MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the three months ended May 31, 2023

The Management Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") is an overview of the activities of Tres-Or Resources Ltd. (the "Company" or "Tres-Or") for the three months ended May 31, 2023. The following should be read in conjunction with the Company's condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended May 31, 2023, the audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended February 28, 2023 and 2022 and the related notes contained therein which have been prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").

Additional information related to the Company is available for view on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. All financial information in the MD&A have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards ("IAS") 34, Interim Financial Reporting, and all dollar amounts are quoted in Canadian dollars, the reporting and functional currency of the Company, except where noted. The effective date of this Management Discussion & Analysis is July 26, 2023.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain information in this MD&A, including all statements that are not historical facts, constitutes forwardlooking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Such forwardlooking information may include, but is not limited to, information which reflect management's expectations regarding the Company's future growth, results of operations (including, without limitation, future production and capital expenditures), performance (both operational and financial) and business prospects (including the timing and development of new deposits and the success of exploration activities) and opportunities. Often, this information includes words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

In making and providing the forwardlooking information included in this MD&A the Company's assumptions may include among other things: (i) assumptions about the price of base metals; (ii) that there are no material delays in the optimisation of operations at the exploration and evaluation assets; (iii) assumptions about operating costs and expenditures; (iv) assumptions about future production and recovery; (v) that there is no unanticipated fluctuation in foreign exchange rates; and (vi) that there is no material deterioration in general economic conditions. Although management believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that the forwardlooking information will prove to be accurate. By its nature, forwardlooking information is based on assumptions and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or results, to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forwardlooking information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include among other things the following: (i) decreases in the price of base metals; (ii) the risk that the Company will continue to have negative operating cash flow; (iii) the risk that additional financing will not be obtained as and when required; (iv) material increases in operating costs;

  1. adverse fluctuations in foreign exchange rates; and (vi) environmental risks and changes in environmental legislation.

This MD&A (See "Risks and Uncertainties") and the Company's annual information form contain information on risks, uncertainties and other factors relating to the forwardlooking information. Although the Company has attempted to identify factors that would cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those disclosed in the forwardlooking information, there may be other factors that cause actual results, performances, achievements or events not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. Also, many of the factors are beyond the

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Company's control. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forwardlooking information. The Company undertakes no obligation to reissue or update forward looking information as a result of new information or events after the date of this MD&A except as may be required by law. All forwardlooking information disclosed in this document is qualified by this cautionary statement.

NATURE OF BUSINESS

Tres-Or is a resource exploration company focused on the exploration of gold, base metals and diamond properties in Canada and Brazil. The properties which the Company owns or which it is currently evaluating for acquisition are located in the traditional mining areas of Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec, Canada, and Minas Gerais, Bahia and Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Tres-Or currently has no producing properties, and consequently no operating income or cash flow. To date the Company has been entirely dependent on the equities market to finance all of its activities and it is anticipated that it will continue to rely on this source of funding for its exploration expenditures and to meet its ongoing working capital requirements. Because of the size of the portfolio of exploration properties and the magnitude of the expenditures needed to fund exploration programs, the Company also makes use of options/joint ventures or other arrangements to share the costs and risks associated with exploring some of its exploration and evaluation assets.

The Company defers (capitalizes) all acquisition and exploration costs until the asset to which those costs are related is placed into production, sold, abandoned, or management determines there to be impairment. The decision to abandon a property is largely determined from exploration results, and the amount and timing of the Company's write-offs of resource property acquisition and deferred exploration costs typically cannot be predicted in advance and will vary from one reporting period to the next. As a result, there may be significant changes in the financial results and statement of financial position reported by the Company.

The Company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol TRS.

OVERALL PERFORMANCE

Summary of Exploration and Evaluation Asset Events

Brazil Diamond projects - Minas Gerais, Bahia and Mato Grosso, Brazil.

1. In April 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of Vaaldiam do Brasil Mineração Ltda. ("Vaaldiam"), which holds several mineral exploration permits covering five prospective diamond exploration properties in Minas Gerais, Bahia and Mato Grosso, Brazil. For consideration, the Company issued 2,272,000 common shares with a fair value of $193,120.

EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES

Note: More detail on the property reviews and technical information may be found on the Company's web site at www.tres-or.comor at SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

The following is a summary of significant events and related exploration results for the Company's Canadian mineral properties to the date of this report. The technical information complies with the Standards of National Instrument ("NI") 43-101.

