Aben feb13presentation
- 1. 1 February 2013 Canadian Gold, Silver, and Uranium Exploration Company Developing Properties in the Yukon, NWT, and Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin
- 2. 2 Forward Looking StatementsForward Looking Statements This presentation may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, capital and other costs and credits, timing for and results of feasibility study and other programs, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, and other related matters. Forward looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. No representation or prediction is intended as to the results of future work, nor can there be any promise that the estimates and projections herein will be sustained in future work or that the Project will otherwise prove to be Economic. This presentation contains certain "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein 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 the Company’s expectations are disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time to time with the British Columbia Securities Commission and the United States Securities & Exchange Commission. Timothy Termuende, P. Geo. and a director of Aben Resources, is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information in this presentation. Qualified PersonQualified Person
- 3. 3 Capital StructureCapital Structure Trading Symbol: ABN Stock Exchange: TSX VENTURE Frankfurt Symbol: E2L Shares Outstanding: 123.9 million shares Fully Diluted: 178.8 million shares Recent Price: $0.03 Trading Symbol: ABN Stock Exchange: TSX VENTURE Frankfurt Symbol: E2L Shares Outstanding: 123.9 million shares Fully Diluted: 178.8 million shares Recent Price: $0.03
- 4. 4 Aben Resources’ Management and Board of Directors Aben Resources’ Management and Board of Directors Ronald Netolitzky, M.Sc. Geology: Director, Chairman Ron Netolitzky serves as Chairman and a Director of Aben. He was previously Chairman and President of Viceroy Exploration Ltd. resulting in the sale of the company to Yamana Gold in 2006. Ron was also Chairman of Brett Resources Inc., which was acquired by Osisko Mining Corp. in the Spring of 2010. His knowledge of mineral exploration and aggressive business acumen resulted in exploration success on three Western Canadian gold and silver projects (all of which became producing mines): the Eskay Creek and Snip deposits in British Columbia and the Brewery Creek deposit in the Yukon. James G. Pettit: Director, President Mr. Pettit has been President of Aben Resources since November 2002. He offers over 15 years experience within the industry specializing in finance, corporate governance, management, and compliance. He specializes in the early stage development of private, as well as public companies. His background over the past 15 years has been focused primarily within the resource sector where he has managed and directed junior mining companies through good times and bad. Timothy Termuende: Director, Qualified Person, P.Geo. Tim Termuende serves as a Director of the Company and is a professional geologist with over 30 years experience in the mineral exploration industry. He has been continuously active in mineral exploration throughout western Canada since 1976, and currently oversees a broad range of ongoing exploration projects located throughout British Columbia, Saskatchewan, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
- 5. 5 Aben Resources’ Project Geologists and Consultants Aben Resources’ Project Geologists and Consultants Mike McCuaig, B.Sc.: Project Manager - Justin Gold Project Mike McCuaig is a Geologist with extensive experience in grassroots exploration, having worked on a number of projects across British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Saskatchewan, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Since earning a Bachelor Degree in Geology from St. Francis Xavier University in 2003, he has worked on a number of projects, exploring for a range of commodities including Au, Ag, Cu, Fe, Pb, U, and Zn. He has spent 2 years as a project geologist and manager on exploration programs in BC, and the Yukon focusing on gold systems. Mike currently resides in Kimberley, BC and has worked with TerraLogic Exploration since 2008. Carl Schulze, B.Sc., P. Geo.: Qualified Person – Justin Gold Project Carl Schulze has been active as a geologist involved in all aspects of mineral exploration for the past 27 years. He has extensive exploration experience and project management throughout the Yukon, northern Ontario, British Columbia and Alaska. Carl was active in the Sprogge-Justin area of south-eastern Yukon in the late 1990s and was responsible for the discovery of numerous gold-bearing showings in the area including the Kangas Zone. Carl was the Resident Geologist for the Government of Nunavut for two years gaining expertise working within Canada's aboriginal communities. He has also been a Director of the Yukon Chamber of Mines since late 2003 and was its President from 2007 to 2010.
