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Bullion World | Volume 3 | Issue 4 | April 2023


                                             Government of Guyana transferring     at the University of Guyana
                                             ownership of the project to RGD   •   Commencement of student
                                             Strengthened senior management        apprenticeships (to be
                                             team with new VP Exploration in       expanded in 2023) • Local
                                             August 2022.                          Community Medical Outreach
           Reunion Gold                                                        •   Malaria testing & treatment
           Reunion Gold is an exploration    Two-Pronged strategy                  facilitation through the project’s
           company focused on the Guiana     1.  Drill out the Kairuni zone        medical clinic, in partnership
           Shield in South America. In 2020     leading to MRE by mid-year         with the Government of
           the Company made a major             and move to de-risk the project    Guyana. Successful reduction
           discovery at Oko West in Guyana      by completing a PEA                in local malaria cases at Oko
                                             2.  Continue to aggressively          and the surrounding area.
           •   Oko West is 100% owned and       explore the remaining 3 highly   •   First aid treatment facility
              has no back-in rights             prospective targets on the         (Company doctor & nurse)
           •   Drilling at Oko West has         property with the goal of adding   available to assist local
              continued at an ever-             any additional ounces found        emergencies around the Oko
              accelerated pace since that       into a potential development       Project. Plans for 2023
              time.                             scenario                       •   Development of a stakeholder
           Significant increase in the                                             mapping & engagement
           mineralized envelope at Oko West   ESG Activities-                      strategy
           to over 2km in strike and 575 m   •   Completion of wet & dry       •   Exploration site rehabilitation
           deep RGD Successfully raised         season biodiversity, water         & reforestation (in partnership
           CAD$ 48M capital in February         quality, and baseline surveys      with the Guyana Forestry
           and July 2023 –a strong treasury     • Annual Bursaries for tertiary    Commission
           of ~ CAD$ 44 M Significantly         education in Geological
           ramped up drill capacity to 5 DD,    Science studies                SOURCE- https://www.
           and 2 RC Exercised property       •   Donation of 10 bursaries,     reuniongold.com/_
           option agreement and received        totalling $15,000, to cover    files/ugd/62921a_2d369f11673a
           Prospecting License from the         annual tuition fees for students   44f1990204fa7d3eb459.pdf



                                                     Some of the latest        •   Post-Tax NPV (5%) of $726
                                                     developments are as           million and IRR of 39% (15
           New-Pacific Metals Corp.-                 follows:-                     million ounces)
           Located in Yukon, Canada, New     Silver Sand Project- A large pure   •   Total capital costs of $327
           Pacific Metals Corp. is a Canadian   silver deposit amenable to open    million
           exploration and development       pit & tank leach operation 2022   •   Average LOM operating cash
           company. Via the 100% acquisition   Preliminary Economic Assessment     cost of US$8.45/oz silver
           of Tagish Lake Gold Corp., which   (PEA):                           •   Total all-in sustaining cost of
           is still operating as a wholly owned   •   4 million tonnes per year    US$10.42/oz silver
           subsidiary of New Pacific, the       throughput
           Tagish Lake Gold Project was      •   Production of 171Moz payable   Carangas Project- An extensive
           bought by New Pacific in 2010.       silver over 14 years of mine life   silver horizon above a thick gold
           The Tagish Lake Gold Project is a   •   Post-tax NPV (5%) US$726M &   deposit
           collection of 1,512 gold claims that   IRR 39.                      2021: Drilled 35 holes in 13,000 m,
           span around 254 square kilometres                                   and discovered a 1,000 m by 800
           and is situated 80 kilometres     The Preliminary Economic          m silver horizon overlying a broad
           south of Whitehorse, Yukon, via   Assessment (PEA) for the Silver   gold zone.
           road. A 300-tonne per-day mill, a   Sand project is authored by AMC
           tailings reclamation facility, support   Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd.   2022: over 50,000 m in 115 drill
           facilities, an all-weather 50-person   and was released on January 9,   holes completed and every hole hit
           camp, substantial underground     2023; highlights include:         silver or gold.
           workings, and roads to each       •   Open pit mining strip ratio 3.6:1
           project are among the property's   •   Processing throughput: 4     2023: plans to drill 15,000 m in Q1,
           infrastructure.                      million tonnes per year        MRE expected in Q2.



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