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High-Grade Cobalt, Pre-IPO Funding, Drilling Now

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Universal Mining Group has secured a mandate to facilitate pre-IPO funding for a multi-commodity battery materials provider, including the largest footprint of high-grade cobalt outside of the DRC. Heads of Agreement have been signed.

We seek EOIs from investors that wish to participate in this exciting opportunity. Our client has a strong management team in place. Samples and drill results confirm exceptional Cobalt grades (1-20% Co). Chairman and COO are available for conference calls or face-to-face meetings.

Project Profile

  • Secured over 1,300 mineral claims in 10 mineralised zones controlling more than 1,000 km2 of the most prospective area for high-grade cobalt (1-20% Co), globally.
  • Drilling into three priority areas has commenced, targeting the world’s highest grade cobalt resource within 90 days.
  • Mine development in stable jurisdictions; a quick and defined path to production.
  • Strong management team with extensive experience in speciality metals.
  • Multi-channel strategy provides a presence in up- and downstream battery markets.
  • Production est. 6,000 tons contained metal p.a., US$350m annualized gross revenues at current prices.
  • Banking syndicate for TSX listing (Q1:18) finalised, with Tier 1 bank to lead.

Two peer comparisons of note:

  1. One cobalt project company in Idaho in a more advanced stage has a market capitalisation of $175m and only just completed the Preliminary Economic Assessment; despite having inferior grades and lower tonnage that our client’s projects will be able to produce in the short-term.

In comparison, the Idaho project is only forecasting a 24% IRR, (based on a cut- off grade of 0.2% Cobalt). Whereas our client project is indicating a 94% IRR, (based on a cut-off grade of 2% Cobalt), with significantly lower CAPEX.

  1. A soon-to-be completed merger between three TSXV-listed companies with a pro-forma market capitalisation of $160m, despite having no known resources or reserves, in an area widely believed to contain limited quantities of cobalt.

The current priority targets identified from detailed geophysical and geochemical work indicates that the surveyed strike length at just one project is over 2 km long. Multiple layers of technical data have been accumulated over the past 12 months, including over 200 historic drill holes, leading to the maiden drilling campaign, which has just commenced.

The Cobalt tenements are showing very high-grade Cobalt percentage results and indicate that these are near surface outcrops with potentially very low stripping ratios. In addition, there are significant credits, including gold (up to 10g/t Au), copper (up to 14% Cu), silver (up to 29,000g/t, Ag) and nickel (up to 8.8% Ni).

One of the leases has a Co-grade percentage of 21.3%, and has high Au credits. Another has a Co-grade percentage of 13.3%. There are 4 other targets with similar grades.

Our client now seeking to raise up to US$6m in pre-IPO funding, (on a pre-money valuation of $38m), to complete the resource estimation and feasibility studies and ongoing business development.

Market Background

There is a growing demand for Li-ion batteries driven by electric vehicles (EVs) and a global shift to lower carbon emissions. Significant change is required in the upstream markets to prevent bottlenecks, cobalt is in the most critically short supply

  • Global EV demand growing at c. 50% per year – close to 1 million vehicles in 2017.
  • Demand for Li-ion batteries increased tenfold to 2016 and is expected to grow at 38% CAGR (2016-2020).
    • Demand for EV batteries alone will increase demand for lithium by 171%, cobalt by 74% and graphite by 41% measured as a proportion of estimated 2016 production (Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimate). This places the greatest stress on supplies of cobalt – global demand for cobalt is estimated to double by 2030.

Almost all cobalt produced globally is a by-product of mining of other minerals – there are very few projects where cobalt is the primary element, and hence most projects have very low cobalt concentrations.

Please contact garry.wildman@umgrp.com or peter.harrison@umgrp.com to discuss NDA terms in the first instance. A detailed presentation will be made available after signing an NDA, with access to historical drill results and samples thereafter once interest has been confirmed.

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Group Success Stories

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UMG Company Sucess Stories

The last 6 months have been extremely busy for Universal Mining Group, and our UMG Funding and Universal Mining Consultants businesses.

UMG Funding has successfully facilitated funding for:

  • a Nickel project in South America
  • a Zinc polymetallic project in South Africa,

We are managing our pipeline of projects having made some great contacts with current and future project owners in recent times. Funding mandates for exciting opportunities have recently been negotiated including:

  • a multi-million Oz Gold play in Canada, 2m Oz proven and 3m Oz inferred
  • a Gold project in Argentina, 1m Oz plus
  • a Farm-In Agreement for a Diamond project in South Africa, including high-grade gem quality stones
  • a Cobalt & Lithium multi tenement deposit of extremely high grade,( capital raising closing this September).

