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MOSS PROJECT SUMMARY REPORT And RESOURCE CALCULATION for PATRIOT GOLD CORP. December, 2009 Revised March 1, 2010 Paul D. Noland

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MOSS PROJECT

SUMMARY REPORT

And

RESOURCE CALCULATION

for

PATRIOT GOLD CORP.

December, 2009 Revised March 1, 2010

Paul D. Noland

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SUMMARY

The Moss Property in northwestern Arizona hosts a drill indicated gold-silver resource estimated to contain 20.8 million tons grading 0.029 oz/ton gold equivalent for 606,535 ounces (gold equivalent). This resource was determined using the assumption that the deposit will be an open pit, bulk minable, heap leach mine. To keep mining and grade control cost minimal, sub-cut off grade material within the boundary of the resource was allowed to dilute the final grade. These resource numbers are drill-indicated, and require systematic in-fill and down-dip drilling to be placed into a final reserve category. No economic or mining feasibility parameters were applied to this resource category. However, a cursory examination of several sections in the heart of the resource area suggests that the entire resource (Main Zone and Hanging wall Zone) may be exploited by an open pit with a stripping ratio of between 3:1 and 4:1, and average pit wall slope of 45 degrees. The likelihood of finding additional bulk minable ore on the property is considered very good. Patriot Gold geologists have suggested the likelihood of main zone mineralization continuing at depth in previous reports. The main body of mineralization appears to widen to the west along strike, but the grade decreases. However, with the lower grades needed for an open pit, heap leachable deposit, this material is now part of the resource. This means the deposit is open-ended to the west. Much of the Main Zone remains untested down dip. Continued drill evaluation of down-dip and strike extensions is recommended. Claims acquired west and north of the original Patriot property in 2009 need detailed evaluation. The claims were acquired after discovery of historic drilling in the area containing significant gold/silver values. The claims need geologic mapping and sampling before any drill targeting can be done. Additional metallurgical testing to determine optimum recovery rates and leaching times for various size fractions using long term column leaching is needed. This work, along with fill-in drilling and west extension drilling will make Moss resource ready for a final feasibility study, permitting and mining.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………..4 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION…………………………………..4 HISTORY…………………………………………………………………...............5 GEOLOGY………………………………………………………………………….5 EXPLORATION……………………………………………………………………6 METALLURGICAL WORK……………………………………………………….7 RESOURCES……………………………………………………………………….8 EXPLORATION POTENTIAL……………………………………………………11 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS………………………………....12 REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………......14 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHOR……………………………………………………..15 APPENDIX A ; RESOURCE SUMMARY BY SECTION……………………….16 APPENDIX B; CROSS SECTIONS……………………………………………….20 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1; Location map……………………………………………………………..4 Figure 2; Land Status…………………………………………………....after Page 5 Figure 3; Veins, Drill Hole & Cross Section Location………………….after Page 5 Figure 4; Typical Cross Section………………………………………....after Page 6 Figure 5; Patriot 2008 Moss Column Leach Study……………………………...……..9 Figure 6; Resource Polygons & Topography…………………………..after page 10 Figure 7; Main Zone Resource Plan View……………………………..after page 10 Figure 8; Hanging Wall Zone Resource Plan View……………………after page 10 LIST OF TABLES Table1; Summary of Drilling………………………………………………….……6 Table 2; Comparison of Mineral Processing Tests…………………………………7 Table 3; Moss Resource Summary………………………………………………...11

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INTRODUCTION The author was asked by Richard Kern, Project Manager for Patriot Gold Corp to prepare an updated resource calculation and summary report on its Moss Mine gold Property in Mohave County, Arizona. This report is designed to summarize the Company’s work on the Property to date, to evaluate and assess its merits and to make recommendations for further action. The author has not visited the property, nor has he personally examined any of the drill core, rock chips, or assay certificates. An updated resource calculation was prepared including all drilling conducted to date through 2008. For this resource calculation, the author has relied on data provided by MinQuest Inc. and Patriot Gold. Accuracy of all data is assumed, and the resulting resource calculation is completed by the author in good faith. Given these parameters and limitations, much of the descriptive and technical details (except the resource calculations) included in this report are taken from earlier authors, including Robert Sibthorpe and Richard Kern. The entire database utilized for this report and resource calculation is available digitally from Patriot Gold Corp., but is too voluminous to reproduce here. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION The Moss Mine Property is located in the San Francisco (Oatman) Mining District in Mohave County, Arizona. Figure 1. Location Map

