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2019: TRANSITION COMPLETED TO A NEW CAPSTONE FEBRUARY 2020 Cautionary Notes CAUTIONARY NOTE ON FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION COMPLIANCE WITH NI 43-101 This presentation, and the documents incorporated by reference herein, may contain


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2019: TRANSITION COMPLETED TO A NEW CAPSTONE

FEBRUARY 2020

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CAUTIONARY NOTE ON FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION

This presentation, and the documents incorporated by reference herein, may contain “forward-looking information” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively, “forward-looking statements”). These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document and Capstone Mining Corp. (“Capstone” or the “Company”) does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable securities

  • legislation. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect our expectations or beliefs

regarding future events. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the estimation of mineral resources and mineral reserves, the realization of mineral reserve estimates, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production and capital expenditures, the success of our mining operations, environmental risks, unanticipated reclamation expenses and title disputes. In certain cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “guidance”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, "future state", “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes” or variations of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved” or the negative of these terms or comparable terminology. In this document certain forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “expects”, “approximately”, “could”, “expects”, “target”, “targeting”, “guidance”, “potential”, “extended”, “convert”, “will”, “provides” “plan” and “expected”. By their very nature, forward- looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, amongst others, risks related to inherent hazards associated with mining operations and closure of mining projects, future prices of copper and other metals, compliance with financial covenants, surety bonding, our ability to raise capital, Capstone’s ability to acquire properties for growth, counterparty risks associated with sales of our metals, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, changes in general economic conditions, accuracy of mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates, operating in foreign jurisdictions with risk of changes to governmental regulation, compliance with governmental regulations, compliance with environmental laws and regulations, reliance on approvals, licences and permits from governmental authorities, impact of climatic conditions on our operations, aboriginal title claims and rights to consultation and accommodation, land reclamation and mine closure obligations, uncertainties and risks related to the potential development of the Santo Domingo Project, increased operating and capital costs, challenges to title to our mineral properties, maintaining ongoing social license to operate, dependence on key management personnel, potential conflicts of interest involving our directors and officers, corruption and bribery, limitations inherent in our insurance coverage, labour relations, increasing energy prices, competition in the mining industry, risks associated with joint venture partners, our ability to integrate new acquisitions into our operations, cybersecurity threats, legal proceedings, and other risks of the mining industry as well as those factors detailed from time to time in the Company’s interim and annual financial statements and MD&A of those statements, all of which are filed and available for review under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those described in our forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause our results, performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated

  • r intended. There can be no assurance that our forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as our actual results,

performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.

COMPLIANCE WITH NI 43-101

Unless otherwise indicated, Capstone has prepared the technical information in this presentation (“Technical Information”) based on information contained in the technical reports and news releases (collectively the “Disclosure Documents”) available under Capstone Mining Corp.’s company profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Each Disclosure Document was prepared by or under the supervision of a qualified person (a “Qualified Person” or “QP”) as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities Administrators (“NI 43-101”). For readers to fully understand the information in this presentation, they should read the Technical Reports (available on www.sedar.com) in their entirety, including all qualifications, assumptions and exclusions that relate to the information set

  • ut in this presentation which qualifies the Technical Information. Readers are advised that mineral resources that are not

mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The Disclosure Documents are each intended to be read as a whole, and sections should not be read or relied upon out of context. The Technical Information is subject to the assumptions and qualifications contained in the Disclosure Documents. For further details refer to the Company’s NI 43- 101 Technical Reports as follows:

  • Cozamin Mine, Zacatacas, Mexico published Jan 24, 2019, effective Oct 24, 2018;
  • Pinto Valley Mine Life Extension – Phase 3 (PV3) Pre-feasibility Study, Miami, Arizona, published Feb 23, 2016,

effective Jan 1, 2016; and

  • Santo Domingo Project, Region III, Chile, Feasibility Study Update, published Jan 3, 2019, effective Nov 26, 2018.

The Technical Information in this presentation has been prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and reviewed and approved by Brad Mercer, P. Geol., Capstone's Senior Vice President, Operations and Exploration, a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.

ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES

“C1 cash cost”, “cash cost”, “adjusted EBITDA”, “operating cash flow before changes in working capital”, “adjusted net income” and “net debt” are Alternative Performance Measures. Alternative performance measures are furnished to provide additional information. These non-GAAP performance measures are included in this presentation because these statistics are key performance measures that management uses to monitor performance, to assess how the Company is performing, to plan and to assess the overall effectiveness and efficiency of mining operations. These performance measures do not have a standard meaning within IFRS and, therefore, amounts presented may not be comparable to similar data presented by other mining companies. These performance measures should not be considered in isolation as a substitute for measures of performance in accordance with IFRS. For full information, please refer to the Company’s latest Management Discussion and Analysis published on its Financial Reporting webpage or on SEDAR.

