Prime Mining Corp. (“Prime”, or the “Company”) (
TSV:
PRYM) (
OTCQX: PRMNF) (
Frankfurt:
O4V3) is pleased to report its operating and financial
results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Prime is focused
on the exploration and development of its wholly owned high-grade
Los Reyes Gold-Silver Project in Sinaloa State, Mexico (“Los Reyes”
or the “Project”).
Prime Chief Executive Officer Scott Hicks
commented, “Over the course of the quarter and since the quarter
end, Prime has made significant progress. In September, we
announced outstanding high-grade gold and silver drill results from
Tahonitas at the southern end of the Z-T Trend. We also appointed
board member Sunny Lowe, who brings a wealth of financial and
industry experience to Prime. In October, we announced a major
expansion to the resource at Los Reyes, reflecting a 49% increase
in Indicated Resources to 2.2 million gold-equivalent ounces and an
11% increase in Inferred Resources to 0.8 million gold-equivalent
ounces, compared to the May 2023 Resource1. The resource also
included an initial high-grade underground resource, demonstrating
significant underground and open pit optionality at Los Reyes. This
substantial resource growth from higher-grade open pit and
underground zones validates the Company’s strategy of targeting a
high-recovery, high-margin milling operation. We are excited to
continue advancing Los Reyes through expansion and generative
drilling, while de-risking the project through ongoing technical
evaluations.”
Corporate Highlights During the
Quarter (Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are
presented in Canadian dollars.)
- On September 26th, the Company
announced the appointment of Sunny Lowe to its Board of
Directors.
Corporate Highlights Subsequent to the
Quarter
- On October 15th, the Company announced
an updated multi-million-ounce high-grade open pit constrained
resource based on exploration drilling up to July 17, 2024.
Exploration Highlights During the
Quarter
Prime Intersects 9.4 gpt Gold Equivalent
over 10.5 metres at Tahonitas in the Z-T
TrendSeptember 3, 2024Expansion Drilling
Highlights in the Z-T TrendThe Company is reporting 11 core holes
at Tahonitas in the Z-T Trend with the following highlights:
- 9.39 grams per tonne (“gpt”)
gold-equivalent (“AuEq”) (2.63 gpt Au and 522.1 gpt Ag) over 10.5
metres (“m”) estimated true width (“etw”) in hole 24TA-139,
including:
- 10.29 gpt AuEq (2.89 gpt Au and
572.0 gpt Ag) over 8.0 m etw,
- 4.55 gpt AuEq (2.87 gpt Au and
130.0 gpt Ag) over 4.1 m etw in hole 24TA-138, including:
- 8.06 gpt AuEq (5.23 gpt Au and
218.3 gpt Ag) over 2.1 m etw, and,
- 3.56 gpt AuEq (2.92 gpt Au and 49.2
gpt Ag) over 4.6 m etw in hole 24TA-138, including:
- 5.57 gpt AuEq (4.84 gpt Au and 56.8
gpt Ag) over 2.7 m etw,
- 2.95 gpt AuEq (2.88 gpt Au and 5.5
gpt Ag) over 4.1 m etw in hole 24TA-135, including:
- 13.21 gpt AuEq (12.95 gpt Au and
20.3 gpt Ag) over 0.7 m etw, and,
- 4.24 gpt AuEq (4.08 gpt Au and 12.2
gpt Ag) over 2.3 m etw in hole 24TA-135, including:
- 13.92 gpt AuEq (13.40 gpt Au and
40.4 gpt Ag) over 0.6 m etw.
Maintaining Health and Safety
Protocols
Prime remains engaged with local stakeholders
and is proactive in monitoring employees and contractors concerning
general health conditions. The Company continues to closely adhere
to the directives of all levels of government and relevant health
authorities in Mexico and Canada.
Community Engagement and Environmental
Stewardship Strategy
We continued to gather environmental and
community data in the quarter in support of our ESG programs,
including completion of a materiality assessment, strategic plan,
and disclosure matrix. We strive to minimize the environmental
footprint of our activities and ensure that Los Reyes has a
positive impact on our host communities.
The Company released its second annual
sustainability report during May 2024 which establishes a baseline
and a new yardstick to measure our progress in meeting our
commitments regarding sustainability and stewardship of the
environment, relevant social issues, and corporate governance.
Selected Financial Data
The following selected financial data is
summarized from the Company’s consolidated financial statements and
related notes thereto (the “Financial Statements”) for the nine
months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. A copy of the Financial
Statements and MD&A is available at
www.primeminingcorp.ca or on SEDAR+ at www.sedar.ca.
|
Nine Months ended September 30, 2024 |
|
Nine Months ended September 30, 2023 |
|
Loss and comprehensive loss |
$(16,245,931 |
) |
$(16,945,046 |
) |
Loss per share – basic and diluted |
$(0.11 |
) |
$(0.12 |
) |
|
September 30, 2024 |
|
December 31, 2023 |
|
Cash |
$21,239,893 |
|
$33,811,215 |
|
Total assets |
$35,248,369 |
|
$47,908,403 |
|
Total current liabilities |
$892,672 |
|
$2,470,659 |
|
Total liabilities |
$1,700,262 |
|
$3,295,811 |
|
Total shareholders’ equity |
$33,548,107 |
|
$44,612,592 |
|
2024 Outlook
Given the results from Prime’s success-based
drilling program, the Company is expanding its fiscal 2024 program
to 50,000 metres from 40,000 metres. The drill program will
continue to evaluate drilling plans using its success-based
approach. This evaluation will also include prioritization of
targets based on probability of resource development and generative
area discovery potential.