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The project area is 10 miles east of Bullhead City, Arizona and 70 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The Town of Oatman, Arizona is located 8 miles southeast of the property. The area is characterized by desert conditions with very hot summers and mild winters. The host rock of the mineralization forms a conspicuous ridge and the Moss Mine was the first discovery in the Oatman Gold Mining District. The District produced about 2 million ounces, mostly from high grade underground operations. Minor production was recorded from the Moss Mine but the gold mineralization, while widespread, was of insufficient grade to support underground extraction. With the advent of low cost bulk gold mining and extraction techniques, the Moss Mine attracted attention from a variety of mining companies investigating its potential as a lower grade open pit mine. The property consists of 15 patented and 106 unpatented mining claims totaling 2,420 contiguous acres 100% controlled by Patriot Gold Corp. New claim acquisition was done in 2009 after discovery of significant gold/silver values west of the original claim block. A total of 41 claims were added to the original 65. The annual federal and state claim costs for the property are estimated at $15,000. Figure 2 is a land status map of the Moss project area. HISTORY The Moss Mine was the first gold discovery made in the Oatman district. Discovered in 1864, the mine was worked discontinuously through the 1930’s. Production records are very poor, with past writers listing production equal to or greater than $250,000. The mine lay idle until the early 1980’s when a number of mining companies explored the district. These companies included Billiton Minerals, Magma Copper, Golconda Resources and Addwest Minerals. Addwest, the last company to explore the district, reported an indicated resource of 3.6 million tons averaging 0.033 oz/ton gold and 0.31 oz/ton silver. The most comprehensive effort made to date on the Moss Mine was by Addwest Minerals who compiled all previous work and retained Western Services Engineering to calculate reserve and resource estimates. Addwest appears to have completed the equivalent of a Preliminary Feasibility Study but only extracts from this report are on hand. Addwest also built a 500 ton per day mill to service the nearby Gold Road Mine in Oatman before declaring bankruptcy. GEOLOGY The geology of the Moss mine area consists of a Tertiary porphyrytic quartz monzonite intruding Tertiary age volcanics and volcanic-rich sediments. Precambrian rocks unconformably underlie the volcanic rocks. The drilling area is dominated by the quartz monzonite with a few mafic Tertiary dikes cross-cutting. Geology, drill holes and cross section locations are shown on Figure 3. Veins are shown in red. The veins consist of quartz-calcite and lesser adularia. The principal “Moss” vein is up to 45 feet thick at the surface and can be followed along strike for over 5,000 feet. The strike of the Moss vein is N75W and the average dip is 60 degrees south. However, dip

