MAG Silver Reports Fourth Quarter Production From Juanicipio
January 25 2023 - 6:50AM
MAG Silver Corp. (TSX / NYSE American: MAG) (“MAG”
or “MAG Silver”) reports production from the Juanicipio Project
(56% / 44% Fresnillo plc (“Fresnillo”) and MAG, respectively) for
the fourth quarter (“Q4”) ending December 31, 2022 and full year
2022. As reported to MAG by the project operator Fresnillo, 165,786
tonnes of mineralized material from both underground development
and initial stopes were processed during the three months ended
December 31, 2022 at an average silver head grade of 415 grams per
tonne (“g/t”). For the year ended December 31, 2022, a total of
646,148 tonnes of mineralized material were processed at an average
silver head grade of 520 g/t.
Total Juanicipio production for Q4 and 2022,
based on provisional estimates before offtake agreement
adjustments, totaled 1,861 koz of silver and 5,380 gold ounces, and
9,250 koz of silver and 22,253 gold ounces, respectively. The
associated lead and zinc production will be reported with MAG
Silver’s year end filings.
The Juanicipio beneficiation plant, which was
recently energized with the connection to the national power grid,
has commenced commissioning and full-scale ramp up of milling
activities. The operation remains on track to reach nameplate
production mid-to-late 2023. During this ramp-up period, excess
mineralized material from Juanicipio continues to be processed
through the nearby Saucito and Fresnillo beneficiation plants (100%
owned by Fresnillo).
“We are excited to begin the new year marching
towards ramp-up to nameplate throughput of 4,000 tonnes per day
after fully connecting to the national power grid in December,”
said George Paspalas, MAG Silver’s President and CEO. “The
opportunity to run high-grade material through our world class
processing facility will set the stage for MAG becoming a top tier
silver producer, focused on cash flow generation and return on
capital invested.”
Qualified Persons: Dr. Peter
Megaw, Ph.D., C.P.G., has acted as the Qualified Person as defined
in National Instrument 43-101 for this disclosure and supervised
the preparation of the technical information in this release. Dr.
Megaw has a Ph.D. in geology and more than 38 years of relevant
experience focused on ore deposit exploration worldwide. He is a
Certified Professional Geologist (CPG 10227) by the American
Institute of Professional Geologists and an Arizona Registered
Geologist (ARG 21613). Dr. Megaw is not independent as he is Chief
Exploration Officer and a Shareholder of MAG.
About MAG Silver Corp.
(www.magsilver.com)
MAG Silver Corp. is a growth-oriented Canadian
development and exploration company focused on becoming a top-tier
primary silver mining company by exploring and advancing
high-grade, district scale, precious metals projects in the
Americas. Its principal focus and asset is the Juanicipio Project
(44%), being developed with Fresnillo Plc (56%), the operator. The
project is located in the Fresnillo Silver Trend in Mexico, the
world's premier silver mining camp, where the operator is currently
advancing underground mine development and commissioning a 4,000
tonnes per day processing plant. Underground mine production of
mineralized development material commenced in Q3 2020, and an
expanded exploration program is in place targeting multiple highly
prospective targets at Juanicipio. MAG is also executing
multi-phase exploration programs at the Deer Trail 100% earn-in
Project in Utah and the recently acquired Larder Project, located
in the historically prolific Abitibi region of Canada.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor the NYSE
American has reviewed or accepted responsibility for the accuracy
or adequacy of this press release, which has been prepared by
management.
This release includes certain statements that
may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning
of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All
statements in this release, other than statements of historical
facts are forward looking statements, including statements that
address our expectations with respect to the timing and success of
commissioning activities and the full-scale ramp up of milling
activities, provisional estimates relating to production at
Juanicipio for Q4 and 2022, processing rates of development
materials, future mineral production, and events or
developments. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always,
identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate",
"plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project",
"predict", "potential", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might",
"should", "believe" and similar expressions. These statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from
those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.
Although MAG believes the expectations expressed in such
forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual
results or developments may differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, impacts (both direct and indirect)
of COVID-19, timing of receipt of required permits, changes in
applicable laws, changes in commodities prices, changes
in mineral production performance, exploitation and
exploration successes, continued availability of capital and
financing, and general economic, market or business conditions,
political risk, currency risk and capital cost inflation. In
addition, forward-looking statements are subject to various risks,
including that data is incomplete and considerable additional work
will be required to complete further evaluation, including but not
limited to drilling, engineering and socio-economic studies and
investment. The reader is referred to the MAG Silver’s filings
with the SEC and Canadian securities regulators for disclosure
regarding these and other risk factors. There is no certainty that
any forward-looking statement will come to pass, and investors
should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking
statements.
Please Note: Investors are urged to consider
closely the disclosures in MAG's annual and
quarterly reports and other public filings, accessible through
the
Internet at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov.
For further information on behalf of MAG Silver Corp.
Contact Michael J. Curlook, VP Investor Relations and Communications
Phone: (604) 630-1399
Website: www.magsilver.com
Toll Free: (866) 630-1399
Email: info@magsilver.com
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