Riverside Resources Inc. — Management Reports 2020

Jan 29, 2020

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

INTRODUCTION

The management discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations ("MD&A") focuses upon the activities, results of operations, liquidity and capital resources of Riverside Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Riverside") for the year ended September 30, 2019. In order to better understand the MD&A, it should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes for the year ended September 30, 2019. The Company's financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and filed with appropriate regulatory authorities in Canada. This MD&A is current to January 28, 2020 and in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.

Additional information relating to the Company, including its Information Circular for the financial year ended September 30, 2019, is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this MD&A may involve forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. Forwardlooking statements are statements that relate to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", and "intend", statements that an action or event "may", "might", "could", "should", or "will" be taken or occur, or other similar expressions. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation; statements about the size and timing of future exploration on and the development of the Company's properties are forwardlooking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following risks: the need for additional financing; operational risks associated with mineral exploration; fluctuations in commodity prices; title matters; environmental liability claims and insurance; reliance on key personnel; the volatility of our common share price and volume and other reports and filings with the TSX Venture Exchange and applicable Canadian securities regulations. Forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forwardlooking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by applicable securities laws. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and future events and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations are disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time to time via SEDAR with the Canadian regulatory agencies to whose policies the Company is bound. Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements.

The users of this information, including but not limited to investors and prospective investors, should read it in conjunction with all other disclosure documents provided including but not limited to all documents filed on SEDAR (www.SEDAR.com).

CORPORATE OVERVIEW

The Company is a mineral exploration and development company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "RRI" and is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of exploration and evaluation assets in the Americas including Canada, the United States and Mexico where the technical team collectively has more than 100 years of exploration experience and has been part of more than five discoveries that have gone into production.

The Company combines the experience of mine discoverer John-Mark Staude (President, CEO, Director), Freeman Smith (Vice President Exploration), and Alberto Orozco (VP Corporate Development) with the finance and business management expertise of Rob Scott (CFO), Brian Groves (Director), James Clare (Director), Walter Henry (Director) and Carol Ellis (Director). Management has experience in developing significant shareholder value and they have assembled a team that can build a valuable and successful organization.

CAPITAL STOCK

As at September 30, 2019, the Company had $27,344,879 in capital stock and 62,841,188 common shares outstanding.

Shares issued for mineral property

On January 31, 2019, the Company issued 300,000 common shares with a fair value of $51,000 to Gunpoint in accordance with the letter agreements for the Cecilia property.

On September 20, 2019, the Company issued 150,000 common shares with a fair value of $24,000 to Millrock in according with the binding letter agreements for acquiring a 100% undivided right, title and interest in five projects, including Los Cuarentas, La Unioin, EL Valle, Llano del Nogalo and El Pima.

Private Placement

On March 19, 2019 the Company completed a private placement consisting of 17,488,875 units at a price of $0.16 per unit for gross proceeds of $2,798,220. As part of the financing, the Company issued 28,000 additional units as finder's fees with a fair value of $1,610 recorded as share insurance cost. Each unit consisted of one common share and one whole common share purchase warrant. Each common share purchase warrant is exercisable into one common share for a period of two years from closing at a price of $0.22 per share. The term of the warrants is subject to an accelerated exercise provision.

Options and Performance Bonus Shares

Stock option and performance bonus share activity for the year ended September 30, 2019 included the following:

• (a) 140,500 options were forfeited.
• (b) 785,000 options were granted, exercisable at a price of $0.17 per common share for a period of 5 years.
• (c) 265,000 bonus shares issued at a fair value of $47,700 to certain executive officers and consultants.

Stock option and performance bonus share activity for the year ended September 30, 2018 included the following:

• (d) 760,000 options were granted, exercisable at a price of $0.28 per common share for a period of 5 years.
• (e) 30,000 options were forfeited.
• (f) 525,000 options were expired.
• (g) 230,000 bonus shares were issued at a fair value of $64,400 to certain executive officers and consultants of the Company.

Warrants

There were 17,516,875 share purchase warrants outstanding as September 30, 2019 (2018 – 3,204,767).

OPERATIONS

The Company's exploration team remains active in Mexico and has also added three gold projects in Ontario, Canada continuing to cost-effectively build a strong asset portfolio of gold, silver and copper exploration projects. The Company continues to focus on northern and central Mexico where it has exploration partners funding programs have focused on gold, silver and copper and is seeking new partnerships in eastern, Canada.

US$2,000,000 Strategic Funding Agreement with BHP in Sonora, Mexico

On May 16, 2019, the Company signed of a two-year, US$2,000,000 Exploration Financing Agreement with BHP Exploration Chile SpA ("BHP") for the funding of generative exploration in the copper producing belt of Mexico (the "Program"). The Program will focus on identifying and developing exploration opportunities leading to the discovery of new large copper deposits within an Area of Interest ("AOI") using Riverside's technical knowledge base of copper systems and strong generative exploration team strategically based in Hermosillo, Sonora. BHP and Riverside will pool their data, including decades of historical work into an integrated database. Riverside can now leverage geophysical, geochemical and geological technical platforms into a new targeting synthesis to complete tenure acquisitions.

BHP will fund US$1,000,000 on an annual basis for a minimum of two (2) years for generative grass-roots exploration within northeastern Sonora in the region of many copper deposits and some very large copper operations. The exploration area being explored is in the central part of the Laramide Copper Belt that continues northward into Arizona and New Mexico, hosting numerous large, Tier 1 copper deposits. For example, the third largest copper mine in the world, the Buenavista del Cobre Operations in Cananea, is located within the AOI.

Properties that are identified and deemed to be of interest will become Defined Projects ("DPs"), which will move to a second phase of the Program whereby BHP would fund up to an additional US$5,000,000 of exploration work and make success fee payments to Riverside on a per project basis (see "Exploration Funding Agreement" below).

Exploration Funding Agreement

Overview

The two-year, US$2,000,000 Exploration Financing Agreement was signed on May 15, 2019. The Program will target projects containing primarily copper, with the objective of advancing quality copper prospects through three (3) distinct stages: Project Generation Phase, Project Operation Phase and Joint Venture Stage.

Project Generation Phase (I)

During the Project Generation Phase, Riverside will act as the operator and earn a monthly fee plus 10% on internal activities and 5% on third party external contractor work with an estimated ~US$85,000/month for generative work. Riverside's technical team will carry out generative exploration and work up targets with the aim of moving prospects toward the Project Operation Phase (II).

Project Operation Phase (II)

A prospect that is advanced to the Project Operation Phase will become a DP and will trigger a success fee of US$200,000 payable to Riverside for each prospect so advanced. Riverside can earn a bonus of an extra US$200,000 if at least three projects are progressed to DP making a total of US$800,000 in DP success fees. BHP will fund up to US$5,000,000 for drilling and further exploration on each DP, having the option to become the operator of such DP. Riverside has the option to contribute between 10% and 20% of the exploration expenditures ("Riverside's Contribution to Expenses") during this phase, with BHP funding the balance (80-90%) should Riverside elect to participate. BHP may discontinue funding with respect to a specific DP at any time in which case Riverside would be entitled to 100% interest in the project and depending on the funds expended to date, BHP may retain a net smelter returns royalty interest.

Joint Venture Stage (III)

BHP may elect to advance a DP to the Joint Venture Stage, at which time title to the project would be transferred to a joint venture company and the parties would enter into a formal joint venture partners' agreement. If Riverside's cash contribution reaches a minimum of 10% in Phase (II), the Company's deemed initial interest in the joint venture company will be 20%. If Riverside's Contribution to Expenses to a DP is less than 10%, Riverside will have no interest in the Joint Venture. For each DP that is advanced to the Joint Venture Stage, Riverside will be entitled to a success fee of US$1,500,000 if Riverside's Contribution to Expenses to a DP is at least 10% and US$300,000 if it is less than 10%. At the point of Joint Venture formation, with respect to a DP in which Riverside has at least a 10% interest, (a) Riverside may sell its interest earned as a result of its

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Contribution to Expenses to BHP at the rate of US$100,000 for each 1% interest sold; and (b) BHP may purchase the difference between 20% and Riverside's actual Contribution to Expenses at the rate of US$300,000 for each 1% interest purchased.

Operational Details

A Technical Committee ("TC") will be formed to approve Work Programs and Budgets during Phase (I) and (II). The TC will have two representatives from each of BHP and Riverside with equal voting powers for both groups for DP's operated by Riverside. For DP's operated by BHP, BHP will have the casting vote on the TC.

As of September 30, 2019, the Company has received US$1,000,000 as exploration advances for the generative exploration in the first year.

Western Ontario, Canada

On April 1, 2019, the Company acquired a 100% interest in the Oakes, Longnose and Vincent projects in western Ontario, Canada.

Oakes Gold Project

On July 29, 2019, the Company released news on staking and acquiring the Oakes Gold Project located in northwestern Ontario. Riverside's initial sampling at the Oakes Project returned three high-grade surface samples from an area stripped in 2010. Two of the five samples taken from this trench returned 19.7 g/t and 31.9 g/t gold. Another sample 30 m along strike to the east returned 6.9 g/t gold. These initial results demonstrate the high-grade discovery potential for the Project. Preliminary prospecting and mapping work have traced the known quartz-carbonate vein beyond the high-grade sample location over a strike length of 400 m, and historical surveys and field observations indicate that this target may extend over a strike length of up to 2 km.

The Oakes Project is located in the Oakes Township just north of Canadian National Highway 11 and about 2 km north of the town of Long Lac, Ontario. The Oakes Township covers part of the well-endowed Beardmore-Geraldton Greenstone Belt region, located northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Riverside's exploration team is exploring for orogenic gold mineralization hosted in large shear zones in the area, and plans to complete additional mapping, sampling and survey work in the coming months. Access is considered excellent, with year-round paved and gravel roads to support survey and drilling work during all seasons.

Regional History

The Geraldton region has a long and rich mining history and has produced 4.1 million ounces of gold over the past 100 years including the combined MacLeod-Cockshutt Mine, which produced 1.5 million ounces of gold up to 1970. More recently, the Hardrock Project held by Greenstone Gold Mines (jointly owned by Centerra Gold and Premier Gold Mines) has elevated attention to the area by announcing their intention to mine their gold resource near Geraldton, Ontario. The Hardrock Project mineral resources include: 1.4 million measured and indicated ounces and 1.36 million inferred ounces of gold.

