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G OLD E XPLORATION I N N ICARAGUA May 2013 C AUTIONARY N OTES This presentation includes certain "Forward-Looking Statements as that term is used in applicable securities law. All statements included herein, other than statements of


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GOLD EXPLORATION IN NICARAGUA

May 2013

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CAUTIONARY NOTES

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This presentation includes certain "Forward-Looking Statements” as that term is used in applicable securities law. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of Cassius Ventures Ltd. (“Cassius”, or the “Company”), are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. In certain cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "scheduled", "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “potentially”, "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such

  • statements. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions that management believes are reasonable at the

time they are made. In making the forward-looking statements in this presentation, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including, but not limited to, the assumption that: (1) Cassius may not find any minerals in commercially feasible quantities in Nicaragua, (2) the Company’s ability to raise the necessary financing for ongoing

  • perations and to complete any acquisitions or pursue any planned exploration programs, (3) there being no significant

disruptions affecting operations, whether due to labour/supply disruptions, damage to equipment or otherwise; (4) permitting, development, expansion and power supply proceeding on a basis consistent with the Company's current expectations; (5) certain price assumptions for gold; (6) prices for availability of natural gas, fuel oil, electricity, parts and equipment and other key supplies remaining consistent with current levels; (7) the accuracy of current mineral resource work and studies on the Company's property; and (8) labour and material costs increasing on a basis consistent with the Company's current

  • expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include

such factors, among others, risks related to the ability of the Company to obtain necessary financing and adequate insurance; the economy generally; fluctuations in the currency markets; fluctuations in the spot and forward price of gold or certain other commodities (e.g., diesel fuel and electricity); changes in interest rates; disruption to the credit markets and delays in

  • btaining financing; the possibility of cost overruns or unanticipated expenses; employee relations. Accordingly, readers are

advised not to place undue reliance on Forward-Looking Statements. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise Forward-Looking Statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Eddy Canova, P.Geo., OGQ (403), the Director of Exploration and a Director for the Company and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and is responsible for the technical information contained in this presentation.

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CORPORATE OVERVIEW

  • In June 2011, completed the acquisition of Fortress de Nicaragua SA (FDN), a private

Nicaraguan company with 16 concessions over 130,000 ha

  • Concurrently raised $2.5 million through a non-brokered private placement
  • 2011/2012, completed an exploration program in the Nueva Segovia and León project

areas as well as a 1,270m reconnaissance drilling program at 2 targets at Nueva Segovia that led to the discovery of a number of significant anomalies

  • In June 2012, raised approx. $1 million through a non-brokered private placement
  • SHARE CAPITAL
  • Issued shares: 41,148,480*
  • Warrants: Approximately 5 million at $0.45 - Expire June 2013
  • Options: Approximately 1.7 million
  • Fully diluted shares: approx 47.8 million

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*May 2013

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CASSIUS PROPERTIES

  • Extensive land base in some of the best

mineral areas of Nicaragua

  • 16 concessions, over 137,000 ha
  • Nueva Segovia Concession area covers

37,000 ha over 8 properties

  • León Concession area covers 62,000 ha
  • ver 4 properties
  • Chontales Concession area covers 4

properties over 38,000 ha

  • Work to date focused on Nueva Segovia

and León concession areas

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TIMELINE

  • Work done from colonial times to the 1950’s in the Nueva Segovia area established a

network of tunnels, but no records of production and virtually no modern exploration since then

  • Properties staked over 16 concessions from 2005 - 2007
  • Work included stream sediment sampling, rock sampling and soil sampling over all

three concessions areas as well as detailed trenching and prospecting also undertaken in the Nueva Segovia Concession area

  • To date Cassius through its subsidiary Fortress has spent $5.3 million on the

properties

  • Have identified properties in the best mining areas, with good infrastructure, taking

into account ease of access, power, water and labour supply

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NICARAGUA

  • Country’s total area is 129,500 square kilometres, population of 6 million
  • Democratically governed and stable, pro investment
  • Gold mining industry established since colonial times
  • Well established mining law, revised in 2006
  • Good relationships with government at the highest levels
  • B2Gold has two mines in operation (La Libertbad and El Limon, which

generated $43 million in operating margin in Q3 2012), with visible government support

  • Condor Gold and Golden Reign have been successful with advanced high

grade projects that will be developed over the next 2 years, also with strong government support

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PROXIMITY TO EXISTING MINES OR ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THIS EMERGING JURISDICTION

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  • Exploration program focused on Nueva Segovia and León commenced July 2011
  • Stream sediment, soil, rock chip, and trench channel sampling
  • Soil geochemistry surveys and trenching on prospective areas
  • 1,270m Reconnaissance core drilling program completed in May, 2012
  • Summary Findings:
  • High grade anomalous values in drilling identified at Nueva Segovia targets

(Manto de la Corona, La Lampara)

