MTB Metals Corp. — AGM Information 2023

Apr 18, 2023

MTB METALS CORP. (formerly MOUNTAIN BOY MINERALS LTD.)

Annual General Meeting to be held on May 25, 2023

Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting and Information Circular

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MTB METALS CORP. (formerly MOUNTAIN BOY MINERALS LTD.)

410 - 325 Howe Street Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1Z7

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general and special meeting (the “ Meeting ”) of the shareholders of MTB Metals Corp. (formerly Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd.) (the “ Company ”) will be held by Zoom meeting conference:

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(Meeting ID: 865 1005 3537; password: 474139), on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (local time in Vancouver, British Columbia) due to the COVID-19 pandemic and government orders to maintain social distancing. At the Meeting, the shareholders will receive the financial statements for the year ended November 30, 2022, together with the auditor’s report thereon, and consider resolutions to:

1. set the number of directors at six;

2. elect directors for the ensuing year;

3. appoint Manning Elliott LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as auditor of the Company for the ensuing year and authorize the directors to determine the remuneration to be paid to the auditor;

4. adopt the Company’s new equity incentive plan; and

5. transact such other business as may properly be put before the Meeting.

Shareholders are reminded that no votes will be accepted at the Zoom Meeting. Shareholders who wish to ensure that their common shares will be voted, must complete, date and execute the enclosed form of proxy, or another suitable form of proxy, and deliver it by mail or by fax in accordance with the instructions set out in the form of proxy and in the Circular accompanying this Notice. For greater clarity, proxies need to be received by Computershare Investor Services Inc. (“ Computershare ”), Attention: Proxy Department, 100 University Avenue, 9th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1 before the proxy cut-off date of 10:00a.m. Vancouver time on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on Thursday, April 6, 2023 will be entitled to vote at the Meeting.

An information circular and a form of proxy accompany this notice.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, the 6[th] day of April, 2023.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“Lawrence Roulston”

Lawrence Roulston President and Chief Executive Officer

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MTB METALS CORP (formerly MOUNTAIN BOY MINERALS LTD.) 410-325 Howe Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1Z7 Telephone: (604) 687-3520 Facsimile: (888) 889-4874

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

(As at April 6, 2023 except as indicated)

MTB METALS CORP. (formerly MOUNTAIN BOY MINERALS LTD.) (the “Company”) is providing this Information Circular and a form of proxy in connection with management’s solicitation of proxies for use at the annual general meeting (the “Meeting”) of the Company to be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023, and at any adjournments thereof. The Company will conduct its solicitation by mail and officers and employees of the Company may, without receiving special compensation, also telephone or make other personal contact. The Company will pay the cost of solicitation.

THE COMPANY IS HOLDING ITS MEETING BY ZOOM MEETING CONFERENCE ONLY DUE TO THE COVID19 PANDEMIC AND GOVERNMENT ORDERS TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. NO VOTES WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE ZOOM MEETING CONFERENCE. SHAREHOLDERS WHO WISH TO ENSURE THAT THEIR COMMON SHARES WILL BE VOTED, MUST COMPLETE, DATE AND EXECUTE THE ENCLOED FORM OF PROXY, OR ANOTHER SUITABLE FORM OF PROXY, AND DELIVER IT BY MAIL OR BY FAX IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS SET OUT IN THE FORM OF PROXY AND IN THE NOTICE ACCOMPANYING THIS CIRCULAR. FOR GREATER CLARITY, PROXIES NEED TO BE RECEIVED BY COMPUTERSHARE BEFORE THE PROXY CUT-OFF DATE OF 10:00 A.M., VANCOUVER TIME ON TUESDAY MAY 23, 2023.

APPOINTMENT AND REVOCATION OF PROXY

The persons named in the Proxy are directors and/or officers of the Company. A registered shareholder who wishes to appoint some other person to serve as their representative at the Meeting may do so by striking out the printed names and inserting the desired person’s name in the blank space provided. The completed Proxy should be delivered to Computershare Investor Services Inc. (“Computershare”) by 10:00 a.m. (local time in Vancouver, British Columbia) on Friday, March 24, 2023 or before 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before any adjournment of the Meeting at which the Proxy is to be used.

The Proxy may be revoked by:

• a) signing a proxy with a later date and delivering it at the time and place noted above;

• b) signing and dating a written notice of revocation and delivering it to the registered office of the Company, or by transmitting a revocation by telephonic or electronic means, to the registered office of the Company, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment of it, at which the Proxy is to be used, or delivering a written notice of revocation and delivering it to the Chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting or adjournment of it; or

• c) attending the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting and registering with the scrutineer as a shareholder present in person.

Provisions Relating to Voting of Proxies

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The shares represented by Proxy in the form provided to shareholders will be voted or withheld from voting by the designated holder in accordance with the direction of the registered shareholder appointing him. If there is no direction by the registered shareholder, those shares will be voted for all proposals set out in the Proxy and for the election of directors and the appointment of the auditors as set out in this Circular. The Proxy gives the person named in it the discretion to vote as such person sees fit on any amendments or variations to matters identified in the Notice of Meeting, or any other matters which may properly come before the Meeting. At the time of printing of this Circular, the management of the Company (the “Management”) knows of no other matters which may come before the Meeting other than those referred to in the Notice of Meeting.

Advice to Beneficial Holders of Common Shares

The information set forth in this section is of significant importance to many shareholders, as a substantial number of shareholders do not hold common shares in their own name. Shareholders who hold their common shares through their brokers, intermediaries, trustees or other persons, or who otherwise do not hold their common shares in their own name (referred to herein as “ Beneficial Shareholders ”) should note that only proxies deposited by shareholders who appear on the records maintained by the Company’s registrar and transfer agent as registered holders of common shares will be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting. If common shares are listed in an account statement provided to a Beneficial Shareholder by a broker, then those common shares will, in all likelihood, not be registered in the shareholder’s name. Such common shares will more likely be registered under the name of the shareholder’s broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada, the vast majority of such shares are registered under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for The Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd., which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms). In the United States, the vast majority of such common shares are registered under the name Cede & Co., the registration name for The Depository Trust Company, which acts as nominee for many United States brokerage firms. Common shares held by brokers (or their agents or nominees) on behalf of a broker’s client can only be voted or withheld at the direction of the Beneficial Shareholder. Without specific instructions, brokers and their agents and nominees are prohibited from voting shares for the broker’s clients. Therefore, each Beneficial Shareholder should ensure that voting instructions are communicated to the appropriate person well in advance of the Meeting.

Existing regulatory policy requires brokers and other intermediaries to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholders’ meetings. The various brokers and other intermediaries have their own mailing procedures and provide their own return instructions to clients, which should be carefully followed by Beneficial Shareholders in order to ensure that common shares are voted at the Meeting. The form of instrument of proxy supplied to a Beneficial Shareholder by its broker (or the agent of the broker) is substantially similar to the instrument of proxy provided directly to registered shareholders by the Company. However, its purpose is limited to instructing the registered shareholder (i.e., the broker or agent of the broker) how to vote on behalf of the Beneficial Shareholder. The vast majority of brokers now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“ Broadridge ”) in Canada. Broadridge typically prepares a machine-readable voting instruction form (“ VIF ”), mails those forms to Beneficial Shareholders and asks Beneficial Shareholders to return the VIFs to Broadridge, or otherwise communicate voting instructions to Broadridge (by way of the internet or telephone, for example). Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of shares to be represented at the Meeting. A Beneficial Shareholder who receives a Broadridge VIF form cannot use that form to vote common shares directly at the Meeting. The VIF must be returned to Broadridge (or instructions respecting the voting of common shares must otherwise be communicated to

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Broadridge) well in advance of the Meeting in order to have the common shares voted. If you have any questions respecting the voting of common shares held through a broker or other intermediary, please contact that broker or other intermediary for assistance.

The Notice of Meeting, Circular, Proxy and VIF, as applicable, are being provided to both registered shareholders and Beneficial Shareholders. Beneficial Shareholders fall into two categories - those who object to their identity being known to the issuers of securities which they own (“ OBOs ”) and those who do not object to their identity being made known to the issuers of the securities which they own (“ NOBOs ”). Subject to the provisions of National Instrument 54-101 - Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (“ NI 54-101 ”), issuers may request and obtain a list of their NOBOs from intermediaries directly or via their transfer agent and may obtain and use the NOBO list for the distribution of proxy-related materials directly (not via Broadridge) to such NOBOs. If you are a Beneficial Shareholder and the Company or its agent has sent these materials directly to you, your name, address and information about your holdings of common shares have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the intermediary holding the common shares on your behalf.

Pursuant to the provisions of NI 54-101, the Company is providing the Notice of Meeting, Circular and Proxy or VIF, as applicable, to both registered owners of the securities and non-registered owners of the securities. If you are a non-registered 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 common shares 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 VIF. As a result, if you are a non-registered owner of the securities, you can expect to receive a scannable VIF from Computershare. Please complete and return the VIF to Computershare in the envelope provided or by facsimile. In addition, telephone voting and internet voting instructions can be found on the VIF. Computershare will tabulate the results of the VIFs received from the Company’s NOBOs and will provide appropriate instructions at the Meeting with respect to the common shares represented by the VIFs they receive.

The Company’s OBOs can expect to be contacted by Broadridge or their brokers or their broker’s agents as set out above. The Company does not intend to pay for intermediaries to deliver the Notice of Meeting, Circular and VIF to OBOs and accordingly, if the OBO’s intermediary does not assume the costs of delivery of those documents in the event that the OBO wishes to receive them, the OBO may not receive the documentation.

Although a Beneficial Shareholder may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purposes of voting common shares registered in the name of his broker, a Beneficial Shareholder may attend the Meeting as proxyholder for the registered shareholder and vote the common shares in that capacity. NI 54-101 allows a Beneficial Shareholder who is a NOBO to submit to the Company or an applicable intermediary any document in writing that requests that the NOBO or a nominee of the NOBO be appointed as proxyholder. If such a request is received, the Company or an intermediary, as applicable, must arrange, without expenses to the NOBO, to appoint such NOBO or its nominee as a proxyholder and to deposit that proxy within the time specified in this Circular, provided that the Company or the intermediary receives such written instructions from the NOBO at least one business day prior to the time by which proxies are to be submitted at the Meeting, with the result that such a written request must be received by 10:00 a.m. (local time in Vancouver, British Columbia) on the day which is at least

three business days prior to the Meeting. A Beneficial Shareholder who wishes to attend the Meeting

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and to vote their common shares as proxyholder for the registered shareholder, should enter their own name in the blank space on the VIF or such other document in writing that requests that the NOBO or a nominee of the NOBO be appointed as proxyholder and return the same to their broker (or the broker’s agent) in accordance with the instructions provided by such broker.

All references to shareholders in the Notice of Meeting, Circular and the accompanying Proxy are to registered shareholders of the Company as set forth on the list of registered shareholders of the Company as maintained by the registrar and transfer agent of the Company, Computershare, unless specifically stated otherwise.

Financial Statements

The audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended November 30, 2022, together with the auditor’s report on those statements and Management Discussion and Analysis, will be presented to the shareholders at the Meeting.

VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF

The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value, of which 90,992,553 shares were issued and outstanding as at April 6, 2023. Persons who are registered shareholders at the close of business on April 6, 2023 will be entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting and will be entitled to one vote for each share held. The Company has only one class of shares.

To the knowledge of the Directors and executive officers of the Company, no person beneficially owns, controls or directs, directly or indirectly, shares carrying 10% or more of the voting rights attached to all shares of the Company, except the following:

Name	No. of Shares Beneficially Owned, Controlled or Directed, Directly or Indirectly	Percentage of Outstanding Shares
Rene Bernard	15,081,000(1)	16.6%

(1) Rene Bernard controls these common shares directly through his personal account or indirectly through his family members and a private company owned by him and his family members.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

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 appointed. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the enclosed proxy will be voted for the nominees herein listed.

Shareholder approval will be sought to fix the number of Directors of the Company at six.

Pursuant to the Advance Notice Policy of the Company adopted by the Board of Directors on April 2, 2013, any additional director nominations for the Meeting must have been received by the Company in compliance with the Advance Notice Policy no later than the close of business on April 6, 2023.

The Company is required to have an audit committee. Members of this committee are as set out below.

Management of the Company proposes to nominate each of the following persons for election as a Director. Information concerning such persons, as furnished by the individual nominees, is as follows:

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Name, Jurisdiction of Residence and Position			Number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned, Controlled or Directed, Directly or Indirectly(2)
	Principal Occupation	Director since
Lawrence Roulston BC, Canada Chief Executive Officer, Director	President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company;	December 15, 2017	774,500
Mark T. Brown(1) BC, Canada Director	President of Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd. (“POC”)	December 15, 2017	1,440,000
Rene Bernard(1) BC, Canada Director	City of Kelowna Councillor; Business manager for W&S Bernard Investment Ltd.	May 16, 2017	15,081,000
Ron Cannan(1) BC, Canada Director	Business consultant helping small businesses, financial sector, wine industry/tourism, government relations andpublicpolicydevelopment	August 17, 2016	65,000
Ben Whiting BC, Canada Director	Professional Geoscientist - President & CEO of Orex Minerals Inc. - Vice President Exploration of Barsele Minerals Corp.	March 17,, 2020	70,000
Dorian L. Nicol California, USA Director	Consulting Economic Geologist	October 12, 2021	Nil

• (1) Member of the audit committee.

(2) Shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction is exercised, as at April 6, 2023, based upon information furnished to the Company by individual Directors. Unless otherwise indicated, such shares are held directly.

