BLUE MOON METALS INC.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022

The following management discussion and analysis of Blue Moon Metals Inc. ("Blue Moon" or the "Company") is dated August 29, 2022, and provides an analysis of the Company's results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.

This discussion is intended to provide investors with a reasonable basis for assessing the financial performance of the Company as well as certain forward-looking statements relating to its potential future performance. The information should be read in conjunction with the Blue Moon unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Blue Moon audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the notes thereto, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Blue Moon's accounting policies are described in note 3 of the aforementioned audited consolidated financial statements. All of the financial information presented herein is expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

The operations of the Company are speculative due to the high-risk nature of the mining industry. Blue Moon faces risks that are generally applicable to its industry and others that are specific to its operations. Additional risks not currently known to the Company, or that the Company currently deems immaterial, may also impair the Company's operations. Such risk factors could materially affect the value of the Company's assets, and future operating results of the Company and could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward looking statements contained in this management discussion and analysis. Reference is made to the discussion of forward-lookingstatements at the end of this document.

DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

Blue Moon is a Canadian-basedpublicly-traded mineral exploration and development company with a primary focus of advancing its Blue Moon zinc-silver property in California, USA and the Yava zinc-silver exploration property in Nunavut. Blue Moon is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "MOON" and in the US on the OTCQB under "BMOOF". On April 13, 2021 the Company changed its name to Blue Moon Metals Inc.

PROPERTY OVERVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT

Blue Moon Property (California, USA)

On March 1, 2022, the Company confirmed the discovery of an additional massive sulphide zone located to the west of the current resource, referred to as the South Zone, which remains open to the south and

Blue Moon Metals Inc.

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up dip. The Company also announced the extension of the American Eagle Zone from surface to a depth of over 700 metres.

The newly discovered South Zone was made testing a geophysics conductor target, located west of the three previously discovered mineral zones and south of the American Eagle workings. This new Zone was discovered deep and lateral to the previous mineral system. The Zinc Sulfide (Sphalerite) encountered in this new discovery has sphalerite of a different hue from the other zones which may indicate a separate emplacement pulse with slightly different timing. The mineralization cut in BM21-83 consists of bands and massive intervals of sphalerite along with blebs of other sulphides including pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena. Additional drilling is required to define the full extent and grade of this new massive sulphide lens. The mineralization cut in BM21-83 is similar to that found at the margins of other massive sulphide lens on the property and the Company believes BM21-83 could be at the northern edge of this new massive sulphide lens

Assay Highlights New South Zone (Drill - hole BM21-83)

Drill-

From

To ft

Thickness

Zn%

Cu%

Pb %

Ag opt

Au opt

ZnEq%(*)

hole

ft

BM21-83

2408

2458

50

2.4

0.12

0.06

0.13

0.009

3.13

(4.5gpt)

(0.31gpt)

including

2413

2423

10

3.4

0.09

.05

0.17

0.005

3.90

(5.8

(0.17 gpt)

gpt)

including

2443

2453

10

4.3

0.34

0.01

0.13

0.009

5.46

(4.5

(0.31 gpt)

gpt)

The above thicknesses are core lengths. The estimated true thicknesses are approximately 50% of the core length

Hole BM21-83 also intersected a gold-rich horizon to the west of the South Zone, which is possibly an extension of the American Eagle Zone.

Drill-

From ft

To ft

Thickness

Zn%

Cu%

Pb%

Ag opt

Au opt

ZnEq%(*)

hole

BM21-83

1829

1839

10

1.1

0.04

0.3

0.33

0.11

5.3

(11.3

(3.62 gpt)

gpt)

including

1834

1839

5

1.2

0.03

0.3

0.44

0.20

8.8

(15.2

(6.96 gpt)

gpt)

Drill hole BM21-81 tested the area between the American Eagle adit and the closest hole beneath the workings. BM21-81 confirmed the mineralization is continuous from surface and the American Eagle Lens has now been shown to be traceable for over 700 metres down plunge.

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Assay Highlights American Eagle Zone (Drill - hole BM21-81)

Drill-

From

To ft

Thickness

Zn%

Cu%

Pb%

Ag opt

Au opt

ZnEq%(*)

hole

ft

BM21-81

504

514

20

3.8

0.12

.17

.15

0.002

4.4

(5.1 gpt)

(.07 gpt)

including

509

514

10

5.0

.08

.22

.15

0.002

5.5

(5.1 gpt)

(.07 gpt)

The above thicknesses are core lengths, true thicknesses are approximately 60% of the core length

Drilling completed on the project in 2021 was supervised on-site by Richard Walker CPG. Mr. Walker collected and tracked samples and implemented a full QA/QC program using blanks, standards and duplicates to monitor analytical accuracy and precision.

Blue Moon Inferred Mineral Resources:

On November 20, 2018, the Company announced a Mineral Resource update for the Blue Moon zinc deposit. The deposit now comprises 7.8 million tons in the Inferred Mineral Resource category grading 8.07% zinc equivalent ("ZnEq"), at a 4.0% ZnEq cut-off grade.

