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High Grade Gold-Cobalt Resource Expansion in Finland Corporate Presentation April 2019 @mawsonresource TSX : MAW; OTCPINK : MWSNF www.mawsonresources.com Disclaimer Accuracy of Information: Readers are directed to the public disclosure of


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TSX : MAW; OTCPINK : MWSNF

www.mawsonresources.com @mawsonresource

High Grade Gold-Cobalt Resource Expansion in Finland

Corporate Presentation April 2019

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Accuracy of Information: Readers are directed to the public disclosure of Mawson Resources Limited (“Mawson”) available under Mawson’s profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) at www.sedar.com. Information contained in this presentation was believed to be accurate at the time it was posted, but may be superseded by more recent public disclosure of Mawson. Mawson makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the information in this presentation. Forward-Looking Information: Some of the statements contained in this presentation may be forward-looking statements or forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). All statements herein, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Although Mawson believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate, and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. Mawson cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, capital and other costs varying significantly from estimates, changes in world metal markets, changes in equity markets, planned drill programs and results varying from expectations, delays in obtaining results, equipment failure, unexpected geological conditions, local community relations, dealings with non-governmental organizations, delays in operations due to permit grants, environmental and safety risks, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in Mawson's most recent Annual Information Form filed on www.sedar.com. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Mawson does not assume the obligation to revise or update forward- looking statements or information that may be contained in this presentation or to revise them to reflect the occurrence of future unanticipated events. Qualified Person: The qualified person for Mawson’s projects, Nick Cook, President for Mawson, and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, has reviewed and verified the contents of this presentation. 2

Disclaimer

24 April 2018

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Finland – New Discoveries

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2015

Diamond drilling ROM0011: 6 m @ 617 g/t Au

2012 2011

PAL0093 1 cm

2018 2017

Gold

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Finland – Visible Gold 2019

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PAL0198: 175.7 m Sth Palokas PAL0189: 213.3 m Raja PAL0190: 384.10 m – Raja PAL0191: 424.00 m – Raja PAL0194: 422.45 m – Palokas

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Significant and strategic regional-scale gold-cobalt discovery in Northern Finland

Top three in-country gold resources and growing fast

Constrained Inferred Mineral Resource of 424,000 ounces of gold at 3.1 g/t AuEq (Dec 2018)

Open-pittable grade 2.8 g/t AuEq and UG grade 5.2 g/t AuEq.

Substantial potential to grow, with only 20% (800m) of the 4km trend to shallow depths (av. depth drilling 88m)

15,000 metre resource expansion drill program just complete

Initial results include 31.3 metres at 6.0 g/t AuEq at the Raja Prospect

28 holes (out of 42 holes) remain to be reported

Fully financed for this drill season

Strategic & institutional shareholder base +60% (incl. Goldcorp, Areva, private equity and US endowments)

Investment Highlights

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Capitalization Summary Major Shareholder Summary

Management & Board aligned with investors

Share Price (23 April 2019) C$0.18 Basic Shares Outstanding 142.4M Fully Diluted 177.9M Basic Market Capitalization C$25.6M Cash (est. 24 April 2019) C$3.0M TOTAL ENTERPRISE VALUE C$23.3M Shares (M) % Sentient Equity Partners 37.8 26.7 Goldcorp 18.0 12.7 Other Institutions 34.6 24.4 TOTAL 90.4 63.8 Insiders 7.3 5.1

Warrants and Options Share Price Performance – 1 Year

Exchanges: TSX : MAW; OTCPINK : MWSNF; Frankfurt : MXR

Ownership & Capital Structure

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Discovery is About Leadership

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Michael Hudson Chairman & CEO

28 yrs Geology, Capital Markets

  • Dr. Nick Cook

President

24 yrs Geology

Noora Ahola Environmental Director

12 yrs Finnish Env. Admin.

Russell Starr

  • Corp. Dev. Adviser

Mariana Bermudez

Corporate Secretary

Tapani Hyysalo

Manager Operations Finland

Nick Demare

CFO

Noora Ahola Environmental Nick DeMare CPA David Henstridge Geologist Michael Hudson Geologist Colin Maclean Geologist / Finance Mark Saxon Geologist Philip Williams Corporate Finance

Directors Management Advisers

Georgina Carnegie World Bank, OECD

  • Dr. Erkki Vanhanen

Finnish Gold Exploration Gil Leathley Mining Engineer

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The World´s Highly Prospective Mineral Regions

Map by Risto Pietilä

Finland is the new “Klondike”, new discoveries, shallow cover, entry of significant players

Nordics: Rocks & Opportunity

Metal basket of Europe

+500 year history, many Tier 1 projects

Reformation since early 1990’s. Clear guidelines

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Safe

Cheap Grid Power

Water

Roads

“The top jurisdiction in the world for investment based on the Investment Attractiveness Index is Finland.”

