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PANORO MINERALS LTD

ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM


Year Ended December 31, 2009

March 24, 2010


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item Page
ITEM 1: PRELIMINARY NOTES .................................................................................................................................2
ITEM 2: CORPORATE STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................2
ITEM 3: GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS .............................................................................................4
ITEM 4: DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS ................................................................................................................5
4.1 Antilla .................................................................................................................................................................6
4.2 Cotabambas ......................................................................................................................................................12
4.3 El Rosal.............................................................................................................................................................17
4.4 Other .................................................................................................................................................................21
ITEM 5: RISK FACTORS .........................................................................................................................................22
ITEM 6: DIVIDEND RECORD AND POLICY .............................................................................................................25
ITEM 7: DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL..........................................................................................................25
ITEM 8: MARKET FOR SECURITIES ......................................................................................................................25
ITEM 9: DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ....................................................................................................................26
ITEM 10: TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS ..................................................................................................30
ITEM 11: INTERESTS OF EXPERTS .......................................................................................................................30
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ITEM 1: PRELIMINARY NOTES

1.1 Incorporation of Financial Statements, Proxy Circular and Reports

Specifically incorporated by reference and forming a part of this Annual Information Form are the audited
financial statements for the Company for the period ending December 31, 2009, together with the auditor's
report thereon.

All financial information in this Annual Information Form is prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in Canada ("Canadian GAAP").

1.2 Forward Looking Statements

This Annual Information Form contains forward-looking statements, concerning the Company's operations
and planned future acquisitions and other matters. Any statements that involve discussions with respect to
predictions, expectations, belief, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance
(often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or
"does not anticipate", "plans", "estimates" or "intends", or stating that certain actions, events or results
"may", could", "might", or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and
may be "forward looking statements" and are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which
include statements relating to, among other things, the ability of the Company to continue to successfully
compete in its market. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of the Company's
management as well as on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company at the
time such statements were made. Forward looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward looking
statements, including, without limitation, the failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis and other
risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements as a result of the matters set forth or incorporated in this Annual Information Form generally and
certain economic and business factors, some of which may be beyond the control of the Company. Some of
the important risks and uncertainties that could affect forward looking statements are described further in
this document under the headings Item 5 - Risk Factors and Item 4 - Description of the Business.

1.3 Date of Information

All information in this Annual Information Form is as of March 24, 2010, unless otherwise indicated.

1.4 Currency and Exchange Rates

The Canadian dollar is the reporting currency and currency of measurement of the Company. All dollar
amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.

ITEM 2: CORPORATE STRUCTURE

2.1 Name and Incorporation

Panoro was incorporated pursuant to the laws of British Columbia on September 28, 1994 under the
name “Anaconda Minerals Corporation”, by Memorandum and Articles filed with the Registrar of
Companies for British Columbia. On February 28, 1997 the Issuer changed its name to “Panoro
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Resources Ltd.”. The Company was amalgamated in British Columbia on June 6, 2003 under the
Company Act of British Columbia (the predecessor of the BCA) and changed its name to “Panoro
Minerals Ltd.”.

The head office of Panoro is located at Suite 900, 510 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6B 1L8. The registered and records offices of Panoro are located at Suite 1750, 1185 West
Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4E6.

The common shares of the Company are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") under the trading
symbol "PML", the Frankfurt Exchange (“PZM”) and on the Junior Board of the Bolsa de Valores de Lima
(“PML” - Lima Stock Exchange). The Company is an "exchange issuer" as that term is defined in the
Securities Act (British Columbia). The Company is a “reporting issuer” as defined under applicable
securities legislation in British Columbia and Alberta.

2.2 Intercorporate Relationships

The following chart sets out the Company’s corporate structure including all subsidiaries. The Company
is incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia

The Company has five wholly owned subsidiaries: (i) Minera Panoro (Peru) S.A.C., incorporated
pursuant to the laws of Peru on June 9, 1998; (ii) Panoro (Cayman) Ltd., incorporated pursuant to the
laws of the Cayman Islands on March 2, 1998; and (iii) Panoro Pacific Minerals, Inc., incorporated
pursuant to the laws of the Philippines on April 18, 2006 (iv) Panoro Apurimac (formerly Cordillera de
las Minas SA, incorporated on August 15, 2002 under the laws of Peru. Panoro Apurimac’s head and
registered office is located at Ave. Jose Larco 748, 3rd floor, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru. Minera
Panoro (Peru) S.A.C. is the wholly owned subsidiary of Panoro (Cayman) Ltd.

Panoro Minerals Ltd.


Canada
99.90%

Cordillera Copper Ltd. Panoro Pacific Minerals, Inc. Panoro (Cayman)


Bahamas Philippines Ltd

Panoro Apurimac S.A., Minera Panoro


Peru (formerly CDLM) 0.10% (Perù) S.A.C.
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ITEM 3: GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS

3.1 Three Year History

Financings

2007
On May 24, and May 29, 2007 the Company closed a brokered private placement for gross proceeds of
$20,170,119 on the issuance of 33,616,865 units at $0.60 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one
common share and one half of one share purchase warrant, each whole warrant is exercisable for $0.75
for two years. A cash commission of 7% was paid to the agents in addition to 3,361,686 brokers
warrants to purchase units under the same terms as the financing.

2008
On April 8, 2008 the Company received $500,000 as part of the sale of their interest in the Surigao project
to Mindoro Resources. During the year 950,000 options were exercised for proceeds of $190,000.

2009
On December 30, 2009 the Company closed a private placement for net proceeds of $553,794 on issuance
of 3,114,000 units at $0.20 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one share purchase
warrant. Each warrant is exercisable for $0.30 for 18 months. A cash commission of 8% was paid to the
agents in addition to 249,120 agents warrants to purchase units under the same terms as the financing. All
of the warrants expiring June30, 2011 carry a forced conversion feature whereby if the stock price trades
over $0.45 for ten consecutive days, the Company can give notice to warrant holders that the warrants must
be exercised within 30 days.

Acquisitions and Disposal

Alicia Project
On September 25, 2009 the Company entered into an agreement with Strait Gold Corporation whereby
Strait Gold may earn up to 100% in the Company’s early stage Alicia copper-gold property in Southern
Peru, subject to a 2% net smelter return royalty.

In order to earn 55% of the Alicia project, Strait Gold will have to perform the following
• Issue 100,000 shares of Strait Gold to Panoro on signing; – completed
• Obtain an agreement with the local community before March 25, 2011;
• Spend at least US $150,000 on the Alicia property within the first year after obtaining the
agreement;
• Issue 200,000 common shares of Strait Gold one year after obtaining the community agreement;
• Spend at least US $500,000 within the second year after obtaining the agreement; and
• Issue 300,000 common shares of Strait Gold two years after obtaining the community agreement.

In order to earn the remaining 45% of the Alicia project, Strait gold will need to spend an additional US
$600,000 in the third year after obtaining the community agreement and issue an additional 400,000
Strait Gold common shares. The net smelter royalty can be reduced from 2% to 1% for a payment of US
$2.3 million which is payable within six months of obtaining 100% ownership.
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Cochasayhuas and Checca Joint Venture


On March 17, 2008 the Company granted Consorcio Minero Horizonte (“CMH”), a privately owned gold
mining company of Peru, an option to earn a 50% interest in two of their Panoro Apurimac projects.

In June, after assessing the permitting issues at both projects, CMH elected to proceed with the
Cochasayhuas Project. On March 6, 2009 CMH decided not to proceed with the joint venture, after
Panoro did not accept proposed changes to the Joint Venture agreement, and returned the property to the
Company.

Mindoro
In 2004 the Company entered into an agreement with Mindoro Resources Ltd. (“Mindoro”) to earn a
40% interest in six mineral properties located in Surigao Province, Mindanao, Republic of the
Philippines. The company would earn its interest by incurring $2,000,000 in exploration. Over the
following years expenditures were made as exploration progressed and the Company earned their 40%
interest in the formed Surigao Joint Venture on October 20, 2006 at which point the Company had
invested a total of $2,396,003 in cash and shares.

At the beginning of 2007 the Company decided that it would focus its exploration projects exclusively on
Peru, and entered into negotiations with Mindoro to sell its 40% Interest in the Surigao Joint Venture to
Mindoro. A Purchase and Sale Agreement was signed on March 14, 2007.

Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, April 16, 2007, Mindoro paid the Company $750,000 cash
and issued 500,000 Mindoro common shares valued at $0.75 per share. Mindoro made a second payment
of $500,000 cash and issued an additional 500,000 Mindoro common shares on April 8, 2008.

In the event that the nickel laterite prospect, located on the Agata project should proceed to production
and upon shipment of an aggregate one million wet tonnes of nickel laterite, Mindoro will pay the
Company an additional $500,000 cash, plus an additional $500,000 cash on the first anniversary of the
shipment.

Panoro Apurimac
On June 7, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares
of Panoro Apurimac S.A ( “PA” ) formerly Cordillera de las Minas S.A (“CDLM”), a Peruvian
corporation, from CVRD International S.A. and El Tesoro (SPV Bermuda) Limited, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Antofagasta PLC. On April 7, 2008 the Company announced that the name of CDLM had
been changed to Panoro Apurimac S.A.

CDLM owns a 100% interest in 13 properties located in the Andahuaylas – Yauri Belt of Peru south of
Cuzco.

Antilla and Cotabambas are two of the CDLM properties that are in an advanced exploration stage. The
remaining 11 properties are Kusiorcco, Cochasayhuas, Checca, Alicia, Promesa, Pistoro Norte,
Sancapampa, Humamantata, Pataypampa, Anyo, and Morosayhuas and are all in various stages of early
exploration.

