Gold Standard Ventures

Gold Standard Ventures — Investor Presentation (March 2021)

22 slides from Gold Standard Ventures's investor presentation, March 2021

  1. Slide 1: Corporate Presentation

    Corporate Presentation March 2021

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Note

    Cautionary Note TERMS OF USE AND DISCLAIMER - This presentation is being provided for the sole purpose of providing the recipients with background information about Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (“Gold Standard”). Market data and certain industry forecasts in this presentation were obtained from mark

  3. Slide 3: Why Gold Standard Ventures ("GSV")?

    Why Gold Standard Ventures (“GSV”)?  ‘Tier 1’ Jurisdiction  Nevada ranked as the #1 jurisdiction in the world for mining (1)  Operations on the Carlin Trend have produced +85Moz of gold (2)  Large, Prospective Land Position  +20,000 ha land package on the Carlin Trend (2nd largest land holder o

  4. Slide 4: Corporate Overview

    Corporate Overview Top 10 Institutional Shareholders % of Shares Outstanding Holdings by Investor Class Sun Valley Gold 9.8% (1) FCMI Financial 9.7% Orion Mine Finance 8.0% 47% Fidelity Management & Research 7.1% 53% Van Eck Associates 5.7% Newmont Corp 5.6% CI Investments 5.4% Institutional / Insid

  5. Slide 5: Nevada Carlin Trend

    Nevada Carlin Trend N  Carlin Trend hosts numerous gold projects with reported Mineral Resources Carlin Complex 21Moz P&P Reserves  Gold production from operations on the Carlin Trend has recently averaged over 1.5Moz per annum (1)  Majority of land holdings on the trend are controlled by the Bar

  6. Slide 6: GSV Land Package

    GSV Land Package N EMIGRANT / RAIN NORTH BULLION Sulphide mineralization POD / SWEET HOLLOW 90koz Ind Resources 47koz Inf Resources DARK STAR PINION 883koz P&P Reserves RAILROAD-PINION 364koz P&P Reserves 921koz M&I Resources 544koz M&I Resources 56koz Inf Resources 224koz Inf Resources PoO AOI JASP

  7. Slide 7: Numerous Prospective Oxide Deposits

    Numerous Prospective Oxide Deposits 1. Mineral Reserves Pinion Mine Plan Ongoing drilling intended to expand defined Mineral Reserves for inclusion in Feasibility Study Dark Star Update Feasibility Study Focus Jasperoid Wash 2. Mineral Resources Resource Defined Mineral Resources; continued explorat

  8. Slide 8: SRP Pre-Feasibility Study Summary

    SRP Pre-Feasibility Study Summary SRP Pre-Feasibility Study Stats +8 years Mine Life at an average grade of 0.82 g Au/t 923koz LOM Gold Production; 146koz/yr first 5 years AISC of $707/oz over LOM Initial Capex: $133M | Expansion Capex: $65M $1,400/oz Au $1,600/oz Au After-Tax NPV (5%) After-Tax NPV

  9. Slide 9: Feasibility Study Additions / Optimizations

    Feasibility Study Additions / Optimizations In-Fill Drilling at Pinion  Tighter drill spacing at Pinion intended to convert Inferred Resources to Measured & Indicated Resources for inclusion in Feasibility Study  Goal of program to add +300,000 ounces of contained gold to Mineral Reserves to be in

  10. Slide 10: Pinion Phase 4 Drilling

    Pinion Phase 4 Drilling Pinion Phase 1 N Pit Outline Pinion Phases 2 & 3 Pit Outline 25.9m at 3.66 g Au/t from 91.5m (PR20-60) Pinion Phase 4 77.7m at 2.24 g Au/t Drilling Program from 187.5m (PR20-26) Select H2 2020 Drillholes Pinion Phase 4 Resource Pit 42.7m at 0.92 g Au/t Outline ($1,500 Au) fro

  11. Slide 11: SRP: Nevada Permitting

    SRP: Nevada Permitting Current Baseline/Technical Studies 2020 to 2021 Plan of Operations Public Scoping Period & Draft EIS Development Final EIS Development Complete Meetings Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Record of Decision Submit Plan of Hire 3rd Party Public Draft EIS, Operations NEPA Contractor, Comment Perio

