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TSX.V: PRB MAY 2013 TSX.V: PRB Borden Discovery Outcrop Building Ontario’s Newest Gold District

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Page 1: Probe mines presentation_may 28, 2013

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MAY 2013 TSX.V: PRB

Borden Discovery Outcrop

Building Ontario’s Newest

Gold District

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Cautionary Notes

Disclaimer

This presentation contains a review of the Company’s projects in Canada. Viewers are

cautioned that the projects are at an early stage of exploration and that estimates and

projections contained herein are based on limited and incomplete data. More work is

required before the mineralization on the projects and their economic aspects can be

confidentially modeled. Therefore, the work results and estimates herein may be

considered to be generally indicative only of the nature and quality of the projects. No

representation or prediction is intended as to the results of future work, nor can there be

any promise that the estimates herein will be confirmed by future exploration or analysis,

or that the projects will otherwise prove to be economic.

Forward-Looking Statements

This presentation includes certain "forward-looking statements". All statements other

than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including, without limitation,

statements regarding potential mineralization and reserves, exploration results, and

future plans and objectives of Probe, are forward-looking statements that involve various

risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be

accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially form those

anticipated in such statements.

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Investment Highlights

Borden Gold Resource Growing & Improving in Grade Located in mining friendly Ontario, Canada

Pit-constrained Resource over 4.3 MMoz @ 1.03 g/t Au (January 2013)

Increasing grade, well-developed higher-grade core

New high-grade intersection in the southeast including a successful 500-metre high-grade

step out hole

Deposit is still open in both directions along strike

Experienced Management Team Michael Petrina, P.ENG, Chief Operating Officer

Expanded capital markets expertise

Potential for New Discoveries Two major discoveries: Borden Gold & Black Creek Chromite

Strong exploration potential: Over 400 square km of new ground within the Borden Belt

Ongoing strategy to consolidate the Borden Belt

Strong Financial Position $32 million at January 31st, 2013

Recently completed a $15 million financing

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Patrick Reid, B.A. Chairman of the Board Past President of the Ontario Mining Association

David Palmer, Ph.D., P.Geo. President, Chief Executive Officer & Director Over 20 Years in the Mining Industry

Michael Petrina, MBA, P.Eng. Chief Operating Officer Over 25 years of experience in operations, engineering & mine development

Patrick Langlois, MBA, CFA Vice President, Corporate Development 15 years of experience un Corporate Development and Investment Banking

Carmelo Marrelli, B.Comm, CA, CSA Chief Financial Officer Experienced Mining and Investment Accountant

John Gammon, Ph.D. Director Former Assistant Deputy Minister of Mines for Ontario

Gordon McCreary, M.Ba., P.Eng. Director Mining Engineer, former officer of Kinross and Baffinland

Dennis Peterson, B. Comm, LLB Director Corporate Securities Lawyer, Small Cap Mining Expertise

Strong Management Team

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Analyst Coverage (10 analysts)

BMO Capital Markets John Hayes

Casimir Capital Ryan Walker

Cormark Securities Tyron Breytenbach

Euro Pacific Canada Matthew Zylstra

Jennings Capital Kwong-Mun Achong Low

Mackie Research Barry Allan

Macquarie Capital Markets Pierre Vaillancourt

MGI Securities Marc Pais

RBC Capital Markets Sam Crittenden

Stonecap Securities Ali Khan

Major Shareholders Holdings (I&O)

Institutional Investors:

Agnico Eagle, Macquarie, Sprott,

Sentry, BMO, Northern Border,

Seamans, K2

~ 50%

Management & Directors 5%

Probe Mines Limited Symbol: PRB

Listed Exchange Toronto Venture

Market capitalization $108.6 million

Shares outstanding (basic) 75.4 million

Shares outstanding (fully diluted) 87.7 million

Cash Balance (01/31/13) $32 million

Debt None

52 week trading range $0.90 - $2.30

Recent Price (05/30/13) $1.44

Corporate Summary

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Ontario: Mining Friendly Jurisdiction

BORDEN GOLD

Favourable and well-developed infrastructure,

1 km from paved highway and power

Pit-constrained Resource over 4.3 MMoz at

1.03 g/t Au, still expanding and improving in grade

Discovery of a high-grade zone in the southeast

Potential for lower CAPEX

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BLACK CREEK CHROMITE

Strategically located between Cliffs Natural Resources’

