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Building Canada’s Next Mid-Tier
Gold Producer
October 2018
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Cautionary StatementsForward-Looking Information
This presentation contains statements or information concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (“Wesdome” or the “Company”) which constitute forward-looking statements or information (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements relate to
future events or the anticipated performance the Company and reflect management’s expectations or beliefs regarding such future
events and anticipated performance as of the date of this presentation. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements with respect to the timing and amount of future production, costs of production, targeted cost reductions, capital
expenditures, the success of exploration activities, permitting time lines, government regulation of mining operations, the future price
of gold and other minerals, and the timing and issuance of permits. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use
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risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, fluctuations in prices of commodities, fluctuations in currency markets, actual
results of additional exploration and development activities at the Company’s projects, the timing and amount of estimated future
production and the costs thereof, capital expenditures, the availability of any additional capital required to bring future projects into
production, the failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated, accidents, or labour disputes. Risks and uncertainties
about Wesdome’s business are more fully discussed in the disclosure material filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada
and available on SEDAR under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com. Readers are urged to read these materials and should not
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Wesdome assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information relating to beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors,
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Canadian Gold Company with Three 100%
Owned Projects• Over 30 years of continuous gold production
• 2018 Guidance: 70,000 – 75,000 ozs (YTD 2018:
54,371 ozs)
• Drilling High grade discovery at Kiena Complex
• Eagle River Operations funding $25 M
exploration and development at Kiena
• H1 2018 free cash flow generation of $5.2 M
• Q2 2018 third consecutive quarter of free cash
flow generation
Moss Lake, Thunder Bay, Ont.
Open Pit Gold Deposit
Resources: Indicated 1.4M oz,
Inferred 1.7M oz
Eagle River Complex, Wawa,
Ont.
Operating Mine Complex, two
deposits feed central mill @
~850 tpd
Past Prod.: 1.1 M oz
Reserves: P&P 518,000 oz
Resources: M&I 342,000 oz,
Inf. 225,000 oz
Kiena, Val d’Or, Quebec
Production Suspended 2013
Past Prod.: 1.75 M oz
Resources: M&I 450,000 oz,
Inf. 400,000 oz
Fully Permitted Mine/Mill
Complex on Standby
1 2 3
3
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Corporate Structure
Symbol
TSX:WDO
Shares Outstanding
134.2 M
Options and RSU’s
7.2 M
Warrants
0
Fully Diluted
141.4 M
52 Week High/Low
$3.85/$1.64 (Average daily
volume 800,000 shares)
Market Capitalization
$473M
($3.52 September 19, 2018)
Cash Position
$26.7 M (August 1, 2018)
No Debt
Analyst Coverage
BMO Capital Markets
Clarus Securities
Desjardins Capital Markets
Echelon Wealth Partners
Eight Capital Partners
Industrial Alliance
Laurentian Bank
Mackie Research
National Bank Financial
PI Financial
Major Shareholders
1832 Asset Management, Van
Eck, Oppenheimer, Royal Bank
Investment Management,
Mackenzie Financial, US Global,
Gabelli
Management and Directors
2.2%
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Share Price Performance
Three Year
Six Month One Year
Five Year
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Building Canada’s Next Mid-Tier Gold Producer
Assets in top rated
jurisdictions – Ontario and
Quebec
Low risk expansion of
existing mines in proven
mining camps
New high-grade gold
discovery in permitted, de-
watered former producing
mine
Proven building blocks to increase
shareholder
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2018 Production Guidance Raised to 70,000 –
75,000 Ounces
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Q3 & YTD 2018 Operating Results
Amounts are denominated in Canadian
dollarsThird Quarter Year -to -date
2018 2017 Variance % +/( -) 2018 2017 Variance % +/( -)
Ore milled (tonnes)
Eagle River 46,777 44,421 2,356 5% 134,635 117,959 16,676 14%
Mishi 4,076 38,638 (34,562) (89)% 62,155 114,396 (52,241) (46)%
50,854 83,058 (32,204) (39)% 196,790 232,355 (35,565) (15)%
Head grade (grams per tonne,
“g/t”)
Eagle River 13.3 9.7 3.6 38% 12.2 10.3 1.9 18%
Mishi 3.4 2.0 1.4 69% 2.3 1.8 0.5 27%
Gold production (ounces)
Eagle River 19, 437 13,313 6,124 46% 50,602 37,498 13,104 35%
Mishi 358 2,181 (1,823) (84)% 3,769 5,687 (1,918) (34)%
Total gold production 19,795 15,493 4,302 28% 54,371 43,185 11,186 26%
Production sold (ounces) 18,401 13,069 5,332 41% 52,404 38,419 13,985 36%
Revenue from gold sales ($
millions) 2$28.9 $2 1.2 $7.7 36 % $86.6 $64.5 $22.1 34%
Average realized price per
ounce 3$1,571 $1,619 ($48) (3)% $1,651 $1,656 ($5) - %
Notes:Numbers may not add due to rounding.
