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1Experienced Team, Endless OpportunitiesExperienced Team, Endless Opportunities
Not Just Another Exploration StoryNot Just Another Exploration Story
Forward-Looking Statements – Certain statements included in this presentation are forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. They include estimates and statements that describe the Company’s future plans, objectives and goals, including words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. When used herein, words such as “estimate”, “expect”, “believe”, “intend”, “budget”, “plan”, “projection”, “progressing”, “strategy”, “outlook”, “will”, and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In particular statements relating to the estimated future metal prices, cash flows, expenses, capital costs, ore production, mine life, financing, construction and commissioning are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are subject to factors, many of which are beyond our control, that may cause actual results or performance to differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include among others metal price volatility, changes in the US/CDN dollar exchange rate, economic and political events affecting metal supply and demand, fluctuations in ore grade, ore tonnes milled, geological, technical, mining or processing problems, future profitability and production, availability of financing on acceptable terms and unexpected problems during the development, construction and start-up phases of the underground mine. For a more comprehensive review of risk factors, please refer to the Company’s most recent Annual Report in Form 40-F/Annual Report under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Results” and Annual Information Form under “Risk Factors” on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canada provincial securities regulatory authorities. The Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Descriptions of mineral reserves and resources estimates included herein under Canadian standards may not be comparable to similar information made available by U.S. companies subject to reporting and disclosure requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. See “Mineral Reserve and Resource Estimate – Note to U.S. Shareholders” in the Annual Report in Form 40-F.The presentation has been prepared by management of Metals Creek Resources, and does not represent a recommendation to buy or sell these securities. Investors should always consult their investment advisors prior to making any Investment decision.
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Partnered with two World Class Gold Miners in Goldcorp & Kinross
Managed by experienced team with proven track record
Excellent exposure to Gold with advanced gold projects in both Newfoundland and Ontario
Advanced Gold and Copper prospects with resources, past production and ore grade intersections near existing infrastructure
Focusing on productive camps Timmins, Tilt Cove with a balance of grassroots and advanced projects
Presently low market cap
Mining friendly jurisdictions in Ontario and Newfoundland & Labrador
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Metals Creek has signed an Option Joint Venture (Nov 24/08) with Goldcorp to earn 50% in Ogden Property for work expenditures of $3.1M and cash and shares totalling $460,000 over 4 years
Significant exploration potential in and around mine workings with drilling mainly focused on resource area
Metals Creek actively exploring 8 km of the Prolific Porcupine-Destor Break
Currently drill ready targets with ORE GRADE INTERSECTIONS and still open down plunge. Excellent opportunity to build on these intersections and work towards a NI-43-101 compliant resource
Partnered with World Class Gold Producer 5
Between 3 and 8 km to the east along strike, gold production exceeds 22 million oz from six mines. This includes the 16 million oz plus Dome Mine & Mill complex owned by Goldcorp
Lake Shore Gold, located 10 km on strike to the west has initiated gold production with an Indicated Mineral Resource of 1,291,000 oz (Source: NR, TSX:LSG, Nov. 20, 2006)
Naybob property has similar style mineralization, grade and widths as Lake Shore
Property hosts a historic non 43-101 resource of 1Mt @ 4.12 g/t Au
Work in the shadow of Head Frames in a World Class Gold Camp
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Existing Existing infrastructureinfrastructure
Excellent drill target Excellent drill target with ore grade with ore grade intercepts open intercepts open down plunge down plunge including 4.12m of including 4.12m of 12.13 g/t, and 4.88m 12.13 g/t, and 4.88m of 9.53 g/t Auof 9.53 g/t Au
Existing resource of Existing resource of 1Mt1Mt
Development down Development down to 403mto 403m
Excellent potential Excellent potential for resource for resource expansionexpansion
Ogden North Zone Ogden North Zone LongitudinalLongitudinal
Ogden - JV with Goldcorp Ogden - JV with Goldcorp Inc.Inc.
Exploring for Gold along the Porcupine-Destor BreakExploring for Gold along the Porcupine-Destor Break
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Ogden - JV with Goldcorp Ogden - JV with Goldcorp Inc.Inc.
