Feasibility Study and Technical Report - Pretivm

12.0 DATA VERIFICATIONIndependent sampling and site verification visits were undertaken by P&E in 2011 and bySnowden in 2012.The information in this section pertaining to the P&E work has been excerpted fromOlssen and Jones (2012c), which was sourced and updated from sections within Ghaffariet al. (2012).12.1 SITE VERIFICATION AND INDEPENDENT SAMPLING BY P&EThe Property was visited by Mr. Fred Brown, CPG, Pr.Sci.Nat., from September 13 to 15,2011. Independent verification sampling was completed on diamond drill core, with tensamples distributed in nine holes collected for assay. An attempt was made to sampleintervals from a variety of low- and high-grade material. The chosen sample intervalswere then sampled by taking the remaining half-split core. The samples were thendocumented, bagged, sealed with packing tape, and brought by Mr. Brown to ALS inTerrace, BC, for analysis.At no time, prior to the time of sampling, were any employees or other associates ofPretivm advised as to the location or identification of any of the samples to be collected.A comparison of the P&E independent sample verification results versus the originalassay results are shown in Figure 12.1 and Figure 12.2.Pretium Resources Inc. 12-1 1291990200-REP-R0012-02Feasibility Study and Technical Report on the BrucejackProject, Stewart, BC