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Close to-mine exploration success has been a key driver of the Firm’s monitor report of year-over-year mineral reserve substitute. Notably, mineral reserves proceed to get replaced regardless of depletion from the open pit at Canadian Malartic, the Firm’s largest mine. Whereas yearly changing mineral reserves, the Firm has additionally considerably grown mineral sources together with at Canadian Malartic, the place the Odyssey undertaking’s mineral sources are anticipated to end in future conversion to mineral reserves.

The Firm’s exploration success and monitor report of mineral reserve substitute and mineral useful resource development offers a pathway for manufacturing development of roughly 50% to 1,500,000 gold equal ounces (“GEO”) (1) throughout the ten-year outlook horizon and to meaningfully lengthen the manufacturing platform past that timeframe. Additional development past this stage from the MARA and Suyai tasks, along with the alternatives presently throughout the generative exploration portfolio present further upside potential to the ten-year outlook. The Firm will present an outline of the recognized alternatives and optionality inside its present portfolio in additional depth on the upcoming Investor Day scheduled for April 5, 2022.

Highlights:

  • El Peñón Outcomes: Exploration drilling initiated in 2021 alongside a number of extensively spaced drill fences south of the core mine space is producing constructive leads to the newly found South Deeps space. This potential goal space represents an necessary new discovery stage alternative at El Peñón and will likely be a significant factor of the near-mine exploration program in 2022. Latest highlights in exploration drill holes positioned as much as 1.2 kilometres south of the El Peñón deposit embody the next core size intercepts: 1.55 metres grading 4.26 grams per tonne (“g/t”) of gold and 279.7 g/t of silver (6.66 g/t of gold equal over a horizontal mining width of 1.20 metres) in drill gap SDX0622; 2.32 g/t of gold and 69.9 g/t of silver over 2.50 metres (3.25 g/t of gold equal over a horizontal mining width of 1.20 metres) and excessive grade intercept of 15.90 g/t of gold and 415.0 g/t of silver over 0.50 metres (6.25 g/t of gold equal over a horizontal mining width of 1.20 metres) in drill gap SDX0617; and 1.57 metres grading 4.30 g/t of gold and 261.0 g/t of silver (7.46 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width) in drill gap UED0069. Drilling is ongoing at this creating near-mine goal, testing the southward projections alongside development of main producing vein constructions at depth under cowl. Within the core mine space, exploration and infill drilling continues to develop on identified veins, largely to depth under the rhyolite and under low angle fault offsets, the place a number of of the principle constructions stay open for additional growth.
    • Significance: The beforehand held paradigm that mineralized en-echelon veins at El Peñón possible didn’t lengthen south past their identified extents has been challenged by these newest outcomes, which have confirmed that the principle mineralized constructions lengthen as much as no less than 1,200 metres south of the core mine space. These outcomes have opened up a major new space of near-mine potential out there for additional exploration. The South Deeps program is within the early phases of the exploration course of, with present drilling targeted on establishing the extent and orientation of doubtless mineralized constructions, which transect the beneficial rhyolite stratigraphy, following which precedence will shift to deal with drilling of one of the best and better grade veins recognized. The Firm is inspired by the preliminary drilling success the exploration workforce has generated on the South Deeps goal, which might present further mineral sources and a chance to leverage the present mining infrastructure and better processing capability of the plant.
  • Odyssey Outcomes: Exploration drilling continues to develop the East Gouldie mineralization with drill gap RD21-4659, positioned 600 metres east of the 12 months finish 2021 mineral useful resource envelope, reporting two intervals within the East Gouldie Extension, together with the next estimated true width intercepts: 3.64 g/t of gold over 6.46 metres and a pair of.64 g/t of gold over 7.41 metres. Outcomes additionally proceed to outline a second mineralized shear zone, the Titan Zone, positioned parallel to and roughly 350 metres south of East Gouldie, increasing the mineralized footprint and offering a brand new, little examined goal quantity adjoining to East Gouldie.
    • Significance: The persevering with exploration successes at Odyssey assist the longer-term potential for greater annual manufacturing than the presently contemplated common annual manufacturing of 545,000 ounces (100% foundation) from 2029 onward and for extending mine life past 2039.
  • Wasamac Outcomes: Infill drilling continues to verify the huge, constant nature of mineralization alongside the Wasa shear zone. Highlights from this drilling embody the next estimated true width intercepts: WS-21-556 with 3.17 g/t of gold over 14.78 metres; WS-21-539 with 3.41 g/t of gold over 5.02 metres; and WS-21-532 with 2.30 g/t of gold over 16.71 metres. As well as, exploration is constant to observe up on the brand new Wildcat South shear zone beforehand introduced.
    • Significance: Exploration continues to exhibit the superb exploration upside and alternative to additional develop the mineral stock and assist a manufacturing platform of 200,000 ounces per 12 months over a mine lifetime of no less than 15 years. This is able to considerably enhance the presently accepted improvement plan of a median of 169,000 ounces per 12 months over a mine lifetime of 10 years, thereby meaningfully growing total worth.

