dalradian corporate presentation oct 2012 final web
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Patrick F. N. Anderson Chairman and Chief Execu9ve Officer
The European Explorer │ October 2012
Forward-‐Looking Statement & Qualified Persons
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This presenta9on contains “forward‑looking informa9on” which may include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the comple9on of the acquisi9on (the “Acquisi9on”) by the Company from a group of private vendors of approximately 1.7 million hectares of mineral rights over four greenstone belts and a historic silver mining camp in Norway, future financial or opera9ng performance of the Company and its mineral projects, the future price of metals, the es9ma9on of mineral resources, the realiza9on of mineral resource es9mates, the 9ming and amount of es9mated future produc9on, costs of produc9on, capital, opera9ng and explora9on expenditures, costs and 9ming of the development of new deposits, costs and 9ming of future explora9on, requirements for addi9onal capital, government regula9on of mining opera9ons, environmental risks, reclama9on expenses, 9tle disputes or claims and limita9ons of insurance coverage. ORen, but not always, forward‑looking statements can be iden9fied by the use of words and phrases such as “plans,” “expects,” “is expected,” “budget,” “scheduled,” “es9mates,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “an9cipates,” or “believes” or varia9ons (including nega9ve varia9ons) of such words and phrases, or state that certain ac9ons, events or results “may,” “could,” “would,” “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved.
Forward-‐looking statements are based on the opinions and es9mates of management as of the date such statements are made and are based on various assump9ons, such as approvals from the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Norwegian Directorate of Mining will be obtained in respect of the Acquisi9on, the con9nued poli9cal stability in Northern Ireland and Norway, that permits required for the Company’s opera9ons will be obtained in a 9mely basis in order to permit the Company to proceed on schedule with its planned drilling programs, that skilled personnel and contractors will be available as the Company’s opera9ons con9nue to grow, that the price of gold will be at levels that render the project economic, or that the Company will be able to con9nue raising the necessary capital to finance its opera9ons and realize on mineral resource es9mates, and that the assump9ons contained in the Preliminary Economic Assessment rela9ng to the Curraghinalt Deposit are accurate and complete.
Forward‑looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertain9es and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward‑looking statements. Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, compe99ve, poli9cal and social uncertain9es; the actual results of current and future explora9on ac9vi9es; actual results of reclama9on ac9vi9es; conclusions of economic evalua9ons; changes in project parameters and/or economic assessments as plans con9nue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible varia9ons of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may excel es9mated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as an9cipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; poli9cal instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the comple9on of development or construc9on ac9vi9es, as well as those factors discussed in the sec9on en9tled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Informa9on Form.
Although the Company has a]empted to iden9fy important factors that could cause actual ac9ons, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward‑looking statements, there may be other factors that cause ac9ons, events or results to differ from those an9cipated, es9mated or intended. Forward‑looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this presenta9on and the Company disclaims any obliga9on to update any forward‑looking statements, whether as a result of new informa9on, future events or results, except as may be required by applicable securi9es laws. There can be no assurance that forward‑looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those an9cipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward‑looking statements.
Some technical data in this presenta9on was taken from the technical report en9tled “An Updated Mineral Resource Es9mate for the Curraghinalt Gold Deposit, Tyrone Project, County Tyrone and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland” dated January 10, 2012, prepared by B. Terrence Hennessey, P.Geo., and Dibya Kan9 Mukhopadhyay, M.Sc., MAusIMM, of Micon Interna9onal Limited (the “Technical Report”).
Mar9n Moloney, BSc.(hons), M.AIG, Senior Geologist, Dalradian Resources, is the Qualified Person who supervised the prepara9on of the explora9on technical data for Northern Ireland in this presenta9on.
Michele L. Cote, MSc., P. Geo., Dalradian Resources, is the Qualified Person who supervised the prepara9on of the explora9on technical data for Norway in this presenta9on.
John McCombe, PEng, Chief Opera9ng Officer, Dalradian Resources Inc., is the Qualified Person who supervised the prepara9on of the development technical data in this presenta9on.
The technical informa9on contained in this news release is based upon informa9on prepared by Messrs. Hennessey, Jacobs, Villeneuve, Damjanović and Foo of Micon Interna9onal Ltd., who are each a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-‐101. Messrs. Hennessey, Jacobs, Villeneuve, Damjanović and Foo are independent of Dalradian as defined by NI 43-‐101.
