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1 Exploring Outside the Box CORPORATE PRESENTATION August 28, 2015 TSX-V: NVO OTCQX: NSRPF This document is for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities. It does not purport to contain all of the information that a prospective investor may require and it is not intended to provide any legal, tax or investment advice.

2 Forward-Looking Information & Cautionary Note to U.S. Readers CNSX: TSX-V: NVO OTCQX: NSRPF Some statements in this presentation contain forward-looking information (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation), including without limitation statements as to the potential, through further drilling, to expand and upgrade to the indicated category the inferred resources described in this presentation, and that a preliminary economic assessment will be undertaken later this year. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, without limitation, the ability to complete the drilling programs and other exploration activities as currently contemplated, the receipt of successful results as drilling proceeds, customary risks of the mineral resources exploration industry as well as Novo Resources Corp. ( Novo or the Company ) having sufficient cash to fund the planned drilling and other activities, as well as other risks and factors mentioned in the continuous disclosure filings of Novo which can be found under its profile on the SEDAR website ( Shareholders and prospective investors are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Novo undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or other such factors which affect this information, except as required by law. Dr. Quinton Hennigh, the Company s Chief Executive Officer, President and Director and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument , has approved the technical contents of this presentation. This presentation uses the term "inferred resources." We advise U.S. investors that while this term is recognized and required by Canadian regulations, it is not recognized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. "Inferred resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an "inferred mineral resource" will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of "inferred mineral resources" may not form the basis of a feasibility study or prefeasibility studies. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of an inferred resource exists or is economically or legally mineable. 2

3 Company Overview TSX-V:NVO I OTCQX: NSRPF Capital Structure (August 28, 2015): 62.29% 4.00% 23.17% Management & Insiders Newmont Exploration Shares Outstanding: 76,663,034 Options Outstanding: 1,260,000 (Directors, Officers, Employees and Consultants) Warrants Outstanding: 3,834,137 Issued Shares Fully Diluted: 81,757, % Richmond Capital Creasy Group Management & Insiders: 52.04% of common shares Cash: ~$4,500,000 Marketable Securities: $84, % Public Float 3

4 Management and Directors Dr. Quinton Hennigh, PhD., P.Geo CEO, President & Director Dr. Hennigh is an economic geologist with more than 20 years of exploration experience with major gold mining firms including Homestake Mining, Newcrest Mining and Newmont Mining. Dr. Hennigh is a director and technical advisor to Gold Canyon Resources Inc., Prosperity Goldfields Corp. and Precipitate Gold Corp. He holds a Ph.D. in Geology/Geochemistry from the Colorado School of Mines. Herrick Lau, MA, CFA CFO & Director Mr. Lau has over 15 years of experience in corporate finance and public company management. He is Managing Director of Baron Global Financial Canada Ltd. Mr. Lau obtained his bachelor and master degrees in Business and Economics from Simon Fraser University. Mr. Lau is also a charter holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Akiko Levinson Director Ms. Levinson, who brings over 20 years of experience to the market, has extensive experience in mining finance and end-to-end rare earth mineral investments. Ms. Levinson is currently the President and Director of Gold Canyon Resources Inc., a director of Jipangu Inc., a Japanese public mining company, and a director of Kaizen Discovery Inc. Luca Bechis Director Mr. Bechis is a former partner of Egerton Capital, a major UK hedge fund. In 2004, he founded Richmond Partners Ltd. to which he remains an advisor and largest investor. Over the last few years, Mr. Bechis has focused on restructuring several junior resource companies and recently privatized the majority of the assets of Noventa, a UK-listed company, and Gulf Industrials, an ASX-listed company. In addition to his duties as a director of the Company, Mr. Bechis is splitting his time between South Africa, where his family is based, and mining operations in Mozambique and Uganda. Mr. Bechis obtained a master s in business administration with honours from Bocconi University in Italy and has over 25 years of experience in international capital markets. Leo Karabelas VP, Corporate Communications Mr. Karabelas brings over 10 years of experience in capital markets and investor relations. He is President of Frontline Communications Investor Relations Inc. Headquartered in Toronto, his firm specializes in investor relations and corporate communication strategies to clients in the resources sector. Mr. Karabelas received his Bachelor of Commerce and Enterprise Development from Ryerson University. Simon Pooley, P.Geo Lead Technical Advisor Mr. Pooley is a geologist with over 30 years of broad international experience encompassing roles in the corporate, mine development, operations, and exploration areas. He has held senior industry positions that have demonstrated leadership and management of base and precious metal exploration and mining operations, development of project assessment types including definitive/bankable feasibility studies and their conversion into mining operations and managed teams undertaking exploration evaluations and valuations. He is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His career includes work for Dominion Mining, Ashton Mining and Rio Tinto covering commodities as diverse as gold, base metals, diamonds and industrial minerals. He has helped lead a number of mining operation start-ups from exploration through to construction and production. 4