El Peñón: Persevering with exploration success within the core mine and the South Deeps discovery extending the identified vein system that beforehand supported materially greater manufacturing, furthering said goal to make the most of extra plant capability

El Peñón, positioned roughly 165 kilometres southeast of town of Antofagasta in northern Chile, is a high-grade underground gold-silver mine. The operation has maintained a mineral reserve lifetime of six to eight years, regularly changing ounces mined since coming into manufacturing in 1999. El Peñón highlights Yamana’s means to ship worth and natural development by persistently changing mineral reserves past depletion and growing mine life. This report of exploration success continues with the preliminary drill outcomes from the brand new South Deeps discovery in addition to continued success increasing core mine constructions.

Throughout 2021, exploration success within the core mine has largely been pushed by extending identified veins to depth beneath the rhyolite and throughout low angle faults. Infill and exploration drilling at La Paloma and Pampa Campamento exemplify this development, with drilling highlights from La Paloma extending mineralization to higher than 100 metres under the bottom of the Peñón rhyolite, the place mineralization stays open in a number of areas for additional growth. Infill and exploration drilling highlights from La Paloma embody the next estimated true width intercepts: 75.00 g/t of gold and 96.5 g/t of silver over 1.07 metres in drill gap UIU0040 (69.29 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width); 33.15 g/t of gold and 140.6 g/t of silver over 1.39 metres in drill gap UIU0035 (35.03 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width); and 75.00 g/t of gold and 105.7 g/t of silver over 0.93 metres (59.41 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width) in drill gap SEU0017. At Pampa Campamento, estimated true width infill drilling highlights embody: 56.00 g/t of gold and 110.5 g/t of silver over 0.94 metres (45.98 g/t of gold equal over diluted horizontal mine width of 1.2 metres) in gap UIP0068; 31.30 g/t of gold and 1.334 kilograms of silver over 1.80 metres in gap UIP0075 (49.08 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width); and 38.14 g/t of gold and 603.4 g/t of silver over 0.93 metres (36.02 g/t of gold equal over diluted horizontal mine width of 1.2 metres) in drill gap UIP0063. The Firm is happy with the continuation of excessive gold and silver grades as drilling additional expands these core mine targets to depth under the rhyolite contact.

Desk 1. El Peñón New Infill & Exploration Drill Intercepts, Core Mine Space, Choose for Intervals Better than 3.5 g/t of Gold Over Diluted Mining Width of 1.2 Metres. Gold Equal Equals Au(g/t)+Ag(g/t)/75.

Gap Zone Sort From
(m)
To
(m)
Core
Size

(m)
Est.
True
Width
(m)
Gold
(g/t)
Silver
(g/t)
Gold Eq.
(g/t)*
Gold (g/t)
Over Diluted
Width

