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Great Pacific Gold Corp. AGM Information 2021

Oct 6, 2021

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FOSTERVILLE SOUTH EXPLORATION LTD. Suite 488, 1090 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2021

AND

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

September 29, 2021

This document requires immediate attention. If you are in doubt as to how to deal with the documents or matters referred to in this Information Circular, you should immediately contact your advisor.

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FOSTERVILLE SOUTH EXPLORATION LTD.

Suite 488, 1090 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7 Telephone: (604) 802-4447

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (the “Meeting”) of Fosterville South Exploration Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held via telephone conference using the access information provided below on Friday, November 5, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time) for the following purposes:

  1. to set the number of directors of the Company for the ensuing year at six (6) persons.

  2. to elect Bryan Slusarchuk, Neil Motton, Liza Gazis, Robert McMorran, Charles Hethey and John Lewins and as directors of the Company for ensuing year.

  3. to appoint BDO Canada LLP, as auditors of the Company until the next annual general meeting of the Company and to authorize the directors of the Company to fix the remuneration to be paid to the auditors.

  4. to consider and, if deemed appropriate, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution to approve the Company’s 10% rolling stock option plan as more particularly described in the accompanying Information Circular.

  5. to receive the audited financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended December 31, 2020, and the accompanying report of the auditors.

The accompanying Information Circular provides additional information relating to the matters to be dealt with at the Meeting and is supplemental to, and expressly made a part of, this Notice of Meeting.

The Company’s Board of Directors has fixed September 29, 2021 as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. Each registered shareholder at the close of business on that date is entitled to such notice and to vote at the Meeting in the circumstances set out in the accompanying Information Circular.

This year to mitigate risks to the health and safety of the Company’s shareholders, employees and other stakeholders, the Company will be holding its Meeting in a telephone conference format. Shareholders will not be able to vote at the meeting via the conference call. Therefore, in order to vote, registered shareholders of the Company need to complete, date and sign the accompanying form of proxy and deposit it with the Company’s transfer agent, Odyssey Trust Company, 350-409 Granville Street, Vancouver BC V6C 1T2 by mail or fax, no later than forty eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) prior to the time of the Meeting, or adjournment thereof.

If you are a non-registered shareholder of the Company, please complete and return the materials in accordance with the instructions set forth in the accompanying Information Circular.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 29[th] day of September 2021.

By Order of the Board of FOSTERVILLE SOUTH EXPLORATION LTD.

“Bryan Slusarchuk”

Bryan Slusarchuk Chief Executive Officer

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FOSTERVILLE SOUTH EXPLORATION LTD.

Suite 488, 1090 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7 Telephone: (604) 802-4447

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

September 29, 2021

INTRODUCTION

This Information Circular accompanies the Notice of Annual General Meeting (the “Notice”) and is furnished to shareholders holding common shares in the capital of Fosterville South Exploration Ltd. (the “Company”) in connection with the solicitation by the management of the Company of proxies to be voted at the annual general meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders to be held at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time) on Friday, November 5, 2021 via telephone conference or at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Attending the Meeting via Telephone Conference

The Meeting will be held via telephone conference. In order to dial into the Meeting by telephone, shareholders will phone:

Canada: +1 (888) 299-2873 (Toll Free) Canada: +1 (647) 317-4262 United States: 1 888 585 9008 (Toll Free) United States: +1 (657) 220-3242

Participant Access Code: 834-373-355

Date and Currency

The date of this Information Circular is September 29, 2021. Unless otherwise stated, all amounts herein are in Canadian dollars.

MANAGEMENT SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

The solicitation of proxies by management of the Company will be conducted by mail and may be supplemented by telephone or other personal contact to be made, without special compensation, by the directors, officers and employees of the Company. The Company does not reimburse shareholders, nominees or agents for costs incurred in obtaining from their principals authorization to execute forms of proxy, except that the Company has requested brokers and nominees who hold stock in their respective names to furnish this proxy material to their customers, and the Company may reimburse such brokers and nominees for their related out of pocket expenses. No solicitation will be made by specifically engaged employees or soliciting agents. The Company will bear the cost of the solicitation.

No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation other than as contained in this Information Circular in connection with the solicitation of proxies. If given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company. The delivery of this Information Circular shall not create, under any circumstances, any implication that there has been no change in the information set forth herein since the date of this Information Circular. This Information Circular does not constitute the solicitation of a proxy by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person making such solicitation is not qualified to do so, or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer of solicitation.

APPOINTMENT AND REVOCATION OF PROXY

Appointment of Proxy

Registered shareholders are entitled to vote. A shareholder is entitled to one vote for each common share that such shareholder holds on the record date of September 29, 2021 on the resolutions to be voted upon at the Meeting, and any other matter to come before the Meeting.

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The persons named as proxyholders (the “Designated Persons”) in the enclosed form of proxy are directors and/or officers of the Company.

A SHAREHOLDER HAS THE RIGHT TO APPOINT A PERSON OR COMPANY (WHO NEED NOT BE A SHAREHOLDER) TO ATTEND AND ACT FOR OR ON BEHALF OF THAT SHAREHOLDER AT THE MEETING, OTHER THAN THE DESIGNATED PERSONS NAMED IN THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY.

TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT, THE SHAREHOLDER MAY DO SO BY STRIKING OUT THE PRINTED NAMES AND INSERTING THE NAME OF SUCH OTHER PERSON AND, IF DESIRED, AN ALTERNATE TO SUCH PERSON, IN THE BLANK SPACE PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF PROXY. SUCH SHAREHOLDER SHOULD NOTIFY THE NOMINEE OF THE APPOINTMENT, OBTAIN THE NOMINEE’S CONSENT TO ACT AS PROXY AND SHOULD PROVIDE INSTRUCTION TO THE NOMINEE ON HOW THE SHAREHOLDER’S SHARES SHOULD BE VOTED. THE NOMINEE SHOULD BRING PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION TO THE MEETING.

In order to be voted, the completed form of proxy must be received by the Company’s registrar and transfer agent, Odyssey Trust Company (the “Transfer Agent”) at their offices located at 350-409 Granville Street, Vancouver BC V6C 1T2 by mail or fax, no later than forty eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) prior to the time of the Meeting, or adjournment thereof.

