Corporate Presentation, April 2014 Claude St-Jacques, President and CEO Marc L’Heureux, VP Exploration and Director “ Generate and explore high-quality gold projects in the best prove
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Corporate Presentation,
April 2014
Claude St-Jacques, President and CEO
Marc L’Heureux, VP Exploration and Director
“ Generate and explore high-quality gold projects in the best proven and accessible mining areas using our financial expertise and our advanced exploration techniques ”
Trang 2Statements in this document, to the extent not based on historical events, constitute forward-looking statements Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements evaluating market and general economic conditions in the preceding sections, and statements regarding future-oriented costs and expenditures Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s analysis only as of the date thereof These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially Such risks and uncertainties with respect to the company include the effects of general economic conditions, changing foreign exchange rates and actions by government authorities, uncertainties associated with legal proceedings and negotiations, industry supply levels, competitive pricing pressures and misjudgments in the course of preparing forward-looking statements.
Trang 3Company Profile
• Quebec-based junior mineral exploration company
founded in 1984
• Portfolio of projects in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt
• Strong focus on gold
• Holds ~21M shares of Aurvista Gold Corp
(TSX-V: AVA; Frankfurt: VL5)
• Strong management with experience in North and
Latin America
Trang 4WHY VIOR
• BUILT ON REAL ASSETS
• Vior holds ~21M shares of Aurvista Gold Corp, owner of the Douay gold
project with a gold resources of over 3 M oz
• Good exploration potential on the Vezza-Noyard property located in the
extension of the North American Palladium Vezza gold deposit
• Experienced management and technical team with proven track record
• Quality exploration projects in a proven mining area
• Well cash-up with $2.1M in the treasury
• FAVORABLE OUTLOOK
• Vior is currently generating and evaluating high-potential gold projects in
North and Latin America
• Aurvista (held at 30% by Vior) is on track to complete a new resource
calculation at Douay after having drilled 35,000 meters since Nov 2010.
• Vior is an undervalued junior company considering its assets
T H E C O M P A N Y
Trang 5MANAGEMENT TEAM and BOARD of DIRECTORS
• Claude St-Jacques, President and CEO
Graduated in Management, Founder of Vior, Director of Virginia Gold Mines
• Marc L’Heureux, Vice President Exploration and Director
Professionnal Geologist, +25 years experience in North and Latin America
• Gaétan Mercier, CFO
Graduated in Business Administration, in Accounting, +25 years experience in
mining exploration
• Jean-François Ouellette, Director
Professionnal Geologist, +25 years experience, Co-discoverer of the Eleonore Gold
Deposit in James Bay
• Jean Pelletier, Director
Chartered Accountant, +19 years Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers, now Consultant
• Pierre St-Jacques, Director
Retired Chartered Accountant, +26 years Partner for Deloitte, now Consultant
T H E C O M P A N Y
Trang 6TECHNICAL TEAM
• Marc L’Heureux, P.Geo, M.A.Sc – Project Generation & Supervision
• Denis Chénard, P.Eng – Exploration & Resource Calculation
• Geonordic Technical Services Inc – Technical Services & Management
• Rémi Charbonneau, Ph.D – Exploration Work & Data Processing
Trang 7• TREASURY POSITION : $2.1 million hard cash
Trang 8• 1984: INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY
• 1986: VIOR AND INCO JOIN FORCES TO EXPLORE THE DOUAY AREA
• 2010: OPTION GRANTED TO AURVISTA TO EARN 50% OF THE DOUAY PROJECT
• 2011: NEW 43-101 MINERAL INVENTORY YIELDS 1.9 M OZ OF GOLD AT DOUAY
• 2011: AURVISTA PAYS VIOR $3 M IN CASH, ISSUES 21.25 M SHARES OF
AURVISTA, AND COMPLETES $3M OF EXPLORATION WORK TO ACQUIRE 100% OF THE DOUAY PROJECT
T H E C O M P A N Y
Trang 9CORPORATE STRATEGY
Trang 10A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT STRATEGY
“Explore and develop high quality gold and base metal properties
in the best proven and accessible mining areas using our financial
expertise and our advanced exploration techniques”
=> Focus on gold and base metal project generation and acquisition
in best mining areas
=> Quality and extensive mineralized systems recognized
on all of Vior’s projects
=> Advanced exploration techniques well known by our team
C O R P O R A T E S T R A T E G Y
Trang 112014 EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Trang 124 mining properties in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt
ownership in Aurvista)
2 0 1 4 H I G H L I G H T S
THE PROJECTS
Trang 13DOMERGUE
2 0 1 4 H I G H L I G H T S
The Abitibi region, rich in world
class deposits !
