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4Report #2-2021 Arctic Star Exploration Corp.diamond inclusion chromites and orthopyroxenes, as well as abundant diamondinclusion Group 1 eclogitic garnets, andsubordinate low calcium-high chromeG10 garnets and diamond inclusion olivines indicate smaller potentially commercial diamonds may also be present.”Buddy Doyle, VP Exploration for Arctic Starcommented, “It is interesting that the caustic fusion microdiamond results also hintat a coarser diamond distribution. Table1 shows the published results from theJack Pine Kimberlite which makes up thesouthern 200m of the Sequoia complex,and the diamond results received fromArctic Star’s caustic fusion results from thecenter of Sequoia. These results, plotted ona size vs frequency plot (figure 1), clearlyshow a coarser diamond population forour recent Sequoia results. Table 3 showsthe diamond counts from the differentrock types from this drill hole. Like theindicators there seems distinct populationsof diamonds from the different rock types.The company has decided to send theremaining half-split core of Sequoia to thelab to get more diamond results to helpconstruct a more robust curve of the sizedistribution. It is likely we will need moresamples than this to get a good view ofthe grade and the presence of the largerstones. Given the evidence presented byChuck Fipkes’s analysis, if big diamonds areproven to be there it will be worth it. “Mr. Buddy Doyle further commented,“The next step for the Sequoia kimberlitecomplex is to do more small diameterdrilling to further understand the geology,we already have diamond and indicatormineral data that suggests the differenttypes of kimberlite in this complex havedifferent diamond populations and grade.Drilling this body at 100m then whereneeded 50m centers and conduct causticfusion analysis would achieve this andfill out the size frequency curve shownin figure 1. Should this prove encouraging and confirm the possibility of largediamonds, a bulk sample using either alarge diameter drill rig or undergroundbulk sampling would be the next step.Which on completion would allow for afeasibility study. Given that there are twooperating diamond mines within 35kmArctic Star could also seek out scenariosinvolving these, along the way.”Figure 1 Size Frequency plot: Diamond size distribution. Sequoia in Orange, Jack Pine inGreen. The Sequoia samples appear to have two populations of diamonds, and clearly hasa higher frequency of larger diamonds than the Jack Pine sample. Figure 1 also depictspossible trajectories for the Sequoia diamond distribution. For this small sample of lessthan 300kg, the spread of trajectories is large. Further caustic fusion samples would narrow down this spread. It is desirable to have several commercial size stones from causticfusion before predicting grade and size distribution with great accuracy.Table 3 shows the geology of drill hole DG 2021 04 and each individual rock typesCaustic fusion diamond count for stones over 105 microns, illustrating the diamondcount differences, which will be reflected in the commercial grade. The next round ofwork will outline the distribution of these rock types while continuing to make a morerobust size frequency curve. Table 3 demonstrates that the different kimberlite typeshave variable diamond counts. The volcanoclastic rock types have significantly lessdiamonds than the cohernet kimberlite rock type. (Results from Caustic fusion SRClaboraties and independent laboratory see NR dated July 6th 2021 for details).Analysis of mineral indicator minerals fromthe other kimberlites is awaited. The rest ofthe caustic fusion diamond results from theother kimberlite discoveries are expectedbefore the end of this week. The secondround of Sequoia results where we havesampled the other half of drill holes DG2021 04 and 05 should also be in the nextweeks. The Qualified Person for this newsrelease is Buddy Doyle. SEE FULL NEWS

5Report #2-2021 Arctic Star Exploration Corp.Finding a diamond mine is probablythe most rare and difficult venture inthe entire mineral exploration andmining space – but when you do, therewards are extra big as Financialpostrecalled in 2014:“In 1991, his [Chuck Fipke] efforts paidoff as he and partner Stewart Blussonhit the motherlode: They found theEkati deposit, which became Canada’sfirst diamond mine and remains one ofthe richest diamond discoveries evermade. The Ekati find made Mr. Fipkea prospecting legend and triggered amassive treasure hunt across the Arctic.Eventually, other large diamond deposits would be found as well: Diavik, SnapLake and Gaucho Kué. Mr. Fipke becamea very wealthy man as shares of hiscompany, Dia Met Minerals Ltd., soaredthrough the roof. Dia Met was sold tomining giant BHP Billiton Ltd in 2001.“Click above image or here to watch “Charles Fipke Tribute Video“ (2013): “Chuck sdiscovery of diamonds in the NWT is one amazing story – one built on good science,courage, tenacity, intrigue, and determination.