TIDMPERE

RNS Number : 6586V

Pembridge Resources plc

06 April 2023

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6 April 2023

Minto Metals Reports Financial and Production Results for 2022

London, United Kingdom - Pembridge Resources plc (LSE: PERE) ("Pembridge" or the "Company") reports that Minto Metals Corp. ("Minto") has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Highlights for the year ended December 31 2022:

   --    Production totalling 28.9 million pounds of copper, a 12.6% increase over 2021 
   --    Increase in revenue by $14.9 million 

-- Production costs increased by 17.9% to $133.8 million compared to 2021 or 12.8% increase on a per unit basis due to the higher ore output from the mine in 2022

   --    $3.7 million was invested in the water treatment plant 

Highlights for Fourth Quarter 2022:

-- Copper sales decreased 22.6% to 6.46 million pounds for Q4 2022 compared to 8.35 million pounds for the same period in 2021 due to a mill shutdown in December as a result of extremely cold weather, contractor equipment reliability issues as well as decreases in market average copper prices

-- Revenue declined by $14.7 million to $32.6 million for Q4 2022 compared to the same period in 2021

-- Production costs for Q4 2022 were $33.6 million, a 3.5% decrease compared to $34.8 million for the same period in 2021, which is consistent with decrease in mined ore

The full press release from Minto can be accessed from the following link.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6586V_1-2023-4-6.pdf

Cautionary Statement

This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statements" which are not comprised of historical facts. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company, or management, expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to the Company, the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the Company's intentions regarding its objectives, goals or future plans and statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to predict or counteract the potential impact of COVID-19 coronavirus on factors relevant to the Company's business, failure to identify additional mineral resources, failure to convert estimated mineral resources to reserves with more advanced studies, the inability to eventually complete a feasibility study which could support a production decision, the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results may not be representative of the deposit as a whole, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals, political risks, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects, capital, operating and reclamation costs varying significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set out in the Company's public documents. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Pembridge is a mining company that is listed on the standard segment of the Official List of the FCA and trading on the main market for listed securities of London Stock Exchange plc. Pembridge has an investment in Minto Metals Corp, a British Columbia incorporated business listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "MNTO" that operates the Minto mine in Yukon, Canada.

About Minto Metals Corp

Minto Metals Corp operates the underground copper-gold-silver mine located in central Yukon, approximately 240 kilometres north of the capital Whitehorse along the Klondike Highway. In excess of US$350 million of capital expenditure has been invested into Minto operations since site construction began in 2006. The Minto mine was in continuous production between 2007 and 2018, when the mine was placed onto temporary care and maintenance. Pembridge acquired the Minto mine from Capstone Mining Corporation in June 2019 and restarted operations in October 2019.

Enquiries:

Pembridge Resources plc: +44 (0) 7905 125740

Gati Al-Jebouri, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

David James, Chief Financial Officer

Tavira Financial Ltd: +44 (0)20 7100 5100

Jonathan Evans

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