appears.
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Executive Summary
Estrella
Resources
Limited
Altair Project
includes 3
prospects
already
identified
Chilean focused copper-gold exploration company
At and near surface mineralisation
Large strategic footprint in northern Chile located close to existing
infrastructure
RC drilling program underway
Board and Management expertise in exploration through to production
Altair Project is made up of over 123,000 hectares straddling the highly
prospective Atacama Fault Zone for 85km
Antucoya West
•
Covers 9,375 hectares
•
Immediately adjacent to Antofagasta PLC’s Antucoya project
(refer to page 17 for JORC reserves & resources)
•
RC drilling program of 38 holes has commenced
Colupo
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Covers 2,650 hectares
•
Mineralisation commences at or near surface and remains open at
depth and along strike
•
Recent drilling includes 20m @ 2.4% Cu from 12m
Dania
•
Covers 1,476 hectares
•
Geology features a Rhyolite dome with potential to host porphyry
mineralisation beneath the Rhyolite dome
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Altair Project
Agreements
with SQM
Close to
Infrastructure
Two option agreements with SQM (NYSE:SQM) to acquire 100% of
all metal discoveries at Altair Project (subject to 49% claw back or
royalty)
•
Covers 112,366 hectares of highly prospective exploration grounds
•
Ground held by SQM for nitrate production since 1920
•
Limited historical exploration for metals
Altair Project is within 30 km of the coast, ideally located close to vital
mine infrastructure:
•
Adjacent to
Antofagsta
Minerals’
Antucoya
mine
development
and Michilla
operating
mine
Power, Water pipelines, deep water ports, major roads
Antucoya
•
70% owned by Antofagasta Minerals PLC, 30% owned by Marubeni
Group (USD 1.9B Capex).
•
First production due April 2015
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Heap-leach SX-EW mine
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85,000 tpa of copper cathode production
•
Region ideal for heap-leach & SX-EW
(Refer: LON: ANTO; Quarterly Production Report released by Antofagasta Minerals PLC,
Q1 2014)
Michilla
•
2014 guidance of 45,000 tpa of copper production
•
2014 currently remains last full year of production
•
Estrella’s Altair Project is located within 24km from Michilla
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Altair Project (Cont)
Geology
Early Cretaceous mineralised porphyritic and
volcanic rocks:
Highly prospective mineralised Buey Muerto Fault
Zone (BMZ):
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Hosts Antucoya porphyry deposit
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Prospective for Porphyries, Breccias, Domes and
Mantos
Exploration
3 advanced prospects– Antucoya West, Colupo and
Dania Prospects
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SQM 77 historical RC & Diamond drill holes
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All have copper mineralisation near surface
Estrella: 9 RC and 6 Diamond drill holes
Large geophysical & geochemical dataset
•
Similar magnetic anomaly at Antucoya identified
at the Altair Project
Progressing Colupo to maiden JORC Resource
Dania: mineralised Rhyolite dome
Altair Project: Estrella’s exploration activities are focussed on Antucoya West, Colupo and Dania situated
along the BMZ. Antucoya West lies immediately west of Antofagasta Minerals’ Antucoya porphyry mine
development. Estrella’s prospects are linked via road access and proximal to mining infrastructure.
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Altair Project – Antucoya West Prospect
Antucoya
West lies
adjacent to
Antofagasta’s
Antucoya
project
Several zones
of copper
mineralisation
at surface
Immediately adjacent to Antofagasta PLC’s Antucoya project (642Mt
@ 0.35% Cu) (refer page 17)
Lies along Buey Muerto Fault Zone trend within the same magnetic
trend as Antucoya
7 km2 chargeability anomaly
Copper oxide identified at surface within porphyry indicators breccias and ‘crackle’ zone
Initial 38 hole RC drilling program has commenced
Located in close proximity to the Antucoya Project
The most prospective zones to be where the mineralisation indicators
at surface coincide with the dipole zones in the electrical resistivity
image
Two highly prospective scenarios at Antucoya West
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Strong Copper Oxide zones proximal to the Buey Muerto Fault
Zone trend
•
The relationship with respect to the electrical resistivity image with
copper oxide at surface lies in between the strong high (pink) and
low (blue) anomaly values
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Altair Project – Colupo Prospect
20m @
2.4% Cu
from 12m
Exceptional Estrella drilling results*:
•
•
•
20m @ 2.4% Cu from 12m (RCC04)
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Incl. 6m @ 6.6% Cu, 0.5 g/t Au & 27.1 g/t Ag
16m @ 1.5% Cu from 131m (RCC04)
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Incl. 6m @ 2.2%Cu, 0.2 g/t Au & 11.8 g/t Ag
20m @ 0.9% Cu from 144m (RCC02)
*Representing 3 of the best intercepts within the RC drilling program, the full drilling results can be
obtained from ASX Announcements lodged 11 November 2013 and 3 December 2013
Remains
open at
depth and
along strike
Mineralistion commences at or near surface
At least five breccias identified within a tight cluster
Consistent with historical SQM drilling results:
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31 m @ 1.4% Cu from 28 m (ARCO 02)
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22 m @ 1.0% Cu from 28 m (ARCO 10)
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39 m @ 0.6% Cu from 1 m (ARCO 11)
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8 m @ 1.3% Cu from 55 m (ARCO 11)
Diamond drilling program confirms significant true widths: up
to 21 metres
Mineralisation remains open at depth (below 150m) and
laterally to North, East and West
Strike length of 250m defined to date
Located 18km from the Antucoya West Prospect
70 m
150 m
3D copper mineralised shells for Colupo. The 3-dimensional ore shell model for
Colupo using a 0.2% Cu cut-off grade. View is to the southwest. This figure
illustrates the breccia system is open to the east and northeast with outcropping
mineralised breccias potentially linking to intersected mineralised breccia and
significantly increases in the depth extent of mineralisation. The mineralised
system extends to 150m depth and remains open at greater depths.
