A Solid Foundation for a Promising Future
July 2017
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July 2017 A Solid Foundation for a Promising Future Cautionary Statements Forward-Looking Information This presentation contains statements or information concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of Wesdome
July 2017
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Cautionary Statements
Forward-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 of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes” and variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events, or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, or “will”, “occur” or “be achieved” or the negative connotation thereof. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predicted outcomes could differ materially from those contained in such statements. These 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 place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this presentation. Wesdome assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information relating to beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change, except as required by applicable securities laws.
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Corporate Structure
Symbol TSX:WDO Shares Outstanding 133.8 M Options 5.2 M Warrants Fully Diluted 139 M 52 Week High/Low $4.40/$1.50 (Average daily volume 900,000 shares) Market Capitalization $440M ($3.29 June 20, 2017) Cash Position $29.6 M (Mar 31, 2017) No Debt Analyst Coverage Clarus Securities Echelon Wealth Partners Eight Capital Partners Industrial Alliance Laurentian Bank National Bank Financial PI Financial Major Shareholders Resolute Funds, Van Eck, Royal Bank Investment Management, US Global, Oppenheimer, Mackenzie Financial, 1832 Asset Management, Gabelli Management and Directors 2.2%
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Canadian Gold Company with Three 100% Owned Projects
2016 from 2 high grade mines
exploration program on all assets
Complex
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 446,000 oz Resources: M&I 330,000 oz,
Kiena, Val d’Or, Quebec Production Suspended 2013 Past Prod.: 1.75 M oz Resources: M&I 450,000 oz,
Fully Permitted Mine/Mill Complex on Standby
1 2 3
1 2 3
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Corporate Strategy
Near Term
improve Wawa
mine development of additional high grade zones, providing greater production flexibility
improvements such as ventilation, power, and equipment
exploration to diversify production locations
Longer Term
development projects:
brownfields exploration at Kiena Complex (shaft and permitted mill)
program at newly consolidated Moss Lake property
exploration on surface at Eagle River and step
Objective
diversified production from three mines in two provinces, Ontario and Quebec
and lowered costs
potential of all the assets
STRENGTHEN EXPLORE DEVELOP
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Operating Two of Canada’s High Grade Gold Mines
Reserve Grade (g/t)
Eagle River Underground Ranks 2nd
Reserve Grade (g/t)
Mishi Open Pit Ranks 3rd
Source: National Bank Financial
2.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Meliadine Meadowbank Mishi Canadian Malartic Detour Lake Rainy River Young-Davidson
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2017 Production and Cost Guidance
Combined gold production 52,000 and 58,000 ounces Q1 2017 Production on track: 15,162 ounces Combined Operating Cost per ounce: CAD$1,030 - $1,130 per ounce (USD$765 – $835 per ounce) Combined All-In Sustaining Costs per
CAD$1,450 - $1,550 per ounce (USD$1,075 - $1,150 per ounce) Sustaining Capex ~CAD$13 – $17 M per year Growth/Project Capex of ~CAD$3 M Potential to increase tonnage from the Eagle River Underground Mine Scoping Study at Mishi Open Pit Mine to determine appropriate open pit scenario
2017 Guidance: Eagle River Underground Mine 45,000 – 49,000 ounces @ 8.8 – 9.2 g/t Mishi Open Pit Mine 7,000 – 9,000 ounces @ 1.8 - 2.2 g/t Q1 2017 Production Results: Eagle River Underground Mine 13,588 ounces @ 11.5 g/t Mishi Open Pit Mine 1,574 ounces @ 1.7 g/t Eagle River reserve grade: 9.2 g/t Mishi reserve grade: 2.0 g/t
