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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND
                          Corporate Presentation
                                JULY 2021

@mawsongold            TSX : MAW; OTCPINK : MWSNF      www.mawsongold.com
GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
Disclaimer
 Accuracy of Information: Readers are directed to the public disclosure of Mawson Gold Limited (“Mawson”) available under
 Mawson’s profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) at www.sedar.com. Information
 contained in this presentation was believed to be accurate at the time it was posted, but may be superseded by more recent public
 disclosure of Mawson. Mawson makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of
 the information in this presentation.

 Forward-Looking Information: Some of the statements contained in this presentation may be forward-looking statements or
 forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). All
 statements herein, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Although Mawson believes that such
 statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are
 typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate, and similar expressions, or are those,
 which, by their nature, refer to future events. Mawson cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
 future results or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements as a result of
 various factors, including, but not limited to, capital and other costs varying significantly from estimates, changes in world metal
 markets, changes in equity markets, planned drill programs and results varying from expectations, delays in obtaining results,
 equipment failure, unexpected geological conditions, local community relations, dealings with non-governmental organizations,
 delays in operations due to permit grants, environmental and safety risks, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed under the
 heading "Risk Factors" in Mawson's most recent Annual Information Form filed on www.sedar.com. Any forward-looking statement
 speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Mawson does not
 assume the obligation to revise or update forward-looking statements or information that may be contained in this presentation or to
 revise them to reflect the occurrence of future unanticipated events.

 NI 43-101 Technical Report: On September 14, 2020 the updated resource estimation was completed by Rodney Webster of AMC
 of Melbourne, Australia, and Dr. Kurt Simon Forrester of Arn Perspective of Surrey, England. Each of Mr. Webster and Dr. Forrester
 are independent “qualified persons” as defined by NI 43-101. The NI 43-101 technical report is entitled “Rajapalot Property Mineral
 Resource Estimate NI 43-101 Technical Report” and dated September 14, 2020 (the “Updated Technical Report”). The Updated
 Technical Report may be found on the Company’s website at www.mawsongold.com or under the Company’s profile on SEDAR
 at www.sedar.com. Readers are encouraged to read the entire Updated Technical Report.

 Qualified Person: The qualified person for Mawson’s projects, Nick Cook, Chief Geologist for Mawson, and a Fellow of the
 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, has reviewed and verified the contents of this presentation.

                                                                                                                            JULY 2021
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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
Executing to plan, making discoveries

                                                                                          Finland Gold Cobalt – 100%
  Oregon Gold
                                                                                          Derisking, building, expanding
  Diluting to 20%, free carry to production after US$1.2M spend
                                                                                                           `

                                                                           Queensland – Ag, Cu, Au
                                                                           Fully funded QLD gov
                                                                           Large 785 sq km strategic holding

                                                    Victorian Goldfields – Gold Antimony
                                                    Leading discovery from Victorian goldfields in
                                                    North American market

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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
Strategy and Catalysts – Finland

Finland

    Strategy: Create value by continuing to build a multi-million-ounce
     field (aim: 200Koz/yr production profile) while derisking current
          and existing ounces via social licensing, permitting and
                               engineering

   ▪   Resource upgrade at Rajapalot August 2021 post 2021 19km drill
       program
         ▪ Target +1Moz inferred (from 716Koz AuEq) – August 2021
         ▪ 43 drill holes remain to be announced – news flow
   ▪   Drilling again September 2021 – April 2022
   ▪   Further build internal mining team
   ▪   Metallurgical work – substantial public funds from Finland
   ▪   Support from local communities for EIA, land use rezoning, PEA
       decision

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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
Strategy and Catalysts – Victoria

Victoria

            Strategy: Spinco re-rate in the making, develop significant
           resource via discovery in world’s highest-grade jurisdiction

   ▪   Sunday Creek
         ▪ Drilling demonstrating continuity of gold-stibnite at depth and
           along strike (trenching, soils, geophysics), drilling ongoing, secure
           freehold
   ▪   Redcastle
         ▪ High grade opportunities immediately along strike from Costerfield
           mine (recent success)
   ▪   Largest landholder in the Melbourne Zone – 3,600km2 ROFR

