Sterling Metals Corp. · TSXV:SAG
Sterling Metals — Investor Presentation (October 2026)
30 slides from Sterling Metals's investor presentation, October 2026
Slide 1: Unlocking Canada's Copper Potential
CORPORATE PRESENTATION – OCTOBER 2026 TSXV: SAG | OTCQB: SAGGF UNLOCKING CANADA’S COPPER POTENTIAL TSXV: SAG | OTCQB: SAGGF | STERLINGMETALS.CA
Slide 2: Disclaimer
DISCLAIMER Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information Market and Industry Data (continued) This presentation is intended to be strictly informational. Sterling Metals Corp. (“Sterling Metals” or the References in this presentation to reports and publications should not be construed as dep
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Slide 4: Canada's Copper Moment
JURISDICTION CANADA’S COPPER MOMENT A DOMESTIC NEED FOR THE MOST CRITICAL METAL WORLD RESERVES OF COPPER BY COUNTRY (2023) 2 CANADA’S MAJOR PROJECT OFFICE ▪ Advancing major infrastructure projects ▪ Of initial five fast tracked projects, two are copper mines ▪ Of first ten, five are mining projects
Slide 5: Ontario's Advantage
JURISDICTION ONTARIO’S ADVANTAGE A STABLE, LOW-RISK JURISDICTION BUILT Canada’s Top Mining Jurisdiction and TO ACCELERATE MINING SUCCESS Second Place Worldwide (2025)2 ▪ Year-round drilling ▪ World-class infrastructure– roads, rail, power ▪ Efficient access reduces logistics and accelerates drilling
Slide 6: Proven Team
PROVEN TEAM PURSUING TIER-ONE COPPER DISCOVERIES IN CANADA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS MANAGEMENT Mark Goodman Stephen Keith Mathew Wilson Dr. Neil O’Brien Chairman Director CEO and Director Chief Geologist Albert Contardi Richard Patricio Jeremy Niemi Dennis Logan Director Advisor SVP Explorati
Slide 7: The Soo Copper Project
SCALE THE SOO COPPER PROJECT IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR POTENTIAL GIANT COPPER PORPHYRY FORMATION ▪ The Mid Continent Rift (MCR) is a major copper belt with +150 years of copper production history ▪ Junction of MCR and KSZ ▪ Rift magma underplate and partial melt fertile lower- crust within KSZ 1. Drill r
Slide 8: MEPS Discovery
SCALE SOO COPPER PROJECT GIANT COPPER POTENTIAL HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT MEPS DISCOVERY Mid-1800s 1965-1973 ~1974 2021 2023 2024 2025 2026 Exploration in Production from Mine closures, District Drilling confirmed Sterling acquires Sterling new 20km drill program the Mamainse Copper Corp Mine and Distri
Slide 9: MEPS Discovery
GRADE MEPS DISCOVERY GFP PORPHYRY DYKES ARE FLUID CONDUITS FOR THE HIGH GRADES FOUND IN THE SURROUNDING MAFIC VOLCANICS 262.5m of 1.05% CuEq starting from 47.5m downhole, including a new 68.3m thick bornite zone grading 3.25% CuEq starting at 179.7m downhole, featuring semi- massive bornite and chal
Slide 10: MEPS Discovery – Highest Copper and Gold Grades to Date
GRADE MEPS DISCOVERY MEPS DISCOVERY – HIGHEST COPPER AND GOLD GRADES TO DATE Close association of the high tenor and high-grade copper mineralization with GFP porphyry, present as strongly potassic altered and multiply veined aplitic dykes that were discovered in phase one drilling in April. No pyri
