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Tasman Resources — Tasman Resources NL — SAREIC 2006
48 slides from Tasman Resources's conference presentation, May 1, 2006
Slide 1: Metals and Energy: An Expanding Portfolio
Tasman Resources NL Metals and Energy: An Expanding Portfolio Presentation by: Greg Solomon, LLB Executive Chairman 1st May 2006 Tasman Resources provides exposure to a diverse portfolio of exciting minerals and energy projects
Slide 2: Corporate Structure
Tasman Resources NL Corporate Structure Tasman Resources NL 41% 100% (24% after IPO) SA Eden Minerals Energy Projects: SA Geothermal Lake Torrens – IOCG- IOCG-U, MVT- MVT- Pb, Zn, Ag Hythane Central Gawler – Uranium, Gold & Nickel Natural Gas Parkinson Dam – Gold, Silver, Uranium Coal Bed Methane Ta
Slide 3: South Australian Minerals
Tasman Resources NL South Australian Minerals
Slide 4: Regional Geology and Tenement Locations
Tasman Resources NL Regional Geology and Tenement Locations &U Location plan showing Tasman’s South Australian Minerals Tenements - Lake Torrens, Central Gawler and Parkinson Dam Projects
Slide 5: Parkinson Dam Project
Tasman Resources NL PARKINSON DAM PROJECT EPITHERMAL GOLD & SILVER + URANIUM POTENTIAL
Slide 6: Parkinson Dam Epithermal Gold-Silver Project
Tasman Resources NL PARKINSON DAM EPITHERMAL GOLD-SILVER PROJECT • Virgin discovery in mid-2005 • Surface sampling - highly anomalous Au & Ag over 12 km2 • Mineralisation epithermal in style • Gold-silver associated with classic epithermal-textured quartz veins + Pb, Zn, Sb & Hg • Only limited drill
Slide 7: Parkinson Dam Prospect
Tasman Resources NL Parkinson Dam Prospect The Parkinson Dam prospect is located only 70km by road from Port Augusta and is very close to established infrastructure.
Slide 8: Parkinson Dam: Cross Section (Au & Ag)
Tasman Resources NL Parkinson Dam: Cross Section (Au & Ag) Drill hole cross section showing significant gold and silver intersections and interpreted gold mineralised zones from first drilling programme.
Slide 9: Parkinson Dam: Cross Section (Pb & Zn)
Tasman Resources NL Parkinson Dam: Cross Section (Pb & Zn) Drill hole cross section showing significant lead and zinc intersections and interpreted mineralised zones.
Slide 10: Parkinson Dam: Alteration and Veining
Tasman Resources NL Parkinson Dam: Alteration and Veining Epithermal alteration/veining (left) Colloform quartz veining (right) Left Photo: Intense alteration (now kaolinite) of Corunna Conglomerate Conglomerate immediately beneath Tertiary conglomerate and silcrete capping. Steep laminated quartz v
Slide 11: Lake Torrens Project
Tasman Resources NL LAKE TORRENS PROJECT IRON OXIDE-COPPER-GOLD-URANIUM TARGETS
Slide 12: IOCG-U Simplified Geological Model
Tasman Resources NL IOCG-U Simplified Geological Model One theory for the formation of iron oxide copper gold-uranium deposits involves hot magmatic/ hydrothermal waters charged with dissolved Fe, Cu, Ag, Au, U and rare earth elements ascending upwards, mixing with cooler meteoric waters and precipi
Slide 13: Australian Uranium Resources
Tasman Resources NL Australian Uranium Resources Olympic Dam is the largest uranium deposit in the world and contains 40% of the worlds known uranium resources. Most of Tasman's IOCG-U prospects are located within 40km of Olympic Dam .