Qualified Person: All scientific and technical information contained in this MD&A was prepared by the Company's geological staff under the supervision of Qualified Persons as defined in NI 43-101. The exploration and technical information presented in this MD&A has been reviewed by Ms. Laura Lee Duffett, PGeo., President, and Chief Executive Officer of Tres-Or, in her capacity as a non-independent Qualified Person under NI 43-101.

Certain forward-looking statements are incorporated in this review. See "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward- Looking Statements" below.

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Brazilian Diamond Properties

Tres-Or has purchased all the shares of Vaaldiam from Diamond Hunters Ventures Inc. ("DHV"), a company controlled by Ken Johnson. As consideration for the Vaaldiam shares the Company issued 2,272,000 shares to DHV at a fair value of $193,120 which shares will be subject to a 4 month hold period ending September 3, 2023.

As further consideration for the shares of Vaaldiam, Tres-Or also granted two 1% gross sales royalties on each of the five properties acquired, which Tres-Or has the right to repurchase for $1,500,000 per property.

As a result of the above transactions Ken Johnson holds, directly or indirectly, 4,272,001 shares of Tres-Or representing 16.9% of the outstanding shares. Mr. Johnson is a well-known diamond geologist who was responsible for the development of the Braúna diamond mine in Brazil.

The Company believes that the acquisition of Vaaldiam gives Tres-Or access to a specialized team with more than 20 years' experience in the exploration, evaluation, and development of diamond targets from primary sources in Brazil, Canada, and Africa.

Quebec Diamond Project

The Company owns a 100% interest in certain mineral claims including the Guigues Kimberlite claims, located in the Témiscamingue region of southwestern Quebec. In 2003, Tres-Or paid $133,920, completed $171,200 of exploration expenditures, and issued 280,000 common shares with a value of $70,000 to earn its interest in certain of these claims including the Guigues Kimberlite. The vendors retain a 2.0% NSR. The Company may purchase 1% of the NSR for $1,000,000 at any time prior to commercial production of any mineral discovered on the claims and also retains the First Right of Refusal to buy-back the remaining 1.0% NSR. In addition, the Company agreed to deliver 100,000 common shares one day prior to the commencement of commercial production subject to regulatory approval.

Guigues Kimberlite Pipe:

Tres-Or Resources Ltd. is exploring its 100% owned Guigues Kimberlite pipe in southwestern Quebec for diamonds. Tres-Or's testing program began in December 2019 with completion of 5 HQ (62 mm diameter) core drill holes totaling 1,432 m. Each of the 5 completed holes intersected kimberlite and core samples yielded significant counts of microdiamonds. Two of the five holes were vertical and ended in kimberlite at 300 m, demonstrating that the pipe extends to great depth. The Guigues Kimberlite has substantial size (4 to 6 hectares), excellent local infrastructure, and importantly, Type II microdiamond content as well as highly encouraging diamond indicator mineral chemistry.

Highlights from the 2020- 2021 test programs:

  • Tres-Orrecovered 58 microdiamonds from 511.6 kg of kimberlite tested at the Saskatchewan Research Council Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services (SRC).
  • Type II diamond dominates (+75%) among microdiamonds from the Guigues Kimberlite in southwest Québec
  • 16 out of 21 microdiamonds large enough to be measured by SRC Labs (>0.150 mm) are Type II diamond, which lack the common impurity nitrogen
  • Type II diamonds are rare (less than 2% of gem diamonds sold) but can be extremely valuable and include many of the most famous and largest stones ever sold
  • In addition to being favorable Type II diamonds, 90% of recovered microdiamonds from Guigues (53 out of
    1. are described by SRC Labs as "white/colourless, and transparent"
  • Photographs of all 21 Guigues microdiamonds >0.150 mm are available for viewing onwww.tres-or.com
  • Microdiamond counts and indicator mineral chemistry are encouragingly comparable to De Beers' Victor Diamond Mine in the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario.
  • Recommended work includes processing most of the remaining December 2019 drill core to recover diamonds larger than 0.425 mm
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  • Tres-Orcompleted 1,500 m of HQ core (64 mm diameter) drilling in November 2021 for the recovery of macrodiamonds.

Guigues 2021 Drill Program

The Company completed the first macrodiamond drill program at the Guigues Kimberlite Pipe in southwestern Québec. The planned 5 holes were completed to 300.00 m each, providing more than 10 tonnes of kimberlite sample for mini-bulk macrodiamond testing. Four of the holes ended in kimberlite at 300.00 m, and the fifth hole entered metasediment county rock at 262.10 m. The drill was operated 24 hours a day by Forage DCB Drilling Inc. of Rouyn- Noranda, Quebec and finished the 1,500 m of HQ (64 mm diameter) core program in a week.