 

  • In the pipeline is another Sulphide Nickel project, with Cobalt and bonus Gold deposit on the same tenement, in Laos this time.
  • a legally binding offtake agreement is being concluded with an internationally recognized global Zinc smelter/supplier for our South African Zinc Project, securing 65% of the revenue for the project and proceeding with the DFS to support those offtake arrangements

Thanks to our developing reputation and increasing outreach to our highly valued new and existing investors and clients, the project pipeline on our books continues to grow. Working closely with interested parties allows us to create value for all under NDA/HoA or Farm In arrangements.

We continue to use social media and email to alert investors to new opportunities.

If you would like to receive early updates on our latest investment opportunities please click on this link to subscribe and get our ‘investment ready’ investment opportunities!

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Investment Opportunity – Significant Diamond Project

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A unique and compelling opportunity to acquire a meaningful equity interest in this significant Diamond Project in South Africa

A Rare Undeveloped Diamondiferous Pipe

Companies spend decades in search of diamond hosting Kimberlite pipes. This advanced exploration asset comprises an already defined and partially tested diamondiferous kimberlite pipe, as yet undeveloped for various corporate reasons.

The opportunity to realise value from the development of this asset is remarkable.

Located on 12.2 hectares, the deposit pipe has been extensively bulk tested in the 1970’s and 1980’s with large diameter auger holes, rotary percussion drilling, diamond drilling and trenching.

The pipe has demonstrated the ability to deliver large carat stones from 5 to 220+carats with a broad micro diamond distribution within the pipe. Gem quality stones have been recovered in bulk sampling and trenching, and diamond chips recovered from rotary percussion drilling.

Gem Quality Stones

The average diamond size of diamonds is estimated to be 0.77 carats from previous work. Snowden established that this represents an exceptionally high average stone size for a pipe. The stone size estimate does not include the 223.9 carat stone recovered during the 1979 – 82 bulk sampling program.

Drilling results yielded a particularly large number of 5+ carat diamonds during this program, including three in the 15-20 carat range. A large number of the stones that were classified as “fragments” is suggestive that large diamonds (>20 carats) will be a feature of this pipe.

Descriptions of the stone quality by experts in diamond valuation include:

  • Colour: 70% to 80% of stones were judged by experts to display “good colour” i.e. white or top white with some yellowish.
  • Shape: Stones tend to be fragmentary with rounded and polished surfaces.
  • Purity: Stones are described as clear with good colour and contain relatively few macroscopic inclusions.
  • Grade: The diamond grade within the pipe could increase with depth, e.g. the grade in the Premier pipe at 400 m depth below the surface was 28 carats per 100t, but increased to 72 carats per 100t at 600m depth.
  • Gem to Boart Ratio: highly favourable ratio of gem diamond to boart is 60:40%.

 Demonstrated Potential to Produce Large Gem Quality Stones

This is the fourth largest Kimberlite pipe discovered in South Africa to date. When it was discovered and then professionally evaluated initially between 1975 and 1982, the deposit pipe was considered too low grade at 1.77cpht to be economically developed. However, the economics depends not just on the grade of the bulk economic material but on the prevalence, occurrence, size and quality of the gem quality diamonds contained therein.

This pipe has demonstrated an ability to produce large carat, high quality stones in addition to the background distribution of smaller stones.

Exceptional Exploration Upside

Kimberlite pipes rarely exist as single intrusive events. More commonly, they occur in clusters. Individual pipes may be the result of multiphase events, with each phase having different diamondiferous characteristics in terms of tonnes / grade, presence or absence of diamonds, colour, size and quality. Individual pipes within a cluster may also exhibit variability.

It is probable that other Kimberlite pipes will be identified on Client’s deposit with further exploration, therefore. Indeed geophysical exploration has already identified several potential targets.

 Further key indicators

  • It is anticipated that the valuation of the resource will be substantially enhanced after the results of a cumulative Size Frequency Distribution (“SFD”) become available. The Inferred Diamond Resource determined may exceed the current EV of AU$22.6m valuation by two highly respected Geologists and Consultants.
  • UMG recently appointed a Competent Person who has many years of diamond exploration and operational experience in country. A site visit and analysis of tailings and old stockpile from previous workings confirm the presence of zircon and other precious stones – a major indicator of macro and micro gem quality diamonds. (Previous technical reports in confirmation are available).
  • The project is favourably located for infrastructure.

INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

The project owners now seek further development funds to;

  • Plan and put into production a recovery plant based on TOMRA technology for the processing of un-oxidised kimberlite (blue ground) from 30m and deeper on an identified high grade portion of the pipe.
  • Thoroughly investigate the further kimberlite anomalies present adjacent to the project area and within the project mining lease.