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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
Finland: Derisking, building, expanding
               Dec 2018                    Sept 2020                   August 2021               2021

        4.3Mt @ 2.3 g/t Gold          9.0Mt @ 2.1 g/t Gold                 Aim:                 Tested 5-10%
           430ppm Cobalt                 570ppm Cobalt                  +1Moz AuEq            Multi-million ounce
          360Koz AuEq Inf               716Koz AuEq Inf                                        growth potential
         119 holes for 15.2 km           213 holes 47.4 km       19.4 km drilled in 2020/21
     Average hole depth 128 metres Average hole depth 225 metres   Results being released

                                                                      Build and expand: EIA permitting and land
                                                                           use zoning underway = derisking

▪   Sustainable/ethical metals in Finland receive strong National and EU support
▪   Mawson owns Top 10 EU strategic cobalt resource, strong local support (ESG)
▪   Metallurgically free milling gold, cobalt liberates – gravity, flotation, magnetic (clean)

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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
Rompas-Rajapalot: A Big New Camp
2020 Drilling – Discovery cost @ $10/oz inferred
10% of 65km host explored to date

                                                        Joki East

                                 Best ever hole in Finland 2011:
                                    6 metres @ 617 g/t gold
                                            including
                                    1 metre @ 3,540 g/t gold

            Sept 2020 Resource Area
            9.0 mt @ 2.1 g/t gold, 570 ppm cobalt,
            2.5 g/t gold equivalent for 716,000 ounces AuEq

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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
Rajapalot Resource Upgrade August 21
                                                                         2021 Resource Upgrade
South Palokas (June 2021)                                                2 new areas, 6 expansion areas in total
PAL0235: 15.3 metres @ 3.9 g/t AuEq            Palokas
PAL0288: 11.0 metres @ 4.6 g/t AuEq
                                                                19.4 kilometre drill program complete. A total of 47 drill
                                                                holes for 11,746 metres from five individual prospect
                                                                areas remain to be reported through July/August 2021

            OPEN
                            The
                            Hut

                                                         Raja (July 2021 results)
  The Hut (April 2021 results)
                                                         PAL0297: 20.7 metres @ 7.5 g/t AuEq
  PAL0259: 70.3 metres @ 1.6 g/t AuEq
                                                         PAL0295 15.7 metres @ 4.5 g/t AuEq
                                                         PAL0302 2.0 metres @ 7.2 g/t AuEq
     OPEN

                                                         Raja

                                                                              Joki East Blind Discovery (April 2021)
                            Rumajärvi                                         PAL0252: 1.5 metres @ 19.6 g/t AuEq
                   N
                                                                              PAL0247: 5.5 metres @ 7.4 g/t AuEq
                                                                              PAL0241: 1.6 metres @ 29.2 g/t AuEq

 0                                      1 km
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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
European Significance
▪   Rajapalot is already 7th largest European cobalt resource – and expanding (cobalt by-product with
    14% in-situ value)
▪   Finland refines half the world’s cobalt outside of China, but mines just 650 tonnes or 0.5% of the
    world's cobalt

New Exploration
 Technologies
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GOLD COBALT ANTIMONY AUSTRALIA FINLAND - Mawson ...
Metallurgy
▪   Gold: 95% - 99% (average 97%) recovery obtained by a combination of gravity (26-48%) and
    conventional cyanidation*, or +90% by flotation (+100g/t Au con)
    *SGS Cornwall

▪   Cobalt: Mineralogical work shows cobalt hosted in cobaltite (85% mass) and linneate (15% mass)
    in certain areas and cobalt pentlandite only in other areas, magnetic separation (>90% pyrrhotite =
    low sulphide tailings), flotation (23-63% or 78-93% for cobaltite)

▪   Business Finland 50:50 co-funded C$1.2M cobalt met studies (June 2021)
       ▪   BATCircle2.0 program for Finland to deliver sustainable and ethically sourced metals and minerals for their
           national battery supply chain and circular economy

