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Production overview - 2025: copper 93101213 lbs, gold 92429 oz; 2024: copper 85320618 lbs, gold 59811 oz.

upgrades to the existing processing plant to treat underground ore at a throughput rate of 13.6 million tonnes per annum.

Newmont is proposing to transition the existing mine from open-pit mining to an underground method called 'block-caving'. A feasibility study for the block cave expansion is advancing, with completion expected in the second half of 2026. The proposed change to block cave mining is expected to extend the mine's life by approximately 15 years. A pre-feasibility study included upgrades to the existing processing plant to treat underground ore at a throughput rate of 13.6 million tonnes per annum.

Production overview - 2025: copper 30715000 lbs, gold 37555 oz; 2024: copper 35700000 lbs, gold 39108 oz.

In August 2025, a permit amendment was approved to allow for the expansion of operations at the Mount Polley mine. This includes deepening the existing Springer pit and enlarging rock-disposal areas.

This gold property was part of the proposed sale to WPC Resources along with the Lupin Gold Mine.

The Lupin mine, which began production in 1982, operated as an underground gold mine until it was placed on care and maintenance in February 2005. In 2018, a decision was made by Mandalay Resources Corporation to permanently close the mine and commence final closure and reclamation activities under an approved Final Closure and Reclamation Plan (FCRP). The site is undergoing active closure and reclamation work as of early 2022.

mill

The site's infrastructure includes a mill, camp facilities, a fuel storage area, an airstrip, and a tailings containment area. The underground workings feature a vertical shaft reaching a depth of 1,210 metres and a ramp extending to 1,560 metres.

An agreement to sell the mine to WPC Resources was announced in 2016.

Production overview - 2020: silver 46250000 oz, gold 73000 oz.

Aftermath Silver is focused on expanding the current mineral resource at Challacollo. A drilling program of 1,000 to 2,000 metres of core drilling commenced in December 2025. This program aims to extend known veins, test new targets, and gather geological and metallurgical information. The first assay results from this program are anticipated in the first quarter of 2026. Gold and base metal grades are observed to generally increase with depth.

over 138 people

Andean Silver is conducting exploration and drilling with the aim of restarting the mine. A mining plan was expected to be submitted in the second half of 2025. An internal scoping study has commenced, with a feasibility study planned for completion in late 2026.

The mine is not currently in production. Historically, from 1995 to 2016, the mine produced over 45 million ounces of silver and 650,000 ounces of gold.

The site includes an existing 1,500 tonnes per day (500,000 tonnes per year) flotation plant which is on "warm idle". There is consideration of potentially increasing the plant's capacity to 700,000 tonnes per year. Historical metallurgical recoveries were between 90-92% for silver and 89-91% for gold.

The site has established infrastructure including the processing plant, a fully permitted tailings storage facility, power, and over 30km of established underground mines. Specific details on mobile and stationary equipment have not been released.

Andean Silver has been actively engaged in an aggressive exploration and resource growth campaign since acquiring the project. The company is using three drill rigs for its 2025/2026 drilling program. The current plan is for a 10-year mine life, with a goal of extending this to 20 years.

In 2017, the mine had over 160 employees.

Primarily an underground mine with an open pit. Open pit mining was suspended in July 2019 and is scheduled to recommence in 2027. Current production is from underground and surface low-grade stockpiled ore.

Production overview - 2024: gold 42323 oz; 2022: gold 42300 oz.

The Björkdal plant uses conventional crushing and grinding, followed by a combination of gravity and flotation processing to recover gold into concentrates. The processing plant has a capacity of approximately 1.4 million tonnes per annum.

