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Gold, Rediscovered MAX.TSX Updated Sept6/11 HIGHLIGHTS Multi-million ounce gold mineral resource already defined Open pit, high grade Potential for important by-products of silver, antimony & tungsten Open to expansion
HIGHLIGHTS
Multi-million ounce gold mineral resource already defined
- Open pit, high grade
- Potential for important by-products of silver, antimony & tungsten
- Open to expansion
- Extensions to existing deposits
- Discovery of new deposits
Located in mining-friendly jurisdiction
- Idaho, USA
Unknown story
- Potential for re-rating as Midas story becomes known & appreciated
Proven management & board of directors
- Track record of delivering results and shareholder value
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MINERAL RESOURCES*
0.79 2.27 0.94 1.48 0.93 2.30 1.81
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0
- 500
1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000
Hangar Flats Oxide Hangar Flats Sulphide West End Oxide West End Sulphide Yellow Pine Oxide Yellow Pine Sulphide Total
Gold Grade (g/t) Mineral Resources* (000s oz Gold)
Indicated Inferred Gold Grade (g/t)
* See NI43-101 slide at the back of this presentation for responsibility and disclaimers. 3
Mineral Resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral resource estimates do not account for mineability, selectivity, mining loss and dilution. These mineral resource estimates include inferred mineral resources that are normally considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that these inferred mineral resources will be converted to measured and indicated categories through further drilling, or into mineral reserves, once economic considerations are applied.
2.00
RARITY OF >5M OZ GOLD DEPOSITS
Source: Mineral Economics Group, RBC Capital Markets 4
- 500
1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 < 1M oz 1-2M oz 2-5M oz 5-10M oz 10-30M oz >30M oz # of Deposits Contained oz of Gold
PEER ANALYSIS*
5 Company Project - Jurisdiction Mkt Cap (C$M) EV (C$M) Au Resources (M oz) M&I Inferred Perseus Mining Central Ashanti - Ghana $1,622 $1,606 5.7 2.2 Rainy River Resources Rainy River - Ontario $915 $790 4.4 2.3 US Gold Tonkin - Nevada $835 $748 3.3 0.4 Guyana Goldfields Aurora - Guyana $783 $725 5.3 1.8 Romarco Minerals Haile -South Carolina $720 $656 3.1 1.1 Trelawney Mining Chester - Ontario $599 $512 0.0 4.2 Keegan Resources Esaase - Ghana $587 $357 3.2 1.7 Torex Gold Resources Morelos - Mexico $572 $525 3.0 0.9 Sulliden Gold Shahuindo, Peru $423 $377 2.0 1.4 Atacama Pacific Maricunga, Chile $276 $227 1.6 1.9 Average $733 $652 3.2 1.8 Midas Gold Golden Meadows - Idaho $363 $302 2.1 3.7 As at September 1, 2011 Source: Company Reports
Gold, Rediscovered
CORPORATE INFORMATION
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Experience & Expertise
- Stephen Quin, President, CEO & Director
- Ex-Capstone, Sherwood, Miramar, Northern Orion
- Peter Nixon, Chair
- Ex-Goepel Shields & Partners; current director of Dundee Precious & Kimber
- Fred Earnest
- Current President & COO of Vista Gold; ex-Pacific Rim, Dayton
- Jerry Korpan
- Ex-Yorkton Securities UK, former Bema Gold director, current director of B2Gold
- Wayne Hubert
- Ex-Andean CEO, Meridian Gold VP Business Development
- Mike Richings
- Current Chair & CEO of Vista Gold; ex-Allied Nevada, Atlas, Lac Minerals
- Don Young
- Ex-KPMG, Placer Dome; current director of Dundee Precious Metals & Kimber
- John Wakeford
- Ex-Hemlo, Battle Mountain & Miramar; current Sr. VP with Sabina Gold & Silver
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MANAGEMENT (1)
Stephen Quin, P.Geo., President & CEO
- 30-year track record of project acquisition, advancement & value creation for
shareholders
- President & COO, Capstone Mining
- President & CEO, Sherwood Copper
- Executive VP, Miramar Mining & Northern Orion Explorations
Darren Morgans, CFO
- Formerly Controller with Terrane Metals
- Prior experience with Placer Dome, MIM Holdings & PwC
Anne Labelle, VP Legal & Sustainability
- Previously Manager of Legal Affairs & Sustainability with Capstone Mining
