Corporate Presentation by Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE). Metals for the Future: Rare Metals and Rare Earth Elements.
Commerce Resources Corp. is an exploration and development company with a particular focus on deposits of rare metals and rare earth elements. The Company is specifically focused on the development of its Upper Fir deposit on its Blue River Tantalum/Niobium Project in British Columbia, Canada. Commerce has sufficient capital to continue to evaluate the economic potential of this deposit and advance its development.
1. MAY 2011
Metals for the Future
Rare Metals and Rare Earth Elements
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Significant Achievements:
Past 12 Months
P Rare earth element discovery at Eldor Property in Quebec
P New NI 43-101 resource estimate for Blue River Property expanding
tantalum-niobium resource
P Initial NI 43-101 resource estimate for rare earth element discovery
at Eldor (Ashram Deposit)
P Coverage by independent newsletter analyst John Kaiser
P Increased market capitalization with 156% increase in share price
P Listing on OTCQX Market in the United States
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Commerce Resources Corp.
Commerce Resources Corp. is a Canadian ELDOR
junior exploration and development company, Rare Earth Elements
Quebec
focused on rare metals and rare earth elements.
Two advanced projects:
BLUE RIVER
• Eldor Rare Earth Element Project, Quebec: Tantalum and Niobium
British Columbia
- Major new large tonnage rare earth deposit
- Potential for heavy rare earth enrichment
• Experienced and dedicated
• Blue River Tantalum / Niobium Project, BC: management
- Moving through development • Founded in 1999
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Structure and Market Information
Symbols: TSX-V (Canada): CCE
FSE (Germany): D7H
OTCQX (USA): CMRZF
Shares Outstanding: 134 M
Options: 9.6 M
Warrants: 34.1 M
Broker Warrants: 0.3 M
Fully Diluted: 178 M
Recent Price: $0.75
52-Week Range: $0.20 - $1.08
Market Cap: $100 Million
Avg. Volume (3M): 445,000
$10 million in cash and investments *Data as at May 2011
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Rare Earth Elements
Rare earth elements are a group of 17 chemical elements
that are critical to two of the fastest-growing sectors:
energy and high technology
Energy: High technology:
- Hybrid/Electric cars - Flat panel displays
- Wind turbines - Refrigeration
- Rechargeable batteries - Water filtration
- Catalysts - Defense applications
New applications are constantly being developed for
rare earths given their unique attributes
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Rare Earth Elements:
Performance of Equities
Source: Capital IQ. Peer group
includes: Molycorp, Lynas, Arafura,
Alkane, Great Western, Avalon,
Greenland Minerals, Quest,
Matamec, Rare Element Resources,
Frontier, Hudson, Commerce,
Wealth Minerals, Tasman
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Rare Earth Elements: Prices
China’s export
quota has
triggered recent
increase in oxide
prices
Source: Ernst & Young “Technology
Minerals: The rare earth race is on!”
April 2011
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Chinese Perspective: Rare Earth Supply
Targets 2013 & 2015 and Beyond
China is
anticipating new FORECAST ON SUPPLY FORECAST ON TARGET SUPPLY
IN 2013 (TONNES) AFTER 2015 (TONNES)
supply from the
China ROW China ROW
rest of the world
(ROW)
China
87000 ROW China
178000
Opportunity for ROW
47400
65%
64%
100000
36%
new suppliers 35%
Source: Dr. Chen Zhanheng, PhD,
The Chinese Society of Rare Earths,
Critical Metals Investment Summit
January 2011
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Eldor Rare Earth Property,
Quebec
Situated in northern Quebec;
130 km south of the community
of Kuujjuaq
100% owned; One claim block
covering 200 km2
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Exploration Focus: Ashram Zone
Located in the centre of the Eldor Property
Defined by an aeromagnetic low measuring
1,000 by 800 metres
Tested in 2010 over an area measuring 650
by 350 metres to depths of up to 365 metres
(12 holes – 3,300 metres)
