Wesdome Gold Mines Q2 2026 Earnings Report

Wesdome Gold Mines EPS Results

• Actual EPS: C$0.65
• Consensus EPS: N/A
• Beat/Miss: N/A
• One Year Ago EPS: N/A

Wesdome Gold Mines Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $266.76 million
• Expected Revenue: N/A
• Beat/Miss: N/A
• YoY Revenue Growth: N/A

Wesdome Gold Mines Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q2 2026
• Date: 8/13/2026
• Time: After Market Closes
• Conference Call Date: Friday, August 14, 2026
• Conference Call Time: 10:00AM ET

Wesdome is a Canadian-focused gold producer with two high-grade underground assets, Eagle River in Northern Ontario and Kiena in Val-d'Or, Québec. The Company's primary goal is to responsibly leverage its operating platform and high-quality brownfield and greenfield exploration pipeline to build a value-driven mid-tier gold producer.

Wesdome Gold Mines Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Positive Sentiment: Wesdome reported a strong Q2, with CAD 94 million in net income, CAD 42 million in free cash flow, and CAD 391 million in cash after repurchasing more than CAD 80 million of shares. The company also initiated a quarterly dividend and expanded its buyback authorization to up to 6% of shares outstanding.
• Positive Sentiment: Management reaffirmed full-year production and cost guidance, while expecting free cash flow to increase materially in the second half. Eagle River throughput rose nearly 50% year over year, supporting the goal of filling the mill in 2027, and Kiena production increased 28% year over year.
• Negative Sentiment: Eagle River’s expected 2026 grade was reduced to 11.5–12.5 grams per tonne from the initial 13–14 grams, reflecting a revised sequence that incorporates more lower-grade global-model material. Consolidated capital spending could also run up to 10% above the original CAD 205 million guidance, primarily due to timing of Kiena growth expenditures.
• Positive Sentiment: Kiena is progressing toward greater operational flexibility, with Presqu’ile’s first production stope blasted in July and commercial production expected in Q4. Management targets a combined Kiena run rate approaching 1,000 tonnes per day as Presqu’ile ramps up, while equipment availability and stope-cycle performance continue to improve.
• Positive Sentiment: Exploration remains a major growth catalyst, supported by a 270,000-metre 2026 drilling program and conceptual exploration targets of approximately 2.4–6.3 million ounces across the two districts. The Norbenite footwall discovery at Kiena, which returned 6.9 grams per tonne over 42.1 metres and remains open in all directions, was described as potentially transformational for the mine’s long-term resource profile.

Presentation

[Operator]

Good morning. Welcome to Wesdome Gold Mines conference call to discuss the company's financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. As a reminder, this call is being recorded. Your host for today is Trish Moran, Wesdome's Vice President of Investor Relations. Ms. Moran, please go ahead.

[Trish Moran, VP of Investor Relations at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Before we get started, I would like to point out that during today's call, we may make forward-looking statements as defined under Canadian securities law. I ask that you view our slide presentation for cautionary language regarding forward-looking statements and the risk factors pertaining to these statements. Please note that all figures discussed on this call are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. Our press release, MD&A, and financial statements are available both on SEDAR+ and on our corporate website, wesdome.com. With us on today's call is Anthea Bath, Wesdome's President and CEO, Phil Yee, our Chief Financial Officer, Tyler Mitchelson, our COO, Jono Lawrence, Senior Vice President, Exploration, and Kevin Lonergan, SVP Technical Services. Following management's formal remarks, we will then open the call to questions. Now over to Anthea.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Thank you, Trish, and good morning, everyone. Q2 was another strong quarter for Wesdome and another demonstration of how fundamentally this company has changed. We delivered net income of CAD 94 million and CAD 42 million of free cash flow and ended the quarter with more than CAD 390 million in cash, after returning more than CAD 80 million to our shareholders through our share buyback program. At Eagle River, increasing throughput reflects our deliberate move towards a larger, more productive operating model.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

We are beginning to leverage our fixed cost infrastructure, and we expect those benefits to become increasingly visible as throughput grows. Kiena also delivered a strong quarter on production and costs. In July, we blasted the first production stope at Presqu'île, establishing three active mining horizons and achieved the breakthrough of our new ramp from surface. There is another number from the quarter worth highlighting, and that number is eight.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

For the first time in Wesdome's history, both Eagle River and Kiena are underpinned by reserve-based mine plans extending approximately eight years. Last week, we filed the independent technical report supporting those plans, culminating nearly three years of work to build longer life, more predictable, and more resilient operations. That changes the conversation. We now have greater time, financial capability, and operational flexibility. We can now move beyond asking the question about extending our mine lives and increasingly ask: What can these two mining districts ultimately become? Importantly, the eight year plans are not the limits of either asset. Opportunities dependent on further optimization, exploration, resource conversion, and technical work are not actually even included. The technical report established the foundation. Our opportunity is now to build beyond that. At Kiena, our immediate priority remains operational execution, reliable production across multiple mining fronts, and continued productivity improvement.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

We see a pathway over time to increase annual production. That opportunity comes from two reinforcing drivers: improving mine productivity and exploration success that increases ounce per vertical meter and creates additional high-quality mining fronts. The recent Norbenite discovery is just one example. Together with additional mining fronts with better equipment utilization and higher productivities, this creates the potential to grow production while leveraging the existing infrastructure that is already in place. That upside is not included in the current reserve plan and requires further operating execution, drilling, and technical evaluation. Beyond the existing mine, Kiena East, which includes Zone 134, Dubuisson, and Shawkey, point to a broad opportunity that we are systematically evaluating. These are early stage and require considerably more work, but they are changing how we think about Kiena, not simply as a mine, but as an infrastructure platform within a much larger mineralized district.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