Funds required to:

  • To finalise all regulatory requirements (very advanced).
  • Obtain diamond core drilling program results.
  • Appoint a consulting diamond geologist to re-log the diamond core drilling results to capture missed kimberlite high grade intrusions within the project pipe.

Funding Proposition:

  • UMG seeks interest parties to participate in the project. This exclusive funding round is for $5.5m in return for equity. It can be developed in tranches in agreement with the project owners. Equity details can be discussed and agreed under NDA.

Expressions of Interest are required by 31st August 2017. Thereafter interested parties will make pledges within 14 days of the closing date of the EOI process.

A comprehensive data room is available subject to signing an NDA. Please contact garry.wildman@umgrp.com or peter.harrison@umgrp.com for an initial confidential discussion.

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World Class Cobalt & Lithium Project

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Universal Mining Group has secured a mandate to facilitate funding for a world class Cobalt and Lithium Project. Heads of Agreement were signed this week.

We seek EOIs from investors that wish to participate in this exciting opportunity. The funding round closes 3rd week August 2017.

Our client has a strong management team in place. Samples and drill results confirm high-grade Cobalt and Lithium respectively with exceptional Cobalt grades.Chairman and COO of the project are available at short notice for a conference call or face-to-face meetings.

Market Background

There is a growing demand for Li-ion batteries driven by electric vehicles (EVs) and a global shift to lower carbon emissions. Significant change is required in the upstream markets to prevent bottlenecks, cobalt is in the most critically short supply

  • Global EV demand growing at c. 50% per year – close to 1 million vehicles in 2017.Demand for Li-ion batteries increased tenfold to 2016 and is expected to grow at 38% CAGR (2016-2020).• Various battery technologies are in use – most require significant amounts of lithium, cobalt and graphite.
  • Demand for Li-ion batteries increased tenfold to 2016 and is expected to grow at 38% CAGR (2016-2020).Various battery technologies are in use – most require significant amounts of lithium, cobalt and graphite.
  • Various battery technologies are in use – most require significant amounts of lithium, cobalt and graphite.
    Demand for EV batteries alone will increase demand for lithium by 171%, cobalt by 74% and graphite by 41% measured as a proportion of estimated 2016 production (Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimate).
  • This places the greatest stress on supplies of cobalt – global demand for cobalt is estimated to double by 2030.

Almost all cobalt produced globally is a by-product of mining of other minerals – there are very few projects where cobalt is the primary element, and hence most projects have very low cobalt concentrations.

Project Profile

  • Mine development in stable jurisdictions; a quick and defined path to production.
  • Diversified and strong management team with extensive experience in speciality technology materials industry.
  • The multi-channel strategy provides a presence in up- and downstream battery material markets.
  • Production est. 6,000 tons contained metal p.a., US$350m annualized gross revenues at current prices.

Our client now seeking to raise US$6m to fund completion of resource and feasibility studies and ongoing business development.

Please contact garry.wildman@umgrp.com or peter.harrison@umgrp.com to discuss NDA terms in the first instance. A detailed presentation will be made available after signing an NDA, with access to drill results and samples thereafter once interest has been confirmed.

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New Due Diligence Service Details

UMG have been appointed by several European Wealth Funds, Hedge Funds, and Private Investors to conduct Initial and Due Diligence Assessments for projects on their behalf. Whilst Mining & Minerals, and Energy projects are a major part of our activity, our funding facilitation service is potentially available to most technical or industrial projects too.

Visit our Project Funding Page to view an online presentation or to download a Pdf copy.

Investors Required for Zinc & Nickel Projects

UMG Funding has been recently mandated to find investors for 2 zinc projects and 1 nickel project, one of the zinc projects is in the exploration phase, has historical feasibility and near-term production. The other Zinc project has a Pre-Feasibility Study completed and the resource has been defined to 43 101 code. The Sulphide Nickel project has a BFS completed, the Resource and Reserves are defined and support a 10-year mine life.

For more information and a confidential discussion please contact Peter Harrison via peter.harrison@umgrp.com.

In addition, we have just been mandated to find Uranium Projects that are in exploration phase or in Pre-Feasibility Study stage development project owners to discuss potential funding.

UMG Funding Client Testimonial – Salt River Resources Zinc Mining Project

“ I have worked and collaborated with UMG Funding and found them to be very tenacious and industrious company in pursuit of obtaining funds on our behalf of Salt River Resources Zinc Mining Project, I would like to thank Garry and Pete for their efforts to date in increasing the awareness of our projects within their investor base in London to date, UMG helped us develop the right commercial teaser to gain interest from investors in general, UMG has considerable strategic investment insights and I would not hesitate to recommend their professional work ethic to third parties”