ITEM 4: DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

The Company is in the business of acquiring resource properties in Peru and exploring those properties for
commercially viable mineral reserves of copper and gold. These properties are held through the Company’s
various Peruvian subsidiaries.
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Panoro is currently focused on exploring and developing its Antilla, Cotabambas, Kusiorcco, and El Rosal
properties. Other properties of Panoro are Cochasayhuas, Checca, Alicia, Promesa, Pistoro Norte,
Sancapampa, Humamantata, Pataypampa, Anyo, and Morosayhuas. The Company also has a 4% interest
in the Huaquirca joint venture which includes the Chapi-chapi and Utupara projects in Peru.

Unless otherwise noted, the following information has been excerpted from a technical report prepared
by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. (“SRK”) pursuant to the provisions of Canadian Securities
Administrators National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) entitled “Independent Technical Report on the
Mineral Exploration Property of Cordillera de las Minas S.A. – Andahuaylas—Yauri Belt, Cuzco Region
Peru” dated March 9, 2007 in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 43-101 (the
“CDLM Report”). This document is on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Complete information concerning the Cotabambas and Antilla properties, which form the most advanced
projects comprising the CDLM Concessions, have been excerpted herein. For information concerning
the other concessions comprising the CDLM Concessions, readers are referred to the full text of the
CDLM Report on the company’s website. The figures cited in Property Description and Location had
been revised and reflects an increase in number of concessions and total area resulting from the purchase
of two exploration concessions in 2007 by the Company.

4.1 Antilla

Property Description and Location

The Antilla Project is located near the small town of the same name. The town is located in the District
of Sabaino, in the Province of Antabamba and the Department of Apurimac. The centre point of the
exploration concession lies at UTM coordinates 8,414,000N, 718,500E between elevations 3300 and
4100 m above sea level. The Company holds a total of 11 concessions with an area of 7400 ha.

Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography

The area is at present most easily accessible from Cuzco via the 366 km Cuzco-Abancay-Antilla road. In
the future access from either Lima or Cuzco will be improved with construction of a 6-8 km link to the
southwest to the road between Antabamba and the paved highway between Lima and Cuzco. The total
road distance between the Antilla project and the Lima-Cuzco highway will then be approximately 33
km. The nearest harbour is at Marcona and the nearest smelter at Ilo.

Physiographically, the area is characterized by steep terrain with deeply incised valleys. The intense
runoff drains to the Atlantic Ocean via the two principal rivers, the Chalhuanca and the Antabamba. The
climate is mild and moderately rainy, characterized by long winters between June and November and
abundant summer rains from December to March. Geomorphologically, the area lies east of the
continental divide on the eastern slope of the Western Cordillera of the Andes marked by the Huanzo
Cordillera.

History

Prior to CDLM, Southern Peru Copper S.A. (SPCC) carried out exploration work in 1999 including
drilling on an optioned property immediately to the east of what became the Antilla block. Poor results
caused SPCC to abandon the property. Anaconda evaluated the same property in 2000. CDLM carried
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out geochemical exploration in 2002 investigating geochemical anomalies to the west of Calvario Hill,
where SPCC had worked, and subsequently staked the first 2800 hectares. Geological mapping and
geophysical surveys were carried out in 2003 leading to a drilling program in September 2003 and 2004.
A geological model was developed in 2004 and 2005.

Geological Setting

The Antilla project exhibits the characteristics of a Cu-Mo porphyry system with formation of secondary
enrichment.

Stratified Rocks
The currently known mineralization at the Antilla project is located within clastic sequences, from the
bottom, of the Chuquibambilla and Soraya formations, which make up the Yura Group. The
Chuquimbambilla Formation is essentially constituted by dark-gray siltstones intercalated with fine to
medium grained gray sandstones, in horizons up to 0.5 m thick and local layers of calcareous siltstones.

A characteristic of these horizons is the local presence of cubic, finely laminated, autigenic pyrite, as
well as intercalated horizons of carbonaceous material.

The Soraya Formation is represented by three main members a basal member, 600 m thick, made up of
intercalations of whitish-gray medium- to fine-grained quartzite with gray quartzite sandstones and, to a
lesser extent, black-gray sandstone horizons where quartzite sequences predominate , an intermediate
member, 150 m thick, made up of intercalations of grayish-brown shales and gray sandstones exhibiting
smoother topographic traits and an upper member (200 m) exposed south of the project, where thin
medium-grained sandstone horizons predominate.

The bulk of the Antilla supergene mineralization occurs in the middle part of the basal member of Soraya
Formation which also constitutes the country rock of the Main Porphyry.

Intrusive Rocks

Granodiorite Porphyry
This constitutes the main intrusive body and is considered to be associated with the hypogene
mineralization in the East Block. The best outcrops are localized around the intersection of the
Huancaspaco River and the Chalhuani stream, covering an area of approximately 750 m by 600 m, with a
predominantly N-W strike and locally N-S in all lateral terminations. The other intrusive center has a
smaller outcrop located on the eastern part of the East Block. The rock is porphyritic comprising
approximately 30% fine-medium grained plagioclase phenocryts, 5% medium grained quartz
phenocrysts, 5% coarse grained K-feldspar megacrysts and 3% fine-grained mafic phenocrysts in an
aphanitic K-feldspar rich groundmass.

Latite Porphyry
This is a post-mineral intrusive and occurs as dikes minor dikes occupying structures striking generally
N-W on the center of the East Block. It is porphyritic rock comprising approximately 30% fine grained to
locally coarse grained megacrystic plagioclase phenocrysts and 7-10% fine to medium grained mafic
phenocrysts in an aphanitic K-feldspar dominant groundmass.

Diorite Porphyry
It had been mapped only on the West Block and so far there has been no indication that it has a direct
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relationship to the porphyry copper mineralization on the East Block. It is a porphyritic rock comprising
approximately 30% fine-medium grained partly altered white plagioclase phenocrysts, 7-10% fine to
medium grained (former) mafic phenocrysts in a aphanitic groundmass. It is generally altered to clay-
biotite-muscovite and chlorite. This rock had been intersected by ANT-13 on the West Block.

Monzonite Porphyry
This had been mapped on the eastern part of the East Block as sills. It is porphyritic rock comprising
of approximately 20% fine-medium plagioclase phenocysts and approximately 7% lath-like shapes in a
fine-grained matrix that varies from K-feldspar bearing to K-feldspar absent.

Exploration

Prior to 2008, geological mapping at 1:5000 scale has been concentrated on the central part of the
property identified as the East Block and the West Block. Reconnaissance mapping has been carried out
on the remainder of the property and on adjacent third party claims. Systematic rock and soil
geochemical sampling has been carried out on a 100 m by 50 m line grid across the western zone of the
project. A total of 2,461 samples were taken, including 734 rock samples and 1,727 soil sample.

The geophysical surveys carried out in 2003 and 2004 comprised 214.2 line km of magnetometer surveys
and 43.6 km of Induced Polarization/ Resistivity surveys. The geophysical surveys in both years were
carried out by VDG del Peru S.A.C. and the reports were authored by Rejan Pineault P.Eng., General
Manager Chief geophysicist and General Manager and Gloria Fernandez, Project Geophysicist.

In 2008 while drilling was being undertaken, a review of the geology was done in order to check the
different rock types identified earlier by CDLM. The review undertaken consisted of field mapping, core
logging and petrographic analysis to confirm the rock types encountered. In addition, several outcrop
samples were also collected and analyzed for gold, copper, molybdenum and other elements.

Deposit Types, Alteration and Mineralization

The Antilla project contains the upper distal portion of a porphyry copper deposit, with porphyry style
mineralization and alteration present in the overlying quartzites and sandstones. The porphyry style
mineralization has been enriched by meteoric processes into a zone of secondary enrichment which
constitutes the deposit type of interest on the property. While primary porphyry style mineralization has
been intersected in drill hole ANT-13 outside the areas of secondary enrichment, the depth and location
of the primary porphyry deposit underlying the secondary enriched zone are thought to be unknown at
this time.

The Antilla deposit is described as a supergene chalcocine blanket hosted by a package of gently dipping
siltstones, sandstones, and medium to fine grained quartzite and sandstones. It is believed to be
associated with a system of porphyry intrusions occurring as dykes and laccolithic sills; however, apart
from ANT-17, ANT-56 and ANT-58, limited amounts of intrusive rock have been encountered in the
immediate vicinity of the deposit. Despite this lack of intrusives, a large halo of secondary biotite
alteration has been identified beneath the blanket, and the mineralization exhibits many features typical
of porphyry related mineralization and alteration.

Primary Cu-Mo mineralization consists of disseminated and fracture and/or vein-hosted chalcopyrite,
minor bornite and molybdenite, and is accompanied predominantly by potassic and sericitic alteration. A
characteristic trait of hypogene mineralization is its close relationship with certain horizons of the
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sedimentary country rock sequence, indicating an intense lithological control on mineralization.


Supergene mineralization is defined by the presence of pulverulent (sooty) chalcocine and, to a lesser
extent, covelline. Both appear as coatings over scattered pyrite and chalcopyrite grains. The supergene
‘blanket’ is defined by markedly higher grades within near surface intervals up to 96 metres thick.

The Antilla deposit occurs near the intersection of two regional scale (>10 km) reverse faults: the
northeast trending Piste Fault to the west, and the east-west trending Matara Fault to the south. The
deposit itself is transected by a dominant northwest trending set of dextral strike slip faults, northeast
trending faults and sub-vertical, north-south structures. The dominant northwest trending structures are
parallel to the drill sections and therefore poorly represented in the core. The relationships between the
different faults and the mineralization is unknown, however, many of the highest grade intervals in drill
core observed by SRK are clearly associated with narrow fractures and faults with slickensided surfaces
and minor gouge. These structures are commonly sub-parallel to the core axes (especially, ANT-01) and,
as such, they may belong to the northwest trending fault system. In some holes, (especially ANT-04 – not
used in either estimate) a good correlation can be seen between poor core recoveries and grade, either
indicating biased recovery of mineralized material, or preferential mineralization in strongly fractured
rock.

