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W W W . G R E A T P A N T H E R . C O M

Corporate PresentationJANUARY 11, 2018

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This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-looking information within the meaning of the Securities Act (Ontario)(together, "forward-looking statements"). Such forward-looking statements may include but are not limited to theCompany's plans for production at its Guanajuato Mine Complex (“GMC”) and Topia Mine in Mexico, the CoricanchaMine (“Coricancha”) in Peru and exploring its other properties in Mexico, the overall economic potential of itsproperties, the timing and results of the Coricancha technical reports, timing and cost to the Company of reactivatingthe Coricancha, anticipated processing and production rates that may be achieved at the Coricancha uponreactivation, the ultimate cost of reclaiming legacy tailings facilities, results of exploration and potential changes to theCoricancha resource base, the availability of adequate financing, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertaintiesand other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by suchforward-looking statements to be materially different. Such factors include, among others, risks and uncertaintiesrelating to potential political risks involving the Company's operations in a foreign jurisdiction, technical and operationaldifficulties that may be encountered with reactivation of the Coricancha, uncertainty of production and cost estimatesand the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, uncertainty in mineral resource estimation, physical risks inherentin mining and reclamation operations, currency fluctuations, fluctuations in the price of silver, gold and base metals,completion of economic evaluations, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, permitting risks,the inability or failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis, and other risks and uncertainties, including thosedescribed in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Material ChangeReports filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators available at www.sedar.com and reports on Form 40-F andForm 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov.

Statements concerning mineral reserve and resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-lookingstatements to the extent that they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered if the property isdeveloped. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans,projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases suchas “expects”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “projects”, “estimates”, “assumes”, “intends”, “strategy”, “goals”, “objectives”,“potential” or variations thereof, or stating that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or“will” be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statementsof historical fact and may be forward-looking statements.

Mathew Wunder, P. Geo. is the Qualified Person under NI 43-101 for the projects discussed in this presentation.

Disclaimer

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1. Includes cash and short-term deposits2. US Dollars; As at September 30, 2017

Silver-Gold>90% precious metals Unhedged - No Royalties - No Streams

ProducerTwo 100% owned mining operations in Mexico; potential to restart one project in Peru

StrengthStrong balance sheet - No debt $55.5M cash

1,2, $63.6M working capital

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Disciplined Reduced costs to maintain profitability

GrowthOrganic growth potential within operating districts and pursuing acquisitions

Building a Foundation for Growth

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Mexico & Peru

Top two silver producing countries in the world

Favourable political & mining jurisdictions

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Historically one of Mexico’s most prolific

mining districts with past production of

more than one billion Ag oz over 400 years

Expanded production at Guanajuato Mine

Complex (GMC)

Commercial production at San

Ignacio commenced June 2014, lifting GMC

throughput to950-1,050 tpd

Excellent infrastructure.

Other projects in the district have potential

to be satellite operations

Guanajuato District (Ag-Au)

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FY 2017

Metal Production (Ag eq oz2) 2,892,068

Silver Production (Ag oz) 1,386,964

Recoveries Ag/Au (%) 89.2 / 86.9

Average Grades Ag/Au (g/t) 151 / 2.41

Ore processed (tonnes) 319,964

1. Includes mill feed from San Ignacio.2. Silver equivalent ounces for 2017 are calculated using a 70:1 Ag:Au ratio.3. Cash cost per silver payable ounce and all-in sustaining cost per silver payable ounce (“AISC”) are non-IFRS performance measures. Refer to

the “Non-IFRS Measures” section of the Company’s MD&A for an explanation of these measures and reconciliation to the Company’s reportedfinancial results in accordance with IFRS. As these are not standardized measures, they may not be directly comparable to similarly titledmeasures used by others.

4. As at September 30, 2017

Guanajuato Mine Complex (Ag-Au)1

Q3 2017

Cash Cost/Ag oz 3,4 US$ 3.75

All-in Sustaining Cost/Ag oz 3,4 US$ 7.90

Accounted for 73% of total production in 2017¹

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Ramp access from surface

Ore trucked 22 km to Cata Plant in Guanajuato

Accounted for 62% of the total ore

processed at the GMC in 2017

Significant potential for resource expansion over 4km strike length

Currently producing at between 500 - 600 tpd

San Ignacio Mine (Ag-Au)

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Property covers most of district – more than

6,500 hectares

High grade, narrow vein underground mining

with central plant

Operating 10 separate mines provides flexibility

Ability to expand production at profitable mines; can temporarilyclose others as needed

Lead and zinc concentrates sold to

metal trader in Mexico

Plant upgraded & new tailings storage facility

construction has commenced

Topia Mine (Ag-Pb-Zn-Au)

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1. Silver equivalent ounces for 2017 are calculated using a 70:1 Ag:Au ratio, and ratios of 1:0.0559 and 1:0.0676 for the price/ounce of silver to lead and zinc respectively.

