Category: Investor’s Corner

Pete Dougherty, President and CEO stated: “During 2019, we increased our consolidated Mineral Reserves by 48%, GEO production by 13% and grew our net cash position by over $26 million.”

Excellon President & CEO Brendan Cahill stated: “The acquisition of Otis Gold represents an exceptional opportunity to further Excellon’s vision of creating wealth. We believe that we are at the dawn of a new bull market in precious metals. The Kilgore deposit multiplies our resource base and increases our precious metal exposure from approximately fifty percent to over ninety percent.”

The Company proposes to use the funds from the Loan for construction, development and exploration activities in Nicaragua, for general corporate purposes and for fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Loan.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Private Placement to conduct exploration work on its Tombstone CRD silver-gold-lead-zinc-copper project in Arizona, complete the joint venture agreement for the Cervantes Porphyry gold-copper project in Mexico, and for general working capital purposes.

Taj Singh, President and CEO, states: “2019 was a transformative year for Discovery owing to the acquisition of the Cordero project mid-year. We are very pleased that the work we have done post-acquisition in conjunction with a strengthening silver price has translated to strong market performance culminating in being named to the Venture 50.”

“Ongoing global economic uncertainty negatively impacted commodity prices in the fourth quarter and that has continued into 2020, exacerbated by the effect on markets from the Coronavirus and the impact of severe weather conditions in British Columbia, followed by blockades on rail lines,” said Don Lindsay, President and CEO.

Jonathan George, CEO comments: “We are excited to have closed this first tranche of the private placement, which allows us to secure and finalize our upcoming maiden drill program on our Rebeico project’s New Year zone, where high-grade gold has been encountered.”

Kootenay President and CEO, James McDonald stated: “We are pleased and honoured to be recognized as a top 50 performer in the 2020 TSX Venture 50™. This selection not only validates the quality silver assets assembled by the Company but also recognizes the hard work conducted by our talented technical and administrative teams in Mexico and Canada.”

San Marco Resources Inc. announces that it has closed its over-subscribed non-brokered private placement by raising C$ 784,849.91 from the issuance of 5,813,703 units at a price of $0.135 per unit.

Fortuna Silver Mines, Inc. is pleased to provide 2020 production, cost, and capital expenditures guidance for its mining operations in Latin America.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. announced today that it has priced an upsized offering of $1.3 billion of senior notes (collectively, the Notes). The offering size was increased to $1.3 billion from the previously announced $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount.

“Strong, low cost production generated operational cash flow of $282 million in 2019, which allowed Pan American to retire $60 million of debt, dividend approximately $29 million to shareholders, invest in new projects such as our La Colorada skarn discovery, and increase our cash position,” said Michael Steinmann, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

“We reported a solid fourth quarter and 2019. We met our production guidance for the fifth consecutive year, and we met our cost guidance with a 10% reduction in total cash costs from a year ago. Stronger gold prices and lower costs drove a 40% increase in operating cash flow,” said John A. McCluskey, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“Higher precious metals prices and strong performance from our primary gold operations drove a 14% increase in revenue, an 11% increase in adjusted EBITDA, and a four-fold increase in operating cash flow,” said Mitchell J. Krebs, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“First Majestic had another strong year generating record revenues and ending the year with the highest cash balance in the Company’s 18-year history,” said Keith Neumeyer, President and CEO of First Majestic.

“The coming year promises to be one of solid cash flow, advancement of our Media Luna growth project, and pushing forward with our proprietary Muckahi Mining System to fuel future growth. Exciting times for Torex.”

“We had another tremendous year at Island Gold on all fronts with the asset continuing to evolve into a world class ore body. Over the past two years we have added more than two million ounces of Mineral Reserves and Resources, before mining depletion, with the deposit now approaching four million ounces in all categories. We see strong potential for this growth to continue with the deposit open laterally and down-plunge across multiple areas of focus,” said John A. McCluskey, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“We launched several resource expansion drilling campaigns in 2019 in the pursuit of potential mine life extensions and high-return organic growth opportunities. Our efforts were successful on multiple fronts, as demonstrated by the increase in both our inferred resources and in our measured and indicated resources,” said Mitchell J. Krebs, Coeur’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Telson Mining Corporation wishes to inform shareholders that for personal reasons, Jose Antonio Berlanga has resigned his positions as Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Newmont Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share of common stock, payable on March 19, 2020, to holders of record at the close of business on March 5, 2020.

“The Cosalá Operations recently accessed the Upper Zone and is expected to increase silver production in late 2020 continuing into 2021. The recapitalization plan at the Galena Complex is proceeding well and is anticipated to provide long-term benefits for the operation starting in 2021.”

Dave Groves, Vice President of Exploration for Evrim commented, “The acquisition of TREK 31 is the result of using government funded exploration initiatives and evolving exploration models to generate new exploration targets.”

Igor Gonzales, President and CEO of Sierra Metals commented, “I am pleased with Yauricocha’s performance in the fourth quarter which saw increases to revenue and consistent adjusted EBITDA compared to the same quarter in 2018.”

“The results of our operational excellence programs at the San Martin mine are starting to gain traction and have resulted in improved production, gold grade and gold recovery quarter over quarter” reported Salvador Garcia, Chief Operating Officer of the Company.