“According to “Fipke still looking fornew diamond finds“ (2014):“If anyone can revive the Canadiandiamond industry, Mr. Fipke is a likelycandidate. His life reads like a thrillernovel, and indeed, a book has beenwritten about his adventures. He andhis partner, geologist Stewart Blusson,famously searched the Arctic tundra foryears before proving there were commercial diamonds in the Lac de Grasregion of the Northwest Territories.Along the way, Mr. Fipke has fendedoff lions, a bout of malaria and warriortribes in exotic locales.“According to Wikipedia:Upon graduation, Fipke worked forcompanies such as Kennecott Copperand Cominco, performing mineralexplorations in locations such as PapuaNew Guinea, South Africa and Brazil.He became an expert in the study ofindicator minerals to identify potential strikes, the key to his later success. “Everyone now knows that G-10garnets with low calcium might leadyou to diamonds, hey,“ he said in 2011.“But how do you distinguish betweena group 1 eclogitic garnet that grewwith a diamond and a group 2 eclogitic garnet that didn t? They look theCertain diamond indicator and inclusion minerals can point to the source and to theexistence of large diamonds in a kimberlite. (Source)same.“ Fipke uses custom software tohelp determine the difference. “No oneelse out there can distinguish betweenthese similar tiny particles of mineralsthat grow with a diamond and onesthat don t.“ In 1977, Fipke founded CFMineral Research, a heavy mineral anddiamond exploration research laboratory. In 1983, he founded Dia MetMinerals, which became listed on theVancouver Stock Exchange in 1984. DiaMet was sold to BHP Billiton in 2001.In 1988, Fipke and partner Stu Blussonbegan a systematic search for diamondsin the Northwest Territories, leadingto the discovery of the first diamondpipe in North America in November1991 near Lac de Gras. The Ekati Diamond Mine is now located there. Fipkemaintained a 10% interest in Ekati until2014, when he sold his share to Dominion Diamond Corp. for US 67 million.“I m not really a miner,“ he said. “I m anexploration geologist. This sale gives memore ability to do exploration.“Fipke has received multiple honors,including: The Northern Miner s Mining Man ofthe Year (1992) PDAC s Prospector of the Year (1992) H.H. „Spud“ Huestis Award for prospecting and mineral exploration (1997) Daniel C. Jackling Award for contributions to technical progress in mining,geology, and geophysics (2004) Robert M. Dreyer Award for outstanding achievement in applied economicgeology (2005) He was inducted into the CanadianMining Hall of Fame in 2013.

6Report #2-2021 Arctic Star Exploration Corp.Excerpts from “How a Rogue Geologist Discovered a Diamond Trove inthe Canadian Arctic“ (2008):“We take samples, hey, from graveland streambeds all over the world,“Fipke says. He sieves the earth, runs itthrough magnetic drums and centrifuges and electromagnetic separators.Then his technicians, working withscanning electron microscopes, separate out grains and mount them onpostage-stamp-sized squares of epoxy.It s painstaking work but worth thetrouble. Fipke has learned to understand those grains of dirt, and thatunderstanding has led him to diamonds.Eighteen years ago, there was no suchthing as a Canadian diamond – as far asanyone knew. Diamonds came mostlyfrom Australia, Botswana, South Africa,Namibia, and Russia.The story behind the addition ofCanada to the ranks of diamond-producing nations leads back to oneman: a short, absentminded Canadiangeologist named Chuck Fipke. Whenhe discovered diamonds in Lac deGras, Northwest Territories, in 1991,he started the largest staking rush inNorth America since George Carmackfound gold in the Klondike a centuryearlier. And he s not finished: He sprospecting around the world, totinggravel samples back to his lab in BritishColumbia to figure out where to lookfor his next big strike.After stints in the Amazon, Australia, and South Africa, Fipke opened amineral separation laboratory in BritishColumbia in 1977. A year later, SuperiorOil hired him to go back into the field –to look not for metals but gems.A couple of years prior, a geologistnamed John Gurney, working withSuperior s money at the University ofCape Town, hypothesized that certaincommon minerals might reliablyform alongside diamonds. He usedan electron microprobe to analyzegeological structures called kimberlitepipes – the places you occasionally(but not often) find diamonds – andRough diamonds from various areas of the Ekati Diamond Mine. (Source)Aerial view of the Ekati Diamond Mine, 300 km northeast of Yellowknife. (Source)discovered that the presence ofchromite, ilmenite, and high-chrome,low-calcium garnet did indeed predicta rich strike. He examined a host ofpipes in South Africa that had theseso-called indicator minerals andpublished a paper explaining hisresults.Fipke heard about Gurney s work on atour of De Beers