PACTON GOLD INC.

200 Burrard Street, Suite 1680

Vancouver, BC, V6C 3L6

Tel : 604.678.5308 Fax : 604.357.1704

Toll Free: 1.855.678.5308

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 6, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2022 annual general meeting (the "Meeting") of the shareholders of Pacton Gold Inc. (the "Company") will be held at Suite 1680, 200 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3L6, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) for the following purposes:

  1. To receive the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended November 30, 2021, and the report of the auditor thereon.
  2. To set the number of directors for the ensuing year at six.
  3. To elect directors for the ensuing year.
  4. To appoint the auditor of the Company for the ensuing year and to authorize the directors to fix the remuneration to be paid to the auditor.
  5. To consider and, if thought fit, pass an ordinary resolution ratifying and confirming the Company's stock option plan, as more particularly described in the Company's management information circular dated November 1, 2022, accompanying this Notice of Meeting (the "Information Circular").
  6. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments thereof.

This Notice is accompanied by the Information Circular and either a form of proxy for registered shareholders or a voting instruction form for beneficial shareholders. Shareholders are requested to read the Information Circular and, if unable to attend the Meeting in person, complete, date, sign and return the proxy or voting instruction form, as applicable, so that as large a representation as possible may be had at the Meeting.

The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on November 1, 2022, as the record date, being the date for the determination of the registered holders of common shares entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and any adjournment thereof. The Board of Directors has also fixed 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) on December 2, 2022, or no later than 48 hours before the time of any adjourned Meeting (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays), as the time before which proxies to be used or acted upon at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof shall be deposited with the Company's registrar and transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, as of the 1st day of November, 2022.

PACTON GOLD INC.

By: "Nav Dhaliwal"

Interim Chief Executive Officer

PACTON GOLD INC.

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

The information contained in this Information Circular, unless otherwise indicated, is as of November 1, 2022.

This Information Circular is in respect of the annual general meeting (the "Meeting") of the shareholders of Pacton Gold Inc. (the "Company") to be held on December 6, 2022, at the time and place set out in the accompanying Notice of Meeting. This Information Circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by management of the Company for use at the Meeting and any adjournment of the Meeting. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has fixed the close of business on November 1, 2022, as the record date (the "Record Date"), being the date for the determination of the registered holders of common shares entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and any adjournment thereof.

PART 1 - PROXY INSTRUCTIONS

MANAGEMENT SOLICITATION AND APPOINTMENT OF PROXIES

The persons named in the form of proxy are nominees of the Company's management. A shareholder has the right to appoint a person (who need not be a shareholder) to act for and on the shareholder's behalf at the Meeting other than the persons designated as proxyholders in the form of proxy. To exercise this right, the shareholder must either:

  1. on the form of proxy, strike out the printed names of the individuals specified as proxyholders and insert the name of the shareholder's nominee in the blank space provided; or
  2. complete another proper form of proxy.

To be valid, a proxy must be dated and signed by the shareholder or by the shareholder's attorney authorized in writing. In the case of a corporation, the proxy must be signed by a duly authorized officer of or attorney for the corporation.

The completed proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which the proxy was signed or a notarially certified copy of the power of attorney or other authority, must be delivered to Computershare Investor Services Inc. ("Computershare"), Suite 301 - 100 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 4H1; fax within North America: 1-866-249-7775; fax outside North America: 416-263-9524, not less than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before the time for holding the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Computershare also offers voting via the internet. Instructions for internet voting can be found on the enclosed form of proxy or voting instruction form.

REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES

A shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it at any time before the proxy is exercised:

  1. by an instrument in writing that is:
    1. signed by the shareholder, the shareholder's attorney authorized in writing or, where the shareholder is a corporation, a duly authorized officer or attorney of the corporation; and
    2. delivered to Computershare at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting, or delivered to the Chairperson of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting before any vote on a matter in respect of which the proxy is to be used has been taken; or
  2. in any other manner provided by law.

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EXERCISE OF DISCRETION BY PROXYHOLDERS

A shareholder may indicate the manner in which the persons named in the form of proxy are to vote with respect to a matter to be acted upon at the Meeting by marking the appropriate space. If the instructions as to voting indicated in the proxy are certain, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted or withheld from voting on any ballot that may be called for in accordance with the instructions given in the proxy.

If the shareholder specifies a choice in the proxy with respect to a matter to be acted upon, then the shares represented will be voted or withheld from the vote on that matter accordingly. If no choice is specified in the proxy with respect to a matter to be acted upon, the proxy confers discretionary authority with respect to that matter upon the proxyholder named in the form of proxy. It is intended that the proxyholder named by management in the form of proxy will vote the shares represented by the proxy in favour of each matter identified in the proxy and for the nominees of the Company for directors and auditor.