The Oakes Project is located 20 kilometers from the past producing Long Lac Gold Mine and Greenstone Gold's Hardrock Deposits at Geraldton, Ontario.

Riverside's Exploration Work

Riverside's first phase of work included 29 rock samples taken from both outcrops and old trenches. The recent work confirmed three previously identified areas and three additional target zones. There are two predominant target orientations one which trends east-west and is associated with contact zones that have been delineated by VLF (Very Low-Frequency) and IP (Induced Polarization) chargeability geophysical surveys; and a second target zones trend at 340 degrees north-west that is defined by linear magnetic lows, field geology and soil geochemistry. The past magnetic surveys conducted by previous operators is also helpful in outlining diabase dikes and geological contacts where overburden masks the underlying bedrock. Most of the old drill collars could not be located in the field, but sampling of silicified and mineralized outcrop in the general area of the old drill collars returned anomalous (0.5-1.0 g/t) results for gold, suggesting the right geological environment and rationale for the

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historical drilling. Riverside's sampling program focused on the soil anomalies and trenches conducted by Golden Chalice Resources in 2010-12.

Targets

Riverside's first-phase exploration program defined several target areas for follow-up survey work and drill target refinement. The target areas were delineated by past geophysical and geochemical survey work and confirmed by Riverside's sampling program completed in July.

HG Target

Trench #1 in particular showed several shears, the largest being 3 m wide and exposed over an 80 m long strike within the trench. Two quartz-carbonate shears were sampled by Riverside in Trench #1. These shears are within mafic volcanic bedrock with sulphide mineralization primarily pyrrhotite and pyrite. Two of the five samples taken from this trench returned 19.7 and 31.9 g/t gold. Another sample 30 m to the east returned 6.9 g/t gold and an additional sample 275 m along trend returned 1 g/t gold. These Riverside samples are on trend with drill hole GL-93-2, drilled by Greater Lenora Resources Corp. in 1993 which returned >3 g/t gold within sheared metavolcanics rocks. Riverside believes this drill intercept and the trench samples demonstrate a 400 m strike length for the HG Target that could extend, based on interpretation of geology and geophysics for 2 km in total strike length, which will be confirmed with follow up field exploration studies.

Brinklow Target

Similar parallel targets were delineated to the south of the HG Target. These zones are oriented roughly east-west and coincident with VLF, IP chargeability and soil geochemistry anomalies. The Brinklow zone may align with the historical hole DDH50- 01 which intersected anomalous gold (>3 g/t) within mafic volcanics at only 7.6 m downhole.

Crib Target

The southernmost target extends from the pipeline right-of-way to the southeast corner of the Project and is located along the boundary of mafic volcanic and pillow basalts that also coincides with a VLF and partial soil anomaly.

Two other N-NW trending targets were also identified. One of these targets is identified by historical drill holes #1, #3 and #4, which all returned anomalous gold intercepts >3 g/t gold. One grab sample by Riverside south and on trend from these holes returned anomalous gold (0.7 g/t) and may define another target area. The trend of this zone is the same as another zone identified near the eastern boundary. This 'eastern structure' target is delineated by a strong linear magnetic low, interpreted as a fault, and a large, coincident north-south trending gold in soil anomaly.

Past work on the Oakes Project included two (2) drill campaigns, more recent VLF, Mag and IP geophysics in addition to a soil chemistry survey and trenching campaigns. Historical drilling by Hard Rock Gold Mines included seven (7) short, BQsized holes drilled between 1949-1951. Five of the drill holes from the 1950s intersected gold grades above 3 g/t. Only a few select pieces of core from these past programs are available such that the old work will need to be confirmed and incorporated into new work being conducted by Riverside to produce bonified exploration targets. Drill logs report the mineralized zones that were sampled historically comprised quartz-carbonate veins within sheared mafic volcanics with sulphide mineralization (pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena). This drilling campaign was conducted to trace known veins discovered at surface.

The two holes drilled in 1993 by Greater Lenora Resources Corp. were located to test two coincident VLF and soil geochemical anomalies. Drill logs from the historical reports show the mineralized zones that were sampled comprised meta-basalts (greenschist to amphibolite facies) and tuffs showing silicification and sulphide mineralization (pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite). Hole GL-93-1 was drilled to a depth of 153 m and returned anomalous results in gold and copper. Hole GL-93-2 (155 m) intersected an 8.3 m length of semi-massive pyrrhotite mineralization starting at 112m down hole with one, 1.5 m long sample returning 3.3 g/t gold. The emphasis of this exploration appears to have been exploring for copper.

More recent work by Golden Chalice (2010-12) includes an IP survey and a trenching campaign. The trenching campaign identified several mineralized shears coincident with IP chargeability and VLF geophysical anomalies. The best trench of six, Trench #1, returned three channel samples of 4.77, 4.17 and 3.41 g/t gold within shear-hosted quartz-carbonate veins. In

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addition, 26% of the 20 samples taken at Trench #1 returned greater than 1 g/t gold. The best composite sample results from this older work in Trench #1 were 1.3 g/t over 4 m and 1.32 g/t over 4 m. None of the trench work has been followed-up on and most of the complimentary geochemical anomalies have not been drilled. Riverside sees ample opportunity at the Oakes Project to further consolidate the past work and build on the survey work that has showed positive results for gold so far.

Millrock properties, Sonora, Mexico

On June 26, 2019, Riverside announced it had entered into a binding Letter Agreement, signed on June 25, 2019 to purchase a 100% undivided right, title and interest in five (5) projects from Millrock Resources Inc. Multiple Projects in this transaction have been of interest to Riverside for several years and the opportunity to purchase these along with equipment and data for cash and shares provides great upside, diversifying and adding further quality exploration prospects to the Company's project portfolio. The Projects include gold, silver and copper targets and are all located in Sonora, Mexico, which makes them easy and cost-effective to access from the Company's Mexico headquarters in Hermosillo. High-level project highlights below:

• Los Cuarentas Project has the potential to host a high-grade low-sulfidation epithermal gold quartz vein system. The Project is located in eastern Sonora, 20 km from Silver Crest's Las Chispas Silver Project and near Premier Gold's Mercedes Mine.
• La Union Project is located in western Sonora within the well-known orogenic gold belt and is considered prospective for the discovery of high-grade bodies of replacement-style Au-Ag polymetallic mineralization.
• El Valle Project containing anomalous gold and silver values from rock sampling suggests the possibility that a volcanic hosted epithermal vein system may exist on the Project. This acquisition is near Riverside's Ariel porphyry Cu project, adding further value as Riverside consolidates a larger land position in the region.
• Llano del Nogal Project is an early stage copper project located within the Laramide porphyry copper belt of eastern Sonora.
• El Pima Project is in the heart of the Santa Gertrudis Mining district with similar geology to Agnico Eagle's Santa Gertrudis mine, which is located 5.5 km to the north.

The purchase price for the Projects & equipment is 150,000 Riverside common shares and C$35,000 cash. See the Project Descriptions section below for further information on these Projects.

Additional Agreement Details:

Riverside will purchase all historic data and equipment of Millrock's Mexico subsidiary. The data will be integrated with Riverside's current 75,000+ mineral location database further expanding the Company's data infrastructure.

Riverside will purchase 100% right, title and interest in the Projects and equipment for C$35,000 and 150,000 Riverside common shares. Half of the common share's payment is due on signing of the agreement and the balance due at a later date once the mineral titles are transferred. Riverside will grant Millrock the right to receive an NSR of 0.5% on the current tenure position of Santa Rosalia, El Valle, and El Pima Projects. Riverside and Millrock anticipate the closing of a definitive agreement by August 31, 2019, subject to TSX Venture approval. As of September 30, 2019, the Company has issued 150,000 common shares to Milllrock in terms of acquiring 100% undivided interest on these projects and equipment.

Project Descriptions

The Projects included in the portfolio acquisition contain gold, silver and copper assets in key districts of Sonora, Mexico. Several of the Projects are located near existing mining operations and have previous exploration and drill data to help guide future exploration efforts. In addition to acquiring the Projects, Riverside has also purchased equipment including vehicles, machinery and data with all historic compilations and files from Millrock's Mexico Projects. The Company is very pleased to grow its knowledge, mineral databases and portfolio in Sonora.

Los Cuarentas Gold-Silver Project

The Los Cuarentas Project is located 170 km northeast of Hermosillo and nearby Silver Crest Metal's Las Chispas Project and Premier Gold's Mercedes mine. Los Cuarentas is a low sulfidation epithermal Au and Ag target characterized by strong argillic and phyllic alteration surrounding low sulfidation epithermal veins that host gold and silver mineralization. Several target zones have been identified and most are ready for drilling such as: Santa Rosalia, Santa Rosalia Sur, El Sombrero and El Chapo.

La Union Gold Project

La Union in western Sonora is part of the orogenic gold belt and has chemistry and geology indicative of high potential new discoveries. The old mining areas have not been drill explored and the broader structures are wide open for further expansion. Riverside has had contact with the surface owners and knows the region from previous work with Alliance partner Hochshild Mining.

El Valle Gold-Silver Project

El Valle is north of Riverside's Ariel porphyry Cu project and is a volcanic related Au-Ag vein system with a large 28-metrewide quartz vein mined during the 1940s (small inlier claim). El Valle is located in northeastern Sonora, 26 km east of the La Caridad Mine operation complex which is Mexico's second largest copper operation and has been producing for over 100 years. This acquisition grows Riverside's tenure and progresses the Company's plan to consolidate the highest quality mineral districts to present to partners for joint venture.

Llano del Nogal Copper Project

Llano del Nogal is a series of claims that fit within an area where other companies are active. The porphyry Cu prospecting and nearby drilling has intersected geologically permissive rocks and Riverside will look to form a partnership to consolidate the district.

El Pima

El Pima is a concession inside of the Agnico Eagle owned Santa Gertrudis Mining Complex. Riverside will look to partner or sell the claim. El Pima contains mineralization on the tenement and requires further exploration around the sediment hosted gold mine and many open pits of Agnico Eagle.