                                                                                       Hypothetical flow sheet
                                                                                             Design 1

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Southern Cross Gold

▪   Southern Cross Gold is Mawson’s 100%-owned Australian company that
    holds all Australian resource assets
▪   Southern Cross Gold: spinco opportunity
     ▪   Three of the nine historic epizonal fields in Victoria, 471 sq km tenure
           ▪   Flagship Sunday Creek (100%) plus Redcastle and Whroo (70%
               JVs)
           ▪   Right of first refusal over 3,600 square kilometre tenement
               package
     ▪   Strategic 10% equity investment into Nagambie Resources Ltd
         (A$4.5M value)
     ▪   785 sq km tenure in the Cloncurry district of the Mount Isa block, over
         a combined 60 km of strike

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Victoria on Fire: Grade and Scale
  Highest-grade underground gold mines in the world –
  Victoria dominates

                                                        Mawson Gold 2020/21
                                                            • 0.3m @ 82.8 g/t Au, 13.8% Sb (96.5 g/t AuEq)
                                                            • 0.3m @ 74.0 g/t Au, 4.8% Sb (78.7 g/t AuEq)
                                                            • 0.3m @ 45.1 g/t Au, 25.3% Sb (70.3 g/t AuEq)

  Source: Mines and Metals
                                                        Mandalay June 2021
                                                             • 0.3m @ 172.3 g/t Au
Top gold producers based on production 2020                  • 0.7m @ 127.0 g/t Au
                                                             • 0.1m @ 712.8 g/t Au

                                                        E79 June 2021
                                                              • 0.7m @ 99.0 g/t Au
                                                              • 11.1m @ 160.5 g/t Au
                                                                    • incl. 0.60m @ 2,430 g/t Au

*Costerfield (Mandalay) Global Top 5 for antimony
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The 80Moz Victorian Goldfields
                                                       Mawson
                                                       Projects

       North Central Ground
         Release Tender                              Mawson ROFR
                                                      3,600sq km

                                                        Whroo JV
                 Fosterville
                 8.2Moz Au

                                                      Redcastle JV

                                 Costerfield          Sunday Creek
                               1.2 Moz AuEq              100%

                                                Epizonal Gold
                                    Melbourne
                                                Mesozonal Gold

                                                Mawson Nagambie Right of First Refusal

0               90 km                           Mawson Tenements

                                                Third Party Tenements
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Sunday Creek 11km Strike Extent
                                Aftermath

                   Consols                                            Tonstal

                 Leviathan

    DRILL AREA

                                                       Soil Program

        Golden Dyke Apollo

0                            5 km
                                    LiDAR Background                            14
Sunday Creek: Golden Dyke to Apollo

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Sunday Creek Cross Section

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Redcastle JV – Mine Lease Extensions of Costerfield
                                                                                       Mawson has drilled 15 holes
                                                                                             (MDDRE001-015) for
                                                                                           2,774.8m at Redcastle.
                           Welcome Group                                                            Results TBA.
                    28,850 oz were produced from
                     8669.5 tonnes at a grade of
                            103.6 g/t gold                                                        Redcastle
                                                                                             17km of Au-Sb veins
                                                                                              untested to depth

    North Central Ground
      Release Tender
                                                              2 km
                                                                                                    Costerfield
                                                                                                  1.2 Moz AuEq
                                                                                                6th highest grade
                                                                                               gold mine globally
                                                                                                       2020

                                                                     Recent discoveries at Costerfield (June 2021)

0                     8 km
                                          Mineralized gold-
                                          antimony veins                                                             17
Redcastle 17km veins, 40,000 workings

                                                                                 Dyke
                                                                           27 metres depth
                                                                     11.5 metres wide @ 25-120
                           Why Not                                    g/t gold from 160 tonnes
                       4.9 metres wide
                        Last crushing
                      produced 128.25
                      oz @ 21.6g/t from
                         188 tonnes
                                                                               Mitchels
                                                                       1.2 to 2.4 metres thick
                                                                      and yielded from 5.6 g/t
                                                                          to 111.6 g/t gold

