Focusing on Big Porphyry Copper Deposits alongside Prolific Chilean Copper Belts

Caraíba Manufacturing Report Achieved

• The Caraíba Operations produced 46,371 tonnes of copper in focus for 2022, surpassing the high-end of full-year steerage of 43,000 to 46,000 tonnes.
• Report full-year manufacturing was pushed by a robust fourth quarter totaling 12,664 tonnes of copper in focus. Manufacturing outcomes continued to profit from the addition of high-grade Mission Honeypot stopes in the course of the fourth quarter.

Xavantina Delivers Report Quarterly and Full-Yr Gold Manufacturing

• The Xavantina Operations achieved file manufacturing of 42,669 ounces of gold for 2022, above the high-end of steerage of 39,000 to 42,000 ounces.
• Report fourth quarter manufacturing of 11,786 ounces of gold was pushed by greater processed gold grades of 10.17 grams per tonne (“gpt”), an approximate 20% quarter-on-quarter enhance in processed grades.

2023 Manufacturing, Value and Capital Expenditure Steering

• The Caraíba Operations are anticipated to provide 44,000 to 47,000 tonnes of copper in focus throughout 2023 at a mean C1 money price between $1.40 and $1.60 per pound of copper produced. Major assumptions, deemed prudent and conservative for planning functions, account for a rise of roughly $0.30 to $0.40 per pound of copper produced in comparison with prior projections for 2023.
  • Full-year price steerage assumes 100% of copper focus is bought to the export market. The Firm will proceed to evaluate gross sales channel allocations all year long as its home buyer progresses by a monetary restructuring that commenced in This autumn 2022. A resumption of home gross sales has the potential to decrease focus gross sales prices.
  • Regardless of noticed moderation within the pricing of key consumables, these inputs have been assumed to stay at elevated This autumn 2022 pricing ranges in the course of 2023 in forecasting working and capital prices.

• 2023 gold manufacturing on the Xavantina Operations is anticipated to be 50,000 to 53,000 ounces at common C1 money prices between $475 to $575 per ounce of gold produced and all-in sustaining prices (“AISC”) between $725 and $825 per ounce of gold produced assuming key consumables stay at elevated This autumn 2022 ranges in the course of 2023.

• Capital expenditures, together with consolidated exploration packages, are anticipated to complete $342 to $389 million in 2023. This complete contains:
  • $150 to $165 million for the development of the Tucumã Mission;
  • $80 to $90 million to ship initiatives beneath the Firm’s Pilar 3.0 initiative, together with the Caraíba mill enlargement and building of the brand new exterior shaft on the Pilar Mine; and,
  • $31 to $40 million in consolidated exploration expenditure, which features a important allocation of drilling to the Firm’s ongoing Caraíba nickel exploration program.

Firm Protects Flooring Value of $3.50 per pound of Copper for 2023

• Subsequent to year-end, the Firm entered right into a zero-cost collar program on 3,000 tonnes of copper per 30 days for February by December of 2023. The collars set up a flooring value at $3.50 per pound of copper on complete hedged volumes of 33,000 tonnes of copper, representing roughly 75% of full-year manufacturing volumes. This system protects a significant portion of the Firm’s income on the Firm’s 2023 funds copper value which was used for capital, money move and liquidity planning functions, whereas offering upside to will increase within the copper value as much as a cap of $4.76 per pound – inside 5% of the all-time excessive copper value. The hedge contracts are financially settled on a month-to-month foundation.

Commenting on the manufacturing outcomes and 2023 steerage, David Strang, Chief Govt Officer, stated, “Our operations delivered on our elevated expectations for the fourth quarter and full-year, buoyed by sturdy copper and gold grades throughout our operations. Latest efforts to include Mission Honeypot into Caraíba’s life-of-mine manufacturing plan, which was introduced in November 2022, allowed us to demonstrably enhance our fourth quarter copper grade profile and manufacturing outcomes, contributing to file copper manufacturing for 2022. At our Xavantina Operations, we achieved each file quarterly and full-year manufacturing outcomes with will increase in gold manufacturing pushed by greater processed tonnes and grades.

