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Introducing EMU
focused exploration
outcomes for
investors
Investment proposition
EMU is an ASX listed company seeking to deliver tangible investment outcomes for investors from
exploration. Specifically, we:
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Focus on testing substantive mineralising systems capable of forming commercially attractive ore deposits
that could be developed using existing technologies with products sold into defined markets;
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We seek to reduce risk by selecting operating regimes with established minerals law and operating
industries;
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We remain alert to best practice exploration technologies, seeking to bring new insights to what we do;
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Investors can benefit from a considerable depth of experience in the management team, having delivered
tangible exploration leading to new mines in the past;
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We are active, with meaningful programs of work.
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The team
High calibre senior team of seasoned , hands-on professionals
Track records of discovery and development of substantial mining assets with global outlook
Chairman Peter Thomas, legal background, wide industry experience, founding director Sandfire Resources
Managing Director Greg Steemson, earth scientist with senior experience across CRA Exploration (now Rio)
Chevron, founding partner Southern Geoscience Consultants, Metana Minerals, Mineral Commodities and
founding director of Sandfire Resources & Allied Gold
Non –Executive Director Gavin Rutherford, experienced mining industry contractor
Supported by team of experienced professionals
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The journey so far
Utah
In 2015 we identified a substantial gold target in Utah, with a discrete geophysical anomaly within appropriate
rock types. There was the potential for a Carlin-style system on the margin of a well defined domain of large- scale
operating gold mines. A drill program in 2016 did not meet our stated objective, so we resumed our search for new
properties.
Chile
In late 2016 we undertook due diligence on a gold target in a highly mineralised belt in Chile. We were encouraged
with the lack of drilling on the prospect given the presence of favourable geology with large-scale alteration. We
signed a staged option with the vendor and moved to undertake geochemical and geophysical surveys and limited
diamond drilling earlier this year. Results encourage us to maintain our efforts here.
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Exploration and Mining in Chile
Chile is a progressive country with a long-established mining code and operating industry hosting some of
the world’s largest copper mines
It has substantial mineral endowment enabling the development of large scale gold and copper mines
and corresponding skills to develop these resources. In addition to national company CODELCO, the
nation has attracted numerous international companies
Despite its long mining tradition, the nation remains under-explored and is well suited to the adoption of
new exploration methods to explore for unexposed mineralisation
Our efforts to date are encouraging, defining a large alteration system capable of hosting a meaningful
mineralised system
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Maricunga Belt, Chile
Northern Chile / Southern Peru – Main gold belts
80º
70º
60º
Gold and Copper endowment
Exceeding 90Moz gold equivalent
Perú
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Arequipa
La Paz
Miocene
Typically porphyry style gold-copper
systems, large, low grade and
potentially long life operations
Bolívia
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Arica
Paleocene – Oligocene
20º
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-La Coipa mined out after 25 years
(7.5Moz AuEq)
-Maricunga (Refugio) suspended in
2016 after 20 years operations
-Caspiche, recent corporate activity
-Salares Norte, first discovery to north
Antofagasta
El Peñon
Guanaco
Salares
Norte
Salares
Norte
Gold deposits ≥ 2 Moz
LaSerena
Low sulphidation
High sulphidation
Porphyry
e Discovery and
Geology Goldfields
of the Salares Norte
Epithermal
Gold-Silver Deposit, Northern Chile | January 2017
Source:
2017
Vancouver
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La Coipa
Marte-Lobo
Caspiche
Cerro Casale
Maricunga
Belt
Pascua Lama-Veladero
El Indio-Tambo
Alturas
El Indio
Belt
30º
Argentina
SANTIAGO
Vidalita
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Roundup
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What we are looking for
Vidalita inferred to be near the top
of a high sulphidation epithermal
(HSE) system giving it the best
chance of preservation
Mineral Deposits – The Product of Multiple Geological Processes
High grade (>20 g/t Au) vein
Concentration Factor 5,000 to 20,000X
1 g/t Au disseminated bulk target
Concentration Factor 250 to 1000X
From one system there can be
several deposits generated ranging
from high grade vein and manto
types to large lower grade
porphyry types
www.explorationalliance.com
These are large systems
Hot intrusions drive hydrothermal circulation. Fluids leach gold from low abundance crustal rocks – big systems source gold from
large volumes of crust. Fluids migrate upwards along faults and permeable horizons. Ascending fluids may boil as they move into
low pressure environment, will cool, and may change composition via mixing with near surface fluids – all of with result in
deposition of carried metals.