Drilling 2008

An exploration permit was obtained on May 21, 2008 and drilling started May 24, 2008. Originally the
proposed drill program includes 47 drillholes for an estimated total of 10,000 me. Thirty-seven of these
drillholes were planned on the East Block as infill drilling to better delineate the mineralization with the
objective of completing a 43-101 compliant resource estimate. Ten additional drillholes were planned in
the West and Intermediate Blocks to explore for additional mineralization. In addition to exploring in the
West and Intermediate Blocks, a few of the drillholes in the East Block were planned to explore for a
deeper porphyry system. All the holes were located by differential GPS and the down-the-hole
inclinations by Sperry Sun instrument.

As drilling proceeded and the potential for the expansion of the East Block target to the northwest was
confirmed the exploration holes planned for the West and Intermediate Blocks were relocated to the west
and northwest side of the East Block. Additionally, the proposed deep drillholes were located within the
boundary of the East Block and served the dual purpose of infill and deep exploration.

The drilling in Antilla was completed on November 25, 2008 with 48 drillholes or a total of 9362 m. Two
of these were deep holes which at the same time functioned as infill or confirmatory holes. All these
holes were located on or within the vicinity of the East Block.

Some of these were drilled 200-250 m to the northwest and outside of the SRK defined East Block
mineralized zone. These drillholes located outside of the SRK defined zone confirmed the extension of
the secondary enrichment blanket. The deep holes, on the other hand, while intersecting supergene
sulfide mineralization did not intersect significant primary copper mineralization at depth. All the assay
results of the 48 drillholes have been received from third party testing laboratory in Lima, Peru and have
been published via news releases and on the company’s website. The test results are posted on the
Company’s website and indicate that the thickness and grade of the mineralized zone is consistent with
previous results.

Historical Drilling
Between September 2003 and February 2005 19 diamond drill hole were drilled for a total of 4012 m.
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Azimuth and dip were set at the collar with a Brunton Compass. Down the hole surveys were carried out
in all holes with a Sperry Sun instrument to hole ANT-05. Down the hole surveys were also carried out
with a Flexit instrument in holes ANT–11 to ANT-13.

Sampling, Analysis, Security of Samples and Data Verification

2008
For the drilling in 2008, all the core samples were transported from Antilla on a truck and escorted by a
Panoro employee or staff working on the project to the drop-off office of ALS Chemex in Cusco, Peru.
From this drop-off office, the samples were either delivered to ALS Chemex’s sample preparation
facilities in Arequipa or Lima. All the samples were analyzed in ALS Chemex laboratory in Lima. For
every batch of samples (a batch consists of 60 core samples) two standard samples and a blank sample
were inserted, a duplicate analysis is done one from the coarse reject and the other from the pulp sample.
In addition the other half of the core of the 60th sample (field duplicate) was sent as well for analysis.
Each sample, except for the standard samples, are assayed for gold by fire assay-atomic absorption
spectrometry (FA-AAS) under method Au-AA23 and for silver, copper, molybdenum, lead and zinc by

atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) under method AA62. This method utilizes the four-acid digestion
before AAS. The standard samples were analyzed for silver, copper and molybdenum.

Historical
The sampling and analytical protocols for the old holes (ANT-01 to ANT-19) Antilla were the same as at
Cotabambas. All core from Antilla was transported to the core logging and storage facility at Cotabambas
where it is stored under lock and key and where the authors examined the core from the project.

SRK reviewed approximately 300 assays in the drill hole database and compared them with the original
hardcopy assay certificates during the Data Room visit. No errors were found.

In the process of constructing the Gemcom database, topographic data were imported from the Arcview
shape files. Several of the drill hole collars were found to lie significantly above or below this surface,
four of which (ANT-02, -02A, -07, and -09: all from 2003 drilling) had to be adjusted by more than 50 m.
Of these four, only ANT-07 was used in the SRK model and estimate.

CDLM reportedly included three duplicates and two standards (one Cu and one Au standard) in every
sample batch (C. Neyra, pers. comm.); however, no independent QAQC data for these analyses were
available to SRK at the time of the review by SRK. CDLM did provide digital copies of the laboratory
analytical data, which include one lab repeat in every batch of 22 pulp samples. Some batches contain
explicitly marked (by the lab) blanks, and other batches contain samples which appear to have been
independently submitted blanks, but cannot be confirmed as such. The internal laboratory repeats show
fair repeatability (generally better than 10%) for pulps, and the explicit and implicit blanks indicate little
or no contamination. However, the lack of information on independent standards, and whether they were
submitted or not, prohibits an evaluation of the accuracy of the analyses.

Mineral Resource estimate

In 2009 the Company filed the NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate together with the accompanying
technical report. The report was prepared by AMEC (Peru), an independent consulting firm.

The global inferred mineral resource estimate of 154.4 million tonnes at an average grade of 0.47%
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copper and 0.009% molybdenum is contained within the East Block. This resource includes a higher
grade zone of 70.4 million tonnes at an average grade of 0.56% copper and 0.011% molybdenum.

The mineral resource is a tabular blanket of supergene sulphide mineralization dominated by chalcocite
and molybdenite but also includes some of the underlying primary chalcopyrite mineralization. The
inferred resource is hosted by a package of quartzites and quartz arenites of the Soraya Formation and
has alteration and mineralization characteristics which may be associated with undiscovered hypogene
intrusive-hosted porphyry-style copper mineralization.

The resource estimate has been completed based on the results of a total of 67 drillholes, including the
48 drillholes from the Company’s exploration program completed in December 2008.

In order to define the Mineral Resource, a reasonable assessment of extraction costs and pit design was
made. The following economic parameters were used:

• Long Term Metal Prices of $US 2.00/lb Copper and $US 10.00/lb Molybdenum
• Mining Costs of $US 1.10/t for Mineral and $US 0.80/t for Wasterock
• Total Operating Costs $US 10.00/t
• Metallurgical Recoveries of 90% Copper and 40% Molybdenum
• Final Pit Slopes of 45degrees

A potential starter pit within the conceptual life of mine pit contains 15 million tonnes of ore at a grade
of 0.72% copper and 0.017% molybdenum with a stripping ratio of 0.9 and provides opportunity to
improve the economics of a future operation. At a nominal 20,000 tonne per day open pit operation
the East Block of the Antilla Project would have a 21 year mine life with a stripping ratio of 2.5.

The technical report indentified potential to increase the resource at the Antilla Project. The potential
includes a number of targets. Firstly, the potential for the extension of the supergene sulphide
mineralization in the East Block to the north and northwest was identified during the 2008 exploration
program. Secondly, in the West Block, located 2.5 km from the East Block, the potential exists for
additional supergene sulphide mineralization similar to the East Block. Thirdly, the presence of higher
grade hypogene porphyry copper mineralization in both the East and West Blocks remains to be tested.

Exploration and Development

The budget and schedule estimate for completion of pre-feasibility study works was completed. The
proposed work plan includes:

o East Block Drilling


 Infill drilling program of high grade zone to obtain indicated and measured
resource
 Infill drilling program to expand the inferred resource
 Stepout drilling for north and northeast sector of

o Other Exploration Drilling


 West Block
 Deep Exploration
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o Community Relations
o Scoping Study
o Prefeasibility Design
o Environmental Baseline and Impact Studies

The company is currently evaluating financing alternatives to complete the pre-feasibility studies.

A review of the project infrastructure was completed addressing the water, power, access and ports
available for development of the project. A conceptual site general arrangement was completed
identifying potential sites for plant, tailings, site access road and water. The general arrangement
forms the starting point for the scoping level studies required for the advancement of the project to
feasibility design.

As part of the existing community agreement, community members were employed for drill site access
preparations and access road maintenance to facilitate the future exploration programs. In addition,
work has been advanced on the Piste irrigation canal maintenance per the existing community
agreement. The community agreement with Antilla expired on November 2009 and the Company is in
negotiations to complete a new agreement.

4.2 Cotabambas

Property Description and Location

The Cotabambas Project is located approximately one km west of the village of Cotabambas in the
District of Cotabambas, Province of Abancay in the Department of Apurimac. The center of the project
area lies at UTM coordinates 8,480,500 N and 785,500 E and at an elevation of between 3200 m and
3800 m above sea level.. The project consists of 11 exploration concessions covering a total area of 9900
ha.

All concessions are registered in the name of Panoro Apurimac. The Company has obtained an industry
standard title opinion confirming ownership of the concessions.

Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography

The Cotabambas Project is located between the rural communities of Ccalla and Ccochapata, in the
district of Cotabambas. Access is to the project is 32 km from Cuzco by asphalt highway to the town of
Anta and then 100 km by all weather gravel road to the small town of Cotabambas, using the
Huallpachaca bridge across the Apurimac River.

The area is characterized by a relatively moderate topographic relief, with deep canyons in its lower
portions that contain the larger Rivers like the Apurimac and its principal tributaries such as the Ccalla,
Pisonay and Duraznomayo. The region’s climate is moderately rainy, characterized by dry winters and
abundant rain from December to March. The average annual precipitation in the area is approximately
1000 mm, with an average temperature of 13o C. The vegetation is of a mountainous steppe type with
subtropical humid mountain forests, consisting of small shrubs, scrub and scrublands of upper Andean
grass. The original vegetation was modified and replaced by local agriculture and the planting of
eucalyptus forests.
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History

Work on the Cotabambas project started with detailed geophysical, geochemical (soil and rock) and
geological studies in 1995. The first diamond drilling campaign was carried out in 1996, followed by
diamond drill programs in 1999, 2000 and 2003. By the end of the year 2000 program 24 core holes had
been drilled with a total length of 8537.85 m.

Exploration work was resumed in 2003. Initially three diamond drill holes were drilled in the Ccalla-
Cotabambas sector (CB-25 to CB-28) based on 1996 geophysical surveys. Between July and August
2003 VDG del Peru (Val d’Or) carried out a further geophysical survey (10.5 km of IP at 200 m line
spacing and 48.2 km of magnetometric surveys) in the CCayrayoc sector. In addition soil geochemical
surveys were carried out on a 100 m by 100 m grid in the Guacclle sector yielding high values in copper,
molybdenum and gold. Three diamond drill holes (CB-31 to CB-33) were targeted on these results. All
together nine diamond drill holes were completed in 2003 for a total depth of 3251.65 m.