The form of proxy also confers discretionary authority upon the named proxyholder with respect to amendments or variations to the matters identified in the Notice of Meeting and with respect to any other matters which may properly come before the Meeting. As of the date of this Information Circular, management of the Company is not aware of any such amendments or variations, or any other matters that will be presented for action at the Meeting other than those set out herein and referred to in the Notice of Meeting. If, however, other matters that are not now known to management properly come before the Meeting, then the persons named in the form of proxy intend to vote on them in accordance with their best judgment.

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

It is expected that solicitations of proxies will be made primarily by mail and possibly supplemented by telephone or other personal contact by directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company without special compensation. The Company will not reimburse shareholders' nominees or agents (including brokers holding shares on behalf of clients) for the costs incurred in obtaining authorization to execute forms of proxy from their principals. The cost of solicitation will be borne by the Company.

ADVICE TO BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS

ONLY REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS OR DULY APPOINTED PROXYHOLDERS ARE PERMITTED TO VOTE AT THE MEETING. SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT HOLD THEIR SHARES IN THEIR OWN NAME (REFERRED TO AS "NON-REGISTEREDSHAREHOLDERS") ARE ADVISED THAT ONLY PROXIES FROM SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD CAN BE RECOGNIZED AND VOTED AT THE MEETING. Non- Registered Shareholders who complete and return an instrument of proxy or voting instruction form must indicate thereon the person (usually a brokerage house) who holds their shares as a registered shareholder.

If securities are listed in an account statement provided to a shareholder by a broker, then in almost all cases those securities will not be registered in such shareholder's name on the records of the Company and will more likely be registered under the name of the shareholder's broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada, the vast majority of such securities are registered under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc., which company acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms). Securities held by brokers or their nominees can only be voted (for or against resolutions) upon the instructions of the beneficial shareholder. Without specific instructions, brokers/nominees are prohibited from voting securities for their clients.

If you are a Non-Registered Shareholder and Computershare has sent Meeting materials directly to you, your name and address and information about your shareholdings have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the intermediary holding on your behalf. Such shareholders can expect to receive a scannable voting instruction form ("VIF") with this Meeting material. The VIF is to be completed and returned to Computershare in the envelope provided or by facsimile. In addition, Computershare provides both telephone voting and internet voting as described in the VIF. Computershare will tabulate the results of the VIFs received from beneficial shareholders and will provide appropriate instructions at the Meeting with respect to the shares represented by the VIFs they receive. A NON-REGISTERED SHAREHOLDER RECEIVING A VIF CANNOT USE THAT VIF TO VOTE SECURITIES DIRECTLY AT THE MEETING. THE VIF MUST BE RETURNED TO COMPUTERSHARE WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SHARES VOTED.

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Non-Registered Shareholders who have objected to their broker/nominee disclosing ownership information about themselves to the Company are referred to as objecting beneficial owners ("OBOs"). In accordance with securities regulatory policy, we will have distributed copies of the required Meeting materials to the brokers/nominees for onward distribution to OBOs. THE COMPANY DOES NOT INTEND TO PAY FOR A BROKER/NOMINEE TO DELIVER MEETING MATERIALS TO OBOS. THEREFORE, AN OBO WILL NOT RECEIVE THE MATERIALS UNLESS THE OBO'S BROKER/NOMINEE ASSUMES THE COSTS OF DELIVERY. Brokers/nominees are required to forward the Meeting materials to each OBO unless the OBO has waived the right to receive them. Every broker/nominee has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions, which should be carefully followed by OBOs in order to ensure that their securities are voted at the Meeting. Often the form of proxy supplied to a beneficial shareholder by its broker is identical to the form of proxy provided by the Company to the registered shareholders; however, its purpose is limited to instructing the registered shareholder how to vote on behalf of the beneficial shareholder.

Should a Non-Registered Shareholder receiving a form of proxy or VIF wish to vote at the Meeting, the Non- Registered Shareholder should strike out the names of the management proxyholders named in the form and insert the Non-Registered Shareholder's name in the blank provided and return the materials to the broker or Computershare as directed and well before the Meeting date.

UNITED STATES SHAREHOLDERS

This solicitation of proxies involves securities of a corporation incorporated in Canada and is being affected in accordance with the corporate laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada and securities laws of the provinces of Canada. The proxy solicitation rules under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are not applicable to the Company or this solicitation. Shareholders should be aware that disclosure and proxy solicitation requirements under the securities laws of the provinces of Canada differ from the disclosure and proxy solicitation requirements under United States securities laws. The enforcement by shareholders of civil liabilities under United States federal securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that the Company is incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), some of its directors and its executive officers are residents of Canada and a significant portion of its assets and the assets of such persons are located outside the United States. Shareholders may not have standing to bring a claim against a foreign corporation or its officers or directors in a foreign court for violations of United States federal securities laws. It may be difficult to compel a foreign corporation and its officers and directors to subject themselves to a judgment by a United States court.

