New Pacific Metals (NEWP) 6-K Current report (foreign)

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHOR

I, Mo Molavi, P.Eng., of Vancouver, British Columbia, do hereby certify that:

1I am currently employed as a Director / Mining Services Manager / Principal Mining Engineer with AMC Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd., with an office at Suite 202, 200 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1S4. 

2This certificate applies to the Technical Report titled “Silver Sand Deposit Preliminary Economic Assessment” with an effective date of 30 November 2022 (the “Technical Report”), prepared for New Pacific Metals Corp. (“the Issuer”) in respect of the Issuer's Silver Sand property (the "Property"). 

3I am a graduate from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Canada (Bachelor of Engineering in 1979) and McGill University of Montreal, Canada (Master of Engineering in Rock Mechanics and Mining Methods in 1987). I am a registered member in good standing of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (License #5646), the Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (Registration #37594), and a Member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. I have worked as a Mining Engineer for a total of 43 years since my graduation from university and have relevant experience in project management, feasibility studies, and technical report preparations for mining projects. 

I have read the definition of "qualified person" set out in National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) and certify that by reason of my education, affiliation with a professional association (as defined in NI 43-101) and past relevant work experience, I fulfill the requirements to be a "qualified person" for the purposes of NI 43-101.

4I have not visited the Property. 

5I am responsible for parts of Sections 1, 18, 25, and 26 of the Technical Report. 

6I am independent of the Issuer and related companies applying all of the tests in Section 1.5 of the NI 43-101. 

7I have not had prior involvement with the Property. 

8I have read NI 43-101 and the sections of the Technical Report for which I am responsible have been prepared in compliance with NI 43-101. 

9As of the effective date of the Technical Report, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, the sections of the Technical Report for which I am responsible contain all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the Technical Report not misleading. 

Effective Date: 30 November 2022

Signing Date: 14 February 2023

Original signed and sealed by

Mo Molavi, P.Eng.

Director / Mining Services Manager / Principal Mining Engineer

AMC Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd.