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- Lundin Gold Inc. (TSX: LUG; Nasdaq Stockholm: LUG) operates as a Canadian gold mining company focused on the production and exploration of gold deposits; it owns and operates the 100%-owned Fruta del Norte gold mine in southeast Ecuador, among the highest-grade operating gold mines globally with probable reserves of 4.92 million ounces at an average grade of 8.7 grams per tonne, producing gold and silver by-products through underground mining and processing at a mill throughput capacity recently expanded to 5,000 tonnes per day. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company conducts exploration activities in the Fruta del Norte district including near-mine targets such as FDN South, FDN East, Trancaloma, and Bonza Sur, as well as regional greenfield programs across a 50,000-hectare land package in Ecuador; it targets institutional investors and generates revenue primarily from gold sales with ancillary silver output. In recent developments, Lundin Gold achieved record annual gold production of 502,029 ounces in 2024 exceeding guidance at an all-in sustaining cost of $875 per ounce, completed its process plant expansion project ahead of schedule to boost throughput and recoveries, raised 2025 production guidance to 475,000-525,000 ounces with expanded sustaining capital of $75-85 million including 15,000 meters of resource conversion drilling, and significantly grew its 2025 exploration program from 80,000 meters to over 120,000 meters following high-grade discoveries at multiple targets including new copper-gold mineralization at Trancaloma and epithermal veins at FDN East, positioning for potential mine life extension and initial mineral reserve estimates in early 2026.