STARR PEAK MINING LTD.

(the "Corporation")

300 - 1055 W. Hastings Street

Vancouver, BC, V6E 2E9 Telephone: (604) 684-6264

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

as at April 13, 2022

This Information Circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the management of Starr Peak Mining Ltd. (the "Corporation") for use at the annual general and special meeting (the "Meeting") of its shareholders to be held on May 18, 2022 at the time and place and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying notice of the Meeting.

In this Information Circular, references to the "Corporation", "we" and "our" refer to Starr Peak Mining Ltd. "Common Shares" means common shares without par value in the capital of the Corporation. "Beneficial Shareholders" means shareholders who do not hold Common Shares in their own name and "intermediaries" refers to brokers, investment firms, clearing houses and similar entities that own securities on behalf of Beneficial Shareholders.

GENERAL PROXY INFORMATION

Solicitation of Proxies

The solicitation of proxies will be primarily by mail, but proxies may be solicited personally or by telephone by directors, officers and regular employees of the Corporation. The Corporation will bear all costs of this solicitation. We have arranged for intermediaries to forward the meeting materials to beneficial owners of the Common Shares held of record by those intermediaries and we may reimburse the intermediaries for their reasonable fees and disbursements in that regard.

Appointment of Proxyholders

The individuals named in the accompanying form of proxy (the "Proxy") are officers of the Corporation. If you are a shareholder entitled to vote at the Meeting, you have the right to appoint a person or Corporation other than either of the persons designated in the Proxy, who need not be a shareholder, to attend and act for you and on your behalf at the Meeting. You may do so either by inserting the name of that other person in the blank space provided in the Proxy or by completing and delivering another suitable form of proxy.

Voting by Proxyholder

The persons named in the Proxy will vote or withhold from voting the Common Shares represented thereby in accordance with your instructions on any ballot that may be called for. If you specify a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, your Common Shares will be voted accordingly. The Proxy confers discretionary authority on the persons named therein with respect to:

  • (i) each matter or group of matters identified therein for which a choice is not specified,

  • (ii) any amendment to or variation of any matter identified therein, and

  • (iii) any other matter that properly comes before the Meeting.

In respect of a matter for which a choice is not specified in the Proxy, the persons named in the Proxy will vote the Common Shares represented by the Proxy for the approval of such matter. Management is not currently aware of any other matter that could come before the Meeting.

Registered Shareholders

Registered Shareholders may wish to vote by proxy whether or not they are able to attend the Meeting in person. Registered Shareholders electing to submit a proxy may do so by:

(i) completing, dating and signing the enclosed form of proxy and returning it to the Corporation's transfer agent, Odyssey Trust Company ("Odyssey") by mail or hand delivery at Odyssey Trust Company,1230 - 300 5th Avenue SW, Calgary AB, T2P 3C4;

  • (ii) using a touch-tone phone to transmit voting choices to the toll free number given in the proxy. Registered Shareholders who choose this option must follow the instructions of the voice response system and refer to the enclosed proxy form for the toll free number, the holder's account number and the proxy access number; or

  • (iii) using the internet through the website of Odyssey athttps://login.odysseytrust.com/pxlogin Registered Shareholders who choose this option must follow the instructions that appear on the screen and refer to the enclosed proxy form for the holder's account number and the proxy access number;

in all cases ensuring that the proxy is received at least 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before the Meeting or the adjournment thereof at which the proxy is to be used.

Beneficial Shareholders

The following information is of significant importance to shareholders who do not hold Common Shares in their own name. Beneficial Shareholders should note that the only proxies that can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting are those deposited by registered shareholders (those whose names appear on the records of the Corporation as the registered holders of Common Shares).

If Common Shares are listed in an account statement provided to a shareholder by a broker, then in almost all cases those Common Shares will not be registered in the shareholder's name on the records of the Corporation. Such Common Shares will more likely be registered under the names of the shareholder's broker or an agent of that broker. In the United States, the vast majority of such Common Shares are registered under the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (which acts as depositary for many U.S. brokerage firms and custodian banks), and in Canada, under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited, which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms).