All holes intersected significant rare earth
mineralization; Majority bottomed in
mineralization
Zone is open to the north, south, east, at
depth, and is not fully constrained to the west
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Ashram Zone:
Cross Section
Large, consistently mineralized
ore body with mineralized
intervals from surface – potentially
amenable to open pit mining
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Initial NI 43-101 Resource: Ashram Deposit
Defined resources to end of 2010:
Cut-off Grade (% TREO) Tonnes (Mt) Average Grade (% TREO) Contained TREO (t)
Inferred Resource 1.25% 117.34 1.74% 2,040,543
Notes:
1. Effective date March 1, 2011 / 2. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do
not have demonstrated economic viability / 3. Full details as well as relative distribution
of individual TREOs for the Ashram Deposit available in news release dated March 3,
2011
Based on drilling from 2010
(12 holes – 3,300 metres)
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Rare Earth Peer Group: Valuations
Potential TREO Market Cap Enterprise EV / TREO
Company - Flagship Project
Production Contained ($M) Value (EV) Tonne
ADVANCED DEVELOPERS
Molycorp. - Mt. Pass 2012 2,072,000 5,774 5,436 2624
Lynas Corp. - Mt. Weld 2011 1,414,000 3,654 3,234 2287
Arafura Resources - Nolans 2013 848,000 427 334 394
Alkane Resources - Dubbo 2014 651,000 560 551 846
Selected Average 1538
DEVELOPERS
Avalon Rare Metals - Nechalacho 2015 4,298,000 737 698 162
Quest Rare Minerals - Strange Lake 2016 2,098,000 481 437 208
Rare Element Resources - Bear Lodge 2015 548,000 557 490 894
Selected Average 422
EARLY STAGE
Frontier Rare Earth - Zandkopsdrift n/a 946,000 240 183 193
Tasman Metals - Norra Karr n/a 327,000 317 302 924
COMMERCE RESOURCES - ELDOR n/a 2,041,000 107 95 47
Hudson Resources - Sarfartoq n/a 213,000 83 79 371
Matamec - Zeus n/a 120,000 64 57 475
Selected Average 402
Notes: Potential Production (Source: Deloitte & Touche LLP) / TREO Contained (Source: TMR Advanced
Rare-Earth Project Dataset - April 2011) / Market Cap and EV in $CAD (Source: Company Reports) / EV
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Ashram: Heavy Rare Earth Enrichment
Potential for near surface heavy rare RE Oxide
Commerce Molycorp Rare Element Lynas Avalon
HREO Zone Mtn Pass Bear Lodge Mt Weld Nechalacho
earth enrichment within the Ashram Lanthanum 13.98% 33.20% 31.27% 25.14% 17.13%
Deposit Cerium 37.85% 49.10% 47.19% 44.97% 39.50%
LREO
Praseodymium 5.11% 4.30% 4.05% 4.90% 4.92%
Neodymium 23.99% 12.00% 11.87% 17.18% 19.20%
• Hole EC10-047 encountered a Samarium 4.52% 0.80% 2.35% 2.44% 3.77%
61 metre interval starting at a Europium 1.24% 0.10% 0.55% 0.56% 0.46%
Gadolinium 3.26% 0.20% 1.22% 1.54% 3.11%
depth of only 6 metres that Terbium 0.41% 0.10% 0.17% 0.17% 0.41%
averaged 1.41% TREO of which Dysprosium 1.72% 0.10% 0.41% 0.58% 1.81%
Holmium 0.24% 0.00% 0.03% 0.08% 0.31%
HREO
14.56% is represented by heavies
Erbium 0.46% 0.00% 0.06% 0.22% 0.76%
Thulium 0.05% 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% 0.09%
• Heavy enrichment encountered Ytterbium 0.21% 0.00% 0.03% 0.09% 0.59%
Lutetium 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% 0.09%
again in holes EC10-044 and Yttrium 6.95% 0.10% 0.81% 2.09% 7.83%
EC10-045 100 metres to the east Total 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Carbonatite Carbonatite Carbonatite Carbonatite Peralkaline
HREO 14.56% 0.60% 3.28% 5.37% 15.46%
Rare for carbonatite orebody;
Definition priority for future drilling Source: TMR Advanced Rare-Earth Project Dataset - April 2011 and Company Reports
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EC08_005
536200 536400 536600 536800
!
0
30
EC08_003
!
!
Current Program
290
6312600
6312600
EC11-054
!
280
Winter drilling in progress: 28
0
6312400
6312400
EC11-051
EC11-049
!
• Minimum of 3,000 metres !
• Drill rig capable of attaining depths of
Centre Pond
EC10-046 EC11-048
EC11-050
! !
600 metres !
6312200
6312200
! EC11-053
EC08_012
EC10-047
EC10-030 ! ! EC10-045
EC10-031 EC10-044 EC11-052 EC10-039
Objectives: !
EC10-028 !
! !
EC10-027
29
!
30
0
6312000
6312000
0
280
EC10-029 !
