Going for Gold June 2013 1
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Asia’s Own - Global Gold Company LionGold Corp Ltd Share price : S$1.14 Warrant price : S$0.152 Mid Cap Market Capitalisation: Warrants in issue : 269.9m 52wk high/low : S$1.30/0.865 S$1.05 billion / US$854 million Bloomberg : R5UW SP Shares in issue : 921.9m Bloomberg : LIGO SP Liquid Average Daily Trading Value: New Inst’l Shareholders S$20-25 million / US$16-20 million Index • MSCI Small Cap, Global + Singapore Index Inclusion Key • FTSE ST Mid Cap Acquisitions Inclusion • Market Vector Global Junior Gold Miners Prioritising Gold Business • Supportive of global listings Investments SGX-listed • New focus on resource stocks, gold • Active, diversifying investor base Board, Shareholder Changes SGX’s only Main Board -listed gold company Source: ShareInvestor 4 June 2013 June 2013 3
LionGold Corp - Going for Gold Differentiated Business Platform Dynamic, Expanding Operations • Gold mining, from 2011 Proactively managed project portfolio • Seven projects - 2-3 acquisitions pa Growth - Two in commercial production - Financial backing - Operational support • Initial growth acquisition-led, value accretive Financial flexibility - 5.5m oz acquired in 2012 at US$26/oz, US$126m (S$154m) • 3 acquisitions - 1 IPOs pa Value • 1 IPO - Funding partners Production • Funding partners - Low debt, dilution Resources Reserves LionGold Annualised (ounces) (ounces) (ounces) Current 5,506,000 897,300 40-50,000 Acquire scalable Augment junior miners at shareholder Target 2014 10,000,000 2,000,000 200,000 attractive discounts returns Figures are extracted from previous JORC- and NI 43-101-compliant announcements and are based on LionGold’s equitable stake in gold projects. June 2013 4
Key Mining Assets…Today - 5.5m oz Gold Resources since March 2012 at US$26/oz Castlemaine Goldfields Central Victoria ( 100%) Global Projects Acadian Mining (9.35%) Nova Scotia, Canada AMERICAS Citigold Corporation (18%) Queensland AUSTRALIA Minera Nueva Vista (100%) Amayapampa, Bolivia AFRICA Signature Metals (76%) Brimstone Resources Unity Mining (13%) Tasmania + NSW Western Australia (100%) Ashanti Gold Belt, Ghana June 2013 5
Opportunity: Junior gold miners - Consolidation of a highly fragmented sector Recent gold price volatility has Cost & time overruns Funding greatly increased opportunities to buy Discovery + production gaps developed mining assets at substantial Shortfall Risk adversity: banks and shareholders discounts to market valuation Gold miner prices have Gold Prices vs Junior Miner Index fallen far further than the May 2003 – May 2013 price of gold 500% 2000 Dow Jones North American Select Junior Miner Gold Total Return Index 1800 Spot Price of Gold Percentage Increase 400% 1600 BOOM 1400 300% Rising gold prices 1200 Easy credit 200% 1000 CONSOLIDATE 800 100% Gold price volatility 600 Credit constraints 400 0% May-03 Nov-03 May-04 Nov-04 May-05 Nov-05 May-06 Nov-06 May-07 Nov-07 May-08 Nov-08 May-09 Nov-09 May-10 Nov-10 May-11 Nov-11 May-12 Nov-12 200 -100% 0 June 2013 6
Other Asian-listed Goldcos - Single-project / country focus June 2013 Ave Dly Market Resource Company Bourse Trading Operations Cap Volume SGX LionGold Corp US$800m US$15m 5.5m oz 7 Projects: Australia, Africa, Americas Main Board SGX CNMC Goldmine US$145m US$0.2m 0.5m oz Malaysia, Sokor project Catalist HSE US$950m US$2.5m 8.1m oz Indonesia, Martabe project G-Resources HSE Zhaojin Mining US$4.3b US$12m 25m oz Projects in China, in production H-Share ,,, China Gold US$1.14b US$0.8m 14m oz Projects in China, in production HSE HSE Zijin Mining US$12b US$12m 30m oz Projects in China, in production H-Share HSE Lingbao Gold US$334m US$0.5m 1.4m oz Projects in China, in production H-Share China Precious Projects in China, Mongolia, HSE US$800m US$1m 7.2m oz Metals in production Market cap and average daily trading volume has been approximated for the past 6 months based on Bloomberg data June 2013 7
Acquisition Strategy - Adding value today by accelerating Group Production Profile SCREENING LGC ALLURE Gold producers globally • Shares ≈ cash • Gold production 100,000 oz pa - or clear path to ramp-up, 6-12mos • SGX-listed • > 1 million oz gold Reserve • De-risking of assets - 2 million oz gold Resource - Geographic - 7 years LOM - Funding access • Organic cashflow growth - Lower dilution risk - < US$1200 per ounce all in cost • Broader opportunities - Strong working capital position - Bigger, global group • Up to US$100m investment Better opportunities from April 2013 • Low / no debt • Accelerated streamlining by gold majors • Willing seller - Divestment of non-core assets • Realistic valuation expectations by juniors • Competent management • More favourable environment for negotiation, • Assets vs companies cost cutting, capital discipline June 2013 8
Targeting the “Sweet Spot” - Producing / near-producing assets Indicative Capital Allocation 5-10% 10-20% 70-85% End Production Extension Value Production Risk Development Maximise Value, Feasibility Study Mitigate Risk Pre- Feasibility Scoping Study Exploration Greenfields Brownfields Mining Project Life Cycle June 2013 9
Geographically diversified - Risk Management “ De-risking ” Developed Stable business environment Investment & Resource Infrastructure, skilled labour, funding Can be high-cost Australia Established global mining industry 10% BMT Excellent skills-base Developed Many junior miners CTO CGT Friendly Emerging 45% Bigger opportunities Australia Lower entry cost 60% Ghana, Ashanti Gold Belt Stable, foreign-friendly Ghana Established gold industry 34% Highly prospective, scalable “Challenging” Good value Friendly Bolivia 6% Emerging Bolivia “Challenging” Relationships key June 2013 10
Operating Objectives - Balance & Prioritise Mine Profile Prioritise Community Resource expansion Environment, Health, Safety Reserve replacement Education & Training Production stable, growing Increasing Life of Mine P r o d u c t i o n E f f i c i e n c y June 2013 11
Results delivered - Going forward 2012 2013 2014 10 million oz Resource Fortify Acquire 2 million oz Reserve “Gold in the Ground” the Business 200,000 oz pa Production 5 year Life of Mine Grow Organic Project Acquired Production Castlemaine Goldfields ( 100% ) Integrate resources Signature Metals ( 77% ) Global Grow team, alliances Minera Nueva Vista ( 100% ) Brimstone Resources ( 100%) Gold Co Acquire Producing Assets Strategic Investments New market opportunities Citigold Corporation (18%) Acadian Mining Corporation (9.35%) Ongoing Expanded Unity Mining (9.35%) Initiatives Funding Options Project IPO Divest Green Businesses Shareholder Return Project financing Minimise Volatility 36 % Shareholder Return 4 % Shareholder Return Raise Transparency Junior Miners -16%, Gold +7% Junior Miners -44%, Gold -16% Mitigate Balance Sheet Risk US$ US$ June 2013 12
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