Cambridge House Vancouver Resource Investment Conference
1. Discovering High Grade Copper Deposits
in Manitoba, Canada
VMS:TSX.V
Explorer to Producer
NAN: TSX.V
The World’s Next Nickel Belt
Cambridge House Vancouver
Resource Investment Conference
January 20-21, 2013
2. FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
NOTE:
Some of the statements contained herein may be forward-looking
statements which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and
resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the
Company are forward-looking statements that involve various risks.
The following are important factors that could cause the Company’s actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral
commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral
exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining
operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of
access to additional capital. There can be no assurance that forward-looking
statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future
events may differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
VMS Ventures Inc. undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking
statements if circumstances or management’s estimates or opinions
should change. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on
such forward-looking statements.
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3. VMS VENTURES INC.
VMS - TSX.V QUICK FACTS
Well funded; over $10.4M in the treasury
Reed Copper deposit discovered in 2007.
June 2010: Joint Venture signed with HudBay
Minerals (T.HBM). HBM is project operator; VMS
project costs carried to production. Project
ownership is 70% HBM & 30% VMS.
Reed Copper Deposit Prefeasibility Mineral
Reserves: 2.16M tonnes of 3.83% Cu, 0.48 g/t Au,
6.02 g/t Ag
Underground development underway and
production to begin Q4 2013; cash flow in 2015
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
(as at January, 2013) Other assets :
Issued & Outstanding: 129,668,399 21M shares of North American Nickel
Warrants: 163,333 (NAN.TSX.V)
Options: 8,442,500 a large 100% owned land package in the
Fully Diluted: 138,274,232 Snow Lake-Flin Flon Greenstone Belt in
Manitoba, Canada; drilling planned for
winter 2013
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4. VMS/NAN MANAGEMENT
Rick Mark, M.Ed (Admin) CEO & Chairman VMS & NAN: Rick has over 25 years experience in the public market
place. He is also CEO & Chairman of Harvest Gold Corporation (HVG-TSX.V), a December 2005 "spin off" from VMS,
and is the President and CEO of Pancontinental Uranium Corp. (PUC-TSX.V).
Neil Richardson P. Geo. COO, VMS & NAN: Neil has a long history of mineral exploration and mining experience
with HudBay Minerals and others. As the COO of both companies, Neil is responsible for developing and implementing
exploration programs .
Mark Fedikow, HBSc., M.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng., P. Geo., C.P.G. : President & Director NAN, VP Exploration VMS: Mark
has 35 years of industry and government experience including Chief Geologist of the Mineral Deposits Section in
Manitoba. He is a recipient of the Canadian national award for outstanding geoscientific achievement.
John Roozendaal B.Sc, President of VMS, Director of NAN: John was the founding director of VMS Ventures Inc.
He has 20 years of Mineral Exploration experience and was directly involved in the Reed Copper discovery.
John Pattison, P. Geo., B.Sc. Chief Geologist VMS and NAN: John worked with Falconbridge Limited and
associated companies for 19 years managing base metal, PGE and gold exploration projects throughout Canada and
southern Africa. He is the lead project geologist for the Maniitsoq, Greenland nickel project.
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5. INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS &
ADVISORY BOARDS Independent Directors:
Gilbert Clark, Director, NAN: Mr. Clark is a European based Geologist with more than 13 years of industry experience;
principally in mining and international resource developments. He is currently an Investment Advisor with The Sentient
Group, an independent private equity investment firm specializing in the global resources industry.
Don Whalen, Director & Audit Committee Chair, VMS: Don was Executive Chairman and Director of High River Gold
Mines. Before joining High River, he held numerous marketing, technical and management positions over a 29 year career
with IBM Canada Ltd.
Jim Clucas, Director & Audit Committee Member, NAN: Jim was Chief Financial Officer of Inco’s Canadian operations
and has been involved in the development of several mineral deposits, including the Snow Lake Mine (High River Gold
Mines), Montana Tunnels (Pegasus Mining) and the Fenix Project in Guatemala. He was the founder of International Nickel
Ventures Inc. which acquired and developed the Santa Fe/Ipora Nickel Laterite deposit in Brazil. Jim is currently President
and CEO of Search Minerals
Advisory Board
Cashel Meagher B.Sc. P. Geo.: Cashel is currently Vice President South America Business Unit of Hudbay Minerals. He
has worked with the technical and management teams at VMS Ventures and North American Nickel through the Reed Lake
joint venture with VMS. Prior to joining Hudbay, Cashel held management positions with Vale Inco in exploration, technical
services, and mine operations.