“For 2023, we expect one other stable yr of operational efficiency and the continued execution of our development initiatives, together with the development of the Tucumã Mission, the development of the brand new exterior shaft on the Pilar Mine and the completion of our mill enlargement on the Caraíba Operations. Our main goal on the exploration aspect of our portfolio this yr is to make important advances in our ongoing nickel exploration program, which we hope will result in a number of further discoveries this yr.

“Our steerage for 2023 displays a number of advantages from the combination of Mission Honeypot, which incorporates permitting the supply date of our new exterior shaft to be deferred by roughly 9 months with out impression to the Caraíba Operations’ anticipated manufacturing volumes. Regardless of important inflationary headwinds, the choice to defer venture handover has allowed us to keep up capital expenditure steerage for 2023 in-line with prior estimates. This visibility on nearly all of our capital expenditure outlay to venture completion, mixed with our lately executed hedge program, has positioned our Firm for an additional nice yr.”

FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR 2022 PRODUCTION RESULTS

• On the Caraíba Operations, roughly 2.9 million tonnes of ore grading 1.76% copper was processed in 2022, leading to 46,371 tonnes of copper in focus produced after common metallurgical recoveries of 91.9%.
  • Fourth quarter mill throughput of 745,850 tonnes of ore grading 1.84% copper leading to 12,664 tonnes of copper in focus produced after common metallurgical recoveries of 92.3%.
• On the Xavantina Operations, 189,743 tonnes of ore grading 7.61 gpt gold was processed in the course of the yr, leading to 42,669 ounces of gold and 27,885 ounces of silver produced as a by-product after common metallurgical recoveries of 91.9%.
  • Fourth quarter mill throughput of 39,715 tonnes of ore grading 10.17 gpt gold leading to 11,786 ounces of gold and seven,507 ounces of silver produced as a by- product after common metallurgical recoveries of 90.7%.

2023 PRODUCTION GUIDANCE

The Firm expects to provide 44,000 to 47,000 tonnes of copper in focus on the Caraíba Operations in 2023 based mostly on complete ore processed of roughly 3.3 million tonnes, common processed copper grades of roughly 1.50% and a mean metallurgical restoration of 91.5%. Processed totals are anticipated to be comprised of:

• 1.9 million tonnes grading 1.60% copper from the Pilar Mine;

• 850,000 tonnes grading 1.75% copper from the Vermelhos Mine; and,

• 550,000 tonnes grading 0.70% copper from the Surubim Mine.

For the complete yr, copper manufacturing is anticipated to be barely weighted in direction of H2 2023 as a consequence of greater mill throughput ranges on the finish of the yr following the completion of the Caraíba mill enlargement, anticipated in This autumn 2023. Copper manufacturing in Q1 2023 is anticipated to be the bottom of the yr pushed by deliberate stope sequencing.

On the Xavantina Operations, the Firm expects to provide 50,000 to 53,000 ounces of gold based mostly on complete ore processed of roughly 175,000 tonnes, common gold grades of roughly 10.00 gpt and common metallurgical recoveries of 92.0%. Gold manufacturing can be anticipated to be lowest in Q1 2023 with full-year gold manufacturing anticipated to be barely weighted in direction of H2 2023 as a consequence of greater mill throughput ranges following the anticipated graduation of manufacturing from the Matinha vein throughout H2 2023.

^{Notice: Steering relies on sure estimates and assumptions, together with however not restricted to, mineral reserve estimates, grade and continuity of interpreted geological formations and metallurgical efficiency. Please discuss with the Firm’s SEDAR and EDGAR filings, together with the latest Annual Info Kind for the yr ended December 31, 2021 and dated March 11, 2022 (the “AIF”), for full danger components.}

2023 COST GUIDANCE

The Firm’s 2023 C1 money price steerage vary for the Caraíba Operations of $1.40 to $1.60 per pound of copper produced displays (i) gross sales allocation of 100% of copper focus produced to the worldwide market and (ii) elevated consumable price enter assumptions reflecting This autumn 2022 consumable pricing. The Firm will proceed to evaluate gross sales channel allocations all year long as its home buyer progresses by a monetary restructuring that commenced in This autumn 2022. A resumption of home gross sales has the potential to decrease focus gross sales prices.

