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Corporate Presentation, February, 2020

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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS

PUREPLAY PGM DEVELOPER IN TIER ONE JURISDICTION

✓ Acquired a 51% interest in the largest undeveloped Palladium


property in North America. Has an option to increase interest to 80%

Independent resource calculation estimates 8.6 million ounces


✓ (measured and indicated) of Palladium Equivalent on the
Marathon property, plus another 915,000 oz PdEq inferred

✓ Property located near excellent infrastructure, including highway,


rail, power, and near the mining town of Marathon, ON

✓ Completed PEA within six months of acquiring project, planning


DFS in 2020

✓ C$14 million in cash (Feb 14, 2020)

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MARATHON M&I + I RESOURCES*

3,828,000 1,244,000 473,000


oz PALLADIUM M&I oz PLATINUM M&I oz GOLD M&I

1.02 Billion 8,668,000 915,000


lbs COPPER M&I oz PD EQ M&I oz PD EQ Inferred

* Open pit Measured, Indicated & Inferred Resources as noted, as estimated by P&E Mining Consultants, Sept 9, 2019
and Dec. 2, 2019. Further detail on page 14. Includes the Marathon, Geordie and Sally deposits.
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MANAGEMENT

JAMIE LEVY President, CEO & Director KERRY KNOLL Exec. Chairman & Director
25 years in financing and management of Cdn mining Co-founded several successful mining companies over
companies. Was CEO of Pine Point Mining which 35 years including Wheaton River, Thompson Creek
was acquired by Osisko Metals. Formerly Vice President and Glencairn Gold. Former editor of The Northern
of Pinetree Capital. Miner Magazine.

ROD THOMAS, P.Geo. VP, Exploration & Director BRIAN JENNINGS CPA, CA, B.Sc CFO
Geologist with 40 years experience in Canada and abroad. Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in
Former Exploration Manager BHP Minerals Eastern NA and financial management of resource companies, and
General Manager of VM Canada (subsidiary of NEXA Res.) formerly Vice-President Corporate Restructuring at
Former president of PDAC. Ernst and Young.
JOHN MCBRIDE Senior Exploration Geologist
PATRICIA MANNARD VP, Finance
Worked on the Company’s Marathon Project periodically
since 2007, and continuously as project geologist since Managed administrative and financial aspects of
2013. He obtained an MSc. in geology from Lakehead exploration companies for 30 years, including
in 2010. Pine Point Mining from 1993-2018.

TABATHA LABLANC Manager of Sustainability


25 years of environmental & community relations, including
TransCanada Pipelines, North American Palladium,
Bowater-Abitib & oversaw the environmental assessment at
the Marathon Project for Stillwater Canada Inc. in 2012-14.

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DIRECTORS

JAMIE LEVY President, CEO & Director KERRY KNOLL Exec. Chairman & Director
25 years in financing and management of Cdn mining Co-founded several successful mining companies over
companies. Was CEO of Pine Point Mining which 35 years including Wheaton River, Thompson Creek
was acquired by Osisko Metals. Formerly Vice President and Glencairn Gold. Former editor of The Northern
of Pinetree Capital. Miner Magazine.

ROD THOMAS, P.Geo. VP, Exploration & Director CASHEL MEAGHER, P.Geo. Director
Geologist with 40 years experience in Canada and abroad. Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
Former Exploration Manager BHP Minerals Eastern NA and Hudbay Minerals Inc., overseeing operations, development
General Manager of VM Canada (subsidiary of NEXA Res.) and exploration in North and South America.
Former president of PDAC.
STEPHEN REFORD B.A.Sc, P.Eng Director PHILLIP C. WALFORD P.Geo Director
Geophysicist and professional engineer for 35 years, Geologist, President and CEO of Marathon Gold since
President of Paterson, Grant & Watson Limited, 2009. Was President and CEO and a founder of
an international geophysical consulting company. Marathon PGM Corp. which sold Marathon palladium
project to Stillwater in 2010.