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Limited exploration for gold along highly prospective Limited exploration for gold along highly prospective stratigraphystratigraphy
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The data compiled thus far on the Property has identified 3 historic zones of gold mineralization, including the Thomas Ogden Zone, the Naybob South Zone and the Naybob North Zone
Deep drill target down plunge from known mine workings including the following drill intersections: (Naybob North Zone) 4.88m @ 9.53 g/t Au 4.12m @ 12.13 g/t Au 1.37m @ 24.00 g/t Au 1.07m @ 6.61 g/t Au
These drill intercepts are open down plunge and provide an excellent opportunity for the “Corporation” to build upon these promising results
Drill intersections not mined on upper levels 1.52m @ 13.71 g/t Au 1.98m @ 10.22 g/t Au 0.61m @ 58 g/t Au 3.34m @ 8.01 g/t Au
The Naybob South Zone also provides an excellent exploration target with historic results including down hole intercepts of 5.37m of 6.33 g/t Au and 1.83m of 11.85 g/t Au
This exploration target remains open at depth and to the east with a coincident IP (induced polarization) ground geophysical anomaly
Results from the Thomas Ogden Zone also include a down hole intercept of 2.4m of 5.7 g/t Au
The Ogden Property will be drill ready within one month
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Naybob South ZoneNaybob South Zone
Option Joint Venture with Endurance Gold to earn 75% interest on the Dogpaw property in the Cedartree Area
$450,000 over 2 years work expenditures (Completed)
Share distributions of 450,000 over 2 years (Completed)
23 unpatented claims, 4400 hectares
Prospective IP chargeability anomalies with associated gold mineralization up to 23 g/t within a sericite schist
Multiple surface showings with grabs up to 95 g/t
12 km on strike from Cameron Lake Deposit, recently announced purchase of 700tpd mill for Cameron Lake
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Significant land position within Cedartree / Cameron Lake gold play
Completion of recent prospecting program within the Stephens Lake stock resulting in 27 percent of the samples assaying over 1 g/t Au
Discovery of 3 new Gold showings within the Stevens Lake Stock with assays up to 18 g/t Au
In one of the new discoveries, exposed mineralization is found to be approximately 10m in width on surface with assays ranging from 2.1 g/t Au to 18.56 g/t Au from 7 samples
Strongly Carbonatized North South Structures, approximately 5o meters wide, with associated pyrite mineralization. 15
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Property location mapProperty location map
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Cedartree Area properties Cedartree Area properties
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Stevens Lake Claim Block SURFACE SAMPLE RESULTS
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MEK has controlling interest in 143 claim units (3565 hect) in the Tilt Cove area of Newfoundland including:
An option to earn a 100% interest in the Tilt Cove Mine property
An option to earn a 100% interest in the Betts Cove Mine property
An option to earn a 60% interest in Paragon Mineral’s Long Pond Project
Three MEK staked claim blocks
Claims cover a portion of the Betts Cove Ophiolite Complex which hosts two Cu-Au past producers at Tilt Cove and Betts Cove and is adjacent to the Nugget Pond Gold Mine and Mill. The mill is still operating.
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Also host to new PGE discovery with grades up to 11.4 g/t Palladium, 3.0 g/t Platinum and 0.93% Nickel
The Copper Deposits are hosted by ocean floor ultramafic volcanics and are characterized as “Cyprus-type” mineralization
MEK recently completed Airborne AEM-MAG (Geotech VTEM) over project area including the Betts Cove and Tilt Cove Deposits
Future work include, further prospecting, soil sampling and ground geophysics over new PGE discovery. Drilling expected in 2009 when targets have been identified and prioritized
Significant Gold - Copper PGE land package
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Betts Cove Historic production of 118,500 tonnes @ 10% Cu Recent sampling up to 10.0 g/t Au and 18.3% Cu NEW PGE DISCOVERY within Late gabbroic
intrusions with values from 3 samples ranging: 6.6 to 11.4 g/t Pd, 1.15 to 3.0 g/t Pt, up to .155 g/t
rhodium 0.93% to 1.86% Cu, 0.25 to 0.93% Ni and 0.04% Co.
Paragon Option George Showing up to 315.1 g/t Au (9.20 oz/t) Long Pond showing up to 71.5 g/t (2.09 oz/t) Nudulama Zone up to 4.58 g/t Au and 8.7 % Cu
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Tilt Cove Had historic production of 8,160,000 tonnes of Cu
ore, @ 1-12% Cu(1957)
Evaluated mainly for Base Metals, limited assaying for Au. MEK initial prospecting had results from surface grab samples up to 69.39 g/t Au and 10.4% Cu
Recent sampling of massive magnetite zone returning assays of 13.2 and 6.5 g/t Au. New target
Historic non 43-101 resources listed on the property includes: 1Mt @ 1.00 % Cu at the Cliff Zone 80,000t @ 2.06 g/t Au at the Waste Dump
Tilt Cove Project Tilt Cove Project CompilationCompilation
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Multiple NEW Multiple NEW surface GOLD surface GOLD showingsshowings
Existing Copper Existing Copper Resource with Resource with associated gold associated gold creditscredits
Existing resource of Existing resource of 1Mt1Mt
Local infrastructureLocal infrastructure
Excellent potential Excellent potential for resource for resource expansionexpansion
TiltTilt
CoveCoveGeologyGeology
