Low Cost Production and Expansion Through Exploration
September 2018Egerton Gold Philippines Inc
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The information in this report relating to Exploration Results, Exploration Targets and Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by Mr Geoff
Boswell who is a Chartered Professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient exploration experience which is relevant
to the various styles of mineralisation under consideration to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Boswell was a full time employee of Red Mountain Mining Ltd and Chairman
of Egerton Gold Philippines Inc. from 2011 until 2016 and is currently a consultant to Bluebird Merchant Ventures. Mr Boswell takes responsibility and
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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Global Tectonic Framework
Philippine
Sea Plate
Eurasian Plate
10 cm/yr
7 cm/yr
7 cm/yr9 cm/yr
5 cm/yr
LUZON
MINDANAO
PHILIPPINE SEA
SOUTH CHINA
SEA
CELEBES SEA
SULU SEA
Oceanic crust
Oceanic crust
Eurasian
Continental
crust
Ma
nila
Tre
nch
Philippine Tectonic Setting
Philippine
Mobile
Belt
A
A’
SS BR
Aurelio and Almeda, 1999
Section A-A’
Mineral Districts
Ultramafic rocks
Intrusive rocks
Volcanic rocks
Limestone
Masbate (Au)
Central Cordillera
(Cu, Au, Fe)
Zambales
(Cr, Ni, Pt, Cu, Au) Paracale
(Au, Fe, Cu, Ni)
Negros
(Cu, Au)
Zamboanga
(Cu, Au, Cr)
Eastern Mindanao
(Cu, Au, Ni, Cr)
Palawan
(Cr, Ni)
N. Vizcaya
(Cu, Au)
6 Major mines:
• Victoria Gold Mine of Lepanto Mining in Mankayan
• Padcal Copper Mine of Philex
• Didpio Project of Oceana Gold
• Aroroy Project of CGA/Filminera
• Toledo Copper Mine of Carmen Copper
• Rio Tuba Coral Bay Ni Mine and HPAL Plant – Nickel
Asia, Sumitomo and Mitsui
8 Medium-scale nickel mines• Archipeligo Mines of Zambales
• Benguet Mining of Zambales
• Eramen Mining of Zambales
• Cagdianao Nickel Mine
• Taganito Nickel Mine
• Sigbanog Project of HMC
• Agata Project of TVI
• Tubay Project of SR Metals
2 Medium-scale chromite mines• Omasdang Project of Crau Minerals
• Homonhon Project of Heritage Res.
9 Medium-scale gold mines• Acupan SSM Operations of Benguet
• Itogon Project of Apex Mining
• Runruno Gold Mine of FCF Minerals
• Johson Gold Mining Corp. in Panganiban
• Rapurapu Mine in Bicol
• Placer Mine of Manila Mining in Surigao
• Co-O Gold Mine of Medusa Mining Ltd
• Diwalwal Direct State Development Project of NRDC
and Prometheus
• Tboli Gold Mine of Rizal Resources
4 Developing Mines• Mankayan Copper Gold of Gold Fields-Lepanto
• Silangan Project – Philex Mining Corp
• Tampakan Project – Nth Cotobato
• Taysan Copper Gold Mine in Batangas
Existing and Recent Mines
• Semirara / DMCI
• Teresa Marble Corp
• Various Cement
Producers
Lobo Gold Project Dual StrategyTo Establish Low Cost Production Then Expand With Exploration
1. Established resources of 444,000 ounces* of gold, Definitive Feasibility Study and final permitting well
advanced for initial open pit, high grade, gold project at Batangas, only 120km south of Manila in the
Philippines
2. Immediate exploration upside for further high grade gold discoveries, based on defined targets with high-
grade surface trench intersections: e.g. 8.35m @ 18.4 g/t Au), 2.6m @ 28.6 g/t Au and 3m @ 22.2 g/t Au (ASX
announcements 12/02/14 and 07/01/14)
Dual strategy to develop the initial gold project, get into gold production, increase high-grade gold
resources through on-going exploration and then expand the project
The Batangas Gold Project has a number of advantages:
• Granted Mining Licences (Philippines MPSA’s), all with established resources and exploration upside
• Ideal location, access and local infrastructure - only 20km from the major industrial port city of Batangas
• Simple project, low operating cost (US$703/oz) with rapid capital payback potential (<18 months at current gold
price)
• Strong local government endorsement and community support to underpin final permitting to develop the mine
* JORC 2012 Indicated and Inferred resource as at 30 June 2014
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Project Ownership Dec 2016
100%
100%
TSA 40% owner TSA
100% owner
MRL Gold Inc. (MGI) – Philippines Co.
