Puma Exploration (PUM:TSX-V / PUXPF:OTCBB) is a Canadian mineral exploration company with advanced precious and base metals projects in Canada. The Company's major assets are the Nicholas-Denys Silver Project and Turgeon Copper Project in New Brunswick and the Little Stull Lake Gold Project in Manitoba. Puma is focusing its exploration efforts in New Brunswick, Canada, which has been ranked the best place in the world to conduct mining exploration by the 2012 Fraser Institute Survey.
1. PUMA EXPLORATION
Major Key Player of Zinc Assets
in Canada
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Established Bathurst Mining Camp
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Bathurst
Belledune
Campbelton
0 15
km
Quebec
Brunswick #12 Mine
Halfmile
Heath Steel Mine
Stratmat
Puma and
DNR offices
Turgeon
Beresford
Copper
Ann’s
Creek
Red Brook
Airport
Puma Core shack
DNR Core shack
Railway
Caribou
Mine
Restigouche
Mine
Sea port
Major Advantages :
- Skilled labour force
- Regional DNR office
- Core shack
- Airport facilities
- Railway freight service
- Paved roads
- Sea port accessibility
- Smelter
- Mining School
- Mining properties in
operation
Active Projects
N
Location
Legacy
New Brunswick
Trevali
Murray Brook
Deposit
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Perfect Location For Exploration
Brunswick Lead SmelterPort of Belledune
Railway
Mine Caribou (Trevali)
Brunswick 12
Airport
New-Brunswick
North of New BrunswickInfrastructure
MB
Mining Camp
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Major Zinc Assets Undeveloped
Highlights
Undeveloped Zinc Project
■ Only 12 km from Caribou Mine
■ Measured and indicated resources (Dec 2016)
■ Massive sulphide starts at surface
■ Blue sky drill-ready targets
■ Positive PEA in 2013
New-Brunswick : A Friendly Jurisdiction
■ Famous Bathurst Mining Camp
■ Brunswick#12 : One of the largest underground
zinc mines worldwide
■ Excellent land accessibility
■ Mining infrastructure facilities: seaport and smelter
■ Stable and reliable government policies
Murray Brook Deposit
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Zinc Demand Increases
Forecast Zinc Refined Balance
Source : Teck 2016
ForecastZinc production
Zinc Fundamentals remain strong as supply continues to
tighten.
Physical market already in deficit, currently depleting global
inventorie.
Supply deficits are now anticipated for several years which
should support a period of higher prices.
New projects will not supply current deficits nor annual growth
in zinc demand.
Zinc prices are forecast to average $1.35/lb in 2017 and
$1.55/lb in 2018, continuing the already-impressive gains
made over the course of 2016. (Scotia Bank-30/01/2017)
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6. Low Grade Open Pit
17.8 MT
0.47% Cu → 183 M lb
0.99% Pb → 390 M lb
2.73% Zn → 1078 M lb
0.59 g/t Au → 338 K oz
42 g/t Ag → 24 M oz
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Mineral Resource
- 300m
- 150m
Surface
High Grade Underground
5.2 MT
0.46% Cu → 53 M lb
1.80% Pb → 209 M lb
5.24% Zn → 610 M lb
0.65 g/t Au → 110 K oz
69 g/t Ag → 11.7 M oz
1078 M Lbs Zinc (M + I)
Murray Brook Deposit
(PEA 2013) (NI 43-101 2016)
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Mining Titles
Favorable VMS territory
Restigouche
Caribou
Mine Site
Mining lease
Puma Claim
0 3
km
Favorable unit that hosted VMS deposit
Murray Brook
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Trevali Mining (TSX : TV)
Murray Brook Deposit
Murray Brook West
Murray Brook East
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Mine in Operation
Caribou : the best example of success
Caribou
On July 1, 2016, Trevali entered into the production phase at
Caribou, producing zinc and lead-silver concentrates.
After 6 months of commercial production (July 1st to December
31st – 2016 Q3&Q4), Caribou production was 36,7M payable
pounds of zinc, 13,8M payable pounds of lead and 402,067
payable ounces of silver for total revenues of $56,04M (US).