Black Thor and Big Daddy deposits

Over 10Mt of high-grade chromite in open-pitable deposit

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REGIONAL GEOLOGY-LOCATION

Chapleau Area Infrastructure

• Close to numerous

mining districts

• Excellent access &

local infrastructure

Only 9 km from Chapleau

1 km to Highway/Power

10 mins to Rail

• Within the Kapuskasing

Structural Zone

Underexplored

• Community

Receptive to new industry

• First Nations

Agreement in place

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New Gold District

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Borden Gold Project

2013 Key Advancements

Updated Resource Estimate: Significant Improvement in Grade, Size and Classification (January 2013)

Pit-constrained Resource over 4.3 MMoz at 1.03 g/t Au

85% of the total Pit-constrained resource in the indicated category

Positive metallurgy results (second phase) (April 2013)

Engineering mining team in place (April 2013)

Recent discovery of a high-grade zone in the southeast

Section 1200 SE: 51m @ 10.3 g/t (December 2012)

Section 1250 SE: pending results

Section 1700 SE 25m @ 4.6 g/t (April 2013)

Section 1800 SE: pending results

Section 1900 SE: pending results

80,000 metres drill program for 2013

Infill drilling and expansion drilling

Strategic Investment made by Agnico Eagle Limited (May 2013)

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Potential 2.8km of strike length with widths up to 200m and depths to 500m (vertical)

Since December 2010: 388 drill holes completed, representing over 120,000 metres

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2013 Work Program

2013 Drill Program of

~80,000 metres,

expansion and infill

drilling

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Consistent Higher Grade Core

Consistent higher-grade core allows potential for alternative development scenarios

with lower CAPEX and less sensitivity to gold price

2.34 MMoz @ 1.7 g/t Au average grade

New High-Grade Intersection

(51m @ 10.3 g/t Au)

Open along strike

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Southeast High-Grade Intersection of 51 metres averaging 10.3 g/t Au

• “The extension and

infill drilling continue

to intercept higher-

grade material than the

average”

• 2013 winter drilling

results confirmed the

potential for the

Borden Gold zone to

host high grade

mineralization

John Hayes, BMO Capital

Markets, January 2013

High-Grade Intersection

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New High-Grade Zone

April 2013 drill results

December 2012 drill results

Including 25m @

17.8 g/t Au

Including 12.9m @ 7.4 g/t Au

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PIT-CONSTRAINED NI 43-101 RESOURCE ESTIMATE, JANUARY 2013*

Resources

Category

Cut-off Grade

(g/t gold)

Tonnes

(000’s)

Grade

(g/t gold)

Gold (oz)

(000’s)

Indicated

Inferred

1.5

1.5

14,452

2,545

2.34

2.61

1,086

214

Indicated

Inferred

1.0

1.0

37,600

6,351

1.64

1.77

1,982

361

Indicated

Inferred

0.5

0.5

112,844

18,306

1.02

1.08

3,686

625

Pit-constrained Resource of 4.3 MMoz at 1.03 g/t Au average grade at a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off

85% of the total Pit Constrained resource is in the Indicated category

*Mineral Resources Statement, P&E Mining Consultants Inc.

Borden Gold - Resource, January 2013

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Pit-constrained Resource Growth to 4.3 MMoz Averaging 1.0 g/t

Discovery Cost < $4/oz

Resource Growth

DateAccumulative

drilling

Number of

Drill holes Resources Growth (M oz)

313 drill holesJanuary 2013 94,000m

August 2011 21,662m 78 drill holes

35,000mApril 2012 167 drill holes

2,796,000

683,000

625,000

253,000

2,735,000

3,686,000

Inferred

Indicated

(Global Resource Estimate)

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• Recent

acquisitions of

over 350 square

km of unexplored

ground within the

Borden and

associated Belts

• High potential for

new discoveries

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LAND POSITION

Potential for New Discoveries

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Advancing Borden Gold

Discovery in 2010

Infrastructure

NI 43-101 Resource Estimate (3)

Size: 4.3MMoz Pit-contrained Resource

Grade: High-grade core at 1.7 g/t

Advanced metallurgy

New high-grade zone

Mining team

Strong treasury

Expansion and infill drilling of the new high-grade

zone in the southeast

Land acquisition

Updated NI 43-101 Resource Estimate

Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA)

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Contact Information

Tel: (416) 777-6703

Fax: (416) 777-6705

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.probemines.com

Head Office

56 Temperance Street, Suite 1000 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3V5

David Palmer, Ph.D., P.Geo. President and CEO (416) 777-6703 Patrick Langlois, MBA, CFA Vice President, Corporate Development (416) 777-6703

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