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Certain information contained herein regarding Guinea Iron Ore Limited (GIO) a private Canadian corporation,
including managements assessment of future plans and operations, may constitute forward looking statements under
applicable securities law and necessarily involve risks, including but not limited to risks associated with mining
exploration, operating costs, production costs, volatility of share prices, currency fluctuations, imprecision of resource
and reserve estimates, environmental risks and ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources.
As a consequence, actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements. Plans,
intentions or expectations disclosed in any forward looking statements or information should not be read as guarantees
of future results or events, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or when or by which such results
or events will be achieved.
Except as required by law, GIO expressly disclaims any intention and undertakes no obligation to update any forward
looking statements or information as conditions change.
The historical resource estimates and grades reported in this presentation were taken from reports prepared by Kumba
Iron Ore (subsidiary of Anglo American), and GIO is not permitted to report the results as NI 43 -101 conformable.
Therefore, GIO is required to make the following disclaimer: The resource results and grades reported by Kumba Iron
Ore and subsequently referenced by GIO are to be treated as historical resources and grades and should not be relied
upon. They have not been verified by GIO and are presented for general information purposes only.
GIO AT A GLANCE
GIO is involved in three iron ore properties in Guinea, West Africa. The Company is focused on exploring and
developing a direct shipping (DSO) iron ore operation at its Gaoual property. Gaoual is believed to host a potential
resource of 3 to 5 billion tonnes. Iron ore grades measure as high as 59%.
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- Projects Locations
GAOUAL
Project
GLOBAL AMC
Bauxite Bauxite
ALCAN
Bauxite
RUSAL
Fria BELLZONE
RUSAL Kalia
Kindia
FARANAH BOROKORO
Project Project
BELLZONE KOUYAH
AFRICAN Minerals RIO TINTO
Forecariah Application in
Tonkolili Simandou
Process by GIO
BEYLA
GIOs Properties
VALE Project
Zogota
GIOs ongoing
Licence
Applications BHP
Nimba
Other Companies
Significant Projects
GAOUAL PROPERTY DSO IRON ORE
- Potential to be a 3 to 5 billion
tonne resource.*
- 40 km strike length, 4 to 6 km
width, up to 30 metres thick.
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- Gaoual Project - Geology
High grade FeT mineralization on surface in Ordovician
structures
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GAOUAL DRILL HOLE OR4 CONTINUITY
6m - FeT 57% average
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GAOUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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GAOUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
867km2
Licence
Open pit mining
Characteristics
Low elevation changes
Metallurgy tests with Final product after processing : 68.1% Fe; 0.026% P;
very promising results 0.98% Al2O3; 0.33% SiO2
for a commercial scale Premium product after processing
A PARTIAL LIST OF Rio Tintos (38.5%), Chinalcos Bellzones Kalia Project has a
MINING COMPANIES (26.85%) and the Government of resource of 6.16 billion tonnes
PRESENTLY IN GUINEA: Guineas (35%) Simandou Project grading 21.8% FeT. The Chinese
has a resource of around 8 billion Investment Fund owns 50% of the
- Bellzone tonnes grading 65% FeT. The local project and holds a 100% offtake
- Benny Steinmetz Group (BSGR) operational vehicle is Simfer SA. agreement. CIF will fund up to $2.7
- BHP Billiton Rios shareholding was purchased billion for infrastructure
- China International Fund (CIF) for $700 million. Chinalcos development. Bellzone plans to
- China Power Investment shareholding was purchased for ship iron ore from its Forecariah JV
- Chinalco (Aluminum Corp of $1.35 billion. Project capital is project in H1 2012 and also has a
China) expected to reach $19 billion. nickel and copper project underway
- Guinea Iron Ore (GIO) called the Sadeka Project.
- Newmont (Euronimba Vales (33.5%), BSGRs (31.5%)
ownership) and Government of Guineas (35%) BHP Billitons Nimba Project has a
- RTZ Simandou Project (Zogota Mine) resource estimated to be greater
- RTZ-Alcan Vales shareholding was purchased than 1 billion tonnes grading 65%
- Rusal for $2.5 billion. FeT. Project capital is expected to
- Sumitomo (Euronimba exceed $2 billion.
ownership)
- Vale
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ABOUT GUINEA
- Guinean law is based on the - There are 24 ethnic groups, but - Bauxite and alumina are at present
French civil law system. three dominate: the only major exports.
- the Malink
- Official language is French. - the Fula - Iron ore is expected to become a
Government is a Democratic - the Susu major export product during the
Republic. next few years.
- The groups are harmonious and
- A free and clear election was there has never been a civil war - Gold and diamonds are also found
held on June 27, 2010, resulting in the country. within Guinea.
in the election of His Excellency
Professor Dr. Alpha Cond, - The country is 245,857 km2, - Offshore exploration is underway
who is a past professor of or approximately one-quarter the for oil.
political science at the University size of Ontario.
of Paris. He will serve a seven
year term in office.