In 2001 NCL Ingenierìa y Construcción S.A., a Chilean Consulting Firm, carried out an estimate of the
mineral resources indicated by the drilling programs up to and including drill hole CB-24. The estimate
was based on a Gemcom- based block model and applied geostatistical estimating techniques. An
independent estimate of the historical resources was carried out by SRK in September 2006, using the
same data set as NCL in 2001.

Geological Setting

The geology of the Cotabambas project area has been described comprehensively in Special Publication
11, 2004 of the Society of Economic Geology: “Cotabambas: Late Eocene Porphyry Copper-Gold
mineralization Southwest of Cuzco, Peru” by J. Perello, et al. An excerpt of this is in the CDLM Report.

The Cotabambas porphyry is a system with multiple pulses of smaller dikes and stocks distinguishing
two principal phases, the Main Porphyry and the Late Porphyry. Both phases are located in diorite and
are cut by a set of late dacitic dikes related to the Ccochapata Dome.

The diorite (x), presents a hypidiomorphic inequigranular texture of fine to medium grain, with abundant
plagioclase calcic and ferromagnesian mineral accumulations. The ferromagnesian is dominated by
biotite and amphibole (hornblende). Accessory mineralogy includes apatite, titanite and zircon.

The Main Porphyry (Xm) and Late Porphyry (XI) are of similar texture and composition, differing in the
intensity of their quartz veins (stockworks). The Main Porphyry presents a good multidirectional
development of veins that are absent in the Late Porphyry bodies. Both are characterized by presenting a
porphyritic texture of medium to thick grain (phenocrysts of up to 2 cm) with abundant (30-35%)
plagioclase phenocrysts and amphibole (hornblende) and biotite ferromagnesian, in amounts less than
10%, a fundamental felsitic mass composed by a fine aggregate of potassium feldspar and quartz with
smaller amounts of ferromagnesian.

Domes and dacitic dikes (Xp): the final stage of the Ccalla system includes a set of dacitic dikes that
intrude in all the previous units. In general, they present porphyritic textures of medium to thick grain
(phenocrysts of up to one cm) with plagioclase phenocrysts (35-40%), potassium feldspar (1-3%) and
amphibole ferromagnesian (hornblende) and little biotite that does not altogether exceed 5%. The
fundamental mass is microfelsitic, with fine pilotaxitic texture with fluidity characteristics (Perelló,
Internal report 2001).
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The structure represented by the Ccalla, Azulccacca and Guaclle-San José faults of a general NE course
and parallel bars moving to the gorges of the same name. This set of structures defines a corridor of
about 200 to 600m of width, with individual structures of metre(s) width and kilometre scale runs (>6km)
interlaced, with evidence of sinistral movement and, very locally, reactivations of inverse type with
planes inclined toward the west. The dacitic composition (Xp) dikes seem to be located throughout NE
faults.

Exploration

The activity at site focused on advancing the community relations dialogue and completion of the Semi-
detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIAsd) required by the Ministry of Energy and Mines
(MEM) for the exploration permit.

A two year community agreement with the Community of Huaclle and the Community of Ccalla.
Klohn Crippen Consultants completed the soil sampling, terrestrial and aquatic biology sampling to
support the EIAsd.

The community engagement program continues with the communities in the project area. A resident
community relations specialist was hired to direct and coordinate the community engagement activities
on site under the direction of the company’s Peru management team.

Exploration on the project has been carried out in several phases and campaigns using a multitude of
exploration methods and techniques. The last intensive phase of exploration work was carried out in
2003. Results of earlier geophysical surveys by Val d’Or in 1996 in the Ccalla sector were used in
2003 to locate four diamond drill holes (CB-25 to CB28). Further geophysical surveys were carried
out by VDG del Per SAC in the Ccayrayoc sector consisting of 10.5 km of IP and 48.2 km of
magnetometric surveys. Apparent chargeability values of between 5.0 and 21.00 mV/V were obtained.
Rock geochemical sampling of a trench in this sector yielded anomalous values of 1000 to 2500 ppm.

In the Guaccllesector a 100 m by 100 m mesh soil grid had been sampled 1996 which yielded highly
anomalous values in copper, gold and molybdenum. These results were the basis for targeting diamond
drill holes CB-31 to CB-33) in 2003.

Deposit Types, Alteration and Mineralization

The principal deposit type in the Cotabambas area are copper-gold-(minor molybdenum) porphyry
systems and rare skarns. Only the porphyry type is considered to be of economic interest at Cotabambas.
In the scope of the Cotabambas porphyry, the potassium alteration is characterized mainly by the
presence of potassium, biotite feldspar and quartz; the potassium alteration is presented in veins of
millimetre to centimetre thickness. The intermediate argillic alteration is characterized by an association
of greenish tones with chlorite, illite, smectite and smaller amounts of soapy green sericite, epidote and
calcite. Plagioclase typically presents replacement by calcite, sericite, illite and a bit of epidote, the
amphibole and biotite preferably to chlorite, smectite, illite and green sericite are altered.

The sericitic alteration is characterized by an association of sericite and illite with abundant calcite and
subordinate amounts of chlorite generally related to late dacitic dikes.

The propylitic alteration is distributed like a halo around all the previous associations and is
characterized by an association, non-destructive of texture, rich in chlorite, epidote and calcite.
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The mineralization of oxides is presented in the surface and is compound mainly of crisocola, malachite
and neotocite, in association with goetitic limonite and to a lesser extent jarositic. The supergene
mineralization consists of a thin, irregular blanket of rich secondary enrichment in calcosine. The
hypogene mineralization is associated with a stockwork of type A, B and M veins in intimately related
stable potassium alteration to the Main Porphyry bodies; the rand of stockwork intensity is typically from
three to four. The following types are observed, associated by biotite, potassium feldspar and/ or
actinolite: 1) quartz-magnetite; 2) quartz-magnetite-chalcopyrite; 3) quartz-magnetite-chalcopyrite-
bornite; 4) quartz-pyrite; 5) quartz-chalcopyrite-pyrite; 6) quartz-magnetite-chalcopyrite-pyrite; 7)
hairline trails of chalcopyrite-bornite (Perelló. Internal Report 2001).

CCalla-Cotabambas sector: The mineralization found in the adamantine drill holes, specifically in the
CB-25 mineralized porphyry drill hole, consists of: in the first sections oxides (hematine, limonite and
jarosite) and supergene alteration, in depth the hypogene sulfides are constituted by veins of quartz type
stockwork intensity 3-4 (veins A and B) and the predominant alteration is potassium biotitic associated
with chalcopyrite-pyrite-magnetite-weak bornite.

Ccayrayoc Sector: the oxidation is weak in this sector, observing sporadic weak copper oxides and
limonite-hematite, the hypogene mineralization is constituted by sporadic quartz veins (intensity < 1, >
veins B and D) associated with weak chalcopyrite-pyrite-magnetite, very weak potassium alteration and
greater sericite-propilite alteration.

Guacclle Sector: the hypogene mineralization in the porphyry constitutes sporadic quartz veins (B type),
associated with weak chalcopyrite-pyrite-magnetite, with weak potassium alteration and moderate
sericitic and propilitic alteration; in the Skarn the mineralization is constituted by veinlets and weak
dissemination of pyrite-chalcopyrite and magnetite.”

Drilling

The main drilling campaigns took place in 1996, 1998 to 2000 and in 2003. All drilling operations were
in the form of diamond core holes. Until the year 2000 24 drill holes had been completed for a total of
8537.85 m. An additional nine drill holes completed in 2003 (CB-25 to CB-33) added 3251.65 m to the
data base. All resource estimates, however, have been based on the first 24 drill holes.

Sampling, Analysis, Security of Samples and Data Verification

During the visit to Cotabambas in August of 2006 the senior author of the CDLM Report, Christopher
Lee, P. Geo. reviewed the sampling and core logging procedures applied by the staff of CDLM.. Drill
core from holes CB-10, CB-23 and CB-25 were examined in conjunction with the geology logs and assay
data. The geology logs are of excellent quality and include graphical illustrations of lithological contacts,
vein patterns and density, and other described features.

Core was generally sampled at 2 metre intervals regardless of lithology or intensity of mineralization.
This locally results in dilution of the grades where samples overlap contacts with ‘barren’ dykes (e.g.
‘XP’). Since these ‘barren’ dykes are treated with hard boundaries in the resource model, this sampling
strategy results in a loss of estimated metal content in these areas.

The data and results from CB-25 were not included in any of the resource estimates carried out by NCI,
CDLM or SRK.
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The sampling procedure involves the following steps: (i) marking of the sample intervals by the geologist
logging the core, as it sits in the wooden core boxes retrieved from the drill site, (ii) a geology technician
splits the core with a diamond saw, and places half the core into pre-prepared, numbered sample bags,
and moves the remaining half core, along with the driller’s blocks, into new plastic core boxes, (iii) the
wooden core boxes are returned to the drill to retrieve subsequent batches of core, and (iv) plastic core
boxes are moved into storage.

Three sampled intervals in hole CB-25, with recorded grades between 0.4-0.7% Cu (Samples 61504,
61529, 61531), had no obvious expression of mineralization in the core. These intervals are all from the
same batch shipment, and are believed to have been inadvertently mixed up during the sampling process,
described above. While the three samples are all from the same shipment, no identifiable pattern of
mixing of the sample order could be identified to correct the error, and it is unknown to what extent this
type of error occurred. It is recommended that a check assay program be implemented on all of the core
(i.e. re-assay random ~10% of each drill hole) to ensure that this type of error is not widespread.
Approximately 500 assays in the Cotabambas drill hole database were checked against their original
assay certificates in the data room. No errors were found; however, this type of data verification cannot
detect sampling mix-ups such as those described above.

Drill hole collar surveys for CB-1 to CB-6 in the Gemcom database were checked against the original
hardcopy survey report. No errors were found.

