Reserves & Resources

The drilling conducted by the Company on the Cardiac Creek deposit has defined both Indicated and Inferred Resources. The current resource was updated in late 2017 incorporating all the results from the 2017 drilling program. The updated resource can be seen in the table below.

Table: 2017 Sensitivity of Mineral Resources

_{Note: Mineral resources are not mineral reserves because the economic viability has not been demonstrated.}

Comparison to Previous Resource

The current mineral resource estimate (November 2017) is compared to the previous mineral resource estimate (effective date May 16, 2016, presented in a technical report dated June 28, 2016).

Table: Comparison of November 2017 and May 2016 Mineral Resources (5% Zn cut-off)

The 2016 resource can be found in the Company’s previously released revised NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Cardiac Creek deposit entitled “Mineral Resource Estimate for the Akie Zinc-Lead-Silver Project, British Columbia, Canada” which can be found at www.sedar.com.

Robert Sim P.Geo., is an independant Qualified Person responsible for the information related to the estimate of Cardiac Creek mineral resources contained in this information. Mr. Sim also served as the Qualified Person responsible for the preparation of the 2016 NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Akie Project and is responsible for the maiden 2008 and updated 2012 mineral resource estimates for the Cardiac Creek deposit.