- Was responsible for permitting and regulatory matters for Yukon & BC Mines
- Geologist and a lawyer
Liz Caridi, Manager of IR, Corporate Secretary
- Previously Director of IR & Corporate Secretary with Rainy River
- Prior to that Corporate Communications & Compliance with Rubicon Minerals
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MANAGEMENT (2)
Chris Dail, CPG, Project Manager
- 25-year track record of greenfield and brownfields gold discoveries (Nevada,
Alaska, Montana, Western Australia)
- Worked with Chevron, Cominco, Asarco, Kennecott, Anschutz, Electrum, Piedmont, Gold
Crest
Rick Richins, Regulatory/permitting Consultant
- 30 years’ experience in permitting/compliance for large mining projects in US
- EIS for Kensington Mine, Alaska & Thunder Mtn. (Idaho)
- Rochester (Nevada) and Stibnite (Idaho) EIS & permitting
- Beartrack, Grouse Creek, Thunder Mtn. and West End mines in Idaho
- Environmental audits in Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada & Washington
Bob Barnes, Operations/study Consultant
- Former VP Operations with Capstone Mining
- Responsible for mine development and operation in Canada & Mexico
- Responsible for permitting & operation of Wharf Au Mine, S. Dakota
- Experienced mine operator with regulatory experience
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SHARE CAPITAL
As of August 16, 2011
Issued & outstanding
105,241,936
- Vista Gold 31,802,615 (30.7%)
- Management, Directors, Founders 17,407,666 (16.8%)
Options
7,935,000
- 7,585,000 @ $2.50
- 350,000 @ $0.19
Warrants @ $0.48
1,333,334
Fully diluted
114,510,270
Approximately C$56 million in cash
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GOLDEN MEADOWS PROJECT
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DISTRICT HISTORY
1880-1910
Thunder Mountain gold rush to NE
1920-1927
Prospecting & discovery of gold lodes
1928-1952
450,000 oz gold as by-product of tungsten & antimony sulphide milling operations
1974-1997
520,000 oz gold from heap leaching
1997-2009
District idle, fragmented title
2009
Midas acquires control of district
2009-2010
Midas exploration & data compilation
2011
Midas & Vista combine land positions
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HISTORY OF MINING & RECLAMATION
A history of mining activity & reclamation
- Operations date back to the 1920’s
- Multiple owners/operators incl. US Government direction during WWII
- Past owners/operators have entered into or are negotiating
consent decrees to close off past disturbance liability
- Midas has conducted independent Environmental Site
Assessments to determine the current status of the property
- Overall water quality is good
- 88 potential or recognized environmental conditions; none critical
- Should assist with Midas being a Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser
- Limits liability, unless Midas disturbs previously reclaimed areas
- Midas has conducted and plans to continue conducting
voluntary site remediation
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IDAHO
Mining friendly jurisdiction
- Ranked 5th in US by Fraser
Institute
- Supportive local
communities
Established mining district
- Good access
- Local infrastructure
Streamlined permitting
through established interagency Joint Review Process
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REGIONAL SETTING
Central Idaho Gold Belt past
production of >8M oz of gold
Porphyry-epithermal
transition exposed in tilted Tertiary caldera margin setting
Multiple intrusive events Basin and Range structural
styles and ore controls
Reactive host rocks unique to
district
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GEOLOGY, DEPOSITS & PROSPECTS
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Intrusive-related
& sediment- hosted Au-Ag
Paleozoic-age
roof pendant with favorable carbonate host rocks
At least 5
intrusive events documented
As+Sb+W+Hg
association
GEOLOGY SECTIONS
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NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST
PROPERTY & DRILLING
4,308 hectares:
- Mineral resources
almost all on patented claims
- No royalties
2,143 holes
- 150,972m of drilling
- Mostly in historic
production areas
- Mostly shallow holes