Los Cuarentas Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico

On September 11, 2019 Riverside announced that the Los Cuarentas district acquisition has been completed. Riverside announced the deal to acquire this Project as part of a portfolio of assets from Millrock Resources Inc. ("Millrock") in June of 2019 for four (4) mineral properties in Sonora, Mexico. The Los Cuarentas Project (the "Project") is located in northeastern Sonora, Mexico, within the Los Cuarentas district, which is part of the larger Arizpe Metallogenic Cluster.

The Project is located 17 km northwest of SilverCrest Metals' Las Chispas Mine and also located 15 km northeast of Premier Gold's Mercedes Mine.

The Los Cuarentas Project produced in excess of 100,000 ounces of gold from historical mine operations within epithermal vein structures in the 1950s. Last year, Millrock completed a surface sampling program that returned numerous multi-gram assays including one up to 17.5 g/t Au over 1 m. An induced polarization survey (IP) was also completed by Centerra Gold in 2016 while under option from Millrock that identified a strong resistive body that appears to coincide with the surface expression of the Santa Rosalia Sur vein systems. Riverside has identified three (3) targets from mapping and sampling through integrating past and current data to refine a go forward work program. The Santa Rosalia target is the highest priority of the 3 targets and is defined by past open cut and underground vein mining where recent sampling has shown a strike length of more than 500 m and open to the east and west.

Targets:

Riverside has identified three (3) primary targets at the Los Cuarentas Project; the Santa Rosalia target, the Santa Rosalia Sur target, and the El Sombrero target. Riverside geologists will focus their initial efforts towards the Santa Rosalia target utilizing past data to refine the target area and work program. The Company is also working on interpretations of the structural control of the high-grade ore shoots to better understand and delineate the volcanic-hosted, low sulfidation veins found on the property.

Santa Rosalia:

The historical mine area can be accessed via old shafts and adits. The high-grade samples taken by Millrock Resources in 2018 of 5 g/t Au and up to 17 g/t Au within structures makes this an intriguing exploration target. The Santa Rosalia target shows clay alteration with inward zoning of silicification grading into a well-defined silicified vein structure and is a priority for drill discovery. Previous mapping, sampling, underground work and other research studies of the historical mine operations include: Santa Rosalia Mining, Centerra Gold, Paget Minerals, and the Mexican Geological Survey providing a wealth of data for targeting and drilling.

Santa Rosalia Sur:

Santa Rosalia Sur target is located southeast from the historical Santa Rosalia mine area and has been a focus for recent exploration by Centerra. Centerra conducted an IP survey, detailed soil geochemical survey, detailed rock sampling and geologic mapping. The IP was conducted by Zonge Geophysics in December 2016. The Santa Rosalia Sur target comprises a well-defined 800 m long, structural zone that has been mapped and sampled for alteration minerals (Terraspec) for vectoring and targeting.

El Sombrero:

At the El Sombrero target the alteration is very extensive showing silica caps indicative of high-level boiling zones within an epithermal system. The El Sombrero target is located E-SE of Santa Rosalia Sur and comprises altered andesites, dacites and agglomerates. This alteration in conjunction with Centerra Gold's geochemical soil survey and selected rock chip samples has delineated this region as a third priority target.

Geology:

The historical Santa Rosalia area comprises a series of mineralized (< 1 m to 2.5 m wide) parallel, low sulfidation epithermal veins of banded crystalline to cryptocrystalline quartz and calcite. Mineralization shows gold, silver, galena, argentite, acanthite, sulfosalts, minor chalcopyrite and pyrite. Textures observed are typical of a low sulfidation epithermal system and include the presence of incipient banded quartz, quartz breccia, silica after bladed calcite and quartz veinlet arrays inside fault breccia and gouge. Vein flexures and cross intersections provide some of the higher-grade bonanza shoots, which remain to be further explored over the strike length.

The historical mine workings, which have been abandoned since the 1950s, consist of a vertical stope open to surface with horizontal extensions reaching out possibly 250 meters. There are several tens of thousands of tons of material based upon Millrock and Paget's calculations near the abandoned mill structure. While the extent of the workings is not fully known, there are indications that they may extend vertically down to possibly 230 meters. Riverside will be targeting along strike of the named veins and will include sampling a number of recently discovered veins.

Veins are hosted in andesitic, volcanic rocks that show strong alteration minerals including sericite and high acid conditions clay minerals. The stratigraphy is similar to that of Mercedes and Las Chispas mines where sedimentary units are overlain by andesitic flows and flow breccias.

Cecilia Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico

The Cecilia project is located 40 km southwest of the Mexico-U.S.A. border town of Agua Prieta in Sonora, Mexico and is easily accessed by paved highway and dirt roads. The project is a low sulphidation epithermal Au-Ag rhyolite flow dome complex and is 6,897 ha (68 km2 ) in size.

Riverside geologic team completed mapping of targets on the broader newly added claim areas, worked on structural geology targeting for the high grade gold zones and integrated data from the past year during an intensive and on-going effort through the month of June and continuing onward with updated cross sections, systematic targeting and three dimensional modeling.

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On October 2, 2018 the Company reported on rock chip channel samples from the Cerro Magallanes area. Previously Riverside announced positive results from a soil survey covering approximately 30% of the 50 km2 Cecilia 1 claim area surrounding the main Cerro Magallanes dome complex (see press release September 11, 2018). Riverside's new rock sampling results from the main central rhyolitic dome complex expands upon historical sampling for gold within breccias and veins on Cerro Magallanes. Dome margins also show positive potential for near surface gold targets and indications for potential gold and silver bodies at depth.

At Cerro Magallanes this work defines four main target areas with assay intervals on outcrops that are perpendicular to the existing structures to estimate the true surface widths of the different featured zones. The channel sampling program included 305 samples ranging from <0.05 to 19.00 g/t Au. Sampling shows consistent gold from the top of Cerro Magallanes at the San Jose Target northeast along the Agua Prieta-North Breccia Target and through the Central and East Target areas.

Channel samples with gold values of note include:

• San Jose Target 47m @ 1.12 g/t from underground workings
• Agua Prieta North Breccia 10m @ 3.34 g/t from surface channel
• Central Target- 14m @ 2.44 g/t from underground workings
• East Target 11.5m @ 1.57 g/t from surface channel

Target on Cerro Magallanes

North Breccia

The North Breccia is a wide breccia zone formed along the north margin of the main composite rhyolite dome with historic drill intercepts (Cambior DDH 138-95-08) of 30.4 m @ 1.41 g/t Au). Rock channel sampling by Riverside's returned 10m @ 3.34 g/t Au (both ends remain open).

The North Breccia extends upslope to the southwest more than 600 m merging with the Agua Prieta Zone and intersecting the San Jose NW trending Target Zone at the topographic peak of the dome complex. The North Breccia was historically rock chip channel sampled, returning good gold grades. The intersection of the North Breccia and the San Jose structure remain a top priority for drill testing. At the North Breccia and elsewhere on Cecilia the rhyolite dome is the main host unit where gold mineralization has been predominantly found in the breccia matrix. The North Breccia target is typical of dome margin breccias and is like deposits found in Peru, Bolivia, and Colorado where gold is largely hosted in the matrix. These deposit types are favorable hosts for bulk mining scenarios.

San Jose (West Area)

The west area of Cerro Magallanes is bisected by a large northwest trending structural zone of up to 60 m wide and hosts more than half a dozen old gold mine workings. Mineralized structures show predominantly silica alteration and commonly dip steeply to the NE with widths of 10-30 m. Sampling by Cambior (1995) within the workings returned 47m @ 1.12 g/t Au along the structural zone, while sampling across the structure by Riverside returned 8m @ 1.50 g/t Au in cross cut #26. The San Jose Target strikes more than 700 m in length and has not yet been drilled, however, historical sampling by Cambior along the structure on surface returned 3 to 9 g/t gold in 2m chip channel samples. These veins show classic epithermal multigenerational opening and filling typical of feeder zones like those at the San Julian Mine in Chihuahua also of the same mid-Tertiary age.

Agua Prieta Target (striking NE)

The Agua Prieta and North Breccia form a somewhat continuous zone of gold-bearing silicified breccia that extends northwest, downslope from its intersection with the San Jose target to mid-slope of Cerro Magallanes. Sampling on the dome margin here shows anomalous values and frequent higher-grade gold zones in silicified and brecciated rhyolitic rock. The new channel sampling has delineated the drill target that lies above the North Breccia. This target begins near surface and extends downward toward the subvolcanic conglomerate and sediments outcropping near the base of Cerro Magallanes. Cerro Magallanes overall appears analogous to the Pitarilla deposit in Durango, Mexico. Pitarilla hosts >500M Oz Ag grading approximately 100 g/t silver. Pitarilla was discovered by the exploration team at Silver Standard (now SSR Mining Inc.), which included Ron Burk, Technical Advisor to Riverside Resources.

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The Agua Prieta target has potential to host high-grade structural gold mineralization along the margins of the dome feeder zones and is supported by sampling at the North Breccia Target which returned: 10m @ 3.34 g/t Au and 5m @ 4.04 g/t Au.

Central Target area

The Central Target has undergone small-scale open pit and focused underground mining. Historical underground rock-chip channel sampling by Cambior (1995) in this area returned: 14m @ 2.44 g/t Au. Riverside surface channel sampling on the Central Target returned 3.5m @ 2.7 g/t Au and 11m @ 0.84 g/t Au. Geochemistry sampling by Riverside where prior work largely did not assay for trace elements shows elevated values in Te, As, F, Pb and Mo which is typical within highly magmatically evolved rhyolite domes. This geochemistry is similar to mining camps in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, and Guanajuato in the Mesa Central and Sierra Madre Occidental dome fields.

Old workings on the northern slopes of Cerro Magallanes from the 1950-60s chased near surface high-grade structures but did not explore at depth. These old workings drifted-in along several different orientations near one another suggesting possible bulk tonnage targeting scenarios may exist. Riverside will be working to assess this scenario following the positive results of the rock channel sampling.

