TMAC announces results of 2020 pre-feasibility study

30 March 2020

TMAC Resources Inc. announces a summary of key results from the Preliminary Feasibility Study (“PFS”) for its 100%-owned Hope Bay Property (“Property”) located in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, Canada, as outlined in the technical report entitled NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Hope Bay Property, Nunavut, Canada (“Technical Report”).
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PFS HIGHLIGHTS

  • Pre-tax net present value discounted at 5% (NPV5%) of Hope Bay of C$549 million, after-tax NPV5% of C$486 million, based on Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves
  • Life of Mine (“LOM”) of 15 years
  • Proven and Probable Mineral Reserve estimate at Hope Bay is 3.5 million ounces of gold
  • Updated Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource estimate at Hope Bay:
  • - 5.2 million ounces of gold Measured and Indicated Resource, and
  • - 2.1 million ounces of gold Inferred Resource
  • Processing plant throughput capacity:
  • - 2,000 tonnes per day (“tpd”) for years 2021 to 2023
  • - 4,000 tpd for 2024 onward
  • LOM Cash Cost of US$841/oz and All-in Sustaining Cost of US$986/oz
  • Expansion capital expenditures for 2020 to 2023 of C$683 million, including C$184 million for a new conventional processing plant