SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SVL)(NYSE MKT:SVLC) is a Canadian precious metals producer headquartered in Vancouver, BC. SilverCrest's flagship property is the 100%-owned Santa Elena Mine, which is located 150km northeast of Hermosillo, near Banamichi in the State of Sonora, Mexico. The mine is a high-grade, epithermal gold and silver deposit, with an estimated life of mine cash cost of US$8 per ounce of silver equivalent (55:1 Ag:Au). SilverCrest anticipates that the 2,500 tonnes per day facility should recover approximately 4,805,000 ounces of silver and 179,000 ounces of gold over the 6.5 year life of the open pit phase of the Santa Elena Mine.
2. Disclaimer
The information provided in this presentation is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all matters and developments concerning the Company. It should be read
in conjunction with all other disclosure documents of the Company. The information contained herein is not a substitute for detailed investigation or analysis. No
securities commission or regulatory authority has reviewed the accuracy or adequacy of the information presented.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This presentation contains “forward‐looking statements” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and the United States Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward‐looking statements concern the Company’s anticipated results and developments in the Company’s operations in future periods, planned exploration and development of
its properties, plans related to its business and other matters that may occur in the future. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on expectations
of future performance, including silver and gold production and planned work programs. Statements concerning reserves and mineral resource estimates may also constitute
forward‐looking statements to the extent that they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered if the property is developed and, in the case of mineral reserves,
such statements reflect the conclusion based on certain assumptions that the mineral deposit can be economically exploited.
Forward‐looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual events or results to differ from those
expressed or implied by the forward‐looking statements, including, without limitation: risks related to precious and base metal price fluctuations; risks related to fluctuations in the
currency markets (particularly the Mexican peso, Canadian dollar and United States dollar); risks related to the inherently dangerous activity of mining, including conditions or events
beyond our control, and operating or technical difficulties in mineral exploration, development and mining activities; uncertainty in the Company’s ability to raise financing and fund
the exploration and development of its mineral properties; uncertainty as to actual capital costs, operating costs, production and economic returns, and uncertainty that
development activities will result in profitable mining operations; risks related to reserves and mineral resource figures being estimates based on interpretations and assumptions
which may result in less mineral production under actual conditions than is currently estimated and to diminishing quantities or grades of mineral reserves as properties are mined;
risks related to governmental regulations and obtaining necessary licenses and permits; risks related to the business being subject to environmental laws and regulations which may
increase costs of doing business and restrict our operations; risks related to mineral properties being subject to prior unregistered agreements, transfers, or claims and other defects
in title; risks relating to inadequate insurance or inability to obtain insurance; risks related to potential litigation; risks related to the global economy; risks related to the Company’s
status as a foreign private issuer in the United States; risks related to all of the Company’s properties being located in Mexico and El Salvador, including political, economic, social and
regulatory instability; and risks related to officers and directors becoming associated with other natural resource companies which may give rise to conflicts of interests.
Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those describedin the
forward‐looking statements. The Company’s forward‐looking statements are based on beliefs, expectations and opinions of management on the date the statements are made. For
the reasons set forth above, investors should not place undue reliance on forward‐looking statements. he information contained herein is nota a substitute for detailed investigation
or analysis. No securities commission or regulatory authority has reviewed the accuracy or adequacy of the information presented.
All monetary figures are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise specified.
Qualified Person
Under National Instrument (NI 43-101) Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, the Qualified Person for this presentation is N. Eric Fier, CPG, P.Eng. and Chief Operating Officer
for SilverCrest Mines Inc., who has reviewed and approved its contents.
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3. Experienced Management Team
J. Scott Drever, President (45 years experience)
Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions. Management and operational experience with several production companies, including
FOUNDERS
Placer Dome and Blackdome Mining.
Barney Magnusson, CFO (35 years experience)
Served as an Officer and Director of 6 mining (Dayton Mines, High River Gold Mines) companies that developed, constructed or
operated 8 precious metals mines in North and South America.
N. Eric Fier, CPG, P.Eng., COO (25 years experience)
Operations, Project Evaluation & Management. Previously with Newmont Mining, Eldorado Gold, Pegasus Gold Corp. Involvement
in construction and operations of 3 previous mines. Several major international discoveries.
Brent McFarlane, VP Operations (25 years experience)
Managed all phases of open pit and underground mining projects and instrumental in leading Mexican and Int’l projects through
feasibility, construction, and production while working for Minefinders, Kappes Cassiday, TVI Pacific, Marston, and Pegasus Gold.
Marcio Fonseca, P.Geo., VP Corporate Development (20 years experience)
Served as Division Director at Macquarie Metals & Energy Capital with focus on equity and debt financing for the mining sector
over the last 9 years. Prior to that, he held corporate positions in business development, project development, operations and
exploration with Vale and Phelps Dodge in Latin America.