East Target area

The East Target comprises high-grade, fault-controlled, Ag-rich veins along the margin of the Puma Dome located east of Cerro Magallanes dome. Gold in chip channel samples by Riverside along the trace of a portion of the fault structures returned 11.5m @ 1.57 g/t Au. Grab samples from dump material in this area returned silver values of up to 200 g/t Ag.

The East Target is 200 m lower in elevation than Cerro Magallanes peak and might be showing vertical zoning from gold high on Cerro Magallanes to silver lower down closer to the underlying Cretaceous sedimentary rocks. Follow-up fieldwork will test this hypothesis during 2019.

On November 15, 2018 the company received new exploration results from the rock sampling and mapping was conducted on the Cecilia 1 claim which surrounds the Cerro Magallanes reported on in October. This work by Riverside has been at the Cecilia 1 claim which covers a large area (~50km sq.) of favorable geology that is bisected by several large regional structures that have been found to host gold mineralization.

Over the last months of 2018 Riverside completed a reconnaissance soil sample survey over the northeastern portion of the Cecilia 1 claim and followed this up with a sampling and mapping survey that included a Terraspec assisted alteration survey, Innovex geochemical testing, and assaying of selected areas. The soil sampling survey documented several, large linear anomalies that have now been field checked with initial sampling and mapping work. The most recent work has focused on four (4) new areas in addition to the main Cerro Magallanes target area therefore expanding the overall value of the Cecilia Project.

Casa de Piedra target

The Casa de Piedra target is east of Cerro Magallanes on the recently added Riverside concession, Cecilia 1. The target zone comprises a 2 km long shear fault vein with abundant epithermal mineralization and textures. Casa de Piedra has not seen any exploration making it a high-profile drill target. This target was first identified through soil geochemistry in June 2018 where anomalous Pb, Cu, Te and Hg were noted. In the field the Casa de Piedra target is defined by a 30 m wide N-NE trending structural corridor of altered Cretaceous clastic sedimentary bedrock. Within the main mineralized structure, widespread sericitic, silica and kaolinitic alteration is common including buddingtonite alteration; buddingtonite being a clay often found in proximity to precious metal veins. The structural zone is infilled with quartz veining, quartz veinlets and stockwork and in some areas banded quartz, vuggy quartz and grey calcite. Textures in outcrop are dominated by intact-banded veins and silicified zones and only minor vein breccias. Transport of the clasts appears to be rotated but with minor displacement; anastomosing breccia veins are common in outcrop.

Later carbonates are noted, and some carbonate appears to be leached from the matrix surrounding the quartz, leaving a stringy, net texture with residue of the Mn-oxides and crustiform quartz. This mineralized structure is cross-cut by northwest-trending rhyolitic dikes that do not appear to influence mineralization. Rock sampling (24) in this area returned one sample that assayed

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0.9 g/t Au and also included other elements typical of the upper parts of hydrothermal veins. This shear vein is not unique, a second large vein system, Los Llanos described below.

Los Llanos target

The Los Llanos target is located east of the Casa de Piedra vein shear structure east of the Cerro Magallanes peak. The Los Llanos target was first defined by reconnaissance and soil geochemistry where anomalous Pb, Cu and Zn were noted. In the field the Los Llanos target is defined by a 20-30 m wide structural corridor of altered sandstone presently mapped as being 1 km in strike length and trending northeast. Gold mineralization is found in narrow anastomosing veins sometimes as stockwork but primarily as a silicified zone marked by reddish-brown iron oxides. This corridor also hosts rhyolite dikes which are sometimes parallel to the mineralized zone but also cut the zone. To the best of our understanding no exploration work has been done in this area thus making it a newly discovered vein zone. Some evidence of placer mining was noted in the area suggesting gold may have come from this vein; further exploration work is warranted on the Llanos target.

Cruz Target

The Cruz target lies within a large structural corridor northeast of Cerro Magallanes within horst and graben structural terrain. This large northwest trending regional structure extends tens of kilometers and comes across the northeast portion of the Project, is visible on satellite images, and forms a major structural topographic feature in northeastern Sonora. At the outcrop level, mineralization is noted in veins and stockwork alteration zones of up to 100 meters wide. These zones comprise anastomosing quartz veins with breccia that generally strike N-NE (020) and dip vertical to steeply to the west. Within this 100 m wide zone stockwork show syntaxial and druzzy textures. Gold mineralization is associated with pervasive, widespread sericitic and silica alteration; sulphides are rare but noted in this area. Where these veins cut conglomerate bedrock wide areas of silicified material is noted, two out of seven samples taken from this area returned gold grades of 1.6 g/t and 2.3 g/t Au. These veins continue through the conglomerate into the adjacent granitic bedrock. Geochemistry in this area shows high Pb, Zn and Cu indicating mineralization in the northern portion of the concession may be lower down in a epithermal system.

Cruz II Target

The Cruz II Target is located in the eastern portion of the Cecilia 1 concession. This target is also a structural corridor of silicification and veining currently mapped at about 2 km in strike length. The structure/vein strikes N-NE (020-030) and cuts through several sedimentary geological units varying in width from several meters to 20 m. Mineralized areas include anastomosing, stockwork or parallel veins with breccias; breccia is sometimes rounded but often angular. Terraspec analysis of altered rock shows pervasive silica and sericite alteration with illite in some areas. In hand sample the alteration is dominated by silicification and Fe-oxides. Individual veinlets are up to 30 cm wide with 3 to 5 parallel veins within a larger 20 m corridor. Stockwork veining, where present, is typically orthogonal and made more obvious by the hematitzation of rare pyrite, sphalerite and galena. Two of eleven samples from Riversides first pass of this area returned gold values of 0.5 g/t Au. Rock geochemistry also shows elements typical of a low-sulphidation epithermal system.

Riverside has taken the property forward significantly with both the main central area and a portion of the 50 km sq surrounding area.

Peñoles Project, Durango, Mexico

The Peñoles Project, 100% owned by the Company, comprises a large land package of approximately 6,862 hectares located in north-central Durango State within the globally important Central Mexico Silver Belt. Peñoles is an advanced project having been partially delineated for gold and silver mineralization with 86 drill-holes (approx. 11,500 metres total). These drill-holes have been used to define a NI43-101-compliant Inferred Resources for the Capitan gold deposit and the nearby Jesus Maria silver deposit. The reader is referred to the Company's website and SEDAR filings for detailed information on the resource estimates and on the various exploration programs that have been completed on the Project.

Riverside continued detailed field studies, modeling of the geology, targeting and three-dimensional geology volume evaluations. Project work, access efforts and long-term access agreement were progressed during June and throughout the 2019

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financial year. The community efforts included helping with local programs and hiring local people for work and special projects in the community.

The data modeling identified high-grade target zones at a regional scale which outlines the possibilities for brownfields new discoveries in the overall district. During the past months, neighboring company Fresnillo completed drilling on their ground and Riverside looks to integrate knowledge gained into a more complete project modeling.

During the last quarter of 2018 Company geologists re-examined the exploration potential for the Gully Fault, open pit targets, and satellite target areas. New soil survey and other work is on-going. A majority of the past drill-holes that tested the Jesus Maria silver deposit are now reinterpreted building upon the re-logged and updated analysis that was made of existing drill core geochemical data which resulted in an improved understanding of the types of silver mineralization found at Jesus Maria. More importantly, the re-examination of the Jesus Maria database now gives the Company a better idea of where the best potential lies to increase the Project's silver resource.

Peñoles project for final quarter of the calendar year and first quarter of the Company financial year had work in the field and computer on the geophysics which will be used further in 2019.

Tajitos Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico

Located in north-western Sonora State, Mexico, the Tajitos Gold Project consists of two concession block areas. The core Tajitos claim group and the easterly lying El Tejo group of concessions make up the Project. The Project is strategically situated in the Caborca Orogenic Gold Province which includes the major gold mines at La Herradura, Noche Buena, Chinate and San Francisco Mines among other producers. The core claim at Tajitos covers a number of northwesterly striking gold-bearing quartz veins and shear faults that were exploited by small underground mines, now abandoned but still accessible and in Q1 of FY2019 Riverside geologists conducted field work on the structural control of gold mineralization. Adjacent to the east Mexican gold producer, Fresnillo plc is advancing its Tajitos gold project where a 300,000-ounce gold deposit has been reported to exist and higher resource estimates have been provided in the past.

Riverside worked during the quarter including during June 2019 to move drill cores, study cores and project overall. Riverside working with potential partner to lay out possibly go forward programs and also looking at the larger brownfields targets and potential to grow from the already known zones with expanded drilling. Riverside focused on the Tajitos area with detailed studies, investigations of the mineralogy, structure and geology among other work.

Riverside completed drilling with partners in the past and for this current quarter has recently completed gold values modeling, surface access negotiations, legal progress on titles and extensive data review building up on the MS thesis and work completed during 2018.

The gold mineralization intersected in earlier drill-holes generally occured in fault zones and along lithologic contacts. Due to the wide spacing of the drill-holes a reliable definition of the strike and dip orientations of the mineralized zones could not be determined. Further drilling is required to better determine the extent and tenor of gold mineralization on the Tajitos property. For 2019 this further work could become a goal for the Company.

In addition to the eight boreholes drilled by Centerra on the Tajitos claim group, a program of reverse circulation drilling on the El Tejo claim group was also completed with partners. Twelve RC holes, totaling 1,728 meters, were drilled at Tejo to probe the bedrock lying beneath an extensive and thick cover of alluvial gravels. This work sets the project on a good position going forward to progress and build upon the geology and geochemistry developed previously.

La Silla Gold-Silver Project, Mexico

In the last few months, the project has been advanced with data analysis, technical evaluations, satellite and geophysical analysis. In recent months the Company has continued to advance the project under the terms of the option agreement. During the fiscal 2019, study of the four concessions in the Ollitas gold and silver mining district in southern Sinaloa, Mexico was continued. Two adjoining concessions totaling 1,031.5 hectares were worked by Riverside. In addition, another two concessions totaling 1,039.3 hectares were also worked up. Veins on both blocks will be progressed in the new year.

Riverside conducted data integration, review of geology, geochemistry and considerations for strategic steps including working with JV option partner Sinaloa Resources who raised money and progressed their efforts. The project continues to deliver interesting growth target potential.

