Nickel: Where Form Meets Function

NICKEL WHERE FORN ME ETS FUN CTJON WHILE BEST KNOWN FOR IT'S USE IN THE 5 CENT COIN, NICKEL HAS FAR MORE STRATEGIC USES. IT CAN BE ALLOYED WITH OTHER METALS TO CREATE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY MATERIALS. FACT: THE U.S. FIVE CENT COIN IS NOW 75% COPPER. COINS, ELECTRONICS, 6% BATTERIES ETC... 9% PLATING OTHER ALLOYS Đ THEIR STRENGTH AT 1000°C EXCEEDS ORDINARY STEEL STRENGTH AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. 20% NICKEL CAN ALSO BE USED IN OVER 3000 OTHER ALLOYS. INCLUDING NICKEL-BASED SUPER ALLO YS. 5 NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT JET ENGINE. STAINLESS STEEL ALLOYS A! 8 NICKEL 65% 74 STEEL 18 CHROMIUM COMPOSITION OF SERIES 300 STAINLESS STE EL THE MOST WIDELY USED STAINLESS STEEL IN THE WORLD CHARACTERISTICS OF STAINLESS STEEL: TOUGH CORROSION RESISTANT MAINTAINS STEEL'S STRENGTH WITHSTANDS PROLONGED AT EXTREME TEMPERATURES. EXPOSURE TO SALT WATER. ACIDS AND ALKALIS. GREATER THAN 1000°C LOWER THAN -150°C TO AESTHETIC 100% RECYCLABLE STEEL COVERING THE TOP 88 MORE THAN HALF THE METERS OF THE CHRYSLER STAINLESS STEEL USED BUILDING HAS ONLY HAD TO BE TODAY IS RECYCLED FROM WASHED TWICE SINCE 1929. A PREVIOUS USE, CLEAN PROVEN IN CLINICAL TESTS TO BE UP TO CHINA PRODUCED 10X MORE HYGIENIC THAN OTHER 11 MILLION FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES.. STAINLESS STEEL AS A RESULT, 65% OF STAINLESS STEEL IS WASHING MACHINE USED IN KITCHEN APPLIANCES, UTENSILS, DRUMS IN 2010 AND THE FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY. CHINA AND STAINLESS STEEL CHINA'S INDUSTRIALIZATION AND GROWTH HAS CAUSED HUGE INCREASES IN THEIR STAINLESS STEEL PRODUCTION. STAINLESS STEEL: 730,000 TONNES 12,592,000 TONNES [2001] [2011] THIS IS GROWTH OF 16250 WHICH IS 40% OF WORLDWIDE STAINLESS STEEL PRODUCTION GLOBAL NICKEL DEMAND 40% 2007-2011 [Kt] 1 000 800 600 THIS IN TURN IS THE LARGEST FACTOR DRIVING WORLDWIDE NICKEL CONSUMPTION 400 CHINA 200 OTHER SOUTH KOREA TAIWAN JAPAN WESTERN EUROPE US 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH CHINA IS STILL FAR BEHIND DEVELOPED ECONOMIES IN NICKEL CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA. 1.3 1.3 NICKEL CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA 2010 [Kg/capita] 0.4 AS CHINA AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD INDUSTRIALIZE, NICKEL DEMAND WILL INEVITABLY INCREASE. STABLE AND DIVERSIFIED GLOBAL SUPPLY OF NICKEL IS FAR MORE DIVERSIFIED BETWEE N COUNTRIES NICKEL SUPPLY LATERITE OSULPHIDE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1% - NEW CALEDONIA 8% CUBA 4% INDONESIA 13% BOTSWANA 2% - CANADA 11% MADAGASCAR 1% L BRAZIL 5% LAUSTRALIA 10% SOUTH AFRICA 2% CHINA 4% PHILLIPINES 13% COLOMBIA 4% OTHER 6% RUSSIA 16% RUSSIA, THE WORLD LEADER IN NICKEL PRODUCTION, ONLY CONTRIBUTES 16% OF TOTAL SUPPLY. 2 TYPES 01 02 NICKEL ORE IS NOT CREATED EQUAL WORLD RESOURCES 70% LATERITE 30% SULPHIDE 60% LATERITE 40% SULPHIDE WORLD PRODUCTION SULPHIDES REPRESENT A GREATER SHARE OF PRODUCTION BECAUSE THEY ARE: SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ENERGY INTENSIVE GENERALLY LOCATED IN DEVELOPED REGIONS WITH STABLE GOVERNMENT GROUPED WITH OTHER VALUABLE METALS LIKE COPPER, PLATINUM & OTHERS AND AVAILABLE INFRASTRUCTURE THIS TRANSLATES TO LESS UPFRONT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. OUTLOOK NICKEL PRICES AND STOCKPILES US$/t 45000 10 A SUPPLY DEFICIT IN 2015 WILL DECREASE NICKEL STOCKPILES AND BEGIN TO PUSH PRICES UPWARDS. I PRICE 40000 09 I STOCKS (RIGHT AXIS) 35000 08 30000 07 25000 06 20000 05 04 Ни 15000 03 10000 02 5000 01 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 THE BOTTOM OPPORTUNITY IN LOW COST NICKEL LINE: THE SAVVY INVESTOR WILL FIND PROJECTS IN SAFE JURISDICTIONS. NORONT VISUAL CAPITALIST IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING INDEPENDENTLY RESEARCHED CONTENT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. THANKS TO NORONT FOR COVERING THE PRODUCTION COSTS OF THIS PROJECT. LEARN MORE AT wwW.NORONTRESOURCES.COM TSX: NOT-V VISUAL CAPITALIST: EDUCATING A NEW www.visualcapitalist.com @VisualCap GENERATION OF INVESTORS ON RESOURCE INVESTING AND MANAGEMENT. VISUALCAPITALIST TOP 5 SOURCES: HTTP://WwW.RESEARCH.HSBC.COM/MIDAS/RES/RDV? AO=20&KEY=6QC6IAZMKH&N=303664.PDF HTTP://Www.STAINLESSSTEELCENTENARY.INFO/DIDYOUKNOW: HTTP://MINERALS.USGS.GOV/MINERALS/PUBS/COMMODITY/NICKEL/MCS-2012-NICKEL.PDF HTTP://BREE.GOV.AU/DOCUMENTS/PUBLICATIONS/REQ/REQ-MAR-2012.PDF HTTP://NICKEL.VALE.COM/PRODUCTS/PDF/NICKEL_IN SOCIETY.PDF FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF SOURCES, PLEASE VISIT: VISUALCAPITALIST.COM/SOURCES ANNUAL NICKEL CONSUMPTION: 1.48 M TONNES 78 MILLION TONNES - NICKEL TRUST LATERITES LIBE 1193IN SULFIDE WEEKS OF CONSUMPTION