Huge Benefits for Developers Investment Attractiveness Index

Skilled workforce

Airport

No FIFO

20% tax

7.4Moz Au Kittilä mine

Finland is a Mining Country

100 km

Finland hosts the largest primary gold producer in Europe

Kittilä Snapshot

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10 Main gold- cobalt work focused to date

Rompas-Rajapalot Prospect Locations

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Resource Upside Evident and Growing

A pit and underground Constrained Inferred Mineral Resource of 424,000 ounces at 3.1 g/t AuEq (4.3 million tonnes at 2.3 g/t Au, 430 ppm Co) at 0.37 g/t AuEq cut-off open pit and 2 g/t AuEq underground

Unconstrained Inferred Mineral Inventory for the Palokas and Raja prospects of 482,000 ounces 2.4 g/t AuEq (6.2 million tonnes at 1.7 g/t Au, 410 ppm Co) at 0.4 g/t AuEq cut-off.

The constrained resource demonstrates the high-grade of Rajapalot with open-pittable grades of 2.8 g/t AuEq (2.1 g/t Au and 420 ppm Co) and underground grades of 5.2 g/t AuEq (4.4 g/t Au and 520 ppm Co)

First resource estimate has potential to grow substantially:

  • nly 20% (800 metres) of the 4 kilometres known mineralized

trend included within the maiden resource to relatively shallow depths (average depth of drilling 88 metres within 34.2 kilometres drilled to date at Rajapalot)

Electromagnetics (EM) driving targeting below and along strike from resource areas

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Rajapalot EM Drives Resources Expansion

PAL0188: 31.3 metres at 6.0 g/t AuEq Rumajärvi PAL0037: 19.5m @ 2.1 g/t AuEq from 20.5m PAL0040: 8.0m @ 1.6 g/t AuEq from 35.3m Boulders Average 149 g/t Au 68 boulder samples >0.1 g/t (range 0.11 - 3870 g/t Au

TEM Plates extending resource area +1km length

The Hut PAL0033: 2.2m @ 7.9 g/t AuEq from 152.5m Area of ground fixed loop TEM survey underway

TEM Plates extending resource area down dip 450 metres

Palokas Maiden Resource Block Model Unconstrained Inferred Mineral Inventory for the Palokas and Raja prospects of 482,000 ounces 2.4 g/t AuEq (6.2 million tonnes at 1.7 g/t Au, 410 ppm Co) at 0.4 g/t AuEq cut-off

South Palokas Raja

Raja Maiden Resource Block Model

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AuEq g/t

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Resource Upside Evident

Raja Longitudinal View to NE Grade Block Model and TEM Plates

AuEq g/t

Conductors continue to depth, below resource block models South Palokas Cross Section TEM Plate and Block Model

100 metres

PAL0016: 8.4 m @ 5.9 g/t AuEq from 206m

100 metres NW VTEM Plate TEM Plate SE Open Open

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14 Ground Fixed Loop EM conductor extends to +1km down plunge from surface B B’

Longitudinal Section: Raja Prospect

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15 PRAJ0003 PRAJ0020 >100 50-100 10-50 <10

No significant assays

Gold equivalent (AuEq) grade x width intersections are plotted using Co 481 ppm = 1 g/t Au

Data are projected onto inclined plane dipping at 42 degrees towards 302 degrees Grade x width AuEq

PAL0030; 10.0 m @ 11.1 g/t AuEq from 110.2 m PAL0095; 9.8 m @ 1.1 g/t AuEq from 227.2 m PAL0016; 8.4 m @ 5.9 g/t AuEq from 206.0 m PRAJ0110; 35.9 m @ 2.1 g/t AuEq from 63.9 m PRAJ0114; 41.7 m @ 2.8 g/t AuEq from 58.1 m PAL0027; 21.3 m @ 6.4 g/t AuEq from 27.5 m PAL0091 15.6 m @ 2.4 g/t AuEq from 144.9 m

South Palokas Palokas

PAL0090; 8.9 m @ 3.1 g/t AuEq from 173.1 m

100 meters

UNTESTED UNTESTED

Longitudinal Section: Palokas Prospect

Conductors to +500 metre depth

PAL0173; 17.0 m @ 3.0 g/t Au from 264.0 m

UNTESTED

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Finland’s Strategic Cobalt

Finland refines half the world’s cobalt outside of China. The world’s largest cobalt refinery is located 400 kilometres to the south of Rajapalot

CRU estimates refining of 22,734 tonnes of cobalt in Finland (2017) (or 18.4% of world refined cobalt production of ~123,000 tonnes), with 90% of Finnish refined cobalt sourced from several Chinese-owned mines in the DRC

Meanwhile, Finland mines just 650 tonnes or 0.5% of the world's cobalt

Finland and Sweden are on the hunt for an ethical sources with a traceable ledger for cobalt, considered crucial for achieving climate goals. Mawson can support Finland’s ethical and sustainable needs.