Egerton Gold Philippines Inc. (Egerton)
Lobo MPSA Archangel MPSA Egerton EP’s x 6
MRL Nickel Phils. Inc. (MNPI)
MNPI EP, EPA’s
Red Mountain mining Singapore (RMMS)
Red Mountain Mining Ltd (RMX) Red Mountain Mining Ltd (RMX) Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd (BMVL)
1% NSR 100%
Manila
Luzon
Mindanao
13º30'
120º3
0'
121º0
0’
14º00’
14º30'
14º45'
121º3
0'
Laguna De Bay
Taal Lake
Mt Banahaw
Mt Makiling
MANILA
122º0
0'
0 25km
N
LOBO
SOUTHWEST BRECCIA DEPOSIT
MRL Gold tenements / applications
Highway / road
Taysan Porphyry
Batangas City
Marinduque
Southern Batangas Regional Geology
Sea
LOBO
Tenements, MPSA’s in white
Porphyry copper-gold prospects
Resource area
Epithermal vein trends
Copper showing
Historical mine / workings
Other prospects
MAP KEY
4km0N
Manila
Luzon
Mindanao
Talahib
Calo
El Paso
Marita
LOBO MPSA PROJECT - SW BRECCIA
*Mineral Resource Estimates 0.85 g/t cut off
Indicated: 178,000 t @ 7.4 g/t (42,000 oz)
Inferred: 16,000 t @ 5.3 g/t (3,000 oz)
Total: 194,000 t @ 7.2 g/t (45,000 oz)
ARCHANGEL MPSA PROJECT
*Mineral Resource Estimates 0.85 g/t cut off
Indicated: 2,582,000 t @ 2.0 g/t (165,000 oz)
Inferred: 3,004,000 t @ 2.0 g/t (197,000 oz)
Total: 5,586,000 t @ 2.0 g/t (363,000 oz)
*Note: Resource parameters in ASX release of 30th January 20136
• 270km² land package covers entire epithermal gold field• Two key gold resource projects:
- Lobo high-grade gold lodes eg Medusa – Co-o- Archangel – bulk tonnage stockwork gold eg Masbate
• Drilling to test high-grade Exploration Targets
Lobo Gold Project - Mineral Resources
Exploration History
1989 – 1996 Chase Exploration by Sumitomo, Western Mining and
Chase Minerals. Little data survives
2002 – 2005 EGPI Exploration and soil sampling ~3x4 km.
Induced Polarisation Survey
Diamond drilling phases I, II and III
2005 MNPI First Lobo resource released
2008 – 2009 Avocet JV Diamond drilling at Kay Tanda and Pulang Lupa
Due diligence for large scale heap leach operation
2009 – 2011 Goldfields JV Drilling at Lobo, El Paso and Talahib
Helicopter air magnetic and radiometric survey
2012 – 2016 RMX RMX buys EGPI and carried on drilling, trenching
and soil sampling at SWB, West Drift and Pica
June 2014 Lobo resource reported by Optiro Pty Ltd
March 2014 Declaration of Mining Feasibility in Philippines
June 2016 RMX Final bankable feasibility announced with resource
upgrade by Optiro Pty Ltd
Lobo - Total drilling, 105 drill holes for 11,624.80m and 2,742 assays
Kay Tanda - Total Drilling, 202 drill holes for 28,227.7m and 17,708 assays.
