Shanta Gold provided an exploration update for the West Kenya Project ("West Kenya") in Kenya. Highlights: This update relates to 2,489 metres ("m") of drilling across 11 holes conducted in March and April 2021 at the Isulu deposit ("Isulu") and reports new information received since the Company's previous exploration update released 19 April 2021; Visible gold was identified in 7 different intersections across 11 holes drilled. The true width of mineralisation is estimated at approximately 60-70% of the intercept core length; A resource update for West Kenya, focused on approximately 10% of the total NI43-101 inferred resource of 1.2 Moz, between 0-200 metres in depth, is expected in Third Quarter following completion of Phase 1 drilling at the end of June 2021; and, Shanta is on track to complete approximately 40% of total planned drilling at West Kenya by the end of 2021. 16% of total planned drilling for 2021 and 7% of total planned drilling over three phases has now been reported. The West Kenya Project covers 1,162 km², representing the majority of the highly prospective and underexplored greenstone Archaean Busia-Kakamega Gold Belt in western Kenya. Ongoing drilling at the Isulu and Bushiangala deposits is aimed at upgrading ounces from the Project's NI43-101 compliant Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate into the Indicated Resource category down to a depth of 600 metres across three drilling phases. This infill drilling is aimed at verifying the extent and geometry of the known mineralised zones developed for the current resource model. Shanta is on track to complete approximately 40% of total planned drilling at West Kenya by the end of 2021. 16% of total planned drilling for 2021 and 7% of total planned drilling over three phases has now been reported. Two drill rigs are currently active at the Isulu and Bushiangala deposits in West Kenya, with a third rig expected to be added by the middle of the year. Gold mineralisation at the Project is hosted by sheared pillowed to massive basalts, bounded between ultramafic volcanics and polymictic conglomerates on one side and carbonaceous mudstones and sandstones on the other side. The deposits occur within the Liranda Corridor area, a 12 km structural trend located on the eastern limb of a broad synclinal structure intruded in the centre by granitoids and diorites, termed the Kakamega Dome. Mineralisation is associated with quartz, quartz-carbonate veinlets within the mineralised shear zones ranging from 0.5 m to 10 m in true width. The mineralisation style is classified as orogenic, shear-zone-hosted quartz-carbonate vein subtype. The strike lengths of the steeply-dipping zones vary between 350 m and 650 m. Phase 1 of the ongoing diamond drilling campaign at the Project is seeking to infill two modelled zones at Isulu (IZ1.0 and IZ3.0) and three modelled zones at Bushiangala (BZ1, BZ2 and BZ3). This drilling is being carried out to generate an average spacing of 40 m at Isulu and 30 m at Bushiangala, up to a depth of 150-200 m from surface, and is targeting both oxides and sulphides within these zones. Assay results shown below are those for eleven diamond drill holes, received since the Company's most recent exploration update in April 2021. To date this takes the total number of holes with assays returned to thirty-one, for the current drilling campaign. The lengths shown are the down hole metres and it is estimated that the true widths of the mineralized zones are approximately 60-70% of the widths intersected in the drill holes. All assays are reported without application of a top cut.