5 g/t Au Manto
Concentration Factor
1,250 to 5,000X
0.001 to 0.004 g/t Au
in Earths crust
Source- copied from Exploration Alliance presentation
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What we are looking for
Maricunga Belt: Porphyry-Epithermal Model
Salares Norte – Gold Grade Shell
LONGITUDINAL SECTION LOOKING TO NE
NW
Steam heated alteration
SE
Epithermal level
• La Coipa
• Esperanza
• Salares Norte
Top of mineralisation ~4370
Top of mineralisation ~4310
1
Porphyry level
• Cerro Casale
• Lobo-Marte
• Refugio
• Caspiche
• Volcan
• Cerro Maricunga
Open
Agua Amarga - 700m
Gold (g/t)
0 - 0.05
0.05 - 0.25
0.25 - 0.5
Brecha Principal - 700m
0.5 - 1
1 – 2.5
2.5 – 5
5 – 2,850
At 3.3 Moz gold & 48Moz silver, this is a large
deposit
The Discovery and Geology of the Salares Norte Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, Northern Chile | January 2017
Source: Goldfields 2017 Vancouver Roundup
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Modified from Sillitoe, R.H., 2010
The Discovery and Geology of the Salares Norte Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, Northern Chile | January 2017
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Project details
• >2,800 hectares of mineral exploration concessions held under option. Two project areas -Vidalita and
Jotahues, 120km east of the city of Copiapo
• Project selected based on alteration pattern [red coloration] shown on ASTER remote sensing image
[Vidalita less exposed than the areas further west]
• Prospecting by the vendors returned surface rock geochemistry characteristic of HSE systems (gold,
silver, antimony, lead, arsenic, mercury)
• Soil sampling by Emu confirmed rock geochemistry and expanded the target area to 4 X 2km but not yet
closed off
• Sparse outcrop in this periglacial environment so drilling is the main exploration tool
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Project details
• ASTER remote sensing data set showing the clay
alteration areas (red) and Vidalita & Jotahues project
areas.
• Note the NNE trends in the left image
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Vidalita Rocks
Our holes initial drill program showed the right geology – clay altered monomictic / polymictic breccias
associated with a dacite dome
Unoxidised Polymictic breccia ~114m 17VD2
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Oxidised polymictic breccia ~190m 17VD2
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Rocks at Salares Norte
Salares Norte – Mineralisation examples in HQ drill core
The Discovery and Geology of the Salares Norte Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, Northern Chile | January 2017
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Surface geochemistry
Consistent with target sought
Composite map of rock and soil
geochemical sample results and
drilling positions
The surface geochemical target is
extensive, measuring 4km x 2km with
its outer boundaries limited by lack of
data
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Induced Polarisation & Resistivity
Flat lying and extensive resistivity target is spatially
coincident with the observed gold and silver geochemistry
It has not yet been tested by drilling – hypothesis
that it could be a large alteration system
obscured by a cap?
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The results- the right place
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Alteration of the right type for the style of mineralisation sought –argillic (clay)
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Age of this alteration (21 MY) consistent with the window of the Maricunga Belt
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Geochemistry indicative of the right style of mineralisation
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Rocks provide direct evidence of epithermal mineralisation
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Encouraging geophysics. Resistivity low (Carlin system look-alike) coincident with surface indications of
mineralisation
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Drilling undertaken thus far has established a local source for the geochemistry, with gold and silver
values typical of the upper levels of the style of mineralisation sought
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What comes next?
Completion of first pass soil sampling program over the Vidalita project
Commence the drill testing of the anomalies and targets
Additional talus/soil sampling at Jotahues and follow up drilling if justified
Prospecting of regional properties under application once they are granted
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What comes next?
