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Lac à Paul Project – Arianne Resources Inc. January, 2012
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Disclaimer
Total resources include all categories unless otherwise stated. All currency are in US $ unless otherwise stated. This presentation contains forward looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralisation and reserves, exploration results and future plans and objectives of d’Arianne Resources Inc, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from d’Arianne Resources Inc’s expectations are disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in d’Arianne Resources Inc’s documents filed from time-to-time with the TSX Venture and other regulatory authorities.
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Overview
Shares Outstanding 66.3 million Options 5.4 million
Warrants 11.4 million
Fully Diluted 83.1 million
Recent Share Price $1.20
Market Capitalization (FD) $99.7 million
Cash $5.5 million
Debt $0
TSXv: DAN (Jan 6, 2012)
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• Pre-feasibility Study completed by Met-Chem in November 2011
– Measured and Indicated Resources now 348 Million mt at 6.5% P2O5
– Inferred Resources of additional 114 Million mt at 5.5% P2O5
– Mine life of 25 years at 2 Million mt/yr 85 BPL P2O5 concentrate
– Initial Capital of $649 Million
Arianne Resources is a minerals company focused on developing our principal asset, the Lac à Paul Phosphate Project Lac à Paul Project – Phosphate Rock Concentrate mine located in Saguenay-Lac-St. Jean region,Quebec, Canada
– Operating Costs FOB Rail of $98/mt P2O5 concentrate
– Assumed Life of Mine Concentrate Sales Price of $175/mt in constant dollars
– NPV (8%): Pre-tax $684 Million, After-tax $362 Million
– After-tax Payback Period of 5.2 years
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Overview
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• COREM and Jacobs Engineering Testwork completed October 2011
‒ Mill recovery at 90% yields 39% P2O5 concentrate with MER of 0.079
‒ Acidulation testing confirmed 98% recovery of P2O5 to phosphoric acid
‒ Low corrosion of 6.5 mils/yr for 317L and 1.9 mils/yr for 904L
‒ Low sulfuric acid use at 2.18 mt/mt P2O5
‒ Low gypsum production of 3.94 mt/mt P2O5
‒ MAP and DAP exceeding standard grades for N and P2O5
‒ High quality concentrate suitable for blending with low-quality rock
• Existing power, logistics, population + governmental, community and first nations support = low-cost production of high-quality product available to supply global export phosphate rock market.
Lac à Paul Project – Phosphate Rock Concentrate mine located in Saguenay-Lac-St. Jean region,Quebec, Canada
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The Arianne Team
Bernard Lapointe CEO, Director
Bernard has extensive experience in the resource sector. Prior to Arianne, he served as director of the Sanguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Mining Fund. He acted as a geochemist analyst for the Centre for Research in Mineral Resources of University of Quebec. Bernard holds a B.A. in geology from the University of Quebec, a Masters degree in structural geology from University of Quebec, and a Ph.D. in mineral resources from the University of Quebec.
Marco Gagnon Director
Marco is a senior mining exploration professional with 20 years of experience, mostly with major mining companies. He is currently President and CEO of Adventure Gold, a Montreal-based gold exploration company. He was a founder and former President and CEO of Focus Metals. He worked with Inmet Mining, Barrick Gold, Minnova and Radisson Mining Resources. He has a graduate degree in geology from the University of Quebec.
Jim Cowley President, Director
Jim is a metallurgical engineer with an MBA in finance. He worked in various roles from Mill Metallurgist to Financial and Business Development manager, where he acted as a negotiator in the sale and purchase of mineral assets for Exxon, Climax Molybdenum and Rio Tinto.
Luc Boivin Director
Luc is currently VP Finance and Marketing of Fromagerie Boivin. He also serves on different boards of directors including Promotion Saguenay. Luc is the chairman of Technologie Biolatis.