  12. Slide 12: 2021 Catalysts

    2021 Catalysts  New Leadership Team: Reconstitution of management for next phase of development  Advance Permitting: PoO deemed complete by BLM; entering EIS process  Increase Capital Markets Presence: Additional research coverage, broker support 2020 Drill Assays: Assays pending on Dark Star, Pi

  13. Slide 13: Value Proposition

    Value Proposition 91 91 85 85 86 85 76 78 78 69 69 67 60 (1) 36 0.85x 0.75x 0.62x 0.63x 0.57x 0.48x 0.48x 0.49x 0.50x 0.43x 0.43x 0.44x 0.44x 0.35x Bluestone Gold Orezone Integra Battle Liberty Corvus Osisko Ascot Sabina Belo Sun Skeena Marathon Orla Mining Standard Resources North Gold Mining Gold

  14. Slide 14: Appendix

    ESI Cold'Standard APPENDIX

  15. Slide 15: Supplemental SRP Oxide Targets

    Supplemental SRP Oxide Targets POD / Sweet Hollow (3. Advanced Exploration Target) N  In-fill & step out drilling to expand oxide resource Jasperoid Wash (3. Advanced Exploration Target)  Existing near-surface oxide resource POD /  Step-out drilling to expand oxide resource and test new targets S

  16. Slide 16: Lewis Project

    Lewis Project Lewis Project has strategic value  21.6 km2 on the Battle Mountain – Eureka mineral trend  Adjacent to Nevada Gold Mines Phoenix Mine Inferred Resource estimate for Virgin Deposit  7.74 million tonnes  206koz Au @ 0.83 g Au/t  3.5Moz Ag @ 14.22 g Ag/t  Shallow Au and Ag mineraliz

  17. Slide 17: Strong Management & Board

    Strong Management & Board Management Jason Attew +25 years of financial and corporate experience. CFO of Goldcorp through the merger with Newmont. President, CEO, Director Extensive capital markets experience in investment banking at BMO Capital Markets. +35 years of operational experience. Most rec

  18. Slide 18: Railroad-Pinion Mineral Reserves

    Railroad-Pinion Mineral Reserves Tonnes Gold Silver Gold Silver ‘000 g Au/t g Ag/t koz koz Proven Mineral Reserves Dark Star 5,430 1.39 243 Pinion 1,073 0.66 5.52 23 191 Total 6,503 1.27 266 191 Probable Mineral Reserves Dark Star 23,881 0.83 640 Pinion 16,814 0.63 4.65 341 2,515 Total 40,695 0.75 9

  19. Slide 19: Railroad-Pinion M&I Mineral Resources

    Railroad-Pinion M&I Mineral Resources Tonnes Gold Silver Gold Silver ‘000 g Au/t g Ag/t koz koz Measured Mineral Resources Dark Star 5,857 1.31 246 Pinion 1,304 0.64 5.15 27 216 Total 7,161 1.19 273 216 Indicated Mineral Resources Dark Star 26,860 0.78 675 Pinion 27,621 0.58 4.18 517 3,713 North Bul

  20. Slide 20: Railroad-Pinion Inferred Mineral Resources

    Railroad-Pinion Inferred Mineral Resources Tonnes Gold Silver Gold Silver ‘000 g Au/t g Ag/t koz koz Inferred Mineral Resources Dark Star 2,479 0.70 56 Pinion 10,810 0.64 3.80 224 1,322 Jasperoid Wash 10,569 0.33 111 North Bullion – Oxide 3,363 0.43 47 North Bullion – Sulphide 7,607 3.10 759 Total I

  21. Slide 21: Notes to Reserves and Resources Tables

    Notes to Reserves and Resources Tables All estimates set forth in the Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources table have been prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). The estimates of Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources ha

  22. Slide 22: Endnotes

    Endnotes 1. Carlin Complex contains Proven Mineral Reserves of 13Moz gold (91Mt @ 4.37 g Au/t) and Probable Mineral Reserves of 8.3Moz gold (110Mt @ 2.42 g Au/t) as of December 31, 2019, as disclosed in “NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Carlin Complex, Eureka and Elko Counties, State of Nevada, USA

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