Four drill rigs are currently active on site at
Los Reyes, with 2024 exploration focused on:
- Extending the high-grade
Z-T Area shoots that remain open at depth, as well as
along strike, both north and south.
- Expanding the known
high-grade mineralization at Guadalupe East.
- Increasing the Central Area
resource through additions at Noche Buena and its
connection to San Miguel East.
- Generative target drilling
of high-grade intercepts at Las Primas, Mariposa,
Fresnillo, Mina and others to further develop the resource
potential at Los Reyes.
About the Los Reyes Gold and Silver
Project
Los Reyes is a high-grade, low-sulphidation
epithermal gold-silver project located in Sinaloa State, Mexico.
Since acquiring Los Reyes in 2019, Prime has spent $58,839,993 on
direct exploration activities and has completed over 208,850 metres
of drilling. On October 15, 2024, Prime announced an updated
multi-million-ounce high-grade open pit constrained resource based
on exploration drilling up to July 17, 2024 (refer to the October
15, 2024 news release for more details).
October 15, 2024 Resource
Statement1(based on a $1950/oz gold price, $25.24/oz
silver price, economic-constrained estimate)
1. Refer to the Additional Technical Notes section for the gold
equivalent grade (“AuEq”) calculation method.
Drilling is ongoing and suggests that the three
known main deposit areas (Guadalupe, Central and Z-T) are larger
than previously reported. Potential also exists for new discoveries
where mineralized trends have been identified outside of the
currently defined resource areas. Historic operating results
indicate that an estimated 1 million ounces of gold and 60 million
ounces of silver were recovered from five separate operations at
Los Reyes between 1770 and 1990. Prior to Prime’s acquisition,
recent operators of Los Reyes had spent approximately US$20 million
onexploration, engineering, and prefeasibility studies.
QA/QC Protocols and Sampling Procedures
Drill core at the Los Reyes project is drilled
in predominately HQ size (63.5 millimetre “mm”), reducing to NQ
(47.6 mm) when required. Drill core samples are generally 1.50 m
long along the core axis with allowance for shorter or longer
intervals if required to suit geological constraints. After logging
intervals are identified to be sampled, the core is cut and one
half is submitted for assay. RC drilling returns rock chips and
fines from a 133.35 mm diameter tricone bit. The returns are
homogenized and split into 2 halves, with one half submitted for
analysis and the other half stored.
Sample QA/QC measures include unmarked certified
reference materials, blanks, and field duplicates as well as
preparation duplicates are inserted into the sample sequence and
make up approximately 8% of the samples submitted to the laboratory
for each drill hole.
Samples are picked up from the Project by the
laboratory personnel and transported to their facilities in Durango
or Hermosillo Mexico, for sample preparation. Sample analysis is
carried out by Bureau Veritas and ALS Labs, with fire assay,
including over limits fire assay re-analysis, completed at their
respective Hermosillo, Mexico laboratories and multi-element
analysis completed in North Vancouver, Canada. Drill core sample
preparation includes fine crushing of the sample to at least 70%
passing less than 2 mm, sample splitting using a riffle splitter,
and pulverizing a 250-gram split to at least 85% passing 75
microns.
Gold in diamond drill core is analyzed by fire
assay and atomic absorption spectroscopy of a 30 g sample (code
FA430 or Au-AA23). Multi-element chemistry is analyzed by 4-Acid
digestion of a 0.25-gram sample split (code MA300 or ME-ICP61) with
detection by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer for a
full suite of elements.
Gold assay techniques FA430 and Au-AA23 have an
upper detection limit of 10 ppm. Any sample that produces an
over-limit gold value via the initial assay technique is sent for
gravimetric finish via method FA-530 or Au-GRA21. Silver analyses
by MA300 and ME-ICP61 have an upper limit of 200 ppm and 100 ppm,
respectively. Samples with over-limit silver values are re-analyzed
by fire assay with gravimetric finish FA530 or Au-GRA21.
Both Bureau Veritas and ALS Labs are ISO/IEC
accredited assay laboratories.