Figure 1: Schematic Cross Section presenting the November 2021 drilling program for macrodiamond testing of the Guigues Kimberlite Pipe

2021 Drill holes completed:

TR-21-01: northern set-up, vertical to 300.00 m to end of hole in kimberlite. Top of kimberlite at 33 m.

TR-21-02: northern set-up, inclined 80° south (azimuth 180°) to 300.00 m at end of hole. Country rock metasediments encountered at 262.10. Top of kimberlite at 33.75 m.

TR-21-03: central set-up, vertical to 300.00 m to end of hole in kimberlite. Top of kimberlite at 47.90 m.

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TR-21-04: southwestern set-up, vertical to 300.00 m in kimberlite. Top of kimberlite at 51.25 m.

TR-21-05: southwestern set-up, inclined 80° north (azimuth 360°) to 300.00 m in kimberlite at end of hole. Top of kimberlite at 51.10 m.

The kimberlite core will provide the sample for the recovery of macrodiamonds by testing at an independent Canadian laboratory. Following this drill program, Tres-Or anticipates recovering all diamonds greater 0.425 mm in diameter, from a mini-bulk sample total weight in excess of 10 tonnes. Approximately 8 tonnes of kimberlite core was collected during the 2021 drill program and additional core is available from the December 2019 drill program for the Company's first, modern mini-bulk macrodiamond test.

Logging of the core was completed on the Timiskaming First Nations Reserve in Notre Dame du Nord, and supports multiple intrusive phases of kimberlite, each with the potential or carrying a different concentration of macrodiamonds.

Guigues 2020 Microdiamond Test Results from SRC Labs

Tres-Or recovered 58 microdiamonds from 5 samples of the Guigues Kimberlite pipe in southwestern Quebec weighing 511.6 kgs, by the Saskatchewan Research Council Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services ("SRC") as outlined below. The largest two microdiamonds remained on a 0.425 mm square mesh screen (Table 1). All but 3 of the recovered microdiamonds are described by SRC as "White/Colourless, Transparent" with no or minor inclusions. Only one microdiamond is described as having "noticeable inclusions".

Table 1: Microdiamond results from the Guigues Kimberlite pipe.

Total

Numbers of Diamonds

According to Sieve Size Fraction (mm)

# of

Weight

Stones

+0.075

+0.106

+0.150

+0.212

+0.300

+0.425

+0.600

Kg

-0.106

-0.150

-0.212

-0.300

-0.425

-0.600

-0.850

511.6

19

18

10

3

6

2

0

58

The 511.6 kgs of material processed for microdiamonds comprise 5 samples from half-split drill core (HQ size) testing different parts of the pipe. Recovered microdiamonds are well distributed throughout the pipe. Out of 65 sample bags processed, 30 returned at least one microdiamond. The 13 bags comprising sample 047531 returned the most total microdiamonds at 22, suggesting the possibility of a higher grade phase in the southern part of the pipe, but more data is required to gain confidence in this possibility. Tres-Or will be looking to identify potentially higher grade kimberlite phases as additional sample data becomes available.

Each sample was bagged successively by Tres-Or personnel, in approximately 8 kg sub-samples. The total sample interval extends approximately 26 m in length. After bagging and labelling, the samples were delivered to SRC in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The unsampled half split of core is stored securely for future reference. The ~8 kg bags were processed by SRC as separate batches and microdiamond recoveries were reported for each of the 8 kg bags. SRC reports microdiamond counts by square mesh screen sizes, increasing successively from the smallest size (in this case 0.075 mm) upwards by a factor of the square root of 2, as specified in CIM reporting standards required under Canadian National Instrument 43-101 reporting standards. SRC also describes and reports dimensions as well as weights for each individual microdiamond.

The abundance of microdiamonds compares well with the published results for the Victor Kimberlite (De Beers' Victor Diamond Mine located 670 km to the northwest of Guigues in the James Bay Lowlands) which Tres-Or considers significant because of the similarities between Victor and Guigues mantle indicator mineral samples (see Tres-Or news releases of November 9, 2020, December 14, 2020, and January 5, 2021).

Victor microdiamond data in the public domain is limited, with the most detail being provided in a De Beers' assessment report on Victor and nearby pipes (Winzar, 2001). By adding Guigues total data to that provided in Winzar's report (2001), Guigues' microdiamond recovery at 1.1 per 10 kgs compares to Victor at 1.3 per 10 kgs, although the Victor sample was twice as big at 1,080.7 kgs. Note that the reported De Beers data was from work completed before approximately 1996 and did not follow the later CIM reporting standards of specified square mesh

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