Sierra Madre Announces Solid Q3 2025 Financial Results, La Guitarra Plant Expansion Underway 153,583 Silver Equivalent Ounces Sold in Q3 2025 Quarterly Revenues of US$5.5 Million, Gross Profit of US$1.7 Million US$3.5 Million Exploration Program Started at the East District in October
Sierra Madre Announces Solid Q3 2025
Financial Results, La Guitarra Plant Expansion
Underway
153,583 Silver Equivalent Ounces Sold in Q3 2025
Quarterly Revenues of US$5.5 Million, Gross Profit of US$1.7 Million
US$3.5 Million Exploration Program Started at the East District in October
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 13, 2025) - Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd.
(TSXV: SM) (OTCQX: SMDRF) ("
Sierra Madre
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to provide financial
results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 ("
Q3 2025
"). Unless otherwise noted, all amounts are
expressed in U.S. dollars.
Alex Langer, Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Q3 revenues of US$5.5 million and gross profit of
US$ 1.7 million continue to show quarter-over-quarter growth, notably with a 27% increase to Adjusted
EBITDA over Q2 2025, driven by stronger realized silver and gold prices and highlighting our operating
leverage. We continue to optimize mining and milling performance, advance into new faces, and add
equipment to increase production and reduce costs. At the same time, the Company is ramping up
operations at the Coloso and Nazareno mines within the Complex as development progresses, de-
watering efforts advance, and access to higher-grade zones progresses. These impacts are expected to
be reflected as early as Q4 and into 2026. Longer term, we remain focused on completing a plant
expansion, with the first phase — ramping up by over 50% from current 500 tpd levels to 750 tpd - 800
tpd by Q2 2026 — now underway. We have acquired surface and underground equipment for this
expansion, including the second crusher with work in progress for its installation. Excavation of the area
for the thickener has started, with Purchase Orders issued to start the engineering and civil works for the
paste plant and the fabrication of the tank."
Mr. Langer continued, "Quarterly silver and gold production from La Guitarra complex in Mexico was
more affected than expected by power outages. The mill was only able to produce ~90% of nameplate
capacity because of these outages in Q3, due to a longer and heavier rainy season, but we anticipate a
stronger Q4 now that the rains ended in late October. Despite these downtimes, our financial
performance continues to improve. The company expects to have a backup power generation system in
place prior to the 2026 rainy season. We are also pleased to now be conducting exploration in the
under-explored East District of La Guitarra, with a US$3.5 million exploration program underway and
drilling expected to kick off in Q2 2026."
Q3 2025 Highlights
Net revenues
for Q3 2025 increased by 3.0% to $5.52 million or $35.94 per silver-equivalent
("
AgEq
") ounce sold as compared to $5.36 million and $30.87 per AgEq ounce in the quarter
ended June 30, 2025 ("
Q2 2025
").
Sales
: In Q3 2025, the Company sold 68,741 ounces of silver ("
Ag
") and 960 ounces of gold
("
Au
") or 153,583 AgEq ounces, based on the ratio of Au and Ag prices realized for each
shipment in the period.
Cost of sales
was $3.82 million for Q3, or $24.85 per AgEq ounce sold compared to $4.07
million for Q2, or $23.45 per AgEq ounce sold.
Cost Drivers
: Cash costs for Q3 increased due to the impact of the strengthening of the Mexican
peso versus the US dollar on MXN-denominated mining costs, the impacts of the rainy season in
Mexico, including the accompanying power outages, on production volumes. For Q3, cash costs
were $24.59 per AgEq ounce sold, as compared to $23.56 in Q2.
Mill Downtime
: Rainy season-related power outages resulted in over 187 hours of mill downtime
in Q3 2025, which represents ~47% of the total mill downtime for the quarter. Sierra Madre
continues to evaluate power generation options with plans to have power redundancies available
for the start of the next rainy season in Q2 2026.
Gross Profit
was $1.70 million for Q3 2025 ($1.29 million for Q2 2025).
Adjusted EBITDA
increased by 27% to $1.86 million for Q3 2025 as compared to $1.46 million
for Q2 2025.
All-in-sustaining costs
per AgEq ounce sold of $34.42, compared to $30.10 in Q2 2025. This
quarter-on-quarter increase was due to the start of equipment purchases and mine development
expenditures funded by the financing closed in July 2025.
Current assets
, including cash, totaled $16.9 million at September 30, 2025 ($5.93 million at
June 30, 2025).
Closed C$19.5M Private Placement:
On
July 24
, and
July 31, 2025
, the Company closed the
first and second tranches, respectively, of a C$19.5 million brokered private placement. The key
participants in the financing were Franklin Templeton, Eric Sprott and Commodity Capital, with
strong participation by the management of the Company.
Additional Operational Details
Equipment Purchases
: In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company incurred
$2.03 million on acquiring mining and mobile equipment and refurbishing underground equipment.
Mine Operations
: Milled 38,433 tonnes of material, with silver recoveries averaging 76.96% and
gold recoveries averaging 75.55%.
