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
Alberta Securities Commission

Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
The Manitoba Securities Commission

Ontario Securities Commission
Nova Scotia Securities Commission

Securities, Financial and Consumer Services Commission (New Brunswick)
Office of the Superintendent of Securities (Prince Edward Island)

Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Service Newfoundland and Labrador
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)