! EC10-043
! EC10-042
• Test the northeastern half of the target
• Extend the depth extent of the deposit
• Continue to define areas of enrichment
6311800
6311800
300
in the heavy rare earths
536200 536400 536600 536800
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Legend
! Drill Collar, 2011 Total Magnetic Intensity
! Drill Collar, 2010 Red: Band_1
COMMERCE RESOURCES CORP.
DDH Sub-surface Trace (2010) Green: Band_2
Ashram Deposit (Plan View) Blue: Band_3 UTM NAD83, Zone19 Eldor Property, Quebec
Contours (1 m)
0 50 100 150 200 250 Winter Drill Plan
Metre (2011)
1:5,000
April, 2011
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Upcoming Milestones
Results of winter drilling program
Mineralogical studies and metallurgy
Spring and summer exploration
Update NI 43-101 resource
Preliminary economic assessment
Eldor is a large property; Many exploration
targets remain to be tested
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Blue River Property, BC
Focus: Moving the Upper Fir Tantalum / Niobium
Deposit through development
1,000 km2 property located 250 km north of the
city of Kamloops, BC
100% Owned; No royalties
Excellent infrastructure:
• Road accessible
• Railway, airport, major paved highway
• Power grid
• Water supply
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Tantalum and Niobium
Tantalum and niobium are both rare metals strategic
to the electronics and steel industries respectively
Tantalum is primarily used to manufacture electronic
capacitors. Used in everyday items like:
• Cell phones
• Computers
• Digital audio/video players and cameras
• LCD/plasma televisions
• Gaming devices
Niobium is primarily used as an alloy for the
production of harder and greater load-bearing steel
(used in: bridges, buildings, and oil and gas pipelines).
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Recent Developments in the Tantalum Market
In 2010, tantalum prices have risen dramatically Demand Ta2O5 in Concentrate
(from US$45-60 to $100+/lb in a concentrate) in
response to:
Supply Constraints
• Increasing global pressure on the procurement
of tantalum from conflict regions in Central Africa,
principally the DRC
• US legislation on conflict minerals
• Diminishing inventories and stockpiles
• Suspended/reduced production Demand Growth
Growth in the global demand for
Long term: market requires additional production tantalum is expected to
from projects situated in politically stable countries continue at rates of between
that can demonstrate legitimate, long-term supply 8-12% per annum (CAGR)
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Development Focus:
Upper Fir Deposit
Current defined resources:
Contained Ta2O5 Contained Nb2O5
Resource Category Tonnes (Mt) Ta2O5 Grade (g/t) Nb2O5 Grade (g/t)
(1000s of Kg) (1000s of Kg)
Indicated 36.35 195 1,700 7,090 61,650
Inferred 6.40 199 1,890 1,300 12,100
Notes:
1. Effective date June 30, 2010 / 2. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do
not have demonstrated economic viability / 3. Complete details available in the news
release dated February 2, 2011 and NI 43-101 report filed on SEDAR
Based on 183 drill holes totaling
37,400 metres
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Upcoming Milestones
Preliminary economic assessment by AMEC
Updated NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate
- Incorporating 54 holes (12,900 metres)
drilled in 2010
2011 work program: Drilling, advanced
metallurgical testing and development work
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Management: Our Industry Advantage
Latest Additions To Team
Adding Dr. Axel Hoppe as Adding Mr. Ian Graham to
the Chairman of the board the board has added further
has sent a clear signal to the depth to our development
market and industry: team:
• Internationally acknowledged • Formerly Chief Geologist with
leader in the global tantalum the Project Generation Group at
and rare metal markets Rio Tinto
• Formerly Head of Technical • Track-record of successfully
DR. AXEL HOPPE Services and Engineering Group MR. IAN GRAHAM
moving projects through the
for H.C. Starck; the world’s exploration process into
largest consumer of tantalum production
• President of the Tantalum and • Involved with development work
Niobium International Study for Diavik Diamond Mine
Center for the years 2002 (Canada), Resolution Copper
and 2007 (USA), Eagle Nickel (USA),
Lakeview Nickel (USA) and
Bunder Diamonds (Africa)
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Closing Thoughts
Eldor Rare Earth Element Project, Quebec:
• Major new large tonnage rare earth deposit
Strong market
• Potential for heavy rare earth enrichment
• Winter drilling underway
fundamentals
Blue River Tantalum / Niobium Project, BC:
for rare metals
• Strategic resource of tantalum and niobium
• Advancing through development
and rare
• Preliminary economic assessment earth elements
Advanced assets; Near term milestones and catalysts
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President and Director
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Canada
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