In Q2 2025, the Company milled 41,235 tonnes of material, with silver recoveries averaging
76.62% and gold recoveries averaging 77.95%.
Production
: Produced 67,785 ounces of silver and 967 ounces of gold (vs. production of 66,011
ounces of silver and 1,048 ounces of gold in Q2 2025).
Concentrate Deliveries
: Completed deliveries totalling 802 dry metric tonnes of silver/gold
concentrates (780 dry metric tonnes of silver/gold concentrates delivered in Q2 2025).
Development
: $855,000 spent on mine development in Q3 2025.
Exploration
: $516,000 spent on exploration and evaluation activities in the nine months ended
September 30, 2025.
Coloso Mining
: At the end of Q1 2025, Sierra Madre made the decision to re-start production at
the Coloso underground mine and subsequently, on
April 29 2025
, announced the start of mining
at Coloso within the Guitarra Complex with the first stope being brought into production. The
estimated resource grades at Coloso are significantly higher in both silver and gold compared to
the Guitarra mine veins
1
.
Since initiating production at Coloso, the Company has focused on developing more production
stopes. Dewatering of the lower mine levels has been accelerated and it is anticipated that
production from resource blocks below the existing workings will commence next year.
La Guitarra Expansion Plans
: On
September 8, 2025
, Sierra Madre announced plans for a
two-stage plant expansion at La Guitarra. The first phase would grow capacity by more than 50%,
to 750 tpd - 800 tpd, by Q2 2026. A subsequent expansion would increase capacity to more than
100% of current capacity, or 1,200 tpd - 1,500 tpd, by Q3 2027. The expansion is expected to be
funded from the Company's treasury and cash flow.
To date, Sierra Madre has acquired surface and underground equipment for this expansion,
including the second crusher with work in progress for its installation. Excavation of the area for the
thickener has started, with purchase orders issued to start the engineering and civil works for the
paste plant and the fabrication of the tank.
Nazareno Development Started
: As outlined in the Company's
September 30, 2025
press
release, underground development has started at the Nazareno mine within La Guitarra, with over
700 tonnes of mineralized material delivered to the Guitarra plant from Nazareno as of September
30, 2025. This material was not included in the 2023 Mineral Resource Estimate.
Nazareno is accessed via a one-km underground drive from the Coloso working.
Mineralization in
this area comes from two closely spaced veins with the internal host rock containing economically
interesting stockwork mineralization. The width of the economically interesting mineralization
averages 4.5 meters, suitable for low cost long-hole stoping techniques.
East District Exploration Program
: On
October 23, 2025
, Sierra Madre announced the start of
a $3.5-million exploration program at the East District of La Guitarra; the District covers the historic
Temascaltepec mining area. The US$3.5-million East District exploration program is first focusing
on drill target definition through mapping, surveying, mapping and sampling of historic workings,
and a structural analysis in order to determine the geologic controls of historically mined
mineralization. This program is estimated to take nine months to complete and, upon completion, a
20,000 to 25,000 metre drill program would then be undertaken to further assess the targets'
economic potential, expected to start in Q2 2026.
Outlook
With the end of the rainy season in late October, the Company expects stronger fourth-quarter
production as power outages subside and operations restart progresses at the Coloso and
Nazareno mines with development, de-watering and access towards higher-grade areas.
Following the closing of the July 2025 financing, the Company plans to purchase additional
equipment for enhanced mine efficiency and increased overall grades, backup power generation,
and production volumes.
Quarterly Financial Overview
Selected financial information set out below is based on and derives from the unaudited condensed
consolidated interim financial statements of the Company for each of the quarters listed, which have
been prepared in accordance with IFRS, as applicable to quarterly reporting:
Sep. 30,
2025 (Q3)
($)
Jun. 30,
2025 (Q2)
($)
Mar. 31,
2025 (Q1)
($)
Dec. 31,
2024 (Q4)
($)
Sep. 30,
2024 (Q3)
($)
Jun. 30,
2024 (Q2)
($)
Mar. 31,
2024 (Q1)
($)
Dec 31,
2023 (Q4)
($)
Revenues
5,519,847
5,357,415
4,841,242
3,938,323
2,535,617
-
-
-
Gross profit
1,703,944
1,288,214
1,236,354
1,111,948
248,031
-
-
-
Care and
maintenance
expenses
-
-
-
-
-
349,401
553,693
657,197
Foreign
exchange loss
(gain)
94,727
56,879
(64,065)
(175,608)
52,302
(207,388)
48,921
168,091
Interest
expense
220,152
220,813
199,845
191,469
55,250
28,350
-
-
Impairment
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,906,681
Income (loss)
for the quarter
67,842
276,160
335,875
(37,936)
(947,092)
(1,885,874)
(1,204,826)
(4,695,897)
Total assets
51,676,308
37,714,506
36,182,560
34,891,015
34,479,382
33,931,187
30,226,383
30,478,627
Total non -
current liabilities
8,961,154
8,817,414
8,710,461
8,431,885
8,249,918
7,929,490
2,935,772
2,949,152
Income (loss)
per share -
basic and
diluted
0.00
0.00
0.00
(0.00)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.03)
Weighted
average
number of
shares
- basic
- diluted
176,309,293
177,912,944
154,225,345
155,576,337
153,942,993
154,295,653
153,942,993
153,942,993
152,869,623
152,869,623
152,692,993
152,692,993
149,827,944
149,827,944
146,504,261
146,504,261
This news release should be read in conjunction with the Company's condensed consolidated interim
financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 and associated Management
Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A"), both are available on SEDAR+ (
www.sedarplus.ca
) and on the
Company's website (
www.sierramadregoldandsilver.com
).