CDLM reportedly implemented regular QC checks on their data during analysis, including three
duplicates and one Cu and Au standard in every assay batch (C. Neyra, pers. comm.); however, no
QAQC data for Cotabambas were available at the time of writing, and no comment can therefore be made
on the QAQC program.

Mineral Resource Estimate

Mineralization in the Cotabambas deposit was initially estimated in 2001 by NCL Ingenierìa y
Construcción S.A. (“NCL”), a Chilean Consulting Firm (Table 4). SRK validated the estimates for the
Cotabambas deposit and considers that the methodology used by NCL and treatment of the available data
are reasonable. SRK constructed a separate mineral resource model using larger search ellipse oriented
down the plunge of the copper and gold mineralization. The SRK resource model at various cut-off
grades (Table 5) indicates that the mineral resources may be larger than initially stated by NCL. In this
context, SRK is of the opinion that the mineral resources for the Cotabambas deposit are appropriately
classified as an Inferred Mineral Resource and reported at a cut-off of 0.4% Cu as indicated in Table 6
The reader is cautioned that mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated
economic viability.

Table 4: Cotabambas deposit, NCL Ingenierìa y Construcción S.A, 2001.


Cut-off Tonnes Cu Grade Au Grade
(%) (Millions) (%) (g/t)
0.3 69 0.74 0.46
0.4 59 0.8 0.49

Table 5: Mineral inventory for the Cotabambas deposit as estimated by SRK at various cut-off grades.
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Cut-off Tonnes Cu Grade Au Grade


(%) (Millions) (%) (g/t)
0.2 169 0.54 0.31
0.3 114 0.68 0.38
0.4 90 0.77 0.42
0.5 71 0.86 0.45
0.6 55 0.96 0.48

Table 6: Mineral Resource statement for the Cotabambas Cu-Au deposit, SRK Consulting, March
09, 2007.

Tonnes Cu Grade Au Grade


Mineral Resources*
(Millions) (%) (g/t)
Inferred 90 0.77 0.42
*All resources quoted at 0.4% Cu cut-off

A detailed description of the resource estimate by SRK can be found in the CDLM Report.

Exploration and Development

SRK recommended 20,000 m of drilling to advance the project to the pre-development stage. The
Company believes this to be reasonable and plans to implement a drilling program based on this
recommendation once it gets the necessary permit. The Company has begun an active community
relations program and is targeting to have an agreement in place during 2009. The Company has hired a
community relations coordinator to lead the communications activities within the communities and
contracted environmental consultants to carry out the required studies.

4.3 El Rosal

The technical report (the “El Rosal Report”) entitled “2006 Summary Report on the El Rosal Property”
dated December 30, 2006 and prepared by Uwe Schmidt P. Geo., was prepared in accordance NI 43-101.
The El Rosal Report sets out the property description and location, accessibility, climate, local resources,
infrastructure and physiology, history, geological setting, exploration, mineralization, drilling, sampling and
analysis, security of samples, and recommended exploration and development of the El Rosal property. The
following information has been excerpted from the El Rosal Report.

Property, Description and Location

The El Rosal Project is located in northwestern Peru. The Mineral claims cover an area of 3900 ha and
straddle the boundary between Lambayeque department (province of Chiclayo and district of
Chongoyape) and Cajamarca department (province of Chota and district of Llama). The UTM
coordinates of the approximate centre of the property are 688200E and 9264000N.

The Company holds a valid Type B permit issued by the Ministry of Energy and Mines and had acquired
the requisite authorization from the La Ramada community and the local Water Board to allow the
company to conduct drilling.
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Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography

The El Rosal property is situated 75 km east of the town of Chiclayo (Figure 1), a city which is
approximately 800 km north of Lima on the paved Pan American highway. Access to the El Rosal
property is by paved road along the north side of the Rio Chancay valley from Chiclayo to within 20 km
west of the property, at which point an all-weather bridge crosses Rio Chancay. A maintained earth and
gravel road that is accessible year-round runs along the south side of the valley from the bridge to the
property, and links the small villages of Huaca Blanca, 6 km west of the property, and La Ramada, on the
northern property boundary, to Chiclayo. The Company constructed during the 2000 drilling program
approximately 8.6 km dirt road to provide access to El Rosal project area.

The main hydroelectric power line servicing Chiclayo runs from the Carhuaquero hydroelectric station, 5
km northeast of La Ramada, along the northern margin of the property. The power line provides the
local settlements with electricity, and a link to the integrated Peruvian electrical grid.”

The property straddles the ridge and northern flanks of Cerro Los Bravos, between the valley of Rio
Chancay to the north and Quebrada Monteria to the south. Relief on the property varies from 350 m in
the Rio Chancay valley to 1350 m on the steep ridge crest of Cerro Los Bravos. Most of the northern

parts of the property consists of ridges and steep to moderately sloping valley walls that vary between
400 and 800 m in elevation.

Year round cultivation of sugar cane, corn, and rice occurs in the Chancay river valley, but topography
on the property is too rugged and soil development too thin and rocky to support cultivation.

The western part of the El Rosal property is covered by a conservation area which was established by the
local community and is not published on claim maps nor recognized by the Peruvian mining authority as
affecting mineral title.

The region is semi-arid, and rainfall occurs sporadically mainly during the wet season between December
and April. Temperature generally varies between 20˚C and 30˚C, although it sometimes exceeds 40˚C in
the humid wet season.

History

Exploration work at the property was initiated in 1998 mainly sampling and characterization of the styles
of mineralization in the El Rosal, and to a lesser extent in the La Ramada. Later in the year
reconnaissance geological mapping, prospecting, trenching and additional sampling was done including
some ground magnetometer surveying over the El Rosal grid.

In 1999, trenching and sampling were done on the Zona Central and El Rosal showings and 28 km of
induced polarization (IP) geophysical survey. The following year after an extensive road building
campaign a 7-hole, 1650 m diamond drilling program funded by Rio Algom Exploration Ltd was
undertaken

In 2003, further mapping was done in La Ramada to follow up on the porphyry copper-gold potential that
was indicated by geochemical surveys and geophysical anomalies. This was followed in 2004 by six
diamond drill holes totaling 1592 m. Encouraging results from the 2004 program led the company to
fund additional hand trenching and sampling and detailed geological mapping in 2006.
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Geological Setting

The regional geologic setting is best described by Rhys, 2003 and is available on the Company’s website.
Briefly the report describes the region to comprise of an easterly-younging sequence of mixed carbonate
and siliciclastic strata and intermediate volcanic rocks of mainly Mesozoic age, and overlying Tertiary
volcanic rocks (Wilson, 1985). The El Rosal property is near the northern end of the trough.

In the property area, Cretaceous strata are exposed in a 5-10 km wide, north trending belt that separates
older strata from Tertiary volcanic rocks to the east (Figure 4; Wilson, 1985). Shallow marine or deltaic
quartzite, and subordinate siltstone and mudstone of the Lower Cretaceous Goyllarisquizga Formation
unconformably overlie the Tinajones Formation and mark the beginning of the Cretaceous cycle of
sedimentation in the Peruvian trough. The Goyllarisquizga Group is disconformably overlain by a mixed
carbonate/siliciclastic sequence comprising of several units.

Tertiary volcanic rocks unconformably overlie the Mesozoic sequence. They comprise two formations,
the Eocene Llama composed of basal, heterolithic volcanic conglomerate (50 m) and overlying andesitic
to rhyodacitic lithic tuff and flows (up to 1200 m) and the overlying Huambos Formation which is
dominantly rhyolitic in composition and consists of a thick sequence of tuff and tuff Diorite, tonalite and
granodiorite stocks, dykes and sills of the Coastal Batholith are emplaced in the Mesozoic sequence
throughout the Chiclayo-Chongoyape area. Small plagioclase + quartz porphyritic bodies also occur
locally

Stratified Rocks
The oldest rock unit consists of quartzite and minor black siltstone belonging to the Goyllarisquizga
Group (Unit 1) and is restricted to La Ramada area. This unit is overlain by a mixed
carbonate/siliciclastic sequence comprising of several units: Inca and Chulec Formations (Units 2 and 3),
Pariatambo Formation (Units 4 to 6), Pullicana, Quillquinan and Cajamarca Formations ( Unit 7), Lower
Calipuy Volcanics (Llamma Formation) (Unit 8). Unit 8 was later re-interpreted as a diatreme breccia
and assigned to Unit 8a. These rocks are described in more detail in the reports of Rhys (2003) and
Schmidt (2006).

Breccia Units
The diatreme breccia units are found only in La Ramada. Additional mapping of the diatreme breccia in
2006 further defined the southern limit of the breccia body. In addition the breccia was subdivided into
five different types based on their physical characteristics (color, roundness of clasts), clasts composition
and degree of alteration among others. These are described in more detail in the report of Schmidt
(2006).

Skarn and Calc-Silicate Alteration (Unit 9)


Skarn development and associated calc-silicate alteration was assigned to Unit 9 during the 2004
mapping. Skarn, in La Ramada area, is developed in Unit 6b, nodular to massive limestone, located
along the eastern margin of the Calabozo stock. Skarn minerals include wollastonite, green and dark
brown garnets.

Igneous Rocks
Five igneous intrusive units were mapped in La Ramada grid in 2004. The largest intrusion and
economically important are the two phases of the Calabozo stock, Units 10a and 10b. Skarn formation
and copper-zinc mineralization are associated with the perimeter of this stock. Unit 10c, a dark green,
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hornblende-feldspar porphyry occurs both as an irregularly shaped body on the east slope of La Ramada
ridge and as narrow dykes. Unit 11b, quartz-phyric felsite, described by Panteleyev (2003), also occurs
in an irregularly-shaped exposure east of La Ramada ridge. Unit 12 is a rare mafic dyke phase which
may be related to Unit 10c. Unit 11, a beige, quartz-feldspar porphyry appears to be the youngest
intrusive phase. Dykes of this porphyry commonly trend in a northwesterly direction.

