3 Top Buffett Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Long Haul
Warren Buffett is one of the most closely followed investors in the world. Six decades ago, his fledgling fund acquired the struggling textile maker Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B). Buffett subsequently shut down Berkshire's textile business and transformed it into a diversified conglomerate with subsidiaries across the insurance, railroad, energy, and consumer staples sectors. Those subsidiaries generated plenty of cash for building Berkshire's investment portfolio.
Today, that portfolio is worth $276 billion and holds positions in 44 stocks. Many investors follow those stocks for investment ideas, but they're mostly conservative blue chips that won't skyrocket over the next few months.
If you can tune out the near-term noise and want some Buffett-backed stocks to hold for the long haul, you should consider investing in these three evergreen plays: Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Visa (NYSE: V), and Chubb (NYSE: CB). All three companies dominate their respective markets with very wide moats.
1. Amazon
Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud infrastructure company, accounts for 0.70% of Berkshire's portfolio. It initially bought Amazon stock in the first quarter of 2019, and it now holds $1.98 billion worth with an average purchase price of $84.20. That investment has more than doubled in value over the past six years.
From 2019 to 2024, Amazon's revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% as its EPS rose at a CAGR of 37%. It logged impressive growth even as it weathered the pandemic, inflation, and other macro headwinds.
Amazon grew by expanding its e-commerce marketplace, locking more shoppers into its Prime subscriptions, and serving up more remote computing power and storage through its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure platform. It usually subsidizes the growth of its lower-margin e-commerce business with AWS' higher-margin revenues, and that strategy gives it a formidable advantage against other retailers.
Amazon's scale should keep it ahead of its e-commerce and cloud competitors. It should also profit from the growth of the AI market, which will drive more companies to upgrade their cloud infrastructure to handle the latest AI services.
2. Visa
Visa, the world's top card payments processor, accounts for 1% of Berkshire's portfolio. It started buying Visa in the second quarter of 2011, and it now owns $2.75 billion in shares with an average purchase price of $52. That's a six-bagger gain in 14 years.
From 2011 to 2024, Visa's revenue and EPS increased at a CAGR of 11% and 19%, respectively. Like Amazon, Visa kept growing through several economic downturns.
Visa's business is resilient because it doesn't issue any cards or take on any debt. Instead, it only partners with banks and other financial institutions to issue co-branded cards. Those partners handle all the accounts and customer debt, while Visa only charges "swipe fees" of 1.5%-3.5% for every transaction processed on its network.
Visa and Mastercard share a near-duopoly in that market, so merchants are usually willing to pay those fees to attract more customers. Both companies are facing pressure from businesses and government regulators to lower those fees, but they'll likely dominate the card-based payment market for decades to come.
3. Chubb
Chubb is the biggest publicly traded provider of property, supplemental, health, and casualty insurance policies. Berkshire started to invest in Chubb in the third quarter of 2023, and that $7.95 billion stake now accounts for 2.9% of its portfolio. It paid an average price of $221 for those shares, so it's already sitting on a 33% gain.
Chubb's core operating income per share (excluding any tax benefits) grew 30% in 2023 and 13% in 2024. Its business was well insulated from inflation and rising interest rates, since its customers generally won't cancel their essential policies to save a few dollars. That's why its consolidated net premiums rose 13.5% in 2023 and 8.7% in 2024.
Chubb isn't an exciting investment, but it's a safe one to hold as the macro headwinds drive investors away from more consumer-driven and cyclical sectors. Moreover, Buffett notably increased Berkshire's exposure to Chubb even as it reduced its stakes in other top holdings like Apple and Bank of America while raising its cash and short-term Treasury holdings to record levels -- so Chubb could be a great way to ride out the near-term volatility and generate reliable long-term gains.
