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Hydrothermal Graphite Deposit Ammenable for Commercial Graphene Applications

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Message: Comparables LIO VS ZEN both released PEA's today

To say RPA was conservative is an understatement.

RPA used an after tax NPV value at a 10% discount rate, on ZEN's PEA,

While LIO's PEA used a pre-tax NPV at a 5% discount rate. Same number of outstanding shares.

ZEN PEA Highlights: (Note: All dollar amounts in US currency unless otherwise specified)

  • Open-Pit, Life of mine (‘LOM’) of 22 years based on less than 50% of the Indicated & Inferred Mineral Resources. Underground mining of Inferred Resources below the sill are not included in this study. The deposit is open at depth;
  • 3,000 tonne per day open-pit mine and process plant to produce 30,000 tonnes of high purity (>99.9% Cg) graphite annually;
  • Price of purified graphite @ $7,500 per tonne and operating costs of $2,046 per tonne showing a margin of $5,454 per tonne;
  • Total LOM gross revenue of ~$4.8 Billion and an after-tax cash average annual cash flow of $110 Million;
  • A base case after-tax Net Present Value at a 10% discount rate of $438 Million yielding an after-tax Internal Rate of Return of 24%.

LOI's PEA Highlights (all amounts are quoted in $USD utilizing a base case gold price of $1,200 per oz.)

  • Pre-tax Net Present Value (NPV) of $117 million (5% discount rate) on the current resource of the Tuvatu Project

  • Pre-tax Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 67%

  • Pre-production capital costs of $48.6 million including 14.5% contingency; first gold production following development and construction period of 15 months

  • Operating costs of $567 per oz.; all-in sustaining costs of $779 per oz.

  • 1.5 year payback period, followed by production of 91,229 ounces in year 2 averaging 16.5 g/t Au, and 92,056 ounces averaging 14.40 g/t Au in year 3

  • Gold production of 352,931 oz. at an average grade of 11.3 g/t Au; current resource of 1.1 Mt Indicated at 8.46 g/t Au (299,500 oz.) and 1.5 Mt Inferred at 9.7 g/t Au (468,000 oz.) at a cutoff grade of 3.0 g/t Au

PEA Summary (reported in US$)

Project Life (Years) 7.4
Total Gold Produced (oz. Au) 352,931
Average Annual Production (oz. Au) 57,320
Capital Costs (millions) $48.6
Average Mining Cost ( per tonne) $76.50
Processing Costs (per tonne) $43.80
Mining Dilution 20 %
Metallurgical Recovery 86.3 %
Inferred resources as percentage of tonnage 55.1 %
Inferred resources as percentage of ounces 62.7 %

Summary Economics at US$1,200 per ounce Gold

Total LOM Undiscounted Revenue $423,516,000
Total LOM Pre-Tax Cash Flow $148,726,000
Average Annual Pre-Tax Cash Flow $33,222,000
Total LOM After-Tax Free Cash Flow $112,540,000
Average Annual After-Tax Free Cash Flow $20,079,000
Discount Rate 5 %
Pre-Tax NPV $116,991,000
Pre-Tax IRR 67 %
Pre-Tax Payback (Years) 1.25
After-Tax NPV $86,542,000
After-Tax IRR 52 %
After-Tax Payback (Years) 1.50
Cash Costs per oz. Au $567
Cash Costs per oz. Au including Sustaining Capex $779

Mineral Resources

The PEA is based on an Indicated and Inferred mineral resource estimate by independent Qualified Person Ian Taylor, BSc (Hons), MAusIMM(CP) of Mining Associates Pty Ltd. For further details, see the Company news release dated June 4, 2014 and the technical report released July 9, 2014. A summary of this resource (reported at a cut off grade of 3.0 g/t Au - highlighted) is as follows:

Cut off Indicated Resource Inferred Resource
g/t Au tonnes g/t Au oz. Au Tonnes g/t Au oz. Au
1.0 1,943,000 5.61 350,300 3,022,000 5.8 561,000
2.0 1,435,000 7.07 326,200 2,156,000 7.5 520,000
3.0 1,101,000 8.46 299,500 1,506,000 9.7 468,000
5.0 683,000 11.25 247,000 872,000 13.9 390,000

The summary review of geology, resource models, and estimates and the site visit were conducted by Mr. Taylor, who visited the site from Feb. 25-28th, 2014. Mr. Taylor viewed the geological setting, located some drill collars, and inspected drill core and sample storage.

Estimated Operating Costs

Operating Costs (per tonne milled) US$ per tonne milled
Mining Costs 76.50
Processing Costs 43.83
General & Administrative 19.49
Exploration 1.53
Direct Operating Costs before Taxes and Royalties 141.35
Operating Costs (per oz. Au) US$ per ounce Au
Mining Costs 243.98
Processing Costs 139.78
General & Administrative 62.16
Exploration 4.89
Refining & Transport 2.40
Royalty 114.00
Total US$ Cash Costs 567.21
Cash Costs Including All-in Sustaining Costs Per tonne at Mill Per oz. recovered
Onsite Mining 76.50 243.98
On-Site Processing 43.83 139.78
G&A 19.49 62.16
Exploration 1.53 4.89
Refining 0.75 2.40
Royalties 35.76 114.00
Total Costs 177.86 567.21
Capex 66.28 211.38
All-in Cash + Sustaining Costs 244.14 778.59

Capital Costs

Pre-Production Capital US$ ('000s)
Capitalized Development 8,984
Mining Equipment 5,906
Processing 13,255
Infrastructure 7,578
Indirect Costs 2,564
EPC 2,064
Owner Costs 2,109
Contingency (14.5%) 6,142
Total US$ 48,603


Read more at http://www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2015/05/31/lion-one-announces-robust-preliminary-economic-assessment-for-high-grade-gold#YSJMe3sIyFCbDp3Q.99

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