  • Occurrence of a 6 km² gold/molybdenum porphyry (Cerro Rojo) as well as

high grade vein targets (Las Mercedes) in the León area

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2011/12 EXPLORATION PROGRAM

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NUEVA SEGOVIA

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Target - High grade quartz vein hosted deposits (typically 300,000 to 1,000,000 oz. Au) Rationale

  • Multiple old workings near surface pre 1950’s

with samples grading up to 13 g/t Au

  • Drill hole LD-05 at La Lampara (Los Angeles

concession) intersected targeted quartz vein structure at 30.63m depth with 53.06 g/t Au

  • ver 1.5m
  • Multiple look-a-likes of the adjacent San Albino

property - latest resource of (indicated and inferred) ~900,000 equivalent oz.. Au at approximately 8 g/t in November 2012) Proposed Program – Trench/pit and drill program of 2,000 m to follow up 2011/12 results at Manto de la Corona (La Jalape• ña concession), La Lampara and Mina America.

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LEÓN

Target #1 - Large Copper/Gold/Silver/Molybdenum porphyry Rationale

  • Structural mapping and geochemical anomalies

give strong indication of a large 6km² porphyry system with oxidation, argillitization, quartz veinlets locally and brecciation with 1-2% pyrite

  • Surface grab samples with nine samples

returning values between 1.05 – 14.01 g/t Au and strong Ag and Mo mineralization association.

  • Presence of other porphyry deposits in the region

including Los Lirios in Honduras (300 million tonnes @ 0.4 g/t Au and 0.39 g/t Cu) and the recent B2 Gold/Calibre La Primavera discovery (261.7 m @ 0.78 g/t Au and 0.297% Cu) Proposed Program – Airborne Mag-Rad-EM, mapping, prospecting, rock geochemistry, trench/pit exploration program, IP on selected target areas and 1,500 m drilling

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LEÓN (CONTINUED…)

Target #2 – Epithermal vein hosted gold at Las Mercedes Rationale

  • Several anomalous soil samples
  • Prospecting and mapping identified quartz vein

hosted mineralization with rock chip samples at surface grading 28.23 g/t, 32.15 g/t and 55.25 g/t Au along E-W epithermal quartz vein structures.

  • Adjacent to and along structural trends hosting

the La India deposit (16.2 MT @ 4.6 g/t Au – 2.375M oz. Au - Sept 2012 indicated +inferred Resource) and El Limon (174,100 oz. Au @ 4.68 g/t Au proven and probable, 102,900 oz. Au @ 5.68 g/t Au M&I resource, 577,900 oz. Au @ 5.99 g/t Au inferred resource) Proposed Program – Airborne Mag-Rad-EM, mapping, prospecting, soil geochemistry, trench/pit exploration, IP on selected target areas and a 1,500 m drilling program

*See appendix for enlarged version of the above map

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CHONTALES

Target – Epithermal gold system Rationale

  • Numerous anomalies - never tested
  • In same region hosting B2 Gold’s La

Libertad deposit (456,863 oz. Au @ 3.39 g/t Au) Proposed Program – Airborne Mag- Rad-EM, mapping, prospecting, soil geochemistry, trench/pit exploration, IP

  • n selected target areas and 500 m

drilling over 5 targets.

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HIGH GRADE LOW COST PER OUNCE MODEL

FOR NUEVA SEGOVIA

  • Market has lost sight of the value add of a 300,000 oz. deposit at 10

g/t Au

  • 60,000 oz. per annum at a cash operating cost of $500/oz.

generates over $60 million per annum (at $1,500/oz. Au) in

  • perating cash flow or $360 million over a 6 year mine life
  • Capex for a small process plant and mine development is likely

between $50 to $100 million

  • Debt finance for this level of project is readily available from niche

industry banks such as Macquarie, Nedbank, Standard Bank, amongst others

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SUMMARY OF NEXT PHASE OF WORK

  • Currently exploring alternatives to advance the property, including joint venture and / or

partnership structures with the intention of carrying out the following exploration programs

  • Nueva Segovia – Manto de la Corona/La Lampara - A 3 month mapping, prospecting

and trench/exploration pit program – followed by a 2,000m drill program once mineralized structures are well defined

  • León – Cerro Rojo – Airborne MAG, Radiometric and EM geophysics surveys, ground

IP survey, mapping, prospecting and exploration pits followed by a 1,500 m drill program

  • León – Las Mercedes – Airborne MAG, Radiometric and EM geophysics surveys,

mapping-prospecting, exploration pits, soil geochemistry, 1,500 m drill program

  • Chontales - Airborne Mag-Rad-EM, mapping, prospecting, soil geochemistry,

trench/pit exploration, IP on selected target areas and 500 m drilling over 5 targets

  • Global budget of $2,000,000 with 5,500 m of drilling ($1M for drilling, $0.2M for

Airborne geophysics and remaining $0.8M for mapping, prospecting, geochemistry, exploration pits, compilation, local expenses and contingency)

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OTHER EXPLORATION STAGE COMPARABLES