of 1.2 m
Gold Eq. (g/t)
Over Diluted
Width

of 1.2 m
SDX0624 Bermuda Exp. 184.00 186.00 2.00 0.96 21.30 14.3 21.49 17.04 17.19
UED0062 Dorada Este Exp. 192.05 192.85 0.80 0.46 16.49 16.1 16.70 6.29 6.37
SED0004 Dorada Este Exp. 294.00 296.00 2.00 0.75 10.80 19.0 11.05 6.94 7.10
SED0005 Dorada NW (-20) Exp. 437.50 439.50 2.00 0.65 20.00 63.9 20.85 11.08 11.56
SEE0031 Esmeralda Sur Exp. 362.50 363.50 1.00 0.49 8.53 442.6 14.43 3.64 6.16
SEL0009 Laguna NW Exp. 175.00 177.00 2.00 1.55 8.78 112.1 10.28 8.78 10.28
SEU0017 Paloma Exp. 603.27 605.00 1.73 0.93 75.00 105.7 76.41 58.31 59.41
UIU0034 Paloma Infill 310.50 311.90 1.40 0.59 11.19 92.9 12.43 5.59 6.21
UIU0035 Paloma Infill 372.39 376.13 3.74 1.39 33.15 140.6 35.03 33.15 35.03
UIU0040 Paloma Infill 399.45 402.80 3.35 1.07 75.00 96.5 76.29 68.13 69.29
UIU0043 Paloma Infill 399.79 407.50 7.71 0.54 26.95 45.6 27.55 12.55 12.84
UIU0045 Paloma Infill 310.43 311.90 1.47 0.69 16.97 122.6 18.60 10.04 11.01
UES0014 Pampa Campamento Exp. 431.50 432.10 0.60 0.54 10.90 90.6 12.11 5.00 5.55
SIP0014 Pampa Campamento Infill 396.90 397.70 0.80 0.45 18.34 253.6 21.72 6.94 8.22
SIP0016 Pampa Campamento Infill 422.10 422.50 0.40 0.20 56.00 806.0 66.75 11.20 13.35
SIP0017 Pampa Campamento Infill 603.10 603.91 0.81 0.36 56.00 83.5 57.11 25.20 25.70
SIP0018 Pampa Campamento Infill 508.78 509.47 0.69 0.45 13.00 59.1 13.79 4.98 5.29
SIP0022 Pampa Campamento Infill 418.00 419.00 1.00 0.29 15.10 213.9 17.95 3.65 4.34
SIP0023 Pampa Campamento Infill 383.40 384.05 0.65 0.37 25.50 304.0 29.55 8.08 9.36
SIP0024 Pampa Campamento Infill 500.54 502.27 1.73 0.96 6.28 41.0 6.83 5.23 5.69
UIP0056 Pampa Campamento Infill 195.32 197.59 2.27 0.77 26.80 226.4 29.82 18.09 20.13
UIP0058 Pampa Campamento Infill 214.44 217.08 2.64 1.03 13.47 89.8 14.67 11.68 12.71
UIP0059 Pampa Campamento Infill 226.42 226.85 0.43 0.40 56.00 172.5 58.30 18.67 19.43
UIP0060 Pampa Campamento Infill 246.10 249.35 3.25 0.81 14.60 82.6 15.70 9.98 10.73
UIP0062 Pampa Campamento Infill 229.39 230.40 1.01 0.95 36.90 970.0 49.83 29.21 39.45
UIP0063 Pampa Campamento Infill 252.25 253.23 0.98 0.93 38.14 603.4 46.18 29.75 36.02
UIP0064 Pampa Campamento Infill 373.60 374.62 1.02 1.00 30.76 1569.0 51.68 25.92 43.54
UIP0068 Pampa Campamento Infill 288.74 290.95 2.21 0.94 56.00 110.5 57.47 44.80 45.98
UIP0071 Pampa Campamento Infill 293.80 294.20 0.40 0.32 17.70 29.3 18.09 4.72 4.82
UIP0075 Pampa Campamento Infill 348.60 354.60 6.00 1.80 31.30 1333.8 49.08 31.30 49.08
UIP0077 Pampa Campamento Infill 230.00 233.47 3.47 1.57 12.63 167.6 14.86 12.63 14.86
UIP0079 Pampa Campamento Infill 450.87 452.32 1.45 1.22 9.87 47.8 10.51 9.87 10.51
UES0018 Sorpresa Exp. 252.93 254.60 1.67 1.44 4.19 73.9 5.18 4.19 5.18
SIS0013 Sorpresa Este Infill 368.95 369.68 0.73 0.41 15.70 116.3 17.25 5.50 6.04
UIS0015 Sorpresa Este Infill 74.24 74.77 0.53 0.42 13.20 865.0 24.73 4.66 8.74
UIS0021 Sorpresa Este Infill 59.88 60.42 0.54 0.54 16.80 291.0 20.68 7.56 9.31
UIS0017 Sorpresa Este (-15) Infill 116.90 117.30 0.40 0.33 22.30 1599.0 43.62 6.50 12.72
UES0016 Sorpresa Este Norte Exp. 241.96 242.91 0.95 0.93 7.60 278.0 11.31 6.33 9.42

Determine 1: El Peñón, La Paloma Vein Longitudinal Part, Wanting East, Highlighting Latest Infill and Exploration Drilling Outcomes.
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In 2021, the Firm initiated a program of exploratory drilling to check a brand new conceptual exploration goal south of the El Peñón vein system, the place the Peñón rhyolite, a key host unit within the core mine, was projected to increase at depth under cowl alongside the projected southern extensions of key core mine constructions. The Peñón vein system is a really giant advanced vein array characterised by a number of huge, core vein constructions inside a a lot bigger halo of secondary veins. Regardless of the challenges inherent to exploration under cowl, and the early stage of the drilling marketing campaign, preliminary drill outcomes are thought-about extremely encouraging and set up the continuation south of the El Peñón vein system. Restricted exploration drilling up to now on this new space, as much as 1,200 metres south of the present workings, has generated constructive outcomes alongside two extensively separated sections positioned two kilometres aside in an east-west route. Exploratory drilling highlights from these areas embody the next core size intervals: 4.22 g/t of gold and 6.1 g/t of silver over 2.00 metres (3.94 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width) in drill gap SDX0621; 2.32 g/t of gold and 69.9 g/t of silver over 2.50 metres (3.25 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width) and excessive grade intercept of 15.90 g/t of gold and 415.0 g/t of silver over 0.50 metres (6.25 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width) in drill gap SDX0617; 4.26 g/t of gold and 279.7 g/t of silver over 1.55 metres (6.66 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width), together with 1.00 metre grading 6.00 g/t of gold and 372.0 g/t of silver (5.89 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metre horizontal mining width) in drill gap SDX0622; and 4.30g/t of gold and 261.0 g/t of silver over 1.57 metres in gap UED0069 (7.46 g/t of gold equal over 1.20 metres horizontal mining width). See Desk 2 for these and different choose exploration outcomes from the South Deeps space. Exploration in 2022 will deal with step out and new sectional drilling to establish the widest constructions on this new area south of the mine.

