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Page 1: Q1 2018 Conference Call · 11/5/2018  · Evaluating Formal Proposals Q2 2018 (1) See News Release dated Sept 15, 2015 (2) Capped at 7.067 M oz and 26.279 M oz refined gold and silver,

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VA LU E T H R O U G H G O L D

Q1 2018 Conference Call

May 11, 2018

Ramping Up the High-Grade Gold Brucejack Mine

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Cautionary StatementForward-Looking InformationThis Presentation contains “forward-looking information” and “forward looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation. Forward-looking information may include, but is not limited to, the anticipated production and developments in our operations in future periods, information with respect to our planned exploration and development activities, the adequacy of our financial resources, the estimation of mineral reserves and resources including the 2016 Valley of the Kings Mineral Resource estimate, realization of mineral reserve and resource estimates and timing of development of our Brucejack Project, costs and timing of future exploration, results of future exploration and drilling, production and processing estimates, capital and operating cost estimates, timelines and similar statements relating to the economic viability of the Brucejack Mine, timing and receipt of approvals, consents and permits under applicable legislation, our executive compensation approach and practice, the composition of our board of directors and committees and adequacy of financial resources. Wherever possible, words such as “plans”, “expects”, “projects”, “assumes”, “budget”, “strategy”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “targets” and similar expressions or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative forms of any of these terms and similar expressions, have been used to identify forward-looking statements and information. Statements concerning mineral reserve and resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking information to the extent that they involve estimates of themineralization that will be encountered if the property is developed. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking information, including, without limitation, those risks identified in our Annual Information Form dated March 28, 2018 filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and in the United States on Form 40-F through EDGAR at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking information is based on the expectations and opinions of our management on the date the statements are made. The assumptions used in the preparation of suchstatements, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise. We do not assume any obligation to update forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by applicable law. For the reasons set forth above, prospective investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. CurrencyUnless otherwise indicated, all dollar values herein are in US $.

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Notes to InvestorsNational Instrument 43-101Technical and scientific information contained herein relating to the Projects is derived from National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) compliant technical reports (“Reports”), “Measured, Indicated, and Inferred Mineral Resource Update” dated July 21, 2016, “Feasibility Study and Technical Report on the Brucejack Project, Stewart, BC” dated June 19, 2014, “Mineral Reserve Update” dated December 15, 2016, “capital cost update” dated February 3, 2017, and . We have filed the Reports and Update under our profile at www.sedar.com. Technical and scientific information not contained within the Reports for the Projects have been prepared under the supervision of Mr. Ivor W.O. Jones, M.S.c., FAusIMM, Cpgeo, Mr. Kenneth C. McNaughton, P.Eng., Ian Chang, P.Eng., Mr. Russell Pennel, B.A.S.c., P.Eng., and Mr. LyleMorgenthaler, B.A.S.c., P.Eng. each of whom is an independent “qualified person” under NI 43-101.This presentation uses the terms “measured resources”, “indicated resources” (together “M&I”) and “inferred resources”. Although these terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations (under NI 43-101), the United States Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize them. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. There is no guarantee that all or any part of the mineral resource will be converted into mineral reserves.In addition, “inferred resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre feasibility studies, or economic studies, except for a Preliminary Assessment as defined under NI 43-101. Investors are cautioned not to assume that part or all of an inferred resource exists, or is economically or legally mineable. Non-IFRS Financial Performance MeasuresThe Company has included certain non-IFRS measures in this presentation. The Company believes that these measures, in addition to measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, provide investors an improved ability to evaluate the underlying performance of the Company and to compare it to information reported by other companies. The non-IFRS measures are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. These measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS, and therefore may not be comparable to other issuers.The non-IFRS financial measures included in this presentation include: cash costs per ounce of gold sold, all-in sustaining cost per ounce of gold sold, adjusted earnings or loss, adjusted earnings or loss per share, and average realized price per ounce of gold sold. Please refer to the Non-IFRS Performance Measures section of the Company’s MD&A filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and in the United States on Form 40-F through EDGAR at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov for a detailed discussion and reconciliation of the non-IFRS measures to the most directly comparable IFRS measures. The Company believes that in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, the Company and certain investors and analysts use this information to evaluate the Company’s performance. In particular, management uses these measures for internal valuation for the period and to assist with planning and forecasting of future operations. The presentation of non-IFRS measures is not meant to be a substitute for the information presented in accordance with IFRS.

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Brucejack MineAn Emerging High-Grade Gold Producer

75,689 ounces gold produced in Q1 2018

$70.5 million cash at Mar 31/18

$16.8 million in earnings in Q1

H1 production and cost guidance on track

Steady state gold production anticipated mid-to-late 2018

7Source: See News Releases dated May 10, 2018 and refer to Company’s Financial Statements and MD&A.