No proposed Director is to be elected under any arrangement or understanding between the proposed Director and any other person or company, except the Directors and executive officers of the Company acting solely in such capacity.

To the knowledge of the Company, except as disclosed below, no proposed Director:

• (a) is, as at the date of the Information Circular, or has been, within 10 years before the date of the Information Circular, a Director, chief executive officer (“CEO”) or chief financial officer (“CFO”) of any company (including the Company) that:

• (i) was the subject, while the proposed Director was acting in the capacity as Director, CEO or CFO of such company, of a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days; or

• (ii) was subject to a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, that was issued after the proposed Director ceased to be a Director, CEO or CFO but which resulted from an event that occurred while the proposed Director was acting in the capacity as Director, CEO or CFO of such company; or

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• (b) is, as at the date of this Information Circular, or has been within 10 years before the date of the Information Circular, a Director or executive officer of any company (including the Company) that, while that person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of that person ceasing to act in that 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

• (c) has, within the 10 years before the date of this Information Circular, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or become 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 proposed Director; or

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

• (e) has been subject to any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would likely be considered important to a reasonable security-holder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed Director.

Mark Brown, a director and CEO of the Corporation, was formerly a director of Sutter Gold Mining Inc. (“SGM”), a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Brown resigned as a director of SGM on May 21, 2019. On May 6, 2019, SGM received a cease trade order issued by the British Columbia Securities Commission for failure to file audited financial statements and Management’s Discussion & Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2018. SGM’s listing on the TSX Venture Exchange remains suspended until SGM meets TSX Venture Exchange’s requirements and upon the revocation of the cease trade order. Pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia dated May 17, 2019, a receiver was appointed over all of the assets, undertakings and properties of SGM.

From August 9, 2018 until February 13, 2019, Mark Brown was a director of Ascent Industries Corp. (“Ascent”), a company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange. On March 1, 2019, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued an order granting Ascent’s application for creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) to address near term liquidity issues. In March 2020, Ascent was discharged from CCAA protection and resumed trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange in May 2020 under the new name Luff Enterprises Ltd.

Mr. Roulston became a director of KBL Mining Ltd. (“KBL”) in March 2015, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange at the time, as a result of being the director nominee of Quintana Resources Capital ULC (an investor in KBL by way of a streaming transaction which was secured by KBL’s Mineral Hill mine). On September 7, 2016, Mr. Roulston resigned his position as director and on September 8, 2016, KBL was placed into voluntary administration and on September 19, 2016, receivers were appointed. KBL is working on a recapitalization so that it is financially able to continue and re-list its common shares for trading.

The following Directors of the Company hold Directorships in other reporting issuers as set out below:

Name of Director	Name of Other Reporting Issuer
Lawrence Roulston	Thunderstruck Resources Ltd. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. Enduro Metals Corp.

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Name of Director	Name of Other Reporting Issuer
	Palladium One Mining Inc. Silver Hammer MiningCorp.
Mark T. Brown	Au Gold Corp. Avrupa Minerals Ltd. Alianza Minerals Ltd. Copper Fox Metals Inc. Mich Resources Ltd. East West Petroleum Corp. Mineral and Financial Investments Limited
Ben Whiting	Orex Minerals Inc.
Dorian L. Nicol	EGR Exploration Ltd. Blue Thunder MiningInc..

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

The Company’s compensation philosophy for its Named Executive Officers is designed to attract well qualified individuals in what is essentially an international market by paying competitive base management fees plus short and long term incentive compensation in the form of stock options or other suitable long term incentives. The Board of Directors meets to discuss and determine executive compensation without reference to formal objectives, criteria or analysis. In making its determinations regarding the various elements of executive compensation, the Board of Directors does not benchmark its executive compensation program, but from time to time does review compensation practices of companies of similar size and stage of development to ensure the compensation paid is competitive within the Company’s industry and geographic location while taking into account the financial and other resources of the Company.

The duties and responsibilities of the President and CEO are typical of those of a business entity of the Company’s size in a similar business and include direct reporting responsibility to the Board, overseeing the activities of all other executive and management consultants, representing the Company, providing leadership and responsibility for achieving corporate goals and implementing corporate policies and initiatives.

Elements of Compensation

The Company’s executive compensation policy consists of an annual base salary and long term incentives in the form of stock options granted under the Company’s Stock Option Plan.

The base salaries paid to officers of the Company are intended to provide fixed levels of competitive pay that reflect each officer’s primary duties and responsibilities and the level of skill and experience required to successfully perform their role. The Company intends to pay base salaries to officers that are competitive with those for similar positions in the mining industry to attract and retain executive talent in the market in which the Company competes for talent. Base salaries of officers are reviewed annually by the Board of Directors.

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Compensation Policies and Risk Management

The Board of Directors considers the implications of the risks associated with the Company’s compensation policies and practices when determining rewards for its officers. The Board of Directors intends to review at least once annually the risks, if any, associated with the Company’s compensation policies and practices at such time.

Executive compensation is comprised of short-term compensation in the form of a base salary and longterm ownership through the Company’s Stock Option Plan. This structure ensures that a significant portion of executive compensation (stock options) is both long-term and “at risk” and, accordingly, is directly linked to the achievement of business results and the creation of long term shareholder value. As the benefits of such compensation, if any, are not realized by officers until a significant period of time has passed, the ability of officers to take inappropriate or excessive risks that are beneficial to their compensation at the expense of the Company and the shareholders is extremely limited. Furthermore, the short-term component of executive compensation (base salary) represents a relatively small part of the total compensation. As a result, it is unlikely an officer would take inappropriate or excessive risks at the expense of the Company or the shareholders that would be beneficial to their short-term compensation when their long-term compensation might be put at risk from their actions.

Due to the small size of the Company and the current level of the Company’s activity, the Board of Directors is able to closely monitor and consider any risks which may be associated with the Company’s compensation policies and practices. Risks, if any, may be identified and mitigated through regular Board meetings during which financial and other information of the Company are reviewed. No risks have been identified arising from the Company’s compensation policies and practices that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Hedging of Economic Risks in the Company’s Securities

The Company has not adopted a policy prohibiting Directors or officers from purchasing financial instruments that are designed to hedge or offset a decrease in market value of the Company’s securities granted as compensation or held, directly or indirectly, by Directors or officers. However, the Company is not aware of any Directors or officers having entered into this type of transaction.

Option-Based Awards

The Company’s Stock Option Plan has been and will be used to provide share purchase options which are granted in consideration of the level of responsibility of the executive as well as his or her impact or contribution to the longer-term operating performance of the Company. In determining the number of options to be granted to the executive officers, the Board takes into account the number of options, if any, previously granted to each executive officer, and the exercise price of any outstanding options to ensure that such grants are in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, and closely align the interests of the executive officers with the interests of shareholders.

The Board of Directors as a whole has the responsibility to administer the compensation policies related to the executive management of the Company, including option-based awards.

Compensation Governance

Options are granted at the discretion of the Board of Directors, which considers factors such as how other junior exploration companies grant options and the potential value that each optionee is contributing to the Company. The number of options granted to an individual is based on such considerations.

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6 (“Statement of Executive Compensation”) (the “Form 51-102F6”)) sets forth all annual and long term compensation for services in all capacities to the Company for the three most recently completed financial years of the Company in respect of each of the individuals comprised of the CEO and the CFO who acted in such capacity for all or any portion of the most recently completed financial year, and each of the three most highly compensated executive officers, or the three most highly compensated individuals acting in a similar capacity, (other than the CEO and the CFO), as at November 30, 2020 whose total compensation was, individually, more than $150,000 for the financial year and any individual who would have satisfied these criteria but for the fact that the individual was neither an executive officer of the Company, nor acting in a similar capacity, at the end of the most recently completed financial year (collectively the “Named Executive Officers” or “NEOs”).

NEO Name and Principal Position	Year	Salary ($)	Share- Based Awards ($)	Option- Based Awards(1) ($)	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)	Pension Value ($)	All Other Compensation ($)	Total Compensation ($)
					Annual Incentive Plans	Long- term Incentive Plans
Lawrence Roulston CEO/President	2022 2021 2020	180,000(3) 145,000(3) 120,000(3)	Nil Nil Nil	7,950 Nil 42,500	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	187,950 145,000 162,500
Winnie Wong CFO	2022 2021 2020	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	15,900 Nil 42,500	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	124,582(2) 96,600(2) 110,846(2)	140,482 96,600 153,246
Lucia Theny(4) VP Exploration	2022 2021 2020	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	7,950 Nil 42,500	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	Nil Nil Nil	639,819(5) 488,414(5) 428,765(5)	647,769 488,414 471,265

(1) The Company used the Black-Scholes pricing model as the methodology to calculate the grant date fair value, and relied on the following the key assumptions and estimates for each calculation: under the following assumptions: (i) risk free interest rates ranging from 1.30 – 1.45%; (ii) expected dividend yield of 0%; (iii) expected volatility ranging from 124.6% to 163.3%; and (iv) an expected term of five years. The Black-Scholes pricing model was used to estimate the fair value as it is the most accepted methodology.

(2)

Paid to Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd., a private company where Winnie Wong is the Vice President.

(3) Paid to Resopp Publishing Corp., a private company owned by Lawrence Roulston.

(4) Lucia Theny was appointed as the Vice President Exploration effective April 23, 2019.

(5) Paid to a private company where Lucia Theny is a co-owner with several geologists providing geological services to the Company.

Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards

The following table sets out all the option-based and share-based awards outstanding as at November 30, 2022 for each NEO:

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		Option-Based Awards	Option-Based Awards		Share-Based Awards	Share-Based Awards	Share-Based Awards
							Market or
							payout value
	Number of				Number of	Market or Payout	of vested
	Securities			Value of	Shares Or Units	Value Of Share-	share-based
	Underlying	Option		Unexercised In-	Of Shares That	Based Awards	awards not
	Unexercised	Exercise	Option	The-Money	Have Not	That Have Not	paid out or
	Options	Price	Expiration	Options	Vested	Vested	distributed
Name	(#)	($)	Date	($)(1)	(#)	($)	($)
Lawrence Roulston CEO/President	50,000 100,000 600,000	0.17 0.455 0.40	March 23, 2027 August 5, 2025 July 10, 2023	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Winnie Wong CFO	100,000 100,000 200,000	0.17 0.455 0.40	March 23, 2027 August 5, 2025 July 10, 2023	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Lucia Theny VP Exploration	50,000 100,000 400,000	0.17 0.455 0.21	March 23, 2027 August 5, 2025 July 10, 2024	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

(1) The value of unexercised in-the-money options is calculated based on the difference between the market value of the Company’s common shares as at November 30, 2022 (closing price of $0.115) and the exercise price of the options.

Incentive Plan Awards – Value Vested or Earned During the Year

The value vested or earned during the most recently completed financial year of incentive plan awards granted to Named Executive Officers are as follows:

Name Lawrence Roulston CEO/President Winnie Wong CFO Lucia Theny VP Exploration	Option-Based Awards	Share-Based Awards	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation - Value Earned During The Year ($)
	- Value Vested	- Value Vested
	During The Year(1)	During The Year
	($)	($)
	Nil	Nil	Nil
	Nil	Nil	Nil
	Nil	Nil	Nil

(1) This amount is the dollar value that would have been realized if the options had been exercised on the grant date, as all options were fully vested on the date of grant.

Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards

The Company does not have any incentive plans, pursuant to which compensation that depends on achieving certain performance goals or similar conditions within a specified period is awarded, earned, paid or payable to the NEOs.

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Pension Plan Benefits

The Company does not have a pension plan that provides for payments or benefits to the NEOs at, following, or in connection with retirement.

Termination and Change of Control Benefits

The Company does not have a contract, agreement, plan or arrangement that provides for payments to an NEO following or in connection with any termination (whether voluntary, involuntary or constructive), resignation, retirement, a change of control of the Company or its subsidiaries, or a change in responsibilities of the NEO following a change in control.

Director Compensation

The following table sets forth all amounts of compensation provided to the Directors, who are each not also an NEO, for the Company’s most recently completed financial year:

Director Name	Fees Earned ($)	Share- Based Awards ($)	Option- Based Awards(1) ($)	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)	Pension Value ($)	All Other Compensa- tion ($)	Total ($)
Mark T. Brown	Nil	Nil	7,950	Nil	Nil	Nil	7,950
Ron Cannan	Nil	Nil	7,950	Nil	Nil	Nil	7,950
Rene Bernard	60,000	Nil	39,750	Nil	Nil	Nil	99,750
Ben Whiting	Nil	Nil	7,950	Nil	Nil	Nil	7,950
Dorian L. Nicol	63,812	Nil	15,900	Nil	Nil	Nil	79,712

(1) The Company used the Black-Scholes pricing model as the methodology to calculate the grant date fair value.

The Company has no arrangements, standard or otherwise, pursuant to which Directors are compensated by the Company for their services in their capacity as Directors, or for committee participation, involvement in special assignments or for services as consultant or expert during the most recently completed financial year or subsequently, up to and including the date of this Information Circular .

The Company has a Stock Option Plan for the granting of incentive stock options to the officers, employees and Directors. The purpose of granting such options is to assist the Company in compensating, attracting, retaining and motivating the Directors of the Company and to closely align the personal interests of such persons to that of the shareholders.

Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards (as at November 30, 2022)

The following table sets forth information concerning all awards outstanding under incentive plans of the Company at the end of the most recently completed financial year, including awards granted before the most recently completed financial year, to each of the Directors who are not Named Executive Officers:

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		Option-Based Awards	Option-Based Awards			Share-Based Awards	Share-Based Awards
							Market or
					Number of		payout value
	Number of			Value of	Shares Or	Market or Payout	of vested
	Securities			Unexercise	Units Of	Value Of Share-	share-based
	Underlying	Option		d In-The-	Shares That	Based Awards	awards not
	Unexercised	Exercise		Money	Have Not	That Have Not	paid out or
	Options	Price	Option Expiration	Options	Vested	Vested	distributed
Name	(#)	($)	Date	($)(1)	(#)	($)	($)
Mark T. Brown	50,000 100,000 400,000	0.17 0.455 0.40	March 23, 2027 August 5, 2025 July10,2023	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Ron Cannan	50,000 100,000 160,000	0.17 0.455 0.40	March 23, 2027 August 5, 2025 July10,2023	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Rene Bernard	250,000 100,000 200,000	0.17 0.455 0.40	March 23, 2027 August 5, 2025 July10,2023	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Ben Whiting	50,000 250,000 250,000	0.17 0.455 0.25	March 23, 2027 August 5, 2025 March 17,2025	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Dorian L. Nicol	100,000 450,000	0.17 0.21	March 23, 2027 October 12,2026	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

(1) The value of unexercised in-the-money options is calculated based on the difference between the market value of the Company’s common shares as at November 30, 2022 (closing price of $0.115) and the exercise price of the options.

Incentive Plan Awards – Value Vested or Earned During the Year

The value vested or earned during the most recently completed financial year of incentive plan awards granted to Directors who are not Named Executive Officers are as follows:

Director Name Mark T. Brown Ron Cannan Rene Bernard Ben Whiting Dorian L. Nicol	Option-Based Awards -	Share-Based Awards -	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation - Value Earned During The Year ($) Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
	Value Vested	Value Vested
	During The Year(1)	During The Year
	($)	($)
	7,950	Nil
	7,950	Nil
	39,750	Nil
	7,950	Nil
	15,900	Nil

(1) This amount is the dollar value that would have been realized if the options had been exercised on the grant date, as all options were fully vested on the date of grant.

The Company does not have any incentive plans, pursuant to which compensation that depends on achieving certain performance goals or similar conditions within a specified period is awarded, earned, paid or payable to the Directors.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth the Company’s compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance as at the end of the most recently completed financial year.

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Plan Category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by securityholders	5,515,000	$0.30	2,271,856
Equity compensation plans not approved by securityholders	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total	5,515,000	-	2,271,856

INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

There was no indebtedness outstanding of any current or former Director, executive officer or employee of the Company which is owing to the Company or to another entity which is the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar arrangement or understanding provided by the Company entered into in connection with a purchase of securities or otherwise .

No individual who is, or at any time during the most recently completed financial year was, a Director or executive officer of the Company, no proposed nominee for election as a Director of the Company and no associate of such persons:

• (i) is or at any time since the beginning of the most recently completed financial year has been, indebted to the Company; or

• (ii) whose indebtedness to another entity is, or at any time since the beginning of the most recently completed financial year has been, the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar arrangement or understanding provided by the Company,

in relation to a securities purchase program or other program.

INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

Except as set out herein, no person who has been a Director or executive officer of the Company at any time since the beginning of the Company’s last financial year, no proposed nominee of management of the Company for election as a Director of the Company and no associate or affiliate of the foregoing persons, has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership or otherwise, in matters to be acted upon at the Meeting other than the election of Directors.

INTEREST OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS

No informed person or proposed Director of the Company and no associate or affiliate of the foregoing persons has or 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 any proposed transaction which in either such case has materially affected or would materially affect the Company.

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

Manning Elliott LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, of Vancouver, British Columbia, are the auditors of the Company. Unless otherwise instructed, the proxies given pursuant to this solicitation will be voted for the re-appointment of Manning Elliott LLP as the auditors of the Company to hold office for the ensuing year.

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MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS

No management functions of the Company are performed to any substantial degree by a person other than the Directors or executive officers of the Company.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE

National Policy 58-201 establishes corporate governance guidelines which apply to all public companies. The Company has reviewed its own corporate governance practices in light of these guidelines. In certain cases, the Company’s practices comply with the guidelines, however, the Board considers that some of the guidelines are not suitable for the Company at its current stage of development and, therefore, these guidelines have not been adopted. National Instrument 58-101 mandates disclosure of corporate governance practices which disclosure is set out below.

Independence of Members of Board

As at the date of this Information Circular, the Company’s Board consists of six Directors, five of whom are independent based upon the tests for independence set forth in National Instrument 52-110 (“NI 52-110”). Ron Cannan, Mark T. Brown, Rene Bernard, Ben Whiting and Dorian L. Nicol are independent. Lawrence Roulston is not independent as he is the CEO/President of the Company.

Management Supervision by Board

The operations of the Company do not support a large Board of Directors and the Board has determined that the current constitution of the Board is appropriate for the Company’s current stage of development. Independent supervision of management is accomplished through choosing management who demonstrate a high level of integrity and ability and having strong independent Board members. The independent Directors are however able to meet at any time without any members of management including the non-independent Directors being present. Further supervision is performed through the audit committee which is composed of a majority of independent Directors who meet with the Company’s auditors without management being in attendance . The independent Directors also have access to the Company’s legal counsel and its officers.

Risk Management

The Board of Directors is responsible for adoption of a strategic planning process, identification of principal risks and implementing risk management systems, succession planning and the continuous disclosure requirements of the Company under applicable securities laws and regulations.

The audit committee is responsible for the risk management items set out in the audit committee charter.

Participation of Directors in Other Reporting Issuers

The participation of the Directors in other reporting issuers is described in the table provided under “Election of Directors” in this Information Circular.

Orientation and Continuing Education

While the Company does not have formal orientation and training programs, new Board members are provided with:

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1. information respecting the functioning of the Board of Directors, committees and copies of the Company’s corporate governance policies;

2. access to recent, publicly filed documents of the Company, technical reports and the Company’s internal financial information;

3. access to management and technical experts and consultants; and

4. a summary of significant corporate and securities responsibilities.

Board members are encouraged to communicate with management, auditors and technical consultants, to keep themselves current with industry trends and developments and changes in legislation with management’s assistance and to attend related industry seminars and visit the Company’s operations. Board members have full access to the Company’s records.

Ethical Business Conduct

The Board views good corporate governance as an integral component to the success of the Company and to meet responsibilities to shareholders. The Board has adopted a Code of Conduct and has instructed its management and employees to abide by the Code.

Nomination of Directors

The Board has responsibility for identifying potential Board candidates. The Board assesses potential Board candidates to fill perceived needs on the Board for required skills, expertise, independence and other factors. Members of the Board and representatives of the mineral exploration industry are consulted for possible candidates.

Compensation of Directors and the CEO

The independent Directors are Ron Cannan, Mark T. Brown, Rene Bernard, Ben Whiting and Dorian L. Nicol. These Directors have the responsibility for determining compensation for the Directors and senior management.

To determine compensation payable, the independent Directors review compensation paid for Directors and CEOs/CFOs of companies of similar size and stage of development in the mineral exploration industry and determine an appropriate compensation reflecting the need to provide incentive and compensation for the time and effort expended by the Directors and senior management while taking into account the financial and other resources of the Company. In setting the compensation the independent Directors annually review the performance of the CEO/CFO in light of the Company’s objectives and consider other factors that may have impacted the success of the Company in achieving its objectives.

Board Committees

As the Directors are actively involved in the operations of the Company and the size of the Company’s operations does not warrant a larger board of Directors, the Board has determined that additional committees beyond the audit committee are not necessary at this stage of the Company’s development.

Assessments

The Board does not consider that formal assessments would be useful at this stage of the Company’s development. The Board conducts informal annual assessments of the Board’s effectiveness, the

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individual Directors and each of its committees. To assist in its review, the Board conducts informal surveys of its Directors.

Nomination and Assessment

The Board determines new nominees to the Board, although a formal process has not been adopted. The nominees are generally the result of recruitment efforts by the Board members, including both formal and informal discussions among Board members and the President and CEO. The Board monitors but does not formally assess the performance of individual Board members or committee members or their contributions.

Expectations of Management

The Board expects management to operate the business of the Company in a manner that enhances shareholder value and is consistent with the highest level of integrity. Management is expected to execute the Company’s business plan and to meet performance goals and objectives.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee’s Charter

Mandate

The primary function of the audit committee (the “Committee”) is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its financial oversight responsibilities by reviewing the financial reports and other financial information provided by the Company to regulatory authorities and shareholders, the Company’s systems of internal controls regarding finance and accounting and the Company’s auditing, accounting and financial reporting processes. Consistent with this function, the Committee will encourage continuous improvement of, and should foster adherence to, the Company’s policies, procedures and practices at all levels. The Committee’s primary duties and responsibilities are to:

• Serve as an independent and objective party to monitor the Company’s financial reporting and internal control system and review the Company’s financial statements.

• Review and appraise the performance of the Company’s external auditors.

• Provide an open avenue of communication among the Company’s auditors, financial and senior management and the Board of Directors.

Composition

The Committee shall be comprised of three Directors as determined by the Board of Directors, the majority of whom shall be free from any relationship that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, would interfere with the exercise of his or her independent judgment as a member of the Committee.

At least one member of the Committee shall have accounting or related financial management expertise. All members of the Committee that are not financially literate will work towards becoming financially literate to obtain a working familiarity with basic finance and accounting practices. For the purposes of the Company’s Charter, the definition of “financially literate” is the ability to read and understand a set 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 presumably be expected to be raised by the Company’s financial statements.

The members of the Committee shall be elected by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual shareholders’ meeting. Unless a Chair is elected by the full Board of Directors, the members of the Committee may designate a Chair by a majority vote of the full Committee membership.

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Meetings

The Committee shall meet a least quarterly, or more frequently as circumstances dictate. As part of its job to foster open communication, the Committee will meet at least annually with the CFO and the external auditors in separate sessions.

Responsibilities and Duties

To fulfill its responsibilities and duties, the Committee shall:

Documents/Reports Review

• (a) Review and update this Charter annually.

• (b) Review the Company’s financial statements, MD&A and any annual and interim earnings, press releases before the Company publicly discloses this information and any reports or other financial information (including quarterly financial statements), which are submitted to any governmental body, or to the public, including any certification, report, opinion, or review rendered by the external auditors.

External Auditors

• (a) Review annually, the performance of the external auditors who shall be ultimately accountable to the Board of Directors and the Committee as representatives of the shareholders of the Company.

• (b) Obtain annually, a formal written statement of external auditors setting forth all relationships between the external auditors and the Company, consistent with Independence Standards Board Standard 1.

• (c) Review and discuss with the external auditors any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the external auditors.

• (d) Take, or recommend that the full Board of Directors take, appropriate action to oversee the independence of the external auditors.

• (e) Recommend to the Board of Directors the selection and, where applicable, the replacement of the external auditors nominated annually for shareholder approval.

• (f) At each meeting, consult with the external auditors, 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.

• (g) Review and approve the Company’s hiring policies regarding partners, employees and former partners and employees of the present and former external auditors of the Company.

• (h) Review with management and the external auditors the audit plan for the year-end financial statements and intended template for such statements.

• (i) Review and pre-approve all audit and audit-related services and the fees and other compensation related thereto, and any non-audit services, provided by the Company’s external auditors. The pre-approval requirement is waived with respect to the provision of non-audit services if:

• i. the aggregate amount of all such non-audit services provided to the Company constitutes not more than five percent of the total amount of revenues paid by the Company to its external auditors during the fiscal year in which the non-audit services are provided;

• ii. such services were not recognized by the Company at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and

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• iii. such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee by the Company and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Committee or by one or more members of the Committee who are members of the Board of Directors to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the Committee.

Provided the pre-approval of the non-audit services is presented to the Committee’s first scheduled meeting following such approval such authority may be delegated by the Committee to one or more independent members of the Committee.

Financial Reporting Processes

• (a) In consultation with the external auditors, review with management the integrity of the Company’s financial reporting process, both internal and external.

• (b) Consider the external auditors’ judgments about the quality and appropriateness of the Company’s accounting principles as applied in its financial reporting.

• (c) Consider and approve, if appropriate, changes to the Company’s auditing and accounting principles and practices as suggested by the external auditors and management.

• (d) Review significant judgments made by management in the preparation of the financial statements and the view of the external auditors as to appropriateness of such judgments.

• (e) Following completion of the annual audit, review separately with management and the external auditors any significant difficulties encountered during the course of the audit, including any restrictions on the scope of work or access to required information.

• (f) Review any significant disagreement among management and the external auditors in connection with the preparation of the financial statements.

• (g) Review with the external auditors and management the extent to which changes and improvements in financial or accounting practices have been implemented.

• (h) Review any complaints or concerns about any questionable accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters.

• (i) Review certification process.

• (j) Establish a procedure for the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Company of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

Risk Management

1. To review, at least annually, and more frequently if necessary, the Company’s policies for risk assessment and risk management (the identification, monitoring, and mitigation of risks).

2. To inquire of management and the independent auditor about significant business, political, financial and control risks or exposure to such risk.

3. To request the external auditor’s opinion of management’s assessment of significant risks facing the Company and how effectively they are being managed or controlled.

4. To assess the effectiveness of the over-all process for identifying principal business risks and report thereon to the Board.

Other

Review any related-party transactions.

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Composition of the Audit Committee

The following are the members of the Committee:

Rene Bernard Independent  Financially literate  Mark T. Brown Independent  Financially literate  Ron Cannan Independent  Financially literate   As defined by NI 52-110.

