Revitalizing The Homestake District of South Dakota
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DAKOTA GOLD CORPORATE PRESENTATION
February 2024
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DISCLAIMER
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Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the statements regarding Dakota Gold Corp.'s ("Dakota Gold", or the "Company") option agreements with Barrick Gold Corporation ("Barrick") and the Company's future exploration plans. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and expectations that may not be realized and are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the Company's ability to exercise the options with Barrick, the timing of the exercise of the options, the consideration for the options, Barrick's ownership interest in the Company, the Company's ability to create jobs in South Dakota, the potential for gold mineralization in the properties subject to the option, the price of gold, synergies between the option properties and the Company's existing assets, the Company's use of disturbed land, the Company's use of historic data, the Company's exploration plans and the potential of its projects, the state of the economy and financial markets generally and the effect on our industry, and the market for our common stock. The foregoing list is not exhaustive. For additional information regarding factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in our forward-looking statements, we refer you to the risk factors included in Item 1A of Dakota Gold's Annual Report on Form 10-KT for the nine-month transition period ended December 31, 2022, as amended, as updated by annual, quarterly and other reports and documents that we file with the SEC. We caution investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this communication. These statements speak only as of the date of this communication, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
All references to "$" in this presentation are to U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
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DAKOTA GOLD DELIVERING VALUE
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PROGRESS MADE SINCE COMMENCING DRILLING
- Drilling commenced - Jan 2022
- Merger and NYSE American listing - Spring 2022
- Four Drills Operating - 258,496 feet drilled as of Feb 21, 2024
- Private Land (~13k Acres) Secured for drilling - 60 days drill permitting
- Encountered Homestake Formation at depth, proof of concept
- JB Gold Zone Discovery at Maitland - Homestake Formation
- Unionville Zone Discovery at Maitland - Tertiary Mineralization
- Significant Mineralization encountered at Richmond Hill - validation drilling program complete for producing S-K 1300 resource in Q1 2024
- Closed Investment with Orion - $17 M* for ~7% ownership
- Planned $30 Million Exploration Program for 2024
- TD Zone Discovery - Rare Earth Elements at Richmond Hill
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* See Oct 12 and Oct 20, 2023 news releases
DAKOTA GOLD PROJECT AREAS
Homestake District, South Dakota, USA
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Over ~46 Thousand Mineral Acres
Incl ~13 Thousand on Private Land
HOMESTAKE DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS
- World's largest iron formation-hosted gold deposit
- Rare earth elements potential
- Under explored district
- Mining friendly jurisdiction
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THE DAKOTA GOLD HOMESTAKE ADVANTAGE
Largest property package in the area; key projects on private land
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HOME OF THE | LARGE PROSPECTIVE | EXPERIENCED | +$32.3 MILLION | BARRICK OPTION |
HOMESTAKE MINE | LAND PACKAGE | LEADERSHIP TEAM | CASH BALANCE1 | AGREEMENTS |
• +40M ounce gold producer | • | +46 thousand acre | • | Local leadership | • | Strong cash balance | |
• | World's largest iron | property position with ~13k | |||||
acres on private land | • | Homestake Mine | • | Strategic Partnership | |||
formation-hosted gold | experience | with Orion Mine Finance | |||||
deposit | • | Drilling several targets over | for $17 million. Orion | ||||
• | Over 126 years | next 12 months | • | Track record of finding | purchased 6,666,667 | ||
district-scale projects | shares for ~7% ownership | ||||||
of continuous mining | • | Four drills operating | • | Shareholder alignment - | in the company2 | ||
• | Safe, low-cost jurisdiction | • | Potential to re-purpose | ||||
25% management | |||||||
existing disturbed mineral | ownership | ||||||
property |
- Exclusive access to 145 years of historical exploration data
- Including $70M exploration investment in 1980's & 90's
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- Cash as at September 30, 2023 was $12.76M + $17M from the Orion financing and $2.55M from the ATM, both disclosed as a subsequent event in the 10-Q as filed on November 12, 2023 and available on Edgar.
- See Oct 12 and 20, 2023 news releases
DAKOTA GOLD'S PROPERTY MAP
Key project areas
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BARRICK AGREEMENTS
MAITLAND PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
October 23, 2020
• Purchased 2,112 mineral acres
SURFACE BARRICK OPTION AGREEMENT
September 7, 2021
- Option to acquire 4,261 acres of surface rights with attendant facilities and data
- Provides for exclusive access to Homestake's extensive historic data sets which chronicle its 145-year exploration and mining history throughout South Dakota
RICHMOND HILL OPTION
AGREEMENT
October 14, 2021 /
September 9, 2022
- Option to acquire 2,726 acres of surface and mineral rights with facilities
Blind | MAITLAND | ||||
Sturgis | |||||
RICHMOND HILL | Gold | ||||
City | |||||
Creek | |||||
Tinton | Deadwood | ||||
Lead | ||||
BARRICK | ||||
(HOMESTAKE) | ||||
Over ~46 Thousand | ||||
Mineral Acres | ||||
Incl ~13 Thousand | ||||
on Private Land | ||||
miles 1 2 | ||||
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*Dakota Gold does not own all surface rights or mineral rights associated with the Project Areas outlined above.