Slide 14: Lake Torrens Project
Tasman Resources NL Lake Torrens Project • 7 IOCG-U targets/gravity anomalies identified within 30km of Olympic Dam (42% of world’s uranium resource) • Hematite breccias intersected at Titan and Marathon South • Only very limited drill testing to date • Follow up drilling in 2006
Slide 15: IOCG-U Deposits and Gravity
Tasman Resources NL IOCG-U Deposits and Gravity 1VD Gravity image showing Tasman's tenements, location of significant IOCG deposits and some of Tasman's IOCG prospects (Titan, Marathon South, Billy Barnes)
Slide 16: Some of the other IOCG-U Targets Identified
Tasman Resources NL Some of the other IOCG-U Targets Identified •Residual gravity image (128pass hanning residual of variable density Bouguer gravity) •Assessment of the regional geophysical data together with a new interpretation of cover thickness in the Tasman project area has lead to the selecti
Slide 17: Titan: IOCG-U System
Tasman Resources NL Titan: IOCG-U System Large magnetic and gravity anomaly at Titan showing limited extent of drilling to date. Significant variations on alteration, chemistry, mineralisation and geology located in drilling. Major portions of the system completed untested. Heat flow mapping planned
Slide 18: Titan Breccias
Tasman Resources NL Titan Breccias Examples of the mineralised rocks from Titan: TI6 core : 620.5m depth Magnetite-sulphide breccia (vein); pyrite, chalcopyrite 1.8% Cu and 0.3ppm Au (for 620-621m interval) TI2 core: 744.7m depth Haematite altered metarentite clasts in haematite matrix supported bre
Slide 19: Marathon South Gravity and Breccias
Tasman Resources NL Marathon South Gravity and Breccias Marathon South residual gravity image showing location of the four diamond holes drilled to date. Holes MS1 and MS3 intersected hematitic breccias (favourable host rocks for IOCG mineralisation) as shown in the drill core above. Textures, alter
Slide 20: Torrens Hinge Zone: MVT concept
Tasman Resources NL Torrens Hinge Zone: MVT concept Concept for the formation of Mississippi Valley style (MVT) limestone hosted lead-zinc mineralisation within Tasman’s lake Torrens tenements: Inversion of the Adelaide Geosyncline during the Delamerian Orogeny lead to expulsion of ?mineralised brin
Slide 21: Torrens Hinge Prospect: SDP Results
Tasman Resources NL Torrens Hinge Prospect: SDP Results An SDP soil survey has defined two priority targets above the intepreted position of the major basin margin fault. SDP is a relatively new geochemical technique that involves "fingerprinting" of mineral deposits types with a high degree of conf
Slide 22: Central Gawler Project
Tasman Resources NL CENTRAL GAWLER PROJECT PALAEOCHANNEL - HOSTED URANIUM TARGETS
Slide 23: Central Gawler Palaeochannels: Facies Model for Uranium Mineralisation
Tasman Resources NL Central Gawler Palaeochannels: Facies Model for Uranium Mineralisation Simplified after Hou, Frakes & Alley, PIRSA 2001 Uranium is dissolved from surrounding host rocks by acid oxidising waters and percolates downstream within buried sandy drainage channels (palaeochannels) where
Slide 24: Gawler Craton Uranium Prospects
Tasman Resources NL Tasman Gawler Craton Uranium Prospects Tasman’s Gawler Craton tenements cover portions of at least two major uranium prospective palaeochannel systems. The Warrior uranium deposit discovered during the last uranium exploration boom in the early 1980’s lies on an adjacent palaeoch
Slide 25: Wynbring
Tasman Resources NL Wynbring • +40km of palaeochannel • Warrior uranium deposit within adjacent palaeochannel 15km to SE • Significant radiometric anomalies in 1980’s drilling at shallow depth at southern end of Tasman EL • Anomalies associated with carbonaceous/pyritic sediments & lignites at redox
Slide 26: Wynbring Palaeochannel Interpretation
Tasman Resources NL Wynbring Palaeochannel Interpretation Previous drilling by PNC exploration in the 1980’s defined the Wynbring palaeochannel to the south of Tasman’s EL 3306. Limited drilling by PNC in the southern portion of Tasman’s EL recorded anomalous radiometric responses in six holes. In 2
Slide 27: Wynbring PNC Drill Hole Cross Section
Tasman Resources NL Wynbring PNC Drill Hole Cross Section PNC drill section across part of the palaeochannel in the southern portion of Tasman’s EL 3306. Anomalous radiometric responses were recorded within the channel at the weathering interface. Drilling also intersected granitic basement, a favou
Slide 28: Garford
Tasman Resources NL Garford • +80km of potential uranium bearing palaeochannel • Similar geological setting to Wynbring and Warrior • No previous uranium exploration • Drilling in 2006
Slide 29: Tenement Areas - SA Uranium Companies
Tasman Resources NL Tenement Areas - SA Uranium Companies Tasman Resources holds a significant tenement 9800 sq km portfolio; of which over 5800 are considered very prospective for uranium mineralisation [Tenement holding hold increased to 10,037 sq km since production of this slide]
