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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, iron ore 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 (AIM : SOLG). Solomon Gold has recently confirmed the discovery of a significant copper gold porphyry system at Sutakiki.
The second project to be spun out of D'Aguilar was the exciting Mt Isa Metals Phosphate, copper-gold-uranium portfolio. Following a highly successful oversubscribed IPO raising $7 million, Mt Isa Metals Limited was admitted to the Official List of the Australian Securities Exchange on 20th August with quotation commencing on 22nd August 2008 under the code MET.
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 AusNiCo's Mt Cobalt/Black Snake Nickel project in south east Queensland, and Ridge Exploration's large sedimentary iron ore projects in south east Queensland Central Minerals Rannes Gold project in Central Queensland.
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.
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.
A PIPELINE OF EMERGING PROJECTS
D’Aguilar currently has several projects maturing under its stewardship across Molybdenum, Nickel, Gold Uranium and base metals. Plans are underway to spin out these subsidiary companies when the market permits. 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 porphyry copper gold project at Bathurst, NSW.
HUGE LEVERAGE
With a market capitalisation of just $6.2m as at 1 December 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 and again in 2008 with the spin out of Mt Isa Metals Limited. Further spin outs will continue to deliver value to D’Aguilar shareholders in 2009, with information memorandums currently being drafted for two of the company’s projects.