IN NICARAGUA

Company Symbol Market Cap Area Calibre Mining CXB.V $13.2 million 86,700 ha Condor Resources PLC CNR (AIM) $57.5 million 28,400 ha Golden Reign GRR $18.2 million 13,800 ha Cassius Ventures CZ.V $2.5 million 137,000 ha

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*May 2013

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MANAGEMENT & BOARD

Steven Dean - Chairman and Director

  • Extensive experience internationally in mining, including as President of Teck Cominco Limited (now Teck Resources Ltd), the

largest producer of metallurgical coal in North America and the No. 2 exporter of metallurgical coal in the world to the globe's steel manufacturers

  • Founding director of Normandy Poseidon Group (now Normandy Mining), the largest Australian based gold producer until its

sale to Newmont Mining, and founder of PacMin Mining which became a subsidiary of Teck Corporation in 1999

  • Chairman and CEO of Oceanic Iron Ore Corp., Spur Ventures Inc. Chairman of Sierra Metals Inc. Co-founder and former

Chairman of Amerigo Resources Ltd.

John Thomas – President, CEO and Director

  • Professional engineer, holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK, with extensive experience in the

mineral resource industry, particularly in Latin America

  • Previously served as VP, Development of Rusoro Mining, and VP, Operations of Bolivar Gold Corp.; and currently serves on a

number of boards, including Infinito Gold Inc., Alexandria Minerals Corp., Canada Zinc Metals Corp., Enertopia Corp. and Ressources Appalaches Inc.

Eddy Canova - Director of Exploration, Director

  • BSc. in geology from McGill University, over 25 years experience in the mineral exploration industry in Canada, Venezuela,

Mexico, and West Africa, with 4 years experience in mineral production in Venezuela

  • Focused in gold mineral exploration, base and precious metals, and iron ore
  • Major project involvement includes Gold Reserves Brisas's project, Bolivar Tomi Gold Mine project, Oceanic Iron Ore’s

Ungava Bay project and most properties of Alexandria Minerals

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MANAGEMENT & BOARD

Irfan Shariff - CFO & Corporate Secretary

  • Qualified CA, consultant to a number of junior resource companies based in Vancouver, Canada. CFO of Oceanic

Iron Ore Corp. and Spur Ventures Inc.

  • 8 years as a corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions advisor at Citigroup in London, UK (2001-2008)

Jason Birmingham - Director

  • Former Director Business Dev’t for International Zimtu Tech. Inc, and President of Mindshare Communications Inc.
  • Currently a director or officer of several reporting issuers: director of Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd., Golden Fame

Resources Corp., Fitch Street Capital Corp., Cerro Mining Corp., and Datinvest International Ltd

Bob Atkinson - Director

  • Over 30 years experience in the investment industry - Former President and CEO of Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon

& Co Ltd., a Canadian investment dealer

  • Serves as a Director of Flinders Resources Ltd., Tasman Metals Ltd., Spur Ventures Inc., and Hansa Resources Ltd.

Lawrence Dick, Special Advisor

  • B.Sc. in geo. sciences from UBC in 1973 and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in econ. geology from Queen's University in 1979 -

20 years experience exploring for copper and gold throughout S. America

  • Serves on a number of boards, including Delon Resources Corp., Confederation Minerals Ltd., Golden Fame

Resources Inc., Kariana Resources Inc., Goldstrike Resources Ltd., Magna Resources Ltd., and United Silver Corp

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WHY INVEST IN CASSIUS?

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Highly prospective areas never tested by modern exploration in one of the last remaining emerging stable

  • pen jurisdictions

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Nueva Segovia Targets

  • “Small is beautiful”
  • High value add, low capex financeable, fast-trackable type deposits
  • Several targets drill ready

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León Properties

  • Large company maker - Gold/Moly/Silver/Copper porphyry target at Cerro Rojo adjacent to neighboring high

grade deposits

  • Las Mercedes – open-pittable epithermal target based on indications of high grades in outcrop at surface –

needs to be tested

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Good board and management with team on the ground with strong relationships with government

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Nicaragua is the next Columbia in terms of mineral development with several projects operating or poised for development

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Tight capital structure

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Significantly undervalued compared to peers, effectively shell value

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APPENDIX

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DRILLING AT MANTO DE LA CORONA

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LEÓN – SAMPLING RESULTS

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LEÓN CONCESSIONS – GEOCHEMISTRY

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  • León – Stream

Sediment, Soils and grab samples – July 2011

  • 689 Stream Sediments
  • 1,433 Soil Samples
  • 203 Rock Samples
  • Favorable results from

historical and current exploration have been noted for 5 areas: soil samples, sediment and rock

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LEÓN CONCESSIONS – SOILS-GEOLOGY

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LEÓN CONCESSIONS – SOILS-GEOLOGY

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CERRO ROJO:

ROCK SAMPLING AND ANOMALOUS AU ZONES

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LEÓN PROPERTY:

LAS MERCEDES

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LAS MERCEDES:

ROCK CHIP SAMPLING RESULTS