At the Ciruela and El Roble prospects rock-chip samples have delivered high grade metals and work in the field continues at these target areas.

The Company recently completed a two-week reconnaissance mapping and sampling program focus on target generation. This work extended the two known veins along strike and was able to identify significant complementary, parallel, veins at both El Roble and Ciruela. At Ciruela, a parallel, east-west striking vein suggests normal faulting has occurred to the north providing new targets in this area. In the El Roble area property scale structures show east-west strikes but also north-south and northeast. Higher grade gold was found in surface sampling where these structures intersect suggesting multiple new targets could be generated through detailed mapping. Riverside geologists collected 52 chip, channel and grab samples with assay results ranging from <0.05 up to 19.9 g/t gold and from <0.05 up to 200 g/t silver. Five of the samples returned greater than 1 g/t gold as discussed in the Company press release dated June 19th, 2018.

In May 2018, the Company entered into a letter of intent ("LOI"), signing a Definitive Agreement January 30, 2019, with Sinaloa Resources Corp. ("Sinaloa") whereby Sinaloa could acquire a 70% interest in the La Silla Property, a silver-gold project, by paying $60,000 in cash, issuing $1,000,000 in common shares, and incurring exploration expenditures of $2,000,000 over three-year period. To earn an additional 30%, Sinaloa must incur a further exploration expenditure of $1,000,000 and issue $500,000 in common shares. The Company will retain a 2.5% NSR on the project should Sinaloa complete 100% earnin or the Company's interest dilutes to less than 10%.

As at January 28, 2020, the Company has not received the $100,000 payment in common shares that are due on January 28, 2020 from Sinaloa. Furthermore, Sinaloa has not incurred the $300,000 in exploration expenditures due on January 28, 2020.

Australia (Sandy) Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico

The Sandy Gold Project is located in NE Sonora, Mexico within the prolific Sonora Megashear Gold Belt.

On March 21, 2019, the Company reported initial results from the Company's first-phase exploration program at the recently staked Sandy Project located in northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Riverside continues to leverage its knowledge and experience in NW Mexico to cost-effectively acquire new prospective concessions with strong potential for new discoveries.

Riverside geologists have completed near surface sampling, mapping and geophysics to work up initial target areas at the Project. Riverside's exploration team is targeting intrusion related and orogenic gold mineralization hosted by altered granite and linked with large structures adjacent to gneiss bedrock.

The sampling done to date by Riverside has been concentrated on two areas in the center of the project with past historical mine workings associated with felsic intrusive stock and gneiss. A sample from one of these old workings returned 38.8 g/t Au. Chip channel samples of 1.5 meter in length returned gold results of 9.3 g/t, 4.7 g/t and 3.7 g/t Au. A total of 71 samples have been analyzed so far and further work at Sandy is anticipated to continue to define the structural nature and intrusion association to the gold.

Higher gold grades appear to be associated with intersecting structures within strongly foliated granitic intrusive bedrock. Primary structures strike NW-SE and dip between 40 and 70 degrees to the east in a general structural character with similar orientation and style to some of the shear zone gold mines in the region. Other smaller faults are noted striking roughly north south and dipping steeply to the east which cut the main shear zone and could possibly hide extensive expansions of the gold system under shallow cover. The cross structures have been intruded by mafic dikes that show pervasive propylitic alteration indicating potential deeper intrusion related gold mineralization. The highest-grade gold material was found associated with a set of variously dipping felsic dikes which could be associated with the intrusive system. Silicification and minor quartz veining is noted associated with the structures and with through-going vein mineralization. The wall rock associated with these structures often shows sericites and silica alteration.

Of note while visiting the property are the vast placer-gold workings immediately north of the project area. The source of the placer gold has not been determined and may be derived from intrusive bedrock within the Sandy project.

Thor Copper Project, Sonora, Mexico

Riverside controls 100% interest in the Thor Copper Project in central Sonora, Mexico. The Thor project is located in southcentral Sonora, Mexico heartland of the copper trend of northern Mexico and covers a geological setting that is prospective for a large porphyry copper deposit of the same geologic age as the other major copper deposits being mined in Sonora, including at Cananea and La Caridad. During the Q1 FY 2019, Riverside completed additional technical work on the property and combined historic data with Riverside's own new interpretations toward defining high quality Laramide-age porphyry system target.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2019, the Company decided not to continue with further exploration at the project. Subsequent to the termination, the Company chose to write off the property and the historical capitalized costs of $96,602.

Suaqui Verde, Suaqui Grande, Mexico

Riverside developed copper targets conducted site work and progressed discussions for the district play. Copper growth areas were reviewed, and further work progressed.

The scientific and technical data contained in the property descriptions pertaining to the Company's Mexico portfolio were reviewed by Freeman Smith, P.Geo. who is responsible for ensuring that the geologic information provided in this section of the Management Discussion and Analysis is accurate and acts as a "qualified person" under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Project.

SELECTED ANNUAL INFORMATION

The following table sets forth selected consolidated information of the Company at September 30, 2019 and for each of the prior two fiscal years prepared in accordance with IFRS. The selected consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company.

Canadian Dollars	2019	2018	2017
Finance, property and other income	$1,348,584	$176,702	$90,770
Net loss	(1,310,831)	(1,462,695)	(684,191)
Net loss per share, basic and fully diluted
	(0.02)	(0.03)	(0.02)
Cash and cash equivalent and short-term
investments	5,143,379	2,868,824	5,024,291
Total assets	12,341,457	8,869,608	10,069,859

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL RESULTS

Three-month period ended September 30, 2019

For the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company had a net loss of $1,625,043, resulting in a loss per share of $0.03. The gain was related to finance income of $15,927, other income of $331,391 as a result of the Company sold 55,087 common shares from E3 Metals Corp for net proceeds $23,363 and recognized the gain on Arizona Metal Inc's shares as at the

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trading date. which were offset by an accrual provision tax penalty of $1,131,026, an unrealized loss on short-term investment of $339,689, operating expenses of $192,599, and a realized loss on short-term investment of $341,898.

Year ended September 30, 2019

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company had a net loss of $1,310,831, resulting in a loss per share of $0.02. The gain was related to finance income of $42,591, other income of $1,305,993 as a result of the Company received overall 7,300,000 penalty shares from Croesus Gold Corp due to the certain provisions of the agreement, and the Company received 1,000,000 common shares from Sinaloa Resources Corp ("Sinaloa") as per option agreement for La Silla property. Furthermore, there is a gain on debt settlement of $26,846 which were offset by operating expenses of $1,015,031, provision tax penalty of $1,131,026, unrealized loss on short-term investments of $339,689 a realized loss on short-term investments of $137,304 and write-off of exploration and evaluation assets $96,062.

Three-month period ended September 30, 2018

For the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company had a net loss of $710,776, resulting in a loss per share of $0.02. The gain was related to finance income of $5,249, other income of $125,753, a foreign exchange loss $9,689 and recovery on exploration and evaluation assets of $124,833, which were offset by operating expenses of $190,446, and write-down of exploration and evaluation assets $515,927.

Year ended September 30, 2018

For the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company had a net loss of $1,462,695, resulting in a loss per share of $0.03. The gain was related to finance income of $25,331, other income of $151,371, a foreign exchange gain of $97,328, and unrealized gain on sale of short-term investments of $466,485 which were offset by operating expenses of $1,104,950 a realized loss on short-term investments of $520,281 and write-down of exploration and evaluation assets $577,979.

Exploration and evaluation assets

Year ended September 30, 2019

The Company capitalizes all exploration costs relating to its resource interests whereas pre-exploration costs are expensed as incurred. During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded $1,656,823 in acquisition and exploration of its properties as follows:

Mexico

	o Peñoles	$ 334,416
	o Tajitos	$ 297,764
	o La Silla	$ 106,964
	o Australia	$7,832
	o Thor	$ 30,717
	o Ariel	$ 20,696
	o Cecilia	$ 589,745
	o Teco	$ 31,849
	o Suaqui Verde	$ 24,181
	o Cuarentas	$ 68,947
	o La Union	$5,126
Canada

o Western Ontario $ 138,586

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The Company recovered $141,213 of the acquisition and exploration expenditures for land taxes reimbursement on the Penoles property from the Government of Mexico and the Company also recovered $139,000 of the acquisition and exploration expenditures through an option agreement with Sinaloa on La Silla property during the year ended September 30, 2019, which reduced the cumulative exploration costs.

The Company acquired a 100% interest in the Australia Project which is made up of two concessions: Sandy and Sandy 2 on February 28 and October 12, 2018 respectively.

The Company acquired a 100% interest in Suaqui Verde Property on December 18, 2018.

The Company acquired a 100% interest in the Oakes, Longnose and Vincent projects in western Ontario, Canada on April 1, 2019.

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company terminated the option with the underlying concession holder and has not further obligation with respect to Thor projects. There were $96,062 historical capitalized costs associated with these projects have been wrote off.

Year ended September 30, 2018

The Company capitalizes all exploration costs relating to its resource interests whereas pre-exploration costs are expensed as incurred. During the years ended September 30, 2018, the Company recorded $1,636,586 in acquisition and exploration of its properties as follows:

Mexico

o Peñoles	$442,246
o Tajitos	$208,684
o Clemente	$41,022
o La Silla	$230,707
o Glor	$84,393
o Bacoachi	$40,157
o Australia	$7,623
o Thor	$52,094
o Ariel	$60,053
o Cecilia	$409,514
o Teco	$60,093

The Company recovered $318,026 of the acquisition and exploration expenditures through an option agreement with Golden Mineral on Penoles property, Silver Viper on the Clemente property, and through an option agreement with Sinaloa on La Silla property during the year ended September 30, 2018, which reduced the cumulative exploration costs.

The Company acquired a 100% interest in the Australia Project which is made up of two concessions: Sandy and Sandy 2 on February 28 and October 12, 2018 respectively.

On June 21, 2018, the Company and Minera Centerra decided not to continue with further exploration at the project. Therefore, the company has also terminated the underlying option agreement with Argonaut. There were $290,810 in historical capitalized costs associated with this project which have been written off during the year.

