Dundee Precious Metals Files Technical Report on the Ada Tepe Gold Mine
TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2020 - Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM) (“DPM” or “the Company”) today announced that the Company has filed a technical report for its Ada Tepe gold mine in Bulgaria. The purpose of the report was to support the updated Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimate and improved life of mine plan for Ada Tepe as previously disclosed in the Company’s news release dated October 16, 2020.
The technical report has been prepared pursuant to the Canadian Securities Administrator’s National Instrument 43-101. The technical report and the October 16, 2020 news release are both available for review on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and on the Company’s website (www.dundeeprecious.com).
About Dundee Precious Metals Inc.
Dundee Precious Metals Inc. is a Canadian based, international gold mining company engaged in the acquisition of mineral properties, exploration, development, mining and processing of precious metals. The Company's operating assets include the Chelopech operation, which produces a gold-copper concentrate containing gold, copper and silver and a pyrite concentrate containing gold, located east of Sofia, Bulgaria; the Ada Tepe operation, which produces a gold concentrate containing gold and silver, located in southern Bulgaria; and the Tsumeb smelter, a complex copper concentrate processing facility located in Namibia. DPM also holds interests in a number of developing gold and exploration properties located in Canada, Serbia and Ecuador, including its 9.4% interest in Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. and its 19.4% interest in INV Metals Inc.
For further information please contact:
David Rae
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (416) 365-5092
drae@dundeeprecious.com
Jennifer Cameron
Director, Investor Relations
Tel: (416) 219-6177
jcameron@dundeeprecious.com
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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