i-80 Gold Stories Q3 2024 Running Effects and Unused Construction Plan

RENO, Nevada, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE American: IAUX) (“i-80 Gold”, or the “Company”) reviews its working and fiscal effects for the 3 and 9 months ended September 30, 2024. i-80 Gold’s unaudited condensed consolidated intervening time monetary statements (“Financial Statements”), in addition to i-80’s Control’s Dialogue and Research of Operations and Monetary Status (“MD&A”) for the 3 and 9 months ended September 30, 2024, are to be had at the Corporate’s web page at www.i80gold.com, on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca, and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Except differently said, all quantities referred to herein are in U.S. greenbacks (C$ represents Canadian greenbacks).

“The quality of the asset base, location and strength of the team made the decision to join i-80 Gold an easy one. We are all very excited by the prospect of developing i-80 Gold into a Nevada focused mid-tier gold producer by the early 2030’s. The new development plan envisions us ramping up, permitting and building five gold mines through the balance of the decade. The team is well advanced on finding financing solutions to fund our new development plan,” Richard Younger, President and Important Government Officer of i-80 Gold.

STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

The Corporate underwent a management alternate all through the 1/3 quarter, which induced a assessment of the strategic path of the Corporate. In consequence, the Corporate followed a untouched advancement plan which items Control’s view of one of the best technique to generate loose money tide occasion progressing previous level tasks to grant a pipeline of expansion within the medium and long-term. Control is now interested by allowing and advancement of 5 gold deposits in the course of the stability of the last decade. In line with the focal point of i-80 Gold since inception, this plan contains the advance of the 3 underground mines, but additionally contains accelerating allowing and advancement of the 2 immense oxide perceivable pit deposits, Granite Creek and Mineral Level. Jointly, those 5 property have the possible to assemble a mid-tier gold manufacturer. The Corporate has initiated a recapitalization plan of its stability sheet to assistance the untouched advancement plan.

The Lone Tree Autoclave left-overs the centralized refractory ore processing facility within the untouched advancement plan and Control intends to proceed its paintings against final touch of the refurbishment feasibility find out about then past. Following final touch of the find out about, a order of trade-off eventualities might be regarded as evaluating complete autoclave refurbishment or change toll milling and ore acquire pledges choices that might doubtlessly be to be had.

Additional, Control believes {that a} bottom steel targeted three way partnership on the Ruby Hill venture does now not have compatibility the untouched advancement plan, see “Ruby Hill Base Metal JV” division underneath for more info. Total, given the Corporate’s stability sheet constraints and alternative capital required for the untouched advancement plan all upper threat tasks with low simple task of financial viability were deferred till the stability sheet is in a more potent place and the Board approves allocating threat capital to those tasks.

The Lone Tree perceivable pit venture has various monetary, technical, environmental and social problems to be labored via. It’s anticipated that the venture will most probably stay deferred for some other decade. Control believes untouched applied sciences and alternative answers would possibly grow to be to be had going forward to permit the Corporate to free up the worth of this immense perceivable pit venture.

RECAPITALIZATION PLAN

The Corporate envisages a two-step recapitalization procedure which is able to come with demonstrating a viable trail to producing loose money tide, and rescheduling and/or refinancing the prevailing debt responsibilities. Segment one among this plan will come with discovering an answer for temporary loyalty together with deferral of the then gold and silver deliveries scheduled for past due December and early January.  Segment two of the recapitalization plan comes to running with our flow companions in addition to in the hunt for untouched debt suppliers to restructure our present debt and grant enough capital to kill at the Corporate’s untouched advancement plan with compensation phrases that align with the Corporate’s skill to carrier that debt. Control has initiated paintings in this, together with discussions with present and doable untouched companions, and targets to finish this procedure within the first quarter of 2025.

The Corporate’s skill to proceed to function and kill its untouched advancement plan and satisfy its loyalty as they arrive due depends on its luck in restructuring its flow debt responsibilities and acquiring alternative financing. Age Control has been a hit in elevating alternative price range within the month, there can also be negative contract that it is going to be in a position to take action going forward. Given the Corporate’s running capital lack, flow working losses and Control’s expectation of age losses till it has totally completed its untouched advancement plan, the lack of the Corporate to organize suitable financing in a well timed way may end result within the sporting worth of the Corporate’s property being topic to subject material adjustment. Those situations point out the life of subject material uncertainties which solid vital hesitancy as to the Corporate’s skill to proceed as a going worry.