- 6. Aben holds interest in approximately 40,000 acres of highly prospective ground within the eastern flank of the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan Mann Lake Uranium Property, Aben 40% with Canterra 60% (TSX-V: CTM) Huard / Kirsh Lakes Uranium Project, Aben 49% with Denison Mines 51% (TSX: DML) 6 Athabasca Basin Saskatchewan Athabasca Basin Saskatchewan
- 7. Aben owns a 40% interest and Canterra Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: CTM) owns the other 60% of the Mann Lake property, which is located approximately 25 kilometres to the SSW of the McArthur River Mine and 15 kilometres to the NE of Cameco's Millennium (U3O8) discovery, and occurs at the northern extent of the B1 conductor In June 2006 Cameco Corp, (TSX: CCO), UEM Inc., and International Enexco (TSX-V: IEC) joint venture on the adjoining Mann Lake property, which is adjoining Aben's Mann Lake project to the east, announced two high-grade intervals which averaged 7.12% U308 over 0.25 metres and 5.53% U308 over 0.4 metres January 2013, Cameco Corporation (52.5%) with International Enexco (30%) and Areva Resources (17.5%) announced that a 21,000 metre (69,000 feet) diamond drill program on their Mann Lake uranium project (adjacent to Aben's Mann Lake Project) has commenced by the project operator, Cameco The budget for the 2013 program is $6,000,000, three rigs will be turning on the property. In November 2012, Denison Mines Corp. subscribed for 3,600,000 units of International Enexco at a price of $0.50 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,800,000. Denison's strategic investment was proportional to Enexco's portion of the 2013 exploration program on their Mann Lake Property 7 Mann Lake Uranium ProjectMann Lake Uranium Project
- 8. Aben owns 49% of the Huard-Kirsch Lakes Uranium Project with Denison Mines Corp. (TSX: DML) owning the other 51% The property is situated approximately 20 kilometres to the NW of Cameco Corporation's high-grade McArthur River Uranium Mine During 2006, Denison Mines completed several exploration surveys on the Huard-Kirsch Lakes project. Exploration has consisted of grid establishment, boulder geochemistry, as well as airborne and ground geophysics The property is interpreted to be underlain by a conductive meta- sedimentary sequence that has never been drill tested. Interpretations of this data suggest that the anomaly represents a favorable target for exploration for unconformity uranium deposits In 2007, a single hole was drilled by Denison Mines to a depth of 811 metres on an untested geophysical anomaly. The hole intersected favourable graphitic pelites at a depth shallower than expected. The occurrence of the unconformity and prospective uranium host rocks at shallower depths is a very positive development on the property 8 Huard – Kirsch Lakes Uranium Project Huard – Kirsch Lakes Uranium Project
- 9. 9 Yukon and Northwest Territories Projects Yukon and Northwest Territories Projects 1.) 100% interest in 18,314 acre Justin Gold Project located in southeast Yukon on Tintina Gold Belt 2.) Exclusive exploration rights to 574,225 acres (comprised of staked claims and prospecting permits) in Mackenzie Mountain area of NWT 3.) Earning 100% interest in 2,718 acre Rusty Springs silver-copper-lead property north of Dawson City, Yukon 4.) 100% interest in 31,382 acre Rude Creek South gold-copper-molybdenum property in Yukon's White Gold District 5.) 100% interest in 1,100 acre Hit Gold Project in east-central Yukon
- 10. 10 Justin Gold Project, Yukon Justin Gold Project, Yukon
- 11. 11 Justin Gold Project, YukonJustin Gold Project, Yukon Aben owns a 100% interest in its flagship, 18,314 acre, Justin Gold Project in southeast Yukon Within the property claims there is an all-season road servicing the Cantung Mine to the north The property has the potential to host both high-grade and bulk-tonnage gold zones within three different styles of mineralization: epithermal, skarn and sediment-hosted Wide spread mineralization across the property delineates a NNW trending anomaly measuring 3.5 km long, and 0.5 km wide encompassing the Confluence, Main, Kangas, and POW Zones A phase one 2,020 metre diamond drill program consisting of ten drill holes was carried out in 2011 on the project to assess the potential gold mineralization at the property's four zones The drilling was the first ever completed on the POW, Confluence and Kangas zones The property was acquired from and past exploration was carried out by Eagle Plains Resources (TSX-V: EPL) , a reporting issuer and other unrelated operators. The Company has not yet completed the work necessary to verify some of the exploration results and since these results are historical in nature and predate National Instrument 43-101 standards they should not be relied upon.