Alain Vachon Director
Alain is a geologist with more than 30 years experience in the mining industry. He has worked for Exploration Noranda, Barrick, and with Rouyn Mining Resources where he was chief geologist of mining operations. In the past 12 years, Alain worked mainly in Peru with Sulliden, Gold Hawk and Paramount Gold.
Dave DeBiasio Director
Dave is a retired metallurgical engineer. He served as Vice President of Energy and Raw Minerals at Agrium, a leading global fertilizer company where he actively participated in the development of the Kapuskasing phosphate mine.
Guthrie Stewart Director, Secretary
Guthrie has over 25 years’ experience in private equity investments, senior management and corporate law. Until Dec 2007, he was a partner of the Equity Fund of EdgeStone Capital Partners. He is currently serving as the Chairman of Orbit Garant Drilling. He earned an LL B. from Osgoode Hall Law School and an MBA from INSEAD, Europe
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History & Going Forward
Brief History of Lac à Paul • Property discovered in late 1990s
– Originally explored for Nickel – Phosphate/Titanium was discovered
• Market in 1990s was not ready for the project • Listed in 2003 • Phosphate price escalated in the last 2-3 years, and the Company decided to move the project forward • Established Initial Resource • Completed Scoping Study • Completed Pre-feasibility Study
Key Catalysts
• Evaluation of increased production scenario (3.0 Mtpy) and recovery and sale of titanium concentrate (Early 2012) • Feasibility to commence after the evaluation • Drilling the Paul Zone and other zones including Lucie and Nicole Zones
Phosphorous is an essential ingredient in fertilizers used for plant and root development
• There are no substitute for phosphates in fertilizers
• 87% of all phosphate supply is used for fertilizers
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Phosphate and the World
Phosphate Rock Demand
• Phosphate Rock demand reached record levels in 2010 and is projected to grow at an annual rate of 2% through 2020
• Demand for high P2O5, low Cadmium rock will dominate phosphate rock trade in EU and North America
• CRU projects that phosphate prices will remain high, having been undervalued vs. MAP/DAP prices in past
• Global phosphate rock mining capacity utilization will climb to near-record levels of 85% by 2020
• North American phosphate import requirements will grow to 6.5mt by 2020
• Lac a Paul is not included in CRU production estimates
Phosphate Production and Consumption1, 2
Note 1 CRU; Phosphate Rock 10-Year Outlook 2011, updated in Sep 2011 2 Growth is based on 2010-2020 annual growth rate
(in mt) Production Consumption Surplus/ 2010 2020 Growth 2010 2020 Growth Deficit
Europe 13.3 15.1 1.3% 19.6 20.5 0.5% (5.4) Africa 42.2 58.2 3.3% 26.9 40.4 4.2% 17.8 North America 26.2 24.8 (0.5%) 32.1 31.3 (0.2%) (6.5) Latin America 8.3 16.7 7.2% 10.6 16.4 4.5% 0.3 Middle East 14.0 21.1 4.2% 6.7 16.1 9.2% 5.0 Asia-Pacific 74.2 82.4 1.1% 83.7 93.6 1.1% (11.2) World 178.2 218.3 2.1% 179.6 218.3 2.0% -
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Project located 200 km north of the town of Saguenay in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, Québec, Canada
The property covers an area of more than 25,000 hectares or 250 km²
Key Highlights
• Existing heavy-duty road, rail line and port = excellent access to export market
• Existing hydro-power facilities nearby (35 km) = low power cost
• Saguenay-Lake St. Jean area population of 300,000 = high-quality labor pool
Lac à Paul
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Road Train
20 km
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Peribonka IV
Lac a Paul Project
Saguenay Port • Year-round deep water port supports cape-size vessels. • Capacity for 4 million mt/yr concentrate storage, handling and ship-loading. • Connection to rail infrastructure in progress.
