Erdene Resource Development Corp. The Altan Nar Gold Project Exploring for the Next Giant Ore Deposit of the Tian Shan September 2014
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Corporate Snapshot CAPITAL STRUCTURE (08-09-2014) Trading Info TSX: ERD Share Price $0.16 52 Wk Range $0.06-0.26 Shares O/S 74.9 M Shares F/D 88.5 M MANAGEMENT Peter C. Akerley, President & CEO, Director Chris Cowan, VP Asia, Director Ken MacDonald, VP Bus.Dvpmt, CFO Mike MacDonald, Director Exploration Market Cap $12 M Mike Gillis, Director Operations SHAREHOLDER REGISTRY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Retail 51% Teck 12% 12% ERD Mgmt & Directors William Burton, Former President & CEO of MagIndustries Corp. John Byrne, President of Petroleum Corp. of Canada Exploration Ltd. 25% Institutional Phillip Webster, President of Imperial Windsor Group Inc. 3
Company Highlights Advancing 100% Owned Altan Nar Gold Project Early in discovery phase with tremendous upside Alliance with Teck Resources in 2013 Establishing drill targets on copper porphyry target Large 43-101 Molybdenum-Copper Deposit Adjacent to world s largest molybdenum consumer Altan Nar Gold Discovery Khuvyn Khar Copper Porphyry Target Zuun Mod Molybdenum Deposit Experienced Management Team Principles Working in Mongolia Since Late 1990s Improving Mongolia Investment Environment Favourable new Investment Law & reduction in gold royalty Exploring Mongolia Since 1997 4
The Tian Shan Gold Belt Some of the Largest Economic Accumulations of Gold in the World Tian Shan Belt, Well Endowed with Giant Orogenic, Mesothermal, Porphyry and Epithermal Gold Deposits (Muruntau, Kumtor, Axi, Xitan, Oyu Tolgoi) 5
Grassroots Gold Discovery (100% Owned) 4 Million Hectare Exploration Program Deep Seated Regional Structures Altan Nar 200 km 20 km Expanded Geochemical Soil Survey First Drill Hole: 55 m @ 1.0 g/t Gold Lead Gold 2 km 6
Discovery Zone Drill & Trench Highlights Intensely Mineralized, Near Surface, Open to the North and at Depth 6m @ 4.7g/t Au, 8.5g/t Ag, & 1.3% Pb-Zn 7m @ 3.4g/t Au, 47g/t Ag, & 0.4% Pb-Zn (within 21m @ 1.2g/t Au) 5m @ 17.7g/t Au, 69g/t Ag, & 4.6% Pb-Zn (within 19m @ 5.8g/t Au) 46m @ 1.2g/t Au & 7.6 g/t Ag, Incl 15m @ 3.0 g/t Au & 19.6 g/t Ag 50m @ 1.1g/t Au & 5.4 g/t Ag, Incl 15m @ 2.4 g/t Au & 8.0 g/t Ag 8m @ 4.5g/t Au, 25.4g/t Ag, & 2.3% Pb-Zn (within 28m @ 1.8g/t Au) 31m @ 1.0g/t Au, 10.1g/t Ag, & 1.2% Pb-Zn (within 123m @ 0.5g/t Au) (end of hole, 200m) 44m @ 1.1g/t Au & 11.3 g/t Ag, Incl 11m @ 3.0 g/t Au & 33.7 g/t Ag 6m @ 7.5g/t Au, 40g/t Ag, & 1.2% Pb-Zn (within 21m @ 3.2g/t Au) 8m @ 3.9g/t Au, 17.4g/t Ag & 0.6% Pb-Zn (within 23m @ 2.1g/t Au) 11m @ 9.1g/t Au, 22.7g/t Ag, & 0.9% Pb-Zn (within 29m @ 4.3g/t Au) Drill result Trench result 7
Discovery Zone Drill & Trench Highlights Intensely Mineralized, Near Surface, Open to the North and at Depth Multiple Parallel zones to main Discovery Zone including 20m @ 0.7g/t gold with 2m @ 2.9g/t Gold Eq. 32m @ 3.6 g/t gold, 23 g/t silver & 1.7% combined lead-zinc, Including 5m @ 17.7 g/t gold, 69 g/t silver, & 4.6% combined lead-zinc Plunging under cover to north with 121m @ 1.1g/t Gold Eq. Multiple Intersections of >20m @ >2g/t Gold Parallel Zone, 6m of 2.1g/t Gold Eq. Deepest Intersection at Altan Nar 6m @ 5.7g/t Gold Eq. Note: Gold equivalents based on current metal values (Au, Ag, Pb, Zn) 8