PART 2 - VOTING SHARES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF

The Company has only one class of shares entitled to be voted at the Meeting, namely, common shares without par value (each a "Share"). All issued Shares are entitled to be voted at the Meeting and each has one vote. As of November 1, 2022, there were 54,482,310 Shares issued and outstanding.

Only shareholders of record on November 1, 2022, will be entitled to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

To the knowledge of the directors and executive officers of the Company, no person beneficially owns, or exercises control or direction, directly or indirectly, over Shares carrying 10% or more of the voting rights attached to all outstanding Shares of the Company which have the right to vote in all circumstances.

PART 3 - THE BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended November 30, 2021, will be placed before shareholders at the Meeting. These financial statements and management`s discussion and analysis are also available for review on SEDAR. See Part 8 "OTHER INFORMATION - Additional Information" below.

SETTING NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

Management proposes to nominate the persons named under the heading "Election for Directors" below for election as directors of the Company. Each director elected will hold office until the next annual general meeting or until his

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or her successor is duly elected or appointed, unless his or her office is earlier vacated in accordance with the Articles of the Company or he or share becomes disqualified to act as a director.

It is proposed to set the number of directors at six. This requires the approval of the shareholders of the Company by an ordinary resolution, which approval will be sought at the Meeting.

Unless the shareholder directs that his or her Shares be otherwise voted or withheld from voting in connection with the setting of the number of directors, the persons named in the enclosed Proxy will vote FOR the number of directors of the Company to be set at six.

ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS

The Board presently consists of six directors. At the Meeting, it is proposed to maintain the number of directors elected at six, to hold office until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are duly elected or appointed.

Unless the shareholder directs that his or her Shares be otherwise voted or withheld from voting in connection with the election of directors, the persons named in the enclosed Proxy will vote FOR the election of the six nominees whose names are set forth below. Management does not contemplate that any of the following nominees will be unable to serve as a director but if that should occur for any reason prior to the Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed Proxy shall have the right to vote for another nominee in their discretion.

The following table and notes thereto state the names, provinces and countries of residence of all persons proposed to be nominated for election as directors, the date on which each of them first became a director of the Company, all positions and offices with the Company held by each of them, the principal occupation or employment of each of them, and the number of Shares beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by each of them. The biographical information set out below as to principal occupation of, and number of Shares owned by, each of the nominees, not being within the knowledge of the Company, has been furnished by the nominees.

Name, Province/State and

Shares

Country of Residence and

Present Principal Occupation(1)(2)

Director Since

Owned

Position with Company

Nav Dhaliwal

Interim President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO")

December 1,

324,939(3)

British Columbia, Canada

of the Company; President of RSD Capital Corp.;

2020

Interim President, Interim Chief

director of Mason Graphite Inc.

Executive Officer, and Director

R. Dale Ginn(4)

Executive Chairman and director of the Company;

October 25,

496,589(5)

Ontario, Canada

President and CEO of Copper Ridge Exploration Inc.;

2018

Executive Chairman and

Managing Director of Aston Minerals Ltd; Non-

Director

Executive Director of Raiden Resources Limited

Alec Pismiris

Director of the Company; director and Company

August 22, 2018

Nil

Western Australia, Australia

Secretary of Agrimin Limited; director of Bubulus

Director

Resources Limited; director and Company Secretary of

Sunshine Gold Limited; director of The Market Herald

Limited

Richard Boulay, B.Sc.(4)

Consulting geologist; director of the Company

January 5, 2016

171,333

Alberta, Canada

Director

Peter Caldbick(4)

Consulting Geologist; director of the Company

March 16, 2017

Nil

Ontario, Canada

Director

Karly Oliver

Vice President, Exploration and director of the

December 15,

9,200

British Columbia, Canada

Company; Professional Geoscientist and GIS Specialist;

2020

Vice President, Exploration and

Consulting Geologist

Director

  1. Information as to principal occupation, not being within the knowledge of the Company, has been furnished by the respective directors individually.
  2. Unless otherwise stated above, any nominee named above not elected at the last annual general meeting has held the principal occupation or employment indicated for at least five years.
  3. 314,939 Shares held by Mastodon Geological Services Inc., a private company of which Mr. Dhaliwal is an owner; 10,000 Shares held by RSD Capital Corp., a private company wholly owned by Mr. Dhaliwal.
  4. Member of the Audit Committee.

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