drilled for oxides
- Significant gaps along
well defined mineralized trends
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HANGAR FLATS DEPOSIT
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Minera eraliz lized d Zone ne
Meadow Creek Fault
HANGAR FLATS RESULTS
1927-38 ~50,000 oz of Au + Sb 17,245m of drilling (137 holes) 2,652 underground samples
(4,173m) & 1,295m of trenching
2009-10 gold intercepts:
- 177 m @ 2.4 g/t
- 163 m @ 2.2g/t
- 126 m @ 2.3 g/t
- 117 m @ 2.5 g/t
- 112 m @ 2.6 g/t
- 75 m @ 4.7 g/t
- 71 m @ 3.5 g/t
- 70 m @ 2.6 g/t
- 70 m @ 2.5 g/t
- 71 m @ 3.5 g/t
- 70 m @ 2.6 g/t
- 70 m @ 2.5 g/t
- 68 m @ 3.1 g/t
- 63 m @ 3.5 g/t
- 56 m @ 4.0 g/t
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Resource
HANGAR FLATS DEPOSIT
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HANGAR FLATS MINERAL RESOURCES
By SRK Consulting for Midas Gold (Feb.22/11)*
Tonnes (millions) Gold Grade (g/t) Contained Gold (000’s oz) Oxide (0.3g/t cut-off)
- Inferred
1.5 0.789 38.2 Sulphide (0.65g/t cut-off)
- Indicated
9.7 2.002 624.6
- Inferred
15.6 2.437 1,223.3 Combined Indicated 624.6 Inferred 1,261.5
* See NI43-101 slide at the back of this presentation for responsibility and disclaimers.
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Mineral Resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral resource estimates do not account for mineability, selectivity, mining loss and dilution. These mineral resource estimates include inferred mineral resources that are normally considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that these inferred mineral resources will be converted to measured and indicated categories through further drilling, or into mineral reserves, once economic considerations are applied.
WEST END DEPOSIT
Yellow Pine Pit & Deposit
Stibnite Pit Midnight Pit West End Pit
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WEST END DEPOSIT
Past production 1982-97 from
- xide operations ~400,000 oz
gold
Past drilling focused on
leachable oxide ores
- 55,407m in 622 holes
Typical 2010 Intercepts:
- 33 m @ 3.43 g/t Au (MGI-10-36)
- 39 m @ 2.84 g/t Au (MGI-10-36)
- 45 m @ 1.61 g/t Au (MGI-10-33)
- 47 m @ 2.64 g/t Au (MGI-10-48)
- 62 m @ 1.64 g/t Au (MGI-10-37)
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Resource
WEST END DEPOSIT
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WEST END MINERAL RESOURCES
By SRK Consulting for Midas Gold (Feb.16/11)*
Tonnes (millions) Gold Grade (g/t) Contained Gold (000’s oz) Oxide (0.274 g/t cut-off) Indicated 7.50 0.963 232 Inferred 1.16 0.826 31 Sulphide (0.549 g/t cut-off) Indicated 18.30 1.512 889 Inferred 7.71 1.402 348 Combined Indicated 1,121 Inferred 379
* See NI43-101 slide at the back of this presentation for responsibility and disclaimers.
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Mineral Resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral resource estimates do not account for mineability, selectivity, mining loss and dilution. These mineral resource estimates include inferred mineral resources that are normally considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that these inferred mineral resources will be converted to measured and indicated categories through further drilling, or into mineral reserves, once economic considerations are applied.
YELLOW PINE DEPOSIT
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YELLOW PINE DEPOSIT
Mineral resource limited
by lack of drilling to west,
- n strike & to depth
Significant historic work
by:
- Bradley Mining
- Bureau of Mines
- Ranchers
- Hecla
- Canadian Superior
- Barrick
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Resource
YELLOW PINE DEPOSIT
- Possible exploration
- pportunities on
east side
- Open along strike &
to depth
- Potential for
significant silver, tungsten & antimony credits, based on past production
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538 drill holes for 36,857m of drilling Mineralization in hanging wall/to west of Meadow Creek
Fault
YELLOW PINE MINERAL RESOURCES
By SRK Consulting for Midas Gold (Apr.19/11)*
* See NI43-101 slide at the back of this presentation for responsibility and disclaimers.