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5(1) See News Release dated April 11, 2018

Brucejack Q1 2018 Monthly Gold Production1

Production(Oz)

Grade(g/t)

Recovery(%)

March 32,910 10.9 96.7February 27,636 11.4 97.1January 15,143 5.4 96.7Total Q1 75,689 9.1 96.8

Steady Increase in Production in Q1

Production profile improved with implementation of operational grade control in March

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All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC)

(1) See News Release dated Jan 23, 2018. (2) All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC) is non-IFRS performance measure. For reconciliation to IFRS measures refer to the Company’s MD&A.(3) See News Release dated May 10, 2018.

Q1 2018 AISC: $1,009/oz sold3

- Production spending in-line with H1 Guidance- Impacted by low production in January- Resulting in lower gold sales recorded in the quarter

(75,689 produced vs. 68,681 sold)

With steady state production, fluctuation between ounces produced and ounces sold expected to minimize

AISC now approaching H1 guidance range

H1 2018 Guidance1:AISC2: $900 - $700/oz soldGold Production: 150,000 – 200,000 ounces

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Mining Optimization

Development: Getting ahead of the curve Achieved ~800m/month in Q1; expect to average

700m/month for the year

Grade Control: Grade Prediction

– Grade control drilling– Grade control model generation– Stope design optimization

Grade Measuring– Longhole sampling– Development sampling– Stope scan

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Mining Optimization

Evaluate longitudinal stoping to optimize mine plan- Less dilution- Reduce development cost

TYPICAL TRANSVERSE STOPING METHOD

TYPICAL LONGITUDINAL STOPING METHOD

ORE CROSS CUTS(STOPE ACCESS)

ORE CROSS CUTS(STOPE ACCESS)

UPPER CUT LEVEL

UPPER CUT LEVEL

UNDERCUT LEVEL

UNDERCUT LEVEL

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Financial Performance

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Financial Performance

Source: See News Releases dated May 10, 2018 and refer to Company’s Financial Statements and MD&A.(1) Non-IFRS performance measure. For reconciliation to IFRS measures refer to the Company’s MD&A.

Q1 2018

Gold Ounces Produced 75,689 ozGold Ounces Sold 68,651 ozAverage Realized Price(1) $1,271/oz

Revenue $89.4 M

Total Cash Costs(1) $841/ozCost of Sales $72.6M

Per Ounce $1,057/oz

Earnings from Mine Operations(1) $16.8 M

First Quarter 2018

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Financial Performance (cont’d)

First Quarter 2018

Source: See News Releases dated May 10, 2018 and refer to Company’s Financial Statements and MD&A.(1) Non-IFRS performance measure. For reconciliation to IFRS measures refer to the Company’s MD&A.

Q1 2018

Earnings from Mine Operations(1) $16.8 MCorporate Administrative Costs ($2.5 M)

Operating Earnings $14.3 MInterest and Finance Expense ($15.4 M)Financial Instruments at Fair Value ($2.6 M)Taxes ($4.2 M)

Net Loss ($8.0 M)Per Share ($0.04)

Adjusted Earnings(1) $5.8 M

Per Share(1) $0.03

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All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC)

Source: See News Releases dated May 10, 2018 and refer to Company’s Financial Statements and MD&A.(1) Non-IFRS performance measure. For reconciliation to IFRS measures refer to the Company’s MD&A.

Q1 2018 Actual H1 2018 Guidance

Gold Ounces Produced 75,689 oz150,000 oz 200,000 oz

Gold Ounces Sold 68,651 oz

All-In Sustaining Cost(1) $69.2 M $135 M $140 M

All-In Sustaining Cost(1) / oz sold $1,009/oz $900/oz $700/oz

Low January production

Lag between sales and production during Q1

Spending on target

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Liquidity

Source: See News Releases dated May 10, 2018 and refer to Company’s Financial Statements and MD&A.(1) Non-IFRS performance measure. For reconciliation to IFRS measures refer to the Company’s MD&A.

Cash on Hand (Dec 31, 2017) $56.3 M

Cash Generated from Operations $24.7 M

Capex ($9.5 M)

Other ($1.0 M) $14.2 M

Cash on Hand (Mar 31, 2018) $70.5 M

First Quarter 2018

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Balance Sheet Strategy

2018 Build Cash Position

Refinance/Pay Down Credit Facility(1)

– US$350M at 7.5% interest US$423M due Dec 31, 2018

– Extendable to Dec 31, 2019 with payment of 2.5% of principal and interest

Buy Back Precious Metals Stream(1,2)

– 1st opportunity US$237M on Dec 31, 2018

– 2nd opportunity US$272M on Dec 31, 2019

Evaluating Formal Proposals Q2 2018

(1) See News Release dated Sept 15, 2015(2) Capped at 7.067 M oz and 26.279 M oz refined gold and silver, less production to Dec 31, 2019. Based on refined gold and silver that were

estimated to be available for sale in the June 2014 Feasibility Study for the Brucejack Project

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Opportunities

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Flow Dome Zone

250 m

E

Valley of the Kings Development

W

9.0m @ 21.87 g/t Au(Inc 0.5m @ 203 g/t Au)

2.05m @ 2,100 g/t Au(Inc 0.5m @ 8,600 g/t Au)