A proxy may not be valid unless it is dated and signed by the shareholder who is giving it or by that shareholder’s attorneyin-fact duly authorized by that shareholder in writing or, in the case of a corporation, dated and executed by a duly authorized officer or attorney-in-fact for the corporation. If a form of proxy is executed by an attorney-in-fact for an individual shareholder or joint shareholders, or by an officer or attorney-in-fact for a corporate shareholder, the instrument so empowering the officer or attorney-in-fact, as the case may be, or a notarially certified copy thereof, must accompany the form of proxy.

Revocation of Proxies

A shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised by an instrument in writing: (a) executed by that shareholder or by that shareholder’s attorney-in-fact authorized in writing or, where the shareholder is a corporation, by a duly authorized officer of, or attorney-in-fact for, the corporation; and (b) delivered either: (i) to the Company at the address set forth above, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting or, if adjourned or postponed, any reconvening thereof, or (ii) to the Chairman of the Meeting prior to the vote on matters covered by the proxy on the day of the Meeting or, if adjourned or postponed, any reconvening thereof, or (iii) in any other manner provided by law.

Also, a proxy will automatically be revoked by either: (i) attendance at the Meeting and participation in a poll (ballot) by a shareholder, or (ii) submission of a subsequent proxy in accordance with the foregoing procedures. A revocation of a proxy does not affect any matter on which a vote has been taken prior to any such revocation.

VOTING OF PROXIES

A shareholder may indicate the manner in which the Designated Persons are to vote with respect to a matter to be voted upon at the Meeting by marking the appropriate space. If the instructions as to voting indicated in the proxy are certain, the common shares represented by the proxy will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with the instructions given in the proxy. If the shareholder specifies a choice in the proxy with respect to a matter to be acted upon, then the common shares represented will be voted or withheld from the vote on that matter accordingly. The common shares represented by a proxy will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with the instructions of the shareholder on any ballot that may be called for and if the shareholder specifies a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the common shares will be voted accordingly.

IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED IN THE PROXY WITH RESPECT TO A MATTER TO BE ACTED UPON, THE PROXY CONFERS DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THAT MATTER UPON THE DESIGNATED PERSONS NAMED IN THE FORM OF PROXY. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE DESIGNATED PERSONS WILL VOTE THE COMMON SHARES REPRESENTED BY THE PROXY IN FAVOUR OF EACH MATTER IDENTIFIED IN THE PROXY AND FOR THE NOMINEES OF THE COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR DIRECTORS AND AUDITOR.

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The enclosed form of proxy confers discretionary authority upon the persons named therein with respect to other matters which may properly come before the Meeting, including any amendments or variations to any matters identified in the Notice, and with respect to other matters which may properly come before the Meeting. At the date of this Information Circular, management of the Company is not aware of any such amendments, variations, or other matters to come before the Meeting.

In the case of abstentions from, or withholding of, the voting of the common shares on any matter, the common shares that are the subject of the abstention or withholding will be counted for determination of a quorum, but will not be counted as affirmative or negative on the matter to be voted upon.

ADVICE TO BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS

The information set out in this section is of significant importance to those shareholders who do not hold shares in their own name. Shareholders who do not hold their shares in their own name (referred to in this Information Circular as “Beneficial Shareholders”) should note that only proxies deposited by shareholders whose names appear on the records of the Company as the registered holders of common shares can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting. If common shares are listed in an account statement provided to a shareholder by a broker, then in almost all cases those common shares will not be registered in the shareholder’s name on the records of the Company. Such common shares will more likely be registered under the names of the shareholder’s broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada, the vast majority of such common shares are registered under the name of CDS & Co., being the registration name for The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms), and in the United States, under the name Cede & Co., as nominee for the Depository Trust Company (which acts as a brokerage depository for many U.S. firms and custodial banks). Beneficial Shareholders should ensure that instructions respecting the voting of their common shares are communicated to the appropriate person well in advance of the Meeting.

Regulatory polices require Intermediaries to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholder meetings. Beneficial Shareholders have the option of not objecting to their Intermediary disclosing certain ownership information about themselves to the Company (such Beneficial Shareholders are designated as non-objecting beneficial owners, or “NOBOs”) or objecting to their Intermediary disclosing ownership information about themselves to the Company (such Beneficial Shareholders are designated as objecting beneficial owners, or “OBOs”).

In accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer , the Company has elected to send the notice of meeting, this Information Circular and a request for voting instructions (a “VIF”), instead of a proxy (the notice of Meeting, Information Circular and VIF or proxy are collectively referred to as the “Meeting Materials”) directly to the NOBOs and indirectly through Intermediaries to the OBOs. The Intermediaries (or their service companies) are responsible for forwarding the Meeting Materials to OBOs.

Meeting Materials sent to Beneficial Shareholders are accompanied by a VIF, instead of a proxy. By returning the VIF in accordance with the instructions noted on it, a Beneficial Shareholder is able to instruct the Intermediary (or other registered shareholder) how to vote the Beneficial Shareholder’s shares on the Beneficial Shareholder’s behalf. For this to occur, it is important that the VIF be completed and returned in accordance with the specific instructions noted on the VIF.

The majority of Intermediaries now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from Beneficial Shareholders to Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions in Canada and Broadridge Financial Services Inc. in the United States (collectively “Broadridge”). Broadridge typically prepares a machine-readable VIF, mails these VIFs to Beneficial Shareholders and asks Beneficial Shareholders to return the VIFs to Broadridge, usually by way of mail, the Internet or telephone. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of shares to be represented at the Meeting by proxies for which Broadridge has solicited voting instructions. A Beneficial Shareholder who receives a Broadridge VIF cannot use that form to vote shares directly at the Meeting. The VIF must be returned to Broadridge (or instructions respecting the voting of shares must otherwise be communicated to Broadridge) well in advance of the Meeting in order to have the shares voted. If you have any questions respecting the voting of shares held through an Intermediary, please contact that Intermediary for assistance.

In either case, the purpose of this procedure is to permit Beneficial Shareholders to direct the voting of the shares which they beneficially own. A Beneficial Shareholder receiving a VIF cannot use that form to vote common shares directly at the Meeting. Beneficial Shareholders should carefully follow the instructions set out in the VIF including those regarding when and where the VIF is to be delivered. Should a Beneficial Shareholder who receives a VIF wish to attend the Meeting or have someone else attend on their behalf, the Beneficial Shareholder will need to write their name (or their nominee’s name) in the space provided in the VIF and return it in accordance with the instructions in the VIF.

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Only registered shareholders have the right to revoke a proxy. A Beneficial Shareholder who wishes to change its vote must, at least seven days before the Meeting, arrange for its Intermediary to revoke its VIF on its behalf.