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can range from 45 to 80 degrees. The hanging walls of the veins commonly have several tens of feet of stockworks veining. South of the Moss vein are several lesser conjugate veins that primarily dip northward. Sampling of these veins show that several have higher gold content than the Moss vein. Figure 4 is a typical cross-section showing the vein and associated gold-equivalent values. Drilling results show the Moss vein system does continue to at least 800 feet below the surface. The dip of the vein usually remains steep with little evidence of flattening as would be the case for a listric fault. Even though some veins associated with workings located to the south of the Moss vein (see Figure 3) have high-grade gold/silver values, gold values do not appear to increase with depth in the drilling done to date. EXPLORATION Most of the modern exploration performed to date has been in the form of reverse circulation (RC) drilling along 4,800 feet of strike of the Moss Vein testing the grade continuity, and depth extension of the gold and silver mineralization. Various resource estimates have been made by the operators based on the cumulative drilling and the land position under control at the time. The historic resource is covered by three main claims, the Key #1 (Williams), the California Moss (Greenwood), and the California Moss (Gintoff) (See Figure 2 and 3). The Gintoff claim covers the eastern extension of the Moss Vein and nearly half of the Patriot Gold drill program has occurred here. This work was conducted on the behalf of the Company by Minquest Inc., a geological consulting firm who also did geological mapping and geochemical sampling on the property. Prior to the Patriot Phase 1 drill program, Robert Sibthorpe (2004) estimated that a resource of 2,375,000 tons grading 0.063 oz/ton (gold equivalent) for 152,520 ounces existed on the Williams and Greenwood Claims, a size considered at that time to be marginal. It was recommended that drilling be focused on the (relatively) untested Gintoff Claim with the purpose of defining additional tonnage. Based on the initial positive results of that Phase I program, Patriot conducted additional RC drilling in 2007. Because of an abundance of water at depth, RC drilling was abandoned in favor of core drilling in 2007. This allowed the first tests of the down-dip extensions of the mineralization. Also in 2007 core holes were completed for metallurgical testing. In 2009, additional core holes were done for both down dip testing and for more metallurgy. Table 1 below summarizes historic drilling done at the Moss Mine for which data is available. Table 1. Moss Drill Hole Summary

Number of Holes (1982-

2008)

Total Footage Drilled

Average Hole

Depth

305

54,390 178 ft.

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METALLURGICAL WORK Until Patriot’s Metallurgical testing in 2008, most of the metallurgical work performed has used reverse circulation drill cuttings. Addwest, who conducted most of the testing, seems to have concluded very early in their tenure that the Moss deposit would be large enough to support a milling operation and devoted most of their effort towards optimizing grind. Recoveries in excess of 80% of total gold were experienced in relatively short times in their tests. Table 2; Comparison of Mineral Processing Tests

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Magma Copper Company (1991) and Addwest (1995) used McClelland testing laboratory for agitated cyanide leach (bottle roll) tests on 1 “bulk sample” and 20 “drill cuttings” (nominal ¼ inch). The average gold recovery rate for the drill cutting samples was 62% based on 96-hour tests with the majority of the metal values recovered in the first 24 hours. The recovery curves were still “climbing” at the conclusion of the test indicating that additional modest recovery was probable given longer leach times. Conclusions drawn from past work are;

- the ore is leachable - silver recoveries are lower than gold - metal values are evenly distributed throughout the size fractions - metal recovery rates are not dependant on head grade - metal recovery rates are very dependant on particle size - reagent consumptions are acceptable and no deleterious materials are present

Patriot conducted its own metallurgical tests including bottle rolls of sulfide and oxide ore as well as locked cycle column leach tests (column leach) of oxide ore in 2008. These tests were designed and conducted by METCON research of Tucson, Arizona. The bottle roll leach tests were done on two size fractions (10 and 150 mesh) on both oxide and sulfide ore. The leach time was 96 hours. Results show recoveries up to 97.1% of the gold and 79.4% of the silver for oxide material and up to 92.2 % of the gold and 83.1 % of the silver for sulfide ore. These tests indicate both oxide and sulfide ore at Moss is amenable to heap leaching. Three column leach tests were conducted using 80 percent passing 1 inch, 1/2 inch and 1/4 inch crush sizes. These test charges from oxide composite samples were reconstituted and loaded into 4 inch diameter PVC columns to a height of approximately 3.5 meters. The material was leached for 109 days. The results of these tests are depicted graphically below in Figure 5. Maximum extractions were from the ¼ inch crush size which recovered 66.3 % of the gold and 42.1 % of the silver. However, as Figure 5 shows, recovery curves for both gold and silver were not flat after 109 days. Recoveries were still increasing which indicates an even longer leach time is needed. Reagent consumption for all tests was normal. RESOURCES For the current resource estimation, a combination of computer generated (VULCAN Software) three-dimensional mineral solids and polygonal volume estimation techniques were employed. The mineralized vein was determined to have geologic continuity along strike and down dip. Based on this interpretation, digitized mineral polygons were created around a cut-off value of 0.010 opt (ounce per ton) or greater AuEq (gold equivalent). This ‘gold equivalent’ value is determined by combining the assayed gold value with 1/60 of the assayed silver values.