Revenue for year-to-date 2017 includes $0.9 million in gold sales from the cleanup of the Kiena mill.
Average realized price per ounce is a non-GAAP measure and is calculated by dividing the reported revenue from gold sales by the number of ounces sold for a given
period.
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Q2 2018 Financial Results, 3 Consecutive
Quarters of Free Cash Flow Generation
1 Refer to the section entitled “Non-IFRS Performance Measures” for the reconciliation of these non-IFRS measurements to the financial statements.
3 Revenues for Q2, 2018, Q1 2018 and Q4 2017 includes insignificant amounts from the sale of by-product silver (nil for other periods).
4 Revenues in Q2 2017 and Q3/Q4 2016 include $0.9 million and $2.4 million, respectively in revenue generated from gold recovery from the clean up of the Kiena mill (nil for other periods).
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Mineral Reserves (2017 Year End)
21% increase in Eagle River ounces; grade
increased by 32%
• Reserves and Resources as at December 31, 2017.
• Mineral Resources exclusive of Mineral Reserves.
• The contents of this slide have been verified and approved by Michael Michaud, P. Geo, VP Exploration for the Company and a Qualified Person
within the meaning of NI 43-101
• For details, please refer to the Company’s press release dated February 26, 2018 and AIF dated March 21, 2018 available on the Company’s
website and sedar.com
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Eagle River Parallel Structure Reserve
Breakdown
Structure Tonnage Grade (gAu/tonne) Contained Ounces
Percentage of P + P
Reserve Ounces
Proven and Probable Reserves
No. 8 205,000 10.5 69,000 17%
No. 300 514,000 13.4 222,000 53%
No. 7 228,000 13.2 97,000 23%
Other 112,000 7.8 28,000 7%
Total 1,059,000 12.2 416,000
100%
• Reserves and Resources as at December 31, 2017.
• The contents of this slide have been verified and approved by Michael Michaud, P. Geo, M.ScA, VP Exploration for the Company and a Qualified
Person within the meaning of NI 43-101
• For details, please refer to the Company’s press release dated February 26, 2018 and AIF dated March 21, 2018 available on the Company’s
website and sedar.com
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Exploration: Two Properties Attain Highest Grade
Hits in 2017
Source: Mining Intelligence/Mining.com
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Eagle River Mine: 1.1 M oz of Production
• Quartz diorite stock (2 km x 0.5 km) hosts 1.1 M oz of past production
at Eagle River from 8, 6 and 2 Zone structures (1995 to 2017)
• Parallel 7 and 300 Zones to north offer new potential throughout the mine
• 2017 Production: 50,996 ounces (152,591 t @ 10.6 g/t)7 Zone Surface
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Eagle River Parallel Gold Zones Remain Open
4200 elev
4200 elev
100
m
open
open
open
open
Section 9400E
(looking west)
Section 9400E
(looking west)
• Discovery of two new parallel gold zones in 2013
• Exploration in 2014 - 2017 leads to reserve growth with expanding potential within mine footprint
• Mining of 300 Zone began in Q3 – 2015, 7 Zone in production since Q4 2016
• Recent widths at 300 North and 303 East Zones wider than previously encountered
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Eagle Drilling to Diversify Production Locations
Longitudinal Section Looking North
Untested Potential in Parallel Zones
303 Lens 864m drift highlights
Lens Strike
Length
(m)
Aver
age
Widt
h
(m)
Uncut
Grade
(g/t
Au)
Cut
Grade
(g/t
Au)
300B 14.3 1.7 19.8 19.8
300C 22.8 1.5 24.6 13.3
301N 30.1 2.2 22.5 14.8
301 51.1 2.0 28.3 21.2
302 17.0 1.7 24.0 24.0
303 20.1 8.6 50.5 26.2
303 Lens structure currently traced
from 750 m to 1000 m depth and
remains open
7 Zone drifting highlights Level Strike
Length
(m)
Avera
ge
Width
(m)
Uncut
Grade
(g/t
Au)
Grade
Cut
(g/t
Au)
1006 E 51.7 1.7 33.83 29.67
1006
W
41.1 3.2 22.85 15.25
1006
Combi
ned
92.8 2.3 27.39 21.21
1022 E 75.5 1.8 34.86 28.33
1022
W
47.3 2.7 10.33 10.33
1022
Combi
ned
122.8 2.2 23.79 20.21
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Eagle Exploration Targeting – Parallel Zones
Plan View
Targeting areas where E-W structures intersection WNW structures, and
areas where structures enter/exit Diorite
N
8 Zone
7 Zone 300 Zone
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Eagle Surface Exploration Drill Targets
10,000 m of drilling commencing September 2018
3D View (looking northwest)
N
N
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Mishi Deposit – Future Potential
2017 New Area
Under Explored
2017 New Area
Mishi Pit
3D View (looking northwards)
600 m West of Pit
1.95 g/t over 29.8 m TW
3.08 g/t over 15.5 m TW
3.48 g/t over 17.7 m TW
2.14 g/t over 22.1 m TW
2.52 g/t over 18.8 m TW
2.38 g/t over 11.9 m TW
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Kiena Complex, Val d’Or, Quebec
• Mine on care and maintenance since
mid-2013
• 2,000 TPD permitted mill
• 930 Metre shaft
• Ramp system to 1000 m
• Underground de-watered
• Past production 1981 – 2013 12,500,00
mt @ 4.5 g/t = 1.75 M ounces
produced
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Kiena Complex – Location, Location, Location!