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Altair Project – Dania & Ivannia Prospects
Dania
Project
Overview
Recent drilling results identified copper oxide intercepts from
surface:
•
60m @ 0.3% Cu from 10m (Incl. 29m @ 0.4% Cu from 36m)
(refer ASX announcement 29 April 2014)
Ivannia
Project
Overview
Near surface system remains open at depth and along strike
Previous SQM drilling identified open central mineralised zone
Geology features Rhyolite dome intrudes Jurassic andesites
Dania has potential to host porphyry mineralisation beneath
the Rhyolite dome
Dania potential for shallow Copper Oxide resource to
compliment Colupo production goal
Located 9km from the Antucoya West prospect
Covers an area of 1,000 hectares
Mineralised Granodiorite and Tonalite porphyries (Cu, Mo)
Similar geology to Antucoya
Previous SQM exploration includes 36 RC drill holes:
•
28 holes to a maximum of 110 depth for a total of 1,870
metres
•
8 holes from 150 to 300m depth for a total of 1,860 metres
Significant mineralised rhyolite dome (red) at Dania prospect is currently
being drilled to 300 metres depth. Historical SQM RC drilling identified
near-surface Cu oxide mineralisation (green shape details the 0.1% Cu
shell).
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Altair Project – SQM Option Agreements
Terms as at
May 2014
4 year exclusive rights to explore 110,000 hectares including Colupo
3 year exclusive rights to explore Dania and Ivannia (2,476 hectares)
Estrella retains 100% rights to all metallic mineral discoveries within Altair Project with either:
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SQM has 49% claw back rights on PFS per prospect; or
•
SQM may elect royalty stream per prospect (rates vary based on prevailing LME price)
Photo taken by Estrella (Jan 2014) from Antucoya West (Estrella Owned) looking towards Antofagasta Minerals’ Antucoya mine development (not Estrella owned)
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Company Overview
ASX Code
ASX.ESR
Share Price (as at 28/05/2014)
A$0.095
Market Cap (as at 28/05/2014)
(undiluted)
A$10.2
No. Shares on issue
108,278,728
No. Options on issue
12,380,000
Cash at bank (31/03/2014)
A$1.061M
Share Price Performance
Estrella Raised $1.31M in April/May 2014
Shareholder Composition
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Chairman
Gavin Solomon
Managing Director
Dr. Jason Berton
Non-Executive Director
Julian Bavin
Non-Executive Director
Robert Thomson
Board 18%
Retail
60%
Institutional
22%
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Board of Directors
Gavin Solomon, Non-executive Chairman
Over 30 years experience in Australian and international investment banking, equity and capital markets.
Lawyer by background and experienced Director of ASX listed companies.
Former founding shareholder and former non-executive Director of Endocoal Limited.
Dr. Jason Berton, Managing Director
Over 15 years mining and exploration industry experience at Barrick, Homestake and BHP Billiton.
Also worked as a Senior Geology Consultant for SRK Consulting and as Chief Geologist co-ordinating due diligence for private equity investments.
Specialist Structural Geologist with experience in gold, copper, uranium and iron ore.
PhD in Structural Geology and B.Sc (Hons), B.Ec, member of AusIMM and GSA.
Julian Bavin, Non-executive Director
Over 30 years experience in the mining industry, with over 20 years with Rio Tinto including 8 years as Exploration Director – South America.
Director of Pan Global Resources Inc. & Non-Exec. Director of Exeter Resources Inc.
BSc Mining Geology (Hons), MSc Mineral Exploration, Member of Institution of Mining & Metallurgy, Chartered Engineer & Fellow of Society of Economic
Geologists.
Robert Thomson, Non-executive Director
Sydney based mining engineer with extensive onsite mining experience, as well as significant corporate and board experience.
