Ridgestone Mining — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

May 16, 2025

RIDGESTONE MINING INC.
Suite 503, 905 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 1L6

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 Ridgestone Mining Inc. (the "Company") will be held at Suite 501, 3292 Production Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5A 4R4 on Friday, June 27, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) for the following purposes:

1. to receive and consider the financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and the auditor's report thereon;
2. to set the number of directors to be elected at the Meeting at four (4) and to elect the directors of the Company until the Company's next annual meeting of shareholders;
3. to re-appoint Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton LaBonte LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants as auditors of the Company and to authorize the directors of the Company to fix their remuneration;
4. to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass an ordinary resolution, the full text of which is set forth in the accompanying management information circular and proxy statement, re-approving the stock option plan of the Company and authorizing the Company's board of directors to make any amendments thereto that may be required for the purpose of obtaining the approval of applicable securities regulatory authorities or stock exchanges; and
5. to transact such further or other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The details of the matters proposed to be put before the Meeting are set forth in the Circular accompanying this Notice, which is supplemental to and expressly made a part of this Notice. Shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 12, 2025 (the "Record Date") will be entitled to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

It is important that your shares be represented at this Meeting to ensure a quorum. If you cannot be present to vote in person, please ensure that your proxy or, if a company, your representative, is appointed and present to vote on your behalf at the Meeting. Instructions regarding the appointment of a proxy or representative are contained in the Circular.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, as of the 12th day of May, 2025.

By Order of the Board of Directors
of RIDGESTONE MINING INC.

(signed) Erwin Wong
Erwin Wong
Chief Financial Officer and Director

SHAREHOLDERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE, AND DEPOSIT THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY OR OTHER APPROPRIATE FORM OF PROXY WITH THE COMPANY'S TRANSFER AGENT, ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY, IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN THE ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION CIRCULAR, SUCH THAT IT IS RECEIVED AT LEAST 48 HOURS (EXCLUDING SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND STATUTORY HOLIDAYS IN THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA) PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF, IN DEFAULT OF WHICH IT MAY BE TREATED AS INVALID. IN ORDER TO BE REPRESENTED BY PROXY, SHAREHOLDERS MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY OR OTHER APPROPRIATE FORM OF PROXY.

If you are a non-registered shareholder and receive these materials through your broker or through another by intermediary, please complete and return the materials in accordance with the instructions provided to you by your broker or by the other intermediary. Failure to do so may result in your shares not being eligible to be voted by proxy at the Meeting. If you hold your shares in a brokerage account you are not a registered shareholder.