TSX-V: SFX Successfully Generating ROBUST ZINC PROJECTS Corporate Presentation September 2018
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This corporate presentation may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and activities to vary materially from targeted results and planning. Such risks and uncertainties include those described in Sphinx’s periodic reports including the annual report or in the filings made by Sphinx from time to time with securities regulatory authorities. The technical information contained in this presentation has been reviewed and approved by Normand Champigny, ing., B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., President and CEO of Sphinx, qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. 2
SUMMARY TSX-V listed Deals made with strong (ticker SFX ) partners: Goldcorp, Osisko exploration company Metals, SOQUEM Focused on Project generator Quebec and zinc business model key to maximizing long term shareholder value Team of three mine finders in Eastern Canada 3
OWNERSHIP Shares outstanding 100 M Fully diluted 146 M Management, Board 14% Quebec institutions 16% Top 100 shareholders 95% of shares Key suppliers and Pontiac area shareholders 16% 4
TEAM: Management and Directors Normand Champigny, M.A.Sc., Eng. John W. W. Hick, B.A., LL.B. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Chairman of the Board 37 years of experience in exploration More than 30 years of experience in the and management in Canada and mining industry in management positions internationally and as independent director Kerry E. Sparkes, M.Sc. Michel Gauthier, Ph.D. Director Director More than 25 years of experience in 44 years of experience the mining industry, exploration geologist Professor of mineral prospecting at and executive l’Université du Québec in Montréal Key person involved in the exploration, Co-baptized a gold prospect, named delineation and development of both the Éléonore, in the Eeyou Istchee Voisey’s Bay nickel and the Rainy River James Bay territory gold deposits Currently V.P . Geology for Franco-Nevada Corporation 5
TEAM: Management and Directors (continued) François Biron, Eng. Ingrid Martin, CPA, CA Director Chief Financial Officer and Director More than 40 years of experience in Over 25 years of experience in project evaluations and operations accounting and finance of public management companies and since 2004 involved with several mineral exploration Considerable experience with companies environmental issues and social acceptability of mining projects Sylvain Laberge Advisory Committee More than 25 years of experience in the mining industry and corporate communications 6
STRATEGY and Focus Maximize deal flow with strategic partners Generate quality projects with: Zinc (± other base and precious metals) Maintain a diverse portfolio Good social acceptability with projects: Low cost exploration In different high grade through a focus on drilling metamorphic terranes of and leveraging strategic different levels of advancement partnerships Concentrate on Quebec 7
SUCCESSFUL Project Generator Social acceptability Project generation LONG-TERM SHAREHOLDER Ground VALUE Deal flow access with strategic partners Precious and base metals potential HIGH GRADE METAMORPHIC TERRANES 8
WHY ZINC? Supply and Inventory Declining Zinc Price vs. Inventory (2010 – current) Source: Macquarie, April 27, 2018 9
ZINC DEMAND DRIVERS Infrastructure and New Applications Source: Osisko Metals, May, 2018 Global infrastructure projects and New applications driving zinc consumption: urbanization continue to drive need for zinc agriculture (nutrient/fertilizer), electrically- charged zinc-air batteries, renewable power Global demand growth expected of 2.4%* storage and fuel cells (batteries market could Tightening environmental regulations in represent a 3% - 6% annual impact on future China forcing closures, 6% decrease in demand (Stormcrow Capital, February 2018) Chinese production in 2017, and 40% increase in zinc imports * Source: National Bank Analyst, Shane Nagle, 2018 10
WHY QUEBEC? Quebec: 6th rank on worldwide investment attractiveness index Fraser Institute - Survey of mining companies 2017 Significant tax advantages (tax credit and low after-tax cost for flow-through-share) Sphinx’s team has considerable experience in Quebec 11
2013 TO 2018 15 Transactions Including Osisko Metals Sirios Resources (50% joint venture) (Sold to QPM June 2018) Grenville Project: Zinc Cheechoo-Éléonore Trend: Gold SOQUEM Goldcorp and Quebec Precious (50% joint venture) Metals Corporation (QPM) Quebec’s exploration (closed June 2018) agency, 50 years, Cheechoo-Éléonore Trend, 350 projects, 8 mines Chemin Troïlus and Calumet-Sud: Zinc Somanike: Gold Gardin - Michel Gauthier (100% Sphinx) Calumet-Sud and Tessouat: Zinc and GPd: Palladium 12
OSISKO METALS Joint Venture Grenville Zinc Project: Joint management committee 50-50% JV with to explore to design and oversee for zinc in highly prospective the exploration program areas of the Grenville geological province in Sphinx acts as operator southern Quebec If a party's interest dilutes to Minimum of $1,100,000 by 10% or less, its interest shall each party over the next five be converted to a 2% net years including $100,000 smelter return royalty during the first year 13
ZIAC (‘ZINC-PONTIAC’) DISTRICT 40-km long northwest Projects within the Ziac trending corridor defined Calumet-Sud (12 km 2 ) by zinc-bearing rocks 50% Sphinx (excluded from joint venture 50% SOQUEM with Osisko) Tessouat (13 km 2 ) 100% Sphinx Similar to Balmat-Edwards- GPd (41 km 2 ) Pierrepont zinc district, 100% Sphinx New York state Tessouat-Sud (177 km 2 ) 100% Sphinx Obwondiag (53 km 2 ) 100% Sphinx 14
PROJECTS 15
CALUMET-SUD Zinc Project 50-50% joint venture with SOQUEM, 2% NSR to Gardin Strong 1,800 m long lead-zinc anomaly adjacent to New Calumet Mines First 13-hole drill program 3 m at 4% zinc in an extensive mineralized zone (over 1 km 2 ) Channel sample composites Second 11-hole drill program 20.3 m at 2.4% Zn 13.1% zinc over 1.0 m within 6.0 m at 3.2% Zn 3.8% zinc over 5.0 m 4.0 m at 3.3% Zn 9.0% zinc over 1.0 m within 3.1% zinc over 6.4 m Drill mineralized horizon to 6.6% zinc over 1.4 m within establish continuity and resource 3.0% zinc over 6.8 m potential - Q3 2018 to Q1 2019 Stratiform, shallow-dipping and near- surface horizon over a surface area 113 m by 60 m 16
SPHALERITE Bands Sphalerite bands 17
NEW CALUMET MINES AREA New Calumet Mines Area – Pontiac MRC, Québec, Canada 18
CALUMET-SUD PROJECT Sonny Zone Calumet-Sud Project (Sphinx – SOQUEM JV) 19
CALUMET-SUD PROJECT Sonny Zone Calumet-Sud Project – Sonny Zone (Sphinx – SOQUEM JV) 20
TESSOUAT Zinc Project Strong 400 m by 400 m lead-zinc anomaly up to 5,650 ppm zinc over favourable host rock Follow-up program: trenching and 100%-owned drilling Q3-Q4 2018 by Sphinx, 2% NSR to Gardin 21
VALUE DRIVERS 2018-2019 Five-Year Plan Drill and establish Advance projects with strong resources potential partners that are socially acceptable with year-round Calumet-Sud access Define targets and drill Make one or more Tessouat (trench and drill) mine discoveries Obwondiag and Tessouat-Sud (soil sampling) Create significant Plan program shareholder value Grenville Zinc Project with Osisko Metals Receive value from gold projects Closed transaction with Quebec Precious Metals Corporation 22
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