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Integra Resources Corp. Q2 F2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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Rob
Conference Operator
Good morning. My name is Rob, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Integra Resources second quarter 2026 results conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again, press star one. Thank you. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Josh Serfass. Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Josh.
Josh Serfass
Vice President, Investor Relations
Thank you, Rob. I would like to welcome everyone to Integra's 2026 Second Quarter Operating and Financial Results Conference Call. Before we begin, I would like to note that we will be making forward-looking statements during today's call. I'll direct you to the second slide of the earnings presentation, which contains important cautionary notes regarding these forward-looking statements. The cautionary notes can be found on Integra's corporate website. Please note, all dollar amounts discussed today will refer to U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. On the call today, I'm joined by Integra's President, CEO and Director, George Salamis, Chief Operating Officer, Cliff Lafleur, Chief Financial Officer, Andree St-Germain, Vice President Finance, Sean Deisner, Vice President Permitting, Dale Kerner, and General Manager of the Florida Canyon Mine, Greg Robinson. Today, we are pleased to provide an operating and financial update for the second quarter of 2026, followed by a live Q&A session. With that, I'd like to hand the call over to George to kick things off.
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Thanks, Josh. Q2 was pivotal for the company. Florida Canyon remains the cash generator for Integra, and the updated technical report and Life of Mine released in June demonstrates a bright future for Florida Canyon. The updated Life of Mine plan highlighted a longer mine life, higher annual production, and strong free cash flow generation. Nearly two years of operating experience have enabled us to develop a more realistic, stable, and executable mine plan that reflects the operating realities of the mine. The updated plan increases average annual gold production by 17% while providing a more consistent production profile over an eight-year mine life. Finally, Strategic Investments in Fleet Modernization and Expanded Heap Leach Capacity position Florida Canyon for sustainable, long-term growth, lower operating costs, and continued value creation. Del Mar continues to advance through the federal permitting process under the National Environmental Policy Act, with the public scoping period now complete and the Bureau of Land Management currently reviewing comments received on the project. In parallel, The company continues to advance detailed engineering and planning at Delamar to prepare for future development. State of good repair initiatives are also underway on site, including test mining, crushing optimization, truck shop repairs, general site preparation, and other low risk activities that will, in fact, shorten the development timeline and reduce execution risk at Delamar in the future. With the improved exploration plan of operations received at Wellcat, exploration drilling is expected to start soon as we work on advanced economic studies. Now, turning to slide five, I'll walk through our second quarter financial highlights before handing the call off to Cliff to cover Florida Canyon's operating results. Q2 was highlighted by a strong financial position with $111.1 million in cash and working capital of $146.5 million. Operationally, the quarter was marked by record throughput of 87,867 total tons per day at Florida Canyon, resulting in a 30% increase in gold production quarter over quarter. Florida Canyon produced 16,379 ounces of gold in the quarter, generated revenue of $70.8 million and operating cash flow of $22.8 million. The 45% increase in ore placed on the heat bleach pads in Q2 has created a large inventory of recoverable gold ounces that supports increased production over the balance of the year. This has led the company to maintain its annual gold production guidance of 70,000 to 75,000 ounces of gold this year. With that, I will hand the call over to our COO, Cliff, to discuss the second quarter operating results for Florida Canyon.