- 12. 12 Justin Project Claims Map Justin Project Claims Map
- 13. 13 Mineralized Zones at Justin ProjectMineralized Zones at Justin Project PCHn PCHy COR POW Zone Kangas Zone Main Zone Confluence Zone
- 14. 14 Justin Gold Project, Yukon POW Discovery Zone Justin Gold Project, Yukon POW Discovery Zone In November 2011, the Company released the first drill hole results from the drill program in which a significant new green-fields gold discovery was made at the POW Zone Aben intercepted 60.0m of 1.19 g/t gold in hole JN11009 at a vertical depth of 113m The second hole drilled into the POW Zone confirmed the initial gold discovery with another significant intercept of 11.3m of 2.70 g/t Au in hole JN11010 Both exploratory holes drilled into the POW Zone in 2011 intercepted notable gold mineralization and this mineralization is open in all directions
- 15. 15 Justin Gold Project, Yukon Kangas Discovery Zone Justin Gold Project, Yukon Kangas Discovery Zone Aben also drill tested the Kangas Zone in 2011, located 1.3km south of the POW Zone A new high grade silver-copper zone was intercepted in hole JN11003: 7320 g/t Ag (234 oz/ton Ag) and 3.52% Cu over 1.07m at a down-hole depth of 42m The hole was terminated within the mineralized interval due to poor ground conditions with follow-up drilling planned for this year
- 16. Kangas Zone Discovery: Hole JN11003 - 7320 g/t Ag, 1.1 g/t Au, 3.52% Cu over 1.07m* * Poor sample recovery but still significant result Kangas Zone Discovery: Hole JN11003 - 7320 g/t Ag, 1.1 g/t Au, 3.52% Cu over 1.07m* * Poor sample recovery but still significant result POW Zone Discovery: Hole JN11009 – 2.47 g/t Au over 21m within 60m of 1.19 g/t Au Hole JN11010 – 2.7 g/t Au and 29 g/t Ag over 11.3m Multiple rock samples in POW area > 2 g/t Au POW Zone Discovery: Hole JN11009 – 2.47 g/t Au over 21m within 60m of 1.19 g/t Au Hole JN11010 – 2.7 g/t Au and 29 g/t Ag over 11.3m Multiple rock samples in POW area > 2 g/t Au Justin Gold Project, Yukon POW and Kangas Discovery Zones Justin Gold Project, Yukon POW and Kangas Discovery Zones
- 17. 17 Justin Gold Project, Yukon POW Discovery Zone Geology Justin Gold Project, Yukon POW Discovery Zone Geology Multi-phase precious metal mineralization has been discovered in the POW Zone: contact metamorphic skarn (massive replacement style mineralization) and structurally controlled stockwork vein hosted mineralization Both phases of mineralization display geochemical affinity to an Intrusion Related Gold System (IRGS) and indicates that the mineralizing system was long-lived Size of porphyry dikes present on property and their spatial distribution indicate that a multi-kilometric intrusive stock is present with large untested geophysical anomalies proximal to POW Zone as high-priority drill targets Notable IRGS deposits within Tintina Gold Belt include Kinross' Fort Knox operation in Alaska (reserves of 4.3 million ounces of gold), and Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Deposit (indicated resources of 4.8 million ounces of gold and inferred resources of 1.5 million ounces of gold)
- 18. Intrusion Related Gold Model Hart et al, 2002 Intrusion Related Gold Model Hart et al, 2002 POW and Main Zone Skarns Kangas Zone Veins Confluence Zone Veins
- 19. Justin Project Geophysics Compilation (Magnetics Survey) Justin Project Geophysics Compilation (Magnetics Survey)
- 20. POW Zone Main ZoneMarch Fault ? ? N SJustin Property Cross Section Looking East A A’Kangas Zone COR PCHKgd ? ? ? 2 km Property Scale Cross Section of Justin Project Property Scale Cross Section of Justin Project
- 21. 21 Justin Gold Project, Yukon 2012 Exploration and Drill Program Justin Gold Project, Yukon 2012 Exploration and Drill Program A total of 1,994 metres was drilled in nine holes during the 2012 field season with all seven drill holes that were completed to their target depths successfully intersecting gold mineralization while two holes were abandoned due to difficult ground conditions Significant drill results include 46.4m of 1.49 g/t Au in hole JN12011 and 88.5m of 0.73 g/t Au in hole JN12018 Mineralization has been traced along surface for approximately 450 metres west-east by 200 metres north-south and to 205 metres depth The POW Zone continues to exhibit strong continuity of mineralization and remains open in all directions The vast majority of the intrusive stock and its surrounding contact aureole at the Justin Project have yet to be tested and remain very high priority targets for future exploration and drilling
- 22. POW Zone Cross Section of Drill HolesPOW Zone Cross Section of Drill Holes
- 23. POW Zone Plan View of Drill HolesPOW Zone Plan View of Drill Holes
- 24. 24 Aben’s Selwyn Recce Project, NWT Aben’s Selwyn Recce Project, NWT
- 25. 25 The Company has been granted exclusive exploration rights to 574,225 acres directly east of the Yukon/NWT border The area has garnered considerable attention recently with the discovery of Carlin-style mineralization in the Yukon at ATAC Resources’ (TSX.V: ATC) Osiris gold zone discovery Aben’s permits and recently staked claims cover prospective targets with both Carlin-style stratigraphy and promising geochemical signatures The permits were acquired on the basis of a proprietary geological and geochemical database obtained by Aben Resources from Eagle Plains Resources (TSX.V: EPL) The database has been assembled through decades of systematic mineral exploration in the Mackenzie Mountains Selwyn Recce Project and Proprietary Database Selwyn Recce Project and Proprietary Database
- 26. 26 Field crews completed a very large scale regional reconnaissance program on Aben’s Selwyn Recce Gold Project in 2011 that included geological mapping, regional prospecting, geochemical surveys and geophysical surveys The bulk of the field work was carried out on 18 high priority targets with many thousands of samples having been collected including 7368 soil samples, 681 rock samples, 668 silt samples, 14 heavy mineral bulk samples and 51 petrographic analysis samples Proprietary database exclusive to Aben now consists of 21,000 geochemical samples in a very underexplored area of the NWT and the 2011 field work was successful in delineating four high-priority targets warranting further exploration • ENYO target: silver-zinc showing • Suriso target: prospective for intrusion-related gold systems • Bonk target: base metal showing with extensive 6 km horizon • Energizer target: potential for Carlin-style gold mineralization Selwyn Recce Project and Proprietary Database Selwyn Recce Project and Proprietary Database
- 27. 27 Hit Gold Project, Yukon Hit Gold Project, Yukon
- 28. 28 Hit Gold Project, YukonHit Gold Project, Yukon Located 27 km north-northeast of MacMillan Pass and totals 1,100 acres Project targets skarn/replacement gold mineralization associated with Tombstone-Suite intrusives and surrounding carbonate-rich sediments Property highlights include intrusive-related gold mineralization which returned an average of 7.85 g/t Au over 7.0 metres in trenches The property was acquired from and past exploration was carried out by Eagle Plains Resources (TSX-V: EPL) , a reporting issuer and other unrelated operators. The Company has not yet completed the work necessary to verify some of the past exploration results and since these results are historical in nature and predate National Instrument 43-101 standards they should not be relied upon.
- 29. 29 CONTACT INFO. Jim Pettit: President Don Myers or Jordan Trimble: Corporate Communications Timothy Termuende, P. Geo. and a director of Aben Resources, is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information in this presentation. Suite 2230, 885 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC, V6C 3E8, CANADA Tel: (604) 687-3376 Fax: (604) 687-3119 Toll Free: 1-800-567-8181 Web Site: www.abenresources.com Email: info@abenresources.com Frankfurt Symbol: E2LFrankfurt Symbol: E2L