south korea: vying with china for access to 'strategic metals
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Objective Capital's Global Resources Investment Conference 2011Stationers' Hall, City of London27-28 September 2011Day 1- Session 5: Asia focusSpeaker: Brian Wesson, Woulfe MiningTRANSCRIPT
GLOBAL RESOURCESINVESTMENT CONFERENCE
STATIONERS’ HALL, CITY OF LONDON ● TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, 27-28 SEP 2011
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South Korea: vying with China for access to 'strategic metals' Brian Wesson – Woulfe Mining
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Objective Capital LondonSeptember 2011
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DisclaimerStatements in this presentation other than purely
historical information, including statements relating to
Woulfe Mining’s future plans, objectives or expected
results,
constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are based on numerous assumptions and
are subject to the risks and uncertainties inherent in Woulfe
Mining’s business, including risks inherent in mineral
exploration and development. As a result, actual results
may vary materially from those described in the forward-
looking statements. Note that Woulfe Mining refers to
historical resource estimates in this presentation. Source,
date, relevance, reliability and explanations
on categories are presented with the historical estimates.
A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify
the historical resources as current mineral resources.
The issuer is not treating the historical estimates as
current mineral resources and the historical estimates
should not be relied upon.
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management’s current knowledge and no representation
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estimates in the document are historical in nature and do
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South Korea - The Country
– 50M people (15M in Greater
Seoul)
– In the heart of world growth
– 11th largest economy
– Member of WTO, OECD, G-20– Success stories - Samsung,
Hyundai, Kia, LG, POSCO
– Moody’s ‘A1’; S&P ‘A’
– Educated work force 98% literacy
and 93% pass high school
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South Korea - Open for Business
– 100% foreign ownership of business
– Tax incentives for foreign companies
– No royalties or export tax on Woulfe Resources
– Transportation advantage, close to market and supply chain
– Developed country with superior technology, skills, power, roads and infrastructure
– “Resource Priority” policy by incumbent government
Seoul
SANGDONG TUNGSTEN-MOLYBDENUM MINE
MUGUK GOLD MINE
SOUTH KOREA
Lead/Zinc
Uranium/Vanadium
Tungsten
Daegu
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Woulfe Mining Corp. (TSX-V:WOF)
Muguk Gold Corp
Yeonwha Mining Corp
Sangdong Mining Corp
100% 100%100%
Major Shareholders (September 2011)
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Korea Zinc
Resinco Capital Partners
Sewoo Mining
36,996,000
33,333,333
25,792,353
20,459,207
13.7%
10.2%
9.6%
7.6%
Listed on TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) – Venture
Shares Issued & Outstanding
268,456,833
Warrants O/S 42,656,750
Options O/S 13,075,000
Fully Diluted 324,188,583
Market Cap.C$64.4 million (Sept.1, 2011)
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Fundamentals of Tungsten
• Market– “Strategic Metal”– Demand driven by world economic
expansion & industrialization– China supplies 80%+ of tungsten products– China has implemented controls on
exports (Ban on new tungsten mines to end 2012)
– 60% of tungsten used for machine tools– New growth applications in high tech
electronics, LCD & LED panels, space industry, medical instruments, etc.
• Metal Properties – Highest melting point of all metals : 3,422
C°– Wear resistant : 100 times of steel
including abrasion and erosion– Expansion : lowest of all metals
Tungsten Markets – Demand & Supply
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0
20
40
60
80
100
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020kMT
China Non-China
Case BCase A
Widening gap between demand & supply
Source: Mitsui Co., Ltd.
- Case A: Total demand to increase by 5% p.a. after 2010- Case B: Demand for automobile to decrease by 5% p.a. after 2015
Tungsten Markets Tightening
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Global Financial Crisis
Short to medium term hikes expected
Tungsten price to stabilize around
$400
Source: Roskill forecast - Tungsten Market Study (2010. November)
Price increases on
fundamentals
Resilient to economic volatility
Forecast tungsten price APT (US$/mtu)
2010 245
2011 415
2012 475
2013 400
2014 370
2015 395
Woulfe is developing its tungsten/ Molybdenum mine and have started unlocking value of the high grade gold/ silver Muguk mine.
