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TESORO GOLD LTD Investor Presentation 2021

Nov 8, 2021

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A S X A N N O U N C E M E N T 9 N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 1

ASX: TSO | ACN 106 854 175

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Tesoro Presenting at the NewGenGold Conference

Tesoro Resources Limited ( Tesoro or the Company ) (ASX:TSO) advises that Managing Director, Mr. Zeff Reeves, is presenting at the NewGenGold Conference on 9 November 2021 at 3.45pm WST.

Mr Reeves will provide a technical overview of the discovery history of the Ternera Gold deposit and the El Zorro Gold Project.

The NewGenGold Conference will be held at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth, WA, on the 9-10 November 2021. Further information can be found at www. https://www.newgengold.com.

Please find attached the El Zorro Gold Project presentation.

The presentation can be downloaded from

  • www.tesororesources.com.au/announcement category/presentations/

This ASX Announcement has been approved for release by Zeff Reeves, Managing Director.

For more information, please contact:

Zeff Reeves Peter Taylor Managing Director Investor Relations [email protected] [email protected] 0412 036 231

About Tesoro Resources

Tesoro Resources Limited was established with a strategy of acquiring, exploring, and developing mining projects in the Coastal Cordillera region of Chile. The Coastal Cordillera region is host to multiple world class copper and gold mines, has well established infrastructure, service providers and an experienced mining workforce. Large areas of the Coastal Cordillera remain unexplored due to the unconsolidated nature of mining concession ownership, but Tesoro, via its in-country network and experience has been able secure rights to a district scale gold project in-line with the Company’s strategy. Tesoro’s 95% owned Chilean Subsidiary owns 85% of the El Zorro Gold Project.

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+61 8 9322 1587 | [email protected] | Suite 5, 62 Ord Street, West Perth WA 6005 | www.tesororesources.com.au

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El Zorro Gold Project An Intrusive Related Gold Deposit in Chile’s Coastal Cordillera

Disclaimer

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This presentation and any accompanying verbal presentation (together the Presentation) have been prepared by Tesoro Resources Limited (Tesoro or the Company) and approved by the Board of the Company. The information contained in the Presentation (Information) is summary only and should be read in conjunction with any other documents provided to you by the Company. The Information is current as at 8 November 2021 and the Company does not undertake to provide any additional or update information, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. By receiving the Presentation, you acknowledge and represent to the Company that you have read, understood and accepted the terms of this disclaimer.

The Company has prepared the Presentation based on information available to it at the time of preparation. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the currency, accuracy, reliability, completeness or fairness of the information, opinions and conclusions contained in this Presentation. Tesoro, or related bodies corporate, shareholders or affiliates, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents or advisers (Agents) guarantee or make any representations or warranties, express or implied, as to or take responsibility for, the currency, accuracy, reliability, completeness or fairness of the information, opinions and conclusions contained in this Presentation. Tesoro does not represent or warrant that this Presentation is complete or that it contains all material information about Tesoro or which a prospective investor or purchaser may require in evaluating a possible investment in Tesoro or acquisition of shares. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tesoro and its Agents expressly disclaim any and all liability, including, without limitation, any liability arising out of fault or negligence, for any loss arising from the use of information contained in this Presentation, or otherwise arising in connection with it.

Any forward-looking statements in this Presentation, including projections, forecasts and estimates, are provided as a general guide only and should not be relied on as an indication or guarantee of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, contingencies and other important factors, many of which are outside the control of Tesoro and which are subject to change without notice and could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Tesoro to be materially different from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and recipients of this Presentation are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

The information contained in this Presentation is for information purposes only, does not constitute investment or financial product advice (nor taxation, accounting or legal advice) and is not intended to be used as the basis for making an investment decision. In providing this Presentation, Tesoro has not considered the objectives, financial position or needs of any particular recipients. Before making an investment decision prospective investors should consider the appropriateness of the information in this Presentation having regard to their own objectives, financial situation and needs, and seek legal, taxation and financial advice appropriate to their jurisdiction and circumstances.

This Presentation is not a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other offer document under Australian law or any other law (and will not be lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or any other foreign regulator) and is not, and does not constitute, an invitation or offer of securities for subscription, purchase or sale in any jurisdiction. In particular, this Presentation does not constitute an invitation or offer of securities for subscription, purchase or sale in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such an offer would be illegal. The securities referred to in this Presentation have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 as amended or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly in the United States. The information in this Presentation is strictly confidential. It may not be disclosed, reproduced, disseminated, quoted or referred to, in whole or in part, without the express consent of Tesoro.

Competent Person’s Statements

The information in this Presentation that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Zeffron Reeves (B App Sc (Hons) Applied Geology) MBA, MAIG). Mr Reeves is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and Managing Director and shareholder of the Company. Mr Reeves has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Reeves consents to the inclusion in this Presentation of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this Presentation that relates to Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by Mr Daniel Saunders, a Competent Person who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Saunders is a full-time employee of Cube Consulting Pty Ltd, acting as independent consultants to Tesoro Resources Limited. Mr Saunders has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the Mineral Resource information included in the original announcement on 28 July 2021 and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the applicable Competent Persons’ findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original announcement.