Cliff Lafleur
Chief Operating Officer
Thanks, George. Turning to slide six, we've outlined the key operating metrics for Florida Canyon in the second quarter of 2026. The second quarter showed strong operating results at Florida Canyon with a record mining rate of 87,867 total tons per day achieved through the integration of new mining equipment into our existing mining fleet and shorter haul distances. In Q2, 2026, the company mined 4.4 million tons of ore and 3.6 million tons of waste at a strip ratio of 0.81 for the quarter. Average gold recovery was 57.8% in the quarter in line with expectations. Florida Canyon produced 16,379 ounces of gold in the quarter and sold 15,794 ounces. Due to 2026 mine site ASIC came in at $3,371 per ounce sold at the lower end of our revised guidance range, reflecting increased rates of mining, hauling and stacking, cost pressures related to royalties and excise taxes from stronger than anticipated gold prices, and higher diesel and explosive costs. Cash costs averaged $2,495 per ounce sold for the quarter. During the quarter, we invested $13.5 million in sustaining capital that reflects the company's continued reinvestment strategy at Florida Canyon. Spending year-to-date includes new equipment leases, capital stripping, and mobile equipment refurbishments. The company expects investments in sustaining capital expenditures to continue into the third quarter. The company also invested $.8 million in non-sustaining capital this quarter, The non-sustaining capital spent this year was primarily directed toward equipment leases for the expanded fleet, engineering and permitting work on Phase 3C leach pad facility, and growth-focused drilling programs at the Florida Canyon mine. Importantly, in the corridor, we released the results of our updated technical report and life of mine plan for Florida Canyon, which demonstrated a materially enhanced operation, highlighting a substantial increase in mineral reserves an eight-year mine life, an increased annual production profile, lower operating costs, $600 million after tax net present value, and approximately $770 million in after tax free cash flow over the life of the mine. Now I'll hand the call back to George to discuss the updated life of mine plan at Florida Canyon.
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Thanks, Cliff. When Integra acquired Florida Canyon in 2024 for approximately $68 million, we saw producing mine was significant upside, but also with limited remaining mine life and a relatively flat production profile. We have studied and learned a lot about the mine in the last 18 months of ownership. The updated technical report and life of mine plan has been greatly informed by what we have learned about this mine thus far. In short, in less than two years since the acquisition of Florida Canyon, We've transformed the operation into a materially different mine. The technical report shows that Florida Canyon will generate more than 11 times the original acquisition cost of $68 million in after-tax free cash flow. Despite mining depletion, proven and probable reserves have increased by 74% from approximately 685,000 ounces of gold to nearly 1.2 million ounces of gold. In addition, The mineral resource estimate has increased 128% in the oxide M&I category and 57% in the oxide inferred category. Mine life has been extended by three years and now has a total active mine life of eight years plus two years of residual leaching. The annual gold production has increased by approximately 17% from roughly 70,000 ounces to 82,000 ounces of gold per year. This transformation reflects Densive drilling, geological refinement, engineering work, and operational improvements completed since the acquisition. The updated technical report demonstrates a substantially improved operation. Here are the highlights. Approximately $770 million in Astrotex free cash flow over the life of mine. This cash flow will be used to self-support Florida Canyon and fund growth elsewhere in the company. Apertact NPV of approximately $600 million using base case metal prices. Eight years of active mining with two years of residual leaching. Total payable gold production of 685,000 ounces of gold. Life of mine ESIC of approximately $2,331 per ounce. Importantly, these economics are supported by a mine plan that we believe is both executable and sustainable moving forward. This graph demonstrates Florida Canyon's strong after-tax-free cash flow, which averages $99 per year, for total Life of Mine cumulative after-tax-free cash flow of approximately $770 million. This robust cash flow profile allows for the expansion highlighted in the updated Life of Mine plan at Florida Canyon to be self-funded while supporting the Delamar and Nevada North Development project pipeline. Based on current estimates, We anticipate funding a portion of the Delamar project pre-production capital expenditures with cash generated from Florida Canyon. Now I will hand the call back to Cliff to discuss our second quarter highlights at the Delamar project. Thank you, George.