Exploration Program

The 2008 exploration program at El Rosal was completed on April 30, 2008 with a total of nine holes
drilled totaling 3025 m. Eight of the holes were drilled in the La Ramada area and one hole in the main El
Rosal area. The locations of these holes are shown on the El Rosal map at the company's website.
Highlights from the drill results include 8.47 m grading 5.31% zinc and 111.6 g/t silver. In addition to
the zinc and silver mineralization the style of alteration and mineralization characterized by the presence
of stockworks of quartz veinlets in quartz-sericite-pyrite altered diorite with minor chalcopyrite
mineralization indicating the presence of the targeted porphyry copper system.

In 2006 the Company conducted more detailed mapping to sample the diatreme breccia, re-examine
Ramada, Ramada Sur and Calabozo Este showings, develop a better understanding of La Ramada
geology, and to look for indications of a possible underlying deep porphyry system to guide a future drill
program.

This program was carried out from March 20 to May 14, 2006 in two periods, totaling 47 days. Fifteen
hundred metres of trails were cut along the breccia zone in La Ramada area. Four hand trenches, with a
total length of 781 m, were excavated perpendicular to the trend of the breccia zone. A total of 325 chip
and channel samples were collected with sample intervals of 1 to 4 metres. Additional sampling of
isolated outcrops brings the sample total to 415.

Mineralization

Mineralization on the El Rosal property occurs in two areas, El Rosal and La Ramada. Earlier
exploration programs in 1999, 2000 and 2003 focused on the copper and zinc mineralization associated
with skarn zones developed within the limestone beds at El Rosal. This phase of exploration also
recognized the underlying porphyry copper potential associated with intrusive centres at El Rosal and the
Calabozo stock. Three areas of mineralization in the El Rosal area are El Rosal showing, Zona Central
and Calabozo showing. Earlier exploration programs of the El Rosal area are well documented by Rhys
1999, 2000 and 2003.

In 2004, exploration emphasis focused on La Ramada area which had been identified as prospective by
earlier reconnaissance programs. Three areas of skarn mineralization, La Ramada, La Ramada Sur and
Calabozo Este, had been discovered in La Ramada area prior to 2004. These areas are discussed in
more detail by Schmidt (2006).).

Sample Preparation, Analyses and Security

The core logging and sampling facility was located in a rented storage yard in the village of La Ramada.
Split sections of drill core were bagged in heavy plastic sample bags, packed into rice bags and sealed for
shipment. Sample bags were labeled on the outside and waterproof labels were also placed inside the
sample bags. No other identification was associated with the drill core. Samples were transported by
pickup truck to the field drop-off office of ALS Chemex in Trujillo, Peru by a company employee. From
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this drop-off point, ALS Chemex transported the samples to its facilities in Callao, Lima, Peru where
they were prepared and analyzed.

All ALS Chemex laboratories operate in compliance with ISO17025. Gold was analyzed by fire assay-
atomic absorption spectrometry (FA-AAS) according to MethodAu-AA23 and eight elements consisting
of silver, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, nickel, cobalt and arsenic were analyzed by atomic absorption
spectrometry (AAS) according to Method AA61. No standards were placed into the sample suite, apart
from those inserted internally by the laboratory, to test the accuracy and precision of results.

Only the drilling contractor’s employees, Panoro’s geologists and locally employed field assistants had
access to the core.

Exploration

Drilling started on January 26, 2008. All trails and drill sites were done by hand including an access road
passable by 4x4 pick-up trucks from the village of La Ramada to La Papaya area. The exploration
program at El Rosal was completed on April 30, 2008 with a total of nine holes drilled totaling 3025 m.
Eight of the holes were drilled in the La Ramada area and one hole in the main El Rosal area. Of the
eight holes located in La Ramada, two holes (RA-07A and 07B) twinned from the same platform
intersected porphyry copper mineralization and three holes (RA-08A, 08B and 08C) drilled from the
same platform intersected significant silver-zinc mineralization. These intersects represents future
exploration targets for the company. The rest of the holes in La Ramada and the hole in El Rosal did not
intersect interesting copper and/or molybdenum mineralization. The locations of these holes are shown
on the El Rosal map at the company's website.

4.4 Other

The Kusiorcco project

The Kusiorcco project is located close to Norsemont's Constancia project (Indicated Resources of 256
million tonnes at 0.50% copper, Inferred Resources 156 million tonnes at 0.33% copper) and the
historical Katanga Mine. It consists of a strong, one kilometre by two kilometre Induced Polarization
and Resistivity Anomaly overlying a 300 metre by 500 metre alteration zone characterized by an
intensive skeletal stock-work of quartz veins with the weathered out voids filled by limonite and
goethite (both iron oxides). Management believes this to be the leached outcrop of part of a porphyry
system that has been intensely mineralized with sulphide minerals and in fact, silicification, quartz
stock-work systems and alteration are generally widespread in the Kusiorcco intrusive stock. The
intensely leached outcrop also suggests the presence of a secondarily enriched zone at the transition to
fresh sulphide mineralization at depth. The potential of this system to host a sizeable body of copper
mineralization is further supported by the presence of a number of copper skarn occurrences located at
the periphery of the Kusiorcco intrusive stock which are currently being mined on a small scale by
locals.

Knight Piesold Consultants completed, and the company submitted, the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the proposed drilling program at the Kusiorcco Project. Comments from the MEM
were received and the EIS was modified to include MEM comments and resubmitted to MEM in Lima.
The modified EIS was approved in December of 2009.

A proposal was submitted to the community of Uchucarcco in November of 2009 for the completion of
a community agreement. The terms of this proposal are currently being negotiated with the community
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and local group of artisanal miners.

Cochasayhuas Project

The company was successful in negotiating the terms of agreements with the Community of Progreso
and the agreement was signed on October 3, 2009. A parallel agreement involving the local Artisanal
Miners has still to be finalized.

A site reconnaissance and inspection was carried out by the company’s VP Explorations. The presence
and extent of artisanal mining was mapped and samples of mineralized zones were collected for
assaying. The collected surface samples from known mineralized outcrops confirmed grades of up to
4.7 g/t of gold grades on the Cochasayhuas vein and 2.2 g/t gold on the San Lucas vein, the area of
artisanal mining.

ITEM 5: RISK FACTORS

The following are the material risk factors which the Company has identified in respect of any
investment in its securities

Reserves

The Company’s properties are in the exploration stage and are without a known body of commercial ore.
Development of any of the Company’s properties will only follow upon obtaining satisfactory
exploration results. There is no certainty that the expenditures made by the Company in exploring its
mineral properties will result in discoveries of commercial quantities of ore. Most exploration projects
do not result in the discovery of a commercially mineable deposit of ore.

Exploration

The business of exploration for minerals involves a high degree of risk and few properties become
producing mines. Unprofitable efforts result not only from the failure to discover mineral deposits, but
from finding mineral deposits which, though present, are insufficient in quantity and quality to return a
profit from production. There is no assurance that the Company’s future exploration and development
activities will result in any discoveries of commercial bodies of ore. The marketability of minerals
acquired or discovered by the Company may be affected by numerous factors which are beyond the
control of the Company and which cannot be accurately predicted, such as market fluctuations, the
proximity and capacity of mining facilities, mineral markets and processing equipment, and such other
factors as government regulations, including regulations relating to royalties, allowable production,
importing and exporting of minerals, and environmental protection, the combination of which factors
may result in the Company not receiving an adequate return on invested capital.

Market Forces

There is no assurance that, even if commercial quantities of mineral resources are discovered, a
profitable market will exist for the sale of same. Factors beyond the control of the Company may affect
the marketability of any mineral occurrences discovered. The price of gold has experienced volatile and
significant price movements over short periods of time, and is affected by numerous factors beyond the
control of the Company, including international economic and political trends, expectations of inflation,
currency exchange fluctuations (specifically, the United States dollar relative to the Canadian dollar and
other currencies), interest rates and global or regional consumption patterns (such as the development of
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gold coin programs), speculative activities and increased production due to improved mining and
production methods.

Insufficient Capital

The Company does not have sufficient funds to complete all of its exploration and development
programs. Therefore, additional funds will be required. The only sources of future funds for its
exploration and development programs is the sale of equity capital or by entering into an option and joint
venture agreement with another party. There is no assurance that the Company will be successful in
obtaining further financing. A failure to obtain further financing could result in the loss or substantial
dilution of the Company’s interests in its properties.

Environmental Regulation

Existing and possible future environmental legislation, regulations and actions could give rise to
additional expense, capital expenditures, restrictions and delays in the activities of the Company, the
extent of which cannot be predicted. Regulatory requirements and environmental standards are subject to
constant evaluation and may be significantly increased, which could materially affect the business of the
Company or its ability to develop its properties. Before production can commence on any of its mineral
properties, the Company must obtain regulatory and environmental approvals. There is no assurance that
such approvals will be obtained on a timely basis. The cost of compliance with changes in governmental
regulations has the potential to reduce the profitability of operations or preclude entirely the economic
development of the Property.

No History of Earnings

The Company has no history of earnings. The Company has paid no dividends on its shares since
incorporation and does not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future. The only present source of
funds available to the Company is through the sale of its equity shares or by way of loans. While the
Company may generate additional working capital through the operation, development, sale or possible
syndication of its prospects, there is no assurance that any such funds will be generated.

Mining Operations

Mining operations generally involve a high degree of risk which even a combination of experience,
knowledge and careful evaluation may not be able to overcome. The business of gold mining is subject
to a variety of risks such as fires, power outages, labour disruptions, industrial accidents, flooding,
explosions, cave-ins, landslides, and other environmental hazards, technical failures, the inability to
obtain suitable or adequate machinery, equipment or labour, are some of the risks involves in the
operations of mines and the conduct of exploration programs. Such occurrences, against which the
Company cannot, or may elect not to insure, may delay production, increase production costs or result in
liability. The payment of such liabilities may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial
position. The economics of developing mineral properties are affected by such factors as the cost of
operations, variations in the grade and metallurgy of the ore mined, fluctuations in mineral markets, costs
of processing and equipment, transportation costs, government regulations including regulations relating
to royalties, allowable production, importing and exporting of mineral product, and environmental
protection rules and regulations.
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Competition

The resource industry is intensely competitive in all of its phases, and the Company competes with many
companies possessing greater financial resources and technical facilities than itself. Competition could

adversely affect the Company’s ability to acquire suitable producing properties or prospects for
exploration in the future.

