AUXICO RESOURCES CANADA INC.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHTS

FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2023

OVERVIEW

The following management's discussion and analysis (quarterly highlights) of the financial condition and results of operations ("MD&A") covers the operations of Auxico Resources Canada Inc. ("Auxico" or the "Company") for the three and nine-month periods ended June 30, 2023. All currency amounts referred to herein are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.

The MD&A has been prepared in accordance with Regulation 51-102 and should be read in conjunction with: the Company's unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the nine-month period ended June 30, 2023; the Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2022; and the Company's MD&A for the year ended September 30, 2022.

The accompanying audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). The consolidated financial statements and this MD&A are intended to provide investors with a reasonable basis for assessing the financial performance of the Company.

Additional information related to the Company is available for viewing on the Company's website at www.auxicoresources.comand on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) under "Auxico Resources Canada Inc."

This MD&A is dated August 29, 2023.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This MD&A includes certain forward-looking statements or information. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this MD&A are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this MD&A include: statements with respect to drilling, bulk sampling and geological work at the Company's Zamora Property in Sinaloa, Mexico; the potential mineralization and geological merits of the Zamora Property and the Company's prospects in Colombia, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bolivia and elsewhere; and other future plans, objectives, or expectations of the Company. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's plans or expectations include the risk that actual results of planned exploration activities will not be consistent with the Company's expectations; the geology, grade and continuity of any mineral deposits and the risk of unexpected variations in mineral resources, grade and/or recovery rates; fluctuating metals prices; possibility of accidents, equipment breakdowns and delays during exploration; exploration cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses; uncertainties involved in the interpretation of drilling results and geological tests; availability of capital and financing required to continue the Company's future exploration programs and preparation of geological reports and studies; delays in the preparation of geological reports and studies; the metallurgical characteristics of mineralization contained within the Zamora Property are yet to be fully determined; general economic, market or business conditions; competition and loss of key employees; regulatory changes and restrictions including in relation to required permits for exploration activities (including drilling permits) and environmental liability; timeliness of government or regulatory approvals; and other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulators. In connection with the forward-looking information contained in this MD&A, the Company has made numerous assumptions. Auxico expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable securities legislation.

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION

The Company was incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act on April 16, 2014.

The Company has four subsidiaries: Auxico Resources S.A. de C.V. ("Auxico Mexico"), which was incorporated under the laws of Mexico on June 16, 2011; C.I. Auxico de Colombia S.A., which was incorporated under the laws of Colombia on April 9, 2019; Sociedad Minera Auxico S.A.S., incorporated under the laws of Colombia on May 11, 2022; and Minera Auxico Bolivia S.A., which was incorporated under the laws of Bolivia on December 8, 2021.

The Company has an office at 201 Notre-Dame Street West, 5th Floor, Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 1T4, Canada.

Auxico is a mineral exploration company with silver-gold properties in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico; the Company owns 100% of the Zamora silver-gold property in Mexico ("Zamora Property").

The Company is also actively engaged in exploration and mining opportunities in Colombia, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC"), and Bolivia. The following are descriptions of the Company's activities in these jurisdictions.

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MEXICO: THE ZAMORA SILVER-GOLD PROPERTY IN SINALOA

Auxico has a 100% interest in the Zamora Silver-Gold Property, which is located 85 km southeast of the city of Culiacan and some 9 km northeast of the village of El Espinal in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. The Zamora Property is comprised of five individual lots measuring a total of 3,376.6265 hectares or 8,343.6441 acres.

A description of the lots is shown in the table below.

Lot Name

Lot Number

Area (He)

Campanillas

224618

105.6427

Chio

227400

92.1787

Gaby

277399

80.0000

San Felipe

224654

100.000

Zamora

225182

2,998.8051

Total

3,376,6265

The Zamora Silver-Gold Property, according to historical records, is characterized by 25 mines / prospects, all of which have varying degrees of exploration, development, and production. There has never been a concentrating plant on this property; the ore was sent as direct shipping ore to the La Minita plant located approximately 25 km from Zamora.

Net Smelter Return Royalty ("NSRR")

Auxico has a 100% undivided interest in the Zamora Property, pursuant to an assignment agreement signed on July 17, 2013 involving two vendors and Auxico Mexico, the Company's wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary. As per the terms of this agreement, the Zamora Property is subject to a 2% NSRR; half of this NSRR can be purchased by Auxico at any time for US$500,000.

