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Equinox Gold Corp.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 19, 2025.

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The yearly report of certain Canadian companies, filed under a joint US and Canadian system. It is the main yearly account these companies give US investors, largely as filed in Canada.

FY2024 · Filed Mar 19, 2025

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report on Form 40-F and the exhibits attached hereto (the “Annual Report”) contain certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively “Forward-looking Information”) under applicable Canadian securities legislation and within the meeting of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements appear in a number of places in this Annual Report and include statements regarding Equinox Gold Corp.’s (the “Company” or “Equinox Gold”) intent, or the beliefs or current expectations of the Company’s officers and directors. Such Forward-looking Information involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such Forward-looking Information. When used in this Annual Report, words such as “believe”, “will”, “achieve”, “strategy”, “increase”, “plan”, “vision”, “improve”, “potential”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “estimate”, “target”, “objective” and similar expressions are intended to identify Forward-looking Information as well as phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, or “should” or the negative connotation of such terms. As well, Forward-looking Information may relate to the Company’s future outlook and anticipated events, such as statements relating to: the strategic vision for the Company and expectations regarding exploration potential, production capabilities, growth potential and future financial or operating performance; expectations regarding the proposed plan of arrangement between the Company and Calibre Mining Corp. (“Arrangement”); the Company’s expectations for the operation of Greenstone, including future financial or operating performance and anticipated improvements in recovery rates, mining rates and throughput to achieve design capacity; the Company’s production and cost guidance; the timing for and the Company’s ability to successfully advance its growth and development projects, including the planned expansions at Castle Mountain and Aurizona; the anticipated timeframe for residual leaching at Castle Mountain; the Company’s ability to successfully complete new long-term agreements with three local communities at Los Filos and the potential impact on Los Filos if the new long-term agreements cannot be completed; the ongoing impact of the 2024 geotechnical event in the Piaba pit on planned production from Aurizona; the strength of the Company’s balance sheet, and the Company’s liquidity and future cash requirements; the potential future offerings of securities under the Base Shelf Prospectus or corresponding Registration Statement on Form F-10 and any Prospectus Supplement; the conversion of Mineral Resources to Mineral Reserves; and expectations for the Company’s investments in Bear Creek Mining Corporation (“Bear Creek”), and Versamet Royalties Corp. (“Versamet”) . The Company has based Forward-looking Information on the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events and these assumptions include: Equinox Gold’s ability to achieve the exploration, production, cost and development expectations for its respective operations and projects; expectations regarding the timing and satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the Arrangement; the strengths, characteristics and potential of Equinox Gold post-closing of the Arrangement, including expectations regarding exploration potential, production capabilities, growth potential, and financial and operating performance; the Company’s ability to achieve its production, cost and development expectations for Greenstone, including design capacity; ore grades and recoveries remain consistent with expectations; tonnage of ore to be mined and processed remains consistent with expectations; existing assets are retained and continue to produce as expected; expectations regarding the impact of macroeconomic factors on the Company’s operations, share price performance and gold price; prices for gold remaining as estimated; currency exchange rates remaining as estimated; availability of funds for the Company’s projects and future cash requirements; prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services remaining as estimated; the expansion projects at Castle Mountain and Aurizona being completed and performed in accordance with current expectations; the Company’s ability to identify and implement opportunities to mitigate the impact of the geotechnical event at Aurizona; the Company’s ability to successfully complete new long-term agreements with the three local communities at Los Filos and the potential impact on Los Filos if the new long-term agreements cannot be completed; the Company’s ability to work with the local communities at Los Filos on suspended operations if new agreements cannot be completed; mine plans and estimated development schedules remaining consistent with the plans outlined in the technical reports for each project; tonnage of ore to be mined and processed and ore grades and recoveries remaining consistent with mine plans; capital, decommissioning and reclamation estimates remaining as estimated; Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates and the assumptions on which they are based; no labour-related disruptions and no unplanned delays or interruptions in scheduled construction, development and production, including by blockade or industrial action; the Company’s ability to achieve anticipated social and economic benefits for its host communities; all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals are received in a timely manner; the Company’s ability to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and other regulatory requirements; the Company’s ability to achieve its objectives related to environmental performance; the strategic visions for Versamet and Bear Creek and their respective abilities to successfully advance their businesses; the ability of Bear Creek to meet its payment commitments to the Company; and the ability of Equinox Gold to work productively with its Indigenous partners at Greenstone and its community partners at Los Filos. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on Forward-looking Information. Forward-looking Information should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results. The Company cautions that Forward-looking Information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such Forward-looking Information contained in this Annual Report and the Company has made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: fluctuations in gold prices; fluctuations in prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services and the impact of tariffs; fluctuations in currency markets; recent market events and conditions; operational risks and hazards inherent with the business of mining (including environmental accidents and hazards, geotechnical failures, industrial accidents, equipment breakdown, unusual or unexpected geological or structural formations, cave-ins, flooding, fires and severe weather); inadequate insurance, or inability to obtain insurance to cover these risks and hazards; employee relations; relationships with, and claims by, local communities and Indigenous populations; the effect of blockades and community issues on the Company’s production and cost estimates; the Company’s ability to obtain and maintain all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all; changes in laws, regulations and government practices, including mining, environmental and export and import laws, tariffs and regulations; legal restrictions relating to mining; risks relating to expropriation; increased competition in the mining industry; the failure by Bear Creek to meet its commitments to the Company. Forward-looking Information is based on information available at the time those statements are made and/or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the Forward-looking Information. Forward-looking Information speaks only as of the date of such Forward-looking Information. Except as required by applicable law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any Forward-looking Information contained or incorporated by reference herein to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements. If the Company updates any Forward-looking Information, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect to that or any other Forward-looking Information. All Forward-looking Information contained in this Annual Report is expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

DIFFERENCES IN UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN REPORTING PRACTICES

The Company is permitted, under a multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United States, to prepare this report in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements, which are different from those of the United States. The Company prepares its financial statements, which are filed with this Annual Report in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and the audit is conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”).

Disclosure regarding the Company’s mineral properties, including with respect to mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates included or incorporated in this Annual Report, was prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators that establishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. NI 43-101 differs significantly from the disclosure requirements of the SEC generally applicable to domestic U.S. companies. Accordingly, information included or incorporated in this Annual Report is not comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies reporting pursuant to SEC disclosure requirements.

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