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Dutch Gold Resources, Dutch Gold Resources, Inc. Inc. Developing Resources Developing Resources Preparing for Production Preparing for Production Leveraging Assets Leveraging Assets Company Presentation Company Presentation March 2011 March 2011 DGRI:OTCQB DGRI:OTCQB

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Dutch Gold Resources, Inc.Dutch Gold Resources, Inc.

Developing ResourcesDeveloping Resources

Preparing for ProductionPreparing for Production

Leveraging AssetsLeveraging Assets

Company Presentation Company Presentation

March 2011March 2011

DGRI:OTCQBDGRI:OTCQB

Safe Harbor StatementSafe Harbor Statement

Certain of the statements made in this Presentation may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements or information include, but are not limited to statements or information with respect to financial disclosure, estimates of future production, the future price of gold, estimations of mineral reserves and resources, estimates of anticipated costs and expenditures, development and production timelines and goals and strategies .We have made numerous assumptions about the forward-looking statements and information contained herein, including among other things, assumptions about the price of gold, anticipated costs and expenditures and our ability to achieve our goals. Even though our management believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such statements or information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that the forward- looking statement or information will prove to be accurate.

Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information by their nature are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking statements or information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others, the following: gold price volatility; discrepancies between actual and estimated production, mineral reserves and resources and metallurgical recoveries; mining operational and development risk; regulatory restrictions, including environmental regulatory restrictions and liability; risks of sovereign investment; currency fluctuations; speculative nature of gold exploration; global economic climate; dilution; share price volatility; competition; loss of key employees; additional funding requirements; and defective title to mineral claims or property, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form 10K and subsequent quarterly reports.

Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking statements and information. Although we have attempted to identify factors that would cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements and information, there may be other factors that cause actual results, performances, achievements or events to not be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Also many of the factors are beyond our control.

There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements or information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipate in such statements. Accordingly you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. Except as required by law, we do not expect to update forward-looking statements and information continually as conditions change and you are referred to the full discussion of the Company's business contained in the Company's reports filed with the securities regulatory authorities in the United States.

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Cautionary Note to US Investors

All forward-looking statements and information contained in this presentation are qualified by this cautionary statement.

Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors: Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources - The terms "mineral reserve", "proven mineral reserve" and "probable mineral reserve" referred to in the Company's disclosure are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects under the guidelines set out in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the "CIM") Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council on August 20, 2000 as may be amended from time to time by the CIM.

These definitions differ from the definitions in the United States Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") Guide 7. Under SEC Guide 7 standards, a “final” or “bankable” feasibility study is required to report reserves, the three-year historic average price is used in any reserve or cash flow analysis to designate reserves and the primary environmental analysis or report must be filed with the appropriate governmental authority. The terms "mineral resource", "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource", "inferred mineral resource" used in the Company's disclosure are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects under the guidelines set out in the CIM Standards. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. While the terms "mineral resource", "measured mineral resource," "indicated mineral resource", and "inferred mineral resource" are recognized and required by Canadian regulations, they are not defined terms under standards in the United States and normally are not permitted to be used in reports and registration statements filed with the SEC.

As such, information contained in the Company's disclosure concerning descriptions of mineralization and resources under Canadian standards may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S companies in SEC filings. With respect to "indicated mineral resource" and "inferred mineral resource" there is a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and a great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It can not be assumed that all or any part of an "indicated mineral resource" or "inferred mineral resource" will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves.

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Landscape and Opportunity

Landscape

• Junior mining segment ripe for consolidation–Significant assets available at historically low prices–Dutch Gold successfully raised capital while junior peers frozen out of capital markets

• Strong gold market fundamentals–Major producers biased towards M&A–Sector benefits from both seasonal and structural long-term up-trends/fundamentals

Opportunity

• Dutch Gold’s consolidation strategy is unique among peers–Quickly bring late-stage, proven reserves into production –Competitors focused on exploration

• Rapid roadmap to profitability –Strategy emphasizes reserves with potential to be both cash generative and profitable within 12-24 months–Projects can be brought into production with high ROI, low capital

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Investment Highlights

• Junior gold producer with unique strategy to bring low-risk, late-stage, proven reserves into production within 12-18 months after acquisition

• Focus: North American properties with potential to be both cash-generative and profitable within 12-24 months

– Three existing properties with significant known resource potential • Proved/probable reserves of 2.8 million ounces • Inferred Resource of 7.5 million ounces

– Targeting acquisitions in western US

• Leveraging core assets to strengthen treasury

• We grow by acquisitions, and organically: Resources, Reserves, Cash Flow

• Experienced management team– Extensive geological and mining experience– Understanding of mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance– Disciplined approach to acquisitions and production

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Value Creation Process

• Acquire project

• Drill for resource definition

• Geological reports

• Joint venture

• Permits and licenses

• Development

• Production

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Measuring Value

• In situ resource

• Upside potential for resource growth

• Cash Flow

• Clustering acquisitions to spread capital costs

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Current Portfolio

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Jungo, Humboldt County, Nevada

