LUNDIN GOLD REPORTS ADDITIONAL HIGH-GRADE DRILLING INTERCEPTS AT FDNS AND UPDATES ON CONVERSION DRILLING PROGRAM

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Recent drilling results confirm the continuity and growth potential of FDNS as a new high-grade system across the south of FDN

VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 4, 2024 /CNW/ - Lundin Gold Inc. (TSX: LUG) (Nasdaq Stockholm: LUG) (OTCQX: LUGDF) ("Lundin Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce additional results from its ongoing 2024 near-mine and conversion drilling programs at its 100% owned Fruta del Norte ("FDN") gold mine in southeast Ecuador. Recent drilling results at FDN South ("FDNS") confirm the continuity and the high-grade nature of this mineralized system across the southern extension of the FDN deposit. The conversion drilling program continued to return high-grade results and confirm mineralization immediately adjacent to mine workings. Highlights from the near mine program and conversion program are outlined below. Detailed results are provided at the end of this release (see Appendix 1). View PDF

FDNS Exploration Drilling Highlights (not true widths):

  • Drill hole UGE-S-24-145 intersected 22.67 grams per tonne ("g/t") of gold ("Au") over 41.60m from 26.40m, including:

    • 68.81 g/t Au over 4.70m

    • 53.08 g/t Au over 10.80m

  • Drill hole UGE-S-24-175 intersected 15.26 g/t Au over 37.95 m from 19.35 m, including:

    • 65.01 g/t Au over 5.35 m

    • 22.02 g/t Au over 4.30 m

  • Drill hole UGE-S-24-174 intersected 9.02 g/t Au over 26.20 m from 4.60 m, including:

    • 16.20 g/t Au over 12.10 m

Conversion Drilling Highlights (not true widths):

  • Drill hole FDN-C24-140 intersected 8.28 g/t Au over 80.90 m from 143.50 m, including:

    • 31.29 g/t Au over 9.25 m

  • Drill hole FDN-C24-157 intersected 7.00 g/t Au over 46.50 m from 5.00 m, including:

    • 20.17 g/t Au over 10.35 m

  • Drill hole FDN-C24-153 intersected 18.75 g/t Au over 10.90 m from 18.50 m, including:

    • 30.32 g/t Au over 6.40 m

Ron Hochstein, President and CEO, commented, "I am very excited with our drilling programs at the FDN deposit. These results demonstrate that the true potential of FDN has yet to be fully discovered. At FDNS, delineation drilling continues to confirm the continuity of a new high-grade vein system with some of the best drill intercepts achieved to date. In addition, conversion drilling has successfully concluded for the year and has defined several wide, high-grade mineralized zones that we expect to convert from Mineral Resources to Mineral Reserves as part of our updated resource estimate planned to be issued in the first quarter of next year. Both programs continue to highlight a great potential for additional Mineral Reserves at FDN."