November 2017
Soil sampling
Infill existing lines to better define
drill targets and extend lines into
areas to where rock sample results
have been encouraging
There is a good correlation between
the rock and soil results.
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What comes next?
From December 2017
Drilling
This is a very large target so we
plan to drill as many holes as we
can in the field season
We plan to use an air core rig from
Australia for the initial program
shown. Subject to results, diamond
drilling is planned once the air core
is complete
First results in January 2018
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Key message
Embarking on a substantive exploration (soil sampling and drilling) programs to improve geological knowledge of
the system and potentially refine positions of current drill targets
Initial target of 36 drill holes across Vidalita testing geochemical and geophysical targets
Given the scale of the target, this will only be the start!
We get things done
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Charting
http://www.asx.com.au/prices/charting/?code=EMU&compareCo...
(http://www.asx.com.au/index.htm)
Charting
EMU price
Zoom
5D
1M
EMU volume
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
5Y
MAX
From 06 Nov 2015
To
20 Jun 2017
Ordinary fully paid shares
~ 65.9m
Contributing shares ~36.6m
(paid to 3c, 3c to pay; no call < 31/12/18)
0.23
0.20
0.18
0.15
Price
0.13
Market Cap August 2017
Cash 30/6/17
0.10
0.08
~ $10m
~ $2.7m
0.05
0.03
Volume
2M
0M
Jan '16
Mar '16
Jun '16
2010
Totals
1 G & B Steemson
Currently showing
2 P Thomas
EMU
3 W & J King
Compare
4 Citicorp Nominees
5 D Michael
Company
or Index
6 P & A Hart
7 G & M Rutherford
Chart type
8 K Leo
Line
OHLC Bar
Candle
9 Wit Team Enterprises
B Average
Dance1
Price 10
Moving
1 of 2
Oct '16
ORD SHARES
2012
65,910,387
7,507,012
6,949,634
4,214,947
3,452,210
3,443,145
2,472,759
1,819,698
1,728,970
Common Base
915,747
880,000
33,384,122
Feb '17
Apr '17
%
11%
11%
6%
5%
5%
4%
3%
3%
1%
1%
51%
Jun '17
2016
G & B Steemson
P Thomas
W & J King
G & M Rutherford
REC
Citicorp Nominees
D Michael
K Leo
RSR enterprises
Sept Rouges
CONTRIB
36,580,667
9,570,884
8,503,984
3,510,606
1,980,064
1,560,706
950,370
799,957
551,843
551,843
505,239
28,485,496
%
26%
23%
10%
5%
4%
3%
2%
2%
2%
1%
78%
G & B Steemson
P Thomas
G Rutherford
J F Montes
D Kelly
D Kelly
Some holdings have been amalgamated for the purpose
of this slide
6/23/17, 1:12 PM
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OPTIONS
Number
Price
1,750,000 $0.10
1,000,000 $0.10
1,000,000 $0.10
500,000 $0.10
500,000 $0.10
300,000 $0.25
Exp Date
20/12/2018
20/12/2018
20/12/2018
20/12/2018
20/12/2018
20/12/2018
Relatively small issued
share capital
Tightly held stock
Top 20 hold ~59%
ordinary shares
5,050,000
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Additional geological and other information
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Geophysics- IP/Resistivity Survey
Line 5700N
Resistivity & chargeability pseudosections + inversions
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Ground Magnetics
Ground magnetometer survey data and interpretation
– buried heat source?
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Drill Hole #1
The drilling results confirm a local source to the rock and soil geochemistry.
Rocks intersected are typical of HSE systems.
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Drill Hole #2
The drilling results confirm a local source to the rock and soil geochemistry.
Rocks intersected are typical of HSE systems.
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Drill Hole #3
The drilling results confirm a local source to the rock and soil geochemistry.
Rocks intersected are typical of HSE systems.
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Legal Disclaimer
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Competent Person’s Statement – Exploration Results
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr. Greg Steemson who is a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Steemson is the
managing director of EMU NL and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as Competent
Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr. Steemson consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on
his information in the form and context in which it appears.
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