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Silver Sands Resources Corp. Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Sep 30, 2021

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SILVER SANDS RESOURCES CORP.

(formerly Golden Opportunity Resources Corp.)

Management’s Discussion and Analysis For the six months ended July 31, 2021

1.1 Date of Report: September 29, 2021

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed interim financial statements and notes thereto for Silver Sands Resources Corp. (formerly Golden Opportunity Resources Corp.) (the “Company”) for the six months ended July 31, 2021 which were prepared in Canadian dollars and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The financial statements and related notes are available at www.sedar.com.

Management is responsible for the preparation and integrity of the Company’s financial statements, including the maintenance of appropriate information systems, procedures and internal controls. Management is also responsible for ensuring that information disclosed externally, including that within the Company’s audited financial statements and MD&A, is complete and reliable.

Caution regarding forward looking statements

This MD&A may contain certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements in this document, other than statements of historical fact, which address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential”, “interprets” and similar expressions, or events or conditions that “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Forward-looking statements in this document include statements regarding future exploration programs, liquidity and effects of accounting policy changes.

Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploration success, continued availability of capital and financing, inability to obtain required regulatory or governmental approvals and general economic, market or business conditions. Readers are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates, opinions or other factors should change except as required by law.

These statements are based on a number of assumptions including, among others, assumptions regarding general business and economic conditions, the timing of the receipt of regulatory and governmental approvals for the transactions described herein, the ability of the Company and other relevant parties to satisfy stock exchange and other regulatory requirements in a timely manner, the availability of financing for the Company’s proposed transactions and exploration and development programs on reasonable terms and the ability of third-party service providers to deliver services in a timely manner. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive. Events or circumstances could cause results to differ materially.

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1.2 Overall performance

The Company was incorporated on January 31, 2018 under the laws of British Columbia, Canada. The address of the Company’s corporate office and its principal place of business is 830-1100 Melville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. On, November 27, 2019, the Company’s common shares commenced trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “Exchange”). On June 8, 2020, the Company changed its name to Silver Sands Resources Corp. and changed its symbol to “SAND”.

The Company’s principal business activities include the acquisition and exploration of mineral property assets. As at July 31, 2021, the Company had not yet determined whether the Company’s mineral property asset contains ore reserves that are economically recoverable. The recoverability of amounts shown for exploration and evaluation asset is dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable reserves, confirmation of the Company’s interest in the underlying mineral claims, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete the development of and the future profitable production from the property or realizing proceeds from its disposition. The outcome of these matters cannot be predicted at this time and the uncertainties cast significant doubt upon the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Exploration and evaluation assets

Virginia Silver Project, Santa Cruz, Argentina

On May 20, 2020 the Company closed the Virginia Silver acquisition with Mirasol Resources Ltd. (“Mirasol”), allowing the Company to earn a 100% interest, subject to a 3% Net Smelter Return Royalty (NSR), by making a combination of cash payments, share issuances, and exploration expenditures as follows:

Cash payments

• US$25,000 payment on execution of the original Letter of Intent (paid)

  • US$25,000 payment on signing the Definitive Option Agreement with Mirasol (paid)

Share issuances:

• 9.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company (“I/O”) upon signing of the definitive agreement: (3,745,269 shares have been issued with a deemed value of $823,959);

• the number of shares equivalent to 5% of the I/O on first anniversary date (2,805,212 shares issued on May 20, 2021);

• the number of shares equivalent to 5% of the I/O on second anniversary date;

• the number of shares required such that Mirasol’s holdings are 19.9% of the I/O on the third anniversary date following the issuance of the shares.

Exploration expenditures:

• complete $1-million (U.S.) * of exploration expenditures on the property within year one;

  • complete $2-million (U.S.) * of exploration expenditures on the property within year two;

• complete $3-million (U.S.) * of exploration expenditures on the property within year three;

* Excess expenditures in previous years may be applied to subsequent years.

The Company will utilize the expertise of the Mirasol technical team during the option period to undertake the US$6 million exploration programs and as such will pay a management fee to Mirasol. This fee will be inclusive of the required exploration expenditures.

The road accessible Virginia Silver Project lies in Santa Cruz province, Argentina in the region known generally as Patagonia. The original 32,730 hectare property was increased to 59,747 hectares in 2016 as a result of discovery on new mineralization to the south of the known silver vein. Included in the property package are two large ranches (Estancias) totaling almost 36,000 hectares.

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Virginia lies within the Deasado Massif, a large regional complex consisting mainly Jurassic volcanic and other older rocks surrounded by younger Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rock which form basins and lap onto the older units. The Massif is dominated by middle Jurassic Rocks of the Bahia Laura Group, which are mainly volcanic in origin. The Bahia group is sub-divided into the Chon Aike Formation, mainly felsic volcanic rocks, and the Bajo Pobre Formation, mainly intermediate or mafic volcanic rocks. Both units appear to be of middle to upper Jurassic age and both are known to host important precious metal deposits believed to be upper Jurassic in age. Bahia Laura is overlain, and probably in part interbedded with, the Matilde Formation comprised of fine grained tuffaceous and sedimentary rocks of upper Jurassic age. These are the units which contain most of the known precious metals in the massif.

