Gatos Silver sinks after disclosing errors in Cerro Los Gatos resource report
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- Gatos Silver (NYSE:GATO) -38.6% pre-market after saying its technical report from July 2020 which included production performance contained errors, "as well as indications that there is an overestimation in the existing resource model."
- The company estimates a 30%-50% potential reduction of the metal content of Cerro Los Gatos' mineral reserve, thus the mineral resource and reserve estimates in the 2020 Technical Report cannot be relied upon.
- Gatos says it is working with independent engineering consultants to better understand the magnitude of the overestimation and create a new life of mine plan, which likely will not be completed until H2 2022.
- RBC Capital downgrades Gatos Silver to Underperform from Outperform with a $4 price target.
- Gatos recently reported that Q4 2021 silver production from the 70%-owned Cerro Los Gatos mine reached record levels.