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          From the onset of the COVID-19 health crisis, the health   through the cash flow being generated by our mines while
          and safety of our employees and communities has       also being able to deliver shareholder returns.
          been our top priority. Early on, Endeavour set up a crisis   We have attractive organic growth opportunities within our
          management unit, advised by a dedicated medical       portfolio and continue to build optionality by progressing
          epidemiologist, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on   exploration and studies in our project pipeline.
          our employees and the local mining communities through
                                                                We have a strong brownfield focus with the Massawa plant
          a dedicated incident management and response plan
                                                                expansion under way and our strong greenfield focus with
          ensuring the safe continuity of operations. Subsequently,
                                                                PFS work for Fetekro and Kalana completed in Q1 2021.
          we have put in place numerous measures at group level,
                                                                Robust PFS results confirm that both projects justify moving
          but also on each of the individual mines to ensure the
                                                                forward to the DFS stage, which has now commenced.
          health and well-being of our employees, their loved ones
                                                                [There is also] a strong focus on earlier greenfield
          and to support the communities we operate in. These
                                                                projects with $US14-34 million being spent on greenfields
          measures all follow international health organisation
                                                                exploration in 2021.
          directives and we continue to monitor the situation closely.
          GMJ: You have feasibility studies in play at          GMJ: There are several juniors very active in
          several projects. Will the next growth phase be       the region. Can you give us some insight into
          through organic efforts?                              what you keep an eye out for in regards the
                                                                next generation of discovery?
          SdM: Following our acquisitions last year, we are firmly
                                                                SdM: As you know, over the past years, we have sought
          focused on organic growth from existing assets. The key
                                                                to refocus and reposition Endeavour with a strategy
          difference however between our first growth phase and
                                                                centred around our four pillars; operational excellence,
          this one is that now we are able to self-fund our own growth


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