These securityholder materials are being sent to both registered and non-registered owners of the securities. If you are a nonregistered owner, and the Company or its agent has sent these materials directly to you, your name and address and information about your holdings of securities, have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the intermediary holding on your behalf.

By choosing to send these materials to you directly, the Company (and not the intermediary holding on your behalf) has assumed responsibility for (i) delivering these materials to you, and (ii) executing your proper voting instructions. Please return your voting instructions as specified in the request for voting instructions.

INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS OR COMPANIES IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

No director or executive officer of the Company who was a director or executive officer since the beginning of the Company’s last financial year, each proposed nominee for election as a director of the Company, or any associate or affiliates of any such directors, officers or nominees, has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of common shares or other securities in the Company or otherwise, in any matter to be acted upon at the Meeting other than the election of directors.

VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF VOTING SECURITIES

The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value. As of the record date, being the close of business on September 29, 2021, a total of 67,918,383 common shares were issued and outstanding. Each common share carries the right to one vote at the Meeting.

To the knowledge of management, no person beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over, common shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to the outstanding common shares of the Company.

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

The Articles of the Company provide for a board of directors of no fewer than three directors and no greater than a number as fixed or changed from time to time by majority approval of the shareholders.

At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution to set the number of directors of the Company for the ensuing year at six (6). The number of directors will be approved if the affirmative vote of the majority of common shares present or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote are voted in favour to set the number of directors at six (6).

Management recommends the approval of the resolution to set the number of directors of the Company at six (6).

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At present, the directors of the Company are elected at each annual general meeting and hold office until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are duly elected or appointed in accordance with the Company’s Articles or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the enclosed Form of Proxy will be voted for the nominees listed in the Form of Proxy, all of whom are presently members of the Board of Directors.

Management of the Company proposes to nominate the persons named in the table below for election by the shareholders as directors of the Company. Information concerning such persons, as furnished by the individual nominees, is as follows:

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Name, Province, Country of
Residence and Position(s) with
the Company
Periods During which
Nominee has Served
as a Director and/or
Officer
Principal Occupation, Business or
Employment for Last Five Years
Number of
Common Shares
Owned(1)
Bryan Slusarchuk
Director, Chief Executive Officer,
and President
British Columbia, Canada
Director since August
8, 2019
Officer since
November 27, 2019
Former President and director of K92
Mining Inc. and President and Director
of Turmalina Metals Corp.
2,282,500 (Direct)
15,000(3)
(Indirect)
Neil Motton
Director and Chief Operating
Officer
Victoria, Australia
Director and Officer
since August 8, 2019
Chief
Operating
Officer
of
the
Company
since
August
2019;
Registered Geologist.
3,000,000(4)
(Indirect)
Robert McMorran(2)
Director
British Columbia, Canada
August 8, 2019 Retired businessman; Former President
of Malaspina Consultants Inc.; Chief
Financial Officer and director on
numerous junior public companies
listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
and Canadian Securities Exchange
307,500
(Direct)
John Lewins(2)
Director
Western Australia, Australia
January 13, 2020 Chief Executive Officer of K92 Mining
Inc. since August 2017; Managing
Director of Mining, Processing and
Project Consulting Pty.
150,000
(Direct)
Charles Hethey(2)
Director
British Columbia, Canada
August 8, 2019 Senior Partner at O’Neill Law LLP;
Director of Zacatecas Silver Corp. and
Director of Mantaro Silver Corp.
250,000
(Direct)
Liza Gazis
Director
Victoria, Australia
September 4, 2020 Mining
industry
consultant
with
expertise in geographic information
systems and tenement management,
with experience in Australian gold
properties
Nil

Notes:

(1) Shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction is exercised, as at September 29, 2021, based upon information furnished to the Company by the individual directors.

  • (2) Member of the Audit Committee.

  • (3) Held indirectly through Sluzcap Enterprises Inc.

  • (4) Held indirectly through FliteGold Pty Ltd.

Management recommends the approval of each of the nominees listed above for election as directors of the Company until the next annual general meeting.

Management does not contemplate that any of its nominees will be unable to serve as directors. If any vacancies occur in the slate of nominees listed above before the Meeting, then the Designated Persons intend to exercise discretionary authority to vote the common shares represented by proxy for the election of any other persons as directors.

Cease Trade Orders

No director or executive officer of the Company, is or has been, within the ten years preceding the date of this Information Circular, a director, chief executive officer, chief financial officer of any company that:

  • (a) was subject to an order that was issued while the director or executive officer was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer; or

  • (b) was subject to an order that was issued after the director or executive officer ceased to be a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer.

For the purposes of this Information Circular, an “order” means a cease trade order, an order similar to a cease trade order or an order that denied the relevant company access to an exemption under securities legislation, and such order was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days.

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Bankruptcies

To the knowledge of management of the Company, no director or executive officer of the Company, or shareholder holding a sufficient number of securities of the Company to affect materially the control of the Company, is or has been, with the ten years preceding the date of this Information Circular:

  • (a) a director or an executive officer of any company that, while the person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of that person ceasing to act in the capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets or made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcies or insolvency; or

  • (b) become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or been subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of the individual.

Penalties or Sanctions

No director or officer of the Company, or any shareholder holding a sufficient number of securities of the Company to affect materially the control of the Company has:

  • (a) been subject to any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation or by a Canadian securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority; or

  • (b) been subject to any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would be likely to be considered important to a reasonable investor making an investment decision.

STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

General

The following information, dated as of September 29, 2021, is provided as required under Form 51-102F6V for venture issuers, as such term is defined in National Instrument 51-102.

For the purposes of this Information Circular:

“CEO” means an individual who acted as chief executive officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;

“CFO” means an individual who acted as chief financial officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;

“company” includes other types of business organizations such as partnerships, trusts and other unincorporated business entities;

“compensation securities ” includes stock options, convertible securities, exchangeable securities and similar instruments including stock appreciation rights, deferred share units and restricted stock units granted or issued by the company or one of its subsidiaries for services provided or to be provided, directly or indirectly, to the company or any of its subsidiaries;

“external management company” includes a subsidiary, affiliate or associate of the external management company;

named executive officer ” or “ NEO ” means each of the following individuals:

  • (a) each individual who, in respect of the company, during any part of the most recently completed financial year, served as chief executive officer, including an individual performing functions similar to a chief executive officer;

  • (b) each individual who, in respect of the company, during any part of the most recently completed financial year, served as chief financial officer, including an individual performing functions similar to a chief financial officer;

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  • (c) in respect of the company and its subsidiaries, the most highly compensated executive officer other than the individuals identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) at the end of the most recently completed financial year whose total compensation was more than $150,000, as determined in accordance with subsection 1.3(5), for that financial year;

  • (d) each individual who would be a named executive officer under paragraph (c) but for the fact that the individual was not an executive officer of the company, and was not acting in a similar capacity, at the end of that financial year;

“plan” includes any plan, contract, authorization, or arrangement, whether or not set out in any formal document, where cash, compensation securities or any other property may be received, whether for one or more persons;

underlying securities ” means any securities issuable on conversion, exchange or exercise of compensation securities.