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Q1 2017 Operating Results
Operational Results – 1st Quarter 2017 and 2016 Quarter ended March 31 2017 2016 Eagle tonnes milled 38,578 39,839 Mishi tonnes milled 36,641 36,287 Total tonnes milled 75,219 76,126 Eagle grade (g/t) 11.5 5.6 Mishi grade (g/t) 1.7 1.8 Eagle River Mine mill recovery (%) 95.3 88.0 Mishi Mine mill recovery (%) 80.9 85.0 Eagle recovered grade (g/t) 11.0 4.9 Mishi recovered grade (g/t) 1.3 1.5 Eagle ounces produced 13,588 6,254 Mishi ounces produced 1,574 1,782 Total ounces produced 15,162 8,036 Ounces sold 12,320 8,100 Average realized price (CAD$/oz) 1,631 1,640 Production cash costs (CAD$/oz) 1,056 1,766 All-in-sustaining costs (CAD$/oz) 1,474 2,428 Revenue 20 M 13M Cash Flow from Operations (loss) $5M ($2.8M) Net Income (loss) $695,000 ($3.3M) EPS $0.01 ($0.03) Free Cash Flow ($4.1M) ($7.1M)
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Operations Optimization 2017
accelerated
backing on drum filters
Production and Development
g/t cut
g/t cut)
schedule
grades close to mine infrastructure
Grade
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Eagle River Mine: 1.1 M oz of Production
at Eagle River from 8, 6 and 2 Zone structures (1995 to 2017)
7 Zone Surface
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Eagle River Parallel Gold Zones Remain Open
4200 elev 4200 elev 100 m
Section 9400E (looking west) Section 9400E (looking west)
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Eagle Drilling to Diversify Production Locations
Longitudinal Section Looking North
303 East Lens (New) 844-E-27: 28.72 gAu/t uncut (19.03 gAu/t cut) over 20.67 m true TW 844-E-28: 20.75 gAu/t uncut (13.36 gAu/t cut) over 17.94 m TW 7 Zone EU-759W: 20.4 g/tAu over 5.6 m CL EU-782: 29.5 g/tAu over 3.0 m CL EU-783: 101.0 g/tAu over 2.7 m CL 300 Zone West Eu-778: 121.3 g/t over 2.0 m CL EU-779: 1115.7 g/t over 2.4 m CL EU-780L 79.1 g/t over 3.5 m CL EU-781: 65.2 g/t over 4.0 m CL EU-782: 230.2 g/t over 2.5 m CL 300 Zone East – North Lens (New) 670-125: 8.6 g/t over 32.4 m TW 670-130: 14.7 g/t over 11.5 m TW Main Lens: 670-130 9.9 g/t over 7.5 m TW 670-73: 12.2 g/t over 3.5 m TW 670-99: 49.9 g/t over 1.8 m TW
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2017 Drilling 303 E Lens Returns Wide, High Grade Intersections
Highlights January 26, 2017
uncut (5.86 gAu/t cut) over 8.88 m true width
uncut (19.03 gAu/t cut) over 20.67 m true width
uncut (13.36 gAu/t cut) over 17.94 m true width
uncut (24.60 gAu/t cut) over 3.93 m true width
uncut (10.35 gAu/t cut) over 4.32 m true width
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2017 Drifting and Production Planning
173.7m of strike length / 2.85m average width / 22.62 g/t Au cut / 34.70 g/t Au uncut
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2016 Drill Results Extend 7 Zone Towards Surface, Production Commenced Q4 2016
Drill Highlights – 2016
200 metres towards surface
2016 after discovery in H2 2013 and well ahead
890 Drift S ft Samp mpling ng – 33. 33.2 g g/t /t ove ver r 1. 1.5 m 5 m along drift l t leng ngth o th of 42 m 945 945 M M Dri rift – 22. 22.63 g g/t /t ove ver r 3. 3.32 m m ave vera rage width a h along ng d drift l ft leng ngth th of 6 63 m
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Mishi Open Pit Mine
intermittently produced 35,000 oz to date at a grade of 2.8 g/t Au
7,485 oz @ 2.0 g/t Au grade (380 tpd)
limited by mill capacity – scoping studies for expansion underway
to depth and along strike
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Mishi Operations: Strike and Depth Potential
Section 3550 E Section 3750 E
MISHI MINE Current Operations
East Extension West Extension
Plan View
M6 Zone M2 Zone M2 Zone
Section 3550 E (looking W) Section 3750 E (looking W)
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2017 Mishi Exploration: Drilling Extends Zone to West
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 1,700 m West of Pit 4.28 g/t over 13.5 m TW* 0.60 g/t over 31.3 m TW 1.89 g/t over 32.9 m TW 1.10 g/t over 31.6 m TW * 2016 drilling
Exploration Highlights
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Kiena Complex, Val d’Or, Quebec