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Figure 5. Patriot 2008 Moss Column Leach Study

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The mineral polygons were constructed utilizing a series of cross sections spaced every 100 feet. The cross sections were oriented at an azimuth of 10 degrees in order to better reflect the 280 degree strike of the main vein system. Utilizing the cutoff grade of 0.010 opt AuEq, mineral shapes were created for the Main Zone and the Hanging Wall Zone. See figures 6, 7 and 8. Geologic continuity of the main zone was determined to be sufficient to connect the individual sections into one large shape (see Figure 7, Moss Main Zone Resource Plan). The Hanging Wall Zone (HWZ), showing less continuity, was broken into seven separate solids over the strike length of the vein system (see Figure 8, Moss Hanging Wall Zone Resource Plan). More drilling may make the HWZ zone a continuous body. Construction of the mineral polygons attempted to envelop only material exceeding the 0.010 opt AuEq cut-off value. However, when geologic continuity suggested a valid reason to do so, some drill intervals of lesser value were included. These intercepts of lower value were included, of course, in the ultimate resource grade calculations.

Mine Modeling computer software (Vulcan) was utilized to calculate the area (in square feet) for each mineral shape, and to connect the digitized mineral polygons into three-dimensional shapes for visual inspection. Ultimate volumes for individual polygons were calculated manually, however. Polygons within the mineral solids were assigned a nominal 100 foot thickness (distance between sections. Polygons at the end points of mineral solids were assigned 50 foot thicknesses (1/2 the distance to the next section).The software was then employed to calculate a weighted average grade for AuEq, Au only, and Ag only from the drill intercepts occurring within the 100 or 50 foot slice for each section. This operation was deemed too intricate and time consuming to accomplish manually. This process was completed for the Main Zone, and then for the Hanging Wall Zone.

Parameters used for all calculations include a cut-off grade of 0.010 opt AuEq, and a tonnage factor of 12.5 cubic feet per ton.

From the areas, volumes, and weighted averages of Au, Ag and AuEq grades calculated for each section, a total resource was calculated in a spreadsheet. The totals of that spreadsheet resource calculation are tabulated below in Table 3. The entire spreadsheet for each zone, section by section, is reproduced in Appendix A. Additionally, each section utilized for the resource calculation, including drill holes, is reproduced in Appendix B.

This resource calculation results in a drill indicated resource of approximately 20.8 million tons averaging 0.029 opt AuEq, for a contained 606,535 ounces of gold equivalent.

In order to meaningfully utilize a cut off grade as low as 0.01 opt AuEq, one must visualize a bulk mineable resource. Even though the Moss project has been characterized as a vein, current metal prices and increasingly efficient mining methods suggested a closer look at Moss as an open pit, bulk mineable resource. This view is made even more attractive when the hanging wall zone is included in the resource.

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This study then attempted to capture the vast majority of mineralization at a cut-off grade of 0.01 opt AuEq. While no feasibility study is suggested here, and no mining economics have been applied the total resource reported is viewed as accessible through modern open pit methods. A cursory examination of several of the cross sections through the heart of the Moss Resource, where the mineral values reach their greatest vertical extent, suggest that an open pit designed to extract the entire resource could be constructed with a stripping ratio on the order of 3:1 or at worst 4:1 (pit wall average slope of 45 degrees). These conclusions rely on some basic mining assumptions. First is that much of the resource quoted here, especially in the Main Zone, contains drill intercepts less than cut-off grade. As such, this resource contains much of the internal waste (internal dilution) which would be encountered in normal bulk mining methods. While this obviously lowers the average grade of the resource, it provides a more realistic appraisal of what is likely to be recovered in normal (bulk) mining methods. Secondly, these methods would greatly reduce the detail and costs required for ore control during mining. The goal would be shipping run-of-mine ore directly to a leach pad without incurring costs of crushing, sublevel benching, detailed ore control, etc. The feasibility of leach recovery of this material will be determined by continued metallurgical testing, as noted elsewhere in this report. Table 3, Moss Resource Summary

