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Press Release: Triple Flag Reports Strong Q3 2021 -2-

Dow Jones Newswires ·  Nov 11, 2021 06:03

Australia


-- Northparkes (54% gold stream and 80% silver stream): Sales from
Northparkes in Q3 2021 were 4,266 GEOs. In Q3 2021, Northparkes produced
7,667 tonnes of copper and 7,327 ounces of gold. Capital and expansion
projects continued to progress well. Northparkes has commenced the
development application process for the E44 deposit, which contains
favourable gold grades, approximately 13 km southwest of existing
operations. Northparkes proposes to mine E44 using open cut methods, with
the ore to supplement existing operations. Triple Flag, together with our
partners at Northparkes, is developing a virtual tour of Northparkes that
is planned to be held late this year, which will showcase this
world-class mining operation and management team.
-- Fosterville (2.0% NSR gold royalty): Royalties from Fosterville in Q3
2021 equated to 2,456 GEOs. Fosterville produced 134,772 ounces of gold
and sold 146,600 ounces in Q3 2021. Production for the quarter was
significantly above planned levels driven largely by continued grade
outperformance in the Swan Zone. Q3 year-to-date production at
Fosterville was 401,445 ounces of gold and, while Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.
("Kirkland") did not change its annual guidance of 400,000 -- 425,000
ounces for Fosterville, it did note it now expects full-year 2021
production to be 500,000 ounces or higher. In August, Kirkland announced
new high-grade, visible-gold-bearing intersections down-plunge of Swan
Zone, at Cygnet, and at Robbin's Hill associated with 197 underground and
58 surface holes of drilling since the December 31, 2020 Mineral
Resources and Reserve update. The results support Kirkland's view that
substantial potential exists to discover new high-grade mineralized areas
and extensions to grow reserves. The drilling down-plunge of Swan Zone in
Lower Phoenix has returned high-grade intersections with the same
mineralization that accounts for the ultra-high grades found in Swan
Zone. In early November, Kirkland updated the assay results reported in
August of one of its top drill holes down-plunge of Swan Zone located 500
metres away from deepest mineral reserves with actual gold grades that
were more than quadruple that originally reported (207 g/t over 2.6 m).
While Lower Phoenix is a key target area, favourable results were also
displayed at Cygnet, a parallel structure near Swan Zone. Results at
Robbin's Hill continue to confirm the size and scale of target areas, and
Kirkland expects Robbin's Hill to become the second mining operation to
feed the mill. Underground drilling at Robbin's Hill has also commenced.
Kirkland has budgeted $85 to $95 million for exploration at Fosterville
in 2021, with a total of 210,000 metres planned to be drilled. At the
time of announcement, Kirkland had nine underground and eight surface
diamond drill rigs operating at Fosterville. Triple Flag and its
investors are beneficiaries of this significant exploration spend by way
of Triple Flag's royalty interest in Fosterville.
-- Dargues (5.5% GR gold royalty): Royalties from Dargues in Q3 2021 equated
to 392 GEOs. Dargues produced 10,827 ounces of gold for the quarter ended
September 30, 2021, up 107% from the prior quarter as new stoping areas
were brought into production. Aurelia Metals Limited ("Aurelia")
previously provided a FY2022 (ending June 30, 2022) production outlook
for Dargues of 45,000 to 50,000 ounces of gold. In October, Aurelia
received final results from its Phase 1 infill and exploration drilling
program at Dargues. One intercept of 9.7 metres at 4.2 g/t Au represents
the deepest ore-grade gold mineralization identified at Dargues to date,
located approximately 80 metres down-plunge and to the east of the
current Mineral Resource envelope.
-- Henty (3.0% GR gold royalty): Royalties from Henty in Q3 2021 equated to
200 GEOs. Henty produced 6,775 ounces of gold for the quarter ended
September 30, 2021, putting it on track to reach its guidance of 25,000
ounces for calendar year 2021. Catalyst Metals Ltd. ("Catalyst")
announced in early October that it has increased Mineral Resources by 13%
as at June 30, 2021 compared to June 30, 2020, more than replacing the
gold mined in that year. Also in October, Catalyst announced it has three
diamond drill rigs operating underground and a surface rig testing new
concepts on a northern extension. Henty has not had an active resource
delineation program for quite some time with prior owners, and past
mining continued without the conversion of Resources to Reserves.
Catalyst is now focused on upgrading Resources to JORC-compliant Reserves
that will be reported at the end of the financial year. In the meantime,
Catalyst plans to keep production at current levels, until it can
identify new working areas. As it discovers new ore, it will look to
increase production. In November, Catalyst provided an update on
high-grade gold intersections encountered in underground drilling
targeting three key areas towards the top of the underground orebody --
Zone 96, Intermediate Zone, and Sill Zone. Of 153 holes drilled, a
majority contained gold mineralization, 27 had intervals greater than 20
g/t Au metres, and very high gold grades were encountered in at least six
holes. The drilling is showing excellent high-grade zones beyond the
limits of the 2021 Mineral Resource Estimate model and in parallel
structures not previously tested. A surface exploration program is also
being conducted on Henty North, the northern extension of the Henty
Fault. Catalyst is in the process of mobilizing another underground drill
rig, bringing the total drill rigs to five.