A sustained exploration program is ongoing. Recent successes include the discovery of a new high-grade underground skarn zone, the Lake Zone Skarn, announced in July 2025, which is located near existing infrastructure and is expected to provide higher-grade ore to the mill in the near term. Another new mineralisation zone, the 'North Zone Below Marble', was announced in March 2025. There is also a focus on expanding the nearby Storheden deposit, located approximately 600 metres from the Björkdal mine. Drilling has extended the known mineralisation at Storheden, and it is seen as an opportunity to create a distinct new production area. In March 2026, a project was initiated to expand and raise the tailings dams to increase reservoir capacity for future mining operations, with completion expected in stages by 2027.

240 employees (as of March 2025)

The Costerfield mine is an underground operation in Victoria, Australia, producing gold and antimony. The Brunswick processing plant has a capacity of 140,000-150,000 tonnes per year, utilizing conventional flotation. In 2024, the mine produced 43,346 ounces of gold and 1,282 tonnes of antimony.

Production overview - 2025: gold 17694 oz, antimony 298 t; 2024: gold 43346 oz, antimony 1282 t.

The Brunswick processing plant has a capacity of 140,000-150,000 tonnes per year. The process is conventional flotation.

A sustained exploration program is ongoing to grow resources. Drilling at the near-mine True Blue prospect has shown potential for a new production corridor. The company is also advancing the Kendal deposit, which is the up-dip continuation of the Youle and Shepherd deposits. A new tailings storage facility with a seven-year capacity was commissioned in the second quarter of 2025.

The Harbour Lights Project is a pre-development gold project located in Western Australia. It is situated approximately 1.5 to 5 kilometres from the Leonora mill and lies between the Goldfields Highway and Leonora Airport.

Production overview - 2023: gold 750000 oz; 2022: gold 21367.3 kg.

Historically, the processing of sulphide ore involved a flotation concentrator and a biological oxidation (BIOX) plant.

The Shoobridge Lithium Project, wholly owned by Core Lithium, is located in the Northern Territory, Australia, and is currently in the exploration phase. Acquired in April 2022, Core Lithium commenced its first drilling program in July 2024. The project targets lithium, gold, tin, and tantalum, with recent 2024 drilling yielding promising results including high-grade gold intercepts and significant lithium and tin mineralisation.

The Laverton Gold Project is a key asset in Genesis Minerals' Laverton Operations, located in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Genesis Minerals acquired the project from Focus Minerals, a deal expected to finalise in June 2025. It's part of a major consolidation including the Lady Julie Gold Project. The Laverton mill restarted in October 2024, and mining at Jupiter open pit is planned for early fiscal year 2026, central to Genesis Minerals' "ASPIRE 500" growth strategy.

Production overview - 2025: gold 0.8800000000000001 t.

The Laverton operation is centered around a 3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) Carbon-in-Leach (CIL) treatment plant. In the March 2025 quarter, the mill processed 784,000 tonnes, which is above its nameplate capacity.

CIL treatment plant, crushers, SAG mill, ball mill, pebble crushing circuit, drill equipment, blast equipment, loaders, haul trucks, gas-fired power station

Genesis Minerals is pursuing a significant expansion strategy in the Laverton region, acquiring the Laverton Gold Project from Focus Minerals and Magnetic Resources' Lady Julie project. These acquisitions increase the resource base, create an integrated operation, and are expected to provide supplementary ore for the Laverton mill, integral to the company's accelerated growth strategy. Studies for staged plant expansions are underway.

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Production overview - 2024: gold 2700 oz.

Ore from Ulysses is processed at the Leonora mill.

The underground mining contractor, Byrnecut, will utilise Sandvik's AutoMine® Multi-Lite automation system for loaders and AutoMine® for underground drilling. The mining fleet is described as conventional, with twin boom jumbo drills, 76mm production drills, 17-tonne loaders, and 63-65 tonne trucks.

Genesis Minerals Limited acquired 100% of Dacian Gold Limited, the previous operator of Ulysses Operations. The mine is now part of Genesis' Leonora Operations. Underground development at Ulysses is underway, with the first development ore delivered to the Leonora mill in the September quarter of 2024. For the September 2024 quarter, 2,700 ounces of gold were mined at a grade of 3.2 g/t. Macmahon has been confirmed as the mining contractor for the Ulysses and Gwalia gold projects, with a 13-month contract commencing in April 2025.

