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Sphinx Resources Ltd. August 2016
Precious Metals-Focused Project Generator
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Forward-Looking Statements
This corporate presentation may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and activities to vary materially from targeted results and planning. Such risks and uncertainties include those described in Sphinx’s periodic reports including the annual report or in the filings made by Sphinx from time to time with securities regulatory authorities. The technical information contained in this presentation has been reviewed and approved by Normand Champigny, (ing., B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc.), President and CEO of Sphinx, qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
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Sphinx Resources Ltd.
Summary Project generator Strategy & focus Deals Team Ownership Projects Value drivers
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Summary
TSX-V listed (ticker SFX) corporation headquartered and focused on Quebec. Project generator business model key to maximizing long term shareholder value. Team of mine finders. Focus on precious metals. 10 deals in last 3 years with reputable partners. Recent joint venture with SOQUEM (Quebec government’s exploration agency, 50 years, 350 projects, 8 mines). Actively identifying new projects.
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Project Generator
Social acceptability
Ground access
Precious metals
potential
High grade metamorphic terranes
Deal flow with strategic partners
Project generation Long-term shareholder value
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Strategy & Focus
Maximize deal flow with strategic partners. Generate quality projects with: high-grade precious metals, good social acceptability, and low cost exploration by ensuring year-round ground access.
Maintain a diverse portfolio with projects: in different high grade metamorphic terranes, and of different levels of advancement.
Concentrate first on Quebec with potential expansion into other Canadian provinces.
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Deals – 2014 to 2016
Gardin (100% Sphinx) Green Palladium: palladium-platinum-copper. Calumet-Sud: zinc, palladium-platinum-copper
(option to SOQUEM).
Les Ressources Tectonic (100% Sphinx) Chemin Troilus: gold-copper.
Virginia Mines (now Osisko Gold Royalties), Royal Nickel & Globex (100% Sphinx) Somanike: nickel-copper and platinum-group elements.
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Eco-Niobium Niobium Resources Inc. (“Eco”) 2016
Eco: private company with 3 directors of the 6 directors from Sphinx and with a unique knowledge of the niobium space. Goal: advance mining projects of Eco including the social acceptability aspects of a niobium project of the Oka area, which is conceptually distinct from the niobium mine project for Oka which has been proposed to date by Niocan Inc. Strategic investment: up to $250,000 by way of unsecured convertible debentures of Eco; Sphinx will hold non-dilutable 5% working interest of Eco.
IPO: Eco to seek an initial public offering on the TSX-V no later 24 months following the signature of shareholders’ agreement.
More information: www.eco-niobium.com
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Eco’s Project
Eco-Niobium’s new concept contemplates: Protection of the integrity of agricultural land; Treatment of water to a potable quality level; Supply of water to surrounding residences and agricultural producers; Disposal of tailings below surface preventing dust generation; Rehabilitation of the old St Lawrence Columbium mine site through the
establishment of greenhouse-supported agriculture using the geothermal potential of water from the mine;
Off-site export of the concentrate containing niobium and uranium; Procedures for the monitoring and control of radon generated by the rock;
and Significant economic benefits for the region.
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Niobium space
Source: Camet Metallurgy
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Committed Ownership
Shares outstanding: 49.6 M Fully diluted: 64.9 M Management, Board & advisory committee: 19 % Institutional funds: 18 % 76 shareholders: 92% of shares
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Team
Normand Champigny, M.A.Sc., ing. - President , Chief Executive Officer & Director 35 years of experience in exploration and management in Canada and internationally.
John Hick, BA, LL.B. - Chairman of the Board More than 30 years of experience in the mining industry in management positions and
as independent director.
Kerry Sparkes, M.Sc. - Director 25 years of experience in the mining industry as an exploration geologist and
executive. Key person involved in the exploration, delineation and development of both the
Voisey’s Bay nickel and the Rainy River gold deposits.
Michel Gauthier, Ph.D. – Director 44 years of experience. Professor of mineral prospecting at l’Université du Québec in Montréal. Co-baptized a gold prospect, named Éléonore, in the James Bay region.
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François Biron, ing. - Director More than 40 years of experience in project evaluations and operations
management. Considerable experience with environmental issues and social acceptability of
mining projects. Ingrid Martin, CPA, CA - Chief Financial Officer & Director 24 years of experience in finance and company acquisitions including several
mining and exploration companies in Québec. Robin N. Adair, M.Sc. (géo., P. Geol.) - Advisory Committee 32 years of experience including 25 years with Noranda and Falconbridge. Participated to the discovery of the Bracemac-McLeod zinc-copper mine.