Sangdong Mineral Resources…
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Sangdong Resources – August 2011
Class Zone TONNES WO3(%) MOS2 (%)
Indicated Hanging 1,143,000 0.38 0.07
Indicated Main 2,076,000 0.47 0.03
Indicated Foot 2,749,000 0.41 0.03
Indicated Tot 5,968,000 0.42 0.04
Inferred Hanging 6,073,000 0.38 0.06
Inferred Main 9,002,000 0.5 0.04
Inferred Foot 3,497,000 0.46 0.04
Inferred Tot 18,572,000 0.45 0.05
Sangdong Entire Resources – March 2010
Class Zone TONNES WO3(%) MOS2 (%)
Inferred Hanging 45,800,000 0.32 0.05
Main 0 0 0
Inferred Foot 57,400,000 0.35 0.04
Indicated Tot
103,200,000 0.35 0.04
Historical resource0.4% MoS2 ,16 Mt
Valuation
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Date Consultant Cost (U$M)
March 2010 Wardrop Engineers Scoping Study US$25,000 per tonne US$462
August 2011 Ross Glanville & Associates Ltd before feasibility current valuation range US$200 toUS$ 400 million
US$ 306(pre feasibility)
US$575 (on feasibility)
September 2011 Pricewaterhouse Coopers review and current valuation (confidential report) US$345 to US$390
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Timetable2H 2009 ► New Board and Management.
1H 2010
► Wardrop Scoping Study U$462 million NPV at U$250/mtu APT, resource 103.6 m tons @ 0.35% WO3► Mine Development License obtained► Underground mine reopened and first access for 18 years► Wardrop Engineers appointed for feasibility study
2H 2010
► Establish site accommodation offices and services► Digitize mine plans► Discovered unmined large areas above valley floor► Crusher secured for process plant► Optimum process size of 1.2 million tonnes per annum producing 400,000 mtu WO3 and 500,000 lb MoS2
1H 2011
► Korea Zinc closed C$10 million equity at 30 cents (Jan)► Mine development and plant layout complete (April)► 5,000m drilling (Phase 1) completed (May)► Phase 2 drilling program (Ongoing)
Q3 2011
► Upper section resource numbers released by Wardrop
► Permit for production decline ► Off-take contracts to be signed
► Complete detailed design of dump, storage, crushing and grinding
► Complete floatation layout► Application for construction
Q4 2011
► Cash investment to be secured ► Secure major equipment(mill and jumbo)► Break ground, start earth works and
foundations
► Lease / purchase of land for plant site► Feasibility Study to be completed with
update of resources
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Management• Woulfe Management
– Brian Wesson – CEO / President FAusIMM, MBA
– Amelia Wesson – VP Admin / Corporate
– Bill Kable – VP Technical, MAusIMM– Mark Gelmon – CFO, CA Canada
• Sangdong Mining– Tiger Kim – CEO / President with 28
years in investment banking and corporate restructuring in Korea and Hong Kong
• External Advisors– Wardrop Engineers UK– AMC Vancouver– Frontline Business Korea
• Technical– Alind Nand BSc Aus – Chief Geologist
20 years international experience– Arne Rahnel – Project Manager 35
years experience in plant design– Dr. Kun-Joo Moon PhD – Achieved
PhD from Tasmania working on the Sangdong deposit
– Bog-Gon Kim – Geologist 30 years service at Sangdong Mine
– Matt Bolu P.Eng – Metallurgist 30 years experience in tungsten industry
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Historical Reserve, 1994, some mining took place 1994 to 1997
Hatched areas, mined
Appendix - Muguk Gold
– Muguk gold and silver project, formerly Korea’s largest gold mine
– Historically produced 580,000 ounces at average 11 g/t – 1.4Mt at 13.5 g/t Au (approx 620,000 oz) and 72.8 g/t Ag (approx
3,322,000 oz) at 10 g/t cutoff (historical high-grade resource not NI 43-101 compliant)
– Free milling ore– AMC Minerals completed 3D model– AMC Appointed to review data and update NI43-101 on basis of 3 g/t
cutoff– Drilling in progress to prove down dip extensions
Fundamentals of investment
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Secure title and recourse
Minerals in the ground
Market fundamentals & competitiveness
Position on cost curve
►Korea is OECD country with German legal system
► Known mineralization; mined and processed 40 years► Grade up 25%, 80 years of resources, 25 M drill spacing
► Easy mining above valley floor► Strong cash flow, quick return on capital► Tax advantage► Inputs to production low cost from Asia
► Twice grade of China with no tax► Tungsten has large ore body, mechanised mined► Gold 13.5 grams per tonne and silver 72.8 g/t
Woulfe Mining Corp Contacts
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Brian Wesson [email protected]
P +61 4144 06611
IR Woulfe Mining Corp
Nick Smith, San [email protected] +1 (415) 829-7865
East Coast North America
Barbara Komorowski Renmark
Financial [email protected] +1 (514) 939-3989
Edison Investment Research
Lincoln House, 296-302 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7JHTel: +44 (0)20 3077 5700
Corporate office Canada
Marion McGrath Corporate [email protected] West Hastings Street,Vancouver, BC, V6C 3N6, CanadaP +1 604 684 6264F +1 604 684 6242
www.woulfemining.com
Germany
Value Relations GmbH
P +49 (69) 959246
E-Mail: [email protected]
Christoph Brüning Korea
Tiger [email protected] +82 10-9128-8881 Objective Capital London
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