Mike Muzylowski: Mike has played key roles in the discovery of 15 Canadian mines, 13 in Manitoba, during his
distinguished career as a geologist, geophysicist and senior mining executive.
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7. REED COPPER DEPOSIT
VMS-HudBay Reed JV
• VMS owns 30% of the project
and is financed to production
• Prefeasibility Mineral
Reserves: 2,157,000 tonnes of
3.83% Cu, 0.59% Zn and 0.48
g/t Au
• NPV 8% @ $3.50 Cu =
$130,534,000; IRR 58%
• Borehole Pulse
Electromagnetic targets
indicate the deposit remains
open at depth.
• Underground drill stations will
explore for additional ore
bodies and further define the
size of the deposit.
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8. REED COPPER DEPOSIT:
CASH FLOW EXPECTED IN 2015
The high grade nature of the Reed Copper deposit gives the project strong leverage to
copper prices.
The following table shows a copper price sensitivity analysis based on the operating
parameters set out in the Prefeasibility Study Published in May 2012.
VMS Ventures Inc. VMS Ventures Inc.
Cu = $3.50/lb USD Cu = $4.00/lb USD
Prices and Exchange Rate
Copper (USS/lb) $3.50 $4.00
Gold (US$/oz) $1,500.00 $1,500.00
Silver (US$/oz) $30.00 $30.00
US$/CDN$ 1 1
Pre‐tax
Reed Cash Flow $249,673,000 $331,608,000
NPV8 $130,534,000 $195,010,000
IRR 58% 74%
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9. ORE BODIES TEND TO GROW IN
THE FLIN FLON BELT
After K. Gilmore (Hudbay Minerals), 2007
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10. VTEM COVERAGE OVER
VMS’ 100% OWNED PROJECTS
• Many recent
Massive Sulphide
discoveries,
including VMS’s
Reed Lake
Deposit, were
made with VTEM
• VMS Ventures has
flown over 17,000
line-km of VTEM
over its projects,
majority flown at
100 m line spacing.
• 5 years and $13
million in work –
Targets ready to
drill.
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11. VMS 2013 Milestones
The Reed Copper Project
• January: Completion of surface construction and commissioning of 1.6 MW generator
• August: First production and completion of main ventilation fan
• 2014: Continued underground development to the 260 m level and full production.
VMS 100% Owned Properties
Manitoba Projects
• $1.2M budgeted for winter 2013 drill program in the Snow Lake area. 3,000 m to 3,400 m
of drilling is scheduled to test VTEM targets.
Sudbury Projects
• Black Creek & Terra Incognita scheduled for prospecting/trenching in Q2, and diamond
drilling in Q1 – 2013.
North American Nickel (VMS owns ~21M shares)
• District wide drill program planned for Maniitsoq in 2013; own VMS or NAN for discovery
upside potential.
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12. NORTH AMERICAN NICKEL INC.
NAN - TSX.V QUICK FACTS
Acquired the Sudbury sized Maniitsoq property in
Greenland in August, 2011; 100% owned.
Site of the world’s largest impact structure
High-grade nickel intercepts in historic drill holes:
9.85 m at 2.67% Ni and 0.60% Cu at
Imiak Hill
12.89 m averaging 2.24% Ni and 0.63% Cu
at Fossilik
2012 Drill program completed at Maniitsoq. 1,550
m of diamond drilling; 535 samples analyzed.
Over 3,500 line km flown in a VTEM Plus survey in
CAPITAL STRUCTURE July, 2012; 75 conductive zones identified
(as at January, 2013)
Sudbury Ontario land position includes the Post
Issued & Outstanding: 80,560,193 Creek, Halcyon and Wahnapitae properties.
Warrants: 23,060,000 VMS Ventures owns ~21M shares of NAN.
Options: 7,683,000
Fully Diluted: 111,303,193
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13. Maniitsoq Project,
Greenland
100% interest in a giant property
covering 4,983 km2 of the highly
prospective, but underexplored,
Greenland Norite Belt.
Located on tide water (navigable year-
round) on the southwest coast of
Greenland, near the village of
Maniitsoq.
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14. Maniitsoq Project
A World Class Nickel Camp?
• High-grade, multi-element diamond drill intersections over long intervals.
e.g. 123.94 m @ 0.81% Ni, 0.21%Cu, 0.03% Co and 0.26 g/t PGM
incl. 24.20 m @ 1.75% Ni, 0.34% Cu, 0.06% Co and 0.52 g/t PGM
• Underexplored (previous hole lengths averaged < 60 m) but lots of high-
grade historical assays with consistent high sulphide Ni tenor (6-8%).
