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Isabel: This week I would like to introduce the new Chairman of Mountain Boy Minerals, René Bernard. Hi René, it is a pleasure to talk to you again and congratulations on becoming Chairman. Tell us a little bit about your background, and the decision for you to become Chairman of Mountain Boy Minerals? René: Thank you Isabel, it is always a pleasure to talk to you. Several years ago, I researched a number of junior exploration companies to invest in. I came across Mountain Boy Minerals and was attracted by their 20% carried interest in the Silvercoin property, a 43.101 resource next to a mature mining camp, and their ownership in several other properties with high grade gold and silver mineralization. After my initial investment, I started talking to management and had an opportunity to visit the properties. As my share position grew over time I offered the company experience I had gained as C.E.O, President, and Director of several listed companies in the mineral resource sector. When I agreed to be a director, I was asked by the board to be Chair and to actively help with their vision to advance the company’s mining assets. Isabel: Mountain Boy Minerals projects are all in British Columbia. Could you give a little overview of your properties? René: Ed, our President and CEO, has worked as a geologist in the Golden Triangle of North Western B.C. for decades. This has allowed him to acquire over time some of the most promising properties. All of our properties, from the gold rich Silver Coin and Red Cliff claim blocks to the MB Silver, which hosts Bonanza-grade silver mineralization, to the two large VMS zones present on the BA and Surprise Creek properties, have the potential to be operating mines. Not to take away from our precious and base metal assets, we also Vind industrial metals in our properties which could be proVitably mined due to the proximity of roads, power and a deep water port within 30 to 40km. Earlier this year, we acquired a Zeolite property in Southern B.C. which is also close to the markets this mineral targets for its use. Isabel: What have been the highlights so far? René: There are many, but what comes to mind is the 43.101 report on the Silver Coin showing a large gold resource, our continued success in drilling into high grade gold mineralization at Red Cliff, and our recent acquisition of the 50% interest in the BA and Surprise Creek properties. Isabel: Cobalt and Lithium have a gained a lot of attention within the last year or so. MTB owns properties with the interesting commodities Barite and Zeolite. Could you explain to the readers what these two (maybe not so well known) commodities are used for and shed some light on why they are interesting? René: There would be no oil and gas exploration as we know it today without Barite. It is a heavy non-metal mineral which is used as a weighing agent in drilling Vluids to control pressure. There are no real alternatives to the use of this mineral. It is deemed a critical mineral as there is not enough local supply to meet demand. As per USGS, 78% of the North American demand was met through imports in 2016 mostly from China, India and Morocco. The USGS quotes the average value per ton as $198 f.o.b. mill. Our situation is unique in that we identiVied potentially tens of millions of tons of barite within a large VMS system. The embedded barite zones also carry signiVicant base and precious metal values as observed by surface sampling and drilling which adds value in the processing stage. The property is within 8km of a B.C. Hydro transmission line and within 30 minutes trucking distance to the deep water port of Stewart. At our zeolite property we have large zeolite beds with similar favourable infrastructure. Zeolite is called the mineral Interviewing René Bernard Mountain Boy Minerals Trading Symbol: TSX:V : MTB Bio Rene Bernard is currently the managing shareholder of W&S Bernard Investments Ltd., a privately owned residential and commercial real estate holding company. He has been actively involved in business building from the time he immigrated from Germany to Canada in 1983. He has previous experience as a partner or owner in the real estate, hospitality, retail and manufacturing industry. Since the late 1990s, he has been involved in the management of several publicly traded companies as Director, Chairman of the Board, President and CFO. Bernard resides in Kelowna, BC. His current employer W&S Bernard Investment is a large shareholder of Mountain Boy Minerals and, together with other members, the family owns approximately 19.2% of the company’s outstanding shares. On May 16, 2017, Rene Bernard was appointed Executive Chairman. Fun facts My hobbies: Golf, spending time with my three young daughters and I have a soft spot for volunteering Source of news I use: Internet extensively for research, National Post, Globe and magazines such as the Economist etc. My favourite airport: The airport in “San Jose” probably tops my list as it is my gateway to our winter house . I also like the Munich andVancouver Airports for their smaller size and ambience My favourite commodity:I like Platinum My favourite tradeshow: My favorite Tradeshow is the“AME” conference inVancouver With this person I would like to have dinner with: Phil Mickelson and Dave Hodge from Zimtu If I could have a superpower if would be: The ability to see the minerals through the rocks which host them *lol* Interviewing René Bernard - Mountain Boy Minerals page 1 Interview from the 24th of June 2017

