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A Canadian GOLD exploration company with a significant project in the GOLDEN TRIANGLE area of BRITISH COLUMBIA August 2016 1

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A Canadian GOLD exploration company with a significant project in

the GOLDEN TRIANGLE area ofBRITISH COLUMBIA

August 20161

Forward Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this document may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements”. Allstatements in this document, other than statements of historical facts, that address events ordevelopments that management of the Company expects, are forward-looking statements. Althoughreasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results ordevelopments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Companyundertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management’s beliefs, estimates oropinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially fromthose in the forward-looking statements, include market prices, exploration and development successes,continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Pleasesee the public filings of the Company at www.sedar.com for further information.

Qualified Person

Cornell McDowell, P. Geo. is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and hasreviewed and approved the technical information in this presentation.

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Aben Trading Symbols

TSX-Venture Exchange: ABNUS OTC Pink Symbol: ABNAFFrankfurt Exchange: E2L2

Shares Outstanding: 19,882,907Fully Diluted Shares: 30,221,603Recent Share Price: $0.32

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Aben Resources’ Key Directors and Advisory Board

Ronald Netolitzky, M.Sc. Geology: Director, Chairman

Ron Netolitzky serves as Chairman of the Board of Aben Resources Ltd. Mr. Netolitzky holds a Bachelor of Sciencedegree from the University of Alberta and a M.Sc. degree from the University of Calgary, both in geological sciences.

Mr. Netolitzky has been very successful in mining exploration with over 35 years of experience and having beendirectly associated with three major gold discoveries in Canada that have subsequently been put into production;Eskay Creek, Snip and Brewery Creek. Mr. Netolitzky has been honored with the Prospector of the Year award fromthe PDAC, and Developer of the Year award from the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines. In 2015, he was inducted intothe Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.

James G. Pettit: Director, President & CEO

Jim Pettit has been President & CEO and a Director of Aben Resources Ltd. since November 2002. Mr. Pettit iscurrently serving on the board of directors of five publicly traded companies and offers over 25 years of experiencewithin the industry specializing in finance, corporate governance, executive management and compliance. Jim waspreviously Chairman and CEO of Bayfield Ventures Corp. which was bought by New Gold Inc. in January 2015.

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Timothy Termuende: P.Geo., Director

Tim Termuende serves as a Director of Aben Resources Ltd. and is a professional geologist with over 30 years experience in themineral exploration industry and is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Since earning his degree inGeological Sciences at the University of British Columbia in 1987, Mr. Termuende has worked on exploration projects throughoutNorth, Central, and South America and has been personally involved in exploration within the Forrest Kerr, BC area in the early1990's. He has been continuously active in mineral exploration throughout western Canada since 1976, and currently oversees abroad range of ongoing exploration projects located throughout British Columbia, Saskatchewan, the Yukon and the NorthwestTerritories.

Henry Awmack: P.Geo., Technical Advisory Board

Henry has over 30 years' experience in the mining industry. As a co-founder of Equity Engineering Ltd. in 1987, Mr.Awmack has managed all aspects of a geological consulting and contracting firm including project planning andexecution, hiring of field crews, geological fieldwork, property examinations and preparation of technical reports. Hehas worked around the world exploring for a variety of commodities, and has extensive "on the ground" experiencein the Forrest Kerr, BC area in particular. Mr. Awmack holds a B.Sc (Honours) Applied Science in GeologicalEngineering from the University of British Columbia and is registered as a professional engineer with the Associationof Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

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David Caulfield: P.Geo., Technical Advisory Board

David Caulfield was co-founder of Rimfire Minerals Corporation (now Kiska Metals Corporation), and he played anintegral role in building the company and its' business through its strategic partnerships. Prior to Rimfire, he was aco-founder and President of Equity Engineering Ltd. (now Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd.), a privately heldgeological consulting firm. Mr. Caulfield currently serves on the board of directors of Evrim Resources Corp. David isalso a co-founder, shareholder and director of C3 Alliance Corp., a privately held consulting firm. In an extensivevolunteer capacity, David served as the 2005 President of the Association for Mineral Exploration of British Columbia(AME BC) and David played an instrumental role in the creation of Geoscience BC in 2005 and has served as avolunteer Director and Vice Chair until 2014. David's experience in the Golden Triangle, BC area stretches back tothe early 1980's and includes property acquisition and all aspects of field exploration and execution.

Michael Roberts: Ph.D., P.Geo., Technical Advisory Board

Mike is a professional geologist with over 15 years of experience in mineral exploration and is currently the V.P. ofExploration for Kiska Metals Corporation. As a field geologist for several junior exploration companies and as V.P. forKiska, Mike has conducted and managed grassroots to advanced exploration programs for base and breccia metalsin North America and Australia, typically in partnerships with major mining companies. Mike is passionate about themineral potential of B.C., and has been actively involved in exploration programs in the Forrest Kerr area since 2005.

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Forrest Kerr Property

• The property agreements require a minimum of $3,000,000 CDN to be spent on exploration of the entire project area by June 30, 2020

• The Forrest Kerr Project encompasses in excess of 23,000 hectares

• Aben to earn 100%

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The Forrest Kerr Project is located in the centre of BC’s

Golden Triangle, a World Class Gold District

• Greater than 172 M oz Gold endowment

• 6 deposits with > 10 M oz Gold

• Over 65% of BC’s gold resources are contained within

• Multiple deposit types with various ages of mineralization

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InfrastructurePower & Roads

• Existing power line and power generation located on southern segment of property

• Proposed power line transects northern portion of the property

• AltaGas-owned 250 man camp located on property

• Project is road accessible to both the north and south portions of the property

• Northern road has cut through 9km of geology that is very prospective for hosting high grade gold deposits and VMS style gold deposits 9

Forrest Kerr ProjectFavourable Geology

• Over 20km of prospective Eskay & Brucejackstratigraphy

• Jurassic rocks in under-explored northern portion of property are analogous in time and geochemistry to EskayCreek host rocks

• Property wide alteration and metal endowment show a robust hydrothermal system 10

Forrest Kerr ProjectMineralization

• Numerous documented poly-metallic occurrences along extent of property (Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn)

• Large property wide multi-element soil geochemical anomalies (over 10,000 soil samples tested)

• Several historic localized high grade drill intersections

• Evidence for wide range of mineralization styles including Au-Ag rich VMS, epithermal veins, intrusion related vein systems and potential for Alkalic Cu-Au porphyry in the north portion of property 11

Moving Forward on the Forrest Kerr Project

• Limited amount of field work conducted on the Forrest Kerrproperty in recent years

• Previous work was guided through the application of theEskay exploration model

• Re-interpretation of target models is required in light of thesignificance, size and potential success of other deposits inthe Golden Triangle (eg. Brucejack)

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CONTACT INFO.

Jim Pettit: President & CEO

Don Myers: Investor Relations

Suite 1610, 777 Dunsmuir Street

Vancouver, BC, V7Y 1K4, CANADA

Tel: (604) 687-3376 Fax: (604) 687-3119

Toll Free: 1-800-567-8181

Web Site: www.abenresources.com Email: [email protected]

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