Basin Gulch, Basin Gulch, Montana

Basin Gulch, Montana

Lies between highly productive Golden Sunlight and Drumlummon mines

• Over 2.8M ounces of measured and indicated gold at Basin Gulch and 7.5 Million ounces in the resource(1)

• Multiple unexplored target zones on the property could yield significant additional gold when drilled

• Drilling to expand current known high grade underground targets

• Small Miners Exemption - Speeds timeline to production

• Well-located near existing infrastructure: roads, milling capacity

• Property adjacent to two mills that have the capacity and interest to process the company’s ore

- Lower Capital Costs- Shorter time to cash flow

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(1) 43-101 Compliant(2) Company Projections

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

2.8M 4.6M 7.6M 11.4M 13.6M

IDENTIFIABLE RESERVES (Ounces) (2)

Montana Peer Group

• Rx Explorations

– Drumlummon Mine

– 1,900,000 inferred resource

• Barrick

– Golden Sunlight

– 500,000 proved and probable

• Montana Gold Mining

– Small historic producer

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Basin Gulch 2011Plan

• Q1- Initial Permits and Drilling Program– Six hole program underway

• Q2- Additional Resource Definition– Drilling– Bulk Sampling

• Q3- Permits and Development

• Q4- Development and initial ore production

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Jungo

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(1) University of Nevada Reno (2) Public Company Filings

• Acquired in Q1 2010

• Lies between historic Hycroft and Sleeper mines, two multi-million gold producing mines

• 2010 Trenching Program yields excellent

• Peer group includes Fronteer, Newmont, Allied Nevada and Great Basin Gold

• Favorable results from trenching program, completed Q2 2010

• Drilling program completed Q1 2011, favorable results

• Newmont acquisition of Fronteer Q1 2011 20M+ oz P/P Reserves Hycroft- Allied NevadaSleeper- X-Cal ResourcesSandman- Fronteer Hollister- Great Basin GoldMarigold- Newmont

Growth Strategy: Organic

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• Bring existing properties into production

• Ramp production Gold Equivalent Ounces

Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012

Basin Gulch Obtain small miners permit

Bulk Sampling Infill Drilling Diatreme Drilling Initial Production Expanded Production

Jungo Complete Drilling Program

Possible Additional Drilling

Capital, Partner Planning

Joint Venture Joint Venture Joint Venture

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Basin Gulch 0 14.750 21,600 30,240 48,960

Jungo Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate

Total 5,550 20,125 35,728 52,987 65,635

Growth Strategy: Acquisitions

• Focus on properties with low-risk, late-stage, proven reserves– Montana

• Historical producers• Known projects• Cluster projects• Small Miners Permit• RX Exploration

– Nevada• Fronteer• Newmont• The “New Trend”?

– Idaho– Utah

• Properties to be both cash generative and profitable within 12-24 months, or set for JV, must have upside exploration potential

• Target payback in 2 years, 12-15 year life of mine

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Leveraging our resources

• 2010 Spin off of Shamika 2 Gold, Inc.– Shares held for resale: 5,700,000– Company completing acquisition plans

• Joint ventures

• Royalties

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Capital Position

Capital Structure January 31, 201

Shares Outstanding 382,481,032

Options 20,000,000

Warrants 9,550,000

Fully Diluted 412,031,032

Balance Sheet December 31,2011Assets1 $ 4,181,351Short term liabilities $(1,768,094)Long term liabilities $(1,871,926)

Shareholders Equity $ 778,331

1 Includes 5,700,000 shares of SHMX

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Management

• Daniel Hollis, CEO and CFO– 30+years corporate finance– Background in private and public company funding and venture capital– Experience includes turnaround situations, and development of fast-growth

management teams for special situations

• Rauno Perttu, COO and Chief Geological Officer

-- Effective in large company (Kennecott) and small company environments-- Economic Geologist

• Steve Keaveney, CFO-- CPA-- MBA– 45 Acquisitions, $750M financings

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Inflection Point Investing

• Past Share Price– Share overhang, short position– Market doubt as to financing capabilities, dilution– Perceived lack of progress

• At the inflection point– Successful drilling program Jungo – Permit and drilling at Basin Gulch– Shares in SHMX fund growth

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Strategic Plan

• Reserve Growth

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• Resource Growth

Improving the Value Proposition

• Management

• Board

• Advisory Team

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• Capital Markets– Alternative listings– Adjust capital

structure– Debt conversions– Balance sheet

enhancements

Primary Drivers of Value

• Significant resource development– High grade underground– Long term approach

• Cash from operations– 2011 negligible, 2012 $10-15M– Peers PE 30x to 45x

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Acquisitions

• Montana keystone, and cluster

• Pipeline includes projects with– Lower cost– Simpler regulatory climate– Mining friendly government

• Nevada, Utah, Idaho

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Investment Highlights

• Unique strategy to bring low-risk, proven reserves into production or a Value Event within 12-18 months

• Focus on North American properties with potential to be cash generative and profitable within 12-24 months

• Sufficient capital committed to bring current portfolio into production

• Positioned for limited cash flow positive in 2011

• Low cost, disciplined operator, growing organically and through acquisitions

• Experienced management team

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Thank you