tsx-v: cda exploring in canada’s meguma terrain and ecuador’s prolific gold belt
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statements with respect to the future financial or operating performances of the Corporation, estimated future
capital, operating and exploration expenditures, the future price of gold and copper, the realization of mineral
reserve estimates, the costs and timing of future exploration, requirements for additional capital, government
regulation of exploration, development and mining operations, environmental risks, reclamation and rehabilitation
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Unless otherwise stated, the information contained in this presentation is as of April 11, 2011
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Company Focus
Canuc Resources will create shareholder value by methodically exploring the Mill Village Project in Nova Scotia and the vast potential at Nambija in Ecuador
Canuc’s Mill Village Gold Project is a past high grade producer that has yet to be tested for bulk tonnage potential and quartz vein extensions
Nambija has produced an estimated 3.0 million ounces of gold since the early 1980s, all by artisanal mining means
Recent Drilling at Nambija has confirmed the excellent potential for bulk tonnage mining as well as very high grade selective mining
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Width (m) Grade (g/t) Au
S-17 1.68 63.8S-17 0.91 53.1S-18 0.76 246.1S-18 0.30 21.6S-19 0.30 107.3S-20 0.46 30.0S-20 0.46 55.5
Mill Village
Completed a 43-101 report in Dec 2010, recommending $1.2m in exploration
The property includes two historic past producing gold mines with shafts
The Gold Eagle was developed between 1899 and 1902 and the Thompson vein was developed in the mid-1940s
In 1981, Card Lake Copper Mines drilled 21 holes and intersected encouraging gold values
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Mill Village
Mill Village Gold Property is underlain by geology and fold structures that are very favourable for hosting Meguma type, high grade, gold deposits
The geological environment has potential to host much larger disseminated or stacked saddle reef type Au mineralization
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Meguma Gold Deposits, Nova Scotia
Largely forgotten today is the fact that Nova Scotia had its very own gold rush at about the same time as California and the Klondike, and although the results were perhaps not as rewarding, gold has been a significant contributor over the years to the mining economy
Nova Scotia has produced a recorded 1.2 million ounces of gold from the 1860s to the 1950s
Virtually all the declared gold districts are vein deposits in the Meguma Group of the Southern Mainland
The Meguma Group is a six-to nine-mile thick, folded complex of Slates, Greywackes and Quartzites. The ancient marine environment where the clays and sands were deposited was positioned off the coast of Northwestern Africa
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Meguma Gold Deposits, Nova Scotia
With the formation of the Atlantic Ocean, the Meguma Group rocks separated from the African continent, remained attached to North America and formed the southern half of Nova Scotia
In the Appalachian Mountain Range, the Meguma Group is unique as it is “the only outcropping remnant of Africa left in North America”
Extensive exploration in the Meguma Group has historically been limited due to the thick glacial till cover
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Meguma Gold Deposits, Nova Scotia
Disseminated gold, recently recognized peripheral to the veins, has added a new geological dimension to the Meguma mineralization
This has created a new surge of exploration focused on the potential of bulk tonnage minable resources
Recently, companies including Osisko and Atlantic Gold are in advanced exploration in the Meguma, in and around past producers
These efforts are proving to be successful
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Mill Village – 2011 Exploration
A comprehensive work program consisting of line cutting, ground geophysics, till sampling, diamond drilling and underground sampling is scheduled to commence in the spring
The Gold Eagle Mine is to be dewatered in preparation for underground drilling and bulk sampling
Bench scale recovery tests and plant design will follow
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Ecuador
An Andean country situated between Peru and Colombia with a Nascent mining industry
Recent confusion over Ecuador’s ambiguous new mining laws are being addressed
Exploration and mining permits being reissued to the many international explorers and miners
Since Peru instituted its clear and fair mining law in 1991, it has become #1 in Ag, #2 in Cu and Zn and #5 in Au Production
Peru’s highly prolific North-Central Mineral Belt extrapolates into Ecuador
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EcuadorRecent Discoveries – Within the Mineral Belt Extension from Peru
Aurelian’s Fruta Del Norte > 13 million ounces at > 14g/t
Purchased by Kinross in 2008 for $1.2 billion
Corriente’s Copper Belt > 25 billion lbs of Cu
Purchased by a Chinese Group in 2010 for $680 million
Dynasty Metals and Mining Zaruma Gold Project – 1.1 million ounces at 13 g/t Au
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Ecuador Mining Law
In April 2007, the new Correa Government surprisingly issued a decree, effectively freezing hundreds of exploration rights
On January 29, 2009, a new mining law was published in the Ecuadorian Government’s official registry and has now taken effect
Correa’s “It’s paradoxical, but the large mining companies generate less environmental impact than the small ones, let us not be misled compatriots.”