Initial Mirasol exploration in the early 2000’s focused on the Santa Rita zones in the north of the original claim block and resulted in an agreement with Hochschild Mining Corporation through 2008, during which time surface programs and drilling were completed. After Hochschild terminated the option, Mirasol focussed exploration to the south and located the Julia and other silver veins in the Virginia Window, an erosional window through the thin overlying post-mineralization tuffs. The silver veins are hosted by a Jurassic-age volcanic sequence consisting of local, generally felsic lava flows and pyroclastic tuffs and volcanic breccias overlain by a distinctly different post-mineral ash-flow ignimbrite.

Exploration of the Virginia Veins consisted of geological mapping, rock sampling, geophysics, trenching, and drilling. Initial surface rock chip sampling revealed significant silver grades over impressive widths over potentially interesting strike lengths. Channel sampling and geological mapping at 1:50 scale along saw-cut channels confirmed significant widths and grades of silver mineralization, with the first series of channel samples on the Julia Veins averaging 792 g/t silver over 1.88 metres.

Ground geophysics has proven to be very successful. Magnetic surveys sometimes show distinct magnetic lows or highs associated with fault structures; and almost always show distinct breaks in the magnetic textures marking the fault structures. Ground Induced Polarization (IP) surveys often very clearly mark chargeability highs that coincide with the limits of ore shoots where the mineralization is eroded. In some areas more subtle anomalies are interpreted to lie above possible ore shoots.

Four programs of diamond drilling between 2010 and 2012 totalled 23,318 metres in 227 holes (including holes which were redrilled to improve the core recovery). Seven distinct segments of four of the known veins were drilled, with highlight drill intersections shown in the following table:

Drill Intersection Highlights

hole intercept
from(m)
intercep
t to(m)
core length
(m)
interce pt
angle( °)
true width
(m)
Ag (g/t) Comments
JULIA NORTH
VG-036 15.40 53.00 37.60 76 36.48 312
included 21.35 26.85 5.50 76 5.34 1,843
VG-006A 13.00 39.00 26.00 69 24.27 326 twin hole
included 18.65 24.52 5.87 69 5.48 1,038 twin hole
VG-017A 27.00 106.90 79.90 51 62.09 125 twin hole
included 37.90 44.75 6.85 51 5.32 912 twin hole
JULIA CENTRAL
VG-068 64.00 105.45 41.45 60 35.90 200
included 72.19 78.80 6.61 60 5.72 669
VG-050A 37.69 71.00 33.31 58 28.25 220 twin hole
included 37.69 59.05 21.36 58 18.11 303 twin hole
VG-043A 44.00 95.00 51.00 63 45.44 129 twin hole
included 54.94 75.02 20.08 63 17.89 255 twin hole
JULIA SOUTH
VG-012 27.00 40.00 13.00 48 9.66 215

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hole intercept
from(m)
intercep
t to(m)
core length
(m)
interce pt
angle( °)
true width
(m)
Ag (g/t) Comments
included 34.10 35.40 1.30 48 0.97 742
VG-023 24.50 36.70 12.20 45 8.63 221
included 33.00 36.70 3.70 45 2.62 560
VG-003 39.50 47.70 8.20 40 5.27 328
included 39.50 41.65 2.15 40 1.38 672
NATY
VG-053 46.70 75.00 28.30 70 26.59 230
included 50.40 54.10 3.70 70 3.48 1,402
VG-041A 47.50 98.00 50.50 68 46.82 123 twin hole
included 71.40 78.15 6.75 68 6.26 532 twin hole
VG-040A 15.00 66.00 51.00 68 47.29 86 twin hole
included 41.00 48.70 7.70 68 7.14 205 twin hole
ELY SOUTH
VG-138 105.00 133.00 28.00 41 18.37 195
included 110.90 115.50 4.60 41 3.02 493
VG-127 124.60 151.50 26.90 34 15.04 135
included 144.48 145.67 1.19 34 0.67 1,760
VG-113 63.00 97.00 34.00 40 21.85 79
included 87.80 90.75 2.95 40 1.90 495
ELY NORTH
VG-184 75.94 172.08 96.14 56 79.70 55
included 160.65 163.40 2.75 56 2.28 419
VG-161 92.00 164.70 72.70 56 60.27 47
included 155.80 163.47 7.67 63 6.83 129
VG-105 68.00 119.00 51.00 30 25.50 88
included 77.74 82.90 5.16 30 2.58 142
included 102.50 116.00 13.50 30 6.75 137
MARTINA
VG-089A 31.00 46.00 15.00 43 10.23 245
included 32.80 38.06 5.26 43 3.59 530
VG-119B 27.00 65.65 38.65 41 25.36 61 twin hole
included 42.75 48.50 5.75 41 3.77 155 twin hole
VG-094A 24.37 44.20 19.83 41 13.01 61 twin hole
included 26.94 30.53 3.59 41 2.36 119 twin hole