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Kiena Deep
Kiena Mine1.8 M oz
Siscoe Mine0.9 M oz prod
Wesdome Deposit0.4 M oz Resource
Presqu’ile Deposit0.1 M oz Resource
Kiena Complex – Regional Geological Potential
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Kiena Deep Discovery
Why Kiena Deep:
• Large Regional Structures
• Multiple zones of ductile
and brittle deformation for
“openings” for Au
• Ultramafic contact tends to
“pool” liquids
• 40,000 metre underground
drill program in 2018
• Drilling 25 x 25 metre
spacing
• Gold to establish indicated
resources by Q418
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Kiena Deep A Zone Longitudinal Section
S50 Zone
B Zone
VC Zone
A Zone Up Plunge Extension
A Zone
Open
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Kiena Deep A Zone - Open Up and Down Plunge
and Dip
Kiena Deep A Zone
A1 Zone
A2 Zone 250 m
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Kiena Deep A Zone - Up Plunge Potential
600 m plunge defined
600 m plunge potential
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Kiena Deep A Zone – Flattens at Depth with
Multiple Zones
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Extended Ramp Development and Recent Results
Average thickness 7 m
48 out of 50 holes visible gold showings
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VC Zone – Near-Term Production Potential
Highlights include:
•262.13 g/t or (17.70 g/t cut to 34.28 g/t) over
5.6 m true width in hole 6205 (A Zone?)
•10.28 g/t or (8.56 g/t cut to 34.28 g/t) over
3.0 m true width in hole 6201
•9.26 g/t (9.26 g/t cut) over 3.0 m true width
in hole 6208
VC Zones – Important Aspect of restart program
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Moss Lake – Optionality on Gold Price
• Dominant land holdings, 36 km along Shebandowan Gold Belt containing four
deposits open for expansion
• Moss Lake Deposit remains open Pit and Mineral Resource constrained by
property boundary
• 2017 drilling extends strike length mineralization from 2kms to 4.5 kms
• Geophysical expression (IP) extends over a strike length of 8 kms
• Potential to significantly add to resources
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2018 Exploration Summary – Sustained Investment
$10.8 M Exploration
Drilling Budget
Eagle:
4 Underground Drills
1 Surface Drill
(September)
Kiena:
4 Underground Drills
Property 2018 Metres 2017 Metres 2016 Metres 2015 Metres
Eagle Underground Exploration
Drilling 25,000 24,000 27,000 22,000
Eagle River Underground
Definition Drilling 25,000 35,000 32,000 20,000
Eagle Surface Exploration Drilling 10,000 15,000 25,000 0
Mishi Exploration Drilling 0 15,000 25,000 5,000
Kiena Complex 50,000 45,000 10,000 0
Moss Lake 0 25,000 4,000 0
Total 110,000 159,000 123,000 47,000
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Summary
Experienced Management
team with proven track
records
LOW CAPEX:
Kiena: New gold discovery
in existing, permitted, de-
watered former producing
mine
HIGHLY EXECUTABLE:
Eagle River: new high-
grade parallel zones close
to infrastructure
Pipeline of development
projects
Aggressive Exploration
Programs in Wawa and Val
d’Or
Operations in safe
jurisdiction, Canada
LOW RISK:
Expansion of existing
mines in proven
mining camps
Appendix
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Executive Management Team
Duncan Middlemiss, P. Eng
Chief Executive Officer
- Professional engineer with over 25 years experience in operational management, mine rehabilitation,
development and gold production
- Over 10 years of executive management experience
- Most recently Chief Executive Officer of St Andrew Goldfields until its sale to Kirkland Lake Gold in January
2016
Ben Au, CPA, CA
Chief Financial Officer
- Over 35 years of experience in financial management and reporting, regulatory compliance, M&A, and
P&L management
- Over 11 years at Agnico Eagle Mines in increasingly senior financial reporting roles
- Most recently Chief Financial Officer of St Andrew Goldfields Ltd until its acquisition by Kirkland Lake Gold
Marc-Andre Pelletier, P.Eng
Chief Operating Officer
- Professional engineer with over 20 years experience in operating gold mines in Canada