Slide 30: Eden Energy Ltd
Tasman Resources NL EDEN ENERGY LTD
Slide 31: Eden Energy Ltd: Corporate Overview
Tasman Resources NL Eden Energy Ltd: Corporate Overview Eden Energy Ltd 100% 100% Natural Gas Brehon Energy plc 50% 100% Coal Seam Gas 100% Geothermal Hythane® Cryo-storage 50% Pyrolysis SMESS Eden structure and projects Eden Energy Ltd is a new diversified clean energy company seeking listing on th
Slide 32: Hydrogen & Hythane
Tasman Resources NL Hydrogen & Hythane®
Slide 33: World Class Technical Team
Tasman Resources NL World Class Technical Team • Frank Lynch- invented Hythane, 35 years H2 experience • Dr Tom Flynn- 50 years NASA related H2 projects, wrote leading texts on cryogenic engineering • Dr Bob Rudland- 30 years experience in H2 in aerospace • Dr Glen McIntosh- 50 years NASA H2 fabrica
Slide 34: Patents and Trademarks
Tasman Resources NL Patents and Trademarks • Hythane® Patent- USA (granted) • Hythane® Blender- Worldwide (application) • Cryogenic Storage Tank- Worldwide (application) • Portable Superconducting Battery- Worldwide (application) • Cryogenic Hythane ( LNG/ H2)- Worldwide (application) • Hythane® Ope
Slide 35: Hythane
Tasman Resources NL Hythane® • combination of hydrogen & Natural Gas • 5-7% (energy) / 12-20% (volume) H2 required • 50% reductions in CO/NOx emissions • Immediately marketable transition fuel • Low purity waste stream hydrogen suitable • Uses existing Natural Gas infrastructure • Huge market potent
Slide 36: Hythane Operating System
Tasman Resources NL Hythane® Operating System Diagrammatic representation of the components of the Hythane operating systems This schematic is equally applicable to natural gas (methane) powered cars, buses, trucks and stationary powered engines
Slide 37: CNG and Hythane Dispensers
Tasman Resources NL CNG and Hythane® Dispensers Typical natural gas and Hythane service station dispensers
Slide 38: Hythane Buses
Tasman Resources NL Hythane® Buses Hythane has been fully tested and documented in demonstration programmes in Montreal, Canada and Palm Springs, California.
Slide 39: Coal Bed Methane and Petroleum South Wales
Tasman Resources NL Coal Bed Methane and Petroleum South Wales
Slide 40: South Wales Coal Rank and Volatile Matter
Tasman Resources NL South Wales Coal Rank and Volatile Matter South Wales Coal field in southwest United Kingdom, showing Eden’s 430 sq km farm-in licence areas (PEDL 100, 148, 149). The map shows the known rank and volatile matter of the coal in the coal field – which is frequently a good indicator
Slide 41: South Wales Coalfield & Potential Markets
Tasman Resources NL South Wales Coalfield & Potential Markets 230 sq km area of PEDL 100, showing the infrastructure and potential local markets which is located directly above the South Wales Coal field. The UK is now a net importer of petroleum and gas prices are significantly higher (approximatel
Slide 42: Natural Gas South Australia
Tasman Resources NL Natural Gas South Australia Eden Energy has recognised a gas play located near Olympic Dam with the potential to become a major gas field. An anticlinal structure over 100km long and 5km wide shows seismic responses characteristic of gas over a 1km wide zone at the crest of the a
Slide 43: Eden Energy PEL Application
Tasman Resources NL Eden Energy PEL Application Eden’s South Australian Petroleum Exploration Licence application 183, showing the interpreted outline of the Arthur Hill anticline, which was recognised from the Geoscience Australia seismic transect
Slide 44: Interpreted Gas Pockets on Re-processed Seismic Section
Tasman Resources NL Interpreted Gas Pockets on Re-processed Seismic Section Reprocessed GA seismic data over the Arthur Hill anticline. The processing was designed to enhance and highlight the location of gas accumulations. The image is of a window of depth converted, pre-stack full migration, true
Slide 45: Geothermal Exploration South Australia
Tasman Resources NL Geothermal Exploration South Australia Eden Energy has established a portfolio of geothermal exploration tenements in SA to enable it to search for a major source of clean, green, long-life, zero emission base load power and a source of clean hydrogen.
Slide 46: Eden SA Geothermal Exploration Targets
Tasman Resources NL Eden SA Geothermal Exploration Targets Eden has GELs over 5 project areas in SA •GEL 166,167,168 – Witchelina, between Leigh Creek & Olympic Dam •GEL 175,176 – Renmark, immediately north of the Murray R. on the NSW/SA border •GEL 169 – Bollards Lagoon, South of Moomba •GEL 177 –
Slide 47: Summary
Tasman Resources NL SUMMARY • 7 IOCG-U targets • 2 MVT drill targets • +100km of uranium palaeochannels • Parkinson Dam epithermal gold –silver prospect + uranium potential • Other gold, nickel & diamond prospects • 24% of Eden Energy (post IPO)
Slide 48: Corporate Details
Tasman Resources NL Corporate Details (28-4-06) Shares: 104M Share Price: $ 0.135 Market Cap: $ 14M