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Pure-Play Molybdenum Opportunity
Bruce D. HansenChief Executive Officer
John Tumazos Very Independent ResearchConferenceHolmdel, New Jersey
Presentation: 5:20 p.m. ET, June 27, 2018
GMO: NYSE AMER & TSX
GMONYSE AMER
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Cautionary StatementsStatements herein that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by such sections. Such forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated, expected, or implied by the Company. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to metals price and production volatility, global economic conditions, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade or recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, exploration risks and results, political, operational and project development risks, including the Company's ability to obtain a re-grant of its water permits and Record of Decision, ability to maintain required federal and state permits to continue construction, and commence production of molybdenum, copper, silver, lead or zinc, ability to identify any economic mineral reserves of copper, silver, lead or zinc; ability of the Company to obtain approval of its joint venture partner at the Mt. Hope Project in order to mine for copper, silver, lead or zinc, ability to raise required project financing or funding to pursue an exploration program related to potential copper, silver lead or zinc deposits at Mt. Hope, ability to respond to adverse governmental regulation and judicial outcomes, and ability to maintain and /or adjust estimates related to cost of production, capital, operating and exploration expenditures. For a detailed discussion of risks and other factors that may impact these forward looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors and other discussion contained in the Company's quarterly and annual periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, on file with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements.
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors Concerning Estimates of Reserves and Resources
Calculations with respect to "proven reserves" and "probable reserves" referred to herein have been made in accordance with, and using thedefinitions of National Instrument 43-101, as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities. For United States reporting purposes, theU.S. SEC applies a different standard in order to classify mineralization as a "reserve". Under SEC standards, mineralization may not beclassified as a "reserve" unless the determination has been made that the mineralization could be economically and legally extracted orproduced at the time the reserve determination is made. No such determinations have been made with respect to any mineralization at theLiberty project, and it cannot be assured that such a determination will be made. This presentation also uses the terms “measured”,“indicated” and “inferred” resources. We caution U.S. investors that while such terms are recognized and required by Canadian SecuritiesAdministrators pursuant to the National Instrument 43-101, the SEC does not recognize them. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume thatany part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves. “Inferred Resources”, in particular, have a greatamount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all orany part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian Securities Administration rules,estimates of Inferred Mineral Resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies. U.S. investors are cautioned not toassume that part or all of an inferred resource exists, or is economically or legally minable.
Please refer to End Notes in the Appendix.
The Qualified Person’s statement related to exploration is in End Note 5 in the Appendix.
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Investment Highlights – only pure-play, western exchange traded moly stock
Mt. Hope Project,
one of world’s
largest & highest
grade moly
deposits, and
previously mined
Liberty Project
Drilling of high-
grade Cu-Ag
Target & zinc
mineralized
skarns
World-Class Moly with Cu-
Ag-Zn Potential
Medium-Term Producer
Strategic
PartnershipsTangible
ValueFinancial
Stability
Mt. Hope Project
bankable feasibility
complete; 65%
engineered
Advancing
Supplemental EIS
through draft pre-
publication review
process
Water rights
hearing set
Develop upon
sustained market
improvement &
financing
Strategic
relationship with
largest share-
holder, Chinese
multinational
AMER
Mt. Hope partner-
ship with Korean
POSCO unit
Off-take sales
agreements with
international
companies –
ArcelorMittal,
SeAH Besteel and
Sojitz
80% interest in
$88.0M of plant &
mine equipment at
Mt. Hope Project
$21.1M in other
tangible Company
assets
March 31, 2018
cash $6.0M i
Anticipated
quarterly burn rate
of $1.3M per
quarter for 2018,
excluding any
exploration drilling
Mt. Hope Project
restricted cash of
$9.0M sufficient to
sustain project into
2022 i
i. Please see the Company’s 1Q 2018 results news release on May 8, 2018.
