noram ventures inc. corporate presentation may 2013
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Noram Ventures Inc. Corporate Presentation May 2013TRANSCRIPT
Exploring in British Columbia’s historic
Central Kootenay Region
TSX-V: NRM May 2013
Noram Ventures Inc.
Cautionary Statement
This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements
that involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
Consequently, actual results, performance, and/or
achievements could differ materially from the expectations
expressed in these forward-looking statements. There can be
no assurance that future developments affecting the parties
herein will be those anticipated by management. While we may
elect to update these estimates at any time, we do not
undertake to update any estimate at any particular time or in
response to any particular event.
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Listed TSX-Venture Exchange: July 2011
Trading symbol: NRM
52-week hi/lo: $0.25 - $0.10
Recent price: $ 0.14
*Shares issued: 14,562,500
Management ownership: >60%
Market cap: ~$2,000,000
Corporate Facts 3
Management 4
Dave Rees - President & CEO; Director 35+ years of mineral exploration and business experience
Ken Phillippe – CFO; Director Chartered accountant with 25+ years of pubco operating experience
Chris Dyakowski - PGeo; Director Exploration geologist with 30+ years experience
Tom Christy - Director 30+ years as owner/operator of financial services business
Marc Sandercombe – Director 30+ years investment industry experience as advisor and consultant
Business Plan
• Project generator exploration model
• Identify and acquire discovery stage & drill
ready projects
• Upgrade through drilling and discovery
• Seek & secure well-financed joint-venture
partner with development expertise
• Share in success of accelerated exploration
and development
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Business Objectives
• Create shareholder value while:
maintaining low exploration and
administration expense
limiting need do to equity financings
minimizing shareholder dilution
• Foster diversity; being neither single project
nor single commodity dependent
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Selection Criteria
• Only properties in pro-mining jurisdictions are
considered
• Properties must demonstrate large scale resource
potential
• Location - infrastructure readily accessible:
Power
Water
Road & rail access
Skilled work force
Community services
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Exploration Focus
Noram is currently focused on
three exploration properties in
the Central Kootenay Region
of British Columbia.
The area has a rich mining history dating
back over 130 years.
Mining is a key goods-producing industry
employer in the area
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* Source: Stats Canada
Current Properties
Jumbo New discovery of large-flake graphite targets in
widespread, surface, outcroppings; early stage
Kokanee Area of initial drill testing shows near surface
potential of 15,000,000 to 22,500,000 tonnes
grading 1.65 to 1.80% graphite
Silver Hill Host to a porphyry/skarn style copper-molybdenum
target; drill ready
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Jumbo Property
• Option to Earn a 100% interest
• Located 15km southwest of Nakusp, BC
• Covers a large area of 10,539 hectares (>100 square km)
• SkyTEM survey, geological mapping and surface sampling
have identified an overall strike length of 35 km of favourable
graphite horizon
• A total of 81 bedrock and float rock samples were collected
and analytical results returned grades of 0.03 to 7.37% carbon
graphite (“C/GRA”) with average grades as follows:
• 7 samples from the Mosquito area averaged 1.43% C/GRA;
• 17 samples from the Black Fly area averaged 2.54% C/GRA; and
• 57 samples from the Fisher area averaged 1.96% C/GRA.
• SGS Lakefield hired for metallurgy
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Kokanee Property
• Option to Earn a 100% interest
• Located 50km northeast of Nelson, BC
• Covers an area of 1,659 hectares
• Assay results from initial drill program confirmed
significant graphite mineralization over true widths of 60
to 137m and established the down-dip depth to be 100
to 150m and the strike length of the graphite horizon to
be 1,200m, zone is open north, south and down dip
• Using a cut-off of 1% graphite the area drilled shows a
potential of 15,000,000 to 22,500,000 tonnes grading
1.65 to 1.80% graphite*
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* Caution: insufficient exploration to determine a NI 43-101 resources estimate
Silver Hill Property
• Option to Earn a 100% interest
• Located 45km southeast of Revelstoke, BC
• Covers an area of 2,784 hectares
• Porphyry/skarn style copper-molybdenum
mineralization
• Noram completed an exploration program that
included a 3D IP and magnetic survey, a geochem
survey, reconnaissance sampling and prospecting.
• Six drill ready targets identified
• Permitting in place
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There are three principal types of natural graphite (graphite),
each occurring in different types of ore deposit:
• Crystalline flake graphite (flake graphite) occurs as isolated,
flat, plate-like particles with hexagonal edges that can be
irregular when broken;
• Amorphous graphite occurs as fine particles and is the result
of the last stage of coalification. Very fine flake graphite is
sometimes called amorphous in the trade;
• Lump graphite (or vein graphite) occurs in fissure veins or
fractures and appears as massive platy intergrowths of fibrous
or needle like crystalline aggregates, and is probably
hydrothermal in origin.
Natural Graphite 13
Source: Wikipedia
Supply/Demand Outlook
• Both the US State Department and the European Commission
have all declared graphite to be a critical raw material
• Global graphite production is currently ~1.1 million tons
annually and demand has been growing at ~5% per year
• Global steel production remains the largest driver of graphite
consumption – estimated to be up to 70% of global production
• Emerging markets include lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and
pebble-bed nuclear reactors
• Billions are being spent to research the new material graphene
and its potential use in semiconductors, solar cells, LEDs, etc.
• Estimates have annual graphite demand increasing to 1.6
million tons in the next 5 years
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Sources: Industrial Minerals, USGS, Roskill, MetalMiner
Global Supply Concerns
• China accounts for ~75% of natural graphite production in the
world and is also the largest graphite consumer
• Globally there are concerns of resource protection as China’s
domestic demand grows and export restrictions that could lead
to export supply disruptions
• Additional concern stems from China’s ability to maintain its
supply of flake graphite as enhanced mining regulations are
consolidating production from its legacy graphite mines
• Major international buyers are now looking to become 100%
self-sufficient in graphite because to alleviate dependence on
Chinese supply, long term
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Sources: Industrial Minerals
Graphite Price
• The larger the flake size and higher the grade the more
valuable the flake graphite commands in the market
• Prices for good quality (-80 to +100 mesh, 94 to 97% carbon
content) medium-flake graphite averaged $1,530 per ton in
2012, which compares to the average of $500 per ton in 2007
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Sources: Industrial Minerals, USGS
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$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Medium Flake Graphite Prices
• Thinnest material imaginable - 1 gram could cover
a football field in a single layer of carbon atoms
arranged in honeycomb structure
• Strongest material ever measured with record
thermal conductivity (> diamond)
• Stiffest known material, yet most stretchable and
pliable crystal
• Highest current density at room temp. (1mil. times copper)
• Highest intrinsic mobility (100 times silicon)
• Completely impermeable to gases
Graphene’s Potential 17
For further information contact:
Greg Lytle, Communications Manager
(604) 839-6946
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