Tons Avg Grade opt Contained Ounces

Au Only Ag Only AuEq Au Only Ag Only AuEq

Main Zone 20,167,215 0.025 0.264 0.030 507,936 5,325,287 596,691

Hanging Wall Zone 608,148 0.013 0.214 0.016 7,675 130,136 9,844

Moss Totals 20,775,364 0.025 0.263 0.029 515,611 5,455,423 606,535

EXPLORATION POTENTIAL The following areas are considered most likely paths to increasing resource/reserves at the Moss Project:

1. Continued expansion of the Main Zone down-dip. A carefully placed series of

angle drill holes could target the ‘heart’ of Main Zone mineralization down-dip from existing drilling. This deeper mineralization could be especially promising if continued metallurgical testing indicates deeper ore can be recovered by heap leach methods. Any such drilling program would also evaluate the Hanging Wall Zone for potential upgrades.

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2. Other areas of indicated mineralization distal to the “Main Vein”.

These targets should include interpretations of down-faulted Main Vein as well as Richard Kern’s interpretations of strike-slip offsets of the Main Vein.

3. Moss Vein Strike Extensions. The primary target for extending the Moss

resource along strike should be to the west. Moderately low grade intercepts on the western end of the current resource had once been reason for termination of drilling in this direction. However, with a new mind set of a bulk mineable resource recoverable by heap leach methods, the low grade material in Drill Hole MC-18A is now worth targeting for future drilling. A cursory examination of the plan map with drill collars (Figure 2) reveals that the Main Zone Moss mineralization could readily extend along strike to the west.

4. Claims acquired west and north of the original Patriot property in 2009 need

detailed evaluation. The claims were acquired after discovery of historic drilling in the area containing significant gold/silver values. The claims need geologic mapping and sampling before any drill targeting can be initiated.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A significant enhancement of the drill indicated resource has been accomplished by continued drilling. This enhancement is especially encouraging when viewed in the context of a bulk mineable resource. In order to minimize potential mining and grade control costs, sub-cut off grade material within the boundary of the resource was allowed to dilute the final grade. The current estimate of drill indicated resource is 20.8 million tons with an average grade of 0.029 opt AuEq. Column tests conducted by Patriot in 2008, when viewed in light of earlier bottle tests, suggest that both oxide and sulfide ore is being recovered by prolonged leaching. The validity of this resource may be solidified by continued metallurgical testing which initially supports the cut-off grade of 0.010 opt AuEq. This is especially true with current enhanced precious metal values. The likelihood of finding additional bulk minable ore on the property is considered very good. Patriot Gold geologists have suggested the likelihood of main zone mineralization continuing at depth in previous reports. The main body of mineralization appears to widen to the west along strike, but the grade decreases. However, with the lower grades needed for an open pit, heap leachable deposit, this material is now part of the resource. This means the deposit is open-ended to the west. Much of the Main Zone remains untested down dip. Continued drill evaluation of down-dip and strike extensions is recommended. Claims acquired west and north of the original Patriot property in 2009 need detailed evaluation. The claims were acquired after discovery of historic drilling in the area containing significant gold/silver values. The claims need geologic mapping and sampling before any drill targeting can be done.

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Continued exploration drilling should be combined with fill-in and reserve definition drilling. All of these programs should be completed in conjunction with further metallurgical testing which includes column leach tests with a much longer leach time than completed previously. Large heap leach operations in Nevada such as Round Mountain leach their ore for years, not months. This scenario may well be viable at the Moss Mine. If the above recommendations are followed beginning immediately it is possible that a mining feasibility study could be initiated within two years.

