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Final Prodigy Gold Incorporated: Mineral Resource Estimate Update, Magino Gold Project, Ste. Sault Marie Mining District, Ontario Project No. V1111 NI 43-101 Technical Report 2 November 2011 Office Locations IMPORTANT NOTICE Perth This report was prepared as a National Instrument 43-101 Technical 87 Colin St, West Perth WA 6005 Report, in accordance with Form 43-101F1, for Prodigy Gold Incorporated AUSTRALIA by Snowden. The quality of information, conclusions, and estimates PO Box 77, West Perth WA 6872 contained herein is consistent with the level of effort involved in Snowden’s AUSTRALIA services, based on: i) information available at the time of preparation, ii) Tel: +61 8 9213 9213 data supplied by outside sources, and iii) the assumptions, conditions, and Fax: +61 8 9322 2576 qualifications set forth in this report. 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Sault Marie Mining District, Ontario NI 43-101 Technical Report 1 Summary ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.1 Geology and Mineralization ...................................................................................... 8 1.2 Mineral Resource Estimate ...................................................................................... 9 1.3 Recommendations ................................................................................................. 11 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 12 3 Reliance on other experts .................................................................................................. 13 4 Property description and location .......................................................................................14 4.1 Location ................................................................................................................. 14 4.2 Status of mining titles ............................................................................................. 14 4.3 Environmental matters ........................................................................................... 17 5 Accessibility, climate, local resources, infrastructure and physiography ............................. 19 5.1 Accessibility ........................................................................................................... 19 5.2 Climate ................................................................................................................... 19 5.3 Local resources ...................................................................................................... 19 5.4 Physiography ......................................................................................................... 19 6 History ............................................................................................................................... 21 6.1 Prior to 1940s ......................................................................................................... 21 6.2 1972 to 1996 McNellen Resources and Muscocho Explorations ............................ 22 6.2.1 Comments on drilling and core sampling ................................................ 26 6.2.2 Comments on analytical laboratory ........................................................ 26 6.3 1996 – 2010 Golden Goose ................................................................................... 26 6.3.1 1996....................................................................................................... 26 6.3.2 1997....................................................................................................... 26 6.3.3 1998-1999.............................................................................................. 28 6.3.4 2000....................................................................................................... 29 6.3.5 2001....................................................................................................... 30 6.3.6 2002....................................................................................................... 30 6.3.7 2004....................................................................................................... 30 6.3.8 2006....................................................................................................... 31 6.3.9 2007....................................................................................................... 32 6.3.10 2008....................................................................................................... 32 6.3.11 2009....................................................................................................... 33 6.3.12 2010....................................................................................................... 33 6.3.13 Summary ................................................................................................ 34 7 Geological setting and mineralization ................................................................................ 39 7.1 The Archean Superior Province ............................................................................. 39 7.2 The Wawa Sub-province ........................................................................................ 39 . 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Sault Marie Mining District, Ontario NI 43-101 Technical Report 7.3 The Michipicoten greenstone belt ........................................................................... 41 7.4 The geology of the Magino mine area .................................................................... 43 7.5 Gold mineralization ................................................................................................ 45 7.6 Structures associated with gold mineralization ....................................................... 47 7.7 Current view on mineralization controls and identification of ore zones .................. 48 8 Deposit types ..................................................................................................................... 50 9 Exploration ........................................................................................................................ 53 10 Drilling ............................................................................................................................... 54 10.1 Prodigy drilling ....................................................................................................... 54 10.1.1 Type and extent ..................................................................................... 54 10.1.2 Procedures followed ...............................................................................54 10.1.3 Relevant results ..................................................................................... 55 10.1.4 Factors that could materially impact the accuracy and reliability of the results .............................................................................................. 71 10.1.5 Drill plan ................................................................................................. 71 10.1.6 Examples of drill sections ......................................................................