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Winter Presentation 2011
Rapidly Developing North American Gold Resources
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TSX:MOZ Forward Looking
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION Except for statements of historical fact relating to the Company, certain information contained herein constitutes "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements include statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or include words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “believes”, “considers”, “intends”, “targets”, or negative versions thereof and other similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “would” and “could”. We provide forward-looking statements for the purpose of conveying information about our current expectations and plans relating to the future and readers are cautioned that such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. By its nature, this information is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to those identified and reported in Marathon Gold Corporation’s public filings, which may be accessed at www.sedar.com . Other than as specifically required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, whether as a result of new information, future events, results or otherwise.
TSX:MOZ Proven Management
Phillip Walford, P.Geo. | President , CEO & Director • 40 years in the mining industry, primarily in mining geology • Has held senior management roles at a number of companies
throughout the Americas, including Anaconda Gold, Geomaque Exploration, LAC Minerals, Pamour Porcupine Mines, and Hudson Bay Exploration and Development
Sherry Dunsworth, P.Geo. | VP of Exploration • 25+ years in the mining industry • Former member of the Mineral Rights Adjudication Board of
Newfoundland and Labrador • Former Geoscience Councilor for the Association of Professional
Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador
Jim Kirke, CA | CFO • 15+ years involvement in the mining industry • Former CFO of BacTech Mining and Golden Odyssey Mining
Phillip Walford, P.Geo. | See Management
George Faught, CA | Non-Executive Chairman • 30+ years in the financial management and resources
industries • Former CFO of North American Palladium
Joe Spiteri, P.Geo. | Director • 30+ years in the mining industry • Former senior Manager and Officer with Placer Dome,
Northgate Explorations, Lac Minerals and Campbell Resources
Page Chilcott | Director • Former President of the Vancouver Stock Exchange
David Poynton | Director • 30+ years of legal and business experience • Former Senior VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for
Iberian Minerals and Cadillac Ventures
Management Board of Directors
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TSX:MOZ Strong Balance Sheet
Share Price Performance
Share Price (12-06-11) $1.34
Shares Outstanding 29,571,928
Warrants ($1.80) 176,995
Options (at $1.61) 2,036,000
Fully diluted 31,712,923
Market Cap ~C$39.6 million
Investors Stillwater (15%) Sprott
Sentry Select
Strong Balance Sheet
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Analysts •Haywood Securities •Fraser MacKenzie •Octagon Capital Corp. •Pope and Company
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TSX:MOZ Company Highlights
Two robust gold projects
Two gold projects in mining-friendly jurisdictions — Valentine Lake Project in central Newfoundland (50/50 JV with Mountain
Lake Resources) — Fully permitted Golden Chest Mine in Idaho’s prolific Coeur d’Alene Mining
District (50/50 JV with New Jersey Mining Company) • Can earn 60% by putting $3.5 M in the ground
Near-term resource growth
potential
Significant exploration
pipeline
Several near-term catalysts
Initial resource estimate at Golden Chest expected Q1-2012 Updated resource estimate at Valentine expected late Q1- 2012 Potential to advance Golden Chest to development as early as 2013 given
underground infrastructure and permits in place
Aggressive drilling programs ─ 25,250 m completed at Valentine Lake; expanding the existing resource ─ 10,000 m program ongoing at Golden Chest
New hanging-wall gold bearing quartz veins discovery at the Leprechaun Deposit (J. Frank Zone)
Five gold prospects identified along 17 km of strike at Valentine ─ Leprechaun gold deposit resource contained within 750 m strike
Significant exploration potential at both Valentine and Golden Chest
