Arrow - NexGen Energy Ltd.

Arrow: A Rapidly Growing Uranium Discovery | June 2015
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Uranium Market (Demand)
A Story of Stable Demand Growth and Uncertain Supply
Nuclear Electricity Growth
• 930 GW needed by 2050 to support existing global decarbonisation mandates
• Will represent 17% of the global energy supply
• Equates to a 2.3 times increase in nuclear energy demand in just 35 years
Uranium Demand
• Average demand growth estimated at 4% per year to 2024
Source: International Energy Agency (2015)
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Uranium Market (Demand)
Investment and Reactor Builds
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• Currently 437 nuclear reactors in operation globally
• As of April 2015, 65 nuclear reactors are under construction
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China: 26 currently, 23 under construction, 187 in planning/proposal phase
China Nuclear Power Corp. “looking to invest in Canada in the near future” (Dec. 2014)
• Another 496 reactors are in the planning/proposal phase2
1.) Graph: International Energy Agency (2015)
2.) World Nuclear Association (2015)
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Uranium Market (Supply)
Lack of Economic Deposits
• In 2014 world uranium
consumption was
155Mlbs while mine
supply accounted for
147Mlbs
• +20Mlbs from
HEU agreement
(now over) 1
• Estimated supply gap of
nearly 100Mlbs
per year
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by 2030
• 11 of top 15 uranium
mines are in unstable
jurisdictions (Russia,
Kazakhstan, Niger)
End of HEU agreement in 2013 removed the equivalent of
McArthur River’s annual production from supply
1.) World Nuclear Association (2015)
2.) World Nuclear Association estimate of 97,450tU demand
and 53,000 tU supply in 2030
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The Athabasca Basin
The Source of Future Supply
• Global average
resource grades
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~0.10% U3O8
• Athabasca Basin
mines produce at
over 100X global
average resource
grade
• McArthur River
produced
18.6Mlbs at
14.87% U3O8 in
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2014
Remember: 1.00% U3O8 = 23.50 g/t gold!
1.) World Nuclear Association (2015)
2.) Cameco Corp.
3.) Based on US$45/lb U & US$1,300/oz Au
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Project Overview
Focus: High-tonnage, high-grade, technically superior assets in shallow sections of the
Athabasca Basin
Portfolio Characteristics
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Straddles the edge and inside of the Athabasca Basin
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Enables NexGen to find basement-hosted, unconformity-hosted and sandstone-hosted mineralization
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Hosts the land-based Arrow discovery
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Arrow Discovery
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Rook I Project Location & Conductor Corridors
• Most dominant land
position in the
Southwest Athabasca
Basin
• Arrow discovered Feb
2014 with 1st drill hole
and hit 44 of 46 holes
since
• Land-based discovery
located straddling and
inside the Athabasca
Basin boundary
• Basement-hosted highgrade mineralization
that grows all directions
and at depth
Rook I hosts all the known uranium bearing conductor corridors
in the region
Successful Drilling at Arrow
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44 of 46 Drill Holes Intersected High-grade Uranium Mineralization
NexGen’s Drilling
Methodology:
1. Wide step-outs
2. Angled Holes: 90% of
holes drilled are angled
3. Efficient capital
allocation: 8:1 $ in the
ground to $ to G&A
4. Incredible hit rate:
96% of holes hit
mineralization
Results:
Current Area of
Mineralization:
• Length x width
515 m x 215 m
• Depth
100 m to 920 m
Arrow: A2 & A3 Shears
Plan view of Arrow
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A2: Continues to Expand
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• AR-15-44b (angled):
• 56.5m at 11.55% U3O8
including 20m at 20.68%
U3O8 and 1.00m at 70%
U3O8
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Total composite GT (Grade X
Thickness) of 853.55
• AR-15-41 (angled):
• 57.0m at 2.31% U3O8,
including 16.5m at 7.43%
U3O8
• AR-15-39 (angled):
• 27.0m at 2.82% U3O8
• AR-15-34b (angled):
• 70.0m at 2.2% U3O8 including
11.0m at 8.95% U3O8
A3: New High-grade Shear Developing
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• February 24, 2015 discovery of new
high-grade mineralized shear zone;
A3
• AR-15-41 (angled):
• 20.5m at 4.30% U3O8
• AR-15-39 (angled):
• 29.5m at 2.27% U3O8
• AR-15-45b (angled):
• Longest total composite
mineralization with 226m,
including 9.80m off-scale
radioactivity (>10,000 to
54,000cps) - Assays pending
• Holes to date in A3 shear show it
to have significantly larger
dimensions than A2
Arrow: A2 & A3 Cross-Section
2 High-grade shear zones now identified at Arrow
• Both A2 and A3
Zones remain
open in every
direction
• NE extent of Arrow
opened up with
AR-15-40b (11.5m
at 0.99% U3O8)
A2 Dimensions:
• 88m strike length
• 340m vertical extent
• 11-27.5m true width
A3 Dimensions:
• 73m strike length
• 420m vertical extent
• 30-78.6m true width
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Athabasca Basin Setting
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The Eagle Point Analogy
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Eagle Point is an underground mine operated by Cameco
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Eagle Point current mineral reserves: 15.2Mlbs at 0.61% U3O8. 2014 annual production of 4.2Mlbs1
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Underground mine using longhole stoping in the competent basement rock
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Eagle Point deposits are located on the eastern edge of the Athabasca Basin, and are part of the Rabbit Lake Uranium district which also
includes the Rabbit Lake and Collins Bay deposits.