The drilling was successful in the definition of preliminary indicated and inferred resources in 2014. The resources was disclosed in “Amended Technical Report, Virginia Project, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina - Initial Silver Mineral Resource Estimate” by Earnest, D.F. and Lechner, M.J. dated February 29, 2016 with an effective date of October 24, 2014. The Mineral Resource is contained in seven outcropping silverbearing epithermal-type veins that demonstrate reasonable continuity along strike and at depth beneath the surface. These Mineral Resources were estimated using silver assay data from a total of 191 surface trench channel samples and samples from 223 diamond drill holes. The Mineral Resources for each individual vein were based on rotated three-dimensional block models consisting of 2-meter by 2-meter by 2-meter blocks. Estimations of block grades were derived from 2-meter-long down-hole/along-trench assay composites constructed from individual high-grade outlier-capped raw silver assays, using a three-pass inverse distance cubed (1/d3) estimation method. Block tonnes were estimated based on density factors of 2.52 g/cm3 for vein/breccia material and 2.11 g/cm3 for halo/wallrock material. All of the mineral resources are contained within conceptual open pits that were generated using the following parameters:

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Silver Price: $US20/Oz Silver Recovery: 80% Mining Cost: $US2.85/tonne

Processing Cost: $US28.00/tonne General & Administrative Cost; $US1.50/tonne Pit Slope Angle: 45°

The Indicated Mineral Resources is 1,197,000 Tonnes @ 310 g/t Ag (11,927,000 Ag Ounces) and the Inferred Mineral Resource is 460,000 Tonnes @ 207 g/t Ag (3,062,000 Ag Ounces). The details are shown in the following tables:

Indicated Mineral Resource

Deposit Vein/Breccia Vein/Breccia Dilutant Diluted Indicated
Resource
Diluted Indicated
Resource
Diluted Indicated
Resource
Tonnes
(000)
Ag (g/t) Ag Ozs
(000)
Tonnes
(000)
Ag
(g/t)
Ag Ozs
(000)
Percent
Dilution
Tonnes
(000)
Ag
(g/t)
Ag
Ozs
(000)
Julia North 542 415 7,232 19 44 27 3% 561 402 7,251
Julia Central 242 248 1,930 10 32 10 4% 252 239 1,936
Ely South 162 193 1,005 9 22 6 5% 171 184 1,012
Julia South 102 312 1,023 8 21 5 7% 110 291 1,029
Naty 44 290 410 1 48 2 2% 45 285 412
Ely North 57 156 286 1 44 1 2% 58 154 287
Martina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0
Total 1,149 322 11,886 48 34 52 4% 1,197 310 11,927

Inferred Mineral Resource

Deposit Vein/Breccia Vein/Breccia Dilutant Dilutant Diluted Inferred Resource Diluted Inferred Resource Diluted Inferred Resource
Tonnes
(000)
Ag (g/t) Ag Ozs
(000)
Tonnes
(000)
Ag
(g/t)
Ag
Ozs
(000)
Percent
Dilution
Tonnes
(000)
Ag
(g/t)
Ag
Ozs
(000)
Julia North 5 344 55 0 0 0 0% 5 344 55
Julia Central 87 202 565 7 21 5 7% 94 189 571
Ely South 69 204 453 7 17 4 9% 76 187 457
Julia South 54 196 340 7 15 3 11% 61 175 343
Naty 138 278 1,233 6 33 6 4% 144 268 1,241
Ely North 52 140 234 1 34 1 2% 53 138 235
Martina 25 195 157 2 45 3 0% 27 184 160
Total 430 220 3,037 30 23 22 7% 460 207 3,062

In 2016 through 2018, Mirasol extended exploration further to the south of the known veins and discovered new high-grade silver mineralization, including:

  • The strike length of the undrilled Margarita vein located 300 m west of the Virginia resource area was extended to 450 metres, currently defined by 65 trench and rock chip samples which have an overall average of 366.0 g/t Ag.

  • The new Julia South Dome Trend, consisting of intermittent vein and vein-breccia subcrop and float samples, and extending 2.15 km south from the limits of the previous drilling, is defined by 144 rock chip samples with assays ranging from BDL to a peak assay of 6,586.3 g/t Ag, averaging 186.8 g/t Ag.

  • The new East Zone target, covering a 1.2 km x 600 m area of sub-cropping epithermal vein-breccia and aligned float blocks, returned high-grade silver assays defining multiple NW and NE oriented, interpreted structural trends which are individually up to 1 km in length. Rock chip assays range from BDL to a peak of 2,609.7 g/t Ag, with 15 samples exceeding 500 g/t Ag. The average of the of 150 rock chip samples collected to date average of 176.2 g/t Ag. The angular shape of the vein block float in this area indicates that they have not been transported far from source, suggesting the potential for undiscovered, high-grade veins, under thin soil cover.

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Silver Sands completed two phases of drilling in 2020/2021 along with ground geophysics and mechanical trenching. The results from the Phase I program can be found in the MDA for the Quarter ended April 30, 2021. The results from the Phase II program are detailed below:

Virginia exploration completed during the Quarter ended July 31, 2021.

