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Mining Project

Don Nicolás

Address
Santa Cruz
Stage
Production
Minerals
Gold · Silver
Employment
140
Capital Cost
$250,000,000.00
Don Nicolás

General Information

Address
Santa Cruz
Location
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Description

• Underground Operations now delivering ore to the plant, supporting higher grade throughput and growing production • 2026 Production Guidance of 50,000 to 60,000 GEO weighted to H2/26 • Exploration Program positioned to support resource growth at MDN (Minera Don Nicolás) with four new drill rigs now on site • Initial Underground production at Paloma achieved, underground development work continues to increase access to new ore zones • CIL plant received additional ore from underground development, mainly in December, resulting in total production of 5,968 GEO in Q4 through CIL plant • During 2026, underground ore development is expected to follow a cycle of development and then ore extraction, as the underground workings follow the ore zone deeper under the current pit.

Processing

Production process through a Carbon in Leach (CIL) circuit and Heap Leaching (HL). Between 2023 and 2024, Cerrado Gold built an HL plant with an investment of over US$40 million, which allows processing even with grades below the cutoff grade (previously, it was not possible to process in the CIL plant due to cost considerations).

Average Annual Production

54,000 GEO

Resources & Reserves

  • Measured and Indicated Resources: 13.438 Mt with 1.13 g/t gold & 15.26 g/t Silver (0.49 Moz gold and 6.592 Moz silver),
  • Inferred Resources: 3.59 MT with 1.05 g/t gold & 3.20 g/t silver (0.121 Moz gold and 0.369 Moz silver)

Additional Comments

Epithermal mineralization in discontinuous veins and veinlets, hosted in volcanic rocks of Jurassic age, with low silver / gold ratio (2.5: 1)

Related companies

Investor

  • CERRADO GOLD INC.100%

Operator

  • MINERA DON NICOLAS100%

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