Lobo Prospects :High Grade Resources And Multiple Targets In A Large System
• Five parallel high-grade lode structures • 15km strike, of which only 0.5km drilled• Five identified high-grade veins/shoots • Exploration Targets to upgrade resource
CROSS SECTION 10175N
160mAsl
140
120
100
80
60
40
Taysan Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit
LOBO
BATANGAS PROJECTS
Map Area
MAP KEY
7m = metres channel sample @ 94.78 g/t (gram/tonne) Au (gold)
Drill hole
Mineralized intercept
LB88-14
End of hole75m
Colluvium
Lithic / Lapilli tuff (younger)
Porphyritic andesite / Andesite
Limestone
Lithic / Lapilli tuff
Vein fragments
Quartz ± barite ± suphide ± clay
breccia
Quartz ± pyrite ± clay
Clay ± quartz ± pyrite
Clay ± quartz ± pyrite ± chlorite ±magnetite
Chlorite ± clay ± calcite ± pyrite ±magnetite
LITHOLOGY
ALTERATION
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25m
18July2015
52.25m
30.25m
57.3m
57.6m
69.4m
11.9m
104.5m
85m
129.1m
LB-13 LB-07
LB-06LB61-11
LB62-11
LB-05LB-04
LB-03
LB65-11
SWB OC-29.5m @ 13.53
Trench 211m @ 19.1
7.75m @ 4.67 g/t Au1.53 g/t Ag
13.3m @ 8.3 g/t Au1.26 g/t Ag
17.4m @ 9.6 g/t Au
6m @ 3.43 g/t Au1.53 g/t Ag
8m @ 8.82 g/t Au2.31 g/t Ag
7.45m @ 12.38 g/t Au1.23 g/t Ag
8.3m @ 6.3 g/t Au
30.8m @ 12.2 g/t Au
6.7m @ 10.71 g/t Au
32.2m @ 9.5 g/t Au
14m @ 1.67 g/t Au
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SWB Interpreted Model
Hydrothermal Breccia
Chalcedonic quartz
Crystalline barite
Clay-altered andesite
Qtz-bar-sulphide veinlets Qtz-py-clay veinlet
sulphides
Hydrothermal Breccia @ LB 12
barite
Lattice-Bladed and Massive Barite Replacement
Cu-sulfates
Qtz-bar
sulphide
sulphide
Crustiform-Colloform Banding
D-veins A-veins
Pica Porphyry Veins
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Kay Tanda: Stage 1 & 2Open Pit Mining Of The Low Stripping Ratio Kay Tanda West
Lobo Gold Resources – 30 June 2014
Planned Project Infrastructure Layout
120 km to Manila
120 km to Batangas
Lobo Mine Site and Processing Facility
Processing Plant
Waste Dump Pit DesignLaydownArea
ResidualStorageFacilities
Magazine
Lobo Gold Project – Gold Plant Layout
Lobo Gold Project
Simplified Process Flow Sheet
Lobo Gold Project – Kay Tanda Site Layout
Lumbangan Ridge
Low Grade Stockpile
Kay Tanda West
Waste
Recontouring
Kay Tanda Main
Lobo Gold Project - Mining Schedule
Lobo Gold Project - Mining Schedule
Lobo Gold ProjectGold Plant Facts
• The Carbon in Pulp (CIP) gold plant will process 100ktpa from SWB (45um grind, 48
hours leach) during the first 3 years and then 250ktpa from Kay Tanda (106um grind, 24
hours leach) for the remainder of the mine life.
• During the processing of SWB the gold plant requires water input at the rate of 16.7
m3/hr. of which 60% or 10m3/hr will come from residue liquor reclaim.