                Welcome Group
         28,850 oz were produced from
          8669.5 tonnes at a grade of
                 103.6 g/t gold
                                                                      Beautiful Venus
                                                              76 metres deep with and “good
                                                                 stone was left underfoot”.
                                                              Yields of up to 418 g/t gold are
           LEGEND                                               reported and thickness 0.6
                                                                    metres to 0.9 metres
            Alluvial Gold

                                                          Never a drill hole beneath
           Hard rock gold showing
                                                           historic workings until
                                                                October 2020
                                           0         10
LiDAR Background: Light Detection and Ranging   km                                               18
Strategic 785 sq km holdings in Mt Isa

             0          30
                 km
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ESG and Local Support

                   ▪   Mawson is a member of relevant industry networks in both
                       Finland and Australia and comply with and abide by their
                       standards and policies on
                          ▪ Sustainable Exploration/Mining
                          ▪ Community relationships, environment and safety
                          ▪ Water policies
                   ▪   Subscriber to Digbee ESG benchmark disclosure platform
                          ▪ Independent peer review of our policies and practices

                   ▪    Around 3/4 of respondents to a local survey had a positive
                        attitude towards mineral exploration in their home-area and
                        in general
                   ▪    Around 2/3 welcomed mining

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Mawson’s Technical Program
                2021                                                               2022
  July   Aug        Sept       Oct       Nov         Dec       Jan          Feb        Mar     Apr   May   Jun
                    FINLAND SUMMER DRILLING

                                                                     FINLAND WINTER DRILLING

                                        FINLAND EIA/LAND USE REZONING

            FIN
         RESOURCE                                                                                          PEA

                                VICTORIA DIAMOND DRILLING (SUNDAY CK, REDCASTLE)

                                                                                      AUS
                                                                                   RESOURCE
                                              AUS SPINCO POTENTIAL

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Ownership & Capital Structure
 Capitalization Summary                                       Major Shareholder Summary
 Share Price (JULY 07, 2021)                         C$0.24                                                                   %
                                                              Institutions (+11, including reporting SEP, Ruffer,
 Basic Shares Outstanding                            255.9M                                                                 60.0
                                                              Franklin, Sprott, Merk, Mackenzie, US Global)
 Fully Diluted                                       322.2M   Corporates (Newmont, Orano (Areva))                           10.0

 Basic Market Capitalization                       C$61.4M    Insiders                                                       3.0

 Cash                                               C$6.5M    TOTAL                                                         73.0

 TOTAL ENTERPRISE VALUE                            C$55.1M

 Warrants and Options                                         Share Price Performance – 1 Year

                                                                                                              Range bound

   Exchanges: TSX : MAW; OTCPINK : MWSNF; Frankfurt : MXR

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Discovery is About Leadership
       Directors       Management                        Finland and Australia
 Noora Ahola           Michael Hudson                     Noora Ahola
 Environmental         Chairman & CEO                     Environmental Director &
                       30 yrs Geology, Capital Markets    MD - Mawson OY
 Nick DeMare                                              12 yrs Finnish Env. Admin.
 CPA                   Dr. Nick Cook
                       Chief Geologist                    Bouke van 't Riet
 David Henstridge      25 yrs Geology                     Non-Executive Technical
 Geologist                                                Director Mawson Oy
                       Nicholas Mead                      Mining Engineering
 Michael Hudson        Corporate Development
                                                          Tapani Hyysalo
 Geologist
                       Mariana Bermudez                   Chief Operating Officer -
 Colin Maclean         Corporate Secretary                Finland
 Geologist / Finance
                       Nick Demare                        Lisa Gibbons
 Philip Williams       CFO                                Manager Geology,
                                                          Stakeholder Engagement,
 Corporate Finance
                                                          and Compliance
                                                          30 yrs Geology

                                                          Georgina Carnegie
                                                          Adviser Ex: World Bank,
                                                          OECD