At Eagle River, the reserve plan provides a larger, more resilient operating base and sees us filling the mill as early as next year. It also preserves important flexibility. If we continue replacing high-grade reserves at the pace that we have been achieving, we retain the ability to resequence this plan and potentially defer global model material for years. Beyond the underground mine, Mishi, Magnacon, and other bulk deposits provide the opportunity to evaluate an integrated open pit and underground development leveraging existing Eagle River infrastructure. We expect to advance conceptual work over the next 12-18 months to assess mining and processing scenarios and guide future investment. Increasingly, we see Eagle River as a high-grade underground mine at the center of a far broader regional mining and infrastructure opportunity.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Finally, the technical reports identify conceptual exploration targets of approximately 2,400,000 oz-6,300,000 oz across Eagle River and Kiena. These are conceptual targets. They are not resources or reserves, but they illustrate the scale of the opportunity beyond our current plans. Importantly, much of the infrastructure and the operating platform required to systematically test these opportunities is already in place. Eight years is an important milestone, but it is not the destination. It is the platform from which we can build the next generation of Wesdome. Since 2023, we have strengthened our operations, extended our reserve life, built our balance sheet, and significantly increased the capability of the organization. Collectively, that has changed what is possible for this company, Wesdome. Our ambition is to progressively build two premier Canadian mining districts capable of supporting multiple mining centers around established infrastructure while generating significant long-term value.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

We are increasing ECR opportunity at district scale and not mine scale. The model is straightforward. Exploration creates more and better mining opportunities. Operational improvement allows us to extract more value from them, and existing infrastructure allows us to translate both into growth efficiently. Our competitive advantage extends beyond geology. The technical capability, the leadership, the capital discipline, the culture, and the community relationships we have built are increasingly important to our ability to capture that opportunity. We are not pursuing production or scale for their own sake. We are focused on growing intrinsic value per share. Scale should be the outcome of creating value, not the objective. Our longer reserve lives, strong balance sheet, and cash generation give us the ability to be prudent in investing returns justified, returning capital where appropriate, and remaining selective on external opportunities.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Three years ago, our priority was to strengthen the foundations of Wesdome. Today, those foundations are largely in place. We believe the opportunity in front of Wesdome is considerably larger than the company you see today. Our responsibility now is to convert that opportunity into value deliberately, systematically, and per share. With that, I will hand over to Phil to walk you through the financials.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Thank you, Anthea. Good morning, everyone. Turning to slide eight, Q2 2026 was a strong quarter. Revenue came in at CAD 267 million, leading to net income of CAD 94 million, or CAD 0.64 per share. Adjusted for a CAD 2.3 million impact of non-recurring payments, adjusted earnings per share was CAD 0.65 per share. EBITDA and net cash flow from operating activities were CAD 170 million and CAD 88 million, respectively. Free cash flow in the quarter was CAD 42 million, or CAD 0.28 per share, compared to CAD 53 million or CAD 0.35 per share in the second quarter of last year. The year-over-year decrease reflects several items, most notably the timing of a CAD 21 million prepaid tax installment in Q2 of 2026. We expect quarterly free cash flow to significantly increase in the second half of the year. Turning to slide nine.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

On a consolidated basis, AISC per ounce of gold sold was $1,763 in the quarter. At the site level, Eagle River came in at just over $2,000 per ounce sold, reflecting a 17% increase in ounces sold and certain one-time costs, which, taken together, make it difficult to see the positive underlying cost trend we are seeing at the operation. We expect AISC per ounce sold at Eagle River to be lower in the second half of the year. At Kiena, AISC was $1,497 per ounce sold, driven by higher contractor costs supporting the development of Presqu'île. Year-over-year sustaining capital also decreased due to timing. Corporate G&A of nearly CAD 11 million included costs primarily relating to unplanned corporate development and the technical reports. We continue to diligently manage our corporate G&A costs.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Margin resiliency is a priority for us, and we are taking concrete steps to make improvements across three areas. The first area is supply chain. Over the past six months, we have strengthened the team and improved structure and processes around inventory and supplier management and key contract improvements. Already, savings of several million dollars have been identified, with several more million expected by year-end. Savings are anticipated to flow through progressively over the next 12 months. Supply chain is a structural and meaningful opportunity to optimize costs and improve efficiencies across our operations. The second area we are reviewing is reducing our reliance on contractors. We see a meaningful economic opportunity to transition certain roles from external contractors to our permanent workforce. Our HR team is actively developing plans and programs to support this transition at those sites.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Thirdly, we are reviewing maintenance practices across business with a focus on further reducing unplanned downtime and lowering overall costs and capital costs. These three initiatives represent a coordinated effort to drive improved margin resiliency over time. Our ambition is to be a sector-leading low-cost producer. Turning to guidance on slide 10. While we are reaffirming full-year production and cost guidance, we have made a few updates to the guidance table to align with our internal forecast. At Eagle River, we continue to expect full-year production of 105,000 oz-150,000 oz at an average grade of 11.5 g/ton-12.5 g/ton, compared to initial guidance of 13 g/ton-14 g/ton. In the second half, the continued integration of global model ore into the mine plan is anticipated to reflect higher mill throughput and slightly improved grades relative to the first half of the year.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