Option to Purchase La Franca Property

On November 9, 2020, the Company announced that it had been granted an exclusive option to acquire the historic high- grade silver-gold La Franca mine, located in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico for US$500,000 payable quarterly over a 5-year period and is subject to a 2% Net Smelter Return Royalty ("NSRR"), which can be re-purchased at any time from the owners for US$500,000 for each percentage point. The La Franca claim, measuring 12 hectares, is located within Auxico 's Zamora gold-silver property.

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BRAZIL: THE MASSANGANA TIN TAILING PROJECT

On January 6, 2022, Auxico announced that it had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Brazilian mining cooperative Cooperativa Estanífera de Mineradores da Amazônia Legal Ltda ("CEMAL"), with regard to the exploitation and commercialization of rare earths from the tin tailings originating from deposits located over an estimated area of 18,000 hectares in Massangana, counties of Ariquemes and Monte Negro, in the state of Rondonia, Brazil.

Independent analysis published jointly by the German Mineral Resources Agency (DERA) and the Geological Survey of Brazil (CPRM) in 2018 estimated that the property could contain 30,000,000 tonnes of tin tailings (not NI 43-101 compliant), however the data for this estimate has neither yet been reviewed nor verified on the ground by Auxico' s Qualified Person. The deposits are located within the Rondonia Tin Province, which hosts one of the world's largest cassiterite (tin ore) resources.

Samples of the concentrates taken by the property owners from the Massangana property, and therefore are not NI 43-101 compliant. The samples were analyzed in 2022 by Coalia Research Institute in Thetford Mines, Quebec. The results of selected concentrate samples are presented in the table below, indicating a total rare earth oxide content of 63.49%.

Element

Symbol

Grade (%)

Cerium

CeO2

35.90

Dysprosium

Dy203

0.28

Gadolinium

Gd2O3

0.17

Lanthanum

La2O3

15.17

Neodymium

Nd2O3

9.04

Praseodymium

Pr6O11

0.89

Samarium

Sm2O3

0.90

Yttrium

Y2O3

1.14

Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO)

63.49

The above sample results were provided with the use of XRF (X-ray fluorescence) by Coalia. Under the terms of the MOU, Auxico had an exclusive 180-day period to conduct due diligence, for which the Company paid a one-time fee of US$100,000 to CEMAL. On June 7, 2022, Auxico announced that a final agreement had been signed with CEMAL concerning the production of tin, niobium and rare earths from the Massangana tailings. Auxico will earn 85% of the profits of the Joint Venture ("JV") by first, paying US$2,000,000 over the next year, and second, by providing the JV with the necessary capital to engage in the production of the above-mentioned concentrates.

Under the agreement, Auxico made payments as follows: a first payment of US$300,000 within five days of signing the Agreement (this payment was made during the period ended June 30, 2022); a second payment of US$200,000 within 30 days of the execution of the Agreement (this payment was made in the second week of August 2022) and a third payment of US$250,000 was made on or before September 30, 2022. A further payment of US$250,000 was made shortly after December 31, 2022 and a final payment of US$1,000,000 is due on the anniversary of the first payment.

On August 23, 2022, Auxico announced the signing of an offtake agreement with the company Cuex Metal AG ("Cuex"), for the purchase of commercial tin concentrates (cassiterite) from Massangana. The agreement represents a purchase of 3,600 tonnes per year, over a period of five years, for a total of 18,000 tonnes of commercial tin concentrates. At current London Metal Exchange prices, the material is valued at US$330 million. Cuex is the Swiss subsidiary of Shangai Qunxian Industrial (Group) Co., Ltd., a bulk commodity Chinese trading company.

Auxico intends to build a 2,500 tonne-per-day processing facility in Rondônia that may produce on a yearly basis (actual outputs will be subject to a 2023 field sampling program): 6,000 tonnes of cassiterite, 90,000 tonnes of ilmenite, 13,500 tonnes of columbite, 90,000 tonnes of zirconium and 37,500 tonnes of monazite. Of note, the monazite contains radioactive thorium and Central America Nickel has successfully removed the thorium content, making the concentrate non-radioactive and eligible for international shipping. Using the ultrasound-assisted extraction ("UAEx") process, the thorium content in the concentrate was reduced to less than 0.1%. This procedure was done in the lab. It has not yet been done in a commercial application.

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