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www.azureminerals.com.au
@AzureMinerals
ASX: AZS Tony RoviraManaging DirectorAzure Minerals Ltd
RIU Resurgence ConferenceInvestor PresentationSeptember 2020
AZURE MINERALS IS BACK IN WA
An exciting portfolio of high-quality
nickel & gold projects in the Pilbara
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This presentation contains information extracted from ASX market announcements which are available on the Company’s website at: www.azureminerals.com.au
COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT - EXPLORATION RESULTS
Information in this report that relates to previously reported Exploration Results has been crossed-referenced in this report to the date that it was reported to ASX. Azure Minerals Limited confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects information included in the relevant market announcements.
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Corporate snapshot
CORPORATE STRUCTURE 15 September 2020
Share Price A$0.20Shares 242.2 millionOptions 5.85 millionMarket Cap A$48.4 millionCash A$4.0 million
Debt(Convertible Note: conversion @ A$0.145)
A$2.0 million
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS 15 September 2020
Creasy Group 19.1%Deutsche Balaton 18.0%Teck Resources Ltd 11.4%Directors & Management 1.5%Top 20 60.0%
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Quality nickel & gold projects in the Pilbara
4 PROJECTS ACQUIRED FROM MARK CREASY
Andover Nickel-Copper Project:60% Azure / 40% Creasy
Turner River, Meentheena & Coongan Gold Projects:70% Azure / 30% Creasy
Acquisition cost: 40M AZS shares
No royalties or further payments
Creasy free-carried to Decision to Mine
CREASY NOW 19.1% SHAREHOLDER IN AZS44
Exploration & mining in WA is open for business with supportive commodity prices and thriving capital markets
Diversifying across commodities and jurisdictions, reducing risk & increasing near-term upside
Good contacts in WA mining industry provided opportunities to acquire high-quality and exciting nickel and gold projects from the Creasy Group
Mexican projects remain a key component for Azure but activities restricted due to COVID-19 – field exploration now underway with drilling expected in November 2020
Refocus attention to Western Australia
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The Pilbara – a Tier 1 exploration & mining region
De Grey Mining: 2.2Moz gold resources
Hemi gold discovery
Andover: 70km2
New nickel-copper discovery by Creasy in layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion
Turner River: 450km2
Adjacent to De Grey’s Mallina Gold Project & Hemi gold discovery
Coongan: 223km2
Adjacent to Novo’s Beatons Creek Gold Project
Meenthena: 141km2
Explored by Creasy for epithermal gold since 1994
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Andover: new nickel discovery
Turner River: Hemi analogues?
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Andover nickel-copper project
Layered mafic-ultramafic intrusive
Comparable geology to:Julimar ComplexChalice: Gonneville (Ni-Cu-PGE)
Fraser Range ProvinceIndependence: Nova-Bollinger (Ni-Cu)
Legend: Mawson (Ni-Cu)
Mark Creasy: Silver Knight (Ni-Cu)
KimberleyPanoramic: Savannah (Ni-Cu)Andover Layered Mafic-Ultramafic Complex
New & unreported nickel discoveries by Mark Creasy
Exploration by Creasy in 2008-2020:• Mapping & sampling• VTEM & FLTEM surveys• RC drilling – 7 holes in April 2018• DHEM
Outcropping nickel-copper gossans
Strong bedrock-hosted VTEM conductors
4 coincident VTEM / FLTEM targets drill tested
3 drill holes intersected nickel & copper sulphides in two separate targets
Multiple targets remain untested8
Andover Project
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Drilled by Creasy Group in 2018* – with nickel hits
ADRC002:7m @ 2.62% Ni & 0.65% Cu from 43m;in 26m @ 1.03% Ni & 0.46% CuSemi-massive and disseminated sulphides
ADRC001:4m @ 1.10% Ni & 0.80% Cu from 6mGossan
ADRC001:2m @ 1.77% Ni & 0.53% Cu from 62mSulphide stringers
ADRC006:2m @ 2.10% Ni & 0.44% Cu from 15mSemi-massive and disseminated sulphides
* Refer ASX announcement 17 July 20209
Target Location 2
Target Location 1
RC drill hole ADRC002*
From(m)
To(m)
InterceptLength (m)
Ni (%)
Cu (%)
Co (%)
43 50 7 2.62 0.65 0.10
43 69 26 1.03 0.46 0.04
• High-tenor nickel sulphide mineralisation: Maximum 1m values of 4.66% Ni & 3.96% Ni
• Semi-massive, blebby and disseminated nickel & copper sulphide mineralisation present
• In-hole DHEM conductor correlates with semi-massive sulphides