We are also reducing our depreciation and depletion guidance to CAD 100 million from CAD 130 million previously. This reduction is a direct result of the meaningful increase in our mineral reserves announced in June. With respect to CapEx, we continue to invest in high-return organic growth initiatives to improve operational flexibility, increase mine life, execute on our fill-the-mill strategy, and pursue growth. Based on our most recent forecast, full-year consolidated capital could track up to 10% higher than the initial guidance of CAD 205 million. Primarily driven by the timing of growth expenditures at Kiena. Management continues to diligently assess the timing of these costs. Turning to slide 11, we closed the second quarter with a cash balance of CAD 391 million. Importantly, that is after returning more than CAD 80 million to shareholders through our Normal Course Issuer Bid during the second quarter.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Including our revolving credit facility, total liquidity was roughly CAD 746 million as of June 30, and we expect that figure to remain strong as we move through the year. Our balance sheet remains debt-free and flexible, and we are deploying capital with discipline. Our priority is to return meaningful capital to shareholders while investing in our organic growth strategy. I'm pleased to highlight two recent important milestones in our capital return program. First, at the end of June, we initiated a quarterly dividend. The first payment is due at the end of September. On an annualized basis, the dividend amounts to approximately CAD 0.12 per share. While modest to start, it reflects our confidence in the durability of our free cash flow profile and our commitment to a disciplined shareholder-first approach to capital allocation.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Second, alongside the dividend announcement, we expanded our share buyback program to up to 6% of shares outstanding. Since last November, we've repurchased nearly eight million shares at roughly CAD 24 per share, or approximately CAD 190 million in total, a meaningful demonstration of our conviction in the intrinsic value of this business. Commensurate with the implementation of the NCIB last year, our board approved the repurchase of up to 10% of our public float. As we progress through the program, our capital allocation thinking continues to evolve alongside our business. Buybacks are one tool in the toolkit, and we will continue to use that opportunistically. We believe our financial flexibility is a strength, and shareholders can expect us to deploy capital where we see the highest return, whether that's in the ground, on the balance sheet, or returning value directly to you.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Metrics such as return on capital remain paramount in our decision-making. According to the latest calculations, we continue to rank third across the industry on this measure, reinforcing our disciplined approach to deploying capital. With that, I'll turn it over to Tyler to walk you through our operational performance.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Thank you, Phil. Good morning, everyone. I'll begin where we always begin, safety. In the second quarter, we recorded zero lost time incidents. Our TRIFR was 1.67, slightly above the prior year quarter, serving as a reminder there's always more work to do. What is particularly encouraging is the significant improvement this quarter in our High Potential Incident Frequency Rate, which declined 69% year-over-year to 0.67. This reflects the strong commitment to safety across our organization, focusing on critical risks and the continuous improvements being made every day. Last month, we completed the implementation of our company-wide 10-point critical hazards program. Building on that progress, we are now developing a comprehensive mobile equipment safety standard focusing on addressing our highest-risk hazards. At Wesdome, safety is a non-negotiable, and our actions reflect that commitment every day. Moving to Eagle River on slide 13.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Before diving into the details, I want to step back and frame 2026 in the proper perspective. Both Eagle River and Kiena are in the midst of a deliberate value-creating transition to new long-term mine plans. While there is meaningful work still ahead, we are committed to shaping these assets into the low-cost, predictable, scalable producers we know they can be. Eagle River has been fundamentally changing for several years, and that pace has picked up in H1 with the integration of the global model ore as part of our updated mine plan. This reflected a strategic shift towards a value-focused operation, one that prioritizes improved mill and mine utilization over the long term, not just quarter-to-quarter ounce maximization. The changes started, but it is far from done. Eagle River performed in line with our mine plan.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

During the second quarter, we processed over 72,000 tons through the mill, producing 22,000 oz at an average grade of 9.7 g/ton. As mine output increases, the mill is responding well by increasing throughput. Quarterly grade variation is a natural feature of our ore bodies and sequencing. Grades on a given level can range from six all the way up to 30 g/ton. In July, grades averaged nearly 12.5 g/ton, reinforcing our confidence in a stronger second half. The operational setup also supports our confidence. The next 300 Zone stope is fully drilled off with approximately 25,000 tons ready to mine in the coming months at grades reaching up to 25 g/ton. Analysts who joined our mine site tour in mid-July saw this impressive stope and our preparations firsthand.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Based on our forecast, we remain confident in delivering Eagle River's full-year production guidance. The fill the mill story at Eagle River is gaining real traction, and the numbers back it up. Throughput averaged nearly 800 tons per day in Q2, a nearly 50% improvement year-over-year, and we are targeting a further 10% increase in the second half. This puts us firmly on track to fill the mill in 2027, as outlined in our recently filed technical reports. At Eagle River, our eight-year reserve mine life plan projects average daily mill throughput of approximately 988 tons per day. We are not satisfied with stopping there. We are actively assessing opportunities to push the mill. As we continue to optimize and embed operational improvements, we see a credible path to ratcheting up tons per day beyond the current 80% overall equipment effectiveness.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

