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Corporate Presentation, 2020-11 v3 TSX-V: GMC / FSE: R9G / OTCQB: RGDCF
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Forward-Looking Statements
This presentation contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address events or developments that Gaia Metals Corp. expects to occur, are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur.
Although Gaia Metals Corp. believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include market prices, exploration and production successes or failures, continued availability of capital and financing, inability to obtain required shareholder or regulatory approvals, and general economic market or business conditions.
Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Gaia Metals Corp. management on the date the statements are made.
The technical information in this presentation has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in NI 43-101 and reviewed on behalf of the Company by Mr. Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P.Geo., of Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. and Vice President of Exploration for Gaia Metals Corp, a Qualified Person and registered permit holder with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec.
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Capital Structure
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SHARESOUTSTANDING 29,703,817
WARRANTS 17,406,451
OPTIONS 2,672,400
SHARESFULLYDILUTED 49,782,668 Suite 500 – 666 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC V6C 3P6 778 945 2950 [email protected]
ASOFNOVEMBER19TH,2020
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Board of Directors and Management
DUSAN BERKA, P. ENG.
CFO & Director
Having worked in Europe and Americas, Mr. Berka
has 50 years of international business and engineering experience. He also has extensive
experience in the capital markets, financing,
marketing, management and administration of public
companies.
During the past 39 years, Mr. Berka has served as a
Director and Senior Officer of various public companies traded on the NASDAQ, TSX, TSX
Venture and CSE. Mr. Berka is a graduate engineer
with a M.Sc. (Dipl. Ing.) degree from Slovak
Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia (1968),
and has been a member of the Association of
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia since 1977.
PAUL CHUNG, B.SC., MBA
Director
Mr. Chung holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Geology from the University of British Columbia & a Masters of Business Administration in IT from
Athabasca University.
Mr. Chung is experienced in project management,
bringing companies to the public markets &
international transactions. Mr. Chung has conducted
operations in N. & S. America & China & is experienced in asset acquisition, financings, &
marketing for multi-location international businesses.
Mr. Chung helped to identify a suite of lithium
projects (Mariana brine in Argentina, Avalonia
project in Ireland, Mavis Lake lithium/rare metals
project in Ontario). These are the core projects for International Lithium Corp & their strategic partner
Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd. of China.
ADRIAN LAMOUREUX President, CEO, & Director
Mr. Lamoureux has worked in the venture capital
markets for the past 12 years, specializing in the design & implementation of market strategies and
corporate development.
Mr. Lamoureux has particular expertise in the
mineral exploration & development sector. During
his time working in the venture capital markets, Mr.
Lamoureux has financed a number of successful private & public companies.
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Board of Directors and Management
BLAIR WAY, B.SC., MBA, FAUSIMM
Director
Mr. Way is an experienced international
executive with over 30 years management
experience within the resources and construction
industry throughout Australasia, Canada, the
United States and Europe. A highly respected project developer in the most challenging of
environs. Mr Way has experience in a wide range
of commodities including gold, copper, nickel,
zinc, magnesium, graphite, cobalt and lithium.
KELLY PLADSON Corporate Secretary
Kelly Pladson has provided corporate
governance & regulatory compliance services to many TSX Venture & CSE
listed companies since 2009. She
works closely with the company’s
CEO and legal counsel in maintaining
corporate records, managing the day-
to-day operations of the company & ensuring the company’s filings with
the secur i t ies commiss ions &
exchanges are accurately filed & in
accordance with their deadlines. Prior
to 2009, Ms. Pladson was an
investment advisor’s assistant for two years.
TODD HANAS Director
Mr. Hanas is a marketing and
communications/sales specialist with
24 years of experience in all aspects of
business communications, corporate
identity, corporate finance and investor relations/consulting for both private
and public companies.
Mr. Hanas has proven resource, oil
and gas exploration and production
expertise with significant experience
and success in start-up, early-stage junior resource companies. Mr. Hanas
is currently president and chief
executive officer of Bluesky Corporate
Communications Ltd.
DARREN SMITH, M.SC., P.GEO
Vice President of Exploration
With more than 15 years experience in the industry, Mr. Smith specializes in high-
level project management including program
design and implementation, technical reporting,
land management, community engagement, and
corporate disclosure. He has provided technical
oversight for PEA, PFS, and FS level projects as well as complex metallurgical programs.