On the Xavantina Operations, the Firm’s C1 money price steerage vary of $475 to $575 per ounce of gold produced displays the impression of considerably greater anticipated mined and processed gold grades in comparison with 2022, partially offset by elevated consumable price assumptions, which additionally mirror This autumn 2022 consumable pricing. The Firm’s AISC steerage vary for 2023 is $725 to $825 per ounce of gold produced.

The 2023 price steerage assumes a USD:BRL overseas trade charge of 5.30, a gold value of $1,725 per ounce, and a silver value of $20.00 per ounce.

^{Notice: C1 Money Prices and AISC are non-IFRS measures. Please see the Notes part of this press launch for extra info.}

2023 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE GUIDANCE

Forecasted capital expenditures for 2023 embrace significant investments in development initiatives which might be, collectively, over the subsequent two years, anticipated to double the Firm’s copper manufacturing relative to 2022 manufacturing outcomes in addition to additional enhance gold manufacturing on the Xavantina Operations. The Firm’s deliberate exploration capital in 2023 will proceed to concentrate on supporting its Pilar 3.0 and NX60 development initiatives in addition to fund the Caraíba Operations’ devoted nickel exploration program.

The 2023 capital expenditure steerage assumes a USD:BRL overseas trade charge of 5.30. Capital expenditure steerage has been offered under in USD thousands and thousands.

NOTES

Different Efficiency (Non-IFRS) Measures

The Firm makes use of sure various efficiency (non-IFRS) measures to observe its efficiency, together with C1 money price of copper produced (per lb), C1 money price of gold produced (per ounce), AISC of gold produced (per ounce), realized gold value (per ounce), EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted web revenue attributable to house owners of the Firm, adjusted web revenue per share, web (money) debt, working capital and out there liquidity. These efficiency measures don’t have any standardized which means prescribed inside usually accepted accounting ideas beneath IFRS and, due to this fact, quantities offered is probably not akin to comparable measures offered by different mining firms. These non-IFRS measures are meant to supply supplemental info and shouldn’t be thought of in isolation or as an alternative to measures of efficiency ready in accordance with IFRS.

C1 Money Value of Copper Produced (per lb)

C1 money price of copper produced (per lb) is a non-IFRS efficiency measure utilized by the Firm to handle and consider the working efficiency of its copper mining section and is calculated as C1 money prices divided by complete kilos of copper produced in the course of the interval. C1 money prices contains complete price of manufacturing, transportation, remedy and refining costs, and sure tax credit referring to gross sales invoiced to the Firm’s Brazilian buyer on gross sales, web of by-product credit and incentive funds. C1 money price of copper produced per pound is broadly reported within the mining trade as benchmarks for efficiency however doesn’t have a standardized which means and is disclosed in complement to IFRS measures.

C1 Money Value of Gold produced (per ounce) and AISC of Gold produced (per ounce)

C1 money price of gold produced (per ounce) is a non-IFRS efficiency measure utilized by the Firm to handle and consider the working efficiency of its gold mining section and is calculated as C1 money prices divided by complete ounces of gold produced in the course of the interval. C1 money price contains complete price of manufacturing, web of by-product credit and incentive funds. C1 money price of gold produced per ounce is broadly reported within the mining trade as benchmarks for efficiency however doesn’t have a standardized which means and is disclosed in supplemental to IFRS measures.

AISC of gold produced (per ounce) is an extension of C1 money price of gold produced (per ounce) mentioned above and can be a key efficiency measure utilized by administration to guage working efficiency of its gold mining section. AISC of gold produced (per ounce) is calculated as AISC divided by complete ounces of gold produced in the course of the interval. AISC contains C1 money prices, website common and administrative prices, accretion of mine closure and rehabilitation provision, sustaining capital expenditures, sustaining leases, and royalties and manufacturing taxes. AISC of gold produced (per ounce) is broadly reported within the mining trade as benchmarks for efficiency however doesn’t have a standardized which means and is disclosed in complement to IFRS measures.