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Capital Structure
Major institutional shareholders:1. AMER 21.9%
2. Hanlong 9.3%
3. APERAM AMO Holding i 6.5%
4. Vanguard Group 2.6%
5. Blackrock Fund Advisors 1.2%
Insider ownership total ii 28.2%
Bruce Hansen, CEO 4.2%
Other senior management 1.1%
Research coverage Heiko Ihle, H.C. Wainwright
John Tumazos, John Tumazos Very Independent Research
Exchanges: TickerNYSE AMER; TSX: GMO
Recent stock price $0.41
Stock 52-week high/low $0.51/$0.28
Shares outstanding (M) 128.0
Recent moly price iii $11.90
Moly 52-week high/low iii$13.00/$6.85
Financial Highlights iv (M) 3/31/2018
Cash and cash equivalents $6.0
Working capital $5.0
Restricted cash at Mt. Hope $9.0
Long-term debt & sr. convert. $7.1
Total shareholders’ equity $105.8i. APERAM, the former stainless steel division of ArcelorMittal, was spun off as a separate public company in 2011.ii. Insider ownership includes AMER shareholdings on basic shares outstanding.iii. Source: Plattsiv. Please refer to the Company’s 1Q 2018 results news release of May 8, 2018.
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Molybdenum Price Projections
Historical Prices 2006-To Date i CPM Price Projections ii
i. Source: Plattsii. CPM Group’s Molybdenum Market Outlook Update, June 2018, projected real prices based on 2017 real dollars.
$11.85
$14.70$15.08$14.51
(Base: 2017)
$15.43
$15.62$16.77
$12.37
$16.14
$17.55
More than doubled from
Nov 2015
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019p 2020p 2021p 2022p 2023p 2024p 2025p
Current moly price
$11.25
$14.36
$16.35
$19.36
$16.29
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Moly Growth Catalysts = Further Price Increase
Sources i. Baker Hughes, a GE company. Ii. U.S. Dept of Energy’s Economic Information Administration. iii. World Bank. ii. CPM estimates.
Current moly price/ lb
Up 64% from 52-weeklow of $6.85= $11.25 =
Strengthening demand; supply constriction approaching
Robust oil and gas industry driving energy infrastructure and drilling
Worldwide drill rig count up 8% YOY in May 2018i
From shale revolution, U.S. to become net exporter of energy by 2022ii
World crude steel production up 4% YOY in 1Q 2018
Synchronized global economic expansion projected at 3.1% in 2018iii
China to grow 6.4% in 2018, after 6.8% growth in 2017iii
India to grow 7.3% in 2018 vs. 6.7% in 2017iii
Late business cycle positive for commodities
Moly is a late-stage industrial metal
Looming inflation
Moly market surplus shrinking in 2018 and tipping into deficit in 2019iv
Byproduct moly supply to peak in 2019iv
Sierra Gorda Mine to produce 15-20% lower output in 2018 compared with 2017.
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Demand:Diverse End Uses of Moly
7Source: SMR Research
5%
3%
4%
6%
7%
8%
10%
13%
15%
15%
15%
Other Applications
Electronics & Medical
Aerospace & Defense
Building & Construction
Power Generation
Other Transportation
Process Industry
Mechanical Engineering
Automotive
Chemical / Petrochemical
Oil & Gas Oil & Gas - Refinery catalysts, LNG development, shale gas installations, off-shore /deep ocean oil production
Chemical / Petrochemical - Corrosion inhibitors, chemical catalysts, fertilizers, waste water treatment
Automotive - Engines, pistons, crankshafts, axle shafts, steering components
Mechanical Engineering - Heavy machinery, mining equipment, cutting tools
Process Industry - Food processing equipment and storage, metal / steel processing, desalination
Other Transportation - Locomotive shafts, train wheels, brake pads, shipbuilding (bulkheads and hulls)
Power Generation - Coal, oil, gas and nuclear power plants, wind turbines, hydro and solar energy
Building & Construction - Major infrastructure: bridges & tunnels, anchors, rebars, heating / ventilation systems
Aerospace & Defense - Turbine parts, jet engines, landing gear, piping systems, armored vehicles
Electronics & Medical - Semiconductors, pharmaceutical and biotechnology processing equipment, x-ray tubes
Other Applications - Pigments, coatings, lubricants
Energy & Transportation
45%
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Moly Supply Deficit Approaching
-30
-15
0
15
30
45
60
1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019p 2022p 2025p
Million Pounds
ActualProjections
Deficit
Surplus
World Moly Supply and Demand BalanceAnnual, Projected through 2026p
Source: CPM Molybdenum Market Outlook Update, October 2017 – Base Case estimates.
