Title: Cautionary Statement
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2Cautionary Statement
- The following presentation shall not be deemed
to be an offer to sell, or an invitation of an
offer to buy, the securities of Piedmont Mining
Company, Inc. An offer may only be made by a
private placement memorandum and offers will only
be made to accredited investors as that term is
defined in Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulation D. - This presentation contains expressions of future
expectations, projections and other
forward-looking statements. Those statements are
based on managements expectations, projections
and beliefs, not historical facts and are subject
to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other
factors, which are beyond management and the
Companys control, that could cause the actual
results to differ from those contemplated by the
statements. These statements are only
predictions and should not be construed as
statements of material fact. Actual results will
vary from the projections, and such variances may
be material. Assumptions regarding future
revenues are necessarily speculative in nature
and should not be relied upon in making an
investment decision. When used in this document,
the words anticipates, may, can,
believes, expects, projects, intends,
likely, will, to be and similar expressions
and other statements that are not historical
facts are intended to identify those assertions
as forward-looking statements. Management
believes that its expectations are based on
reasonable assumptions. However, any such
statement may be influenced by factors that could
cause actual outcomes and results to be
materially different from those projected or
anticipated. - Forward-looking statements are subject to
numerous risks and uncertainties. There are
factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in any forward-looking
statement, many of which are beyond the control
of Piedmont, including economic and industry
conditions such as the competitive environment,
unanticipated operating problems, accidents, gold
and silver price declines, changes in political,
social or economic circumstances, variances in
mineralization grades, labor relations, adverse
weather conditions, the risks of mineral
exploration, adverse market conditions, the
inability to raise sufficient capital to fund
exploration, regulatory uncertainties and risks,
changes in tax and other laws, the risk of
obtaining regulatory approvals and permits.
Actual results could differ materially from those
expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking
statement. There may also be other factors that
cause results not to be as anticipated. No
assurance can be given that any of the events
anticipated by the forward-looking statements
will occur or what impact they will have on
Piedmonts results and operations. Except as
required by law, we are under no obligation to
any forward-looking statement, whether written or
oral, that may be made as a result of new
information or future events.
3Piedmont Mining Company, Inc.
- Headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
- Engaged in exploration for gold and/or silver in
Nevada. - Strategy select promising gold and/or silver
exploration properties and option or joint
venture them with highly skilled and respected
exploration groups. - Unique Business Model participate through
funding, not by building an exploration staff.
4Unique Business Model
- Can earn into a majority interest by funding
exploration over 5 years or less. - If drilling results dont meet expectations can
drop property on 30 days notice. - Dont incur costs of full time staff office.
- Qualified people utilized only as needed.
- Work only with experienced exploration groups
that Lew has highest regard for. - Flexible strategy with minimal GA costs.
5Why Gold ?
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7World Gold Mine Production(tonnes)
8US Mine Production of Gold(tonnes)
9US Mine Production of Silver(tonnes)
10Some Reassuring Perspective
- We havent even started to correct the U.S.
financial imbalances of the past several years.
Dont tell me the gold bull market is over. It
has hardly even started. - Pierre Lassonde, Chairman, World Gold Council
- March, 2005
11Nevada!
12Why Nevada?
- Nevada hosts the second largest gold environment
in the whole world, after South Africa. - Past production plus current resources exceed
300,000,000 ounces of gold! - Remember You find elephants in elephant
country.
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16And there are other considerations as well..
- BOLIVIA 1/8/2007 Bolivia calls for 600
mining tax increase. - VENEZUELA
- 1/13/2007 Chavez We have decided to
nationalize the energy
electricity sector Socialism or Death! - 5/15/2008 Venezuela shuts the door for new
mining projects. - 5/9/2008 Gold Reserves mining permit formally
rescinded. - FIJI 1/8/2007 Military seizes Emperors Gold
Mine. - ECUADOR 6/16/2007 Orders Review of Mining
Concessions. - 4/14/2008 Suspends metals mining
revokes concessions. - ZIMBABWE 1/12/2007 Reserve bank fails to
remit payments to gold
producers. Gold miners brought to their knees. - RUSSIA
- 2/5/2007 Potanin says Norilsk Nickel to be
nationalized - 7/10/2007 Russia to withdraw Highland Golds
mining license - CONGO 6/11/2007 - Government to review all
mining deals. - CHINA 6/27/2007 Government plans to double
resource taxes. - MONGOLIA 8/3/2007 Government revokes gold
mines tax breaks. - LABRADOR 4/8/2008 Government sets 3 year ban
on uranium mining.
