Çöpler Sulfide Expansion Project Photographic Update Çöpler Sulfide Expansion Project

The Çöpler Gold Mine is operated by Alacer Gold and is currently an open‐pit, heap‐leach operation that is producing gold from oxide ore. The Çöpler orebody also contains refractory sulfide ore that requires a different processing solution than heap‐leaching to extract the gold. A Definitive Feasibility Study was completed and determined that the treatment of the sulfide ore via pressure oxidation provided the best economic return. In May 2016 construction commenced on the Çöpler Sulfide Expansion Project, and at September 30, 2017, the Sulfide Project was 62% complete, under budget and on schedule for first gold production in the third quarter of 2018, providing the next stage of growth for Alacer.

Çöpler Sulfide Expansion Project1

Pre‐Production Capital

US$719 million

Estimated Mine Life

20 years

Life‐of‐Mine Production

4 million ounces

All‐in Sustaining Costs

$645 per ounce

2017 Milestones

Equipment Procurement

Complete

Autoclaves Arrived on Site

Complete

Autoclave Assembly

Complete

Engineering Design

Complete

Autoclave Certification

Complete

Major Plant Civil Works

Complete

Completion of Oxygen Plant

Q4 2017

Electrical & Instrumentation Works

Ongoing

Major Project Milestones

Dry Commissioning Begins

Q1 2018

First Gold Pour

Q3 2018

1 Detailed information regarding the Sulfide Project, including the material assumptions on which the forward‐looking financial information is based, can be found in the technical report dated June 9, 2016 entitled

"Çöpler Mine Technical Report," available on www.sedar.com and on www.asx.com.au.

TSX: ASR / ASX: AQG / 2 Construction Site

Leach & CIP Tanks Maintenance Workshop

Warehouse

Reagent Storage

Oxygen Plant

Crusher

Haul Road

Pressure Oxidation Building

SAG Mill Feed Conveyor

Grinding Thickening

HV Switchyard

Iron Arsenic Precipitation

POX Feed Thickener

Acidulation Area Decant Thickener

SAGMill

Grinding Area

TSX: ASR / ASX: AQG / 3 Grinding Area

Electrical Rooms

TSX: ASR / ASX: AQG / 4

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