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The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Offering and the Private Placement as part of a comprehensive financing package for the development of the Company's Stibnite Gold Project (the "Project") in conjunction with the previously announced application for up to US$2 billion in project financing submitted to the Export-Import Bank of the United States ("EXIM") in May 2025. The Company intends to designate the proceeds of the Offering and the Private Placement toward equity requirements for the EXIM debt financing, with any additional funds intended to support exploration activities, working capital and general corporate purposes. EXIM's due diligence on the Company's application is ongoing and is conditional upon successfully completing the due diligence and underwriting process. If the due diligence process is successful, the Company anticipates closing the debt financing in 2026. 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The Offering in the United States will be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at Alternatively, copies of the U.S. Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus supplement and base prospectus may be obtained from National Bank of Canada Financial Markets, 130 King Street West, 4 th Floor Podium, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1J9, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (416) 869-8414. The Offering may also be conducted in Canada and in offshore jurisdictions on a private placement basis in accordance with applicable securities laws. The Company intends to rely on the exemption in section 602.1 of the TSX Company Manual in respect of the Offering and the Private Placement as an eligible interlisted issuer. 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No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved the contents of this news release. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Common Shares, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. About Perpetua Resources and the Stibnite Gold Project Perpetua Resources Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is focused on the exploration, site restoration and redevelopment of gold-antimony-silver deposits in the Stibnite-Yellow Pine district of central Idaho that are encompassed by the Stibnite Gold Project. The Stibnite Gold Project is one of the highest-grade, open pit gold deposits in the United States and is designed to apply a modern, responsible mining approach to restore an abandoned mine site and produce both gold and the only mined source of antimony in the United States. Perpetua Resources has been awarded a Technology Investment Agreement of US$59.2 million in Defense Production Act Title III funding to advance construction readiness and permitting of the Stibnite Gold Project. Antimony trisulfide from Stibnite is the only known domestic reserves of antimony that can meet U.S. defense needs for many small arms, munitions, and missile types. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS OR INFORMATION Investors should be aware that the EXIM Letter of Interest ("LOI") is non-binding and conditional, and does not represent a financing commitment. A funding commitment, if any, is conditional upon successfully completing the due diligence and underwriting process, which may not be completed on the expected timeline, or at all. If the Company's application is approved, there can be no assurance that the EXIM financing will be for the full amount indicated in the LOI or the increased amount requested in the application, or that the approved EXIM financing will be sufficient for the Company to commence construction of the Project. Further, release of funding under any such commitment would be subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and covenants by the Company. Investors should be aware that the Company has not entered into any definitive agreement with respect to a royalty, streaming or guarantee and may not be able to enter into such agreement on the anticipated terms and timeline, or at all. 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Forward-Looking Information are based on certain material assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Perpetua Resources to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the Forward-Looking Information. 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The Santo Niño discovery complements the ongoing success at the Navidad deposit (not covered by Sandstorm's area of interest) where recent step-out drilling has expanded the mineralized footprint and returned some of the highest-grade intercepts ever recorded on the property. Together, Santo Niño and Navidad reinforce Santa Elena's status as a prolific, district-scale system with substantial upside. With nine rigs currently active, First Majestic is executing an aggressive exploration program aimed at unlocking further value and extending the mine life of this cornerstone asset. For more information, refer to First Majestic's website at and refer to the press release dated May 28, 2025. Sandstorm holds a gold stream on the Santa Elena mine, which includes the Santo Niño discovery, whereby the Company has the right to purchase 20% of the gold produced at Santa Elena for ongoing cash payments of $487 per ounce of gold. Fruta del Norte Expands 2025 Drilling Program to 108,000 Metres Lundin Gold Ltd. ("Lundin Gold") has expanded its 2025 drilling program at the Fruta del Norte mine ("FDN") in Ecuador to at least 108,000 metres, following the program's success in the first quarter of 2025 and the growing pipeline of targets. The revised program represents the largest annual drill program ever completed on the land package that hosts the FDN deposit. Additional drill results have been released from Lundin Gold's ongoing conversion and near-mine exploration program. High-grade intercepts from the conversion program at FDN South ("FDNS") have confirmed the deposit's continuity and identified additional mineralized zones. Studies are underway to integrate FDNS into FDN's 2026 long-term mine plan. Further high-grade results from FDN East continue to highlight the target's growth potential. 