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Forward Looking Statements
This Presentation may contain, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements. Statements in this Presentation that are forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors and elsewhere in the Company's periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. When used in this Presentation, the words such as "could," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "potential, "should," and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. The risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include, but are not restricted to the Companys limited operating history, uncertainties about the availability of additional financing, geological or mechanical difficulties affecting the Company's planned geological work programs, uncertainty of estimates of mineralized material, operational risk, environmental risk, financial risk, currency risk, and other statements that are not historical facts as disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filing with the SEC and elsewhere in the Company's periodic filings with securities regulators in the United States. Copies of the Company's periodic reports are available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Estimates
This presentation uses the terms inferred, indicated, and measured resources. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) does not normally permit issuers to disclose resource estimates in their filings with the SEC. SEC guidelines normally permit only the disclosure of reserve estimates, which are those parts of a mineral deposit that could be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time the estimate is made. Inferred resource estimates generally may not be used as the basis for pre-feasibility or feasibility studies. There are no assurances that any inferred, indicated or measured resource estimates provided in this press release can be economically or legally extracted or produced or that any of these resource estimates will ever be converted to reserves. There are also no assurances that any inferred resource estimates will be converted into indicated or measured resources.
Investors are advised to carefully review the reports and documents that the Company files from time to time with the SEC, particularly our Annual and Quarterly Reports.
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Company Vision
Create value for shareholders by the development
through to monetization of two precious metal
projects. | ||
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Columbus Project In active development (surface mining)
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| Red Mountain Project Not
in active development Option to acquire 100% Gold / Tungsten / Silver mining rights |
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Why Invest in Ireland?
Columbus Project
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Large Opportunity
Growing Opportunity Low Cost Process Near Term Production Potential |
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Why Invest in Ireland?
Large Opportunity |
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-- | 08 and 09 drill programs outlined seven mineralized zones (2-Sand zones; 5- Clay zones) within 5,000 acre area of interest | ||
-- | Current focus on Sand zones of 110+ million tons inferred with an average grade of 0.040 ounces per ton gold equivalent (AuE) | ||
-- | Nine bulk leach tests extracted +85% of Au & Ag from Sand material | ||
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Why Invest in Ireland?
Growing Opportunity |
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Mineralized area is still open in all directions | ||
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Results from 2010 drill program are expected shortly | ||
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2010 drill program was designed to both expand and further delineate the Sand Resources by in-fill drilling | ||
Goal is to increase the tonnage and to upgrade the classification of the Sand Resources from Inferred to Indicated or Measured | |||
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Permits granted for next drill/bulk sampling program |
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Why Invest in Ireland?
Lower Cost Process |
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Process Cost Estimates ~ $12/ton of Sand Material | ||
Goal: 75% extraction of 0.040 opt AuE (current test results exceeding goal) | ||
If achieved: Operating Costs ~ $400/oz Au | ||
Hard Rock Mining Comparison ~$450 - $550/oz Au | ||
Expect to be Low Cost Operation: Strong positioning for production or acquisition |
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Why Invest in Ireland?
| Near Term Production Potential |
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-- | Gold/Silver leach extraction circuit installed at onsite
pilot plant in Q3 2011 |
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optimizing precious metals extraction circuit for Sand
Material |
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-- | Pilot Plant operations expected to determine feasibility
of Project in 2012 |
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Management Team
Douglas Birnie Chief Executive
Officer, President and Director
Mr. Birnie
was a founder of Columbus Group Communications Inc., a privately-owned company
that was acquired by TELUS Corp., one of Canadas leading telecommunications
companies.
Robert McDougal Chief Financial
Officer and Director
Mr. McDougal, a
Certified Public Accountant, was a director and officer of GEXA Gold Corporation
and was one of the founders of Millennium Mining Corporation, which has been
merged into Gold Summit Corporation.
Mark Brennan
Director
Mr. Brennan is the President of
his own consulting firm, the Brennan Consulting Group. In addition to his
ongoing management consulting practice, Mr. Brennan has also founded and
operated a number of private companies in a variety of
industries.
Nanominerals Corp. / Dr. Charles
Ager
Nanominerals is a private company
focused on the development and application of new technology in the exploration
of refractory gold deposits. Dr. Ager, the CEO of Nanominerals, is a geophysical
engineer with over 40 years of international experience in mine discovery,
production and finance.
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Overview Columbus Project
| Gold and Silver Project | |
| A dry salt marsh with drill indicated
zones of surface mineable material |
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| Located between Las Vegas and Reno in the Columbus Basin, in Esmeralda County, Nevada a region
with a proven history of major discoveries of gold
and silver |
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| Mine site production permit has been granted |
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| Short horizon to potential production |
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Columbus Project Assets
19,738 acres
of mineral claims on federal land administered
by the BLM (Bureau of Land Management), with an option for an additional
23,440 acres |
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378 acres
permitted to 40 feet for extraction
of gold and silver (Permitted Area) | |||
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320 acre mine site, 58
acre mill site 15,000 sq ft mill building Additional permits needed for sand | ||
Water usage rights of aquifers in basin | |||
80 acres of private land | |||
- | Future development flexibility | ||
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Drill Program 2008 and 2009
Identified Seven Mineralized Zones with Inferred Resource of 343MM tons with 0.040 opt AuE, including 110+MM tons of Sand Material. All reported drill results are by Caustic Fusion Assay and analysis of extracted metal-in-hand for Gold and Silver. The Caustic Fusion protocol was selected because our research has shown it to be a more effective pyrometallurgical method than conventional fire assay to extract gold and silver from the organic carbon rich Sands/Clays at Columbus. Caustic Fusion assays values are being confirmed by both cyanide and thiosulphate leaches. |
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Bulk Extraction Test Results
Need to prove extraction process is economically viable as next step of Project Feasibility. Goal: 75% Au recovery.
