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Title: Boseto Copper Project


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Boseto Copper Project
  • Botswana Resources Conference
  • July 2008

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Outline
  • Discovery Metals
  • Boseto Copper Project
  • Pre Feasibility Study
  • Mineral Resource base
  • PFS base case outcomes
  • Infrastructure
  • Sensitivity and Opportunities
  • Conclusion

Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Company Snap Shot
  • Botswana focussed emerging copper producer
  • ASX (DML), AIM (DME) BSE (DML) listed
  • Substantial and expanding Mineral Resource base
  • Boseto Copper Project 49.1Mt _at_ 1.2 Cu
    including
  • Indicated Mineral Resource of 8.9 Mt_at_1.4 Cu
  • Highly prospective, 100-owned 12,100 km2
    tenement position
  • Operationally experienced Board and Management

Focused Emerging Copper Producer
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Company Structure
  • Market Cap and Enterprise Value
  • Shares on Issue at 18-July-08 130.1m
  • Share Price at 18-July-08 0.50
  • Market Cap 65.1m
  • Net Cash at 18-July-08 4.2m
  • Enterprise value 60.9m
  • Significant Shareholders
  • Macquarie Bank 10.0
  • Taurus Fund 8.2
  • Investec (Botswana) 7.4
  • Mr R.A. Healy 6.2
  • Trafigura 3.6

Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Boseto Copper Project Location
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Exploration potential first 7 tenements
The Start of a New Copper Province
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Boseto whats in a name?
  • Bo for Botswana , and
  • Bodibeng a local village
  • Bothlathogo a local village
  • Se for Sehitwa a local village
  • To for Toteng a local village

Working with our Community to Deliver Positive
Outcomes
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Timetable to Production
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The Boseto PFS Base Case
  • 2Mtpa Concentrator
  • 18 month construction period
  • Commissioning Q1 2011
  • Conventional comminution and floatation flow
    sheet
  • Wet tailings disposal
  • Financial modelling based on 10 years open pit
    production
  • Plant operating costs include maintenance and
    power costs
  • Self generate power first 12 months
  • Open pits mined via mining contractor
  • Updated Zeta Resource Model (drilling results to
    Feb 08)

Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Boseto Resource Base
Plutus Inferred Resource 14.5 Mt _at_ 1.3 Cu
13g/t Ag
Nexus prospect
Petra Inferred Resource 4.5 Mt _at_ 1.1 Cu
NE Zeta prospect
Total Inferred Resource 49.1 Mt _at_ 1.2 Cu.
Zeta Inf. Ind. Resource 30 Mt _at_ 1.2 Cu 18 g/t
Ag
5km
Quirinus prospect
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Proposed 2Mtpa Boseto Processing Plant
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Boseto Project PFS Summary
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Headline PFS Base Case Financial Outcomes
Conservative Base Case Robust Outcomes
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Capital Costs
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Boseto Plant Flow Sheet
Reclaim Feeder
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Operating Costs
1 Average for the first 10 years of 2011 to 2020
in 2008 dollars
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Infrastructure
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Copper Price Scenarios
US/lb
US/lb
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Headline Upside Potential
Note modelling represents 10 years only (2011
to 2020)
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Capex EBITDA
USD millions
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Upside Not Included in PFS Base Case
Resource Growth Potential
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Conclusions
  • Project Economically viable
  • Base case NPV of 115 Million
  • Conservative base case demonstrates robust
    project
  • Significant Upside potential
  • Resource growth
  • Copper price
  • Proceeding quickly to Bankable Feasibility Study

The Board has approved moving to the BFS stage
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Contact
  • Brad Sampson
  • Managing Director
  • Ph 61 7 3218 0200
  • Email brad_at_discoverymetals.com.au
  • ASXDML BSEDML AIMDME

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Discovery Metals Limited
  • Calculation of Copper Equivalent
  • The Inferred mineral resources have been reported
    in this presentation in copper equivalent terms
    (ECu) which were calculated using the following
    criteria
  • Copper price US2/lb
  • Silver price US12/oz
  • Copper recovery 94
  • Silver recovery 83
  • The copper and silver recovery values have been
    determined from historical metallurgical test
    work on samples of representative copper-silver
    mineralisation from the Zeta, Plutus and Petra
    prospects. This work was completed by Outokumpu
    in 1978 and concentrated on determining the
    flotation characteristics of the copper-silver
    mineralisation. The metallurgical test work
    indicates that the copper and silver have a high
    probability of being able to be economically
    recovered.
  • The copper equivalent value was calculated for
    each block within the resource models using the
    following formula
  • ECu () Cu () (Ag (g/t) 0.0077)
  • The grade and tonnage values in copper equivalent
    terms represent the same portion of the resource
    block model as was calculated by Snowden from the
    individual copper and silver assay values. The
    block model was calculated using ordinary kriging
    with the assay data from 70 diamond drill holes
    drilled by Discovery Metals and 56 historical
    drill holes (38 diamond and 18 RC holes).

The information in this report as it relates to
the Plutus and Petra Mineral Resources for the
Boseto Copper project was compiled by Mr Stefan
Mujdrica and Mr Jason Hosken, who are Members of
The Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy. Mr Mujdrica and Mr Hosken are full
time employees of Snowden Mining Industry
Consultants. Mr Mujdrica 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. The
information in this report as it relates to the
Zeta Mineral Resources for the Boseto Copper
project was compiled by Mr Ferdinando Camisani,
who is an Honorary Life Fellow of The South
African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr
Camisani is an Associate of AB Global Mining.
Mr Camisani 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. The information in this report that
relates to Exploration Results is based on
information compiled by Mr Fred Nhiwatiwa who is
a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy. Mr Nhiwatiwa is a full-time
employee of the Company. Mr Nhiwatiwa 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. Mr Mujdrica,
Mr Camisani and Mr Nhiwatiwa consent to the
inclusion in the report of the matters based on
information provided by them and in the form and
context in which it appears.
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Additional Slides
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Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource
- All Mineral resources reported at cut off
grade of 0.6 Cu - Silver grades ignore
resource at Petra where a JORC compliant silver
model is yet to be developed
Indicated Resource Reported at Zeta
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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Base Case Assumptions
Boseto Copper Project PFS Results - July 2008
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