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Great Basin Heap Leach Comparables






            Average ROM Resource / Reserves Grade (excluding Long Canyon): ~0.50 g/t Au
            Average Au Recovery: ~70%



                                                                                                                  Reserve/Resource                                   Cut-off grade
              Company                 Asset                  Location        Stage             Process                                       Au Recovery (%)
                                                                                                                  grade (g/t Au)                                     (g/t Au)
              SSR Mining              Marigold               Nevada          Operating         ROM                0.49 1                     70 1                    0.065 1

              Nevada Gold Mines       Long Canyon            Nevada          Operating         ROM                2.21 2                     80 2                    0.24 2

              Kinross                 Round Mountain         Nevada          Operating         ROM                0.42 3A                    61 3B                   0.16 3C

              Kinross                 Bald Mountain          Nevada          Operating         ROM                0.60 4A                    60 4B                   0.14 4C

              Fiore                   Pan                    Nevada          Operating         ROM/Crush          0.42 5                     60-80  5                0.09 5

              Equinox                 Mesquite               California      Operating         ROM                0.54 6A                    75 6B                   0.125 6B

              Equinox                 Castle Mountain        California      Operating         ROM                0.51 6A                    72.4 6C                 0.17 6C
              Liberty Gold            Goldstrike             Utah            PEA               ROM                0.50 7A                    ~78 7B                  0.20 7A


              Liberty Gold            Black Pine             Idaho           Resource          ROM/Crush          0.51 8A                    ~70-80  8B              0.20 8A

                                                                                                       1  SSR 2020 AIF                          March 2021 Technical Report
                                                                                                       2  Barrick 2020 AIF                      7A  2018 M&I Grade (Liberty Gold Press Release, 2018);
           • Open-pit, run-of-mine heap-leach operations are some of                                   3A  Kinross 2020 Annual Report, Heap Leach, 2020 head   7B  Variable by grade; estimated from column tests and
                                                                                                           3B
              the lowest cost gold producers in the world                                              grade;  Kinross 2020 AIF Average recovery (range 46%   projected to ROM
                                                                                                                                                8A
                                                                                                                                                 Liberty Gold Press Release, July 13, 2021, M&I grade
                                                                                                            3C
                                                                                                       to 76%)  Kinross 2020 AIF Mineral Reserves cut-off
                                                                                                       4A  Kinross 2020 Reserve Statement  Kinross 2020 AIF   8B  Weighted average from column tests; projected to
                                                                                                                              4B
           • Can operate down to very low average grades and cut-                                      average recovery (range: 36% to 83%)  Kinross 2020   ROM material size up to 80% recoveries; Liberty Gold
                                                                                                                                4C
                                                                                                       AIF
                                                                                                                                                Press Release
              offs                                                                                     5  Fiore August 2021 corporate presentation
                                                                                                       6A  Equinox 2020 Reserve Statement;  Mesquite May
                                                                                                                               6B
                                                                                                       2020 Technical Report (oxide-ores) 6C  Castle Mountain
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