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TSX-V: GMC / FSE: R9G / OTCQB: RGDCF
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Forward-Looking Statements
This presentation contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements, other than statements of
historical fact, that address events or developments that Gaia Metals Corp. expects to occur, are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always identified by the words
“expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or
conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur.
Although Gaia Metals Corp. believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-
looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include market
prices, exploration and production successes or failures, continued availability of capital and financing, inability to obtain required
shareholder or regulatory approvals, and general economic market or business conditions.
Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Gaia Metals Corp. management on the date the
statements are made.
The technical information in this presentation has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in NI
43-101 and reviewed on behalf of the Company by Mr. Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P.Geo., of Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. and Vice
President of Exploration for Gaia Metals Corp, a Qualified Person and registered permit holder with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec.
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Gaia Metals Corp. is a mineral exploration company
focused on the acquisition and development of mineral
projects containing base and precious metals, including
platinum group elements, and lithium.
The Company’s primary asset is the Corvette-FCI Property
which hosts numerous occurrences of high-grade gold,
copper, silver, platinum group elements, and lithium. In
addition, the Company holds several other properties that
are prospective for gold, lithium, as well as high purity silica.
About Gaia Metals Corp.
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SHARES OUTSTANDING (AS OF FEBRUARY 5, 2020) 14,788,816
WARRANTS
@ $1.00 (EXPIRY DECEMBER 27, 2021) 704,080
@ $1.50 (EXPIRY SEPTEMBER 25, 2022) 150,000
@ $0.09 YR 1, $0.15 YR 2, AND $0.20 YR 3, (EXPIRY DECEMBER 2, 2022) 5,888,571
OPTIONS
@ $1.15 (EXPIRY MARCH 17, 2020) 40,000
@ $0.80 (EXPIRY MAY 15, 2020) 97,500
@ $0.50 (EXPIRY SEPTEMBER 4, 2020) 100,000
@ $1.00 (EXPIRY MAY 4, 2021) 95,000
@ $0.50 (EXPIRY JULY 11, 2021) 155,000
@ $0.60 (EXPIRY MAY 2, 2022) 235,000
@ $0.09 (EXPIRY JANUARY 14, 2023) 675,000
@ $0.09 (EXPIRY FEBRUARY 3, 2023) 80,000
TOTAL SHARES FULLY DILUTED 23,008,697
Suite 500 – 666 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC
V6C 3P6
778 945 2950
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DUSAN BERKA, P. ENG.
CFO & Director
Having worked in Europe and Americas, Mr. Berka
has 50 years of international business and
engineering experience. He also has extensive
experience in the capital markets, financing,
marketing, management and administration of
public companies.
During the past 39 years, Mr. Berka has served as a
Director and Senior Officer of various public
companies traded on the NASDAQ, TSX, TSX
Venture and CSE. Mr. Berka is a graduate engineer
with a M.Sc. (Dipl. Ing.) degree from Slovak
Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia (1968),
and has been a member of the Association of
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British
Columbia since 1977.
PAUL CHUNG, B.SC., MBA
Director
Mr. Chung holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Geology from the University of British Columbia & a
Masters of Business Administration in IT from
Athabasca University.
Mr. Chung is experienced in project management,
bringing companies to the public markets &
international transactions. Mr. Chung has conducted
operations in N. & S. America & China & is
experienced in asset acquisition, financings, &
marketing for multi-location international
businesses.
Mr. Chung helped to identify a suite of lithium
projects (Mariana brine in Argentina, Avalonia
project in Ireland, Mavis Lake lithium/rare metals
project in Ontario). These are the core projects for
International Lithium Corp & their strategic partner
Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd. of China.
ADRIAN LAMOUREUX
President, CEO, & Director
Mr. Lamoureux has worked in the venture capital
markets for the past 12 years, specializing in the
design & implementation of market strategies and
corporate development.
Mr. Lamoureux has particular expertise in the
mineral exploration & development sector. During
his time working in the venture capital markets, Mr.
Lamoureux has financed a number of successful
private & public companies.
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DARREN L. SMITH, M.SC., P.GEO
Vice President of Exploration
With more than 14 years experience in the
industry, Mr. Smith specializes in high-level project
management including program design and
implementation, technical reporting, land
management, community engagement, and
corporate disclosure. He has provided technical
oversight for PEA, PFS, and FS level projects as
well as complex metallurgical programs.
