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TSX.V: HAR

AN ACTIVE PLAYER AND PROJECT GENERATOR
                           IN JAMES BAY

                           February 2021

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this presentation may be deemed "forward-looking statements“ within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws. All statements in this
presentation, other than statements of historical fact, that address future events, developments or performance that Harfang Exploration Inc. (the "Corporation” or “Harfang” ) expects
to occur, including managements’ expectations regarding the Corporation’s growth, results of operations, estimated future revenues, requirements for additional capital, mineral reserve
and mineral resource estimates, production estimates, gold equivalent ounces, production costs and revenue, future demand for and prices of commodities, business prospects and
opportunities are forward looking statements based on certain estimates and assumptions, and no assurance can be given that the estimates and assumptions will be realized. 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", "scheduled" and similar expressions or variations (including negative variations), or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or
"should" occur including, without limitation, that all conditions precedent to the closing of the transaction between the Corporation and Orion Mine Finance Group (the "Transaction") will
be met and the realization of the anticipated benefits deriving therefrom for shareholders of the Corporation, the view on the quality and the potential of the Corporation’s assets.
Although the Corporation believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors and are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may accordingly differ materially from those in forward looking statements. The
forward-looking statements contained in this presentation are based upon assumptions management believes to be reasonable. For additional information on risks, uncertainties and
assumptions, please refer to the Corporation’s most recent Annual Information Form filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. The Corporation cautions that the
foregoing list of risk and uncertainties is not exhaustive. Investors and others who base themselves on the forward-looking statements contained herein should carefully consider the
above factors as well as the uncertainties they represent and the risk they entail. The Corporation believes that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are
reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this presentation should not be unduly relied
upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this presentation. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as
a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by applicable law.

Safe Harbour Statement

Certain statements in this presentation constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities
legislation. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the
Company, or other future events, including forecast production, earnings and cash flows, to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements or other events
expressly or implicitly predicted by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, factors associated with fluctuations in the
market price of precious metals, mining industry risks, recent operating losses, uncertainty of title to properties, risk associated with foreign operations, environmental risks and hazards,
proposed legislation affecting the mining industry, litigation, governmental regulation of the mining industry, properties without known mineable reserves, uncertainty as to calculations
of reserves, mineral deposits and grades, requirement of additional financing, uninsured risks, competition, dependence on key management personnel, potential volatility of market
price of the Company’s common shares, dilution and certain anti-takeover effects. Such information contained herein represents management’s best judgment as of the date hereof
based on information currently available. The Company does not intend to update this information and disclaims any legal liability to the contrary.

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A JUNIOR ON THE RISE

   MISSION
     Generating new gold districts in James Bay, Québec
   DEVELOPMENT MODEL
     Generation of new mining projects
     Advancing greenfield projects trough field
      investigation
     Partnerships on its properties
   EXCELLENT CASH POSITION

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WELL FINANCED AND STRONG SUPPORT

                  CAPITALIZATION                                       OWNERSHIP
 Shares outstanding                  62.8 million   Retail                                      40%
 Warrants                            13.3 million   Québec institutional funds                  30%
 Options                              1.7 million   Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.                  9.9%

 Fully diluted shares outstanding    77.8 million
                                                    Close associates                            14%

 Treasury (as of October 31, 2020)   $4.5 million
                                                    Board of directors & Management             6%
 Financing (December 2020)           $5.3 million

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SKILLED BOARD OF DIRECTORS & MANAGEMENT

       ANDRÉ GAUMOND, CHAIRMAN
   Director at Altius Minerals Corporation and
   Former President & CEO of Virginia Mines        FRANÇOIS GOULET, P.GEO., MSC
                                                         President & CEO

    JEAN-PIERRE JANSON, DIRECTOR
 Managing Director at Richardson GMP Limited
    and Chairman of the Board of Midland
                 Exploration                        FRANÇOIS HUOT, P.GEO., PHD
                                                          VP Exploration

        FRANK MARIAGE, DIRECTOR
   Partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
                                                        YVON ROBERT, CPA
                                                         Chief financial officer

     SYLVIE PRUD’HOMME, DIRECTOR
Geologist and former Manager, Investor Relations
          for Osisko Mining Corporation

