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PROPERTY LOCATION & ACQUISITION DATE

Project Activities In The 2022 Season

TDG Gold Corp.

15782 Marine Drive

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Contacts

GENERAL INQUIRIES & LEADERSHIP

Fletcher Morgan CEO 604 355 0262 fmorgan@tdggold.com

ENVIRONMENT

Christy Smith VP Sustainability

250 267 8989 csmith@tdggold.com

The Shasta, Baker, Bot, Mets, and Oxide Peak projects are all in the Toodoggone and connected. All projects were acquired in December 2020, from Talisker Resources.

COMPANY OVERVIEW & UPDATE

Any successes or challenges you’d like to share?

It was a smaller program in 2022 and targeted to determine the resource. Raising finances is always a challenge and limits the activities. We are very happy.

Number of employees working on your project(s)?

There are only three employees of TDG, all the rest are contractors.

Shasta / Baker: 5,070 m of drilling (21 drill holes) was completed at Shasta from July to October. We completed geological mapping and sampling of the historical sites.

Environmental monitoring and baseline data collection continued Oxide Peak – 1,021.5 m of drilling (two holes) at the Oxide Creek target. Environmental monitoring and compliance assurance also took place.

Where does the majority of your financing come from year to year? What’s the breakdown of who owns your company and what’s your company’s market cap?

The majority of our financing comes from private placements. TDG is a public company, and the shares are widely held. Our market cap is $28 million.

Tentative plans and hopes for the 2023 season?

May:

• Finish cleaning up scrap steel and old trailers at Baker.

• Geologically investigate/sample old core and clean up dilapidated core stacks.

• Ground stability work to mitigate spring run-off around camp.

• “Soft” open of camp and activities on the Permitted Mine Area (“PMA”).

June/July:

• Drill test the two tailings storage facilities (TSF) to test for ability to reprocess the historical tailings Regional Stream Sediment Sampling and Geological Mapping and Prospecting on the TDG Tenures.

Late June:

• Drilling will include exploratory work and resource upgrading, finalized plans still underway (2022 results pending).

Baker:

• Combination of Reverse Circulation (RC) and diamond drilling to confirm historical resource, and test on and near mine extensions of mineral bearing geological structures.

• Drilling will include drilling within the PMA & the approved NoW (MX-10000137, approved October 5, 2021).

Shasta:

• Diamond drilling to test areas of higher grade to add to the ongoing resource and test satellite areas for areas of resource addition.

• Drilling will include drilling within the PMA and the approved NoW (MX-10000137, approved October 5, 2021).

Mets

• Diamond drilling and potentially bulk sampling historically disturbed mine workings/waste piles. Some of the historical mining at Mets suggested that the material that was excavated may have been ore-grade. Sampling pre-disturbed workings will help geologically understand the potential at Mets. Drilling will be a combination of the historical mining lease approval area, and the approved NoW (MX- 10000272, approved September 20, 2022).

Bot

• Diamond drilling to test potential at Bot, and increase geological understanding.

• Very limited drilling, one to five diamond drill holes as confirmatory sampling and geological data collection. Work will be conducted within the approved NoW (MX10000291, approved November 21, 2022).

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TCG & TAHLTAN NATION

During the 2022 season, what involvement did TCG personnel and departments have with your company? If they were not involved, why not?

We engaged Konaleen Drilling in 2022 and had an excellent working relationship. We are hoping to engage them again for 2023. Konaleen reported they had two Tahltans working for them on the TDG site. Longview Range supported our project building pads. They reported they had seven Tahltans working on the TDG site.

In 2022, how many Tahltans did you employ?

Indirectly TDG had nine Tahltan members working on our site. Tahltan was the most represented Nation on the site.

What employment opportunities, now and in the future, are available to Tahltan members?

Over the next few years, we will still continue to use more contractors on the TDG site. However, we will be looking to bring in some key personal slowly. Specifically, a seasonal environmental coordinator and support to the VP of exploration (geology).

Why should Tahltan members want to work for you?

Our intention is to be a preferred choice of employment for Tahltans through ensuring the culture on the site is safe, fair, and there are opportunities for advancement.

Did you have any Tahltan contractors working for your company? What percentage of your contracting dollars went to Tahltan companies, including TNDC and their joint ventures?

Konaleen Drilling $1.5 million contract (16%).

Longview Range Contracting $65,000 contract (0.7%)

Total 16.7%

Do you have any outside contractors working for you? If so, who are they? Who were the primary contractors you utilized? Do they offer employment opportunities to Tahltan members?

We used the following outside contractors:

• Chu Cho Industries, Prince George

• Sasuchan Environmental LP, Prince George

• Gary Young, Prince George (Diesel)

• Terra Water, Camp Water System

• Chu Cho Environmental, Prince George

• Ketek Group, Garbage

• Palmer, Vancouver AEMP

• Ecologic, Vancouver - Stability Engineering

• Moose Mountain - Resource Modelling

• Tetra Tech, Vancouver - Engineering

• ALS Canada, Kamloops

• Superior Propane, Prince George

• SGS, Drill Core Assays

• CARO Labs

We encourage all companies to hire Tahltan members.

Anything else you would like to share with the Tahltan Nation?

We look forward to engaging more in 2023.

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