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A WELL-FUNDED QUEBEC-ONTARIO GOLD EXPLORER AND DEVELOPER
September 2016
2TSXV: PRB
Cautionary Notes
Forward Looking InformationThis presentation may include certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including, without limitation, statements regarding future plans and objectives of Probe Metals Inc. (“the Company”), future opportunities and anticipated goals, the business combination, the combined company’s portfolio, treasury, management team, projected capital and operating expenses, the proposed private placement with Goldcorp Inc., the timing of the business combination, timetable to permitting and production and the prospective mineralization of the properties, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks, assumptions, estimates and uncertainties. Generally, forward looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, including but not limited to: an inability to complete the business combination; general business, economic, competitive, geopolitical and social uncertainties; delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, regulatory, environmental or other required approval; the actual results of current exploration activities; acquisition risks; and other risks of the mining and resource industry. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. These statements reflect the current internal projections, expectations or beliefs of the Company are based on information currently available to the Company. The Company do not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. The Company believe that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this presentation should not be unduly relied upon by investors as actual results may vary. Unless required to be updated pursuant to securities laws, these statements speak only as of the date of this presentation and are expressly qualified, in their entirety, by this cautionary statement.
National Instrument 43-101Technical and scientific information contained herein relating to the Projects is derived from National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) compliant technical reports (“Reports”) Mineral Resources Val d’Or East Property dated January 4, 2013. Technical and scientific information not contained within the Report and contained in this Presentation has been reviewed and approved by Independent Qualified Persons Yann Camus and Claude Duplessis, of SGS Canada Inc., whom are independent “qualified person” under NI 43-101. The Technical Report is available for revision on SEDAR at www.SEDAR.com under the Company’s profile. This Presentation uses the terms “indicated resources” and “inferred resources”. Although these terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations (under NI 43-101), the United States Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize them. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. There is no guarantee that all or any part of the mineral resource will be converted into mineral reserves. In addition, “inferred resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre feasibility studies, or economic studies, except for a Preliminary Assessment as defined under NI 43-101. Investors are cautioned not to assume that part or all of an inferred resource exists, or is economically or legally mineable.
CurrencyUnless otherwise indicated, all dollar values herein are in Canadian $.
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EXISTING GOLD RESOURCE WITH EXPLORATION UPSIDE Val d’Or East Project Initial NI 43-101 resource estimate1: 770koz Au @ 2.63 g/t Inferred
EXCELLENT FINANCIAL POSITION Cash position over $30 million
EXPLORATION PROGRAMS UNDERWAY Active drill programs at Val-d’Or East & Detour Quebec projects
ATTRACTIVE UPSIDE POTENTIAL: NEW DISCOVERIES Strategic land position within some of the most prolific gold belts in Ontario and Quebec: Val d’Or, West Timmins, Casa-Berardi and Detour Quebec
PROVEN TRACK RECORD of delivering shareholder value through mineral discovery and project development as evidenced by the sale of the Borden Gold Project for $526 million to Goldcorp in March 2015
STRONG JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS Agnico Eagle, Tahoe & SOQUEM
STRATEGIC INVESTOR Goldcorp, a global senior gold producer
Investment HighlightsA Leading Canadian Gold Explorer and Developer
(1) Source: NI 43-101 technical report Mineral Resources Val-d’Or East Gold Project, January 2013
Jamie SokalskyChairman Currently, Director of Agnico Eagle Mines, Royal Gold and
Pengrowth Energy Former President & CEO of Barrick Gold Corporation (2012-2014) Former CFO of Barrick Gold Corporation (1999 to 2012)
Yves DessureaultChief Operating Officer Former COO of Probe Mines (2014-2015) Has over 25 years of experience in Operations, Project Evaluation
& Mine Development Former mining executive at BBA, Rio Tinto and Hatch
Management
Patrick LangloisVice President, Corporate Development Former Vice President of Probe Mines (2012 to 2015) Has over 15 years of experience in Corporate Development,
Venture Capital & Investment Banking
Gord McCrearyDirector Former Director of Probe Mines (2012 to 2015) Former CEO of Baffinland Iron Mines Founding officer of Kinross Gold
Basil HaymannDirector Former Director of Probe Mines (2013 to 2015) Entrepreneur, currently Chairman of FabriTec Structures LLC Has 50 plus years of experience founding and taking companies
to top levels of success in their industries
Dennis PetersonDirector Former Director of Probe Mines (2001 to 2015) Founder of Peterson, and Company LLP Has 20 years of experience as a corporate securities lawyer
specializing in corporate finance matters for small cap companies
DirectorsDavid PalmerPresident, Chief Executive Officer & Director Former President & CEO of Probe Mines (2003 to 2015) 2015 – PDAC Bill Dennis Award for a Canadian Mineral Discovery 2015 – Northern Miner Mining Person of the Year 2014 – Prospector of the Year – Ontario 2014 - CIM A.O. Dufresne Exploration Achievement Award
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Marco GagnonExecutive Vice President & Director Former President & CEO of Adventure Gold Has over 25 years of experience in Project Acquisition, Exploration
and Mine Development Former senior geologist with Inmet Mining and Barrick Gold
The Probe TeamTrack record of delivering shareholder value
Capital Structure & Financial Information……………………………….
