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IPO May 2021 Exploring for gold in two emerging camps - Northeast Tasmania & WA's Pilbara region - Flynn Gold
Exploring for gold in two emerging camps – Northeast Tasmania & WA’s Pilbara region

                    IPO May 2021
IPO May 2021 Exploring for gold in two emerging camps - Northeast Tasmania & WA's Pilbara region - Flynn Gold
Project Portfolio

Highlights
     •   Outstanding position in two emerging gold camps
     •   New gold projects being discovered
     •   Limited historical exploration
     •   Projects held 100% by Flynn Gold

Pilbara WA
     • 6 tenements and applications
     • 448 km2, 100% Flynn Gold (via PTR)
     • Emerging gold camp
     • Adjacent to Hemi discovery by DEG.ASX
         (Hemi results incl. 46m at 6.6g/t Au; DEG
         Mallina resource 2.2 Moz excl Hemi)
     • Modern gold rush

Northeast Tasmania
     • 7 granted tenements
     • 1,134 km2, Flynn Gold holds 100%
     • Early-mover in re-emerging field
     • Interpreted extension of Victorian goldfield
     • Fosterville-analogous geology
     • Orogenic Au and IRGD deposits

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IPO May 2021 Exploring for gold in two emerging camps - Northeast Tasmania & WA's Pilbara region - Flynn Gold
Flynn Gold Capital Structure

  Capital Structure                                                        Shares (million)
  Current Shares outstanding                                                       31.75

  Shares from conversion of Converting Notes1                                      13.33

  Forecast total shares at IPO (pre-money)                                          45.1

  Lead Manager options2                                                            3.000

  Exec Director Performance Rights                                                 1.000

  IPO offer share price                                                         A$0.20/sh

  Pre-Money Market Cap                                                           A$9.02m

  IPO Raising amount                                                            $10m Max

  IPO Shares issued – new investors                                                 50m

  Total Shares outstanding on IPO                                                  95.1m

  Post-Money Market Cap                                                            $19m

                                                1 Assuming 25% discount to $0.20/sh IPO price
                                                2 3 year options at a 25% premium to IPO price
                                                3 3 year performance rights upon achievement of share price hurdles   3
IPO May 2021 Exploring for gold in two emerging camps - Northeast Tasmania & WA's Pilbara region - Flynn Gold
Flynn Gold Significant Shareholders

  Shareholdings post $10m Raise   Shares    %          • Based on Maximum $10.0m raising
                                                       • Includes shares issued on conversion of
  Foreign Dimensions Pty Ltd
                                  21.7m    22.8%         Converting Notes at a 25% discount to $0.20/sh
  (C & I Bourke Family)
                                                         IPO price
  PJ Davis Pty Ltd                4.1m     4.3%        • Includes respective associates’ holdings
  Clive Duncan                    2.8m     3.0%        • Excludes shares that may be acquired by parties
                                                         in the IPO Offer:
  Taycol Nominees Pty Ltd         2.4m     2.5%
                                                           • Colin Bourke and/or his associates have
  Metal Ventures Pty Limited                                 applied for up to 7.8 million shares ($1.56
                                  1.7m     1.8%
  (Garrett Family)                                           million of Shares at the Equity Offer Issue
                                                             Price)
  Equity Trustees Limited
                                  1.5m     1.6%            • Equity Trustees Limited acf Lowell Resources
  (atf Lowell Resources Fund)
                                                             Fund has applied for up to 1.5million shares
                                                             ($300k of Shares at the Equity Offer Issue
                                                   1
                                                             Price)

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IPO May 2021 Exploring for gold in two emerging camps - Northeast Tasmania & WA's Pilbara region - Flynn Gold
Board and Management

