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January 2012
Forward Looking Statements
Some of the statements contained in this presentation are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties beyond the Company's control, including, but not exclusively, statements regarding potential mineralization, exploration results, completion of work program and studies, and future plans and objectives of the Company. Resource exploration, development and operations are highly speculative, characterized by a number of significant risks, which even a combination of careful evaluation, experience and knowledge may not eliminate, including, among other things, unprofitable efforts resulting not only from the failure to discover mineral resources but from finding mineral deposits which, though present, are insufficient in quantity and quality to return a profit from production.
Qualified Person: Mr Stephen R Maynard, M.S., C.P.G., has acted as the qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 for this disclosure and supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release.
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Key Highlights
Successful Management Team• Over 200 million ounces Ag & 10 million ounces Au discovered in the last decade• Two Major Takeovers - $424M West Timmins Mining, $140M Underworld Resources
Strong Institutional Ownership• 65% owned by reputable investment funds• Average cost of shares for each institution is $0.60
District-Scale Exploration Projects• Large land position in the 15M oz Au Guerrero Gold Belt• Three drill programs planned in next six months
Healthy Balance Sheet• Strong cash balance with no debt, tight share structure
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Successful Project Finders
Board of Directors:David Jones, M.S. Discovered Los Filos Gold Skarn Deposit totalling 8 million ounces Au.Peter Megaw, Ph.D.Discovered MAG Silver’s 200 million ounce Ag Juanicipio deposit, Cinco de Mayo and Pozo Seco Projects, and Excellon Resources’ Platosa Mine.Richard Brissenden, CA.Founder/President of Mexican Silver producer Excellon Resources, director of Minera Andes.Michael Williams, Executive ChairmanFounder/President of Full Metal Minerals, Chairman of Underworld Resources (purchased by Kinross for $139M).Lawrence Talbot Mining Lawyer with over 24 years of experience. Currently a Director of Cardero Resources, International Tower Hill Mines, Wealth Minerals and Balmoral ResourcesStephan Zimmermann, Ph.D.Partner in Wehrli Zimmermann Gleixner & Partners in Zurich
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Credible Management Team
Darrell Rader, BBA, President, CEO & DirectorMining and exploration financer and operator. Served as manager of Corporate Development for Energold Drilling and IMPACT Silver Corp. (2003-2010) during which Energold expanded from 2 drill rigs to over 80 and had 22 consecutive profitable quarters, IMPACT Silver moved from early stage exploration into profitable silver production in Mexico. Significant experience managing operations, arranging financing and structuring mergers and acquisitions.
Stephen Maynard, M.S., Vice President ExplorationExploration geologist for over 30 years and worked with geological teams that discovered the 1.5-million-ounce gold Efemcukuru deposit in Turkey and Metallica Resources' three-million-ounce gold Cerro de San Pedro deposit in Mexico. Significant experience with orogenic gold, volcanogenic massive sulphide and epithermal systems.
Cale Moodie, CA, Chief Financial OfficerPreviously served as the CFO of both Underworld Resources prior to its acquisition by Kinross Gold and Sierra Geothermal prior to its acquisition by Ram Power. Worked for a number of years in public practice accounting at KPMG LLP’s Vancouver Industrial Markets Group.
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Share Structure
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Institutions65%
Management and Directors
20%
Retail15%
Symbol MGG:TSX.VShares Issued 45,741,146
Options 3,620,000
Warrants None
Fully Diluted 49,361,146
52 Week: Hi/LowMarket Cap:
C$0.95 / C$0.35$16M
Project Portfolio
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Exploration 1) Conduct First Phase Drill Program Strategy 2) If Results indicate large Au/Ag potential, expand exploration
3) If not, Joint Venture or sell project
Flagship Project – Aurena
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District Scale Gold Skarn
61,910 Hectares Mineralized trend measuring 3.5km by 1km
Drill Defined Target
Drill defined 1.8km long Gold Zone
30% of soil and rock samples in high grade zone were: >0.5g/t Au with a high of 5.7g/t Au (Soil)>1g/t Au with a high of 6.4g/t Au (Rock)
High Grade Surface Samples
Target Type Prograde gold skarn deposits typically grade 6-8g/t Au and total between 2->10 M oz Au
