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May 2016
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Certain statements made and information contained herein may constitute “forward looking information” and “forward looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation, including, among other things, information with respect to this presentation. These statements and information are based on facts currently available to the Company and there is no assurance that actual results will meet management’s expectations. Forward-looking statements and information may be identified by such terms as “anticipates”, “believes”, “targets”, “estimates”, “plans”, “expects”, “may”, “will”, “could” or “would”. Forward-looking statements and information contained herein are based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the estimation of mineral resources and reserves, the realization of resource and reserve estimates, metal prices, taxation, the estimation, timing and amount of future exploration and development, capital and operating costs, the availability of financing, the receipt of regulatory approvals, environmental risks, title disputes and other matters. While the Company considers its assumptions to be reasonable as of the date hereof, forward-looking statements and information are not guarantees of future performance and readers should not place undue importance on such statements as actual events and results may differ materially from those described herein. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements or information except as may be required by applicable securities laws.
The Qualified Person responsible for the technical information in this corporate presentation is J. Rupert Allan P. Geol., Director and Vice President of Exploration who has approved this technical information included herein. Any reference to historical estimates and resources should not be relied upon. These are not current and a Q. P. has not done sufficient work to classify these historical estimate and Skeena Resources limited is not treating the historical estimate as a current resource estimate.
Forward Looking Statements
Investment Considerations
• Highly experienced team of mine-finders, including Chairman Ron Netolitzky, who
was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 2015
• Visionary leadership and strong execution team with continued access to capital
from institutional shareholders
• Advancing two adjacent, post-discovery projects in BC’s Golden Triangle:
> Spectrum gold high-grade & bulk tonnage deposits; maiden 43-101
resource estimate released Apr. 25, 2016
> GJ copper-gold bulk tonnage porphyry; updated 43-101 resource estimate
Sedar filed Feb. 26, 2016
• Recently optioned past producing, high-grade Snip Gold Mine from Barrick Gold
Corp. & actively evaluating other project acquisitions
• Insiders and institutions hold approximately 90% of outstanding shares
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Current Portfolio of Resources
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Resource calculations completed by Gary H.Giroux, M.A.Sc., P.Eng.
*See April 25, 2016 Skeena news release for more details. **See Sedar filed 43-101 dated Feb. 26, 2016 for more details
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Property Locations – BC’s Golden Triangle
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Snip Gold Mine Overview
• Option to acquire 100% interest from Barrick Gold Corp. in March 2016
• One mining lease and four mineral tenures totalling 1,932 hectares in the Liard Mining
Division
• Produced 1,106,500 ounces of gold from 1,250,200 tonnes of ore milled at an average
recovered head grade of 27.5 g/t from 1991 to 1999
• Improved access & infrastructure including the McLymont Creek hydroelectric facility, built 2
years ago and located 18 km east of Snip
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• Significant potential for
remaining high-grade gold
mineralization and exploration
upside
• Deposit remains partially open
along strike, down dip, and in
some production areas, where
the estimated cut-off grade of
23 g/t gold was below the
economic limit for mining in the
1990s
Snip 2016 Drill Targets
• A minimum of 3,000 m of drilling to be completed in
2016 (12 holes averaging 250 – 300 m) at the
following high priority targets:
• Deep Footwall: targets below the 150 & 130 veins,
(accounting for approx. 25% of Snip’s production)
include the following historic high-grade intercepts:
S-18 26.95 g/t Au over 3.0 m
S-54 837.2 g/t Au over 0.6 m
S-60 336.5 g/t Au over 0.9 m
• Lamp Zone: east of mine workings, explored by 2
adit levels yielding the following results:
UG-1742 135.60 g/t Au over 1.9 m
S-12 91.90 g/t Au over 3.5 m
• Eastern Deeps (also down dip of the Twin West
Zone old mine workings) which has yielded the