Multiple, Large, Gold and Base Metal Mineralized Targets Priority Targets 1 Discovery Zone: most advanced target; up to 35 m wide zones of high-grade of >3 g/t gold, continuing to surface, 450m strike & open; 2 Union North: 1.2km NW of DZ; high-grade, near surface mineralization over 150m strike length including 19m @ 8.9g/t gold in trenches 3 Maggie: 500m 2 target with high-grade trenching results; coincident chargeability high under cover 4 Northbow: intense phyllic alteration & breccia zone over 400m strike; most intense gold-moly anomaly at Altan Nar 5 Junction: very intense, widespread gold-leadzinc soil anomalism; rock samples returning up to 11.2 g/t gold; coincident geophysical targets 6 Southbow: most intense chargeability anomaly at Altan Nar; 600m long buried target 9
Multiple, Large, Gold and Base Metal Mineralized Targets Priority Targets 1 Discovery Zone: most advanced target; 450m strike & open; high-grade of >3 g/t gold, up to 35 m wide zones including 32m @ 3.6g/t gold 2 Union North: 1.2km NW of DZ; high-grade, near surface mineralization over 150m strike length including 19m @ 8.9g/t gold in trenches 3 Maggie: 500m 2 target with high-grade trenching results; coincident chargeability high under cover 4 Northbow: intense phyllic alteration & breccia zone over 400m strike; most intense gold-moly anomaly at Altan Nar 5 Junction: very intense, widespread gold-leadzinc soil anomalism; rock samples returning up to 11.2 g/t gold; coincident geophysical targets 6 Southbow: most intense chargeability anomaly at Altan Nar; 600m long buried target 10
Union North Drill & Trench Highlights Multiple Parallel Mineralized Zones, Open in all Directions 19m @ 8.9g/t Au, 66 g/t Ag, 7.7% Pb, & 2.5% Zn 7m @ 5.0g/t Au, 7.6 g/t Ag, 1.2% Pb, & 0.2% Zn 22m @ 2.1g/t Au, 5.8 g/t Ag, 0.58% Pb, & 0.77% Zn (incl. 6m @ 3.5 g/t Au) 8m @ 4.0g/t Au, 35 g/t Ag, 6.9% Pb, & 0.5% Zn 7m @ 2.5g/t Au, 3.0 g/t Ag, 0.9% Pb, & 0.8% Zn 8m @ 1.0g/t Au, 1.4 g/t Ag, 0.6% Pb, & 0.3% Zn 15m @ 1.0 Au, 0.4 g/t Ag, & 0.3% Zn Trench result Drill result 18m @ 1.8g/t Au, 1.4 g/t Ag, 0.8% Pb, & 0.6% Zn (incl. 5m @ 6.0 g/t Au) 24m @ 2.1g/t Au, 5.8 g/t Ag, 0.59% Pb, & 0.84% Zn (incl. 8m @ 5.0 g/t Au) 12m @ 5.3g/t Au, 2.6 g/t Ag, 1.4% Pb, & 0.4% Zn 9m @ 4.4g/t Au, 11.6 g/t Ag, 1.0% Pb, & 0.8% Zn 11
Recent Drill Results - Union North Cross Section - June 2014 Drill Program 19m @ 8.9 g/t gold, 66 g/t silver, 10.2% combined lead-zinc 12m of 4.0 g/t gold, 10 g/t silver and 2.5% combined lead-zinc 24m of 2.9g/t Gold Equiv. 12
Recent Drill Results - Union North IP Chargeability Cross Section - June 2014 Drill Program 19m @ 8.9 g/t gold, 66 g/t silver, 10.2% combined lead-zinc 12m of 4.0 g/t gold, 10 g/t silver and 2.5% combined lead-zinc 13
Multiple, Large, Gold and Base Metal Mineralized Targets Priority Targets 3 Maggie: 500m 2 target with high-grade trenching & coincident chargeability high under cover; Single trench - 17 m of 3.4 g/t gold, 4.9 g/t silver & 1.4% combined lead-zinc; Single hole - 2 zones, 11m of 1.6g/t Au eq. & 6.5m of 1.8g/t gold eq. 4 Northbow: intense phyllic alteration & breccia zone over 400m strike; most intense gold-moly anomaly at Altan Nar; single trench - 9 m of 1.3 g/t gold and 1.3% combined lead and zinc 5 Junction: very intense, widespread gold-leadzinc soil anomalism; rock samples returning up to 11.2 g/t gold; coincident geophysical targets 6 Southbow: most intense chargeability anomaly at Altan Nar; 600m long buried target 7 Union South: 1km geophysical & geochemical anomaly ; 600m long buried target; Drill results include 2 zones; 10m of 2.3 & 11m of 1.5 Au eq. 14
