Low Cost Tungsten & Tin ProducerBuilding one of the world’s largest tungsten mines
AIM : WRES November 2019
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Technical information in this presentation has been prepared and approved for inclusion by Mr Fernando de la Fuente, who is a “qualified person” in respect of the AIMRules for Companies with over 44 years experience in the Exploration and Mining Geology industry. Mr de la Fuente holds a B.Sc. in Geology and a MSc in Geologyfrom the University of Granada in Spain. He is also a member of the Spanish College of Geologists (Number 49), the Spanish Society of Mineralogy, founder memberof the Spanish Society of Geology, member of the Spanish Association of Applied Geology to Mineral Deposits, member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy andExploration, Inc., member of PDAC.
The press releases relating to the initial announcements of the technical disclosures in this presentation can be found on the Company website(www.wresources.com). The relevant announcement dates are La Parrilla (25 August 2017, with full FID report on website), Régua (27 October 2015) and SãoMartinho (8 June 2016).The company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original marketannouncement and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning theestimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The company confirms that the form and context in which theCompetent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.
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Overview
La Parrilla
Régua
Tarouca
São Martinho
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
Madrid
Lisbon
Porto
Seville
Tarouca, Portugal: Former
tungsten / tin mine advanced
exploration progressing
La Parrilla Mine, Spain:
Open-pit tungsten mine
development – 2,700 tpa
(“T2”) expanding to >4,000
tpa (“T3.5”)
JORC Resource of 49mt @
0.100% WO3 Concentrate
JORC Reserves of 29.8mt
total
• Proven 1.2mt @
0.0995% WO3
• Probable 28.6mt @
0.0928% WO3
• Total 29.8mt @
0.0931% WO3
Régua, Portugal: Underground
tungsten mine development -
1,300 tpa WO3 Concentrate
JORC Resource of 5.46mt @
0.28% WO3
São Martinho, Portugal:
Trial Mine Application
111,987oz contained gold;
significant upside
Michael Masterman - Chairman
Founding Shareholder & GM - Fortescue Metals Group
8 Years - McKinsey & Company
CEO - Po Valley Energy and CFO - Anaconda Nickel
Fernando de la Fuente - Country Manager Spain
Anglo American Corporation
Rio Algom (Rio Tinto)
Phelps Dodge
Aaron Szumilak - Metallurgist & Process Engineer
Fortescue Metals Group
Syncrude
Composites Innovation Centre
Juan Garcia Valledor - La Parrilla Operations Manager
Rio Tinto
Imerys Groups
W Resources Management Team +130 years of experience
Focus:Tungsten & tin - production, development &
exploration in Spain & Portugal
Major
Projects:
Tungsten - La Parrilla, Régua, Tarouca
Copper Gold - São Martinho
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La Parrilla – Key parameters
Low Cost
US$94/mtuLarge Scale
49mt+Long Life
11+ years
Simple Low
Cost processingIn Production
European / USA
Offtake > 80%
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La Parrilla - In Production
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• La Parrilla completed below budget
• Production has commenced and will expand to 200t of concentrate per month (net US$3m p.m)
• La Parrilla expansion creates the foundation for substantial EBITDA and value growth
• Full support from local authorities with a €5.3m grant
• BlackRock US$35 million financing
Building a world class tungsten company
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ROM Tungsten Capital EBITDA* Timing
La Parrilla T2 2.0 Mtpa 2,700 tpa €27.8m US$20.0m Q3 2019
+ €20.0m US$20.0m
= La Parrilla T3.5 3.5 Mtpa 4,000 tpa €47.8m US$40.0m 2021
Régua 0.1 Mtpa 1,000 tpa €6.0m US$ TBA Q1 2020
* FID Study 3 Year Average published 25 August 2017
Tungsten – World’s hardest metal with highest melting point
Source: ITIA – Tungsten End Use Analysis 20177
Primarily used to make
tungsten carbide for
cutting tools such as drill
bits and machining tools
One of the hardest man
made materials when
mixed with carbon to form
cemented tungsten
carbide
Auto industry is a heavy
tungsten user - tyre studs,
ball joints, brakes, crank
shafts & other parts that
see hard usage
Highest melting point,
lowest vapour pressure of
any naturally occurring
metal
High demand, tight supply
(1) Source: International Tungsten Industry Association (2) Source: Roskill
China consumed 60%of world production in
2016, up from 30% in
1996 (2)
Current global tungsten
demand is
approximately
80,000tpa (1)
Supply shortages are
expected resulting in
upwards trending
price 2022 & beyond
Demand for tungsten
has grown 4% per
year for the past 10
years
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Low operating & capital costs