The operational improvements behind this throughput growth are broad-based and measurable. As you can see on slide 14, since 2025, milling rates are up 14%, unplanned downtime down 60%, mill operating time and energy efficiency are both up 12%. These are not one-off wins. They are a result of a fundamental shift from reactive to proactive system-based maintenance embedded across scheduling, mining practices, and site management. The mine is running more reliably and more efficiently than ever, and we expect that trajectory to continue. Moving now to costs. Eagle River's cost per ton in Q2 was CAD 631, essentially unchanged from CAD 626 in Q2 of 2025, a result we are pleased with given the inflationary pressures broadly felt across the industry. While tonnage costs are essentially flat year-over-year, it is worth noting that the quarter included identifiable one-off items that added approximately CAD 45 a ton.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Additionally, it is important to highlight that we are starting to see the fixed cost benefits of nearly 50% year-over-year increase in daily mill throughput and its positive impact on the fixed cost leverage that underpins our fill the mill strategy. We expect this to be more visible in our unit cost for the balance of the year as one-time items roll off. As grades normalize in the second half and production strengthens, we expect Eagle River's all-in sustaining cost to return in line with full year guidance. In the first half of the year, Eagle River invested CAD 27 million against a full year budget of CAD 105 million. Capital deployment will ramp up meaningfully in the second half, with spending focused on critical infrastructure investments that are required for the long-term future of the operation. Turning now to Kiena on slide 16.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

The updated mine plan at Kiena is focused on improved operational flexibility and the implementation of the operating model for stability first and then growth. Kiena delivered an exceptional second quarter, with production rising 28% year-over-year to more than 22,000 oz, driven by a 13% increase in tons processed and a strong average grade of just over 11 g/ton. This performance reflects an expanding mine flexibility and executing with discipline. The 129 and 136 levels within Kiena Deep remained our primary sources of mill feed, contributing roughly 540 tons per day. Importantly, we have added Presqu'île as an active mining horizon at Kiena. The first production stope was blasted in July, and we expect commercial production in Q4. This brings us to three active mining horizons, with a fourth at level 142 expected to come online in 2027.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Expanding optionality at Kiena is a meaningful de-risking of the asset and a foundation for greater growth, predictability, planning stability going forward. With multiple active mining horizons and a growing platform, we have built the infrastructure for sustained, scalable growth at Kiena. While we expect operational momentum to continue, this is still an emerging program. The benefits are still coming through, and we are not finished building. The implementation of the operating model is driving meaningful improvement. Paired with the major projects to enhance operational flexibility, including additional mining horizons and site infrastructure upgrades to move people and equipment more efficiently, this model is foundational to Kiena's long-term growth plan. While it is early days, productivity metrics are trending positively. Mobile equipment availability is up 10%-15% year to date.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Daily average tons through the mill have risen by about 30% since last September, and milling rates have increased by 10%-15% from 2025. Stope cycle operating delays have declined by approximately 30% year over year. Continuing our focus on these improvements and the additional mine flexibility gives us confidence in the H2 ramp up to deliver on our guidance. Kiena's Q2 cost per ton were CAD 526, flat compared to the prior year quarter. This reflects the deliberate cost of building operational flexibility, including bringing additional mining horizons online, investing in maintenance, our current reliance on contractors. We view these as transitional and not structural. As Kiena Deep and Presqu'île ramp up to full utilization following commercial production in Q4, fixed cost leverage will become increasingly evident in the per tonne cost profile.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Total capital expenditures in the first half of 2026 were CAD 54 million, including approximately CAD 36 million in growth capital. Elevated spending reflects contractor costs tied to the completion of the new ramp construction, as well as accelerated development at Presqu'île and Kiena Deep. Both investments directly advance our long-term production capacity. The breakthrough of the new ramp in Q2 represented a significant operational milestone. It established direct access from surface to the bottom of Kiena Mine. This enhances the flexibility for material and equipment movement and critically enables our ventilation expansion project. The project, which will double ventilation, is a key enabler for higher mining rates and underpins our three-year production outlook. For the balance of the year, growth capital will continue to further push Presqu'île development and the ventilation fan upgrades.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Sustaining capital will further extend the Kiena Deep ramp to the 142 level with additional investment and exploration, ventilation on demand, and power factor improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce our operating costs over time. Collectively, these investments position Wesdome to deliver on its production growth targets. While we have a way to go yet, stability is gradually taking hold at Kiena. Equipment availability has improved following several quarters of disciplined maintenance work. Since implementing our new operating model in H1, stoping delays relative to plan have declined by 30%. That is a clear and measurable indication the changes we are making are delivering results.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

The implementation of the operating model is now advancing, and we are focused on embedding processes, improving schedule adherence, and reducing variability across the operation. The achievement of these milestones will position Kiena as more stable and operationally flexible than any point since its commercial production began and provide the foundation that can deliver on Kiena's long-term growth profile. With that, I'll turn it over to Jono to review exploration.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Thank you, Tyler, and good morning, everyone. Exploration at Wesdome continues to be the engine of long-term organic value creation for shareholders. With 1,400,000 oz of mineral reserves, the largest in company history, and eight-year reserve base mine plans at both Eagle River and Kiena, we are building from a position of strength. Our focus is on extending that runway, growing inventory, and uncovering the next phase of value. Increasingly, technology is accelerating our ability to do that. Better tools, richer data sets, and artificial intelligence, which I will address in a moment, are allowing us to allocate exploration capital with greater precision and confidence than ever before. Our 2026 exploration program totals 270,000 m, one of the most ambitious programs we have undertaken. Year to date, we have drilled approximately 110,000 m across the portfolio, representing more than 40% of the plan.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Drilling is second half weighted with a particularly aggressive third quarter already underway. Underpinning all of this is capital discipline. Our exploration management system guides capital deployment to meet short, medium, and long-term objectives. The EMS enables upscaling of drill programs efficiently and cost effectively whilst maintaining quality in financial and technological returns. Every exploration target is assessed on size, geologic confidence, and cost metrics with the objective of de-risking target ounces by efficiently designed drill programs. The completion of exploration drifts on levels 109 and 134 at Kiena is a good example of this, where underground development was executed with the aim of converting previously expensive drill target areas into areas that could be tested with efficient, effective drill programs. That is how we run an aggressive exploration program while protecting returns on every dollar of capital invested.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