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Tonnes (millions) Gold Grade (g/t) Contained Gold (000’s oz) Oxide (0.3g/t cut-off)
- Indicated
1.02 0.895 29
- Inferred
0.08 1.370 4 Sulphide (0.65g/t cut-off)
- Indicated
4.32 2.187 304
- Inferred
28.09 2.322 2,097 Combined Indicated 333 Inferred 2,101
Mineral Resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral resource estimates do not account for mineability, selectivity, mining loss and dilution. These mineral resource estimates include inferred mineral resources that are normally considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that these inferred mineral resources will be converted to measured and indicated categories through further drilling, or into mineral reserves, once economic considerations are applied.
MILL PRODUCTION 1932-52
31 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 100 200 300 400 500 600 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Grade (g/t Au, 1/10th of g/t Ag, % Sb, % WO3) Milled Tonnes (000s) Yellow Pine (tonnes) Meadow Creek (tonnes) Gold (g/t) 1/10th of Silver (g/t) Antimony (%) WO3 (%)
BY-PRODUCT IN SITU RELATIONSHIPS*
Based on relationships in databases, in situ metal ratios identified
- There is insufficient data to estimate Ag & Sb mineral resources at this time
- Ratios do not account for recoveries, transport, offsite processing, etc.
- There is even less tungsten information, but a record of production
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Gold Silver Antimony
Hangar Flats
Gold Silver Antimony
Yellow Pine
Gold Silver Antimony
West End
* Based on average of all assays within a deposit area, regardless of grade, using current metal prices
METALLURGY
Oxides have extensive history of operations
- Good recoveries & kinematics - coarse crush, agglomeration
Sulphides also have extensive history of successful milling
- perations, plus pre-feasibility level test work
- Two concentrates – Au/Ag and Sb/Ag (+W?)
- 20 - 30:1 concentration ratios during 20 years of production
- Concentrates amenable to all conventional treatment methods
(roasting, pressure oxidation, BIOX, Cashman)
On-going metallurgical program to optimize recoveries and
economics
- Test program being let by Blue Coast metallurgy and conducted by
SGS Lakefield
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EXPLORATION PRIORITIES & POTENTIAL
Mineral resource upgrade & expansion
- Infill & step-out at Hangar Flats, West End & Yellow Pine
Evaluate potential by-products of silver, antimony & tungsten Test new targets
- Meadow Creek fault trend – A major gold trend
- 3km Hangar Flats to Yellow Pine & beyond
- Homestake area to NE of Yellow Pine
- Roof pendant trends – Sediment hosted “Carlin-style” deposits
- West End, Cinnamid, Saddle & Fern
- Splay fault trends – high grade “Meikle-style” deposits
- Garnet, Rabbit, Scout
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PRIORITY EXPLORATION AREAS
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2011 PLANS FOR GOLDEN MEADOWS
Resource expansion + definition
- ~30,000 metres of drilling
- Expand known & explore largely untested areas
- Update NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates
- Updated by first half of 2012
Metallurgical optimization
- Evaluate most cost-effective approaches for gold and
by-product recoveries
Baseline studies
- Continue environmental baseline work
Economic studies
- Preliminary Economic Assessment in 2012
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CONCLUSIONS
Midas Gold is a new & untold story:
- Has consolidated a major gold district
- In a mining friendly jurisdiction
- Already has a multi-million ounce gold mineral resource
- Potential for significant by-products of silver, antimony +/- tungsten
- Has just begun exploration of an entire district
- Potential is barely tapped:
- All deposits open along strike and to depth
- Potential for discovery of entirely new deposits
- Led by experienced management & board
- Track record of delivering results and shareholder value
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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MIDAS GOLD ACHIEVEMENTS
Consolidation of title to district
- First time district wide ownership
- Repurchase of onerous royalties
Collection & compilation of historic data Initiated first district-wide exploration program:
- Airborne magnetic survey over entire district
- Ground geophysics
- Mapping & prospecting
- Drilling
- NI43-101 mineral resource estimates
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DATA ACQUIRED - TECHNICAL
Substantial historic data acquired:
- 1925-1959
DMA, DMEA, BOM, USGS Bradley Mining
- 1969-1990
El Paso Oil & Gas, Superior Oil & CSM
- 1991-1997
Pioneer, MINVEN, Dakota Mines & SMI
- 1969-1995
Ranchers, Hecla, Barrick
- 1974-2009
- Env. baseline, monitoring & compliance data
Includes:
- 2,143 drill holes (150,972m of drilling)
- 10,500 rock samples over 1,050 hectares
- Geophysics, soil samples, underground samples
- Prior technical studies
