Title: Analyst Visit MORILA GOLD MINE
1- Analyst Visit MORILA GOLD MINE
- 18 February 2004
- Glen Koropchuk
- General Manager
2Disclaimer
Except for the historical information contained
herein, there are matters discussed in this
presentation that are forward-looking statements.
Such statements are only predictions and actual
events or results may differ materially. For a
discussion of important factors including, but
not limited to development of the Company's
business, the economic outlook in the gold mining
industry, expectations regarding gold prices and
production, and other factors, which could cause
actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements, refer to the
Company's annual report on the Form 20-F for the
year ended 31 December 2002, which was filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on 7 April
2003. All figures from 2004 onwards are forecast
figures.
3Contents
- Introduction to Morila
- Health Safety
- Geology
- Mining
- Metallurgy
- Exploration
- Human Resources
- Environment
- Community Development
- Finance Administration
INTRODUCTION
4Regional Geography
INTRODUCTION
5Shareholders
INTRODUCTION
Partnership Government of Mali, Randgold
Resources AngloGold Operated by AngloGold
6Management Team
Glen Koropchuk General Manager Guy Riopel -
Administration Finance Peet van Schalkwyk
Metallurgy Carl Baker-Duly Mining Claude Poulin
Geology Samba Touré Environment Community
Development Nouhoum Diakité HR Réjean
Prevereault Health and Safety Dr Fanie Jute
Medical Services
INTRODUCTION
7Infrastructure
- Morila is a fully self-contained mining operation
with the following main infrastructure - Electrical Power generation distribution
- Water reticulation from the Bagoe river for
process plant human consumption - Accommodation and mess facilities
- Airstrip road network
- Telecommunications via satellite
- Radio network
INTRODUCTION
8Infrastructure
- Water
- Pumped from the Bagoe river, 28 km away.
- Average quantity 359,500 m3/month
- Power Plant
- Installed Capacity is 29 MW. Current average
demand is 16.5 MW at 100 availability - Average Power Load 14.4 MW/month
- Average Diesel Consumption (Power Plant)
- 89,500 litres/day or 10 litres/tonne
- Electronic Fuel Management
INTRODUCTION
9Infrastructure
- Pit, Stockpiles, Dumps
- Contractor Workshops
- Gold Plant
- Tailings Storage Facility
- Main offices
- Workshops
- Stores
- Power Plant
- Camp village
- Airstrip
- Sanso houses
INTRODUCTION
10Operational Overview
- Mineral Resources 31/12/03 3.8 million Au oz
- Ore Reserves 31/12/03 3.1 million Au oz
- Estimated Treatment Life 2011
- Open Pit Operation 2009
- Total Cash Costs Approximately US190/oz over
remaining LOM - Plant Head Grade Approximately 4.5 g/t over
remaining LOM - Plant Design Throughput 3.12 million t/annum
- Plant Throughput Upgrade 4.2 million t/annum
(2004) - Process recovery 96 for oxide 91 for
sulphide - Capital Investment US 102 million 4
million/annum - Employees 1,160 including 701 contractors
- 92.5 are Malian Nationals
INTRODUCTION
11Construction Capital
INTRODUCTION
12Health Safety
- Safety Initiatives 2003
- Appointment of dedicated Safety Manager
- Improved Safety Management System/documentation
- Implementing of emergency procedure drills
HEALTH SAFETY
- Improved communications
- Improved awareness campaign
- More visible management presence on shop floor
- Improved vehicle and access control
- Cultural diversity program
- Behaviour Based Safety Programme
- Morila reduced the LTIFR by 41 compared to 2002
13Malaria Incidence
HEALTH SAFETY
14West African Mines
GEOLOGY
15Morila 3D Ore Body Pit 1 Pit 2
16Morila 3D Ore Body December 2003 Actual Pits
Actual Pit 2 Area
Actual Pit 3 Area
Actual Pit 4 Area
Actual Pit 1 Area
17Morila 3D Ore Body Final Pit Design
Vertical Sulphide Ore
Horizontal Sulphide Ore
Oxide Ore
GEOLOGY
Final Pit Design
Transitional Ore
Eastern Margin
18Morila 3D Ore Body Final Pit Design
GEOLOGY
19Long Section Remaining ResourceView Looking
West
Resource Outline
Current Pit Limit
Final Pit Design
20Production History 2004 Mining Plan
MINING
21Annual Production Grade Profile 2004-2008
MINING
22Challenges 2004
Jan
MINING
23Challenges 2004
Feb
MINING
24Challenges 2004
Mar
MINING
25Challenges 2004
MINING
Apr
26Challenges 2004
MINING
May
27Challenges 2004
MINING
Jun
28Challenges 2004
Jul
MINING
29Challenges 2004
Aug
MINING
30Challenges 2004
Sep
MINING
31Challenges 2004
MINING
Oct
32Challenges 2004
MINING
Nov
33Challenges 2004
MINING
Dec
34Key Mining Equipment
- Drills (Ingersoll Rand/Atlas Copco) 9
- Excavators (180-220t Cat/Liebherr) 4
- Utility Excavator (80t Cat) 1
- Front End Loader (74t Cat) 1
- Haul Trucks (63t-90t payload Cat) 21
- Graders (25t Cat) 2
- Water Tankers (53t payload Cat) 2
- Track Dozers (35-65t Cat) 5
- Wheel Dozer (46t Cat) 1
- Tyre Handler (Cat) 1
MINING
35 Mineral Resource Statement 31 December 2003
102003 Resource at 1.0 g/t cut off
MINING
Note Rounding of figures may result in
computational discrepancies
36Ore Reserves Parameters
MINING
37Metallurgical Process Flow
The process plant is a conventional CIL process
with an up-front gravity section to extract the
free gold. The plant has a current throughput of
260,000 tonnes per month (3.12 million tonnes per
annum).