During the financial year ended December 31, 2020, the Company had three NEOs, namely Bryan Slusarchuk, the Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan Richards, the Chief Financial Officer, and James Hutton, former Chairman of the Company.

Director and NEO Compensation, Excluding Options and Compensation Securities

The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019. Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “ Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and Instruments ” below.

The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the
Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and
Instruments” below.
The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the
Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and
Instruments” below.
The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the
Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and
Instruments” below.
The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the
Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and
Instruments” below.
The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the
Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and
Instruments” below.
The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the
Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and
Instruments” below.
The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the
Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and
Instruments” below.
The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the
Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading “Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and
Instruments” below.
Table of compensation excluding compensation securities
Name
and
Your location
position
Year Salary,
consulting
fee,
retainer or
commission
($)
Bonus
($)
Committee
or meeting
fees
($)
Share based
payments(1)
($)
Value of all
other
compensation
($)
Total
compensation
($)
Bryan Slusarchuk
CEO, President and
Director
2020
2019
224,000
10,000
100,000
-
-
-
214,752
69,157
-
-
538,752
79,157
Neil Motton(2)
COO and Director
2020
2019
233,109
45,000
98,350
-
-
-
113,027
36,399
-
-
434,486
81,399
Jonathan Richards,
(3) (4)
Chief Financial
Officer
2020
2019
117,500
-
24,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
141,500
-
Robert McMorran
(5)
Director
2020
2019
60,001
-
-
-
-
-
50,862
16,379
-
-
110,893
16,379
Charles Hethey(6)
Director
2020
2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
50,862
16,379
-
-
50,862
16,379
John Lewins(7)
Director
2020
2019
31,000
-
-
-
-
-
98,839
-
-
-
129,839
-
Liza Gazis(8) (2)
Director
2020
2019
49,335
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
49,335
-
James Hutton(9)
Former Director
2020
2019
234,000
-
100,000
-
-
-
214,752
69,157
-
-
548,752
69,157

Notes:

1 The value of the option-based awards was determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the compensation is based on the vesting of such awards.

2 Payments to Flitegold Pty Ltd, a consulting Company which Mr. Neil Motton and Ms. Liza Gazis are owners. The compensation shown relate to fees for the respective individual.

3 Mr. Jonathan Richards was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary on April 7, 2020

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4 Payments to Red Fern Consulting Ltd, a Company which Mr. Jonathan Richards is an owner.

5 Payments to Malaspina Consultants Inc, an accounting firm which Mr. Robert McMorran is associated.

6 In fiscal 2020, payments of $251,194 were made to O’Neill Law LLP, a law firm which Mr. Charles Hethey is a partner of, for professional fees.

7 Payments were to Mining, Processing & Project Consulting Pty Ltd, a consulting firm which Mr. John Lewins is an owner. 8 Ms. Liza Gazis was appointed director September 4, 2020.

9 Payments to Hutton Capital Corporation, a Company which is controlled by Mr. James Hutton.

Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and Instruments

The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided, directly or indirectly, to the Company.

The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the
Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided,
directly or indirectly, to the Company.
The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the
Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided,
directly or indirectly, to the Company.
The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the
Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided,
directly or indirectly, to the Company.
The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the
Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided,
directly or indirectly, to the Company.
The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the
Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided,
directly or indirectly, to the Company.
The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the
Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided,
directly or indirectly, to the Company.
The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the
Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided,
directly or indirectly, to the Company.
The following table of compensation securities provides a summary of all compensation securities granted, or issued by the
Company to each NEO and directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for services provided,
directly or indirectly, to the Company.
Compensation Securities
Name
and
position
Type of
compen
sation
security
Number of
compensation
securities,
number of
underlying
securities, and
percentage of
class
Date
of
issue
or
grant
Issue,
conversion
or exercise
price
($)
Closing
price of
security or
underlying
security on
date of
grant
($)
Closing
price of
security or
underlying
security at
year end
($)
Expiry
date
Bryan
Slusarchuk
Director,
Chief
Executive
Officer, and
President
- - - - - - -
Neil Motton
Director and
Chief
Operating
Officer
- - - - - - -
Jonathan
Richards,
Chief
Financial
Officer
- - - - - - -
Robert
McMorran
Director
- - - - - - -
John Lewins
Director
Options 300,000 January 8,
2020
0.40 - - April 14,
2025
Charles
Hethey
Director
- - - - - - -
Liza Gazis
Director
- - - - - - -
James Hutton
Former
Chairman and
Director
- - - - - - -

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During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, NEO or director of the Company exercised the following compensation securities.


securities.

securities.

securities.

securities.

securities.

securities.

securities.

securities.
Exercise of Compensation Securities by Directors and NEOs
Name and
position
Type of
compensation
security
Number
of
underlying
securities
exercised
Exercise
price per
security
($)
Date of
exercise
Closing
price per
security
on date
of
exercise
($)
Difference
between
exercise
price and
closing price
on date of
exercise
($)
Total
value on
exercise
date
($)
Bryan
Slusarchuk
Director, Chief
Executive
Officer,
and
President
Options 150,000 0.40 September
10, 2020
2.83 2.43 364,500
Neil
Motton
Director
and
Chief
Operating
Officer
n/a Nil n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Jonathan
Richards,
Chief
Financial
Officer
n/a Nil n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Robert
McMorran
Director
Options 225,000 0.40 September
30, 2020
3.06 2.66 598,500
John Lewins
Director
Options 300,000 0.40 August 6,
2020
4.56 4.16 1,248,000
Charles
Hethey
Director
n/a Nil n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Liza Gazis
Director
Options 100,000 0.40 August 6,
2020
4.56 4.16 416,000
James Hutton
Former
Chairman and
Director
n/a Nil n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Employment, Consulting and Management Agreements

The Company entered into a management consulting agreement dated December 1, 2019, as amended, with Bryan Slusarchuk whereby Mr. Slusarchuk agreed to act as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and, in consideration of which, the Company agreed to pay him $27,000 per month. In the event that there is a change of control of the Company, Mr. Slusarchuk will be entitled to receive a severance payment equal to twenty-four months of consulting fees.