Desk 2. El Peñón South Deeps Drill Intercepts, Choose for Intervals Better than 2.5 g/t of Gold Eq. Over Diluted Width of 1.2 Metres. Gold Equal Equals Au(g/t)+Ag(g/t)/75.

Gap Zone Together with From
(m)
To
(m)
Core
Size

(m)
Est. True
Width

(m)
Gold
(g/t)
Silver
(g/t)
Gold Eq.
(g/t)*
Gold (g/t)
Over Diluted
Width

of 1.2 m
Gold Eq. (g/t)
Over Diluted
Width

of 1.2 m
UED0066 South Deeps 281.10 282.20 1.10 0.90 1.74 141.4 3.63 1.31 2.72
UED0069 South Deeps 280.43 282.00 1.57 1.15 4.30 261.0 7.78 4.12 7.46
SDX0617 South Deeps 444.50 445.00 0.50 0.35 15.90 415.0 21.43 4.64 6.25
445.50 448.00 2.50 1.75 2.32 69.9 3.25 2.32 3.25
844.20 845.20 1.00 0.77 4.51 7.1 4.60 2.89 2.95
SDX0620 South Deeps 684.50 685.50 1.00 0.90 3.80 32.4 4.23 2.85 3.17
SDX0621 South Deeps 514.00 516.00 2.00 1.10 4.22 6.1 4.30 3.87 3.94
SDX0622 South Deeps 587.00 588.55 1.55 1.00 4.26 279.7 7.99 3.55 6.66
Incl. 587.55 588.55 1.00 0.65 6.00 372.0 10.96 3.23 5.89

Determine 2: El Peñón, Plan Map Displaying the Core Mine Deposit (Complete Manufacturing to Yr Finish 2021 of 5.5 Million Ounces of Gold and 137.6 Million Ounces of Silver) and Shut Up View of the New South Deeps Discovery Space Highlighting Latest Drilling Outcomes.
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Determine 3: El Peñón, South Deeps Cross Part (A-A’ on Determine 2) (Wanting North) Displaying Geology and Highlighting Latest Drilling Outcomes.
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Odyssey: Infill drilling confirming robustness and continuity of identified mineralization and step-out drilling factors to continuity of the east extension at East Gouldie

Yamana and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., who every maintain a 50% curiosity within the Canadian Malartic Normal Partnership (the “Partnership”), proprietor and operator of the Canadian Malartic mine, introduced a constructive development choice for the Odyssey underground undertaking at Canadian Malartic on February 11, 2021.

In 2021, twelve floor drills accomplished 123,680 metres of drilling and two underground drills accomplished 9,722 metres of drilling. The main target of the floor drilling was to infill and lengthen the East Gouldie deposit and check the Odyssey inner zones. The underground drilling was primarily targeted on infill drilling of inferred mineral sources to indicated mineral sources on the Odyssey South deposit.

At East Gouldie, the 2021 drilling marketing campaign continued to infill the core of the deposit and prolonged the boundaries of the identified mineralization with 82 new pierce factors within the East Gouldie mineralized envelope. Over 50% of the inferred useful resource has been drilled to 75 metre centres with chosen volumes drilled to 40 metre centres. At 12 months finish 2021, roughly 1.5 million ounces (11.9 million tonnes grading 3.88 g/t of gold) had been transformed to indicated mineral sources and an extra 1.2 million ounces (10.7 million tonnes at 3.4 g/t of gold) had been added to inferred mineral sources for a complete of 6.1 million ounces of gold in 61.6 million tonnes at 3.1 g/t of gold (100% foundation).

The infill drilling continues to outline sturdy North and South lenses of mineralization that regionally merge right into a single zone of serious width and grade. New highlights from the south lens embody MEX 21-226W with 5.90 g/t of gold over an estimated true width of 21.31 metres, MEX 21-226 with 2.08 g/t of gold over an estimates true width of 64.89 metres, together with estimated true width intervals of three.48 g/t of gold over 11.25 metres and three.38 g/t of gold over 13.41 metres. Highlights from the North lens embody MEX 21-207W with 4.80 g/t of gold over an estimated true width of 40.90 metres, MEX 21-208WA with 5.37 g/t of gold over an estimated true width of 32.24 metres. The unified north and south lens embody highlights of MEX 21-207 with 3.95 g/t of gold over an estimated true width of 58.50 metres and wedge gap MEX21-207WZ with 3.96 g/t of gold over an estimated true width of 38.91 metres, together with 5.36 g/t of gold over 10.00 metres.

Latest underground drill leads to the Odyssey Inside Zone and the Jupiter Zone proceed to exhibit the potential so as to add mineral sources in shut proximity to the Odyssey North and Odyssey South deposits.  Drill gap MEV21-213R intersected mineralization on this inner zone and returned three intercepts yielding 3.21 g/t of gold over 20.80 metres (core size) at 558 metres depth, 3.90 g/t of gold over 9.90 metres (core size) at 641 metres depth and three.88 g/t of gold over 8.70 metres (core depth) at 1,095 metres depth. Drill Gap MEV21-215 in Odyssey South returned 4.30 g/t of gold over a core size of 24.50 metres. This data will assist develop fashions for these inner zones.