    Board & Management
                              •   4 decades with market leading big box hardware chain Bunnings Group, including as COO and company director. Clive was a key executive
                                  contributor to the establishment and continued development of the Bunnings group, one of Australia’s most recognisable and successful retail
    Clive Duncan                  organisations. Clive has extensive experience leading Corporate/Business Development, including Merger & Acquisitions, Business Integrations,
    Chairman                      Sales and profit Growth, Corporate Governance, Stakeholder relationships, Strategy Development and Marketing. Clive has completed the
                                  Harvard Program for Management development, Finance program at London Business School and is a Member of the Australian Institute of
                                  Company Directors (AICD).
                              •   Long-term significant shareholder of Flynn Gold and predecessor companies

                              •   Over 30 years of exploration management, project assessment and operational experience for multi-national and junior mining and exploration
                                  companies, including Phelps Dodge and Cyprus Gold, in 10 countries and a broad range of geological environments. Specialist in copper and gold
    Sam Garrett                   exploration with additional strong exposure to iron ore, base metals, and specialist commodities. Co-owner and developer of successful private
    Executive Director            mine operation for agricultural products. Co-founder of Flynn Gold and predecessor company PTR.
                              •   Mt. Eliott, Havieron and Tujuh Bukit discovery credits

                              •   Director and CIO of Lowell Resources Funds Management (LRFM). Qualified lawyer and geologist. He has over 20 years of resources financing
                                  experience, including:
    John Forwood                   – CIO of the ASX-listed Lowell Resources Trust
    Director and Consultant        – Director of RMB Resources
                                   – Manager of the Telluride Investment Trust
                              •   Independent geologist with 45 years of international experience. He held senior positions with Anglo American and Amax during the 1970s. In 1995,
                                  Mr. Kirwin accepted a role as VP, Exploration for Indochina Goldfields and subsequently became Executive VP of Ivanhoe Mines Limited until 2012,
                                  after which Ivanhoe was acquired by Rio Tinto.
                              •   As a member of the joint discovery team for the Hugo Dummett deposit at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia, Doug was a co-recipient of the PDAC inaugural
    Doug Kirwin                   Thayer Lindsley medal awarded for the most significant international mineral discovery in 2004. Other mineral discoveries made by his exploration
    Technical Advisor             team include the Jelai-Mewet and Seruyung epithermal deposits in northeast Kalimantan, the Eunsan, Moisan and Gasado gold mines in South
                                  Korea, the Moditaung gold deposits in Myanmar and the Merlin Re-Mo deposit in Australia.
                              •   Past Vice President of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), he is a board member of the Economic Geology Research Unit at James Cook
                                  University. He holds a Master of Science degree in mineral exploration from James Cook University, where is his currently an adjunct professor.

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Northeast Tasmania Gold
Northeast Tasmania: under-explored Mathinna Beds geology and mineralisation - Analogous to Victorian Goldfields

                                                                                          Northeast
  Victoria
                                                                                          Tasmania
                                                                                            ~$1m2
   $81.4m1                  Gold Exploration Expenditure 2019/20
                                                                                           (Mathinna)

    82 Moz                               Historic Production                               2.7 Moz

    200 km                               Outcropping Zone                                   100 km

     ✓                       Interpreted Western Lachlan Orogen                               ✓
     ✓                          Orogenic & IRGS/TAG Style Au                                  ✓
     ✓                        Devonian Granitoids (400-370 Ma)                                ✓
     ✓                          Ordovician Turbiditic Sediments                               ✓
     1   statewide but dominantly Ordovician turbidite hosted orogenic gold exploration
               2 FG1 estimate: Majority portion of spend incurred by Flynn Gold

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IPO May 2021 Exploring for gold in two emerging camps - Northeast Tasmania & WA's Pilbara region - Flynn Gold
Tasmania – A Tier 1 Mining Jurisdiction

“One of the most mineralised places on the planet”
•   Rich in diverse mineral resources and operating mines,
    including several world-renowned deposits
•   Quality operating and investment jurisdiction - Stable
    political and regulatory environment with government and
    local community support for mining projects