The Company entered into an amended and restated management consulting agreement dated December 1, 2019, as amended, with Hutton Capital Corporation whereby Hutton Capital Corporation agreed to provide the services of Mr. Hutton as Chairman of the Company and, in consideration of which, the Company agreed to pay Hutton Capital Corporation $27,000 per month. In the event that there is a change of control of the Company, Hutton Capital Corporation will be entitled to receive a severance payment equal to twenty-four months of consulting fees.

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The Company entered into a management consulting agreement dated September 1, 2019, as amended, with FliteGold whereby FliteGold agreed to provide the services of Mr. Motton as Chief Operating Officer of the Company and, in consideration of which, the Company agreed to pay FliteGold AUD $27,000 per month.

Except for the severance payments set out in the management consulting agreements with each of Mr. Slusarchuk and Hutton Capital Corporation, there are no management or consulting agreements with any directors or officers of the Company that provide for payments to an officer or director, following or in connection with any termination (whether voluntary, involuntary or constructive), resignation, retirement, a change in control of the company or a change in a director’s or officer’s responsibilities.

Oversight and Description of Director and NEO Compensation

The Company’s executive compensation program is administered by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee consists of Robert McMorran, Charles Hethey and John Lewins. Except for Robert McMorran, who is the former Chief Financial Officer of the Company, all of the members of the Compensation Committee are independent within the meaning of NI 52-110.

The Compensation Committee’s responsibilities include reviewing and making recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to adequacy and the form of compensation to all executive officers and directors of the Company, making recommendations to the Board of Directors in respect of granting of stock options to management, directors, officers and other employees and consultants of the Company, and monitoring the performance of the Company’s executive officers.

Executive compensation awarded to the named executive officers consists of two components: (i) management fees and (ii) stock options. Other than the Stock Option Plan, the Company does not presently have a long-term incentive plan for its named executive officers. There is no policy or target regarding allocation between cash and non-cash elements of the Company’s compensation program.

In setting compensation rates for NEOs, the Company compares the amounts paid to them with the amounts paid to executives in comparable positions at other comparable companies. The Company’s compensation payable to the named executive officers is based upon, among other things, the responsibility, skills and experience required to carry out the functions of each position held by each named executive officer and varies with the amount of time spent by each named executive officer in carrying out his or her functions on behalf of the Company. The grant of stock options, as a key component of the executive compensation package, enables the Company to attract and retain qualified executives. Stock option grants are based on the total of stock options available under the Stock Option Plan. In granting stock options, the Board of Directors reviews the total of stock options available under the Stock Option Plan and recommends grants to newly retained executive officers at the time of their appointment and considers recommending further grants to executive officers from time to time thereafter. The amount and terms of outstanding options held by an executive are taken into account when determining whether and how new option grants should be made to the executive. The exercise periods are to be set at the date of grant. The stock option grants may contain vesting provisions in accordance to the Stock Option Plan.

Due to the Company being a junior mining issuer and having limited financial resources, compensation is not tied to specific performance criteria or goals. The Company is unaware of any significant events that have significantly affected compensation of its management team and directors. The Company did not make any changes to its compensation polices during or after the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

Pension

The Company does not provide any pension benefits for directors or executive officers.

SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

The following table sets forth details of all our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2020. As at December 31, 2020 our equity compensation plan consisted of our Stock Option Plan.

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Plan Category Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options, warrants
and rights
Weighted-average exercise
price of outstanding options,
warrants and rights
Number of securities
remaining available for future
issuance under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities reflected
in column (a))
Equity compensation plans
approved by security holders
2,475,000 $0.40 4,316,838
Equity compensation plans not
approved by security holders
- - -
Total 2,475,000 $0.40 4,316,838

Stock Option Plans and other incentive plans

The Directors of the Company adopted a stock option plan on December 12, 2019 (the “ Stock Option Plan”). The Stock Option Plan provides that, subject to the requirements of the Exchange, the aggregate number of securities reserved for issuance will be 10% of the number of the Company’s common shares issued and outstanding at the time such options are granted. Options may be granted under the Stock Option Plan to such directors, officers, employees, management or consultants of the Company and its affiliates, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. The Stock Option Plan provides that the number of Common Shares that may be reserved for issuance to any one individual upon exercise of all stock options held by such individual may not exceed 5% of the issued common shares, if the individual is a director, officer, employee or consultant, or 2% of the issued common shares, if the individual is engaged in providing investor relations services, in a twelve month basis, unless disinterested shareholder approval is obtained. All options granted under the Stock Option Plan will expire not later than the date that is ten years from the date that such options are granted. Options terminate earlier as follows: (i) immediately in the event of dismissal with cause; (ii) 90 days from date of termination other than for cause; or (iii) one year from the date of death or disability.

The details of the Company’s rolling Stock Option Plan are set out below under the heading “Particulars of Matters to be Acted Upon – Ratification and Approval of Stock Option Plan.”

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

Shareholders will be asked to vote for the appointment of BDO Canada LLP, to serve as auditors of the Company to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the shareholders or until such firm is removed from office or resigns as provided by law and to authorize the Board of Directors of the Company to fix the remuneration to be paid to the auditors.

Management recommends shareholders to vote for the ratification of the appointment of BDO Canada LLP, as the Company’s auditors until the next annual general meeting at a remuneration to be fixed by the Company’s board of directors.

PARTICULARS OF MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

Ratification and Approval of Stock Option Plan

The Company has adopted a “rolling” stock option plan (the “Stock Option Plan”) whereby 10% of the number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company at any given time may be reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of options. The TSX Venture Exchange requires that the Stock Option Plan be submitted for approval by the shareholders at the annual general meeting of the Company. Accordingly, management is seeking ratification and approval of the Stock Option Plan by the shareholders. The board of directors of the Company has approved the Stock Option Plan and recommends shareholders vote in favour of approving and ratifying the Stock Option Plan.

The Stock Option Plan was established to provide incentive to directors, officers, employees, management company employees and consultants who provide services to the Company. The intention of management in proposing the Stock Option Plan is to increase the proprietary interest of such persons in the Company and thereby aid the Company in attracting, retaining and encouraging the continued involvement of such persons with the Company.

