Dakota Gold Corp

Internal Controls - Exploration and Sampling

Dakota Gold's Black Hill Property is at an early stage of exploration. With the future maiden S-K 1300 mineral resource work in progress for Richmond Hill, the Company has developed a detailed Exploration Procedures Manual which will define the Company's internal quality analysis and quality control ("QA/QC") procedures going forward. However, Dakota Gold has always implemented sampling and analytical QA/QC protocols consistent with industry standards. These protocols include, but are not limited to, the following procedures:

1. All sampling is conducted under the supervision of Dakota Gold's VP Exploration.

2. The chain of custody from the project to the sample preparation facility is continuously monitored and controlled by the company and its shipping contractors.

3. Samples are collected and stored at the logging or storage facility which are secured and monitored sites.

4. Samples are labeled with unique, non-descriptive sample numbers, bagged, and secured with locking bag ties before shipping.

5. Samples are shipped by commercial bonded shippers at regular intervals and the sample batches are shipped to either 1) ALS Geochemistry sample preparation facility in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA or 2) ALS Geochemistry sample preparation facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

6. Gold analyses are performed at the ALS Geochemistry laboratory in Reno, Nevada or Vancouver, British Columbia, and multi-element geochemical analysis are completed at the ALS Minerals laboratory in Vancouver, British Columbia. All ALS Minerals facilities, are ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited labs.

7. Control procedures include regular insertion of certified reference materials and blanks into the sample stream at a minimum of 4% each. Sample, crush, and pulp duplicates are inserted into the sample stream at a minimum of 2% each.

8. Pulps are digested and analyzed for gold using fire assay fusion and an atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) finish on a 30-gram split.

9. Over limit gold assays are determined using a fire assay fusion with a gravimetric finish on a 30-gram split.

10. All other elements are determined by four-acid digestion and ICP analysis.

11. Validation of the analytical results are conducted upon receipt of final assay reports by statistical analysis of the standards duplicates and blanks and must pass certain parameters of accuracy in order to be considered verified.

12. Until validated and reported publicly, assay results are kept confidential and securely maintained by the VP Exploration and a minimum number of company staff charged with validation and compilation of the assay data.

From time to time, we may be involved in claims and legal actions that arise in the ordinary course of business. To our knowledge, there are no material pending legal proceedings to which we are a party or of which any of our property is the subject. See Note 10 to the financial statements in the 10-K.