2013
mt @ 4.5 g/t = 1.75 M ounces produced
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Kiena Deep Discovery and Geology
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Drilling Expands Kiena Deep Potential to 550 m Laterally
Feb 8 step
6.63 g/t
uncut (6.63 m cut) Feb 8 step out hole: 7.67 g/t
(5.53 m cut)
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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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Kiena Deep Drilling Constrained
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Kiena Deep Planned Development Ramp
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Kiena Exploration Ramp and Current Drill Targets
announced May 3, 2017
completion Q1 2018
and additional 500 metres
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VC Zone North Extension
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S50 South Zone Extension
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Kiena Deep and S50 Extension
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Moss Lake - Coldstream Acquisition April 2016
deposits open for expansion
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Moss Lake Project Optionality
Moss Lake Stock Central Intermediate to Felsic Metavolcanic Belt Head Lake Stock Shebandowan Greenstone Belt
Moss Lake Deposit
1.4 M oz (Indicated @ 1.1 g/t) 1.7 M oz (Inferred @ 1.1 g/t)
Original Property Boundary
Coldstream acquisition and southwest along mineralized trend
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2017 Exploration Summary
$13.1 M Exploration Drilling Budget
$5M Moss Lake $4M Wawa $4M Kiena
Ontario: Eagle: 3 Drills Mishi: 1 drills Moss Lake: 2 drills Quebec: Kiena: 4 drills H1 2017, 2 drills H2 2017
Property 2017 Metres 2016 Metres 2015 Metres Eagle Underground Exploration Drilling 25,000 40,000 17,000 Eagle Surface Exploration Drilling 15,000 25,000 Mishi Exploration Drilling 15,000 25,000 5,000 Kiena Complex 45,000 10,000 Moss Lake 40,000 4,000 Total 140,000 104,000 22,000
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Summary
Experienced Management team with proven track records Eagle River: Discovering new high- grade parallel zones close to infrastructure Kiena: New gold discovery in existing, permitted, de- watered former producing mine Cost cutting program underway at Eagle River Pipeline of development projects Aggressive Exploration Programs on all Company Assets in 2017 Operations in safe jurisdiction, Canada Eagle River: Low risk expansion of existing mines in proven mining camp
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Executive Management Team
Duncan Middlemiss, P. Eng Chief Executive Officer
development and gold production
2016 Hemdat Sawh, CPA, CA Chief Financial Officer
Philip Ng, P.Eng, M.Eng Chief Operating Officer
to that spent 5 years as VP Operations at Claude Resources George Mannard, P,Geo, MSc.A VP, Exploration
Benoit Laplante, P.Eng, MSc.A VP, Corporate Development
North American Palladium Lindsay Carpenter Dunlop VP, Investor Relations
traded resource companies
Heather Laxton Corporate Secretary & CGO
Marc-Andre Pelletier VP, Quebec Operations
Stacy Kimmett VP, Human Resources
management
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Board of Directors
Charles Page, P.Geo Chairman
development of the Upper Beaver deposit in the Kirkland Lake gold camp, until its acquisition by Osisko Mining Charles Main, CPA, CA
Duncan Middlemiss, P. Eng Chief Executive Officer
rehabilitation, development and gold production
Gold in January 2016 Nadine Miller, P. Eng
space
Warwick Morely-Jepson
development
Rolly Uloth
Bill Washington, MBA
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Notes to Technical Disclosure
Technical Disclosure
Minera ral Resourc rces 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 George N. Mannard, 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”). Qua ualified Perso son – Queb ebec ec 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”). Ad Additional Infor
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. Finan ancial al Disclosu sure Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar values herein are in CDN$.