2. Cash cost per silver payable ounce and all-in sustaining cost per silver payable ounce (“AISC”) are non-IFRS performance measures. Refer to the “Non-IFRSMeasures” section of the Company’s MD&A for an explanation of these measures and reconciliation to the Company’s reported financial results inaccordance with IFRS. As these are not standardized measures, they may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures used by others.

3. As at September 30, 2017

Topia Mine (Ag-Pb-Zn-Au)

Accounted for 27% of total production in 2017

FY 2017

Metal Production (Ag eq oz1) 1,086,663

Silver Production (Ag oz) 595,720

RecoveriesAg / Au (%)Pb / Zn (%)

91.7 / 65.3 93.1 / 94.2

Average GradesAg / Au (g/t)Pb / Zn (%)

376 / 0.892.58 / 3.47

Ore processed (tonnes) 53,745

Q3 2017

Cash Cost/Ag oz2,3 US$ 10.01

All-in Sustaining Cost/Ag oz2,3 US$ 10.71

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Production & cash cost guidance 2017 Guidance

Nine Months Actuals3

FY 2017 Actual

Total silver equivalent ounces1 4,000,000 – 4,100,000 2,912,959 3,978,731

Cash Cost per silver payable ounce2,3 US$ 5.00 – US$ 6.00 US$ 5.21 TBA

AISC2,3 US$ 14.00 – US$ 16.00 US$ 15.60 TBA

1. Silver equivalent ounces for 2017 guidance have been calculated using a 70:1 Au:Ag ratio, and ratios of 1:0.0559 and 1:0.0676 for the US dollar price of silver ounces to the US dollar price for lead and zinc pounds, respectively.

2. “Cash cost” and “AISC” are non-IFRS measures. Refer to the “Non-IFRS measures” section of the Company’s MD&A for complete definitions and reconciliations to the company’s financial statements.

3. As at September 30, 2017

2017 Outlook

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Early Stage Exploration

Santa Rosa

Advanced Stage Exploration

El Horcón

DevelopmentAdvanced Stage

Development

Coricancha

Production

Guanajuato Mine

San Ignacio Mine

Topia Mine

Project Pipeline

~ 10 Years 5-10 Years 3-5 Years 1-3 Years Present

Pipeline of projects at various stages of exploration & development provides growth opportunities

Fully financed to bring the Coricancha Mine into production

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Growth Strategy

Significant organic growth in Mexico over the last 10 years

The Coricancha Mine represents the first step in a new opportunity of growth

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Pipeline to Production

Coricancha represents a near term production opportunity and foundation for future growth in Peru

Acquisition finalized in Q2 2017; Completing optimization studies and evaluating alternative mining methods to reduce cost

Production history at Coricancha indicates potential for approx. 3 million Ag eq oz per year at full capacity – a 75% increase for GPR

Updated NI 43-101 Resource Estimate in December 2017

Looking for additional acquisition in the Americas, with a focus on Mexico and Peru

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Underground mine placed on care & maintenance in

August 2013

90 km east of Lima in prolific mining district

Operating history dating back to 1906

Permitted & operational existing processing plant and gold bio-leaching

facility

80% precious metals, 20% base metals by value

Ongoing technical studies in 2018

Coricancha Mine (Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu)

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Updated 2017

NI 43-101 Mineral

Resource Estimate*

Measured

Resources

Indicated

Resources

Total M&I

Resources

Inferred

Resources

Tonnes 404,205 348,554 752,759 943,160

Au (g/t) 5.94 5.59 5.78 5.02

Ag (g/t) 210 189 200 209

Pb (%) 2.16 1.95 2.06 1.45

Zn (%) 3.43 3.05 3.26 3.25

Cu (%) 0.54 0.52 0.53 0.64

Silver Equivalent

Ounces (Ag Eq oz)13,490,000 10,710,000 24,200,000 28,360,000

Coricancha Mineral Resource Estimate

Notes for Mineral Resource Estimates1. Cut-offs are based on an estimated $140 Net Smelter Return (NSR)/tonne.2. Metal prices used to calculate NSR: $1,300 per ounce (oz) Au, $17/oz Ag, $1.15 per pound (lb) Pb, $1.50/lb Zn, $3.00/lb Cu3. Block model grades converted to United States Dollar (US$) value using plant recoveries of 92.1% Ag, 80.2% Au, 77.3% Pb, 82.6% Zn, 52.7% Cu.4. Rock Density for Constancia: 3.3 tonnes per cubic meter (t/m³), Wellington, Constancia East, Escondida, San Jose: 3.2 t/m³,

