REG - Fresnillo Plc - Notice of cyber security incident

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RNS Number : 4599Y  Fresnillo PLC  30 July 2024

 
Fresnillo plc

21 Upper Brook Street

London W1K 7PY

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com (http://www.fresnilloplc.com)

 

30 July 2024

 

Notice of cyber security incident

 

"Fresnillo plc (the "Company") announces that it has been the subject of a
cyber security incident which has resulted in unauthorised access to certain
IT systems and data. Upon becoming aware of this incident, response measures
in accordance with Company protocols were initiated immediately.

The Company's IT experts, in coordination with external specialists, are
taking all measures to investigate and assess the scope of this incident.

All business units continue their activities and no material operational or
financial impact has been experienced or is foreseen. This will be assessed on
an ongoing basis until the situation is resolved.

The Company will provide a further update as and when appropriate.

Fresnillo plc takes the issue of cyber security extremely seriously and will
continue to fully investigate this incident and take all appropriate measures.

 

 

For further information, please visit our website: www.fresnilloplc.com
(http://www.fresnilloplc.com) or contact:

 

 Fresnillo plc
 London Office                                Tel: +44(0)20 7339 2470

 Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations

 Mark Mochalski

 Mexico City Office                           Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206

 Ana Belém Zárate

 Powerscourt                                  Tel: +44(0)20 7250 1446

 Peter Ogden

 

 

ABOUT FRESNILLO PLC

Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's
largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under
the symbol FRES.

 

Fresnillo plc has eight operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo,
Saucito, Juanicipio, Ciénega, Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos(1), Noche Buena and
San Julián (Veins and Disseminated Ore Body) and four advanced exploration
projects - Orisyvo, Rodeo, Guanajuato and Tajitos as well as a number of other
long term exploration prospects.

Fresnillo plc has mining concessions and exploration projects in Mexico, Peru
and Chile. Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of exploring, mining,
a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production
costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for silver. Fresnillo plc's
goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver
company and Mexico's largest gold producer.

(1) Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Information contained in this announcement may include 'forward-looking
statements'. All statements other than statements of historical facts included
herein, including, without limitation, those regarding the Fresnillo Group's
intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things,
the Fresnillo Group's results of operations, financial position, liquidity,
prospects, growth, strategies and the silver and gold industries are
forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the
actual results of the Fresnillo Group's operations, financial position and
liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the
Fresnillo Group operates, may differ materially from those described in, or
suggested by, the forward-looking statements contained in this document. In
addition, even if the results of operations, financial position and liquidity,
and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo
Group operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in
this document, those results or developments may not be indicative of results
or developments in subsequent periods. A number of factors could cause results
and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements including, without limitation, general economic and
business conditions, industry trends, competition, commodity prices, changes
in regulation, currency fluctuations (including the US dollar and Mexican Peso
exchanges rates), the Fresnillo Group's ability to recover its reserves or
develop new reserves, including its ability to convert its resources into
reserves and its mineral potential into resources or reserves, changes in its
business strategy and political and economic uncertainty.

 

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