Aben October Presentation
- 1. October 2012 Canadian Exploration Company Developing Gold and Silver Projects in the Yukon and NWT 1
- 2. Forward 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. Qualified Person 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. 2
- 3. Capital Structure Trading Symbol: ABN Stock Exchange: TSX VENTURE Frankfurt Symbol: E2L Shares Outstanding: 123.9 million shares Fully Diluted: 178.8 million shares Working Capital: >$1 million Debt: None Recent Price: $0.05 3
- 4. 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. 4
- 5. 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. 5
- 6. 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 6
- 8. Justin 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. 8
- 9. Justin Project Claims Map 9
- 10. 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 Positive surface sampling results from 2010 and 2011 are located 400m east of the new gold discovery in holes JN11009 and JN11010 within the contact aureole of a newly discovered intrusive stock 10
- 11. Plan View of Drill Holes in POW Zone at Justin Project (2011) JN11009 – 2.47 g/t Au over 21m within 60m of 1.19 g/t Au JN11010 – 2.7 g/t Au and 29 g/t Ag over 11.3m Multiple rock samples in POW area > 2 g/t Au 11
- 12. Cross Section of POW Zone Drill Holes at Justin Project JN11009 – 2.47 g/t Au over 21m within 60m of 1.19 g/t Au JN11010 – 2.7 g/t Au and 29 g/t Ag over 11.3m 12
- 13. 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 13
- 14. Justin Gold Project, Yukon POW and Kangas Discovery Zones 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
- 15. 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) 15
- 16. Intrusion Related Gold Model Hart et al, 2002
- 17. Justin Project Geophysics Compilation (Magnetics Survey)
- 18. Justin Gold Project, Yukon 2012 Exploration and Drill Program Exploration in 2012 is underway: aggressive diamond drill program focused on follow-up/expansion work around POW Zone as well as additional infill geophysical/geochemical surveys and detailed geological mapping Results from first hole, JN12011, returned 46.4m of 1.49 g/t Au including 9.2m of 3.88 g/t, which successfully extended skarn gold mineralization discovered during 2011 program up to 85m from last year’s drilling Notable consistency of skarn-hosted gold mineralization seen amongst initial three drill holes at the POW Zone suggests strong continuity of mineralized zone Surface samples in eastern POW Zone located 400+ metres away from initial discovery area have returned multi-gram gold numbers and will be drill tested 18
- 19. POW Zone Cross Section of Drill Holes
- 20. POW Zone Plan View of Drill Holes
- 21. Aben’s Selwyn Recce Project, NWT 21
- 22. Selwyn Recce Project and Proprietary Database 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 22
- 23. Selwyn Recce Project and Proprietary Database 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 23
- 24. Rusty Springs Silver Project, Yukon 24
- 25. Rusty Springs Silver Project, Yukon 35 showings present on property which consist of both high-grade vein occurrences and lower-grade replacement mineralization over a 6 sq. km area Drilling highlights include hole 77-08 (drilled in 1977): 1,140 g/t (33.27 oz/t) silver, 2.30 % copper and 4.72 % lead over 37.5 metres (123 feet) from surface to depth of 37.5 metres Hole 95-07 (drilled in 1995) was located 1.5 kilometres from hole 77- 08 and tested the same stratigraphic interval returning 517 g/t (15.1 oz/t) silver, 3.0% copper and 1.3% zinc over 15.3 metres from 28.6 metres to 43.9 metres below surface 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. 25
- 26. Rude Creek South Property, Yukon 26
- 27. Rude Creek South Property, Yukon Gold-copper-molybdenum property located in the heart of Yukon’s White Gold District 40 km southeast of Kaminak Gold Corp’s (TSX.V: KAM) Coffee Creek property, 60 km southeast of Kinross’ (TSX: K) (previously Underworld Resources') Golden Saddle gold deposit, and 10 km east of Western Copper Corp’s (TSX: WRN) Casino gold-copper-molybdenum deposit (8 million ounces of gold, 4.4 billion pounds of copper and 475 million pounds of molybdenum) The target type most obvious at the Rude Creek South property is similar to Kaminak’s Kona, Americano and Espresso zones, all hosted by granitic-intrusives of mid-Cretaceous age 27
- 28. Hit Gold Project, Yukon 28
- 29. Hit 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
- 30. 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 30 Frankfurt Symbol: E2L