Precious Metals-Focused Project Generator
Sphinx Resources Ltd. November 2016 Forward-Looking Statements
This corporate presentation may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and activities to vary materially from targeted results and planning. Such risks and uncertainties include those described in Sphinx’s periodic reports including the annual report or in the filings made by Sphinx from time to time with securities regulatory authorities.
The technical information contained in this presentation has been reviewed and approved by Normand Champigny, (ing., B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc.), President and CEO of Sphinx, qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
1 Sphinx Resources Ltd.
Summary
Project generator
Strategy & focus
Deals
Team
Ownership
Projects
Value drivers
2 Summary
TSX-V listed (ticker SFX) corporation headquartered and focused on Quebec Project generator business model key to maximizing long term shareholder value Team of proven mine finders in Quebec/Labrador: Éléonore and Rainy River (gold) Voisey’s Bay (nickel) Bracemac-McLeod (zinc-copper) Focus on precious metals All projects within proximity of existing or previous mines Actively identifying new projects
3 Project Generator
Social acceptability
Project generation Long-term Ground access shareholder value Deal flow with strategic partners Precious metals potential
High grade metamorphic terranes
4 Strategy & Focus
Maximize deal flow with strategic partners
Generate quality projects with: high-grade precious metals good social acceptability low cost exploration through a focus on drilling and leveraging strategic partnerships
Maintain a diverse portfolio with projects: in different high grade metamorphic terranes of different levels of advancement
Concentrate first on Quebec with potential expansion into other Canadian provinces
5 2014 to 2016 - 11 deals with reputable partners including:
Sirios Resources (50% joint venture) 2016 discover of the year in Quebec Cheechoo-Éléonore Trend: gold Soquem (50% option and joint venture) Quebec’s exploration agency, 50 years, 350 projects, 8 mines Calumet-Sud: zinc-lead-silver-gold, palladium-platinum-copper Les Ressources Tectonic (100% Sphinx) Chemin Troilus: gold-copper Gardin/Michel Gauthier (100% Sphinx) Green Palladium & Calumet-Sud: palladium-platinum-copper, zinc-lead-silver-gold Osisko Gold Royalties, RNCMinerals, Globex (100% Sphinx) Somanike: nickel-copper and platinum-group elements 6 Committed Ownership
Shares outstanding: 55 M
Fully diluted: 76 M
Management, Board & advisory committee: 19 %
Institutional funds: 28 %
70 shareholders: 84 % of shares
7 Team
Normand Champigny, M.A.Sc., ing. - President , Chief Executive Officer & Director 35 years of experience in exploration and management in Canada and internationally
John Hick, BA, LL.B. - Chairman of the Board More than 30 years of experience in the mining industry in management positions and as independent director
Kerry Sparkes, M.Sc. - Director 25 years of experience in the mining industry, exploration geologist and executive Key person involved in the exploration, delineation and development of both the Voisey’s Bay nickel and the Rainy River gold deposits Currently V.P. Geology for Franco-Nevada Corporation.
Michel Gauthier, Ph.D. – Director 44 years of experience Professor of mineral prospecting at l’Université du Québec in Montréal Co-baptized a gold prospect, named Éléonore, in the James Bay region
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François Biron, ing. - Director More than 40 years of experience in project evaluations and operations management Considerable experience with environmental issues and social acceptability of mining projects
Ingrid Martin, CPA, CA - Chief Financial Officer & Director 24 years of experience in finance and company acquisitions including several mining and exploration companies in Québec
Robin N. Adair, M.Sc. (géo., P. Geol.) - Advisory Committee 32 years of experience including 25 years with Noranda and Falconbridge Participated to the discovery of the Bracemac-McLeod zinc-copper mine
9 High Grade Metamorphic Terranes
10 Cheechoo-Éléonore Trend Project
50-50% joint venture with Sirios Resources (operator) Minimum of $ 500,000 by each party over the next 5 years Combination of deep gold expertise in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region Underexplored gold trend continuing from: Sirios’ Cheechoo gold discovery Éléonore gold mine (operated by Goldcorp) Exploration program: Till sampling survey along trend (completed) Identify gold anomalies and investigate in the field
