ngogerty@thoughtfulcapital.com jzitoli@thoughtfulcapital.com 1. Technology & Applied Information 2. Energy Density 3. Political and Economic Policies % of Countries in default or restructuring 1800-2009 Source: U.S. Energy Administration and World Gold Council Power Purchase Agreements (PPA): Two party contract: A generator of electricity for the purpose of sale (the seller) and one purchaser of electricity (the buyer or off-taker). DeKo central bank purchases electricity from power generators at long term fixed prices and sells electricity to off-takers at market prices. Certainty of claim relates to future realizable value Utility is Social and Economic value creation potential Assets Foreign Exchang Electricity e SecuritiesLoans Gold Delivery Reserve PPAs s DeKo Proposal Liabilities Issued Government Bank Currency Deposits Deposits Paraguay100.00 Lesotho 100.00 Iceland 100.00 Albania 100.00 Tajikistan 100.00 Bhutan 99.97 Mozambique 99.92 Zambia 99.71 Nepal 99.67 Dem. Rep. Congo 99.42 Burundi 99.04 Norway 96.63 Angola 96.45 Belize 94.88 Kyrgyzstan 93.30 Costa Rica 93.15 Laos 92.46 Brazil 88.88 Ethiopia 88.18 Malawi 86.58 Colombia 85.66 Georgia 85.50 Republic of the Congo 82.08 Central African Rep. 81.25 Cameroon 77.29 New Zealand 76.73 Ghana 75.09 Uganda 74.95 Namibia 70.82 Austria 70.02 Venezuela 69.57 Fiji 68.04 Madagascar 66.82 Canada 64.23 Ecuador 64.12 Panama 63.29 Source: http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=2&pid=2&aid=12 Source: http://www.iea.org/weo/ http://energy.aol.com/2011/09/20/global-energy-outlook-puts-china-and-india-at-the-fore/ Source: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/pdf/0383(2012).pdf