“This refinancing provides Orla with additional flexibility to lower its cost of capital while maintaining liquidity,” said Etienne Morin, Chief Financial Officer of Orla.

The Company maintains a strong balance sheet with $13.7 million in cash and no long-term debt. During the period, the Company completed a $9.0 million, non-brokered private placement and ended the quarter with working capital of $13.3 million.

“This PEA draws on the extensive expertise of our technical team in Mexico under the direction of our VP Operations, Jorge Diaz, who designed a mine plan which materially reduces upfront capital costs and increases throughput after year two with capital cost expansion financed exclusively from cash flow,” stated Ken MacLeod, President and CEO of Sonoro Gold.

Paddy Nicol, CEO of Orogen, commented: “We are happy to report another profitable quarter, supported by strong royalty revenue, a sustainable prospect generation business, and reduction in overhead and G&A expenses. This resulted in a 178% increase in cashflow from operations from the previous quarter which further strengthens the company’s balance sheet.”

After conducting further due diligence and considering the newly proposed changes to the Mining Law by the current Government of Mexico and the difficulties in obtaining a surface use agreement from the Quitovac Comunidad, Aloro feels that it is not in the Company’s best interest to proceed.

James Anderson, Chairman & CEO of Guanajuato Silver, said, “Over the past twelve months we have made great strides in bringing our newly purchased mining assets back into optimal production. Significant infrastructure investments made since August of last year include: the rehabilitation of the Cata shaft; the installation of a new locomotive haulage system and the establishment of an environmentally superior tailings backfill system at VMC; the installation of new Falcon concentrators at both of our Guanajuato processing facilities; and the development of new mining areas at Santa Cecilia, San Ignacio, and Topia.”

“The addition of the assets from the Yamana transaction has resulted in a significant increase in Pan American’s reserve and resource base,” said Christopher Emerson, Pan American’s Vice President of Exploration and Geology. “Our exploration and geology teams are currently designing the drill programs across the combined portfolio with an emphasis on near site exploration and further resource conversion. Pan American plans to complete over 480,000 metres of drilling in 2023.”