Gatos Silver Provides Bi-weekly Status Report
29 October 2022 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Gatos Silver, Inc. (NYSE/TSX: GATO) (“Gatos Silver” or the
“Company”) is providing this bi-weekly default status report in
accordance with National Policy 12-203 - Management Cease Trade
Orders (“NP 12-203”). In its March 18, 2022 news release (the
“Notice”), the Company announced the delay in the filing of its
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021,
which includes its audited consolidated financial statements as at
and for the year ended December 31, 2021, together with the
auditor’s report thereon and the notes thereto, its management’s
discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2021
relating to the audited annual financial statements, and the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer certificates relating
to its annual filings by the filing deadline of March 31, 2022. In
its May 13, 2022 news release, the Company announced the delay in
the filing of its interim financial filings on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2022, which includes interim
financial statements as at and for the quarterly period ended March
31, 2022, together with its management’s discussion and analysis
for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022 relating to the
interim financial statements, and the Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer certificates relating to its interim
filings by the filing deadline of May 16, 2022. In its August 5,
2022 news release, the Company announced the delay in filing its
interim financial filings on Form 10-Q for the quarterly and year
to date periods ended June 30, 2022, which includes interim
financial statements as at June 30, 2022 and for the quarterly and
year to date periods ended June 30, 2022, together with its
management’s discussion and analysis for the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2022 relating to the interim financial statements, and the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer certificates
relating to its interim filings by the filing deadline of August
15, 2022.
As previously announced KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) resigned as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm due to the
previously announced changes in the composition and location of our
new executive team in Vancouver and its understanding of the
Organization of Chartered Professional Accountants of British
Columbia Bylaws, which would require KPMG to be licensed in British
Columbia. The Company continues to diligently work towards engaging
an auditor to conduct the audit and review of the financial
statements required to be included in its annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, its quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and its quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The
Company intends to file such SEC reports as soon as practicable and
expects to hold its annual shareholder meeting once such reports
have been filed. While the Company is continuing to evaluate
material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial
reporting related to the mineral reserve reporting errors, the
Company expects that it will determine that at least one material
weakness exists. The Company is still evaluating the extent of this
and other potential material weaknesses. The Company’s financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 and quarters ended
March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 may be affected by the ongoing
analysis of the aforementioned mineral reserve matters.
A management cease trade order was granted by the Ontario
Securities Commission on April 1, 2022 (the “Original MCTO”) and
the Ontario Securities Commission granted additional management
cease trade orders on April 12, 2022 and July 7, 2022 (the
“Additional MCTOs” and together with the Original MCTO, the
“MCTO”).
Pursuant to NP 12-203, the Company must file bi-weekly status
reports in the form of further news releases during the period from
the Notice until the MCTO is revoked. The Company reports that
since the Notice: (i) there have been no material changes regarding
the information contained in the Notice that have not been
disclosed in a bi-weekly default status report or in a news release
referenced therein; (ii) there have been no failures by the Company
in fulfilling its stated intentions with respect to satisfying the
provisions of the alternative information guidelines under NP
12-203; and (iii) there has not been any specified default
subsequent to the defaults announced in the Notice and the news
releases dated May 13, 2022 and August 5, 2022.
About Gatos Silver
Gatos Silver is a silver dominant exploration, development and
production company that discovered a new silver and zinc-rich
mineral district in southern Chihuahua State, Mexico. As a 70%
owner of the Los Gatos Joint Venture (“LGJV”), the Company is
primarily focused on operating the mine and mineral processing
plant at the LGJV’s Cerro Los Gatos deposit. The LGJV consists of
approximately 103,087-hectares of mineral rights, representing a
highly prospective and under-explored district with numerous
silver-zinc-lead epithermal mineralized zones identified as
priority targets.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain information that may
constitute “forward-looking statements” and “forward looking
information”(collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the
meaning of U.S. and Canadian securities laws. The forward-looking
statements contained herein include statements about the timing for
filing of the Company’s interim financial information on Form 10-Q
and the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, as well as the
ability of the Company’s common stock to trade on the NYSE, timing
for holding the annual shareholder meeting, for the engagement of a
successor auditor and for producing new technical reports. While
the Company has based these forward-looking statements on its
current expectations about future events, the statements are not
guarantees of the Company’s future performance and are subject to
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from future results
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors include, amongst
others, the evaluation of material weaknesses in its internal
controls, the timing of filing updated technical reports and the
timing to engage a successor auditor. Further, although the Company
has attempted to identify factors that could cause actual actions,
events or results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by
law. As there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements
will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events
could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements,
readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
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Investors and Media Contact Tiffany Osburn Director,
Financial Reporting & Corporate Communications
investors@gatossilver.com (720) 726 9662
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