ABOUT ERO COPPER CORP

Ero Copper Corp is a high-margin, high-growth, clear copper producer with operations in Brazil and company headquarters in Vancouver, B.C. The Firm’s main asset is a 99.6% curiosity within the Brazilian copper mining firm, MCSA, 100% proprietor of the Firm’s Caraíba Operations (previously referred to as the MCSA Mining Complicated), that are positioned within the Curaçá Valley, Bahia State, Brazil and embrace the Pilar and Vermelhos underground mines and the Surubim open pit mine, and the Tucumã Mission (previously referred to as Boa Esperança), an IOCG-type copper venture positioned in Pará, Brazil. The Firm additionally owns 97.6% of NX Gold S.A. which owns the Xavantina Operations (previously referred to as the NX Gold Mine), specifically comprised of an working gold and silver mine positioned in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Further info on the Firm and its operations, together with technical reviews on the Caraíba Operations, Xavantina Operations and Tucumã Mission, may be discovered on the Firm’s web site (www.erocopper.com), on SEDAR (www.sedar.com), and on EDGAR (www.sec.gov). The Firm’s shares are publicly traded on the Toronto Inventory Trade and the New York Inventory Trade beneath the image “ERO”.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT

Courtney Lynn, VP, Company Growth & Investor Relations
(604) 335-7504
[email protected]

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS

This press launch incorporates “forward-looking statements” throughout the which means of america Non-public Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and “forward-looking info” throughout the which means of relevant Canadian securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking statements”). Ahead-looking statements embrace statements that use forward-looking terminology equivalent to “might”, “might”, “would”, “will”, “ought to”, “intend”, “goal”, “plan”, “count on”, “funds”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “schedule”, “anticipate”, “consider”, “proceed”, “potential”, “view” or the adverse or grammatical variation thereof or different variations thereof or comparable terminology. Ahead-looking statements might embrace, however aren’t restricted to, statements with respect to the Firm’s anticipated manufacturing, working prices and capital expenditures on the Caraíba Operations, the Tucumã Mission and the Xavantina Operations; the importance of any explicit exploration program or consequence and the Firm’s expectations for present and future exploration plans together with, however not restricted to, Caraíba’s devoted nickel exploration program; the efficacy of the Firm’s copper collar hedge program; estimated completion dates for sure milestones, together with building of the Tucumã Mission, and completion of the initiatives that comprise the Pilar 3.0 initiative, together with the Caraíba mill enlargement and building of the brand new exterior shaft to entry the Deepening Extension Zone; the flexibility of the Firm to understand advantages related to Mission Honeypot; the flexibility of the Firm to promote future copper focus manufacturing to its home buyer; and every other assertion which will predict, forecast, point out or indicate future plans, intentions, ranges of exercise, outcomes, efficiency or achievements.

Ahead-looking statements are topic to a wide range of recognized and unknown dangers, uncertainties and different components that would trigger precise outcomes, actions, occasions, circumstances, efficiency or achievements to materially differ from these expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, together with, with out limitation, dangers mentioned on this press launch and within the Firm’s AIF beneath the heading “Danger Elements”. The dangers mentioned on this press launch and within the AIF aren’t exhaustive of the components which will have an effect on any of the Firm’s forward-looking statements. Though the Firm has tried to establish vital components that would trigger precise outcomes, actions, occasions, circumstances, efficiency or achievements to vary materially from these contained in forward-looking statements, there could also be different components that trigger outcomes, actions, occasions, circumstances, efficiency or achievements to vary from these anticipated, estimated or meant.

Ahead-looking statements aren’t a assure of future efficiency. There may be no assurance that forward-looking statements will show to be correct, as precise outcomes and future occasions might differ materially from these anticipated in such statements. Ahead-looking statements includes statements concerning the future and are inherently unsure, and the Firm’s precise outcomes, achievements or different future occasions or circumstances might differ materially from these mirrored within the forward-looking statements as a consequence of a wide range of dangers, uncertainties and different components, together with, with out limitation, these referred to herein and within the AIF beneath the heading “Danger Elements”.

