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A Prolific Explorer
An Emerging Producer
Stephen Stone
Managing Director
The Gold Symposium
Sydney
November 2011
Disclaimer and Cautionary Statements
The information contained in this Presentation or subsequently provided to the Recipient of this Presentation whether orally or in writing by or on behalf of Azumah or their respective employees, agents or consultants ("Information") is provided to the Recipients on the terms and conditions set out in this notice. The purpose of this Presentation is to provide Recipients with Information relating to Azumah. The Presentation has been prepared by Azumah and each Recipient must make his/her own independent assessment and investigation of Azumah and its business and assets and should not rely on any statement or the adequacy and accuracy of any Information.
Azumah makes no representation or warranty (express or implied) as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the Information. Azumah and its respective directors, employees, agents and consultants shall have no liability (including liability to any person by reason of negligence or negligent misstatement) for any statements, opinions, information or matters (express or implied) arising out of, contained in or derived from, or for any omissions from the Presentation, except liability under statue that cannot be excluded.
This Presentation does not constitute in any way an offer or invitation to subscribe for securities in Azumah pursuant to the Corporations Act.
Competent Persons
The information in this report that relates to exploration results, mineral resources or ore reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Nick Franey who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geologists. Mr Franey is a full time employee of the Company. Mr Franey 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‟ and to qualify as a “Qualified Person” as defined in National Instrument 43 -101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) of the Canadian Securities Administrators. Mr Franey consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. For a description of Azumah‟s data verification process, quality assurance and quality control measures, the effective date of the mineral resource estimates contained herein, details of the key assumptions, parameters and methods used to estimate the mineral resources and reserves set out in this report and the extent to which the estimate of mineral resources set out herein may be materially affected by any known environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing or relevant issues, readers are directed to the technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Azumah Resources Limited Wa Gold Project, North West Ghana” dated April 14, 2011 which are to be found on the Company‟s NI 43-101 compliant technical report available on the Company‟s website at www.azumahresources.com.au and sedar.com
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this report contain forward-looking information. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, among others, the results of future exploration, risks inherent in resource estimates, increases in various capital costs, availability of financing and the acquisition of additional licences, permits and surface rights. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statements were made, and readers are advised to consider such forward-looking statements in light of the risks set forth in the Company‟s continuous disclosure filings as found at the (Canadian) SEDAR website.
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NW Ghana – Emerging World-Class Gold District
Azumah’s 3,100km2 licences
Encompass 150 strike km of
Birimian greenstone terrain
0.65Moz Indicated, 0.52Moz Inferred
Ampella’s 1,900km2 Batie West licences
Same Birimian greenstone belt
1.5Moz Indicated, 1.6Moz Inferred
15% Castle Minerals
10,000km2 early stage exploration
Julie West: 56,000oz Inferred
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Experienced Board - Growing Management Team
Michael Atkins - Non-Executive Chairman Corporate finance - former Chairman Gallery Gold - done it before in Africa
Stephen Stone - Managing Director Exploration and mining geology. Corporate and management. Lived and worked in Africa
Geoff M Jones - Non-Executive Director Project engineer. Developed several mines in Africa/Ghana. COO GR Engineering
Nick Franey - General Manager Geology
Mick Ryan - Project Manager
Tim Lagdon - Finance and Corporate
Hector Nyinaku - Accra based Administration Manager
Paul Amoako-Atta - Licencing, government, community Ghanaian Exploration Team = 30 (incl. 15 geologists)
+70 support personnel
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High Quality Evolving Register
Issued fully paid shares 282.02M
Options (unlisted) 9.25M
Market capitalisation ~A$125M
Cash & Investments ~A$21M
EV /Resource Ounce ~$100/oz
Pheonix, Dundee, Goodman, RBC, Genus, Dynamic
Retail - 4000 shareholders
Other in Top 20
Management 2%
Libra 5%
JP Morgan 7%
Passport 8%
Macquarie 12%
3 Year Share Price History
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Wa Gold Project Fly Through
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Kunche: Impressive Continuity Over 1.4km
25m x 25m infill drilling to convert resources to reserves
completed
Continuously mineralised over 1.4km and to depth
Tremendous recent intercepts:
• 58m @ 1.83g/t Au from 114m (KRC404)
• 31m @ 3.32g/t Au from 56m (KRC408)
• 18m @ 5.72g/t Au from 118m (KRCD409)
• 16m @ 3.98g/t Au from 130m (KRC412)
• 8m @ 12.21g/t Au from 48m (KRC441)
• 12m @ 3.82g/t Au from 94m (KRC451)
• 4m @ 14.86g/t Au from 132m (KRCD455)
• 15m @ 4.19g/t Au from 91m (KRC474)
• 13m @ 3.60g/t Au from 89m (KRC489)
• 21m @ 2.94g/t Au from 74m (KRC492)
• 13m @ 3.72g/t Au from 119m (KRC550)
• 13m @ 3.04g/t Au from 165m (KRCD554)
1.4km
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Kunche: Open At Depth
‘Stringer zones
have continuity’
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Julie: Targeting 1.0Moz…..
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Josephine: A New Resource Target
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Stage 1:
Establish 1.0 - 1.4 mtpy gravity/CIL operation producing <100,000oz.