Cliff Lafleur
Chief Operating Officer
Turning to slide 10. Delamar continues to advance through permitting towards a final environmental impact statement and record of decision in the second half of 2027. On May 29, 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management published the Notice of Intent for Delamar in the Federal Register, initiating the National Environmental Policy Act review process. The form will start a federal permitting. The associated public scoping and stakeholder engagement process concluded on June 29, 2026, and the Bureau of Land Management is reviewing comments received. In the second quarter of 2026, we also announced that we engaged Osanko to lead detailed engineering and procurement for the project. This work has begun and will continue through the first quarter of 2027 with long lead procurement activities beginning in the second half of this year and continuing through 2027. On the ground at Delamar, the company has begun state of good repair work, which is focused on updating and de-risking existing infrastructure and optimization projects like Truck Shop Refurbishment, Communications Infrastructure Installation, and Crush Optimization Analysis. We are also pleased to have entered into an agreement with the Shoshone Paiute tribes to collaboratively design and implement processes and initiatives that address their respective interests in the Delamar project. During the quarter, the company also advanced the Nevada North project, which consists of the Wildcat deposit and the Mountain View deposit. Decision Record Documentation for the Wildcat Exploration Plan of Operations was complete as of April 9, 2026, and the Reclamation Permit for Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation was received on April 20, 2026, with an effective date of May 5, 2026. The Wildcat Exploration Plan of Operations will provide greater flexibility for significantly expanded exploration and hydrogeological drilling campaigns. Exploration drilling is scheduled to initiate in August 2026. I'll now pass the call to our CFO, Andree, to provide an overview of the second quarter financial results.
Andree St-Germain
Chief Financial Officer
Thanks, Cliff. Santa Gra closed the second quarter of 2026 with its strongest financial position to date with a cash balance of $111.1 million and working capital of $146.5 million. With the exception of mobile equipment financing, the company has been debt-free since December 2025. The company reported Q2 2026 revenue of $70.8 million with a cost of sales of $47.4 million resulting in $23.4 million in mine operating earnings. This represents a 33% operating profit margin for the quarter. Operating cash flows of $22.8 million or $0.11 per share in Q2 2026 which is a 40% increase compared to $16.3 million or $0.10 per share in Q2 2025. Q2 2026 adjusted earnings were $13.1 million or $0.06 per share, comparable to $11.8 million or $0.07 per share in Q2 2025. Pre-cash flow was $9.3 million or $0.05 per share for the quarter, a meaningful improvement from $2.1 million or $0.01 per share in Q2 2025. I will now pass the call back to Cliff to opt for revised 2026 guidance for Florida Canyon.
Cliff Lafleur
Chief Operating Officer
Thanks, Andree. Turning to slide 12. We are maintaining our 2026 gold production guidance for Florida Canyon at 70,000 to 75,000 ounces. As announced on June 25th, 2026, we revised our 2026 mine site all in sustained cost guidance to $3,300 to $3,500 per ounce sold. As a result, our total cash cost guidance is increasing between $2,300 to $2,500 per ounce sold. Non-sustaining growth capital guidance was revised to $16.5 to $18.5 million, an increase of $9 million. The revisions to total cash costs in mine site ASIC reflect higher tons mined, stacked, and processed, lower gold ounces sold in the first half of the year, increased royalties and excise taxes tied to stronger gold prices, and higher diesel and explosives costs. The non-sustaining capital increase reflects advance in heat bleach pack construction into 2026 from 2027, in line with our updated Florida Canyon Lifeline plan. Our revised guidance assumes a gold price of $4,200 per ounce. Royalties remain price sensitive with roughly $7 per ounce change in cash costs in Mindsight ASIC for every $100 per ounce change in the gold price. I'll now hand the call back to George to close out with our next steps in Outlook.
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Thanks, Cliff. Florida Canyon supports development across our pipeline portfolio, creating a clear path for Integra to become a multi-asset, U.S.-focused, mid-tier precious metals producer. For the balance of 2026, at Florida Canyon, we are accelerating construction of our heat bleach expansion to accommodate the updated mine plan. A Delamar state of good repair work is underway to advance readiness while the NEPA permitting process continues. Across the portfolio, we expect good results from our 50,000 meter drilling campaign at all three projects, and we will work on advanced economic studies at Nevada North. Looking ahead to 2027, we expect permitting to continue with the Nevada North project along with an updated technical report and the record of decision and final environmental impact statement for Del Mar in the second half of the year. I would like to end the formal part of this presentation with slide 14 as it captures our strategy. Integra today is a fundamentally different company than it was just a few months ago. The updated Florida Canyon life of mine plan has established a larger, longer life and more profitable gold mining operation, providing a stable cash generating foundation to fund the advancement of one of the highest quality gold development pipelines in the United States. Florida Canyon's cash flow will support Delamar as it progresses through federal permitting, advanced economic studies at Nevada North, and the largest exploration program in the company's history to support future resource and reserve growth. We also maintain one of the largest gold and silver inventories in the Great Basin not controlled by a major gold mining company. We remain focused on disciplined execution, responsible growth, and creating long-term value We continue building a leading U.S.-focused intermediate coal producer. With that, I'd like to thank everyone for joining us today, and I'll now turn the call back to the operator for questions.
