NI 43-101 Technical Report and Up-Date of the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Indin Lake Gold Property, Northwest Territories, Canada
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Val-d’Or (Québec) Effective Date: February 26, 2021 Signature Date: March 30, 2021 SIGNATURE PAGE – INNOVEXPLO NI 43-101 Technical Report and up-date of the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Indin Lake Gold Property, Northwest Territories, Canada Effective Date: February 26, 2021 (Original signed and sealed) Signed at Québec on March 30, 2021 Marina Iund, P.Geo., M.Sc. InnovExplo Inc. Québec (Québec) (Original signed and sealed) Signed at Val-d’Or on March 30, 2021 Carl Pelletier, P.Geo. InnovExplo Inc. Val-d’Or (Québec) (Original signed and sealed) Signed at Longueuil on March 30, 2021 Gustavo Durieux, P.Geo., M.A.Sc. InnovExplo Inc. Longueuil (Québec) NI 43-101 Technical Report and up-date of the Mineral Resource Estimate – Indin Lake – MARCH 2021 ii CERTIFICATE OF AUTHOR – MARINA IUND I, Marina Iund, P.Geo., M.Sc. (OGQ No. 1525, NAPEG No. L4431), do hereby certify that: 1. I am employed as Project Geologist by InnovExplo Inc. located at 725, Boul. Lebourgneuf, Suite 310-312, Québec, Québec, Canada, G2J 0C4. 2. This certificate applies to the report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report and up-date of the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Indin Lake Gold Property, Northwest Territories, Canada” (the “Technical Report”) with an effective date of February 26, 2021, and a signature date of March 30, 2021. The Technical Report was prepared for Nighthawk Gold Corp. (the “issuer”). 3. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in geology from Université de Besançon (Besançon, France) in 2008. In addition, I obtained a Master’s degree in Resources and Geodynamic from Université d’Orléans, as well as a DESS’s degree in Exploration and Management of Non-renewable Resources from Université du Québec à Montréal (Montréal, Québec) in 2010. 4. I am a member of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec (OGQ No. 1525), the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (PGO, No. 3123), and the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Professional Geoscientists (NAPEG licence No. L4431). 5. I have practiced my profession in mineral exploration, mine geology and resource geology for a total of 11 years since graduating from university. I acquired my expertise with Richmont Mines Inc. and Goldcorp. I have been a project geologist for InnovExplo Inc. since September 2018. 6. I have read the definition of a qualified person (“QP”) set out in Regulation 43-101/National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and certify that by reason of my education, affiliation with a professional association (as defined in NI 43-101) and past relevant work experience, I fulfill the requirements to be a QP for the purposes of NI 43-101. 7. I have not visited the property for the purpose of the Technical Report. 8. I am the principal author and responsible for items 4 to 6, 10,11 and 13 as well as co-author of and share responsibility for items 1 to 3, 9, 12, 14 and 25 to 27. 9. I am independent of the issuer applying all of the tests in section 1.5 of NI 43-101. 10. I have had prior involvement with the property that is the subject of the Technical Report. I was QP for the NI43-101 Technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Indin Lake Gold Property, Northwest Territories, Canada”(July 29, 2020). 11. I have read NI 43-101, and the items of the Technical Report for which I am responsible have been prepared in compliance with that instrument. 12. As of the effective date of the Technical Report, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the sections of the Technical Report for which I am responsible contain all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the Technical Report not misleading. Signed this 30th day of March 2021 in Québec, Québec, Canada. (Original signed and sealed) Marina Iund, P.Geo., M.Sc. InnovExplo Inc. [email protected] NI 43-101 Technical Report and up-date of the Mineral Resource Estimate – Indin Lake – MARCH 2021 iii CERTIFICATE OF AUTHOR – CARL PELLETIER I, Carl Pelletier, P.Geo. (OGQ No. 384, PGO No. 1713, EGBC No. 43167 and NAPEG No. L4160), do hereby certify that: 1. I am a professional geoscientist and Co-President Founder of InnovExplo Inc., located at 560, 3e Avenue, Val-d’Or, Québec, Canada, J9P 1S4. 