Excellon Closes Glencore Offtake and Financing
Excellon Closes Glencore Offtake and
Financing
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 20, 2025) -
Excellon Resources Inc. (TSXV: EXN) (OTC
Pink: EXNRF) (FSE: E4X2)
("
Excellon
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce the closing of its
offtake and financing agreement (the "
Agreement
") with subsidiaries of Glencore plc ("
Glencore
") to
support the restart of the past-producing Mallay Silver Mine ("Mallay") in Peru.
Highlights:
Facility Size:
Up to US$7.5 million in secured funding, structured as a Pre-Export Finance loan,
with an initial drawdown amount of up to US$5.0 million and an optional second amount of US$2.5
million available until March 2026.
Interest Rate:
SOFR + 5%.
Repayment Terms:
Six months grace period following initial drawdown, with monthly prepayment
through to 2027.
Security:
Loan secured against concentrates sales and other various guarantees.
The proceeds of the Facility will be used to fund the restart of the Mallay Mine, including underground
development, mill upgrades and working capital to achieve commercial production.
Shawn Howarth, President and CEO, commented, "The closing of our agreement with Glencore marks a
major milestone in our journey to return Excellon to silver production. With additional and flexible funding
now secured, we continue to execute on our restart plan at Mallay — a project with exceptional
infrastructure and near-term cash flow potential."
The associated concentrates offtake agreement grants Glencore the right to purchase 100% of the
Mallay Mine's zinc and lead concentrates (containing silver by-product). This long-term commitment
provides a guaranteed purchaser for Mallay's output and provides Excellon with exposure to future
upside on silver and other metals prices.
About Excellon Resources Inc.
Excellon's vision is to realize opportunities through the acquisition and advancement of quality precious
and base metal assets, leveraging an experienced management team for the benefit of its employees,
communities and shareholders. The Company is focused on the potential restart of the Mallay Silver
Mine in Peru. Excellon also holds a portfolio of exploration-stage projects, including Kilgore, an
advanced gold project in Idaho, and Silver City, a high-grade epithermal silver district in Saxony,
Germany, and the Tres Cerros Gold/Silver Exploration Property in Peru, providing additional growth
upside. Additional details on Excellon's properties can be found at
www.excellonresources.com
.
For Further Information, Please Contact:
Excellon Resources Inc.
Shawn Howarth, President & Chief Executive Officer
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Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the timing, scope and success of the restart of the Mallay Mine;
the timing and advancement of underground rehabilitation; the Company's path back to production and beyond; and the Company's objectives,
goals and future plans and strategies. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to be correct, and any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future actions, results or
performance. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions, estimates, expectations and opinions, which are considered reasonable
and represent best judgment based on available facts, as of the date such statements are made. If such assumptions, estimates, expectations
and opinions prove to be incorrect, actual and future results may be materially different than expressed or implied in the forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other factors which
may cause the actual results or performance of the Company to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other factors include, among others, the inability of the
Company to complete a restart of the Mallay Mine; risks related to rehabilitation, development and ramp-up of mining operations (including
unanticipated costs or delays); commodity price fluctuations and global demand for silver, lead and zinc; operational and technical challenges in
restarting an underground mine; regulatory and permitting risks; general economic and market conditions; the inability of the Company to
complete the interest payment in Common Shares on the terms proposed or at all; the inability of the Company to complete the Debt Settlement on
the terms proposed or at all; the "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form dated March 31, 2025 (the "
2025 AIF
"), and the risks,
uncertainties, contingencies and other factors identified in the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis, and accompanying financial
statements, for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the Company's other applicable public disclosure (collectively, "
Company Disclosure
").
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