Agenda
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Norway
Northern Ireland
1. Dalradian Summary
2. Northern Ireland Project IntroducDon
3. ExploraDon – Northern Ireland
4. Curraghinalt Deposit -‐ Resource Summary
5. Preliminary Economic Assessment Results
6. ExploraDon – Norway
Capital Structure
TSX, OTCQX: DNA, DRLDF
Shares outstanding: Fully diluted : (September 30, 2012)
89.5 million 97.5 million
Market cap: (October 2, 2012) $113.5 million
Average volume: (30 day) 128,439
52 Week Range: $2.42 -‐ $0.62
Insider ownership: (approximate)
6%
Cash balance: (as at June 30, 2012) $32.7 million
Analyst coverage: Jamie Spra]
Craig Stanley
DNA STOCK PRICE
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Our Board: A Track Record of Discovery and Development
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PATRICK F. N. ANDERSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Former CEO of Aurelian Resources
Also Director of Colossus Minerals and ConDnental Gold
COLIN K. BENNER CHAIRMAN OF DELTA MINERALS AND AURICO GOLD Also Director of Mercator Minerals, Lundin Mining, Troon Ventures, and Corsa Capital
JOSEPH F. CONWAY CEO OF PRIMERO MINING CORP. Former CEO of IAMGOLD
RONALD P. GAGEL Former SVP and CFO of FNX Mining Also Director of Adriana Resources and Stonegate Agricom
THOMAS J. OBRADOVICH CHAIRMAN Chairman of Lago Dourado Minerals
Former CEO of Young-‐Davidson Mines
Former Director of Aurelian Resources
SEAN E. O. ROOSEN CEO OF OSISKO MINING CORPORATION Also Director of Rio Novo Gold, Bowmore ExploraDon and Astur Gold
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF COLOSSUS MINERALS CEO OF CONTINENTAL GOLD LIMITED
ARI B. SUSSMAN
KEITH D. MCKAY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Former CFO of Aurelian Resources
Our Management Team:
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TIM WARMAN PRESIDENT Former VP, Corporate Development of Aurelian Resources
Also Director of ConDnental Gold Ltd.
MARTIN MOLONEY EXPLORATION MANAGER Over 15 years of experience as an explora9on geologist
MICHELE COTE VICE PRESIDENT EXPLORATION Over 17 years of experience as an explora9on geologist
ED KELLEHER VICE PRESIDENT SHEA & PERMITTING Former Director of Environment & Permiqng Kinross Ecuador
PATRICK F. N. ANDERSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Former CEO of Aurelian Resources
Also Director of Colossus Minerals and ConDnental Gold
KEITH D. MCKAY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Former CFO of Aurelian Resources
The European ExploraDon Company
7 1 Refer to press release en9tled “Dalradian Announces Resource Increase at Curraghinalt” at www.dalradian.com
§ Posi9ve PEA including: − ARer-‐tax IRR: 41.9%
− Cash Opera9ng Costs: US $532/oz
− Produc9on: Approx. 145,000 oz/year over 15 year mine life
§ High-‐grade 2.7M ounce gold resource (all categories)1
− Measured: 0.02 MT grading 21.51 g/t Au for 10,000 contained ounces
− Indicated: 1.11 MT grading 12.84 g/t Au for 460,000 contained ounces
− Inferred: 5.45 MT grading 12.74 g/t Au for 2.23 million contained ounces
§ 18,000m drilling program started July 9, 2012
NORTHERN IRELAND
§ Posi9oned for mineral discovery − Under-‐explored in the 20th century
− Several northern greenstone belts with known mineraliza9on
− Historic Kongsberg silver district in south
§ Regional sampling program underway − Ini9al stream sediment sampling program
completed in Kongsberg silver district
− Ini9al 9ll sampling program completed over Kautokeino greenstone belt
NORWAY
§ Pro-‐mining Investment − Government investment in
geological surveys
Northern Ireland:
§ Our flagship asset: Curraghinalt mesothermal high-‐grade gold deposit
§ Excellent regional infrastructure § Over 84,000 hectares under explora9on § Poten9al exists for further precious
and base metals deposits
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Exploring for gold along a 50 km trend
Pla9num and palladium explora9on
Extensive underground mining
Gor9n Rousky
Omagh
Curraghinalt Deposit
BELFAST
NORTHERN IRELAND
Cavanacaw Galantas Gold
Conroy Diamonds & Gold
Lonmin
Irish Salt Mining
In produc9on since late 2007
U.K. & BRITISH ISLES
Three-‐Pronged ExploraDon Approach
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Grow exisDng resource