                                                       MARC POTHIER, LL.B.
                                                        Corporate secretary
                                                         & Legal advisor
      ROBIN VILLENEUVE, DIRECTOR
CFO at Opsens Inc. and ex-CFO of Virginia Mines

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EXPERIENCED & FIELD-ORIENTATED TEAM
HIGHLY EFFICIENT ON THE GROUND

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ACTIVE GOLD PROJECTS IN JAMES BAY

    Close to significant gold
     discoveries
    Underexplored territory
    Located on key geological domains
     (greenstone belts, major tectonic
     boundaries)
    Good access & infrastructures
    Proven collaboration with local
     communities

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2021 EXPLORATION BUDGET
OUR MOST ACTIVE YEAR

• Serpent Project (Winter 2021 : 1,515,000$)
   IP survey and Grid cutting (69 km)
   Drilling Campaign (4,000 m, approx. 30 DDH)
• Serpent and other projects (Summer & Fall 2021 : 1,300,000$)
• 2021 Total budget : 2.82 M$

   First-ever drilling program by Harfang (Winter 2021)

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SERPENT PROJECT
OUR FLAGSHIP ASSET

   100% owned by Harfang, no NSR
   845 claims (43,452 ha) located 80 km SE of
    Radisson, adjacent to the Billy-Diamond paved
    road
   Located 75 km northwest of Éléonore mine,
    adjacent to the La Grande-Opinaca contact
   Underexplored area prior to the creation of the
    property
   Archean tonalitic basement and highly-
    deformed and metamorphosed volcano-
    sedimentary horizons (including the Apple
    Formation) intruded by weakly deformed and
    metamorphosed ultramafic to felsic rocks
   Discovery of multiple orogenic gold (Au) and
    intrusion-related (Cu-Au-Ag) mineralizations
   Major gold-in-till anomaly (>8 km2) associated
    with gold showings and gold-rich soils
   NOW DRILLING !

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SERPENT PROJECT
HIGH GRADE GOLD RESULTS

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                          Background: Residual Magnetic Field from GDS survey (2019)
SERPENT PROJECT
OUTSTANDING GOLD-IN-TILL ANOMALY (> 8 KM2)

                                     222.58 g/t Au Vein

                     • 30% of the samples inside the anomaly >50 gold grains (regional background: 3-5 gold grains)
                     • Scheelite abundant locally (high W content)
                                              Quantity of gold grains after adjusting the table feed weights (fraction
SERPENT PROJECT
HIGH RATIOS OF PRISTINE GOLD GRAINS IN TILL

                                     Pristine gold grains = Mineralized bedrock source likely proximal

                                                                          Gold in till sample E46238

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SERPENT PROJECT
MULTIPLE VISIBLE GOLD OCCURRENCES IN ROCKS

Ana                                                            Sasquatch Area

                                              Sasquatch Area

                                Gold Specks

Visible gold in a quartz vein
grading 222.58 g/t Au

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SERPENT PROJECT
EXTENSIVE & HIGH GOLD CONTENT IN SOIL

                                        • Clusters A and B overlap the most
                                          gold-rich tills
                                        • Soil samples highlight new sectors
                                          with gold potentiel in bedrock; all
                                          gold clusters are south of the Stu
                                          structure
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SERPENT PROJECT
 HUGE QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH SHEAR ZONES

 Deformation corridors (5-10 m wide and up to 350 m long) are found inside or on the edge of the differentiated
  ultramafic to mafic intrusion spatially associated with the gold-in-till anomaly

 Sasquatch Structure (N245°/85°)                                                                                   N

      E-W Shear Zone Vein
                                    NNW-SSE Extensional Vein
                                        (Drusy Quartz)
                                         10 m
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SERPENT PROJECT
HUGE QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH SHEAR ZONES

       24.91 g/t Au (boulder up-ice from TR-SER-20-005)         Moby-Dick Structure (N245°/80°)
              18.75 g/t Au over 0.55 m, 17.07 g/t over 0.35 m     7.78 g/t Au over 6.15 m, including 24.06 g/t Au
               and 8.95 g/t Au over 0.45 m (TR-SER-20-005)         over 1.8 m and 2.00 g/t Au over 2.25 m

            7.78 g/t Au over 6.15 m (TR-SER-20-001)             TR-SER-20-001

                            Exploration camp

             8.85 g/t Au and 2.10 g/t Au (TR-SER-20-007)

