Osisko Development Corp. (NYSE: ODV, TSXV: ODV)
("
Osisko Development" or the
"
Company") is pleased to report its financial and
operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2023
("
Q1 2023").
Q1 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Operating and financial
updates:
- 1,503 ounces of
gold sold by the Company generating approximately $3.5 million in
revenues in the quarter primarily from operating activities from
the San Antonio Gold Project ("San Antonio")
stockpile processing via heap leach (1,202 ounces of gold sold from
San Antonio).
- On February 24,
2023, the Company announced the issuance of 10,000 common shares of
the Company in accordance with the terms of a participation
agreement dated June 10, 2022 with the Williams Lake First Nation
(see news release dated July 5, 2022), relating to the Cariboo Gold
Project.
- On March 2,
2023, the Company completed a bought deal public offering of an
aggregate of 7,841,850 units of the Company (the
"Units") at a price of $6.60 per Unit, for
aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $51.8 million, including
the full exercise of the over-allotment option. Each Unit is
comprised of one common share of the Company and one common share
purchase warrant of the Company.
- On March 14,
2023, the Company announced a proposed reduction of the exercise
price of the common share purchase warrants issued in 2022 in
connection with brokered (closing on March 2, 2022) and
non-brokered private placements (closing in tranches on March 4,
2022, March 29, 2022 and April 21, 2022). For further details,
refer to news release dated March 14, 2023. The warrant amendment
was completed on March 17, 2023.
- As at March 31,
2023, the Company had approximately $122.2 million in cash.
Tintic Project – Utah, U.S.A.
(100%-owned)
- Approximately
68% of the 1,390 meter ("m") (or 4,550 feet
("ft.")) of the Trixie test mine
("Trixie") portal and underground decline ramp has
been completed as at March 31, 2023). The Company anticipates
completion of the decline ramp to the main 625 level by Q3
2023.
- Target to ramp
up processing capacity to 500 short tons per day subject to
completion of required mine and mill infrastructure upgrades.
- As previously
disclosed, certain test mining activities at Trixie were
temporarily put on hold in December 2022 to complete mine and mill
infrastructure upgrades.
- On January 17,
2023, the Company announced an initial mineral resource
("MRE") for the underground Trixie deposit
("Trixie MRE") in accordance with National
Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
("NI 43-101"). On January 31, 2023, the Company
filed a technical report, in accordance with NI 43-101, in relation
to the Trixie MRE. For further information regarding Trixie and
Trixie MRE, refer to Technical Reports.
- Approximately
5,000 m (16,404 ft.) of underground drilling is proposed for 2023
focusing on infill and exploration drilling on the existing Trixie
deposit. During the quarter, the Company continued underground
exploration and delineation activities on the Trixie deposit with
two underground diamond drill rigs in operation. A total of 2,334 m
(7,657 ft.) were drilled in 25 holes during the quarter, with assay
results for these holes currently pending.
- The Company is
also expected to commence a regional surface diamond drilling
campaign of approximately 3,000 m (9,842 ft.) in the second half of
2023 on the wider Tintic Project property, focusing on
high-priority precious and base metal targets, including commencing
a deep-drilling program to target copper-gold porphyry
potential.
Cariboo Gold Project – British Columbia,
Canada (100%-owned)
- The Company
completed a Feasibility Study ("FS") on the
Cariboo Gold Project ("Cariboo") dated January 10,
2023 (amended January 12, 2023) with an effective date of December
30, 2022 (the "Cariboo FS"), which contemplates a
staged, lower capital intensity project design with scalable
infrastructure to account for the current global inflationary
environment. Management believes that this approach to developing
Cariboo may mitigate development capital intensity risks while
providing an opportunity to maximize margins.
- The Company
anticipates that the potential development of Cariboo may provide a
basis for progress towards the establishment of a broader mining
district camp, including development of multiple deposits over
several trends totalling approximately 80 km of mineralization. For
further information regarding Cariboo and the Cariboo FS refer to
Technical Reports.
- The Company
anticipates receiving the Environmental Assessment Certificate in
Q3 2023 and permits by the end of Q1 2024.
San Antonio Gold Project – Sonora State,
Mexico (100%-owned)
- In the first
quarter of 2022, Sapuchi Minera commenced processing its stockpile
inventory through sodium cyanide heap leach pads and
carbon-in-column processing plant.
- As of March 31,
2023, the Company sold a total of 13,065 ounces of gold from the
San Antonio heap leach pad, including 1,202 ounces of gold sold in
the first quarter of 2023.