M r . S m i t h ’ s e x p e r i e n c e i n c l u d e s
carbonatite complexes & associated metals (rare
earth elements, tantalum, niobium, scandium),
lithium, cobalt, graphite, phosphate, fluorspar,
uranium, as well as base & precious metals.
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Gold and Silver Breaking Out
o Gold price breakout above $1,400 and recent trading above $1,900
o “Lack of discoveries and declining production will drive both gold prices higher and drive M&A”
Sprott Asset Management (2016)
o Strong potential for greenstone (lode) and high-sulphidation epithermal deposit types on the Company’s properties
o Gold to silver ratio recently at highest level in almost 30 years (>80) and is poised for reversion to more normalized levels (~50-60) – leverage to increasing silver price
Source:911Metallurgist,AndrewJackson
Goldpricebreakout Silverprice
breakout
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Located primarily on BLM land in mining friendly Idaho, USA
Straightforward
permitting process
Two advanced target areas
Gold Dyke Prospect &
Carmen Creek Prospect
Historical drill intersections include
1.5 g/t Au and 12.1 g/t Ag over 44.2 m
Near-surface, open pit
potential
Freeman Creek Summary
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Freeman Creek Jurisdiction
The Freeman Creek Property is located within Lemhi County, Idaho
o The 2019 Frasier institutes Annual Survey of Mining Companies ranks Idaho in 8th place on the investment attractiveness index
o Financings for Idaho related exploration companies during the last half of 2019 exceeded $70 million
o During early 2020, numerous financings and transactions for Idaho related precious metal assets were concluded, notable activity includes:
o Centerra Gold Option for Oakley Project
o Excellon buyout of Otis Gold
o Midas Gold $US 35 million financing
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Freeman Creek Region
Beartrack-Arnett (Revival Gold) - NI 43-101 resource of 36.4 Mt at 1.16 g/t Au (1.35 Moz) ind. & 47.2 Mt at 1.08 g/t Au (1.64 Moz) inf.
Lemhi Gold (Freeman Gold) - Historical resource of 24.2 Mt at 0.81 g/t Au (570k oz) meas. & ind., & 13.8 Mt at 0.61 g/t Au (269k oz) inf.
ICO Project (Jervois Mining)
Musgrove (privately held)
Breccia Gold (Ophir Gold)
o Located about 15 km NE of Salmon, Idaho, within Lemhi County
o Northeast trending Trans-Challis Fault system demarks approximate boundaries of new metallogenic (Au, Ag) province
o Long history of both hard-rock and placer gold mining with several notable gold discoveries:
o Revival Gold’s Beartrack-Arnett Project o Freeman Gold’s Lemhi Gold Project o Ophir Gold’s Breccia Gold Project
o Freeman Creek Property hosts two known zones of base & precious metal mineralization
o Gold Dyke Prospect (Au, Ag, +/- Cu)
o Carmen Creek Prospect (Au, Ag, Cu)
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Freeman Creek History 1.7 g/t Au and 17.1 g/t Ag over 21.3 m
1.5 g/t Au and 12.1 g/t Ag over 44.2 m
Gold Dyke Prospect
o 1910’s: three adits, drilling, and several open cut trenches represent the earliest known work
o Trench: 6.86 g/t Au and 199 g/t Ag over 7.0 m o Trench: 19.9 g/t Au, 65 g/t Ag, 1.05% Cu, and
10.7% Zn over 3.7 m o DH #2: 4.25 g/t Au and 37.7 g/t Ag over 3.1 m
o 1970’s: Two diamond drill holes
o Hole #1: 0.46 g/t Au, 7.1 g/t Ag, and 0.10% Cu over 13.7 m
o 1980’s: Several rotary drill holes (St Joe American Corp)
o RDH 8: 1.5 g/t Au and 12.1 g/t Ag over 44.2 m o RDH 10: 1.7 g/t Au and 17.1 g/t Ag over 21.3 m
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Freeman Creek History
Gold Dyke Prospect
o Tested historically with only a limited number of shallow drill holes (<150 metres depth)
o A small historical resource1 (non NI 43-101) containing about 20,000 oz of gold, 190,000 oz of silver, plus lead-zinc-copper by-products was estimated based on drill holes RDH-8 and 10. Tonnages and grades reported range from 325k to 416k tons and 0.9 to 2.6 g/t Au, respectively (HB files, 1987)
o Previous operators calculated a historical resource1 “in excess of 15,000,000 tons” based solely off “exposed adits and surfaces free of overburden”. No details of grade or contained ounces of gold was reported (Preliminary Report of Porphyry Dike Property, 1962)
1. Management cautions that the historical estimates documented for the Gold Dyke Prospect have not been independently verified by a Qualified Person and were not completed in accordance with NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and therefore should not be relied upon. The historical estimates are not mineral resources and should therefore not be treated as such.
