2. Cautionary Note
Forward-‐looking
statements
Certain
statements
contained
herein
cons/tute
“forward-‐looking
statements.”
Forward-‐looking
statements
look
into
the
future
and
provide
an
opinion
as
to
the
effect
of
certain
events
and
trends
on
the
business.
Forward-‐looking
statements
may
include
words
such
as
“plans,”
“intends,”
an/cipates,”
“should,”
“es/mates,”
“expects,”
“believes,”
“indicates,”
“targe/ng,”
“suggests,”
“poten/al,”
and
similar
expressions.
These
forward-‐looking
statements
are
based
on
current
expecta/ons
and
entail
various
risks
and
uncertain/es.
Actual
results
may
materially
differ
from
expecta/ons,
if
known
and
unknown
risks
or
uncertain/es
affect
our
business,
or
if
our
es/mates
or
assump/ons
prove
inaccurate.
Investors
are
advised
to
review
the
Company’s
Annual
Informa/on
Form
filed
at
www.sedar.com
for
a
detailed
discussion
of
investment
risks.
The
Company
assumes
no
obliga/on
to
update
or
revise
any
forward-‐looking
statement,
whether
as
a
result
of
new
informa/on,
future
events
or
any
other
reason.
While
Big
North
intends
to
re-‐start
the
Nuevo
San
Pedro
mine,
the
Company
has
not
established
mineral
resources
and
has
not
completed
a
valid
mining
study
(as
defined
by
NI
43-‐101)
to
support
a
produc/on
decision.
Historically,
a
produc/on
decision
under
these
circumstances
results
in
much
higher
economic
or
technical
risk.
Furthermore,
without
a
pre-‐
feasibility
or
feasibility
study
and
a
graphite
reserve,
there
can
be
no
assurance
that
opera/ons
at
Nuevo
San
Pedro
will
be
profitable.
2
3. Management & Directors
Spiro
Kletas,
President
&
CEO,
Director
–
Over
10
years
experience
in
the
financial
industry
with
7
years
in
the
public
capital
markets,
working
for
several
Toronto
Exchange-‐listed
companies
in
project
procurement,
corporate
development
and
financing.
Dean
Nawata,
Director
–
Over
18
years
of
public
market
experience,
nine
of
which
he
spent
as
a
licensed
stockbroker
focusing
on
financing
of
junior
mining
and
oil/gas
projects
with
NesbiJ
Burns,
Research
Capital
and,
most
recently,
Raymond
James.
Mr.
Nawata
currently
holds
a
posiPon
in
Business
Development
for
49
North
Resources
and
is
a
Director
of
Prima
Fluorspar.
Andrew
Rees,
Director
–
Mr.
Rees
is
currently
President
and
CEO
of
WellStar
Energy
Corp.
and
sits
on
the
board
of
directors
of
several
publicly
trading
companies.
Mr.
Rees
brings
15
years
of
public
company
experience
having
been
involved
with
developing
projects
from
concept
to
producPon.
Mr.
Rees
has
been
directly
involved
in
raising
over
$150
million
for
junior
resource
companies.
Eric
Ostensoe
P.
Geo.,
Director
-‐
Mr.
Ostensoe
is
a
consulPng
geologist
with
more
than
forty
years
direct
involvement
with
the
mining
and
mineral
exploraPon
industries.
Mr.
Ostensoe
supervises
property
exploraPon
and
development
projects
from
"grassroots"
to
advanced
stages
and
provides
recommendaPons
to
management
of
junior
and
medium
sized
public
companies.
Connie
Norman,
Corp
Secretary
3
4. Capital Structure
• Issued
&
Outstanding
• Warrants
52.9
m
28.0
m
• OpPons
2.6
m
• Fully
Diluted
83.5
million
• Management
&
Insiders
–
approx
25%
4
5. Investment Highlights
• Graphite
supply
Pghtening
in
an
historically
underexplored
sector
• Projects
located
in
geologically
favorable,
poliPcally
stable
jurisdicPons
• Aiming
to
accelerate
re-‐start
of
Nuevo
San
Pedro
amorphous
graphite
mine
in
Sonora,
Mexico*
• Amorphous
graphite
accounts
for
approx
50%
of
natural
graphite
market
and
over
90%
of
producPon
was
out
of
China
in
2011
–
Big
North
is
only
TSX.V
company
pursuing
amorphous
graphite
• One
of
the
first
junior
companies
to
produce
and
sell
graphite
5
6. Sonora Mexico Properties
Big
North
acquired
3
past
producing
graphite
mines
in
Sonora,
Mexico
-‐
La
Fortuna,
Caraples
and
a
50/50
JV
in
the
Nuevo
San
Pedro
Graphite
mine.
• Nuevo
San
Pedro
mine
in
the
process
of
being
re-‐started:
Big
North
Graphite
to
accelerate
the
start-‐up
process.*
• Started
assembly
of
processing
facility
April
2013
• Started
test
mining
May
2013
• First
sale
completed
Aug
2013
• Approx.