Finsch Mine in SouthAfrica and quickly turned himself intoan expert on indicator minerals —combining what he understood ofGurney s work with results coming outof Russian labs and his own skills withfield sampling.Superior had worked with Fipke before,back in his gold mining days, so by thetime the company wanted someone togo look for kimberlite pipes northwestof Fort Collins, Colorado, Fipke was thebest choice. He found half a dozen,but like 98 percent of the kimberliteformations in the world, they didn tcontain diamonds in commerciallyviable quantities.But Fipke knew that, 100 miles underthose pipes, was a craton, a thick, oldchunk of continental plate where diamonds form. Kimberlite pipes are created when magma bubbles up througha craton, expanding and cooling on its

7Report #2-2021 Arctic Star Exploration Corp.way up. If the craton has diamonds init, the result is either a carrot-shaped,diamond-studded pipe reaching up tothe surface or a wide, flat undergroundstructure called a dike.Fipke also knew that the craton underneath the pipes he had found ran allthe way up the Rockies. With Superior sbacking, he teamed up with a geologist and pilot named Stewart Blusson,formed Dia Met Minerals, and headednorth.By 1981, the two men were samplingthe ground in Canada; they wouldeventually secure mining concessionson 80,000 square miles. “It was just meand Sewart and a floatplane,“ Fipkesays. “We took all the supplies and allthe samples in ourselves.“De Beers geologists, it turned out, werealready there, relying on their ownindicator mineral formulas. But Fipkeand Blusson surmised that the indicators De Beers found had in fact beendragged far from the kimberlite pipeeons ago by a passing glacier. Whatthey needed to do was look “upstream“for the point of origin. Fipke got a helicopter and flew back and forth over theArctic Circle, using a magnetometer totrack variations in magnetic field thatwould suggest kimberlite. After thousands of miles and hundreds of hours inthe air, he found a promising site nearLac de Gras, a barren world of lakes androck and muskeg a few hundred milesoutside the Arctic Circle.He d been surveying for eight years.He hadn t found a single diamond.Superior had abandoned the diamondbusiness. Dia Met s stock was tradingat pennies a share. But based upon afew samples, Fipke estimated a diamond concentration at Lac de Grasof more than 60 carats per 100 tons– with about a quarter of the stones ofgood quality or better. (In kimberlitepipes that have gem-quality stones incommercial quantities, a concentrationof 1 carat – 0.2 grams – per 100 tonscan be profitable.) After six monthsof sampling, Fipke went public. It was1991, and he had found a kimberlitepipe (buried under 30 feet of glaciatedThree rough diamonds mined at Diavik and dubbed “Stars of the Arctic”: The 178carat “Vega” (left), the 25-carat “Capella,” and the “Altair” at 59 carats. (Source)sediment) with a concentration of 68carats per 100 tons — the first Canadian diamonds ever found. Shares ofDia Met rocketed to 70. Fipke hadpartnered with mining giant BrokenHill Proprietary Company (now BHPBilliton) to get the diamonds out; BHPopened the Ekati mine at Lac de Gras in1998. Soon Dia Met s 29 percent shareof the mine was worth billions. Fipkewould go on to sell his chunk to BHPfor 687 million, retaining 10 percentownership in the mine, worth another 1 billion.Whether or not Fipke actually turnsout to have an eye for horseflesh, hiseye for the characteristics of crystals isunparalleled. He shows me rooms ofglass flasks and tubes, the equipmentfor analyzing all those gravel samples.I peek through a microscope and seea rainbow treasure of sparkling gems:green chrome diopsides and red garnets — the low-calcium, high-chromeG-10s that mean diamonds are nearby.Over many years in the field and thelab, Fipke has refined his understanding of this unique stew of minerals.“Everyone now knows that G-10 garnets with low calcium might lead youto diamonds, hey,“ Fipke says. “But howdo you distinguish between a Group1 eclogitic garnet that grew with adiamond and a Group 2 eclogitic gar-net that didn t? They look the same.“Custom software compares the grains shapes and chemical compositions,analyzes them against 1,000 mineralsthat are intergrown with diamonds,and compares them against 10 fieldsof mineral groupings. If seven to 10of the fields from one pipe overlap,Fipke says, “there s no doubt; it s full ofdiamonds. No one else out there candistinguish between these similar tinyparticles of minerals that grow with adiamond and ones that don t.““Look,“ he says, opening a folder on atable. He has thousands of photos ofmineral grains magnified to the sizeof golf balls. Some are all sharp corners and jagged edges, some rounded.Since erosion and age wear the minerals down, “we can tell when we re getting closer to the source. If the edgesare sharp, hey, we know they haven ttraveled far from the pipe.““Hey,“ he says, “here s the thing. Ilearned that I did my best. I mean, Ireally tried my best. How many people can say that? I worked hard, and Imean really hard. I worked seven daysa week from 8 am until 3 am. Every day.We drilled and drilled all winter whenit was dark and the windchill was 80below. Everyone thought I was crazy.But most people just never do theirbest, hey. And I did.“