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New Mining Law
November 2009 – Kinross received approval from the Ecuadorian government to re-commence exploration at Fruta Del Norte
May 2010 – Kinross announced that it had completed its 18,000m infill drilling program
July 2010 – Kinross received its Environmental License for the concession where the exploration decline has been proposed
Kinross was the first company to receive such an Environmental License under the new Law
April 2011 – the Vice-Minister of Mines and 200 support staff are being relocated to Zamora, 8 kilometres from Nambija, providing immediate access for Kinross, Corriente and Canuc
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Old Spanish Workings, Nambija
Nambija
Nambija without exception has and continues to be the most productive gold belt in Ecuador
Production at Nambija dates back to the Colonial times when the Inca mined the mountain side
A minimum of 3 million ounces of gold production since the 1980s (as per the National Bank in Zamora)
Rediscovered in the early 1980s, it was the last great gold rush in the Americas
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Nambija
Due to the rapid influx of people, the government implemented mining controls by forming two condominios, Norte and Sur, the titles properly constituted under the mining act
Miners who could verify their workings were given a mining right in either one or the other Condominios with no further miners allowed to enter
This gave the mining rights holders joint ownership of the land and rules were put in place to control all activity
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Norte and Sur Condominios
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Nambija - Canuc
The legal formalization of mining titles allowed Canuc to purchase these rights from the respective owners and following the acquisition of the GoldStar Mine, Canuc commenced to increase its land position
By 1998, Canuc had acquired 86.6% ownership of Condominio Norte and 80% ownership of Condominio Sur
By 1999, the gold market had softened and the project was put on care and maintenance
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Nambija
68.7 hectares, centrally located in the historic Nambija Au Belt
Two deposit types are documented – Au Skarn and Epithermal Au
In 1997, Placer Dome suggested the potential for the discovery of a large Cu Porphyry at depth (see Corriente)
Drilling and underground sampling in 2010 continues to support this concept
Additional land adjacent to the property is being investigated for acquisition
Mining majors previously on the property include:
• Consolidated Goldfields Ltd. (extensive surface sampling in the 1990s)
• Placer Dome Inc. (DDH program in the 1990s)
• Barrick Gold Corp. (site visits in the 1990s)
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Share Capital(As of April 2011)
Common Shares 47,997,598
OptionsJune 24 2011 ($0.25) 500,000August 19 2011 ($0.25) 700,000August 19 2011 ($0.15) 100,000November 23 2012 ($0.25) 300,000December 22 2012 ($0.275) 300,000April 29 2013 ($0.25) 100,000May 25 2013 ($0.25) 200,000June 29 2013 ($0.25) 1,600,000July 1 2013 ($0.25) 350,000
Warrants June 1 2011 ($0.25) 400,000August 25 2011 ($0.15) 200,000June 30 2011 ($0.25) 270,000September 18 2012 ($0.25) 148,100March 18 2013 ($0.25) 3,728,000
April 5 2013 ($0.25) 6,575,000
Fully Diluted 63,268,698Inside Ownership ≈20%Major Institutional Holders
Hinde Capital, Sprott, Epic, Salida) ≈20%