B2GOLD CORP

We are a responsible international gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with four operating mines (one in each of Mali, Canada, the Philippines and Namibia). In addition, we have a portfolio of other development and exploration projects in several countries including Mali and Colombia. Our material properties consist of the following three producing mines: Fekola mine (80% ownership), an open pit and underground gold mine located approximately 500 kilometres ( km ) due west of Bamako, Mali (the Fekola Mine ); Goose mine (100% ownership), an open pit and underground gold mine located in the Back River Gold District in Nunavut, Canada, approximately 520 km northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (the Goose Mine ); and Masbate gold project (ownership as described under Material Properties Masbate Gold Project below), an open pit gold mine, located near the northern tip of the island of Masbate, 360 km southeast of Manila, Philippines (the Masbate Gold Project ). Our other producing property is as follows: Otjikoto mine (90% ownership), an open pit and underground gold mine located approximately 300 km north of Windhoek, Namibia (the Otjikoto Mine ). B2GOLD 2026 Annual Information Form - 10 - Three Year History Over the three most recently completed financial years, the significant events described below contributed to the development of our business. 2023 Developments On January 26, 2023, we announced a target to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions by 30% by 2030 relative to a 2021 baseline.