•   Mining Journal’s World Risk Report 2020:
     – AA investment risk rating
     – ranked 2nd lowest-risk Australian state (Tas 70 pts vs
       WA 72 pts)
•   Established mining districts, infrastructure and skilled work
    force
•   Modern rail-to-port networks with access to Asia-Pacific
    and European markets

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IPO May 2021 Exploring for gold in two emerging camps - Northeast Tasmania & WA's Pilbara region - Flynn Gold
Northeast Tasmania Gold – Two Priority Targets

Flynn Gold has a dominant position in the belt and first-mover advantage

                                                                           Portland Gold Project
Golden Ridge Project
                                                                           •   High-grade “Fosterville-style”
•   Multi-million ounce bulk
                                                                               gold mineralisation confirmed
    tonnage gold deposit target
                                                                           •   +20 km strike potential of
•   Intrusion Related Gold System
                                                                               multiple exploration targets
    lookalikes:
                                                                           •   Outcropping discovery at Windy
    –   Fort Knox 5Moz, Alaska
                                                                               Ridge (10m@5.3g/t Au)
    –   King of the Hills (Red 5)
                                                                           •   Extensive As-in-soil anomalies
        4+Moz, WA
                                                                           •   Govt co-funded maiden diamond
•   Flynn has identified extensive
                                                                               drilling program completed in
    gold anomalism over 8km of
                                                                               2020:
    strike within granodiorite-
    hornfels contact zone                                                      –   Windy Ridge

•   Limited exploration coverage                                               –   Grand Flaneur

•   Diamond Drilling planned at                                            •   Historic goldfield with limited
    Brilliant in May 2021                                                      exploration history

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IPO May 2021 Exploring for gold in two emerging camps - Northeast Tasmania & WA's Pilbara region - Flynn Gold
Golden Ridge

Bulk tonnage, IRGD/TAG potential and high grade historical intersections – Fort Knox look-alike

Brilliant Prospect DDH (Billiton & MPI, 1980’s-1990’s)
•       34.5m at 1.30g/t Au (trench)
•       73m at 1.76g/t Au from 107m
•       95m at 0.95g/t Au from 126m
•       49m at 1.20 g/t Au from 68m
•       41m at 1.25g/t Au from 295m
•       31m at 1.52g/t Au from 200m
•       11m at 2.66 g/t Au from 22m (RC)                                   Kensington

•       Only drill tested over 150m of strike                                           8km
    .

    Trafalgar Prospect (Tamar Gold, 2014)
    •          Single DDH Quartz veining in altered granodiorite
           •         0.4m @ 150 g/t Au from 202.7m; plus
           •         5.7m @ 1.76 g/t Au from 217m
    •          One-hole program – never followed-up

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Golden Ridge Brilliant prospect – IRGD/TAG target

Drill core: Brilliant

Shingle breccia: Kensington

                              •   Broad gold intersections characteristic of IRGD style deposits
                              •   Historical drilling only tests 100-150m of strike. Potentially open in all directions
Visible gold: Brilliant
                              •   No drilling between Brilliant and Trafalgar prospects despite soil, rock stream Geochem and historical workings
                              •   No drilling west of Brilliant prospect
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Golden Ridge Brilliant prospect – IRGD/TAG target

                            •   Historical drilling targeting old
                                workings and trench results
                            •   Broad intervals of anomalous
                                gold
                            •   Mineralisation hosted in
                                hornfels/silicified ridge in
                                Mathinna Beds at contact of
      Open                      intrusive
                            •   Mineralisation and alteration
                                consistent with large scale
                                IRGD/TAG deposit types
                            •   Mineralisation open in all
                                directions
                    Open    •   Drilling only tested 150m of strike
                            •   Extensive (4-5 km) soil
                                anomalism along strike remains
                                untested by drilling
                            •   Excellent access, crown land
             Open
                            Strategic Plan:
                            •   Drilling of Brilliant and satellite
                                anomalies during 2021-22 to
                                develop potential gold resource       Brilliant Drilling Plan View
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Portland Gold Project – Second Priority Target