Audit Committee Member Education and Experience :

Mark T. Brown received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of British Columbia in 1990 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia. He is currently President of POC, a private company which provides financial solutions, equity and management services to small and medium size entrepreneurial enterprises. Mr. Brown is an officer and director of a number of public and private companies and his corporate activities include transactions, financings and corporate financial planning. He is a founder of Rare Element Resources Ltd., which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE AMEX. Between 1990 and 1994, Mr. Brown worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is currently a director and /or officer of various other public companies..

Rene Bernard studied law for 4 years at the University of Mainz, Germany prior to immigrating to Canada in 1983. Since then, Mr. Bernard was involved in the hospitality, retail, wholesale and real estate industry either as a principal or in a management position. Mr. Bernard held senior positions with public and private companies, including acting as CEO and CFO of two publicly listed corporations. Mr. Bernard is currently the managing partner of W&S Bernard Investment Ltd., a Kelowna-based real estate investment company.

Ron Cannan, P.C., graduated with Honours in Business Administration from N.A.I.T. Mr. Cannan holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and University of Toronto Rotman School of Management.

Mr. Cannan was a Canadian Member of Parliament for Kelowna-Lake Country from 2006 to 2015. He served on the Treasury Board Sub-Committee on Government Administration, Finance, International Trade, and numerous other parliamentary committees, and is an elected Board Director for the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. He presently serves as Board Director on the Audit and Finance Committee of The Land Title and Survey Authority of BC. Mr. Cannan is President of Cannan Consulting Corporation, focusing on government relations and financial assistance as Business Relations Manager for Interior Savings Credit Union.

Audit Committee Oversight

At no time since the commencement of the Company’s most recently completed financial year was a recommendation of the Committee to nominate or compensate an external auditor not 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 exemption in Section 2.4 of NI 52-110 (De Minimis Non-audit Services) , or an exemption from NI 52-110, in whole or in part, granted under Part 8 of NI 52-110. The Company is

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relying upon the exemption in Section 6.1 of NI 52-110 from the requirements of Parts 3 (Composition of the Audit Committee) and 5 (Reporting Obligations).

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The Committee has adopted specific policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services as described above under the heading “External Auditors”.

Exemption in Section 6.1 of NI 52-110

The Company is relying on the exemption in Section 6.1 of NI 52-110 from the requirement of Parts 3 (Composition of the Audit Committee) and 5 (Reporting Obligations).

External Auditor Service Fees (By Category)

The aggregate fees billed by the Company’s external auditors in each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees are as follows:

Financial Year Ending	Audit Fees	Audit Related Fees	Tax Fees	All Other Fees
November 30,2022	$56,000	Nil	$2,000	Nil
November 30,2021	$55,500	Nil	$2,000	Nil

PARTICULARS OF MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

Adoption of New Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s existing stock option plan (“Existing Plan”) is a “rolling” stock option plan, whereby the maximum number of common shares (“Common Shares”) that may be reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of options is 10% of the issued shares of the Company and, as such, will increase with the issue of additional shares by the Company. The Existing Plan complied with the policies of TSXV for Tier 2 issuers for security based compensation prior to the TSXV’s adoption of Policy 4.4 effective November 24, 2021. At the Meeting, Shareholders will, in accordance with the requirements of Policy 4.4, be asked to consider, and if deemed appropriate, approve, with or without variation, a resolution approving the adoption by the Company of the New Equity Incentive Plan upon the AGM. A copy of the New Equity Incentive Plan is attached hereto as Appendix “A”.

The following information is intended as a brief description of the New Equity Incentive Plan and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the New Equity Incentive Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Appendix “A”.

Purpose

The purpose of the New Equity Incentive Plan is to promote the long-term success of the Company and the creation of Shareholder value by: (i) encouraging the attraction and retention of eligible persons; (ii) encouraging such eligible persons to focus on critical long term objectives; and (iii) promoting greater alignment of the interests of such eligible persons with the interests of the Company.

The New Equity Incentive Plan provides flexibility to the Company to grant equity-based incentive awards in the form of Options, RSUs, PSUs and DSUs to eligible persons.

Shares Subject to the New Equity Incentive Plan

The New Equity Incentive Plan is a rolling 10% plan such that the aggregate number of Common Shares that may be issued upon the exercise or settlement of all Security-Based Compensation Arrangements

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(as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) shall not exceed 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares outstanding from time to time. Common Shares that were the subject of any Awards (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) made under the New Equity Incentive Plan that have been settled in cash, or that have been cancelled, terminated, surrendered, forfeited or have expired without being exercised, and pursuant to which no securities have been issued, may continue to be issuable under the New Equity Incentive Plan.

Participation Limits

The New Equity Incentive Plan provides that:

• a) unless the Company has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, the maximum aggregate number of Common Shares issuable to any Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan, within any 12 month period and at any point in time under New Equity Incentive Plan, together with Common Shares reserved for issuance to such Participant (and to companies wholly owned by that participant) under all of the Company’s other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant);

• b) unless the Company has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, the maximum aggregate number of Common Shares issuable to insiders under the New Equity Incentive Plan, within any 12 month period, together with Common Shares reserved for issuance to insiders under all of the Company’s other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant);

• c) unless the Company has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, the maximum aggregate number of Common Shares issuable to insiders under the New Equity Incentive Plan, at any point in time, together with Common Shares reserved for issuance to insiders under all of the Company’s other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed 10% percent of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant);

• d) the maximum aggregate number of Common Shares issuable to any one consultant (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) under the New Equity Incentive Plan, within any 12 month period, together with Common Shares issuable to such consultant under all of the Company’s other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed 2% percent of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant); and

• e) the maximum aggregate number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to grants of Options to all investor relation service providers performing investor relations activities under the New Equity Incentive Plan, within any 12 month period, shall not in aggregate exceed 2% percent of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant). For the avoidance of doubt, persons performing investor relations activities are only eligible to receive Options under the New Equity Incentive Plan; they are not eligible to receive any PerformanceBased Award or other type of securities based compensation under the New Equity Incentive Plan.

Administration of the New Equity Incentive Plan

The New Equity Incentive Plan shall be administered by the Board and the Board shall have full authority to administer the Equity Incentive Plan, including the authority to interpret and construe any provision of the New Equity Incentive Plan and to adopt, amend and rescind such rules and regulations for administering the New Equity Incentive Plan as the Board may deem necessary in order to comply with the requirements of the New Equity Incentive Plan.

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Eligible Persons under the New Equity Incentive Plan

When used in connection with the grant of Options, all officers, directors, employees, management company employees and consultants of the Company are eligible to participate in the New Equity Incentive Plan. When used in connection with the grant of Performance Based Awards, all officers, directors, employees, management company employees and consultants of the Company that do not perform investor relations activities are eligible to participate in the New Equity Incentive Plan. The extent to which any such individual is entitled to receive a grant of an award pursuant to the New Equity Incentive Plan will be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Board. Each person who receives a grant under the New Equity Incentive Plan is referred to as a “Participant”.

Types of Awards

Awards of Options, RSUs, PSUs and DSUs may be made under the New Equity Incentive Plan. All of the awards described below are subject to the conditions, limitations, restrictions, exercise price, vesting, settlement and forfeiture provisions determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, subject to such limitations provided in the Equity Incentive Plan, and will generally be evidenced by an award agreement.

Options

Each Option entitles a holder thereof to purchase a prescribed number of Common Shares at an exercise price determined by the Board at the time of the grant of the Option, provided that the exercise price of an Option granted under the New Equity Incentive Plan shall not be less than the Discounted Market Price (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan), provided that if an Option is proposed to be granted by the Company after the Company has just been recalled for trading following a suspension or halt, the Company must wait at least 10 trading days since the day on which trading in the Company’s securities resumes before setting the exercise price for and granting the Option. Each Option shall, unless sooner terminated, expire on a date to be determined by the Board which will not exceed 10 years from the date of grant of the Option. The Board may, in its absolute discretion, upon granting Options under the New Equity Incentive Plan, specify different time periods following the dates of granting the Options during which the Participant may exercise their Options to purchase Common Shares and may designate different exercise prices and numbers of Common Shares in respect of which each Participant may exercise Options during each respective time period. Subject to the discretion of the Board, the Options granted to a Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan shall vest as determined by the Board on the date of grant of such Options. If the Board does not specify a vesting schedule at the date of grant, then Options granted to persons, other than those conducting investor relations activities, shall vest fully on the date of grant, and in any event in accordance with the policies of the TSXV. Options issued to persons conducting investor relations activities must vest (and shall not otherwise be exercisable) in stages over a minimum of 12 months such that: (a) no more than 1/4 of the Options vest no sooner than 3 months after the date of grant; (b) no more than another 1/4 of the Options vest no sooner than 6 months after the date of grant; (c) no more than another 1/4 of the Options vest no sooner than 9 months after the date of grant; and (d) the remainder of the Options vest no sooner than 12 months after the date of grant.

If the award agreement for the grant of Options so provides, in the event of a change of control (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan), all Options granted to a Participant who ceases to be an eligible person shall become fully vested and shall become exercisable by the Participant in accordance with the terms of such award agreement and the New Equity Incentive Plan. No acceleration of the vesting of any Options shall be permitted without prior Exchange review and acceptance for Options issued to persons conducting investor relations activities.

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Other than as may be set forth in the award agreement for the grant of Options, upon the death of a Participant, any Options granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, have not vested, will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect; and the Participant or their estate, as the case may be, shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever. Any Options granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant’s estate in accordance with New Equity Incentive Plan.

Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company is terminated by the Company or a subsidiary for cause, all Options granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date

Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company terminates by reason of termination by the Company or a subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or due to retirement by the Participant, such that the Participant no longer qualifies as an eligible person, all Options granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable award agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date; provided, however, that any Options granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s termination without cause, voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or retirement, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable award agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan and shall be exercisable by such Participant for a period of 90 days following the date the Participant ceased to be an eligible person, or such longer period as may be provided for in the award agreement or as may be determined by the Board provided such period does not exceed 12 months after the termination date.

Where a Participant becomes afflicted by a disability, all Options granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such Options; provided, however, that no Options may be redeemed during a leave of absence. Where a Participant’s relationship is terminated due to disability such that the Participant ceases to be an eligible person, all Options granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable award agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date; provided, however, that any Options granted to such Participant which, prior to the termination of the Participant’s relationship with the Company due to disability, had vested pursuant to terms of the applicable award agreement, will accrue to the Participant in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan and shall be exercisable by such Participant for a period of 90 days following the termination date, or such longer period as may be provided for in the award agreement or as may be determined by the Board, provided such period does not exceed 12 months after the termination date.

Participants may elect to undertake (i) a broker assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company or its designee may deliver a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker engaged for such purposes by the Company to sell the Common Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of Options and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the exercise price and all applicable required withholding obligations against delivery of the Common Shares to settle the applicable trade; or (ii) a “net exercise” procedure effected by the Company withholding the minimum number of Common Shares otherwise deliverable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay for the exercise price and all applicable required withholding obligations, such that the number of Common Shares received by the Participant is equal to the quotient obtained by dividing: (A) the product of the

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number of Options being exercised multiplied by the difference between the VWAP (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) of the underlying Common Shares and the exercise price of the subject Options; by (B) the VWAP of the underlying Common Shares. A “net exercise” may not be undertaken by Participants engaged in investor relations activities.

Restricted Share Units

A RSU is a right awarded to a Participant, as compensation for employment or consulting services or services as a director or officer, to receive for no additional cash consideration, securities of the Company upon specified vesting criteria being satisfied, and subject to the terms and conditions of the New Equity Incentive Plan and the applicable award agreement, and which may be paid in cash and/or Common Shares. The number of RSUs to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan. All RSUs will vest and become payable by the issuance of Common Shares at the end of the restriction period if all applicable restrictions have lapsed, as such restrictions may be specified in the award agreement.

RSUs shall be subject to such restrictions as the Board, in its sole discretion, may establish in the applicable award agreement, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times and on such terms, conditions and satisfaction of objectives as the Board may, in its discretion, determine at the time a RSU is granted. The Board shall determine any vesting terms applicable to the grant of RSUs, however, no RSUs may vest before the date that is 12 months following the date of the award.

If the award agreement so provides, in the event of a change of control (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) pursuant to which a Participant ceases to be an eligible person, all restrictions upon any RSUs shall lapse immediately and all such RSUs shall become fully vested in the Participant in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan.

Upon the death of a Participant, any RSUs granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, have not vested, will be immediately and automatically forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant or their estate, as the case may be, shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever. Any RSUs granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable award agreement will accrue to the Participant’s estate in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan.

Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company is terminated by the Company or a subsidiary for cause, all RSUs granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date. Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company terminates by reason of termination by the Company or a subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or due to retirement by the Participant, all RSUs granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan that have not vested will, subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however, that any RSUs granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s termination without cause, voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or retirement, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable award agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan.

Where a Participant becomes afflicted by a disability, all RSUs granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such RSUs; provided, however, that no RSUs may be redeemed during a leave of absence. Where a Participant’s relationship

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is terminated due to disability such that the Participant ceases to be an eligible person, all RSUs granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable award agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however, that any RSUs granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s termination due to disability, had vested pursuant to terms of the applicable award agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan.

As soon as practicable after each vesting date of a RSU, the Company shall, at the sole discretion of the Board, either: (a) issue to the Participant from treasury the number of Common Shares equal to the number of RSUs that have vested; or (b) make a cash payment in an amount equal to the Market Unit Price (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) on the next trading day after the vesting date of the RSUs, net of applicable withholdings.