- Over 9 years at Barrick Gold in increasingly senior operational management roles
- Most recently VP Operations at St Andrew Goldfields until its acquisition by Kirkland Lake Gold
Michael Michaud, P.Geo
VP, Exploration
- Professional geologist with over 30 years experience in domestic and international gold exploration and
mining
- Former Principal of SRK Consulting Inc
- Most recently Chief Geologist at Iamgold
Lindsay Carpenter Dunlop
VP, Investor Relations
- Over 10 years experience in the development and execution of investor relations programs for publicly
traded resource companies
- Most recently 5 years as Director of Investor Relations at Kirkland Lake Gold
Stacy Kimmett
VP, Human Resources
- Over 20 year experience in human resources focusing on policy development, compliance, and change
management
- Most recently Sr. Director, Human Resources at St Andrew Goldfields
Heather Laxton
Corporate Secretary & CGO
- 20 years of corporate secretarial, corporate governance and securities regulation experience with a focus
on the mining sector in Canada, Europe, Russia and West Africa
- Most recently Corporate Secretary at Kirkland Lake Gold
Vincent Ramcharan, P.Eng
Director of Sustainability
- Professional engineer with 20+ years mining experience in operations, construction, sustainability,
environment, indigenous peoples, and permitting
- Corporate and management experience with Cliffs, International Minerals, SNC-Lavalin(for Barrick, Inmet,
BHP, Sherritt, Gold Reserves)
- Most recently Director, Sustainability at Richmont Mines (acquired by Alamos Gold in November 2017)
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Board of Directors
Charles Page, P.Geo
Chairman
- Over 40 years experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry
- Most recently President and CEO of Queenston Mining, leading the discovery and
development of the Upper Beaver deposit in the Kirkland Lake gold camp, until its acquisition
by Osisko Mining
Charles Main, CPA, CA
- Chartered Professional Accountant and member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Ontario and Canada
- Over 30 years experience in finance and mining industries
- Most recently Chief Financial Officer of Yamana Gold from 2003 – 2017
Duncan Middlemiss, P. Eng
Chief Executive Officer
- Professional engineer with over 25 years experience in operational management, mine
rehabilitation, development and gold production
- Over 10 years of executive management experience
- Most recently Chief Executive Officer of St Andrew Goldfields until its sale to Kirkland Lake
Gold in January 2016
Nadine Miller, P. Eng
- Over 15 years experience in geotechnical engineering and project management in the mining
space
- Former Business Development Manager at SNC-Lavalin’s Mining and Metallurgy unit
Warwick Morely-Jepson
- Over 35 years experience in the mining industry within operations, project and business
development
- Formerly Chief Operating Officer and Executive VP of Kinross Gold Corp
Rolly Uloth- Over 45 years of senior management experience
- Co founder of Rosedale Transport, fifth largest trucking company in Ontario
Bill Washington, MBA- Former Head of Global Mining and Metals at National Bank Financial Markets
- Over 25 years experience in capital markets, focused exclusively on the mining sector
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Notes to Technical Disclosure Technical Disclosure
Mineral Resources
This presentation contains information regarding mineral resources estimated at the Company’s projects. Mineral resources are not
mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Further, the quantity and grade of reported inferred mineral
resources are uncertain in nature and it cannot be assumed that further exploration will result in all or any part of an inferred mineral
resource being upgraded to an indicated or measured mineral resource category.
Qualified Person - Ontario
The technical information contained in this presentation has been reviewed and approved by Michael Michaud, P.Geo, M.ScA, VP
Exploration for the Company and a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure of
Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).
