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Forward-Looking Statements

This presentation contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address events or developments that Gaia Metals Corp. expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although Gaia Metals Corp. believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward- looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include market prices, exploration and production successes or failures, continued availability of capital and financing, inability to obtain required shareholder or regulatory approvals, and general economic market or business conditions. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Gaia Metals Corp. management on the date the statements are made. The technical information in this presentation has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in NI 43-101 and reviewed on behalf of the Company by Mr. Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P .Geo., of Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. and Vice President of Exploration for Gaia Metals Corp, a Qualified Person and registered permit holder with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec.

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Capital Structure

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SHARES OUTSTANDING (AS OF JUNE 15, 2020)

14,788,816

WARRANTS @ $1.00 (EXPIRY DECEMBER 27, 2021) 704,080 @ $1.50 (EXPIRY SEPTEMBER 25, 2022) 150,000 @ $0.09 YR 1, $0.15 YR 2, AND $0.20 YR 3, (EXPIRY DECEMBER 2, 2022) 5,888,571 OPTIONS @ $0.50 (EXPIRY SEPTEMBER 4, 2020) 100,000 @ $1.00 (EXPIRY MAY 4, 2021) 95,000 @ $0.50 (EXPIRY JULY 11, 2021) 155,000 @ $0.60 (EXPIRY MAY 2, 2022) 235,000 @ $0.09 (EXPIRY JANUARY 14, 2023) 675,000 @ $0.09 (EXPIRY FEBRUARY 3, 2023) 80,000

TOTAL SHARES FULLY DILUTED

22,871,467

Suite 500 – 666 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC V6C 3P6 778 945 2950 info@gaiametalscorp.com

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Board of Directors and Management

DUSAN BERKA, P

. ENG.

CFO & Director

Having worked in Europe and Americas, Mr. Berka has 50 years

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international business and engineering experience. He also has extensive experience in the capital markets, financing, marketing, management and administration

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public companies. During the past 39 years, Mr. Berka has served as a Director and Senior Officer

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various public companies traded on the NASDAQ, TSX, TSX Venture and CSE. Mr. Berka is a graduate engineer with a M.Sc. (Dipl. Ing.) degree from Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia (1968), and has been a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia since 1977.

PAUL CHUNG, B.SC., MBA

Director

• Mr. Chung holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in

Geology from the University of British Columbia & a Masters

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Business Administration in IT from Athabasca University.

• Mr. Chung is experienced in project management,

bringing companies to the public markets & international transactions. Mr. Chung has conducted

• perations in N. & S. America & China & is

experienced in asset acquisition, financings, & marketing for multi-location international businesses.

• Mr. Chung helped to identify a suite of lithium

projects (Mariana brine in Argentina, Avalonia project in Ireland, Mavis Lake lithium/rare metals project in Ontario). These are the core projects for International Lithium Corp & their strategic partner Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd. of China.

ADRIAN LAMOUREUX

President, CEO, & Director

• Mr. Lamoureux has worked in the venture capital

markets for the past 12 years, specializing in the design & implementation of market strategies and corporate development.

• Mr. Lamoureux has particular expertise in the

mineral exploration & development sector. During his time working in the venture capital markets, Mr. Lamoureux has financed a number of successful private & public companies.

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Board of Directors and Management

DARREN L. SMITH, M.SC., P

.GEO

Vice President of Exploration

With more than 14 years experience in the industry, Mr. Smith specializes in high-level project management including program design and implementation, technical reporting, land management, community engagement, and corporate disclosure. He has provided technical

• versight for PEA, PFS, and FS level projects as

well as complex metallurgical programs. Mr. Smith’s experience includes carbonatite complexes & associated metals (Ta, Nb, Sc, REEs), lithium, cobalt, graphite, phosphate, fluorspar, uranium, as well as base & precious metals. In 2009, Darren & his team discovered one of the world’s largest REE deposits (Ashram) and has been instrumental in its development since this time.