On August 24, 2018, Silver Viper provided the Company with notice that it had elected not to complete the $4,000,000 in exploration expenditures required to earn a 100% interest in the Clemente Project, and as a result was terminating its option on the property. There were $225,403 in historical capitalized costs associated with this project which have been written off during the year.

During the year ended September 30, 2018, the company terminated the option with the underly concession holder and has not further obligation with respect to the Bacoachi project. There were $45,830 in historical capitalized costs associated with this project have been written off.

During the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company terminated the option with the underlying concession holder and has not further obligation with respect to Flute and Lennac projects. There were $15,936 in historical capitalized costs associated with these projects have been written off.

Full particulars of the deferred exploration costs are shown in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Recoveries and Other Income

Year ended September 30, 2019

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company received recoveries of $141,213 in cash with respect to the refunds on land taxes on Peñoles property and $139,000 of the acquisition and exploration expenditures through an option agreement with Sinaloa on La Silla property. Finance income and other income for the year ended September 30, 2019 were $42,591 and $1,305,993 respectively.

As at September 30, 2019, the Company had received an additional 4,300,000 shares from Arizona Metal Corp. (formerly Croesus Gold Corp.), a private company, as a result of certain provisions in the agreement with the Company. As a result, the Company recognized $1,289,993 in other income during the year ended September 30, 2019.

On February 20, 2019, the Company received 1,000,000 shares from Sinaloa Resources Corp. at the fair market value of $100,000 as per option agreement for La Silla property as exploration recovery.

Year ended September 30, 2018

During the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company received $139,430 in cash with respect to the option agreement on the Clemente, La Silla and Peñoles property. Finance income and other income for the year ended September 30, 2018 were $25,331 and $151,371 respectively.

Other income consists of revenue from receiving option payment by common shares, exploration equipment and vehicle rentals to the alliance and work programs.

Expenses

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company incurred $21,701 in depreciation, $288,237 in consulting fees, $39,000 in directors' fees, $246,946 in investor relations fees, $148,486 in professional fees, $96,397 in share-based compensation, and $107,822 in general and administrative expenses. In addition, the Company incurred $77,392 in rent. The company also recognized the provision tax penalty of $1,131,026 due to the settlement of taxes liability against with the Government of Mexico. The Company earned $42,591 in finance income, $1,305,993 in other income, and $26,846 gain on debt settlement, offset by $137,304 realized loss on sale of short-term investments and $339,689 in unrealized loss on sale of short-term investments.

During the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company incurred $23,641 in depreciation, $312,371 in consulting fees, $48,000 in directors' fees, $187,563 in investor relations fees, $120,023 in professional fees, $30,312 in property investigation and evaluation expenses, $147,958 in share-based compensation, $109,414 in general and administrative expenses and $577,979 in write-down of exploration and evaluation. In addition, the Company incurred $125,668 in rent. The Company earned $25,331 in finance income, $151,371 in other income, and $520,281 in a realized loss from sale of short-term investments, offset by $466,485 in unrealized gain on sale of short-term investments.

Compared to the previous year, decreases in net loss was primarily due to an increase in other income by $1,154,622 by receipt of 4,300,000 common shares from Croesus Gold Corp and a gain on debt settlement by $26,846, a decrease in rent by $48,276 and a decrease in share-based payment by $51,561, partially offset by the accrual provision tax penalty of $1,131,026, an

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increase in investor relation fees by $59,383 and an increase in legal fees by $28,463.There were no significant variations in other operating expenses over the comparative years.

General and administrative expenses consist of filing fees, director's fees, rent, general office expenses and administrative services related to maintaining the Company's exchange listing and complying with securities regulations. Rent and general office expenses decreased compared to the same period in the prior year as the Company spent less funds on promotional and marketing activities, financial advisory and investor relations services and the Company entered into a new contract of rental agreement of Canadian office, resulting in reduced costs in rent.

Share-based payments decreased as a result of less share option grants. During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded share-based payments of $96,397 (2018 - $147,958) for the vested portion of the options granted and during the year. Share-based payments expense recorded in the comparative period of the previous fiscal year was higher as there were more options granted during that year.

RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

In conducting its business, the Company faces a number of risks and uncertainties related to the mineral exploration industry. Some of these risk factors include risks associated with land titles, exploration and development, government and environmental regulations, permits and licenses, competition, dependence on key personnel, fluctuating mineral and metal prices, the requirement and ability to raise additional capital through future financings and price volatility of publicly traded securities.

Property Risks

Title to exploration and evaluation asset interests involves certain inherent risks due to the difficulties of determining the validity of certain claims as well as the potential for problems arising from the frequently ambiguous conveyance history of many mineral claims. The Company has investigated title to all of its exploration and evaluation asset interests and, to the best of its knowledge, title to all of its interests are in good standing. The exploration and evaluation asset interests in which the Company has committed to earn an interest are located in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Title Risks

Although the Company has exercised due diligence with respect to determining title to the properties in which it has a material interest, there is no guarantee that title to such properties will not be challenged or impugned. Third parties may have valid claims underlying portions of the Company's interests, and the permits or tenures may be subject to prior unregistered agreements or transfers or native land claims and title may be affected by undetected defects. If a title defect exists, it is possible that the Company may lose all or part of its interest in the properties to which such defects relate.

Exploration and Development

Resource exploration and development is a highly speculative business, characterized by a number of significant risks including, among other things, unprofitable efforts resulting not only from the failure to discover mineral deposits but also from finding mineral deposits that, though present, are insufficient in quantity and quality to return a profit from production. Substantial expenses are required to establish reserves by drilling, sampling and other techniques and to design and construct mining and processing facilities. Whether a mineral deposit will be commercially viable depends on a number of factors, including the particular attributes of the deposit (i.e. size, grade, access and proximity to infrastructure), financing costs, the cyclical nature of commodity prices and government regulations (including those relating to prices, taxes, currency controls, royalties, land tenure, land use, importing and exporting of minerals, and environmental protection). The effect of these factors or a combination thereof cannot be accurately predicted but could have an adverse impact on the Company.

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For the year ended September 30, 2019

Environmental Regulations Permits and Licenses

The Company's operations may be subject to environmental regulations promulgated by government agencies from time to time. Environmental legislation provides for restrictions and prohibitions on spills, releases or emissions of various substances produced in association with certain mining industry operations, such as seepage from tailings disposal areas that would result in environmental pollution. A breach of such legislation may result in the imposition of fines and penalties. In addition, certain types of operations require the submission and approval of environmental impact assessments. Environmental legislation is evolving in a manner that means standards are stricter, and enforcement, fines and penalties for noncompliance are more stringent. Environmental assessments of proposed projects carry a heightened degree of responsibility for companies and directors, officers and employees. The cost of compliance with changes in governmental regulations has a potential to reduce the profitability of operations. We intend to comply fully with all environmental regulations.

The current or future operations of the Company, including development activities and commencement of production on our properties, require permits from various federal, state or territorial and local governmental authorities, and such operations are and will be governed by laws and regulations governing prospecting, development, mining, production, exports, taxes, labour standards, occupational health, waste disposal, toxic substances, land use, environmental protection, mine safety and other matters. Such operations and exploration activities are also subject to substantial regulation under applicable laws by governmental agencies that may require that we obtain permits from various governmental agencies. There can be no assurance, however, that all permits that the Company may require for the operations and exploration activities will be obtainable on reasonable terms or on a timely basis or that such laws and regulations will not have an adverse effect on any mining project which the Company might undertake.

Failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and permitting requirements may result in enforcement actions thereunder, including orders issued by regulatory or judicial authorities causing operations to cease or be curtailed, and may include corrective measures requiring capital expenditures, installation of additional equipment, or remedial actions. Parties engaged in mining operations may be required to compensate those suffering loss or damage by reason of mining activities and may have civil or criminal fines or penalties imposed for violations of applicable laws or regulations and, in particular, environmental laws.

Competition

The mining industry is intensely competitive in all its phases, and the Company competes with other companies that have greater financial and technical resources. Competition could adversely affect the Company's ability to acquire suitable properties or prospects in the future.

Dependence on Key Personnel

The success of the Company is currently largely dependent on the performance of the directors and officers. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain the services of the directors and officers or other qualified personnel required to operate its business. The loss of the services of these persons could have a material adverse effect on the Company and the prospects.

Fluctuating Mineral and Metal Prices

Factors beyond our control may affect the marketability of metals discovered, if any. Metal prices have fluctuated widely, particularly in recent years. The effect of these factors on the exploration activities cannot be predicted. For example, gold prices are affected by numerous factors beyond the Company's control, including central bank sales, producer hedging activities, the relative exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with other major currencies, global and regional demand and political and economic conditions. Worldwide gold production levels also affect gold prices. In addition, the price of gold has on occasion been subject to rapid short-term changes due to speculative activities.

Future Financings

The Company's continued operation will be dependent upon the ability to generate operating revenues and to procure additional financing. There can be no assurance that any such revenues can be generated or that other financing can be obtained on

(An Exploration Stage Enterprise) Management Discussion and Analysis For the year ended September 30, 2019

acceptable terms. Failure to obtain additional financing on a timely basis may cause the Company to postpone development plans, forfeit rights in some or all of the properties or joint ventures or reduce or terminate some or all of the operations.

Price Volatility of Publicly Traded Securities

In recent years, the securities markets in the United States and Canada have experienced a high level of price and volume volatility, and the market prices of securities of many companies have experienced wide fluctuations in price that have not necessarily been related to the operating performance, underlying asset values or prospects of such companies. There can be no assurance that continual fluctuations in price will not occur. It may be anticipated that any quoted market for the Common Shares will be subject to market trends and conditions generally, notwithstanding any potential success of the Corporation in creating revenues, cash flows or earnings. The value of securities distributed hereunder will be affected by market volatility.

SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY RESULTS

The following table sets forth selected quarterly consolidated financial information for each of the last eight quarters with the figures for each quarter in Canadian dollars.

