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Tim Warman President
PEA & Development Update Northern Ireland │ Site Visit May 2013
Sample from the T17 vein 188 g/t of gold 103 g/t of silver 5.07% of copper
Forward-‐Looking Informa;on and Qualified Person
This presentaLon contains “forward‑looking informaLon” which may include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the compleLon of the acquisiLon (the “AcquisiLon”) by the Company from a group of private vendors of approximately 1.7 million hectares of mineral rights over four greenstone belts and a historic silver mining camp in Norway, future financial or operaLng performance of the Company and its mineral projects, the future price of metals, the esLmaLon of mineral resources, the realizaLon of mineral resource esLmates, the Lming and amount of esLmated future producLon, costs of producLon, capital, operaLng and exploraLon expenditures, costs and Lming of the development of new deposits, costs and Lming of future exploraLon, requirements for addiLonal capital, government regulaLon of mining operaLons, environmental risks, reclamaLon expenses, Ltle disputes or claims and limitaLons of insurance coverage. O]en, but not always, forward‑looking statements can be idenLfied by the use of words and phrases such as “plans,” “expects,” “is expected,” “budget,” “scheduled,” “esLmates,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “anLcipates,” or “believes” or variaLons (including negaLve variaLons) of such words and phrases, or state that certain acLons, events or results “may,” “could,” “would,” “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved.
Forward-‐looking statements are based on the opinions and esLmates of management as of the date such statements are made and are based on various assumpLons, such as approvals from the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Norwegian Directorate of Mining will be obtained in respect of the AcquisiLon, the conLnued poliLcal stability in Northern Ireland and Norway, that permits required for the Company’s operaLons will be obtained in a Lmely basis in order to permit the Company to proceed on schedule with its planned drilling programs, that skilled personnel and contractors will be available as the Company’s operaLons conLnue to grow, that the price of gold will be at levels that render the project economic, or that the Company will be able to conLnue raising the necessary capital to finance its operaLons and realize on mineral resource esLmates.
Forward‑looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainLes and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward‑looking statements. Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, compeLLve, poliLcal and social uncertainLes; the actual results of current exploraLon acLviLes; actual results of reclamaLon acLviLes; conclusions of economic evaluaLons; changes in project parameters as plans conLnue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variaLons of ore grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anLcipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; poliLcal instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the compleLon of development or construcLon acLviLes, as well as those factors discussed in the secLon enLtled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual InformaLon Form.
Although the Company has adempted to idenLfy important factors that could cause actual acLons, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward‑looking statements, there may be other factors that cause acLons, events or results to differ from those anLcipated, esLmated or intended. Forward‑looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this presentaLon and the Company disclaims any obligaLon to update any forward‑looking statements, whether as a result of new informaLon, future events or results, except as may be required by applicable securiLes laws. There can be no assurance that forward‑looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anLcipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward‑looking statements.
Some technical data in this presentaLon was taken from the technical report enLtled “A updated Mineral Resource EsLmate for the Curraghinalt Gold Deposit Tyrone Project, County Tyrone and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland” dated January 10, 2012, prepared by B. Terrence Hennessey, P.Geo., and Dibya KanL Mukhopadhyay, M.Sc., MAusIMM, of Micon InternaLonal Limited (the “Technical Report”).
John McCombe, PEng, Chief OperaLng Officer, Dalradian Resources Inc., is the Qualified Person who supervised the preparaLon of the technical data in this presentaLon.
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PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
Preliminary Economic Assessment
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KEY PEA DATA* 3 YEAR TRAILING
AVERAGE GOLD PRICE: 5 YEAR TRAILING
AVERAGE GOLD PRICE:
NPV with 8% discount rate (A]er-‐tax) $467 million $331 million
IRR (A]er-‐tax) 41.9% 33.4%
Average Annual ProducLon 145,000 ounces/year
Processing Rate 1,700 tonnes/day
Life of Mine 15 years
IniLal Capex ($38M conLngency) $192 million
Cash Costs $532/ounce or $125/tonne
Diluted Grade 8.1 g/t Au
Gold Recovery 92%
All dollars quoted in $ USD unless stated otherwise
PEA results released on July 25, 2012. The PEA is preliminary in nature. It includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculaLve geologically to have the economic consideraLons applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is no certainty that the results of the PEA will be realized.