New Exploration Technologies EU contribution: €6,901,276 Mawson Participant

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Excellent results of total 95% - 99% (average 97%) obtained by a combination

  • f gravity (26-48%) and conventional cyanidation*

*SGS Cornwall 17

Mineralogical work shows cobalt hosted in cobaltite (85% mass) and linneate (15% mass) in certain areas and cobalt pentlandite only in other areas

Rajapalot Gold Metallurgical Test Work

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Possible Implications for Mineral Processing Options

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Estimated grain size:

Au – 5-20 micron (>50 micron)

Cobaltite 40

Linnaeite 20 micron

Locked Cycle Test Work Planned Q2 2019

Work completed in association with Camborne School of Mines, Geological Survey of Finland

Rajapalot Cobalt QEMSCAN

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24 Month Technical Program

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May Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Sept Aug Jul Jun Oct Apr

Summer Work Winter Work

GTK Geometallurgy 7000 Cobalt Re-assays EM Geophysics Rajapalot Maiden Resource Metallurgy Testwork Au/Co 15km drilling, resource Expansion esp. Raja at depth

2018 2019

May Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Sept Aug Jul Jun Oct Apr

Summer Work Winter Work

Resource Upgrade

2019 2020

Summer Diamond Drilling Hirvimaa/ Männistö Environmental Permitting Drilling – Resource Expansion Resource Upgrade Summer Diamond Drilling Hirvimaa/Männistö

6 month budget: C$5M

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Explore, Discover and Develop

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Mawson team has a strong track record

Creation of C$500M combined market cap. during last cycle through discovery, acquisition, corporate restructuring and relationships:

Discovery 4th largest global HREE resource

New gold camp Finland

Graphite mine reopen

Large zinc discovery Peru, zinc resource expansion Ireland

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Poised to capitalize on increased interest in Finnish exploration

15,000 metre resource expansion just completing

Active drill programs and fully financed

Significant and strategic regional-scale gold-cobalt discovery in Northern Finland

Substantial potential to grow, with resource only representing 20% (800m) of the 4km trend to shallow depths (av. depth drilling 88m)

Strategic & institutional shareholder base +60% (incl. Goldcorp, Areva, private equity and US endowments)

Summary

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MAWSON RESOURCES LTD INVESTOR RELATIONS (CANADA) MAWSON OY SUOMI (FINLAND)

Mariana Bermudez

  • Corporate Secretary

Tel: +1 (604) 685 9316 Fax: +1 (604) 683 1585 info@mawsonresources.com Noora Ahola Environmental Director Ahjotie 7, 96320 Rovaniemi, Finland nahola@mawson.fi

Contact Us

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Kittilä Timeline

1986

Discovery GTK

Visible Gold SSW Suurikuusikko 1986 01

77 drill holes

Two campaigns 9319m 1987-1997 02 1996

0.285 Moz

1.5Mt @ 5.9 g/t Au (285K Oz Au) 1997 03

Agnico

Acquisition 2005 US$150 million 05

Riddarhyttan

Public tender April 1998 04 2016 07

Mine

Decision 2006

468 drill holes

143km 1998-2005 06

2.6 Moz

16Mt @ 5.1g/t Au 2007 08

7.4 Moz

26.9Mt @ 4.7g/t Au 2007 10 2006 09

575 drill holes

140 km 2006-2008

PIVOT

5.7 Moz Au 2008 ML 2003

First Resource Published

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Comparables

Aurion Resources Ltd (TSXV:AU) C$82.4M

www.aurionresources.com

Rupert Resources Ltd (TSXV:RUP) C$99.6M

www.rupertresources.com

Mawson Resources Ltd (TSX:MAW) C$31.3M

www.mawsonresources.com

14 Apr. 2019

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22 metres @ 2.9 g/t AuEq, 1.5 g/t Au, 662 ppm Co

Original Assay 9.0 m @ 3.2 g/t Au AuEq % increase 114%

Combined gold-cobalt mineralized intersections display increased widths and often show better continuity

Cobalt mineralization is hosted in cobaltite and cobalt pentlandite that are conventionally mined and processed in other deposits

Cobalt ppm Gold Eq ppm Gold ppm Lithology Code Downhole Depth (m)

Au/Co Distribution: Drill Hole PRAJ0110

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▪ 82% of the Rompas-Rajapalot project lie outside of Natura areas ▪ Natura 2000 sites cover about 14% of Finland, 18% of the EU's

land area and approximately 30% of Northern Finland

▪ Mawson ARE permitted to complete all exploration in Rajapalot

Natura zones – 15 year permit with 3 year renewals

▪ The next step required will come at mining where we may need

biodiversity offsets within Natura areas (20% of exploration permit area)

26 ▪ There are mining projects that have been permitted

and are in production including Krumovgrad, Prosper Haniel and Mechelse Heide Zuid

▪ Anglo American is currently permitting the Sakatti

Ni-Cu-PGE project in Natura for mining in Finland

Finland, Mawson & Natura