On May 17, 2021 Silver Sands released the assay results from the 20 Phase II drill holes at Virginia. A total of 5,935 metres were completed in Phases I and II. Highlights from Phase II include Ely Central, where drilling identified an emerging 200m open-ended strike length with intersections including:

  • EC-DDH-003: 9.98m at 560 g/t Ag, Including 2.87m at 1,578 g/t Ag

  • EC-DDH-004: 9.60m at 639 g/t Ag

  • EC-DDH-005: 10.80m at 625 g/t Ag, Including 5.70m at 1,110 g/t Ag

Figure 1 May 17, 2021. Drilling Plan

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Table 1 May 17, 2021: Virginia Phase II Significant Intercepts

Hole ID From
To
Interval (m)1 Ag g/t2 Cut-off3
EC-DDH-003 62.32
72.30
9.98 560 63
150
150
150
150
Including 62.32
63.00
0.68 273
and 64.23
64.64
0.41 170
and 65.13
68.00
2.87 1,578
and 70.60
72.30
1.70 301
80.40
84.20
3.80 81 63

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Hole ID From
To
Interval (m)1 Ag g/t2 Cut-off3
EC-DDH-004 60.00
61.00
62.10
69.00
70.90
80.50
1.00
6.90
9.60
66
71
639
63
63
63
150
63
150
150
63
150
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
150
63
150
63
63
150
63
150
150
150
63
150
63
63
150
63
150
150
150
150
63
150
63
63
63
Including 71.20
80.50
9.30 657
EC-DDH-005 44.70
55.50
10.80 625
Including 45.00
50.70
5.70 1,110
and 53.50
54.00
0.50 171
EN-DDH-001 19.23
26.70
7.47 91
Including 19.85
20.18
0.33 156
28.30
29.20
31.15
31.70
33.10
37.50
40.00
44.30
46.50
51.00
0.90
0.55
4.40
4.30
4.50
67
66
74
76
78
EN-DDH-002 52.90
53.45
85.30
89.30
0.55
4.00
82
476
Including 87.15
89.00
1.85 929
112.00
113.50
124.60
125.00
1.50
0.40
74
164
EN-DDH-003 92.50
93.10
0.60 67
JS-DDH-003 72.70
76.60
3.90 99
Including 74.80
75.50
0.70 210
78.00
83.50
5.50 192
Including 79.90
80.20
0.30 229
and 80.74
81.30
0.56 230
and 81.60
83.20
1.60 372
JS-DDH-004 158.90
160.75
1.85 108
Including 158.90
159.50
0.60 186
JSE-DDH-002 87.73
88.43
0.70 259
JSE-DDH-003 73.20
73.80
94.20
94.60
0.60
0.40
76
360
MNW-DDH-001 67.60
73.50
5.90 190
Including 67.90
68.63
0.73 189
and 69.00
70.52
1.52 300
and 71.13
71.63
0.50 160
and 72.50
73.50
1.00 212
MNW-DDH-002 83.00
87.00
4.00 86
Including 85.13
85.43
0.30 291
MNW-DDH-004 92.80
93.40
122.90
123.50
125.00
126.00
0.60
0.60
1.00
77
82
99

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Hole ID From
To
Interval (m)1 Ag g/t2 Cut-off3
129.60
132.70
133.90
134.80
3.10
0.90
73
70
63
63
63
MSW-DDH-003 59.70
61.30
1.60 85
MG-DDH-003
MNW-DDH-003
MR-DDH-002
MSE-DDH-004
MSW-DDH-002
NE-DDH-003
No interval above cut-off
No interval above cut-off
No interval above cut-off
No interval above cut-off
No interval above cut-off
No interval above cut-off

Notes:

1 Reported interval length are down hole widths and not true widths.

2 Reported intervals are at the stated a cut-off grade of 63 g/t Ag (minimum width of 0.5m) and 150 g/t Ag. Reported intervals may include up to a maximum of 1m individual section below cut-off grade and Ag grades are uncapped. 3 The intervals were selected using the 63 g/t cut-off grade used in the NI 43-101 resource estimate.

Figure 2 May 17, 2021. Key Zones

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A newly emerging 200m open ended strike length of strong silver mineralization has been discovered at Ely Central and lies within a 580m “gap” left untested from the original drilling at Virginia by Mirasol in 2012. This new zone is currently defined by Phase II holes EC-DDH-003, EC-DDH-004, EC-DDH-005 and hole EC-DDH-001 completed in Phase I.

Ely Central hole EC-DDH-003 , collared 80m south of hole EC-DDH-001 (9.25m at 233.54 g/t silver from 92.75m) intersected a 10m section grading 560 g/t silver, including 2.87m at 1,578 g/t silver at a depth of 50m vertically below surface. In addition, hole EC-DDH-004 intercepted a 9.6m interval grading 639 g/t silver at similar depth and is located 50m to the south of the mineralization encountered in EC-DDH-003. A large, highly prospective, 280m-long untested “gap” in the structure exists to the south of EC-DDH-004.

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Hole EC-DDH-005 was collared 70m north of EC-DDH-001, and intersected a 10.80m interval grading 625 g/t silver, including 5.70m at 1,110 g/t silver . North from EC-DDH-005, a 120m, highly prospective, untested “gap” also remains open along the structure. This “gap” terminates at hole VG-183, drilled by Mirasol in 2012 which intersected 12.8m at 95 g/t silver. A further 40m north of VG-183, hole VG-164 intersected 3.26m at 199 g/t silver. These prospective gaps at Ely Central will be priority areas for infill, step-out and deeper drilling during the next campaign at the Virginia project.