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The results are in addition to previously released assays in the latter half of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, and Entrée will continue to release results as they become available from the company's joint venture partner Oyu Tolgoi LLC ("OTLLC"). Highlights from the drill results include: HNE Surface Hole UGD 189B: 552 metres grading 2.30% copper and 1.45 g/t gold from 1,226 metres, including 260 metres grading 3.29% copper and 2.08 g/t gold. HNE Underground Drill Holes UGD 871: 197 metres grading 1.07% copper and 0.38 g/t gold from 358 metres, including 89 metres grading 1.33% copper and 0.44 g/t gold; UGD 873A: 279 metres grading 1.12% copper and 0.16 g/t gold from 360 metres; and UGD 876: 169.3 metres grading 2.72% copper and 0.82 g/t gold from 224.7 metres, including 112 metres grading 3.33% copper and 0.81 g/t gold from 232 metres. The newly released results include one surface diamond drill hole and five underground diamond drill holes completed in 2024 on the Shivee Tolgoi mining license, along with one underground drill hole from the 2022 program. Each of the six diamond drill holes with newly reported assay results targeted mineralization within the potential Lift 2 block cave or area immediately to the east. Several drill holes reported in the May 14, 2025 release and previous news releases from Entrée have continued up to 200 metres vertically below the base of the potential Lift 2 block cave and remained in strong copper and gold mineralization. For more information and complete drill results, visit Entrée's website at and refer to the press release dated May 14, 2025. 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The project is being advanced as a potential mining camp with multiple feed sources for a central processing facility. BBM Zone Awalé has released the final results from a 22-hole, 6,380-metre drill program at the BBM Zone, confirming a broad gold-copper system extending over 1 kilometre of strike and to depths of 300 metres. Notably, hole OEDD-131 returned 45.0 metres of 1.4 g/t gold and 0.41% copper from 220 metres, including 4.0 metres of 2.6 g/t gold and 0.55% copper. The BBM Zone remains open down plunge, with a 300-metre-wide higher-grade core and multiple satellite targets identified within two to three kilometres, representing a key component of Awalé's broader exploration strategy at the Odienné project. Charger Target At the Charger target, Awalé reported high-grade gold and polymetallic intercepts from nine diamond drill holes, including: OEDD-120: 26.0 metres of 12.0 g/t gold from 146 metres; OEDD-118: 95.0 metres of 1.8 g/t gold from 170 metres; and OEDD-121: 4.0 metres of 18.5 g/t gold and 3.03% copper from 67 metres. Additionally, a new parallel mineralized breccia zone was discovered 50 metres west of the main corridor, with 26.0 metres of 2.0 g/t gold in hole OEDD-137. These results support the presence of multiple mineralized structures and highlight the scalability of the Charger system. Empire Target Awalé has resumed drilling at the Empire target, which is the company's first high-grade gold discovery at Odienné, discovered in 2019. Empire sits within a 20 kilometre west-northwest trending structure corridor, and 2.5 kilometres south of the Charger discovery. 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A total of 15,639 metres of drilling has been completed in 2025, surpassing the planned 15,000 metres program as results continue to extend the known limits of the gold mineralization at Wenot. Additionally, several holes have been drilled in West Wenot—an area which lies outside of any previous mining and includes a significant part of the Wenot Mineral Resource Estimate ("MRE"). Omai believes West Wenot could be suitable for a starter pit in a production scenario. Highlighted drill results include: Wenot Deposit 25ODD-103 & 103W: 3.56 g/t gold over 21.8 metres from 524.2 metres; 25ODD-103W: 3.93 g/t gold over 7.0 metres from 499.0 metres and 5.66 g/t gold over 4.3 metres from 560.0 metres; and 25ODD-102: 28.04 g/t gold over 9.3 metres from 361.2 metres, including 252.36 g/t gold over 1.0 metres. West Wenot 25ODD-116: 2.63 g/t gold over 27.5 metres from 471.5 metres; 25ODD-111: 4.87 g/t gold over 9.5 metres from 317.0 metres, including 10.92 g/t gold over 4.0 metres; and 25ODD-109: 2.37 g/t gold over 15.0 metres from 79.0 metres. Omai has also announced that drilling has begun on a deep hole that will initially drill across the Gilt Creek deposit, then continue a further 600–800 metres to explore the extension of the Wenot gold zones. The hole is expected to drill roughly 600 metres below the known Wenot deposit. Once South America's largest producing