CURRENCY

All amounts are in US$ unless otherwise specified.

FOOTNOTES

Refer to the FOOTNOTES slide for all references throughout this presentation.

Cautionary Notes

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Participants On Today’s Call

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Darren Pylot President & CEO Raman Randhawa CFO Mike Wickersham Mine General Manager, Pinto Valley Jason Howe Vice President, Corporate Development

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2019 Guidance 2019 Actual*

Copper Production (million pounds) C1 Cash Costs1 per Pound Payable Produced Copper Production (million pounds) C1 Cash Costs1 per Pound Payable Produced

Pinto Valley

115-125 $2.10-$2.25 117.6 $2.05

Cozamin

30-35 $0.90-$1.05 35.8 $0.90

Total

145-160 $1.80-$2.00 153.4 $1.78

*Refer to the Company’s Annual Audited Financial Statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2019 for full details.

  • 1. This is an Alternative Performance Measure; refer to the Company’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2019 for full details.

2019 Results: Hit on Production, Beat on Costs

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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Q1'19 Q2'19 Q3'19 Q4'19 2020E* 2021E* 2022+E*

Tonnes per day (‘000) Average daily throughput*

Phase 1: 2020

  • Installation of secondary crushers, screen decks

and ball mill shells

  • $15M capital project, one-year payback
  • Expected result: 56-57 ktpd by 2021

Phase 2: 2021+

  • In Dec 2019, tested operational limits and

pushed throughput to an average of ~63 ktpd, setting an all-time daily record of ~70 ktpd

  • Potential projects include improved blast

fragmentation, increased fine ore storage capacity, new tertiary crushers and screens, Verti-mills for added grinding capacity, concentrate filtration and handling modifications, increased tailings capacity

  • Study results will be released H2 2020, projects

subject to capital approvals

Potential**

*2020E, 2021E and 2022+E from Company estimates, subject to change. Refer to the Company’s news release of February 11, 2020 for more details. ** Potential estimates only, subject to results of PV Optimization analysis and study results, expected in H2 2020.

PV3 Optimization: Low Capex, Quick Payback Projects

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PV3 Optimization

New secondary crusher and ball mill shells, ~56-57 ktpd

2019 monthly average All-time record of 70,334 tpd achieved on Dec 21st 18 days in December >60 ktpd All permits are in place to

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within this targeted range

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  • One-way ramp to debottleneck the haulage network is on schedule for

completion by end of 2020

  • Expected 50% production growth to 50-55 Mlbs copper and 1.5 Moz silver by 2021
  • Raisebore project expected to complete in early 2020
  • Phase 1 completed when the reaming head broke through to surface in

December, immediately improving ventilation to the upper section of the mine

  • Infill drilling campaign aimed at doubling the current reserve base is

two months ahead of schedule

  • 150 of 200 holes released to date pointing to potentially higher grades and

wider intercepts than current reserve

  • Option to add more holes into updated mineral reserve and mineral

resource, targeted for Q4 2020

Reaming head breaking through to surface (~12’ wide)

Cozamin: Expanding To Higher Grades By 2021

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2018 Technical Report Key Highlights1

Mine Life 17.9 years Throughput (tpd) 60,000 nominal average

Average Annual Production

First 5 Years LOM Copper 259M lbs. 134M lbs. Iron Concentrate 3.3M tonnes 4.2M tonnes Gold 34,700 oz. 17,000 oz. C1 Cash Cost2 per lb. Cu $0.47 $0.02

Economics3 (US$)

Project Capstone (70%) Initial Construction Capital $1.51B $1.06B NPV (after-tax, 8%) $1.03B $0.72B IRR (after-tax) 21.8% Payback period (after-tax) 2.8 years

1. Refer to the Company’s news release “Capstone Mining Releases Positive Technical Report and Launches a Strategic Process for Santo Domingo” on November 26, 2018 for full details. 2. C1 cash costs are net of magnetite iron and gold by-product credits and selling costs and is an alternative performance

  • measure. Refer to "Alternative Performance Measures" in the Company’s news release of November 26, 2018 for full

details. 3. Metal price assumptions Cu: $3.00/lb, Fe: $80/t concentrate @ 66% Fe FOB SD, Au: $1,290/oz. Refer to the Company’s news release of November 26, 2018 for full details.