The images above are for illustrative purposes and do not represent an exact description of surface and mineral rights.
HOMESTAKE CORRIDOR PROPERTY
Revitalizing The Homestake District - Over 45M Oz Gold Produced
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TINTON
SIGNIFICANCE TO
DAKOTA GOLD
• Target defined by Homestake Mining |
Company's Structural Corridor and City |
Creek Drill Programs in the 1980-90's |
(~230,000 ft of drilling). |
• Multiple zones of gold mineralization in |
repeating fold structures (best |
historical intercept was 24 ft @ 0.204 |
Oz/ton Au). |
BLIND GOLD
HOMESTAKE FORMATION
projected to the surface of the
precambrian unconformity
RICHMOND HILL ~172,000 Oz produced
WHARF MINE
4 million Oz produced
(currently in production)
MAITLAND MINE | Sturgis |
~200,000 Oz | |
produced |
Deadwood | |||||
HOMESTAKE MINE | |||||
~40 million Oz produced | |||||
Lead |
GILT EDGE
~282,000 Oz produced
• Continuous extension of the iron |
formation-host from the Homestake |
Gold Mine. |
LEGEND
DAKOTA | BARRICK | ◉COEUR | ◉AGNICO EAGLE |
◉GOLD | ◉RICHMOND HILL |
miles 1 2
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LONG SECTION - HOMESTAKE CORRIDOR
Maitland Gold Project Contiguous to the Historic Homestake Mine
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NW
MAITLAND PROPERTY
Potential For New Mine Opportunities
FORMER HOMESTAKE MINE
40 Million Ounces Gold Produced
SE
Homestake Iron Formation
MG 50' @ 0.109 opt AU M27 50' @ 0.122 opt AU M28 75' @ 0.211 opt AU M183 80' @ 0.109 opt AU
Blind Gold
Property
APPROXIMATE | |
PROPERTY | |
BOUNDARY | Saw Pit |
Dakota Gold Drilling
Historic Drilling
Open Cut | Grizzly Gulch |
MA93-02
10' @ 0.154 opt AU
Drilling has confirmed Homestake Mine-Style Gold Mineralization is present
at Maitland & revealed
- Phase I Drilling Complete
- Phase II Directional Drilling
commenced Q3 2023
Historic North Drift
Discovery
6800 Level
Yates Shaft
4850 Level
#6 Winze
Ross Shaft
Production by ledge
Caledonia | <1 Moz |
Main Ledge | ~19 Moz |
7 Ledge | ~2 Moz |
9 Ledge | ~9 Moz |
11 Ledge | ~2 Moz |
13 Ledge | < Moz |
a new Tertiary Epithermal Mineralization target
DBM89-2 15.0' @ 0.333 opt AU DBM89-2A 25.0' @ 0.139 opt AU DBM92-3C 24.0' @ 0.222 opt AU DBM92-3F 3.5' @ 0.547 opt AU
15 Ledge | ~1 Moz |
17 Ledge | ~1 Moz |
19 Ledge | ~3 Moz |
Private Surface Access Dakota Gold Minerals
Homestake Surface Option
SDSTA Minerals
21 Ledge | ~2 Moz | |||
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MAITLAND GOLD PROJECT
2,112 Private Mineral Acres & Contiguous to the Historic Homestake Mine
MAITLAND GOLD OPPORTUNITY
- Continuous iron formation host rock extending north from Homestake Mine
- Exploration focus for Homestake Mining Company's growth strategy in the 1990's
- Private land for drilling
- Completed Phase I of drill program (~ 90k ft). Phase II of directional drilling to halve the distance between holes commenced Q3 2023
- 131,960 feet drilled as of Feb 21, 2024
- JB Gold Zone Discovery at Maitland - Homestake Mine-Style Formation - proof of concept
- Unionville Zone Discovery at Maitland - Tertiary Epithermal Mineralization
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HISTORICAL HOMESTAKE MINE LEDGES
19 Ledge Projected Footprint with Dakota Gold Maitland Holes Plan view
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• Identified Homestake Mine-style gold mineralization at Maitland and discovered the JB Gold Zone
• Tertiary epithermal gold mineralization is over 4,000 feet in strike length and remains open to the north and south
• The large Tertiary structural zone extends from the surface to deep into the Precambrian basement
• 19 Ledge footprint used for scale of major mineralization in the Homestake Mine
• The Maitland Project is 1.4 miles north of the North Drift discovery and 3.4 miles north of the Homestake Mine Open Cut
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*See news releases dated Jan 17, 2024
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