Gold Standard Ventures

Gold Standard Ventures — Investor Presentation (May 2015)

27 slides from Gold Standard Ventures's investor presentation, May 2015

  1. Slide 1: Premier Undeveloped Land Package on the Carlin Trend

    Premier Undeveloped Land Package on the Carlin Trend With newly established Pinion gold resource NYSE MKT: GSV | TSX.V: GSV May 2015

  2. Slide 2: Forward Looking Statements

    Forward Looking Statements 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”). Gold Standard has made reasonable efforts to ensure that the information con

  3. Slide 3: District Scale Discovery in Nevada

    District Scale Discovery in Nevada Gold Standard Ventures Controls entire Railroad-Pinion District • 2nd largest land package in Carlin Trend • 3 established gold deposits Multiple oxide deposits likely to be heap leached at a central site • Pinion: 423koz indicated + 1,022koz inferred • Dark Star:

  4. Slide 4: Nevada: A World Class Mining Jurisdiction

    A World Class Mining Jurisdiction... Nevada  “Elephant Country” - numerous >20M oz gold deposits within the Carlin and surrounding trends  5.6M oz of gold produced in 2012 – over 75% of U.S. gold production  ~184M oz of gold mined from 1835 to 2012  Nevada commands premium valuations for gold pr

  5. Slide 5: The Carlin Trend

    Prolific Gold Mining Belt... The Carlin Trend  The Carlin Trend is the most prolific Lease gold mining belt in the Western Hemisphere  Considered the largest concentration of gold on the Earth’s crust  GSV’s technical team contributed to a number of significant gold deposit discoveries on the Car

  6. Slide 6: The Four Windows

    The Four Windows SM GoldStandard VENTURES CORP. SE Carlin Gold Trend, Nevada NW Longitudinal Section - The “Four Windows” (looking southwestward) Railroad Dome (window) Rain Dome (window) Rain district Pod deposit North Bullion Pinion deposit deposit (new discovery) Scale in miles 5 10 Maggie Creek

  7. Slide 7: Land Position Additions

    Land Position Additions Original Property 2011 Property 2013 Property Current Property Position Position Position Position Partial and controlling interests are both represented 7

  8. Slide 8: The Railroad-Pinion Project

    Exploring the Last Window on the Carlin Trend The Railroad-Pinion Project  Previously never systematically explored – private, dispersed ownership for 40+yrs  Large contiguous land package: close to 100% ownership/control of ~115 km2 , including the ~ 17.5 Km Bullion Fault Corridor (BFC)  North B

  9. Slide 9: Pinion Deposit Summary

    Close to surface, oxide gold... Pinion Deposit Summary  Oxidized and outcropping  Similar to Newmont’s Emigrant deposit1; gold mineralization occurs in an oxidized collapse-style breccia, similar grades & gold to silver ratios  Deposit occurs within the zone of intersection of the Bullion Fault C

  10. Slide 10: Pinion Phase 1 Footprint and Phase 2 Drill Holes

    Pinion Phase 1 Footprint and Phase 2 Drill Holes Drill Hole Gold Grade Thicknesses > 10 g/t-m > 25 g/t-m > 50 g/t-m D >100 g/t-m 4,480,000N North D Zone D D D D Main Zone D D N D South 500 meters 4,478,500N Zone 584,000E 586,000E T30N R53E Geology map Steve Moore (2014) 10

  11. Slide 11: Pinion Phase 2 Footprint and Results

    Pinion Phase 2 Footprint and Results Drill Hole Gold Grade Thicknesses Far North Extension > 10 g/t-m defined 430-meter trend > 25 g/t-m mostly along fault > 50 g/t-m D >100 g/t-m 4,480,000N North D Zone D D D D Central Pinion D Main bolstered with higher-grade, thicker intercepts Zone central to pi

  12. Slide 12: Pinion Phase 2 Footprint on Residual Gravity

    Pinion Phase 2 Footprint on Residual Gravity Drill Hole Gold Grade Thicknesses > 10 g/t-m > 25 g/t-m > 50 g/t-m D >100 g/t-m 21 22 23 4,480,000N D D D D D D D N D 28 27 28 500 meters 4,478,500N 586,000E 584,000E T30N R53E Residual Gravity work up by James Wright (2014) 12

  13. Slide 13: Pinion Soils - Arsenic

    Pinion Soils - Arsenic oldStandard 2014 Pinion Soils Arsenic (ppm) BH :.000:0300 WH 200:01.0 WH 1001030 BD e010 BE x1060 Hi 101030 BD 5010 Pinion Drill Hole Grade x Thickness >10.g.tm “\. Fault 0 500M (NAD 27, ZONE 11)

  14. Slide 14: Pinion Soils - Gold

    Pinion Soils - Gold dStandard 2014 Pinion Soils Gold (ppb) Th 10010 1,000 Pinion Dril Hole Grade x Thickness >10g.tm N Faut 0 500M (NAD 27, ZONE 11)