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
% of total output
China Molybdenum China by-product La Parrilla Nui Phao†
China China Drakelands Los Santos
Minmetals Jiangxi Tungsten Ind Group Mittersill Chongyi Zhangyuan
Xiamen Tungsten Panasquiera China China
China
2018 Average WO3 Concentrate Price ($260 / mtu) (1)
Source: Argus
Global Tungsten Production Cost CurveCapital Costs - US$m
85 94
117
155
Núi Pháo La Parrilla Barruecopardo Drakelands
Unit Operating Costs - US$ / mtu
Low Cost Drivers
• Excellent location
• Open-pit mine – limited pre-strip
• Low cost gravity separation circuit
• “Fit for purpose” plant
• Scaled and sensible staging
• Primary infrastructure already in place
− Power connection
− 7km to main highway
− Quality water supply
(1) Assuming a 20% discount to the 2018 average European APT tungsten price of US$325 / mtu (Source: Metal Bulletin)
La Parrilla
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SPAIN SPAIN UK VIETNAM
VIETNAM SPAIN SPAIN UK
47 60
250
450
La Parrilla Barruecopardo Drakelands Núi Pháo
La Parrilla - Strategically located
• 7km from Seville / Madrid highway
• Access to quality water supply
• Established infrastructure
• Facilities and on-site laboratory operational
• Connected to the Spanish power grid
• Short trucking distance from Atlantic & Mediterranean ports
Process Plant Infrastructure
Initial Mining Area
Operational Tailings Dam
Madrid / Seville Highway
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La Parrilla – Plant Complete
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Initial Mining Area
Crushing Plant
Concentrator Plant
Site Offices
Jig&Mill Plant
Laboratories
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La Parrilla – Mineralisation
• The thickness of the veins varies from a fraction of a millimetre to more than 3m, with an average of
about 10cm
• The reefs are arranged in a series of packages of 10m to 45m in width and showing a good
continuity up to 300m deep and several hundred meters in the direction
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La Parrilla – Mineralisation
Mineralized quartz veins contain scheelite (often
coarse-grained), arsenopyrite, cassiterite, muscovite,
and smaller amounts of wolframite, pyrite, tourmaline
Greisenized granite fingers show high-grade
intersections of up to 55 m at 0.73% WO3
La Parrilla - Mining operations
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Infrastructure created:
• Ramp access to RoM Pad
• Contractor platform
• Main access track
Mine equipment in situ
First blasting carried out
La Parrilla - Simple open pit mining & processing
Open Pit Mining
Mining UnderwayCrushing & Screening Plant
350tph - €3.2m Commissioned & Operational
Crushed Ore Bin
6,000t - €300k Fully Operational
Jig & Mill Pre-Concentration Plant
350tph - €5.5 Commissioned on Ore
Shaking Table Cleaning
12tph
Spiral Concentration
155tph
Sulphide Flotation
3tph
Electrostatic Separation
0.5tph 15
La Parrilla - In production
Crusher Plant Operating at Design
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La Parrilla - 3D Model of crusher
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Completed
Design
La Parrilla - In production
Jig & Mill Plant Operating Near Design
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La Parrilla - In production
Concentrator Commissioning Commenced
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La Parrilla - In production
LNG Power Station Commissioned & Delivering Power
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La Parrilla - In production
Production Start
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La Parrilla - In production
Shipments Underway - Payment at Mine Gate
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Development timeline - nearing completion
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Crusher Plant Completion
First Shipments
Crusher Plant First Ore
Jig & Mill Plant Completion
Jig & Mill Plant Commissioning
Production Underway
Concentrator Plant Completion
Ramp-up to T2 Production
Project financial overview
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PRODUCTION Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
RoM Feed Rate (kt) 2,004 2,004 3,200 3,477 3,500 3,489
WO3 production (MTU) 184,265 181,496 236,051 279,409 252,073 253,274
SN production (t) 125 138 363 274 272 241
Tungsten price - APT (US$ / MTU) 245 263 288 313 313 313
Tin price (US$ / t) 18,500 19,500 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
INCOME STATEMENT Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Net Revenue 34,001 36,055 53,819 66,480 60,326 60,152
Opex (18,784) (17,445) (30,360) (24,261) (20,517) (21,160)
EBITDA 15,216 18,610 23,460 42,219 39,808 38,992
Source: Financial Investment Decisions Report summary as announced on 25 August 2017.