Probe Metals Inc. Symbol: PRB
Listed Exchange Toronto Venture
Market capitalization $162.0 million
Shares outstanding (basic) 85.3 million
Shares outstanding (fully diluted) 99.4 million
Cash Balance over $30.0 million
52 week trading range $1.94 - $0.33
Recent Price (09/08/16) $1.90
Top Shareholders
Goldcorp Inc AGF Investments Caisse de Depot Picton Mahoney Windermere Capital
Sprott Asset Management U.S. Global Investors Libra Advisors J Zechner
Associates SIDEX
Management & Directors own approx. 6%
Analyst Coverage
Macquarie Capital Markets Michael Gray
PearTree Securities Eric Lemieux
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Portfolio of High Quality Gold AssetsQuebec and Ontario focus
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Val-d’Or East ProjectFlagship Asset with Exploration Potential
Proximity to existing infrastructures (road, electricity, Val-d’Or, regional airport, railroad)
Initial NI 43-101 resource estimate(1): Inferred, 770koz Au @ 2.6 g/t (330koz Au @ 2.4 g/t Au in-pit and 394koz Au @ 3.1 g/t Au in underground bulk mining)
Site of former UG Béliveaumine operated by Cambior from 1989-1993 (more than 170koz produced @ 3.15g/t)
(1) Source: NI 43-101 technical report Mineral Resources Val-d’Or East Gold Project, January 2013
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Thick, high-grade gold mineralization
Drilling highlights: - 12.9 g/t Au over 8.0m- 10.4 g/t Au over 10.0m- 7.1 g/t Au over 11.1m- 5.4 g/t Au over 20.0m- 4.8 g/t Au over 33.1m
Lapaska Project also has interesting drill results:
- 7.7 g/t over 12.1m - 14.7 g/t over 3.3m- 10.3 g/t over 3.8m- 7.4 g/t over 11.8m
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Val-d’Or East ProjectRegional Geology
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Val-d’Or East ProjectMineral Resource Estimate
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(1) Source: NI 43-101 technical report Mineral Resources Val-d’Or East Gold Project, January 2013
Exploration program underway which includes 10,000 metres of drilling, property-scale geophysical surveys as well as mechanical stripping and sampling
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Val-d’Or East ProjectDrilling Highlights
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Highlight drill intercepts: 12.9 g/t Au over 8.0m 10.4 g/t Au over 10.0m 7.1 g/t Au over 11.1m 5.4 g/t Au over 20.0m 4.8 g/t Au over 33.1m
2015 Surface trenching highlights: 6.4 g/t Au over 19.7m 4.6 g/t Au over 25.7m 7.6 g/t Au over 13.9m 3.2 g/t Au over 18.5m 1.6 g/t Au over 47.7m
High-grade gold intersections, potential to expand the
mineral resources
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Second largest land package associated with the Detour Gold Trend; Land package of 493 km2
Geophysical surveys and geological compilation has outlined gold mineralization and several targets
Detour Quebec East and North Blocks 100%-owned
Detour Quebec: Option to SOQUEM in 2015 - $4 million over 4 years for 50%
Detour Quebec ProjectAn Emerging District-Potential Exploration Camp
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Detour Quebec Project
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Discovery hole MA-16-05 is located 12 km east of Detour Gold Corporation’s recent high-grade gold discovery
Phase II exploration program has commenced consisting of approx. 3,000 metres of drilling
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Acquisition of Ivanhoe, Ross and West Porcupine properties in H1-2016
Land package of over 180km2
located between Goldcorp’s Borden Gold project and Timmins
Project covers a 25km of Archean greenstone that contains the interpreted western extension of the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone
Previous exploration work and drilling has identified at least two distinctive zones of high-grade gold mineralization and several prospective gold targets
Highly prospective geology in an under-explored area
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REGIONAL GEOLOGY
West Porcupine ProjectUnderexplored Land Package of 180km2
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(1) Source: NI 43-101 technical report Mineral Resources Val-d’Or East Gold Project, January 2013
VAL-D’OREAST