It is also encouraging to note these strongly silver mineralized drill intersections at Ely Central are hosted in a more subdued gradient array induced polarization (“IP”) chargeability response, as opposed to the typical strong chargeability responses associated with the current resource areas. This weaker IP response may represent the upper levels of the mineralized structure, and potentially help vector to a stronger IP response and mineralization at a greater depth, and below the current 125-150m depth range of the current gradient array IP survey. Furthermore, with significant silver mineralization now directly associated with these lowerlevel IP anomalies, additional areas with similar responses throughout the Virginia vein field will be reviewed as they may become higher ranked and valid drill targets to test in subsequent drill campaigns.

Figure 3 May 17, 2021. Highlighted New Zones

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Ely North , which currently represents the northern most known extension along the same structure from Ely Central, also returned encouraging intersections of silver mineralization. Hole EN-DDH-001 was collared 70m north of the Ely North conceptual resource open pit and intersected highly anomalous silver mineralization within a fault zone between 30-50m downhole. This fault zone hosts repetitive zones of silica hematite matrix breccia with matrix supported quartz clasts with a range of silver values between 66 and 91 g/t silver with an overall average of 75 g/t silver . A narrow select sample, not included in the above average, was sourced from the lower contact of one of these hematite-rich hydrothermal breccias which contained well coliform/crustiform banded epithermal vein clasts and returned an elevated value of 156 g/t silver over a narrow width of 0.33m . These anomalous silver grades associated with the mineralized banded quartz clasts in the silica-hematite matrix breccias are regarded as particularly encouraging and are valuable as geochemical vectors to the higher grade zones along and within these structures.

Continuing north from EN-DDH-001 through an untested “gap” of 400m hole EN-DDH-003 encountered a low although anomalous value of 0.6m at 67 g/t silver from a narrow structure, interpreted not to be part of main structure. Of higher significance, hole EN-DDH-002, located just 70m north of EN-DDH-003, returned 4.0m at 476 g/t silver including 1.85m at 929 g/t silver , from silica-hematite hydrothermal breccias, that appear to be from the same mineralized fault zone encountered in hole EN-DDH-001. It may be concluded

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that EC-DDH-003 did not hit the main structure, whereas EC-DDH-002 did and it is encouraging to see that the silver values are increasing in the northern most extensions of the Ely North structure. It is also important to note that the structure remains open and untested from this point north.

The structure at Ely North, is characterized by fault zone hosted hydrothermal breccias with mineralized quartz vein fragments, very similar to those present at Ely Central. Both step-out and deeper drilling will be required in this area to test for the higher-grade epithermal vein structures.

At Martina NW , hole MNW-DDH-001 encountered an encouraging intersect of 5.90m with 190 g/t silver including 1.52m at 300 g/t silver and 1m at 212 g/t silver . This hole indicates that a strong potential for significant silver mineralization along the Martina trend exists further to the northwest along the same structure that hosts the Martina resource pit 300m to the southeast. Hole MNW-DDH-001 was collared in a 200m untested “gap” along the Martina structure. Previous holes VG-125 lies 55m southeast where drilling encountered 0.5m at 272 g/t silver . It is encouraging to see the increase in width of the mineralized structure in MNW-DDH-001 as the structure extends to the northwest.

The hosting mineralized structure is the silica matrix hydrothermal breccia, hosting mineralized quartz/silica fragments, suggesting a potential source of the mineralized fragments at a deeper elevation in this structure.

At Julia South , the recent holes from both Phase I and Phase II indicate a strong potential for significant silver mineralization along the Julia South structural trend exists further to the south of the current Julia South conceptual resource pit. Recent hole JS-DDH-003 , which is located approximately 70m to the SE of the Julia South conceptual resource pit, intersected an encouraging zone of 5.5m at 192 g/t silver . This could potentially represent a parallel structure to the east of the main Julia South structure, where previously reported Phase I hole JS-DDH-001 intersected 3.9m at 168 g/t silver. Further drilling will be required to fully understand this structure. Hole JSE-DDH-002 , located 310m directly south of the current Julia South conceptual resource pit resource returned an encouraging, although narrow, intersection of 0.7m at 259 g/t silver hosted in a strongly silicified fault zone with hematitic micro-fractures and silica stockworks. Hole JSE-DDH-003 , located 110m west and 60m south of JSE-DDH-002 also returned a narrow but higher grade intersection of 0.4m at 360 g/t silver . These two intersections may represent separate parallel structures but indicate that the mineralization continues further south. Follow-up drilling will be important to determine the significance of these recent intersections.

On May 21, 2021 announced plans for a fully funded Phase III drill program at Virginia. Phase II drilling confirmed the hypothesis that drilling known veins along strike could result in an expansion of the current resources as evidenced by the excellent assays at Ely Central (including EC-DDH-001 intersecting 10.8 m [metres] at 625 g/t [grams per tonne] Ag [silver], including 5.7 m at 1,110 g/t Ag). The Ely zones have potential to extend to over 1.3 km [kilometres] along strike based on the Silver Sands Phase I and Phase II drilling programs.

Virginia exploration completed subsequent to the Quarter ended July 31, 2021.

None. The Argentine winter months are July through September. The Phase III program is scheduled for early October 2021.

