EX-99.5 6 tm2310527d1_ex99-5.htm EXHIBIT 99.5

Exhibit 99.5

CONSENT OF AUTHOR

March 28, 2023

VIA SEDAR

British Columbia Securities Commission
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Autorité des marchés financiers

| Re: | Technical Report (the “Report”) entitled “Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.: Lindero Mine and Arizaro Project, Salta Province, Argentina” with an effective date of December 31, 2022, prepared for Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (the “Company”)

I, the undersigned, a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, hereby consent to the public filing of the Report by the Company.

/s/ "Mathieu Veillette" |
Mathieu Veillette, P. Eng. (# 28397) |