Chute-des-Passes Road • Well-maintained heavy-duty gravel road supporting logging industry • 165 mt capacity road & bridges support 115 mt/truck phosphate rock loads • 210 km from project to railhead at Dolbeau requires 2 truck loads/hour
• Power requirement of 46 MW easily supplied by 750 MW Rio Alcan Chute-des-Passes dam 35 km away or 450 MW Peribonka IV Hydro Quebec dam.
Power Generation
Chute-des-Passes
• Rail access at Dolbeau-Mistassini, 210km away from the project via road • Connected to North American Rail Network (CN)
Rail
• Population of 272,610 • Largest City: Saguenay (Pop: 143,692) • Work force: 127,500 (Sep 2011) • Unemployment Rate: 7.5% (Sep 2011)
Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Region
Lac Saint-Jean
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Lac à Paul
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Proven and Problable Reserves
Paul Zone extension and other known mineralizations
1 km
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Lac à Paul
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Proven and Problable Reserves
Paul Zone extension and other known mineralizations
1 km
Paul
Manouane
Lucie
Nicole
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Pre-Feasibility Study
• Open-pit mining operations at the Paul and Manouane Zones
• Low Strip Ratio of 0.83
• Annual Production of 2 million tonnes of 39% P2O5 apatite concentrate
• Average selling price of the concentrate $175/tonne (2015 to 2020) ‒ Comparable to 85 BPL Russian grade concentrate
• Estimated mine life: 25 years at 33,000
tonnes/day with 89% mill recovery rate
Highlights
Assumed Concentrate Price $175/tonne
Annual Concentrate Production Mine Life
~2mtpa 25 years
Direct CAPEX $454 million Indirect CAPEX $121 million Contingency $74 million Total CapEx $649 million Cash Operating Cost (mine site) $87/tonne Cash Operating Cost (Train FOB) $98/tonne Capital Payback (before tax) 4.7 years IRR (before tax) 19.2% NPV (8%) (before tax) $684 million
Capital Payback (after tax) 5.2 years
IRR (after tax) 15.2%
NPV (8%) (after tax) $362 million
Prefeasibility Study
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• Initial Capex increases by 20% to ~$780 million
• Pre-tax NPV (8%) increases to $1 Billion
• Operating costs fall considerably (~20%)
3 million mt/yr Phos Rock Production Rate Scenario (preliminary figures)
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Future Mine Capital Costs Estimate ($ million) Mine 66.7 Ore process (mill) 336.6 Tailings and water management facilities 18.4 General services and infrasctructure at mine site 61.9 Service vehicles and equipment 7.6 Insurance and spare parts 10.4 Power and communication 67.2 Stockpile and rail car load-out 80.2
Total capital cost 649.0
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AGGREGATE PLANT
FUEL GARAGE
CRUSHER ORE AND RECLAIM
ADMIN
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Open-pit Paul
AGGREGATE PLANT
FUEL GARAGE
CRUSHER ORE AND RECLAIM
ADMIN
Updated NI 43-101 Resources
Resources NI 43-101
• M&I resources quadruple over the previous resource estimates
• Fall 2011 drilling program has extended Paul zone from 1.3km to 2.0km strike length and still open in both directions and below 400m
• Manouane Zone covers an area of about 1000 metres long by 250m wide and is open at depth over 300m
• Drilling program in progress
NOTE 1 Cut-off grade of 2.43% P2O5
Paul Zone1 Manouane Zone1 Zone 21 Total
Mt P2O5 (%)
TiO2 (%)
Mt P2O5 (%)
TiO2 (%)
Mt P2O5 (%)
TiO2 (%)
Mt P2O5 (%)
TiO2 (%)
Measured (M) 22.1 6.82 7.89 136.9 5.93 8.77 - - 159.0 6.05 8.65 Indicated (I) 161.8 7.1 8.21 26.9 5.64 8.46 - - 188.7 6.89 8.24 Total (M&I) 183.9 7.06 8.17 163.8 5.88 8.72 - - 347.7 6.50 8.43 Inferred 50.3 6.61 8.25 - - 64 4.55 4.57 114.3 5.46 6.90
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Products
Phosphoric Acid, MAP and DAP Production • Produced high quality phosphoric acid, MAP and DAP (exceeds standard grades) • Low corrosion rates (6.5 mils/yr for 317L and 1.9 mils/yr for 904L)3
• Low acid use (2.18 mt/mt P2O5) • Low gypsum production (3.94 mt/mt P2O5) • High recovery from rock to phos acid (98%) • No de-foaming or filtration reagents required in phos acid production.