5 Pilbara Gold Project Gold in the Pilbara: The ancient rocks of the Pilbara region have long been considered to have little prospectivity for large gold deposits Witwatersrand Basin Pilbara Same Scale Hamersley Basin Yet, rocks of the Hamersley Basin share many similarities with those of the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa, host to the largest gold field on Earth 5

6 Pilbara Gold Project Gold in the Pilbara: Novo Resources has target two areas, and Marble Bar. Each area is underlain by Fortescue Group rocks hosting multiple gold-bearing conglomerate occurrences. Marble Bar Hamersley Basin 6

7 Pilbara Gold Project Now Controlled 100% Mining Leases Sale Purchase Agreement: On March 26, 2015, Novo entered a sales purchase agreement with Millennium Minerals Ltd to acquire a 100% interest in three mining leases covering the core of the gold project near Nullagine, WA. These mining leases were previously under a JV with Millennium Minerals Ltd. By securing a 100% interest in these mining leases, Novo is in a strong position to move this project toward production for less cost and time. Grant s Hill Tenements Sale Purchase Agreements: Novo entered sales purchase agreements with Welcome Stranger Mining (1 tenement) and Talga Resources (2 tenements) and now holds a 100% interest in three tenements near Nullagine, WA Grant s Hill Tenements Mining Leases 7

8 Pilbara Gold Project Creasy Group Agreement Joint Venture: a 70% interest ( Gold Rights ) in the prospecting, exploration and mining tenements and applications related to Creasy Group s Pilbara Paleo-Placer project Project Area: Pilbara Paleo-Placer project includes two areas, the Marble Bar Project (1,251 sq km) and the (AKA Nullagine) Project (554 sq km), located in Western Australia. Share Exchange Agreement: through a definitive agreement announced January 27, 2015, Novo Resources will acquire all remaining shares in Conglomerate Gold Exploration from Mark Creasy and will settle all outstanding debts. In exchange, Creasy will receive 13,131,111 Novo common shares. Of this total, 2,139,534 shares will remain in escrow pending fulfillment of certain escrow conditions. The closing of the transaction is still subject to approval of the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board. 8

9 Pilbara Gold Project Marble Bar Gold-bearing conglomerates Grant s Hill/ Golden Crown Hill Geology 9

10 Grant s Hill Drilling: In , Novo drill tested an area at Grant s Hill where data suggested shallowly buried goldbearing reefs were present over a broad area. Looking SW Open Grant s Hill Open 700 m Open Historic alluvial workings 800 m Trace of reef package 10

11 Maiden Resource: Classification Inferred Au Cut-off (grams per tonne) Tonnage (million metric tonnes) Au Grade (grams per tonne) Contained Au (troy ounces) , , , , , , , , , ,000 - This inferred resource was defined by 16,107 meters of vertical RC drilling - Costs related to drilling total approximately $2.5 million making the cost of discovery about $6/troy ounce gold. - Most of this resource is contained within two shallow, sub-horizontal gold-bearing conglomerate horizons (reefs). - Mineralization remains open to the north, west and south into the basin. - This inferred resource enables initiation of a preliminary economic assessment planned to commence early next year. - Upgrading this resource to the indicated category can be accomplished by drilling approximately 3,710 meters - more infill RC holes. - Resource Estimate by: Tertra Tech WEI Inc. Perth, Australia Please refer to the news release Initial Resource Estimate for Novo s Gold Project, Western Australia on May 1, 2013, as well as the Technical Report and Resource Estimate, Project, Pilbara Region, Australia filed on SEDAR on May 23, 2013, for further disclosure 11

12 Near-Surface Potential Recognized: Sampling and mapping in 2013 led to the discovery of extensive near-surface gold-bearing conglomerate horizons north of the resource area. All mineralization was found to be oxidized. 12

13 Recognition of Gravity Recoverable Gold: A deportment study completed in June, 2014 determined that >95% of gold by weight occurs in grain sizes >150 microns. Such gold has the potential to be treated using low cost gravity processing. 13

