SEE THE DIFFERENCE INVESTOR PRESENTATION April, 2011 See the Difference
THE AEROQUEST GROUP We collect and interpret data that reveals what is at and beneath the Earths surface See the Difference 3
Aerial Contract Airborne Geomatics R&D Geophysics See the Difference 4
EXPLORATION SPENDING RECOVERY Exploration Spending (USB) Mining Financings (2010) We estimate 15B in spending - 2011 Strong market for new Issues 16.0 4.0 14.0 3.5 12.0 3.0 10.0 2.5 US Copper (1989 = 1) 8.0 2.0 6.0 US Gold (1989…
AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS SYSTEMS FW-EM: SPECTREM2000 120 m FW-GRV: TAGS 90 m RW-MAGG: H-TAG RW-EM: AEROTEM 60 m RW-EM: IMPULSE FW-HRAM: ULTRA RW-HRAM: ULTRA 30 m See the Difference 6
ITS ALL IN THE DETAIL Total Magnetic Intensity (TMI) See the Difference 7
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE ATEMTM Helicopter (EM & mag) survey superimposed upon an earlier Fixed Wing (mag) survey See the Difference 8
Airborne Aerial Instruments Geophysics & Sensors Geomatics See the Difference 9
AERIAL GEOMATICS SURVEYS Geospatial mapping 2D and 3D renderings of objects at surface using Ortho-photography LiDAR Uses: Engineering design Land management Environmental information management Customers: 1. USACE 2.…
AEROQUEST OPTIMAL GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE Mapcon acquisition (01-2011) lets us fill out N. American coverage AEROQUEST OPTIMAL MAPCON MAPPING Huntsville, AL Vancouver, BC Ontario, BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan Salt Lake City, UT Utah,…
LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING - LIDAR RAW LIDAR IMAGE PROCESSED LIDAR See the Difference 12
REMOTE SENSING ORTHO-RECTIFIED PHOTO BARE EARTH LIDAR See the Difference 13
LIDAR APPLICATIONS Infrastructure Design Flood Risk Analysis See the Difference 14
SPECIALIST LIDAR APPLICATIONS E.G. 9/11 See the Difference 15
Airborne Aerial Instruments Geophysics Geomatics & Sensors See the Difference 16
SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES formerly EM SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES - GEMTM De-Mining & IEDs Detection & remediation Real-time processing Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) US DoD - Up to US34B* clean-up liability Cdn DND -Recently announced…
IED & UXO APPLICATIONS 18 See the Difference
GROUP OUTLOOK April, 2011 See the Difference
2010 MINERAL EXPLORATION THE BRIGHT SIDE MINING FINANCINGS (2010) SPENDING BY STAGE Strong market for new Issues Grassroots Late Stage Minesite 25% 33% 42% Aeroquest is primarily a grassroots exploration company Source:…
2011PPETROLEUM 2011 OUTLOOK ETROLEUMO UTLOOK N. Africa & GoM will be short- term negatives, BUT The Oil & Gas Industry is the Exp worlds largest industry Pro Exploration spending is 50 - 100 X larger than all minerals combined…
AERIAL GEOMATICS OUTLOOK CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE Currently spending is weaker than expected Government & Military 3Rs Roadways, Railways & Runways Mapcon Mapping gives us: Exposure to Canada & US West Coast Additional Sales…
Q1-2011 HIGHLIGHTS As at December 31, 2010 See the Difference
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE BREAKDOWN RUN RATE REVENUE (/MO) REVENUE (2011 - YTD) 5.0 4.5 Canada 4.0 11% 3.5 3.0 2.5 Rest of Australia World 23% 2.0 47% 1.5 1.0 0.5 United 0.0 States 19% Helicopter Fixed Wing Other See the…
USE OF INVESTMENT FUNDS 2011 CAPEX CAPEX CATEGORY EXPECTED RETURN GEOPHYSICS GEOPHYSICS System Upgrades - 2.1M New Systems Helicopter ATEM annual capacity 3 new Heli Systems - 0.8M 40,000 line km/system or 5 million 1 new FW System…
INVESTMENT THESIS INTELLIGENT GROWTH SHORT/MEDIUM TERM MEDIUM/LONG TERM Company turnaround well in Experienced & committed effect leadership team CEO has 1.5M invested at ACB of Returned to EBITDA positive in Q1- 0.77 2011; best…
AQL VS OTHER MINING & OIL/GAS SERVICES AQL price recovery currently lags that of other industry participants Still significant upside potential See the Difference 33