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Building Value By Drilling and Discovery
▪   A high-quality gold exploration portfolio in two safe, Tier 1 mining friendly jurisdictions (Finland
    and Australia). Drilling does not stop.
▪   Fully funded and permitted on all projects
▪   Finland: The base
          ▪       Significant and strategic regional-scale multi-million ounce potential gold-cobalt discovery in
                  Northern Finland
          ▪       Inferred Mineral Resource Sept 2020 of 9.0 million tonnes @ 2.1 g/t gold, 570 ppm
                  cobalt for 716,000 ounces @ 2.5 g/t AuEq
          ▪       Winter drilling campaign
          ▪       Resource upgrade – August 2021
▪   Victoria: The upside
          ▪       Southern Cross Gold ASX Spinco Potential
          ▪       Three epizonal high-grade gold assets with substantial historic mines that have not been
                  tested to depth, ROFR on 3,600 sq km;
          ▪   Sunday Creek (100% Mawson) – width and grade, consistently hitting across multiple
              sheeted veins, gold extending to depth, 11km trend undrilled
              ▪    36.4 metres @ 2.4 g/t Au and 0.4% Sb, 10.4 metres @ 5.4g/t Au, 1.0% Sb (6.4 AuEq),
                   15.2 metres @ 3.7 g/t Au, 0.25 Sb (3.9 g/t AuEq).
              ▪    2.0 metres @ 18.6 g/t Au and 0.5% Sb (19.1 g/t AuEq), 0.3 metres @ 82.8 g/t Au and
                   13.8% Sb (96.5 g/t AuEq), 0.1 metres @ 52.6 g/t Au and 7.5% Sb (60.0 g/t AuEq)
          ▪       Redcastle mine lease extension to Costerfield – 17km untested gold veins
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Contact Us

   CORPORATE SECRETARY        MAWSON OY
                              SUOMI (FINLAND)
                              Noora Ahola
   Mariana Bermudez
                              Managing Director (Mawson OY)
   - Corporate Secretary
                              & Environmental Director
   Tel: +1 (604) 685 9316
                              Ahjotie 7, 96320 Rovaniemi,
   Fax: +1 (604) 683 1585
                              Finland
   info@mawsonresources.com
                              nahola@mawson.fi

    TECHNICAL CONTACT         CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

    Nick Cook                 Nicholas Mead
    Chief Geologist           Manager Corporate Development

    ncook@mawsongold.com      nmead@mawsongold.com

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Peers Victoria – Revaluation Potential

           Mawson Resources Ltd (TSX:MAW)               C$61.4M
           www.mawsonresources.com

           Mandalay Resources Ltd (TSX:MND)             C$288M
           www.mandalayresources.com

           E79 Resources Ltd (CSE:ESNR)                 C$72.5M
           www.e79resources.com

           Fosterville Sth Exploration Ltd (TSXV:FSX)   C$83.5M
           www.fostervillesouth.com

           Leviathan Gold Ltd (TSXV.LVX)                C$35.9M
           www.leviathangold.com

           Outback Goldfields Ltd (CSE:OZ)              C$26.0M
           www.outbackgoldfields.com

           Catalyst Metals Ltd (ASX:CYL)                A$196.6M
           www.catalystmetals.com.au

           Stavely Minerals Ltd (ASX:SVY)               A$112.2M
           www.stavely.com.au

           Chalice Gold Mines Ltd (ASX:CHN)             A$2.75B
           www.chalicegold.com

           Kalamazoo Resources Ltd (ASX:KZR)            A$48.8M
           www.kzr.com.au

           Navarre Minerals Ltd (ASX:NML)               A$66.0M
           www.navarre.com.au

                                                             * Updated as of July 07, 2021   26
Peers Finland

     Mawson Resources Ltd (TSX:MAW)    C$61.4M
     www.mawsonresources.com

     Aurion Resources Ltd (TSXV:AU)    C$97.7M
     www.aurionresources.com

     Rupert Resources Ltd (TSXV:RUP)   C$927.8M
     www.rupertresources.com

     Firefox Gold Corp. (TSXV:FFOX)     C$29.7M
     www.firefoxgold.com

                                                  * Updated as of July 07, 2021   27
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