• Strong off-hole DHEM conductor indicates potential for extensive sulphide mineralisation down-dip & along-strike
High-grade nickel with room to grow
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Off-hole conductor: 4,000-5,200 Siemens
* Refer ASX announcement 17 July 2020
• Good access into and throughout the project area
• Good outcrop including mineralised gossans
• Drive-up drill targets
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Copper oxides in nickel-copper gossan
Drill hole collarADRC001
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Target 2
Target 1
Exploration underway at Andover
PHASE 1 EXPLORATION PROGRAMAugust to December 2020
FLTEM surveying:• 10+ targets• Started mid-August
Diamond core drilling: • Highest priorities are Targets 1 & 2• 12 holes / ~3,000m• Starting mid-September• Down hole EM surveys
Multiple targets remain to be drilled
Turner River – in the hottest new gold province in WA
Turner River
2 EL applications
Aiming for grant by end-2020
450km2 of sand-covered virgin ground
Good access into and throughout the project area
No historical exploration
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Adjacent to De Grey Mining’s Mallina Gold Project:• 2.2Moz gold resources• Hemi gold discovery
Turner River is totally unexplored
Contains Mallina Formation sediments & granite intrusions -host to De Grey’s gold deposits
Contains Louden Volcanics – an unexplored Archean greenstone belt
Right place, right geology, right time & unexplored
Turner River
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Turner River
Fertile, gold-rich structural setting
Covers 12km strike of the major gold-hosting Berghaus Shear Zone
Berghaus Shear Zone is host to:• Hemi gold discovery• Mt Berghaus gold deposit• Cookes Hill gold deposit• + other gold deposits
Berghaus Shear Zone cross-cuts Mallina sediments, granite intrusions & Louden greenstone belt in the Turner River project area
Located in gold-rich structural corridor
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Neighbouring gold deposits
Ulysses (Genesis Minerals) 867,000oz Au
Kookynie (Genesis Minerals)(acquired June 2020 for $10.5M)
414,000oz Au
Apollo Hill (Saturn Metals) 781,000oz Au
Kookynie - Orient Well – Ulysses Gold Corridor 1.5Moz gold endowment (past production + current resources)
Adjoins Metalicity’s exciting high-grade Kookynie gold project• 4m @ 16.3g/t Au, 9m @ 5.7g/t Au & 4m @ 13.0g/t Au
Barton
Barton – a new acquisition in Kookynie Gold Corridor
Daisy Corner*40m @ 0.20g/t Au18m @ 0.77g/t Au
(incl. 7m @ 1.26g/t Au) 8m @ 0.53g/t Au
Dingo-Kelpie Shear*5m @ 1.54g/t Au5m @ 1.80g/t Au
12m @ 0.84g/t Au20m @ 0.96g/t Au
• 200km2
• Mostly under soil cover and under-explored with very limited drilling
• Only bedrock drilling on Barton was in 1995-97 at Daisy Corner • shallow gold mineralisation intersected in the oxide zone
• Nearby 5km-long gold anomalous Dingo-Kelpie Shear (DKS)
• DKS drilled in 1994-95 & 2012 • shallow gold mineralisation intersected trending southeast • extension onto Barton property is undrilled
Well-positioned in a gold-rich neighbourhood
Very under-explored with great potential* Refer ASX announcement 4 September 2020
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Mexico: Quality projects in Tier 1 mining district
Alacrán: silver, gold & copper
M & I resource1: 32Moz Ag & 150,000oz Au
Includes high-grade Measured Resource at surface of:• 15.5 million ounces Silver in 1.8Mt @ 275g/t Ag
New copper sulphide discovery
Oposura: zinc, lead & silverIndicated resource2: 3.1Mt @ 5.0% Zn 2.7% Pb 18g/t Ag
= 153,000t Zinc 84,000t Lead 1.8Moz Silver
1. Refer ASX: 1 December 2016 & 21 December 20162. Refer ASX: 8 May 2019
ANDOVER: Continue exploration of new nickel-copper sulphide discoveries• Surface EM surveys underway• Major diamond and RC drilling campaigns planned• Initial 3,000m diamond drilling program starting shortly• First assay results expected in October
TURNER RIVER: Launch gold exploration for Hemi / Mallina analogues• Aeromagnetic survey & drilling as soon as tenements are granted
BARTON: Systematic and comprehensive gold exploration programs• Reconnaissance drilling to bedrock as soon as tenement is granted
ALACRÁN (MEXICO): Expanding current silver and gold resources• Preparing for diamond drilling of new silver & gold targets in November
Priorities & near-term upside catalysts
www.azureminerals.com.au
@AzureMinerals
ASX: AZS
Thank you
For enquiries, please contact:Tony Rovira, Managing [email protected]