Performance Share Units

A PSU is a right awarded to a Participant, as compensation for employment or consulting services or services as a director or officer, to receive, for no additional cash consideration, securities of the Company upon specified performance and vesting criteria being satisfied, subject to the terms and conditions of the New Equity Incentive Plan and the applicable award agreement, and which may be paid in cash and/or Common Shares.

Subject to the provisions of the New Equity Incentive Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant awards of PSUs to eligible persons that do not perform investor relations activities. The number of PSUs to be awarded to any Participant shall be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan. Each PSU shall, contingent upon the attainment of the performance criteria within the performance cycle, represent one Common Share.

The Board will select, settle and determine the performance criteria (including without limitation the attainment thereof), for purposes of the vesting of the PSUs, in its sole discretion. An award agreement may provide the Board with the right to revise the performance criteria and the award amounts if unforeseen events (including, without limitation, changes in capitalization, an equity restructuring, an acquisition or a divestiture) occur which have a substantial effect on the financial results and which in the sole judgment of the Board make the application of the performance criteria unfair unless a revision is made.

All PSUs will vest and become payable to the extent that the performance criteria set forth in the award agreement are satisfied in the performance cycle, the determination of which satisfaction shall be made by the Board on the determination date. No PSU may vest before the date that is 12 months following the date of the award. If the award agreement so provides, in the event of a change of control (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) pursuant to which a Participant ceases to be an eligible person, all PSUs granted to a Participant shall become fully vested in such Participant (without regard to the attainment of any performance criteria) and shall become payable to the Participant in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan.

Other than as may be set forth in the applicable award agreement and below, upon the death of a Participant, all PSUs granted to the Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, have not vested, will immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant or their estate, as the case may be, shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however, the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, the

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number of the Participant’s PSUs that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been satisfied in that portion of the performance cycle that has lapsed.

Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company is terminated by the Company or a subsidiary for cause, all PSUs granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date. Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company terminates by reason of termination by the Company or a subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or due to retirement by the Participant, all PSUs granted to the Participant which have not vested will, unless the award agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date, and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however, the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, the number of the Participant’s PSUs that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable performance have been satisfied in that portion of the performance cycle that has lapsed.

Where a Participant becomes afflicted by a disability, all PSUs granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such PSUs; provided, however, that no PSUs may be redeemed during a leave of absence. Where a Participant’s relationship is terminated due to disability such that the Participant ceases to be an eligible person, all PSUs granted to the Participant under the New Equity Incentive Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable award agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the termination date, and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however, that the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, the number of the Participant’s PSUs that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been satisfied in that portion of the performance cycle that has lapsed.

Payment to Participants in respect of vested PSUs shall be made after the determination date for the applicable award and in any case within 90 days after the last day of the performance cycle to which such award relates. The Company shall, at the sole discretion of the Board, either: (a) issue to the Participant the number of Common Shares equal to the number of PSUs that have vested on the Determination Date; or (b) make a cash payment in an amount equal to the Market Unit Price (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) on the next trading day after the determination date of the PSUs that have vested, net of applicable withholdings.

Deferred Share Units

A DSU is a right granted to a Participant, as compensation for employment or consulting services or services as a director or officer, to receive, for no additional cash consideration, securities of the Company on a deferred basis upon specified vesting criteria being satisfied, subject to the terms and conditions of the New Equity Incentive Plan and the applicable award agreement, and which may be paid in cash and/or Common Shares.

Subject to the provisions of the New Equity Incentive Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant awards of DSUs to directors that do not perform investor relations activities in lieu of fees (including annual Board retainers, chair fees, meeting attendance fees or any other fees payable to a director) or to other eligible persons that do not perform investor relations activities as compensation for employment or consulting services. The number of DSUs to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan.

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The number of DSUs shall be specified in the applicable award agreement. Each director may elect to receive any or all of their fees in DSUs under the New Equity Incentive Plan. The number of DSUs shall be calculated by dividing the amount of Fees selected by a director by the Market Unit Price (as defined in the New Equity Incentive Plan) on the grant date (or such other price as required under the Policies of the TSXV) which shall be the 10th business day following each financial quarter end. Any fractional DSU shall be rounded down and no payment or other adjustment will be made with respect to the fractional DSU.

No Deferred Share Units may vest before the date that is 12 months following the date of the award of the DSU.

Each Participant shall be entitled to receive, after the effective date that the Participant ceases to be an eligible person for any reason, on a day designated by the Participant and communicated to the Company by the Participant in writing at least fifteen (15) days prior to the designated day (or such earlier date after the Participant ceases to be an eligible person as the Participant and the Company may agree, which date shall be no later than one year after the date upon which the Participant ceases to be an eligible person) and if no such notice is given, then on the first anniversary of the effective date that the Participant ceases to be an eligible person, at the sole discretion of the Board, either: (a) that number of Common Shares equal to the number of vested DSUs credited to the participant’s account, such Common Shares to be issued from treasury of the Company; or (b) a cash payment in an amount equal to the Market Unit Price on the next trading day after the Participant ceases to be an eligible person of the vested DSUs, net of applicable withholdings.

In the event that the value of a DSU would be determined with reference to a period commencing at a fiscal quarter end of the Company and ending prior to the public disclosure of interim financial statements for the quarter (or annual financial statements in the case of the fourth quarter), the cash payment of the value of the DSUs will be made to the Participant with reference to the five (5) trading days immediately following the public disclosure of the interim financial statements for that quarter (or annual financial statements in the case of the fourth quarter).

Upon death of a Participant holding DSUs that have vested, the Participant’s estate shall be entitled to receive, within one year of the Participant’s death and at the sole discretion of the Board, a cash payment or Common Shares that would have otherwise been payable in accordance with the New Equity Incentive Plan to the Participant upon such Participant ceasing to be an eligible person.

General Provisions of the New Equity Incentive Plan

Non-Transferability

No Option or Performance-Based Award and no right under any such Option or Performance-Based Award shall be assignable, alienable, saleable, or transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and only then if permitted by the Policies of the TSXV. No Option or Performance- Based Award and no right under any such Option or PerformanceBased Award, may be pledged, alienated, attached, or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment, or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company

Black-out Periods

In the event that the date provided for expiration, redemption or settlement of an award falls within a blackout period imposed by the Company pursuant to a trading policy as the result of the bona fide existence of undisclosed material information, the expiry date, redemption date or settlement date, as applicable, of the award shall automatically be extended to the date that is ten (10) business days following the date of expiry of the blackout period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there will be no

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extension of any award if the Company (or the Participant) is subject to a cease trade order (or similar order under applicable law).

Deductions

Whenever cash is to be paid in respect of DSUs, RSUs or PSUs, the Company shall have the right to deduct from all cash payments made to a Participant any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments. Whenever Common Shares are to be delivered in respect of DSUs, RSUs or PSUs, the Company shall have the right to deduct from any other amounts payable to the Participant any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such delivery of Common Shares, or if any payment due to the Participant is not sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation, to require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy any taxes required by law to be withheld. At the sole discretion of the Board, a Participant may be permitted to satisfy the foregoing requirement, all in accordance with the Policies of the TSXV, by delivering (on a form prescribed by the Company and in any event in accordance with the Policies of the TSXV) an irrevocable direction to a securities broker approved by the Company to sell all or a portion of the Common Shares and deliver to the Company from the sales proceeds an amount sufficient to pay the required withholding taxes.

Amendments to the New Equity Incentive Plan

The Board may at any time or from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of Shareholders, amend, suspend, terminate or discontinue the New Equity Incentive Plan and may amend the terms and conditions of any Options or Performance-Based Awards granted hereunder, subject to:

• a) any required disinterested shareholder approval to (i) reduce the exercise price of a Option or Performance-Based Award issued to an insider or (ii) extend the term of a Option granted to an insider, in either event, in accordance with the Policies of the TSXV while the Common Shares are listed on the TSXV;

• b) any required approval of any applicable regulatory authority or the TSXV; and

• c) any approval of Shareholders as required by the Policies of the TSXV (or otherwise required by the TSXV) or applicable law, provided that shareholder approval shall not be required for the following amendments (except that the TSXV may require approval of the Shareholders for amendments under items (c)(iii) to (c)(vii) below) and the Board may make any changes which may include but are not limited to:

• i. amendments of a “housekeeping nature”;

• ii. amendments for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, error or omission in the New Equity Incentive Plan or to correct or supplement any provision of the New Equity Incentive Plan that is inconsistent with any other provision of the New Equity Incentive Plan;

• iii. amendments which are necessary to comply with applicable law or the requirements of the TSXV;

• iv. amendments respecting administration and eligibility for participation under the New Equity Incentive Plan;

• v. amendments to the terms and conditions on which Options or Performance-Based Awards may be or have been granted pursuant to New Equity Incentive Plan including amendments to the vesting provisions and terms of any Options or Performance-Based Awards;

• vi. with the exception of Options granted to persons performing investor relations activities, amendments which alter, extend or accelerate the terms of vesting applicable to any

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Options or Performance-Based Awards; and

• vii. changes to the termination provisions of an Option, Performance-Based Award or the New Equity Incentive Plan which do not entail an extension beyond the original fixed term

Resolutions Regarding the Adoption of the New Equity Incentive Plan

At the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to consider, and if thought fit, to approve the following ordinary resolution:

“BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT , as an ordinary resolution:

1. the Equity Incentive Plan, in the form attached as Appendix “B” to the information circular of the Company dated as of October 26, 2022 (the “Circular”), including the reservation for issuance under the New Equity Incentive Plan of security-based compensation arrangements of up to a maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares from time to time, be and is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved, subject to the acceptance of the New Equity Incentive Plan by the TSXV.

2. the Board be and is hereby authorized, in its absolute discretion, to administer the New Equity Incentive Plan and amend or modify the Equity Incentive Plan in accordance with its terms and conditions and with the policies of the TSXV; and

3. any one director or officer of the Company be and is hereby authorized and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute and deliver, under the corporate seal of the Company or otherwise, all such deeds, documents, instruments and assurances as in his opinion may be necessary or desirable to give effect to the foregoing resolutions, including, without limitation, making any changes to the New Equity Incentive Plan required by the TSXV or applicable securities regulatory authorities and to complete all transactions in connection with the administration of the New Equity Incentive Plan.”

Management of the Company recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of the ordinary resolution to approve and adopt the New Equity Incentive Plan. Unless you give other instructions, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the approval and adoption of the New Equity Incentive Plan.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional information relating to the Company is on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Shareholders may contact the Company at 410-325 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1Z7 to request copies of the Company’s financial statements and MD&A.

Financial information is provided in the Company’s comparative financial statements and MD&A for its most recently completed financial year which are filed on SEDAR.

OTHER MATTERS

Management of the Company is not aware of any other matter to come before the Meeting other than as set forth in the notice of Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote the shares represented thereby in accordance with their best judgment on such matter.

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DATED this 6[th] day of April, 2023.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Lawrence Roulston” Lawrence Roulston President and Chief Executive Officer

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APPENDIX A

MTB METALS CORP. (formerly MOUNTAIN BOY MINERALS LTD.) (the “Company”)

NEW EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

MTB METALS CORP. (Formerly MOUNTAIN BOY MINERALS LTD.)

(the “ Company ”)

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN

1.01 Purpose

The purpose of this equity incentive plan (the “ Plan ”) is to promote the long‐term success of the Company and the creation of shareholder value by: (i) encouraging the attraction and retention of Eligible Persons (as defined below); (ii) encouraging such Eligible Persons to focus on critical long‐term objectives; and (iii) promoting greater alignment of the interests of such Eligible Persons with the interests of the Company.

SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS

2.01 Definitions

As used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

• (a) “ Award ” means any award of Options, RSUs, PSUs or DSUs granted under this Plan;

• (b) “ Award Agreement ” means any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document, including an electronic communication, as may from time to time be designated by the Company as evidencing any Award granted under this Plan;

• (c) “Blackout Period” means a period of time during which the Company prohibits Participants from exercising, redeeming or settling an Award due to the existence of undisclosed material information and pursuant to a formal notice provided by the Company under a trading policy, which Blackout Period must expire promptly following general disclosure of the undisclosed material information;

• (d) “ Board ” means the board of directors of the Company or, if the context permits, any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable;

• (e) “ Change of Control ” means the acquisition by any person or by any person and a joint actor, whether directly or indirectly, of voting securities (as such terms are interpreted in the Securities Act) of the Company, which, when added to all other voting securities of the Company at the time held by such person or by such person and a person “acting jointly or in concert” with another person, as that phrase is interpreted in National Instrument 62‐103, totals for the first time not less than fifty (50%) percent of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or the votes attached to those securities are sufficient, if exercised, to elect a majority of the Board;

• (f) “ Company ” means MTB Metals Corp. (formerly Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd.), a company incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), and any of its successors or assigns;

• (g) “ Consultant ” means a Person (other than a Director, Officer or Employee) that:

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• (i) is engaged to provide, on an ongoing bona fide basis, consulting, technical, management or other services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, other than services provided in relation to a distribution (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia));

• (ii) provides the services under a written contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Person, as the case may be; and

• (iii) in the reasonable opinion of the Company, spends or will spend a significant amount of time on the affairs and business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

and includes:

• (iv) for a Person that is an individual, a corporation of which such individual is the sole shareholder;

• (h) “ Deferred Share Unit ” or “ DSU ” means a right granted to a Participant, as compensation for employment or consulting services or services as a Director or Officer, to receive, for no additional cash consideration, securities of the Company on a deferred basis upon specified vesting criteria being satisfied, all as provided in Section 5.04 hereof and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, and which may be paid in cash and/or Shares;

• (i) “ Determination Date ” means a date determined by the Board in its sole discretion but not later than 90 days after the expiry of a Performance Cycle;

• (j) “ Director ” means a member of the Company’s Board or the Board of any of its Subsidiaries;

• (k) “ Discounted Market Price ” means the Market Price less the discount set forth below, subject to a minimum price of $0.10:

Closing Price Discount up to $0.50 25% $0.51 to $2.00 20% above $2.00 15%

• (l) “ Disability ” means any medical condition which qualifies a Participant for benefits under a long‐term disability plan of the Company or Subsidiary;

• (m)

• “ Effective Date ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01;

• (n) “Election Form” means the form to be completed by a Director specifying the amount of the Fees he or she wishes to receive in DSUs under this Plan;

• (o) “ Eligible Person ”, when used in connection with Options, means Officers, Directors, Employees, Management Company Employees and Consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries but, when used in connection with PSUs, RSUs or DSUs, means only Officers,

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Directors, Employees, Management Company Employees and Consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that do not perform Investor Relations Activities;

• (p) “Employee” means an individual who:

• (i) is considered an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Income Tax Act (Canada) and for whom income tax, employment insurance and Canada Pension Plan deductions must be made at source;

• (ii) works full‐time for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries providing services normally provided by an employee and who is subject to the same control and direction by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries over the details and methods of work as an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, but for whom income tax deductions are not made at source; or

• (iii) works for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on a continuing and regular basis for a minimum amount of time per week acceptable to the Exchange, who provides services normally provided by an employee and is subject to the same control and direction by the Company or its Subsidiary over the details and methods of work as an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, but for whom income tax deductions are not made at source;

• (q) “ Exchange ” means the TSX Venture Exchange, or such other exchange upon which the Shares of the Company may become listed for trading;

• (r) “ Fees ” means the annual Board retainer, chair fees, meeting attendance fees or any other fees payable to a Director;

• (s) “ Grant Date ” means, for any Award, the date specified by the Board as the grant date at the time it grants the Award or, if no such date is specified, the date upon which the Award was actually granted;

• (t)

• “ Insider ” has the meaning attributed to it in the Securities Act and the Exchange Policy 1.1;

• (u) “ Investor Relations Activities ” means any activities, by or on behalf of the Company or a shareholder of the Company, that promote or reasonably could be expected to promote the purchase or sale of securities of the Company, but does not include:

• (i) the dissemination of information provided, or records prepared, in the ordinary course of business of the Company:

  • A. to promote the sale of products or services of the Company; or

  • B. to raise public awareness of the Company, that cannot reasonably be considered to promote the purchase or sale of securities of the Company;

• (ii) activities or communications necessary to comply with the requirements of:

  • A. applicable securities laws; or

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  - B. Exchange requirements or the by‐laws, rules or other regulatory instruments of any other self‐regulatory body or exchange having jurisdiction over the Company;

• (iii) communications by a publisher of, or writer for, a newspaper, magazine or business or financial publication, that is of general and regular paid circulation, distributed only to subscribers to it for value or to purchasers of it, if:

  • A. the communication is only through the newspaper, magazine or publication; and

  • B. the publisher or writer receives no commission or other consideration other than for acting in the capacity of publisher or writer; or

• (iv) activities or communications that may be otherwise specified by the Exchange;

• (v) “ Investor Relations Service Provider ” includes any Consultant that performs Investor Relations Activities and any Director, Officer, Employee or Management Company Employee whose role and duties primarily consist of Investor Relations Activities;

• (w) “ Management Company Employee ” means an individual employed by a company providing management services to the Company, which services are required for the ongoing successful operation of the Company’s business enterprise;

• (x) “ Market Price ” means, subject to the exceptions prescribed by the Exchange from time to time, the last closing price of the Company’s shares before the issuance of the required news release disclosing the grant of Awards (but, if the policies of the Exchange provide an exception to such news release, then the last closing price of the Company’s shares before the Grant Date);

• (y) “ Market Unit Price ” means the value of a Share determined by reference to the five‐day volume‐weighted average closing price of a Share for the five Trading Day period immediately preceding the relevant date;

• (z) “ Officer ” means an officer (as defined in the Securities Act or, where the Securities Act does not apply, by other applicable securities laws) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

• (aa) “ Option ” means incentive share purchase options entitling the holder thereof to purchase Shares at a specified price for a specified period of time as provided in Section 5.01 hereof;

• (bb) “ Participant ” means any Eligible Person to whom Awards under this Plan are granted;

• (cc) “ Participant’s Account ” means a notional account maintained for each Participant’s participation in this Plan which will show any Options, RSUs, PSUs and/or DSUs credited to a Participant from time to time;

• (dd) “ Performance-Based Award ” means, collectively or as applicable, Performance Share Units, Restricted Share Units and Deferred Share Units;

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• (ee) “ Performance Criteria ” means criteria established by the Board which, without limitation, may include criteria based on the Participant’s personal performance and/or financial performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and that are to be used to determine the vesting of Performance Share Units; provided, however, that such vesting period shall be no less than 12 months following the date of grant;

• (ff) “ Performance Cycle ” means the applicable performance cycle of the Performance Share Units as may be specified by the Board in the applicable Award Agreement;

• (gg) “ Performance Share Unit ” or “PSU” means a right awarded to a Participant, as compensation for employment or consulting services or services as a Director or Officer, to receive, for no additional cash consideration, securities of the Company upon specified vesting criteria being satisfied, all as provided in Section 5.03 hereof and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, and which may be paid in cash and/or Shares;

• (hh) “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint‐stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or governmental authority or body;

• (ii) “ Restriction Period ” means the time period between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date of an Award of Restricted Share Units specified by the Board in the applicable Award Agreement, which period shall be no less than 12 months;

• (jj) “ Restricted Share Unit ” or “ RSU ” means a right awarded to a Participant, as compensation for employment or consulting services or services as a Director or Officer, to receive for no additional cash consideration, securities of the Company upon specified vesting criteria being satisfied, all as provided in Section 5.02 hereof and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, and which may be paid in cash and/or Shares;

• (kk) ‘‘ Retirement ” means retirement from active employment with the Company or a Subsidiary with the consent of an officer of the Company or the Subsidiary;

• (ll) “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act (British Columbia), as amended, from time to time;

• (mm) “ Security-Based Compensation Arrangement ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the rules and policies of the Exchange, or in the event that such term is not defined in the rules and policies of the Exchange, shall mean a stock option plan, including the Plan, employee stock purchase plan, long‐term incentive plan or any other compensation or incentive mechanism involving the issuance or potential issuance of Shares to one or more full‐time employees, officers, Insiders, service providers or Consultants of the Company or a Subsidiary, including a share purchase from treasury by a full‐time Employee, Officer, Insider, service provider or Consultant which is financially assisted by the Company or a Subsidiary by way of loan, guarantee or otherwise;

• (nn) “ Shares ” means the common shares of the Company;

• (oo) “ Subsidiary ” means a corporation, company or partnership that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company;

• (pp) “ Termination Date ” means, as applicable:

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• (i) in the event of a Participant’s Retirement, voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or termination of employment as a result of a Disability, the date on which such Participant ceases to be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary; and

• (ii) in the event of termination of the Participant’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary, the date on which such Participant is advised by the Company or a Subsidiary, in writing or verbally, that his or her services are no longer required;

• (qq) “ Trading Day ” means any day on which the Exchange is open for trading;

• (rr) “ Vesting Date ” means in respect of any Award, the date when the Award is fully vested in accordance with the provisions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement; and

• (ss) “ VWAP ” means the volume weighted average trading price of the Shares on the Exchange calculated by dividing the total value by the total volume of such securities traded for the five Trading Days immediately preceding the exercise of the subject Option.

SECTION 3 - ADMINISTRATION

3.01 Board to Administer Plan

Except as otherwise provided herein, this Plan shall be administered by the Board of the Company (and, for clarity, not by the Board of any subsidiary of the Company) and the Board of the Company shall have full authority to administer this Plan, including the authority to interpret and construe any provision of this Plan and to adopt, amend and rescind such rules and regulations for administering this Plan as the Board of the Company may deem necessary in order to comply with the requirements of this Plan.

3.02 Delegation to Committee

All of the powers exercisable hereunder by the Board may, to the extent permitted by applicable law and as determined by resolution of the Board, be delegated to and exercised by such committee as the Board may determine.

3.03 Interpretation

All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made or approved by the Board in good faith shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding on the Participants and the Company.

3.04

No Liability

No Director shall be personally liable for any action taken or determination or interpretation made or approved in good faith in connection with this Plan and the Directors shall, in addition to their rights as Directors, be fully protected, indemnified and held harmless by the Company with respect to any such action taken or determination or interpretation made. The appropriate Officers of the Company are hereby authorized and empowered to do all things and execute and deliver all instruments, undertakings and applications and writings as they, in their absolute discretion, consider necessary for the implementation of this Plan and of the rules and regulations established for administering this Plan. All costs incurred in connection with this Plan shall be for the account of the Company.

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SECTION 4 - SHARES AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS

4.01 Limitations on Shares Available for Issuance

• (a) The aggregate number of Shares issuable under this Plan (and all of the Company’s other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangements) in respect of Awards shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of issued and outstanding Shares.

• (b) So long as it may be required by the rules and policies of the Exchange:

• (i) unless the Company has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, the maximum aggregate number of Shares issuable to any Participant under this Plan, within any 12 month period, together with Shares reserved for issuance to such Participant (and to Companies wholly‐owned by that Participant) under all of the Company’s other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed five (5%) percent of the issued and outstanding Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant);

• (ii) unless the Company has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, the maximum aggregate number of Shares issuable to Insiders under this Plan, within any 12 month period, together with Shares reserved for issuance to Insiders under all of the Company’s other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of the issued and outstanding Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant);

• (iii) unless the Company has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, the maximum aggregate number of Shares issuable to Insiders under this Plan, at any point in time, together with Shares reserved for issuance to Insiders under all of the Company’s other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of the issued and outstanding Shares; and

• (iv) the maximum aggregate number of Shares issuable to any one Consultant, within any 12 month period, together with Shares issuable to such Consultant under all of the Company’s other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed two (2%) percent of the issued and outstanding Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant); and

• (v) the maximum aggregate number of Shares issuable pursuant to grants of Options to all Investor Relation Service Providers performing Investor Relations Activities, within any 12 month period, shall not in aggregate exceed two (2%) percent of the issued and outstanding Shares (calculated as at the date of any grant). For the avoidance of doubt, Persons performing Investor Relations Activities are only eligible to receive Options under this Plan; they are not eligible to receive any Performance‐ Based Award or other type of securities based compensation under this Plan.

4.02 Accounting for Awards

For purposes of this Section 4:

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• (a) if an Award is denominated in Shares, the number of Shares covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates, shall be counted on the Grant Date of such Award against the aggregate number of Shares available for granting Awards under this Plan; and

• (b) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Shares related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, or are exchanged with the Board’s permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for Awards not involving Shares, shall be available again for granting Awards under this Plan.

4.03 Anti-Dilution

Subject to prior acceptance by the Exchange, if required, if the number of outstanding Shares is increased or decreased as a result of a stock split, re‐organization, merger, stock dividend, consolidation or recapitalization and not as a result of the issuance of Shares for additional consideration, the Board may, subject to the prior acceptance of the Exchange in the case of a recapitalization, make appropriate adjustments to the number and price (or other basis upon which an Award is measured) of Options, RSUs, PSUs or DSUs credited to a Participant. Any determinations by the Board as to the required adjustments shall be made in its sole discretion and all such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under this Plan.

SECTION 5 - AWARDS

5.01 Options

• (a) Eligibility and Participation ‐ Subject to the provisions of this Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant Awards of Options to Eligible Persons. Options granted to an Eligible Person shall be credited, as of the Grant Date, to the Participant’s Account. The number of Options to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion in accordance with this Plan. Each Option shall, contingent upon the lapse of any restrictions, represent the right to acquire one (1) Share. The number of Options granted pursuant to an Award shall be specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

• (b) Exercise Price ‐ The exercise price of an Option granted under this Plan shall not be less than the Discounted Market Price, provided that if an Option is proposed to be granted by the Company which has just been recalled for trading following a suspension or halt, the Company must wait at least ten Trading Days since the day on which trading in the Company’s securities resumes before setting the exercise price for and granting the Option.

• (c) Expiry Date – Subject to Section 5.05(e), each Option shall, unless sooner terminated, expire on a date to be determined by the Board which will not exceed 10 years from the Grant Date.

• (d) Different Exercise Periods, Prices and Number ‐ The Board may, in its absolute discretion, upon granting Options under this Plan, specify different time periods following the dates of granting the Options during which the Participant may exercise their Options to purchase Shares and may designate different exercise prices and numbers of Shares in respect of which each Participant may exercise his option during each respective time period.

• (e) Vesting ‐ The Options granted to a Participant under this Plan shall vest as determined by the Board. If the Board does not specify a vesting schedule at the Grant Date, then Options

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granted to persons other than those conducting Investor Relations Activities shall vest fully on the Grant Date, and in any event in accordance with the policies of the Exchange. Options issued to Persons conducting Investor Relations Activities must vest (and shall not otherwise be exercisable) in stages over a minimum of 12 months such that:

• (i) no more than 1/4 of the Options vest no sooner than three months after the Grant Date;

• (ii) no more than another 1/4 of the Options vest no sooner than six months after the Grant Date;

• (iii) no more than another 1/4 of the Options vest no sooner than nine months after the Grant Date; and

• (iv) the remainder of the Options vest no sooner than 12 months after the Grant Date.