17Further advantages of Nevada
- Good infrastructure major gold producers
- Supportive of mining exploration
- Accessibility - good road system
- Accessibility of amenities - motel rooms, gas
stations, cheeseburgers, beer and supplies. - No state income taxes.
- Little vegetative cover.
- Most people speak English.
- No terrorists or insurgents No pirates!
- Low political risk.
- The Nevada Dividend.
18Why Piedmont ?
19Piedmont has entered into Agreements on 7 Nevada
Properties
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- Bullion Mountain Gold Project
Lander County - Dutch Flat Gold Project
Humboldt County - Morgan Pass Gold Project Elko
County - Pasco Canyon Gold Project Nye
County - PPM Project Gold Project
Humboldt County - Trinity Silver Silver Project
Pershing County - Willow Creek Gold Project Elko County
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21Dutch Flat Project
- Humboldt County
- Property held by Columbus Gold Corporation
Exploration managed by Cordex Exploration Company
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24Dutch Flat
- 114 claims 11 miles west of Pinson Turquoise
Ridge 14 miles west of Twin Creeks. - Exploration managed by Cordex Exploration Co.,
run by Andy Wallace John Livermore. - District with many old workings, placer gold
production widespread indications of gold. - 41 holes totaling 12,830 feet drilled across
swarms of quartz veins. Most holes encountered
low grade gold - Best intercepts 145 ft averaging 0.021 opt,
- 160 ft averaging 0.011 ounces per ton.
25Pasco Canyon Project
- Nye County
- Working with AuEx Ventures, Inc.
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28Pasco Canyon
- 14 miles northeast of Round Mountain gold mine,
largest U.S. heap leach gold mine. - Over 23,000,000 ounces of gold located around
this Caldera also includes Gold Hill, Jefferson
Canyon Corcoran Canyon gold deposits - Surface rocks are anomalous in certain pathfinder
elements. - Working with AuEx Ventures.
- Awaiting U.S. Forest Service permit for 2-hole
drill program totaling 2,700 feet.
29Trinity Silver Project
- Pershing County
- Working with AuEx Ventures, Inc.
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33Trinity Silver
- 6,906 acres, including 5,687 acres of fee land,
25 miles northwest of Rochester Silver, the
largest open pit silver mine in the U.S. 10
miles east of the 7-Troughs gold district. - 2006 drilling program returned numerous
intercepts of 10 - 26 ounces of silver per ton. - Past production 1.1 million tons of oxide ore
grading 6 ounces of silver per ton. - 9,345 feet of drilling completed in October 2007.
- Past drilling data being analyzed for compilation
of silver resource on the property.
34PPM Gold Project
- Humboldt County
- Working with Miranda Gold Corp.
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37PPM Gold Project
- 102 Unpatented Claims in north end of Battle
Mountain Eureka Trend. - About 12 miles northwest of Twin Creeks,
Turquoise Ridge and Pinson gold deposits. - Northeast striking fault system intersects gold
in sagebrush anomalies. - Adjacent to sediment-hosted mercury district.
- Near margin of shallow buried intrusive.
- Gravity Magnetics surveys completed. Gold
mercury in sagebrush surveys have refined drill
targets. Drilling program planned for spring 2008
38Morgan Pass Project
- Elko County
- Working with Gryphon Gold Corporation
39Massive Jasperoid Outcrops
40Massive Jasperoid Oucrop
41Morgan Pass Gold Project
- 28 miles southeast of Pequop/Long Canyon gold
discoveries. - Carlin type gold mineralization hosted in
brecciated jasperoids replacing limestones. - 17 of 24 holes drilled by Duval International in
1985 1986 intersected gold mineralization of
0.01 to 0.24 ounces per ton. - 14 rock chip samples in 2008 assayed up to 0.14
ounces per ton. - Currently in wilderness study area.
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42Willow Creek Gold Project
- Elko County
- Working with Carlin Gold Corporation
43CURRANT CREEK JASPEROID ON NE FAULTS
44GEOLOGY
45ALTERATION DISTRIBUTION
46ALTERATION TYPES
Silicification
Sanding
CGDTSXV
47Regional datasets provide clues
Dataset identifies all known Carlin style belts
NURE Gold Correlation With Trends
CGDTSXV
48Willow Creek Gold Project
- 30 miles northwest of Wells, Nevada
- Nearly 6 square miles covering 5 miles of strike
length on Roberts Mountain Thrust. - Favorable structures, rock types, alteration,
pathfinder elements and intrusive dikes. - Structurally controlled jasperoid outcrops.