High-Grade, Carbonate Base Metal CBM Gold Vein-Breccia Deposit Intermediate epithermal gold deposits are often base metal rich and locally associated with porphyry deposits Known CBM deposits include: Porgera (>25 Moz), Kelian (5.7 Moz), Amatok (10 Moz), Misima (4 Moz), Montana Tunnels (36 Moz silver), Fruta del Norte (6.7 Moz), and Rosia Montanna (17 Moz) Productive stockwork, breccia, veins can be >1km in strike length in intermediate systems CBM deposits can have a vertical dimension of 1,000+m; Kelian 500m deep pit; Altan Nar only shallow drilling completed to date 18 targets identified at Altan Nar, over 5.5 km long mineralized corridor 15
Moving Forward Near Term Objectives Complete 3,000m trenching program over high priority targets to improve drill targeting and increase confidence for resource estimation Resource definition drilling over Discovery Zone and Union North Reconnaissance drilling to further evaluate and prioritize remaining targets Establish initial near surface, open pitable resources at Discovery Zone and Union North in late 2014/early 2015. 16
The Next Giant Gold Deposit of the Tian Shan? Early-In Opportunity A new gold district discovery Early in exploration cycle Period of low valuations in sector High-Grade & Near Surface Evidence of bonanza grades that have potential to improve pit economics Ownership 100% interest in licence Significant Upside Potential Limited drilling to date with all targets open for expansion Very Large System 5.5 km x 1.5 km target area Potential for > 1.5 Moz Location & Infrastructure Region receiving rapid rail & road upgrades Next door to world s largest gold production & consumption region 17
Emerging Mining Region Improving Accessibility and Infrastructure 18
Mongolia Metals Projects - 2014 Includes One of the World's Largest Gold Mines Oyu Tolgoi Copper Gold Project Top 6 gold deposit in world, 700,000 ounces of gold in 2014 $7 billion invested to date, 4 years from Feasibility Study to 1 st ore 15 banks signed: IMF, EBRD, IFC and US Export-Import Bank Phase II funding expected in 2014, additional $5 billion Kharmagtai Copper Gold Project ASX listed Xanadu Mines share price up 200% since July on Cu-Au drill results Boroo Gold Mine, Gatsuurt Gold Deposit, ATO Gold Prospect TSX listed Centerra Gold s top three Mongolia gold projects Bayan Airag Gold Mine Kerry Holdings owned private company, initial gold production Q3 2014 19
Share Price ($CAD) Market Cap ($USD) Erdene Value / ~Market Cap Share Price ($CAD) Erdene Valuation Factors Development Stage of a Successful Mining Company 9 Month Insider Buying; Management & Directors Hold >12% $0.25 $0.20 $0.15 Altan Nar Gold Project Exploration Discovery Feas Const Product $0.10 $0.05 $0.00 Insider Buying Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 1 Year Share Performance; Mongolia Metals Exploration Peers $0.25 $0.20 $0.15 $0.10 $0.05 $0.00 Erdene Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun 2013 2014 Market Cap Peer Comp; Precious Metals Summit Comp. HK $958 $600 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $0 Early Stage ------- Resource Defined ------- Production 20
Erdene Resource Development Peter C. Akerley President & CEO, Director Website www.erdene.com Email Twitter info@erdene.com @ErdeneRes TSX: ERD