The Company has released all material information that relates to Exploration Results for the El Zorro Gold Project, on a continuous basis to the ASX and in compliance with JORC 2012. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information that materially affects the content of this ASX release.

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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

El Zorro Discover Histor y y

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Pre-1990 1989-1993 1993-2017 2015 2017 Late 2017-
2020
2020 2021
Gold discovered by
artisanal miners
exploiting outcropping
high grade quartz veins.
Modern exploration
conducted by Coeur d'Alene
Mining targeting high grade
quartz veins and stockworks.
Drilling and exploration adits
completed – mixed results,
missed the main game!
No exploration
conducted
Tesoro
founders
identify
prospectivity of
the belt to host
IRGS’s – host
intrusive suite
identified
Tesoro signs
agreement to
acquire the El Zorro
concessions
covering 1.5km2
Tesoro maps host
intrusives outside
of known
occurrences.
16 Diamond drill
holes completed
at Ternera
confirming gold
and the presence
of an IRG system.
Tesoro successfully
lists on the ASX and
embarks on drilling
programs to define
Ternera.
Multiple outcropping
mineralised targets
identified in the wider
district.
A new gold district is
defined and Tesoro
expands concession
holdings to 550km2.
Tesoro
continues
exploration and
defines a
maiden
resource of
661kozat
Ternera –
drilling
continues and
Ternera is
expanding.

Ternera Gold Deposit Maiden Resource Estimate (ASX announcement 28 July 2021)

Indicated Indicated Indicated Inferred Inferred Inferred Total Total Total
Cut-off Au g/t Mt Au g/t koz Mt Au g/t koz Mt Au g/t koz
0.3 2.7 0.88 75 22.4 0.81 586 25.1 0.82 661
0.4 2.1 1.03 68 17.4 0.95 529 19.4 0.96 597
0.5 1.7 1.17 63 13.7 1.08 476 15.4 1.09 539
0.6 1.4 1.28 58 11.1 1.21 430 12.5 1.22 488
0.7 1.2 1.4 54 8.9 1.34 385 10.1 1.35 439
0.8 0.9 1.64 45 6 1.61 312 6.9 1.62 357

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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

El Zorro Regional Context

Atacama Fault Zone

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Au
Cu/Fe
Cu
R RA
MANTO
VERDE
Cu/Au
Fe
Cities
El Zorro Project
Other Mines
Santo Domingo Proposed Port
Yamana Gold License
Airport & Power
Pan American Highway Cu/Au Au
Tesoro License (555 km2)
CANDELARIA
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El Zorro lies close to the J/K Plutonic Boundary, along the western margin of the Central Iron Belt and subjacent to the Atacama fault Zone

El Zorro Region Major Intrusive Plutons

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TERNERA
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El Zorro Central Eocene – Cretaceous IRG Iron Belt porphyry Miocene Belt (IOCGs) Cu - skarn porphyry Au - belt epithermal belt

Regional Government mapping Geological Mapping (Sernageomin, 2005)

TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

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El Zorro - a Chilean IRG s stem y

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Characteristic Tintina Gold Province*(Fort Knox/Pogo) El Zorro
Age of associated intrusions Cretaceous Jurassic – Cretaceous?
Basement Lithology and age metasediments - Paleozoic metasediments - Palaeozoic
Intrusion Type Hydrous mafic parent Hydrous mafic parent
Intrusion lithology Granodiorite - monzonite Granodiorite - tonalite - gabbro
Intrusive habit proximal to Au mineralisation Sills and dykes Sills and Dykes
Sulphide minerals Pyrite – Arsenopyrite - Pyrrhotite Pyrite – Arsenopyrite - Pyrrhotite
Hornfels and Skarn orebodies Yes Yes
Vein orebodies Sheeted veins, shear veins, breccias Sheeted veins, shear veins, breccias, stockwork
Vein gangue quartz, albite quartz, albite
Dykes lamprohyres and aplite lamprohyres and aplite
Alteration minerals sericite, albite, K-spar, calcite, quartz sericite, albite, K-spar, calcite, quartz
Metal association Bi, Te, W, As, Sb, Hg As, Sb, Bi, Te, W
Related Association W, Sn skarns Skarns

*Source: Lang & Baker 2001, Min. Dep. 36. 477-489

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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

El Zorro - a Chilean IRG s stem y

Tintina Province

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  • Stephens, J.R. et al, 2004, Structural and mechanical controls on intrusion-related deposits of the Tombstone Gold Belt, Yukon, Canada, with comparisons to other vein-hosted ore-deposit types, Journal of Structural Geology 26, 1025-1041.