PAUL MURPHY, B.Comm., FCPA Director

Chairman of Alamos Gold, was Chief Financial Officer


of Guyana Goldfields, former partner and head of mining
group for PricewaterhouseCoopers

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LOCATION

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Located on Trans-Canada Highway,


served by CPR main rail line
Property next to Marathon airport
<10 km from town of Marathon
(had population of 5,000, now 3,200)
and 30 km from Hemlo gold camp
o Hemlo has new 10-year mine plan
o However, workforce far below
historic highs
o Hemlo has solid working relationship
with local native groups
Harte Gold’s Sugar Zone Mine located
~100 km from the Property permitted
and commissioned in 2018
New $1B high-capacity power line from
Wawa to Thunder Bay will cross property

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MARATHON HISTORY & OWNERSHIP

Developed from 1985 to 2010 by various companies, eventually owned


by Marathon PGM Corporation

Over 203,000 metres of drilling in 1,094 holes

Stillwater took over Marathon in 2010 for US$118 million, sold 25% to
Mitsubishi for $US81 million in 2012

Sibanye Gold acquired Stillwater Mining in 2017

Generation Mining bought initial interest from Sibanye in July, 2019, can
bring ownership to 80% by spending C$10 million in four years

Sibanye can re-acquire additional 31% (bringing total to 51%) by paying


31% of capex into the joint venture on production decision

No royalties on main Marathon Deposit*


*Varying royalties on remaining land package
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PEA HIGHLIGHTS

ROBUST ECONOMICS IN TIER ONE JURISDICTION

✓ Completed PEA within six months of acquisition, including new


resource evaluations on three deposits

✓ 14-year mine life producing averaging 194,000 palladium


equivalent ounces per year

✓ Base Case IRR of 30%, after-tax NPV of C$871 million at


5% discount rate and 2-year trailing metal prices

✓ At spot price (Dec 31, 2019) IRR of 45.8% and after-tax NPV
of $1,541 million at 5% discount rate

✓ AISC operating cost net of by products US$586 per ounce

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2020 MARATHON PALLADIUM PEA
(100% BASIS)

PRODUCTION VALUATION (BASE CASE)

Throughput (initial) 14,000 tpd Pre-Tax NPV (5%) C$1,184 million


Throughput (after expansion) 22,000 tpd Pre-Tax IRR 35%
Recovered Pd Equivalent (LOM) 2,716,000 oz After-Tax NPV (5%) C$871 million
Average Pd Equivalent Output/Year 194,000 oz After-Tax NPV (8%) C$648 million
Avg Pd Only Output/Year* 107,000 oz After-Tax IRR 30%
Palladium Equivalent Grade 1.24 g/t
VALUATION (RECENT SPOT PRICES***)
Strip Ratio (Waste to Mill Feed) 3:1
Mine Life 14 Years After-Tax NPV (5%) C$1,541 million
After-Tax IRR 45.8%

COST

Preproduction Capital (C$) C$431 million


LOM Average Cash Cost (US$)** US$504/oz
LOM Average AISC (US$)** US$586/oz

* Not including byproducts


** Palladium only, net of byproducts
***Dec 31/19

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CAPEX AND OPEX

INITIAL CAPITAL COSTS ($C MILLIONS)


Pre-Stripping 15.3
Mining 40.6
Processing Plant 272.8
Tailings Management Facility 14.3
Site Infrastructure 54.0
Contingency 34.1
Total Initial Capital 431.0

SUSTAINING CAPITAL ($ MILLIONS)


Mining 128.1
Processing Plant 38.3
Tailings Management Facility 67.0
Closure 30.0
Contingency 13.5
Total Sustaining Capital 277.0

LOM OPERATING COSTS ($C PER TONNE)


Mining Cost per tonne mined material
2.34
(waste and mineralized material)
Mining Cost per tonne plant feed 9.23
Processing Cost per tonne plant feed 8.92
G & A per tonne plant feed 0.97
Total Cost per tonne plant feed 19.12
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ECONOMIC SENSITIVITIES*

SENSITIVITY TO PALLADIUM PRICE

US$/oz Pd 700 900 1,100 1,275 1,500 1,700 1,900


NPV (5% discount after-tax C$M) 255 469 684 871 1,112 1,326 1,540
IRR % 13.4 19.6 25.3 30.0 35.8 40.8 45.7
Payback (years) 6.4 4.0 2.9 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.6

IRR SENSITIVITY TO OPEX AND CAPEX AFTER-TAX (%) DISCOUNT RATE SENSITIVITY AFTER-TAX (C$M)

% -20 -10 0 +10 +20 0% 1,427


OPEX 38.1 33.7 30.0 26.9 24.3 5% 871

CAPEX 33.9 32.0 30.0 27.9 25.8 6% 790


8% 648

NPV SENSITIVITY TO OPEX AND CAPEX 10% 531


AT 5% DISCOUNT RATE AFTER-TAX (C$M)

% -20 -10 0 +10 +20


OPEX 973 922 871 820 769
CAPEX 1,048 960 871 782 694

* Presented on a 100% Ownership Basis

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MARATHON MAIN DEPOSIT
CROSS SECTION

Deposit dips
moderately west
providing optimal
open pit mining
scenario
Mineralization has
a true thickness
ranging from 4m to
183 m, averaging
35m
Deposit is open at
depth with potential
for UG expansion
from bottom of pit