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SERPENT PROJECT
CU-AU-AG (±BI±TE) MINERALIZATION AT MISTA

 The Mista corridor extends at least 350 m in a WNW-ESE direction
Aerial view looking west

                                                                        0.59% Cu, 0.25 g/t Au, 6.42 g/t Ag over 5.60 m (Channel)
     MAIN TRENCH
                                                                        0.59% Cu, 0.21 g/t Au, 7.66 g/t Ag over 2.05 m (Channel)
     0.99% Cu, 0.20 g/t Au, 7.7 g/t Ag over 11.7 m (Channel)

       0.88% Cu, 0.12 g/t Au, 6.31 g/t Ag over 2.35 m
       (Channel)
                                                                                                              Open

   1.56% Cu, 0.26 g/t Au, 9.0 g/t Ag
   (Grab)

 0.25% Cu, 0.74 g/t Au, 2.12 g/t Ag                                      1.47% Cu, 0.26 g/t Au, 12.8 g/t Ag (Grab)
 over 3.30 m (Channel)

                                                          1.17% Cu, 0.31 g/t Au, 7.6 g/t Ag (Grab)

                                                  1.69% Cu, 0.96 g/t Au, 15.4 g/t Ag (Grab)
               Open

                                                                                               Only grab samples with Cu >1% are shown

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SERPENT PROJECT
NEW GEOLOGICAL MODEL

Discovery of major gold-bearing deformation corridors associated
with a large differentiated ultramafic to dioritic intrusion

         Till Sample
         Gold Showing

                                                                                  Mafic Dyke Swarm
                         Ultramafic intrusion
                         « The Snake »

                                                    Tonalitic gneiss

           Rehausser les couleurs, je trouve ca fade
       Differentiated mafic intrusion
                 (~10 km2)

                                                  Paragneiss/Quartzite                              Pegmatite
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                                                                         Map modified from Goutier et al. (1999)
LAKE MÉNARIK & MÉNARIK EAST PROJECTS
READY FOR PARTNERSHIP

   100% owned by Harfang (2% NSR Osisko Gold
    Royalties on most claims on Lake Ménarik)
   Located 48 km SE of Radisson
   Lake Ménarik = 110 claims (5,653 ha) / Ménarik
    East = 64 claims (3,289 ha)
   5 km from James Bay paved road, properties
    accessible by ATV trails
   Archean greenstone belt (Yasinski Group)
   Polymictic conglomerate (Timiskaming-style)
    along a regional deformation corridor
   Monzonite-hosted and orogenic gold
    mineralization styles [Lake Ménarik]
   Layered ultramafic-mafic igneous complex with a
    Cr and PGE resource (not NI 43-101 compliant)
    [Ménarik East]
   Orogenic gold associated with listwanite and
    related rocks [Ménarik East]

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LAKE MÉNARIK PROJECT
ABUNDANT GOLD OCCURRENCES

   Very high-grade gold occurrences in quartz veins (up to 1,918 g/t Au) hosted in monzonite and adjacent volcano-
    sedimentary assemblage; higher gold grades in monzonite
   Gold commonly associated with high contents in Ag, Te and Bi, locally with Cu
   The Lake Menarik fault represents a sharp metamorphic contrast (greenschist to amphibolite facies)

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LAKE MÉNARIK PROJECT
 GOLD IN AND AROUND THE MONZONITE INTRUSION

          Some of the best mineralized intervals
                   (DDH and Trenches)

DDH/Trench                             Intervals
DDH-1404-03    0.89 g/t Au over 68.25 m (Pierre)

DDH-1404-05    2.53 g/t Au over 4.72 m (Benoît)

DDH-1404-17    0.76 g/t Au over 34.28 m; 0.75 g/t Au over 10.44 m (Pierre)

Channel        12.46 g/t Au and 25.5 g/t Ag over 3.60 m (Gordie)

Channel        18.75 g/t Au, 31.1 g/t Ag and 0.41% Cu over 0.88 m (David)

Channel        1.04 g/t Au over 24.9 m (Greco)

                                                                             Favourable structures
                                                                             (DDH targets)

