Eric Caba, President and CEO of Bear Creek, states, “The Restructuring Agreement is a major milestone for Bear Creek. Together with our recent agreement with Equinox Gold to refinance the Mercedes Deferred Payment, we have removed all near-term debt maturities through September 2028. This greatly improves Mercedes’ ability to re-invest in the long-term success of the mine via the exploration potential that we see at Mercedes and return our focus to the advancement of the Company’s Corani project in Peru, our cornerstone asset.

“Once complete, the combined business will be unlike any gold and copper mining investment available in the markets today. Newmont and Newcrest shareholders will own a world-class portfolio of gold and copper assets featuring 10 large, long-life, low cost Tier 1 operations representing more than half of the world’s Tier 1 gold mines.”

The following officers were reappointed subsequent to the annual general meeting: Lawrence Page, K.C. as President, Robert Macdonald as Vice President, Exploration, Killian Ruby as Chief Financial Officer, and Arie Page as Corporate Secretary.

Bruce Bragagnolo, Regency Silver’s Executive Chairman stated, “We are pleased to complete the first tranche of this private placement and thank our existing shareholders and new shareholders for their strong support.”

James Anderson, Chairman and CEO, said, “The significant increase in the San Ignacio mineral resource across all categories can be attributed to the exceptional work on the part of our Mexican exploration teams; their efforts over the past year have expanded our understanding of the mineralized systems in place at San Ignacio while returning consistently high-grade results, some of which are highlighted below, that have led to an increase of 130% in the measured & indicated category and 283% in the inferred category.”

Simon Dyakowski, Aztec Minerals President & CEO stated, “We are pleased to complete this financing and are grateful for the ongoing support of our existing shareholders and several new shareholders. Notably, Aztec’s largest shareholder, Alamos Gold Inc. (TSX: AGI, NYSE: AGI) subscribed for 625,000 Units of the financing, thereby maintaining their equity ownership of approximately 8.8% on an undiluted basis.”

“This represents a further step towards right sizing our credit facility to support our growth pipeline, highlighted by our Mantoverde Development Project which remains on-time and on-budget. We are pleased to have achieved competitive terms and an extended maturity to 2027,” stated Raman Randhawa, Chief Financial Officer.

The sale of these non-core assets is aligned with Pan American’s stated aim of optimizing its portfolio following the acquisition of Yamana Gold Inc.