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Supply: Molybdenum Costs Curve
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World Molybdenum Cash Operating Costs, 2016 i
US cents/lb pro-rata; no credits
i. Chart represents approximately 93% of total molybdenum production. Source: CPM Group, SNL and company documents.ii.First five years of Optional Plan for Mt. Hope.
Mt. Hope’s Optional Plan cash operating costs $6.28/lb iii
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Ownership 80% General Moly; 20% POSCO
Status Pre-constructionwork suspended
Estimated life * 30 years
Remaining capex, 100% $1.03B
First 5 years*:
40M lb/year$6.28 cash op. costs/lb
General Moly’s 80% interest LOM*:
NPV = $734M IRR = 18%After-tax, undiscounted cash flow= $3.8B
Flagship Mt. Hope –A World-Class Moly Project
Among the largest and lowest-cost primary development projects
Invested $289M in permitting & long-lead equipment
Obtain reinstatement of the BLM’s Record of Decision and Nevada water permits i
Mining friendly location in Nevada
Outlook: Improved financing ability with AMER upon market improvement
i See Slides 29 and 30 in the Appendix.* See End Note 1 in the Appendix.
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Mt. Hope – Northern NV District Map
Proximity to multiple large mines provides access to skilled mining work force.
Employees enjoy quality of life provided by outdoor recreational opportunities.
Mt. Hope base metal-silver exploration upside:
Major copper-gold Robinson and Phoenix mines are approximately 80 and 120 road miles, respectively, from Mt. Hope.
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Copper, Silver & Zinc Exploration in 2018i
Targeting high-grade Cu-Ag Target and zinc Halo of 2% zinc historical drill intercepts covers ~17 acres, below
previously mined horizons of zinc, open at depth and to northeast
Zinc zone located at <400 feet deep; potentially surface mineable
Cu-Ag Target appears to be 600-700 feet from surface, potentially accessible by decline ramp
IP results indicate high chargeability zone with thicknesses of 200’- 800’, up to 1,000’ wide and extending over 1,000’ north-northeast trend
IP results indicate that anomalous zone is open at depth
2018 work to date has entailed review of historical logs and core, review of IP results, and geologic and lithological interpretation, resulting in definition of a new drilling program
Outlook: Exploration goal over time is to define sufficient tonnage to economically
justify an underground operation with either toll milling or development of small mill (1,000-2,000 tpd)
Any exploitation of minerals will require POSCO approval
i. Please refer to Company news releases of June 21, April 5 and March 1, 2018. Please also see End Note 5 in the Appendix.
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Cu-Ag-Zn Exploration Plan Mapi, Mt. Hope
i. Please refer to Company news releases of April 5 and March 1, 2018. Please also see End Note 5 in the Appendix.
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Mt. Hope Initial Drilling Programi
Copper, zinc and silver-bearing deposits are found in the Garden
Valley formation skarns lying within the contact metamorphic
aureole surrounding the Mt. Hope porphyry stock
Skarns commonly display strong metallogenic zoning characteristics
as well as copper-bearing deposits lying near the igneous contact
and zinc-bearing deposits lying farther distant
Significant overlap can occur between copper and zinc dominant deposits
$0.8 million first phase drilling program for 10 holes covering
9,400 feet in summer 2018
Initial drill holes spaced approximately 100 feet at targeted depth
Drilling expected to take 2 months
Drill hole assay results expected in fall 2018
First Phase Goal: Confirm and extend high-grade Cu-Ag Target and
test for upper zinc mineralized horizoni. Please refer to Company news release of June 21, 2018. Please also see End Note 5 in the Appendix.