Caribou post commercial production (2016 Q3&Q4) site cash
operating cost was $56.39 (US) per ton milled against a post
commercial annual cost guidance of$64 (US) to $68 (US) per ton
milled.
For the last quarter only (2016 Q4), Caribou site cash operating
costs was $54.79 (US) per ton milled or $0.44 (US) per payable
pound of ZnEq produced.
For 2017, Trevali expects site cash operating costs of
approximately $55 (US) to $60 (US) per ton milled for it’s
expected production of 90M payable pounds of zinc, 30M payable
pounds of lead and 900,000 ounces of payable silver.
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Comparable
Brunswick #12 Mine
82%
63%
51%
55%
Potential Opportunities in Pb and Gold
Murray Brook*
89%
37%
51%
55%
Caribou
78%
60%
?
36%
Metal
Zn
Pb
Cu
Ag
* Scoping metallurgical test program done by RPC in 2012. The Cu/Pb bulk flotation is common to
the Bathurst Camp mineralization and was used by both the former Heath Steele and Xstrata Zinc
Brunswick operations. The production of individual Cu/Pb/Zn concentrates in sequential flotation was
the simpler preferred option and was selected for most of the scoping and optimization tests.
Metallurgy
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Favorable extension along strike
Increase resource
7.8% Zn /2.4m
The massive sulphide
body is thick, and its
dip 45º with confined
to depths of less than
300 meters below the
surface.
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Regional exploration
Murray Brook Claims :Exploration along trend of the Murray Brook and Caribou, to consist of a 2000m
diamond drill program to test targets mainly by geology, ground gravity surveys and airborne EM.
Fives drilled holes are
proposed based primarily
on :
- Gravity
- Favorable geology,
Mount Brittain
sediments that host
Murray Brook massive
sulfides
- EM survey
Blue sky drill-ready targets
Favorable horizon
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Blue sky drill-ready targets
Ground gravity survey was performed by Votorantim in 2012. Murray Brook massive sulfide display
a strong gravity signature and out the discreet anomalies may correspond to massive sulfide.
Priority Target
2km from Caribou Mine
Murray Brook
Major fault zone
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Potential Economic Viable Acquisition
for only 9M$
Payment Schedule
Votorantim
(70%)
El Nino
(30%)
PUM
(Shares)
Environmental
Bond
February 28th-2017 $ 1 000 000
April 30th-2017 $ 250 000 5,000,000
February 28th-2018 $ 2 000 000 $ 2 000 000
Avril 30th-2018 $ 1 500 000
Avril 30th-2019 $ 1 000 000
September 30th-2019 $ 3 000 000
TOTAL: $ 6 000 000 $ 2 750 000 5,000,000 $ 2 000 000
MilestonesMurray Brook Deposit
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Focused on development stages
Development program
Program 6 Months 12 Months > 1 Year
Recovery and geotechnical X
Preliminary Economic Assesment (PEA) X X
Surface Exploration (mapping-trenching) X X
2000 meters of Exploration Drilling X X
Water Monitoring Study X X
Permitting X
Feasibility Study X
2017
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Additional Resource Potential
Highlights
Ann’s Creek Ag-Au-Pb-Zn Project
Nicholas-Denys Mo-Cu Project
Turgeon VMS C-Zn Project
100% owned by Puma, located in mafic volcanic sequence, 4 lenses known.
30,000 meters of drilling : historical resource of 1.5 to 2.0 M. tons grading 1.5% Cu and 4% Zn.
2017 : Update of resource estimate and drill program to find additional VMS lenses.
100% owned, high grade silver lens with excellent gold, zinc and lead grades.
2008 : indicated resource of 1.1 M ounces of silver with 0.78 M ounces of inferred resource.
100% owned, porphyry system 4km by 4km, IP drill ready targets.
Discovery hole in 2014 : FND14-02 hit 0.065% Mo over 200m (incl. 0.08% Mo over 117m).
Additional Puma Assets
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Since last Resource Estimates :84 additional holes drilled for 84,000 meters.
17. Contact Information :
Puma Exploration Inc.
175, rue Legaré
Rimouski, Québec, Canada
G5L 3B9
418-724-0901
info@explorationpuma.com
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