8DISCLAIMER AND INFORMATION ONFORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTSRockstone Research, Zimtu Capital Corp. (“Zimtu“) andArctic Star Exploration Corp. (“Arctic Star“; “ADD“) caution investors that any forward-looking informationprovided herein is not a guarantee of future results orperformance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking information as a resultof various factors. The reader is referred to ADD s publicfilings for a more complete discussion of such risk factors and their potential effects which may be accessedthrough ADD’s documents filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. ADD‘s news release contains “forward-looking statements” including but not limited to statements with respect to Arctic Star’s plans, the estimationof a mineral resource and the success of explorationactivities. In this release it is not certain if the kimberlitediscovered will be economic or not as this depends onmany factors. Forward-looking statements, while basedon management’s best estimates and assumptions, aresubject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actualresults to be materially different from those expressedor implied by such forward-looking statements. Therecan be no assurance that such statements will prove tobe accurate, as actual results and future events coulddiffer materially from those anticipated in such statements. Factors that could affect our plans include ourpotential inability to raise funds as intended, and insuch event we may require all funds raised, if any, to beused for working capital rather than the intended usesas outlined. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward‐looking statements. Arctic Starundertakes no obligation or responsibility to updateforward‐looking statements, except as required by law.All statements in this report, other than statements ofhistorical fact, should be considered forward-lookingstatements. Statements in this report that are forwardlooking include that both Chuck Fipke and Buddy Doylefound indications of large diamonds at ADD‘s recentlydiscovered diamond-bearing Sequoia Kimberlite Complex; that the found indications point to the existenceof large diamonds; that large diamonds will be found;that today‘s news from Arctic Star is arguably as goodas it gets; that when Chuck says that the abundanceof certain large diamond indicator and inclusion minerals recovered from three Sequoia drill hole samplesexceeds that of any of the diamond-bearing (lherzolitic)kimberlites in the C.F.M. database, you can rest assuredthat Artic Star believes to be onto something big andthat the company is already planning the next phaseof exploration in its quest to find those large diamondsat Sequoia; that if anyone can revive the Canadian diamond industry, Mr. Fipke is a likely candidate; that noone else out there can distinguish between these similartiny particles of minerals that grow with a diamond andones that don t; that ADD will start another exploration phase; that there will be large diamonds at Sequoia.Such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that couldcause actual events or results to differ materially fromthose projected in the forward-looking information. It isimportant to note that ADD‘s actual business and legaloutcomes, and exploration results, could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Risksthat could change or prevent these statements from coming to fruition include that ADD will not find large diamonds although indicators point to the existence of large diamonds; that ADD will not find any large diamondseven if large diamonds exist on the property; that ADDwill not find any commercial quantities of diamonds;and even if ADD finds large diamonds, these may not beeconomically recoverable with a mine; that ADD maynot continue any exploration at its projects, and even ifit does, the mineral claims may prove to be unworthyof further expenditure; there may not be an economicmineral resource; methods ADD or Chuck Fipke thoughtwould be effective may not prove to be in practice oron ADD‘s claims; economic, competitive, governmental, environmental and technological factors may affectADD‘s operations, markets, products and prices; ADDmay not have access to or be able to develop any minerals because of cost fa

found in NWT: In 2011, the 78 carat Ekati Spirit was unearthed at the Ekati Mine. At Diavik, the 187.7 carat Foxfire was found in 2015, and three years later a 552 carat yellow diamond. First, in 1991, Chuck Fipke co-discovered what became North America‘s first diamond mine: Ekati.