Intermediaries are required to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholders' meetings. Every intermediary has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients.

If you are a Beneficial Shareholder:

You should carefully follow the instructions of your broker or intermediary in order to ensure that your Common Shares are voted at the Meeting.

The form of proxy supplied to you by your broker will be similar to the Proxy provided to registered shareholders by the Corporation. However, its purpose is limited to instructing the intermediary on how to vote on your behalf. Most brokers now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ("Broadridge") in the United States and in Canada. Broadridge mails a voting instruction form in lieu of a Proxy provided by the Corporation. The voting instruction form will name the same persons as the Corporation's Proxy to represent you at the Meeting. You have the right to appoint a person (who need not be a shareholder of the Corporation), other than the persons designated in the voting instruction form, to represent you at the Meeting. To exercise this right, you should insert the name of the desired representative in the blank space provided in the voting instruction form. The completed voting instruction form must then be returned to Broadridge by mail or facsimile or given to Broadridge by phone or

over the internet, in accordance with Broadridge's instructions. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of Common Shares to be represented at the Meeting. If you receive a voting instruction form from Broadridge, you cannot use it to vote Common Shares directly at the Meeting - the voting instruction form must be completed and returned to Broadridge, in accordance with its instructions, well in advance of the Meeting in order to have the Common Shares voted.

Although as a Beneficial Shareholder you may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purposes of voting Common Shares registered in the name of your broker, you, or a person designated by you, may attend at the Meeting as proxyholder for your broker and vote your Common Shares in that capacity. If you wish to attend at the Meeting and indirectly vote your Common Shares as proxyholder for your broker, or have a person designated by you do so, you should enter your own name, or the name of the person you wish to designate, in the blank space on the voting instruction form provided to you and return the same to your broker in accordance with the instructions provided by such broker, well in advance of the Meeting.

Alternatively, you can request in writing that your broker send you a legal proxy which would enable you, or a person designated by you, to attend at the Meeting and vote your Common Shares.

Revocation of Proxies

In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it by:

(i)

executing a proxy bearing a later date or by executing a valid notice of revocation, either of the foregoing to be executed by the registered shareholder or the registered shareholder's authorized attorney in writing, or, if the shareholder is a corporation, under its corporate seal by an officer or attorney duly authorized, and by delivering the proxy bearing a later date to Odyssey or at the Corporation's office, Suite 300, 1055 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 2E9, at any time up to and including the last business day that precedes the day of the Meeting or, if the Meeting is adjourned, the last business day that precedes any reconvening thereof, or to the chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting or any reconvening thereof, or in any other manner provided by law, or

(ii) personally attending the Meeting and voting the registered shareholder's Common Shares.

A revocation of a proxy will not affect a matter on which a vote is taken before the revocation.

INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS OR COMPANIES IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

No director or executive officer of the Corporation, or any person who has held such a position since the beginning of the last completed financial year of the Corporation, nor any nominee for election as a director of the Corporation, nor any associate or affiliate of the foregoing persons, has any substantial or material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, in any matter to be acted on at the Meeting other than the election of directors.

RECORD DATE AND QUORUM

The board of directors (the "Board") of the Corporation have fixed the record date for the Meeting at the close of business on April 13, 2022 (the "Record Date"). Shareholders of the Corporation of record as at the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of the Meeting and to vote those shares included in the list of shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting prepared as at the Record Date, except to the extent that any such shareholder transfers any shares after the Record Date and the transferee of those shares establishes that the transferee owns the shares and demands, not less than ten days before the Meeting, that the transferee's name be included in the list of shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting, in which case such transferee shall be entitled to vote such shares at the Meeting.

Under the Corporation's current Articles the quorum for the transaction of business at the Meeting consists of two shareholders, or one or more proxyholder representing two members, or one member and a proxyholder representing another member.

VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF VOTING SECURITIES

The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares. As of April 13, 2022, there were 42,138,103 Common Shares issued and outstanding, each carrying the right to one vote. Common Shares of the Corporation are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") under the trading symbol "STE".

As at April 13, 2022, to the knowledge of the directors and senior officers of the Corporation, and based on the Corporation's review of the records maintained by Computershare, electronic filings with System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) and insider reports filed with System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI), there are no persons that own, directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over, shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all outstanding shares of the Corporation:

STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

For the purpose of this information circular:

"CEO" of the Company means an individual who acted as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;

"CFO" of the Company means an individual who acted as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;

"Executive Officer" of an entity means an individual who is:

  • (a) the chair of the Company, if any;

  • (b) the vice-chair of the Company, if any;

  • (c) the president of the Company;

  • (d) a vice-president of the Company in charge of a principal business unit, division or function including sales, finance or production;

  • (e) an officer of the Company (or subsidiary, if any) who performs a policy-making function in respect of the Company; or

  • (f) any other individual who performs a policy-making function in respect of the Company;

"Named Executive Officers or NEOs" means:

  • (a) the CEO of the Company;

  • (b) the CFO of the Company;

  • (c) each of the Company's three most highly compensated executive officers, or the three most highly compensated individuals acting in a similar capacity, other than the CEO and CFO, at the end of the most recently completed financial year whose total compensation was, individually, more than $150,000;

  • (d) any additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided under paragraph (i) above except that the individual was not serving as an executive officer of the Company, nor in a similar capacity, as at the end of the most recently completed financial year end.

As of July 31, 2021, the Company had three "Named Executive Officers", namely Johnathan More, CEO, Cyrus Driver, CFO and Yves Rougerie, Vice-President of Exploration.

Director and Named Executive Officer Compensation

The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6V, is a summary compensation (excluding compensation securities) paid, payable, awarded, granted, given or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, to the directors and NEOs for each of the Company's two most recently completed financial years July 31, 2021 and 2020.

Table of compensation excluding compensation securities

Name and position

Year

Salary, consulting fee, retainer or commission ($)

Bonus

($)

Committee or meeting fees ($)

Value of perquisites

($)

Value of all other compensation ($)

Total compensation

($)

Johnathan More,(2)(4) Chief Executive Officer / Director and Chairman

2021

230,427

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

230,427

2020

83,215

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

83,215

Cyrus Driver,(3)

Chief Financial Officer /Director

2021

85,400

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

85,400

2020

33,700

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

33,700

Ronald Bourgeois,(5) Director

2021

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

2020

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Reagan Glazier (6) Director

2021

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

2020

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Yves Rougerie (4) VP of Exploration

2021

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

2020

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Thomas Kennedy (4) Former Director/ Chief Executive Officer

2021

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

2020

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Notes:

1.

The value of perquisites and benefits, if any, for each Named Executive Officer was less than the lesser of $50,000 and 10% of the total annual salary and bonus.

2.

On April 2, 2019, Johnathan More was appointed Director of the Corporation.

3.

On April 18, 2019, Cyrus Driver was appointed Director of the Corporation and Chief Financial Officer on June 25, 2019.

4.

On June 14, 2019, Thomas Kennedy tendered his resignation as Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Following Mr. Kennedy's resignation Johnathan

More was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Corporation.

5.

On July 8, 2019, Ronald Bourgeois was appointed Director of the Corporation

6.

On November 18, 2020, Thomas Kennedy tendered his resignation as Director of the Corporation. Following Mr. Kennedy's resignation Reagan Glazier was

appointed Director of the Corporation.

7.

On April 22, 2021, Yves Rougerie was appointed Vice President of Exploration.

External Management Companies.

None of the NEOs or directors of the Company have been retained or employed by an external management company which has entered into an understanding, arrangement or agreement with the Company to provide executive management services to the Company, directly or indirectly. (for further information, refer to "Employment, Consulting and Management Agreements" below.

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