Exhibit 99.5
 | Rocks Mining Exploration Consultants Cibuta #58, Col. Olivares, CP 83180 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
T: +521.662.169.1525
Alfonso.soto@rocksmining.com www.rocksmining.com |
Project number: 3CE016.008
Toronto, October 30, 2020
To: Ontario Securities Commission (Principal Regulator)
British Colombia Securities Commission
Alberta Securities Commission
Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission, Securities Division
Manitoba Securities Commission
Authorité des marchés financiers
New Brunswick Securities Commission
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
Registrar of Securities, Prince Edward Island
Securities Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador
Superintendent of Securities, Northwest Territories
Superintendent of Securities, Yukon Territories
Superintendent of Securities, Nunavut
CONSENT of AUTHOR
I, Luis Alfonso Soto, do hereby consent to the public filing of the technical report entitled Independent Technical Report for the Evolución Polymetallic Project, Miguel Auza, Zacatecas, Mexico, (the Technical Report) and dated October 30, 2020, and any extracts from or a summary of the Technical Report under the National Instrument 43-101 disclosure of Excellon Resources Inc. and to the filing of the Technical Report with any securities regulatory authorities.
I further consent to the company filing the report on SEDAR and consent to press releases made by the company with my prior approval. In particular, I have read and approved the press release of Excellon Resources Inc. dated September 17, 2020 (the “Disclosure”) in which the findings of the Technical Report are disclosed.
I also confirm that I have read the Disclosure and that it fairly and accurately represents the information in the Technical Report that supports the Disclosure.
Dated this 30th day of October 2020
[“signed and sealed”]
Luis Alfonso Soto, A.I.P.G. Certified Professional Geologist (C.P.G. # 11938)
President and Director
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