Source: Miller, J.D., Smyk, M.C. and Hollings, P.N., eds. 2010. Cu-Ni-PGE deposits in mafic
intrusions of the Lake Superior region: A field trip for the 11th International Platinum Symposium;
Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6254, 166p. 14
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MARATHON SITE PLAN

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MARATHON METALLURGICAL STUDIES

RECOVERIES TO
Several studies done at accredited labs METAL
CONCENTRATE
from 1960s - 2014
Palladium 82.9%

Initial grind to 150 microns Copper 89.7%

Float copper and PGM concentrates Platinum 74.5%

Gold 73.2%
Regrind copper to 20 microns
Silver 71.5%
Regrind PGM to 10 microns

Both concentrates refloated “Concentrate will be very low in


deleterious elements commonly
Combine to single concentrate for shipping seen in copper
No studies for 6 years - further testing may concentrate…and not expected
result in higher recoveries to draw any penalties.”
Exen Consulting, Dec, 2019

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PEA FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

Only 37% of total Marathon Property Resources


were used in PEA
o Deeper Marathon Deposit resources (additional 90 million
tonnes, similar grade, higher strip ratio)
o Geordie Deposit (801,000 oz* indicated, 505,000 oz* inferred)
o Sally Deposit (767,000 oz* indicated, 389,000 oz* inferred)

Possibility of locking in higher palladium prices


with end users before construction

Additional metallurgical testwork to improve


recoveries (last work was eight years ago)

Option to sell royalty or stream – no existing royalties

Study started by Stillwater to sell waste rock as gravel --


Lafarge already doing it nearby

Many, many exploration targets – looking for higher grade


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* Palladium equivalent 17
PALLADIUM MARKET

Price has increased 350% since 2016


85% used for autocatalysts
A typical automobile uses 3-7 grams palladium
Pd loads per vehicle increasing globally by
regulation to reduce emissions*
Annual demand of -/+11 million+ ounces
6.88 million oz mined worldwide in 2018*
Further 3.21 million oz recovered from recycling*
800,000 oz deficit in 2018 according to
Johnson Matthey
1-1.5 million ounce deficit annually 2019-2021

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*Johnson Matthey
PALLADIUM MARKET

2,000
Palladium Market Price, Supply and Demand Balance Historic and Forecast

2,500

2,000 Palladium Price


1,500

1,500
Supply/Demand Balance (koz Pd)

1,000

Palladium Price ($USD)


1,000
500

-500
500

-1,000

-1,500

-2,000 0

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2001A

2002A

2003A

2004A

2005A

2006A

2007A

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2009A

2010A

2011A

2012A

2013A

2014A

2015A

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2019E

2020E

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*S&P Global Market Intelligence, Metals Focus 19
PALLADIUM MARKET

New Chinese & European regulations will result Near-term production increases
in “step change” in palladium demand PRODUCTION
MINE YEAR
-- Johnson Matthey INCREASES (OZ)

Norilsk 1,000,000 2025*


Demand Inelasticity: Demand is increasing
as governments continue to focus on Platreef 200,000 2021-2
reducing emissions Eurasia 75,000 2021

*JP Morgan
Both palladium and platinum are now in
deficit – substitution by platinum would likely
cause a spike in it’s price, offsetting any gains
“We expect to see double-digit
Low substitution risk: Palladium is a more
growth in palladium consumption
effective converter than platinum.
over the 2019 – 2020 period”
Hybrid cars require more palladium than Johnson Matthey
straight ICE autos

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COMPARABLE GOLD DEVELOPERS*

North American precious metals developers with great access to infrastructure


and capital trade at an average valuation of ~US$72/oz

Generation Mining trades at a fraction of its gold peers’ valuation despite holding
one of the largest MI&I AuEq resources
$200 M&I Resource Inferred Resource EV / AuEq MI&I Average EV/oz 8.0

$180
EV US$7 PER OZ AUEQ 7.0

$160
6.0
$140

Resources (Moz AuEq)


EV / oz (US$/oz AuEq)

5.0
$120
AVERAGE
$100 4.0
EV/OZ: US$72
$80
3.0

$60
2.0
$40

1.0
$20

$0 0.0
OSK VIT HRT LGD PGM SBB MOZ TML MAX GENM

*Company Filings, Capital IQ, Note: OSK shown as Windfall only, GENM resources on an 80% basis, as at Feb 13/20 21
COMPARABLE PGM DEVELOPERS*