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REFERENCES Kern, Richard, 2004, Deep Potential of the Moss Mine, Patriot Gold internal Memo. Kern, Richard, 2007, Moss Update Report, Patriot Gold internal Report. Sibthorpe, Robert, 2006, Moss Mine Property Technical and Economic Report, Patriot

Gold Corp internal Report. Garcia, Francisco and Liguori, Al, 2008, Moss Mine Project, Crush Size Study, Locked

Cycle Column Leach on Oxide Composite, METCON Research, Tucson, Arizona

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHOR I, Paul D. Noland, 821 Sage St., Elko, Nevada, U.S.A., hereby certify: 1. I am a graduate of Lamar University (1971) with a B.Sc. degree in geology, and am a Certified Professional Geologist with certification through AIPG. 2. I am presently employed as a consulting geologist with MinQuest, Inc. of 4235 Christy Way, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. 3 I have been employed in my profession by various mining companies since 1974, and with MinQuest, Inc. since 2008. 4 I have read the definitions of “Qualified Person” set out in NI 43-101 and certify that by reason of my education, affiliation with a professional association (as defined in NI 43-101) and past relevant work experience, I fulfill the requirements to be a “Qualified Person” for the purposes of NI 43-101. 6. I am responsible for all sections of this report, utilizing in part the data summarized in the References section of this report. 7. This certificate applies to the technical report titled ‘Moss Project Summary Report and Resource Calculation for Patriot Gold, December 2009’ . 8. I have not visited the Moss property. 9. I hold no office with Patriot Gold Corp., and am therefore independent of all ownership in the Moss Property and all its subsidiaries as defined in Section 1.4 of NI 43-101 and in Section 3.5 of the Companion Policy to NI43-101. 10. To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, this report and resource calculation contains all the scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make this technical report not misleading. 11. I have read NI 43-101 and NI 43-101F1, and this resource calculation has been prepared in compliance with that instrument and form. 12. I consent to the filing of this technical report with any stock exchange and other regulatory authority and any publication by them for regulatory purposes, including electronic publication in the public company files on their websites accessible by the public.

_________________________ Dated at Elko, Nevada this 1st day of March, 2010.

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Appendix A Resource Summary by Section

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Main Zone Summary by Section

WT'd Average Grade

Contained Ounces

Section Au Only

opt Ag Only

opt AuEq

opt Tons Au Only Ag Only AuEq 49+00E 0.020 0.305 0.025 35,089 702 10,702 880 48+00E 0.020 0.305 0.025 80,572 1,611 24,575 2,021 47+00E 0.017 0.176 0.019 73,207 1,208 12,866 1,422 46+00E 0.013 0.047 0.014 83,675 1,088 3,891 1,153 45+00E 0.018 0.367 0.024 123,701 2,268 45,439 3,025 44+00E 0.032 0.388 0.038 103,561 3,262 40,182 3,932 43+00E 0.028 0.522 0.037 154,838 4,387 80,774 5,733 42+00E 0.035 0.509 0.044 161,384 5,702 82,145 7,071 41+00E 0.042 0.496 0.051 169,228 7,164 83,994 8,564 40+00E 0.024 0.350 0.030 340,352 8,168 119,191 10,155 39+00E 0.028 0.310 0.033 359,189 10,057 111,277 11,912 38+00E 0.033 0.329 0.039 409,745 13,685 134,642 15,930 37+00E 0.047 0.468 0.055 362,301 17,028 169,466 19,853 36+00E 0.013 0.167 0.016 288,137 3,746 48,119 4,548 35+00E 0.015 0.068 0.016 284,422 4,266 19,341 4,589 34+00E 0.021 0.346 0.026 542,183 11,115 187,324 14,237 33+00E 0.045 0.721 0.057 369,214 16,707 266,111 21,142 32+00E 0.070 1.096 0.088 358,632 25,104 393,061 31,655 31+00E 0.049 0.523 0.058 408,885 20,172 213,983 23,738 30+00E 0.024 0.265 0.028 622,840 14,637 165,053 17,388 29+00E 0.017 0.288 0.022 246,161 4,185 70,977 5,368 28+00E 0.027 0.274 0.032 510,892 13,794 139,984 16,127 27+00E 0.021 0.258 0.025 597,835 12,555 154,242 15,125 26+00E 0.027 0.340 0.032 1,100,864 29,173 373,743 35,402 25+00E 0.023 0.315 0.028 612,591 13,783 192,660 16,994 24+00E 0.019 0.149 0.021 718,746 13,417 106,854 15,197 23+00E 0.020 0.267 0.024 675,848 13,179 180,114 16,181 22+00E 0.016 0.199 0.020 682,691 11,094 136,026 13,361 21+00E 0.013 0.132 0.015 686,342 8,922 90,597 10,432 20+00E 0.011 0.163 0.014 507,677 5,500 82,667 6,878 19+00E 0.047 0.447 0.054 669,190 31,285 299,128 36,270 18+00E 0.055 0.351 0.061 782,772 42,818 274,440 47,392 17+00E 0.047 0.364 0.053 643,349 30,318 234,340 34,223 16+00E 0.042 0.147 0.045 329,343 13,915 48,496 14,723 15+00E 0.048 0.160 0.051 172,103 8,261 27,479 8,719 14+00E 0.014 0.125 0.016 132,067 1,805 16,464 2,079 13+00E 0.008 0.021 0.008 125,888 1,007 2,581 1,050 12+00E 0.013 0.075 0.014 200,265 2,603 15,020 2,854 11+00E 0.008 0.000 0.008 245,213 1,839 0 1,839

