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An ASX listing, an updated resource and the launch of
         feasibility work; if everything goes to plan, Sarama Resources
         Inc could become one of the West African gold stories of 2022
         and beyond.




























                                                            Establishing



                                                            Burkina Faso’s

          Sarama Resources Ltd
          TSX-V:    SWA
          ASX:      Proposed listing 2021                   next gold district
          Head office:    Suite 8, 245 Churchill Avenue Subiaco WA 6008
                    Australia
          Phone:    +61 8 9363 7600
          Fax:      +61 8 9382 4309
          Email:     info@saramaresources.ca                An ASX listing, an updated resource and the launch of feasibility work;
          Twitter:    @SaramaResources                      if everything goes to plan, Sarama Resources could become one of
          LinkedIn:    Sarama Resources                     the West African gold stories of 2022 and beyond.
          Key people:    Simon Jackson (non-executive chairman);   Sarama is a long-term participant in the West African exploration
                    Andrew Dinning (managing director); Adrian Byass     scene, having delineated 2.5 moz gold on its Sanutura Project in south-
                    (non-executive director); Steve Zaninovich       west Burkina Faso since listing on the TSX in 2010.
                    (non-executive director)                However, having seen progress at Sanutura stall for several years due
          Market cap:    $C31 million                       to a poorly performing JV, the company managed to successfully re-
          Share price:    34c/share                         gain control and has chosen to reinvigorate itself, refreshing the board
          Projects:    Sanutura – Houndé and Boromo Greenstone Belts,     and subsequently choosing to dual list on the ASX.
                    south-west Burkina Faso
          Resources:    9.4mt @ 1.9 g/t for 600,000oz (indicated) plus       For chief executive Andrew Dinning, the move amounts to a resetting
                    43.6mt @ 1.4 g/t for 1.9 moz (inferred) reported at     for the company.
                    cut-off grades ranging 0.2-1.6 g/t      “There was a natural progression to a restructured board. Because of
          Bondi:    4.1mt @ 2.1 g/t for 282,000oz gold (measured       the global pandemic it was becoming increasingly difficult to operate
                    and indicated) plus 2.5mt @ 1.8 g/t Au for   with a board split between Canada and Australia,” Dinning explains.
                    149,700oz (inferred), reported at a 0.5 g/t cut-off   “Ultimately, it has proven a circuit breaker for the company. It has led
          Koumandara:  Banfora Belt, south-west Burkina Faso  to a revising of the company strategy, a recent capital raising and an
          Karankasso JV:  Endeavour Mining Corp/ Sarama 20% participating    update to the resource at Sanutura.”
                    interest
          Resources:    12.74mt @ 1.73 g/t for 709,000oz gold
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