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- This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and forward-looking information within the meaning of the
Securities Act (Ontario) (together, "forward-looking
statements"). Such forward-looking statements may include the
Company's plans for its mineral projects in Manitoba, the overall
economic potential of its properties, the availability of adequate
financing and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements to be materially
different. Such factors include, among others, risks and uncertainties
relating to potential political risks involving the Company's operations
in a foreign jurisdiction, uncertainty of production and costs estimates
and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, physical risks
inherent in mining operations, currency fluctuations, fluctuations in
the price of nickel and other metals, completion of economic
evaluations, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be
refined, the inability or failure to obtain adequate financing on a
timely basis, and other risks and uncertainties, including those
described in the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis for the
nine month period ended September 30, 2006 and Material Change Reports
filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators and available at
www.sedar.com.
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- 100% owner of Maskwa Nickel Project – an open pit nickel project
- Maskwa Nickel Project is in feasibility
- Project has access to established infrastructure and low cost power
- New proven and probable reserve being completed
- Feasibility Study being completed by Micon International
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- Symbol: “MUM” – Toronto Venture Exchange
- 81,228,239 million shares
outstanding
- Warrants 617,456
- Options 5,535,000 million @ $0.55
average
- 87,380,695 million shares fully diluted
- 52 week High - $.38 Low – $0.05
- Management and Directors
- Robin Dunbar M.B.A. – President and Director
- Ian Ward P. Eng. – SVP Project
Development
- Alex Falconer C.A. – CFO
- David Black – VP Investor Relations
- Julian Hanna P. Geo. – Director
MD WSA
- Gerald Harper P. Geo. (ON), Ph.D – Director
- Brian J. Barr – Director
- Ted Munden – Director
- Tom Meredith – Director
- Western Areas NL ( a producing nickel company ) holds 16% of Mustang
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- Nickel prices down from highs at close to US$ 25lb.
- Inventory levels still historically high
- Many forecasts see long term price in US$7-8 range
- Recovery tied to China and developed nation stainless steel use
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- Maskwa/Mayville Properties (near
Winnipeg Manitoba)
- Located 150 km from Winnipeg in Bird River Greenstone Belt
- Excellent infrastructure including roads, rail, workforce and power
- Manitoba is favourable mining jurisdiction
- Among lowest hydroelectric power cost in North America.
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- Project 100% owned subject only to 1% NSR.
- Project to produce 9.2 million lbs (payable ) of nickel in concentrate
per annum ( 2,750 tpd operation )
- Based on simple open pit
production with concentrator to be constructed
- Project to have low cash costs of nickel at C$2.77 lb of nickel ( net )
( prefeas)
- Capex of $125 million
- Concentrate grade 10.2% nickel, 2.5% copper, 11.3 g/t pgm.
- Pretax NPV of C$62.2 million at 8% discount @ US$8.50 nickel
- New resource October 2009 to form basis for updated mine design
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- Reassessment of drill data and new drilling results- revised Resource completed in 2009 New mine design and Reserve statement
expected by end of 2009.
- Baseline environmental study and project description now completed. Environmental Impact
Assessment to be prepared following mine design update, prior to
permitting.
- Detailed metallurgical testing now completed.
- Site geotechnical studies for mine design, plant site and tailings area
design are completed.
- Continuing consultation process with government, local communities and
First Nations as prelude to permitting.
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- Cost to Complete Feasibility Study is C$ 1.7 million.
- Plant and infrastructure design C$ 658k
- Environmental and permitting
$ 136k
- Site Studies $ 341k
- Mine Design $ 90k
- Report Preparation
$278k
- Other $195k
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- 7.11 Mt proven and probable open pit reserve at 0.64% nickel + credits (
under revision )
- Consistent ore body with average width of 24 meters.
- Additional hangingwall zones
delineated since prefeasibility study.
- Localized massive sulfides over 3% found in pit shell
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- Above: MM09-140 intersected 42m @ 0.32 %Ni from 15m to 57.5m
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- Fox Property located in favourable ultramafic/mafic rocks
- Nickel in historical drill core to 5%
- Geotech VTEM survey over the property.
- Drill ready for winter 2010
- Cat Euclid Property has former producing lithium mine.
- In Ontario JV with WSA on East Bull Lake
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- Above: A coincident EM - magnetic anomaly underlies English
Lake at the Mustang Fox Property
- A strong coincident mag signature and EM conductor was outlined by the
VTEM survey
- Drilling in the 1950’s
intersected nickel copper values south of this geophysical feature
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- Mustang well positioned with
nickel sulfide project as world economy recovers
- Significant technical progress made in 2008/9
- Exploration program to restart in 2010
- Feasibility study targeted for completion in 2010.
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- David Black – Investor Relations
- info@mustangminerals.com
- Tel: 416-955-4773
- Robin Dunbar – President
- rd@mustangminerals.com
- Tel: 416-955-4773
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