following intersections:
S-247 24.27 g/t Au over 2.1 m
S-249 34.80 g/t Au over 2.1 m
• Boundary Pond & Gold Ring which are partially drill
tested and have yielded the following intersections:
S-229 20.50 g/t Au over 1.5 m
S-244 374.4 g/t Au over 0.3 m
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Image of historic article written about Snip from 1990s
Snip Geology with Drill Targets
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Snip Cross Section with Grades*
*See Appendix
Spectrum & GJ Project Locations
• Located in the prolific Golden Triangle of
northwestern BC which hosts other
world-class gold and gold-copper mines
and projects including Valley of the
Kings (Pretivm), Galore Creek (Teck &
Novagold), EskayCreek (Barrick), Red
Chris (Imperial Metals)
• Excellent access to power and
infrastructure
• Spectrum: 3,580 Ha, 37 km west of
Red Chris, high-grade and bulk tonnage,
multi-zone gold-copper project, open to
depth and along strike
• GJ: 38,374 Ha, porphyry copper-gold
deposit, 25 km from Red Chris with
similar geology and grades
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Spectrum Gold Overview
• Spectrum hosts high-grade mesothermal gold and lower grade porphyry-style copper and gold
• Current Central Zone resource within a conceptual open pit and at a 0.50 g/t AuEq cut-off grade:
• Indicated: 8.95 million tonnes @ 1.04 g/t Au, 6.58 g/t Ag & 0.11% Cu, containing 290,000 ounces
gold, 1.82 million ounces silver & 20.835 million pounds copper
• Inferred: 22.63 million tonnes @ 1.03 g/t Au, 3.85 g/t Ag & 0.11% Cu, containing 750,000 ounces
gold, 2.8 million ounces silver & 54.889 million pounds copper
• Positive metallurgy*:
Gravity 24.6% – 56.4% Au
recovery, Gravity &
Cyanide 91.8% – 98.8%
Au recovery, Gravity &
Flotation 85% – 92.8% Au
recovery
• IP survey, environmental,
metallurgical studies &
engineering investigations
for future development
options all planned for
2016
*See news releases dated May 14 &
July 20, 2015 for more details
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Spectrum Project (Looking West)
Spectrum 2016 Drilling
• Up to 10,000 m of diamond drilling
planned for 2016:
• Resource expansion drilling of
porphyry Au-Cu mineralization which
is open to the west, south & north
sides of the Central Zone
• Exploration drilling on high- priority
peripheral targets, aimed at building
additional high-grade / bulk tonnage
resources
• Central Zone resource expansion drilling:
• Newly recognized zone of porphyry
Au-Cu mineralization that begins at
surface & has potential dimensions
of up to 200 m in thickness, 250 m in
the down dip direction, and 2000 m
in strike length
• Skarn Zone showing - historic 20 m
chip sample grading 2.9 g/t Au and
0.5% Cu
Spectrum 2016 Drilling
• High-priority exploration targets include:
• 300 Colour Zone: strong Au(Ag-As-
Cu-Pb-Sb) soil geochemical anomaly
measuring 400 m by 150 m, with a
2015 drill intersection of 1.15 g/t Au
over 52 m, including 1.87 g/t Au over
16 m
• Road Boundary Area: 680 m by 340
m with highly anomalous Au in soil
and rock chip samples & a 2015 drill
hole intersecting 10.5 g/t Au over
1.14 m
• Fog Soil Anomaly: only one historic
hole drilled to date that intersected
1.03 g/t Au over 40.8 m, including
9.18 g/t Au over 2 m
• Far West: Cu-Mo soil anomaly
comprised of two lobes each roughly
700 by 200 m & soil values
averaging 36 ppm Mo (max. 437
ppm) & 334 ppm Cu (max. 1080
ppm) & open to the west
GJ Copper-Gold Project Overview
• Acquired in October 2015 with a bulk-tonnage porphyry Cu-Au resource, plus numerous other porphyry
Cu-Au & high-grade Au prospects
• Updated 43-101* resource released Jan. 14, 2016 with 0.2% Cu cut-off:
• Measured & Indicated: 133.67 million tonnes @ 0.32% Cu & 0.36 g/t Au containing 940.23 million
pounds of copper & 1.56 million ounces of gold
• Inferred: 53.69 million tonnes @ 0.26% Cu & 0.33 g/t Au, containing 312.53 million pounds of
copper & 0.57 million ounces of gold
• Potential for expansion of Donnelly deposits to west & at depth
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*Sedar filed February 26, 2016
GJ Exploration Targets
• Several high-priority prospects identified
including drill-ready bulk tonnage Cu-Au
porphyry targets & high-grade Au-Ag vein
targets
• Examples of historic trench & chip samples
include:
• 17.0 g/t Au & 1.87% Cu over 0.8 m
• 18.0 g/t Au & 0.47% Cu over 1.5 m
• 29.6 g/t Au & 17.7 g/t Ag over 3.0 m
• 23.3 g/t Au & 233.5 g/t Ag over 1.4 m
• Historic drill intersections include:
• 19.9 g/t Au, 202.3 g/t Ag, 3.0% Cu, &
5.31% Zn over 2.47 m
• 9.9 g/t Au, 79.6 g/t Ag, 0.81% Cu, &
3.53% Zn over 0.5 m
• 0.21% Cu & 0.15 g/t Au over 29 m
• 0.276% Cu over 69.0 m
• Planning & permitting for the 2016 season
is currently underway
Skeena Share Structure
*Management and insiders control 37% of the shares outstanding.