Apatite Concentrate • Apatite concentrate with
P2O5 content of 39% and and below-detection levels of Cd, Hg, As and radioactive elements.
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Content Content P2O5 (%)1 39.1 Total SiO2 (%)1 2.49 CaO (%)1 52.1 Acid Insoluble SiO2 (%)2 1.81 MgO (%)1 0.96 Acid Soluble SiO2 (%)2 0.59 Fe2O3 (%)1 1.67 Organic C (%)2 0.91 Al2O3 (%)1 0.84 H2O (%)2 0.30 Na2O (%)1 0.28 CaO/P2O5 Analytical Ratios1 1.33 K2O (%)1 0.15 F/Soluble SiO2
1 2.88 F (%)1 1.70 F/(SiO2+Al2O3+MgO)1 0.40
(Fe2O3+Al2O3)/P2O51 0.064
Cl ppm (water soluble)2 108 (Fe2O3+Al2O3+MgO)/P2O5 (MER)2 0.079 Cl ppm (total)1 860 SO3 (%)2 0.12 Cd ppm1 < 0.5 CO2 (%)2 2.38 Hg ppm 1 < 0.02 INSOL (%)2 1.75 As ppm 1 < 0.05 Loss of Ignition(LOI)(%)1 0.51 U mg/L1 < 0.02
1 Analysis from Corem 2 Analysis from Jacobs Engineering Inc.
3Note: non-detecable levels of corrosion observed with oxidizer when operating at 30% P2O5, Jacob's report.
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Not All Phosphates Are Created Equal
Igneous Rocks vs. Sedimentary Rocks • Phosphate rock from Lac à Paul is igneous rock
• Phosphate rock from Zone Paul (average M&I grade of 7.06%) can be beneficiated to phosphate concentrate (39% P2O5)
• Recovery of 89% of P2O5
• Very low content of contaminants in the concentrate
Igneous Deposits Sedimentary Deposits
Grade of rock
4-15% P2O5
10-30% P2O5
Mining and crushing
Consolidated rocks
Very easy if the rocks are unconsolidated
Beneficiation (chemical treatment)
Easy separation and treatment Recovery % more than 85% (and
can be >90%)
due to carbonate and phosphate separation
Recovery % between 75 to 85%
Concentrate grade
35-41% P2O5
Average grade of 29% P2O5
but can reach 35% P2O5
Concentrate quality
Contain very little or not at all contaminant
(Concentrates from carbonite rock could contain more contaminant)
Could contain some contaminant (heavy metals,
uranium,…)
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Comparable Companies
Stonegate MBAC Arianne
Resources M&I: 39.5mt @ 10% Inf: 376.3mt @ 9% (Peru)
+ M&I: 19mt @ 30.6%
Inf: 12mt @ 30.1% (Idaho)
M&I: 58.8mt @ 5.0% Inf: 24.0mt @ 5.3% (Itafos)
+ Inf: 33.5mt @ 12.4% (Santana)
M&I: 347.7mt @ 6.5% Inf: 114.3mt @ 5.46%
Resources - P2O5 Content
M&I: 9.8Mt P2O5 Inf: 37.5Mt P2O5
M&I: 2.9Mt P2O5 Inf: 9.6Mt P2O5
M&I: 22.6Mt P2O5 Inf: 6.2Mt P2O5
Product n/a SSP, P2O5 Concentrate 38% P2O5 Concentrate
Cost/tonne n/a US$104.32/tonne (LOM) C$98/tonne
NPV n/a US$252.5m (10%) C$684 million (8%)
CapEx n/a US$195 million C$649 million
Status Conducting Scoping Study PFS Completed PFS completed
Geography Peru, Idaho Brazil Quebec
Market Cap1 C$168 million C$301 million C$100 million
Market Cap / P2O5 Content2
$17.1/t P2O5 $103.8/t P2O5 $4.4/t P2O5
Note 1 Capital IQ, company filings. As of January 6, 2012. Based on fully-diluted shares 2 M&I P2O5 Content only
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Key Milestones
Milestones 2012
2013 2014 2015 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Additional drilling inside and outside mining zones
Environmental Impact Study
Additional Metallurgical Work1
Increased Production Scenario
Feasibility Study
Quebec Government Environment Public Hearings
Mine Construction
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1to include ilmenite and magnetite product testing.