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Mt. Hope Drill Targets Map
Legend: Red = proposed drill holes, Green = historical drill holes, Yellow = quartz porphyry and rhyolite volcanic rocks, Blue line = Patented claim boundary, Red hatched line = 5-year moly pit boundary
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Mt. Hope Exploration – 3D Model of Skarn
16Section looking south. Red = thick and continuous skarn bedding replacement in limestone, Black = high-wall of 10-year molybdenum pit
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General Moly’s Partnerships for Mt. Hope
POS-Minerals, unit of Korean POSCO, owns 20% interest in the Mt. Hope Project
Entitled to 8M lb of annual production Contributed $210M to development
World’s largest steel producer & Luxembourg based General Moly’s largest customer
Off-take agreements with Korean and Japanese companies
Combined with ArcelorMittal sales contract, approximately 50% of General Moly production (15.5M lb) committed for first 5 years
Sales contracts’ floor prices of
$14.36 - $15.04Covers 37% of General Moly production
(11.5M lb/yr) over first 5 years
Sales contracts’ upside participation
80% of price
Above floor price
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Strategic Partner & Largest Shareholder: AMER
18i. Source for AMER background: Fortune, Forbes & AMER’s website.* See End Note 2 in the Appendix.
AMER International Group Snapshot i
Largest GMO shareholder
22% stake from Tranche 1& 227.9M shares + warrants
Three-trancheinvestment in General Moly *
Invested $4M in 2015 and $6M in 2017.Potential Tranche 3 for additional $10M.
Fortune Global 500 ranking
Privately owned; 183rd on annual revenues of $49.7B
Majorbusinesses
Non-ferrous metals (copper mining, downstream wire/cable fabrication & trading); value-added manufacturing of semi-conductors & polymers
Employees Over 17,000
Headquarters Shenzhen, China
Chairman Mr. Wang Wenyin, ranked 13th richest billionaire in China in 2018 by Forbes
Chairman Wang, August 2017:
“We are confident about a rewarding future from a quality management team, the development of the Mt. Hope Project as the best, low-cost primary molybdenum asset in the world and continued increases in the molybdenum price.”
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Key Terms of Investment Agreement*
19* See End Note 2 in the Appendix.
Bank LoanTo develop Mt. HopeTo Come:
Tranche 3 $10MClosed
Tranche 2$6MClosed
Tranche 1$4M
November 2015:
$4M private
placement by
AMER at
$0.30/share
October 2017:
Closed $6M
private placement
by AMER at
$0.41/share
$10M private
placement by
AMER to be
priced at
$0.50/share upon
meeting certain
conditions
AMER will help
procure and
support a $700M
Bank Loan from
major Chinese
banks for
development of
the Mt. Hope
Project upon
molybdenum
market
improvement
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Joint Business DevelopmentEvaluating Opportunities for Mutual Benefit
Examining potential outright acquisitions, privatizations or significant minority investments with financing support
Focus on base or ferroalloy opportunities
General Moly may participate in value creation by
Retaining a minority interest,
Generating management fees, or
Acquiring non-core assets
Presentations to AMER’s Overseas Investment Committee
Photos from AMER’s website.
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First 5 years*:
14M Mo lb
& 7.5M Cu lb /year
$7.79 cash op. costs/lb Mo
LOM NPV* = $325M IRR* = 17%LOM after-tax, undisc. cash flow*= $1.7B
Next Up –Liberty Moly-Copper Project
Another world-class moly asset
Previously mined for molybdenum and copper Significant infrastructure remains
(electrical, roads, truck shops)
Mining friendly location in Nevada
Outlook: Advancement to Feasibility Study contingent on market improvement
Ownership 100%
Status Completed PFS
Estimated life* 32 years
Capex* $366M
Reno
BattleMountain
Winnemucca
Carlin
Elko Wells
Austin
Eureka Ely
Tonopah
* See End Note 3 in the Appendix.
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General Moly has Significant Leverageto the Molybdenum Price
Every $1/lb change in moly price between $10-$20/lb* NPV
Mt. Hope Project +/- $180M
Liberty Project +/- $95M
General Moly Total NPV +/- $275M
Projects’ Breakeven Prices
Mt. Hope NPV breakeven price /lb $10.82
Mt. Hope cash flow breakeven price /lb $9.35
Liberty NPV breakeven price /lb $11.64
Liberty cash flow breakeven price /lb $9.58
* See End Note 4 in the Appendix.