Graham C. Thody, Director (30 years experience)
Corp. finance and public company management. Director and President of UEX Corp., Chairman of the Board of Geologix.
George W. Sanders, Director (30 years experience)
Experience in mining and exploration finance. Previously with Canaccord Capital Corp., Richmont Mines Inc., Consolidated Cinola
Mines Ltd., and Shore Gold Inc.
Ross Glanville, Director (40 years experience)
Experience in mining, exploration finance, valuations and fairness opinions. Director of Archon Minerals Limited, Clifton Star
Resources Inc. and Starfield Resources Inc.
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4. Company Overview
Growing Mexican Low Cost Silver & Gold Producer Year Ended Dec 31, 2012
Revenue: $70.5 Million
Cash Flow: $40.1 Million - $0.44 / share
Net Earnings: $30.5 Million - $0.33 / share
Santa Elena Mine, Working Capital $55.2 Million
Operating Cash Cost: $7.39 / Ag Eq oz*
Sonora Mexico 2012 Production: 2.37 Million oz Ag Eq*
Reserve & Resource Base
Santa Elena Probable: 21.7 million oz AgEq*
Cruz de Mayo Indicated: 9.2 million oz AgEq*
La Joya Inferred: 222.6 million oz AgEq*
La Joya Project Major Ag-Cu-Au Discovery & Growing
* Silver Equivalency based on Ag:Au is 55:1 except for La Joya which is
Ag:Au 50:1 and Ag:Cu 86:1
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5. Capital Structure & Trading History
SVL SHARE STRUCTURE TRADING SUMMARY TSX.V
NYSE MKT
Issued & Outstanding: 107,952,429
Options: 6,560,000 90 - Day Avg. Daily Volume: 302,070 172,508
Fully Diluted Shares: 114,512,429 52 Week High / Low: $2.96 / $1.55 $3.05/$1.52
Average Option Price: CAD $1.41 Share Price (April 04, 2013): CAD $2.25
Market Cap: CAD $243 M
Working Capital (Dec 31, 2012): $55 M
MANAGEMENT & KEY SHAREHOLDERS
Fully Diluted
J. Scott Drever, President: 2,141,226
Barney Magnusson, CFO: 2,320,727
N. Eric Fier, COO: 2,057,027
Sprott Asset Management: 8.0%
Libra Advisors: 5.7%
Wellington Management: 5.5%
AGF Investments: 3.7%
J.P. Morgan Asset Management: 1.5%
Independent Directors: 1,360,500
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6. Corporate Resources
TONNE AU AG CU CONTAINED CONTAINED CONTAINED CONTAINED
CATEGORY S GPT GPT % AU OZ AG OZ CU LBS AG EQ. OZ*
SANTA ELENA OPEN PIT RESERVES**
PROBABLE 3,459,200 1.96 87.3 217,800 9,713,600 21,694,900
SANTA ELENA UNDERGROUND RESOURCES***
INDICATED 991,100 1.83 109.1 58,330 3,476,960 6,685,110
INFERRED 1,879,000 1.53 86.9 92,470 5,250,190 10,336,040
CRUZ DE MAYO RESOURCES****
INDICATED 1,141,00 0.06 64.2 2,300 2,353,400 2,479,900
INFERRED 6,065,000 0.07 66.5 13,300 12,967,100 13,698,600
LA JOYA*****
INFERRED : 15 gpt cut 126,700,00 0.17 23.5 0.19 716,200 95,900,000 533,200,000 198,600,000
off 0 0.28 57.5 0.48 258,800 51,600,000 288,400,000 100,800,000
60 gpt cut
off 27,900,000
TOTALS
TOTAL PROBABLE 3,459,200 1.96 87.3 217,800 9,713,600 21,694,900
TOTAL INDICATED 2,132,100 1.88 85.1 60,630 5,830,360 9,165,010
134,644,00 533,200,000
TOTAL INFERRED 0 0.19
(*) For INFERRED total La Joya’s 15 gpt resource numbers were used.
26.4 0.19 821,970 114,117,290 222,634,640 (*)
*Silver Equivalency based on Ag:Au is 55:1 except for La Joya (see below). // **based on $1,000/oz of gold and $18/oz of silver, cut-off grade of 0.38 gpt gold equivalent with applied metallurgical recoveries.
