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Adam Lundin on family ties, new role at Filo Mining

Kinross solidifies plans at Tasiast, Round Mountain GOLD

| Projects can be financed with liquidity and operating cash flow

INTERVIEW

| Focused on advancing Filo del Sol copper-gold project in northern Chile, Argentina BY LESLEY STOKES lstokes@northernminer.com BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO

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lmost two decades ago, Lukas Lundin’s Argentina Gold discovered the multimillionounce Veladero gold deposit in northwest Argentina, which led to the company being acquired in 1999 by Homestake Mining for US$300 million. Today, Lukas Lundin’s son Adam Lundin hopes to chart a similar path as the newly installed president and CEO of Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL), a junior explorer that is part of the Lundin Group of Companies, while advancing the Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver deposit on the border of Argentina and Chile. Adam Lundin replaces Wojtek Wodzicki, who will continue as president and CEO of the Lundin Group’s NGEx Resources (TSX: NGQ; US-OTC: NGQRF). Filo Mining has recently tabled a 61% increase in resource tonnage at Filo del Sol, and defined gold oxide, copper-gold oxide and silver zones that are amenable to heap leaching. The resource stands at 373 million indicated tonnes of 0.34% copper, 0.33 gram gold per tonne and 9.2 grams silver per tonne, plus 239 million inferred tonnes of 0.27% copper, 0.33 gram gold and 7.8 gram silver. The Northern Miner caught up with Adam Lundin on the sidelines of the 7th annual Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colo., to discuss his appointment and what’s ahead for the company. See LUNDIN / 2

Equipment in the pit at Kinross Gold’s Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania.   KINROSS GOLD BY MATTHEW KEEVIL mkeevil@northernminer.com VANCOUVER

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anadian producer Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has outlined a path forward for two gold operations that it hopes will grow the company over the next decade. On Sept. 18, the company approved US$1 billion in brownfield capital expenses at its Tasiast gold asset in Mauritania and Round Mountain gold mine in Nevada. Kinross is proceeding with the expansions based on concurrently released feasibility studies. Kinross president and CEO J. Paul Rollinson said during a con-

ference call that both projects can be financed via existing liquidity and operating cash flow. The company reported cash and equivalents of US$1.1 billion — alongside US$1.4 billion in available credit — at the end of June. Tasiast, Mauritania Kinross outlined a US$1.5-billion, two-phase plan for Tasiast last year. The strategy includes an initial 12,000-tonne-per-day expansion, and a second phase that would boost the mining rate to 30,000 tonnes per day. The company has spent the past few years studying the optimal milling rate for the deposit, which hosts proven and probable reserves of 129 million tonnes grading 1.9

grams gold per tonne for 8 million contained oz. gold. Tasiast also hosts measured and indicated resources of 72 million tonnes of 1.4 grams gold for 3.1 million contained oz. gold. “We’ve always known that Tasiast is a world-class orebody. The focus has really been on finding the best mill configuration to realize that potential,” Rollinson said. “The phase-two design is all about adding horsepower to the back end of the mill. The improved economics have been largely driven by lower upfront capital, higher annual production over the first five years, and operational efficiency gains we’ve achieved at the mine.”

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PURE GOLD MINING: NEW PEA FOR MADSEN IN RED LAKE / 6

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