• While processing the KTW ore, the total water requirement will be 35 m3/hr. of which
60% or 21m3/hr will come from residue liquor reclaim.
• These numbers assume a “steady state” operation and that 60% of the water contained
in the tailings will be returned to the plant to be re-used as process water (ie the fresh
water requirement is over and above the water returned from the tailings dam).
• The plant and mine site will require power supply of 1,271 kW, with the expected load to
be 1,080 kW.
• This will come from diesel generators on site. There is an option in year 2 or 3 to
participate in funding a 67kVa power line from Batangas City or Taysan but this is still
being studied.
Water and Residue Management
• All water from the mine sites will be directed or pumped to settling ponds where it will be allowed to settle and treated if
necessary to meet Philippine standards for release into the watercourse
• All water from roads, cleared areas mill site and other disturbed areas will be similarly treated. Silt traps will be installed
and best international practices for water management and silt control will be implemented
• It is expected that once the mine operation is underway these areas will be vegetated or dressed with crushed rock
which will minimise further silt runoff.
• Residue and slurry from the Gold Plant operation will contain crushed and ground rock along with residual cyanide and
some metals in solution
• A cyanide destruction module will minimise cyanide in the released residue then resulting water will be resident in the
RSF and will undergo polishing in a separate downstream polishing pond before being released
• These waters, when released will comply with Philippine stream water quality standards (i.e. free CN< 0.05 mg/l)
• Water balance studies suggest that Residue Storage Facility (RSF) will be dry, i.e. more water will be pumped out and
recycled to the plant than will fall on its surface so release will only be under controlled conditions during prolonged
rainfall.
• The RSF will be given extra freeboard and will be used to store water from the wet season into the dry season to
minimise the requirement for other sources.
Lobo Gold Project – Residue Storage Facility
Design Methodology
Material Unit Weight
(kN/m3)
Cohesion
kPa
Friction
Angle
degree
Coefficient
Permeability
m/s
Zone 1 – Clay Core 18 5 30 1 x 10-07
Zone 2A – Sand Filter 18 0 32 1 x 10-05
Zone 2B – Gravel Filter 18 0 35 1 x 10-04
Zone 2C – Fine Rockfill 22 0 38 1 x 10-04
Zone 3A - Rockfill 22 0 43 & 38 1 x 10-04
Zone 3B – Rockfill (Lower
Density)
21 0 38 1 x 10-03
Zone 4 – Rock Rip-Rap 22 0 45 1 x 10-03
Tuff – Rock Foundations 24 5 40 1 x 10-06
Tailings 15 0 22 1 x 10-06
Lobo Gold Project Residue Storage Facility
• A very clear 5 month wet season with a very dry January to April
• The water balance shows the RSF to be dry (no outflow) in the dry season due to 60% recovery of water for the gold plant via reclaim pump.
• Some controlled outflow will occur in the wet season.
• Generally, the RSF dam will be used to store water during the wet season for use between November and May. It is designed with extra freeboard for this purpose
• Some makeup fresh water may be required and this would be taken from deep wells in alluvial sediments at the base of the valley or a nearby river. This is yet to be determined.
• The RSF will be constructed using the downstream construction method with at least three lifts being built over the life of mine
• It is designed to hold 1.5 Mt of Ore or 1,000,000 m3 of residue/slurry assuming that the slurry will be delivered at a specific gravity of 1.4
Lobo Gold ProjectFinancial Model
• DFS is on initial production of >100,000oz gold over 5 years from only high-grade, open-pit,
Indicated Resources
• Low operating costs (pre taxes, charges and capital costs) of ¹US$703/oz Au (A$873/oz Au)
• Strong projected operating cash flow including taxes/royalties of ¹US$ 54.6 (A$67m), and free
cash flow of ¹US$36.7 (A$45m) over initial 5.2 years of the 10 years project
• Pre production capital of only ¹ US$15 million (A$18.4 million) including A$15 million installed
capital (Gold Plant and Tailings Dam)
¹Based on interim DFS financial model update released to ASX 23 January 2015
Lobo Gold Project Taxes and Advantages to the Local Community
• Currently the majority of household wage earners in the project area earn between P1,000 (NZ 26.00) and P10,000 (NZ 260.00) per month.