Mr. Smith’s experience includes
carbonatite complexes & associated metals (Ta, Nb,
Sc, REEs), lithium, cobalt, graphite, phosphate,
fluorspar, uranium, as well as base &
precious metals. In 2009, Darren & his
team discovered one of the world’s largest REE
deposits (Ashram) and has been instrumental in its
development since this time.
KELLY PLADSON
Corporate Secretary
Kelly Pladson has provided corporate governance &
regulatory compliance services to many TSX
Venture & CSE listed companies since 2009. She
works closely with the company’s CEO and legal
counsel in maintaining corporate records, managing
the day to day operations of the company &
ensuring the company’s filings with the securities
commissions & exchanges are accurately filed & in
accordance with their deadlines. Prior to 2009, Ms.
Pladson was an investment advisor’s assistant for
two years.
TODD HANAS
Director
Mr. Hanas is a marketing and communications/sales
specialist with 24 years of experience in all aspects
of business communications, corporate identity,
corporate finance and investor relations/consulting
for both private and public companies.
Mr. Hanas has proven resource, oil and gas
exploration and production expertise with significant
experience and success in start-up, early-stage
junior resource companies. Mr. Hanas is currently
president and chief executive officer of Bluesky
Corporate Communications Ltd.
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o Recent gold price breakout above $1,450
o “Lack of discoveries and declining
production will drive both gold prices higher
and drive M&A”
Sprott Asset Management (2016)
o Strong potential for greenstone (lode)
deposit type on the Company’s properties –
high-grade deposit style
o Gold to silver ratio at highest level in almost
30 years (>80) and is poised for reversion to
more normalized levels (~60) – leverage to
increasing silver price
Source: 911 Metallurgist, Andrew Jackson
Gold price breakout Silver poised
to breakout
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o Copper is a key commodity in the ongoing
development towards a green economy
o electric motors, solar and wind energy systems,
charging infrastructure for electric vehicles
o Electric vehicles require significantly more
copper compared to conventional combustion
engine vehicles
o 18-49 lbs (combustion) vs 183 lbs (battery electric)
www.copper.org
o Copper market is poised to enter into supply
deficit by 2021
CRU Group / Bloomberg 2019
8TSX-V: GMC / FSE: R9G / OTCQB: RGDCFSource: www.copper.org / Copper Development Association Inc.
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o Lithium is an essential component used in clean
technology – energy storage (Li-ion batteries), electric
vehicles, as well as ceramics, alloys, lubricants, electronics
and pharmaceuticals
o Demand is growing at 10%+ per year, while new
technologies continue to support this growth trend well into
the future – e.g. Tesla Motors Gigafactory in Nevada and
Gigafactory 2 in Europe
o The lithium market remains anchored in strong
fundamentals with demand forecasted to quadruple over
the next 10 years (Bloomberg)
o Pegmatite deposits are typically amenable to open-pit
mining and straight-forward mineral processing
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Source: Deutche Bank; Industry data
“Lithium is the new Gasoline”(Goldman Sachs, Dec 2, 2015)
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QuebecFocused
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o Focus on the
underexplored
James Bay Region
o Company’s flagship
asset is Corvette-FCI,
a spin-out asset of
Osisko Mining Inc.