Robust head grade yrs 1 - 4: 2.7, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6 g/t Au = early payback
~US$135M cap cost (US$95M EPCM + owners costs)
~US$590oz avg operating cost (Nov 2010)
6 years initial life commencing late 2013
Life likely to increase once pits re-optimised following current drill outs
EPC / EPCM tenders being evaluated
Stage 2:
Increase throughput 50%
15% additional cap cost (insert ball mill and tanks)
~US$25/oz op cost reduction
Strike While The Ingot’s Hot !
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Excellent Logistics and Infrastructure
No communities to relocate
Few artisanal or illegal miners - Galamsey
Well maintained local roads
Sealed airstrip
Good telecommunications
Grid power
Water: Black Volta river & groundwater
Black Volta River
Azumah’s Western Boundary
Savannah Landscape
Julie Exploration Camp
Azumah field HQ
2km sealed airstrip
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“Excellent Value Explorer and Near-Term Producer”
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Compelling Investment Case…..
Established Resource – Update in Q4 2011
Substantial licence area - Tremendous opportunity to increase resources
Prolific explorer
Maiden Reserves and Feasibility Study Q1 2012
Fast-tracking to production - late 2013
Non-refractory metallurgy with high gold recoveries
Robust head grades and early pay-back
Excellent infrastructure, operating environment and low sovereign risk
Well funded: ~ $21M cash and investments
TSX main board listing increases funding options and visibility
15% Castle Minerals
Undemanding ~US$100/oz EV/resource ounce
2012: A Defining Year
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Medamoase!
Contact:
Stephen Stone Managing Director
Mob: +61 (0)418 804564 Off: +61 (0)8 9486 7911
ASX: AZM
TSX: AZR
www.azumahresources.com.au
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Wa Gold Project, North West Ghana
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Ghana: The Premier West African Destination
Multiple +10Moz discoveries.
Four new mines in 2011
No. 2 African gold producer ~3.0Moz/yr
Active tier-one majors
AngloGold-Ashanti, Newmont, Gold Fields, Newcrest
Increasing mid-tiers + juniors
Golden Star, Red Back, Adamus, Perseus, Keegan, PMI, Signature, Noble, Castle…
One of World’s fastest growing economies
English language and legal system
Low sovereign risk
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Bepkong: A „Blind‟ Discovery
Excellent recent infill intercepts:
12m @ 9.98g/t Au from 61m (BRC236)
14m @ 2.53g/t Au from 106m (BRC253)
22m @ 2.96g/t Au from 82m (BRCD255)
24m @ 2.90g/t Au from 41m (BRC259) and
14m @ 4.49g/t Au from 75m (BRC259)
22m @ 4.17g/t Au from 8m (BRC261)
18m @ 4.08g/t Au from 71m (BRC262)
24m @ 2.33g/t Au from 16m (BRC268)
42m @ 3.63g/t Au from 58m (BRC300)
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Kunche – Bepkong Region: Still Very Open
Thin cover masks bedrock
Unravelling geology using:
Airborne magnetics
IP surveys
Systematic power auger soil sampling
Shallow rapid reconnaissance aircore drilling
Exploration targets between Kunche-Bepkong
Aduane 14m @ 2.31g/t Au from 13m (KRC478)
16m @ 2.34g/t Au from 23m (KRC480)
Bepkong South 6m @ 15.60g/t Au from 53m(BRC230)
Other targets:
Kunche West, Yagha South, Nanga etc
Bepkong
South
Aduane
Aircore
anomalies
Bepkong
2km
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Open Ended Resources
NI 43-101 & JORC Code compliant independent Mineral Resource estimations
>50% in JORC Indicated category – good continuity
Conservative grade cut-offs used (Kunche, Julie, Collette 1.0g/t Au ; Bepkong 0.8g/t Au)
All resources open at depth
Kunche, Bepkong and Julie resource updates Q4 2011
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Tremendous Resource Growth Opportunity
Aeromagnetics: a game changer
Widespread gold-in-soil anomalism
Less than 10% of 150km prospective
Birimian strike investigated
Pipeline of targets
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Julie: High-Grade Infill Results
Excellent along strike and down-dip continuity
Economic intercepts outside of preliminary
pit perimeters bode well for resource
increase
Shallow dip and prelim optimised pit grades of
av 2.77g/t Au ideal for open cut mining
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Focused On Discovery
$15M, 250,000m drilling commitment to March 2012
5 rigs, 3 operating double shift
~190,000m completed since October 2010:
~8,000 samples still in the labs
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In-Pit Resources Underpin Development Decision
569,458oz based on US$1,100oz Au
optimised pits for Kunche, Bepkong and
Julie (only)
Re-optimising pits at higher gold prices
will deepen them and capture additional
gold, plus……
Infill drilling is indicating additional gold in
and below current pits
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Feasibility Study
In-house Feasibility Study - Lycopodium process
engineers
Resource updates Q4 2011
Maiden reserves and optimisations – Q1 2012
Environmental and social impact scoping report
accepted
Preliminary stakeholder meetings conducted - no major
issues
Site geotechnics completed for pits, plant, and tailings
Sterilisation drilling completed
EPCM tenders being evaluated
Long lead items to be ordered
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Feasibility Study
In-house Feasibility Study - Lycopodium process
engineers
Resource updates Q4 2011
Maiden reserves and optimisations – Q1 2012
Environmental and social impact scoping report
accepted
Preliminary stakeholder meetings conducted - no major
issues
Site geotechnics completed for pits, plant, and tailings
Sterilisation drilling completed
EPCM tenders being evaluated
Long lead items to be ordered
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Engaging The Community
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