Castle Mountain Project San Bernardino County, California, USA NI 43-101 Technical Report Report Effective Date: Report Authors 23 August 2017 Todd Wakefield SME-RM Don Tschabrun SME-RM Report Filing Date: 25 October 2017 MTS Project Number: 16106 CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFIED PERSON I, Todd Wakefield, SME-RM, am employed as a Principal Geologist with Mine Technical Services Ltd. in Reno, Nevada. This certificate applies to the technical report titled “Castle Mountain Project, San Bernardino County, California, USA, NI 43-101 Technical Report” dated 25 October 2017 (the “technical report”). I am a Registered Member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME), 4028798RM. I graduated from the University of Redlands with a Bachelors of Science degree in Geology in 1986 and the Colorado School of Mines with a Master of Science degree in Geology in 1989. I have practiced my profession for continuously since 1987. I have been directly involved in gold exploration and mining projects in the United States, and I have been involved in evaluating data quality for scoping, pre-feasibility, and feasibility level studies for properties in the United States. 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 visited the Castle Mountain Project on 13 to 16 December 2016. I am responsible for Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of the technical report. I am independent of NewCastle Gold Ltd. as independence is described by Section 1.5 of NI 43–101. I have been involved with the Castle Mountain Project since 2016 performing database validation, data quality evaluation, and geological review. I have read NI 43–101 and the sections of the technical report for which I am responsible have been prepared in compliance with that Instrument. 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 Mine Technical Services Ltd 4110 Twin Falls Drive, Reno, NV, 89511 www.minetechnicalservices.com scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make those sections of the technical report not misleading. Dated: 25 October 2017 “Signed and sealed” Todd Wakefield, SME-RM Mine Technical Services Ltd 4110 Twin Falls Drive, Reno, NV, 89511 www.minetechnicalservices.com CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFIED PERSON I, Don Tschabrun, SME Registered Member, am employed as an Associate Principal Mining Engineer with Mine Technical Services Ltd of Reno Nevada. This certificate applies to the technical report titled “Mineral Resource for the Castle Mountain Project, San Bernardino County, California, USA, NI 43-101 Technical Report” with an Effective Date of August 23, 2017 (the “Technical Report”). I am a Registered Member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME). I graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Engineering (1976). I also hold a Master of Science degree in Mineral Economics (1981) from the Colorado School of Mines. I have practiced my profession continuously for 40+ years since 1976. I have been directly involved in the evaluation and operation of precious metal, base metal and industrial mineral mining projects in North and South America, Australia, Asia Pacific and Russia. As a result of my experience and qualifications, I am a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43-101). I visited the Castle Mountain Project on December 13 to 16, 2016. I am responsible for the preparation of Section 14 of this Technical Report and corresponding sections of the Summary, Interpretation and Conclusions, and Recommendations that are related to the mineral resource estimate. I am independent of the issuer applying all of the tests in section 1.5 of NI 43-101. I have not had prior involvement with the Castle Mountain Project that is the subject of the Technical Report. I have read NI 43-101 and Form 43-101F1 and the sections of the Technical Report I am responsible for have been prepared in compliance with that instrument and form. As of the aforementioned Effective Date, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the sections of the Technical Report I am responsible for contains all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the Technical Report not misleading. Dated: 25 October 2017 Signed and sealed Don Tschabrun, SME RM (#04029733) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Mine Technical Services Ltd 4110 Twin Falls Drive, Reno, NV 89511 www.minetechnicalservices.com IMPORTANT NOTICE This report was prepared as a National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report for NewCastle Gold Ltd. (NewCastle) by Mine Technical Services Ltd. (MTS). The quality of information, conclusions, and estimates contained herein is consistent with the level of effort involved in MTS’ services, based on: i) information available at the time of preparation, ii) data supplied by outside sources, and iii) the assumptions, conditions, and qualifications set forth in this report. This report is intended for use by NewCastle subject to the terms and conditions of its contract with MTS. This contract permits NewCastle to file this report as a Technical Report with Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities pursuant to National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Except for the purposes legislated under provincial securities laws, any other use of this report by any third party is at that party’s sole risk. The responsibility for this disclosure remains with NewCastle. The user of this document should ensure that this is the most recent Technical Report for the property as it is not valid if a new Technical Report has been issued. NewCastle Gold Ltd. Castle Mountain Project, San Bernardino County, California, USA NI 43-101 Technical Report C ONTENTS 1.0 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Property Description and Location .................................................................................. 1-1 1.3 Ownership........................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.4 Climate and Physiography............................................................................................... 1-1 1.5 Project History ................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.6 Geological Setting and Mineralization ............................................................................. 1-2 1.7 Exploration and Drilling .................................................................................................... 1-3 1.8 Sampling and Verification ................................................................................................ 1-3 1.9 Mineral Resource Estimate ............................................................................................. 1-4 1.10 Environmental Studies and Permitting ............................................................................ 1-4 1.11 Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 1-6 1.12 Recommended Work Program ........................................................................................ 1-6 2.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Source of Information ...................................................................................................... 2-1 2.3 Qualified Persons ............................................................................................................ 2-1 2.4 Field Involvement of Qualified Persons ........................................................................... 2-1 2.5 Previous Technical Reports............................................................................................. 2-2 2.6 Terms of Reference ......................................................................................................... 2-2 2.7 Units of Measure ............................................................................................................. 2-3 2.7.1 Common Units .................................................................................................... 2-3 2.7.2 Abbreviations ...................................................................................................... 2-4 3.0 RELIANCE ON OTHER EXPERTS .............................................................................................. 3-1 4.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ............................................................................ 4-1 4.1 Location ..........................................................................................................................