Desk 3. East Gouldie, Odyssey and Jupiter Drill Intercepts, Choose for Intervals Better than 50 gram metre steel issue (Gold g/t Uncapped Multiplied by Core Size in Metres).

Drill gap Zone Sort Together with From
(m)
To
(m)
Core
Size

(m)
Estimated
True
Width (m)
Gold grade
(g/t)
(uncapped)
Gold grade
(g/t)

(20 g/t Au,
capped)
Depth of
midpoint
under
floor
(m)
CP-ODY-20-03A Unknown Expl. 1730.00 1751.50 21.50 3.29 -1739
MEV21-211 Odyssey – Inside Zone Expl. 332.30 357.50 25.20 3.79 3.10 -245
Incl. 332.30 337.00 4.70 16.00 12.03 -237
Expl. 427.10 449.30 22.20 3.30 -314
MEV21-213R Jupiter Expl. 581.00 597.00 16.00 7.10 3.50 -492
Odyssey – Inside Zone Expl. 658.00 678.80 20.80 4.10 3.21 -558
Expl. 764.00 773.90 9.90 6.30 3.90 -641
Expl. 1325.00 1333.70 8.70 19.50 3.88 -1095
MEV21-215 Odyssey – Inside Zone Expl. 316.30 340.80 24.50 4.30 4.19 -262
MEV21-218 Odyssey South Expl. 364.90 391.00 26.10 2.30 3.20 -285
MEV21-222 Odyssey South Expl. 276.45 348.60 72.15 1.59 -261
Expl. Incl. 330.25 348.60 18.35 2.58 -284
MEX21-197W East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 2067.05 2087.00 19.95 16.21 3.22 -1891
MEX21-197Z East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 2027.00 2049.30 22.30 19.24 2.32 -1768
MEX21-197ZB East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 2062.00 2085.65 23.65 20.37 3.22 -1930
MEX21-198ZA East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1800.00 1812.70 12.70 10.50 6.70 -1629
MEX21-198ZBEXT N of East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1737.00 1758.00 21.00 18.13 5.43 -1564
East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1773.30 1803.50 30.20 26.07 2.06 -1594
MEX21-199ZB East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1372.15 1384.50 12.35 12.10 6.60 6.10 -1096
MEX21-200 East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1011.90 1053.00 41.10 20.20 3.00 -866
MEX21-203RWA East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1700.30 1709.00 8.70 7.69 6.47 -1446
East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1729.00 1745.00 16.00 14.18 4.20 -1469
MEX21-203RWB East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1714.00 1746.00 32.00 27.04 2.48 -1436
MEX21-203RZ East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1703.00 1732.50 29.50 28.40 4.30 -1452
MEX21-203RZA East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1730.00 1753.00 23.00 20.29 2.80 -1484
MEX21-204 East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1705.15 1747.00 41.85 35.90 7.10 5.40 -1462
MEX21-204ZA East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1708.00 1746.10 38.10 32.70 7.80 6.90 -1474
Incl. 1729.20 1745.60 16.40 14.08 15.50 13.50 -1483
MEX21-206 East Gouldie – NS Unified Zone Infill 1702.30 1750.50 48.20 41.90 1.57 -1490
MEX21-206Z East Gouldie – NS Unified Zone Infill 1714.00 1743.25 29.25 28.20 3.90 2.50 -1491
MEX21-207 East Gouldie – NS Unified Zone Infill 1723.00 1786.30 63.30 58.50 3.95 3.80 -1543
MEX21-207W East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1710.00 1757.30 47.30 40.90 4.80 -1569
MEX21-207WAZ East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1710.50 1759.50 49.00 45.72 2.75 2.59 -1549
Incl. 1723.20 1731.00 7.80 7.28 10.70 -1542
East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1766.35 1787.00 20.65 19.31 8.38 7.76 -1581
Incl. 1769.00 1780.70 11.70 10.94 13.70 12.60 -1579
MEX21-207WZ East Gouldie – NS Unified Zone Infill 1739.35 1788.00 48.65 38.91 3.96 3.90 -1561
Incl. 1745.30 1752.00 6.70 5.36 10.00 9.80 -1549
S of East Gouldie – NS Unified Zone Infill 1795.60 1816.25 20.65 15.80 2.44 -1594
MEX21-208W East Gouldie – North Zone Conversion 1503.00 1528.00 25.00 23.80 10.60 10.30 -1025
MEX21-208WA East Gouldie – North Zone Conversion 1511.70 1545.40 33.70 32.24 5.37 5.31 -1050
MEX21-210 Odyssey – Inside Zone Infill 498.00 509.00 11.00 5.00 -470
East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1697.00 1710.80 13.80 13.00 3.90 -1498
MEX21-212 East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1434.25 1466.40 32.15 27.30 5.98 -1264
East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1507.30 1539.00 31.70 26.20 2.80 -1317
MEX21-212WZ East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1404.00 1443.80 39.80 36.09 3.96 -1155
Incl. 1405.90 1411.30 5.40 4.90 12.20 -1146
MEX21-212Z East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1398.10 1415.80 17.70 16.50 4.60 -1190
MEX21-219 Odyssey – Inside Zone Infill 694.00 730.50 36.50 1.66 -676
East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1849.35 1905.50 56.15 46.84 1.88 -1690
Infill Incl. 1890.15 1897.55 7.40 6.17 4.58 -1702
MEX21-220W East Gouldie – North Zone Conversion 1535.50 1581.75 46.25 45.33 4.84 4.83 -1072
Incl. 1540.00 1558.25 18.25 17.89 9.08 9.04 -1067
MEX21-224 East Gouldie – NS Unified Zone Infill 1755.00 1795.05 40.05 35.62 2.64 2.53 -1577
MEX21-224WZ East Gouldie – NS Unified Zone Infill 1723.70 1759.00 35.30 30.30 2.35 -1522
MEX21-226 East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1837.00 1912.00 75.00 64.89 2.08 -1719
Incl. 1847.00 1860.00 13.00 11.25 3.48 -1701
Incl. 1887.00 1902.50 15.50 13.41 3.38 -1735
MEX21-226W East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1861.15 1885.70 24.55 21.31 5.90 -1665
MEX21-227 Odyssey – South Zone Infill 475.00 519.00 44.00 17.24 3.26 2.21 -479
East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1629.70 1675.00 45.30 36.05 3.43 -1527
MEX21-228 East Gouldie – South Zone Infill 1752.00 1794.00 42.00 38.72 2.54 -1575
MEX21-230 Odyssey – South Zone Infill 478.05 493.70 15.65 3.98 4.03 -382
East Gouldie – North Zone Infill 1433.20 1461.50 28.30 28.14 2.21 -1016