The Stock Option Plan provides for a floating maximum limit of 10% of the outstanding common shares, as permitted by the policies of the Exchange. As of the date of this Information Circular, the Company was eligible to grant up to 6,791,838

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options under its Stock Option Plan. There are presently 6,225,000 options outstanding and 566,838 options reserved and available under the Stock Option Plan.

Terms of the Stock Option Plan

Options may be granted under the Stock Option Plan to such service providers of the Company and its affiliates, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. The exercise price of option grants will be determined by the Board of Directors, but cannot be lower than the price permitted by the TSX Venture Exchange. The Stock Option Plan provides that the number of common shares that may be reserved for issuance to any one individual upon exercise of all stock options held by such individual may not exceed 5% of the issued common shares, if the individual is a director or officer, or 2% of the issued common shares, if the individual is a consultant or engaged in providing investor relations services, on a yearly basis. Subject to earlier termination, all options granted under the Stock Option Plan will expire not later than the date that is five years from the date that such options are granted. In the event that an optionee ceases to be a director, officer, employee or consultant, the option will terminate within ninety days. In the event of the death of an optionee, the options will only be exercisable within 12 months of such death. Options granted under the Stock Option Plan are not transferable or assignable other than by will or other testamentary instrument or pursuant to the laws of succession.

Disinterested Shareholder Approval

Under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, if the grant of options under the proposed Stock Option Plan to insiders of the Company, together with all of the Company’ outstanding stock options, could result at any time in:

  • (a) the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to stock options granted to insiders of the Company exceeding 10% of the issued common shares of the Company;

  • (b) the grant to insiders of the Company, within a 12 month period, of a number of options exceeding 10% of the issued common shares of the Company; or

  • (c) the issuance to any one optionee, within a 12 month period, of a number of shares exceeding 5% of the issued common shares of the Company,

the Company must obtain disinterested shareholder approval. The policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and the terms of the proposed Stock Option Plan also provide that disinterested shareholder approval will be required for any agreement to decrease the exercise price of options previously granted to insiders of the Company. The term disinterested shareholder approval means approval by a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting other than votes attaching to shares of the Company beneficially owned by insiders of the Company to whom options may be granted under the proposed Stock Option Plan.

A copy of the Stock Option Plan is available for review at the registered offices of the Company, located at Suite 704, 595 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, during normal business hours up to an including the date of the Meeting.

Management recommends the ratification and approval of the Stock Option Plan.

INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

No individual who is, or who at any time during the last financial year was, a director or executive officer or employee of the Company, a proposed nominee for election as a director of the Company or an associate of any such director, officer or proposed nominee is, or at any time since the beginning of the last completed financial year has been, indebted to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and no indebtedness of any such individual to another entity is, or has at any time since the beginning of such year been, the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar arrangement or understanding provided by the Company or any of its subsidiaries

INTEREST OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS

No: (a) director, proposed director or executive officer of the Company; (b) person or company who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, common shares or who exercises control or direction of common shares, or a combination of both carrying more than ten percent of the voting rights attached to the common shares outstanding (an “Insider”); (c) director or executive officer of an Insider; or (d) associate or affiliate of any of the directors, executive officers or Insiders, has had any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction since the commencement of the Company’s most recently completed financial year or in

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any proposed transaction which has materially affected or would materially affect the Company, except with an interest arising from the ownership of common shares where such person or company will receive no extra or special benefit or advantage not shared on a pro rata basis by all holders of the same class of common shares.

MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS

There were no management functions of the Company, which were, to any substantial degree, performed by a person other than the directors or executive officers of the Company.

AUDIT COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE

Pursuant to National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees , the Company is required to disclose certain information concerning the constitution of its Audit Committee and its relationship with its independent auditors.

The Audit Committee Charter

The Company’s audit committee charter is set out in Schedule “A” of this Information Circular. The overall purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to: the financial reporting process and the quality, transparency and integrity of the financial statements and other related public disclosures; internal controls over financial reporting; compliance with legal and regulatory requirements relevant to the financial statements and financial reporting; ensuring that there is an appropriate standard of corporate conduct for senior financial personnel and employees including, if necessary, adopting a corporate code of ethics; the external auditors’ qualifications and independence; and the performance of the internal audit function and the external auditor. The Company has adopted a Charter of the Audit Committee of the Board.

Composition of the Audit Committee

The following persons are members of our audit committee:

Charles Hethey Independent FinanciallyLiterate
John Lewins Independent FinanciallyLiterate
Robert McMorran Not Independent FinanciallyLiterate

Relevant Education and Experience

All members of the Audit Committee have the ability to read, analyze and understand the complexities surrounding the issuance of financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of the issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Company’s financial statements, and have an understanding of internal controls.

In addition to each member's general business experience, the education and experience of each Audit Committee member that is relevant to the performance of his/her responsibilities as an Audit Committee member is as follows:

Charles Hethey : Mr. Hethey has represented numerous mineral exploration companies and advised them on their securities compliance obligations over the last 10 years. Further, Mr. Hethey was a director and a member of the audit committee of New Energy Metals Corp., a company listed on the TSXV, and was a director and a member of the audit committee of Snowline Gold Corp., a company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Accordingly, Mr. Hethey has the ability to understand financial statements relating to junior resource companies.

John Lewins : Over the last 20 years, Mr. Lewins has held numerous senior corporate positions with ASX and TSXV listed resource companies. Currently, Mr. Lewins is Chief Executive Officer of K92 Mining Inc. Accordingly, Mr. Lewins has the ability to understand financial statements relating to junior resource companies.

Robert McMorran : Mr. McMorran is a Chartered Professional Accountant and is the former President of Malaspina Consultants Inc., a private company that provides accounting and administrative services to junior companies. Mr. McMorran has over 34 years’ experience dealing with financial reporting and the administration of public companies.

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Audit Committee Oversight

At no time since the commencement of the Company’s most recent completed financial year has a recommendation of the Audit Committee to nominate or compensate an external auditor not been adopted by the Board of Directors.

Reliance on Certain Exemptions

At no time since the commencement of the Company’s most recently completed financial year has the Company relied on the following exemptions:

  • (a.) the exemption in section 2.4 of National Instrument 52-110 (De Minimis Non-audit Services);

  • (b.) the exemption in subsection 6.1.1(4) of National Instrument 52-110 (Circumstance Affecting the Business or Operations of the Venture Issuer);

  • (c.) the exemption in subsection 6.1.1(5) of National Instrument 52-110 (Events Outside Control of Member);

  • (d.) the exemption in subsection 6.1.1(6) of National Instrument 52-110 (Death, Incapacity or Resignation); or

  • (e.) an exemption from National Instrument 52-110, in whole or in part, granted under Part 8 of National Instrument 52-110 (Exemption).