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Summary & Going Forward
Key Competitive Advantages of the Lac à Paul Project
• Extraordinary M&I resource with highly prospective mineralized zones will yield large, low-cost, long-lived phosphate rock supply source to export market for 25+ years.
• Low 0.8:1 strip ratio on existing M&I reserves
• High-quality igneous deposit = 90% recovery, 39% (85 BPL) concentrate, high-value product
• Conventional truck & shovel mining, concentrating and transport
• Existing power and logistics infrastructure ensure competitive cost to export market
• Quebec's Plan du Nord will support development with infrastructure investment
• Saguenay Communities and First Nations support new employment opportunity
• No environmental challenges in resource development-friendly region
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Next Stages
• Evaluation of increased production scenarios (3.0 Mtpy)
• More drilling in Paul Zone and other areas including Lucie and Nicole
•Feasibility study to commence after the evaluation
Paul Zone outcrop
Appendix
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Name of site Location Tonnes
(Mt)
Rock content
(% P2O5)
Concentrate content after beneficiation
(% P2O5) Status
Khibiny1 Russia 4 000 15 Unknown In operation
Tapira Brazil 1010 6.5 35 In operation
Kovdor Russia 700 7 Unknown In operation
Araxa Brazil 619 15 36 In operation
Siilinjarvi Finland 465 4 35.3 In operation
Lac à Paul Canada 3482 6.5 39 In development
Kapuskasing Canada n/a 24 35 To close by 2013
Catalao Brazil 275 11 35 In operation
Jacupiranga Brazil 100 5 36 In operation
Notes 1 Biggest deposit in the world, resources not updated 2 Combine mesured and indicated resources.
Igneous Rock Deposits in the World
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Name of site Location Tonnes (Mt)
Rock content
(% P2O5)
Concentrate content after beneficiation
(% P2O5)
Status
Kara Tau Kazakhstan 800 10.1 Unknown In operation
New Valley Egypt 715 25 31 In operation
Umm Wu’al Saudi Arabia 537 19 to 35 Unknown In operation
Al Jalamid Saudi Arabia 5341 20.4 32-33 In operation
Paradise -Legend Australia 3922 15.7 32.5 In development
Lee Creek United States 365 30.7 Unknown In operation
Arad-Rotem Israel 300 23 to 30 32 In operation
Zohar Israel 250 23 to 30 32 In operation
Zin Israel 150 23 to 30 32 In operation
Notes 1 Combined indicated and measured resources 2 Combined indicated and inferred resources
Sedimentary Rock Deposits in the World
Principal Office 30 rue Racine Est, suite 160 Chicoutimi, QC G7H 1P5 Canada Telephone: (418) 549 7316 Facsimile: (418) 549 5750 Email: [email protected] Website:www.arianne-inc.com
Contacts – Investors Relations
Bernard Lapointe, Ph D, geo. CEO
Jim Cowley President
Telephone: (801) 599-3789 [email protected]