Mineral Tenure

In those jurisdictions where the Resulting Issuer has property interests, the Company makes a search of
mining records in accordance with mining industry practices to confirm satisfactory title to properties in
which it holds or intends to acquire an interest, but does not obtain title insurance with respect to such
properties. The possibility exists that title to one or more of its properties, particularly title to
undeveloped properties, might be defective because of errors or omissions in the chain of title, including
defects in conveyances and defects in locating or maintaining such claims, prior unregistered agreements
or transfers, and title may be affected by undetected defects or native land claims. For unsurveyed
mineral claims, the boundaries of such mining claims may be in doubt. The ownership and validity of
mining claims are often uncertain and may be contested. The Company is not aware of any challenges to
the location or area of its mineral claims. There is, however, no guarantee that title to the Company’s
properties will not be challenged or impugned in the future. The properties may be subject to prior
unregistered agreements or transfers.

Key Personnel

The success of the Company and its ability to continue to carry on operations is dependent upon its
ability to retain the services of certain key personnel. The loss of their services to the Company may
have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Dilution

There are a number of outstanding securities and agreements pursuant to which common shares of the
Company may be issued in the future. If these common shares are issued, this will result in further
dilution to the Company’s shareholders. An investor’s equity interest in the Company may also be
diluted by future equity financings of the Company.

Conflicts of Interest

Certain of the directors of the Company are or may become directors and/or officers of other companies
engaged in mineral exploration and development, as well as mineral property acquisition. Accordingly,
mineral property acquisition and/or exploration opportunities or prospects of which they become aware
will not necessarily be made available to the Company. The directors intend to allocate these
opportunities or prospects from time to time among the various companies in which they are involved, on
the basis of prudent business judgment, the relative financial ability, the need of each company in which
they are directors and/or officers to participate. In the event of any conflict of interest, the directors will
act in accordance with the common law and the provisions of the Business Corporations Act of British
Columbia.
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ITEM 6: DIVIDEND RECORD AND POLICY

The Company has not paid dividends since incorporation and it has no plans to pay dividends in the
immediate future. The directors of the Company will determine if and when dividends should be
declared and paid in the future based on the Company's financial position at the relevant time. All of the
common shares of the Company are entitled to an equal share in any dividends declared and paid. To the
knowledge of the Company, there are no restrictions that would prevent the Company from paying
dividends.

ITEM 7: DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL

7.1 General Description of Share Capital

The authorized share capital of the Company consists of unlimited common shares without par value.
The Company has only one kind and class of shares and there are no unusual rights or restrictions
attached to that class. As of March 24, 2010, the Company had a total of 87,753,390 common shares
issued and outstanding. All of the issued common shares of the Company are fully paid and not subject
to any future call or assessment.

In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company or other distribution of its
assets, the holders of the common shares will be entitled to receive, on a pro rata basis, all of the assets
remaining after the Company has paid out its liabilities. Distribution in the form of dividends, if any,
will be set by the board of directors.

All of the common shares of the Company rank equally as to voting rights, participation in a distribution
of the assets of the Company on a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and the
entitlement to dividends. The holders of the common shares are entitled to receive notice of all meetings
of shareholders and to attend and vote the shares at the meetings. Each common share carries with it the
right to one vote.

ITEM 8: MARKET FOR SECURITIES

8.1 Trading Price and Volume

The Company is a reporting issuer in British Columbia and Alberta, and its common shares are listed on
the TSXV under the symbol "PML". The price ranges and volume traded of the Company’s common
shares on the TSXV on a monthly basis for the most recently completed fiscal year are:
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PANORO MINERALS LTD.


2009 Cdn $ U.S. $ €
Date TSX Hi Low Volume Bolsa Hi Low Volume Frankfurt Hi Low Volume
January 0.088 0.11 0.08 4,770,700 0.076 0.08 0.07 1,186,326 0.056 0.06 0.05 1,054,480
February 0.094 0.12 0.08 337,900 0.070 0.08 0.06 480,043 0.058 0.06 0.05 172,265
March 0.109 0.21 0.07 1,458,300 0.093 0.13 0.07 4,175,217 0.169 0.12 0.05 773,517
April 0.168 0.20 0.14 608,200 0.147 0.17 0.13 3,341,112 0.107 0.12 0.10 708,000
May 0.167 0.20 0.16 1,087,800 0.154 0.19 0.14 2,896,584 0.114 0.14 0.11 192,300
June 0.297 0.38 0.25 900,000 0.269 0.30 0.22 5,881,941 0.188 0.22 0.15 669,520
July 0.260 0.30 0.23 191,500 0.237 0.26 0.20 1,143,676 0.259 0.18 0.15 165,400
August 0.238 0.27 0.20 981,600 0.221 0.25 0.20 2,092,733 0.156 0.17 0.14 175,180
September 0.230 0.27 0.20 696,600 0.212 0.23 0.20 1,770,762 0.143 0.17 0.13 279,030
October 0.243 0.27 0.20 68,450 0.218 0.23 0.20 2,197,965 0.157 0.18 0.14 177,634
November 0.229 0.27 0.21 1,156,060 0.199 0.22 0.19 718,509 0.137 0.15 0.13 134,021
December 0.208 0.23 0.20 1,495,804 0.192 0.20 0.18 818,377 0.131 0.15 0.12 87,901

Volume for 2009 8,982,214 26,703,245 4,589,248

ITEM 9: DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

9.1 Name and Occupation

The following is a list of the current directors and officers of the Company, their municipalities of
residence, their current positions with the Company, and their principal occupations during the past five
years.

Name, Municipality of Principal Occupation for the Past Five Position with Director or Officer
Residence Years the Corporation Since

LUQUMAN SHAHEEN Professional Engineer. President and President, Chief President – April
Surrey, B.C. Chief Executive Officer of the Company Executive 2008
as of April 16, 2008. Director, Officer, Director CEO – April 2008
Environmental Affairs, Pan American Director – April 2008
Silver, September 2006 to March 2008.
Manager, Latin America for AMEC
Earth & Environmental May 2001 to
August 2006.
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Name, Municipality of Principal Occupation for the Past Five Position with Director or Officer
Residence Years the Corporation Since

C. ALLEN BORN Chairman of Born Investments, LLC; Director Director - January


Denver, Colorado, Director, Inmet Mining Inc., 1995 to 2000
U.S.A. July, 2003; Director, Aksteel Holding Chairman – January
Corporation, 1996 to July 2003; 2000
Chairman and C.E.O., Alumax Inc.,
1993 to 1998; C.O.B. and Director,
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, 1993
to 1999

W I L L I A M J . B ODE N (1) Chartered Accountant; Founder and Director Director – June, 1998
Vancouver, B.C. President, CW Funds Group of
Companies, 1988 to 2008; Senior Vice
President, Ventures West Management
Inc., 1979 to 2005; President, First Coal
Corporation Ltd., 2005 to 2007.
Chairman, First Coal Corporation 2008.

C H R I ST I A N G . P I L ON Consulting Geophysicist, President and Senior Vice Director – June, 1998


Lima, Peru General Manager, Geoline S.A., 1995 to President, South
present America and
Director
C H R I ST I A A N Professional Geoscientist; Director Director – February,
ST A A R G A A R D
(1)
President and CEO, Lithic Resources 2005
Vancouver, B.C. Ltd.

L OR NE T OR H J E L M (1) Secretary for Upper Canyon Resources Director Director – April,


White Rock, B.C. and Journey Resources Corp., director of 2002
Orestone Mining Corp.

F R E D T E J A DA Professional Geoscientist, Vice President Vice President, Vice President –


Vancouver, B.C. Exploration of the Company July 2007 to Exploration July, 2007
present. Senior Geologist of Belcourt
Saxon Coal Project, February 2005 to
May 2007. Associate of JHP Coal-Ex
Consulting Ltd July2004-2005
M I C H A E L K E R F OOT Chartered Accountant, Chief Financial Chief Financial CFO – June, 2007
Vancouver, B.C. Officer of the Company, June 2007 to Officer
present. Senior Accountant, North
American Tungsten Ltd., April 2006
to July 2007, Assurance Senior,
KPMG LLP, September 2002 - April
2006
(1)
Member of the Company's Audit Committee.
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Helmut Wober resigned as a director on August 13, 2009.

The directors of the Company are elected by the shareholders at each annual general meeting and
typically hold office until the next annual general meeting at which time they may be re-elected or
replaced. The articles of the Company permit the directors to appoint directors to fill any casual
vacancies that may occur on the board. The articles also permit the directors to add additional directors
to the board between successive annual general meetings so long as the number appointed does not
exceed more than one-third of the number of directors appointed at the last annual general meeting.
Individuals appointed as directors to fill casual vacancies on the board or added as additional directors
hold office like any other director until the next annual general meeting at which time they may be re-
elected or replaced.

Shareholdings of Directors and Officers

To the best of the Company’s knowledge, as at March 20, 2009, directors and officers, as a group,
beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control over 11,312,102 common shares (not
including common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options) of the Company, representing 13%
of the then outstanding common shares.

9.2 Corporate Cease Trade Orders, Bankruptcies, Penalties or Sanctions

To the Company’s knowledge no director, officer, Insider or promoter of the Company or a shareholder
anticipated to hold a sufficient number of securities of the Company to affect materially the control of the
Company is, or within 10 years before the date of this Annual Information Form, has been a director,
officer, insider or promoter of any other person or company that, while that person was acting in that
capacity:

(a) was the subject of a cease trade or similar order, or an order that denied the other issuer
access to any exemptions under applicable securities law, for a period of more than 30
consecutive days; or

(b) became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency
or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had
a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets.

