Candelaria Mining Corp. provided the following update. Candelaria is a gold-focussed exploration and resource development company about to start construction of its first producing gold mine in Zacatecas, Mexico; The Company recently announced additions to its board and executive team in anticipation of executing the construction project and an ambitious exploration program at its asset at Caballo Blanco, in Veracruz, Mexico. Pinos Project: The fully permitted Pinos Gold Mine will be an underground cut-and-fill operation on multiple high-grade epithermal quartz-gold veins, followed by comminution, agitated leach, counter-current decantation, and Merrill Crowe Au-Ag precipitation; Mill equipment already available; majority of former mine development accessible with minor rehabilitation; Major construction contracts ready for execution; Operations team already assembled; 12 to 14 months construction schedule, the Company expects to commence construction in second quarter 2021; Resource expansion and exploration drill programs defined. Caballo Blanco: The highly prospective Caballo Blanco licence area includes the more advanced La Paila project with a resource and seven other high-priority epithermal /porphyry drill-ready targets in two distinct mineralised districts; The Company plans to commence an aggressive 12-month exploration program in mid- 2021 to test all high-priority targets and further expand the resources at La Paila. Results from high-potential targets adjacent to La Paila are expected by year-end; Depending on exploration results the Company will then update resources for the licence area, and develop concepts for a series of open pits with a centralised processing facility; In parallel, the Company will frame and execute a robust CSR program during 2021.