Additional Technical Notes
Metres is represented by “m”; “etw” is
Estimated True Width and is based on drill hole geometry or
comparisons with other on-section drill holes; “Au” refers to gold,
and “Ag” refers to silver; “gpt” is grams per metric tonne; some
figures may not sum due to rounding; Composite assay grades
presented in summary tables are calculated using a Au grade minimum
average of 0.20 gpt or 1.0 gpt as indicated in “Au Cut-off” column
of Summary Tables. Maximum internal waste included in any reported
composite interval is 3.00 m. The 1.00 gpt Au cut-off is used to
define higher-grade “cores” within the lower-grade halo.
Gold equivalent grades are calculated based on
an assumed gold price of US$1,950 per ounce and silver price of
$25.24 per ounce, based on the formula AuEq grade (gpt) = Au grade
+ (Ag grade x $25.24 / $1,950). Metallurgical recoveries are not
considered in the in-situ grade estimate but are estimated to be
95.6% and 81% for gold and silver, respectively, when processed in
a mill, and 73% and 25% respectively when heap-leached. Additional
details will be available in the forthcoming associated Los Reyes
Technical Report.
Qualified PersonScott Smith,
P.Geo., Executive Vice President of Exploration, is a qualified
person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has
reviewed and approved the technical content in this news
release.
About Prime MiningPrime is
managed by an ideal mix of successful mining executives, strong
capital markets personnel and experienced local operators all
focused on unlocking the full potential of the Los Reyes Project.
The Company has a well-planned capital structure with a strong
management team and insider ownership. Prime is targeting a
material resource expansion at Los Reyes through a combination of
new generative area discoveries and growth, while also building on
technical de-risking activities to support eventual project
development.
For further information, please visit
https://www.primeminingcorp.ca/ or direct enquiries to:
Scott HicksCEO &
Director
Indi GopinathanVP Capital
Markets & Business Development
Prime Mining Corp.710 – 1030 West Georgia
St.Vancouver, BC V6E 2Y3 Canada+1(604)
238-1659info@primeminingcorp.ca
Cautionary Notes to U.S. Investors
Concerning Resource EstimatesThis news release has been
prepared in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws
in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of the U.S.
securities laws. In particular, and without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the terms “mineral reserve”, “proven mineral
reserve”, “probable mineral reserve”, “inferred mineral resources,”
“indicated mineral resources,” “measured mineral resources” and
“mineral resources” used or referenced in this presentation are
Canadian mineral disclosure terms as defined in accordance with
National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects (“NI 43-101”) under the guidelines set out in the 2014
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Standards
for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, Definitions and
Guidelines, May 2014 (the “CIM Standards”). The CIM Standards
differ from the mineral property disclosure requirements of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in Regulation
S-K Subpart 1300 (the “SEC Modernization Rules”) under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). As a
foreign private issuer that is eligible to file reports with the
SEC pursuant to the multijurisdictional disclosure system, the
Company is not required to provide disclosure on its mineral
properties under the SEC Modernization Rules and will continue to
provide disclosure under NI 43-101 and the CIM Standards.
Accordingly, the Company’s disclosure of mineralization and other
technical information may differ significantly from the information
that would be disclosed had the Company prepared the information
under the standards adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules.
Forward Looking InformationThis news release
contains certain “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation
as may be amended from time to time, including, without limitation,
statements regarding the perceived merit of the Company’s
properties, including additional exploration potential of Los
Reyes, potential quantity and/or grade of minerals, the potential
size of the mineralized zone, metallurgical recoveries, and the
Company’s exploration and development plans in Mexico.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts which address events, results, outcomes, or developments that
the Company expects to occur. Forward-looking statements are based
on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management
on the date the statements are made, and they involve several risks
and uncertainties. Certain material assumptions regarding such
forward-looking statements were made, including without limitation,
assumptions regarding the price of gold, silver and copper; the
accuracy of mineral resource estimations; that there will be no
material adverse change affecting the Company or its properties;
that all required approvals will be obtained, including concession
renewals and permitting; that political and legal developments will
be consistent with current expectations; that currency and exchange
rates will be consistent with current levels; and that there will
be no significant disruptions affecting the Company or its
properties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such
statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Forward-looking statements involve significant known
and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks
include, but are not limited to: risks related to uncertainties
inherent in the preparation of mineral resource estimates,
including but not limited to changes to the cost assumptions,
variations in quantity of mineralized material, grade or recovery
rates, changes to geotechnical or hydrogeological considerations,
failure of plant, equipment or processes, changes to availability
of power or the power rates, ability to maintain social license,
changes to interest or tax rates, changes in project parameters,
delays and costs inherent to consulting and accommodating rights of
local communities, environmental risks, title risks, including
concession renewal, commodity price and exchange rate fluctuations,
risks relating to COVID-19, delays in or failure to receive access
agreements or amended permits, risks inherent in the estimation of
mineral resources; and risks associated with executing the
Company’s objectives and strategies, including costs and expenses,
as well as those risk factors discussed in the Company's most
recently filed management's discussion and analysis, as well as its
annual information form dated March 25, 2024, available on
www.sedarplus.ca. Except as required by the securities disclosure
laws and regulations applicable to the Company, the Company
undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements
if management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors,
should change.
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