Virginia QA/QC

Silver Sands applies industry-standard exploration sampling methodologies and techniques. All geochemical rock and drill samples are collected under the supervision of the company's geologists in accordance with industry practice. Geochemical assays are obtained and reported under a quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program. Samples are dispatched to an International Organization for Standardization 9001:2008-accredited laboratory in Argentina for analysis. Assay results from channel, trench and drill core samples may be higher than, lower than or similar to results obtained from surface samples due to surficial oxidation and enrichment processes or due to natural geological grade variations in

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the primary mineralization.

Detour Lake Property, Ontario

The Company signed an option agreement in February 2020 whereby it could acquire a 100% allowing the Company to earn a 100% interest, subject to a 3% Net Smelter Return Royalty (NSR), by making cash payments, making share issuances and completing exploration expenditures as follows:

  • Cash payments (Canadian dollars)

  • Making a $20,000 payment on closing of a February 2020 financing (paid);

  • Making a $25,000 payment on first anniversary of the agreement;

  • Making a $50,000 payment on the second anniversary of the agreement.

  • Share issuances:

  • Issuing 1,500,000 shares on signing of the agreement (issued);

  • o Issuing 1,500,000 shares on the first anniversary of the agreement;

  • Completing $650,000 in exploration expenditures as follows:

  • $100,000 on or before the first anniversary of the agreement;

  • o $250,000 on or before the second anniversary of the agreement; o $300,000 on or before the third anniversary of the agreement;

Silver Sands can purchase two-thirds of the NSR (2%) for Cdn$1,000,000.

The Detour Property lies in the Detour greenstone belt of northeastern Ontario, 150 kilometres northeast from Cochrane. The Detour Greenstone Belt host a number of important mines and deposits, including: the Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. Detour Mine Complex, Wallbridge Mining Company Limited’s Fenelon deposit, the past producing Casa-Berardi mine and the past producing Selbaie volcanogenic massive sulphide mine amongst others. In addition, proximal deposits include the Detour Gold Corporation Zone 58N gold deposit and the Aurelius Minerals Inc. Lipton gold zone. The Detour Lake property, though minimally explored historically, is postulated to be underlain by a gabbroic intrusion, a favourable host for gold mineralization.

Silver Sands cautions investors that mineralization on the above mentioned mines and deposits is not necessarily indicative of similar mineralization on the Northbound claim block.

During the year ended January 31, 2021, the geophysical contractor delivered his presentation on his processing of the geophysical data. Nothing of significance was noted, though further processing was recommended. The final report for the mapping and prospecting program was received. The author concluded the property proved challenging due to the topography and severe lack of outcrop exposure. The few samples taken did not contain any significant sulphide mineralization and returned no anomalous results. He also concluded lack of surface rock exposure is seen throughout the region, forcing exploration to rely on geophysics and drilling to identify and define potential mineralized zones.

The Company decided not to proceed with the Detour Lake project during the year ended January 31, 2021, as such, the option agreement was terminated and the project was written off during the year ended January 31, 2021.

Maple Bay project, Coastal Copper Property

The Company’s Maple Bay property is 60 km south of Stewart, BC on the Portland Canal and lies within the western part of the Anyox Pendant, a 400 square kilometre mineral-rich Paleozoic to Mesozoic volcanic and sedimentary succession preserved as a roof pendant within the Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex.

The eastern part of the pendant hosts the Anyox massive sulphide deposits, which produced 22 million tonnes of ore averaging 1% copper from the basalt dominated upper part of the Jurassic Hazelton Group

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volcanics. The western part of the pendant hosts large sulfide bearing quartz veins near Maple Bay in highly deformed Jurassic metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks that are thought to be correlatable with the Hazelton Group. The veins are up to 1000 metres long, a few hundred metres deep and several metres thick. Historic production from the larger veins include the Outsider Vein, several thousand tons at 2.8% copper and a further 125,000 tons grading 1.8% copper, 10 g/t silver and 0.14 g/t Au.

The Company cautions investors it has not verified the historical data and further cautions investors the above described mineralization in the area is not necessarily indicative of similar mineralization on the Maple Bay property.

The Company’s geological consultant feels the Maple Bay property has potential to host both the strike extensions of the sulfide bearing quartz veins and also may possibly host massive sulfide mineralization at depth. Interested investors are encouraged to read the Company’s 43-101 report under its Silver Sands Resources Corp. profile on SEDAR.

On November 24, 2020, the Company announced the termination of the Agreement and subsequently recorded a mineral property impairment of $115,911 during the year ended January 31, 2021.

The technical content of the MDA was reviewed and approved by R. Tim Henneberry, P.Geo. a Director of the Company.

1.3 Selected annual information

n/a – annual requirement

1.4 Results of operations

Six months ended July 31, 2021

During the six months ended July 31, 2021 (the “current period”), the Company reported a net loss of $553,367 compared to a net loss of $594,654 during the six months ended July 31, 2020 (the “comparative period”). The significant variances between the current period and the comparative period are as follows:

• Advertising and promotion increased by $217,386 to $289,660 (2020: $72,274) as the Company continued marketing campaigns and investor relations services that had commenced during of 2021 (see news release dated May 21, 2020).

• Consulting fees increased by $73,277 to $156,197 (2020: $82,920) and management fees increased by $30,000 to $60,000 (2020: $30,000). These increases were due to increased activity within the Company and the engagement of additional consultants working with the Company following the Company’s listing on the CSE.