Note: Assumes Argus Forecast for tungsten APT price; Note that all debt figures and related coverage ratios are for illustrative purpose only
(US$000’s)
4.9x4.0x
3.2x
13.6x
0.0x
2.0x
4.0x
6.0x
8.0x
10.0x
12.0x
14.0x
16.0x
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
CFADS / Interest Expense
Key project financial metrics
Key Financials Leverage
Interest Coverage Operating Cash Flow
($ in millions)
1.8x
1.4x
1.1x
0.0x0.0x
0.2x
0.4x
0.6x
0.8x
1.0x
1.2x
1.4x
1.6x
1.8x
2.0x
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Total Debt /EBITDA
$17.6$20.0
$24.2
$42.8
$0
$5
$10
$15
$20
$25
$30
$35
$40
$45
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Operating Cash Flow
Source: Financial Investment Decisions Report summary as announced on 25 August 2017. Note: Assumes Argus Forecast for tungsten APT price; Note that all debt figures and related coverage ratios are for illustrative purpose only 25
38.0 40.3
60.1
74.2
67.4
15.218.6
23.5
42.2 39.8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Gross Revenue
EBITDA
Régua tungsten project - Portugal
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Low Capital Cost
€4-6mHigh Grade 0.3%
3 times LPLong Life
20+ years
Simple Low
Cost processing
First Ore
Q1 2020
Low cost underground mining
using adits
Régua
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• High-grade, low-capital cost development with significant scope to increase the resource base
• Contract signed for ore haulage and crushing at Régua with Francisco Pereira Marinho Imaos
• Existing Concentrator Plant at La Parrilla to be moved to Régua in Q4 2019
Régua – Low capital cost development
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São Martinho, Portugal - gold resources
São Martinho Gold Project
• JORC resource estimate 3mt @ 1.04g/t gold containing 111,987oz
• SMD-009 intersection: 56.4m grading 2.34 g/t gold from surface
• Near term target 250,000oz
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Management team +130 years of experience
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Celestino Parejo
Government
Relations / Mining
Mining engineer
with over 30 years’
experience in the
technical direction
of mining projects
in the Extremadura
region of Spain and
internationally
Fernando de La
Fuente
General Manager
Geologist with more than 43 years’
experience in the exploration and mining
geology industry in Europe, Africa and
North America and Latin America
Mechanical process
engineer with 10
years’ experience in
mineral processing
and resource
development. Aaron
has worked for
Fortescue Metals
Group, Syncrude
and Composites
Innovation Centre.
Aaron Szumilak
Metallurgist &
Process Engineer
Michael
Masterman
Chairman
Mr Masterman has an exceptional track record in
establishing and financing new resources companies.
He has been a founding shareholder at Fortescue
Metals Group, Po Valley Energy & Atacama Metals
Juan Garcia
Valledor
Operations
Manager
Mining Engineer with
25 years of
experience in
management of
industrial processing
plants and design,
planning,
management and
rehabilitation of open
pit mines
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M. Masterman* 17.58
Beronia Investments Pty Ltd (B. Pirola)** 5.00
Miton Group 3.25
Substantial Shareholders (15 November 2019)
Corporate snapshot
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Michael Masterman – Chairman
Byron Pirola – Non Executive Director
David Garland – Non Executive Director
Jim Argalas – Non Executive Director
Pablo Neira – Non Executive Director
Board of Directors
Share Price Performance (29 Aug 18 to 29 Aug 19)Financial Information (31 October 2019)
Share price 0.37 GBX
52 week range 0.32 - 0.59 GBX
Number of shares (undiluted) 6,288,427,640
Outstanding Warrants 779,033,998
Market Capitalisation £23.27m / US$29.02m
Cash US$170k *
Debt US$45.8m
* Includes Symmall Pty Ltd
** Includes related party interests
Price GBX
0.35
0.4
0.45
0.5
0.55
0.6
0.65
Aug-18 Oct-18 Dec-18 Feb-19 Apr-19 Jun-19
* Cash figure prior to recent placing
Why invest in W Resources?
Construction
FundedLarge low
cost mines
Construction
Completed
Skilled ‘can do’team
Significant earnings
growth from 2019
Broker valuations
US$70-80m vs
US$37m market cap
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