KELLY PLADSON

Corporate Secretary

Kelly Pladson has provided corporate governance & regulatory compliance services to many TSX Venture & CSE listed companies since 2009. She works closely with the company’s CEO and legal counsel in maintaining corporate records, managing the day to day operations of the company & ensuring the company’s filings with the securities commissions & exchanges are accurately filed & in accordance with their deadlines. Prior to 2009, Ms. Pladson was an investment advisor’s assistant for two years.

TODD HANAS

Director

• Mr. Hanas is a marketing and communications/sales

specialist with 24 years of experience in all aspects

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communications, corporate identity, corporate finance and investor relations/consulting for both private and public companies. Mr. Hanas has proven resource,

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and gas exploration and production expertise with significant experience and success in start-up, early-stage junior resource companies. Mr. Hanas is currently president and chief executive officer of Bluesky Corporate Communications Ltd.

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Gold and Silver Breaking Out

• Gold price breakout above $1,400 and recent

trading above $1,900

• “Lack of discoveries and declining production

will drive both gold prices higher and drive M&A”

Sprott Asset Management (2016)

• Strong potential for greenstone (lode) and high-

sulphidation epithermal deposit types on the Company’s properties

• Gold to silver ratio recently at highest level in

almost 30 years (>80) and is poised for reversion to more normalized levels (~50-60) – leverage to increasing silver price

Source: 911 Metallurgist, Andrew Jackson

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Located entirely on BLM land in mining friendly Idaho, USA Straightforward permitting process Two advanced target areas Gold Dyke Prospect & Carmen Creek Mine Historical drill intersections include 1.5 g/t Au and 12.1 g/t Ag

• ver 44.2 m

Near-surface, open pit potential

Freeman Creek Summary

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Freeman Creek Jurisdiction

The Freeman Creek Property is located within Lemhi County, Idaho

• The 2019 Frasier institutes Annual Survey of Mining Companies

ranks Idaho in 8th place on the investment attractiveness index

• Financings for Idaho or Idaho related exploration companies

during the last half of 2019 exceeded $70 million

• During early 2020 numerous financings and transactions for

Idaho related precious metal assets were concluded, notable activity includes:

• Centerra Gold Option for Oakley Project
• Excellon buyout of Otis Gold
• Midas Gold $US 35 million financing

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Freeman Creek Region

• NI 43-101 resource of 36.4 Mt

at 1.16 g/t Au (1.35 Moz) ind. & 47.2 Mt at 1.08 g/t Au (1.64 Moz) inf.

• Historical resource of 24.2 Mt at 0.81 g/t

Au (570k oz) meas. & ind., & 13.8 Mt at 0.61 g/t Au (269k oz) inf.

• Located about 15 km NE of Salmon, Idaho, within

Lemhi County

• Northeast trending Trans-Challis Fault system

demarks approximate boundaries of new metallogenic (Au, Ag) province

• Long history of both hard-rock and placer gold

mining with several notable gold discoveries:

• Revival Gold’s Beartrack-Arnett Project
• Freeman Gold’s Lemhi Gold Project
• Breccia Gold Project
• Property hosts two known zones of base &

precious metal mineralization

• Gold Dyke Prospect (Au, Ag, +/- Cu)
• Carmen Creek Mine Prospect (Au, Ag, +/- Cu)

Management cautions that past results or discoveries on proximal properties may not necessarily be indicative to the presence of mineralization on the Company’s properties.

~15 km

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Freeman Creek History

1.7 g/t Au and 17.1 g/t Ag over 21.3 m 1.5 g/t Au and 12.1 g/t Ag over 44.2 m

Gold Dyke Prospect

• 1910’s: three adits, drilling, and several open cut

trenches represent the earliest known work

▪ Trench: 6.86 g/t Au and 199 g/t Ag over 7.0 m ▪ Trench: 19.9 g/t Au, 65 g/t Ag, 1.05% Cu, and 10.7% Zn over 3.7 m ▪ DH #2: 4.25 g/t Au and 37.7 g/t Ag over 3.1 m