RUBY HILL BASE METAL JOINT VENTURE

In November 2023, i-80 Gold entered right into a non-binding Letter of Intent with a 3rd get together (see press reduce dated November 7, 2023), to believe a three way partnership word for Ruby Hill with a focal point on bottom steel exploration and advancement. Along with deposits with bottom steel doable (Blackjack, Hilltop and FAD), the three way partnership dialogue integrated all gold and silver deposits inside the Ruby Hill constituent, together with Mineral Level.

Upon cautious overview of the three way partnership phrases and economics, making an allowance for the possible worth of the prevailing gold sources in a emerging gold worth situation and allowing for the restricted working out of the bottom steel doable, i-80 Gold’s Board and Control have elected to now not walk with three way partnership discussions. It’s remarkable that the duration of exclusivity with the counterparty has expired.

i-80 Gold is electing to prioritize extra progressed staged gold and silver tasks with established sources and technical research. As such exploration and advancement paintings on bottom steel objectives were deferred to concentrate on tasks with the quickest timeline to money tide day.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES

Since i-80 Gold’s inception, the Corporate’s focal point has been on asset acquisition and exploration. As the corporate evolves right into a developer and manufacturer the organizational construction and ability all set of its staff wishes to adapt to satisfy the untouched advancement plan to deliver to  grow to be a mid-tier gold manufacturer of roughly 400,000 to 500,000 oz. of gold according to past via the early 2030’s.

The 3 maximum major modifications going through i-80 Gold are i) greater emphasis on technical abilities to ramp up, allow and create 5 tasks in the course of the stability of the last decade; ii) the requirement to restructure and re-capitalize the stability sheet in a fashion that aligns to the untouched advancement plan; and iii) the alternative felony and reporting necessities of turning into a US home issuer.

To deliver to satisfy i-80 Gold’s rising and converting calls for, the Corporate has promoted 4 senior technical workforce and leased 3 untouched senior positions. Control believes those organizational adjustments, together with the promotions and untouched hires, upload the important revel in and bench energy to additional de-risk the execution of the advance plan. The price of those adjustments is predicted to be offset via decrease third-party advisor prices.

At the operations entrance, the promotion of 4 senior technical workforce is a mirrored image of the worth of those 4 people in lowering our execution threat as we ramp up our actions to allow and create 5 mines in the course of the stability of the last decade.

At the felony entrance, the hiring of David Savarie as our untouched Senior VP Basic Suggest will carry in-house business particular felony experience that may give a boost to our solution to and compliance with our governance and contractual loyalty occasion additionally reducing our third-party felony prices. Additional, this addition will in an instant leave the load on present control to top the felony procedure in an increasingly more complicated situation occasion including alternative energy as we kill on our untouched advancement plan.

At the finance entrance, the Corporate has added two untouched senior monetary roles, Katerina Deluca as VP of Treasury accountable for treasury and financing and Curtis Turner as VP of Strategic Making plans. Mr. Turner is transitioning from VP Finance to this untouched position. Those untouched positions are required to satisfy the greater workload related to the stability sheet restructuring and debt reporting in addition to enabling the untouched advancement plan to be completed. The VP Finance serve as might be controlled via an incoming rent, Cindy Tseo.

The overall untouched officer becoming a member of the crew is Leily Omoumi, our untouched VP Company Construction and Technique who can also be accountable for investor members of the family. This place replaces the outgoing Government Vice President, Industry Construction, Matt Gollat who used to be instrumental within the formation of i-80 Gold since its inception in 2021. Mr. Gollat has yes to stay as an guide within the transition to concentrate on the untouched advancement plan. The Corporate wish to thank Mr. Gollat for his contribution to the Corporate. The untouched VP Company Construction will kill the untouched perceptible of the group enjoying a key position in creating and keeping up the Corporate life-of-mine style in addition to working out the worth of i-80 Gold and conveying that message to the marketplace. Becoming a member of Ms. Omoumi is Jim Mackay, Director of Company Construction and Investor Members of the family.

OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

3rd Quarter 2024

• 3rd quarter loss according to percentage used to be $0.10 according to percentage, a short from $0.01 loss according to percentage within the comparative prior past duration.
• 3rd quarter money worn in working actions used to be $19.0 million, an building up in money worn from the prior past duration because of decrease mine working source of revenue in part offset via decrease exploration, analysis and pre-development expense.
• September 30, 2024 money stability is $21.8 million, a short of $26.0 million from the tip of the second one quarter because of money worn in operations and money worn for capital expenditures.
• Throughout the 1/3 quarter the Corporate started an at-the-market fairness program (“ATM program”) to boost fairness. In overall 11.5 million stocks have been issued for improper proceeds of $13.1 million.
• 3rd quarter earnings totaled $11.5 million in comparison to $13.2 million within the comparative prior past duration because of decrease volumes offered in part offset via upper gold worth.
• 3rd quarter gold gross sales totaled 3,063 oz. at a median learned gold worth¹ of $2,422 according to ounce, make happen earnings of $7.4 million, in comparison to gold gross sales of four,585 oz. at a median learned gold worth¹ of $1,895 according to ounce, make happen earnings of $8.7 million within the 1/3 quarter of 2023
• 3rd quarter mineralized subject material gross sales totaled 14,696 heaps for earnings of $4.1 million, in comparison to mineralized subject material gross sales totaling 16,059 heaps for earnings of $4.5 million within the comparative prior past duration.
• Price of gross sales greater via $3.2 million over the prior past quarter essentially because of a list impairment identified.
• The Corporate printed its 2d annual sustainability document which can also be discovered at the Corporate’s web page.
• The Corporate followed a untouched advancement plan to ramp up, allow and create 5 gold mines over the stability of the last decade to assemble a mid-tier gold manufacturer, able to generating roughly 400,000 to 500,000 oz. of gold once a year.
• The Corporate is operating to reschedule flow debt responsibilities and to grant the alternative capital required to kill the untouched advancement plan.
• Control adjustments have been additionally made to reinforce the control crew to kill at the untouched advancement plan.

Future to Year (“YTD”) 2024

• YTD loss according to percentage used to be $0.26 according to percentage, a short from $0.13 loss according to percentage within the comparative prior past duration.
• YTD money worn in working used to be $61.9 million, an building up from prior past duration essentially because of decrease manufacturing from the Corporate’s mines, in part offset via upper moderate learned gold costs.
• YTD earnings totaled $27.1 million in comparison to $29.1 million within the comparative prior past duration.
• YTD gold gross sales totaled 7,186 oz. at a median learned gold worth¹ of $2,290 according to ounce, make happen earnings of $16.5 million, in comparison to gold gross sales of eleven,262 oz. at a median learned gold worth¹ of $1,924 according to ounce, make happen earnings of $21.7 million within the comparative prior past duration of 2023.
• YTD mineralized subject material gross sales totaled 29,041 heaps for earnings of $10.6 million, in comparison to mineralized subject material gross sales totaled 22,710 heaps for earnings of $7.3 million within the comparative prior past duration.
• Roughly 80,000 ft (core and RC) drilled with more than one certain effects to amplify mineralization additional on the Ruby Hill mine, the Granite Creek mine and the McCoy-Cove venture.

Granite Creek

Mining charges and gold manufacturing for the quarter and 9 months of 2024 have been less than deliberate because of an building up in garden aqua ingress into underground running fields, which negatively impacted productiveness and advancement development charges. To deal with the upper aqua charges, the mine is including alternative pumping capability, deepening an present de-watering smartly and transforming the de-watering device to permit for alternative tide capability within the aqua remedy facility. Control expects that manufacturing and prices will proceed to be negatively impacted till those measures are finished, which is predicted to happen via the tip of the 1/3 quarter of 2025.