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Rabbit Lake District produced +198Mlbs of uranium concentrates since production began in 1975
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1.) Cameco Corp.
Dravite Breccia – McArthur River & Arrow
Arrow: AR-14-15 422.25m Dravite associated (or proximal) to mineralization
McArthur River: Dravite-Chlorite-filled Breccias associated with high-grade
mineralization
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1.) Cameco Corp.
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Bow: New Discovery 3.7km NE of Arrow
BO-15-10:
• 2.5m total
composite
mineralization
including 0.10m
off-scale
(>10,000cps to
>10,200cps)
• 66m step-out to
east of BO-1502
• Now identified a
350m strike
length of
anomalous
radioactivity at
Bow
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BO-15-10: Visible Pitchblende
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Patterson Conductor Corridor
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Multiple targets along 7kms of conductor corridor
BO-15-10, -02
drilled into a
gravity low
anomaly with
coincident
VTEM
conductor
and radon in
lake water
anomaly with
peak reading
of 36.0pCi/L
On Land Gravity Low: Summer 2015
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Summer Drill Targeting – Bow, Derkson
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• Multiple high
priority targets
based on the
same
geophysical
signature as
Arrow
• Land-based
• Regional
summer drill
program to
further define
Bow and drill
first holes in
Derkson
conductor
corridor
Eastern Athabasca Basin Portfolio
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High Quality Portfolio:
1. Radio: located directly
adjacent to and long strike of
Roughrider, Rio Tinto acquired
for $654M in February 2012.
2. Thorburn Lake: 9 of 15 drill
holes have intersected uranium
mineralization.
3. Madison and 2Z Lake:
contain shallow (<100m thick)
sandstone-hosted uranium
mineralization, and is along
strike from U-mineralized
conductors. Represent good
potential for discovery of new
basement-hosted uranium
deposits.
NexGen Summary
• Arrow, a world-class uranium discovery
• 44 of 46 holes hit mineralization (~96% hit rate)
• Aggressive and deliberate drilling methodology
• Area of mineralization 515 m x 215 m, vertical extent
commencing from 100 m down to 920 m
• Two high-grade shear zones; A2 & A3 identified with broad
intercepts of high-grade uranium encountered
• Expansion of A2 high-grade shear and discovery of A3 which
looks significantly larger than A2
• A brand new discovery made 3.7km northeast of Arrow called
“Bow”
• Recently closed C$27.3M bought-deal financing
• Aggressive 5 rig, 25,000m summer 2015 program to start in
early June
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Arrow: Perspective on Size
The Empire State Building next to Arrow
Arrow
Total height: 820m
(starting from 100m of
surface)
Empire State Building
Total height: 443m
(~54% of Arrow’s height)
Image made via Leapfrog software using latest drill
data from Arrow zone. No NI 43-101 has been
published for the Arrow zone to date.
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APPENDICIES
NexGen Outperforming Peers
* 3-month share price returns in Canadian Dollars
as of June 12, 2015
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Executive, Board & Technical Team
Executive
Leigh Curyer
Chief Executive Officer
Garrett Ainsworth
VP Exploration & Development
Grace Marosits
Chief Financial Officer
Strong team with a
successful track record in
uranium exploration and
development.
Travis McPherson
Corporate Development Manager
Board
Technical Team
Technical Advisory
Chris McFadden
Garrett Ainsworth
Andrew Browne
Chairman
VP Exploration & Development
former VP Exploration & Development
Richard Patricio
Trevor Thiele
Craig Parry
Gerry Feldman
James Currie
Adam Engdahl
Craig Parry
Project Manager - Saskatchewan
Director
Directors
Galen McNamara
Project Manager - Geology
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Capital Structure
Shares Issued & Outstanding
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251,928,896
Warrants ($0.425 - $0.65)
20,839,796
Options ($0.30 - $0.46)
22,360,637
Fully Diluted
295,129,329
Cash 2
~C$30M
Ownership
~6%
~14%
~9%
Management/Directors
Tigers Realm Minerals & Associates
Mega Uranium
1.) As of June 1, 2015
2.) Company recently closed C$27.3M financing
The Éléonore Example
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Putting Arrow’s depth extent in context
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Goldcorp’s Newest Mine:
Mine Plan
• 1,145m depth (starting at 55m
from surface) 1
Average Gold Grade
• 6.34g/t Au1 (equivalent to 0.27%
U3O8)2
Development Capex
• US$1.8 billion 1
1.) Goldcorp
2.) Based on US$45/lb U & US$1,300/oz Au
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Arrow: No Freezing
• Arrow is basement-hosted which means NO freezing would be required
• Unlike McArthur River and Cigar Lake which have 600 and 480m of
sandstone on top of the ore bodies, respectively - Arrow only has 10-20m of
sandstone within 80m of surface
• Cigar Lake is worldclass in size and
grade, but faces
significant
challenges due to
fact ore is
sandstone-hosted
and requires
futuristic mining
methods
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Analyst Coverage
Mike Kozak - Cormark
Securities Inc.
(416) 943 6749
BUY
C$1.10
Rob Chang – Cantor
Fitzgerald Canada
(416) 849 5008
BUY
N/A
Andrew Mikitchook–
Edgecrest Capital
(416) 687 6613
BUY
C$0.85
David Talbot – Dundee
Capital Markets
(416) 350 3082
BUY
N/A
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Contact
Travis McPherson
Corporate Development
C: +1 604.816.2686
T: +1 604.428.4112
[email protected]

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