Maitland Gold Project

The initial 37.8 mineral acres of the Maitland Property were acquired in April of 2017 through an Exploration and Mining Lease and Option to Purchase Property Agreement with Trucano Novelty Inc., of South Dakota. On October 26,2020, Dakota acquired 2,112 mineral-acres from Homestake Mining Company of California, a wholly owned subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation. Pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreement, the Company paid consideration to Barrick comprised of $3.5 million cash and the issuance of 750,000 shares of Dakota common stock. Additionally, Barrick retained a 2.5% net smelter returns royalty on the property. In August 2021, Dakota Territory purchased an additional 25.5 acres to expand the Maitland Property to a total of 2,175 acres, all of which is located in the western portion of Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA within Black Hills Meridian, Township 5 N, Range 2 E, covering portions of Sections 12, 13, and 24, and Township 5 N, Range 3 E, covering portions of Sections 7, 8, 17, 18,19 and 20.

The Maitland Property is an important component of Dakota’s exploration strategy for the structural corridor that extends from the Homestake Gold Mine to Dakota’s Blind Gold Property at the northern end of the District. The Maitland Property covers the down-plunge component of Homestake formation extending from the Blind Gold Property target at the north end, and Homestake Mining Company’s North Drift gold discovery of the late 1980’s to the south. In addition to Pre-Cambrian aged gold mineralization hosted within the Homestake iron formation, the property area holds several historic Tertiary age mineralization and historic mines hosted in the younger sedimentary and intrusive rocks.

Access to the Maitland Gold Property is gained by traveling 2 miles north of Lead on Highway 85/14A to Central City/Blacktail and then turning and traveling northwest approximately 1.7 miles on the Maitland