Digitization and updating of datasets continues
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REGIONAL GEOLOGY
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DATA ACQUIRED - BASELINE
Extensive historic baseline data
- Includes pre-mining baseline data
- 25+ years of water quality, stream flow & weather data
Midas Gold continues baseline work & improvements
- District-wide assessment and continued baseline collection
- Initiated re-vegetation of dumps & disturbed areas
Collaborative cost sharing arrangements:
- County and USFS for road improvement
- USFS, USGS & Idaho DWR for stream flow monitoring
Further collaborative efforts to improve local conditions
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POTENTIAL BY-PRODUCTS
Past sulphide production has been driven by antimony + gold and
has reported significant by-products of silver and tungsten
- Like gold, these metals have seen significant price appreciation
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$- $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 $1,400 $1,600
1-Jan-06 1-Jan-07 1-Jan-08 1-Jan-09 1-Jan-10 1-Jan-11
Gold (US$/oz)
$- $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30 $35 $40 $45 $50
1-Jan-06 1-Jan-07 1-Jan-08 1-Jan-09 1-Jan-10 1-Jan-11
Silver (US$/oz)
$- $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $14,000 $16,000 $18,000
1-Jan-06 1-Jan-07 1-Jan-08 1-Jan-09 1-Jan-10 1-Jan-11
Antimony (US$/t)
$- $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 $400 $450 $500
1-Jan-06 1-Jan-07 1-Jan-08 1-Jan-09 1-Jan-10 1-Jan-11
Tungsten APT (US$/MTU)
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REGULATORY INFORMATION
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REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
The technical information in this presentation has been prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed by Stephen P. Quin, P. Geo., President & CEO of Midas Gold Inc. Midas Gold’s exploration activities at Golden Meadows were carried out under the supervision of Christopher Dail, C.P.G., Qualified Person and Project Manager. Some of the mineral resources at Golden Meadows are categorized as indicated and some as inferred mineral resources. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral resource estimates do not account for mineability, selectivity, mining loss and dilution. These mineral resource estimates include inferred mineral resources that are normally considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that these inferred mineral resources will be converted to measured and indicated categories through further drilling, or into mineral reserves, once economic considerations are applied. Cautionary Note – The mineral resource estimates referenced in this presentation use the terms “Indicated Mineral Resources” and “Inferred Mineral Resources.” We advise you that while these terms are defined in and required by Canadian regulations, these terms are not defined terms under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Industry Guide 7 and are normally not permitted to be used in reports and registration statements filed with the SEC. “Inferred Mineral Resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. The SEC normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute SEC Industry Guide 7 compliant “reserves” as in-place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves. Midas Gold is not an SEC registered company. 45
COMPLIANCE WITH NI43-101
The mineral resource estimate for each of the Hangar Flats, West End and Yellow Pine deposits were prepared by Dr. Bart Stryhas, CPG, Principal Resource Geologist with SRK Consulting (US) Inc. and is the independent Qualified Person (“QP”) as defined by NI43-101 responsible for this mineral resource estimate. This estimate should be read in conjunction with the “NI43- 101 Technical Report on Mineral Resources, Golden Meadows Project, Valley County, Idaho”, dated June 6, 2011.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS (1)
Statements contained in this presentation and in the preliminary prospectus referred to herein and dated May 30, 2011 (the “Prospectus”) that are not historical facts are “forward-looking information” or “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “Forward-Looking Information”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward Looking Information includes, but is not limited to, statements relating to the timing, availability and amount of financings; expected use of proceeds; business objectives; costs and timing relating to the potential acquisition of interests in mineral properties; the timing and costs of future exploration activities on the Corporation‘s properties; success of exploration activities; permitting time lines and requirements, requirements for additional capital, entry into further option or joint venture agreements, requirements for additional water rights and the potential effect of proposed notices of environmental conditions relating to mineral claims acquired pursuant to the Reorganization (as defined in the Prospectus); anticipated results and developments in operations in future periods; planned exploration and development of properties and the results thereof; planned expenditures and budgets and the execution thereof; evaluation