DETOUREAST & NORTH
DETOURQUEBEC
WESTPORCUPINE
TIMMINSWEST
DUBUISSONCASA-
CAMERON
Location Val-d’Or,Quebec Quebec Quebec Timmins,
OntarioTimmins,Ontario
Val-d’Or,Quebec Quebec
Ownership 100% 100% SOQUEM option to acquire 50% 100% 50%
(50% Tahoe)47%
(53% AEM) 100%
Size 91 km2 207 km2 286 km2 180 km2 2 km2 8 km2 184 km2
Description 770 koz@ 2.6 g/t (1)
Underexplored area
Phase II drill program underway
Underexplored area
Contiguous to Tahoe’s new discoveries
Historical resources
Well known gold camp
HighlightsObjective to expand existing resource. Upside for further
discovery
10 km along-trend from Lower Detour high-grade discovery
Exploration Upside
Potential Extension of
Zone 144
Contiguous with Goldex
Exploration Upside
Strategic Land PositionWithin some of the most prolific gold belts in Ontario and Quebec
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A Leading Canadian Gold Explorer and Developer
EXISTING GOLD RESOURCE WITH EXPLORATION UPSIDE Val d’Or East Project Initial NI 43-101 resource estimate: 770koz Au @ 2.63 g/t Inferred
EXCELLENT FINANCIAL POSITION Cash position over $30 million
EXPLORATION PROGRAMS UNDERWAY Active drill programs at Val-d’Or East & Detour Quebec projects
ATTRACTIVE UPSIDE POTENTIAL: NEW DISCOVERIES Strategic land position within some of the most prolific gold belts in Ontario and Quebec: Val d’Or, West Timmins, Casa-Berardi and Detour Quebec
PROVEN TRACK RECORD of delivering shareholder value through mineral discovery and project development as evidenced by the sale of the Borden Gold Project for $526 million to Goldcorp in March 2015
STRONG JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS Agnico Eagle, Tahoe & SOQUEM
STRATEGIC INVESTOR Goldcorp, a global senior gold producer
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Strong Financial Positioning
Basic Market Capitalization (C$mm)1
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(1) As of June 7, 2016
Corporate Office56 Temperance Street, Suite 1000
Toronto, OntarioM5H 3V5
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THANK YOU
Acquired the Borden Lake Gold Project in 2010 and made initial grass roots discovery of gold mineralization
Progressed project through four resource estimates in four years
Funded five years of exploration activity through a series of well timed institutional and strategic private placements and the sale of a non core royalty interest
Consolidated land interests in Borden district in 2014
Executed sale of business to Goldcorp in 2015 for C$526m or C$5.00 / share
Significant Research Analyst CoverageSuccessful Financing Track Record – C$99 million
Leading Institutional & Strategic InvestorsKey Milestones
2011
2012
2013
2014
• C$25mm Private Placement – C$1.35 / unit• C$15mm Flow Through Private Placement – C$2.45 / FT share
• Sale of the Goldex Royalty to Agnico Eagle for C$18mm
• C$15mm Private Placement with Agnico Eagle – C$2.00 / FT share
• C$26mm Private Placement with Goldcorp – C$3.10 / FT share
2015 • Sale to Goldcorp for C$526mm – C$5.00 / share
Probe Mines’ Track RecordCreating Value Through Exploration and Project Development
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Acquires the Borden Lake Gold Project
Announces Gold Discovery on Borden
Announces Private Placement of C$25mm
Announces Initial Resource Estimate with Indicated Resource of 11.6 mmt at 0.8 g/t Au for 305 kozs Au and Inferred Resource of 169.3 mmt at 0.69 g/t Au for 3.8 mmozs
Announces Positive Preliminary Metallurgical Results
Announces C$15 mm Bought Deal
Announces 44% Increase in Global Resource Estimate and New Pit-Constrained
Announces Updated Resource Estimate with 3.7 mmozs Indicated Au at 1.02 g/t Au and 625 kozs Inferred Au at 1.08 g/t Au
Announces C$15 mm Private Placement
Announces Investment by Agnico Eagle
Completes C$26 mm Flow-Through Private Placement
Appoints Jamie Sokalsky as Director and Chairman
Consolidates 100% Ownership of Borden
Announces Acquisition by Goldcorp
Announces UG Resource Estimate of 1.6 mmozs Au Inferred at 4.37 g/t, OP Resource Estimate of 2.3 mmozs Indicated Au at 1.03 g/t
HBZ Discovery 51 m at 10.3 g/t
Probe Mines’ Value CreationFrom January 2010 to January 2015 ROI 900%
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