Exploration Plans
19 Holes Drilled7000m drill program completed.
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Hole From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Au (g/t) AURC-11-001 160.50 181.00 20.50 1.45
including 165.00 173.50 8.50 2.75AURC-11-002 39.50 47.16 7.66 1.14
including 44.33 47.16 2.83 2.22AURC-11-005 0.00 29.05 29.05 1.99
including 8.45 27.60 19.15 2.60AURC-11-006 4.50 48.00 43.50 1.01
including 4.50 13.50 9.00 1.24and 28.50 48.00 19.50 1.64
AURC-11-007 34.50 40.50 6.00 0.84and125.20 149.00 23.80 0.99
including 134.00 147.50 15.00 1.33
Aurena – Positive Drilling Results
Highlights from holes AURC-11-001, AURC-11-002, AURC-11-005, AURC-11-006, and AURC-11-007 include:
Aurena - Gold in Soils
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first 4250m drilling
step-out 2250m drilling
Current Exploration Drilling
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Aurena - Drilling Section
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7,100 hectare land position in southeastern Oaxaca State
Sampling of 1960’s era open-pit copper mine returned grades of 1.1% Cu over 25m
500 m strike length of exposed massive gossan along ridge crest, with values of 100’s-1000’s ppm copper
Recent sampling in mine area yielded up to 1.96 g/t Au and 11.65% Cu
Core drilling campaign planned for Q1 2012
Santa Marta Project
Guerrero Gold Belt (“GGB”)
Company Hectares Reserve (Au) Resource (Au) Market CapGoldcorp Inc. 9000 5.64M oz 2.8M oz $31B
Torex Gold * 29,000 3.90M oz $765M
Newstrike Capital* 29,364 $242M
Cayden Resources* 17,000 80,000 oz $119M
Esperanza Silver* 15,025 1.14 M oz $108M
Minaurum Gold 23,900 $16M
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*Companies whose primary project is in the GGB
Summary of GGB Explorers, the size of their holdings and their reserves/resources located on their GGB projects
GGB Explorers / Producers
Over 15 Million ounces Gold discovered since 1990’s…in large part via exploration model developed by David Jones
Guerrero Gold Belt Project Portfolio
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Minaurum projects cover intrusive complexes similar to known GGB Deposits
Projects - Capilla
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Location Eastern part of the historic Copala and Panuco mining districts (Est. Production 200-300M oz Ag)
Average historical grade of a kilo silver per tonne over widths between 1-5 metres
High Grade Silver
Epithermal Vein System
Mapping and sampling delineated a strike length over 1.2km
Exploration Potential
Vein system similar to Copala and Panuco except without any historical mining
Target In-situ zone of silver mineralization 100-200 metres below surface
Exploration Plans
Initial 1500m drill program underway
Projects - Capilla
Oblique view towards northeast of Copala-Panuco district. Historical production At Copala and Panuco was from lower-middle parts of vein systems. Veins at Capilla appear to represent the top of a mineralized system.(43-101 Reserves and Resources listed on map consist of residual mineralization left after historical production)
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Adelita Project
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Copper Porphyry
Buried porphyry system measuring 3km by 1km indicated by sampling and mapping.
Copper/Gold Skarn
Skarn associated with porphyry was drill tested in 2010
Hole From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Au g/t Ag g/t Cu %
CGDD-10-001 35.65 51.8 16.15 0.84 73 1.97
includes 35.65 40.98 5.33 1.12 85 2.34
CGDD-10-002 35.57 83.21 47.64 0.46 46 0.98
includes 35.57 47.4 11.83 0.30 19 1.27
JV Partner Ocean Park Ventures (“OCP:TSXV)Earning a 51% interest in the project $1.425M in work expenditures550,000 shares, $185,000 in cash and assuming all underlying project payments
Exploration Status and Plans 2011-2012
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Conduct Initial Mapping/ Sampling
Fly VTEM and Mag Survey
First Phase Drill Program
Surface Work/ Interpret Results
Second Phase Drilling
Aurena
Capilla
Corazonada
El Porfido
Jackie
Santa Marta
Vuelcos del DestinoAdelita
Q2/12Q4/11Q1/12
Q3/12
Q3/12Q1/12
OPERATED BY OCEAN PARK VENTURES Q1/12
Q4/11
Contact Us
Mr. Darrell Rader, President & CEOSunny Pannu, Investor Relations Manager
Tel: 778-330-0994Website: www.minaurum.com
Email: [email protected]
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