Colquipallana: 2.9 t/m³.5. Totals may not agree due to rounding.6. Grades in metric units.7. All currencies US dollars.8. Ag equivalent ounces (eq oz) million (M) is calculated from gpt data9. AgEq g/t = Ag g/t + (Pb grade x ((Pb price per lb/Ag price per oz) x 0.0685714 lbs per Troy Ounce x

10000 g per %)) +(Zn grade x ((Zn price per lb/Ag price per oz) x 0.0685714 lbs per Troy Ounce x 10000 g per %)) + (Cu grade x ((Cu price per lb/Ag price per oz) x 0.0685714 lbs per Troy Ounce x 10000 g per %)) + (Au grade x (Au price per oz/Ag price per oz)).

* see Great Panther Silver news release December 20, 2017

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Shares issued1 168,359,155

Fully diluted1 186,567,585

Institutional ownership ~18%

Market capitalization C $285M / US $222

90-day daily average trading volume ~1M shares

52-week trading range: TSX

NYSE AmericanC$ 1.39 - $2.95

US$ 1.06 - $2.28

Cash position1 US$ 55.5M (no debt)

Net working capital1 US$ 63.6M

1. As at September 30, 2017

Capital Structure

Updated on January 10, 2018

Analyst Coverage: Euro Pacific Capital Inc; H.C. Wainwright & Co; HallgartenCompany; Noble Financial & ROTH Capital Partners

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Two Year Stock Performance

NYSE American: GPL

Mining sector has seen strong volatility in 2017

Sell-off earlier in 2017 was largely driven by GDXJ rebalancing

End of bear market

Momentum trading Fluctuating silver price

GDXJ rebalancing

Consolidation

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12 Month Peer Comparison

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Much of the junior mining sector was dragged down by GDXJ rebalancing and general market sentiment

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Americas Silver 38%

Excellon 9%

Silver 3%

Avino -4%

GDXJ -6%

Fortuna -27%

Great Panther -31%

Endeavour -43%

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Leveraged To Silver

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Great Panther Silver

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Profitable producer with strong leverage to silver price

Strong balance sheet, no debt – seeking acquisitions

Unhedged – No Royalties – No Streams

Advancing Coricancha - potential to significantly increase production

Excellent liquidity on NYSE American and TSX

Why Great Panther Silver?

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APPENDIX

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Board of DirectorsR.W. (Bob) Garnett, CPA, CA, ICD.D, Chair

James Bannantine PE, MBARobert Archer, P. Geo.

Ken Major, P. Eng.John Jennings, MBA, CFA

W. James Mullin, B.Sc.Elise Rees FCPA, FCA, ICD.D

Directors & Senior Management Team

Chief Operating OfficerAli Soltani

President & CEOJames Bannantine

PE, MBA

Chief Financial OfficerJim Zadra

CPA, CA, MBA

V.P. Corp. DevelopmentSamuel Mah

P. Eng.

V.P. ExplorationMatthew Wunder

P. Geo.

V.P. Operations, MexicoBrian Peer

BA.Sc

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Historic underground mine with two operating shafts & two ramps

Currently mining & developing to 600m depth on several zones over 4km strike length

Higher cut-off grades & improvements in grade control have lowered costs

Ag-Au concentrate shipped to smelters in Japan & Germany

Guanajuato Mine (Ag-Au)

* For details on Mineral Resource Estimates, refer to slide 28

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Awarded distinction as a “Socially

Responsible Company” by CEMEFI,

Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía, for

a seventh consecutive year in 2017

Social Principles

We are committed to:

Ensuring our employees and contractors return home safely every day

Fair and equitable employment conditions for our employees

Enhancing and benefiting the communities in which we live and operate

Minimizing and restoring any impact on our environment

Strong ethics and we abide by all rules and regulations that apply to our business

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1. The Company has included the non-IFRS performance measures cost per tonne milled, cash cost, AISC, mine operating earnings before non-cash items, costof sales before non-cash items and adjusted EBITDA throughout this document. Refer to the Non-IFRS Measures section of this MD&A for an explanation ofthese measures and reconciliation to the Company’s reported financial results in accordance with IFRS. As these are not standardized measures, they maynot be directly comparable to similarly titled measures used by others.