Experience in early stage exploration, through to project feasibility and successful operations.
Previously worked in senior project and executive roles with Oxiana, Kingsgate, Climax Mining and Finders Resources.
B.E (Mining) from the University of Queensland, MBA from the University of Wollongong and is a Fellow of the AusIMM and Member of the AICD.
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Reasons to Invest in Estrella
Exclusive holding over a large portion of northern Chile’s IOCG belt offering significant opportunity
Strategic partnership with Chilean major SQM
Production focussed Exploration program with large resource upside potential
Estrella has already identified strong presence of Copper Oxide near surface with significant widths –
Open pit, Heap Leach and SX-EW potential
On-ground presence and strong “in-country’’ Board and Management
Strong potential exploration for production
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Appendices
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Projects Overview- Priority Prospects
Colupo
Dania & Ivannia
Antucoya West
Mineralised breccia system – remains open
Mineralised Cretaceous volcanics & porphyries intruded
Jurassic volcanics
Porphyry prospectivity
High grade / from surface:
Dania – mineralised Rhyolite Dome:
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Large chargeability anomaly – 7 km2
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High Cu grades near surface
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19 historical RC holes.
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Structural continuity
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Copper Oxide from surface
Copper Oxide exposed on surface above anomalous
zone.
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Significant mineralisation widths
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•
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Progressing to JORC Resource Q2 2014
Possible porphyry feeder at depth - Large scale
potential
Breccia and ‘crackle’ zone identified at surface –
porphyry indicators..
•
Initial Diamond drilling now completed
•
•
RC drilling program commenced May 2014
•
Conceptual mining study to follow JORC Resource in
2H 2014
Potential shallow Copper Oxide resource - SX-EW
compliment with Colupo production plan
Ivannia – Co-Mo porphyries
•
Granodiorite & Tonalite intrusives
•
Similar geology to Antucoya
Drilling ongoing
Testing near surface Copper Oxide and for mineralisation
source ‘vectors’
West & east extensions of Antucoya magnetic anomalies
Near term production aim
Potential for large porphyry orebody
Potential for large porphyry orebody
Drilling at Dania, March 2014
Core Logging at Colupo January 2014
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Colupo Section 402035E: drill holes RCC04 & RCC09,
0.2%Cu (purple) & >0.5%Cu (red) mineralised shells
Colupo Drilling Nov 2013
402850E
402035E
Projects Overview- Colupo
Section 402085E: drill holes RCC01 & RCC02, 0.2%Cu
(purple) & >0.5%Cu (red) mineralised shells
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Altair Project
Overview
Agreements with SQM to acquire 100% of all metal discoveries at Altair
(subject to 49% claw back or royalty)
Covers 123,000 hectares of highly prospective exploration grounds:
•
Ground held by SQM nitrate producers since 1920
•
Limited historical exploration for metals
Located in northern Chile within the Coastal Belt and within the
Antofagasta mining district
Regions hosts a number of significant deposits
Close to all mining related infrastructure & services
Saturno (3,458 ha) and Mercurio (7,405 ha) Prospect are 100% owned by
Estrella and adjoin the Altair Project.
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Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource table for nearby deposits
Nearby Deposits *
(not owned by Estrella)
Ore Reserve
Mineral Resource
Mineralisation
style
Proximity to
Altair
Manto & Breccias
17 km west of
Saturno
Measured: 26.7Mt @ 1.61%
Michilla
N/A
Indicated: 24.7Mt @ 1.45%
Inferred: 15.8Mt @ 1.67%
Proven: 215Mt @ 0.38%
Antucoya
Probable: 427Mt @ 0.34%
Los Mantos Blancos
Measured:278 Mt @ 0.34%
Indicated:737 Mt @ 0.30%
Measured:47.8 Mt @ 0.75%
8.3 Mt @ 0.54%, 2.1Mt @ 0.18%
14.1Mt @ 0.47%
Indicated: 68.1 Mt @ 0.56%
16.3 Mt @ 0.33%, 49.6Mt @ 0.23%
Surrounded by
Altair
Inferred:91 Mt @ 0.28%
Proven: 26.3 Mt @ 0.83%
Probable: 19.7 Mt @ 0.80%
Porphyry
10.5 Mt @ 0.43%
Rhyolite dome
40 km south of
Altair
8.3 Mt @ 0.20%
Inferred: 30.5 Mt @ 0.55%
5.2Mt @ 0.49%
*For additional information regarding this table refer to the disclaimer on page 2.
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Contact Us
ESTRELLA RESOURCES LIMITED
Sydney Office:
Level 7, 15 Castlereagh Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Santiago Office:
Santa Beatriz 294
Providencia, Santiago, Chile
www.estrellaresources.com.au
Email: admin@estrellaresources.com.au
(ASX: ESR)
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