Positive PEA for La Fortuna silver/gold, Mexico

Minera Alamos announces the positive results of an independent PEA for its La Fortuna project in Durango, Mexico. The PEA was prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) by CSA Global Geosciences Canada. Unless stated all currency references are in US dollars.

“With an after-tax Internal Rate of Return in excess of 90%, today’s excellent PEA results confirm that La Fortuna provides a robust base for the next phase of gold production in the company’s growth pipeline,” commented Darren Koningen, Chief Executive Officer. “The simplified gold recovery process outlined in the study represents a conservative starting point that is well suited to the initial project resource which, to date, has been based exclusively on previously drilled mineralization. As our engineering work progresses we continue to find opportunities to reduce the initial project capital requirements and improve overall project economics. Coupled with our strategic partnership with Osisko Gold Royalties that includes an option to provide a significant portion of the project capital requirements in return for a project royalty, these additional optimizations will greatly reduce the upfront funding requirements of this already low capital cost operation.”

“This PEA represents a key milestone for the company as we begin to deliver to the market’s attention the underlying project economics of our development pipeline that focuses on cost-efficient and targeted production that can incrementally build a significant production profile over time,” commented Doug Ramshaw, President. “With the recently submitted commercial permit applications at the Santana project and ongoing work at the company’s Guadalupe de los Reyes project we are aggressively expanding our activities on multiple fronts. We continue to envision a plan whereby targeted production from the development of the Santana project will support the modest capital requirements of the La Fortuna operation.”

US$ CDN$
Pre-Tax NPV (7.5%) $103,800,000 $134,800,000
Pre-Tax IRR 122% 122%
After-Tax NPV (7.5%) $69,800,000 $90,600,000
After-Tax IRR 93% 93%
Pre-Tax Payback Period 9 months
After-Tax Payback Period 11 months
Average Annual Production 43,000 oz Gold, 220,000 oz Silver, 1,000 t Copper (50koz GEO1)
Preproduction Capital $26,900,000 $34,900,000
LOM Average AISC 2 $440/oz $571/oz
Mine Life 5 years
Mill Throughput (avg. tpd) 1,100
Mill Grade & Recovery 3.68 g/t Au (90% recovery)
Gold Price $1,250/oz
Silver Price $16/oz
Copper Price $5,725/tonne
FX Rate (CDN$/US$) 0.77