			Unrealized		Earnings (Loss)
			gain/(loss) on		per share
	Finance	Property and	short-term		(basic & fully
Quarter end	income	other income	investments	Net income (loss)	diluted)
30-Sep-19	15,927	331,391	339,689	(1,625,043)	(0.03)
30-Jun-19	16,273	439,666	78,323	80,672	0.00
31-Mar-19	6,868	209,936	186,084	81,900	0.00
31-Dec-18	3,523	325,000	(59,813)	151,640	0.00
30-Sep-18	5,249	125,753	(345,308)	(710,776)	(0.02)
30-Jun-18	6,295	9,437	(178,171)	(341,242)	(0.01)
31-Mar-18	7,573	8,591	81	(261,579)	(0.00)
31-Dec-17	6,214	7,590	56,913	(149,098)	(0.00)

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the increase in net loss was primarily due to the Company recognized the provision tax penalty of $1,131,026 in connection with the lawsuit against with the Government of Mexico. Also, the Company sold all 55,087 shares of E3 Metals Corp for net proceeds $23,363 and recorded the unrealized loss on short-term investments of $339,689.

During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the increase in property and other income was primarily due to the Company received additional 2,000,000 common shares of Croesus, for a fair market value of $433,340 as a result of certain provisions in the previous agreement with the Company in 2016.

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the net income was primarily due to the Company received 1,000,000 shares of Sinaloa, for the fair market value of $100,000 as per option agreement for La Silla property. The Company also recognized 800,000 shares from Croesus, for the fair market value of $174,334, as a penalty per the amended option agreement.

During the three months ended December 31, 2018, the net income was primarily due to the Company received 1,500,000 shares of Croesus, for the fair market value of $325,000, as per the terms of the Sugarloaf Peak option agreement and amending agreement that the Company entered into in December 2014 and 2015, respectively. Croesus issued 1,500,000 common shares to the Company because Croesus did not complete a public listing within 36 months of the amendment date.

During the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company sold all 242,350 common shares of Viridium Pacific Group Ltd. (formerly Morro Bay Resources Ltd.) for net proceeds $242,750. The increase in net loss was mainly due to a $520,281 realized loss on sale of short-term investments offset by a $466,485 unrealized gain on short-term investments.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The Company relies on equity financings and exploration alliances for its working capital requirements and to fund its planned exploration and development activities. Management ensures the Company has sufficient cash in its treasury to maintain underlying option payments and keep claims in good standing. Increase in cash and cash equivalents for the year ended September 30, 2019 was $1,383,918. Working capital as at September 30, 2019 was $3,452,397. The Company has sufficient funds to meet ongoing corporate activities and planned exploration programs for the ensuing year.

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents for the year ended September 30, 2018 was $1,858,921. Working capital as at September 30, 2018 was $3,335,677.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

The Company has no undisclosed off-balance sheet arrangements or off-balance sheet financing structures in place.

TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

Related party transactions are in the normal course of operations and are recorded at their exchange amount which is the price agreed to between the Company and the directors and officers.

		The Company entered into the following transactions with related parties:

Payee/ Payer	Nature oftransactions	Year endingSeptember 30	Fees(Income)($)	Shares($)	Amount payable(receivable) at year end($)
Arriva	Management and	2019	250,440	18,000	45,603
Management Inc.	consulting fees(i)	2018	224,970	33,600	19,375
GSBC Financial	Management and	2019	96,000	9,000	Nil
Management Inc.	consulting fees(i)	2018	96,000	14,000	Nil
Alberto Orozco	Consulting fees	2019	68,750	Nil	Nil
	(i)	2018	-	Nil	Nil
Ronald Burk	Consulting fees	2019	-	Nil	Nil
	(i)	2018	90,892	4,200	Nil
English Bay	Consulting fees	2019	-	Nil	Nil
Capital	(i)	2018	25,250	Nil	Nil
Omni Resource	Consulting fees	2019	107,500	9,000	16,699
Consulting Ltd.	(i)	2018	-	Nil	Nil
Brian Groves	Director fees(ii)	2019	12,000	Nil	Nil
		2018	12,000	Nil	Nil
James Clare	Director fees(ii)	2019	3,000	Nil	Nil
		2018	12,000	Nil	Nil
Carol Ellis	Director fees(ii)	2019	12,000	Nil	Nil
		2018	12,000	Nil	Nil
Walter Henry	Director fees(ii)	2019	12,000	Nil	Nil
		2018	12,000	Nil	Nil
First Helium Inc.	Rent (iii)	2019	16,000	Nil	(16,800)
		2018	-	Nil	Nil

Key management personnel include those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company as a whole. The Company has determined that key management personnel consist of executive and non-executive members of the Company's Board of Directors and corporate officers. The remuneration of directors and key management personnel during the year ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:

(An Exploration Stage Enterprise) Management Discussion and Analysis For the year ended September 30, 2019

	2019	2018
Directors' fees (ii)	$39,000	$48,000
Management and consulting fees (i)	522,690	437,112
Performance bonus shares	36,000	51,800
Share-based payments	66,012	101,205
	$663,702	$638,117

(i) Management and consulting fees of the key management personnel for the period were allocated as follows: $108,000 (2018 - $133,250) expensed to consulting fees and $414,690 (2018 - $303,862) capitalized to exploration and evaluation assets.

(ii) Starting from January 1, 2019, James Clare, director, agreed not to receive director fees from the Company and waived $26,846 in amounts owed to him from the Company. As a result, the Company recognized a gain on debt settlement of $26,846.

(iii) Starting from February 2019, the Company agreed to share their office space with First Helium Inc. ("First Helium"), a company with a common officer with the Company. During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized rental recovery of $16,000 from First Helium, which was recorded in other income.

PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS

At the present time, there are no proposed transactions that should be disclosed.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The Company's accounting policies are described in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2019. Management considers the following to be the most critical in understanding the judgments that are involved in preparing the Company's financial statements and the uncertainties that could impact its results of operations, financial condition and future cash flow.

Exploration and Evaluation Assets

Pre-exploration costs are expensed as incurred. The Company records exploration and evaluation asset interests, which consist of the right to explore for mineral deposits, at cost. The Company records deferred exploration costs, which consist of costs attributable to the exploration of exploration and evaluation asset interests, at cost. All direct and indirect costs relating to the acquisition and exploration of these exploration and evaluation asset interests are capitalized on the basis of specific claim blocks until the exploration and evaluation asset interests to which they relate are placed into production, disposed of through sale, or where management has determined there to be an impairment. If an exploration and evaluation asset interest is abandoned, the exploration and evaluation asset interests and deferred exploration costs will be written off to operations in the period of abandonment.

On an on-going basis, the capitalized costs are reviewed on a property-by-property basis to consider if there is any impairment on the subject property. Management's determination for impairment is based on: 1) whether the Company's exploration programs have significantly changed, such that previously identified resource targets are no longer being pursued; 2) whether exploration results to date are promising and whether additional exploration work is being planned in the foreseeable future; or 3) whether remaining lease terms are insufficient to conduct necessary studies or exploration work.

The recorded cost of exploration and evaluation asset interests is based on cash paid and the assigned value of share consideration issued (where shares are issued) for exploration and evaluation asset interest acquisitions and exploration costs incurred. The recorded amount may not reflect the recoverable value, as this will be dependent on future development programs, the nature of the mineral deposit, commodity prices, adequate funding and the ability of the Company to bring its projects into production.

Property option payments received from its farm-out partners are recorded as a reduction to the capitalized cost of exploration and evaluation assets. Once the capitalized cost is recovered, they are recorded as property income. Management fees received pursuant to exploration alliance arrangements are recorded as a reduction in consulting fees.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

At the end of each reporting period, the Company's assets are reviewed to determine whether there is any indication that those assets may be impaired. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment, if any. The recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Fair value is determined as the amount that would be obtained from the sale of the asset in an arm's length transaction between knowledgeable and willing parties. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount and the impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss for the period. For an asset that does not generate largely independent cash flows, the recoverable amount is determined for the cash generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but to an amount that does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

Critical Accounting Estimates, Judgments, and Assumptions

The preparation of these consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS often requires management to make estimates about and apply assumptions or subjective judgment to future events and other matters that affect the reported amounts of the Company's assets, liabilities, expenses, and related disclosures. Assumptions, estimates and judgments are based on historical experience, expectations, current trends and other factors that management believes to be relevant at the time at which the Company's consolidated financial statements are prepared. Management reviews, on a regular basis, the Company's accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments in order to ensure that the consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with IFRS. Critical accounting estimates and judgments are those that have a significant risk of causing material adjustment and are often applied to matters or outcomes that are inherently uncertain and subject to change. As such, management cautions that future events often vary from forecasts and expectations and that estimates routinely require adjustment.

Management considers the following areas to be those where critical accounting policies affect the significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the Company's consolidated financial statements:

Carrying value and recoverability of exploration and evaluation assets

The carrying amount of Company's exploration and evaluation assets properties does not necessarily represent present or future values, and the Company's exploration and evaluation assets have been accounted for under the assumption that the carrying amount will be recoverable. Recoverability is dependent on various factors, including the discovery of economically recoverable reserves, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete the development and upon future profitable production or proceeds from the disposition of the mineral properties themselves. Additionally, there are numerous geological, economic, environmental and regulatory factors and uncertainties that could impact management's assessment as to the overall viability of its properties or to the ability to generate future cash flows necessary to cover or exceed the carrying value of the Company's exploration and evaluation assets properties.

To the extent that any of management's assumptions change, there could be a significant impact on the Company's future financial position, operating results and cash flows.

Functional currencies

The functional currency of an entity is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates. That of the Company and its subsidiaries was determined by conducting an analysis of the consideration factors identified in IAS 21, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.

Fair value of stock options and warrants

Determining the fair value of warrants and stock options requires judgments related to the choice of a pricing model, the estimation of stock price volatility, the expected forfeiture rate and the expected term of the underlying instruments. Any changes in the estimates or inputs utilized to determine fair value could result in a significant impact on the Company's future operating results or on other components of shareholders' equity.

Income taxes

The estimation of income taxes includes evaluating the recoverability of deferred tax assets based on an assessment of the Company's ability to utilize the underlying future tax deductions against future taxable income prior to expiry of those deductions. Management assesses whether it is probable that some or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income, which in turn is dependent upon the successful discovery, extraction, development and commercialization of mineral reserves. To the extent that management's assessment of the Company's ability to utilize future tax deductions changes, the Company would be required to recognize more or fewer deferred tax assets, and future income tax provisions or recoveries could be affected.

