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High Grade Gold-Cobalt Resource Expansion in Finland

Corporate Presentation January 2019

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18 Jan. 2018

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

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Top three in-country gold resources and growing fast

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

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

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

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15,000 resource expansion drill program starts Jan ’19

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Fully financed for this drill season

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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 (17 Jan. 2019) C$0.23 Basic Shares Outstanding 141.6M Fully Diluted 171.9M Basic Market Capitalization C$32.6M Cash (est. 17 Jan. 2018) C$7.5M TOTAL ENTERPRISE VALUE C$25.1M 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

Stock Options 23 Sep ’19 $0.35 4,620,000 12 May ’20 $0.365 50,000 15 Jun ’20 $0.39 400,000 Warrants 02 Dec ’19 $0.60 7,500,000 08 Dec ’19 $0.44 773,702 08 Dec ’19 $0.50 7,512,933 14 Feb ’20 $0.65 9,500,000

Share Price Performance – 1 Year

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

Ownership & Capital Structure

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. Administration

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

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Metal basket of Europe

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+500 year history, many Tier 1 projects

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Reformation since early 1990’s. Clear guidelines

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Safe

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Cheap Grid Power

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Water

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Roads

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

Huge Benefits for Developers Investment Attractiveness Index

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Skilled workforce

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Airport

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No FIFO

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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

9 Main gold- cobalt work focused to date

Rompas-Rajapalot Prospect Locations

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Resource Upside Evident and Growing

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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

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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.

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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)

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First resource estimate has potential to grow substantially:

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• 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)

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

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EM Drives Resources Expansion

Raja Maiden Resource Block Model PAL0118 20.7m @ 5.6 g/t AuEq from 365.3m PAL0062 13.5m @ 4.5 g/t AuEq from 180.0m PAL0092 5.0m @ 16.1 g/t AuEq from 245.0m PAL0093 33.6m @ 9.7 g/t AuEq from 244.1m PAL0097 11.0m @ 2.6 g/t AuEq from 276.3m Rumajärvi/ PAL0037: 19.5m @ 2.1 g/t AuEq from 20.5m PAL0040: 8.0m @ 1.6 g/t AuEq from 35.3m

1 km

South Palokas Maiden Resource Block Model

Fixed Loop TEM Plates extending resource area +1km length VTEMplus Plates

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

VTEM and TEM Plates doubling resource area down dip

Palokas Maiden Resource Block Model PRAJ0003 13.0m @ 8.3 g/t AuEq from 0m PRAJ0009 30.8m @ 8.2 g/t AuEq from 2.5m PRAJ0107 15.0m @ 8.7 g/t AuEq from 24.7m PRAJ0109 33.0m @ 4.2 g/t AuEq from 38.7m

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

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

Longitudinal Section: Raja Prospect

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Finland’s Strategic Cobalt

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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

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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

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

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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 15

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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

Possible Implications for Mineral Processing Options

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Estimated grain size:

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Au – 5-20 micron (>50 micron)

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Cobaltite 40

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Linnaeite 20 micron

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Locked Cycle Test Work Planned Q1 2019

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

Rajapalot Cobalt QEMSCAN

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$6M

Western USA – Bonus Optionality

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One

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the largest areas for exploration in mainland USA (56 kilometres x 39 kilometres);

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Behind locked gates for more than 150 years;

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Prospective for high and low sulphidation epithermal gold systems;

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Sharp focus remains on flagship in Finland, while the WUSA project is an opportunity for rapid progress and discovery in an alternate jurisdiction. No share, low cash in ground deal;

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Explored with a view to potential future joint venture, strategic alliance, or corporate transaction;

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Western Cascade Ranges of Lane and Douglas Counties, Oregon, USA;

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Oregon projects currently progressing through permitting to mine: Paramount Gold NV – Grassy Mountain, Alamos – Quartz Mountain.

Western USA – Drilling now

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Scorpion-Cinnabar A 2.2 km long and up to 400-metre-wide zone where soil geochemical samples regularly exceed 1g/t gold (up to 5.51g/t) above highly acid altered rocks. Huckleberry A series of siliceous ridges which trend

• ver 3 kilometres, with high sulphidation

vuggy silica textures and acidic steam vents that outcrop for 1,000 metres. Geochemically anomalous rock samples with Sb, As, Hg, Bi, Mo are coincident with classic epithermal alteration zones (alunitic, silicification, argillic and propylitic). Both prospects never drilled

Explore, Discover and Develop

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Mawson team has a strong track record

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

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Discovery 4th largest global HREE resource

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New gold camp Finland

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Graphite mine reopen

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Large zinc discovery Peru, zinc resource expansion Ireland

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Poised to capitalize on increased interest in Finnish exploration

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15,000 resource expansion drill program starts Jan ’19

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Active drill programs and fully financed

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

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

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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

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$62.5M

www.aurionresources.com

Rupert Resources Ltd (TSXV:RUP) C$109.3M

www.rupertresources.com

Mawson Resources Ltd (TSX:MAW) C$32.6M

www.mawsonresources.com

17 Jan 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%

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

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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

1 km

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Initial areas included in the maiden resource calculation

Rumajärvi/The Hut PAL0033: 2.2m @ 7.9 g/t AuEq from 152.5m PAL0037: 19.5m @ 2.1 g/t AuEq from 20.5m PAL0040: 8.0m @ 1.6 g/t AuEq from 35.3m PAL0043 12.0m @ 1.5 g/t AuEq from 10.6 metres Raja PAL0062 13.5m @ 4.5 g/t AuEq from 180.0m PAL0092 5.0m @ 16.1 g/t AuEq from 245.0m PAL0093 33.6m @ 9.7 g/t AuEq from 244.1m PAL0097 11.0m @ 2.6 g/t AuEq from 276.3m PAL0048 13.7m @ 3.6 g/t AuEq from 82m PAL0118 20.7m @ 5.6 g/t AuEq from 365.3m PAL0075: 10.8m @ 8.7g/t AuEq from 82.2m Boardwalk Prospect (boulder source not yet discovered)

Gold Host Horizon RAJA UNTESTED UNTESTED A A’ B B’

Rajapalot Drill Results

Palokas PRAJ0003 13.0m @ 8.3 g/t AuEq from 0m PRAJ0009 30.8m @ 8.2 g/t AuEq from 2.5m PRAJ0107 15.0m @ 8.7 g/t AuEq from 24.7m PRAJ0109 33.0m @ 4.2 g/t AuEq from 38.7m

Drillhole Assays PALOKAS

▪ 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)

27 ▪ 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