14 Gravity Recoverable Gold Test Work: Bulk Sample Gravity recovery after 2 mm (P80) crush (%) Gravity recovery (aggregate) after 300 micron (P80) grind (%) Gravity recovery (aggregate) after 100 micron (P80) grind (%) Mass of concentrate/ Mass of sample (%) Calculated head grade (gpt) Gravity + floatation recovery (%) Mass of concentrate/ Mass of sample (%) Gravity + CN recovery (%) Sample description 14-BCBS Upper reef - Grants Hill; 1 m thick 14-BCBS Tests not performed Upper reef - Grants Hill; 1 m thick 14-BCBS Tests not performed Lower reef - Grants Hill; 1 m thick 14-BCBS Tests not performed Upper reef - Grants Hill; 1.8 m thick 14-BCBS Tests not performed Lower reef - Grants Hill; 0.8 m thick 14-BCBS Tests not performed 14-BCBS Tests not performed 14-BCBS Tests not performed 14-BCBS Tests not performed 14-BCBS Tests not performed 14-BCBS Tests not performed 14-BCBS Tests not performed Results announced in a news release dated December 10, 2014 Subordinate channel reef - Golden Crown Hill; 0.5 m thick Channel reef - Golden Crown Hill; 2 m thick Channel reef - Golden Crown Hill; 1 m thick Boulder lag reef - back area; 1.8 m thick Screened tailings from historic processing - Golden Crown Hill Subordinate boulder lag reef - back area; 2 m thick Subordinate boulder lag reef - back area; 0.8 m thick 14

15 Shallow RC Drilling and Trenching Program: Novo is targeting shallow, oxidized goldbearing conglomerate horizons in an area covering about 4 sq km. Drilling and trenching carried out in late 2014 was designed to gather sufficient data to define a sizeable resource (target 3-4 Mt) that could be developed into a tpd, low-cost mining operation. Initial drill results support this conceptual model. 15

16 Shallow RC Drilling: 16

17 Shallow RC Drilling: 17

18 Panorama of Near-Surface Conglomerates: Targeted conglomerate horizons occur within 20 meters of surface, are thoroughly oxidized and amenable to gravity recovery. 18

19 Occurrence of Gold in Conglomerates: 19

20 Occurrence of Gold in Conglomerates: Fresh pyrite clasts 20

21 Sampling for Grade: Gold is concentrated in matrix material between boulders and cobbles. Due to the erratic distribution of matrix material and also the nuggety nature of the gold particles, it is critical to take large samples. Although drilling can identify conglomerate horizons, costean (trench) sampling is critical to help evaluate grade. 21

22 Selective Mining Concept: Oxidized material is soft and should not require drilling and blasting. Using precise surveying and visual control, it should be possible to strip overburden off the top of the reef to within cm of its top. The reef itself can be selectively mined. 22

23 Selective Mining Concept: No drilling and blasting required. All near-surface material can easily be ripped and pushed with a bulldozer. 23

24 Selective Mining Concept: Stripped bench of gold-bearing conglomerates Stripping to top of gold-bearing conglomerate 24

25 Selective Mining Concept: Using appropriate equipment, goldbearing conglomerates can be selectively mined with minimal dilution Like the overburden, no drilling and blasting is required before mining of the gold-bearing conglomerates 25

26 Selective Mining Concept: Potential to upgrade material by screening out boulders 26

27 Gravity Gold Recovery: 27

28 Selective Mining Concept: Golden Crown Hill: 28

29 Selective Mining Concept: Back Area: 29

30 Conceptual Mine Site: 30

31 Advancing in 2015/2016: - Drilling and trenching assays return: Q2, Oxide resource model: mid-year, Remaining environmental data collection: Q2, Complete metallurgical testing, plant design (construction): Q2&3, Submit mine and closure plan: Q3, Complete economic studies: Q4, Completion of permitting: EO2015/SO Mine site development: Q1, Production: Q2,

32 Potential of the District: Novo views developing shallow oxide gold mineralization as key to unlocking the potential of this gold district District wide potential is several million oz Au Should positive cash flow be achieved, further exploration will target additional shallow oxide, shallow sulphide and deep sulphide potential. Additional conglomerate Au targets across the Nullagine and Marble Bar sub-basins could also be explored. 32

33 Marble Bar North & South Contact Creek Marble Bar 33

34 Marble Bar Marble Bar Virgin Creek West: Late in 2014, a new gold-bearing conglomerate was discovered near Virgin Creek in the Marble Bar subbasin. This conglomerate is part of the Hardy Formation, outcrops for approximately 600 meters on strike, is shallowly dipping, and up to 2 m thick. Screen metallic fire assay results from a suite of 20 spot rock chip samples grade between gpt Au. Novo plans more extensive sampling in Virgin Creek West 34

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