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TSX:MOZ Our Projects
Idaho
Golden Chest Advanced Stage
Early Stage
Legend
1. Valentine Lake – Leprechaun Deposit
2. Golden Chest
1. Baie Verte
2. Finger Pond
Newfoundland
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TSX:MOZ Our Projects
Idaho
Newfoundland
Valentine Lake • Six mineral licenses covering 19,925 hectares • NI 43 101 Estimate – 187,000 oz Au Measured,
90,000 oz Au Indicated and 285,000 oz Au Inferred • Gold mineralization identified along at least 17 km • Leprechaun gold deposit is the most explored
deposit among the five known gold occurrences • 25,250 m drill program completed • Drilling has shown continuation of near-surface
gold mineralization and has extended the Leprechaun deposit along strike and down-dip
Baie Verte • Located 13 km south of Anaconda Mining’s Pine
Cove gold mine • Significant area of gold and base metals anomalies
identified within a wide area of alteration
Golden Chest • Prolific Coeur d’Alene mining region • Historical producer • Fully permitted for drilling, underground mining,
and tailings deposition • 10,000 m drill program is ongoing • Significant potential for reserve growth through
continued underground drilling
Finger Pond • Located 50 km on strike and to the south-west of
Valentine Lake • Historical exploration has outlined several gold and
base metal showings along the property’s 20 km strike
• Targets ready to be drilled
Newfoundland
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TSX:MOZ Newfoundland
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Valentine Lake: Flagship Project
50/50 Joint Venture between Marathon Gold and Mountain Lake; Marathon is the Operator
6 mineral licenses covering 19,925 hectares 30 km strike length; Gold mineralization identified
along at least 17 km 25,250 m drill program completed 40,000 m drill program planned for 2012
All Season Camp
Solid Infrastructure camp expansion underway
90 km to Trans-Canada Highway
Nearby hydro generation, water
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Valentine Lake: Flagship Project
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Valentine Lake: Leprechaun Deposit
The most explored deposit among the 5 known gold occurrences
Drilling has shown continuation of near-surface gold
mineralization and has extended the Leprechaun deposit along strike and down-dip
NI 43-101 compliant Resource Coarse and free gold have excellent metallurgical
recoveries with ~50% by gravity, total >90% A total of 150 drill holes of a 25,250 m 2011 drilling
campaign have now been completed Resources Estimate update expected early Q1 2012
Total Resource
Above 0.50 g/t cut off1
Tonnes (MM)
Cut Au (g/t) Au oz
Measured 2.1 MM 2.768 187,000
Indicated 1.2 MM 2.363 90,000
M+I 3.3MM 2.622 277,000
Inferred 4.4 MM 2.007 285,000
Total 562,000
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TSX:MOZ Leprechaun Deposit
Ideal for open Pit
View SW towards Leprechaun Pond
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Leprechaun Deposit: Continuity of Mineralization 11
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Leprechaun Deposit: Ideal for Open Pit
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Leprechaun Deposit: Ideal for Open Pit
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Leprechaun Deposit: Ideal for Open Pit
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Leprechaun Deposit New Discovery: J. Frank Zone
Extends in excess of 850 m in length and 250 m in width, and is located up to 1.5 km southwest along strike from the current resource boundary of the Leprechaun Gold deposit
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Leprechaun Deposit New Discovery: J. Frank Zone
High grade grab samples consisting of quartz-tourmaline-pyrite with coarse visible gold returned assays of up to 581.88 g/t Au, 287.95 g/t Au, 152.75 g/t Au and 88.60 g/t Au
The newly exposed quartz-tourmaline-pyrite-gold stacked veins occur 100 m into the hanging-wall Ongoing prospecting and stripping continues to exposes additional quartz veining along strike and
into the hanging wall Channel sampling continues, with assays pending
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J. Frank Zone: Coarse Visible Gold
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Finger Pond Deposit 100% Owned
Located 30 km on-strike and to the southwest from the Valentine Lake Gold Project Historical exploration work outlines a number of gold and base metal showings along the 20 km strike length Exploration work planned for 2012