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Isabel: This week I would like tointroduce the new Chairman ofMountain Boy Minerals, René Bernard.Hi René, it is a pleasure to talk to youagain and congratulations on becomingChairman.Tellusa littlebitaboutyourbackground,andthedecisionforyoutobecome Chairman of Mountain BoyMinerals?

René: Thank you Isabel, it is always apleasuretotalktoyou.Severalyearsago, Iresearched a number of junior explorationcompanies to invest in. I came acrossMountain Boy Minerals and was attractedby their 20% carried interest in theSilvercoinproperty,a43.101resourcenextto a mature mining camp, and theirownershipinseveralotherpropertieswithhigh grade gold and silver mineralization.Aftermyinitialinvestment,Istartedtalkingtomanagementandhadanopportunity tovisit the properties. As my share positiongrew over time I offered the companyexperienceIhadgainedasC.E.O,President,andDirectorofseveral listedcompanies inthemineralresourcesector.WhenIagreedtobeadirector,Iwasaskedbytheboardtobe Chair and to actively help with theirvision to advance the company’s miningassets.

Isabel: Mountain Boy Minerals projectsare all in British Columbia. Could yougivealittleoverviewofyourproperties?

René: Ed, our President and CEO, hasworkedasageologistintheGoldenTriangleofNorthWesternB.C.fordecades.Thishasallowed him to acquire over time some ofthe most promising properties. All of ourproperties, from the gold rich Silver Coinand RedCliffclaimblockstotheMBSilver,which hosts Bonanza-grade silvermineralization, tothetwolargeVMSzonespresent on the BA and Surprise Creekproperties, have the potential to beoperatingmines.Nottotakeawayfromourpreciousandbasemetalassets,wealsoVindindustrial metals in our properties whichcould be proVitably mined due to theproximityofroads,powerandadeepwaterportwithin30to40km.Earlierthisyear,weacquiredaZeolitepropertyinSouthernB.C.which is also close to the markets thismineraltargetsforitsuse.

Isabel:Whathavebeenthehighlightssofar?

René:Therearemany,butwhatcomestomindisthe43.101reportontheSilverCoinshowing a large gold resource, ourcontinued success in drilling into highgradegoldmineralizationatRedCliff,andour recentacquisitionof the50% interestintheBAandSurpriseCreekproperties.

Isabel:CobaltandLithiumhaveagainedalotofattentionwithinthelastyearorso.MTB owns properties with theinteresting commodities Barite andZeolite.Couldyouexplaintothereaderswhat these two (maybe not so wellknown) commodities are used for andshed some light on why they areinteresting?

René: There would be no oil and gasexploration as we know it todaywithoutBarite. It isaheavynon-metalmineral which is used as a weighingagent in drilling Vluids to controlpressure.Therearenorealalternativestotheuseofthismineral.Itisdeemedacriticalmineral as there is not enoughlocal supply to meet demand. As perUSGS, 78% of the North Americandemand was met through imports in2016 mostly from China, India andMorocco.TheUSGSquotestheaveragevalue per ton as $198 f.o.b.mill. OursituationisuniqueinthatweidentiViedpotentiallytensofmillionsoftonsofbaritewithinalargeVMSsystem.TheembeddedbaritezonesalsocarrysigniVicantbaseandprecious metal values as observed bysurface sampling and drilling which addsvalueintheprocessingstage.Thepropertyiswithin8kmofaB.C.Hydrotransmissionline and within 30 minutes truckingdistancetothedeepwaterportofStewart.At our zeolite property we have largezeolite beds with similar favourableinfrastructure.Zeoliteiscalledthemineral

