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Tucano Gold wins the right to acquire Mina Tucano with more than 90% creditor approval in all voting classes

Dear Shareholders and Interested Parties,

Calgary, Canada, September 18, 2023 -- Tucano Gold Inc. (“Tucano Gold”) is delighted to announce that we received an outstanding response from the company’s creditors with more than 90% approval in all voting classes at the Assembleia Geral de Credores in Rio de Janeiro on September 15th.  We are now confirmed to acquire 100% of the shares of Mina Tucano Ltda and 100% of the shares of Tucano Resources Mineração Ltda. The transaction is expected to close in early October.  

We would like to thank the creditors for their vote of confidence for Tucano Gold’s plans to resume operations in November that will see Mina Tucano once again becoming the largest employer in the state of Amapá, Brazil in 2024. We are also very grateful for the incredible hard work by the teams at LDCM Advogados for their advice and guidance in this transaction so far, as well as Alvarez & Marsal and Bumachar Advogados as advisors of Mina Tucano.

Mina Tucano’s 10,000 tonne per day plant - State of Amapá, Brazil

Purchased by Great Panther Mining Ltd in 2019, Mina Tucano holds a 100% interest in the Tucano gold mine hosted on a 1,973 sq km land package on the highly prospective Vila Nova Greenstone Belt of the Guyana Shield. The operation includes a state of the art 3.5 Mtpa CIL plant that produced an average of 134koz p.a from 2014-2020.  In 2020, Mina Tucano generated EBITDA in excess of US$80 million and gave Great Panther a market capitalization of approximately US$300M.  In 2022, the mine produced 60,000 ounces in the first 9 months before operations unexpectantly stopped.  

Great Panther published an updated 43-101 report on June 8, 2022, with Proven and Probable Reserves of 12.9Mt at 1.59 g/t for 656,000 ounces. Its M,I &I Resource is 1.8 million ounces with significant scope for expansion.

Tucano Gold Seed Round Presentation

Tucano Equity Raise & Exploration Spin-out

Following strong investor interest, Tucano Gold has decided to upsize the capital raise to C$10M at $0.50/share. This offering is priced at a post-finance valuation of only ~C$20 million and is expected to start its journey with a cash balance of around US$10 million.

Our seed round offering has a hard close on Friday the 29th of September and we expect the next round to be substantially higher than $0.50 per share. Please click on the link for the subscription agreement below if you would like to participate. We would like to thank many of our current Pilar and Laiva shareholders who are also backing us on Tucano and building a portfolio of 3 exciting gold miners that have the capacity to produce 300,000 ounces by the end of 2024.

Investors in this round of Tucano Gold will also benefit from the planned spin-out of Tucano Exploration in 2024 (like we did with the Laiva Gold spinout to Pilar Gold shareholders). Tucano Exploration will hold arguably the largest and most prospective set of tenements of any Junior explorer on the Guyana Shield that covers the Northern tip of South America and parts of West Africa.

Our tenements run 90km x 30km outside of our mining activities and we want exploration to accelerate in its own independent vehicle – Tucano Exploration – which will give investors in this seed round of Tucano Gold significant upside.

We have a strong track record of shareholder returns since our first seed round in Pilar Gold at $0.10 per share (last round was $1.00) and believe this seed round in Tucano Gold will be just as successful as production ramps up and Mina Tucano once again becomes a great success for all stakeholders.

Tucano Gold Seed Round Subscription Document

Mina Tucano Management

 

We are pleased to welcome Mina Tucano´s team led by Julio Carneiro and Joter Siqueria. There are currently 70 staff employed, and milling will resume in November with a healthy cash balance and immediate cashflow from processing low grade stockpiled material. Julio and Joter will begin a recruitment drive in October as we prepare to restart open pit mining at AB1 and AB3 pits and the pushback at Urucum Central South.  

 

Tucano attending Denver Gold Forum on September 17th-20th

 

We are presenting at this week’s Denver Gold Forum that started yesterday at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs and finishes on Wednesday evening. This is our first conference to tell our exciting plans for both Tucano Gold and Tucano Exploration.  

Significant Synergies: Tucano Gold, Pilar Gold & Laiva Gold

 

Tucano Gold follows in the steps of Pilar and Laiva, acquiring large scale gold mining operations at a fraction of their replacement values, while providing our shareholders with significant leverage to higher gold prices.  

 

As compensation for its role in the successful bid of Mina Tucano, Pilar Gold is pleased to become a shareholder in Tucano Gold. Even though the two companies are separate corporate entities and will grow using separate sources of capital, there are significant opportunities for synergy of our mining talent.  Special thanks to Dr Carlos, Wallacy, Richard and Paulo who have put in the long hours at Pilar to make this transaction possible.

 

We are excited to be restarting Mina Tucano operations in November.  Backed by a strong balance sheet, a highly dedicated management team and a top flight local workforce, it sets the stage to show just how good this business can be again.

Kind Regards,


Jeremy Gray | CEO of Tucano Gold

Jeremy.Gray@TucanoGold.com

+44 7769 388 376


Julio Carneiro | CFO of Mina Tucano

Julio.Carneiro@TucanoResources.com.br

+55 21 98245 2211


Charles Chebry | President of Tucano Gold

Charles.Chebry@TucanoGold.com  

+1 403 680 8511


Thomas Puppendahl | Head of Corporate Development

Thomas.Puppendahl@TucanoGold.com


Edward Balme | Head of IR

Edward.Balme@TucanoGold.com

+44 7514 584 610

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