AgEq ounces produced have been determined using a ratio of 87.63 Au:Ag for Q3 and 97.86 for Q2.
AgEq ounces sold have been determined using the actual Ag and Au prices obtained during the quarter.
The determined ratio used was 88.70 Au:Ag for Q3 and 98.43 for Q2.
The Company reports non-GAAP measures, which include Cash Cost of Production per Tonne, Cash
Cost per AgEq ounce sold, All-in Sustaining Cash Cost per AgEq ounce sold and Average Realized
Price per AgEq ounce sold and Adjusted EBITDA. These measures are widely used in the mining
industry as a benchmark for performance, but do not have a standardized meaning and may differ from
methods used by other companies with similar descriptions. See "Non-GAAP and Other Financial
Measures" section of the Company's Q3 2025 MD&A for definitions and reconciliations to GAAP
measures.
Qualified Person
Mr. Gregory Smith, P. Geo, Director of Sierra Madre, is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, and
has reviewed and approved the technical data and information contained in this news release. Mr. Smith
has verified the technical and scientific data disclosed herein.
About Sierra Madre
Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd.
(TSXV: SM) (OTCQX: SMDRF) is a precious metals development
and exploration company focused on the Guitarra mine in the Temascaltepec mining district, Mexico,
and the exploration and development of its Tepic property in Nayarit, Mexico. The Guitarra mine is a
permitted underground mine, which includes a 500 t/d processing facility that operated until mid-2018
and restarted commercial production in January 2025.
The +2,600 ha Tepic Project hosts low-sulphidation epithermal gold and silver mineralization with an
existing historic resource.
Sierra Madre's management team has played key roles in managing the exploration and development of
silver and gold mineral reserves and mineral resources. Sierra Madre's team of professionals has
collectively raised over $1 billion for mining companies.
On behalf of the board of directors of Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd.,
"
Alexander Langer
"
Alexander Langer
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
778-820-1189
Contact:
Cautionary Note Regarding Production Decisions
The Company's decision to place the mine into commercial production, expand a mine, make other
production related decisions, or otherwise carry out mining and processing operations, is largely based
on internal non-public Company data and reports from previous operations and the results of test mining
and processing.
The Company is not basing any production decisions on NI 43-101 compliant reserve
estimates, preliminary economic assessments or feasibility studies and, as a result, there is greater risk
and uncertainty as to future economic results from the Guitarra Mine Complex, including increased
uncertainty of achieving any particular level of recovery of minerals or the cost of such recovery, including
increased risks associated with developing a commercially mineable deposit, and a higher technical
risk of failure than would be the case if a feasibility study were completed and relied upon to make a
production decision.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
news release.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of applicable securities legislation. The forward-looking statements herein are made as of
the date of this press release only, and the Company does not assume any obligation to update or
revise them to reflect new information, estimates or opinions, future events or results or otherwise,
except as required by applicable law. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budgets", "scheduled",
"estimates", "forecasts", "predicts", "projects", "intends", "targets", "aims", "anticipates" or "believes"
or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases or may be identified by
statements to the effect that certain actions "may", "could", "should", "would", "might" or "will" be
taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements
regarding discussions of future plans, including the expected timing of concentrate shipments; the
Company increasing production; the Company receiving revenues on a weekly basis and such
revenues allowing the Company to comfortably expand to without further capital needs; production
and the expected timing and production levels thereof.
The forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties, and actual results might
differ materially from results suggested in any forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, among other things, that predicted production levels will be achieved and that
existing production levels will be maintained.
In making the forward-looking statements in this news release, the Company has applied certain
material assumptions, including without limitation, that the Company will be able to execute its future
plans as intended, that predicted production levels will be achieved and that existing production levels
will be maintained.
Although management of the Company has attempted identify important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-looking
information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly,
readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may not be appropriate for other
purposes.
SOURCE:
Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd.
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A copy of the 2023 NI 43-101 report, prepared by TechSer Mining Consultants Ltd. ("TechSer") of Vancouver B.C., by David Thomas, P.Geo. and
QP Geology and Cristian Garcia, P.Eng. and QP Mining, titled "La Guitarra Mineral Resource Estimate Guitarra Silver-Gold Project,
Temascaltepec, Estado de México, México" with an effective date of October 24, 2023, is available on SEDAR+ and the company's website at
https://sierramadregoldandsilver.com/presentations/NI-43-101-La-Guitarra-Mineral-Resource-Estimate.pdf
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