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o Corvette (100%) and FCI (Option to
earn 75% from O3 Mining)
o Staged earn-in – $2.25M in exploration
over 3 years for 50%, plus next $2M of
JV for additional 25%
o Multiple prospective exploration trends
identified
o Maven Copper-Gold-Silver Trend
– more than 10 km
o Gold Trend – more than 20 km
o Lithium Trend – more than 25 km11
Corvette-FCI Summary
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o Situated within the La Grande
Greenstone Belt, the Corvette-FCI
Property hosts significant mineral
potential over multiple deposit types
o Orogenic gold (greenstone/lode)
o Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide
o Lithium pegmatite
o Komatiite (ultramafic) Ni-Cu-PGE
o Magmatic-hydrothermal
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Corvette-FCI Geology
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o Multiple, high-grade, copper-gold-silver
occurrences highlighted by the Elsass and
Lorraine prospects
o Elsass Prospect
o Multiple mineralized outcrops over an
approximate 350 m x 60 m area
o 3.63% Cu, 0.64 g/t Au, 52.3 g/t Ag
o Lorraine Prospect
o 8.15% Cu, 1.33 g/t Au, 171 g/t Ag in
outcrop
o Numerous additional prospects/showings
along relatively underexplored trend
o Hund – 3.28% Cu, 0.78 g/t Au, 30.1 g/t Ag
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Corvette-FCI Maven Cu-Au-Ag Trend
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Lorraine: 0.23% Cu, 3.55 g/t Au, 37.7 g/t Ag
Corvette-FCI Elsass & Lorraine Prospects
o High-grade chalcopyrite mineralization in outcrop within amphibolite host at Elsass and Lorraine Cu-Au-Ag prospects
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Elsass: 1.86% Cu, 1.12 g/t Au, 32.6 g/t Ag
Lorraine: 8.15% Cu, 1.33 g/t Au, 171.0 g/t AgElsass: 2.68% Cu, 0.20 g/t Au, 43.9 g/t Ag
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o Most advanced prospect on
Corvette-FCI Property
o 5,113 metres over 23 drill holes
o 10.5 g/t Au over 7.0 metres
Visible gold in folded quartz vein – returned 14.15 g/t Au over 0.5 m (drill hole FCI-10-010)
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10.48 g/t Au /7.0m
Grabs 32.3 g/t and 108.9 g/t Au
0.93 g/t Au /7,85m
0.59 g/t Au /11.4m
0.66 g/t Au /12.0m
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o Main showing characterized by
mineralized amphibolite boulders over
small area
o Thirteen (13) samples assaying >1.0 g/t Au,
including a sample of 38.1 g/t Au
o Source interpreted to be in the up-ice
direction – to the east-northeast
o 2019 prospecting sampled 1.4 g/t Au from
a mineralized quartz vein in outcrop
o 2019 soil sampling results indicate a
potential source area where little to no
historical exploration has been
completed
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Corvette-FCI Lac Bruno Prospect
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Corvette-FCI Platinum & Palladium
o Property hosts a strong potential for
platinum & palladium (PGE)
mineralization from komatiite
(ultramafic) associated Ni-Cu-PGE
occurrences
o Historical Lac Long Showing sample
assayed 3.10 g/t Au, 1.06 g/t Pd,
0.005 g/t Pt, 7.5 g/t Ag, 0.24% Cu,
0.19% Ni, 411 g/t Co
o Ultramafic units across the Property
have seen only limited exploration
with most historical samples not
analysed for PGEs
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o Property hosts more than 25 km of
prospective lithium trend, with eleven (11)
spodumene pegmatites discovered to date,
including seven (7) discovered in 2019
o CV5 Pegmatite is largest single exposure at
~220 m long x 20-40 m wide
o Eight (8) total samples collected with average of
3.00% Li2O, 154 ppm Ta2O5
o Peak assay – 4.06% Li2O, 564 ppm Ta2O5
o High number of well-mineralized pegmatites
indicate a strong potential that a series of
relatively closely spaced/stacked, sub-parallel,
and sizable spodumene pegmatites, with
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Corvette-FCI Lithium Pegmatites
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o Strong tantalum component
o Exploration trend remains unexplored for lithium over most of its length
o No drill testing of pegmatites has been completed to date
Spodumene crystals at CV1 Pegmatite
CV8 Pegmatite: 2.06% Li2O and 205 ppm Ta2O5
CV5 Pegmatite (~220 m x 20-40 m exposure) –all pegmatite samples collected in 2019 average 3.00% Li2O and 154 ppm Ta2O5
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British Columbia & Northwest Territories
• Hidden Lake, NWT – 1.6% Li2O over 9.2 m,
Company holds 40% in JV with Far Resources
• Golden Silica, BC – high purity silica, located
proximal to infrastructure & active silica mine
James Bay Region, Quebec
• Pontax (gold, lithium), large land position in
underexplored area of Pontax Greenstone Belt
• Lac du Beryl (gold, lithium), claims within 700 m
of historical Arianne Gold Showing – 5.4 g/t Au
over 7 m
• Eastmain (lithium), strategically located proximal
to the James Bay (Cyr) Deposit held by Galaxy
Resources
Additional Strategic Properties
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Management cautions that past results or discoveries on adjacent properties may not necessarily be indicative to the presence of mineralization on the Company’s properties.
Lithium pegmatites, Hidden Lake Property
High purity silica, Golden Silica Property
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ADRIAN LAMOUREUX
President, CEO, & [email protected]
Suite 500 – 666 Burrard St.Vancouver, BC V6C 3P6
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