Convergent Minerals | ASX:CVG | RIS2014 Broken Hill Investor Presentation

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Resources Symposium Broken Hill, May 2014 David W Price, Chief Executive Officer Feasibility of the BLUE VEIN GOLD PROJECT

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Convergent Minerals ASX:CVG - Investor presentation delivered at the 4th annual Resources Investment Symposium held in Broken Hill NSW Australia, 26-28 May 2014.

Transcript of Convergent Minerals | ASX:CVG | RIS2014 Broken Hill Investor Presentation

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Resources Symposium

Broken Hill, May 2014

David W Price, Chief Executive Officer

Feasibility of the

BLUE VEIN GOLD PROJECT

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DISCLAIMER

Important Information

This presentation has been prepared by Convergent Minerals Limited (“Convergent” or the “Company”). It should not be considered as an offer or invitation to subscribe for, or purchase any, securities in the Company or as an inducement to make an offer or invitation with respect to those securities. This presentation contains forecasts, projections and forward looking information. Such forecasts, projections and information are not a guarantee of future performance and involve unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are out of Convergent’s control. Actual results and developments will almost certainly differ materially from those expressed or implied. Convergent has not audited or investigated the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Convergent makes no representation and can give no assurance, guarantee or warranty, express or implied, as to, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for (1) the authenticity, validity, accuracy, suitability or completeness of, or any errors in or omission from, any information, statement or opinion contained in this presentation and (2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the achievement or accuracy of any forecasts, projections or other forward looking information contained or referred to in this presentation. This overview of the Company does not purport to be all inclusive or to contain all information which its recipients may require in order to make an informed assessment of Convergent’s prospects. You should conduct your own investigation and perform your own analysis in order to satisfy yourself as to the accuracy and completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation before making any investment decision.

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this presentation that relates to Exploration Results and Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by David W. Price who is an Officer of the Company. David is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM), and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG). David has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. David consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this Document that relates to Mineral Resources at Blue Vein is based on information compiled by Robin Rankin, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM) and accredited as a Chartered Professional (CP) by the AusIMM in the Geology discipline. Robin Rankin is Principal Consulting Geologist and operator of independent geological consultancy GeoRes. He has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’ (the JORC Code). He consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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CONVERGENT

Directors and ManagementRob Reynolds Chairman

Glenn Goodacre Non Executive Director

John Haggman Non Executive Director

David Price Chief Executive Officer

Hamlet Hacobian Chief Financial Officer

ASX Code: CVGQuoted on ASX 18 December 2006

Ordinary Shares 350.3 million

Unlisted Options 6.5 million

Market Cap ($0.01) - Undiluted $3.5 million

Range (12 months) $0.007 - $0.024

Cash on hand (31 Mar 2014) $0.35 million**

Shareholder Shares (M) %Rogo Investments Pty Ltd 21.3 6.1

Navigator Australia Ltd 19.1 5.5

Bellarine Gold Pty Ltd 12.5 3.6

Technica Pty Limited 11.0 3.1

Blue Lake Resources P/L 9.7 2.8

Directors 31.8 9.1

** $2.5m raised as announced on 30 April, 2014

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LOCATION

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1.16 million ounces

Twinings Group

128,000oz

Bush Pig Razorback

38,000oz

Van Uden 238,000oz (80% CVG)

Victory 18,000oz

Bounty Group 380,000oz

Blue Vein 364,000oz

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BLUE VEIN PROJECT

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Water Borefield

Airstrip

Waste Dumps

Tailings Dams

Haul Roads

Waste Dumps

Mains Electricity

Haul Roads

Waste Dumps

Old CIP Plant

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High grade gold deposit

Blue Vein 364,000oz

Resource Class Oz % Tonnes (t) Au (g/t) Au (oz)

Measured 39% 1,828,000 2.41 142,000

Indicated 22% 1,153,000 2.14 79,000

Inferred 39% 1,467,000 3.04 143,000

Total 4,448,000 2.55 364,000

Measured 37% 422000 5.84 79000

Indicated 18% 199000 5.76 37000

Inferred 45% 337000 8.72 95000

Total 958,000 6.84 211,000

Measured 35% 228000 7.7 57000

Indicated 16% 104000 7.7 26000

Inferred 48% 199000 12.27 78000

Total 531,000 9.41 161,000

0.5g/t cut

3.0g/t cut

Blue Vein JORC Mineral Resource - October 2012

4.5g/t cut

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Conventional mining and processing

Blue Vein

• High grade resource (5.6g/t Au)

• In-pit decline access proposed

• Underground mining

• On-site gravity, CIP leach scoped

• Plant capital cost <$21 million

• Optimised throughput 300,000tpa

• Planned production 42,000oz gold

• C1 (cash costs only) = ~A$800/oz

• Initial mine life of 2.5 years

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Pre-feasibility

Pre-feasibility components completed…

• Cyanide leach tests (94.8% recovery)

• Crushing Work Index (Cwi)

• Bond Ball Work Index (BBwi)

• Bond Rod Work Index (BRWi)

• Grind size tests

• Gravity concentration (46% recovery)

• Process Design Flowsheet

• Point Load Index (PLi)

• UCS and TCS tests

• Underground mine design

• Stope optimisation

• Underground scheduling optimisation

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Untapped potential

Undrilled

Undrilled Undrilled

Undrilled

Undrilled

Underground Mine Plan

• Steep orebody

• Average true width 3m

• Average gold grade 5.60g/t

• Uphole Benching method

• Simple in-pit decline

• 20m stope height

• Designed to 300m initially

• 2.5-year initial mine life

• Drilling from underground to

increase mine life to +5 years

500m

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Organic Growth

Stilton 6m @ 44.6g/t Au

Irish Breakfast 16m @ 4.3g/t Au

Dreadnought 4m @ 4.4g/t Au

Victory 15m @ 5.2g/t Au

Defiance 5m @ 6.42g/t Au Drake

9m @ 5.23g/t Au

Exile 4m @ 10.3g/t Au

Blue Vein

Van Uden

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A Stand-out Microcap

• Commodity-focused (gold)

• Experienced technical and management team

• Proven producing goldfield

• Scoping study completed

• Feasibility phase commenced

• Excellent Infrastructure

• Close to Perth

• 1.16Moz gold in JORC resource

• Substantial exploration upside

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Convergent Minerals Limited

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North Sydney NSW 2060

Phone: +61 (0)2 9956 8750

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