- On April 29,
2023, Mexico's Senate approved a wide-ranging reform of laws
governing the mining industry, including a requirement that
companies pay a percentage of profits to various stakeholders. The
new mining law reduces the maximum length of concessions from 50 to
30 years, and may allow authorities to cancel concessions if no
work is done on them within two years. The Company is closely
monitoring the situation and will continue to assess the potential
impacts on its Mexican assets.
- The Company
continues to focus its efforts on the remaining stockpile
processing while it awaits next steps from the government of Mexico
with respect to the permitting process at San Antonio.
SUBSEQUENT TO Q1 2023
- On April 3,
2023, the Company disclosed assay results from 42 diamond drilling
("DD") holes from the 2022 underground exploration
program at Trixie. The DD intercepts were located on the southern
portion of the current Trixie MRE along new development and
stepping out closer to the Sioux Ajax Fault, one of the main
targets for mineralization at Trixie. Select assay results
highlights included (see news release dated April 3, 2023):
- 28.72 grams per
tonne ("g/t") gold ("Au") and
404.19 g/t silver ("Ag") over 6.25 m in hole
TUG-625-087 (0.84 ounces per short ton ("oz/t") Au and 11.79 oz/t
Ag over 20.50 ft.);
- 27.26 g/t Au and
96.98 g/t Ag over 4.57 m (0.80 oz/t Au and 2.83 oz/t Ag over 15.00
ft.) in hole TUG-625-086.
- On May 4, 2023,
the Company disclosed assay results from 8 DD holes from the 2022
underground exploration program at Trixie. The DD intercepts were
located within the T2 structure and T4 stockwork in the central and
southern areas of the current Trixie MRE. Select assay results
highlights included (see news release dated May 4, 2023):
- 53.27 g/t Au and
90.24 g/t Ag over 2.44 m in hole TUG-625-037 (1.55 oz/t Au and 2.63
oz/t Ag over 8.00 ft.);
- 36.81 g/t Au and
30.89 g/t Ag over 3.35 m in hole TUG-625-036 (1.07 oz/t Au and 0.90
oz/t Ag over 11.00 ft.).
- On May 5, 2023,
the Company announced the supplemental listing of certain common
share purchase warrants of the Company
("Warrants") on the TSX Venture Exchange effective
as of the opening of markets on May 8, 2023. These Warrants
include: (i) an aggregate 7,752,916 Warrants expiring on March 2,
2027, and (ii) an aggregate 11,363,933 Warrants expiring on May 27,
2027 (see news release dated May 5, 2023).
- On May 8, 2023,
the Company announced the signing of two landmark permitting
agreements, the Process Charter and the Joint Information
Requirements Table, for its Cariboo Gold Project.
Annual Meeting of
Shareholders
The Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders
will be held in person on May 11, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time)
at 1, Place Ville Marie, Suite 2500, Montreal, QC, H3B 1R1.
Information regarding notice, materials, and voting can be found in
the Management Information Circular dated March 31, 2023, available
on the Company's website at www.osiskodev.com and on SEDAR
(www.sedar.com) under Osisko Development's issuer profile.
Consolidated Financial
Statements
The Company's unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements (the "Financial Statements")
and management's discussion and analysis
("MD&A") for the three months ended March 31,
2023, are available on the Company's website at www.osiskodev.com
and on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) under Osisko Development's issuer
profile.
Qualified Persons
The scientific and technical information
contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Maggie Layman, P.Geo., Vice President, Exploration of Osisko
Development, and François Vézina, ing., P.Eng., MBA, Senior Vice
President, Project Development, Technical Services and Environment,
each of whom is a "qualified person" within the meaning of NI
43-101.
Technical Reports
Information relating to the Tintic Project and
the Trixie MRE is supported by the technical report titled "NI
43-101 Technical Report, Initial Mineral Resource Estimate for the
Trixie Deposit, Tintic Project, Utah, United States of America",
dated January 27, 2023 (with an effective date of January 10, 2023)
prepared for the Company by independent representatives of Micon
International Limited (the "Tintic Technical
Report"). Reference should be made to the full text of the
Tintic Technical Report, which was prepared in accordance with NI
43-101 and is available electronically on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and
on EDGAR (www.sec.gov) under Osisko Development's issuer profile
and on the Company's website at www.osiskodev.com.
