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Lake Wells Potash Project Targeting Australia’s Potash DemandF
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Competent persons statement
The information in this presentation that relates to Exploration results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Brenton Siggs who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Siggs is contracted to the Company through Reefus Geology Services and is a Non-executive Director (Exploration Manager) of Goldphyre Resources Limited. Mr Siggs has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity currently being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the ‘Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Siggs is a shareholder and director of Goldphyre WA Pty Ltd, a company that holds ordinary shares and options in the capital of Goldphyre Resources Limited (Goldphyre Resources Limited, Annual Report 2014).
Mr Siggs consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
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✴ The Lake Wells Potash Project is 100% owned
✴ Lake Wells identified as one of the highest
potash potential salt lakes in Australia
✴ Very high grades at surface - exploration at
depth required to uncover potential
✴ No Native Title claim existing
✴ Low CAPEX brine operation potential
✴ Highly conducive environment for
evaporation ponds
✴ Eastern Goldfields location with quality
infrastructure, 300kms overland to bulk rail
terminal at Leonora
✴ Drilling campaign imminent to determine
potential at depth
Lake Wells Potash Project
PERTH
Lake Wells
Potash Project
KALGOORLIE
LAVERTON
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ESPERANCE
Great
Victoria
Desert
WILUNA
TELFER
PORT HEDLAND
GERALDTON
Great Sandy Desert
Gibson
Desert
EXMOUTH
HALLS CREEK
Road
Railway line
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Lake Wells has been identified as one of the highest potassium potential salt lake
systems in Australia1
1. Mernagh et al, 2013. Record 2013/039
Lake Wells Potash Project
A source of SOP for Australian farmers
Evaporative operations require sunny, windy conditions: the Lake Wells environment
is highly conducive to evaporation
PERTH
Lake Wells
Potash Project
KALGOORLIE
LAVERTON
0 150 300 450 60075Kilometers
ESPERANCE
Great
Victoria
Desert
WILUNA
TELFER
PORT HEDLAND
GERALDTON
Great Sandy Desert
Gibson
Desert
EXMOUTH
HALLS CREEK
Road
Railway line
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Lake Wells Potash Project
GPH tenure 465km2
Aquifer recharge is vital to brine extraction
Research indicates the Lake Wells Potash Project’s positioning over paleochannel
recharge flow is favourable for brine recharge
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Aquifer modelling indicates volume of approximately 1,600 million m3, and drill logs
indicate very deep and extensive clay/sand/grit regolith horizon
Previous worker’s drill collar, not to scale
Paleochannel bedrock contact at c.120m
Lake Wells Potash Project
Porosity and permeability are also vital to brine extraction
93 holes of air-core data used in wire frame modelling
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✴ Eastern Goldfields location with entrenched mining culture and infrastructure ✴ 300kms overland to bulk rail terminal at Leonora ✴ 85kms to Great Central Road (link to Kalgoorlie)
Lake Wells
Prenti Downs Road 85km
Great Central Road 90km
Laverton-‐Leonora Road 125km
Leonora Rail Head 300kms from Lake Wells
Lake Wells Potash Project
Location and logistics are vital to bulk commodity resources
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Grade, brine composition and volumes are key
✴ Brine pit sampling at Lake Wells has returned very high SOP values: average across 11 pit samples of 4.83 kg/m3 K equivalent to 10.79 kg/m3 SOP
First forward drill program designed test concentration gradient through the aquifer layer ✴ Drilling to bedrock to determine brine grade and composition at depth ✴ 20 holes (c. 2,000m) drilling proposed ✴ trench sampling, flow testing and hydrochemical studies, resource definition to follow
Working towards a JORC 2012 resource
Nield, D.D., Simmons, C.T., Kuznetsov, A.V., Ward, J.D. (2008), On the evolution of salt lakes: Episodic convection beneath an evaporating salt lake, Water Resources Research, 44, W02439
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Proposed forward drill program
