TABLE OF KEY METRICS

Key Valuation Metrics at $4.60/lb Copper Price Base Case

Copper Price Assumptions   $4.60/lb Cu Consensus $5.75/lb Cu SPOT
Net Present Value @ 8% (after-tax) $M 1,959 3,227
Internal Rate of Return (after-tax) % 22.5% 31.8%
Payback Period # years 3.9 2.6
Av Annual Free Cash Flow (Y1-Y15) $M 366 514

Notes:
1. Non-IFRS financial measure; see “Non-IFRS Financial Measures”.

 

 

Key Project Metrics

Project Metrics Unit 2026 PEA
Construction Period # months 24
Life of Mine # years 21
Strip Ratio Waste : Feed 2.56
Mineralized Material Mined millions tons 641
Limestone Mined millions tons 133
Alluvium-Gravel waste millions tons 1,007
Hard-Rock waste millions tons 501
Copper Grade placed on Heap % CuT 0.43%
Average Annual Crusher Throughput (Max) millions tons 40
Recoveries % CuT 68%
Oxide / Enriched Recoveries % CuTSol 90.2%
Primary Sulfide Recoveries (years 10 to 21) % CuSu 59.9%
Recovered Copper Cathode millions lbs 3,187
Average Annual Copper Production (years 1-15) millions lbs 174
Initial Capital (including contingency) $ millions 1,556
Initial Capital Excluding Acid Plant $ millions 1,273
Capital Intensity1 $/ton Cu Capacity 17,609
Capital Intensity Excluding Acid Plant $/ton Cu Capacity 14,411
Profitability Ratio $/ton Cu Capacity 1.26
Expansion Capital (including contingency) $ millions 682
Sustaining Capital2 $ millions 587
Cash Cost (C1)3 $/lb Cu 1.70
Sustaining Cash Cost4 $/lb Cu 2.00
All-In Sustaining Cash Cost5 $/lb Cu 2.05

Notes:
1.Capital intensities are calculated as initial capital, divided by maximum annual copper cathode plant capacity of 88.3 Ktons. Expansion capital is expenditures to either build new facilities, for example the cement plant built in years 4-5, or to expand the capacity of initial facilities, for example increased capacity of leach pad
2. Sustaining Capital are expenditures to maintain initial facilities. Includes $186 million in deferred stripping costs. Includes sustaining capital for both the copper plant and the cement plant
3. Cash Cost includes mine operating, crushing and leaching, process plant operating, and general and administrative costs ("G&A")
4. Sustaining Cost includes Cash Cost, Sustaining Capex, Deferred Stripping, and Royalties
5. All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC) includes Sustaining Cost, Property Taxes, Severance Taxes, and Closure Costs. It excludes expansion and initial capital, and income taxes

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