お知らせ • Jan 27
LaFleur Minerals Inc. Updates PEA and Beacon Gold Mill Restart Work
LaFleur Minerals Inc. announced major advancements with its Swanson Gold Deposit and Beacon Gold Mill which includes the advancement of technical studies evaluating the restart of gold production and retrofits to increase production rates at Beacon, as well as establishing requirements to expand its existing permitted tailings facility, all key components supporting the upcoming Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), which are in the final stage. The significant progress of key technical, metallurgical and infrastructure milestones for the PEA is integral to a disciplined, capital-efficient mill restart, which includes recently finalized positive verification of historical drilling with results to be announced near-term and ongoing recommissioning work at the Company's wholly-owned Beacon Gold Mill. The Beacon Gold Mill last operated in 2022 with gold prices in the $1,800-2,000/oz range. Total Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate of 2,113,000 t with an average grade of 1.8 g/t gold for 123,400 oz of contained gold, and Total Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 872,000 t with an averagegrade of 2.3 g/t gold for 64,500 oz of contained gold (MRE effective September 17, 2024 and reported in updated NI. 43-101 technical report dated July 29, 2025). With a fully permitted tailings storage facility and proximity to established mining infrastructure, the Beacon Gold Mill offers a strategic ready to restart gold mill at a time when gold prices remain strong (USD 4,833/oz as of January 22, 2026; KITCO). In parallel with regional exploration and drilling activities, the Company is also advancing technical studies aimed at optimizing and expanding the mill's capabilities. Current work includes detailed assessments to enhance the existing metallurgical facility, supported by the development of updated cost estimates and retrofit flow sheets. These studies form part of a broader growth strategy that contemplates substantially increasing mill throughput, modernizing the process flowsheet, and advancing drilling programs to continually expand the mineral resources available to feed the Beacon Gold Mill. LaFleur's positioning is distinct compared to peers as it's not in the conceptual stage but in full execution, given its 100%-owned, fully permitted Beacon Gold Mill with current 750 tpd capacity, funded for restart and entering revenue-generation stage. Beacon Gold Mill is scalable to 1,000 tpd under the PEA base case and 3,000-4,000 tpd under long term growth scenarios, offering a rare vertically integrated, mine-to-mill gold production platform that is scalable, enhancing control over costs and margins, with the possibility to leverage rail-enabled logistics, strengthening and solidifying the mill as a potential regional processing hub in Val- d'Or. LaFleur recently completed a total of $7,800,421 in funding to fully fund the restart of gold production at the Beacon Gold Mill. As the size of the mineral deposit and mining plan increases, the Company is evaluating opportunities to expand the permitted surface area through additional mining lease applications. Verification diamond drilling to support the PEA at the Swanson Gold Deposit is now complete. These positive drilling results will support the upcoming technical report and mark a key milestone in advancing the Project. The material from this drilling will also be used and incorporated in ongoing and future metallurgical testing. Assessing upgrades to increase mill throughput to 1,000 tpd, including the capital costs associated with crushing, grinding and flotation circuit modifications. Initiating a metallurgical testing program for Swanson mineralized material, with a total of 400 kg of representative diamond-drill-core and assay rejects to be collected in January 2026 for detailed testwork by SGS Canada in February and March 2026.