                                                 Portland Gold Project

                                                 •   High-grade “Fosterville-style”
                                                     gold mineralisation confirmed
                                                 •   +20 km strike potential of
                                                     multiple exploration targets
                                                 •   Outcropping discovery at Windy
                                                     Ridge (10m@5.3g/t Au)
                                                 •   Extensive As-in-soil anomalies
                                                 •   Govt co-funded maiden diamond
                                                     drilling program completed in
                                                     2020:
                                                     –   Windy Ridge
                                                     –   Grand Flaneur
                                                 •   Historic goldfield with limited
                                                     exploration history

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Portland Project - Victorian ‘Slate Belt style’ Orogenic Gold
•    Historic goldfield 1870-1917, mining
     grades of 15-45 g/t Au
•    +20-30km prospective strike
     identified
       – Historical workings
       – Magnetics
       – Rocks, soils surveys completed
•    Highlights of previous shallow, wide-
     spaced drilling include:
      – Grand Flaneur: 1m @ 17.7 g/t
         Au from 27m (EOH)
      – Blue Bell: 2m @ 7.5 g/t Au from
         46m, incl 1m @ 11.3 g/t Au
•    Flynn Gold grab sample assays up
     to 126 g/t Au (‘Big M’ prospect)

•    Flynn Gold Discovery at Windy
     Ridge:
      – Trench 10m @ 5.3 g/t Au
•    2020 Flynn Gold diamond drilling
     program
      – Tasmanian Govt grant funding
      – Highlights at Grand Flaneur:
           • 1.4m at 9.7g/t Au
           • 0.5m at 12.75g/t Au
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Portland Gold Project - Grand Flaneur

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Portland Gold System – Comparison to Victorian gold camps

                                        22 Moz                     9 Moz                         6 Moz

                                                           Fosterville
                                   Bendigo                                                              Castlemaine
                                                                                                               Chewton             Portland

                                                                                                                Wattle Gully

Camp-Scale Geochem
Dispersion Footprints

• As most mobile in near-surface                                                                                              10 km
  environment
• Sb and Au less so

                                                      As enrichment              >30 ppm            >20 ppm            >20 ppm              >20 ppm
                                                     Sb enrichment               >3 ppm             >3 ppm              >3 ppm              >3 ppm
                                                      Au enrichment               >10 ppb            >10 ppb            >10 ppb             >10 ppb
                                                 Modified from Duncan (2020). Compilation of various open file rock lithogeochem data including Gold
                                                 Undercover work Report 16 (Arne & House, 2009)                                                        15
Pilbara, Western Australia

Pilbara WA
     • 6 tenements and applications
     • 448 km2, 100% Flynn Gold (via PTR)
     • Emerging gold camp
     • Adjacent to Hemi discovery by DEG.ASX
         (Hemi results incl. 46m at 6.6g/t Au; DEG
         Mallina resource 2.2 Moz)
     • Modern gold rush

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Pilbara Gold

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Pilbara Gold – Mt Dove

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Timeline and Exploration Budget: A$10.0m IPO

Timeline
                                                                                                                                                    IPO
    Feb 2018                                               Nov 2019               Feb 2020                                                                Q2 2021                                                   H2 2021
                                                                                                    Aug-Oct 2020                        Oct 2020                                      H1 2021
    Soil sampling defines                                  $2.6M private          Covid-19 crisis                                                         Golden Ridge                                              Portland Follow-up
                                                                                                    Increase JV                         Con Notes                                     Pilbara ground
    Windy Ridge prospect                                   capital raise          hits                                                                    Verification and                                          Drilling
                                                                                                    ownership %                         Financing                                     geophysics / soils
                                                                                                                                                          Extension Drilling