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Mineral Reserves (2016 Year End)
15% increase at Eagle River net of depletion
Category Tonnes Grade (gAu/Tonne) Contained Ounces Eagle River Underground Reserves Proven 208,000 10.2 68,000 Probable 949,000 9.0 276,000 Eagle Proven + Probable 1,157,000 9.2 344,000 Mishi Open Pit Reserves Proven 259,000 1.8 15,000 Probable 1,361,000 2.0 87,000 Mishi Proven + Probable 1,620,000 2.0 102,000
Person within the meaning of NI 43-101
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
255,000 10.6 87,000 25%
456,000 9.0 132,000 38%
310,000 9.2 91,000 27% Other 136,000 7.8 34,000 10%
Total 1,157,000 9.2 344,000
Person within the meaning of NI 43-101
website and sedar.com
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Category Tonnes Grade (gAu/Tonne) Contained Ounces Eagle River Underground Resources Inferred 327,000 8.1 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 330,000 Total Inferred Resources 225,000
Mineral Resources (2016 Year End) Operating Assets
Person within the meaning of NI 43-101
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 To Total tal M + + I Re Resources 2, 2,500, 500,600 00 5. 5.59 59 449, 449,30 300 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
Person within the meaning of NI 43-101
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300 Zone Drift Results, September 2016
Lens 150 m to east and down plunge
discovered intersecting wide widths up to 32.4 m
plunge where it remains
developed in Q3/16
m drift 1 t 19.34 g g/t ( t (unc ncut) t)
ver 1. r 1.61 61 m m ave verage w width and 141 m 141 m of stri rike l length
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2016 Operating Results
Operational results – 4th Quarter and Annual
Quarter ended December 31 Year ended December 31 2016 2015 2016 2015 Eagle tonnes milled 42,607 42,185 170,369 173,189 Mishi tonnes milled 30,714 33,100 138,688 132,038 Total tonnes milled 73,321 75,285 309,037 305,227 Eagle River head grade (g/t) 8.2 9.2 7.9 7.8 Mishi head grade (g/t) 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.6 Eagle River underground mill recovery (%) 94.6 94.2 93.5 94.9 Mishi Open Pit mill recovery (%) 81.6 79.6 85.4 87.3 Eagle ounces produced 10,595 11,625 40,252 41,013 Mishi ounces produced 1,292 1,945 7,485 9,457 Total ounces produced 11,887 13,570 47,737 50,470 Ounces sold 13,490 16,023 48,680 49,804 Average realized price (CAD$/oz)* 1,655 1,474 1,676 1,475 Average realized price (US$/oz)* 1,240 1,104 1,265 1,153 Production cash costs (CAD$/oz)* 1,185 1,029 1,194 1,115 Production cash costs/oz (US$/oz)* 888 770 901 872 All-in-sustaining costs (CAD$/oz)* 1,702 1,388 1,707 1,542 All-in-sustaining costs (US$/oz)* 1,275 1,039 1,289 1,206 Average 1 USD to CAD exchange rate 1.3344 1.3353 1.3253 1.2790
* Note: Refer to the section entitled “Non-IFRS Performance Measures” in the 2016 Annual Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the reconciliation of these non-IFRS measurements to the Financial Statements
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2016 Financial Highlights
Financial Results – 4th Quarter and Annual Quarter ended December 31 Year ended December 31 2016 2015 2016 2015 (in $000, except per share amounts) Revenue * 22,166 23,622 84,031 73,465 Mine operating profit ** 7,133 7,767 26,036 17,680 Net income (loss) 2,352 1,110 7,786 (4,701) Net income adjusted ** 3,047 1,977 7,988 3,186 Basic income (loss) per share 0.02 0.01 0.06 (0.04) Basic income per share adjusted** 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.03 Cash flows from operating activities 4,976 5,153 19,927 10,055 Cash flows from operating activities adjusted ** 5,671 5,783 20,129 12,771 Free cash flow ** (3,735) 2,736 (8,437) (5,719) Cash and cash equivalents 26,760 15,424 26,760 15,424 Working capital 15,561 12,507 15,561 12,507
* Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2016 includes $2.4 M gold sales from the Kiena Complex mill cleanup in Q3 2016. **Note: Refer to the section entitled “Non-IFRS Performance Measures” in the 2016 Annual Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the reconciliation
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2013 Moss Lake – PEA (2.5 M oz. study)
300 m
NE SW
General View of Mineralized Zones Longitudinal and Plan View of Moss Lake Pit
2.5 km
SW NE
Highlights
per oz.)
$1551 CDN)
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2016 Surface Drilling Exploration Program
7 Zone Exploration
existing reserve/ mining block
200 m centres along productive Mine Diorite
Zone 300 Exploration
existing reserve/mining block
m centres along productive Mine Diorite
Longitudinal Section Looking North Longitudinal Section Looking North The contents of this slide have been verified and approved by the Company’s VP Exploration, George Mannard, P. Geo a “Qualified Person” for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects Please refer to Company AIF available on the Company’s website and sedar.com
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2016 Eagle River Exploration Program
220 m Level Plan
rocks north of Mine Diorite and up-dip projection of 300 Zone and 7 Zone
The contents of this slide have been verified and approved by the Company’s VP Exploration, George Mannard, P. Geo a “Qualified Person” for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects Please refer to Company AIF available on the Company’s website and sedar.com
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Eagle River/Mishi Complex Central Ontario
Gold Camp
Mill located adjacent to Mishi open pit deposit (permitted to 1,200 tpd)
mine located 15 kms to south
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Kiena Complex Drill Core August 2016