InterviewingRené Bernard

Mountain Boy Minerals Trading Symbol: TSX:V : MTB

BioRene Bernard is currently the managing shareholder of W&S Bernard Investments Ltd., a privately owned residential and commercial real estate holding company. He has been actively involved in business building from the time he immigrated from Germany to Canada in 1983.He has previous experience as a partner or owner in the real estate, hospitality, retail and manufacturing industry. Since the late 1990s, he has been involved in the managementof several publicly traded companies as Director, Chairman of the Board, President and CFO. Bernard residesin Kelowna, BC. His current employer W&S Bernard Investment is a large shareholder of Mountain Boy Minerals and, together with other members, the family owns approximately 19.2% of the company’s outstanding shares. On May 16, 2017, Rene Bernard was appointed Executive Chairman.

Fun facts My hobbies: Golf, spending time with my three young daughters and I have a soft spot for volunteering

Source of news I use: Internet extensively for research, National Post, Globe and magazines such as the Economist etc.

My favourite airport: The airport in “San Jose” probably tops my list as it is my gateway to our winter house . I also like the Munich and Vancouver Airports for their smaller size and ambience

My favourite commodity: I like Platinum

My favourite tradeshow: My favorite Tradeshow is the “AME” conference in Vancouver

With this person I would like to have dinner with: Phil Mickelson and Dave Hodge from Zimtu

If I could have a superpower if would be: The ability to see the minerals through the rocks which host them *lol*

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Interview from the 24th of June 2017

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InterviewingRené Bernard

Mountain Boy Minerals Trading Symbol: TSX:V: MTB

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political statementtheymade.Isabel: Keeping

of a thousand uses. You will see itsapplication in agriculture, waterViltration, municipal waste watert rea tmen t , o i l sp i l l and so i lremediation,andmuchmore.

Isabel: What is your strategy andyour next steps with the twoprojects? Maybe relating to howmucheasieritistoproducetheseincomparison to gold, and how thatcouldhelptomakerevenue–whichcould be used for developing theotherprojects?

René:OntheBariteproject,weneedtoestablish a 43.101 resource throughsystematicdrilling.Wehavesubmittedore to an analytical lab to showmetalrecovery and barite speciVicationthrough gravity and V lotat iontreatment. Later in the year we willhavetoperformlargerscaleoretestingtoshowthattheprocesswillworkinalarge operation. We will soon seek toengage industry partners in thisexciting discovery. At the zeoliteproperty we are in the process ofconducting several studies which willhelp us to get the support of theprovincial government and local FirstNations stakeholders in applying for aquarry license in the future. We willalso need to block out signiVicantvolumesthroughdrillingandtrenchingand summit samples for testing. Theidea has been Vloating within thecompanytoengageanengineeringVirmto test for processes to create a slowrelease fertilizer. A value-addedproduct like thiscouldbemarketed inlargequantitiesandaddgreatvalueforthecompany.

Isabel: What is the most exciting

thing happening right now atMountainBoy?

René:OurcurrentdrillprogramontheRed Cliff property,which has started acoupleofweeksago,andgettingreadytodoworkonthe“Ataman”zone,a600meterwideVMSsystemwediscoveredrecentlyontheSurpriseCreekproperty.

Isabel: What are the plans for therestof2017?

Renè: To do good work in advancingour properties with a focus on nearproduction opportunities. On thecorporate side, we will focusonshowingourshareholdersandpotentialshareholders the value we see in ourdifferent properties.Wewill reach outtotheminingandpetroleumindustrytoattractpotentialequitypartners.Thesepartners would offer more to us thanjust money; their experience withcommoditiessuchasgold,silver,zinc,aswell as barite and zeolite, and how tomine them and bring them tomarket.T h e c o m p a n y w i l l b e i nearlyconsultation with provincial andl o c a l g o v e r n m e n t a n d t h erepresentatives of First Nationscommunities.