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MINING IN GUINEA
- Guinea is the worlds largest Exploration Licences are owned 100% by the entity.
producer of bauxite with an
estimated 25 to 50% of the worlds Mining Licences include a Government 15% carried interest and the option to
reserves. Guinea exports 15-20 purchase an additional 20%.
million tonnes of bauxite annually.
For exploration (a prospecting permit):
- Guinea is slated to produce over - Initial three year term, relinquish 50% at end of term.
10% of the worlds Iron Ore. - Two renewal periods of two years each, 50% relinquishment of remaining
land at end of each term.
- The Government of Guinea is
planning to build a 340 megawatt Upon conversion to mining concession, exploitation permit issuable for 25
coal fired electrical station near years, with multiple renewable extensions for 10 years each term.
Boke to service the growing
mining industry.
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IRON ORE
MAGNETITE HEMATITE
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GLOBAL SUPPLY OF IRON ORE
Mr. Metzen is the founder of international shipping, trading and Mr. Lafleur is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in
financing companies. He has over 40 years experience in world- various capacities, both in Canada and internationally (West
wide shipping and infrastructure bringing product to market. His Africa, Ecuador and Mexico), with a range of industry
involvement with Africa spans over 35 years and for the past 10 companies, such as Newmont Mining Corporation,
years his focus has been on the Republic of Guinea. Mr. Metzen Falconbridge Limited, and Placer Dome Inc. He most
was instrumental in causing the issuance of the Guinean recently was Director and Head of Exploration for Champion
exploration licenses to Guinea Iron Ore Limited. Minerals Ltd., a TSX listed company, where he was
instrumental in the advancement of Champions 2 billion
tonne iron ore assets in the Quebec/Labrador iron ore trough.
Michael Baumbach
Mr.Lafleur has led teams in the search for base metals, gold,
Executive Vice President
nickel, iron, titanium, vanadium and uranium. His firm is
currently managing the drilling and exploration program for
Mr. Baumbach is the founder of an Australian and a Canadian
Nevado Resources Inc., at La Blache Quebec, a higher
diamond company and has 35 years experience in the global
grade iron ore, titanium and vanadium project.
diamond industry. He was involved in the alluvial mining of gold
in Ghana, from 1980 to 1985 and in 2005 he founded an
alluvial diamond mining company in Sierra Leone. Mr.
Baumbach is currently on the board of directors of a number of
diamond companies. Mr. Baumbach has been a consultant to
the corporation since its inception and brings with him
extensive, shipping and marketing experience and local
knowledge of mining in West Africa, particularly in the alluvial
diamond mining sector of Sierra Leone, the Democratic
Republic of Congo and Guinea.
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ADVISOR BIO
Dr. Yindong Yang is the senior research scientist and the head of steelmaking and chemical analysis laboratory at the
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the University of Toronto, Dr. Yang received his Master degree from the
Beijing University of Science & Technology in 1981 and his Ph.D. degree from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,
Sweden in 1991, and subsequently spent four years as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Toronto from 1992
to 1996. During the period from 1982 to 1988, he worked in Beijing Central Iron and Steel Research Institute as a project
manager for hot metal and stainless steel dephosphorization, and spent two years as a guest researcher in MEFOS
Metallurgical Research Centre, Lulea, Sweden for a China-Sweden joint research program on the treatment of high
phosphorus ores and hot metal. Dr Yang holds the title of adjunct professor in Wuhan University of Science and Technology
as well as Beijing Central Iron and Steel Research Institute. He also serves as grant application reviewer for Chinese National
Foundation for Natural Science, and advisor to several large companies in mining, metallurgical, renewable energy and
energy storage fields. He has strong ties with several engineering companies from ferrous and nonferrous industries, such as
the Beijing Capital Engineering and Research Incorporation (CERI) and Tangshan Iron and Steel Design and Research
institute and a number of steel companies in China and other countries in the world.
He is the author of more than 100 publications and two patents and was the recipient of the John Chipman Medal in 2003 from
the American Iron and Steel Society (ISS) and coauthor of eight award-winning presentations or poster presentations from
2004 to 2012 from AIST, ASM and COM. Dr Yang provided consultation to a number of world-class companies, such as Hatch
Association, Canada, IKEA, Sweden and China Aluminum Group Co. Overall he produced 32 consultation reports.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS BIOS
Mr. Cullen has 30 years experience in public company With over 15 years of financial accounting and reporting
financing, corporate/capital structuring and management. experience, Ms. Metzen has actively led the finance
Following 15 years in the Canadian investment brokerage department of several high tech enterprises. She has
industry, Mr. Cullen founded a number of public and worked extensively with corporations in directing their
private companies in the mining and oil and gas sector. financial planning and supporting their rigorous growth
initiatives. She has acquired extensive knowledge in
business development and specializes in offering clear
Jean Lafleur, B. Sc., M. Sc. Geology, P. Geo., and strategic long term visions. Ms. Metzen holds a
Director Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and is
currently Chief Financial Officer of an international
technology corporation.
Diana Metzen, Director
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