Team (continued)
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Calumet-Sud & Green Palladium Projects - Summary
Calumet-Sud 100% owned, 50% option to SOQUEM, 2% NSR to Gardin Strong 300-metre long lead-zinc anomaly Trenches returned anomalous values incl. 3% Zn over 10 m, including 6.9% Zn over 1 m Includes SW portion of palladium mineralization complex owned by Sphinx 2016 program: Heliborne Mag-EM-spectrometer, ground gravimetric survey and prospecting
Green Palladium 100% owned, 2% NSR to Gardin Obwondiag layered igneous complex discovered New and untested PGE reef with a potential extent of 11 km. 2016 program: Heliborne Mag-EM-spectrometer, soil survey and prospecting
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Calumet-Sud & Green Palladium Projects- Geology
Obwondiag Layered Igneous complex
Calumet Mine 3.8 Mt @ 5.8% Zn, 1.6% Pb,
65 g/t Ag, 0.4 g/t Au
Zinc Discovery 5.4% Zn over 2 m
Pd + Pt + Au Discovery 3.45 g/t Pd+Pt+Au / 0.40m, and 1.25 g/t Pd+Pt+Au / 1.50m.
Located in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in southern Québec. Exploration and mining friendly region.
Excellent infrastructure.
Potential for: Magmatic PGE Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Carbonate-hosted zinc Gold-rich VMS
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Grenville Province Host of rich zinc deposits
Source: Gardner, T., 1983. World Mining, March issue, p. 58-59
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Calumet-Sud Project 25m-spaced soil survey & trenching
Trench results (ppm zinc)
Soil survey results (ppm zinc - green, lead - blue)
Trenches area, southwest of elongated swamp zones
which are conformable to rock unit trend
Swamp
Swamp
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Green Palladium Project Surface mineralization
Cloudy & disseminated chalcopyrite
Mingling textures pyroxenite in gabbro
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Palladium-copper mineralization
Sample MB250414-01 3.2 g/t Pd, 3.2% Cu, 0.18% Ni, 84 ppb Pt, 143 ppb Au
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Green Palladium Project Drill section
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Section 0E (Looking NE)
3.45 g/t Pd+Pt+Au over 0.4 m
1.25 g/t Pd+Pt+Au over 1.5 m
0.21 g/t Pd+Pt+Au over 1.0 m
200 Elev.
SL
100 Elev.
Au zone
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Chemin Troilus Project Summary
Acquired from Les Ressources Tectonic, 32 km2 (100% owned). Located 110 km north-northeast of Chibougamau, good road access. Within corridor containing former gold-copper Troilus mine (produced 2 million ounces of gold and 70,000 tonnes of copper) . Summer 2016 program totalling $136,640 (till sampling, ground geophysical surveys to identify the bedrock source of mineralized boulders).
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Gold-bearing boulder, sample 963314 : 1.57 g/t Au
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Somanike Project Summary
Acquisition from: Virginia/Royal Nickel/Globex, 47 km2
(100% owned). Includes former Marbridge mine: 0.7 Mt @ 2.3% Ni, 0.1% Cu. 2015 drilling: 1.41% Ni, 0.05% Cu, 0.30 g/t Pd, 0.04 g/t Pt @ 0.5 m. Untested priority drill targets identified 14 km of cumulative length over 10 distinct conductors. Cooperation agreement with Abitibiwinni first nation/Pikogan.
Somanike Project Exploration potential
2014 airborne survey identified abundant and previously unknown ultramafic rocks. Both feeder-dykes (Raglan type) and komatiite (Kambalda type). Ni-Cu potential demonstrated by the recent nickel discovery by Sphinx in 2015. Marbridge Mine: high-grade nickel with strong potential for discoveries.
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Somanike Project Former Marbridge Mine
No environmental legacy. Strong community support and understanding of mining. No agriculture over project area.
First production Marbridge Mine, 1962
Past Producer
Marbridge Mine 1
Mine 2
Somanike Project Marbridge Long Section
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Value drivers
Eco-Niobium Resources Inc./Oka Project advancement of social acceptability aspects of a niobium project of the Oka area.
Calumet-Sud & Green Palladium Projects
Project-scale mag-EM-spectral, geochemical soil surveys. Drilling palladium reef and zinc targets.
Chemin Troilus Project
Till sampling, ground magnetic and induced polarization geophysical surveys. Identification of source of mineralized boulders. Define drill targets.
Somanike Project
Identifying project partner. Drilling on selected targets in and around Marbridge mine.
Continue to review project generation and acquisition opportunities.
Sphinx Resources Ltd. 1000 De La Gauchetière, Suite 2100
Montreal, QC H3B 4W5 T: 1 514 979-4746