Santo Domingo: A Fully Permitted, 1st Quartile Project

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  • Updated Feasibility Study including opportunity

to recover battery-grade cobalt is expected soon

  • Ongoing strategic process to right-size or

monetize Capstone’s ownership

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$44 Million

Cash and cash equivalents*

$103 Million

Rolling 12-month Adjusted EBITDA4 to Dec 31/19

$120 Million

Total net cash repayments to long-term debt since Jan 1/17*

1.56:1

Net debt4/EBITDA4 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Q4 2019 2019

Copper production1 (million pounds) 35.4 153.4 Copper sales1 (million pounds) 40.3 152.4 Realized copper price1 ($/lb.) $2.77 $2.71

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW (US$ millions) Q4 2019 2019

Revenue from continuing operations2 113.6 418.7 Net (loss) income 13.4 (16.2) Adjusted net (loss) income3,4 (7.8) (6.0) Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations2,3,4 22.5 102.5 Cash flow from operating activities2 22.1 92.9 Operating cash flow before changes in working capital2,4 20.3 79.8

*Refer to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2019 for full details.

  • 1. For continuing operations. The Minto mine was placed on care and maintenance in Q4 2018 and was considered a discontinued operation under IFRS 5 up

until the date of sale (June 3, 2019).

  • 2. In accordance with IFRS 5, Minto’s results are excluded from revenue but included within cash flow amounts in both the current and comparative period. The

Minto mine was sold on June 3, 2019.

  • 3. Certain prior period amounts have been restated to conform with current period classification.
  • 4. This is an Alternative Performance Measure; refer to the Company’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2019 for full details.

Q4 2019 and 2019 Financial Results*

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$- $2 $4 $6 $8 $10 $12 $14 $16 $18 $20 2018 2019 2020E* US$ million G&A excl. depreciation

  • Corp. office depreciation (non-cash)

Refer to the Company’s Annual Audited Financial Statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2019 for full details. *2020E are Company internal estimates, subject to change.

Achieved $27.5M In Annualized Cost Reductions

Pinto Valley Property Costs General & Administrative Costs

CAPSTONE MINING (TSX:CS) • 9 $150 $160 $170 $180 $190 $200 $210 $220 $230 $240 $250 2018 2019 2020E* US$ million

Decreased site operating costs, from 2018 as a baseline, of approximately $0.80 per tonne milled Areas of cost savings include $3.5M related to new revolver terms and improved cash management, $4M from downsizing corporate administration and $5M from disposition of Minto

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Pipeline Of News Flow To Fuel Outperformance

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PINTO VALLEY

Commence modernization projects starting with fine crushing plant

SANTO DOMINGO

Strategic process update Updated NI 43-101, including recovering cobalt study results

COZAMIN

Raisebore development completed

PINTO VALLEY

PV3 Final EIS/Draft Record of Decision expected from USFS

PINTO VALLEY

PV3 permit expected for Plan of Operations PV3 Optimization study results of low-capital, quick-payback projects to execute on, to maximize existing mill PV4 Expansion study results

COZAMIN

Updated reserve and resource estimate with new mine plan One-way haulage loop development completed

Q1 2020 Q2 2020 H2 2020

COMPANY-WIDE TARGET

Production +20% to ~180M Ibs/year, C1 costs -10% to ~$1.70/Ib

COZAMIN

Production of 50-55 Mlbs copper and 1.5 Moz silver

2021+

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NEW CAPSTONE Asset Quality

  • Stronger, more concentrated asset base
  • Prudent capital investment plans to increase NAV

Growth

  • Near term 20% organic production growth and 10% lower costs
  • Cozamin and Pinto Valley have potential for significant expansions and extensions to mine life
  • Santo Domingo provides transformational growth opportunity

Cost Structure

  • Sustainable cost reduction program eliminated $27.5M1 from the business; $15.0M was from

Pinto Valley

  • Cozamin no longer has a silver stream

Balance Sheet

  • Paid down $120M debt since 20171
  • Peer leading lowest Net Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.561

G&A

  • Peer leading lowest G&A of $0.08/lb; reduced G&A by $4M to ~$13M

Leadership

  • Lean, focused and driven management team
  • Decentralized structure, strong mine general managers operating as business owners
  • 1. Refer to the Company’s Annual Audited Financial Statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2019 for full details.

Why We’re Better Positioned Than Ever

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