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CHAIRMAN: Peter IngramGeologist with +50 years experience incl. +30 years of public gold mining & exploration company managementMD of mining companies Metana Minerals NL & Eastmet Limited & explorer/developer Universal Resources Ltd
MANAGING DIRECTOR: Tony RoviraGeologist with +30 years experience in Australia & MexicoAustralian Prospector of the Year in 2000 for the discovery of the Cosmos nickel deposit with Jubilee Mines LtdFounding MD of Azure Minerals in 2003
DIRECTOR (Non- Exec): Dr Wolf MartinickEnvironmental scientist with +40 years experience in environment, water & social aspects of mining
DIRECTOR (Non- Exec): Hansjörg PlaggemarsExperienced company director with a deep background in corporate finance, corporate strategy and governance, including mining, agriculture, shipping, construction and investment companies
CFO: Brett Dickson+30 years experience in financial management of public companies in the resources sector
VP – Exploration (Mexico): Cruz PaezLocal geologist with +20 years experience in exploration & underground / open pit mining geologyExtensive hands-on and senior project management roles & community relations specialist
Experienced Board, Management & Technical Team
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Appendix 1: Alacrán Mineral Resource Estimate
ZoneMeasured Mineral Resource Indicated Mineral Resource Total Mineral Resource
Tonnes(Mt)
Silver Tonnes(Mt)
Silver Tonnes(Mt)
Silver(g/t Ag) (Moz) (g/t Ag) (Moz) (g/t Ag) (Moz)
High Grade 1.2 307.4 12.0 0.5 201.7 3.5 1.8 274.7 15.5Mid-Grade 8.4 43.0 11.7 0.3 36.2 0.3 8.7 42.8 12.0
Total 9.6 76.2 23.6 0.8 145.4 3.8 10.5 81.6 27.4
Table 1: Mesa de Plata Mineral Resource (ASX: 1 December 2016)
Table 2: Loma Bonita Mineral Resource (ASX: 21 December 2016)
Cut-Off Grade (g/t Au) JORC Code Classification Tonnes (Mt) Gold Silver
(g/t Au) (kOz) (g/t Ag) (Moz)≥ 0.5 Indicated Mineral Resource 2.9 1.25 116 34 3.1
Inferred Mineral Resource 0.5 1.0 15 18 0.3Total 3.4 1.2 131 32 3.4
≥ 0.21 Indicated Mineral Resource 4.2 0.95 128 30 4.1Inferred Mineral Resource 1.2 0.6 22 18 0.7
Total 5.4 0.9 150 28 4.8
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Appendix 2: Oposura Mineral Resource Estimate1
Tonnes Zn Pb Ag
JORC Mt % % g/t
Indicated 2.5 5.3 2.9 19
Inferred 0.6 3.4 2.1 15
TOTAL 3.1 5.0 2.7 18
Contained Metal 153,000t 84,000t 1.8Moz
1. Refer ASX announcement dated 8 May 2019
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Competent Person Statements
OPOSURAInformation in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Oposura Project is extracted from the report “Azure Expands Oposura Mineral Resource” created and released to the ASX on 8 May 2019 and is available to view on www.asx.com.au. Azure Minerals Limited confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects information included in the relevant market announcement, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.
Information in this report that relates to the Scoping Study for the Oposura Project is extracted from the report “Oposura Scoping Study Delivers Outstanding Economics” created and released to the ASX on 15 October 2018 and is available to view on www.asx.com.au. Azure Minerals Limited confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects information included in the relevant market announcement, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.
ALACRÁNThe information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Mesa de Plata and Loma Bonita deposits on the Alacrán Project are extracted from the respective reports “Mesa de Plata Mineral Resource Upgraded” and “Loma Bonita Mineral Resource” created and released to the ASX on 1 December 2016 and 21 December 2016 respectively and are available to view on www.asx.com.au. Azure Minerals Limited confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects information included in the relevant market announcement, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.
EXPLORATION RESULTSInformation in this report that relates to previously reported Exploration Results has been crossed-referenced in this report to the date that it was reported to ASX. Azure Minerals Limited confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects information included in the relevant market announcements.
References
Andover Project: • Andover drilling undertaken in 2018 by Croydon Gold Pty Ltd, a private company owned by Mark Creasy and the Creasy Group. Refer Azure’s ASX announcement
dated 17 July 2020 for full details of the drilling program.
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