Comparable palladium exploration and development companies trade at ~US$12/oz

Generation Mining trades below its PGM peers’ average valuation despite holding the
largest MI&I PdEq resource, and the most advanced and robust project

$30 8.00

7.00
$25
EV US$6 PER OZ PDEQ
6.00

$20

Resources (Moz PdEq)


EV / oz (US$/oz PdEq)

5.00

AVERAGE
$15 4.00
EV/OZ: US$12
3.00
$10

2.00

$5
1.00

$0 0.00
BULL VO PDM GENM RAU NAM

*Company Filings, Capital IQ, GENM resources on an 80% basis as at Feb 13/20 22
ADVANCED PALLADIUM PROJECTS

UPFRONT AFTER-TAX DISCOUNT PD PRICE PAYBACK PDEQ MARKET MARKET


IRR
PROJECT OWNER CAPEX NPV RATE ASSUMPTION PERIOD OZ CAP CAP/OZ
(C$) (C$M) (%) (US$/oz) (%) (Years) M,I&I M,I&I
North
In In In
Lac des Iles American $637M 8% 1,040 5M+ C$1.1B C$220
Production Production Production
Palladium
Ivanhoe 59.2M+
Platreef $1,542M $1,163M 8% 825 14% 5.30 C$4.1B* C$68*
Mines (64%)
New Age
River Valley $495M $139M 5% 1,200 10% 7.00 3.9M $7.7M C$1.97
Metals
The Platinum
$1,110M $212M 19M**
Waterberg Group 8% 1,055 13% 11.40 C$187M C$9.80
(100%) (50%) (50%)
Project Metals

Eurasia $502M
Monchetundra $234M 8% 1,200 n/a n/a 2M+ C$162M C$81
Mining (80%)

Generation $431M $518M 7.7M***


Marathon 8% 1,275 30% 2.5 C$73M C$9.50
Mining (100%) (80%) (80%)

OTHER PROJECTS
Arctic
Capital One n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12M+ n/a n/a
Platinum

Pedra Branca Valore n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.06M C$25M C$24

Palladium
LK n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.16M C$18M C$15
One

Source: Haywood, Company websites, Generation Mining PEA, company websites; As at February 7, 2020
*Ivanhoe is mainly a base metal company, includes roughly equal amounts Pd & Pt, Pt valued at $1500/oz in DFS
**reflects PGM’s 50% ownership; ***assumes 80% ownership
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GENERATION MINING TIMELINE

Key Steps for 2019

2019 EVALUATE
PURCHASE BUILD PRELIMINARY
DRILLING & POTENTIAL
MARATHON TECHNICAL ECONOMIC
EXPLORATION PRODUCTION
PROJECT TEAM ASSESSMENT
CAMPAIGN SCENARIOS

TIMELINE (ESTIMATED)
Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 2020

Asset Acquisition ✓
Build Technical Team ✓ ✓
Update Historic Resource ✓
Exploration ✓ ✓
PEA Study ✓ ✓
New Listing

Permitting

Feasibility Study

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CORPORATE STRUCTURE

Capital Structure Key Shareholders

Shares Outstanding 124.7M Sibanye Stillwater ~8.8%

Warrants Zebra Holdings


29.7M ~8%
(Weighted average exercise price: C$0.48) (Lukas Lundin)

Options 7.7M Osisko Mining ~8%


(Weighted average exercise price: C$0.27)

Fully Diluted Shares


161.6M Eric Sprott ~7.7%
Outstanding
Basic Market Management &
Capitalization C$73M ~6%
(Share price: C$0.59)
Directors

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INVESTOR RELATIONS
JAMIE LEVY
President & CEO

[email protected]
Phone: 416 567-2440
100 King St West, Suite 7010
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5X 1B1

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APPENDIX

EXPLORATION UPSIDE
AND TABLES

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HIGH GRADE SAMPLE FROM SALLY

Sample K008054, 188.28g/t TPGM, 9.11% Cu, 0.60% Ni, 6.4% S

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INVESTIGATION
INTO HIGH GRADE SOURCE
Ore Geology Reviews 90 (2017) 723-747

Sample K008054, 188.28g/t TPGM,


9.11% Cu, 0.60% Ni, 6.4% S

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INVESTIGATION
INTO HIGH GRADE SOURCE (2)

Conclusion

“An important aspect of this study ...


of the Marathon deposit, is that conduit-style
environments are capable of producing such extreme
PGE-enriched orebodies similar to that of Noril'sk
disseminated ores and late - stage reef deposits in
the shallow parts of large layered intrusions (e.g.
Skaergaard, Bushveld) ... The formation of these
enriched ores likely resulted from early sulfide
segregation ... in a deep reservoir.”

