Lundin GOLD Declares Quarterly Dividends of US$0.79 PER Share
NEWS RELEASE
Vancouver, August 7, 2025
Lundin Gold Inc. Suite 2800, Four Bentall Centre Phone: +1 604 689 7842 lundingold.com
1055 Dunsmuir Street Fax: +1 604 689 4250 Email: [email protected]
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V7X 1L2
LUNDIN GOLD DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS OF US$0.79 PER SHARE
Lundin Gold Inc. (TSX: LUG; Nasdaq Stockholm: LUG ; OTCQX: LUGDF ) ("Lundin Gold" or the "Company") is
pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has declared quarterly cash dividends of US$0.79 per common
share (the “Quarterly Dividends”) , comprised of the fixed dividend of US$0.30 per share and the variable
dividend of US$0.49 per share. The dividends will be payable on September 25, 2025 to shareholders of record
at the close of business on September 10, 2025. This dividend qualifies as an "eligible dividend" for Canadian
income tax purposes.
Ron Hochstein, President and CEO commented, "Following a record free cash flow quarter for Lundin Gold, I am
very pleased to announce quarterly cash dividends of US$0.79 per share, totaling approximately US$190 million.
This robust payout reflects our commitment to returning significant value to shareholders, a key tenet of our
recently amended dividend policy. As we continue to generate strong free cash flow, we are well -positioned to
both reward our investors and strategically invest in our long-term growth initiatives."
Quarterly Dividends payable on September 25, 2025
U.S. dollars per share Approximate total in US$m
Fixed dividend 0.30 72
Variable dividend 0.49 118
Total Quarterly dividends 0.79 190
Based on today's closing price of the Company's common shares on the TSX of CAD$74.08, the Quarterly
Dividends totaling US$0.79 per common share represent an estimated annual yield of approximately 5.9%2.
The variable dividend for the second quarter 2025 was calculated as follows:
Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share amounts
Free cash flow1 235,670
2025 annual payments of $95.3m paid in Q2 – Added Back 95,341
2025 annual payments of $95.3m pro-rated quarterly (23,835)
Fixed Dividends paid during the second quarter (72,369)
Normalized free cash flow after Fixed Dividend 234,807
50% of normalized free cash flow paid as variable dividend 117,404
Shares outstanding as of August 7, 2025 241,267,371
Variable dividend per share 0.49
Subject to the continued discretion of the Board of Directors, the variable dividend will be equal to an amount
per share based on at least 50% of the Company’s normalized free cash flow , after the deduction of the fixed
1 Certain additional disclosures for these specified non-IFRS measures have been incorporated by reference and can be
found on page 12 of the Company's MD&A for the six months ended June 30, 2025 available on SEDAR+.
2 Estimated yield assumes four quarterly dividends of US$0.79 per common share and has been calculated using today's
CAD$ to US$ exchange rate of 1.3753 as provided by the Bank of Canada.
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dividend paid, during the preceding quarter. The Company will determine its normalized free cash flow each
quarter by removing significant non-recurring items from its free cash flow1 calculation. For variable dividends
anticipated to be paid on account of the 2025 financial year, this normalization includes annual payments which
were paid in April of income taxes and profit sharing, together equaling US$95.3 million, which amount will be
apportioned across each financia l quarter at a rate of US$23.8 million. In future years, Lundin Gold plans to
disclose the details of this normalization with its year-end financial results.
The Quarterly Dividends for common shares trading on the TSX and the OTCQX will be paid in Canadian dollars
on September 25, 2025 based on the prevailing exchange rate at the Quarterly Record Date . The Quarterly
Dividends for shares trading on Nasdaq Stockholm will be paid on September 30, 2025 in Swedish kronor (SEK)
in accordance with Euroclear principles . To execute the payment of the Quarterly D ividends, a temporary
administrative cross-border transfer closure will be applied by Euroclear from September 8, 2025, up to and
including Wednesday, September 10, 2025 during which period shares of the Company cannot be transferred
between TSX and Nasdaq Stockholm.
Payments to shareholders who are not residents of Canada will be net of any Canadian withholding taxes that
may be applicable. For further details, please visit: www.lundingold/investors/dividends.
About Lundin Gold
Lundin Gold, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, owns the Fruta del Norte gold mine in southeast Ecuador.
Fruta del Norte is among the highest-grade operating gold mines in the world.
The Company's board and management team have extensive expertise and are dedicated to operating Fruta del
Norte responsibly. The Company operates with transparency and in accordance with international best
practices. Lundin Gold is committed to delivering value to its shareholders through operational excellence and
growth, while simultaneously providing economic and social benefits to impacted communities, fostering a
healthy and safe workplace and minimizing the environmental impact. Furthermore, Lundin Gold is focused on
continued exploration on its extensive and highly prospective land package to identify and develop new resource
opportunities to ensure long-term sustainability and growth for the Company and its stakeholders.
Additional Information
The information in this release is subject to the disclosure requirements of Lundin Gold under the Swedish
Financial Instruments Trading Act. This information was publicly communicated on August 7, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.
Pacific Time through the contact persons set out below.
For more information, please contact
Ron F. Hochstein Brendan Creaney
President and CEO Vice President, Corporate Development & Investor Relations
Tel: +1-604-806-3589 Tel: +1-604-376-4595
[email protected] [email protected]
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Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information and Statements
Certain of the information and statements in this press release are considered "forward -looking information" or "forward -looking
statements" as those terms are defined under Canadian securities laws (collectively referred to as "forward -looking statements"). Any
statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, object ives,
assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, identified by words or phrases such as "believes", "a nticipates",
"expects", "is expected", "scheduled", "estimates", "pending", "intends", "plans", "forecasts", "targets", or "hopes", or variations of such
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or "occur" and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-
looking statements and information involve assumptions, inherent risks, and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict, and
are usually beyond the control of management, that could cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed by these
forward-looking statements and information. Lundin Gold believes that the expectations reflected in this forward -looking information
are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking information should not
be unduly relied upon . This information speaks only as of the date of this press release, and the Company will not necessarily update
this information, unless required to do so by securities laws.
This press release contains forward-looking information in a number of places, such as in statements relating to the timing, amount and
payment of dividends , and the estimated annual yield . There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate,
as Lundin Gold's actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in this forward -looking information as a
result of the factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section in Lundin Gold's Annual Information Form dated March 17, 2025, which is
available at www.lundingold.com or on www.sedarplus.ca.
Lundin Gold's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated . Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from any forward-looking statement or that could have a material impact on the Company or the trading price of its shares include risks
relating to: instability in Ecuador; community relations; reliability of power supply; tax changes in Ecuador; security; availability of
workforce and labour relations; mining operations; waste disposal and tailings; environmental compl iance; illegal mining; Mineral
Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates; infrastructure; regulatory risk; government or regulatory approvals; forecasts relati ng to
production and costs; gold price; dependence on a single mine; shortages of critical resources ; climate change; exploration and
development; control of Lundin Gold; dividends; information systems and cyber security; title matters and surface rights and access;
health and safety; human rights; employee misconduct; measures to protect biodiversity, endangered species and critical habitats; global
economic conditions; competition for new projects; key talent recruitment and retention; market price of the Company’s shares ; social
media and reputation; insurance and uninsured risks; pandemics, epidemics or infectious disease outbreak; conflicts of interest; violation
of anti-bribery and corruption laws; internal controls; claims and legal proceedings; and reclamation obligations.