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CERRO QUEMA

LocationLos Santos, Panama
Ownership100%
StatusPFS Completed August 2014
Type of MineOpen pit heap leach
Gold Mineral Reserve0.5 Moz Total Proven and Probable (19.7 Mt at 0.77 g/t)
Gold Mineral Resource0.7 Moz Total M&I (34.9 Mt at 0.62 g/t)
Throughput10,000 tpd
Estimated Avg. Annual Production79,000 oz Au
Exploration15,000 Ha land package, copper-gold zone discovery, oxide expansion

In August 2014 Kappes, Cassidy & Associates (KCA) prepared a prefeasibility study of the Cerro Quema Project.

The mineral reserve estimate at Cerro Quema includes the Quemita and La Pava deposits and the PFS supports a technically simple open-pit mine and heap-leach operation that offers low capital and operating costs and rapid payback.

Cerro Quema Prefeasibility Study Highlights (2014)UnitsValues
Throughput Rate per Daytonnes10,000
Gold Grade (Avg)g/t0.77
Contained Goldounces487,000
Average Gold Recovery%86%
Average Annual Gold Productionounces79,000
LOM Strip Ratiowaste:ore0.72
Initial CapexUS$ million$117
Operating Costs$/t$8.63
Total By-Product Cash Cost1$/oz$402
All-In Sustaining Cost1$/oz$555
Gold Price$/oz$1,275
Net Asset ValueUS$ million$110
Paybackyears2.2

1 Total cash cost and AISC are non-GAAP measures and are net of silver credits and includes royalties payable. See reference below regarding non-GAAP measures.

Exploration

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Tonnes

(M)

Gold

(g/t)

Copper

(%)

Gold

(oz)

Gold

(oz)

Gold

(oz)

La Pava14.220.730.04335,000335,000335,000
Quema5.490.860.03153,000153,000153,000
Total19.710.770.04488,000488,000488,000
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Total Measured & IndicatedInferredInferredInferredInferredInferred
La PavaKt

Gold

(g/t)

Gold

(koz)

Kt

Gold

(g/t)

Gold

(koz)

Oxide17,948.70.67386.00331.70.363.80
Sulphide8,466.90.39107.4575.00.281.50
Total26,415.60.58493.45406.70.355.30
Quema-Quemita
Oxide5,983.70.86166.40335.30.384.10
Sulphide2,539.00.4940.00298.10.32.88
Total8,522.70.75206.40633.40.346.98

Mineral Reserve Notes

  1. Effective as of June 30, 2014.
  1. Columns may not sum exactly due to rounding.
  1. A cut-off grade of 0.21 g/t of gold is used for reporting mineral reserves.
  1. Mineral reserves are estimated at a gold price of US$1,300 per ounce.

The Mineral Reserve estimates in this document were prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities.

For further details with respect to the scientific and technical information contained in this document:

For Cerro Quema: “Cerro Quema Project – Pre-Feasibility Study on the La Pava and Quemita Oxide Gold Deposits” dated August 15, 2014 with an effective date of June 30, 2014;

Mineral Resource Notes:

  1. Mineral resources are reported inside an optimized pit shell.
  1. Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
  1. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, sociopolitical, marketing, or other relevant issues.
  1. The quantity and grade of reported Inferred resources in this estimation are uncertain in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to define these Inferred resources as an Indicated or Measured mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in upgrading them to an Indicated or Measured mineral resource category.
  1. The mineral resources were estimated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions and adopted by CIM Council.
  1. The Mineral Reserve estimates in this document were prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities.

The Mineral Resource estimates in this document were prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities