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Page 1: Dalradian Presentation February 2015

Patrick F.N. AndersonChief Executive Officer

February 2015High-Grade Gold │ High IRR │ Low Capex │ Northern Ireland │

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND QUALIFIED PERSON

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This presentation contains “forward looking information” which may include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the future financial or operating performance ofthe Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Dalradian”) and its mineral projects, the future price of metals, the estimation of mineral resources, the realization of mineralresource estimates, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital, operating and exploration expenditures, costs and timing of thedevelopment of new deposits, costs and timing of future exploration, requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining operations, environmental risks,reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims, limitations of insurance coverage and the timing and possible outcome of pending regulatory matters. Often, but not always,forward looking statements can be identified by the use of words and phrases such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”,“intends”, “anticipates”, or “believes” or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”,“would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved.

Forward looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made and are based on various assumptions such asthe continued political stability in Northern Ireland, that permits required for Dalradian’s operations will be obtained on a timely basis in order to permit Dalradian to proceed onschedule with its planned exploration and development programs, that skilled personnel and contractors will be available as Dalradian’s operations continue to grow, that theprice of gold will be at levels that render Dalradian’s mineral projects economic, that the Company will be able to continue raising the necessary capital to finance its operationsand realize on mineral resource estimates and current mine plans and that the assumptions contained in the Company’s Technical Report and PEA (both as defined herein) areaccurate and complete.

Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Dalradian tobe materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward looking statements. Such factors include, among others,general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamationactivities; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters and/or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possiblevariations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents,labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development orconstruction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2013dated March 25, 2014 (the “AIF”) .

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward lookingstatements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward looking statements containedherein are made as of the date of this presentation and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward looking statements, whether as a result of newinformation, future events or results, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. There can be no assurance that forward looking statements will prove to beaccurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forwardlooking statements.

Certain technical data in this presentation was taken from the technical report entitled dated October 30, 2014 and titled "An Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment of theCurraghinalt Gold Deposit, Tyrone Project, Northern Ireland” (the “PEA”), prepared by Mr. Maunula, P.Geo., of T. Maunula & Associates Consulting Inc., Mr. Barnard Foo, P.Eng.,Mr. Bogdan Damjanovic, P.Eng., Mr. Andre Villeneuve, P.Eng., and Mr. Christopher Jacobs, CEng MIMMM, of Micon International Limited (“Micon”) and is subject to all of theassumptions, qualifications and procedures described therein.

Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The PEA is preliminary in nature. It includes inferred mineral resources that areconsidered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is nocertainty that the results of the PEA will be realized.

Ian R. Hardesty, MS, CPG, Senior Production Geologist, Dalradian Resources Inc., is the Qualified Person who reviewed and approved the technical information in thispresentation. The exploration data was based on the procedures described in the Company’s Technical Report and is subject to all of the assumptions, qualifications andprocedures described therein.

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PREMIUM ASSET IN A SCARCITY MARKET

1Ranking by Natural Resource Holdings, based on 2012 data

2014 PEA yields 36.2% IRR at $1,200 gold price

Moving high-margin, low capex project towards production

$30M work program for 2015 – PFS, EIA and drilling

Strong government and community support

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CORPORATE SUMMARY

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THE BOARD: HAVE RAISED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ADVANCE PROJECTS INTO MINES

PATRICK F. N. ANDERSONCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Founder & Former CEO of Aurelian Resources ‘08 – PDAC International Mineral Discovery ‘08 – Northern Miner Man of the Year

RONALD GAGEL

CFO of TMAC Resources; Former CFO of FNX Mining and Aur Resources

Director of Adriana Resources and StonegateAgricom

Former board member of HudBay Minerals and Central Sun Mining

‘13 – PDAC Distinguished Service Award

THOMAS OBRADOVICHCHAIRMAN

Founder & Former CEO of Young-Davidson Mines

Former Director of Aurelian Resources

SEAN ROOSEN

Founder & CEO of Osisko Mining Corporation Also Director of Astur Gold ‘06 – Prospector of the Year - Quebec ‘08 – Prospector of the Year - Canada ‘09 – Northern Miner Man of the Year

JONATHAN RUBENSTEIN

Director of Eldorado Gold Director of Detour Gold Chairman & Director of MAG Silver Former Director of Aurelian Resources,