Isabel: How much money do youhaveinthebank?

René: Money is always a rarecommodity with junior mineralexplorersaswearetaskedtospenditindeveloping our properties as soon wereceive it. We are contacting potentialindustry partners for Vinancialparticipation and will work with theinvestment industry and individual

shareholders to secure the fundsnecessary.

Isabel:HowmuchofMountainBoyisheldbythemanagement?

R e n é : M a n a g e m e n t o w n sa p p r o x im a t e l y 4 0% o f t h eoutstandingshares.Wewanttoshowour investorsandco-owners thatwetrulybelieveinthevalueofourassets.

Isabel:Whatdoyoulikeaboutthemineralexplorationbusiness?

Renè: It is exciting and highlyrewardingonceaneconomicresourcehasbeendiscoveredanddeveloped.

Isabel: What is your favouritecommodityandwhy?

Renè: I like gold; thoughwe all likegold(laughs). I favoursilverandzincto be champions due to depletingstockpilesandever increasinguses. Ilike the practical applicationsindustrialmineralssuchasbariteandzeolite are sought for and how fastthey can be brought into productionwith minimal investments, creatingmuchdesiredcashVlow.

Isabel:Wheredoyou see the goldprice?

René: Somewherewithin$1100and$1400fromtheunderstandingIhaveabout the markets and what drivessupplyanddemand.

Isabel:Thankyousomuchforyourtime! Always a pleasure to talk toyou.

Disclaimer

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MountainBoyMineralsisadiversiViedexploration and project developmentcompanywith its20% interest in the"SilverCoin"deposit locatedbetweenAscot's "Premier"and"BigMissouri "pits (over 2MMoz of gold equivalentwithitssharecarriedtoproductionbyJaydenResourcesLtd). Italsoownsa35% interest in the "Red Cliff"property,ahighgradeadvancedgold-c o p p e r e x p l o r a t i o n p r o j e c t .Furthermore, the company holds a100%interestinthe"MBSilver"anda50% interest in the expansive "BA"and "George Copper"claim blocks (>

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Share Structure: (as of 20th of June 2017)

Outstanding shares: 139 MillionFully diluted: 169 MillionMarket Cap: 9,03 Million52 weeks high/low: C$0,35 - 0,08

Corporate Information:

Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd.PO Box 859426 King StreetStewart, BC V0T-1W0Phone: 250 636 2264IR Contact: [email protected]

Moutain Boy Minerals Trading Symbol: TSX:V : MTB

12MMspenttodate-Zinc,Lead,Silverand Copper mineralization. Thecompany recently signed an optionagreement to earn a 100% interest in"BA"and"GeorgeCopper"claimblocks.At the company's "Zeolite" property inS ou t h e rn B . C . c on su l t i n g a ndenvironmental as well as historic landuse studies are ongoing. The companyowns the right to explore large Zeolitebedswithfavorableinfrastructure,closeto potential market.At the company's"Zeolite Project" in southern B.C.consulting and permitting is plannedforthisspring.

SilverCoinProject(2millionoz golddeposit-20%carried)

RedCliffProject(35%in largegoldbearingshearstructure-assaysupto15g/tAuover30m)

MBSilverProject(100%inproject>100,000 tonnes of barite-basemetaldeposit-non43-101compliant)

BA/George Copper Project (50% in

VMS horizon tested by 164 holes –tracedover1.5km)

SurpriseCreek(50%innewbariterichVMS horizon traced over 1.2 km) Thecompany holds an option to earn theremaining 50% in the BA,GeorgeCopperandSurpriseCreekpropertiesitdoesnotown

Manual Creek (100 % in zeolite-pozzolandeposit)

2017 Work Plans

5- 15000 m drill program atthe"SilverCoin"(carried)

10.000mdrillprogramatRedCliff(35%ofcost)

5000 m drill program atSurpriseCreek

mapping, sampling, trenchingand limited drill programs atthe BA/George Copper andthe"Zeolite"properties

Projects