To:
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CONSENT of QUALIFIED PERSON

I, Mihajlo Samoukovic, do hereby consent to the public filing by Nevsun Resources Ltd. (“The Company”) of the technical report titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report – Timok Copper-Gold Project, Serbia: Upper Zone Prefeasibility Study and Resource Estimate for the Lower Zone”, dated August 7, 2018, with an effective date June 19, 2018 (“Technical Report”).

I also consent to any extracts from or a summary of the Technical Report in the news release of the Company dated June 26, 2018, “Nevsun announces initial inferred resource for the Timok Lower Zone 1.7 billion inferred tonnes grading 0.86% copper and 0.18g/t gold containing 31.5 billion pounds of copper and 9.6 million ounces of gold” (the “News Release”).

I certify that I have read the News Release filed by the Company and that it fairly and accurately represents the information in the sections of the Technical Report for which I am responsible.

Dated this 7^th day of August, 2018.

“Original Signed and Sealed”
Mihajlo Samoukovic, P.Eng.
Senior Engineer
Knight Piésold Ltd.

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