Rob
Conference Operator
Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question, please press star 1 in your telephone keypad. If you'd like to withdraw your question, simply press star 1 again. Your first question comes from the line of Heiko Ill from H.C. Wainwright. Your line is open.
Heiko Ill
Analyst, H.C. Wainwright
Hey there, guys. Thanks so much for taking my questions. Good morning. Cliff went through the cash cost guidance, the revised cash cost guidance for Florida Canyon. I know it's early and you probably don't necessarily want to give any real numbers, but can the team walk us through your expectations for the site in 2027 and beyond, and what factors might sway cash and all sustaining costs in the future to reach either side of a conceptually widened range given what just transpired.
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Thanks, Heiko. Great question. And I think with respect to answering that question, I think the feasibility study that we put out sort of directly answers those questions. But I'm going to pass it over to Cliff. He's got a more detailed sense of the evolution of our cost guidance for that study. Cliff, over to you.
Cliff Lafleur
Chief Operating Officer
Thanks, George. Good question. I guess what I'm worried about is making statements without having a technical report right in front of me. I do know that we're... I think this question came up in the last call. We're making investments starting in 2027 in replacing the 777 fleet, which will complete the upgrade of our fleet. So expect that in sustaining costs. The cash costs guidance went up this year because of the increase in tonnage stacked and treated on heat bleach pads. That should start to calm down in 2027 as we access the new mining area in the central pit and the grades increase. I'm not sure what more color I can add, but I know like over the next three to four years as the sustaining capital investments in the equipment and other infrastructures like in the plant, making sure that some of the historic equipment there is upgraded to improve its longevity. Thank you, Tom.
Heiko Ill
Analyst, H.C. Wainwright
Just a clarification, one thing that caught my ear in the report on the health, safety, and environment that you had a reportable spill, it sounds like that's not a big deal because it wasn't an immediately reportable spill, which appears to be over 25 gallons of fuel, depending on where you are. Just out of curiosity, if something like this happens, do they come to you for bigger bonds, reclamation bonds, or anything along those lines? Or is that just something that happened and that's the end of it because nothing actually serious happened?
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Thanks, Michael. I'm going to direct that question to Greg Robinson, our MIME GM at Florida Canyon, because he deals with those things directly. Greg, I think you're on the line.
Greg Robinson
General Manager, Florida Canyon Mine
Yes, I am. Yeah, good morning. Good question. The threshold is actually, they're different for process solution and hydrocarbons. The process solution is 25 gallons, I believe, for a quarterly reportable spill, which is what this was, and 100 gallons or more for an immediately reportable spill. This one was a pipeline leak that was near the process plant on an old line, and it was a line that we replaced right afterwards and patched it up and moved on. Typically, we don't get a heightened response from the agencies if it's threatening other things or or maybe ongoing they might come out and visit and and help us put a plan in place but we typically don't see any enforcement action or anything unless it becomes a repeat serious offense and it's you know kind of highly subjective it's not a black and white you hit this threshold and and and you get a automatic Your next question comes from a line of Joseph Reger from Roth Capital Partners. Your line is open.
Joseph Reger
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners
Hey guys, thanks for taking the questions. Just kind of wanted to ask, I mean, you know, given the market is kind of stabilized a bit now on the gold price front, is there an opportunity for you guys to look for, you know, a development asset that kind of plug the gap between, you know, current production from Florida Canyon and Delamar's permitting time point?
