Fresnillo plc
21 Upper Brook Street
London W1K 7PY
United Kingdom
4 February 2022
Fresnillo plc - Death of our Honorary Chairman
Fresnillo plc (or "the Company") with deep sadness, regrets to announce the loss of Mr. Alberto Baillères, Honorary Chairman of the Company, who passed away on 2 February 2022.
The Board extends its deepest condolences to the Baillères family and would like to thank Don Alberto for his leadership, impeccable track record and extraordinary legacy, which will live forever among all our collaborators. We will carry on with his vision and honour his legacy.
Fresnillo plc Chairman Alejandro Baillères said:
"We are all deeply saddened by this news and my heart is broken. His passionate dedication, human sensitivity and values with which he conducted himself throughout his life are an inspiration to all of us. We will remember him as a visionary businessman, an exemplary Mexican, a dreamer who succeeded and exceeded his goals and, above all, as the wonderful human being he was. He lived an amazing life full of love, energy, responsibilities, and passion along with a strong work ethic which we all witnessed throughout his many years with Fresnillo plc. "
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For further information, please visit our website www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:
FRESNILLO PLC London Office Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations Patrick Chambers |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470 |
Mexico City Office Ana Belem Zárate |
Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206 |
POWERSCOURT Peter Ogden
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Tel: +44 (0)7793 858 211 |
ABOUT FRESNILLO PLC
Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.
Fresnillo plc has seven operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega (including Las Casas Rosario & Cluster Cebollitas), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1, Noche Buena and San Julián (Veins and Disseminated Ore Body), two development projects - the Pyrites Plant at Fresnillo and Juanicipio, both of which have been completed but approvals to operate are pending, and three advanced exploration projects - Orisyvo, Rodeo and Guanajuato, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects.
Fresnillo plc has mining concessions and exploration projects in Mexico, Peru and Chile.
Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of exploring, mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for silver.
Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company and Mexico's largest gold producer.
1 Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Information contained in this announcement may include 'forward-looking statements'. All statements other than statements of historical facts included herein, including, without limitation, those regarding the Fresnillo Group's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things, the Fresnillo Group's results of operations, financial position, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the silver and gold industries are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results of the Fresnillo Group's operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates, may differ materially from those described in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements contained in this document. In addition, even if the results of operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this document, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. A number of factors could cause results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, general economic and business conditions, industry trends, competition, commodity prices, changes in regulation, currency fluctuations (including the US dollar and Mexican Peso exchanges rates), the Fresnillo Group's ability to recover its reserves or develop new reserves, including its ability to convert its resources into reserves and its mineral potential into resources or reserves, changes in its business strategy and political and economic uncertainty.
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