Latin America:


-- Cerro Lindo (65% silver stream): Sales from Cerro Lindo in Q3 2021 were
7,502 GEOs, based on 579,878 ounces of silver sold. Nexa Resources S.A.
("Nexa") announced with its Q3 2021 results that it is on track to meet
its production guidance, and cash costs are lower due to higher
by-product metal prices. After planned and unplanned maintenance
shutdowns in Q3 2021, mine throughput at Cerro Lindo has returned to
normal levels. In October, Nexa announced the results from its
exploration in Q3 2021. At Cerro Lindo, drilling was focused on Pucasalla
and near-mine underground ore body expansion at orebody 9 and 5B.
Drilling resulted in thick intersections that confirmed the continuity of
both orebody 9 (11.9 metres with 3.14% ZnEq; 9.5 metres with 3.69% ZnEq)
and orebody 5B (12.8 metres with 6.85% ZnEq; 9.7 metres with 3.12% ZnEq).
Drilling at Pucasalla, a new volcanogenic massive sulphide ("VMS")
deposit discovered 4.5 km to the northwest of Cerro Lindo, also confirmed
lateral extension of the mineralization. Pucasalla is outside of Triple
Flag's stream area, however, Triple Flag has a right of first refusal
over any stream-related financing and any discoveries that extend the
mine life of Cerro Lindo are beneficial to the stream.
-- Buriticá (100% silver stream): Sales from Buriticá in Q3 2021
were 1,142 GEOs, based on 85,821 ounces of silver sold. In Q3 2021,
Buriticá produced doré containing 49,742 ounces of gold and
68,436 ounces of silver. Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. ("Zijin") announced
that it received the production permit for its expansion to increase
processing capacity to 4,000 tonnes per day ("tpd") from 3,000 tpd. At
the time of announcement in August, civil engineering was 98% complete,
installation of steelwork was 68% complete, and equipment installation
was 23% complete. The expansion is expected to come online in the new
year.
-- Eastern Borosi (2.0% NSR gold and silver royalty): Calibre Mining Corp.
("Calibre") announced in the quarter that it has made excellent progress
advancing Eastern Borosi, which will provide mill feed for the its
Libertad mill that is less than 50% utilized, ahead of schedule. Calibre
increased its drilling programs to include an additional 22 kilometres of
infill, geotechnical and hydrogeological drilling, in addition to the
planned resources expansion drilling around the high-grade open pit and
underground deposits at Eastern Borosi. It has now completed infill
drilling and is initiating resource expansion and discovery drilling, is
completing pre-feasibility study level engineering with technical studies
well underway and has acquired over 95% of the required surface rights.
Drilling has returned some of the best near-surface intercepts to date,
including 9.7 metres at 25 g/t gold and 3.1 metres at 39 g/t gold. An
updated Mineral Resource estimate is expected in Q1 2022. Permitting
applications for open pit and underground operations are also targeted
for Q1 2022, a year earlier than originally contemplated, and Calibre
anticipates it can continue growing the Guapinol and Riscos De Oro
deposits both on strike and down dip of known zones while also testing
new veins. Calibre has noted that with streamlined permitting in
Nicaragua, it can take as little as approximately 18 months from permit
application to first ore delivery.

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