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Magma Metals Limited Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project Ontario, Canada NI 43 101 T H I L R T P Li I a T NI 43-101 Technical Magma Metals Limited Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project Ontario, Canada NI 43-101 ThilTechnical RtPliiAReport on Preliminary Assessmen t Prepared for: Magma Metals Limited Prepared by: David G. Thomas, P.Geo., M.AusIMM Jay Melnyk, P.Eng. Dr. Lynton Gormely, P.Eng. Stella Searston, M.AusIMM, M.AIG Greg Kulla, P.Geo Project No . 164115 Effective Date: 17 March 2011 CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFIED PERSON David G. Thomas, P. Geo. AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3030 Fax (604) 664-3057 [email protected] I, David G. Thomas, P.Geo., am employed as a Principal Geologist with AMEC Americas Ltd. This certificate applies to the technical report entitled “Magma Metals Limited, Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project, Ontario, Canada, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Preliminary Assessment” (the “Technical Report”), dated 17 March 2011. I am a Professional Geologist registered in British Columbia (P.Geo NRL # 149114) and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM # 225250). I graduated in 1993 from Durham University, in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science degree and in 1995 from Imperial College, University of London, in the United Kingdom with a Master of Science degree. I have practiced my profession for over 15 years. In that time I have been directly involved in review of exploration, geological models, exploration data, sampling, sample preparation, quality assurance-quality control, databases, and mineral resource estimates for a variety of mineral deposits. As a result of my experience and qualifications, I am a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43–101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43–101). I have not visited the Thunder Bay Polymetallic Project (the “Project”). I am responsible for Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 17 of the Technical Report, and those portions of the Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations that pertain to that section. I am independent of Magma Metals Limited as independence is described by Section 1.4 of NI 43– 101. I have previously been a co-author of a technical report on the Project, entitled: Kulla, G., Thomas, D.G., Gormely, L, Eggleston, T., and Searston, S., 2010: Magma Metals Limited, Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project, Ontario, Canada, NI 43-101 Technical Report: unpublished technical report prepared by AMEC Americas Ltd for Magma Metals Ltd, effective date 6 October 2010 AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3030 Fax (604) 664-3057 www.amec.com I have read NI 43–101 and this report has been prepared in compliance with that Instrument. As of the date of this certificate, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the technical report contains all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the technical report not misleading. “Signed and sealed” David G. Thomas P.Geo Dated: 23 March 2011 AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3030 Fax (604) 664-3057 www.amec.com CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFIED PERSON Jay Melnyk, P.Eng. AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3030 Fax (604) 664-3057 [email protected] I, Jay Melnyk, P.Eng, am employed as a Principal Mining Engineer with AMEC Americas Ltd. This certificate applies to the technical report entitled “Magma Metals Limited, Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project, Ontario, Canada, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Preliminary Assessment” (the “Technical Report”), dated 17 March 2011. I am a Professional Engineer in the province of British Columbia (P.Eng #25975). I graduated from the Montana Tech of the University of Montana with a Bachelor of Mining Engineering degree in 1988, and from the British Columbia Institute of Technology with a Diploma in Mining Technology in 1984. I have practiced my profession for 22 years. I have been directly involved in open pit mining operations, and design of open pit mining operations in Indonesia, Canada, the United States, Chile, Peru and Mexico. As a result of my experience and qualifications, I am a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43–101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43–101). I have not visited the Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project (the “Project”). I am responsible for Section 19 of the Technical Report and those portions of the Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations that pertain to that section. I am independent of Magma Metals Limited as independence is described by Section 1.4 of NI 43– 101. I have been involved with the Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project since August 2010, during preparation of a Preliminary Assessment and this Technical Report. I have read NI 43–101 and this report has been prepared in compliance with that Instrument. AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3030 Fax (604) 664-3057 www.amec.com As of the date of this certificate, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the technical report contains all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the technical report not misleading. “Signed and sealed” Jay Melnyk, P.Eng. Dated: 23 March 2011 AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3030 Fax (604) 664-3057 www.amec.com CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFIED PERSON Lynton Gormely, Ph.D., P.Eng. AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3312 Fax (604) 669-9516 [email protected] I, Lynton Gormely, Ph.D., P.Eng., am employed as a Principal Process Engineer with AMEC Americas Ltd. This certificate applies to the technical report entitled “Magma Metals Limited, Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project, Ontario, Canada, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Preliminary Assessment” (the “Technical Report”), dated 17 March 2011. I am a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, registration number 10005. I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in 1968, and from the University of British Columbia with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1973. I have practiced my profession for 39 years. My experience includes SX-EW recovery of copper, cobalt, and nickel; nickel, copper and gold pressure oxidation; and a variety of innovative process investigations on projects located in North and South America, South Africa, Australia, Mongolia and the Asia-Pacific region. As a result of my experience and qualifications, I am a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43–101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43–101). I have not visited the Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project (the “Project”). I am responsible for Section 16 and those portions of the Recommendations, Summary and Conclusions that are based on that section of the Technical Report. I am independent of Magma Metals Limited as independence is described by Section 1.4 of NI 43– 101. I have previously been a co-author of a technical report on the Project, entitled: Kulla, G., Thomas, D.G., Gormely, L, Eggleston, T., and Searston, S., 2010: Magma Metals Limited, Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project, Ontario, Canada, NI 43-101 Technical Report: unpublished technical report prepared by AMEC Americas Ltd for Magma Metals Ltd, effective date 6 October 2010 AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3030 Fax (604) 664-3057 www.amec.com I have read NI 43–101 and this report has been prepared in compliance with that Instrument. As of the date of this certificate, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the technical report contains all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the technical report not misleading. “Signed and sealed” Dr. Lynton Gormely. P.Eng. Dated: 23 March 2011 AMEC Americas Limited 111 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 400 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5W3 Tel (604) 664-3030 Fax (604) 664-3057 www.amec.com CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFIED PERSON Stella Searston AMEC E&C Services Inc. 780 Vista Boulevard Sparks, NV, 89434 Tel (775) 331 2375 Fax (775) 331 4153. [email protected] I, Stella Searston, MAusIMM, M.AIG am employed as a Principal Geologist with AMEC E&C Services Inc. This certificate applies to the technical report entitled Magma Metals Limited, Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project, Ontario, Canada, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Preliminary Assessment” (the “Technical Report”), dated 17 March 2011. I am member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (#111778) and a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (#2406). I graduated from James Cook University, Australia, in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree and from the University of Tasmania, Australia in 1999 with a Master of Economic Geology degree. I have practiced professionally for 23 years. In that time I have been directly involved in exploration for and review of, geological, mineralization, exploration and drilling data, geological models, sampling, sample preparation, assaying and other resource-estimation related analyses, quality assurance-quality control databases, and resource estimates, in Australia, Southern Africa, the Pacific and North America. As a result of my experience and qualifications, I am a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43–101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43–101). I have not visited the Thunder Bay North Polymetallic Project (the “Project”). I am responsible for Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 23 of the Technical Report.
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