- Almost no previous drilling.
- Eleven hole drill program already permitted.
49Remember
- You can make a lot of money even with a small
gold deposit, which you cannot do with the
leading base metals. - Pierre Lassonde, President, Newmont Mining
Corporation
50Officers and Directors
- Lewis B. Gustafson
- Vice President Exploration Director
- Pete Ingersoll - Director
- Ralph W. Kettell II - Director
- Ian C. MacDonald - Director
- Robert M. Shields, Jr.
- Chairman of the Board, President Chief
Executive Officer - Richard Rabbito Advisory Board
51- Lew Gustafson
- BSE Degree, Princeton University
- MS Degree, California Institute of Technology
- PhD Degree, Harvard University
- Authored/coauthored 17 major geology publications
- Lived worked in Chile, Australia, US with major
mining companies 45 years in mining
exploration. - Professor of Economic Geology for 6 years at
Australian National University in Canberra,
Australia - Society of Economic Geologists Received Lindgren
Award in 1962 Member, Editorial Board, 1970-80
Thayer Lindsey Lecturer, 1973-4 Distinguished
Lecturer in Applied Geology, 1989 Chairman,
Committee on Geologic Mapping, 1989-1993. - Member, Advisory Committee, Nevada Bureau of
Mines Geology
52- Pete Ingersoll
- BA Degree from Williams College
- MBA Degree from Harvard University Graduate
School of Business Administration - 33 years as Financial Analyst on Wall Street,
primarily with Salomon Brothers Lehman
Brothers 46 years of experience - 9 consecutive years 1984 to 1992 - elected to
Institutional Investor Magazines All-Star Team
in Gold and/or Nonferrous Metals - Formerly Director of Getchell Gold Stillwater
Mining
53- Ralph Kettell
- BS MS Degrees in Electrical Engineering from
Lehigh University - Founder or founding partner of several natural
resource companies, including AuEx Ventures,
Nevada Sunrise, Concentric Energy and North Range
Resources - Lead engineer in B-1B Electronic Warfare System
Designed components for other warfare and
communications systems - Involved in engineering communications projects
for NASA, the Space Shuttle, Dept. of Defense
International Space Station
54- Ian MacDonald
- Executive Director for Gold Silver, Dubai Multi
Commodities Centre, Dubai, U.A.E. - BA Degree, Business, Highbury College, UK.
- From 1982-1998 with Credit Suisse Manager of
Precious Metals Division. - Then Vice President Manager of Global Precious
Metals at Commerzbank AG in NY. - Formerly Director of Billiton (UK) Ltd. Director
of Gold Institute Member of COMEX Division of
New York Mercantile Exchange. - More than 30 years experience in precious metals
trading and investment banking.
55- Robert Shields
- AB Degree, Geology, Dartmouth College
- PhD Degree, Geochemistry, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology - MBA Degree, Stanford University Graduate School
of Business Administration - Two years at NASA working on Earth Resources
Technology Satellite, late 1960s - Security Analyst, Paine Webber Jackson Curtis,
mid-1960s Associate, Corporate Finance, Morgan
Stanley Co., in 1970s - Founded predecessor of Piedmont Mining Company,
Inc. in 1980 27 years experience running
exploration mining company.
56Capital Structure
- Preferred Shares 0
- Common Shares 67,532,000
- Options 5,725,000
- Warrants 10,000,000
- Authorized Common Shares 200,000,000
- Shares in Street Name 35,455,742
57Market Info
- Fully reporting company trading on the U.S. OTC
Bulletin Board. - Stock Symbol PIED
- Shares Outstanding 67,532,000
- 2006-2007 - High 0.38 Low 0.09
- Recent Stock Price 0.18
- Market Capitalization 12,000,000
- 20 Market Makers
58Hypothetical Gold Deposit Economics
- Reserve No. of Ounces
500,000 1,000,000 - Recovery at 80 400,000 800,000
- Revenue (925/Oz) 370,000,000
740,000,000 - Operating Costs (515/Oz) 206,000,000
412,000,000 - Capital Cost 40,000,000 70,000,000
- Pre-Tax Profit 124,000,000
258,000,000
59Why Piedmont ?
- Strong, Experienced Management
- Exploring for Gold and Silver
- Exploration focused in Nevada near
major gold and silver producers - 15,000,000 tax loss carry forward
- Flexible and Proactive Business Strategy with
Minimal GA Expenses!
60Remember What Launched the Discovery of the New
World
- Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it
does all he wishes to in this world and succeeds
in helping souls into paradise. - Christopher Columbus, 1491
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