50
km
SE
of
Hermosillo,
a
city
of
1
million
people
• Approx.
10
km
East
of
a
rail
line
with
direct
access
to
the
port
of
Guaymas
• Area
of
good
infrastructure
and
access
• Sonora
Mexico
has
produced
graphite
for
over
100
years
• Nuevo
San
Pedro
is
approx
1km
away
from
the
La
Lourdes
graphite
mine,
which
has
been
operaPng
for
over
50
years
•
6
7. Sonora Mexico Property Map
• Nuevo
San
Pedro
is
an
approximately
11
hectare
property.
It
is
a
past
producing
mine,
which
is
in
the
process
of
being
restarted.
• Aki
Wiki
consists
of
approximately
145
hectares.
• Aki
Wiki
is
located
approximately
1.5
kilometers
south
of
the
historic
El
Cochi
graphite
mine.
There
are
two
past
producing
mines
on
the
property,
La
Fortuna
and
Caraples.
7
8. Buying and Processing
April
22,
2013
NR:
Big
North
…
announces
that,
as
part
of
the
Company's
business
plan,
the
Company
has
started
buying
amorphous
graphite
from
local
private
producers
who
do
not
have
processing
capabiliPes.
Big
North
has
recently
acquired
approx
100
tons
of
amorphous
graphite
in
an
unprocessed
form
from
two
local
miners.
Big
North
plans
to
purchase
graphite
from
local
producers
to
supplement
potenPal
producPon
from
the
Nuevo
San
Pedro
project.
The
Company
plans
to
process
the
purchased
graphite
to
the
specificaPons
of
future
customers
and
re-‐sell
the
purchased
graphite
at
market
prices,
capturing
the
difference
in
prices.
Increase
“producPon”
without
the
tradiPonal
risks
of
mining
Many
small
family
run
graphite
mines
without
processing
ability
Minimum
grade
requirement
Capture
the
difference
on
pricing,
minus
processing
and
transport
8
9. Graphite Sales
Oct
9,
2013
NR
–
Big
North
Graphite
Corp.
is
pleased
to
announce
that
the
Company
has
completed
a
third
consecuJve
month
of
amorphous
graphite
sales.
The
month's
sales
totaled
197
tons,
with
the
graphite
screened
to
a
¾
minus
product
at
the
Company's
processing
facility
located
in
Sonora,
Mexico.
The
finished
graphite
product
was
sold
and
delivered
to
a
customer
within
Mexico.
-‐Total
Sales
to
date
(3
months)
of
635
tons
-‐Sold
as
run-‐of-‐mine,
semi
processed
to
a
customer
within
Mexico
-‐Processing
facility
nears
compleJon
9
10. Amorphous Graphite
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Global
graphite
producPon
was
1.2
million
tons
in
2012,
approx
50%
of
which
is
amorphous
graphite.
The
United
States,
Europe
and
China
have
included
graphite
among
the
short
list
of
criPcal
metals
The
UnPed
States
produces
no
graphite
and
is
100%
dependent
on
imports
to
meet
it's
industrial
and
technology
needs.
China
produces
70%-‐80%
of
the
world’s
natural
graphite.
China
produced
over
89%
of
world’s
amorphous
graphite
in
2012.
“Supply
security
is
a
big
concern”
for
amorphous
graphite
users
ConPnuing
government-‐backed
consolidaPon
programs
in
the
Hunan
Province
is
seeing
over
230
mines
reduced
to
20
The
consolidaPon
of
China's
amorphous
graphite
industry
is
set
to
impact
the
supply/demand
balance
for
2012
and
2013
and
will
result
in
a
loss
of
global
supply
Amorphous
graphite
sells
for
$350-‐800/ton
depending
on
the
carbon
content
which
ranges
from
65%
to
85%+
Amorphous
graphite
producPon
is
dominated
by
China,
with
approx
16K
tpa
from
Austria,
12K
tpa
from
Mexico
and
300
tpa
from
Turkey
Amorphous
graphite
is
mainly
used
as
a
component
in
lubricants,
refractories,
steel
producPon,
brake
linings,
clutch
materials,
gaskets
and
water-‐based
paints
*Source:
Industrial
Minerals
10
12. Griffith/Brougham Graphite Properties - Ontario
•
Approximately
6,500-‐hectare
land
posiPon
in
central
southeastern
Ontario
•
High
value,
high
quality
large-‐flake
graphite
exploraPon
target
•
In
an
area
of
well-‐established
access
and
infrastructure
•
ProperPes
cover
substanPal
tracts
of
graphite-‐prospecPve
Grenville-‐age
marble
+/-‐gneiss
geology
and
are
unexplored
for
graphite
using
modern
technology.