• (f) Change of Control – If the Award Agreement so provides, in the event of a Change of Control, all Options granted to a Participant who ceases to be an Eligible Person shall become fully vested in such Participant and shall become exercisable by the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement and Section 5.01(l) hereof. If the Participant provides Investor Relations Activities, no acceleration of the vesting of any Options shall be permitted without prior Exchange review and acceptance. To be clear, all Options must expire within a reasonable period (not to exceed 12 months) following the Participant’s cessation as an Eligible Person under the Plan in accordance to the Exchange Policy 4.4 section 4.11(i).

• (g) Death ‐ Other than as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, upon the death of a Participant, any Options granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, have not vested, will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect; and the Participant or his or her estate, as the case may be, shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever. Any Options granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant’s estate in accordance with Section 5.1(l) hereof.

• (h) Termination of Participant’s Relationship with the Company

• (i) Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary for cause, all Options granted to the Participant under this Plan (including those which have vested) will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date.

• (ii) Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company terminates by reason of termination by the Company or a Subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or due to Retirement by the Participant, such that the Participant no longer qualifies as an Eligible Person, all Options granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or

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effect as of the Termination Date; provided, however , that any Options granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s termination without cause, voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or Retirement, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5.01(l) hereof and shall be exercisable by such Participant for a period of 90 days following the date the Participant ceased to qualify as an Eligible Person, or such longer period as may be provided for in the Award Agreement or as may be determined by the Board provided such period does not exceed 12 months after the Termination Date.

• (iii) Upon termination of a Participant’s relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary such that the Participant no longer qualifies as an Eligible Person, including as set forth above in Section 5.01(h)(i) or 5.01(h)(ii), the Participant’s eligibility to receive further grants of Awards of Options under this Plan shall cease as of the Termination Date.

• (i) Disability ‐ Where a Participant becomes afflicted by a Disability, all Options granted to the Participant under this Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such Options; provided, however , that no Options may be exercised during a leave of absence. Where a Participant’s relationship is terminated due to Disability such that the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person, all Options granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date; provided, however , that any Options granted to such Participant which, prior to the termination of the Participant’s relationship with the Company due to Disability, had vested pursuant to terms of the applicable Award Agreement, will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5.01(l) hereof and shall be exercisable by such Participant for a period of 90 days following the Termination Date, or such longer period as may be provided for in the Award Agreement or as may be determined by the Board provided such period does not exceed 12 months after the Termination Date.

• (j) Hold Period ‐ In addition to any resale restrictions under applicable legislation or regulation, all Options granted hereunder and all Shares issued on the exercise of such Options will, if applicable under the policies of the Exchange, be subject to a four month TSX Venture Exchange hold period from the date the options are granted, and the Award Agreements and the certificates representing such Shares will bear the following legend:

“Without prior written approval of the Exchange and compliance with all applicable securities legislation, the securities represented by this certificate may not be sold, transferred, hypothecated or otherwise traded on or through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange or otherwise in Canada or to or for the benefit of a Canadian resident until [insert date].”

• (k) Notice ‐ Options shall be exercised only in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Award Agreements under which they are respectively granted and shall be exercisable only by notice in writing to the Company at its principal place of business.

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• (l) Payment of Award ‐ Subject to any vesting or other limitations described in each individual Award Agreement, Options may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to their lapse or termination, by the Participant, or if Section 5.01(g) applies, by the Participant’s estate within one year of the death of the Participant, into such number of Shares equal to the number of Options credited to the Participant’s Account that become exercisable on the Vesting Date. The exercise price of all Options must be paid in cash, subject to Section 5.01(m) below. Shares purchased by a Participant on exercise of an Option shall be paid for in full at the time of their purchase (i.e. concurrently with the giving of the requisite notice).

• (m) Cashless or Net Exercise – A Participant may elect, in its sole discretion, to undertake: (i) a broker assisted "cashless exercise" pursuant to which the Company or its designee (including third‐party administrators) may deliver a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker engaged for such purposes by the Company to sell the number of Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Options and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the exercise price and all applicable required withholding obligations against delivery of the number of Shares to settle the applicable trade; or (ii) a "net exercise" procedure effected by the Company withholding the minimum number of Shares otherwise deliverable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay for the exercise price and all applicable required withholding obligations, such that the number of Shares received by the Participant is equal to the quotient obtained by dividing: (A) the product of the number of Options being exercised multiplied by the difference between the VWAP of the underlying Shares and the exercise price of the subject Options; by (B) the VWAP of the underlying Shares. In all events of cashless or net exercise pursuant to this Section, the Participant shall comply (i) with all provisions of this Plan with regards to any applicable required withholding obligations; and (ii) with all such other procedures and policies as the Board may prescribe or determine to be necessary or advisable from time to time including prior written consent of the Board, in connection with such exercise. For the avoidance of doubt, a “net exercise” may not be undertaken by Participants engaged in Investor Relations Activities. The cashless or net exercise operation must be in compliance with the Exchange Policy 4.4 section 4.8(d)(ii).

5.02 Restricted Share Units

• (a) Eligibility and Participation ‐ Subject to the provisions of this Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant Awards of Restricted Share Units to Eligible Persons that do not perform Investor Relations Activities. Restricted Share Units granted to a Participant shall be credited, as of the Grant Date, to the Participant’s Account. The number of Restricted Share Units to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion in accordance with this Plan. Each Restricted Share Unit shall, contingent upon the lapse of any restrictions, represent one (1) Share. The number of Restricted Share Units granted pursuant to an Award and the Restriction Period in respect of such Restricted Share Units shall be specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

• (b) Restrictions ‐ Restricted Share Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Board, in its sole discretion, may establish in the applicable Award Agreement, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times and on such terms, conditions and satisfaction of objectives as the Board may, in its discretion, determine at the time an Award is granted.

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• (c) Vesting ‐ All Restricted Share Units will vest and become payable by the issuance of Shares at the end of the Restriction Period if all applicable restrictions have lapsed, as such restrictions may be specified in the Award Agreement. No Restricted Share Units may vest before the date that is one year following the date of the Award.

• (d) Change of Control – If the Award Agreement so provides, in the event of a Change of Control and the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person, all restrictions upon any Restricted Share Units shall lapse immediately and all such Restricted Share Units shall become fully vested in the Participant and will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5.02(h) hereof. To be clear, all Restricted Share Units must expire within a reasonable period (not to exceed 12 months) following the Participant’s cessation as an Eligible Person under the Plan in accordance to the Exchange Policy 4.4 section 4.11(i).

• (e) Death ‐ Upon the death of a Participant, any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, have not vested, will be immediately and automatically forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant or his or her estate, as the case may be, shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever. Any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant’s estate within one year of the Participant’s death.

• (f) Termination of a Participant’s Relationship with the Company

• (i) Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary for cause, all Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan (including those which have vested) will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date.

• (ii) Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company terminates by reason of termination by the Company or a Subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or due to Retirement by the Participant, all Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however , that any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s termination without cause, voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or Retirement, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5.02(h) hereof. To be clear, all Restricted Share Units must expire within a reasonable period (not to exceed 12 months) following the Participant’s cessation as an Eligible Person under the Plan in accordance to the Exchange Policy 4.4 section 4.11(i).

• (iii) Upon termination of a Participant’s relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary such that the Participant no longer qualifies as an Eligible Person including as set forth above in Section 5.02(f)(i) or 5.02(f)(ii), the Participant’s eligibility to receive

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further grants of Awards of Restricted Share Units under this Plan shall cease as of the Termination Date.

• (g) Disability ‐ Where a Participant becomes afflicted by a Disability, all Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such Restricted Share Units; provided, however , that no Restricted Share Units may be redeemed during a leave of absence. Where a Participant’s relationship is terminated due to Disability such that the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person, all Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however , that any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant’s termination due to Disability, had vested pursuant to terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5.02(h) hereof. To be clear, all Restricted Share Units must expire within a reasonable period (not to exceed 12 months) following the Participant’s cessation as an Eligible Person under the Plan in accordance to the Exchange Policy 4.4 section 4.11(i).

• (h) Payment of Award ‐ As soon as practicable after each Vesting Date of an Award of Restricted Share Units, the Company shall, at the sole discretion of the Board, either:

• (i) issue to the Participant from treasury the number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Share Units credited to the Participant’s Account that have vested and become payable on the Vesting Date; or

• (ii) make a cash payment in an amount equal to the Market Unit Price on the next Trading Day after the Vesting Date of the Restricted Share Units credited to a Participant’s Account that have vested and become payable, net of applicable withholdings.

As of the Vesting Date, the Restricted Share Units in respect of which such Shares are issued or cash payment made shall be cancelled and no further payments shall be made to the Participant under this Plan in relation to such Restricted Share Units.

5.03 Performance Share Units

• (a) Eligibility and Participation ‐ Subject to the provisions of this Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant Awards of Performance Share Units to Eligible Persons that do not perform Investor Relations Activities. Performance Share Units granted to a Participant shall be credited, as of the Grant Date, to the Participant’s Account. The number of Performance Share Units to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, in accordance with this Plan. Each Performance Share Unit shall, contingent upon the attainment of the Performance Criteria within the Performance Cycle, represent one (1) Share. The number of Performance Share Units granted pursuant to an Award, the Performance Criteria which must be satisfied in order for the Performance Share Units to vest and the Performance Cycle in respect of such Performance Share Units shall be specified in the applicable Award Agreement. No

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Performance Share Units may vest before the date that is one year following the date of the Award.

• (b) Performance Criteria ‐ The Board will select, settle and determine the Performance Criteria (including without limitation the attainment thereof), for purposes of the vesting of the Performance Share Units, in its sole discretion. An Award Agreement may provide the Board with the right, during a Performance Cycle or after it has ended, to revise the Performance Criteria and the Award amounts if unforeseen events (including, without limitation, changes in capitalization, an equity restructuring, an acquisition or a divestiture) occur which have a substantial effect on the financial results and which in the sole judgment of the Board make the application of the Performance Criteria unfair unless a revision is made. Notices will be provided by the Company to applicable regulatory authorities or stock exchanges as may be required with respect to the foregoing.

• (c) Vesting ‐ All Performance Share Units will vest and become payable to the extent that the Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement are satisfied in the Performance Cycle, the determination of which satisfaction shall be made by the Board on the Determination Date. No Performance Share Units may vest before the date that is one year following the date of the Award.

• (d) Change of Control – If the Award Agreement so provides, in the event of a Change of Control pursuant to which a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person, all Performance Share Units granted to a Participant shall become fully vested in such Participant (without regard to the attainment of any Performance Criteria) and shall become payable to the Participant in accordance with Section 5.03(h) hereof. To be clear, all Performance Share Units must expire within a reasonable period (not to exceed 12 months) following the Participant’s cessation as an Eligible Person under the Plan in accordance to the Exchange Policy 4.4 section 4.11(i).

• (e) Death ‐ Other than as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement and below, upon the death of a Participant, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant which, prior to the Participant’s death, have not vested, will immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant or his or her estate, as the case may be, shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however , the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, the number of the Participant’s Performance Share Units that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement have been satisfied in that portion of the Performance Cycle that has lapsed. The Performance Share Units that the Board determines to have vested shall become payable within one year of the Participant’s death.

• (f) Termination of a Participant’s Relationship with the Company

• (i) Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary for cause, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan (including those which have vested) will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date.

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• (ii) Where a Participant’s relationship with the Company terminates by reason of termination by the Company or a Subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination, voluntary resignation or due to Retirement by the Participant, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant which have not vested will, unless the Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date, and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however , the Board may determine, in its sole discretion but subject to any requirements of the Exchange, for Performance Share Units that are subject to vesting criteria beyond the minimum one year vesting requirement in Section 5.03(a), the number of the Participant’s Performance Share Units that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement have been satisfied in that portion of the Performance Cycle that has lapsed. The Performance Share Units that the Board determines to have vested shall become payable in accordance with Section 5.03(h) hereof. To be clear, all Performance Share Units must expire within a reasonable period (not to exceed 12 months) following the Participant’s cessation as an Eligible Person under the Plan in accordance to the Exchange Policy 4.4 section 4.11(i).

• (iii) Upon termination of a Participant’s relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary such that the Participant no longer qualifies as an Eligible Person, including as set forth above in Section 5.03(f)(i) or 5.03(f)(ii), the Participant’s eligibility to receive further grants of Awards of Performance Share Units under this Plan shall cease as of the Termination Date.

• (g) Disability ‐ Where a Participant becomes afflicted by a Disability, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such Performance Share Units; provided, however , that no Performance Share Units may be redeemed during a leave of absence. Where a Participant’s relationship is terminated due to Disability such that the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date, and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever; provided, however , that the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, for Performance Share Units that are subject to vesting criteria beyond the minimum one year vesting requirement in Section 5.03(a), the number of the Participant’s Performance Share Units that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement have been satisfied in that portion of the Performance Cycle that has lapsed. The Performance Share Units that the Board determines to have vested shall become payable in accordance with Section 5.03(h) hereof. To be clear, all Performance Share Units must expire within a reasonable period (not to exceed 12 months) following the Participant’s cessation as an Eligible Person under the Plan in accordance to the Exchange Policy 4.4 section 4.11(i).