gold mine, the OGM produced over 3.7 million ounces ("Moz") of gold between 1993 and 2005. A Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") released on the Wenot deposit in April 2024 envisioned an open pit operation producing 1.84 Moz of gold over a 13-year period. The 2024 PEA only incorporates 45% of the property's current MRE of 2.0 Moz of Indicated Mineral Resources and 2.3 Moz of Inferred Mineral Resources. For more information and complete drill results, visit Omai's website at and refer to the press releases dated May 12, 23, and 29, 2025. Sandstorm holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the OGM. Troilus 2025 Drill Campaign Focuses on Identifying Higher-Grade Mineralization Troilus Gold Corp. ("Troilus") released results from its 2025 drill campaign on the Troilus project located in Quebec, Canada. The drill campaign is focused on identifying and delineating higher-grade mineralization and enhancing confidence in the current block model. The highlighted drill results below are from the Southwest Zone and confirm the higher-grade material within the reserve pit, expected to be mined in the first five years of the mine plan. SW-25-688: 56 metres grading 2.03 g/t gold, 2.55 g/t silver and 0.23% copper from 174 metres, including 34 metres grading 2.74 g/t gold, 3.38 g/t silver, and 0.29% copper; SW-25-679: 51 metres grading 1.13 g/t gold and 0.81 g/t silver from 9 metres; SW-25-712: 73 metres grading 0.68 g/t gold, 0.80 g/t silver and 0.14% copper from 189 metres, including 19 metres grading 1.34 g/t gold, 0.76 g/t silver, and 0.29% copper; and SW-25-681: 36 metres grading 1.40 g/t gold, 1.58 g/t silver, and 0.22% copper, including 23 metres grading 1.93 g/t gold, 1.85 g/t silver, and 0.29% copper. For more information and complete drill results, visit Troilus's website at and refer to the press releases dated April 29 and May 22, 2025. Sandstorm holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Troilus project. Note 1. Stream terms reflect bought down rates applicable to HNE and Heruga deposits, assuming the Mongolian Government acquires a 34% interest in Entrée's share of the joint venture, at which time Sandstorm will receive up to $6.8 million in total consideration. Qualified Person Imola Götz ( F.E.C.), Sandstorm's Vice President, Mining & Engineering is a Qualified Person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101. Ms. Götz has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this news release. Contact Information For more information about Sandstorm Gold Royalties, please visit our website at or email us at [email protected]. ABOUT SANDSTORM GOLD ROYALTIES Sandstorm is a precious metals-focused royalty company that provides upfront financing to mining companies and receives the right to a percentage of production from a mine, for the life of the mine. Sandstorm holds a portfolio of approximately 230 royalties, of which 40 of the underlying mines are producing. Sandstorm plans to grow and diversify its low-cost production profile through the acquisition of additional gold royalties. For more information visit: CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS TO U.S. SECURITYHOLDERS The financial information included or incorporated by reference in this press release or the documents referenced herein has been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, which differs from US generally accepted accounting principles ("US GAAP") in certain material respects, and thus are not directly comparable to financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP. This press release and the documents incorporated by reference herein, as applicable, have been prepared in accordance with Canadian standards for the reporting of mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates, which differ from the previous and current standards of the United States securities laws. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the terms "mineral reserve", "proven mineral reserve", "probable mineral reserve", "inferred mineral resources,", "indicated mineral resources," "measured mineral resources" and "mineral resources" used or referenced herein and the documents incorporated by reference herein, as applicable, are Canadian mineral disclosure terms as defined in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the "CIM") — CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended (the "CIM Definition Standards"). For United States reporting purposes, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has adopted amendments to its disclosure rules (the "SEC Modernization Rules") to modernize the mining property disclosure requirements for issuers whose securities are registered with the SEC under the Exchange Act, which became effective February 25, 2019. The SEC Modernization Rules more closely align the SEC's disclosure requirements and policies for mining properties with current industry and global regulatory practices and standards, including NI 43-101, and replace the historical property disclosure requirements for mining registrants that were included in SEC Industry Guide 7. Issuers were required to comply with the SEC Modernization Rules in their first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021. As a foreign private issuer that is eligible to file reports with the SEC pursuant to the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system, the Corporation is not required to provide disclosure on its mineral properties under