At the same time, operating some of the best golden down districts globally means we maintain a healthy risk appetite. Testing new ideas and less conventional targets is inherent to systematically exploring these districts, and it is how exploration ideas ultimately convert into gold bars. Let me now walk you through the key highlights, asset by asset. Turning to slide 19, at Eagle River, our exploration program is built around four interconnected objectives. Replacing annual depletion at grade to sustain the reserve base, scaling our asset through reserve and resource growth, advancing new discoveries within the Eagle River Mine complex as well as in the broader, highly prospective land package, and unlocking bulk scale, lower grade potential as part of uncovering the district's potential.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

At Eagle River, our 2026 program totals 145,000 m with approximately 82,000 m completed through the end of June, split roughly equally between growth drilling and delineation and conversion. On the bulk scale opportunity, the Mishi, Magnacon area continues to demonstrate meaningful brownfield potential. Surface drilling targeting both open pit and underground mineralization at Mishi continued in Q2 and will continue throughout the second half of the year. We are also advancing other prospective bulk scale targets along the Mishibishu Deformation Zone, namely Magnacon East and the Feather River area, and in other areas including Dorset West and the Cameron Lake Iron Formation. These are areas that broaden the long-term optionality of the Eagle River land package. Turning to slide 20, in conjunction with the updated technical reports, we published initial exploration targets at Eagle River.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

We identified over 160 opportunities that were distilled into 11 priority targets, representing a combined exploration potential of 1,500,000 oz-3.400,000 oz. This is not a speculative target list. It is grounded in a structured, data-driven methodology that clearly defined near, medium, and long-term catalysts. Each opportunity was ranked and prioritized to ensure capital is deployed where it has the highest probability of converting into shareholder value.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

To sharpen our targeting, we engaged specialized consultants to apply AI-based modeling to Eagle River's extensive data set. At its core, this tool works by aggregating multiple level data sets, including drilling, geophysical, geochemical, and geologic information, to generate prospective areas for hosting gold mineralization. The workflow does not run in a vacuum. We've built a feedback loop with our teams, where geologists review the AI-generated opportunities against their own field knowledge and interpretation. The result of that iteration is geo-analytical targeting.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

It's not a black box producing a target list, but an interactive process led by our exceptional team that grows with every round of review, converting data into forward-looking opportunities that we can act on. Slide 21 shows the output of that AI initiative overlain on the same plan view as the previous slide. The AI models generated prospectivity rankings across the entire property, with area scoring above the 90th percentile flagged as high priority. Five new high-priority prospectivity areas have already emerged from this work, including Feather River South, hosting two areas with minimal surface work. Mishi West, at the convergence of the Iron Lake Deformation Zone with the Abbey Lake structure. North of Mishi, in a strain shadow of intrusion and possible second thrust zone similar to the Mishibishu Deformation Zone.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Rook Lake West, in a strain shadow of intrusion where the Dorset Deformation Zone may be trending. The southeast portion of the Cameron Lake Iron Formation. It's a complex area with favorable host lithologies and structure. The takeaway is straightforward. AI is accelerating our ability to identify potential high-value targets earlier with greater capital efficiency and increased confidence than a traditional approach would allow. These efficiency-maximizing tools, they optimize time for our teams and their programs and will play an increasingly important role in how we advance our growth pipeline. Incorporating AI into our workflow leverages time and the skills of our excellent exploration teams to increase the potential of delivering more ounces per meter drilled. Moving to slide 22, let's look at the progression of our high-grade underground program at Eagle River.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Drilling in the first six months of the year is focused on the 6 Central Zone, 800 Zone, and 700 Zone. 6 Central Zone is an increasingly important focus area at Eagle River. Growth drilling continues to confirm down-plunge continuity at grades and widths consistent with prior reporting. At 800 Zone, we targeted a gap in drill coverage coinciding with up-plunge extension intersecting shear zones with quartz veining. Assays are pending.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

At 700 Zone, highlight intercepts include 28.9 g over 2 m, confirming mineralization continuity in the shallower parts of the mine. Taken together, these results reinforce that Eagle River continues to deliver at depth and along strike. Grade and continuity are holding. The pipeline of targets is active, and we are systematically building the confidence needed to convert exploration success into future reserves. Eagle River is a mine that continues to deliver to the upside. Moving to Kiena on slide 23.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

At Kiena, our primary exploration objectives mirror Eagle River. Replace at grade, convert and expand, deliver new discoveries, and advance lower-grade bulk tonnage opportunities. We are making tangible progress on all fronts. In the first six months of the year, we have drilled approximately 29,000 m, with approximately 55% focused on growth and 45% on delineation and conversion. On the bulk tonnage opportunity, a land-based rig has commenced drilling at Shawkey South. Shawkey South is part of a group of targets, including Zone 134 and Dubuisson, collectively known as Kiena East. The drilling will evaluate a bulk tonnage style, quartz-tourmaline vein-associated mineralization at depth. These Kiena East targets exhibit mineralization characteristics analogous to other significant Abitibi operations and represent a meaningful source of incremental long-term value.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