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Yeah, Joe, and thanks for the question. As we mentioned on other calls, we're always, well, we're constantly looking for M&A opportunities, right? And the right fit ones are kind of exactly what you just described. I think that would be... That would be a good one for us to pursue. That said, those types of opportunities are very rare, as you know, in the context of North America, which is kind of the hunting ground that we buy in, specifically the Western U.S. There's just not a lot of assets that are kind of in production that meet that sweet spot that could fill in sort of a gap between what Florida Canyon is going to do next year and what Bellarmine will do, say, Three years out from today. So we're always on the hunt, but I have to say that those types of assets are rare right now. I'm sure you're hearing that from your other client companies as well.
Joseph Reger
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners
Yeah, fair. And then on the production front, are you still comfortable with the full year guidance given the slow start to the year?
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Very much so. But again, I think I'm going to address that question to Cliff. He's got the same level of high conviction as we all do with respect to our production guidance for the year. But Cliff, do you have any comments on that?
Cliff Lafleur
Chief Operating Officer
I do. Yeah, good question. One of the enabling factors we have is because we did bring in the new trucks through December and January. And with the new shovel, we still have a significant portion of the 777 fleet that we were to start mothballing this year, but we can keep those on the road with the investments we made in the other part of the 777 fleet last year and into this year, the refurbishments. We feel Your next question comes from a line of Brian McArthur from Raymond James. Your line is open.
Brian McArthur
Analyst, Raymond James
Good morning. Thank you for taking my question. It really has to do with CapEx spending this year. With your updated guidance, when you did Q1, you sort of had $26 million, but I think the feasibility starts with talks about $80 for this year. Then when we talk about the text, it talks about only doing I'm just trying to figure out where we are in the CapEx spend this year and how much we expect in the back half of this year, and maybe even by quarter. I mean, I'm sort of looking at, you know, there's probably another 45 to 50 to go in the back half of the year, but that's what I'm trying to reconcile between the financial statements.
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Yeah, thanks, Brian. I think a lot of the capex spend that you're referring to in the back half of this year, a lot of it is going to be guided towards the heat bleach pad expansion that we really need to get going on this year, right? So that's a big part of the cost coming up, stripping, obviously, to prepare us for production next year in 2027 when the production profile ramps up. But again, I'm going to pass things back to Cliff in terms of Maybe walking you through our cap expenditure plans for the balance fee and where they're focused.
Cliff Lafleur
Chief Operating Officer
It's a fair question. We are planning to achieve the spend that we committed to. It's not going to be an easy feat, but we are planning to to definitely will achieve the stripping that we have planned, which is a big portion of that CAPEX. We're on track with the phase three CEEP expansion, which we pulled from 2027 into 2026, which took a lot of effort from our capital planning team, our project team at site, which had other, I think smaller, but also important projects. for improvement. Those are now going to start to pick up in the latter half of the year now that we've got phase 3C underway. So you'll start to see the capex pick up here to the end of the year.
Brian McArthur
Analyst, Raymond James
Okay, that's just what I was trying to check, right? Because we added the extra sustaining of about, or non-sustaining of about 9 to 10 we're bringing forward, but we'll probably be pined on the original runway. So I'm right in assuming that the back half, assuming you hit your targets, is going to be quite a bit heavier.
Cliff Lafleur
Chief Operating Officer
That's correct.
Brian McArthur
Analyst, Raymond James
Great. Thank you very much. That's very helpful.
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Thanks, Brian.
Rob
Conference Operator
And there are no further questions at this time. I will now turn the call back over to George Salamis for closing remarks.
George Salamis
President, CEO and Director
Thank you very much. I've got no further closing remarks. Those are great questions, by the way, from the audience. We really like it when our audience engages with us. I've got nothing else to say. Thank you all for attending the call today. I'll turn it back to you.
Rob
Conference Operator
This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.