• Wages for local employees in unskilled to technical positions are expected to be between P9,000 (NZ 236.00) and P90,000 per month.
• Environmental and Community expenditure for the life of mine will be P270M (NZ 7.11M)
• Taxes for the life of mine AUD 12M
• Initial Capex of AUD16.5M (P668,250,000) and a total project Capex of AUD22M (P891,000,000), 10M to be spent on the Gold Plant in Australia and the remainder 12M almost entirely spent in the Philippines on goods and services and much of this can be spent in Batangas.
• Operating costs of AUD120M (4,860,000,000) for the life of mine include wages, mining and processing costs, camp costs, vehicles, spare parts, maintenance, and local goods and services.
• A large proportion of the Opex costs is Diesel Power. The Lobo Mayor has a plan for a commercial centre at Lobo but needs a high voltage line from Batangas. We aim to study how we can help to establish this power line and transformers, and take off the power that we require for the plant thus halving our power costs and benefitting Lobo Municipality.
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1. Business Growth: The mine multiplier effect provides cash and incentives for local
business’s to become established.
2. Health and Welfare: Social development management programs to focus on education,
health and legacy infrastructure to improve the well-being of the community.
3. Environmental: Studies of marine environment and coral reef health and improvement,
continuing monitoring of river water quality, forest re-establishment, bio-diversity,
coordinated with the multi-partite monitoring team (under the ECC requirements).
4. Enviro - agriculture: Continued tree planting, both productive fruit species for land owners
and native Philippine forest regrowth stock, agribusiness research studies and programs for
locals incl Coco Coir, Charcoal making, Goat and Pig raising, Mushroom and Vegetable
Farming
5. Education: Agribusiness courses, computer courses for children and a dedicated
tourism/environment/science centre with staff for school and university environment and
science classes,
6. Eco-tourism: e.g. bush walking and mountain biking tracks about the perimeter of the
operating area (outside the fence - red dashed line) for forest appreciation, information on
local birds, monkeys, trees etc. around the track.
The Goal - Sustainable Development
Mining And Tourism
During The Life Of Mine
• We intend to integrate the mine as one of the tourist attractions in Lobo,
as an added activity/adventure that will help boost the numbers of
visitors
• There will be a dedicated team to handle mine visits for student groups
and tourists • an educational adventure
• Science course modules offered that match Philippine school curriculum
• We will provide nature trails and biking tracks outside the mine fence for
tourists to enjoy• Bird and native animal watching information will be provided as pamphlets and info-posts
around the track
LOBO PROJECT SITETourist Track
Open Pit
Residue Storage Facility
Plant Site
Laydown Area
Recontouring Facility
TREKKING SITE(Overlooking to the
Mine Facilities towards bay)
Trekking SiteStart/Finish
Old Lobo Mine
Sawang
Mabilog na
Bundok
Decant Dam
Sediment Dam
Mine Gate
Educational Biodiversity
Centre
A Mine Can Safely Co-exist Within a
Community
Martha Mine in Waihi, New Zealand 1850 - 1953 and 1986 - today
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We, the staff and management of EGPI, MRL Gold and Red Mountain are proud of
our track record over the past 12 years, working with and within the local Lobo
communities on exploration, environmental improvement, community development
and social programs. We have presented our project and the advances and
improvements that we feel we can bring to the people of Lobo at a number of public
hearings and we will continue to do so in public forums.
We have been open and honest in all our dealings with the local community and the
government authorities and we believe this approach is best for all stakeholders.
EGERTON
GOLDOur Track Record
And Our Word
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2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014
Presidential Mineral Industry
Environmental Awards