Magna Mining – Key Takeaways From The Crean Hill Project PFS and The Company Growth Plans Over The Next Few Years

Jason Jessup, CEO and Director of Magna Mining Inc. (TSX: NICU) (OTCQX: MGMNF) (FSE: 8YD), joins me to review the key takeaways from Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) for the 100% owned Crean Hill Project, located in the South Range of the Sudbury Basin, northeastern Ontario. We go on to discuss the dual-track development of Levack and Crean Hill over the next couple years and the bigger picture vision of growth from the deep pipeline projects beyond that.

Crean Hill PFS Highlights:

Twelve-year commercial mine life with over 11 million tons of probable reserves: The Crean Hill PFS contemplates underground mining of 11.4 million tons of probable reserves at an average mining rate of approximately 2,400 tons per day during the twelve-year commercial mine life.

Robust production profile with significant precious metals byproduct credits: Average annual payable copper equivalent (“CuEq”)1,2 production of 35.5 million pounds (“lbs”) during commercial production at all-in sustaining costs (“AISC”) of US$3.55 per CuEq payable lb, including 42 thousand ounces of precious metals (platinum + palladium + gold) on average per year which contribute approximately 38.9% of revenues during this time.

Attractive base case economics with strong commodity price leverage: Assuming base case commodity prices1, the Crean Hill PFS estimates payback in 1.5 years with an after-tax Internal Rate of Return (“IRR”) of 43.4% and an after-tax NPV7% of $251.0 million. Pre-tax cash flows average approximately $65.2 million per year and increase to $96.2 million per year using September 2026 average commodity prices1, while the after-tax NPV7% increases to $406.1 million, the IRR improves to 65.4%, and the payback period falls to 0.8 years.

Manageable initial capital spread over a three-year pre-commercial production period: Initial capital costs from January 1, 2027 are estimated to be $127.0 million. This initial capital is expected to be offset by refundable tax credits3 of $17.2 million and pre-commercial production operating cash flow of approximately $37.4 million using base case price assumptions, leaving a calculated net initial funding requirement of $72.4 million. Construction spending is expected to ramp up gradually over a three-year period with first ore sales in late 2027 and commercial production achieved in early 2030.

Positive potential impact from the recently announced Productivity Mega Deduction: Incorporation of the Productivity Mega Deduction (“PMD”)4 could reduce the estimated federal taxes payable over the life of mine, especially during the early years of commercial production. By accelerating the utilization of certain tax deductions via the PMD, the Crean Hill PFS after-tax NPV7% would improve by $5.7 million to $256.7 million and the IRR would increase to 45.5%.

Crean Hill construction to commence in 2027: Based on the results of the PFS (summarized in Table 1), the Company’s Board of Directors has approved construction of the Crean Hill project, which will commence in 2027. In the interim, the Company will continue with detailed engineering work, surface site preparations including installation of grid power and recruitment of additional personnel.

Crean Hill exploration drilling now underway: In addition, an exploration diamond drill rig has been mobilized to the Crean Hill Project and has started drill testing new targets for additional footwall copper and precious metals-rich mineralization.

Next we pivoted over to the potential for the dual-track development of Crean Hill along with Levack, after the C$140 Million strategic investment by Alpayana, that just closed on August 31st. We review the rough timeline for when development ore from Levack will start feeding into the production profile in 2027, but with commercial production anticipated for 2028.

Wrapping up, Jason paints the value proposition for how this Company could grow into a mid-tier polymetallic base metals and precio