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DIVERSIFIED RESOURCE PROJECT GENERATION – CONSISTENT GOALS
Emerging gold-base metals explorer-developer, D’Aguilar offers exciting exposure to resource-project generation and discovery across a range of commodities, including copper, gold, nickel, molybdenum and uranium. D’Aguilar focuses especially on delivering value through the discovery of orebodies by the application of innovative exploration and reassessment strategies to existing pre-development projects and to new greenfields areas.
D’Aguilar is rapidly generating and developing several independently funded and managed resource companies in order to deal with each of these projects. Solomon Gold plc was the first project to be successfully spun out by D’Aguilar in February 2006 and was listed on the AIM board of the London Stock Exchange. Solomon Gold has recently confirmed the discovery of a significant copper gold porphyry system at Sutakiki.
DISCOVERY
D’Aguilar has a strong focus on discovery through highly experienced and successful explorationists and geoscientists. D’Aguilar’s exploration pipeline currently holds several promising projects including the exciting Mt Isa Metals phosphate, copper-gold-uranium portfolio and AusNiCo's Mt Cobalt/Black Snake Nickel project in south east Queensland.
The discovery of the Sutakiki porphyry copper gold project on Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands by Solomon Gold plc is further testimony to D’Aguilar’s exploration skills. D’Aguilar bases its programs on starting with very large land positions, giving the company the best chance of success.
REINTERPRETATION
D’Aguilar assembles comprehensive data sets over areas considered prospective. Reassessment of the entire data set and the identification of patterns, addition of new elements, modern techniques and filters lead to an improved chance of exploration success. Understanding scale is central to the D’Aguilar strategy.
Extensive aeromagnetic and gravity anomalies in the Company’s project in the Cloncurry-Mt Isa belt show significant aeroradiometric anomalism for uranium. The value of this project was demonstrated with a $1m capital raising in December 2007 to fund further exploration. D’Aguilar will spin off its wholly owned subsidiary Mt Isa Metals Ltd to advance the project. At AusNiCo's Mt Cobalt/Black Snake Nickel project, the identification of a new style of mineralisation and the advent of low pressure and temperature leaching offers the promise of a new nickel resource. D'Aguilar recently announced the discovery of ore grade nickel sulphides at AusNiCo's Pembroke project in south east Queensland. This exemplifies D'Aguilar's exploration strategy and its constant reinterpretation of data in the quest for new discoveries.
REVALUATION
The rise in demand for commodities has created new opportunities for projects to be revalued. Ridge Exploration, D'Aguilar's iron ore subsidiary is one such example, with applications pending over a 400km belt of sedimentary iron prospects in the Northern Surat Basin, where previous work has identified sedimentary iron development with over 40% iron content. D’Aguilar offers shareholders and investors considerable upside to participate in a diverse range of resource projects. Expert and experienced managers and explorationists with track records of success provide D’Aguilar with a competitive edge in the business of resource exploration and revaluation.
MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE WITH A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS
For this strategy to be successful, it is vital to have the right team in place. D’Aguilar has the mix of talent that allows projects to be secured, funded and technically advanced with the best management. The team has a successful track record together and individually over many years in the area of resource exploration and development. Recent appointments included Ian Levy as CEO of AusNiCo (previously CEO of Allegiance Mining) and Peter Spiers as Managing Director of Mt Isa Metals Ltd (a 20 year veteran of WMC Ltd).
A PIPELINE OF EMERGING PROJECTS
D’Aguilar currently has five projects maturing under its stewardship across Molybdenum, Nickel, Gold Uranium and base metals. Mezzanine funding has already been secured for Mt Isa Metals Ltd, Anduramba Molybdenum P/L, AusNiCo P/L and Eastern Uranium P/L. Plans are underway to spin out these companies during 2008. The combined values of the subsidiaries at seed capital level is greater than $100m. New resource exploration projects will continue to flow into the D’Aguilar portfolio including the promising Central Minerals P/L and Ridge Exploration P/L.
HUGE LEVERAGE
With a market capitalisation of just $22.5m in June 2008, D’Aguilar has huge leverage to capitalise on successes. The revaluation of its subsidiaries, the value of retained holdings and the proven ability to discover projects can deliver impressive returns to shareholders. D’Aguilar’s objective is to deliver shareholder value. By pursuing this model it achieved that aim in 2006 with the spin out of Solomon Gold plc. Further spin outs will continue to deliver value to D’Aguilar shareholders in 2008, with information memorandums currently being drafted for three of the company’s projects.