Updated Blue Moon Inferred Mineral Resources:

Cutoff

Tons >

Grade > Cutoff

Contained Metal (Millions)

ZnEq

Cutoff

Zn

Cu

Ag

Au

Pb

ZnEq

lbs

lbs

lbs

ozs

ozs

%

(tons)

%

%

oz/t

oz/t

%

%

Zn

Cu

Pb

Ag

Au

1

18,350,000

2.80

0.29

0.74

0.02

0.17

4.64

1,028

106

62

14

0.4

2

13,060,000

3.60

0.34

0.97

0.03

0.22

5.93

940

90

56

13

0.4

3

9,380,000

4.44

0.41

1.21

0.03

0.27

7.29

833

78

50

11

0.3

4

7,790,000

4.95

0.46

1.33

0.04

0.29

8.07

771

71

46

10

0.3

5

6,490,000

5.44

0.50

1.44

0.04

0.32

8.79

707

64

41

9

0.2

6

5,330,000

5.95

0.53

1.54

0.04

0.34

9.51

635

57

36

8

0.2

7

4,200,000

6.54

0.57

1.63

0.04

0.36

10.33

549

48

30

7

0.2

8

3,090,000

7.21

0.63

1.78

0.05

0.38

11.34

446

39

24

6

0.1

The Mineral Resource is based on 1,540 assay results from 82 diamond drill holes, totaling 111,250 feet (33,900 metres) of drilling. The deposit is a past producer with Hecla Mining Company mining 55,000 tons at 12.3% zinc during the second world war. It was during the 1980's that based on extensive drilling leading to Westmin Resources Inc. (now Boliden) taking the project towards a production decision before divesting all its North American assets to focus on Europe.

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Zinc Equivalents (ZnEq)

The Mineral Resource has been stated in terms of ZnEq. The ZnEq formula and the underlying parameters used in its formulation are set out below.

Metal

Price (US$)

Recovery (%)

Factor

Zinc

1.30/lb

95

24.70

Silver

17.00/oz

65

11.05

Copper

3.00/lb

93

55.80

Gold

1,250.00/oz

70

875.00

Lead

1.00/lb

95

19.00

The metal prices and the recoveries selected represent reasonable estimates of long term metal prices and potential recoveries of metal in concentrate. The Mineral Resource estimate is summarized above at a range of ZnEq cut-off grades. The equation to calculate ZnEq is as follows:

ZnEq = (Zn%*24.70 + Cu % * 55.80 + Pb% * 19.00 + Ag(oz/t) * 11.05 + Au(oz/t) * 875.00) / 24.70

The NI 43-101 report dated November 14, 2018 was produced by Gary Giroux, P.Eng. MASc and Lawrence O'Connor, who are Qualified Persons as defined by NI-43-101 and are responsible for the technical material related to the resource calculation. The technical report on the new resource estimate is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

General Exploration Expenses

The Company's exploration expenses for the periods presented were as follows:

For the six months ended June 30,

2022

2021

$

$

Claims costs

10,046

6,373

Camp operations

31,385

20,967

Drilling and exploration

15,892

3,433

Prospecting and geology

2,162

-

Permitting

6,655

13,583

Engineering

(16,370)

-

TOTAL

49,770

44,356

Yava Property (Nunavut, Canada)

The wholly-owned Yava Property consists of 1,280 hectares of mining leases covering approximately 8 kilometres of strike of the prospective Archean Hackett-Back River greenstone belt. The leases occur 24 km south of Glencore's Hackett River Deposit to 5 kilometres south of the Yava Main Zone massive sulphide occurrence. In the 1970s, former property owner Brascan (now named Brookfield Asset Management) drilled along 500 metres of strike length of the Yava Main Zone testing the mineralization to an 80 metre

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depth. Brascan estimated that the Yava Main Zone contained 1.3 million tons grading 3.42 opt silver, 4.96% zinc, 1.03% copper, 1.6% lead and 0.008 opt gold. The mineralization remains open on strike and at depth. This estimate predates NI 43-101 and constitutes a historical estimate under that policy. The assumptions and parameters used in the Brascan resource estimation have not been identified by Blue Moon and the Company is not treating this historical estimate as current Mineral Resources under NI 43-101. Historical estimates should not be relied upon.

John McClintock, P. Eng, a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed the scientific and technical information that forms the basis for this MD&A. Mr. McClintock is not independent of the Company.

All financial information presented below is expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,

June 30,

2022

2021

2022

2021

$

$

$

$

General exploration expenses

1,223

22,312

49,770

44,356

Filing and regulatory

4,364

35,587

29,224

49,223

General administrative costs

1,990

2,418

4,467

4,272

Professional fees

(7,012)

9,138

(6,512)

11,277

Share-based payments

-

49,832

-

73,107

Shareholder communication and travel

4,436

142,181

38,803

159,814

Consulting fees

21,000

18,000

42,000

36,000

Foreign exchange (gain) loss

48

(209)

(5,033)

(465)

Interest expense

4,893

7,629

12,522

15,174

LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

30,942

286,888

165,241

392,758

THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022

Blue Moon incurred a loss of $30,942 ($0.00 per common share) for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to a loss of $286,888 ($0.00 per common share) over the same period in 2021. The scale and nature of the Company's administrative activity have remained generally consistent throughout these periods, but a few items led to differences in the comparative figures, as follows:

Filing and regulatory fees decreased by $31,223 during the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, the Company incurred costs associated with listing on the OTCQB and renewing its stock option plan.

Professional fees decreased during the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021 as the Company wrote off amounts owing to the Company's former auditor.

Share-based payments decreased by $49,832 during the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021 due to the valuation and the timing of the amortization of stock option grants.

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