Slide 11: MEPS Discovery – High Grade Mineralization Examples
GEOLOGY MEPS DISCOVERY HIGH GRADE MINERLIZATION EXAMPLES MEPS-25-18 227.4-227.7m: 38.9% Cu, 0.71 g/t Au, 196 g/t Ag1 SC-26-13 75.5-75.85m: 10.8% Cu, 16.6g/t Au, 145 g/t Ag3 Massive Bornite Replacement Ribbon Vein with gold 100m East of Discovery Hole MEPS-25-02 219.85-220.45m: 21.3%Cu, 196g/t Au, 16
Slide 12: MEPS Discovery – Growing Higher-Grade Core
GRADE MEPS DISCOVERY GROWING HIGHER- GRADE CORE * WITHIN A 1.3 KM MINERALIZED SYSTEM, OPEN TO THE EAST AND WEST * * Drill result reported by Copper Road Resources in November 2023 TSXV: SAG | OTCQB: SAGGF | STERLINGMETALS.CA 12
Slide 13: MEPS Discovery – IP Grade Shell
GRADE MEPS DISCOVERY IP CONTINUES TO OFFER A STRONG GUIDE AS A GRADE SHELL FOR NEAR SURFACE BULK TONNAGE COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM MINERALIZATION TSXV: SAG | OTCQB: SAGGF | STERLINGMETALS.CA 13
Slide 14: Soo Copper Project – Multi-Kilometer Copper Corridor Emerging
SCALE AND GRADE SOO COPPER PROJECT MULTI-KILOMETER COPPER CORRIDOR EMERGING ▪ At the Gimlet Target Area, 93 copper-bearing samples including 38 containing bornite were collected across a 2km area. ▪ Gimlet is the largest concentration of bornite in outcrop discovered to date and lies approximately 2
Slide 15: Soo Copper Project – On the Doorstep of a Potential Copper Giant
SCALE AND GRADE SOO COPPER PROJECT ON THE DOORSTEP OF A POTENTIAL COPPER GIANT NE-SW Section Reinterpreted - 2014 Gimlet ZTEM Resistivity Looking NW MEPS Target Discovery B’ B ~ 400 m ~ 700 m ~ 900 m <100 Ohm-m 2026 Drilling –Resistivity Lows Cpy-Bn in Outcrop 8 km Copper Corridor TSXV: SAG | OTCQB:
Slide 16: Consolidating Ontario's Newest Copper District – Acquisition of QcX Gold
SCALE AND GRADE CONSOLIDATING ONTARIO’S NEWEST COPPER DISTRICT ACQUISITION OF QCX GOLD ▪ Expands land position by 40%, covering majority of the Batchewana copper belt ▪ Adds multiple copper and gold targets that have seen little or no modern exploration, including ground immediately on trend of the
Slide 17: Momentum Building Performance and Catalysts
TEAM MOMENTUM BUILDING PERFORMANCE AND CATALYSTS MEPS-02 Discovery Upcoming Catalysts Discovers Volume Price bornite outcrop Upsized $3.00 to 2,500,000 C$2.5 Additional Ongoing Drilling Program QcX Gold assays Expands ▪ 22,000m drilled in 2026, $2.50 Transaction MEPS Upsized to Discovery Closed 2,00
Slide 18: Corporate Structure
TEAM CORPORATE STRUCTURE Share Price (October 06, 2026) C$1.00 52-Week Low/High C$0.83 – C$2.35 Basic Shares Outstanding1 51.4M Options2 2.2M Warrants3 10.5M RSUs 1.7M FD Shares Outstanding 65.4M Basic Market Capitalization C$51.4M Cash and Cash Equivalents ~C$7.8M (June 30, 2026) Debt None 1. Based
Slide 19: The Right Time
POSITIONED FOR THE NEXT COPPER CYCLE THE THE THE RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT TIME PLACE ASSET 416-643-3889 @sterlingmetals info@sterlingmetals.ca www.sterlingmetals.ca TSXV: SAG | OTCQB: SAGGF | STERLINGMETALS.CA 19
Slide 20: Appendix
APPENDIX TSXV: SAG | OTCQB: SAGGF | STERLINGMETALS.CA 20
Slide 21: Appendix 1: MEPS Discovery