The Corporate continues to come across increased oxide mineralized subject material. A good portion of this mineralized subject material that used to be decrease grade used to be deemed appropriate for processing by way of heap leach on the Lone Tree heap leach facility. This subject material is stockpiled and therefore transported to Lone Tree for leaching. Throughout the quarter, this subject material used to be positioned at the leach habitat however now not positioned underneath leach till past due within the quarter and healing of oz. will whisk playground next the quarter finish. That is partially accountable for the insufficiency of ounce manufacturing even supposing the mineralized subject material mined greater considerably duration over duration. As well as, all through the 3 months ended, negative sulfide mineralized subject material used to be processed underneath the toll milling word. As of September 30, 2024, all the extra sulfide mineralized subject material underneath the toll milling word has been brought to NGM and the Corporate anticipates that the sulfide mineralized subject material might be processed within the fourth quarter.

Next to the quarter finish, on October 14, 2024, the toll milling word with NGM expired. The phrases of the word grant for a just right religion renegotiation or extension of the word so long as positive situations are met. The Corporate is these days i’m busy with NGM to determine an extension or up to date word for processing of the i80 refractory subject material. If the Corporate is not able to acquire an extension of the Autoclave Toll Milling Commitment in a well timed way (or in any respect), the Corporate might be required to hunt alternative preparations for the processing of refractory subject material from its Granite Creek mine. For the past 2024, the Corporate anticipates that roughly 25% of the oz. created from Granite Creek fall underneath the Toll Milling Commitment and the Corporate does now not watch for that proportion will building up materially over the then one year.

Capital expenditures for the 3 and 9 months targeted basically on underground advancement and de-watering. The greater capital duration over duration is indistinguishable greater photos as famous within the desk above. Moreover, the aqua remedy plant contributed to $0.5 million in capital spending for the 9 date duration.

Throughout the 1/3 quarter, Control started a procedure to replace the technical document and has begun the allowing procedure for the Granite Creek perceivable pit heap leach venture. An up to date find out about is predicted in 2025. Allowing is predicted to whisk roughly 3 years and development an extra 18 months. Control is these days making an allowance for development of heap leach pads rather of heap leach and CIL crops as indicated within the latter technical document (2021). Additional research are anticipated to decide the stunning financial path.

Throughout the 3 months ended September 30, 2024, roughly 5,000 ft of directional core drilling used to be finished. The drilling program used to be interested by infilling, upgrading and increasing the sources within the South Pacific Zone. Because the garden situation contributed to grand drilling prices, the Corporate paused this program and determined to assemble an underground exploration float to finish this drilling program. It’s expected that the finances program will stay the similar, however the timeline to finish might be not on time taking into consideration the advance of the float which used to be commenced within the fourth quarter of 2024.

Ruby Hill

Allowing for Archimedes underground is predicted via the tip of 2024 or early 2025 with development to begin within the first part of 2025. The Mineral Level storehouse drill program is predicted to start in early 2025 to assistance geotechnical, metallurgical and hydrology research for baseline information to finish a Initial Financial Evaluation (“PEA”) all through 2025.

Throughout the quarter and 9 months ended September 30, 2024, the Corporate endured to get better oz. from the heap leach pads at Ruby Hill. Age efforts are made to optimize the oz. recovered, the oz. recovered used to be less than the related sessions and the Corporate anticipates that manufacturing will proceed to short and grow to be uneconomic quickly. 

There used to be minimum spending on capital tasks for 9 months and 0 spending for the 3 months. Alternatively, all through the 1/3 quarter, the Corporate commissioned a scoping find out about to grant an preliminary overview of the economics of the Mineral Level storehouse.

Exploration spending for the 3 and 9 months used to be indistinguishable to metallurgical checks and drilling for metallurgical samples, respectively. 

Feasibility paintings at the bottom steel deposits together with Hilltop, Blackjack and FAD were suspended for the foreseeable age because the Corporate makes a speciality of ramping up, allowing and creating the 3 underground and two perceivable pit heap leach gold tasks in the course of the stability of the last decade. On account of the adoption of the untouched gold-focused technique, the bottom steel JV, for which the Corporate has been advancing over the month past, has been terminated.

