Organizational Structure Running A Successful Business
Zambezi Gold / Swala Resources corporate presentation Dec 2007
1. Zambezi Gold PLC
Ahead of the game
Proposed name change
to Swala Resources PLC
at 29 January 2008 AGM
2. Important Notice
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3. Building an independent African mining
company
Zambezi Gold PLC
Merger August 2007
Proposed name change to Swala Resources PLC at 29 January, 2008 AGM
Combined assets create an independent African mining company
focusing on gold, base metals and PGM’s
Create value
through acquisition & development December 2007 / January 2008 Pre-IPO funding
2008 /2009 IPO
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Arc Mining & Investment SA
•Exploration in Gabon & DRC
•Experienced mining / exploration geologists, mainly
former Anglo-American
•Long African experience
•Common shareholders with Bugeco S.A.
Zambezi Gold PLC
•Exploration in Mozambique and Zimbabwe
•Management team running 6 AIM listed resources
companies, $600m combined market cap
•Decades of listed exploration company experience
focusing on gold, base metals and PGM’s
Combined contacts and expertise leveraged
to generate and develop projects from grassroots to production
4. Corporate Profile
• Unlisted UK PLC, listing in 2008/2009 on LSE-AIM, JSE-AltX or Euronext
• 24 million shares in issue, 30 million fully diluted
• Market capitalization at 15p share price is £4.5m
• Fund raising - New shares issued at 15p with a warrant
(£1.5m) - Warrant for one new share at 30p, life of 2 years.
• Use of funds - Bring current projects to the next stage of
developmentdevelopment
- Due diligence on current acquisition project
involving producing gold assets
• Shareholders - 50% former Arc shareholders
- 24% 162 Group
- 26% approximately 90 individual shareholders
• Lawyers: Mc Evoy Partners Limited
• Auditors: Deloitte & Touche
• Bankers: Allied Irish Bank
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5. Directors and Management
John Teeling
Chairman
• 35 years resources experience in minerals & hydrocarbons
• 20 years African mining experience
• Established a number of AIM resources companies
Gerard de la Vallee
Poussin
Executive Director
• 35 years resource experience in hydrocarbons, minerals and diamonds
• CEO of Bugeco SA and Arc Mining and Investment sa
• Consultant to both De Beers and Anglo American in West and Central Africa
• Co- Founder of Arc Mining and Investment SA
James Campbell
Director
• Over 20 years of diamond experience with Anglo American PLC & De Beers
• Had worldwide responsibility for diamond resource delivery in De Beers
• Managing Director of African Diamonds PLCDirector • Managing Director of African Diamonds PLC
• CEO of West African Diamonds PLC
Daniel Wouters
Director
• Director of Areva Mining Business Unit
• Formerly General Manager of African Merchant Bank
• Extensive experience in the financing of projects in francophone Africa
Barry Bayly
Technical Consultant
• 28 years experience in exploration, evaluation, project development, mineral
resource management and mine management
• Formerly General Manager Exploration De Beers for Southern Africa, India and
Australasia
• Registered with the South African Council as a Professional Natural Scientist
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6. Current projects : Gabon - DRC
Gabon
•Joint venture with SearchGold Resources on
7,000km² gold exploration permits: Search
Gold to spend $1.5m to earn 50% interest
•Aeromag and ground gravity and stream
sampling data acquired from De Beers
•Strong gold indications present in stream
samples taken in area
•Exploration underway since June 2007
DRC
•Joint venture with Umbono Capital Partners
(50/50) on Zinc/Lead project
•Potential PGM/Nickel project identified,
exploration permits applied for
•Ongoing project generation by Bugeco S.A.
Strong contacts , joint ventures and experience limit regional risk
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7. Current projects : Mozambique - Zimbabwe
Mozambique
•Joint venture with Magmas Ltda to earn 51%
interest in Muda River Gold project
•Evidence of significant gold on the licences
•Primary exploration underway
•Other licences under evaluation
Zimbabwe
•Detailed data base of 6,000 gold occurrences
being prioritized
•Discussions with relevant authorities on a
potential joint venture on a gold tailings
resource
•Exploration licences approved not yet gazetted
Group contacts ensure a constant flow of African resource projects
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8. Mozambique
• Stable and attractive mining policy
• Good geology, largely unexplored
• 51% interest in Muda River Gold Project (Sofala
Province, centre of the country ) in joint venture with
Magmas Ltda, Mozambique-registered company
• Significant gold historically recovered by artisanal
miners, presently extracting 600oz per month from
alluvial, eluvial and bedrock deposits
• Exploration underway to find primary gold sources
believed to be associated with alkaline ring complexes
in close proximity
• Setting is typical of alkaline epithermal and
mesothermal gold deposits associated with continental
rifting, similar to Cripple Creek deposits (USA)
• Other licences currently under evaluation
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9. Mozambique Muda River Gold Project
Sofala Province
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Alluvial diggings along Muda River
10. Democratic Republic Congo (DRC)
• One of the largest countries in Africa known to
have the world’s best undeveloped potential for
minerals
• Extensive, high-quality resource base
• Current political transition
- New constitution adopted by referendum in
• 2005
- Democratic elections in 2006
• New, highly effective Mining Code
- Drawn up with World Bank assistance
- Passed into law in July 2002
• Southern regions, where projects are located, now
relatively stable
• Large mining companies currently re-entering the
country
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Extensive contacts and Bugeco S.A. relationship:
Continued access to top-quality projects
11. DRC
• 50% interest in joint
venture with Umbono
Capital Partners LLC,
asset management entity
of South African Umbono
Group
• Geophysical target
identified from
Zinc and Lead Project
programme carried out
by Bugeco S.A./De Beers
• Previously recorded lead
occurrences within the
area
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• Further geochemical analysis of stream sediment samples carried out by
Umbono confirmed anomalous zinc/lead/copper associated with the
geophysical target
Application for exploration permits submitted
Zinc/Lead stream sample results in the DRC
12. DRC PGM and Nickel Project
• Large geophysical
anomaly identified in
joint venture with Bugeco
S.A.