• Mafic intrusions hosting the mineralization are contaminated mantle melts
and appear to have been part of a long-lived, dynamic magma conduit
system triggered by a large impact (possibly the largest yet recognized on
Earth).
• Centred on major, deep seated structures that were active from the Archean
to the Jurassic (2.8 billion years).
• New helicopter geophysical technology is proving far more effective than
techniques used in the past; over 75 conductive zones identified to date.
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15. Investor Risk Mitigation
100% ownership; Camp-sized land package (>Sudbury)
Public Co management/financing experience
Technical team is deep
Secure political jurisdiction
Accessible, along pack ice free coast line
Historic exploration data is remarkable ($10M plus)
Geology
Abundance of Ni-Cu occurrences at surface & in drilling
High Nickel Tenor – consistent and economic grade
Major, long lived structures
Large-scale mafic igneous event
New technologies in “old” camp work
– 75 EM anomalies
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16. Maniitsoq Project Location
• Situated in a safe, stable,
mining-friendly jurisdiction.
• Close to tide water that is
navigable year-round.
• Straight forward permitting
process.
• No land claims issues.
• Mine development activities
nearby including road and deep
water port construction (London
Mining’s Isua Iron project).
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17. Regional Setting
Property Geology
Major events included…
• Formation of the Finnefjeld
“gneiss” complex at 2992 ± 7
Ma in response to a giant
meteorite impact.
• Intrusion of nickeliferous norites
Qaqarssuk Carbonatite
of the Greenland Norite Belt
Finnefjeld
over a time period spanning at
least one complete
Complex geomagnetic reversal.
• 3 episodes of lamprophyre
intrusion (1800, 1200 and 600
Ma) with the latest involving
emplacement of kimberlite.
• Intrusion of the Qaqarssuk
carbonatite complex at 165 Ma.
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18. Consistently High Nickel
Tenor
Ni vs. S for Historical GNB Drill Core
• Sulphides have a
relatively consistent Typical 100% sulphide mixture
of Po+Cp+Pn contains 35.7% S
nickel tenor of 6 to Kerr, 2003
8% Ni recalculated to
100% sulphide.
Nickel wt. %
• Presence of pyrite
means there is more
S for a given amount DRILL CORE
of sulphide than in
typical magmatic
sulphide deposits
consisting mainly of
pyrrhotite-pentlandite
and chalcopyrite.
After Shore, 2000
Sulphur wt. % (Falconbridge Limited)
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19. Now Many Targets Thanks to Modern
Regional Setting
Helicopter Geophysics
• SkyTEM and VTEM helicopter-borne TEM
surveys flown by NAN in 2011 and 2012
have detected over 75 conductive zones
(circled in red on the adjacent map).
• This technology was not available to
previous explorers in the belt.
• NAN has flown the areas outlined in
green, which total 860 km2 and cover a
major portion of the GNB.
• Interpretation of the 2012 data is in
progress. To date over 75 conductive
zones have been identified (circled in red
on map).
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20. 2012 Diamond Drilling
Program
Nine holes totaling 1551
meters in three target areas:
• Imiak Hill
• Spotty Hill
• Fossilik II – P-59 Condutor
IMIAK HILL HOLE MQ-12-001 15.39 to 16.60 m
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21. Imiak Hill Long Section
(Looking West)
MQ-12-001
26.98 m @ 0.98% Ni, 0.44% Cu
Incl. 16.64 m @ 1.36% Ni, 0.52% Cu
and 5.12 m @ 2.20% Ni, 0.55% Cu
MQ-12-002
66.08 m @ 0.55% Ni, 0.20% Cu
Incl. 5.15 m @ 1.22% Ni, 0.49% Cu
and 14.18 m @ 1.33% Ni, 0.38% Cu
OPEN
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22. Plans for 2013
Diamond Drilling (~7500 meters)
Approximately 5,000 meters to follow-up targets
from 2012 program and 2,500 meters to test new
targets generated from 2013 work.
VTEM Surveys (~450 kilometers)
Over several showings and intrusions not
previously flown.
Induced Polarization (~30 kilometers)
To help map out zones of disseminated sulphide
mineralization.
Field Mapping and Sampling
To ground truth and sample VTEM anomalies and
zones of disseminated mineralization exposed on
surface.
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23. Discovering High Grade Copper Deposits
in Manitoba, Canada
VMS:TSX.V
Explorer to Producer
NAN: TSX.V
The World’s Next Nickel Belt
Cambridge House Vancouver
Resource Investment Conference
January 20-21, 2013