Share-based payments

The stock option plan allows Company employees, directors and consultants to acquire shares of the Company. The fair value of options granted is recognized as a share-based payments expense with a corresponding increase in equity. An individual is classified as an employee when the individual is an employee for legal or tax purposes (direct employee) or provides services similar to those performed by a direct employee. Consideration paid on the exercise of stock options is credited to share capital and the fair value of the options is reclassified from contributed reserves to share capital.

The fair value is measured at grant date and each tranche is recognized over the period during which the options vest. The fair value of the options granted is measured using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model taking into account the terms and conditions upon which the options were granted. At each financial position reporting date, the amount recognized as an expense is adjusted to reflect the number of stock options that are expected to vest.

In situations where equity instruments are issued to non-employees and some or all of the goods or services received by the entity as consideration cannot be specifically identified, they are measured at fair value of the share-based payment. Otherwise, share-based payments are measured at the fair value of goods or services received.

Financial instruments

The Company has adopted the new accounting standard IFRS 9, Financial Instruments ("IFRS 9"), effective October 1, 2018. The new standard sets out requirements for classifying, recognizing and measuring financial assets and liabilities. This standard replaces IAS 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement ("IAS 39").

IFRS 9, Financial Instruments

IFRS 9 uses a single approach to determine whether a financial asset is classified and measured at amortized cost or fair value, replacing the multiple rules in IAS 39. The approach in IFRS 9 is based on how an entity manages its financial instruments and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset. Most of the requirements in IAS 39 for classification and measurement of financial liabilities were carried forward in IFRS 9 and, therefore, the accounting policy with respect to financial liabilities is unchanged.

The following is the new accounting policy for financial assets under IFRS 9:

Financial assets

The Company will now classify its financial assets in the following categories: at fair value through profit or loss ("FVTPL"), at fair value through other comprehensive income ("FVTOCI") or at amortized cost. The determination of the classification of financial assets is made at initial recognition. Equity instruments that are held for trading (including all equity derivative instruments) are classified as FVTPL; for other equity instruments, on the day of acquisition the Company can make an irrevocable election (on an instrument-by-instrument basis) to designate them as at FVTOCI.

The Company's accounting policy for each of the categories is as follows:

Financial assets at FVTPL: Financial assets carried at FVTPL are initially recorded at fair value and transaction costs are expensed as incurred. Realized and unrealized gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of the financial assets held at FVTPL are recognized in profit or loss.

Financial assets at FVTOCI: Investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs. Subsequently they are measured at fair value, with gains and losses arising from changes in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (loss).

Financial assets at amortized cost: A financial asset is measured at amortized cost if the objective of the business model is to hold the financial asset for the collection of contractual cash flows, and the asset's contractual cash flows are comprised solely of payments of principal and interest. They are classified as current assets or non-current assets based on their maturity date and are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently carried at amortized cost less any impairment.

Impairment of financial assets at amortized cost: The Company assesses all information available, including on a forwardlooking basis, the expected credit losses associated with its assets carried at amortized cost. The impairment methodology applied depends on whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk. To assess whether there is a significant increase in credit risk, the Company compares the risk of a default occurring on the asset as the reporting date, with the risk of default as at the date of initial recognition, based on all information available, and reasonable and supportive forward-looking information.

The following table shows the classification of the Company's financial assets and liabilities under IFRS 9 and IAS 39:

Financial asset or liability	IFRS 9 Classification	IAS 39 Classification
Cash and cash equivalents	FVTPL	FVTPL
Short-term investments	FVTPL	FVTPL
Receivable	Amortized cost	Loans and receivables
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	Amortized cost	Other financial liabilities

As the accounting reflected by the adoption of IFRS 9 under the above classifications and election is similar to that of IAS 39, there was no impact on the Company's financial statements and no restating of prior periods was required.

Financial liabilities

The Company classifies its financial liabilities into one of two categories, depending on the purpose for which the liability was acquired. The Company's accounting policy for each category is as follows:

Fair value through profit or loss - This category comprises derivatives, or liabilities acquired or incurred principally for the purpose of selling or repurchasing it in the near term. They are carried in the statement of financial position at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in profit or loss.

(An Exploration Stage Enterprise) Management Discussion and Analysis For the year ended September 30, 2019

Other financial liabilities - This category comprises liabilities initially recognized at fair value less directly attributable transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

The Company has classified its cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments as FVTPL. The Company's receivables and accounts payable and accrued liabilities are classified as amortized cost. Refer to the annual audited financial statement September 30, 2019, Note 17 for additional details.

New Accounting Policies Adopted

IFRS 9, Financial Instruments (new; replaces IAS 39) – please refer to Financial instruments mentioned above

IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (new; replaces IAS 18)

On October 1, 2018, the Company adopted IFRS 15, which supersedes IAS 18. In May 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers which supersedes IAS 11 – Construction Contracts; IAS 18 – Revenue; IFRIC 13 – Customer Loyalty Programmes; IFRIC 15 – Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate; IFRIC 18 – Transfers of Assets from Customers; and SIC 31 – Revenue – Barter Transactions involving Advertising Services. IFRS 15 establishes a single fivestep model framework for determining the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from a contract with a customer. IFRS 15 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted.

The Company is a junior mining exploration company, and it currently does not generate any revenue from contracts with customers. Therefore, the adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 16- Leases (new; replaces IAS 17)

On October 1, 2019, the Company will adopt IFRS 16, which supersedes IAS 17- Leases ("IAS 17"). The standard provides a single lessee accounting model, requiring lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases unless the lease term is 12 months or less or the underlying asset has a low value. Lessors continue to classify leases as operating or finance, with IFRS 16's approach to lessor accounting substantially unchanged from its predecessor, IAS 17.

The Company expects to use the modified retrospective method. Under this method, financial information will not be restated and will continue to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. IFRS 16 requires lessees to recognize a right of use of asset and a lease obligation at the lease commencement date. The Company has assessed its monthly office rent payments and concluded that it does not meet the definition of a lease in the context of IFRS 16. As such, the adoption of the standard is not expected to have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

IFRIC 23 - Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments:

On October 1, 2019, the Company adopted IFRIC 23, which is a new standard to clarify the accounting for uncertainties in income taxes. The interpretation provides guidance and clarifies the application of the recognition and measurement criteria in IAS 12 "Income Taxes" when there is uncertainty over income tax treatments. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Financial instruments

Financial instruments measured at fair value are classified into one of three levels in the fair value hierarchy according to the relative reliability of the inputs used to estimate the fair values. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:

• Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
• Level 2 Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly; and
• Level 3 Inputs that are not based on observable market data.

The fair value of the Company's receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate carrying value, which is the amount recorded on the statements of financial position. The fair value of the Company's other financial instruments, cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, under the fair value hierarchy are based on level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

The Company's risk exposures and the impact on the Company's financial instruments are summarized below:

Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk of loss associated with a counterparty's inability to fulfill its payment obligations. The Company's cash and cash equivalents are held with major financial institutions in Canada and Mexico which management believes the risk of loss to be remote. Receivables consist of tax refunds from the Federal Government of Canada and Mexico, in which regular collection occurs, and land tax recovery. The Company believes its credit risk is equal to the carrying value of this balance.

Liquidity risk

The Company's approach to managing liquidity risk is to ensure that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet liabilities when due. As at September 30, 2019, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $3,443,996 to settle current liabilities of $2,278,871. The Company believes it has sufficient funds to meet its current liabilities as they become due.

Interest rate risk

The Company has interest-bearing cash balances. The interest earned on cash balances approximates fair value rates, and the Company is not at a significant risk to fluctuating interest rates. The Company's current policy is to invest excess cash in investment-grade short-term deposit certificates issued by its banking institutions. The Company periodically monitors the investments it makes and is satisfied with the credit ratings of its banks. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had investments in short-term deposit certificates of $685,150.

Price risk

The Company is exposed to price risk with respect to commodity and equity prices. Equity price risk is defined as the potential adverse impact on the Company's earnings due to movements in individual equity prices or general movements in the level of the stock market. Commodity price risk is defined as the potential adverse impact on profit or loss and economic value due to commodity price movements and volatilities. The Company closely monitors commodity prices of gold, silver and copper, individual equity movements, and the stock market to determine the appropriate course of action to be taken by the Company.

The Company currently maintains short-term investments, which include marketable securities. There can be no assurance that the Company can exit these positions if required, resulting in proceeds approximating the carrying value of these securities.

Foreign currency risk

The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk on fluctuations related to cash and cash equivalents, receivables, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities that are denominated in US dollars (US) and Mexican pesos.

Sensitivity analysis

The Company operates in Mexico and is exposed to risk from changes in the US dollar and the Mexican peso. During the yearended of September 30, 2019, a simultaneous 10% fluctuation in the US dollar and Mexican peso against the Canadian dollar would affect loss for the year by $373,434.

The Company holds marketable securities and is exposed to risk from changes in the share price of the marketable securities. During the year-ended of September 30, 2019, a simultaneous 15% fluctuation in share prices would affect short-term investments and profit or loss for the year by approximately $254,757.

OUTSTANDING SHARE DATA

The authorized capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of common shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares. No preferred shares have been issued to date. An aggregate of 62,841,188 common shares were issued and outstanding as of the date of this MD&A.

The Company has 17,516,875 share purchase warrants outstanding as of the date of this MD&A.

The following summarizes information about the stock options outstanding as of the date of this MD&A:

Expiry date(mm/dd/yyyy)	Number ofoptionsoutstanding	Weighted averageremaining lifein years	Exerciseprice	Number ofoptionsexercisable
01/07/2021	707,500	0.95	$0.15	707,500
12/16/2021	935,000	1.89	$0.42	935,000
11/03/2022	695,000	2.77	$0.28	695,000
01/08/2024	785,000	3.95	$0.17	701,667
11/15/2024	1,265,000	4.81	$0.14	-
	4,387,500	2.65		3,039,167