• 1970’s: Two diamond drill holes

▪ Hole #1: 0.46 g/t Au, 7.1 g/t Ag, and 0.10% Cu

• ver 13.7 m
• 1980’s: Several rotary drill holes (St Joe American Corp)

▪ RDH 8: 1.5 g/t Au and 12.1 g/t Ag over 44.2 m ▪ RDH 10: 1.7 g/t Au and 17.1 g/t Ag over 21.3 m

• 1990’s: Cominco and BHP explored the Property for

large-tonnage copper potential – records of this work have not been located

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Freeman Creek History

Gold Dyke Prospect

• Tested with only a limited number of shallow drill holes

(<150 metres depth)

• A small historical resource1 (non NI 43-101) containing

about 20,000 oz of gold, 190,000 oz of silver, plus lead- zinc-copper by-products was estimated based on drill holes RDH-8 and 10. Tonnages and grades reported range from 325k to 416k tons and 0.9 to 2.6 g/t Au, respectively (HB files, 1987)

• Previous operators calculated a historical resource1 “in

excess of 15,000,000 tons” based solely off “exposed adits and surfaces free of overburden”. No details of grade or contained ounces of gold was reported (Preliminary Report of Porphyry Dike Property, 1962)

• 1. Management cautions that the historical estimates documented for the Gold Dyke Prospect have not been independently verified

by a Qualified Person and were not completed in accordance with NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and therefore should not be relied upon. The historical estimates are not mineral resources and should therefore not be treated as such.

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Freeman Creek Mineralization

Gold Dyke Prospect

• Mineralization is interpreted to be the result of a

hydrothermal alteration system – High Sulfidation Epithermal

• Disseminated pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and

sphalerite are hosted within Precambrian Lemhi Group quartzites (Gunsight Formation)

• Mineralization is capped by a gossan several feet thick

and traced over a 1500 ft (457 m) strike and 600 ft (183 m) vertical surface expression

• A zone of diorite dikes and sills sits west of the

Prospect and may be related to mineralization

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Freeman Creek Mineralization

Carmen Creek Mine Prospect

• Located in northwest area of Property, ~3 km from the

Gold Dyke Prospect

• A small mill was installed at the site in 1910 to process

mineralized material from the mine; however, few records detailing the development, production, or head-grade exist

• Historical samples from surface outcrop and mine

workings assayed 14.15 g/t Au, 63 g/t Ag, and 1.2% Cu, and 1.8 g/t Au, 43 g/t Ag, and 1% Cu, respectively

• Mineralization described as a “gold and copper

bearing exhalate zone, a few tens of meters thick…” and “gold and copper are concentrated in lenses of massive quartz and magnetite”

Carmen Creek Vein (Umpleby, 1913)

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(Johnson et al. 1998)

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• High sulfidation (HS) gold systems generally form a vertical

continuum from a shallow epithermal setting downward to porphyry Cu/Au deposits

• The term “HS” generally refers to the highly oxidized state of

sulfur within the hydrothermal system

• A ubiquitous alteration feature of HS deposits is the presence
• f fracture controlled vuggy silica, which is formed by intense

acid leaching

• Deposits display a wide range of styles of mineralization

including disseminations, hydrothermal breccias, stockworks, and veins

• Deposits can exceed 40 million ounces, with grades in excess
• f 1 g/t Au, 20 g/t Ag

Freeman Creek Deposit Type

* Figure modified after Arribas (1995)

Management cautions that past results or discoveries on proximal properties or analogous deposits may not necessarily be indicative to the presence of mineralization on the Company’s properties.

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Freeman Creek Next Steps (2020)

• Surface sampling and geological

mapping to verify historical surface results

• Potentially ground geophysics and soil

sampling for further targetting

• Initial diamond drill program to verify

historical intersections (5 or 6 holes)

• Continued data compilation and review
• f historical documentation

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ADRIAN LAMOUREUX

President, CEO, & Director adrian@gaiametalscorp.com

Suite 500 – 666 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC V6C 3P6

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