•
To
the
southeast,
the
Brougham
Graphite
Property
is
anchored
by
two
historic
graphite
occurrences
(based
on
Ontario
Geological
Survey
maps
from
the
1970's)
•
EM
survey
completed
July
2012
•
NI43-‐101Technical
Report
released
Oct
2012
12
13. Grand Lac du Nord Property - Quebec
Approximately
2,009
hectare
land
package
Located
approximately
140
km
NW
of
Sept-‐Iles,
by
road
8km
x
2km
graphiPc
paragneiss
formaPon
Similar
geology
to
other
graphite
deposits
and
mines
in
Quebec,
such
as
Focus
Metals
Inc.'s
Lac
Knife
deposit,
Timcal
Graphite
and
Carbon's
Lac
des
Iles
mine.
• Originally
explored
by
SOQUEM
(2000/2001)
• Phase
1
ExploraPon
completed
-‐
confirmed
a
mulPple
graphite
bearing
structure
covering
an
area
approximately
4
km
by
2
km
with
results
of
up
to
5.31%
Graphite
in
grab
samples
•
•
•
•
13
15. What is Graphite?
• CriPcal
supply
industrial
metal
• One
of
two
natural
carbon
polymers
(diamonds)
• Light
weight
with
highest
natural
strength
and
sPffness
of
any
material
• Conductor
of
heat/electricity
• Corrosion
and
heat
resistant
• High
natural
lubricity
15
16. Amorphous Graphite + Uses
• Amorphous
graphite
is
actually
not
“amorphous”
as
all
graphite
is
crystalline.
It
is
microcrystalline
or
cryptocrystalline,
meaning
that
the
“flake”
size
is
very
small.
• Amorphous
graphite
is
used
in
the
refractories
industry
to
manufacture
crucibles,
ladles,
molds,
nozzles
and
troughs
that
can
withstand
the
very
high
temperatures
associated
with
molten
metal,
parPcularly
the
casPng
of
steel.
•
The
electrodes
used
in
many
electrical
metallurgical
furnaces,
including
the
electric
arc
furnaces
used
in
steel
processing,
are
manufactured
from
graphite.
In
the
producPon
of
steel
itself,
graphite
is
used
as
a
carbon
raiser
to
strengthen
steel.
It
is
also
used
in
blast
furnace
linings
for
the
producPon
of
iron
because
of
its
high
thermal
conducPvity.
• Amorphous
or
fine-‐flake
graphite
is
used
in
brake
linings,
gaskets
and
clutch
materials.
• Foundry
facing
mold
wash
uses
amorphous
or
fine-‐flake
graphite
in
a
water-‐
based
paint
to
coat
the
mold,
thereby
allowing
ease
of
separaPon
of
the
casted
object
from
the
mold
aver
the
metal
has
cooled.
16
17. Graphite Major End Uses
10%
Steel
&
Refractories
10%
AutomoPve
parts
41%
Lubricants
Carbon
Brushes
11%
BaJeries
Other
14%
14%
Source:
Merchant
Research
&
ConsulPng
(2011)
17
18. Supply/Demand Dynamics
• Industrial
demand
growing
5%
per
annum
over
last
10
years
due
to
industrializaPon
of
emerging
economies
such
as
China
and
India
• European
Union
and
USA
named
graphite
a
mineral
in
criPcal
supply
• Lack
of
exploraPon
and
development
over
last
20
years
and
China
producing
+70%
of
the
world’s
graphite
• Chinese
producPon
and
exports
expected
to
decline
due
to
China’s
strategy
to
keep
value
added
manufacturing
in
the
country
• Graphite
market
is
more
than
40
Pmes
larger
than
lithium
and
rare
earths
markets
• Demand
for
graphite
increasing
globally
for
green
technology
applicaPons
which
have
potenPal
to
consume
more
graphite
than
all
current
uses
combined
Source:
Industrial
Minerals,
Supply
Situa*on
Report:
Graphite
demand
soars
above
pre-‐crisis
Levels,
April
2011
18
20. Key Milestones
Big
North
Completes
Qualifying
TransacPon-‐
Dec
2011
Acquired
First
graphite
asset
-‐
March
2012
Strategic
AcquisiPon
of
addiPonal
assets
–
April/Sept
2012
Commence
ExploraPon
on
Canadian
properPes
-‐
May/June
2012
AddiPons
to
Management,
OperaPonal
and
Technical
Teams
-‐
June/July
2012
and
ongoing
AcquisiPon
of
past
producing
Assets
in
Mexico
-‐
Sept
2012
Close
acquisiPon
of
Mexico
properPes
–
Nov
2012
Start
assembly
of
processing
plant
Accelerate
re-‐start
of
Nuevo
San
Pedro
Mine
–
ongoing
Commence
test
mining
of
amorphous
graphite
in
Mexico
Amorphous
graphite
sales
Increase
producPon,
enhancing
processing,
growing
sales
and
securing
long-‐term
offtake
partners
ConPnued
ExploraPon
of
Canadian
properPes
20
21. Contact Info:
Spiro
Kletas,
President
&
CEO
spiro@bignorthgraphite.com
info@bignorthgraphite.com
www.bignorthgraphite.com
Big
North
Graphite
Corp.
Suite
350
-‐
885
Dunsmuir
Street
Vancouver,
BC
V6C
1N5
604.629.8220
(Office)
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