§ Increase confidence in current resource numbers
§ Commenced drilling high priority targets July 2012
18,000 METRE DRILLING PROGRAM
GROW
EXTEND
WILDCAT
Explore along strike from Curraghinalt § 8 km trend -‐ Extend known limits of the deposit
§ Test targets generated from recent geochemical and geophysical anomalies
§ Anomaly A target tested – 1.7 km step-‐out returned 2.22m grading 14.07 g/t gold & 1.47m grading 23.62 g/t gold
Wildcat holes -‐ Explore regional targets § Test regional targets generated from recent
geochemical and geophysical anomalies
Curraghinalt Deposit
Curraghinalt Trend
Four Concessions
Curraghinalt: 2012
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10
Road Sheep Dip Mullan
T17 No1
106-‐16 Bend Crow
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May 2 Jul 18 Jul 25 Aug 1 Sep 10 Sep 19 Sep 27
2012
Dalradian reports assays from 14,673 metre program – 13.8 g/t gold over 3.35m, 10.43 g/t gold over 3.75m and 22.83 g/t gold over 1.48m
Completes airborne geophysical survey
Dalradian reports positive PEA for Curraghinalt
Dalradian receives water discharge permit for the Curraghinalt deposit
Dalradian files 43-101 Technical Report for the Curraghinalt Gold Deposit PEA
Dalradian Completes surface surveys: soil geochem grid identifies new targets, grab sample returns 68 g/t gold, drill mobilized
1700 metre step-out hole - 2.22m grading 14.07 g/t gold and 1.47m grading 23.62 g/t gold
Curraghinalt Trend
Oct 9
Dalradian hits two of the best main vein intercepts in the history of the project, including a 120m step-out and new discovery shows the hanging wall and footwall zones are gold bearing
Curraghinalt Deposit
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Report prepared by Micon Interna9onal Limited, dated January 10, 2012. Includes drilling up to August 2011 – more than 13,000 metres drilled on the deposit since resource cut-‐off.
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Road
Sheep Dip Mullan T17
No1
106-‐16
Bend
Crow
ABB-‐D
ABB-‐G
T17 4.1m: 42.7 g/t @ depth 42.9m 2.5m: 20.5g/t @ depth 226.9m
No 1 2.0m: 48.7 g/t @ depth 77.0m 1.6m: 56.3 g/t @ depth 416.2m
106-‐16 2.0m: 24.0 g/t @ depth 41.5m 3.3m: 16.9 g/t @ depth 615.7m
Crows Foot Shear
Kiln Shear
Veins in Current Resource Newly intersected Veins Interpreted Veins Along Trend Anomalous Veins 2012 Drill Hole
Cross SecDon 12-‐CT-‐156
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CROSS-‐SECTION A – A’
Intercept in hole 11-‐CT-‐99 projected up dip to 170m mSL
Curraghinalt Trend
Curraghinalt Deposit Resource as at Nov 2011 – Measured: 0.01 Moz Au (0.02MT @ 21.51 g/t) Indicated: 0.46 Moz Au (1.11MT @ 12.84 g/t) Inferred: 2.23 Moz Au (5.45 MT @ 12.74 g/t)
Scotch Town Peak of 10.52 g/t Au In mineralized boulders
Alworries 1.88 metres @ 20.8 g/t Au in vein in quarry
GLACIATED TERRAIN WITH MINIMAL OUTCROP
8 km
Golan Burn Outcropping veins including 60cm @ 61.43 g/t Au
1700m
Hole 12-‐CT-‐162 1.47m @ 23.6 g/t Au 2.22m @ 14.1 g/t Au
Hole 11-‐CT-‐99 3.2m @ 5.34 g/t Au
Curraghinalt Deposit
Curraghinalt Trend
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Curraghinalt
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Recent Findings: C Veins
§ Gold bearing cross-‐cuqng structures known as “C” vein swarms
§ Evalua9ng the poten9al contribu9on to the resource at Curraghinalt
§ 80 km of core unsampled
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CURRAGHINALT VEIN RELATIONSHIPS
C Vein Swarms – An Untested Resource…
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“C” Vein
C Veinlet Swarm Pervasive Carbonate Alteration
ExploraDon Plan
§ Complete re-‐evalua9on of the deposit
– Ini9al evalua9on: Sample ~ 30km of core
– New sec9onal interpreta9on / wireframes
§ Infill drilling where warranted
§ Target high grade shoots at depth
§ Target shallow ounces along strike
§ Test exis9ng trend & regional targets
§ Expand soil geochemistry coverage
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GROW
EXTEND
WILDCAT
ExploraDon Summary
§ In the last 2 years…
– >4-‐fold increase in contained ounces
– Implemented a modern explora9on organiza9on
§ Deposit is open in all direc9ons
§ Successfully targeted high grade shoots at depth
§ “C” veinlets, a game changer…
– Reduce dilu9on
– Stand-‐alone ounces?