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LAKE MÉNARIK PROJECT
SYENITE AND OROGENIC MODELS

 Brecciated, chloritized and hematized monzonite (2.35 g/t Au over 5.09 m)
 [Pierre showing]                                                              Shear-hosted quartz veining at Gordie showing

 Polygenic conglomerate (Ekomiak Formation) with altered monzonite fragments    12.46 g/t Au and 25.5 g/t Ag over 3.60 m

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MÉNARIK EAST PROJECT
CR-PGE & AU SHOWINGS IN AND AROUND THE MENARIK COMPLEX

Calculated resources* in the Menarik layered
ultramafic complex : 6.335 Mt @ 7.73% Cr2O3,
398 ppb Pd & 105 ppb Pt
*Not compliant with NI 43-101

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BONFAIT AND LA PASSE PROJECTS

                                                            Rusty quartz veins in laminated wacke
   Located 90 km SE of Radisson and adjacent to Lake
    Sakami; Bonfait claims are 2 km south of the
    Transtaiga road and the La Grande-3 airport
   Bonfait (194 claims; 9,940 ha) and La Passe (80
    claims; 4,117 ha) projects are 100% owned by
    Harfang; accessible by boat and air transportation
   Dominant lithologies include wacke/arkose and
    paragneiss with less common pegmatite and
    polygenic conglomerate
   Adjacent to the prolific contact between the La
    Grande and Opinaca subprovinces
   Straddle the limit between the greenschist and
    amphibolite facies
   No sustained historical exploration work                Brecciated arkose filled with semi-massive pyrite in the matrix
   Geological and metallogenic settings are suitable for
    sediment-hosted disseminated gold similar to the
    Éléonore deposit and the La Pointe prospect

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LAKE FAGNANT PROJECT

   68 claims (3,352 ha) located 60 km east of                   Great Whale greenstone belt
    Kuujjuarapik and 160 km north of Radisson;                        Banded Iron Formation
    access by air transportation                                      Sedimentary Rock
   Joint Venture between Harfang (40%),                              Basalt
    Kenorland Minerals Ltd. (40%) and
                                                     Esker            Gold showing (SIGÉOM)
    UrbanGold Minerals Inc. (20%)
   Great Whale Archean greenstone belt
    defined over 16 km x 8 km
                                                        Cuesta
   Dominated by mafic volcanics; minor
    terrigenous and orthochemical sedimentary
    rocks, felsic lavas, and ultramafic and felsic
    intrusions; major iron formations in the
    south
   Many high-grade gold showings
    (mesothermal shear zones and possible syn-
    volcanic Au-rich VMS/intrusion-hosted
    system)
   Gold and polymetallic occurrences aligned
    on two structural trends (Esker and Cuesta)
   Channels up to 3.6 g/t Au over 8.8 m and
    18.19 g/t over 0.54 m
   Never been drilled

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LAKE FAGNANT PROJECT
GOLD AND POLYMETALLIC SHOWINGS

   Except for one mineralized site, all showings were discovered during historical exploration work (1997 to
    2000)
   Field visit by Harfang and Kenorland in 2018 confirmed the high-grade gold and polymetallic mineralizations;
    discovery of one showing (3.22 g/t Au and 1.8 g/t Ag)

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LAKE AULNEAU PROJECT
A CU-NI-PGE RESOURCE IN THE LABRADOR TROUGH

PROJECT SUMMARY
   143 claims (6,720 ha); 125 km south of Kuujjuaq and
    265 km NNW of Schefferville
   100% Harfang; no NSR
   Access by air transportation
   5 significant Cu-Ni-PGE prospects in the Labrador
    Trough
         Marymac II
         Marymac [Lepage/Island/Marymac I]
         Float
         Redcliff
         Nine South
   One of the largest Ni-Cu-PGE resources in the
    Labrador Trough
   Historical work from 1950’s to late 1980’s, more than
    160 DDH (last drilling phase in 1988)
   3 recent airborne geophysical surveys with only
    limited follow-up on the ground
         AeroTEM II (2003)
         VTEM (2011)                                       Calculated resources are not
                                                            compliant with NI 43-101
         Mag-Spectro (2011, MERN)

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    For more information, please contact:

         François Goulet, P.Geo, M.Sc.
                President & CEO
                 514 627-1406
    Email: fgoulet@harfangexploration.com

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