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Upcoming activity
Activity JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Site preparation, shallow auger/pit sampling
Weather station installation and commencement of weather monitoring program
Air-core drilling on lake margins and and lake pan
Flow testing, water level logger installation
Brine and multi-element analysis
Hydrochemistry and hydrogeology studies
Resource modelling and interpretation
Follow up resource extension program finalisedFor
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Corporate Summary
Matt Shackleton | Executive Chairman +20 years experience in corporate management of ASX, TSX, overseas and Australian entities. Chartered Accountant, MBA (UWA), Canyon, Bannerman, Arunta, Mount Magnet South
Brenton Siggs | Non-executive Director Exploration and mine geologist with +24 years experience in gold, nickel, coal and other minerals Newcrest, Inco, Vale, Sons of Gwalia
Dean Goodwin | Non-executive Director Geologist with +25 years experience in gold, nickel Intrepid, Santa Anna, Redoubtable deposits WMC, LionOre, Focus, Barra Resources, Mt Ridley Mines
Shares on issue* 68.4m
Options on issue* 62.9m
Share price 22 June 2015 3.5c
Market capitalisation* $2.4m
Cash (31 March 2015) $0.3m
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Contact Details Matt Shackleton, Executive Chairman m: +61 (0)438 319 841 t: +61 8 9322 1003 e: [email protected]
ABN 68 192 345 678 31 Ord Street, West Perth
Western Australia 6005 www.goldphyre.com.au
Brenton Siggs, Technical Director m: +61 (0)427 075 225 t: +61 8 9322 1003 e: [email protected]
Targeting Australia’s Potash Demand
Appendices following
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Potash and SOP
7. The Lake Wells Potash Project is aiming to become the first Australian brine SOP
operation meeting the domestic market demand
Plant nutrition
Phosphate fertilisers
Nitrogen fertilisers
Potassium fertilisers
Potassium nitrate [K, N]
Sulphate of potassium magnesia [K, Mg, S]
Muriate of potash [K, Cl]
Sulphate of potash [K, S]
Mg
Ni
Cl
SK
K
K
K
S
Hard rock depositsBrine deposits
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Australia ASX: RWD
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Goldphyre Resources
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1. Potassium is one of the three
ESSENTIAL primary
agricultural nutrients
2. There are 4 basic sources of potassium fertilisers
3. Sulphate of Potash (SOP) is the PREMIUM potassium
fertiliser ingredient
4. Primary SOP is sourced from hard rock and brine (liquid)
deposits
5. Three countries have active
brine SOP operations
6. Australia will become the
fourth country producing brine
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2%2%
SOP 9%
MOP 86%
SOP is priced at an approximate 30% premium to muriate
of potash (MOP)
• Pressure on premium predicted to widen due to instability in the MOP market forcing increased reliance on SOP
• Primary sources of SOP are very rare with secondary processing costs high - supply/demand equation
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SOP market segment globally 5million tonnes
$US3.5billion
Primary
Mannheim
Sulphate salts
Other
0% 8% 17% 25% 33% 42% 50%
Primary sources of SOP are generally brine deposits
• Cheapest method of production: average cost US$200 per tonne • Efficiency of evaporative operations highly contingent on evaporation and rainfall at that site
Sulphate of potash is a premium source of potassiumF
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forecast data
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
SOP SOP Price Trend MOP
30 July 2013: CEO Uralkali pulls out of Belarusian Potash
Company cartel
Potash price trend and SOP premium
12 June 2015: MOP is retailing at A$590-A$620/
tonne SOP is retailing for A$1,140/tonne
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CAGR forecast at 4% per annum to 2020
Parthenon Analysis
SOP global demand forecast to growF
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Australia imports 100% of its potash
Australian farmers face massive swings in the farm gate
price of potash (both MOP and SOP) due to the: • USD/AUD exchange rate • macro-economic factors within the potash industry • isolation/logistics/shipping
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AUD v USD (LHS) MOP (RHS) SCENARIO: MOP pricing forecast to increase, AUD forecast
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