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    PDAC PRESENTATION

    March 7, 2011

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    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT

    Statements in this presentation that are forward-lookingstatements are subject to various risks and uncertainties

    filings with Canadian Securities Regulators. Such forward-looking information represents managements best judgmentbased on information currently available. No forward-looking

    vary materially. Titan does not assume the obligation toupdate any forward-looking statement. This presentation isnot a solicitation by Titan as an offer to sell its securities.

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    OUTLINE

    Corporate Overview Titans Assets Sheep Mountain details Column leach test work at Sheep Mountain Canadian Exploration Projects

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    SHARE STRUCTURE Shares outstanding 127M Options 8M (avg $0.34) Fully diluted 155M Closing price Feb 22 $0.74 Market Cap (Feb 22) $94 million

    ne ree ap a . Mega Uranium 10.8%

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    VISION

    To be a leading mid-tier North Americanuranium exploration, development and.

    STRATEGY Develop :

    Shee Mountain De osit W omin

    Advance :Exploration properties, Saskatchewan

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    The Board

    Sheldon Inwentash BusinessmanChairman Pinetree Capital

    Richard Patricio Law erExecutive VP Mega Uranium

    Rahoul Sharan Chartered Accountant .

    Arni Johannson BusinessmanPrincipal Canadian Nexus

    Chris Healey Geologist President and CEO, Titan

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    Management Technical Team

    Chris Healey; President and CEO40 yr exploration, development & mining, 20+ years with Cameco

    Rod Koch ; VicePresident Exploration40 yr exploration & mining, exAreva & Cameco

    Kelly McShane; CFO 7 yr accounting &

    finance

    Greg Adams; VicePresident Development

    40 yr exploration, development & mining Philip Williams; Financial AdvisorVP Business Development, Pinetree Capital

    Douglas Beahm; President BRS Inc. 35 yr exploration, development, mining

    production & reclamation

    Toby Wright; Principal, Wright

    environment

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    Sheep Mountain: Current Status

    Probable reserve 14.2M lbs eU3O8 (6.4M tons @

    New Resource Estimate January 20, 2011 30.4M

    lbs (13.8M tons @ 0.110) potential for significant expansion of mine life

    Active WYDEQ Mine permit

    repar ng app ca on or ource a er a License (submit mid 2011) ,

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    Sheep Mountain: 2011 Plans

    Submit NRC Source Material License Application

    Submit BLM Plan of Operations (Q3) ommence ewa er ng un ergroun wor ngs

    Delineation drilling 100 holes (Q2)

    p a e re m nary eas y u y

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    Shee Mountain: Pro osed Minin O eration

    Conventional underground operation

    Uranium recovery in processing plant using solvent

    , 2M lbs/yr

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    Total Probable Mineral Reserve

    Min GT PoundseU3O8 Tons Ave grade%eU3O8

    Congo Pit 0.10 4,938,000 2,895,000 0.085

    Sheep UG 0.45 9,248,000 3,498,000 0.132

    Total 14,186,000 6,393,000 0.111

    Recoverable - 12,908,000 PoundsMine life - 11 earsBased on 2010 Indicated Resource 16.0 million Pounds

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    Sheep Mountain: Project Cost Summary

    Positive preliminary

    feasibility

    study

    (April

    12,

    2010) CAPEX $118 million : $ 9.00/lb

    Open Pit OPEX: $12.42/lb Underground OPEX: $21.71/lb Processing OPEX: $ 6.69/lb

    Royalties: $ 2.48/lb Average OPEX $28.67/lb (recoverable) IRR (pre tax) 25% NPV @ 7% (pre tax) $101 million

    e ng pr ce

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    pro ec Annual production rate 1.5 million lbs/yr

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    Sheep Mountain: Updated PFS

    Will be

    prepared

    Q3

    Q4 2011 Reserves will be generated from much larger Indicated Resource

    base, therefore longer mine life Higher uranium recoveries from heap leaching Lower acid consumption

    Higher selling price

    PFS Parameters 2010 study 2011 study

    Indicated Resource 16.0M lbs 30.4M lbs

    Probable Reserve 14.2M

    lbs ?

    Leach recovery 91% >95%

    Acid consumption 50 lbs/ton $70/lb

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    Sheep Mountain Schedule

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    Sheep Mountain 3D view of planned

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    Sheep II shaft and Big/Little Sheep adits

    U mineralization at Sheep Mtn

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    Sheep Underground Summary

    Re-opening of previously operated conventionalmine

    Existing active permit to mine from WYDEQ. Mining method: modified room and pillar. A new double entry decline

    Conveyor haulage, directly to heap leach pads Existing shafts: ventilation and emergency

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    Sheep Mountain layout of operations

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    Sheep Mountain Column Leach Testing

    Parameter Unit

    1 2 3Specific Gravity (tested) g/cm 3 1.50 1.36 1.46

    Feed Moisture % 8.5 8.5 4.3

    Sulphuric Acid consumption lb/ton 1.68 1.62 3.90

    Lixiviant (H2SO4) g/L 10 10 10

    Sodium Chlorate addition lb/ton 3 3 3

    Feed grade calculated %U 3O8 0.0763 0.0729 0.1128

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    Tails grade assayed %U 3O8 0.0001 1E 04 0.003

    Tails moisture % 13.7 14.7 17.0

    Uranium recovery % 99.87 99.86 97.47

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    Canadian Exploration 2011

    Athabasca: Border Block, drilling, $1.2M T or urn La e, geop ys cs r ng, 1. 5M Sand Hill lake, geophysics, $175k R7/Rook 1, geophysics, $400k

    Nunavut , ,

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    Contact Information

    Suite 300, 235 15th

    StreetWest Vancouver, BC, CanadaV7T 2X1604.925.1810 (office)604.921.1898 (fax)

    www.titanuranium.com

    PRESIDENT & CEOChris M. Healey604.925.1810

    INVESTOR RELATIONS604.925.1810 ext 237

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