Mining at the Hub open pit is conducted by Genesis Mining Services (GMS), the in-house mining division of Genesis Minerals.

The Redcliffe Project is located 45-60km northeast of Leonora in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia and comprises the Redcliffe, Hub, GTS, Nambi, Kelly, Bindy and Mesa Westlode deposits. Final mining approvals for the high-grade Hub open pit deposit were received in October 2023, following an access agreement with the Department of Defence and Ministerial consent to mine. This transitioned the project from development to an operational status. Mining at the Hub open pit, the second operation for Genesis Mining Services (GMS), began ahead of schedule. The project's strategic location allows ore to be directed to either the Leonora or Laverton processing facilities, providing significant operational flexibility. As of 30 June 2023, the Redcliffe Project's Mineral Resources stood at 673,000 ounces and Ore Reserves at 141,000 ounces. An updated Mineral Resource estimate for the entire Redcliffe Project as at 8 April 2025 totalled 12 million tonnes at 1.7 g/t for 670,000 ounces of gold. This includes the Hub deposit, which has a Mineral Resource of 1.2 million tonnes at 4.4 g/t for 170,000 ounces. Drilling has confirmed the potential for a future underground mine at Hub, which remains open at depth.

Production overview - 2025: gold 670000 oz; 2023: gold 141000 oz.

Ore from the Redcliffe Project has the flexibility to be processed at either the Leonora or Laverton processing plants. The nearby 3.0Mtpa Laverton mill was restarted in October 2024, six months ahead of schedule.

The Jupiter Project is a near-surface gold deposit. Open pit mining operations were suspended in June 2022 due to cost pressures, and the broader Mt Morgans operation was placed on care and maintenance in January 2023.

Production overview - 2023: gold 830000 oz.

The Mt Morgans operation has a 2.5 million tonnes per annum Carbon-in-Leach (CIL) processing plant. The plant was designed to treat ore from the Jupiter open pit and other deposits within the Mt Morgans project.

Genesis Minerals is currently developing a low-risk, sustainable mine plan to enable the resumption of operations. A restart of the Laverton mill is anticipated for October 2024, which is six months ahead of the previous schedule.

The workforce for the project will be primarily on a fly-in, fly-out basis.

The Bruno-Lewis Project is an open-pit gold mine currently under development in the northeastern goldfields of the Archaean Yilgarn Block in Western Australia. Genesis Minerals Limited acquired the project, along with the Raeside gold project, from Kin Mining NL for A$53.5 million in February 2024. The project features shallow mineralisation, low strip ratios, and a significant amount of oxide ore, which is anticipated to allow for high milling productivity.

Mining activities at the Bruno-Lewis Project are scheduled to commence in late 2025. Historically, a trial pit was mined at the site in 2010 by Navigator Resources, which resulted in the production of approximately 7,400 ounces of gold from around 100,000 tonnes of processed ore. The project has a mineral resource of 12.6 million tonnes at 1.0 gram per tonne for 408,000 ounces of gold, which includes an oxide resource of 3.2 million tonnes at 1.2 grams per tonne for 119,000 ounces.

Ore from the Bruno-Lewis Project is planned to be processed at Genesis Minerals' Laverton mill, located approximately 60 kilometres away, which has a processing capacity of 2.9 million tonnes per annum. The restart of the Laverton mill was brought forward to October 2024, with the first gold pour expected in early November 2024. Metallurgical testing of the Bruno-Lewis ore has indicated it is free milling with an average processing recovery of 93%.

Development plans for the site include the creation of two open pit void complexes, two waste rock landforms, and two run-of-mine pads. A clearing permit for up to 400 hectares of native vegetation was granted in September 2025.