Sutton Resources, Canico Resource andCumberland Resources

ARI SUSSMAN

Founder & CEO of Continental Gold Raised over $500M in funding during

15 years in the natural resources & investment sectors

GRENVILLE THOMAS

Founder & Chairman of StrongbowExploration

Founder & Former Chairman, President & Director of Aber Resources (Harry Winston Diamond) now Dominion Diamond

‘99 – PDAC Prospector of the Year ‘01 – Northern Miner Man of the Year ‘09 – Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

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ANALYST COVERAGE

All dollars quoted in $ CAD

$0.00

$0.25

$0.50

$0.75

$1.00

$1.25

$1.50

$1.75

$2.00

F M A M J J A S O N D J

2014

$0.99February 17, 2015

$1.75Michael Curran $1.75

Jamie Spratt

$1.35Mike

Kozak

$1.00Laurie Curtis

$1.60Joe

Mazumdar$1.60

Bart Jaworski

Targets range from $1.00-$1.75

$1.25Andrew

Kaip$1.30

Adam Melnyk

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CORPORATE SUMMARY

TSX: DNA STOCK PRICE

Shares outstanding of 154.7 million and fully diluted of 196.0 million as of February 9, 2015

Cash position of $37 million as of September 30, 2014

SHARE CAPITALIZATION AND CASH POSITION

All dollars quoted in $ CAD

AIM listing (DALR) is a tremendous opportunity to expand Irish, UK and European shareholder base

TOP TEN SHAREHOLDERS (REPRESENTING ~55%)

GEOGRAPHIC OWNERSHIP FOR IDENTIFIED SHAREHOLDERS

Canada 68%

US 29%

Europe 3%

Sprott (Sprott Asset Mgmt, Sprott Global and Sprott Wealth)

Ross Beaty

Rosseau

Front Steet

Insiders (5%)

Aegis

RBC

Julius Baer

Sun Valley

Tocqueville

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CURRAGHINALT DEPOSIT

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Our flagship asset: Curraghinalt high-grade lode gold deposit

Excellent regional infrastructure

Over 84,000 hectares under license

Gold

Base Metals

Other

Gortin

Omagh

Curraghinalt

BELFAST

N O R T H E R NI R E L A N D

GalantasGold

ConroyDiamonds& Gold

Lonmin

Irish SaltMining

Irish Salt (Kilroot)UG Mine

Curraghinalt GoldDeposit

Galantas (Cavanacaw)Previous open pit producer; permitting underground

Scotgold (Cononish)Permitted

Vedanta (Lisheen)In production

Boliden (Tara)In production

Lundin (Galmoy)Previous producer

Conroy (Clontibret)Gold exploration

Xstrata (Pallas Green)Feasibility

Wolf (Hemerdon)Tungsten Developer

MINERAL PROJECTS IN IRELAND & THE UK

Cleveland Potash (Boulby)In Production

Sirius (York Potash)In Development

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INITIAL BLAST AT CURRAGHINALT DEC 2014

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CURRAGHINALT RESOURCE

Since 2010, we have grown the resource 6-fold over 3 updates

High-grade gold resource1

Measured: 0.02 MT grading 20.15 g/t Au for 15,100 contained ounces

Indicated: 2.98 MT grading 10.34 g/t Au for 989,000 contained ounces

Inferred: 8.01 MT grading 9.67 g/t Au for 2.49 million contained ounces

Veins are predictable and continuous

Deposit is open in all directions

Underground drilling to support PFS starting in March 2015

1 Refer to PEA

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EXCELLENT POTENTIAL FOR RESOURCE GROWTH

Curraghinalt

Deposit

12km

Curraghinalt

Trend

1 Refer to Technical Report2 12-CT-162 drilled at 180/-55. 12-CT-173 drilled at 150/-60; 2a from 186.00m- 188.22m, 2b from 229.08m - 230.55m ; true width undetermined3 11-CT-99 drilled from 471.14-474.34m4 12-CT-167 drilled from 201.93-204.40m

Vein and Vein Intersections

Curraghinalt

Deposit

Attagh Burn2.47m @ 18.99 g/t Au

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Curraghinalt DepositResource effective as of Jan 2014

1–

Measured: 0.02 Moz Au (0.02 MT @ 20.15 g/t)

Indicated: 0.99 Moz Au (2.98 MT @ 10.34 g/t)

Inferred: 2.49 Moz Au (8.01 MT @ 9.67 g/t)

Alwories Discovery Holes2

4.72m @ 14.82 g/t Au (12-CT-173)

2.22m @ 14.10 g/t Au (12-CT-162)2a

1.47m @ 23.60 g/t Au (12-CT-162)2b

400 m Step-out

3.2m @ 5.34 g/t Au (11-CT-99)3

900 m Step-out 0.65m @ 15.04 g/t Au (12-CT-154)

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GLACIATED TERRAIN WITH MINIMAL OUTCROP

Curraghinalt

Deposit

Curraghinalt

Trend

1 12-CT-162 drilled at 180/-55. 12-CT-173 drilled at 150/-60; 2a from 186.00 m- 188.22m, 2b from 229.08m - 230.55 m ; true width undetermined2 11-CT-99 drilled at 200/-60, from 471.14-474.34 m3 12-CT-167 drilled from 201.93-204.40 m

Curraghinalt

Deposit

Attagh Burn2.47m @ 18.99 g/t Au (12-CT-167)

3

Golan BurnOutcropping veins including

60cm @ 61.43 g/t Au

Gold Anomalies

1

kilometres

0 2

Vein and Vein Intersections

Scotch TownPeak of 10.52 g/t Au

In mineralized boulders

400 m Step-out

3.2m @ 5.34 g/t Au (11-CT-99)2

Alwories Discovery Holes1

4.72m @ 14.82 g/t Au (12-CT-173)

2.22m @ 14.10 g/t Au (12-CT-162)2a

1.47m @ 23.60 g/t Au (12-CT-162)2b

12KM GOLD TREND IS MOSTLY UNEXPLORED

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OROGENIC VEIN SYSTEM

Cross Section 54

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STRONG ECONOMICS

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PEA SHOWS STRONG ECONOMICS

KEY PEA DATA*GOLD PRICE:

US$1,200/ounceGOLD PRICE:

US$1,054/ounce

NPV with 8% discount rate (After-tax) US$504 million US$366 million

IRR (After-tax) 36.2% 29.9%

Average Annual Production 162,000 ounces/year

Processing Rate 1,700 tonnes/day

Life of Mine 18 years

Initial Capex ($48M contingency) US$249 million

Cash Costs US$485/ounce; US$132/tonne

Diluted Grade 9.3 g/t Au

Gold Recovery 92%

Payback 2.6 years

* Prepared by Micon International Limited. PEA results released on October 30, 2014. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The PEA is preliminary in nature. It includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is no certainty that the results of the PEA will be realized. All dollars quoted in $ USD unless stated otherwise.

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UG PEER COMPARISON – All dollar figures in US$

Company Project

StageDiluted grade (g/t)

Size (prodn

mine liferesource)

CapexOperating

costIRR &

NPV5 *Market

capJurisdiction

PretiumBrucejack

FS 14.1

404,00018 years

8.7M oz M&I4.9M oz Inf

$747M$347

$150/t31.5%$1.7B

$1.08B Canada (BC)

ContinentalBuritica

PEAcompleted

7.8 265,00018 years

2.8M oz M&I4.2M oz Inf

$390M $431/oz$109/t

31.5%$1.1B

$230M Colombia

Dalradian Curraghinalt

PFS ongoing

9.3 162,000 ozs18 years

1M oz M&I2.5M oz Inf

$249M $485/oz$132/t

36% $716M

$150M NorthernIreland

Rubicon Phoenix

Construction PEA

PermittedFinanced

8.1

165,00013 years

1.1M oz M&I2.2M oz Inf

$342M$620/oz$144/t

14.8%$236

$500M Canada (ON)

RoxgoldYaramoko

FSPermitting nearly finalFinanced

12

87,00010 years

0.8M oz M&I0.3M oz Inf

$107M$508

$140/t42.4%$218M

$200M Burkina Faso

* After-tax, at US$1,200 gold and 5% discount rate

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DalradianCurraghinalt

ContinentalBuritica

RubiconPhoenix

RoxgoldYaramoko Pretium

Brucejack

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

IRR

(%

)

Capex (US$, millions)

THE HIGH IRR / LOW CAPEX SWEET SPOT

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PERMITTING

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NORTHERN IRELAND WELCOMES INVESTMENT

No. 1 Strategic priority of current government is the economy: Targeting 25,000 new

jobs; and £1 billion of new

investment

Invest Northern Ireland grant to Dalradian for $590,000 to support jobs and training during UG exploration phase

Aug 2014 site visit by Arlene Foster, MLA,Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment

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Planning decision

Permitting a Mine

Draft Project Description(pre-consultation with stakeholders via PAD)

Prepare EIASubmit Planning Application

Q1 2016

Planning NI Review

Permission to construct a mine will be based

on a Planning Application, which will consist

of a Project Description and an Environmental

Impact Assessment (EIA)

Review and approval is

estimated to take 1-2 years

Curraghinalt will likely be designated a “strategic”

project, which would allow ministerial involvement

in the planning decision

Pre-engage with DOE

via a Pre-Application

Discussion (PAD)

Granted

Refused

Referred to Public Local Inquiry

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2015 WORK PROGRAM

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Underground Exploration Development

Proposed No. 1 Vein Development at 170m Level

Proposed Tunnel Extensions at 170 m Level

Existing Exploration

Tunnel

No1 Vein

106-16 Vein

V75 Vein

Bend Vein

Crow Vein

Proposed T17 Vein Development at 170m Level

Underground infill drilling

Underground infill drilling

Surface infill drilling

Consists of ~1,200 m of UG development plus ~20,000 m of drilling

Aim is to support the Pre-feasibility study by:

Demonstrating continuity of thickness and grade of veins

Converting inferred resources to M&I– 11 UG diamond drill bays for

~15,000 m drilling– 6 surface drill pads for

~4,500 m drilling

Geotechnical and hydrogeological testing

Advancing positive metallurgical testing

Graphic at right is current plan, which is still being fine-tuned

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2015 WORK PROGRAM

Jan2015 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2015

Surface Work

UG development

Infill drilling

Resource update

EIA preparation and submission

Pre-feasibility study

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SUMMARY

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DNA HIGHLIGHTS

Market is focussing on the handful of quality projects in good jurisdictions that are financeable

Curraghinalt is a top quartile project: high IRR and low capex in Northern Ireland

During 2015 we are de-risking the project through:

UG exploration

Drilling

PFS

Environmental and permitting work

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Patrick F.N. Anderson

CEO

Marla Gale

VP, Communications

[email protected]

416.583.5622

Trading Symbol:

DNA on TSX

DALR on AIM

Corporate Office:

Dalradian Resources Inc.

155 Wellington Street West

Suite 2920

Toronto, Ontario

Canada M5V 3H1

www.dalradian.com

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2009

Dalradian

Resources

acquires

Dalradian Gold

1652

Modern exploration begins

Rio Tinto explores Tyrone Volcanic

belt (incl. DG-2 licence) for base

metal deposits

GSNI reports widespread gold and

pathfinder elements in local streams

1970s

EXPLORATION HISTORY OF THE DEPOSIT

2010

2000

1990

1980

1970

2000 – 2009

Project owned by

various Vancouver

juniors

56 drill holes

Initial resource of

640,000 oz

Gold reported in the

Moyola River, 20 miles

east of Curraghinalt

Ulster Minerals/Ennex period

1983 - No. 1 vein discovered in Curraghinalt burn

Surface trenching (~3000 m) and Surface drilling

(~30,000 m)

1987/89 - 710 m underground development using

a road header

1982 – 1999

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PROGRESS SINCE PROJECT ACQUISITION

2009

Project Acquisition

- December

600 k ounce gold

resource1

2011

7 rigs onsite

Increased to 2.7 M

ounce gold resource1

51,000 m of drilling

2013

UG planning permission

VP Project Development hired

Extensive drilling and

re-sampling completed

2010

Increased to 1.5 M

ounce gold resource1

IPO – August

30,000 m of drilling

2012

Robust PEA

announced

New discovery

at Alwories

Increased to 3.5 M ounce gold resource1

UG program underway

Updated PEA

Commenced PFS & EIA

First blast

2012

2011

2010

2009

2014

2015

2013

1 Refer to press releases of Nov. 30, 2011 and April 16, 2014 at www.dalradian.com

2014

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Government support of our London listing Dec. 3, 2014

Jonathan Bell, a junior minister in Northern Ireland, said: “Further education colleges are already preparing to give young people the skills they will need for the opportunities that are being provided.” The Times, Dec. 4, 2014

“Pat Doherty, the area’s Sinn Fein MP, believes the Curraghinalt mine should go ahead provided it complies with planning and environmental requirements, with most people in the area supportive.” Financial Times, Dec. 5, 2014

Jonathan Bell, MLA (second form left)

Junior Minister in First Minister’s office