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GENMINING OPEN PIT RESOURCES

Tonnes Pd Pt Cu Au Ag PdEq Pd Pt Cu Au Ag PdEq


(k) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (g/t) (g/t) (g/t) (koz) (koz) (Mlb) (koz) (koz) (koz)
MARATHON PIT CONSTRAINED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE AT C$13/TONNE NSR CUT-OFF (1-7)
M&I 179,248 0.56 0.18 0.20 0.07 1.6 1.24 3,238 1,064 796 390 9,335 7,130
Inferred 668 0.37 0.12 0.19 0.05 1.4 0.95 8 3 3 1 31 21
MARATHON PIT CONSTRAINED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE SENSITIVITY AT C$25/TONNE NSR CUT-OFF
M&I 116,071 0.73 0.23 0.25 0.08 1.7 1.56 2,735 850 639 300 6,326 5,826
Inferred 144 0.62 0.16 0.28 0.05 0.9 1.41 3 1 1 0 4 7

GEORDIE PIT CONSTRAINED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE AT C$15/TONNE NSR CUT-OFF (8-14)
Indicated 17,268 0.56 0.04 0.35 0.05 2.4 1.44 312 20 133 25 1,351 801

Inferred 12,899 0.51 0.03 0.28 0.03 2.4 1.22 212 12 80 14 982 505
GEORDIE PIT CONSTRAINED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE AT C$25/TONNE NSR CUT-OFF

Indicated 13,852 0.65 0.04 0.40 0.05 2.6 1.65 287 18 122 23 1,168 735

Inferred 6,593 0.61 0.03 0.34 0.04 2.4 1.45 130 7 49 8 508 307

SALLY PIT CONSTRAINED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE AT C$15/TONNE NSR CUT-OFF (8-14)
Indicated 24,801 0.35 0.20 0.17 0.07 0.7 0.96 278 160 93 56 567 767
Inferred 14,019 0.28 0.15 0.19 0.05 0.6 0.86 124 70 57 24 280 389
SALLY PIT CONSTRAINED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE AT C$25/TONNE NSR CUT-OFF
Indicated 9,875 0.51 0.30 0.18 0.10 0.8 1.24 162 95 39 31 240 395
Inferred 1,295 0.55 0.30 0.19 0.10 0.7 1.31 23 12 5 4 27 54

See Notes on slide 31 of this presentation


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NOTES

1. Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
2. The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other
relevant issues.
3. The Inferred Mineral Resource in this estimate has a lower level of confidence than that applied to an Indicated Mineral Resource and must not be
converted to a Mineral Reserve. It is reasonably expected that the majority of the Inferred Mineral Resource could be upgraded to an Indicated Mineral
Resource with continued exploration.
4. The Mineral Resources in this report were estimated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), CIM Standards on Mineral
Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions and adopted by the CIM Council.
5. The Mineral Resource Estimate was based on US$ metal prices of $1,100/oz Pd, $900/oz Pt, $3/lb Cu, $1,300/oz Au and $16/oz Ag. The US$:CDN$
exchange rate used was 0.77.
6. The NSR estimates use flotation recoveries of 93% for Cu, 82% for Pd, 80% for Pt, 80% for Au, 75% for Ag and smelter payables of 96% for Cu, 93%
for Pd, 88% for Pt, 90% for Au, 90% for Ag .
7. The pit optimization used a mining cost of C$2 per tonne, combined processing, G&A and off-site concentrate costs of C$15/tonne and pit slopes of 50°.

8. Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
9. The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other
relevant issues.
10. The Inferred Mineral Resource in this estimate has a lower level of confidence than that applied to an Indicated Mineral Resource and must not be
converted to a Mineral Reserve. It is reasonably expected that the majority of the Inferred Mineral Resource could be upgraded to an Indicated Mineral
Resource with continued exploration.
11. The Mineral Resources in this report were estimated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), CIM Standards on Mineral
Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions and adopted by the CIM Council.
12. The Mineral Resource Estimate was based on US$ metal prices of $1,100/oz Pd, $900/oz Pt, $3/lb Cu, $1,300/oz Au and $16/oz Ag. The US$:CDN$
exchange rate used was 0.77.
13. The NSR estimates use flotation recoveries of 93% for Cu, 82% for Pd, 80% for Pt, 80% for Au, 75% for Ag and smelter payables of 96% for Cu, 93%
for Pd, 88% for Pt, 90% for Au, 90% for Ag .
14. The pit optimization used a mining cost of C$2 per tonne, combined processing, G&A and off-site concentrate costs of C$15/tonne and pit slopes of 50°.

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MARATHON CONCENTRATE SPECS

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