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El Zorro

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El Zorro – Au bearing sheeted quartz veins in sediment

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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

El Zorro Geology

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341000mE 342000mE 343000mE
7038000mN Gabbro and DioriteEl Zorro Tonalite (host))
TORO Biotite GranodioriteSediments
BLANCO Mafic Dykes
Faults
Tesoro Drill Collars
DRONE HILL TERNERA
NORTH
7037000mN
TERNERA
TERNERA EAST
7036000mN
TORO GORDO
Ternera
7035000mN BUZZARD
Aster_AlOH N
0 500m
7034000mN
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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

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El Zorro Gold Mineralisation

  • Host rocks - Mainly within a differentiated suite of intermediate to mafic intrusive rocks - diorites, tonalites and gabbros, gold bearing veins in metasediments

  • Gold Association - dominated by veins, sheeted veins and stockworks of quartz –Albite +/- Au, pyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite

  • Alteration - Albite – sericite- quartz, causing bleaching of host intrusive, intensity increases with Au grade

Quartz-albite-Au vein in sediment

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ZDDH01442 – 299.00 m – 1.95 g/t Au
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  • 1ASX:TSO Announcement 10 June 2021 2ASX:TSO Announcement 28 July 2021 3ASX:TSO Announcement 4 August 2021

  • 4ASX:TSO Announcement 19 August 2021

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Gold in Intrusives

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ZDDH01261 – 265.00 m – 0.02 g/t Au
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ZDDH01704 – 151.10m – 6.29 g/t Au
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ZDDH01543 – 125.00 m – 189.50 g/t Au
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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

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El Zorro IRG Intrusions

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  • A fertile igneous suite

  • hydrous gabbroic magma sources – wet magmas containing hornblende and biotite

  • Differentiated (telescoping??) comagmatic igneous suite of intrusions

  • High igneous variation from a single magma source – gabbro – tonalite – diorite - granodiorite

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The El Zorro data are quite similar to the intrusives from the Tintina IRG Belt in the Yukon; notably, the Cs is elevated in both the Yukon and El Zorro relative to goldfertile arc rocks elsewhere.

Mair, J.L. & Hart, Craig & Groves, D. & Goldfarb, Richard. (2004). The nature of Tombstone Plutonic Suite rocks at Scheelite Dome, Tintina Gold Province: evidence for an enriched mantle contribution. The Ishihara Symposium: Granites and Associated Metallogenesis. Geoscience Australia, Extended Abstracts. 93-96.

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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

Evidence of an IRG S stem y

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IRG: Tell tale signs at El Zorro include :

  • Main host rocks dominated by tonalite and granodiorite

  • Partial melting of immediate wallrocks, in close spatial association with wollastonitebearing skarn

  • Presence of exo- and endo-skarns – garnet/actinolite/epidote, locally cut by late stage felsic dykes

  • Au and albite-quartz-sericite bleaching around sheeted quartz veins as system cooled

  • Strong (brittle) structural controls on mineralization

  • Distinctive metal association with relative low S content: As, Sb, Bi, Te, W

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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

Structure – Ke to Ore Formation y

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  • Structural control important for channelling fluid and providing dilation within host rocks for ore formation.

Fault architecture set up by Atacama Fault System – NW splays

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AFS
NW SPLAYS
Schematic diagram
of structural Ternera
controls at El Zorro
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  • Master fault zones control location of conjugate NW fault sets and associated sheeted vein systems within the intrusive hosts.

  • Possibly shared structural controls with adjacent IOCGs

TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

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El Zorro IRG System – Implications for Exploration – What to look for?

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Regional

  • Prospective zone distal to the west of the Atacama Fault System

  • Major NW crustal scale splay faults – may have IOCG mineralisation close to the AFS

  • “Wet” intrusive suites close to the Jurassic – Cretaceous igneous boundary

Local

  • Igneous diversity – wide variety of genetically related igneous intrusive rocks as dykes and sills

  • Proximity to larger intrusions

  • High T assemblages in veins and faults

  • Bleaching of host rocks

  • Metal association: As-Sb-Bi-Te-W with relatively low total S and free Au

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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

El Zorro IRG - Ternera is Just the Beginning

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  • Newly recognised Intrusion-Related Gold system in Chile, the “El Zorro IRG Belt”

  • R&D continuing with new PhD student (U Auckland)

  • S, O isotopes and mineral microchemistry to further understand mineralisation

  • radiogenic isotopes and geochronology to fingerprint intrusives

  • Potential exists elsewhere in coastal Cordillera

  • Multiple drill rigs on site at present, testing targets and expanding the Ternera resource

  • Tesoro has explored <5% of its prospective ground

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Ternera Looking North to Toro Blanco

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TESORO RESOURCES (ASX:TSO) | EL ZORRO PRESENTATION

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Tesoro Resources Limited Suite 5, 62 Ord Street West Perth, WA 6005 Phone: +61 8 9322 1587 Email: [email protected] Web: www.tesororesources.com.au