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The Audit Committee has adopted specific policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services as set out in the Audit Committee Charter of the Company.

External Auditor Service Fees

In the following table, “audit fees” are fees billed by the Company’s external auditor for services provided in auditing the Company’s annual financial statements for the subject year. “Audit-related fees” are fees not included in audit fees that are billed by the auditor for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit review of the Company’s financial statements. “Tax fees” are fees billed by the auditor for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. “All other fees” are fees billed by the auditor for products and services not included in the foregoing categories.

The aggregate fees billed by the Company’s external auditor in the last two fiscal years, by category, are as follows:

Audit Fees
Audit-Related Fees
Tax Fees
All Other Fees
Total
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Year Ended December 31, 2019
$107,460
$8,100
$-
$-
$17,437
$-
$-
$-
$124,897
$8,100

Exemption

The Company has relied upon the exemption provided by section 6.1 of NI 52-110, which exempts a venture issuer from the requirement to comply with the restrictions on the composition of its Audit Committee and the disclosure requirements of its Audit Committee in an annual information form as prescribed by NI 52-110

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Pursuant to National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practice s, the Company is required to disclose its corporate governance practices as follows:

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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is currently comprised of six (6) members. Under National Instrument 52-110, an “independent” director is a director who has no direct or indirect material relationship with the Company. A material relationship is a relationship which could, in the view of the Board of Directors, reasonably interfere with the exercise of a director’s independent judgment.

The Board has determined that two directors, namely John Lewins, and Charles Hethey are independent based upon the tests for independence set forth in NI 52-110. None of Bryan Slusarchuk, Neil Motton, Robert McMorran, or Liza Gazis are considered independent directors because of their positions as executive officers (or former executive officers) or, in the case of Ms. Gazis, the payment of consulting fees.

Directorships

The following directors of the Company are directors of other reporting issuers:

Name of Director Name of Reporting Issuer Exchange
Bryan Slusarchuk Turmalina Metals Corp. TSXV
Zacatecas SilverCorp. TSXV
Charles Hethey Zacatecas Silver Corp. TSXV
Mantaro SilverCorp. TSXV
Robert McMorran Farstarcap Investment Corp. TSXV

Orientation and Continuing Education

The Board of Directors provides an overview of the Company’s business activities, systems and business plan to all new directors. New director candidates have free access to any of the Company’s records, employees or senior management in order to conduct their own due diligence and will be briefed on the strategic plans, short, medium and long term corporate objectives, business risks and mitigation strategies, corporate governance guidelines and existing policies of the Company. The directors are encouraged to update their skills and knowledge by taking courses and attending professional seminars.

Ethical Business Conduct

The Board of Directors believes good corporate governance is an integral component to the success of the Company and to meet responsibilities to shareholders. Generally, the Board of Directors has found that the fiduciary duties placed on individual directors by the Company’s governing corporate legislation and the common law and the restrictions placed by applicable corporate legislation on an individual director’s participation in decisions of the Board of Directors in which the director has an interest have been sufficient to ensure that the Board of Directors operates independently of management and in the best interests of the Company.

The Board of Directors is also responsible for applying governance principles and practices, tracking development in corporate governance, and adapting “best practices” to suit the needs of the Company. Certain of the directors of the Company may also be directors and officers of other companies, and conflicts of interest may arise between their duties. Such conflicts must be disclosed in accordance with, and are subject to such other procedures and remedies as applicable under the BCBCA.

Nomination of Directors

The Board of Directors has not formed a nominating committee or similar committee to assist the Board of Directors with the nomination of directors for the Company. The Board of Directors considers itself too small to warrant creation of such a committee; and each of the directors has contacts he can draw upon to identify new members of the Board of Directors as needed from time to time.

The Board of Directors will continually assess its size, structure and composition, taking into consideration its current strengths, skills and experience, proposed retirements and the requirements and strategic direction of the Company. As required, directors will recommend suitable candidates for consideration as members of the Board of Directors.

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Compensation

The Board of Directors reviews the compensation of its directors and executive officers annually. Compensation of directors and the Company’s executive officers will be determined by the directors and the executive officers taking into account the Company’s business ventures and the Company’s financial position. See “Executive Compensation”.

Other Board Committees

The Company has established an Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.

Assessments

The Board of Directors has not implemented a process for assessing its effectiveness. As a result of the Company’s small size and the Company’s stage of development, the Board of Directors considers a formal assessment process to be inappropriate at this time. The Board of Directors plans to continue evaluating its own effectiveness on an ad hoc basis.

The Board of Directors does not formally assess the performance or contribution of individual Board members or committee members.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional information relating to the Company is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Shareholders may contact the Company at its office by mail at Suite 488, 1090 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7, to request copies of the Company’s financial statements and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis (the “MD&A”). Financial information is provided in the Company’s audited financial statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2020.

OTHER MATTERS

Other than the above, management of the Company knows of no other matters to come before the Meeting other than those referred to in the Notice of Meeting. However, if any other matters that are not known to management should properly come before the Meeting, the accompanying form of proxy confers discretionary authority upon the persons named therein to vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.

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APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The contents of this Information Circular have been approved and the delivery of it to each shareholder of the Company entitled thereto and to the appropriate regulatory agencies has been authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Dated at Vancouver, British Columbia as of September 29, 2021.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

FOSTERVILLE SOUTH EXPLORATION INC.

“Bryan Slusarchuk”

Bryan Slusarchuk Chief Executive Officer

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Schedule “A”

Fosterville South Exploration Ltd. Audit Committee Charter

I. MANDATE

The Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fosterville South Exploration Ltd (the “Company”) shall assist the Board in fulfilling its financial oversight responsibilities. The Committee’s primary duties and responsibilities under this mandate are to serve as an independent and objective party to monitor:

  1. The quality and integrity of the Company’s financial statements and other financial information;

  2. The compliance of such statements and information with legal and regulatory requirements;

  3. The qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent external auditor (the “Auditor”); and

  4. The performance of the Company’s internal accounting procedures and Auditor.

II. STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS

A. Composition

The Committee shall be comprised of three or more members.

B. Qualifications

Each member of the Committee must be a member of the Board.

Each member of the Committee must be able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including the Company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.