*28% of shares outstanding are subject to Exchange escrow restrictions
*Cash on Hand as of December 31, 2015
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Shares Outstanding: 352,401,172
Market Capitalization (@$0.09): $31.7 Million
52 Week High: $0.125
52 Week Low: $0.055
Warrants:
Number Exercise Price Date of Expiry
40,397,000 $0.10 October 27, 2016
Stock Options
Number Exercise Price Date of Expiry
13,900,000 $0.10 November 6, 2019
600,000 $0.10 January 29, 2020
200,000 $0.10 May 11, 2020
14,700,000
Fully Diluted: 407,498,172
Cash on Hand: $3.6 Million
Skeena Board & Management
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Ron Netolitzky - Chairman
Mr. Netolitzky has been very successful in mining exploration with over 30 years of experience
and having been directly associated with three major gold discoveries in Canada that have
subsequently been put into production: Eskay Creek, Snip and Brewery Creek. He is a director
of several publicly traded exploration companies. Mr. Netolitzky has been honoured with the
Prospector of the Year award from the PDAC, and Developer of the Year award from the BC &
Yukon Chamber of Mines. In 2015, he was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.
Walter Coles Jr. - Director, President & CEO
Mr. Coles has served as CEO & President for several TSX Venture listed junior mining
exploration and development companies, throughout the past 7 years. Mr. Coles entered the
mining business as part of an effort to develop a mineral resource discovered on family farmland
in Virginia. He was previously an analyst for Cadence Investment Partners, from 2005 through
to 2007. Prior to that Mr. Coles worked for UBS Investment Bank in New York as a Senior
Research Analyst in the bank’s High Yield Group. Mr. Coles started at UBS Investment Bank in
1999 as an Associate reporting to the bank’s Global Head of Fixed Income Strategy. Mr. Coles
holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Richmond.
J. Rupert Allan B. Sc., P. Geol. - Director, VP Exploration
Mr. Allan is a consulting geologist with 45 years’ experience in base
and precious metals exploration throughout Canada and internationally.
He has worked extensively in northwest British Columbia and was
instrumental in the permitting and development of the Brewery Creek
heap leach gold mine in the Yukon.
Skeena Board & Management
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Peter Tredger - Director
Mr. Tredger is a professional engineer with 45 years of mining industry experience, including
executive management positions with Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. from 2006 to
2008, Blue Pearl Mining Inc. (now Thompson Creek) from 2004 to 2006, Glencairn Gold Corp.
(now B2Gold Corp.) from 2002 to 2004, and Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. (now Goldcorp Inc.)
from 1992 to 2001. Mr. Tredger has more than 25 years experience as a public company
director of several Canadian and Australian listed mining companies.
Karen Allan, CPA, CMA - CFO & Corporate Secretary
Mrs. Allan is a Certified Management Accountant and has served as Chief Financial Officer
and/or Corporate Secretary for the past 20 plus years for several public companies including
Virginia Energy Resources Inc., Boss Power Corp., Masuparia Gold Corporation and others.
Michael Cathro M. Sc.,P. Geo. - VP Operations
Mr. Cathro is a registered professional geoscientist in BC and holds a
BSc from Queen’s University and a MSc from the Colorado School of
Mines. Mr. Cathro’s 35-year career has included work as an exploration
geologist around the world, and 17 years in technical and management
roles with the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Mr. Cathro led the team that successfully completed the environmental
review and permitting of the New Afton copper-gold project, now one of
the largest underground metal mines in Canada.
Contact Details
Tony Perri | Investor Relations Manager
[email protected] | Tel: +1 604 684 8725 | Dir: +1 604 558 7681
Skeena Resources Limited
Suite 650 – 1021 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
V6E 0C3
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