- f the potential impact of future accounting changes; estimates concerning recovery of accounts receivable, stock-based
compensation and carrying value of properties. In certain cases, Forward-Looking Information can be identified by the use of words and phrases such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Statements concerning mineral resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements to the extent that they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered if the Golden Meadows Project is
- developed. In making the forward-looking statements in this presentation and the Prospectus, the Corporation has applied
several material assumptions, including, but not limited to, the assumption that the Offering will be completed and that any additional financing needed will be available on reasonable terms; the exchange rates for the U.S. and Canadian currencies in 2011 and 2012 will be consistent with the Corporation‘s expectations; that the current exploration and other objectives concerning the Golden Meadows Project can be achieved and that its other corporate activities will proceed as expected; that the current price and demand for gold will be sustained or will improve; that general business and economic conditions will not change in a materially adverse manner and that all necessary governmental approvals for the planned exploration on the Golden Meadows Project will be obtained in a timely manner and on acceptable terms; the continuity of the price of gold and
- ther metals, economic and political conditions and operations. (Cont’d….)
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS (2)
Other assumptions are discussed throughout this presentation and the Prospectus and, in particular, in the “Risk Factors” section in the Prospectus. Forward-Looking Information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Corporation to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the Forward-Looking Information. Such risks and other factors include, among others, risks related to the completion of financings and the use of proceeds; operations and contractual obligations; changes in exploration programs based upon results of exploration; changes in estimated mineral reserves or mineral resources, future prices of metals; availability of third party contractors; availability of equipment; failure
- f equipment to operate as anticipated; accidents, effects of weather and other natural phenomena and other risks associated
with the mineral exploration industry; environmental risks, including environmental matters under U.S. federal and Idaho rules and regulations; impact of environmental remediation requirements and the terms of existing and potential consent decrees
- n the Corporation‘s planned exploration on the Golden Meadows Project; certainty of mineral title; community relations;
delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing; fluctuations in mineral prices; the Corporation‘s dependence on one mineral project; the nature of mineral exploration and mining and the uncertain commercial viability of certain mineral deposits; the Corporation‘s lack of operating revenues; governmental regulations and the ability to obtain necessary licences and permits; risks related to mineral properties being subject to prior unregistered agreements, transfers or claims and other defects in title; currency fluctuations; changes in environmental laws and regulations and changes in the application of standards pursuant to existing laws and regulations which may increase costs of doing business and restrict operations; risks related to dependence on key personnel; and estimates used in financial statements proving to be incorrect; as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Prospectus. Although the Corporation has attempted to identify important factors that could affect the Corporation and may cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in Forward-Looking Information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that Forward-Looking Information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on Forward-Looking Information. Except as required by law, the Corporation does not assume any obligation to release publicly any revisions to Forward- Looking Information contained in this presentation or the Prospectus to reflect events or circumstances after the dates thereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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MORE INFORMATION
Contact us at:
- Phone: 778.724.4700
- Fax: 1.866.804.6438
- E-mail: info@midasgoldinc.com
- Suite 1250 – 999 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 2W2
Visit our website at:
- www.midasgoldcorp.com
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