Determine 4: East Gouldie Longitudinal and Cross Sections Demonstrating Infill Drilling Outcomes and East Extension Exploration Drilling Outcomes Highlights.
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Exploration drilling additionally continues to develop the East Gouldie mineralization to the east. Exploration step outs had been beforehand reported in September 2021 (Please see the press launch issued September 7, 2021, titled ‘Yamana Gold Experiences Optimistic Exploration Outcomes At It is Producing Mines; New Zones And Targets Recognized At All Operations With The Potential To Considerably Broaden The Mineral Useful resource Base And Improve Mine Life; East Gouldie Outcomes Spotlight Continuity And Scale Of The Zone’, out there at www.yamana.com ) and extra drilling accomplished up to now has generated additional constructive outcomes with drill gap RD21-4659 reporting two intervals in East Gouldie Extension, together with estimated true width intercepts: 3.64 g/t of gold over 6.46 metres and a pair of.64 g/t of gold over 7.41 metres. This drill gap is positioned 600 metres east of the 12 months finish 2021 useful resource envelope. Drill gap RD21-4683 intersected 3.48 g/t of gold over an estimated true width of two.67 metres inside a broader mineralized interval assaying 1.38 g/t of gold over an estimated true width of 9.89 metres. Modest outcomes additionally proceed to outline a second mineralized shear zone, the Titan Zone, positioned roughly 350 metres south of East Gouldie, increasing the mineralized footprint and offering a brand new, little examined goal quantity adjoining East Gouldie.

Desk 4. East Gouldie East Extension Drill Intercepts, Choose for Intervals Better than 5.0 gram metre steel issue (Gold g/t Multiplied by Core Size in Metres).

Drill gap Zone Together with From
(m)
To
(m)
Core
Size
(m)
Horizontal
Width

(m)
Estimated
True Width
(m)
Gold grade
(g/t)
(uncapped)
Depth of midpoint
under floor (m)
RD21-4683 South Porphyry 1226.60 1234.00 7.40 2.70 1.22 -1145
1256.00 1268.50 12.50 4.50 0.96 -1175
1423.50 1427.00 3.50 1.20 2.54 -1327
East Gouldie Extension 2229.50 2240.60 11.10 9.89 1.38 -2039
Incl. 2231.00 2234.00 3.00 2.67 3.48 -2037
RD20-4677BB Titan 2293.00 2301.30 8.30 7.37 1.53 -1956
2307.50 2308.85 1.35 1.20 6.13 -1963
RD20-4659 East Gouldie Extension N 1702.00 1709.00 7.00 6.46 3.64 -1390
East Gouldie Extension S 1739.00 1747.00 8.00 7.41 2.64 -1419
Titan 2109.30 2130.00 20.70 18.82 0.97 -1680
RD21-4688 North of #12 Porphyry 579.50 597.20 17.70 7.00 3.22 -548
605.40 609.35 3.95 1.50 7.05 -565

On the Canadian Malartic mine, the Firm expects to spend roughly $11.9 million (50% foundation) for 136,800 metres (100% foundation) of exploration and conversion drilling. This system will proceed to advance the infill drilling at East Gouldie, targeted on the conversion of inferred mineral sources to indicated mineral sources, and to proceed additional useful resource growth. With ramp improvement below means as a part of the Odyssey Mine undertaking, the Firm expects to have the ability to proceed underground conversion drilling from the ramp in 2022.  As well as, the Firm is planning to spend roughly $4.1 million (50% foundation) on 21,900 metres (100% foundation) of exploration drilling to develop mineralization in the direction of the east within the East Gouldie horizon and the brand new Titan zone at depth on the Rand property. This drilling ought to present 300 to 500 metre centres that can inform future exploration of this excessive potential quantity.  Some drilling can be deliberate on the close by East Amphi property to increase the Nessie and Kraken zones.

Canadian Malartic royalty repurchase settlement

The Partnership has entered right into a royalty repurchase settlement with Tintina Mines Restricted (“Tintina Mines”) efficient March 17, 2022 to train its buy-out choice to repurchase the two% web smelter return royalty on its Rand property for $7,000,000. The Partnership initially acquired the Rand property on March 25, 2019 and in reference to the transaction, granted an entirely owned subsidiary of Tintina Mines a web smelter royalty equal to 2% of the online smelter returns from valuable metals produced from the property, with an accompanying repurchase proper, which has now been exercised. With the completion of this transaction, there at the moment are no additional royalties that stay on the Rand property.

Wasamac: Optimistic outcomes confirming huge mining widths and steady mineralization

Wasamac is a development-stage underground gold undertaking positioned 15 kilometres west of Rouyn-Noranda within the prolific Abitibi-Témiscamingue area of the mining-friendly province of Quebec. The undertaking is effectively positioned, adjoining to the Trans-Canada freeway and 100 kilometres west of the Firm’s 50%-owned Canadian Malartic mine.

Exploration actions continued to ramp up throughout the fourth quarter, with a deal with infill drilling on the Wasamac useful resource space, with 21,649 metres of infill drilling in 31 drill holes accomplished in 2021. Three drill rigs will proceed to advance the infill drilling and exploration applications throughout 2022. Drilling accomplished within the fourth quarter additionally included 2,293 metres of geotechnical drilling in 28 drill holes within the ramp space, bringing whole geotechnical drilling accomplished in 2021 to six,463 metres in 36 drill holes. Exploration drilling accomplished in 2021 totaled 7,291 metres in 22 holes, divided between the West Wasa Shear offset, Wildcat, Wildcat South and West 117 Wasa targets. Outcomes are pending for many drill holes.

Outcomes acquired up to now embody a number of new intercepts in Zone 2, which have returned constructive outcomes confirming huge mining widths and constant mineralized zone on this space. Highlights from this drilling embody the next estimated true width intercepts: WS-21-556 with 3.17 g/t of gold over 14.78 metres; WS-21-539 with 3.41 g/t of gold over 5.02 metres; WS-21-532 with 2.30 g/t of gold over 16.71 metres; and WS-21-534 with 4.46 g/t of gold over 3.45 metres.

Desk 5. Wasamac Venture, 2021 Drilling Highlights for Intervals Better Than 10.0 Gram*Metres (Gold g/t Uncapped Multiplied by Estimated True Width in Metres).

Drill gap Zone Together with From
(m)
To
(m)
Core
Size

(m)
Estimated
True Width
(m)
Gold grade
(g/t)
(uncapped)
Metallic Issue –
Gold (g/t) x Est. True
Width (m)
WS-21-532 Wasa Shear Zone 505.00 531.00 26.00 16.71 2.30 38.44
WS-21-534 Decrease Hanging Wall Zone 598.40 620.90 22.50 17.24 1.01 17.41
Incl. 611.90 620.90 9.00 6.89 1.71 11.79
Wasa Shear Zone 620.90 625.40 4.50 3.45 4.46 15.37
WS-21-535 Wasa Shear Zone 421.12 434.85 13.73 7.88 1.81 14.25
Incl. 421.12 423.24 2.12 1.62 3.54 5.75
Incl. 427.94 434.85 6.91 3.46 2.34 8.08
WS-21-539 Wasa Shear Zone 361.95 367.75 5.80 5.02 3.41 17.13
WS-21-551 Decrease Hanging Wall Zone 518.00 531.25 13.25 10.15 1.15 11.67
WS-21-552 Decrease Hanging Wall Zone-Wasa Shear Zone 422.50 449.00 26.50 24.90 0.93 23.16
Incl. 425.50 430.30 4.80 4.35 2.38 10.35
WS-21-553 Higher Hanging Wall Zone 607.60 663.90 56.30 39.81 0.82 32.64
Incl. 611.15 616.20 5.05 3.87 2.55 9.86
Incl. 628.95 633.70 4.75 3.36 1.62 5.44
Incl. 646.80 652.00 5.20 3.34 2.33 7.79
Wasa Shear Zone 728.30 752.68 24.38 13.98 1.83 25.59
Incl. 732.58 752.68 20.10 11.53 2.07 23.86
WS-21-556 Wasa Shear Zone 510.10 529.40 19.30 14.78 3.17 46.87
WS-21-557 Higher Hanging Wall Zone 625.65 646.40 20.75 15.90 1.77 28.13
Wasa Shear Zone 784.90 812.30 27.40 19.37 0.94 18.21
Incl. 785.75 790.40 4.65 3.29 1.64 5.39
Incl. 804.30 812.30 8.00 5.66 1.49 8.43