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Significant Tangible Asset Value
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($M, except per share) Current
Cash and cash equivalents (Corporate) i 6.0
Restricted cash to be used for loan procurement fund orbusiness opportunities i 0.6
Share of Mt. Hope Project cash(Restricted cash) i 7.2
Share of Mt. Hope’s property, plant & equipment ii 70.4
Cost basis in land, water rights & Liberty Project i 21.1
Long-term debt and convertible debt i (7.1)
Net Tangible Assets 98.2
Net Tangible Assets/GMO share $0.77
i. Please refer to the 1Q 2018 results news release on May 8, 2018.ii. Represents Company’s 80% ownership of $88.0M in PP&E in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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2018 Priorities
Leverage internal skills working with AMER to identify value-accretive
opportunities with a focus on base metal and ferro alloy prospects
Advance exploration of copper, silver and zinc at Mt. Hope, including
completion of a 10-hole initial drill campaign
Progress towards reinstatement of the ROD, and reissuance of permits for
water rights at the Mt. Hope Project, anticipated by early 2019
Maintain existing state permits for the Mt. Hope and Liberty Projects
Prudently manage financial liquidity and flexibility to sustain the Company over
the medium term
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Appendix
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NPV Shows Significant Leverage to Rising Moly Prices
Mt. Hope, Liberty and Combined NPV* ($M)
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$289
$734
$1,194
$85
$325
$559
$12.50 $15.00 $17.50
Mt. Hope Liberty
Molybdenum price/lb
$374
$1,059
$1,753
* See End Notes 1, 3 and 4 in the Appendix.
Recent moly price level
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Experienced Management Team
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CEO and a Director since 2007.
Previously served in multiple executive roles at Newmont, including Chief Financial Officer and Senior VP, Operations Services & Development, and was Senior VP, Corporate Development for Santa Fe Pacific Gold. Executed numerous financings and M&A transactions.
COO since 2012; joined in 2007 as VP Engineering & Construction.
Over 35 years in mine operations, project engineering and construction. Previously served as general manager of Phelps Dodge’s Morenci Mine, one of the largest open-pit/concentrator operations in the world.
Chief Legal Officer since 2015; joined in 2010 as VP HR and Corporate Counsel. Formerly served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Law and Human
Resources at Flatiron Financial Services and as in-house counsel for Qwest and US West. Financing and corporate deal experience, including cross-border transactions.
Manager of Engineering and Development since 2008.
Over 38 years of industry experience. Previously worked for Rio Tinto, Phelps Dodge and Freeport-McMoRan in operations, technical services, research and development, project management and M&A.
Mike IannacchioneVP & GM Mt. Hope
Chuck MaxwellManager Engineering &
Development
Scott RoswellChief Legal Officer & VP HR
Bob Pennington Chief Operating Officer
Bruce HansenChief Executive Officer &
Chief Financial Officer
Vice President of Permitting and Environmental Compliance since joining in 2006.
More than 25 years industry experience, including extensive work in Nevada Previously served as Operations Environmental Permitting Manager with Newmont
Pat RogersVP Permit. & Envir. Comp.
Recently appointed Principal Accounting Officer; Controller since 2016. Joined 2008.
Previously served in audit at KPMG. CPA since 2009 and has a Chartered Global Mgt. Accountant certificate from the American Inst. of Certified Public Accountants.
Amanda CorrionPrincipal Accnt. Officer &
Controller
Admin. Services Manager since 2012.
CPA since 2005 and former long-time Controller and Supply Chain Director of Nevada operations for Newmont. Prior finance and accounting roles at Lockheed Aircraft and Red Lion Inn and Casino.
Alan LondonAdmin. Services Manager
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Mt. Hope Equipment Procurement Status (100% basis)
Paid $88M on commitments for $174M in equipment orders
Own or secured with order in place for major milling equipment:
Crusher
SAG mill and ball mill
Mill drives
Roaster equipment
Made $75M order with Caterpillar for haul fleet and support equipment, including 18 250-ton haul trucks i
Secured letter of intent for 4 large loaders and shovels i
Ordered 4 Atlas Copco mine drills i
Outlook: Upon an improvement in the markets and obtaining financing, the Company expects to place orders for remainder of equipment.
i. All orders are cancellable with no further liability. There were non-refundable deposits made of $3.4 million to P&H, $1.2 million to Caterpillar and $0.4 million to Atlas Copco.