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10+00E 0.011 0.074 0.012 423,251 4,550 31,215 5,070 9+00E 0.021 0.038 0.021 565,777 11,655 21,726 12,017 8+00E 0.016 0.000 0.016 388,624 6,218 0 6,218 7+00E 0.015 0.110 0.016 451,538 6,547 49,669 7,375 6+00E 0.015 0.110 0.016 678,577 9,839 74,643 11,083 5+00E 0.013 0.220 0.017 543,837 7,070 119,644 9,064 4+00E 0.011 0.108 0.013 518,165 5,700 55,962 6,633 3+00E 0.016 0.111 0.018 430,503 6,888 47,786 7,684 2+00E 0.015 0.223 0.019 565,432 8,481 126,091 10,583 1+00E 0.015 0.223 0.019 630,521 9,458 140,606 11,801 MZ

Total 0.025 0.264 0.030 20,167,215

507,936

5,325,287

596,691

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Hanging Wall Zone Summary by Section

WT'd Avg Grade

Contained Ounces

Section No.

Avg Au (opt)

Avg Ag (opt)

Avg AuEq (opt) Tons Au Only Ag Only AuEq

44+00E 0.009 0.097 0.011 1,115 10 109 12 43+00E 0.035 0.569 0.045 899 31 512 40 38+00E 0.011 0.126 0.013 17,603 188 2,223 225 34+00E 0.015 0.200 0.018 22,870 334 4,574 410 33+00E 0.014 0.265 0.019 77,680 1,125 20,566 1,468 32+00E 0.014 0.330 0.020 109,635 1,573 36,125 2,175 31+00E 0.012 0.177 0.015 60,603 753 10,742 932 30+00E 0.011 0.025 0.011 5,786 61 145 63 23+00E 0.011 0.092 0.013 4,074 45 373 51 22+00E 0.012 0.056 0.013 8,249 99 461 107 21+00E 0.013 0.020 0.013 4,175 54 84 56 18+00E 0.006 0.175 0.009 20,122 121 3,527 180 17+00E 0.008 0.224 0.012 40,243 330 9,012 480 16+00E 0.010 0.273 0.015 62,609 650 17,067 935 15+00E 0.018 0.173 0.021 28,696 526 4,974 609 14+00E 0.006 0.135 0.008 6,976 42 942 58 11+00E 0.011 0.122 0.013 17,867 193 2,173 229 10+00E 0.011 0.122 0.013 35,734 385 4,346 458 9+00E 0.011 0.178 0.013 17,867 188 3,171 240 3+00E 0.018 0.136 0.020 32,409 568 4,414 641 2+00E 0.012 0.140 0.014 32,936 399 4,598 476 Hanging Wall Zone Totals 0.013 0.214 0.016

608,148

7,675

130,136

9,844

Moss Totals Both Zones 0.025 0.263 0.029

20,775,364

515,611

5,455,423

606,535

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APPENDIX B

Cross Sections with Mineral Polygons and Drill Holes

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