• Share-based payments decreased by $333,134 to $9,837 (2020: $342,971). There was a comparatively small amount of share-based payments charged during the current period due to the vesting schedules of stock options granted during the comparative period.

Three months ended July 31, 2021

During the three months ended July 31, 2021 (the “current period”), the Company reported a net loss of $185,826 compared to a net loss of $524,038 during the three months ended July 31, 2020 (the “comparative period”). The significant variances between the current period and the comparative period are as follows:

  • Consulting fees increased by $21,797 to $72,197 (2020: $50,400) and management fees increased by $12,000 to $30,000 (2020: $18,000) as described above.

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  • Share based payments decreased by $339,031 to $637 (2020: $339,668) as described above.

1.5 Summary of quarterly results

Three months Loss Per Share
ended Total Revenues Net Loss (basic and diluted)
July 31, 2021 $Nil $185,826 $0.00
April 30, 2021 $Nil $367,541 $0.01
January 31, 2021 $Nil $393,403 $0.03
October 31, 2020 $Nil $504,552 $0.01
July 31, 2020 $Nil $524,038 $0.01
April 30, 2020 $Nil $70,616 $0.00
January 31, 2020 $Nil $216,338 $0.02
October 31, 2019 $Nil $48,813 $0.01

The Company was formed on January 31, 2018 and incurred costs related to sourcing, evaluation, acquisition, and exploration of its qualifying property during the year ended January 31, 2019. The Company engaged a lead broker, accounting firm, and legal firm for the preparation of financial statements, a prospectus, a NI 43-101 technical report, and due diligence necessary to obtain approval from the BCSC and CSE for a public listing. During the quarter ended January 31, 2020, the Company completed the listing process and began trading on the CSE. During the quarter ended April 30, 2020, the Company acquired a project in Ontario and entered into a letter of intent for the Virginia Silver project in Argentina. During the quarter ended July 31, 2020 the Company closed the Virginia Silver project and completed financings totaling $2,351,000. During the quarter ended October 31, 2020, the Company commenced exploration on the Virginia Silver project and completed financings totaling $2,750,000. During the quarter ended January 31, 2021 and the quarter ended April 30, 2021, the Company continued exploration at Virginia Silver project. During the quarter ended July 31, 2021, the Company analyzed the results of its exploration programs and prepared for its phase three exploration at the Virginia Silver project.

1.6 Liquidity and solvency

At July 31, 2021 the Company had working capital of $1,778,730 composed of cash on hand of $1,776,503, prepaid expenses totaling $14,740, receivables of $66,401, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $78,914 compared to working capital at January 31, 2021 of $2,445,900 composed of cash on hand of $2,301,533, prepaid expenses totaling $131,051, receivables of $61,129, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $47,813.

Cash flow to date has not satisfied the Company’s operational requirements. The development of the Company in the future will depend on the Company’s ability to obtain additional financings. While the Company has been successful in the past in obtaining financing through the sale of equity securities, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain adequate financing in the future or that the terms of such financing will be favorable.

1.7 Capital resources

As at July 31, 2021, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $1,778,730 (January 31, 2021 $2,301,533) to settle liabilities of $78,914 (January 31, 2021 $47,813). The Company expects to fund its liabilities, exploration and operational activities over the remainder of the fiscal year with cash on hand and from cash received from the issuance of equity securities, primarily through private placements.

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1.8 Off-balance sheet arrangements

The Company has not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements.

1.9 Transactions with related parties

Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Related parties may be individuals or corporate entities. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties.

Key management includes key directors and key officers of the Company, including the President & Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Six months ended: July 31, July 31,
2021 2020
Management fees paid to the President & CEO $ 60,000 $ 30,000
Consulting fees paid to a company owned by the CFO 24,000 20,000
Consulting fees paid to the corporate secretary 24,000 22,500
Consulting fees paid to a company controlled by a director 30,000 20,000
Share based payments to key management - 211,371
$ 138,000 $ 303,871

At July 31, 2021, $Nil was outstanding to key management (2020: $Nil) and was included in accounts payable.

1.10 Second quarter

During the three months ended July 31, 2021, the Company continued exploration at the Virginia project in Argentina and continued to explore opportunities to acquire additional mineral exploration projects and raise capital for the Company. Highlights from the exploration programs are outlined in the Exploration and Evaluation assets section above.

COMMITMENTS

The Company is committed to certain cash payments, common share issuances and exploration expenditures as described in Note 4 of the accompanying financial statements.

1.11 Proposed transactions

There are no proposed transactions that will materially affect the performance of the Company other than those disclosed elsewhere in this MD&A and the accompanying financial statements.

1.12 Critical accounting estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Estimates are reviewed on an ongoing basis based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant under the circumstances. Revisions to estimates on the resulting effects of the carrying amounts of the Company’s assets and liabilities are accounted for prospectively.

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All of the Company’s significant accounting policies and estimates are included in Notes 2, 3, and 4 of its financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2021.

1.13 Future changes in accounting policies

Refer to Note 2 in the notes to the audited financial statements for the period ending January 31, 2021 and 2020.

1.14 Financial instruments and other risks

Financial assets are classified and measured based on the business model in which they are held and the characteristics of their contractual cash flows. IFRS 9 contains three categories of financial assets: Measured at amortization cost after initial recognition, at fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”) and at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”).