Determine 5: Wasamac Longitudinal Part (Wanting North) Demonstrating Latest Infill Drilling Outcomes Highlights.
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As beforehand reported (Please see the press launch issued December 1, 2021, titled ‘Yamana Gold Declares The Discovery Of New Mineralized Zones At Wasamac And Gives An Replace On Its Development Initiatives’, out there at www.yamana.com ), exploration drilling at Wasamac continues to ship promising outcomes. An exploration gap WS-21-524, drilled south of the Wildcat zone testing targets from the 2021 magnetic susceptibility survey, intersected two new mineralized zones, known as South Wildcat. The primary is a zone of shearing and quartz carbonate stockwork in altered mafic volcanic rocks intercepted at a downhole depth of 402.93 metres, which returned 7.31 g/t of gold over an estimated true width of three.37 metres. The drill gap resulted in a large zone of shearing and robust alteration with anomalous gold grades together with 2.3 g/t of gold over a core size of 0.6 metres and 1.3 g/t of gold over a core size of 0.3 metres. This drill gap demonstrates the superb potential of the world south of the Wasamac shear and north of the Cadillac Tectonic zone the place follow-up drilling is ongoing.

Accomplished inaugural Local weather Motion Report
Yamana has accomplished its inaugural Local weather Motion Report disclosing data on the suggestions of the Activity Drive for Local weather-related Monetary Disclosures (TCFD) which will likely be out there on the Firm’s web site on April 11, 2022. The report builds on the Firm’s 2021 local weather motion work and consists of data on Firm’s approaches to local weather governance, technique, danger administration, and targets, metrics and efficiency. The report additionally describes how the Firm will obtain its 1.5ºC science-based goal in comparison with pre-industrial ranges by 2030. The Firm is effectively positioned to attain its 2030 local weather motion goal with solely modest expenditures.

2022 Investor Day
The Firm will host an Investor Day on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. A webcast of the occasion will likely be out there at www.yamana.com .

Certified Individuals

Scientific and technical data contained on this information launch has been reviewed and accepted by Sébastien Bernier (P. Geo and Senior Director, Reserves and Assets). Sébastien Bernier is an worker of Yamana Gold Inc. and a “Certified Particular person” as outlined by Canadian Securities Directors’ Nationwide Instrument 43-101 – Requirements of Disclosure for Mineral Initiatives.

High quality Assurance and High quality Management
Yamana incorporates a High quality Assurance and High quality Management (“QA/QC”) program for all of its mines and exploration tasks which conforms to trade greatest practices.

Samples are transported in safety sealed luggage for preparation at ALS Geochemistry. ALS and SGS are each ISO 9001:2008 and 17025 licensed laboratories. Gold is analyzed by gold hearth assay with 30 grams aliquot and AAS end (lab code: Au-AA25). Au-AA25 is licensed from 0.01 to 100 g/t gold. Samples over 100 g/t gold are re-analyzed by gravimetric end strategies. Silver is decided utilizing a 4 acid digestion and ICP-MS end (extremely hint). The ME-MS61 technique we use for silver is licensed 0.01 to 100 ppm. 5 p.c of all pulps are additional checked by a secondary licensed laboratory (SGS) utilizing the identical ore grade hearth assay analytical technique.

All exploration diamond drill cores are break up in half by core sawing and sampled at applicable intervals for assay. The remaining core, and pulps are saved on-site in a safe location. We disposed of the rejects on the lab after the QA/QC was full.

Licensed reference requirements, blanks and duplicates (preparation and analytical) are routinely inserted into the pattern stream as a management for assay accuracy, bias, precision and contamination. The outcomes of those checks are tracked and failures are re-analyzed. This data additionally consists of pulp checks carried out within the secondary lab.

About Yamana
Yamana Gold Inc. is a Canadian-based valuable metals producer with vital gold and silver manufacturing, improvement stage properties, exploration properties, and land positions all through the Americas, together with Canada, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Yamana plans to proceed to construct on this base by way of growth and optimization initiatives at present working mines, improvement of recent mines, the development of its exploration properties and, at instances, by concentrating on different consolidation alternatives with a major focus within the Americas.

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E-mail: investor@yamana.com

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END NOTES

(1) GEO is calculated because the sum of gold ounces and the gold equal of silver ounces utilizing an assumed ratio of 72.00 for steerage.

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