Marathon Gold Corporation
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TSX:MOZ Idaho
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Golden Chest Mine: Historical Producer
Largest historical gold producer in Coeur d’Alene Mining District
Past producing mine located within Idaho’s prolific Coeur d’Alene Mining District
Mining historically focused on high grade (>17 g/t) veins (Katie+Dora, Idaho, etc)
Recent localized mining by JV partner New Jersey Mining Company, produced 8,500 t of ore with an average grade of 6.90 g/t and an average recovery of ~94%
Can earn 60% by putting $3.5 M in the ground Fully permitted surface and timber rights with
an existing reserve and exploration potential Stable rich mining heritage and beside major
road 10,000 m of drilling ongoing in 2011
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TSX:MOZ Golden Chest Mine
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Golden Chest Mine: Near Surface Open-Pit
2011 Drill Program 56 drill holes 10,000 m Underground rehabilitation
underway in the historic high grade area
Highlights: GC 11-34 - 5.07 g/t Au over 21.6 m @
25.8 to 71.1 m including 10.8 g/t gold over 3.8 m @ 45.9 to 53.8 m
GC 11-33 - 3.00 g/t Au over 19.9 m
from 22.0 to 55.1 m including 16.1 g/t Au over 2.5 m @ 26.5 to 30.6 m
GC 11-39 - 1.94 g/t Au over 29.1 m
from 3.4 m to 47.6 m GC 11-38 - 1.86 g/t Au over 13.3 m
from 33.0 to 54.2 m
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Golden Chest Mine: Potential for Open Pit and Underground Exploration
DDH-11-39 – 47.6 m @ 1.94 g/t Au DDH-11-37 – 29.0 m @ 1.51 g/t Au DDH-11-38 – 21.0 m @ 1.86 g/t Au
DDH-11-35 – 30.5 m @ 0.86 g/t Au DDH-11-27 – 15.5 m @ 0.59 g/t Au DDH-11-30 – 21.0 m @1.30 g/t Au
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Deposit Tonnes
Au Grade g/t
Gold (oz)
Tonnes Au Grade g/t
Gold (oz)
Valentine Lake1 3,284,000 2.6 276,843 4,409,000 2.0 285,000
Reserves & M and I Inferred
1. Source: Technical Report on the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Leprechaun Gold deposit Valentine Lake Gold Project Central Newfoundland, Canada, dated January 31, 2011
2. Source: New Jersey Mining Company’s Form 10-L for the fiscal year-ended December 31, 2010 3. These are historical estimates reported on the Golden Chest property which Marathon is not treating as current mineral
resources or mineral reserves under NI 43-101. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as a current mineral resource or mineral reserve and they should not be relied upon.
Summary of Reserves and Resources 24
Historic Golden Chest 2,3
(underground) 242,058 5.1 37,885 - - -
Historic Golden Chest3
(open pit) 1,227,150 1.35 53,263 5,522,850 0.98 174,000
Deposit Tonnes
Au Grade g/t
Gold (oz)
Tonnes Au Grade g/t
Gold (oz)
Historic Reserves & M and I Historic Inferred
TSX:MOZ Reasons to Invest
LOCATION
Located in mining-friendly Newfoundland, Canada and Idaho, USA Strong infrastructure; highway/road access, water, fully equipped on sight
camps Socio-economic and political stability
DEVELOPING RESOURCES
We have the GOLD - our focus is no longer to find the gold but develop and
grow the resources that we have
Golden Chest – initial resource estimate expected Q1 2012 Valentine Lake – updated resource estimate expected early 2012 40,000 m drill program planned for 2012 at Valentine Lake 25,000 m drill program planned for 2012 at Golden Chest
MANAGEMENT Over 80 years of Management experience in mining exploration, development
and production
SIGINFICANT EXPLORATION
POTENTIAL
Orgogenic gold deposits at Valentine and Golden Chest have significant exploration potential
Mineralization covering only a fraction of Valentine’s total 30 km strike has been delineated
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TSX:MOZ Development Milestones
Exploration Activity Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012
Valentine Lake Project
Leprechaun Gold & Valentine East Deposit
Drilling (completed by October 2011)
Geological Mapping Prospecting and Geophysics
Metallurgical testing
Updated Resource Estimate
Preliminary Economic Assessment
Base Line Environmental Program
Finger Pond Project
Prospection and target investigation
Golden Chest Mine
Drilling (10,000 m drill program)
NI 43-101 New Resource & Reserve Estimate
Underground Development
Data Compilation of Historical Mine Data
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