                   2018                     2019                                                          2020                                                                 2021
                                                                                                    Aug-Oct 2020               Q3 2020                       H1 2021                           H2 2021
              May 2018                      2019                    Nov 2019                        Stratigraphic drilling     Mapping and                   Regional exploration –            Drilling at Golden
              Drilling starts at            Portland                60% earn-in Tas JV              at Portland                sampling at Golden            NE Tas gold licences              Ridge continues
              Grieves Zn project            Trenching and soil      $1.3M spend                     (WR/GF)                    Ridge
                                            sampling

Budget

          2021                             A$m                             2022                                              A$m
          Tasman Gold Project              2.3                             Tasman Gold Project                               3.3                       Drill program at Golden
          Henty Base Metals                0.2                             Henty Base Metals                                 0.3
                                                                                                                                                     Ridge planned to commence
                                                                                                                                                         Q2 2021 prior to IPO.
          Exploration Pilbara projects     0.2                             Exploration Pilbara projects                      0.9
                                                                                                                                                     Drill program at Portland H2
          Project Generation/Acquisition   0.5                             Project Generation                                0.2
                                                                                                                                                                 2021
          G&A (incl listing costs)         1.6                             G&A                                               0.8
          Total                            4.8                             Total                                             5.5

                                                                             Based on $0.7m cash at IPO
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Indicative Timetable: ASX IPO

           Stage                                                 Indicative Date
         Lodgement of Prospectus with ASIC                     Tuesday, 30 March 2021

         Offer period opens for the Equity Offer               Wednesday, 7 April 2021

         Offer period closes for the Equity Offer              Friday, 23 April 2021

         Issue of Shares and Broker Options                    Monday, 3 May 2021

         Dispatch of holding statements                        Tuesday, 4 May 2021

         Quotation of Shares on ASX                            Monday, 10 May 2021

          The above dates are indicative only and may change without notice. The Company, in
           consultation with the Lead Manager, reserves the right to extend or shorten the offer
             period or close the Offers in its absolute discretion and without prior notice. The
          Company also reserves the right to not to proceed with all or part of the Offers prior to
                                                issue of Shares.                                      20
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Mathew Watkins
                                       Company Secretary
                                          +61 3 9692 7222
                                    mwatkins@leydinfreyer.com.au
                                       www.flynngold.com.au

For a copy of the prospectus,
please go to www.flynngold.com.au
Appendix: ASX IPO

            Flynn Gold Limited is progressing its IPO – target ASX listing date 10 May 2021

                                Role                                                              Provider

            Lead Manager                                            Taylor Collison Limited

            CFO and Company Secretaries                             Melanie Leydin & Mathew Watkins, Leydin Freyer

            Legal Counsel                                           Quinert Rodda & Associates Pty Ltd

            Project Manager                                         Chris Whiteman

            Independent Geologist                                   CSA Global

            Independent Accountant & Auditor                        William Buck

            Investor Relations                                      NWR Communications

            ASX Ticker                                              ‘FG1’

                     Timetable is dependent on numerous external factors, including regulatory, and is subject to change   23
Appendix: NE Tasmania Gold Project – dominant land position

                       Mangana Project

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Appendix: Henty Zinc Project
                               •   Historical Zn belt
                               •   Previous exploration provides large data sets. Shallow drilling
                               •   CSA Global report confirms 16 targets with potential for Irish style
                                   and intrusive-related deposits
                               •   Known mineralisation at Grieves, Myrtle, Oceana1, Austral, Silver
                                   King and Mariposa
                               •   Drilling by Flynn at Grieves confirms high grades. Zinc recovery
                                   metallurgical testwork required
                               •   Potential at depth

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Appendix: Koolyanobbing Gold Project, Yilgarn WA

•   Yilgarn greenstone belts prolific hosts of gold
•   9 tenement applications within the Marda-Diemals
    greenstone belt
•   Includes gold and iron ore occurrences

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