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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


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Updated Sept6/11

Gold, Rediscovered MAX.TSX

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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.

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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

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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

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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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Gold, Rediscovered

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

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GEOLOGY SECTIONS

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NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST

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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

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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 (%)

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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

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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.

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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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