Qualified Person – Quebec
The technical information contained is this presentation pertaining to Quebec properties, (“Kiena Complex and Kiena Deep”) has been
approved and verified by Marc Ducharme, P. Geo, Chief Exploration Geologist for the Company and a Qualified Person within the
meaning of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects (“NI-43-01”).
Additional Information
Additional information about each of the mineral projects as required by NI 43-101, including key assumptions, parameters and
methods used to estimate the mineral resources presented in respect of the Company’s projects, can be found in Technical Reports
filed for each respective property on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Other important operating information can be found in the Company's
AIF, MD&A and press releases.
Financial Disclosure
Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar values herein are in CDN$.
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Category Tonnes Grade (gAu/Tonne) Contained Ounces
Eagle River Underground Resources
Indicated 50,700 7.3 12,000
Inferred 334,000 8.0 85,000
Mishi Open Pit Resources
Indicated 3,679,000 2.1 248,000
Inferred 764,000 2.4 59,000
Mishi Underground Resources
Indicated 567,000 4.5 82,000
Inferred 437,000 5.8 81,000
Total M + I Resources 342,000
Total Inferred Resources 225,000
Mineral Resources (2017 Year End)
Operating Assets
• Reserves and Resources as at December 31, 2017.
• Mineral Resources exclusive of Mineral Reserves.
• The contents of this slide have been verified and approved by Michael Michaud, P. Geo, M.ScA, VP Exploration for the Company and a Qualified Person within the
meaning of NI 43-101
• For details, please refer to the Company’s press release dated February 22, 2017 and AIF dated March 21, 2018 available on the Company’s website and sedar.com
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Category Tonnes Grade (gAu/Tonne) Contained Ounces
Kiena Complex Resources
Measured 63,700 4.06 8,300
Indicated 2,439,800 5.62 441,000
Total M + I Resources 2,500,600 5.59 449,300
Total Inferred Resources 1,563,300 7.97 400,400
Moss Lake Resources
Total M + I Resources 39,795,000 1.1 1,377,000
Total Inferred Resources 50,364,000 1.1 1,751,000
Mineral Resources (2016 Year End)
Development & Exploration Assets
• Reserves and Resources as at December 31, 2016.
• Mineral Resources exclusive of Mineral Reserves
• The contents of this slide have been verified and approved by Michael Michaud, P. Geo, M.ScA, VP Exploration for the Company and a Qualified
Person within the meaning of NI 43-101
• For details, please refer to the Company’s AIF dated March 21, 2018 available on the Company’s website and sedar.com
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Eagle River/Mishi Complex Central Ontario
• Located in Hemlo/Wawa
Gold Camp
• Celebrating 20 years
of production
• 1,000,000+ oz @ 9.1 g/t Au
• Current operations ~800 tpd
Mill located adjacent to
Mishi open
pit deposit (permitted
to 1,200 tpd)
• Eagle River underground
mine located 15 kms to
south
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New Discovery Located Near Existing Infrastructure
Existing Indicated Resources
Zone Cut Grade
(cut to 34.28
g/t)
Tonnes Ounces
S50 Deep A 10.87 173,111 60,511
S50 Deep AH 8.53 68,722 18,885
S50 Deep B 3.21 514,100 53,100
TOTAL OUNCES 132,466
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S-50 Zone Isometric View North
Drill holes
2010-2012
Level 91
S-50 Zone - Conceptual Isometric 3D View
• S-50 Zone depleted portion (red wireframe) •Majority of Kiena’s production (10M tons or 1.6 M oz Au) was
mined from the S-50 zone where widths range from ~15 to 50
metres wide•Thicker gold mineralized breccia zones interpreted to be part
of a large deformed sigmoidal structure extending northward
from the S-50 tabular shear hosted mineralized zone
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2013 Moss Lake – PEA (2.5 M oz. study)
300 m
NE
SW
open
General View of Mineralized Zones Longitudinal and Plan View of Moss Lake Pit
2.5 km
SW NE
open
Highlights• Open pit mine and CIL Processing at 40,000 tpd
• Life of mine strip ratio of 2.5 : 1
• 10 year mine life averaging 244,000 oz. per year
- years 1-5 average 296,000 oz. per year
- years 6-10 average 192,000 oz. per year
• Mill recovery: 79.2% to 84.2% (Gravity – CIL)
• Pre-production Capital: $543 M CDN
• Operating costs $17.56 CDN per tonne ($922
per oz.)
• Payback period: 1.75 years
• After Tax NPV: $196 M at 5% discount rate
• After Tax IRR of 12% (assumes Au price of
$1551 CDN)
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Kiena Complex Drill Core August 2016