C. Appointment and Removal

In accordance with the Articles of the Company, the members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve until such member’s successor is duly elected and qualified or until such member’s earlier resignation or removal. Any member of the Committee may be removed, with or without cause, by a majority vote of the Board.

D. Chair

Unless the Board shall select a Chair, the members of the Committee shall designate a Chair by the majority vote of all of the members of the Committee. The Chair shall call, set the agendas for and chair all meetings of the Committee.

E. Meetings

The Committee shall meet as frequently as circumstances dictate. The Auditor shall be given reasonable notice of, and be entitled to attend and speak at, each meeting of the Committee concerning the Company’s annual financial statements and, if the Committee feels it is necessary or appropriate, at every other meeting. On request by the Auditor, the Chair shall call a meeting of the Committee to consider any matter that the Auditor believes should be brought to the attention of the Committee, the Board or the shareholders of the Company.

At each meeting, a quorum shall consist of a majority of members that are not officers or employees of the Company or of an affiliate of the Company.

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As part of its goal to foster open communication, the Committee may periodically meet separately with each of management and the Auditor to discuss any matters that the Committee or any of these groups believes would be appropriate to discuss privately. In addition, the Committee should meet with the Auditor and management annually to review the Company’s financial statements in a manner consistent with Section III of this Charter.

The Committee may invite to its meetings any director, any manager of the Company, and any other person whom it deems appropriate to consult in order to carry out its responsibilities. The Committee may also exclude from its meetings any person it deems appropriate to exclude in order to carry out its responsibilities.

III. DUTIES

A. Introduction

The following functions shall be the common recurring duties of the Committee in carrying out its purposes outlined in Section I of this Charter. These duties should serve as a guide with the understanding that the Committee may fulfill additional duties and adopt additional policies and procedures as may be appropriate in light of changing business, legislative, regulatory or other conditions. The Committee shall also carry out any other responsibilities and duties delegated to it by the Board from time to time related to the purposes of the Committee outlined in Section I of this Charter.

The Committee, in discharging its oversight role, is empowered to study or investigate any matter of interest or concern which the Committee in its sole discretion deems appropriate for study or investigation by the Committee.

The Committee shall be given full access to the Company’s internal accounting staff, managers, other staff and Auditor as necessary to carry out these duties. While acting within the scope of its stated purpose, the Committee shall have all the authority of, but shall remain subject to, the Board.

B. Powers and Responsibilities

The Committee will have the following responsibilities and, in order to perform and discharge these responsibilities, will be vested with the powers and authorities set forth below, namely, the Committee shall:

Independence of Auditor

  1. Review and discuss with the Auditor any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the Auditor and, if necessary, obtain a formal written statement from the Auditor setting forth all relationships between the Auditor and the Company.

  2. Take, or recommend that the Board take, appropriate action to oversee the independence of the Auditor.

  3. Require the Auditor to report directly to the Committee.

  4. Review and approve the Company’s hiring policies regarding partners, employees and former partners and employees of the Auditor and former independent external auditor of the Company.

Performance & Completion by Auditor of its Work

  1. Be directly responsible for the oversight of the work by the Auditor (including resolution of disagreements between management and the Auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company, including resolution of disagreements between management and the Auditor regarding financial reporting.

  2. Review annually the performance of the Auditor and recommend the appointment by the Board of a new, or reelection by the Company’s shareholders of the existing, Auditor for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor’s report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company.

  3. Recommend to the Board the compensation of the Auditor.

  4. Pre-approve all non-audit services, including the fees and terms thereof, to be performed for the Company by the Auditor.

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Internal Financial Controls & Operations of the Company

  1. Establish procedures for:

  2. (a) the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters; and

  3. (b) the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Company of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

Preparation of Financial Statements

  1. Discuss with management and the Auditor significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements, including any significant changes in the Company’s selection or application of accounting principles, any major issues as to the adequacy of the Company’s internal controls and any special steps adopted in light of material control deficiencies.

  2. Discuss with management and the Auditor any correspondence with regulators or governmental agencies and any employee complaints or published reports which raise material issues regarding the Company’s financial statements or accounting policies.

  3. Discuss with management and the Auditor the effect of regulatory and accounting initiatives as well as off-balance sheet structures on the Company’s financial statements.

  4. Discuss with management the Company’s major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures, including the Company’s risk assessment and risk management policies.

  5. Discuss with the Auditor the matters required to be discussed relating to the conduct of any audit, in particular:

  6. (a) The adoption of, or changes to, the Company’s significant auditing and accounting principles and practices as suggested by the Auditor, internal auditor or management.

  7. (b) The management inquiry letter provided by the Auditor and the Company’s response to that letter.

  8. (c) Any difficulties encountered in the course of the audit work, including any restrictions on the scope of activities or access to requested information, and any significant disagreements with management.

Public Disclosure by the Company

  1. Review the Company’s annual and interim financial statements, management discussion and analysis (MD&A) and earnings press releases before the Board approves and the Company publicly discloses this information.

  2. Review the Company’s financial reporting procedures and internal controls to be satisfied that adequate procedures are in place for the review of the Company’s public disclosure of financial information extracted or derived from its financial statements, other than disclosure described in the previous paragraph, and periodically assessing the adequacy of those procedures.

  3. Review disclosures made to the Committee by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer during their certification process of the Company’s financial statements about any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls or material weaknesses therein and any fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls.

Manner of Carrying Out its Mandate

  1. Consult, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, with the Auditor, but without the presence of management, about the quality of the Company’s accounting principles, internal controls and the completeness and accuracy of the Company’s financial statements.

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  1. Request any officer or employee of the Company or the Company’s outside counsel or Auditor to attend a meeting of the Committee or to meet with any members of, or consultants to, the Committee.

  2. Meet, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, with management, any internal auditor and the Auditor in separate executive sessions.

  3. Have the authority, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, to retain special independent legal, accounting or other consultants to advise the Committee advisors.

  4. Make regular reports to the Board.

  5. Review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval.

  6. Annually review the Committee’s own performance.

  7. Provide an open avenue of communication among the Auditor, the Company’s financial and senior management and the Board.

  8. Not delegate these responsibilities.

C. Limitation of Audit Committee’s Role

While the Committee has the responsibilities and powers set forth in this Charter, it is not the duty of the Committee to plan or conduct audits or to determine that the Company’s financial statements and disclosures are complete and accurate and are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and applicable rules and regulations. These are the responsibilities of management and the Auditor.

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