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Multiple Gold Multiple Gold Copper Copper OccurrencesOccurrences
New PGE discovery New PGE discovery with assays up to with assays up to 11.4 g/t Pd, 3 g/t Pt11.4 g/t Pd, 3 g/t Pt
Area not explored Area not explored historically for historically for PGE’sPGE’s
New exploration New exploration modelmodel
Excellent Excellent exploration exploration potential potential
Betts CoveBetts CoveGeologyGeology
MEK to earn 100% interest by paying prospectors $95,000 and 250,000 MEK shares over three years
Past work has identified three gold showings with values up to 65 g/t Au
The Main Showing at Wood Lake consists of disseminated arsenopyrite and pyrite within a wide, altered (silica, albite, sericite) felsic porphyry
Good potential for High tonnage, lower grade deposit
Two holes within South Wood (Main) Zone had 1.47 g/t Au / 22.5m and 0.23 g/t Au / 52.9m (only two holes in this zone, Open in all directions)
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Wood Lake Zone is outlined as a magnetic low, greater than 1000 meters long and is open in all directions
Regionally the mineralization is coincident with a splay off the Cape Ray Fault, which hosts 400,000 oz of gold in a number of deposits
Work has started and will include detailed magnetics, soil geochemistry, channel sampling and geological mapping. Drilling will commence this fall/winter
Recent prospecting resulted in discovery of 196.7 g/t angular quartz vein float containing pyrite and arsenopyrite
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Staghorn MagneticsStaghorn Magnetics
Ogden Model geology &
mineralization Prioritize drill targets 2000 meter drill
program spring/summer
Budget/ $400,000
Dogpaw Line-cutting &
Geophysics over new gold discoveries –spring/summer
Budget/$ 100,000
Tilt Cove Project Area Line-cutting &
Geophysics Spring/summer
Model Cliff Zone Resource
Budget/ /$150,000
Staghorn Compile results from
soils, mag and regional prospecting
Drilling on the Main Zone
Budget/ $231,500 ($100,000 JCEAP)
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Investor InformationInvestor Information
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As of April 01, 2009As of April 01, 2009
Market cap……………..Cdn$3.9 millionMarket cap……………..Cdn$3.9 million
Trading symbols………TSX:Trading symbols………TSX:VV – – MEKMEK
Shares Fully Diluted....35.31 millionShares Fully Diluted....35.31 million
Issued and Outstanding…25.78 millionIssued and Outstanding…25.78 million
52 week high…..52 week high….. …………..Cdn$0.395…………..Cdn$0.395
52 week low…………….Cdn$0.00452 week low…………….Cdn$0.004
Website……………………Website……………………www.metalscreek.comwww.metalscreek.com
Alexander Stares, President and CEO
Wayne Reid, VP Corp. Development & Director
Michael MacIsaac, VP Exploration
Nick Tsimidis, CFO & Director
Mick Stares, Director
Denis Arsenault, Director
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Alex (Sandy) Stares, President & CEOMr. Stares has in excess of 12 years experience in mineral exploration, spanning a variety of Canadian geological terraines. Prior to forming his own Contracting Company – Stares Prospecting Ltd., as of 2007, he has worked with Rubicon Minerals, Inco, Freewest Resources of Canada, New Millennium, Lac Des Isle Mines, and Noranda. Mr. Stares was one of the recipients of the PDAC “Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year” Award in March 2007, which was awarded to members of the Stares/Keats family.
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ManagementManagement
Michael MacIsaac, VP ExplorationMr. MacIsaac brings over 20 years of exploration and management experience. Mr. MacIsaac received his B.Sc from Lakehead University and has a Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo) designation from the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario. His vast experience entails both grass roots and advanced projects across Canada, in gold, base metal and PGE environments. This experience includes base metal exploration with Noranda Exploration , Gold exploration in the prolific Hemlo and Red lake Gold Camps and PGE exploration for North American Palladium , where he held position of Exploration Manager. Instrumental in the discovery of the Offset Zone (16MT) at the Lac des Iles Mine site.
Wayne Reid, VP Corporate Development & DirectorMr. Reid has in excess of 30 years experience in exploration and mining geology. Mr. Reid was instrumental in the discovery of the Brewery Creek Gold Deposit in the Yukon Territory and the Boundary Massive Sulphide Deposit / Duck Pond Mine in Central Newfoundland. His experience includes gold, base metal and uranium exploration in most geological environments in North America. He has over 20 years with Noranda / Hemlo. Also, he has over 10 years in the Timmins camp with Echo Bay Mines, as Canadian Manager and Exploration Manager with St Andrew Goldfields. Most recently he was VP Exploration for Ucore Uranium.
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ManagementManagement
Nick Tsimidis, CFO & DirectorMr. Tsimidis has been a sole proprietor chartered accountant since 1993, and has extensive experience in the public markets. Mr. Tsimidis obtained his C.A. designation in 1989 and articled at KPMG. He continues to service publicly traded companies in the areas of finance, financial reporting and special projects such as NSP Pharma Corp, Outlook Resources, and RTICA Corp. Since February, 2005, Mr. Tsimidis has served as Chief Financial Officer of First Canadian Capital Markets, a limited market dealer.
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