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Mt. Hope Supplemental EIS The Record of Decision (“ROD”) for the Mt. Hope Project was initially granted in November,
2012, and subsequently challenged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada by two western U.S. based NGOs ("non-governmental organizations").
The U.S. District Court upheld the ROD in August, 2014. The NGOs appealed the U.S. District Court's Order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in September, 2014.
On December 28, 2016, the Ninth Circuit issued its Opinion rejecting many of the arguments raised by the NGOs challenging the Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") issued by the BLM.
The Ninth Circuit reversed on narrow issues related to assumptions made in the baseline air quality analysis and related cumulative impact examination, and whether springs in the area are Public Water Reserves, and, as a result, vacated the ROD.
The Company is advancing completion of a Supplemental EIS, including incorporation of completed additional air quality analysis of direct and cumulative impacts to air quality to address the Ninth Circuit’s concerns with the zero baseline assumption previously used and questions concerning the potential existence of public water reserves.
The Company looks forward to completing the public review requirements in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), and to receive a new ROD for the eventual construction and operation of the Mt. Hope Project in early 2019.
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Mt. Hope Water Rights
The Company owns most of the water rights in the Kobeh Valley basin, and has sought to change the points of diversion (PODs) and Manner of Use (MOU) of these water rights to facilitate construction of a freshwater supply wellfield to support the Mt. Hope Project.
Although the Nevada State Engineer had granted these changes, the Nevada Supreme Court on appeal reversed the State Engineer’s decision, and as a result, in September 2017, the permits and associated Monitoring, Management and Mitigation (3M) Plan were vacated.
In 2015 and 2016 the Company filed additional applications again to change the PODs and MOU of existing water rights to support the Mt. Hope Project. The Nevada State Engineer has scheduled a new hearing beginning September 11, 2018 to address the Company’s new change applications for water permits at the Mt. Hope Project.
At the hearing, the Company will provide additional evidence of its ability to successfully avoid any potential impacts to senior water right holders.
The Company anticipates a decision from the Nevada State Engineer granting new water permits for the Mt. Hope Project by early 2019.
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End Notes to Slides 9, 18, 19, and 261. Mt. Hope Project - Slide 9 and NPV Slide 26:
The mine life and economic indicators are based on the updated optional mine plan announced in a February 25, 2014 news release, which reported on an internal study that examined an optimized pit using lower molybdenum prices. The internal study used a $10/lbmolybdenum mine plan and the geologic block model from the Canada National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report Feasibility Study, filed in January 2014 and available on the Company’s website.
Operating data represent the averages over the first five years of production under the optional mine plan. Net Present Value and the Internal Rate of Return use the optional mine plan with a $15.00/lb molybdenum price over 24 years of mining and 30 years of mill processing at an 8% discount rate, after tax. Cash flow is based on the same optional mine plan, except it is undiscounted. The optional mine plan called for mining of 737M tons of ore containing 935M lb of molybdenum and relied on the 2014 Feasibility Study’s proven and probable reserves representing 984.6M tons at an average grade of 0.070% containing 1.4B lb of molybdenum. While the above reserves are in accordance with NI 43-101, they are not recognized as reserves by the U.S. SEC. Refer to the cautionary note to U.S. investors on Slide 2.
As reported in the Company’s Form 10-K for 2017, based on an $8.00/lb molybdenum pit design, Mt. Hope Project has proven and probable reserves of 367.4M tons of ore at an average grade of 0.080% molybdenum. There is also additional mineralized material of 682.5M tons at an average grade of 0.061% molybdenum. The $8.00/lb pit design used to determine reserves and mineralized material was justified on a $10.26/lb of molybdenum price, which is the average of the past four years’ average prices of molybdenum and the future four years’ nominal price estimates for molybdenum by the CPM Group.
2. AMER – Slides 18 and 19:Under the Amended Investment Agreement with AMER, which was most recently amended in August 2017, the Company and AMER
accelerated and closed the Tranche 2 private placement of $6.0 million for 14.6M common shares of General Moly priced at $0.41 per share in October 2017. A sum of $5.5M of the Tranche 2 proceeds was allocated to general corporate purposes and $0.5M were directed to the existing expense reimbursement account to cover costs related to Mt. Hope Project financing and other jointly sourced business development opportunities.
