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Bullion World | Volume 3 | Issue 4 | April 2023


                                                            construction are:     Deposit, including 3.50 g/t Au
                                                            (1) Delivering        over 9.6m (VGD-22-098), 2.11
                                                            more ounces of        g/t Au over 15m (VGD-22-101),
           Marathon Gold Presentation:                      mineable gold         and 0.93 g/t Au over 13m (VGD-
           Marathon Gold Corporation         mineralization within the scope of   22-100); and
           showcased the exploration potential   the existing 3-pit mine plan, and (2)   •   A fresh look at the Frank Zone:
           of the Company’s 100% owned       Making new discoveries leading to    discovered in 2011, but with the
           Valentine Gold which is under     new Mineral Resources elsewhere      same geological characteristics
           construction and, when complete will  on the Valentine property outside the   as the nearby Berry and
           be the largest gold mine in Atlantic   scope of the current mine plan.   Leprechaun Deposits. Historical
           Canada. An Updated Feasibility    Marathon showcased opportunities     drill results include 12.52 g/t Au
           Study released in December        for new Mineral Resources and        over 2.9m (VL-12-490), 10.87
           2022 described a 3 pit mine plan   discovery, which include:           g/t Au over 3m (VL-12-500), and
           delivering 195,000 oz Au per annum                                     2.03 g/t Au over 16m (VL-12-
           at an AISC of US$1,007 per oz for   •   Latest exploration results at   455).
           the first 12 years of a 14.3 year mine   Eastern Arm and Western
           life. Proven and Probable Mineral    Peninsula prospecting areas,   SOURCE- https://marathon-gold.
           Reserves are 2.7 Moz Au (51.6 Mt     showing gold geochemical       com/site/uploads/2023/03/3-
           at 1.62 g/t Au), with the first gold   anomalies including significant   6-2023-Marathon-Showcases-
           scheduled for the first quarter of   counts of gold grains in till   Valentine-Exploration-Potential-
           2025.                                samples following the 2022     at-2023-PDAC-vFinal.pdf
                                                discovery of QTP mineralization
           Marathon’s exploration               in bedrock and float;
           priorities for the project during   •   Latest drill results at Victory


                            Avino Silver     was calculated using metals prices   on metal price assumptions of
                            and Gold         of $24.36 oz Ag, $1,789 oz Au.       $20.00/oz Ag, $1,700/oz Au.
                            Mines Ltd:
                            Avino silver and   1.  “Silver equivalent payable ounces   ESG- Water irrigation work in
                            gold producer       sold” for the purposes of cash   Panuco de Coronado
                            employs close       costs and all-in sustaining costs   •  Conducting mining talks in the
           to 350 people and produces a         consists of the sum of payable    schools in Panuco, San Jose de
           diverse pipeline of gold, silver, and   silver ounces, gold ounces and   Avino, and Gral
           base metals at its wholly-owned      copper tonnes sold, before     •  Hosted the first Parent-Child Visit
           Avino Mine close to Durango,         penalties, treatment charges, and   to Work event for the employees
           Mexico. Production of gold and silver   refining charges, multiplied by the   and families. During the visit, the
           by the company is still unhedged.    ratio of the average spot gold and   workers were able to share their
           The Company's strategy and mission   copper prices to the average spot   knowledge with their children by
           is to increase shareholder value by   silver price for the corresponding   showing them the areas in which
           concentrating on profitable organic   period.                          they carry out their work, giving
           growth and carefully choosing to buy   2.  The Company reports non-IFRS   them an overview of their daily
           mining and mineral exploration sites.   measures which include cash    activities, and participating in
           Avino is dedicated to managing       cost per silver equivalent payable   safety awareness talks.
           all business operations in an        ounce and all-in sustaining cash   •   Reforestation campaign of
           economical and environmentally       cost per payable ounce. These     native species of the region
           responsible manner, as well as       measures are widely used in the   where 10,000 plants, including
           making a positive impact on the      mining industry as a benchmark    Mesquite, Huizache, and Maguey
           communities in which we operate.     for performance but do not have   •  Rock removal from local roads
           In Q3 2021, AgEq was calculated      a standardized meaning and the    after heavy rainfall
           using metals prices of $24.36 oz Ag,   calculation methods may differ   •  Creek restoration work in the
           $1,789 oz Au. In Q3 2022, AgEq       from methods used by other        Librado Rivera community.
           was calculated using metals prices   companies with similar reported
           of $19.32 oz Ag, $1,734 oz Au. For   measures. Silver equivalent    SOURCE- https://avino.com/site/
           YTD 2022, AgEq was calculated        ounces figures used to show    assets/files/5182/avinosilver_
           using metal prices of $22.05 oz Ag,   production by project and by   goldmines_march_30_2023.pdf
           $1,856 oz Au. For YTD 2021, AgEq     metal are calculated based


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