The Spectrum-GJ Project is a copper and gold project located in the Golden Triangle region of north-west British Columbia, Canada. It comprises two main deposits, the Donnelly Deposit (GJ) and the Spectrum Central Zone. The project is at a development stage with a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) completed in 2017.

conventional copper/gold porphyry processing plant with a flotation unit, with potential for a carbon-in-leach (CIL) plant in the sixth year

135 people (historically)

The Snip Gold Project is a historic underground mine located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia, Canada. From 1991 to 1999, the mine produced approximately 32.093 million grams of gold.

Production overview - 2023: gold 3545.5 t; 2020: gold 12500 t.

gravity and flotation operation

processing plant

Skeena Resources is actively exploring the project with the aim of revitalising it. The company plans to incorporate mineralisation from Snip as a satellite operation for its nearby Eskay Creek Project, which could potentially increase Eskay Creek's mine life. A detailed engineering study with project economics for Snip was anticipated to be released in the first half of 2024.

approximately 450 people on site (McIlvenna Bay project)

The Thunder Zone is an exploration target within Foran Mining's 100%-owned McIlvenna Bay Project, located approximately five kilometres southeast of the main McIlvenna Bay Deposit. A 2026 winter drilling program is underway to accelerate growth and unlock district-scale potential.

The Thunder Zone is a regional exploration target within Foran Mining's 100%-owned McIlvenna Bay Project. It is located approximately five kilometres southeast of the main McIlvenna Bay Deposit. A 2026 winter drilling program at the Thunder Zone included up to 3,000 metres of drilling to accelerate growth and unlock district-scale potential. Results from drill hole BA-26-84 extended the mineralisation strike by 100 metres to the northwest, defining a strike length of about 300 metres. The mineralisation remains open along strike and at depth. The broader McIlvenna Bay project is approximately 88% complete and on schedule for commercial production in mid-2026. An 85-kilometre, 110 kV transmission line connecting the McIlvenna Bay Project to the electrical grid was successfully energised.

The Hanson Lake Property is a 4,510-hectare claim in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, 65 km west-southwest of Flin Flon, Manitoba. It is located 5 km northwest of Foran's McIlvenna Bay Deposit, along the Tesla Trend, and is being explored for copper, zinc, gold, and silver mineralization.

Foran's strategy for the broader Hanson Lake District involves the potential for a central processing facility to service multiple deposits.

Foran Mining Corporation is currently in the exploration phase for the Hanson Lake Property. The company has a five-year period to explore the property with no minimum spending requirement before deciding on the acquisition. Planned exploration activities include ground-based electromagnetic surveys to identify potential extensions of mineralization from the Tesla Zone.

The Denare West Property is an exploration-stage project in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, covering 21,066 hectares. It is prospective for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits containing copper, zinc, gold, and silver. Foran Mining Corporation has an option to acquire up to a 100% interest, and is conducting airborne surveys to prioritize exploration targets.

The Bigstone deposit is a satellite deposit located 25 km west of Foran's McIlvenna Bay deposit, intended to provide feed for a central mill. Mineralisation is found 100-600m below surface and remains open at depth. An initial resource estimate was announced in December 2020.

Production overview - 2020: copper 95000000 lbs, zinc 51000000 lbs, gold 22000 oz, silver 820000 oz.

The Tesla Zone is a major copper-zinc-gold-silver discovery, 100%-owned by Foran Mining Corporation, located adjacent to and north of the McIlvenna Bay deposit in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada. Discovered in 2022, it is currently in the exploration phase with ongoing drilling to define a maiden resource, expected in H2 2026. The zone consists of multiple mineralised lenses and remains open for expansion.

Ongoing expansion and infill drilling to define a maiden resource. Advancing the McIlvenna Bay project towards commercial production by mid-2026. Energisation of a new 85-kilometre transmission line connecting to a hydroelectric facility completed in March 2026.