The Firm’s forward-looking statements are based mostly on the assumptions, beliefs, expectations and opinions of administration on the date the statements are made, lots of which can be troublesome to foretell and past the Firm’s management. In reference to the forward-looking statements contained on this press launch and within the AIF, the Firm has made sure assumptions about, amongst different issues: continued effectiveness of the measures taken by the Firm to mitigate the attainable impression of COVID-19 on its workforce and operations; beneficial fairness and debt capital markets; the flexibility to lift any essential further capital on cheap phrases to advance the manufacturing, improvement and exploration of the Firm’s properties and property; future costs of copper, gold and different metallic costs; the timing and outcomes of exploration and drilling packages; the accuracy of any mineral reserve and mineral useful resource estimates; the geology of the Caraíba Operations, the Xavantina Operations and the Tucumã Mission being as described within the respective technical report for every property; manufacturing prices; the accuracy of budgeted exploration, improvement and building prices and expenditures; the worth of different commodities equivalent to gasoline; future foreign money trade charges and rates of interest; working circumstances being beneficial such that the Firm is ready to function in a protected, environment friendly and efficient method; work power persevering with to stay wholesome within the face of prevailing epidemics, pandemics or different well being dangers (together with COVID-19), political and regulatory stability; the receipt of governmental, regulatory and third get together approvals, licenses and permits on beneficial phrases; acquiring required renewals for present approvals, licenses and permits on beneficial phrases; necessities beneath relevant legal guidelines; sustained labour stability; stability in monetary and capital items markets; availability of apparatus; constructive relations with native teams and the Firm’s capacity to fulfill its obligations beneath its agreements with such teams; and satisfying the phrases and circumstances of the Firm’s present mortgage preparations. Though the Firm believes that the assumptions inherent in forward-looking statements are cheap as of the date of this press launch, these assumptions are topic to important enterprise, social, financial, political, regulatory, aggressive and different dangers and uncertainties, contingencies and different components that would trigger precise actions, occasions, circumstances, outcomes, efficiency or achievements to be materially totally different from these projected within the forward-looking statements. The Firm cautions that the foregoing record of assumptions is just not exhaustive. Different occasions or circumstances might trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from these estimated or projected and expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements contained on this press launch. Many assumptions are based mostly on components and occasions that aren’t throughout the management of the Firm and there’s no assurance they may show to be appropriate.

Ahead-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this press launch and the Firm disclaims any obligation to replace or revise any forward-looking assertion, whether or not on account of new info, future occasions or outcomes or in any other case, besides as and to the extent required by relevant securities legal guidelines.

CAUTIONARY NOTES REGARDING MINERAL RESOURCE AND MINERAL RESERVE ESTIMATES

In accordance with relevant Canadian securities regulatory necessities, all mineral reserve and mineral useful resource estimates of the Firm disclosed or integrated by reference on this press launch have been ready in accordance with NI 43-101 and are categorised in accordance with CIM Requirements. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Directors that establishes requirements for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical info regarding mineral initiatives. NI 43-101 differs considerably from the disclosure necessities of the Securities and Trade Fee (the “SEC”) usually relevant to U.S. firms. For instance, the phrases “mineral reserve”, “confirmed mineral reserve”, “possible mineral reserve”, “mineral useful resource”, “measured mineral useful resource”, “indicated mineral useful resource” and “inferred mineral useful resource” are outlined in NI 43-101. These definitions differ from the definitions within the disclosure necessities promulgated by the SEC. Accordingly, info contained on this press launch is probably not akin to comparable info made public by U.S. firms reporting pursuant to SEC disclosure necessities.

Mineral assets which aren’t mineral reserves would not have demonstrated financial viability. Pursuant to the CIM Requirements, mineral assets have a better diploma of uncertainty than mineral reserves as to their existence in addition to their financial and authorized feasibility. Inferred mineral assets, compared with measured or indicated mineral assets, have the least certainty as to their existence, and it can’t be assumed that each one or any a part of an inferred mineral useful resource can be upgraded to an indicated or measured mineral useful resource on account of continued exploration. Pursuant to NI 43-101, inferred mineral assets might not type the idea of any financial evaluation. Accordingly, readers are cautioned to not assume that each one or any a part of a mineral useful resource exists, will ever be transformed right into a mineral reserve, or is or will ever be economically or legally mineable or recovered.