BIG RIDGE GOLD CORP. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Nov 25, 2025

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BIG RIDGE GOLD CORP.

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual and special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of Big Ridge Gold Corp. (“Big Ridge” or the “Company”) will be held at the offices of Dentons Canada LLP, 77 King Street West, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, M5K 0A1 on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time for the following purposes:

1. To receive the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, together with the report of the auditors thereon;
2. To fix the number of directors to be elected at the Meeting to five;
3. To elect the directors of the Company;
4. To appoint Davidson & Company LLP as the auditors of the Company and to authorize the directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration;
5. To consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass an ordinary resolution to approve the Company’s Amended and Restated Share Option Plan, as described in more detail in the accompanying management information circular; and
6. To transact such further and other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments thereof.

The accompanying Information Circular provides additional information relating to the matters to be dealt with at the Meeting and is deemed to form part of this Notice of Meeting.

The Company has fixed the close of business on November 6, 2025 as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

The Company will be holding an in-person meeting this year in Toronto, Ontario. You are eligible to vote your shares of Big Ridge if you were a shareholder of record at the close of business on November 6, 2025.

The Company will provide updates to any arrangements in respect of the Meeting by way of news release.

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SHAREHOLDERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON SHOULD COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED INSTRUMENT OF PROXY, AND RETURN IT IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Proxies to be used at the Meeting must be deposited with Computershare Investor Services Inc., 320 Bay Street, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 4A6, before 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on Friday, December 19, 2025.

By Order of the Board

Mike Bandrowski
President and Chief Executive Officer
Toronto, Ontario
November 6, 2025