11 12 Calumet-Sud & Green Palladium Projects - Summary
Calumet-Sud Green Palladium 100% owned, 50% option to SOQUEM 100% owned 2% NSR to Gardin 2% NSR to Gardin New electromagnetic anomalies, Obwondiag layered igneous complex 2 to 3 km from New Calumet Mine discovered Strong 300-metre long lead-zinc New and untested PGE reef with a anomaly potential extent of 11 km Trenches include 3% Zn over 10 m Presence of 4 kilometric scale target 6.9% Zn over 1 m zones within the complex Extension of SW portion of palladium 2 or possibly 3 potential horizons of mineralization of Green Palladium interest for PGE, open in all directions Ongoing program: ground gravimetric Ongoing program: soil survey and survey and prospecting prospecting
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14 Calumet-Sud & Green Palladium Projects- Geology
Calumet Mine 3.8 Mt @ 5.8% Zn, 1.6% Pb, 65 g/t Ag, 0.4 g/t Au Obwondiag layered igneous complex Located in the Pontiac Pd + Pt + Au Discovery 3.45 g/t Pd+Pt+Au / 0.40m, and Regional County Municipality 1.25 g/t Pd+Pt+Au / 1.50m. in southern Québec
Zinc Discovery Exploration and mining 5.4% Zn over 2 m friendly region Excellent infrastructure
Potential for: Magmatic PGE Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Carbonate-hosted zinc Gold-rich VMS
15 Calumet-Sud Project 25m-spaced Soil Survey & Trenching
Swamp
Swamp
Trenches area, southwest of elongated swamp zones which are conformable to rock unit trend Soil survey results Trench results (ppm zinc - green, lead - blue) (ppm zinc)
16 Palladium-copper Mineralization
Sample MB250414-01 3.2 g/t Pd, 3.2% Cu, 0.18% Ni, 84 ppb Pt, 143 ppb Au
17 Green Palladium Project Surface mineralization
Cloudy & disseminated chalcopyrite
Mingling textures pyroxenite in gabbro 60
18 19 Chemin Troilus Project Summary
Acquired from Les Ressources Tectonic, 32 km2 (100% owned)
Located 110 km north-northeast of Chibougamau, good road access
Within corridor containing former gold-copper Troilus mine (produced 2 million ounces of gold and 70,000 tonnes of copper)
2016 program just completed (till sampling to identify the bedrock source of mineralized boulders)
20 Gold-bearing boulder, sample 963314 : 1.57 g/t Au
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2321 Somanike Project Summary
Acquisition from Virginia/Royal Nickel/Globex, 47 km2 (100% owned)
Cooperation agreement with Abitibiwinni first nation/Pikogan
Includes former Marbridge mine: 0.7 Mt @ 2.3% Ni, 0.1% Cu
2015 drilling: 1.41% Ni, 0.05% Cu, 0.30 g/t Pd, 0.04 g/t Pt @ 0.5 m
2016 drill targets Depth and strike extension of Marbridge’s Mine 2 (4% Ni) Other areas: 10 conductors over 4 km of cumulative length
24 Somanike Project Exploration Potential
2014 airborne survey identified abundant and previously unknown ultramafic rocks Both “Raglan type” and “Kambalda type” Ni -Cu potential demonstrated by the recent nickel discovery by Sphinx in 2015. Marbridge Mine: high-grade nickel with strong potential for discoveries. Property = 51.5 km2
Marbridge Mine 702,366 tonnes of ore grading 2.28% Ni, 0.1% Cu
Sphinx discovery: 1.41 % Ni / 0.5 m Ledgend Ultramafic rocks
Marbridge Mine (past producer) Targeting
Drill-ready Ni–Cu–PGE targets Nickel showings - 2015 2014 VTEM anomalies 25 Somanike Project Former Marbridge Mine
No environmental legacy Strong community support and understanding of mining No agriculture over project area
Marbridge
Mine 1
Mine 2
First production Marbridge Mine, 1962
Past Producer
26 Somanike Project Marbridge Mine – 3D
High-grade Nickel sulphide mineralization with ultramafic rocks Extensive untested ultramafic rocks identified Limited lateral drilling Mine 2 Mine 3 Mine 4 Mine 1
200m Open Unexplored
400m Open
Composite Grades 2 - 10% Ni Grade map
1 - 2% Ni Looking South Looking southeast 27 Value drivers
Cheechoo-Éléonore Trend Chemin Troilus Project Analyze till sampling survey Analyze till sampling results results Identify source of boulders Identify gold anomalies, Define and test drill targets investigate in the field and define drill targets
Calumet-Sud/Green Palladium Somanike Project Analyze geochemical soil Identify project partner surveys and gravimetric survey Drill on selected targets in and results around Marbridge mine Drill palladium reef and zinc targets Continue to review project generation and acquisition opportunities 28 Sphinx Resources Ltd. 1000 De La Gauchetière, Suite 2100 Montreal, QC H3B 4W5 T: 1 514 979-4746