Minemakers Limited is an Australian mining company focused on becoming a significant global player in phosphate rock mining and fertilizer production. It owns 100% of the large Wonarah phosphate project in Australia and a 48.4% stake in the Sandpiper project in Namibia. Minemakers is inviting potential partners to jointly fund the Wonarah Definitive Feasibility Study in return for project ownership. Wonarah has a JORC-compliant resource of over 780 million tonnes and preliminary studies show attractive financial metrics for the development of a phosphate fertilizer operation.
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1. Minemakers Limited
Andrew Drummond - Executive Chairman
Cliff Lawrenson - Managing Director & CEO
Neville Bergin – General Manager – Projects Development
July 2012 TSX: MAK, ASX: MAK, NSX: MMS
2. Minemakers Limited Profile
Dedicated to becoming a significant world player in phosphate rock
mining and vertically integrated fertilizer production
Owns 100% of Wonarah, in Australia and 48.4% of the advanced
Sandpiper marine phosphate project in Namibia
Cornerstone investor in JDCPhosphate Inc. and holding exclusive
rights to use the IHP process in Australia to make Super Phosphoric
Acid
Experienced Board and Management to take the Company through
to producer status
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3. Wonarah Phosphate Project
100% owned by Minemakers
Australia’s largest JORC / NI 43-101 compliant phosphate resource
Mine life potential in excess of 100 years
Completed Scoping Study indicates attractive financial metrics
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4. Wonarah Phosphate Project
NT Government Major Project Status
Mining Agreement signed with
Traditional Owners provides for the
full development of the project
Mining friendly jurisdiction
No competing land uses
Underutilized and / or expandable
infrastructure in place;
• Road
• Rail
• Gas pipeline
• Bulk commodity export port
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5. Wonarah Phosphate Resources
Indicated Inferred Total
@ 10% cut-off 303Mt @ 18.2% P2O5 479Mt @ 17.6% P2O5 782Mt @ 17.6% P2O5
@ 0% cut-off 565Mt @ 12.6% P2O5 987Mt @ 11.4% P2O5 1552Mt @ 11.9% P2O5
Estimates were independently calculated and are Australian JORC and Canadian NI 43-101 compliant
Only 15-20% of strike so far sufficiently tested for resource estimation
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6. Wonarah – Australia’s Largest JORC
Compliant Phosphate Resource
Million Tonnes of Resource1
Ma'aden - Saudi Arabia 686
@ 19.7% P2O5
Bayovar - Peru 247 @ 17.2% P2O5
Wonarah 782
@ 17.6% P2O5
Legend Deposits 516 @ 15.1% P2O5
Barrow Creek 253 @ 15% P2O5
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Phosphate Hill 135 @ 23% P2O5
Highlands Plain 56 @ 16% P2O5
Nolans Bore 46 @ 11% P2O5
Korella 5 @ 30.8% P2O5
Geolsec Deposit 1 @ 12% P2O5
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
Further infill drilling of Wonarah along the 130km long mineralized trend is likely to
allow estimation of further resources
1. All resources use a 10% P2O5 cut off except Korella (23%) and Geolsec (0%)
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7. Wonarah Scoping Study Outcomes
WAP Fertilizer
Ore Mined Mtpa 7.0
DAP Sold Mtpa 2.24
Initial Mine Life Years 20
Net Revenue A$M 28,303
Operating Cost A$M 17,633
Upfront Capital Cost A$M 2,464
Cashflow Before Tax A$M 6,981
NPV Pre-tax Ungeared (8%) A$M 1,836
Operating Margin % 36
Payback Years 7
Average Annual Revenue A$M 1,378
Source: KEMWorks/ Optimum Capital
Assumptions:
1) Modeled on a 1Mtpa contained P2O5 output
2) The financial analysis used a DAP price of US$600/ tonne
3) 95 cent A$:US$ exchange rate.
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8. DFS Work Programme
ESTIMATED
ACTIVITY
COST DFS Expenditure Profile
Drilling $5.3M By Quarters
40
Metallurgical & Chemical
$0.7M 35
Testwork
30
Obtain Bulk Sample $2.0M
Millions
25
Pilot Plant operation $1.6M
20
Consultants $14.7M 15
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Approvals Process $1.7M
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Advanced Engineering $2.9M
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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Project Management $1.5M
Quarterly Expenditure Cumulative Expenditure
Contingency $4.6M
Total $35.0M
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9. Proposed Investment Structure
Minemakers is inviting potential joint venture partners to make a
project level investment in Wonarah
Wonarah is currently owned by Minemakers Australia Pty Ltd (MAPL)
which is a 100% subsidiary of Minemakers Limited
Formation of a JV through a commitment by new joint venture
partner to invest at least A$15 million over time in return for a
commensurate initial shareholding in the project
New JV partner receives joint management rights and standard JV
partner protections
JV partners to fund (pro-rata to ownership interest in the project) any
additional funding required to complete DFS
New JV partner will have right to move to controlling shareholding of
the project post completion of DFS through a further equity
subscription. Project valuation for purpose of this right will be a
discount to the jointly established project NPV based on DFS
outcomes
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10. Proposed Process
Parties to sign confidentiality agreement
Investors will be provided with preliminary materials
• Scoping Study reports
• Indicative investment term sheet
• Company presentation
Investors to submit non-binding expression of interest
Small number of investors to be shortlisted
Detailed due diligence and negotiations
• Access to Scoping Study financial model
• Site visits
• Detailed legal and tax information
• Company financials
• Agree final investment structure and execute binding documentation
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11. Contact List
Please contact any of the persons below for further information
Name Position Email Address Mobile Number
Andrew Drummond Executive Chairman andrewd@minemakers.com.au +61 413 607 067
Cliff Lawrenson Managing Director & CEO clawrenson@minemakers.com.au +61 419 926 693
General Manager –
Neville Bergin nevilleb@minemakers.com.au +61 417 190 457
Projects Development
Rod Wheatley CFO rodw@minemakers.com.au +61 408 097 505
Minemakers Office Email: frontdesk@minemakers.com.au
Level 2, 34 Colin Street Website: www.minemakers.com.au
West Perth WA 6005
Postal Address
Tel: +61 8 9264 7000 PO Box 1704
Fax: +61 8 9264 7099 West Perth WA 6872
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