– Poten9al for alterna9ve mining methods
§ Big trend & excellent explora9on tools (soil, IP)
§ Clear strategy, competent team
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Curraghinalt: A Growing Resource
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§ 1986-‐1987 resources es9mates are historical non 43-‐101 compliant resources
§ 2003 to 2011 resource es9mates are reported 43-‐101 compliant
CURRAGHINALT RESOURCE ESTIMATE
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40,000
50,000
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2007 (Pre-‐DNA)
2010 DNA Year 1
2011 DNA Year 2
Millions of Ounces Metres Drilled
27 years of work 2 years of work
Preliminary Economic Assessment
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KEY PEA DATA* 3 YEAR TRAILING AVERAGE GOLD PRICE: $1378/ounce
NPV with 8% discount rate $467 million
IRR (ARer-‐tax) 41.9%
Payback from Day 1 of Construc9on 2 years
Average Annual Produc9on 145,000 ounces/year
Life of Mine 15 years
Ini9al Capex ($38M con9ngency) $192 million
Cash Costs $532/ounce or $125/tonne
Diluted Grade 8.1 g/t Au
Gold Recovery 92%
All dollars quoted in $ USD unless stated otherwise
PEA results released on July 25, 2012. The PEA is preliminary in nature. It includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is no certainty that the results of the PEA will be realized.
* Prepared by Micon Interna9onal Limited
PEA: Mining
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Longhole Mining with Ramp Access & Truck Haulage: § Local availability of experienced longhole miners § More dilu9ve than cut and fill but less expensive and
easier to manage § Cost trade-‐off not material
§ 1.8 metres mined width (80% dilu9on on resource) § 20 metre sub level spacing § Less than 10 working faces at any one 9me
PROJECT PRODUCTION RATE
(TPD) MINING COST (US$/T MILLED) COMMENTS
Curraghinalt (Dalradian, N. Ireland)
1,700 (planned)
$76.50 (US$/t mined) (PEA es9mate) 1.8 m stope widths
Bulyanhulu (African Barrick, Tanzania) 3,300 $156.00 Narrow, steeply-‐dipping veins
Daisy Milano (Silver Lake Resources, W. Australia)
540 Cash Costs of $660/oz Stope widths down to 1 m
Lawlers (Barrick, Australia) 2,200 $30.06
(2003) Shallow dipping veins, 2-‐6 m thick
Longhole Mining at Bulyanhulu Gold Mine
PEA: Processing
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OpDons Examined:
§ Grinding – Whole Ore Leach
§ Grinding – Gravity – Flota9on of Gravity Tails – CN of Flota9on Concentrate
§ Grinding – Gravity – Flota9on – Sale of Concentrate(s)
§ Grinding – Cu Flota9on – Pyrite Flota9on – CN of Pyrite Concentrate
Preferred opDon:
§ Crushing, grinding, whole ore cyanida9on and conven9onal tailings disposal
§ 92% gold recovery
§ Opportunity for further op9miza9on of mill circuit
Rio Tinto Group's Northparkes mine in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
Development Next Steps
Permimng:
§ Working with government to op9mize the permiqng process
§ Pre consulta9on permiqng discussions with 10+ agencies
§ Formal submission of applica9on for underground explora9on development
Underground ExploraDon Development:
§ 2,000 metres of underground development § Prove up vein con9nuity § Demonstrate mining method works
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Gemng Back Underground
Becoming Part of the Community
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Norway: “Let the Treasure Hunt Begin”
Industry Minister, Trond Giske at Press conference announcing new direc9on in mineral strategy for Norway
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Another Mining Friendly JurisdicDon
• The new Mineral Act legisla9on passed in January 2010 to promote mining ac9vi9es
• Minister of Industry announces large investment over 4 years to iden9fy mineral resources
• Dalradian has acquired mineral rights over 6 areas including three greenstone belt, a basement window and a historic silver mining district
• Proper9es total more than 1,700,000 hectares
• Country with good infrastructure, educated workforce and stable government
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OSLO
N O RW A Y
Pasvik Karasjok
Kautokeino
Rombak
Kongsberg
Bamble
SCANDINAVIA
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Here be Monsters…
1. Kimlä Gold Mine
– Largest gold-‐mine in Europe
– Total combined MI&I = 7.2Moz Au
2. SakaDllampi Discovery
