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- Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) is a multi-mine gold-copper-silver mining and exploration company that owns and operates the El Valle-Boinás and Carlés gold-copper-silver mines and processing plant in northern Spain's Rio Narcea Gold Belt, producing gold doré and gold-copper concentrates; the Don Mario copper-gold-silver operation in southeastern Bolivia, currently in care and maintenance while transitioning to the Oxides Stockpile Project involving plant expansion to process stockpiled oxide ore; and the Taguas gold-silver exploration property in San Juan Province, Argentina, featuring near-surface oxidized mineralization suitable for heap leach processing. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company conducts operations across Spain, Bolivia and Argentina through subsidiaries including Orovalle Minerals S.L.U. for Spanish assets, Empresa Minera Paitití S.A. (EMIPA) for Bolivian activities and Orvana Argentina S.A. for the Taguas project, targeting precious and base metal deposits with a focus on optimizing production, reducing costs and brownfield exploration to extend mine life. Recent developments include the ramp-up of operations at the Carlés Mine in Spain during fiscal 2025 to enable parallel mining with El Valle-Boinás, thereby reducing operational risk; full placement of US$24.98 million in EMIPA Bonds II in September 2025 and approval for a second US$25 million bond issuance in August 2025 to fund the Don Mario Oxides Stockpile Project, alongside US$25 million prepayment and offtake agreements with Trafigura closed in November 2025; and reacquisition of a 1% net smelter return royalty interest in the Taguas property from Compañía Minera Taguas S.A. in October 2025 to strengthen its position.