VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 27,
2023 /CNW/ - Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM)
(OTCQB: LMGDF) (the "Company" or "Lumina") is pleased to
announce that under the previously announced US$300 million precious metals purchase agreement
(the "PMPA") with Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
("Wheaton"), the Company has drawn down a total of US$16.7 million. The draw consisted of two
tranches, US$10 million which was due
six months after the initial draw in May
2023 and US$6.7 million
related to specific pre-construction acquisition transactions.
Marshall Koval, CEO and
Director stated: "Lumina is extremely pleased to be
wrapping up resource definition and metallurgical drilling in
December to support the Feasibility Study. The US$10 million draw will fund our activities until
the next tranche from Wheaton in May
2024 as we progress the study and engineering work."
About Lumina Gold
Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base
metals exploration and development company focused on the Cangrejos
Gold-Copper Project located in El Oro Province, southwest
Ecuador. In 2023, the Company
completed a Pre-Feasibility Study for Cangrejos, which is the
largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador. Lumina has an experienced management
team with a successful track record of advancing and monetizing
exploration projects.
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Signed: "Marshall Koval"
Marshall Koval, President
& CEO, Director
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Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements and information herein, including all
statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of
applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or
information include but are not limited to statements or
information with respect to: work programs; the completion of
definition drilling to support the Feasibility Study; the
sufficiency of the US$10 million draw
to fund the Company's activities until the next Wheaton draw; the
advance by Wheaton of the May 2024
draw or any future draws from Wheaton; and future studies. Often,
but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be
identified by the use of words such as "will" or "projected" or
variations of those words or statements that certain actions,
events or results "will", "could", "are proposed to", "are planned
to", "are expected to" or "are anticipated to" be taken, occur or
be achieved.
With respect to forward-looking statements and information
contained herein, the Company has made numerous assumptions
including among other things, assumptions about: the Company's
ability to meet its obligations under the PMPA; general business
and economic conditions; the prices of gold and copper; and
anticipated costs and expenditures. The foregoing list of
assumptions is not exhaustive.
Although management of the Company believes that the
assumptions made and the expectations represented by such
statements or information are reasonable, there can be no assurance
that a forward-looking statement or information herein will prove
to be accurate. Forward-looking statements and information by their
nature are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry
results, to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements or information. These factors include,
but are not limited to: risks associated with the business of the
Company; business and economic conditions in the mining industry
generally; the supply and demand for labour and other project
inputs; changes in commodity prices; changes in interest and
currency exchange rates; risks relating to inaccurate geological
and engineering assumptions (including with respect to the tonnage,
grade and recoverability of reserves and resources); risks relating
to unanticipated operational difficulties (including failure of
equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications
or expectations, cost escalation, unavailability of materials and
equipment, government action or delays in the receipt of government
approvals, industrial disturbances or other job action, and
unanticipated events related to health, safety and environmental
matters); risks relating to adverse weather conditions; political
risk and social unrest; changes in general economic conditions or
conditions in the financial markets; and other risk factors as
detailed from time to time in the Company's continuous disclosure
documents filed with Canadian securities administrators. The
Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking
information, except in accordance with applicable securities
laws.
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