the SEC Modernization Rules and will continue to provide disclosure under NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition Standards. Accordingly, mineral reserve and mineral resource information contained or incorporated by reference herein may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by United States companies subject to the United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result of the adoption of the SEC Modernization Rules, the SEC now recognizes estimates of "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources." In addition, the SEC has amended its definitions of "proven mineral reserves" and "probable mineral reserves" to be "substantially similar" to the corresponding CIM Definition Standards that are required under NI 43-101. While the SEC will now recognize "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources", U.S. investors should not assume that all or any part of the mineralization in these categories will be converted into a higher category of mineral resources or into mineral reserves without further work and analysis. Mineralization described using these terms has a greater amount of uncertainty as to its existence and feasibility than mineralization that has been characterized as reserves. Accordingly, U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any measured mineral resources, indicated mineral resources, or inferred mineral resources that the Company reports are or will be economically or legally mineable without further work and analysis. Further, "inferred mineral resources" have a greater amount of uncertainty and as to whether they can be mined legally or economically. Therefore, U.S. investors are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of inferred mineral resources will be upgraded to a higher category without further work and analysis. Under Canadian securities laws, estimates of "inferred mineral resources" may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in rare cases. While the above terms are "substantially similar" to CIM Definitions, there are differences in the definitions under the SEC Modernization Rules and the CIM Definition Standards. Accordingly, there is no assurance any mineral reserves or mineral resources that the Company may report as "proven mineral reserves", "probable mineral reserves", "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources" under NI 43-101 would be the same had the Company prepared the reserve or resource estimates under the standards adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules or under the prior standards of SEC Industry Guide 7. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION This press release contains "forward-looking statements", within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of Sandstorm Gold Royalties. Forward-looking statements include the future price of gold, silver, copper, iron ore and other metals, the estimation of mineral reserves and resources, realization of mineral reserve estimates, and the timing and amount of estimated future production. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "plans", or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements are made based upon certain assumptions and other important factors that, if untrue, could cause the actual results, performances or achievements of Sandstorm Gold Royalties to be materially different from future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which Sandstorm Gold Royalties will operate in the future, including the receipt of all required approvals, the price of gold and copper and anticipated costs. Certain important factors that could cause actual results, performances or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, amongst others, failure to receive necessary approvals, changes in business plans and strategies, market conditions, share price, best use of available cash, gold and other commodity price volatility, discrepancies between actual and estimated production, mineral reserves and resources and metallurgical recoveries, mining operational and development risks relating to the parties which produce the gold or other commodity the Company will purchase, regulatory restrictions, activities by governmental authorities (including changes in taxation), currency fluctuations, the global economic climate, dilution, share price volatility and competition. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: the impact of general business and economic conditions, the absence of control over mining operations from which the Company will purchase gold, other commodities or receive royalties from, and risks related to those mining operations, including risks related to international operations, government and environmental regulation, actual results of current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, risks in the marketability of minerals, fluctuations in the price of gold and other commodities, fluctuation in foreign exchange rates and interest rates, stock market volatility, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risks to Sandstorm" in the Company's annual report for the financial year ended December 31, 2024 and the section entitled "Risk Factors" contained in the Company's annual information form dated March 31, 2025 available at Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are contained or incorporated by reference, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. SOURCE Sandstorm Gold Ltd.
