Australia’s New Nickel - Poseidon Nickel Limited...
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Australia’s New Nickel
Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum
David Singleton, MD & CEO
August 2015
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Indonesian Ore Stocks in China are well down as predicted
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Philippines Ore exports up - but not much
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Chinese NPI reducing as predicted albeit more slowly
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As a result Ferronickel and Refined Nickel imports up
Australia’s New Nickel
Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum
David Singleton, MD & CEO
August 2015
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Projects within 300kms centred around Australia’s Major Nickel Region
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3 Production ready nickel projects in Western Australia
• Black Swan Nickel Project
• Lake Johnston Nickel Project
• Windarra Nickel Project
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Windarra Nickel Project
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Long section of Mt Windarra at mine closure
Mineralisation
Original Long SectionPre Drilling
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Mineralisation
Upper G Shoot
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Mineralisation
H Shoot
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Mineralisation
C & G Deeps
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Mineralisation
D Deeps
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Mineralisation
F Shoot
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Windarra Nickel ProjectDiscovery of Cerberus
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Development of the Windarra Project
Mt Windarra
South WindarraOpen Pit
Cerberus Greenfields Orebody
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Cerberus: Further Developments
Resource Extensions
ModelledPositionsWith Limited to No Drill Testing
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Mt Windarra - Operational Site
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Black Swan Nickel Project
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The Black Swan Process Plant and open pit resource was bought by Poseidon from Norilsk in July 2014
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Black Swan pit showing smeltable reserves
Ore for smeltable
grade concentrate
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Black Swan resources available for non-traditional uses
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Lake Johnston Nickel ProjectMaggie Hayes
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Windy HillCamp
Maggie HaysMine
Tailings Dam
Concentrator and Administration
Emily Ann Mine
Lake Johnston includes 2 mines, a concentrator and camp in operational ready condition
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MINED OUT SLC
North Shoot
RemainingSLC
Suture Zone
Maggie Hays - Increasing Life by over 3 times
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Maggie Hays
North ShootExpansion Opportunity
Maggie Hays South Potential for Future
Production Western ZoneOpportunity
Initial resource extension targets
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Lake Johnston Nickel ProjectEmily Ann
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SurfaceDecline
Structurally Offset Targets
Fault Movement=into page (westward)
Fault Movement=out of page (eastward)
Emily Ann was a 4% Ore Body truncated by Toolangi Fault
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Supporting Modelled
DHEM Targets
Electromagnetics support strong targets dislocated from the original ore body.
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Planned Drill Holes
EIS Grant will support drilling these targets.
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High Quality Process Plant
3 stage crushing circuit operating
Grinding Mills operating
Flotation Cells inspected
Concentrate Filtration & Storage facilities tested
Processing capacity of 1.5m tonnes per annum
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Windy Hill Camp
277 Rooms available180 required
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Poseidon has the second largest published nickel sulphide resource in Australia*
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Summary
• Lake Johnston can be in production in 4 months• Definitive Feasibility Study completed• Fully permitted• Major contracts either signed or nearing signature• Offtake Contracts and working capital loans agreed subject to final contract• 8,000 tonnes in nickel concentrate• All in sustaining cost of US$5.19
• Windarra and Black Swan can be in production in circa 6 months• Start up studies completed• Final permitting updates submitted• Circa 9,600 tonnes nickel per annum in concentrate• All in sustaining cost estimated at US$5.40