– Possibly largest nickel-‐copper deposit discovery in Europe (reported samples of 4%Ni)
– Announced by AngloAmerican on November 3rd, 2011
3. Pechenga District
– In Russia ~ 25km from Norwegian border
– Probable reserves of 150Mt @ 1% Ni and Proven Reserves of 30Mt @ 2% Ni, 1% Cu, 0.04% Co
4. Bidjovagge Gold-‐Copper Mine
– Historical produc9on of greater than 200,000 ounces of Au & 14 M pounds of Cu
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Other Producing Mines
Dalradian Concession Areas
Greenstone Belts
NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND
RUSSIA
OSLO STOCKHOLM
HELSINKI
Kimlä
Sakamlampi
Pechenga 1 2
3 4
Other Producing Mines
Dalradian Concession Areas
Greenstone Belts
NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND
RUSSIA
OSLO STOCKHOLM
HELSINKI
Kimlä Sakamlampi
Pechenga
1 2
3 Bidjovagge 4
Northern Concessions
Kautokeino Concession
§ Explora9on program focused on Kautokeino greenstone belt – largest of the 3 belts
§ Program of 2,378 9ll samples completed § Completed 9ll orienta9on survey around
former producing gold mine, Bidjovagge
Other Northern Concessions
§ Extensive program of consolida9ng and reinterpre9ng historic and new geophysical data to iden9fy priority explora9on targets over all 4 concessions
§ Goal is to be drilling our best targets by 2013
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Kongsberg in the Southern Concessions
§ Historic silver mining district with produc9on of 40+ million ounces with average grades of 356 g/t silver
§ 3 teams on stream sediment sampling program of 1,000 samples – approximately 50% complete
§ Crews will return in Q1 2013 for program comple9on
§ Sampling of historical precious and base metal occurrences underway
§ Extensive program of reviewing and reprocessing new and historic geophysical data to iden9fy priority explora9on targets
§ Goal is to be drilling our best targets by 2013
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Moving Ahead
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Advanced ExploraDon
§ Grow Exis9ng Resource § Explore Along Strike from Curraghinalt § Explore Regional Targets for New Discovery
NORTHERN IRELAND
EXPLORATION
DEVELOPMENT
EXPLORATION
Underground Development
§ 8 km trend -‐ Extend known limits of the deposit
§ Test targets generated from recent geochemical
Greenfields ExploraDon § Extensive program to iden9fy priority
explora9on targets
NORWAY
Norway
Northern Ireland
The European Explorer
Patrick F. N. Anderson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Investor Relations
Shae-Lynn Mathers Director, Investor Relations
[email protected] 416.583.5622
Trading Symbol:
DNA on TSX
Executive Office: Dalradian Resources Inc.
155 Wellington Street West Suite 2920
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V 3H1
www.dalradian.com
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Curraghinalt NI 43-‐101 Technical Report
Prepared by Micon InternaDonal Limited
§ Dated January 10, 2012
§ Updated from May 10, 2010 and reflects revised gold price
Curraghinalt Mesothermal Gold Deposit Measured 0.02 MT @ 21.51 g/t Au for 0.01 million contained ounces Indicated 1.11 MT @ 12.84 g/t Au for 0.46 million contained ounces Inferred 5.45 MT @ 12.74 g/t Au for 2.23 million contained ounces
Notes: § Combined royalties of 6% § Assumes US$900/oz and an economic cut-off grade of 5 g/t Au over a minimum thickness of 0.10 metres, diluted to 1 metre at 0 grade § Using a cut-off grade of 5 g/t § All veins less than 10 cm were excluded § Width or vein thickness is measured at 90 degrees to the vertical § "Vein thickness" refers to a zone of grade and may not be 100 per cent vein material § Please see "A Mineral Estimate for The Curraghinalt Gold Deposit, Tyrone Project, County Tyrone and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland” dated January 10,
2012 and available at www.dalradian.com
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Tyrone Project: Curraghinalt & Glenlark Trend
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Curraghinalt Deposit
DG4
DG2 DG1
DG3
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ExploraDon Tools
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2012 Geochem Historical Geochem with Extended 2012 Soil Survey
2012 Geophysics High Resolution Aeromagnetic Image flown over Curraghinalt Trend – April 2012
Curraghinalt Trend Glaciated terrain with minimal outcrop
CURRAGHINALT TREND