While we have a lot of great results so far this year, the standout story at Kiena is the Norbenite footwall discovery announced in June and shown on slide 24. Drilling from the new level 134 exploration drift has confirmed the mineralized zone beyond the Norbenite Fault, an area previously interpreted as barren footwall. The results were exceptional. Hole 52W1 returned 6.9 g over 42.1 m, including 8.3 g over 29.5 m. Hosted in basalt, a potentially more favorable host rock than the schist mineralization typical of Kiena Deep. This intercept sits approximately 40 m beyond the Norbenite Fault and correlates with a 2022 hole, which returned 9.9 g/ton over 83 m, located roughly 150 m vertically below. Together, these results define a new mineralized corridor spanning at least 150 m vertically. It is open in all directions, with untested ground extending above it to the footwall zones.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

The scale of this corridor and its openness and grade is what makes this discovery so compelling. Two follow-up holes were drilled in Q2 that we are looking to infill the 150 m zone between holes 52W1 and 52W10. Whilst assay results are pending, the new holes intersected geology with similar thickness, veining, and localized observations of visible gold as the previously reported holes, growing confidence in the continuity of the mineralization. We believe the Norbenite footwall has the potential to be transformational for Kiena's long-term resource profile. Drilling continues to delineate the geometry and extent of this corridor, and it is a program we will be tracking closely for the remainder of 2026. Beyond the Norbenite footwall, our teams have been active across multiple fronts as you can see on slide 25.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

On the 109 level drift, drilling of the VC zone has intersected basalt-hosted mineralization within 100 m of the drill bay. The mineralization is interpreted as a potential new zone separate from the VC zone itself. Follow-up holes are underway to confirm. Notably, the VC zone shows a mineralization style analogous to Kiena Deep and remains open at depth. VC is close to infrastructure. It projects approximately 350 meters from the 107 level at Kiena Deep, even closer from the 109 exploration drift from where we are drilling, and it has the potential to grow our reserve ounces per vertical meter at the shallower levels. On the 134 level, two drills are confirming continuity of the high-grade Kiena Deep A and the Kiena Deep footwall zones and will remain in place for the balance of the year.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

From the 33 level, drilling targeting the northwest continuation of the Shawkey Main towards the Wish deposit has intersected quartz veins at target depths with assays pending. Finally, similar to the AI initiative at Eagle River, we are planning to deploy AI-based targeting at Kiena beginning in Q4. This will allow us to incorporate data from this year's deep drilling programs into the workflow before modeling begins. The results at Eagle River have given us confidence that this approach will generate material value at Kiena as well. Looking into the second half of the year, Q3 will be our most active drilling quarter. Summer barge and land-based drilling are underway at Kiena alongside our deep continuous drilling, and at Eagle River, helicopter-supported drill programs are active. Every meter we drill this summer is building the density and confidence required ahead of our next mineral resource and reserve update.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Several assay results are expected back through the third quarter, and we plan to issue press release updates in late Q3 and into Q4. Every meter drilled this year is drilled with the objective of conversion into mineable ounces, mine life extension, and the optionality that will define Wesdome's next decade. We remain focused on unlocking value across the portfolio and will continue to share results as they become available. Operator, please open the line for questions.

[Operator]

At this time, I would like to remind everyone in order to ask a question, press star then the number one on your telephone keypad. We will pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Harrison Reynolds with RBC Capital Markets. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.

[Harrison Reynolds, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

Hi, good morning, Wesdome team. Congratulations on a good first half of the year and appreciate the detail provided so far. Just on the buyback. You are buying back stock at a good pace, eight million of nine million authorization. Big buyback in July. Can you talk a bit more about what you are seeing in terms of value in the buyback? What drove that large buyback in July and how we should think about the cadence going forward?

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Hi, Harrison. I would say it is really reactive to the market, coinciding with the drop in the gold price. The way we set up our buyback is really based on basically our trailing P/NAV. I think you would see the volume increase is really tied to the dips in the gold price. That pretty well answers the question, I think.

[Harrison Reynolds, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

Yeah. Understood. Then shifting to operations. It was great to see both sites earlier this summer, and at Eagle River, good to hear about the ongoing conceptual study on Mishi and regional potential at Eagle River. Obviously, it is early days, but could you outline some of the potential trade-offs you are looking at with Mishi, and how incremental you think that could be for Eagle River's output?

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Harrison, I will comment here, then I will hand over to Tyler as well. I think, right now we are still in the early stages of that. I think we are getting quite excited about what we are seeing. We are looking at it in a phased approach from a larger perspective. So phase-wise, first of all, how do we incrementally grow the operation with what we have quickly so we can get it quickly into the mill, but secondly, what is the scale of the region itself?

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

The work we are doing in conceptually understanding the potential targets across all of these open pits is going to define the scale of the potential opportunity in front of us, which we will then use to actually work on the processing and mining options that are available to Wesdome to do that. My feeling is that this is going to be quite a substantial growth opportunity for Wesdome.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

It's just a function of time. We are currently working on the technical review initiatives that are needed to actually unlock this, which includes the metallurgical test work, the sampling, as well as even the opportunity to do ore sorting in certain ways as well to maximize the value of the region. There's many, many things that are influencing this right now. The only thing I do know is it's going to be substantially larger than what we thought it would be. We just need to do the work.

[Harrison Reynolds, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

Yeah.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Tyler, do you want to add?