Penalties or Sanctions
To the Company’s knowledge, no proposed director, officer, insider, or promoter of the Company nor a
shareholder anticipated to hold sufficient securities of the Company to affect materially the control of the
Company, or a personal holding company of any such person has been subject to any penalties or
sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation, or by any securities regulatory authority or
has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority; or has been subject to any
other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body or self-regulatory authority that would
be likely to be considered important to a reasonable investor making an investment decision.

Personal Bankruptcies
To the Company’s knowledge no director or proposed director, officer, insider, or promoter or a
shareholder anticipated to hold sufficient securities of the Company to affect materially the control of the
Company, or a personal holding company of any such person has, within the ten years prior to the date of
the Annual Information Form, as applicable become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation
relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or has been subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement, or
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compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold their assets.

Conflicts of Interest
There are potential conflicts of interest to which all of the directors, officers, insiders and promoters of
the Company will be subject in connection with the operations of the Company. All of the directors,
officers, insiders and promoters are engaged in and will continue to be engaged in corporations or
businesses which may be in competition with the Company. Accordingly, situations may arise where all
of the directors, officers, insiders and promoters will be in direct competition with the Company.
Conflicts, if any, will be subject to the procedures and remedies as provided under The Business
Corporations Act of British Columbia.

9.3 Audit Committee Information

Multilateral Instrument 52-110 (“MI52-110”) requires the Company to disclose annually in its Annual
Information Form certain information concerning the constitution of its Audit Committee and its
relationship with its independent auditor, as set forth below.

The Audit Committee is responsible for Company’s financial reporting process and the quality of it
financial reporting. The Audit Committee is charged with the mandate of providing independent review
and oversight of the Company’s financial reporting process, the system of internal control and
management of financial risks, and the audit process, including the selection, oversight and compensation
of the Company’s external auditors. The Audit Committee also assists the board of directors in fulfilling
its responsibilities in reviewing the Company’s process for monitoring compliance with laws and
regulations and its own code of business conduct. In performing its duties, the Audit Committee
maintains effective working relationships with the board of directors, management, and the external
auditors and monitor the independence of those auditors. The Audit committee is also responsible for
reviewing the Company’s financial strategies, its financing plans and its use of the equity and debt
markets.

The full text of the charter of the Company’s Audit Committee is attached hereto as Schedule “A”.

Composition of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of Panoro is comprised of the following members of the board of directors of the
Company

William J. Boden

Mr. Boden is a Chartered Accountant with 40 years experience as a Chartered Accountant and manager
of risk capital investments. He was founder and President of CW Funds group of companies until 2008.
Within the CW Funds group, Mr. Boden structured and raised investment capital, primarily from
overseas investors. He is currently also Chairman of First Coal Corporation and a Director of Highrock
Energy Ltd., both private companies, and a director of GGL Diamond Corp, a public company. From
1979 to 2005, Mr. Boden was Senior Vice President of Ventures West Management Inc. Prior to joining
the Ventures West group in 1979, Mr. Boden was a Manager with Coopers & Lybrand, an international
accounting firm, Secretary-Treasurer of Whitehorse Copper Mines Ltd. and Treasurer of Bethlehem
Copper Corp., both producing mining companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Christiaan Staargaard

Mr. Staargaard is a Professional Geologist with 32 years of worldwide experience in mineral exploration.
He is president and CEO of Lithic Resources Ltd., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Lorne Torhjelm

Mr. Torhjelm is Secretary for Journey Resources Corp., a junior mineral exploration company listed on
the TSX Venture Exchange. He is currently also secretary for Upper Canyon Resources and director of
Orestone Mining Corp. Mr. Torhjelm is self-employed managing personal investments since 2003.

All of the members of the audit committee are “financially literate” as defined in Multilateral Instrument
52-110 and all members are considered to be independent for the full year ending December 31, 2009.

Audit Fees

The following table provides detail in respect of audit, audit related, tax and other fees paid by the
Company to the external auditors for professional services:

Audit Fees Audit-Related Tax Fees All Other


Fees Fees
YEAR ENDED $52,273 $Nil $7,500 $4,000
DECEMBER 31, 2008
YEAR ENDED $40,000 $Nil $6,000 $Nil
DECEMBER 31, 2009

Audit related fees includes fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonable related to the
performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements that are not included under the
heading “Audit Fees”.

ITEM 10: TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS

The registrar and transfer agent of the common shares of the Company is Computershare Company, 3rd
floor, 510 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3B9.

ITEM 11: INTERESTS OF EXPERTS

The auditors of the Company are KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants, 777 Dunsmuir Street Vancouver,
BC, V7Y 1K3. The Auditor’s Report for the Company’s annual audited financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2009 issued by KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants was filed under National
Instrument 51-102. SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. has prepared the CDLM Technical Report on the
properties of Cordillera de las Minas with an effective date of March 09, 2007, that forms the basis of the
scientific and technical disclosure regarding the Antilla and Cotabambas properties, a copy of which is
available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. To the knowledge of the Company, SRK and the principals of
SRK as a group beneficially own, directly or indirectly, less than one percent of the outstanding common
shares of the Company
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Uwe Schmidt, P. Geo., is a “qualified person” as defined in NI 43-101, and has prepared the El Rosal
Report on the El Rosal Property with and effective date of December 31, 2006. He is an independent
consulting geologist, does not have any interest in the properties, and owns, directly of indirectly, less
than one percent of the outstanding common shares of the Company.

Fred Tejada, P.Geo., Vice President, Exploration is a “qualified person” as defined in NI 43-101. Mr
Tejada is responsible for preparation of technical information in the Company’s news releases and other
disclosure documents after April 14, 2008. Mr Tejada holds 300,000 options to purchase common shares
of the Company.

ITEM 12: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional information relating to the Company may be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Additional information, including directors' and officers' remuneration and indebtedness, principal
holders of the Company's securities, and securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation
plans, if applicable, is contained in the Company's information circular for its most recent annual meeting
of shareholders that involved the election of directors. Additional information is also provided in the
Company's comparative financial statements for its most recently completed financial year and MD&A
for its most recently completed financial year.
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Schedule “A”
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
Panoro Minerals Ltd.

The purpose of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Panoro Minerals Ltd (the
“Company”) is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility for overseeing the quality and integrity of
the accounting, auditing, and reporting practices of the Company, and such other duties as directed by the
Board. The Audit Committee’s role includes a particular focus on the qualitative aspects of the financial
reporting to shareholders, on the Company’s processes to manage business and financial risk, and on
compliance with significant applicable legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements.

1. Members of the Audit Committee

The number of members of the Committee will be at least three, none of whom are officers or employees
of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries and all of whom are, in the view of the Board, free
of any relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgement. Qualification for
committee membership shall, in addition, comply with applicable securities regulatory requirements
including:

• Each member of the audit committee must be financially literate, that is having the ability to read
and understand a set of financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of
accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of the issues that can
reasonably be expected to be raised by the Company’s financial statements.
• At least one member must have accounting or related financial management expertise to analyze
and interpret a full set of financial statements, including the related notes.
2. Communication and Reporting

The Audit Committee is expected to maintain free and open communications with the external auditors
and the Companies management. This communication shall include meetings, at least annually, with the
external auditors. The Committee shall meet at least quarterly with management to discuss the
accounts, records and financial position of the Company. The Audit Committee chairperson shall report
on Audit Committee activities to the Board.

3. Authority

The Audit Committee has the authority to investigate any matter brought to its attention, with full power to
retain outside counsel or other advisors and experts for this purpose and shall be empowered to set and
approve the compensation for any such advisors employed in this way. In performing its functions and
duties the members of the Committee may inspect all the books and records of the Company.

4. Responsibilities

The Audit Committee shall:

a) recommend annually to the Board the independent auditors to be appointed by the shareholders
of the Company and the compensation of the independent auditors;

b) review with the independent auditors the annual audit plan including, but not limited to, the
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c) scope of the work to be carried out by the independent auditors, any significant problems that the
auditors are able to foresee, the impact on the financial statements and the Company of any new
or proposed changes in accounting principles;

d) review the annual financial statements, including notes, with the independent auditors and
recommend them to the Board for approval prior to release to the public or filing with securities
regulatory authorities;

e) review all Management Discussion and Analysis and earnings press releases before the Company
publicly discloses this information;

f) report immediately to the Board any instances of fraud or misappropriation of assets that come to
the attention of the Committee;

g) receive from the independent auditors a formal written statement delineating all relationships
between the auditors and the Company, consistent with applicable accounting standards, and
actively engage in a dialogue with the auditors with respect to any disclosed relationships or
services that may have an impact on their objectivity and independence;

h) take, or recommend that the full Board take, appropriate action to oversee the independence of
the auditors;

i) as to management of the Company generally: (i) ensure that an adequate internal control
structure and procedures for financial reporting are established and maintained; (ii) periodically
assess the effectiveness of such structures and procedures, as well as secure appropriate reports
or attestations from the independent auditors in respect thereof; and (iii) review budgets and
periodically assess actual spending compared with budgeted amounts;

j) be directly responsible for overseeing the work of the independent auditors, including the
resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditors regarding
financial reporting;

k) pre-approve all non-audit services to be provided to the Company or its subsidiaries by the
independent auditors;

l) establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the
Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and the
confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Company of concerns regarding
questionable accounting or auditing matters; and

m) undertake and perform such other duties as may be required of the Committee by applicable law
or regulation.

The Committee is responsible for the duties set forth in this charter but is not responsible for the
preparation of the financial statements. Management has the responsibility for preparing the financial
statements. Management is also responsible for establishing, documenting, maintaining, and reviewing
systems of internal control and for maintaining the appropriate accounting and financial reporting
principles and policies designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and all applicable laws
and regulations.

Dated: April 22, 2008

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