Titan Announces Preliminary Q4 2021 Production Results and Provides 2022 Production and Cost Guidance
25 Janeiro 2022 - 9:00AM
Titan Mining Corporation (TSX:TI) (“
Titan” or the
“
Company”) is pleased to release preliminary
fourth quarter (“Q4”) and full year 2021 production results and
provide 2022 operating, capital and exploration expenditure
guidance (all dollar figures are in US dollars, unless otherwise
indicated).
2021 Highlights
- Improved safety performance,
decreasing incident severity rate 95%.
- Produced 47.5 million payable
pounds of zinc in 2021, a record since re-opening of the Empire
State Mine.
- Implemented a fixed price
arrangement hedging program covering 50% of H2/21 payable
production and 60%, or 8.4 million pounds, of forecasted Q1/22
payable production.
- Declared an inaugural special cash
dividend of C$0.01 per share at the end of Q3 (paid in October
2021) and declared a second special dividend of C$0.01 per share at
the end of Q4 (paid in January 2022).
- Extended credit facility maturity
dates with each of the Bank of Nova Scotia (“BNS”) and a company
controlled by Titan’s Executive Chairman to April 3, 2023 and April
5, 2023 respectively.
- $2,000,000 payment made against the
BNS facility in Q4 2021.
Don Taylor, Titan’s President and CEO,
commented, “Our ESM operations made marked improvements in 2021 by
significantly improving safety performance and producing a record
number of payable zinc pounds which, combined with a strengthened
zinc market, allowed Titan to finish 2021 in a substantially
improved financial position. Titan’s strengthened balance sheet and
anticipated incremental production from the #2 mine open pits
scheduled to come on-line mid-2022 make Titan well-positioned to
take advantage of the positive momentum in the zinc market
throughout the upcoming year.”
Q4 and Full Year 2021 Preliminary
Production Results & 2022 Production Guidance
Total payable zinc production from ESM was 12.2
million pounds in Q4 2021 for total annual payable production of
47.5 million pounds. 2021 production is preliminary and subject to
change when the Company releases its Q4 2021 and audited full-year
2021 financial and operating results in March 2022.
Production guidance for 2022 is estimated
between 64-68 million pounds of payable zinc representing a 35-43%
increase from 2021. C1 Cash Cost¹ for 2022 is estimated
between $0.94 and $0.98 per payable pound and AISC¹ is
estimated between $0.98 and $1.03 per payable pound. Both C1 Cash
Cost and AISC are highly dependent on treatment charges which won’t
be known with certainty until the end of H1 2022. Titan estimates
that for every $10 per tonne change to the treatment
charge, C1 Cash Cost¹ and AISC¹ are impacted by
approximately $0.01 per pound of payable zinc. C1 Cash
Cost and AISC guidance for 2022 reflect an estimated
annual treatment charge of $175 per tonne. Zinc
production at ESM is expected to increase moderately in the second
half of the year as mining activity is expected to ramp up at the
#2 mine open pits.
The financial success at ESM’s operations will
allow for more discretionary expenditure to be focused on
exploration activities in 2022.
The increased exploration expenditures will be
focused on district targets where ESM controls more than 80,000
acres of private mineral rights. The timing and extent of the
exploration program is contingent on positive exploration results.
The Company may allocate additional funds beyond guidance as
merited.
ESM Production and Cost Guidance |
|
Units |
2022 |
Payable Production |
Zinc |
Mlbs |
64 - 68 |
Cost |
C1 cash cost¹ |
$/lb |
0.94 - 0.98 |
AISC¹ |
$/lb |
0.98 - 1.03 |
Capital |
Sustaining |
$ millions |
3 |
Expansionary |
$ millions |
2 - 3 |
Exploration |
ESM |
$ millions |
2.5 - 3 |
1 - C1 Cash Cost and AISC are non-GAAP measures. See the Company's
Q3 2021 MD&A for a discussion of non-GAAP measures. |
|
About Titan Mining
Corporation
Titan is an Augusta Group company which produces
zinc concentrate at its 100%-owned Empire State Mine located in New
York state. Titan is built for growth, focused on value and
committed to excellence. For more information on the Company,
please visit our website at www.titanminingcorp.com.
Contact
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations:Email:
info@titanminingcorp.com
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements and information contained in
this new release constitute "forward-looking statements", and
"forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable
securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). These
statements appear in a number of places in this new release and
include statements regarding our intent, or the beliefs or current
expectations of our officers and directors, including that Titan is
well-positioned to take advantage of the positive momentum in the
zinc market throughout the upcoming year; that the #2 mine open
pits are scheduled to come on-line mid-2022; that the #2 mine open
pits will provide incremental production; production and cost
guidance for 2022; the nature, and the timing and extent of Titan’s
2022 exploration program. When used in this news release words such
as “are poised” and similar expressions are intended to identify
these forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes
that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements
and/or information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be
placed on forward-looking statements since the Company can give no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. These
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause actual results or events to vary materially
from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements,
including the risks, uncertainties and other factors identified in
the Company's periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators.
Such forward-looking statements are based on various assumptions,
including assumptions made with regard to the ability to advance
exploration efforts at ESM; the results of such exploration
efforts; the ability to secure adequate financing (as needed); the
Company maintaining its current strategy and objectives; and the
Company’s ability to achieve its growth objectives. While the
Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable, based on
information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect.
Except as required by applicable law, we assume no obligation to
update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any
forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect actual
results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or
changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements.
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inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with
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not place undue importance on forward-looking statements and should
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forward-looking statements contained in this news release are
expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement.
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