Estimated 1,336,000 ore tonnes mined at Santa Elena in 2010 and 2011 grading 1.50 gpt Au and 43.5 gpt Ag and subtracted from Probable Reserves. All numbers are rounded. Excludes potential metal inventory
for leach pad re- treatment during Expansion. // ***based on $1,000/oz of gold and $18/oz of silver, cut-off grade is 1.77 gpt gold equivalent with applied metallurgical recoveries. // ****based on a silver cut-off grade
of 30 gpt, 100% metallurgical recovery is assumed. This is presented in the 2007 Fier and Stewart Technical Report. // ***** Silver equivalency for La Joya includes silver, gold and copper and excludes lead, zinc,
molybdenum and tungsten values. Ag:Au is 50:1, Ag:Cu is 86:1, based on 5 year historic metal price trends of US$24/oz silver, US$1200/oz gold, US$3/lb copper. 100% metallurgical recovery is assumed.
Inferred Resources have been estimated from geological evidence and limited sampling and must be treated with a lower level of confidence than indicated Resources. 6
8. Production Stages
1. SANTA ELENA HIGH GRADE OPEN PIT 2. CRUSHER FACILITY ON TIME, UNDER
BUDGET
3. HEAP LEACH EXPANSION & MILL SITE 4. DORE PRODUCTION 2013E: 33k oz Au, 625k
oz Ag
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9. Santa Elena Production Data - 2012
Santa Elena Mine Operating Highlights Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 YTD 2012
Silver ounces produced 134,528 139,850 151,368 153,863 579,609
Gold ounces produced (3) 9,405 8,584 7,184 7,831 33,004
Silver equivalent ounces produced (1) 616,668 646,553 519,587 588,948 2,371,755
Silver ounces sold 139,771 124,739 152,088 171,714 588,312
Gold ounces sold 9,788 8,679 7,923 8,444 34,834
Silver equivalent ounces sold (1) 641,546 637,079 558,185 640,856 2,477,623
Tonnes ore mined 263,424 269,802 266,534 301,295 1,092,305
Tonnes waste mined 1,439,330 1,283,493 985,293 924,927 4,640,700
Waste / ore ratio 5.46 4.76 3.70 3.07 4.25
Ore tonnes crushed 264,977 317,958 265,598 308,693 1,157,226
Average ore tonnes crushed per day 2,912 3,494 2,887 3,355 3,162
Average silver ore grade (gpt) loaded on pad 44.13 39.45 48.41 59.59 47.95
Average gold ore grade (gpt) loaded on pad 1.61 1.35 1.37 1.42 1.43
Silver ounces delivered to pad 375,987 403,264 413,426 591,441 1,784,118
Gold ounces delivered to pad 13,762 13,764 11,681 14,089 53,296
Ag: Au Ratio (2) 51.2:1 59:1 51.2:1 55.6:1 54.3:1
(1) Silver equivalence is a weighted volume average based on market spot prices per ounces of gold and silver at the quarter end dates.
(2) (1) Silver equivalence is based on market spot prices per ounce of silver and gold at the quarter end dates. All numbers are rounded
(3) Sandstorm Agreement: 20% gold stream at $350/oz
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10. Santa Elena Production - Expansion Plans
Develop Underground Resource (2012 to 2023)
2011-2013 Pre Feasibility, Q2|2013
2012-2014 Decline ramp, UG development and drilling
2012-2013 Construct, 3,000 tonnes per day conventional mill
Early 2014 Mill feed from Open Pit and Underground
Opportunity to Reprocess Leach Pad Material
Through the Mill (2014 to 2023)
Estimated Expansion Capex: $65M by Q1 2014
• 3,000 tpd CCD mill $53.2 million
• Underground $ 7.8 million
• Exploration/PFS $ 3.2 million
• Sustaining Capital $ 1.0 million
2012: 2.37 million oz Ag Eq* 2014: 3.5 to 4.5 million oz
AgEq*
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11. Santa Elena Expansion - Mill Plan
Underground Decline Portal
Open Pit
Waste Dump
Future Crushing
Circuit
Leach
Leach Pad
Pad
Phase 2
Phase 1
Future CCD
Production Well Circuit , 3000 tpd
Merrill Crowe Plant
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12. Santa Elena Production Expansion
Preliminary Economic Assessment Parameters (April 2011)
3,000 to 3,500 tpd: Average 4.0M to 5.0M oz Ag equivalent per year.
Initial capital costs: $84M (25% contingency), reduction in the upcoming PFS to
$65M
Est. cash operating costs: $9.70 per ounce of Ag equivalent (U/G; average life of mine).