Also in the August 2017 Amended Investment Agreement, the Company and AMER modified the Tranche 3 $10.0M private placement which calls for the purchase of 20.0M common shares amending certain conditions related to completion of Tranche 3. The Tranche 3 private placement for $10.0M of General Moly common shares, priced at $0.50, is conditioned on the receipt of water permits from the Nevada State Engineer or the earlier close of a joint business opportunity involving use of 10.0M shares of General Moly common stock. A sum of $9.5M will be directed to general corporate purposes and $0.5M will be allocated to the expense reimbursement account described above.
The Company received $4M under the Tranche 1 equity investment closed in November 2015 ($2M restricted to fund the expense reimbursement account to fund joint business opportunities and Bank Loan expenses, and $2M for general corporate use). In addition to 13M GMO shares priced at $0.30 per share, AMER also received warrants to purchase 80M shares at an exercise price of $0.50 per share ($40M if fully exercised). These warrants have since been extended to the earlier of the 60-month anniversary of Loan drawdown or 3rd anniversary of the reissuance of the ROD for the Mt. Hope Project. The number of warrants and exercise price were unchanged.
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End Notes to Slides 12-16, 21, 22 and 263. Liberty Project - Slide 21 and NPV Slide 26:
Data are based on the updated Pre-Feasibility Study Technical Report, compliant under Canada National Instrument 43-101, filed in July 2014 and available on the Company’s website.
Operating data represent the averages over the first five years of production. Cash operating costs per pound of molybdenum are estimated using $3.25/lb copper byproduct credits. Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return use $15/lb molybdenum, $3.25/lbcopper over 31 years of mining, 32 years of milling and an 8% discount rate, after tax. Cash flow is based on the aforementioned, except it is undiscounted.
Measured and indicated resources of 309.2M tons at average grades of 0.078% molybdenum and 0.098% copper contain 482M lb of molybdenum and 606M lb of copper. Liberty reserves, based on $15/lb molybdenum and $3.00/lb copper, are effective as of July 30, 2014. Proven reserves are within 92.5M tons at average grades of 0.101% molybdenum and 0.056% copper while probable reserves arewithin 216.7M tons at average grades of 0.068% molybdenum and 0.116% copper. While the above reserves are in accordance with NI 43-101, they are not recognized as reserves by the U.S. SEC. Please refer to the cautionary note to U.S. investors on Slide 2.
4. NPV Leverage Chart - Slide 22: (Also see Notes 1 and 2.)Mt. Hope Project NPV breakeven and cash flow breakeven reflect General Moly’s 80% ownership in the project under the optional mineplan, using a $15.00/lb molybdenum price over 24 years of mining and 30 years of mill processing at an 8% discount rate, after tax.
Liberty Project NPV breakeven and cash flow breakeven use $15/lb molybdenum, $3.25/lb copper over 31 years of mining, 32 years of milling and a discount rate of 8%, after tax. There is the potential to increase Liberty’s NPV and IRR by toll roasting Liberty molybdenum concentrates at the Mt. Hope Project once constructed, thereby decreasing total cash costs to $7.41/lb for the first 5 full years of production.
5. Cu-Ag-Zn Exploration – Slides 12-16:To date, given this represents an early-stage copper-silver-zinc exploration program at the Mt. Hope Project, most of the historical data discussed here comes from historical reports and cannot be independently confirmed and lacks the modern standards of quality assurance and controls for samples and assays. Such data may not be relied upon for any evidence or likelihood of a mineral resource, mineral reserve or mineral deposit. The Skarn Area does not contain any mineral resource estimate as defined by Canada National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) or any proved or probable reserves as defined by the United States Securities and Exchange Industry Guide 7, nor is there any certainty that further exploration will result in any targets becoming part of a mineral resource or mineral reserve.
Qualified Person’s Statement: The scientific and technical information as related to the 3D IP survey results and the copper-silver-zinc exploration program was
reviewed by Mark W. Osterberg, Principal Consulting Geologist of Mine Mappers, LLC. Dr. Osterberg is a “qualified person” as defined by NI 43-101. He is a Professional Geologist, with master’s and doctorate degrees in geology. He has extensive minerals industry experience that is relevant to the evaluation of the style and nature of mineralization described herein.
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