Sand Material
Head Ore (HO)
Caustic Fusion |
Cyanide Leach
Extraction |
Thiosulphate
Leach Extraction | ||||
Test | Au opt | Ag opt | Au % | Ag % | Au % | Ag % |
3747C | 0.082 | 1.772 | 85.8% | 67.0% | 87.3% | 68.7% |
3749C | 0.049 | 0.152 | 90.0% | 51.3% | 83.4% | 55.6% |
1 | 0.028 | 0.482 | 85.7% | 90.0% | 71.4% | 96.5% |
2 | 0.018 | 0.825 | 116.7%[1] | 91.5% | *[2] | * |
3 | 0.059 | 0.552 | 83.1% | 71.4% | 76.3% | 95.5% |
4 | 0.047 | 1.025 | 97.9% | 96.4% | 93.6% | 111.5% |
5 | 0.051 | 0.965 | 96.1% | 63.3% | 92.2% | 81.6% |
6 | 0.064 | 0.612 | 90.6% | 94.4% | 81.3% | 88.9% |
7 | 0.052 | 0.404 | 94.2% | 92.3% | 94.2% | 99.0% |
Average | 0.050 | 0.754 | 90.4% | 79.7% | 85.0% | 87.2% |
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- Result possibly due to nugget effect, and as such, removed from average | |
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* - test not performed |
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Independent Confirmation
All reported work to date has been
completed and performed by third
party engineers/geologists under Chain of
Custody (COC)
Technical Team independent firms:
Permitting | |
Lumos & Associates based in Reno, NV | |
Project Resources | |
McEwen Geological Drilling Management / Resource Modeling | |
Arrakis Inc. Mine Planning/Process Development/Metallurgy | |
AuRIC Metallurgical Labs Sample Assaying/Bulk Sample Testing/Leach Circuit Design/Metallurgy | |
Project Feasibility | |
Arrakis Pilot Plant Operations/Project Construction | |
AuRIC Leach Circuit Installation / Process Development |
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Project Goals 2011 - 2012
1. |
Confirm we have excess of 250 million tons of Sand Resources | |
Define by Drilling and Bulk Sampling (1.5 sq. miles by 200 foot depth) | ||
Report Drilling and Bulk Sample Results | ||
2. |
Confirm Commercial Process for Extracting Au/Ag | |
Process up to 2,000 tons at pilot plant | ||
Determine Extraction Rates and Operating Costs | ||
Target is to extract Au <$400/oz Operating Costs | ||
At $1,700/oz for gold our breakeven would be an extraction of 17.6% of our average head grade of 0.04 opt Au | ||
3. |
Complete Project Feasibility | |
Update geological report Upgrade Resources to Reserves | ||
Finalize Mine Plan & Flow Sheet for Project | ||
Determine Operating/Capital Costs for Production |
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Financial Information
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Capitalization and Finances
Capitalization (6/30/2011) | |
Issued and Outstanding | 127,452,641 |
Free Float | ~ 59,000,000 |
Total Fully Diluted | 167,595,795 |
Market Capitalization (6/30/2011) | ~ $65 MM |
Finances | |
Cash(06/30/11) | ~ $2,714,000 |
Budget (July 1 11 to Jun 31 12) | ~ $5,830,000 |
Expected Cash Position (06/30/12) | ~ ($3,257,000) |
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Expenses
Cash Expenses | |
Budget (07/01/11 06/30/12) | |
Columbus Project | |
Property Payments | $ 280,000 |
Drilling Program and Resource Estimates | 1,836,000 |
Pilot Plant / Project Feasibility | 1,799,000 |
Columbus Project Sub-Total | 3,915,000 |
Red Mountain Project | 90,000 |
General and Admin. | 1,825,000 |
Cash Expenditure | $5,830,000 |
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Investment Summary
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Pilot Plant Operating Optimizing Leach Circuit
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Inferred Sand Resource of 110+MM tons grading 0.040 opt AuE identified by 2008/2009 Drilling
Potential to increase resources by 2010/2011 Drilling and Bulk Sampling -
Environmentally neutral Leach Process. Goal: Produce Au for <$400/oz
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Target is to complete Project Feasibility in 2012
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Talented technical team assembled
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Operations funded through Jan 2012
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Ireland Inc.
Corporate Office: | |
2441 West Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 100 | |
Henderson, NV, 89052 | |
(702) 932-0353 | |
info@irelandminerals.com | |
http://www.irelandminerals.com | |
Investor Relations: | |
Terri MacInnis | R. Jerry Falkner, CFA |
Bibicoff + MacInnis, Inc. | RJ Falkner & Company, Inc. |
Tel: 818-379-8500 | Tel: 800-377-9893 |
Email: terri@bibimac.com | Email: info@rjfalkner.com |
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