• (h) Payment of Award ‐ Payment to Participants in respect of vested Performance Share Units shall be made after the Determination Date for the applicable Award and in any case within

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ninety (90) days after the last day of the Performance Cycle to which such Award relates. The Company shall, at the sole discretion of the Board, either:

• (i) issue to the Participant the number of Shares equal to the number of Performance Share Units credited to the Participant’s Account that have vested on the Determination Date; or

• (ii) make a cash payment in an amount equal to the Market Unit Price on the next Trading Day after the Determination Date of the Performance Share Units credited to a Participant’s Account that have vested, net of applicable withholdings.

As of the Vesting Date, the Performance Share Units in respect of which such Shares are issued or cash payment made shall be cancelled and no further payments shall be made to the Participant under this Plan in relation to such Performance Share Units.

5.04 Deferred Share Units

• (a) Eligibility and Participation ‐ Subject to the provisions of this Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant Awards of Deferred Share Units to Directors that do not perform Investor Relations Activities in lieu of Fees or to other Eligible Persons that do not perform Investor Relations Activities as compensation for employment or consulting services. Deferred Share Units granted to a Participant in accordance with Section 5.04 hereof shall be credited, as of the Grant Date, to the Participant’s Account. The number of Deferred Share Units to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion in accordance with this Plan. The number of Deferred Share Units shall be specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

• (b) Election ‐ Each Director may elect to receive any or all of his or her Fees in Deferred Share Units under this Plan. Elections by Directors regarding the amount of their Fees that they wish to receive in Deferred Share Units shall be made no later than 90 days after this Plan is adopted by the Board, and thereafter no later than December 31 of any given year with respect to Fees for the following year. Any Director who becomes a Director during a calendar year and wishes to receive an amount of his or her Fees for the remainder of that year in Deferred Share Units must make his or her election within 60 days of becoming a Director.

• (c) Calculation of Deferred Share Units Granted in Lieu of Fees ‐ The number of Deferred Share Units to be credited to a Participant’s Account where the Participant is a Director who has elected to receive Deferred Share Units in lieu of Fees shall be calculated by dividing the amount of Fees selected by a Director in the applicable Election Form by the Market Unit Price on the Grant Date (or such other price as required under Exchange policies) which shall be the 10th business day following each financial quarter end. If, as a result of the foregoing calculation, a Participant that is a Director shall become entitled to a fractional Deferred Share Unit, the Participant shall only be credited with a full number of Deferred Share Units (rounded down) and no payment or other adjustment will be made with respect to the fractional Deferred Share Unit.

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• (d) Vesting ‐ No Deferred Share Units may vest before the date that is one year following the date of the Award.

• (e) Payment of Award ‐ Each Participant shall be entitled to receive, after the effective date that the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person for any reason, on a day designated by the Participant and communicated to the Company by the Participant in writing at least 15 days prior to the designated day (or such earlier date after the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person as the Participant and the Company may agree, which date shall be no later than one year after the date upon which the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person) and if no such notice is given, then on the first anniversary of the effective date that the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person, at the sole discretion of the Board, either:

• (i) that number of Shares equal to the number of vested Deferred Share Units credited to the Participant’s Account, such Shares to be issued from treasury of the Company (provided that such issuance will not result in the number specified in Section 4.1(a) being exceeded); or

• (ii) a cash payment in an amount equal to the Market Unit Price on the next Trading Day after the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person of the vested Deferred Share Units credited to a Participant’s Account, net of applicable withholdings.

• (f) Exception ‐ In the event that the value of a Deferred Share Unit would be determined with reference to a period commencing at a fiscal quarter‐end of the Company and ending prior to the public disclosure of interim financial statements for the quarter (or annual financial statements in the case of the fourth quarter), the cash payment of the value of the Deferred Share Units will be made to the Participant with reference to the five (5) Trading Days immediately following the public disclosure of the interim financial statements for that quarter (or annual financial statements in the case of the fourth quarter).

• (g) Death ‐ Upon death of a Participant holding Deferred Share Units that have vested, the Participant’s estate shall be entitled to receive, within one year of the Participant’s death and at the sole discretion of the Board, a cash payment or Shares that would have otherwise been payable in accordance with Section 5.04(e) hereof to the Participant upon such Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Person.

5.05 General Terms Applicable to Awards

• (a) Forfeiture Events ‐ The Board will specify in an Award Agreement at the time of the Award that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events shall include, but shall not be limited to, termination of a relationship for cause, violation of material Company policies, fraud, breach of non‐competition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company.

• (b) Awards May be Granted Separately or Together ‐ Awards may, in the discretion of the Board, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award or any award granted under any other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangement of

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the Company. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards, or in addition to or in tandem with awards granted under any other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangement of the Company, may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

• (c) Non‐Transferability of Awards ‐ No Award and no right under any such Award shall be assignable, alienable, saleable, or transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and only then if permitted by the policies of the Exchange. No Award and no right under any such Award, may be pledged, alienated, attached, or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment, or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company.

• (d) Conditions and Restrictions Upon Securities Subject to Awards ‐ The Board may provide that the Shares issued under an Award shall be subject to such further agreements, restrictions, conditions or limitations as the Board in its sole discretion may specify, including without limitation, conditions on vesting or transferability and forfeiture or repurchase provisions or provisions on payment of taxes arising in connection with an Award. Without limiting the foregoing, such restrictions may address the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Shares issued under an Award, including without limitation:

• (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy or pursuant to applicable law;

• (ii) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by Participant and holders of other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangements; and

• (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.

• (e) Blackout Periods – In the event that the date provided for expiration, redemption or settlement of an Award falls within a Blackout Period imposed by the Company pursuant to a trading policy as the result of the bona fide existence of undisclosed Material Information (as defined in the policies of the Exchange), the expiry date, redemption date or settlement date, as applicable, of the Award shall automatically be extended to the date that is ten (10) business days following the date of expiry of the Blackout Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there will be no extension of any Award if the Company (or the Participant) is subject to a cease trade order (or similar order under applicable law).

• (f) Share Certificates ‐ All Shares delivered under this Plan pursuant to any Award shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Board may deem advisable under this Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of any securities commission, the Exchange, and any applicable securities legislation, regulations, rules, policies or orders, and the Board may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

• (g) Conformity to Plan ‐ In the event that an Award is granted which does not conform in all particulars with the provisions of this Plan, or purports to grant an Award on terms different from those set out in this Plan, the Award shall not be in any way void or invalidated, but the Award shall be adjusted to become, in all respects, in conformity with this Plan.

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• (h) Deductions ‐ Whenever cash is to be paid in respect of Deferred Share Units, Restricted Share Units or Performance Share Units, the Company shall have the right to deduct from all cash payments made to a Participant any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments. Whenever Shares are to be delivered in respect of Options, Deferred Share Units, Restricted Share Units or Performance Share Units, the Company shall have the right to deduct from any other amounts payable to the Participant any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such delivery of Shares, or if any payment due to the Participant is not sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation, to require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy any taxes required by law to be withheld. At the sole discretion of the Board, a Participant may be permitted to satisfy the foregoing requirement by, all in accordance with the policies of the Exchange, delivering (on a form prescribed by the Company) an irrevocable direction to a securities broker approved by the Company to sell all or a portion of the Shares and deliver to the Company from the sales proceeds an amount sufficient to pay the required withholding taxes.

• (i) Cancellation, Termination, Surrender or Forfeiture ‐ Shares that were the subject of any Awards made under this Plan that has been settled in cash, or that have been cancelled, terminated, surrendered, forfeited or have expired without being exercised, and pursuant to which no securities have been issued, may continue to be issuable under this Plan.

5.06 General Terms Applicable to Performance-Based Awards

• (a) Performance Evaluation; Adjustment of Goals ‐ At the time that a Performance‐Based Award is first issued, the Board, in the Award Agreement or in another written document, shall specify whether performance will be evaluated including or excluding the effect of any of the following events that occur during the Performance Cycle or Restriction Period, as the case may be:

• (i) judgments entered or settlements reached in litigation;

• (ii) the write‐down of assets;

• (iii) the impact of any reorganization or restructuring;

• (iv) the impact of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, regulatory actions or other laws affecting reported results;

• (v) extraordinary non‐recurring items as may be described in the Company’s management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the applicable financial year;

• (vi) the impact of any mergers, acquisitions, spin‐offs or other divestitures;

• (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses; and

• (viii) mark‐to‐market hedging losses or gains.

• (b) Adjustment of Performance‐Based Awards ‐ The Board shall have the sole discretion to adjust the determinations of the degree of attainment of the pre‐established Performance Criteria

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or restrictions, as the case may be, as may be set out in the applicable Award Agreement governing the relevant Performance‐Based Award. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Board may not make any adjustment or take any other action with respect to any Performance‐Based Award that will increase the amount payable under any such Award. The Board shall retain the sole discretion to adjust Performance‐Based Awards downward or to otherwise reduce the amount payable with respect to any Performance‐ Based Award.

SECTION 6 - AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

6.01 Amendments and Termination of this Plan

The Board may at any time or from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of shareholders of the Company, amend, suspend, terminate or discontinue this Plan and may amend the terms and conditions of any Awards granted hereunder, subject to:

• (a) any required disinterested shareholder approval to (i) reduce the exercise price of an Award issued to an Insider or (ii) extend the term of an Option granted to an Insider, in either event in accordance with the policies of the Exchange while the Shares are listed on the Exchange;

• (b) any required approval of any applicable regulatory authority or the Exchange; and

• (c) any approval of shareholders of the Company as required by the rules of the Exchange or applicable law, provided that shareholder approval shall not be required for the following amendments and the Board may make any changes which may include but are not limited to (except that the Exchange may require approval of the shareholders of the Company for amendments pursuant to Sections 6.01(c)(iii)to 6.01(c)(vii)):

• (i) amendments of a “housekeeping nature”;

• (ii) amendments for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, error or omission in this Plan or to correct or supplement any provision of this Plan that is inconsistent with any other provision of this Plan;

• (iii) amendments which are necessary to comply with applicable law or the requirements of the Exchange;

• (iv) amendments respecting administration and eligibility for participation under this Plan;

• (v) amendments to the terms and conditions on which Awards may be or have been granted pursuant to this Plan including amendments to the vesting provisions and terms of any Awards;

• (vi) with the exception of Options granted to Persons performing Investor Relations Activities, amendments which alter, extend or accelerate the terms of vesting applicable to any Awards; and

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• (vii) changes to the termination provisions of an Award or this Plan which do not entail an extension beyond the original fixed term.

If this Plan is terminated, prior Awards shall remain outstanding and in effect in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions.

6.02 Amendments to Awards

The Board may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate, any Awards theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively. No such amendment or alteration shall be made which would impair the rights of any Participant, without such Participant’s consent, under any Award theretofore granted, provided that no such consent shall be required with respect to any amendment or alteration if the Board determines in its sole discretion that such amendment or alteration either:

• (a) is required or advisable in order for the Company, this Plan or the Award to satisfy or conform to any law or regulation or to meet the requirements of Policy of the Exchange, in particular section 8 of Policy 4.4, including the approval by the shareholders), or any accounting standard; or

• (b) is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided under such Award.

SECTION 7 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

7.01

No Rights to Awards

No Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under this Plan, or, having been selected to receive an Award under this Plan, to be selected to receive a future Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Eligible Persons or Participants or beneficiaries of Awards under this Plan. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant. The Company and each Eligible Person qualifying for an Award are and shall be responsible for ensuring and confirming that each recipient of an Award is a bona fide Eligible Person that qualifies to receive the applicable Award.

7.02 No Limit on Other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements

Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Company or a Subsidiary from adopting or continuing in effect other Security‐Based Compensation Arrangements, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

7.03 No Right to Employment

The grant of an Award shall neither constitute an employment contract nor be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company, or to any other relationship with the Company. Further, the Company may at any time dismiss a Participant, free from any liability, or any claim under this Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement.

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7.04 No Right as Shareholder

Neither the Participant nor any representatives of a Participant’s estate shall have any rights whatsoever as shareholders in respect of any Shares covered by such Participant’s Options, RSUs, PSUs and/or DSUs until the date of issuance of a share certificate to such Participant or representatives of a Participant’s estate for such Shares.

7.05 Governing Law

This Plan and all of the rights and obligations arising hereunder shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

7.06 Severability

If any provision of this Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify this Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Board, materially altering the intent of this Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award, and the remainder of this Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

7.07 No Trust or Fund Created

Neither this Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured creditor of the Company.

7.08 No Fractional Shares

No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to this Plan or any Award, and the Board shall determine whether cash, or other securities shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be cancelled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

7.09 Headings

Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of this Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of this Plan or any provision thereof.

7.10 No Representation or Warranty

The Company makes no representation or warranty as to the value of any Award granted pursuant to this Plan or as to the future value of any Shares issued pursuant to any Award.

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7.11 No Representations or Covenant with Respect to Tax Qualification

Although the Company may, in its discretion, endeavor to (i) qualify an Award for favourable Canadian tax treatment or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment, the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on holders of Awards under this Plan.

7.12 Conflict with Award Agreement

In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the policies of the Exchange, this Plan and an Award Agreement, the policies of the Exchange shall govern for all purposes. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of this Plan and an Award Agreement, the provisions of this Plan shall govern for all purposes.

7.13 Compliance with Laws

The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares under this Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, as well as the policies of the Exchange as in effect from time‐to‐time, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or stock exchanges on which the Company is listed as may be required. The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of title for Shares issued under this Plan prior to:

• (a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and

• (b) completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable national or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable or at a time when any such registration or qualification is not current, has been suspended or otherwise has ceased to be effective.

The inability or impracticability of the Company to obtain or maintain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

SECTION 8 - EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PLAN

8.01 Effective Date

This Plan shall become effective upon the date (the “ Effective Date ”) of approval by the Board on February 28, 2023.

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