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Hycroft Announces Public Offering of Units
WINNEMUCCA, Nev., June 11, 2025 /CNW/ -- Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) ("Hycroft" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a proposed public underwritten offering of units of the Company (the "Units") for gross proceeds of approximately $40 million (the " Offering"). Each Unit will be comprised of one share of common stock of the Company and one-half of one common stock purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a " Warrant"). Each Warrant will be exercisable to purchase one share of common stock of the Company. Hycroft intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for further exploration, working capital and general corporate purposes. BMO Capital Markets and Paradigm Capital Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for the Offering. SCP Resource Finance LP is acting as a capital markets advisor to the Company. The Offering will be priced in the context of the market with the price, total size and other final terms of the Offering and the Units to be determined at the time of entering into an underwriting agreement for the Offering. Hycroft will also grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the base Offering, to acquire Units, shares of Common Stock and/or Warrants (or any combination thereof), at the underwriters' discretion. Closing of the Offering will be subject to a number of customary conditions, including the entering into of a definitive underwriting agreement. The Offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-279292) that was filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC"), as amended. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the Offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, as well as copies of the final prospectus supplement, once available, may be obtained upon request by contacting BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 151 W 42nd Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10036, or by email at [email protected]. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. About Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation is a US-based gold and silver company developing the Hycroft Mine, among the world's largest precious metals deposits located in northern Nevada, a Tier-One mining jurisdiction. After a long history of oxide heap leaching operations, the Company is focused on completing the technical studies to transition the Hycroft Mine into the next phase of commercial operations for processing the sulfide ore. In addition, the Company is engaged in a robust exploration drill program to further expand the newly discovered high-grade dominant silver systems and unlock the full potential of this worldclass asset, including oxide leaching potential at Manganese. For further information, please contact: [email protected] Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included herein and public statements by our officers or representatives, that address activities, events or developments that our management expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, are forward- looking statements, including but not limited to such things as future business strategy, plans and goals, competitive strengths and expansion and growth of our business. The words "estimate", "plan", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "believe" "target", "budget", "may", "can", "will", "would", "could", "should", "seeks", or "scheduled to" and similar words or expressions, or negatives of these terms or other variations of these terms or comparable language or any discussion of strategy or intention identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address activities, events, or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future and are based on current expectations and assumptions. Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to, among other things, the completion of the Offering and the terms thereof, the closing of the Offering, the intended use of proceeds of the Offering and the strategic vision and objectives for the Company and expectations regarding exploration potential. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to changes in our operations at the Hycroft Mine, including risks associated with the cessation of mining operations at the Hycroft Mine; uncertainties concerning estimates of mineral resources; risks related to a lack of a completed feasibility study; risks related to our ability to re-establish commercially feasible mining operations; industry related risks, including fluctuations in the price of gold and silver; the commercial success of, and risks related to, our exploration and development activities; uncertainties and risks related to our reliance on contractors and consultants; and the availability and cost of equipment, supplies, energy, or reagents. The occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances described alone or in combination with other events or circumstances may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, cash flows, financial condition, and results of operations. Please see our "Risk Factors" outlined in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and other reports we have filed with the SEC for more information about these and other risks. You are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Although these forward-looking statements were based on assumptions that the Company believed were reasonable when made, you are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results, performance, or achievements may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this news release. In addition, even if our results, performance, or achievements are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this news release, those results, performance or achievements may not be indicative of results, performance or achievements in subsequent periods. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements made in this news release speak only as of the date of those statements. Readers cannot be assured that the Offering will be completed on the terms described above, or at all. We undertake no obligation to update those statements or publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of those statements to reflect future events or developments except as required by applicable law. All forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements.