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Oh, I think you captured it well. I think the exciting part about this is the optionality that's sitting in front of us right now. We did see the portal as we drove by into Magnacon as some near-term potential there, but also, what does that whole district look like? Every time we drill a hole, it seems to be getting bigger and more potential there. So it's great having the optionality. Gives us tons of flexibility in the short, but also in the long term as well.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

I think, Harrison, what's happened in the last while is with us having put out these technical reports and having the opportunity to review these mines, from what we thought they were before as discrete systems, I think the fact that we understand now as more big complexes and even Eagle River mine itself, looking at it for more of a, what is this perspective rather than a discrete mining opportunity. I think, this is a question this entire team needs to ask itself is, what is the scale even of what we know, let alone the scale of what the region offers?

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

I think that's going to be the learning work that we're going to do over the next short while, is just really reflecting on what is Eagle River actually from its own perspective, what is the region actually from that perspective, and then that will articulate into the work we'll do from a conceptual study perspective. But yeah, it's still early, but it's quite exciting.

[Harrison Reynolds, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

Understood. Yeah, that's great color. Thank you very much for taking my questions.

[Operator]

Next question comes from the line of Don DeMarco with National Bank Financial. Please go ahead.

[Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial]

Thank you, operator, and good morning, Anthea and team. Maybe just to dig into the Eagle grade guidance adjustment a little bit. I saw the reference that you're bringing more of the global ounces into the model. But really, what prompted the reduction? Was there a change in sequencing, maybe more dilution, difference in reconciliation since the guidance was laid out? Maybe if you just add some incremental color on this. Thank you.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Tyler, can you grab this one here?

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Yep. Sure. Hi, Don. I think as we are starting to get the global model information in, we updated the models and started running through what is optimizing the sequence that we could from the stopes that we had in there. Some of this is, as you saw when you were on the tour, on a level you got

[Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial]

Yeah.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Anywhere from 6 g to those 30 g areas. We extended some of those drifts out, picking up some of the lower grade, high margin material because we are already there. This has been an ongoing process, I would say, for the last three months of looking at the sequence. I think what we have in place now for the second half of the year, the sequence is pretty much set, and we will just continue to try to drive productivity and keep pushing. You saw the tons going through increased in the second quarter. I am pushing even harder for the third and fourth quarter, bringing more of this material forward. It is the opportunistic to take those value-adding tons through as we drive the productivity.

[Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial]

Okay, thanks. The Kiena costs are pretty strong in Q2. You are in front of a back-end loaded year. Do you expect the cost to trend lower into Q2 commensurate with the production increase, or will the introduction of the Presqu'île ore sort of moderate those costs a little bit?

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

I can comment a little bit here, and I'll let the guys follow on, if I may. I think what you'll see is, from an efficiency perspective at a cost per ton level, yes, and from a cost per ounce perspective, but you'll also see sustaining capital increase as well. I think they'll offset to some degree, Don. But I think we guide towards, well, we said we'll remain within guidance. I think ultimately we should land there, but the two will have a bit of a countering effect. I don't know if there's anything you want to add from my team.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Yeah, Don, it's Phil here. I would also point out that for Kiena, because of the continued development at Presqu'île, that growth capital, mainly due to timing of equipment may trend upwards. We're still working, managing that process.

[Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial]

Okay.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

But that potentially has, if the timing comes in as it may, it may result in slightly higher growth capital by the end of the year.

[Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial]

Yeah. Okay.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Don, we're pushing development pretty hard as well, because I want to get more meters this year if I can.

[Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial]

Okay.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

It's a wise thing to keep doing, Don, from our perspective is to, if we have the opportunity to use productivity levers to drive more development, we're going to do that. We should do that, because that's going to create value forward ahead of ourselves.

[Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial]

Okay. I appreciate the color. Just for final questions, shifting over to exploration. Jono, I appreciate all the color you provided, and obviously there is a lot going on. When we look ahead to the next resource update, and I know you just had one out, but looking ahead to next year, how is the program balanced between expectations for infill or, that is converting up some of the endowment you have right now, or expansion of what the endowment is? Do you get the sense now you have been drilling for a few years, that momentum is building with respect to resource accretion? Just trying to get some early insights into that next update, given the magnitude of the current program.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Thanks, Don. Good question. Look, one thing that we got to highlight, that the end-of-the-year update, we have been drilling all year. Our efficiencies in drilling, especially with the Boart Longyear at Eagle River, over twice two months this year and the six months, they have reached 10,000 m. The teams, with the four rigs underground, they have been increasing in their efficiencies and it has been fantastic to see. We are actually holding them back whilst we adjust other areas for drilling. We have a lot of assays coming through to build into it, and the design of our programs is broadly 50% between the growth, conversion, and infill. So whilst we will see opportunities to push the growth side of things, we maintain that discipline.

[Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources at Wesdome Gold Mines]

It may go to a 60/40% ratio, but we would not change dramatically to, say, a 75/25 or even a 70/30% ratio on pushing the growth. We maintain our conversion and delineation work as we grow through. I do see areas as the results are coming through of the step-out programs, showing us that we have growth opportunities, and we are looking at a disciplined approach and the conversion of those so far. Our ratios at the moment, we are not looking at changing. It is a step process that we will see each year. We grow and replace our reserves, and we start to step out and grow our geologic potential, which we will infill to convert to inferred and give us that inventory that we can look forward to in years to come. We are slowly building the base for that now, Don.

[Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial]

Okay. Thank you very much. Thanks again for taking my questions.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Wayne Lam with TD. Please go ahead.

