La Libertad's exploration budget for 2017 is approximately $6.7 million for a total of 15,000 metres of planned diamond drilling. The program is comprised of 7,000 metres of brownfields (near mine) drilling and 8,000 metres of drilling planned on several regional targets. Most of the drilling in 2017 is expected to be detailed drilling related to underground mine planning.

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Priority Exploration Targets: New Significant Drill Results

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Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates:

Please note that this section is currently being updated with the 2016 Mineral Reserves & Resources Estimates. Please click here for the latest Annual Information Form ('the AIF'), in which you will find the latest Mineral Reserves & Resources.

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