Three major gold structures and
many major VMS camp
Trang 14GOLD DISTRIBUTION CASA BERARDI – DOUAY AREA
- Major gold structures on magnetic map
- Yellow circles indicate drill holes with
2 0 1 4 H I G H L I G H T S
DOUAY
Resources (all deposits) M&I: 238,433 oz Au Inf: 2.75 M oz Au
SLEEPING GIANT
Resources M&I: 121,250 oz Au Inf: 16,700 oz Au
CASA BERARDI
(> 2,000,000 oz Au
production and reserves)
Trang 15- Major gold structures (Casa-Berardi – Cameron)
- Vezza eastern extension at depth to be tested
6.1 g/t Au / 1.3m
Vezza Mine - Resources M&I : 260,000 @ 6.5 g/t Au Inf.: 62,000 @ 4.9 g/t Au
Trang 16LIGNERIS Searching a gold-rich VMS deposit
2 0 1 4 H I G H L I G H T S
- New targets identified
- Deep geophysic not done
Trang 17BEAUCHASTEL LODE GOLD and VMS
EXPLORATION PLAY
FOLLOW-UP DRILLING on gold Zones and new VMS TARGETS IDENTIFIED
2 0 1 4 H I G H L I G H T S
Trang 18A VMS EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITY with SOQUEM
DRILLING TARGETS ALREADY IDENTIFIED
DOMERGUE
2 0 1 4 H I G H L I G H T S
Trang 19DOUAY GOLD ZONES
DOUAY WEST 1.0 Mt @ 5.7 g/t Au
ADAM PORPHYRY ZONE 7.1 Mt @ 1.1 g/t Au
92-7 PORPHYRY ZONE
531 ZONE
730,000 t @ 4.9 g/t Au
92-7 PORPHYRY ZONE 5.8 Mt @ 0.7 g/t Au
CENTRAL PORPHYRY ZONE 4.4 Mt @ 0.8 g/t Au
Trang 20INFRASTRUCTURE at DOUAY-WEST
2 0 1 4 H I G H L I G H T S
Road, power line,
head frame, hoist,
shaft and collar
CA$5 million
Trang 21DOUAY WEST - 3D MODEL
- Gold lenses as modeled
by Geostat (SGS)
- Total Resources in 2011
M&I: 313,000 @ 7.75 g/t Au Inf: 267,000 @ 8.53 g/t Au Cut off: 4 g/t Au
Blue block : 3-4 g/t Au
Orange block : 4-6 g/t Au
Red block : 6 + g/t Au Red line: gold envelope
250 m
151,000 ounces of gold
2 0 1 4 H I G H L I G H T S
Trang 22FUTURE GROWTH
Trang 23F U T U R E G R O W T H
• BUILT on REAL ASSETS
- 30% ownership of Aurvista Gold Corp., where Vior has upside on over 3 million ounces of gold
- Other quality exploration projects in the Abitibi Belt
- Experienced management and technical team
• CLEAR & CONSISTENT STRATEGY
- Explore and develop quality projects in the best proven and accessible mining areas
- Model-driven exploration approach focussing on gold and base metals
• FAVORABLE OUTLOOK
- The Vezza gold mine (322,000 oz Au) owned by Aurbec Mines Inc is likely to extend at depth onto Vior’s Vezza-Noyard property
Trang 24F U T U R E G R O W T H
• PROPERTIES AND UPSIDE
- New acquisitions: Project generation or evaluation focus on advanced
and high quality opportunities in North and Latin America
- Vezza-Noyard: Discovery stage targets in the extension of the Vezza
gold mine
- Ligneris: Finding more resources & discovery stage targets
- Douay: Excellent upside from the Douay Project (~3M oz Au)
where Vior currently owns 30% of Aurvista share capital