Expansion Plan – Silver and Gold Price Sensitivities
Case Average Gold Average Silver Pre-Tax Net Cash Flow Pre=Tax NPV @ 5% Discount
Price Price (millions) (millions)
Low $800 $14 $47.5 $34.1
Base $1,000 $18 $169.5 $131.2
Current Prices (1) $1,450 $38 $620.6 $491.4
High $1,600 $50 $856.5 $680.1
(1) At the time of the study, April 1, 2011: PEA for the Santa Elena and Cruz de Mayo Expansion Project – NI 43-101 Technical Report
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13. Santa Elena Production Expansion Profile (3,000 tpd Mill)
Based on PEA 2011 results
Revisions are anticipated in the 2013 Expansion Plan PFS
Potential Additions:
From La Joya & Santa Elena
CURRENTLY
Open Pit = 2011 to 2014, Underground = 2014 to 2022, Leach Pad Reprocess = 2014 to 2022.
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15. Exploration - La Joya Regional Map
• Excellent access and infrastructure (power, roads, rail)
• Similar nearby operating mines
• Purchase Agreement to acquire 100%, $4.18 million
over 3 yrs with 2% NSR
• Historic work by Luismin (Goldcorp); 51 holes used in
compilation
• Similar geology and mineralization to nearby Sabinas
Mine (Penoles)
• 198.6 Million oz AgEq* (15 gpt cut-off) Inferred
100.8 Million oz AgEq* (60 gpt cut-off) Inferred
• Preliminary metallurgical testing demonstrated
amenability to produce a high grade copper
concentrate (>30%) with high recoveries of Cu, Ag & Au
• PEA commenced with expected completion in Q3|2013
* Silver equivalency includes silver, gold and copper and excludes lead, zinc, molybdenum and tungsten values. Ag:Au is 50:1, Ag:Cu is 86:1
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16. La Joya Geological Model - Phase I & II Drill Program
Conceptual Starter Pit
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17. La Joya NI 43-101 Resource Estimate - January 2013
Ag Eq*
Resource Tonnage Au Ag Eq Ag Oz Au oz Ag Eq* Oz
Cut-off Ag gpt Cu % Cu lbs (000)
Category* (000) gpt gpt (000) (000) (000)
gpt
15 Inferred 126,700 23.5 0.17 0.19 48.7 95,900 716.2 533,200 198,600
30 Inferred 71,200 34.4 0.22 0.28 69.8 78,700 524.8 436,800 159,800
60 Inferred 27,900 57.5 0.28 0.48 112.2 51,600 258.8 288,400 100,800
* Silver equivalency includes silver, gold and copper and excludes lead, zinc, molybdenum and tungsten values. Ag:Au is 50:1, Ag:Cu is 86:1, based on 5 year historic metal price trends of US$24/oz silver, US$1200/oz gold, US$3/lb copper.
100% metallurgical recovery is assumed.
**Classified by EBA, A Tetra Tech Company and conforms to NI 43-101, 43-101CP, and CIM definitions for resources. All numbers are rounded.
***Inferred Resources have been estimated from geological evidence and limited sampling and must be treated with a lower level of confidence than Measured and Indicated Resources
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20. Investment Highlights
• Strong Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
• Steady Production Achieved
• Low Cost Producer
• Production Expansion Underway
• Resource Base Expansion Underway
• High Growth Profile
Upcoming Catalysts 2013
• Quarterly Production Data & Financial Statements
• Revised Corporate Reserve & Resources
• Revised Life of Mine Plan
• Santa Elena Expansion Updates, incl. PFS Q2 2013
• Santa Elena Exploration Results
•La Joya Drilling Updates (Phase III)
• La Joya moving to PEA status in 2013
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21. Peer Comparables – February 2013
P/NAV P/2013-14 Avg. Cash Flow EV/oz Ag Eq. (US$/oz)*
Fortuna 1.0x Great Panther 6.1x Great Panther $5.72
Endeavour
Mandalay 1.0x Fortuna 6.0x $3.44
Silver
Endeavour
0.9x Primero 5.4x Fortuna $3.37
Silver
Endeavour
Great Panther 0.8x 4.8x Primero $3.09
Silver
Primero 0.7x Aurcana 4.6x Mandalay $2.61
Scorpio
Aurcana 0.5x SilverCrest 4.4x $0.91
Mining
Scorpio
SilverCrest 0.5x 3.0x Aurcana $0.90
Mining
SVL Re-rating SVL Re-rating SVL Re-rating
Scorpio Potential Potential Potential
0.4x Mandalay 3.0x SilverCrest $0.76
Mining
Average = 0.7x Average = 4.7x Average =US$2.60/oz
SilverCrest is undervalued compared to its peers across all metrics
*Silver Equivalency based on LT Price estimates of (US$): Ag-$25/oz; Au$1,400/oz; Cu-$2.75/lb; Zn-$0.98/lb; Pb-$0.90/lb; Sb-$12,000/t.
Source: Company disclosure, Bloomberg and analyst estimates.
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