Fresnillo plc
21 Upper
Brook Street
London W1K
7PY
United
Kingdom
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
or contact:
Fresnillo plc
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London Office
Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor
Relations
Mark Mochalski
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Tel: +44(0)20 7339 2470
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Mexico City Office
Ana Belém Zárate
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Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206
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Powerscourt
Peter Ogden
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Tel: +44(0)20 7250 1446
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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-Dipolos1, 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.