28 Apr 2020 14:09
Fresnillo Plc
21 Upper Brook Street
London W1K 7PY
United Kingdom
www.fresnilloplc.com
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28 April 2020
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ο»Ώ Conversion Rate for 2019 Final Dividend
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Further to the announcement of the results of Fresnillo plc ("the Company") for yearΒ ended 31 December 2019 released on 3 March 2020, the directors of the Company have determined that the exchange rate to be applied to the 2019 final dividend is 1.24148Β US$/GBΒ£. The sterling equivalent of the final dividend of 11.9 US cents per share announced on 3 March 2020 will therefore be 9.5853 pence per share.
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The final dividend will be paid on 2 June 2020 to shareholders on the register on 24 April 2020.
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For further information, please visit our website www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:
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Fresnillo plc London Office Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations Patrick Chambers | Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470 |
Β Mexico City Office Ana Belem ZΓ‘rate | Β Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206 |
Β Powerscourt Peter Ogden Β | Β Tel: +44 (0)20 7250 1446 |
ABOUT FRESNILLO PLC
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FresnilloΒ plc is the world's largest primary silver producer andΒ Mexico'sΒ largest gold producer, listed on theΒ LondonΒ and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.
FresnilloΒ plc has seven operating mines, all of them inΒ MexicoΒ -Β Fresnillo,Β Saucito, CiΓ©nega (including the San RamΓ³n satellite mine, Las Casas Rosario & Cluster Cebollitas), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1,Β Noche BuenaΒ and San JuliΓ‘n (Veins and Disseminated Ore Body), three development projects - the Pyrites Plant atΒ Fresnillo, the optimisation of the beneficiation plant also atΒ FresnilloΒ and Juanicipio, and six advanced exploration projects - Orisyvo, Centauro great potential and Centauro Deep,Β Guanajuato, Rodeo andΒ Tajitos,Β as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects.
FresnilloΒ plc has mining concessions and exploration projects in Mexico,Β PeruΒ andΒ Chile.
FresnilloΒ 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. FresnilloΒ plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company andΒ Mexico'sΒ largest gold producer.
1Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.
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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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