2. Average realized silver price is prior to smelting and refining charges.

in US$000s unless otherwise stated Q3 2017 Q2 2017 Q1 2017 Q4 2016 Q3 2016

Revenue $ 18,260 $ 15,731 $ 12,371 $ 12,515 $ 15,631

Mine operating earnings before non-

cash items1 $ 6,168 $ 5,418 $ 5,445 $ 4,476 $ 7,230

Net income (loss) $ (666) $ 833 $ 3,040 $ (1,498) $ 2,130

Adjusted EBITDA1 $ 1,482 $ 1,489 $ 2,134 $ 1,376 $ 4,738

Earnings (loss) per share – basic $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.02 $ (0.01) $ 0.01

Earnings (loss) per share – diluted $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.02 $ (0.01) $ 0.01

Total cash cost per Ag oz1 $ 5.82 $ 5.67 $ 3.54 $ 5.83 $ 3.30

All-in sustaining cost per Ag oz1 $ 13.75 $ 11.47 $ 19.55 $ 16.44 $ 11.97

Average realized silver price2 $ 16.99 $ 16.01 $ 19.33 $ 14.99 $ 19.65

Financial Summary

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Consolidated

Operations Q3 2017 Q2 2017 Q1 2017 Q4 2016 Q3 2016

Silver ounces 532,803 569,229 366,435 460,571 510,491

Gold ounces 5,848 5,543 5,178 5,206 5,423

Lead tonnes 442 405 - 213 248

Zinc tonnes 562 638 - 315 324

Tonnes Milled 94,080 98,576 82,656 92,869 95,282

Silver equivalent ounces1,2 1,080,483 1,102,290 730,186 883,772 953,632

1. Silver equivalent ounces for 2017 were calculated using a 70:1 Ag:Au ratio, and a ratio of 1:0.0559 and 1:0.0676 for the price/ounce of silver to price/pound of lead and zinc respectively.

2. Silver equivalent ounces for 2016 were calculated using a 70:1 Ag:Au ratio, and a ratio of 1:0.0504 for the price/ounce of silver to lead and zinc price/pound respectively.

Operational Summary

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Guanajuato 26,237 m 13,270 m 13,025 m 9,670 m 10,975 m

Topia 2,162 m 1,903 m - - 2,500 m

San Ignacio 1,144 m 3,827 m 4,657 m 6,015 m 21,025 m

Coricancha - - 2,323 m 3,551 m 7,800 m

Santa Rosa - - - - 1,000 m

El Horcón 2,156 m - - - 1,500 m

Total 31,699 m 19,000 m 20,005 m 19,236 m 44,800 m

Drilling Summary

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NOTE: Mineral Resource Estimates use an effective date of August 31, 2016; and all used a metal price outlook of US$18.00/oz silver and US$1,300/oz gold..| Topia,November 2014 - US$1,200/oz Au, US$17.00/oz Ag, US$0.90/lb Pb, and US$0.95/lb Zn. Silver equivalent calculations used the same metal pricing. | San Ignacio,December 2015 - US$15.00/oz Ag; US$1100/oz Au. | Silver equivalent calculations for El Horcón include lead content but not zinc, as the zinc would not be recoveredin the Guanajuato plant. Matthew Wunder, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person under NI 43-101 for Guanajuato, Topia, San Ignacio and El Horcón.

Measured Tonnes Ag (g/t) Au (g/t) Pb (%) Zn (%) Ag (oz) Au (oz) Ag Eq Oz

San Ignacio 408,327 116 2.88 1,525,584 37,760 4,191,435

Guanajuato 114,695 364 1.53 - - 974,318 5,647 1,372,961

Topia 180,400 606 1.44 4.26 4.52 3,515,800 8,332 6,000,200

Total Measured 6,015,702 51,739 11,564,596

Indicated

San Ignacio 133,398 106 2.79 - - 453,762 10,987 1,229,462

Guanajuato 36,480 216 1.04 - - 253,876 1,393 352,218

Topia 165,800 644 1.17 4.75 3.82 3,437,712 6,243 5,570,000

Total Indicated 4,145,350 18,623 7,151,680

Total Measured & Indicated 10,161,052 70,362 18,716,276

Inferred

San Ignacio 645,318 121 2.76 - - 2,519,826 44,551 5,665,137

Guanajuato 147,327 129 2.30 - - 612,220 10,095 1,324,867

Topia 357,400 592 1.31 3.44 3.96 6,806,791 15,060 11,050,000

El Horcón 162,140 76 3.64 2.97 4.11 398,094 17,942 2,092,913

Total Inferred 10,336,931 87,648 20,132,917

Mineral Resources

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