Information relating to Cariboo and the Cariboo
FS is supported by the technical report titled "Feasibility Study
for the Cariboo Gold Project, District of Well, British Columbia,
Canada", dated January 10, 2023 (amended January 12, 2023) with an
effective date of December 30, 2022) prepared for the Company by
independent representatives BBA Engineering Ltd. and supported by
independent consulting firms, including InnovExplo Inc., SRK
Consulting (Canada) Inc., Golder Associates Ltd. (amalgamated with
WSP Canada Inc. on January 1, 2023, to form WSP Canada Inc.), WSP
USA Inc., Falkirk Environmental Consultants Ltd., Klohn Crippen
Berger Ltd., KCC Geoconsulting Inc., and JDS Energy & Mining
Inc. (the "Cariboo Technical Report"). Reference
should be made to the full text of the Cariboo Technical Report,
which was prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and is available
electronically on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and on EDGAR (www.sec.gov)
under Osisko Development's issuer profile and on the Company's
website at www.osiskodev.com.
Information relating to San Antonio is supported
by the technical report titled "NI 43-101 Technical Report for the
2022 Mineral Resource Estimate on the San Antonio Project, Sonora,
Mexico", dated July 12, 2022 (with an effective date of June 24,
2022) prepared for the Company by independent representatives of
Micon International Limited (the "San Antonio Technical
Report", collectively with the Trixie Technical Report and
Cariboo Technical Report, the "Technical
Reports"). Reference should be made to the full text of
the San Antonio Technical Report, which was prepared in accordance
with NI 43-101 and is available electronically on SEDAR
(www.sedar.com) and on EDGAR (www.sec.gov) under Osisko
Development's issuer profile and on the Company's website at
www.osiskodev.com.
About Osisko
Development Corp.
Osisko Development Corp. is a premier North
American gold development company focused on high-quality
past-producing properties located in mining friendly jurisdictions
with district scale potential. The Company's objective is to become
an intermediate gold producer by advancing its 100%-owned Cariboo
Gold Project, located in central B.C., Canada, the Tintic Project
in the historic East Tintic mining district in Utah, U.S.A., and
the San Antonio Gold Project in Sonora, Mexico. In addition to
considerable brownfield exploration potential of these properties,
that benefit from significant historical mining data, existing
infrastructure and access to skilled labour, the Company's project
pipeline is complemented by other prospective exploration
properties. The Company's strategy is to develop attractive,
long-life, socially and environmentally sustainable mining assets,
while minimizing exposure to development risk and growing mineral
resources.
For further information, please contact
Osisko Development Corp.:
Sean Roosen |
Philip Rabenok |
Chairman and CEO |
Director, Investor Relations |
Email: sroosen@osiskodev.com |
Email: prabenok@osiskodev.com |
Tel: +1 (514) 940-0685 |
Tel: +1 (437) 423-3644 |
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
Cautionary Statement Regarding Estimates of
Mineral Resources
This news release uses the terms measured,
indicated and inferred mineral resources as a relative measure of
the level of confidence in the resource estimate. Readers are
cautioned that mineral resources are not mineral reserves and that
the economic viability of resources that are not mineral reserves
has not been demonstrated. The mineral resource estimate disclosed
in this news release may be materially affected by geology,
environmental, permitting, legal, title, socio-political, marketing
or other relevant issues. The mineral resource estimate is
classified in accordance with the Canadian Institute of Mining,
Metallurgy and Petroleum's "CIM Definition Standards on Mineral
Resources and Mineral Reserves" incorporated by reference into NI
43-101. Under NI 43-101, estimates of inferred mineral resources
may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies or
economic studies except for preliminary economic assessments.
Readers are cautioned not to assume that further work on the stated
resources will lead to mineral reserves that can be mined
economically.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Test Mining
Without Feasibility Study
The Company cautions that the decision to
commence small-scale underground mining activities and batch vat
leaching at the Trixie test mine has been made without the benefit
of a feasibility study, or reported mineral resources or mineral
reserves, demonstrating economic and technical viability, and, as a
result there may be increased uncertainty of achieving any
particular level of recovery of material or the cost of such
recovery. The Company cautions that historically, such projects
have a much higher risk of economic and technical failure. Small
scale test-mining at Trixie was suspended in December 2022, if and
when test mining re-commences there is no guarantee that production
will continue as anticipated or at all or that anticipated
production costs will be achieved. The failure to continue
production may have a material adverse impact on the Company's
ability to generate revenue and cash flow to fund operations.
Failure to achieve the anticipated production costs may have a
material adverse impact on the Company's cash flow and potential
profitability. In continuing current operations at Trixie after
closing, the Company will not be basing its decision to continue
such operations on a feasibility study, or reported mineral
resources or mineral reserves demonstrating economic and technical
viability. The Company cautions that mining at Trixie could be
suspended at any time.