McCoy-Cove

McCoy-Cove is a high-grade underground advancement venture. Baseline paintings in move of a federal allowing motion submittal to the Nevada Bureau of Land Control (BLM) is continuing on plan. Control is concentrated on the submittal of an Environmental Have an effect on Observation (EIS) in mid-2025. An EIS might be required essentially because of the numerous venture disturbance acres and affect on aqua. The allowing procedure is predicted to whisk 3 years. In parallel with the allowing procedure, an infill drill program is underneath method to amplify mineral reserves and sources in addition to engineering paintings to finish a feasibility find out about in 2025.

Baseline garden research together with organic, geochemical and hydrological proceed to journey ahead to assistance the deliberate allowing submittal timeline of mid-2025. An breeze trait affect research document and international order alternate technical memorandum have been submitted and approved via the BLM. The preliminary groundwater tide style has been finished and the Corporate is these days optimizing the design of the de-watering infrastructure and expects to incorporate the style within the up to date technical research to be printed in 2025. The allowing procedure is predicted to whisk roughly 3 years to finish adopted via 18 months of development, essentially de-watering and underground advancement in addition to some bright floor infrastructure paintings.

Underground delineation drilling endured all through the 1/3 quarter on Helen and CSD Hole with two core rigs, with roughly 34,000 ft of core drilled bringing overall drilling over the process the infill marketing campaign to roughly 96,000 ft. An extra 20,000 ft of drilling is deliberate into the primary quarter of 2025 to finish this system. The 2024/2025 drill program might be integrated in an up to date feasibility find out about anticipated in 2025.

Lone Tree

Throughout the 1/3 quarter ended September 30, 2024, Control endured to study the worth engineering research in preparation for a feasibility find out about at the refurbishment of the autoclave, scheduled to be finished in 2025. The refurbishment of the autoclave at Lone Tree would procedure sulfide ore from the 3 underground mines, Granite Creek, Archimedes at Ruby Hill and McCoy-Cove. The Lone Tree perceivable pit is predicted to stay in stock into the 2030’s because the Corporate focuses ramp up, allowing and advancement of its 3 underground mines and two perceivable pit heap leach mines.

The Corporate continues to get better oz. from the leach pads at Lone Tree. Because of optimization of the leaching procedure, the oz. produced are in series with the manufacturing for the comparative 3 and 9 date sessions. The Corporate will proceed to procedure oz. from the leach pads so long as it’s economical to take action.

Capital spending for the 3 and 9 months is indistinguishable to normal infrastructure in maintaining the operations and actions at Lone Tree in conjunction with the spending indistinguishable to the technical paintings at the refurbishment of the Autoclave processing plant.

ATM PROGRAM

On August 12, 2024, the Corporate carried out an ATM to promote in the course of the TSX and the NYSE familiar stocks as much as an mixture providing worth of as much as $50 million. For the 3 ended September 30, 2024, proceeds of $13.1 million have been gained from the issuance of eleven.5 million stocks offered. The Corporate will proceed to virtue the ATM Program as a device to guard an acceptable stage of liquidity because it executes at the recapitalization plan as mentioned within the Recapitalization Plan division. As at November 12, 2024, the Corporate has issued 17.7 million familiar stocks underneath the ATM Program for overall improper proceeds of $20.1 million.

The Corporate will conserve a convention name and webcast on November 13, 2024, starting off at 10:00 am ET to talk about its 1/3

quarter effects and solution questions from contributors.

CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

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North American Toll-free:        1-800-836-8184
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Certified Individuals

Tyler Hill, CPG-12146, Important Geologist, and Tim George, PE, Mining Operations Supervisor, at i-80 have reviewed this press reduce and are the Certified Individuals for the tips contained herein and are a “Qualified Person” inside the which means of Nationwide Tool 43-101.

ABOUT i-80 GOLD CORP.

i-80 Gold Corp. is a Nevada-focused mining corporate with a function of accomplishing mid-tier gold manufacturer condition in the course of the advancement of more than one deposits inside the Corporate’s advanced-stage constituent portfolio with processing at i-80’s centralized milling amenities. i-80 Gold’s familiar stocks are indexed at the TSX and the NYSE American underneath the buying and selling image IAU:TSX and IAUX:NYSE. Additional details about i-80 Gold’s portfolio of property and long-term expansion technique is to be had at www.i80gold.com or via e-mail at [email protected].

FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION

Positive data all set forth on this reduce, together with however now not restricted to control’s overview of the Corporate’s age plans and operations, the perceived advantage of tasks or deposits, and the predicted timing of allowing, the affect and expected timing of the Corporate’s advancement plan and recapitalization plan, the predicted timing of allowing, manufacturing, venture advancement or technical research comprises ahead shopping statements. All statements alternative than statements of ancient reality are forward-looking statements. Ceaselessly, however now not all the time, forward-looking statements can also be recognized via the virtue of phrases comparable to  “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “continues”, “forecasts”, “projects”, “predicts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “believes”, or permutations of, or the negatives of, such phrases and words, or circumstance that positive movements, occasions or effects “may”, “could”, “would”, “should”, “might” or “will” be taken, happen or be completed. Readers are cautioned that the guesses worn within the preparation of knowledge, even if regarded as affordable on the occasion of preparation, would possibly end up to be erroneous and, as such, reliance will have to now not be put on ahead shopping statements. The Corporate’s unedited effects, efficiency or success may fluctuate materially from the ones expressed in, or implied via, those forward-looking statements and, accordingly, negative contract can also be for the reason that any of the occasions expected via the forward-looking statements will transpire or happen, or if any of them achieve this, what advantages, if any, that the Corporate will derive there from. Via their nature, ahead shopping statements are topic to diverse dangers and uncertainties, a few of which can be past the Corporate’s keep watch over, together with normal financial and business situations, volatility of commodity costs, name dangers and uncertainties, skill to get entry to enough capital from interior and exterior assets, foreign money fluctuations, development and operational dangers, licensing and allow necessities, environmental dangers, festival from alternative business contributors, the insufficiency of availability of certified workforce or control, imprecision of useful resource, store or manufacturing estimates and accumulation marketplace volatility. Refer to “Risks and Risk Management” within the MD&A for the 3 and 9 months ended September 30, 2024 for more info relating to dangers in regards to the Corporate. All forward-looking statements contained on this reduce talk simplest as of the day of this reduce or as of the dates laid out in such statements. The Corporate disclaims any goal or legal responsibility to replace or revise any forward-looking statements, whether or not on account of untouched data, age occasions or differently aside from as required via acceptable regulation.

Supplementary data when it comes to i-80 Gold can also be discovered on i-80 Gold’s web page at www.i80gold.com, SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca, and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.

NON-IFRS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES

The Corporate has integrated positive phrases or efficiency measures recurrently worn within the mining business that don’t seem to be outlined underneath IFRS Accounting Requirements on this file. Those come with: adjusted loss, adjusted loss according to percentage, and moderate learned worth according to ounce. Non-IFRS monetary efficiency measures shouldn’t have any standardized which means prescribed underneath IFRS Accounting Requirements, and due to this fact, they might not be related to indistinguishable measures hired via alternative corporations. The knowledge offered is meant to grant alternative data and will have to now not be regarded as in isolation or as an alternative to measures ready in line with IFRS Accounting Requirements and will have to be learn along with the Corporate’s Monetary Statements.

Definitions

“Average realized gold price” according to ounce of gold offered is a non-IFRS measure and does now not represent a measure identified via IFRS Accounting Requirements and does now not have a standardized which means outlined via IFRS Accounting Requirements. It might not be related to data in alternative gold manufacturers’ reviews and filings

“Adjusted loss” and “adjusted loss per share” are non-IFRS measures that the Corporate considers to higher mirror normalized income as it removes brief or non-recurring pieces comparable to: acquire (loss) on warrants, acquire (loss) on convertible debentures and loans, acquire (loss) on truthful worth size of gold and silver prepayment word, loss on Gold Prepay Commitment amendment, loss on Silver Acquire Commitment amendment, and stock impairments. Adjusted loss according to percentage is calculated the usage of the weighted moderate selection of stocks remarkable underneath the unadorned calculation of income according to percentage as enthusiastic underneath IFRS.

Reasonable learned gold worth according to ounce of gold offered

Adjusted loss

Adjusted loss and changed loss according to percentage exclude plenty of brief or one-time pieces evocative in refer to desk:

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