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Freeman Creek History
Carmen Creek Prospect
o Located in northwest area of Property, ~3 km from the Gold Dyke Prospect
o A small mill was installed at the site in 1910 to process mineralized material from mine operations; however, few records detailing the development, production, or head-grade exist
o Historical samples from surface outcrop and mine workings assayed 14.15 g/t Au, 63 g/t Ag, and 1.2% Cu, and 1.8 g/t Au, 43 g/t Ag, and 1% Cu, respectively
o Mineralization described as a “gold and copper bearing exhalate zone, a few tens of meters thick…” and “gold and copper are concentrated in lenses of massive quartz and magnetite” CarmenCreekVein(Umpleby,1913)
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Freeman Creek 2020 Work
Carmen Creek Prospect
o Multiple, closely spaced, parallel trending mineralized structures/vein(s) identified over a mapped strike length of at least 1.2 km, and are open at both ends
o Surface sampling results include:
o 25.5 g/t Au, 159 g/t Ag and 9.75% Cu
o 15.3 g/t Au, 41.0 g/t Ag, and 0.76% Cu
o 2.0 g/t Au, 269 g/t Ag, and 11.4% Cu
o 5.0 g/t Au, 148 g/t Ag, and 32.0% Cu
o Prospect has never been drill tested – permitting underway
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Freeman Creek 2020 Work
Gold Dyke Prospect
o Strong & extensive (800 m x 700 m) gold soil geochemical anomaly identified
o High-grade gold, silver, +/- copper mineralization sampled at surface
o 10.9 g/t Au, 80.1 g/t Ag, and 0.72% Cu
o 4.32 g/t Au and 292 g/t Ag
o New Phaser Showing discovered 1.3 km NE of main prospect - 2.06 g/t Au, 23.1 g/t Ag, and 0.56% Cu
o Analysis pending for additional 2020 surface samples
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Freeman Creek 2020 Work
Gold Dyke Prospect
o Four (4) HQ size diamond drill holes totalling 457 m completed in October-November 2020
o Includes twin (FC20-003) of historical drill hole RDH-8 (1.5 g/t Au and 12.1 g/t Ag over 44.2 m)
o Each 2020 hole intersected near-surface zones of variably altered metasediments, with common to abundant quartz veining, silicification, sulphides, and brecciated/vuggy textures
o Zone remains open in all directions and has been tested over a strike length of ~250 m
o Assay results of drill core samples are pending
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o Mineralization at Freeman Creek is interpreted to be associated with a high sulfidation (HS) gold system, which generally form a vertical continuum from a shallow epithermal setting downward to porphyry Cu/Au deposits
o The term “HS” generally refers to the highly oxidized state of sulfur within the hydrothermal system
o A ubiquitous alteration feature of HS deposits is the presence of fracture controlled vuggy silica, which is formed by intense acid leaching
o Deposits display a wide range of styles of mineralization including disseminations, hydrothermal breccias, stockworks, and veins
o Deposits can exceed 40 million ounces, with grades in excess of 1 g/t Au, 20 g/t Ag
Freeman Creek Deposit Type
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Freeman Creek Next Steps (2020 / 2021)
o Receive final assays from the 2020 surface sampling and drill program
o Produce geological model from 2020 surface and drill data
o Complete follow-up drill program at the Gold Dyke Prospect
o Evaluate and advance winter geophysical survey methods for drill targeting at the Carmen Creek Prospect
o Complete drill hole permitting for inaugural drill program at the Carmen Creek Prospect
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ADRIAN LAMOUREUX President, CEO, & Director [email protected] Suite 500 – 666 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC V6C 3P6
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