2. This certificate applies to the report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report and up-date of the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Indin Lake Gold Property, Northwest Territories, Canada” (the “Technical Report”) with an effective date of February 26, 2021, and a signature date of March 30, 2021. The Technical Report was prepared for Nighthawk Gold Corp. (the “issuer”). 3. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology (B.Sc.) from Université du Québec à Montréal (Montréal, Québec) in 1992, and I initiated a Master's degree at the same university for which I completed the course program but not the thesis. 4. I am a member of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec (OGQ, No. 384), the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (PGO, No. 1713), the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC, No. 43167), the Northwest Territories Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG, No. L4160), and the Canadian Institute of Mines (CIM). 5. My relevant experience includes a total of 29 years since my graduation from university. My mining expertise has been acquired at the Silidor, Sleeping Giant, Bousquet II, Sigma-Lamaque and Beaufor mines. My exploration experience has been acquired with Cambior Inc. and McWatters Mining Inc. I have been a consulting geologist for InnovExplo Inc. since February 2004. 6. I have read the definition of a qualified person (“QP”) set out in Regulation 43-101/National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and certify that by reason of my education, affiliation with a professional association (as defined in NI 43-101) and past relevant work experience, I fulfill the requirements to be a QP for the purposes of NI 43-101. 7. I visited the property from September 11 to 14, 2018. 8. I am I am the co-author of and share responsibility for sections 1 to 3, 12, 14 and 25 to 27. 9. I am independent of the issuer applying all the tests in section 1.5 of NI 43-101. 10. I have had prior involvement with the property that is the subject of the Technical Report. I was QP for the NI43-101 Technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Indin Lake Gold Property, Northwest Territories, Canada”(July 29, 2020). 11. I have read NI 43-101, and the items of the Technical Report for which I am responsible have been prepared in compliance with that instrument. 12. As of the effective date of the Technical Report, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the sections of the Technical Report for which I am responsible contain all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the Technical Report not misleading. Signed this 30th day of March 2021 in Val-d’Or, Québec, Canada. (Original signed and sealed) Carl Pelletier, P.Geo. InnovExplo Inc. [email protected] NI 43-101 Technical Report and up-date of the Mineral Resource Estimate – Indin Lake – MARCH 2021 iv CERTIFICATE OF AUTHOR – GUSTAVO DURIEUX I, Gustavo Durieux, P.Geo. M.A.Sc., OGQ (No. 1148), NAPEG (No. L4221), do hereby certify that: 1. I am employed as Consulting Geologist by InnovExplo Inc. located at 859, Boulevard Jean-Paul Vincent, Suite 201, Longueuil, Québec, Canada, J4G 1R3. 2. This certificate applies to the report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report and up-date of the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Indin Lake Gold Property, Northwest Territories, Canada” (the “Technical Report”) with an effective date of February 26, 2021, and a signature date of March 30, 2021. The Technical Report was prepared for Nighthawk Gold Corp. (the “issuer”). 3. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in Geology from Université de Montréal (Montréal, Québec) in 1996 and a Master’s degree (M.A.Sc.) in Economic Geology from École Polytechnique (Montréal, Québec) in 2000. 4. I am a member of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec (OGQ No. 1148), and the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Professional Geoscientists (NAPEG licence No. L4221). 5. I have worked as geologist for a total of 24 years since graduating from university. My expertise was acquired while working as a geologist with exploration and advanced projects for Paramount Ventures and Finances Inc. (Salta, Argentina), Hecla Mining Company (La Libertad, Peru; Maricunga, Chile), Falconbridge Ltd (Raglan mine), Hecla Mining Company (El Callao, Venezuela), Aur Resources Inc.