Cautionary Statement to U.S. Investors
The Company is subject to the reporting
requirements of the applicable Canadian securities laws, and as a
result reports information regarding mineral properties,
mineralization and estimates of mineral reserves and mineral
resources, including the information in the Technical Reports, the
Financial Statements, MD&A and this news release, in accordance
with Canadian reporting requirements, which are governed by NI
43-101. As such, such information concerning mineral properties,
mineralization and estimates of mineral reserves and mineral
resources, including the information in the Technical Reports, the
Financial Statements, MD&A and this news release, is not
comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies
subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in this news
release may be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation. These forward‐looking
statements, by their nature, require Osisko Development to make
certain assumptions and necessarily involve known and unknown risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied in these forward‐looking
statements. Forward‐looking statements are not guarantees of
performance. Words such as "may", "will", "would", "could",
"expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate",
"continue", or the negative or comparable terminology, as well as
terms usually used in the future and the conditional, are intended
to identify forward‐looking statements. Information contained in
forward‐looking statements is based upon certain material
assumptions that were applied in drawing a conclusion or making a
forecast or projection, including the assumptions, qualifications
and limitations of the results of the Technical Reports;
management's perceptions of historical trends, current conditions
and expected future developments; the utility and significance of
historic data, including the significance of the district hosting
past producing mines; future mining activities; the unique
mineralization at Trixie or the robust and production scale at
Cariboo; the potential of high grade gold mineralization on Trixie
and Cariboo; the results (if any) of further exploration work to
define and expand mineral resources; the ability of exploration
work (including drilling) to accurately predict mineralization; the
ability to generate additional drill targets; the ability of
management to understand the geology and potential of the Company's
properties; the ability of the Company to expand mineral resources
beyond current mineral resource estimates; the timing and ability
of the Company to complete upgrades to the mining infrastructure at
Trixie (if at all); the timing of resumption of test mining
activities at Trixie; the timing and ability of the Company to ramp
up processing capacity at Trixie to 500 short tons per day (if at
all); the ability of the Company to complete its exploration
objectives for its projects in 2023 in the timing contemplated (if
at all); the ongoing advancement of the deposits on the Company's
properties; the deposit remaining open for expansion at depth and
down plunge; the ability to realize upon any mineralization in a
manner that is economic; the Cariboo project design and ability and
timing to complete infrastructure at Cariboo (if at all); the
ability and timing for Cariboo to reach commercial production (if
at all); the ability to adapt to changes in gold prices, estimates
of costs, estimates of planned exploration and development
expenditures; the ability of the Company to obtain further capital
on reasonable terms; the profitability (if at all) of the Company's
operations; the Company being a well-positioned gold development
company in Canada, USA and Mexico; the ability and timing for the
permitting at San Antonio; the impact of permitting delays at San
Antonio; sustainability and environmental impacts of operations at
the Company's properties; as well as other considerations that are
believed to be appropriate in the circumstances, and any other
information herein that is not a historical fact may be "forward
looking information". Material assumptions also include,
management's perceptions of historical trends, the ability of
exploration (including drilling) to accurately predict
mineralization, budget constraints and access to capital on terms
acceptable to the Company, current conditions and expected future
developments, results of further exploration work to define or
expand any mineral resources, as well as other considerations that
are believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. Osisko
Development considers its assumptions to be reasonable based on
information currently available, but cautions the reader that their
assumptions regarding future events, many of which are beyond the
control of Osisko Development, may ultimately prove to be incorrect
since they are subject to risks and uncertainties that affect
Osisko Development and its business. Such risks and uncertainties
include, among others, risks relating to capital market conditions
and the Company's ability to access capital on terms acceptable to
the Company for the contemplated exploration and development at the
Company's properties; the ability to continue current operations
and exploration; regulatory framework and presence of laws and
regulations that may impose restrictions on mining; the ability of
exploration activities (including drill results) to accurately
predict mineralization; errors in management's geological
modelling; the ability to expand operations or complete further
exploration activities; the timing and ability of the Company to
obtain required approvals and permits; the results of exploration
activities; risks relating to exploration, development and mining
activities; the global economic climate; metal and commodity
prices; fluctuations in the currency markets; dilution;
environmental risks; and community, non-governmental and
governmental actions and the impact of stakeholder actions. Readers
are urged to consult the disclosure provided under the heading
"Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form for the
year ended December 31, 2022 as well as the Financial Statements
and MD&A which have been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) under
Osisko Development's issuer profile and on the SEC's EDGAR website
(www.sec.gov), for further information regarding the risks and
other factors applicable to the exploration results. Although the
Company's believes the expectations conveyed by the forward-looking
statements are reasonable based on information available as of the
date hereof, no assurances can be given as to future results,
levels of activity and achievements. The Company disclaims any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or results or otherwise,
except as required by law. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of performance and there can be no assurance that these
forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. No stock exchange,
securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved the information contained herein.
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