[Wayne Lam, Analyst at TD]

Yeah. Thanks, guys. Maybe just as a follow-up to the grades at Eagle River. I was just curious if the grade revision was also mostly just a function of a lower Q2, as I think it implies 12+ gram per ton, which is kind of close to what you did in Q1. I just wanted to confirm, with the increase in tonnage over the coming quarters, if you still see the sustained high grades, kind of in the 12+ gram range, in the back half of the year.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

I want to now let Tyler talk. He's probably just jumping into talks quicker. Wayne, the reality is, and I think Tyler explained it to a large degree, we're starting to build in this better sequence. If you think about it, the mine plan was updated the first quarter of this year from the work we did at the end of last year. You can imagine that it has been a change in the mine planning side, as you can imagine, because we only closed the models the end of last year and only got the mine plans to Tyler first quarter this year. That is, it's natural, it's correct. There's nothing that's about somebody didn't deliver well or any of that. It's a function of that transition towards a value-based mining company that's driving tons and the right process.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

The big thing here is about making sure we, I care and say we honor the ore body that Wesdome has, and we look after it in the right kind of way. So when we're in the areas, we take advantage of leveraging those stopes that are there at the right time. I would really want everybody to understand there's nothing wrong in the grade year. In fact, you should probably see this as an opportunity more than anything else. The only time it becomes a problem is when you can't keep your sequence or your productivity at the right level. I think Tyler's explained to you how he's strongly working on marrying the two together, both the tons as well as productivity to drive that value through the mill. So yes, your grade does go up in the second half, and that's predominantly part of the sequence.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

We said that before. We made the comments in the technical report when we put out that release that we'll see double-digit grade, we believe. We still believe that that's going to continue, because what we would do is we're going to keep drilling out a higher grade and keep pushing on our efficiencies and drive that high grade, remains the base of what Wesdome continues to do. Yes, the grade will go up purely because of the sequence, not because we've done anything special.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Yep. It's the mine plan we have in front of us, Wayne, and I think that, as Anthea said, that's the sequence we have. It's pretty much locked in right now. Focus of the team is really around pushing the productivity. If we can cycle faster, you bring more material through. That is going to be at the grade that's in the sequence that we have, so.

[Wayne Lam, Analyst at TD]

Okay. Yeah, thanks. Understood, and thanks for the color. [inaudible], just on the kind of expectations coming from Presqu'île as you get into ore over the coming quarters, is there a ramp-up in grades the mill expected from Presqu'île as the amount of stoping ore increases from that area? Is the proportion of tonnage still in the 250 ton per day range to start? Just curious what the exit run rate is for the year targeted from Presqu'île.

[Tyler Mitchelson, COO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Yeah. As we ramp up the stopes, it'll ramp up gradually, going into Q4. Q4, we expect to be at a run rate of that 300-400 tons per day, kind of 600-700 out of the Kiena Deep. So, pushing towards the total of 1,000, and then we should be at that rate going in through 2027.

[Wayne Lam, Analyst at TD]

Okay, great. Thank you. Then, maybe just last one for Phil. Just on the comment on the buyback in relation to your internal P/NAV model, was just wondering if you might be able to share with us what kind of gold price you use on that internally, and just curious if you guys view the buyback as significantly accretive in using one times cash to buy back the shares.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Yeah. Hi, Wayne. I mean, the gold price has an impact, but it is really the impact of the gold price on the share price. The approach we have taken to the buyback is really tied to a trailing P/NAV. As you have seen with the gold price swing, you have seen the share price swing as well. If the share price swings below the trailing P/NAV, it provides an opportunity to buy at a price that is going to be opportunistic. Overall, our buybacks have been at an average around CAD 24 a share, considerably below where the share price has been trading when it has been on an upswing. Sorry, can you repeat the second question, if you don't mind, Wayne?

[Wayne Lam, Analyst at TD]

Yeah, I was just wondering if you guys viewed the buyback as significantly accretive using one times cash to buy back the shares. Just on that comment, with the kind of share price that you are using as the swing factor with the shares having performed pretty well, does that mean that as the share price continues to outperform, then the buyback execution, like the pace of the execution will slow down?

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Exactly. That is the opportunistic approach to it. I think, given the amount of buyback at this point, and the share price has been performing well, I would expect it to slow down. We look at our capital allocation continuously as our business evolves and we have seen the impact of the technical reports, for example, and how that is changing the business. So when you ask it from an accretive perspective, I would say that buybacks are just one tool, and we look at it as purely an opportunistic tool. But there is other things that we look at as well, and we need to continue to assess our position and our capital allocation going forward. As I have mentioned before as well, we have got a dividend being initiated in September, so that is one more tool. I hope that answers your question, Wayne.

[Wayne Lam, Analyst at TD]

Yeah. That's great. Thank you for the color.

[Phil Yee, CFO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Okay.

[Wayne Lam, Analyst at TD]

Nice to see the operational momentum with the fill-the-mill strategy and the strong buyback program. Best of luck in the months ahead.

[Anthea Bath, President and CEO at Wesdome Gold Mines]

Thanks, Wayne.

[Operator]

That concludes our Q&A session. Thank you all for joining, and you may all disconnect. Everyone, have a great day.

Participants

Executives

• Trish Moran, VP of Investor Relations
• Anthea Bath, President and CEO
• Phil Yee, CFO
• Tyler Mitchelson, COO
• Jono Lawrence, SVP of Exploration and Resources

Analysts

• Harrison Reynolds, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets
• Don DeMarco, Analyst at National Bank Financial
• Wayne Lam, Analyst at TD