* Prepared by Micon InternaLonal Limited
PEA: Mining
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Longhole Mining with Ramp Access & Truck Haulage: § Local availability of experienced longhole miners § More diluLve than cut and fill but less expensive and
easier to manage § 1.8 metres mined width (80% diluLon on resource) § 20 metre sub level spacing § Less than 10 working faces at any one Lme
PROJECT PRODUCTION RATE
(TPD) MINING COST (US$/T MILLED) COMMENTS
Curraghinalt (Dalradian, N. Ireland)
1,700 (planned)
$76.50 (US$/t mined) (PEA esLmate) 1.8 m stope widths
Bulyanhulu (African Barrick, Tanzania) 3,300 $156.00 Narrow, steeply-‐dipping veins
Daisy Milano (Silver Lake Resources, W. Australia)
540 Cash Costs of $660/oz Stope widths down to 1 m
Lawlers (Barrick, Australia) 2,200 $30.06
(2003) Shallow dipping veins, 2-‐6 m thick
Development tunneling at Bulyanhulu Gold Mine
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Silver Lake Resources Daisy Milano Mine
PEA: Narrow Vein Longhole Mining in W. Australia
Narrow vein stoping
PEA: Conceptual Mine Layout
Main Decline
Ore and Waste Passes
Ramp ConnecLng Sublevels
ExisLng Adit and Dri]s
VenLlaLon Raise
Cross Cuts
Not to Scale
PEA: Processing
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Op;ons Examined:
§ Grinding → Whole Ore Leach
§ Grinding → Gravity → FlotaLon of Gravity Tails → CN of FlotaLon Concentrate
§ Grinding → Gravity → FlotaLon → Sale of Concentrate(s)
§ Grinding → Cu FlotaLon → Pyrite FlotaLon → CN of Pyrite Concentrate
PEA Base Case:
§ Crushing, grinding, whole ore cyanidaLon and convenLonal tailings disposal
§ 92% gold recovery
§ Opportunity for further opLmizaLon of mill circuit
UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION DEVELOPMENT
Background
§ ExisLng exploraLon tunnel permided in 1987 and subsequently constructed by Ulster Minerals in the late 80s, with works consisLng of:
– A 410 m adit (3.0 x 2.5 m) and two dri]s totalling 290 m (sLll accessible, stable and in use)
– Ancillary buildings (now removed)
– Onsite stockpiles of surplus rock (since re-‐graded into exisLng slope contours)
– QuanLLes of mineralised rock transported to offsite tesLng faciliLes
§ DGL acquired the Curraghinalt Project in late 2009 and commenced surface exploraLon drilling in 2010
§ DGL upgraded the resource esLmates in Q2/2011 and again in Q4/2011
– Current resource stands at 2.7 million oz. gold (all categories)
§ DGL completed Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) in Q3/2012
§ Next step is to conduct underground exploraLon development
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Underground Explora;on Development
Dalradian is requesLng planning permission to complete approximately 2,000 m of underground development including: § Extending the exisLng adit by approximately
260 m to intersect all of the known veins; § Dri]ing along several of the known veins; § Installing a ramp to access the 150 m level,
approximately 20 m below the exisLng workings;
§ Test stoping and removal of a large bulk sample.
T17
No. 1
106-‐16
Bend
Crow
Road
Sheep Dip
Mullan
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Conceptual Sublevel Development
The goal of the program is to: • Demonstrate conLnuity of thickness and grade of mineralized veins. • Convert addiLonal resources to Measured and Indicated. • Test mining and backfill methods. • InvesLgate geotechnical and hydrogeological condiLons.
• Produce a bulk sample for metallurgical test work. • Test the permiwng process.
Surface Facili;es
Proposed Works – Surface Facili;es:
§ Designated on-‐site storage area for surplus rock
§ Temporary water treatment facility
§ Temporary on-‐site explosives store
§ Ancillary faciliLes: office, welfare, services, parking, etc.
§ Project will be constructed on surface lands controlled by DGL
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Permicng Process
§ ConsultaLon with The Crown Estate and DETI § ConsultaLon with other stakeholders & regulators § Planning permission (DoE Planning Service – Strategic Planning Division) § Explosives storage consent, revision to the exisLng discharge consent; water abstracLon licence;
waste management (NIEA)
§ Explosives store consent (DoJ / DoE)
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Pre-‐ consulta;on
Revisions to Exis;ng Permits
Mobiliza;on and Site Prep.
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Planning Process
Contractor Selec;on
UG Development
Next Stop
Underground Tour of Curraghinalt Deposit