• Anomalous levels of
platinum group metals,
nickel, copper, and
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nickel, copper, and
chrome reported in
analytical results from
wide-spaced stream
sediment samples
• Abundant gold flakes
present in some of the
sediment concentrates
Application for exploration permits submitted
Heli-sampling in the DRC
13. Gabon
• Abundant natural resources
• One of the more prosperous and stable African
countries
• Assets transferred in 2007 merger:
- Arc rights to De Beers exploration database
including airborne geophysics and stream sample
geochemistry data
- Prospecting authorisations for 7000 km² terrain
known to contain alluvial gold and diamondsknown to contain alluvial gold and diamonds
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• Long-established artisanal gold workers in Booué concession areas
• Discussions with major companies showing interest in licensed areas:
geology propitious for iron ore, base metals and uranium
• Interest in Gabon as gold resource country substantially enhanced by the
results of the SearchGold / Managem Bakoudou operation near Franceville
(recently drilled 49m with 16 g/t average)
14. Gabon
• Joint venture agreement with SearchGold Resources
Inc., Canadian junior mining company; SearchGold to
spend US$1.5m over 3 years to gain 50% interest
• Booué Gold Property: 3 exploration licences
confirmed covering approx 4,000km², north central
Gabon
• Mimongo Gold Property: 529 km² exploration licence
confirmed, south central Gabon
Booué & Mimongo
Gold Projects
confirmed, south central Gabon
• Identified from De Beers exploration data: total area
of 33,513km², airborne geophysical surveys and
regional stream geochemistry, 9,315 stream samples
with coarse fraction isolated and studied with
binocular microscope for diamond indicator minerals
– in licensed areas, numerous instances of visible
gold grains observed
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15. Gabon Booué & Mimongo
Gold Projects
• De Beers exploration work on
these properties: 2,719 stream
samples including 128
reporting visible gold grains in
the coarse fractions
• Favourable geological context
of under-explored greenstone
belts, regional structural
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belts, regional structural
features
• First brief exploration
campaign completed in summer
2007:
- 40km of lines cut through the
jungle
- 11km of traverses opened
- 796 ground samples taken
16. Zimbabwe
• Recognized significant potential for gold and base
metals
- Historically produced over 20 tons gold per year
- 2006 production under 10 tons due to political
uncertainty and lack of investment
- Very little prospecting carried out over past 20 years
• Many mines that have closed down have substantial
residual potentialresidual potential
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Could be realised through new technology and mineral resource development
• Ownership of detailed data base of 6000 gold occurrences currently being
prioritized and targets identified
• 10 exploration licences approved but must still be gazetted
Objective: Positioning for political change and improved
investment climate - Strong established network of
technical, business, political contacts
18. Zimbabwe Licences
EPO Local Geographic
Mining
District
Area applied
for
(Hectares)
Minerals
sought
Period of
Tenure
(Years)
Rowa Harare 33,250 Diamonds 2
Pauls Rest Bulawayo 60,271 Diamonds 2
Norwood Bulawayo 56,678 Gold 3
Mutata School Harare 45,480 Gold 3
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Mutata School Harare 45,480 Gold 3
Mushinge Township Harare 60,768 Diamonds 2
Masembura Harare 41,630 Gold 3
Manami Bulawayo 59,733 Gold 3
Madziwa Harare 54,670 Diamonds 2
Chirinda School Harare 58,757 Diamonds 2
Chief Bota Masvingo 65,000 Diamonds 2
19. Fundraising – Use of Proceeds
18-month Budget (£) 1,500,000
Mozambique - Muda River Gold Project 150,000
DRC - Zinc/Lead Project & PGM/Nickel Project 200,000
Gabon – Booué & Mimongo Gold Projects
(Project expenditures mostly covered by SearchGold Resources)
50,000
Zimbabwe – Gold Projects 150,000
New project generation and miscellaneous
costs
200,000
Acquisition transaction “war chest”
(Due diligence on current acquisition project involving
producing gold assets)
500,000
Listing costs 250,000
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20. Conclusion
• Top quality management team
• Expected continued high commodity prices
• Highly prospective portfolio
• Constantly evaluating new projects• Constantly evaluating new projects
• Value enhancing operational development
• IPO will crystallise value and build for future
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