Golden Star Resources Ltd.

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September 26, 2017 at 10:00 AM (MDT)|Broadmoor Hotel & Resort

Sam Coetzer

President & CEO

Mr. Coetzer has over 30 years of international mining experience and provides Harte Gold with strong leadership skills and an extensive knowledge of underground mining operations. Most recently, Sam was President and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Star Resources Ltd. During Mr. Coetzer’s tenure as CEO, he successfully:
• Transitioned the company from open pit operations to an underground-only producer
• Attracted institutional capital including a large strategic investment
• Grew the capital markets profile and increased overall share trading volume
Prior to Golden Star, Sam held numerous senior management positions for global mining companies, including Senior Vice President, South American Operations for Kinross Gold, COO of Xstrata Nickel, COO of Xstrata Coal South Africa and Managing Director for Placer Dome Inc. in Africa. Mr. Coetzer holds a degree in mining engineering from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Some statements contained in this presentation are forward-looking statements or forward-looking information (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Such statements include comments regarding: the expansion of production and reduction of costs at Golden Star’s projects; the exploration upside of the Company’s projects and ability of the Company to increase mine lives and Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves; the ability of the Company to transform into a high grade, low cost gold producer; the impact of Wassa Underground and Prestea Underground on the Company’s production profile, cost profile, cash operating cost per ounce and AISC per ounce; the timing for commercial production at Prestea Underground; the timing for mining first transverse stopes at B Shoot of Wassa Underground; the achievement of full production rate at Wassa Underground and life of mine average production; the achievement of 2017 production; production, cash operating cost and capital expenditure guidance for 2017; ore grade, production and capital expenditures at Mampon; the ability to expand Mineral Reserves and extend the life of mine at Prestea Underground and Wassa Underground through exploration; the ability to convert Mineral Resources into Mineral Reserves; the timing for incurring 2017 capital expenditures; and the potential for growth of Golden Star’s share price. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include timing of and unexpected events at the Bogoso/Prestea and/or the Wassa processing plants; variations in ore grade, tonnes mined, crushed or milled; delay or failure to receive board or government approvals and permits; construction delays; the availability and cost of electrical power; timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms or at all; technical, permitting, mining or processing issues, including difficulties in establishing the infrastructure for Wassa Underground or Prestea Underground, inconsistent power supplies, plant and/or equipment failures and an inability to obtain supplies and materials on reasonable terms (including pricing) or at all; changes in U.S. and Canadian securities markets; heavy rainfall and flooding of underground mines; and fluctuations in gold price and input costs and general economic conditions. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those anticipated by management. Please refer to the discussion of these and other factors in our Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The forecasts contained in this presentation constitute management's current estimates, as of the date of this presentation, with respect to the matters covered thereby. We expect that these estimates will change as new information is received and that actual results will vary from these estimates, possibly by material amounts. While we may elect to update these estimates at any time, we do not undertake to update any estimate at any particular time or in response to any particular event. Investors and others should not assume that any forecasts in this presentation represent management's estimate as of any date other than the date of this presentation.

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