Alex Langer, President and CEO of Sierra Madre Gold And Silver (TSXV: SM) (OTCQX: SMDRF), joins me to provide an operations and financial update La Guitarra silver-gold mine complex in Mexico, which includes 3 producing mines: La Guitarra, Coloso, and Nazareno. We also discuss the increase to 30,000 meters of drilling across the La Guitarra property, and an increase to 50,000 meters of drilling at the Del Toro property starting once the transaction closes in the near future; for a total of 80,000 meters of drilling on tap across all properties.
Full Year 2025 Highlights
Revenues: Gross silver revenues for 2025 totaled $10.68 million ($39.37 per ounce) and gross gold revenues totaled $13.77 million ($3,407 per ounce).
Sales: During 2025, the Company sold 271,204 ounces of silver ("Ag") and 4,041 ounces of gold ("Au") or 628,196 silver equivalent ("AgEq") ounces, based on the ratio of Au and Ag prices realized for each shipment in the year.
Cash Costs: For 2025, cash costs were $27.90 per AgEq ounce sold
Net Income: Net income was $8.13 million or $0.05 per share for 2025. Included in net income for 2025 is a $6.1 million income tax recovery.
Cash from Operations: The Company generated $4.09 million of cash from operating activities in 2025.
Adjusted EBITDA increased to $6.03 million for 2025
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments at December 31, 2025 totalled $17.3 million.
Del Toro Acquisition and Financing: In December 2025, the Company announced its intention to acquire the Del Toro silver mine from First Majestic Silver Corp. and complete a concurrent financing, which subsequently closed in escrow for gross proceeds of CAD$57.5 million.
La Guitarra Expansion: As announced on September 8, 2025, the Company has initiated a plan to expand production capacity at Guitarra in a two-phase program, with the first phase anticipated for completion by the end of Q2 2026, with the aim to increase name plate capacity from 500 tonnes per day ("tpd") to a range of 750 tpd - 800 tpd and the second phase anticipated for completion by Q3 2027, with the aim of increasing the capacity to a range of 1,200 tpd - 1,500 tpd at La Guitarra.
Closed C$19.5M Private Placement: In July 2025, the Company closed 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.
First Majestic Loan Payment: On February 5, 2026, the Company made a principal payment of $2.5 million on the $5 million senior secured project financing loan with First Majestic.
Sierra Madre Named as a 2026 Top 50 Company by the TSX Venture Exchange: As announced on February 18, 2026, Sierra Madre was named a 2026 TSX Venture Top 50 Company, recognized for its 264% share price appreciation and 342% market cap growth in 2025.
The first stage of the expansion currently underway at the La Guitarra plant will increase production rates from the current 500 tonnes per day (“tpd”) to 750 tpd to 800 tpd of processing capacity; with a goal to get that completed by June or July of this summer. Processing plant and tailings handling upgrades and equipment purchases for the planned production expansion have been underway and are mostly installed. Once the first stage of the expansion is completed, the planned second phase would increase processing capacity to a range of 1,200 tpd to 1,500 tpd by Q3 2027; essentially doubling production capacity once again.
Beyond the production growth, we also focus on the substantial exploration programs planned for the 2nd half of this year both district-scale land packages.
There are 30,000 meters of drilling planned at the La Guitarra complex; and Alex points out that having their own assay lab should allow the company to quickly react to incoming assays at La Guitarra, going from 20 holes, to 40 holes, and then eventually 80 holes.
After the acquisition transaction closes on the Del Toro Silver Mine complex in the Chalchihuites District in Mexico from First Majestic Silver Corp., then there is a 50,000 meter drill program on tap. The goal of this program will be testing a number of high-priority targets and growing existing resources to extend the mine life for when a restart decision is made on these 3 mines and the 3,000 tpd plant.
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