Oxide Gravity Gold 25.4
Oxide CIL Gold 95.2
Oxide overall Gold 96.1
Oxide Ore
Carbon in Leach
Tailings Dam
SAG Ball Milling
METALLURGY
Crushing
Sulphide Ore
Sulphide CIL Gold 88.0
Sulphide Gravity Gold 37.4
Sulphide overall Gold 91.3
38Metallurgical Performance
The plant was commissioned in October 2000.
9,416,377 tonnes were processed up to 31
December 2003, producing 2,622,860 oz of gold.
METALLURGY
39Metallurgical Performance
METALLURGY
40Plant Expansion
- Increase resource utilisation
- Assist in the treatment of the TSF Mineral
Resource - Increase current revenues
- Treatable volume of low grade ore and marginal
material increases towards end of LOM (fixed
costs spread over greater volume) - Increase to 350,000 tonnes per month
- Additional 4 Leach/CIL Tanks
- Secondary Crushing Circuit
- Cyanide Wash Thickener
- Financial impacts
- Total US 8.9 million (Turn-key Project)
- Using US 350/oz in Constant Gold Price Model
- Cash Flow increase is US 31 million
- Improvement in NPV
- Not very sensitive to gold
METALLURGY
41Exploration Philosophy
- Dual Focus
- Strategic
- Develop the deep extensions to Morila ore body
for extraction beyond current LOM - Find a new Morila Mine lease generative study
- Tactical
- Locate near surface high grade mineralisation for
inclusion in the mine plan as soon as possible
EXPLORATION
42Strategic Targets Pit Area
EXPLORATION
43Exploration Tactical Focus
- Domba
- 2,000 m RC infill drilling program
- Bla
- Heel Toe RAB (follow up required)
- Domba East
- 200 x 200m RAB (follow up required)
- Bla South
- 400 x 100m soils, Complete
- San East
- Infill soils to 200 x 100m, Complete
EXPLORATION
Morila
44Exploration Generative Study Target Ranking
- Inputs
- Morila Geological Model
- Geophysical Interpretation, Geochemical
Contouring - Geological Interpretation (completed)
- Ranked Structural Features
- Outputs
- Technical Review Document
- List of Targets ranked by their likeness to
Morila/likelihood of large scale mineralisation - Exploration Programme for 2004 and beyond
- Exploration potential
- 200km2 lease area
- From grassroots geological activities to advanced
computer-based methods - Combining structure, RAB Geochem and EM contours
- Targeting additional ounces with US1.5 million
programme (provisional US1.0 million)
EXPLORATION
45Human Resources
- Training Development
- Safety, Management, Environmental, Technical
- 2004 Budget US 352,035
- Maintain Peaceful IR Climate
- Localisation programme
- 47 to 33 expatriates in 4 years
- Union Capacity Building
- Cultural diversity
HUMAN RESOURCES
Twenty Malian apprentices started training in Feb
2001 Final phase will be completed in April 2004
46Environment
- Morila SA developed an Environmental Policy
Objectives which adheres to - All applicable legal requirements defined by the
Malian authorities regarding the Environmental
Protection associated with mining activities - The Randgold and AngloGold Corporate
Environmental Mission Statements and Policies - The World Bank Environment, Health and Safety
Guidelines for Mining and Milling Open Pit
(August 11, 1995) - Surface Water
- Waste Rock Dump and ROM pad are bunded and during
the wet season the run-off water is contained - The contained water is sampled and tested for
heavy metals and other contaminants
ENVIRONMENT
47EnvironmentGroundwater
- 63 Boreholes have been installed around the TSF,
the Return Water Dam and the ROM pad to monitor
the ground water aquifers these are routinely
sampled - Ambient air dust monitoring
- Fall-out dust
- Open Pit
- Aggregate crusher
- TSF
- Stock Piles/Waste Dump
- Respirable dust
- Run-of-crusher cone area
- Aggregate crusher
- Belt transfer points
ENVIRONMENT
48Objectives
- Sustainable development
- Agriculture
- Health
- Education
- Environment
- Build lasting relationships,
- Community partnerships (NGOs and local
government representatives) - Committees Task Forces
- Community Development Task Group
- Community Development Technical Committee
- Local Community Development Committee
- An Association to direct and manage long-term
sustainable projects is in the process of being
established.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
49Community Development Investment to date
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
50Community DevelopmentHealth Care
- Refurbishment of Sanso Health Care Centre
- Medical Equipment, Medicine and Solar Panels for
Domba Health Care Centre - Installation of 25 water wells in 4 villages
- Malaria control programme
- HIV/AIDS awareness programme
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
51Community DevelopmentEducation
- 18 equipped classrooms and 4 latrines have been
installed in 4 villages. - Ten teachers are fully paid for by Morila SA
- Schools are provided with stationery annually
- Outreach English classes in Sanso School
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
New Classrooms at Sanso
New School at Morila
52Community Development Other Projects
- Bridges (Morila, Fadia and Sanso)
- Roads (Morila)
- Mosques (Sanso and Domba)
- Solar Panels (Maternity Clinic, Mosque)
- Agricultural feasibility studies
- Rice farming
- Market gardens
- Revenue-generating activities
- Cereal grinding machines for Womens Associations
in Sanso, Domba, Morila Fingola at a cost of
US7,821 - Cereal bank established in Sanso for the four
neighboring villages at a cost of approximately
US17,000
Mosque
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
53Finance Administration
FINANCE
NOTE Profit refers to Net Profit
54Finance Administration
FINANCE
55- Analyst Visit MORILA GOLD MINE
- 18 February 2004
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