  15. Slide 15: Pinion Phase 3 Proposed Drill Targets and Holes

    Pinion Phase 3 Proposed Drill Targets and Holes Oxyoke fault Drill Hole Gold D host-rock Grade Thicknesses Surface mapping > 10 g/t-m contact and sampling targets > 25 g/t-m contact > 50 g/t-m 584,000E 586,000E >100 g/t-m 21 4,480,000N 22 23 D Surface Rock-Chip Samples < 0.10 g Au/t D D Generative >

  16. Slide 16: Dark Star and Pinion Gold Deposits

    Dark Star and Pinion Gold Deposits UTM NAD 27, zone 11 1 1 1 R53E R54E 1 1 4481000mN 5 4 3 6 8 Drill Hole Grade-Thickness Contours 21 2 2 2 >10 g/t-m 1 >25 g/t-m 2 3 4 9 >50 g/t-m >100 g/t-m PINION N DARK STAR 1 kilometer 28 26 25 3 27 0 4478000mN T30N 584000E 588000E T29N 3 3 3 3 March 2015 3 3 4 5

  17. Slide 17: Dark Star Phase 1 Proposed Drill Holes

    Dark Star Phase 1 Proposed Drill Holes 17

  18. Slide 18: North Bullion Deposit

    Significant Gold Discovery...Still Open North Bullion Deposit  Highlight drill intercepts include; - RR 11-16, 56.4m @ 4.26 g/t incl. 18.3m @ 7.03 g/t - RR 12-1, 164m @ 3.38 g/t incl. 42.7m @ 9.40 g/t - RR 12-10, 124m @ 4.05 g/t incl. 16.5m @ 15.1 g/t - RR 13-8, 73.5m @ 3.7 g/t incl. 7.6m @ 12.1 g/

  19. Slide 19: NB Deposit: Gold in the Wrong Rocks

    NB Deposit…”Gold in the Wrong Rocks” E W 6,600’ RR13-15 Mc Sandstone Tiw Tuff Tertiary Dacite Te Drill Hole Intervals 6,200’ North Bullion Deposit Mtp Limestone Multi-Lithic Breccia Section N4488800 (looking northward) 100.5’/.036 Ddg 131’/.019 Au oz/st Limestone 5,400’ .010 - .049 .050 - .199 Dnu -

  20. Slide 20: Targeting a New Oxide Gold System: Bald Mountain, Central Bullion

    Targeting a New Oxide Gold System... ? Bald Mountain, Central Bullion:  WNW trending ~4km dike filled corridor, identified by: - strong surface alteration - geochemistry - historical drilling and hole RRB13-01. Target may wrap around the non drill-tested west flank of the Bullion intrusive.  Oxide

  21. Slide 21: Bald Mountain X-Section

    Bald Mountain X-Section W RRB13-01 K98-49 (core) K99-17 (RC)* Cu% Au oz/st Bald Mountain (RC)* >_ 0.1 0.010 – 0.099 >_ 0.100 N4486800 K99-7 (RC)* OXIDE Looking North Mc Quartz Hornfels E N50W (sandstone, silty mudstone, minor conglomerate) 7400’  Gold and copper ? mineralization occurs in Redbird a

  22. Slide 22: Capital Structure & Financial Information

    Capital Structure & Financial Information Shares Gold Standard Ventures Corp Shares outstanding 166.3 million Listing NYSE MKT & TSX.V Options 8.3 million Symbol GSV Warrants 7.6 million 52 week lo-hi 0.49 – 1.01 Fully Diluted 182.2 million 3 month trailing daily volume ~290,000 (NYSE MKT & TSX.V co

  23. Slide 23: Directors/Technical Team

    Directors/Technical Team The Board of Directors - Proven Access to the Capital Markets Jonathan Awde Director – President & CEO William E. Threlkeld, MSc Econ. Geol. Director David M. Cole, M.S. Geology Director Jamie Strauss Director Robert McLeod, P.Geo Director Richard Silas Director - Corporate

  24. Slide 24: The Opportunity

    Why Gold Standard? The Opportunity Gold Standard represents a unique opportunity to own an interest in the second-largest land package in the Carlin Trend • Significantly-sized and growing oxide deposits • High-grade refractory mineralization with meaningful growth potential • Untested targets with

  25. Slide 25: soldStandard

    soldStandard Cone R) North Bullion with Rain-Pit in the background NYSE MKT:GSV TSX.V:GSV

  26. Slide 26: Sensitivity Analysis, Pinion Resource

    Pinion 43-101… Sensitivity Analysis, Pinion Resource Classification Au Cutoff (grams Tonnage – Au Au Grade (grams Contained Au** per tonne) (million metric per tonne) (troy ounces) tonnes) Indicated 0.1 20.85 0.63 423,000 0.14 20.84 0.63 423,000 0.2 20.73 0.63 422,000 0.3 19.70 0.65 414,000 0.4 17.4

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