SU-6571

SU-6661

2018 Exploration Drill Holes

(1) Regional exploration drill results; see News Release dated Oct 8, 2015

Organic Growth Opportunities Exploration Drilling for Source Porphyry

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5km

Surface Sampling

20172016201520142011/13 Pre 2011

N

Boulder Zone

Koopa Zone

American Creek Zone

5 km

Brucejack

Organic Growth Opportunities Bowser Regional Exploration

Regional exploration program; see News Release dated Dec 5, 2017

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Delivering on GuidanceFocus on Increasing Grade

400

500

600

700

800

900

1,000

125,000 175,000 225,000

AIS

C 2 (U

S$)

Gold Production (oz)

Low-range

High-range

9.8 g/t GoldHead Grade

13 g/t GoldHead Grade

150,000 200,000

H1 2018 Gold Production Guidance1

(1) See News Release dated Jan 23, 2018. Currency US$(2) All-in Sustaining Cost (AISC) is non-IFRS performance measure. For reconciliation to IFRS measures refer to the Company’s MD&A.

Cost Reductionas Grade Increases

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2018 Catalysts for Success

Execution and Delivery at Brucejack is our Focus

Achieving Steady State Gold Production

Delivering on Guidance

Emerging High-Grade Gold Producer

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Appendix

VOK Portal

Mill

Camp

Contact WaterPond

West ZonePortal

PVG : TSX/NYSEpretivm.com

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Shareholding & Analyst Coverage

(1) As of May 10, 2018; ownership calculated on an undiluted basis.(2) As of May 10, 2018. Source: IPREO, Morningstar Inc. & SEDAR.

Top Shareholders(2)` (% S/O)

Black Rock Asset Management 14.2Van Eck Associates 10.4M&G Investment Management 3.8Rothschild Asset Management 3.2BMO Asset Management 3.0SSR Mining 2.9Letko, Brosseau & Associates 2.5Orion Mine Finance 2.5Sun Valley Gold 2.2Pretivm Management 1.9

Equity Structure(1)(shares in millions)

Issued & Outstanding 182.4Fully Diluted 194.2

Market Cap (May 10, 2018) US$1.26 B

Analyst CoverageBMO Andrew KaipCanaccord Genuity Rahul PaulCIBC David HaughtonCiti Alexander HackingCormark Securities Richard GrayGlobal Mining Research David CotterellH.C. Wainwright Heiko F. IhleNumis Jonathan GuyRBC Dan RollinsRoth Capital Partners Joseph ReagorScotiabank Ovais Habib

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Fourth Quarter 2017Select Operating Results

Source: See News Releases dated May 10, 2018 and refer to Company’s Financial Statements and MD&A.

Three months ended March 31,2018 2017(1)

Ore mined t 268,339 -Mining rate tpd 2,982 -

Ore milled t 261,443 -Head grade g/t Au 9.1 -Recovery % 96.8 -Mill throughput tpd 2,905 -

Gold ounces produced oz 75,689 -Silver ounces produced oz 94,730 -

Gold ounces sold oz 68,651 -Silver ounces sold oz 84,234 -(1) No comparative data as the mine commenced commercial production as of July 1, 2017.The following abbreviations were used above: t (tonnes), tpd (tonnes per day), g/t (grams per tonne), Au (gold) and oz (ounces).

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Fourth Quarter 2017Select Financial Results

Source: See News Releases dated May 10, 2018 and refer to Company’s Financial Statements and MD&A.

Three months ended March 31,(In thousands of US dollars, except per share or per oz) 2018 2017(1)

Revenue $ 89,422 -Earnings from mine operations(1,2) $ 16,834 -Net loss for the period $ (8,058) (4,263)

Per share - basic $/share (0.04) (0.02)Per share - diluted $/share (0.04) (0.02)

Adjusted earnings (loss) (2) $ 5,797 (6,089)Per share - basic (2) $/share 0.03 (0.03)

Total cash and cash equivalents $ 70,540 171,945Cash generated from (used by) operating activities $ 24,719 (2,733)

Total assets $ 1,678,657 1,633,083Long-term debt(3) $ 292,906 601,344

Total cash costs (2) $/oz 841 -All-in sustaining costs (1,2) $/oz 1,009 -

Average realized price (1,2) $/oz 1,271 -Average realized cash margin (1,2) $/oz 430 -(1) No comparative data as the mine commenced commercial production as of July 1, 2017.(2) Refer to the "Non-IFRS Financial Performance Measures" section for a reconciliation of these amounts.(3) Long-term debt does not include the current portion of the senior secured credit facility in the amount of $379,383 as at March

31, 2018.

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Brucejack Mine

PVG : TSX/NYSEpretivm.com

Pretium Resources Inc.Suite 2300 – 1055 Dunsmuir St.Four Bentall CentrePO Box 49334Vancouver, BC, Canada V7X 1L4

Phone: 604-558-1784Fax: 604-558-4784Toll-free: 1-877-558-1784

[email protected]