GEOLOGY APPENDIX 1: MEPS DISCOVERY THREE PHASES OF MINERALIZED PORPHYRY DYKES PHASE 1 (GFP-early) PHASE 2 (mid) ▪ Second phase weakly potassic to hematite altered medium-grained porphyry ▪ Minor stockwork veins – qz-ksp-bt +/- cpy-py-bn(tr.) and fine-grained pyrite replacing chlorite in the groundma
Slide 22: Appendix 2: MEPS Discovery
GEOLOGY APPENDIX 2: MEPS DISCOVERY THREE PHASES OF MINERALIZED PORPHYRY DYKES ▪ Phase 3 represents the youngest intrusive phase based on cross- cutting relationships PHASE 1 PHASE 3 ▪ The Phase 3 is dated to ~1.1Ga based on Re-Os dating performed on molybdenite samples1 ▪ Multi-phased syn-mineral dy
Slide 23: Appendix 3: MEPS Discovery
GEOLOGY APPENDIX 3: MEPS DISCOVERY Covellite and Massive Magnetite are Key Features 208.63-209m: 4.29%Cu, 0.373g/t Au, 20.4g/t Ag 4.34m from 200.07m downhole depth 359-360m: 1.71% Cu 0.21g/t Au, 14g/t Ag and 88ppm grading 1.6% Cu, 0.19g/t Au, 5.77 g/t Ag Molybdenum within the final 11.95m of 1.51% C
Slide 24: Appendix 4: MEPS Discovery
GEOLOGY APPENDIX 4: MEPS DISCOVERY Moly Rich Porphyry Stock at bottom of SC-26-16 returned 162.1m of 0.32% CuEQ and bottoms in 2080/2060/659 ppm Mo TSXV: SAG | OTCQB: SAGGF | STERLINGMETALS.CA
Slide 25: Appendix 5: MEPS Discovery
GEOLOGY APPENDIX 5: MEPS DISCOVERY THREE PHASES OF MINERALIZED PORPHYRY DYKES ▪ Cluster of well mineralized earliest GFP dykes intersected within MEPS target area in association with the highest copper grades Drillhole Porphyry Phases ▪ The porphyry system is exposed Phase 1 (GFP) over ~2.5km of str
Slide 26: Appendix 6: Asset Parameters
APPENDIX 6: ASSET PARAMETERS THE KEY COMPONENTS OF A TIER-ONE COPPER PROJECT SCALE Big geology and giant mineral systems GRADE Historical high grades in production and drill holes INFRASTRUCTURE Power, roads, rail, accessibility and workforce JURISDICTION Fast tracking critical metals and top 10 Fra
Slide 27: Appendix 7: Adeline Project, Labrador
APPENDIX 7: ADELINE PROJECT, LABRADOR NEW FRONTIER – ONE OF THE ONLY PROTEROZOIC BASINS IN THE WORLD THAT HASN’T BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY EXPLORED • CMB is a globally significant Cu-U province located at a triple junction between three geological terranes ADELINE PROJECT • 260km long belt endowed with hi
Slide 28: Appendix 8: Adeline Project, Labrador
APPENDIX 8: ADELINE PROJECT, LABRADOR NEWLY STAKED CLAIMS UNDERSCORE PROSPECTIVITY OF THE SEAL LAKE BASIN Staked by Viridian Metals following its selection for the BHP Xplor program in January 20251 2,600 km² 70 copper showings Sterling Metals 44km 297 km² 250 copper showings 1.Viridian Metals says
Slide 29: Appendix 9: Adeline Project, Labrador
APPENDIX 9: ADELINE PROJECT, LABRADOR DRILLING AND SAMPLING SHOWS DEMONSTRATED POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE DISCOVERIES 44 km • Adeline Formation and Salmon Lake DDH WHS-23-011 DDH K-3 2.1m @ 1.2% Cu, 16.43 g/t Ag Formation are targets for copper DDH SL-11-10 1m @ 1.32% Cu, 1 g/t Ag 7.9 m @ 1.76% Cu, 56.2 g
Slide 30: info@sterlingmetals.ca @sterlingmetals www.sterlingmetals.ca
416-643-3889 info@sterlingmetals.ca @sterlingmetals www.sterlingmetals.ca TSXV: SAG | OTCQB: SAGGF | STERLINGMETALS.CA
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