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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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- Positive prefeasibility study on Maskwa open pit nickel mine featuring
low cash cost
- Excellent upside for project enhancement through feasibility stage
- Access to established infrastructure and low cost power
- Excellent exploration potential
- Major shareholder is Western Areas NL
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- Symbol: “MUM” – Toronto Venture Exchange
- 81.2 million shares outstanding
- Warrants 617,456
- Options 5.6 million
- 87.5 million shares fully diluted
- 52 week High - $.97 Low - $.08
- Management and Directors
- Robin Dunbar M.B.A. – President and Director
- Ian Ward P. Eng. – SVP Project Development
- Carey Galeschuk P. Geo – VP Exploration
- 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 holds 17% of Mustang
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- Nickel prices have retreated from recent highs
- Lower prices will delay large scale laterite projects
- Good potential for prices to rebound in 2009
- Good environment for conventional nickel sulfide deposits
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- Maskwa/Mayville Properties (near Winnipeg Manitoba)
- Located 150 km from Winnipeg in Bird River Greenstone Belt
- Excellent infrastructure including roads, workforce and power
- Fraser Institute selects Manitoba as a top mining jurisdiction
worldwide.
- Excellent support from Manitoba government
- Among lowest hydroelectric power cost in North America.
- Government takes proactive approach to First Nations issues
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- Project to produce 9.2 million lbs (payable ) of nickel in concentrate
per annum
- 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 )
- Capex of $112 million before contingency and sustaining for 2,750 tpd
operation
- Concentrate grade 10.2% nickel, 2.5% copper, 11.3 g/t pgm.
- NPV of C$62.2 million at 8% discount
- Micon, Met-Chem, Golders and Wardrop authored prefeasibility study.
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- 7.11 Mt proven and probable open pit reserve at 0.64% nickel + credits
- Consistent ore body with average width of 24 meters.
- Additional resource beneath proposed pit shell and hangingwall
- Potential from M2 Zone open pit resource of nearby Mayville Property
- New Southern Horizon discovery within 300 meters of proposed pit.
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- Southern Horizon is new discovery with upside potential – near Maskwa
- Additional resource and east extension holes pending
- DD-128 has multiple intercepts including 2.7 ft @ 3.88% nickel
- Results pending to west in DD-113
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- Drilling to date has intersected a steeply dipping zone of
mineralization
- Initial four hole results include:
- Hole 1 - 40.5m @ 0.30% Ni/0.83%Cu
- Hole 2 - 61.0m @ 0.33% Ni/0.82%Cu
- Hole 3 - 45.1m @ 0.26% Ni/0.81% Cu
- Hole 4 - 65.2m @ 0.25% Ni/0.55% Cu
- Good widths for open pit mining
- Resource is open for expansion
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- Newly acquired property in historical gold belt to north of Maskwa
- Favourable ultramafic/mafic rocks
- Nickel in historical drill core to 5%
- Mustang recently completed a Geotech VTEM survey over the property.
- Field work to prepare targets for winter drilling
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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
associated with this geophysical feature
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- New Maskwa resource estimate – end 2008
- EIS and permit submission in 2009
- Full feasibility targeted in 2009
- Ongoing exploration and resource development to continue
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- Maskwa Project is an attractive mid size sulfide nickel project targeted
for production
- Excellent infrastructure and regulatory environment in Manitoba
- Upside for project and exploration
- Simple project design with modest capital cost
- Focus on updated resource and bankable feasibility study
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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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