A financial asset is measured at amortized cost if it is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual cash flows and its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. Equity instruments are generally classified as FVTPL. For equity investment is not held for trading, an entity can make an irrevocable election at initial recognition to measure it at FVOCI with only dividend income recognized in profit or loss.

The Company derecognizes financial assets only when the contractual rights to cash flows from the financial assets expire, or when it transfers the financial assets and substantially all of the associated risks and rewards of ownership to another entity.

Impairment of financial assets

IFRS 9 uses the expected credit loss (“ECL”) model. The credit loss model groups receivables based on similar credit risk characteristics and days past due in order to estimate bad debts. The ECL model applies to the Company’s receivables.

An ‘expected credit loss’ impairment model requires a loss allowance to be recognized based on expected credit losses. The estimated present value of future cash flows associated with the asset is determined, and an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between this amount and the carrying amount as follows: the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to estimated present value of the future cash flows associated with the asset, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate, either directly or through the use of an allowance account, and the resulting loss is recognized in profit or loss for the period.

In a subsequent period, if the amount of the impairment loss related to financial assets measured at amortized cost decreases, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the investment at the date the impairment is reversed does not exceed what the amortized cost would have been had the impairment not been recognized.

Financial liabilities

All financial liabilities are designated as either: (i) FVTPL; or (ii) other financial liabilities. All financial liabilities are classified and subsequently measured at amortized cost except for financial liabilities at FVTPL.

Financial liabilities classified as other financial liabilities are initially recognized at fair value less directly attributable transaction costs. After initial recognition, other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortized costs using the effective interest method. The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortized cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that discounts estimated future cash payments through the expected life of the financial liability, or, where appropriate, a shorter period. The Company’s accounts payable are classified as other financial liabilities.

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Financial liabilities classified as FVTPL include financial liabilities held for trading and financial liabilities designated upon initial recognition as FVTPL. Derivatives, including separated embedded derivatives are also classified as held for trading and recognized at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in earnings unless they are designated as effective hedging instruments. Fair value changes on financial liabilities classified as FVTPL are recognized in earnings.

The Company derecognizes a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged or canceled, or expire. The Company also derecognizes a financial liability when the terms of the liability are modified such that the terms and/or cash flows of the modified instrument are substantially different, in which case a new financial liability based on the modified terms is recognized at fair value.

Gains and losses on derecognition are generally recognized in profit or loss.

As at July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the Company classified its financial instruments as follows:

Financial asset/ liability IFRS 9 classification
Cash Amortized cost
Amounts receivable Amortized cost
Accounts payable Amortized cost

The Company is exposed in varying degrees to a variety of financial instrument related risks. The Board of Directors approves and monitors the risk management processes, inclusive of documented investment policies, counterparty limits, and controlling and reporting structures. The type of risk exposure and the way in which such exposure is managed is provided as follows:

Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will fail to discharge an obligation and cause the other party to incur a financial loss. The Company’s primary exposure to credit risk is on its cash held in bank accounts. The majority of cash is deposited in bank accounts held with major banks in Canada. As most of the Company’s cash is held by one bank there is a concentration of credit risk. This risk is managed by using major banks that are high credit quality financial institutions as determined by rating agencies. The Company’s secondary exposure to risk is with its GST receivable. This risk is considered to be minimal.

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company has a planning and budgeting process in place to help determine the funds required to support the Company’s normal operating requirements on an ongoing basis. The Company ensures that there are sufficient funds to meet its short-term business requirements, taking into account its anticipated cash flows from operations and its holdings of cash and cash equivalents.

Historically, the Company's sole source of funding has been from the issuance of equity securities for cash, primarily through private placements and from loans advanced by related parties. The Company’s access to financing is always uncertain. There can be no assurance of continued access to significant equity funding.

Foreign exchange risk

Foreign exchange risk is the risk that the fair values of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because they are denominated in currencies that differ from the respective functional currency. The Company is not currently exposed to foreign exchange risk.

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Capital Management

The Company's policy is to maintain a strong capital base to maintain investor and creditor confidence and to sustain future development of the business. The capital structure of the Company consists of working capital deficiency and share capital. There were no changes in the Company's approach to capital management during the period. The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.

COVID-19 Pandemic

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus COVID-19 a global pandemic. This contagious disease outbreak, which has continued to spread, and any related adverse public health developments, has adversely affected workforces, customers, economies, and financial markets globally, potentially leading to an economic downturn. It has also disrupted the normal operations of many businesses, including ours. This outbreak could decrease spending, adversely affect demand for natural resources and harm our business and results of operations. It is not possible for us to predict the duration or magnitude of the adverse results of the outbreak and its effects on our business or results of operations at this time.

Contingencies

The Company is not aware of any contingencies or pending legal proceedings as of the date of this MD&A.

1.15 Other MD&A Requirements

Share capital

Issued

The Company had 58,918,253 shares issued and outstanding as at July 31, 2021 and 58,918,253 as at the date of this report.

Share Purchase Options

The Company had 4,933,100 stock options outstanding at July 31, 2021 and 4,933,100 as at the date of this report.

Share Purchase Warrants

The Company had 19,548,030 share purchase warrants outstanding at July 31, 2021 and 19,548,030 as at the date of this report.

Subsequent events

None

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