Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND MINING PROPERTIES, NET

Property, plant and equipment and mining properties, net consist of the following:

In thousands	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Mine development	$	1,420,316	$	1,358,189
Mineral interests	833,564		809,912
Land	9,000		8,318
Facilities and equipment(1)	1,479,018		947,435
Construction in progress(2)	170,256		612,865
Total	$	3,912,154	$	3,736,719
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization(3)	(2,152,700)		(2,048,431)
Property, plant and equipment and mining properties, net	$	1,759,454	$	1,688,288

(1) Includes $149.2 million and $127.6 million associated with facilities and equipment assets under finance leases at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

(2) Includes $471.7 million of construction costs related to the Rochester expansion project at December 31, 2023.

(3) Includes $54.1 million and $37.6 million of accumulated amortization related to assets under finance leases at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

On October 3, 2024, the Company entered into a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) whereby, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coeur will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of SilverCrest Metals Inc. (“SilverCrest”) pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement (the “Transaction”). Under the terms of the Agreement, SilverCrest shareholders will receive 1.6022 Coeur common shares for each SilverCrest common share (the “Exchange Ratio”). The Exchange Ratio implies consideration of $11.34 per SilverCrest common share, based on the closing price of Coeur common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on October 3, 2024. This implies a total equity value of approximately $1.7 billion based on SilverCrest’s common shares outstanding. Upon completion of the Transaction, existing Coeur stockholders and SilverCrest shareholders will own approximately 63% and 37% of the outstanding common stock of the combined company, respectively.

In addition to shareholder and court approvals, the Transaction is subject to applicable regulatory approvals, including Mexican antitrust approval, approval of the listing of the Coeur common shares to be issued under the Transaction on the NYSE, and the satisfaction of certain other closing conditions customary for a transaction of this nature. Subject to the satisfaction of such conditions, the Transaction is expected to close in late Q1 2025. The Agreement includes customary deal protections, including reciprocal fiduciary-out provisions, non-solicitation covenants, and the right to match any superior proposals. Additionally, break fees in the amount of $60 million and $100 million are payable by SilverCrest and Coeur, respectively, and a reciprocal expense reimbursement fee is payable by one party to the other party in certain circumstances if the Transaction is not completed.

On November 20, 2023, Coeur Mexicana signed a purchase agreement with a subsidiary of Fresnillo plc to acquire mining concessions adjacent to the Palmarejo mine. Total consideration includes a cash payment of approximately $25 million, with $10 million due at closing, an additional $10 million payable 12 months after closing (“Deferred Cash Due 2025”), and an additional $5 million payable 24 months after closing (“Deferred Cash Due 2026”). The concessions will be subject to an inflation-adjusted royalty payment of $25 per ounce for each new gold-equivalent ounce of resource discovered between 450,000 and two million gold equivalent ounces. On July 8, 2024, the Company closed on the purchase after receiving an applicable regulatory approval in Mexico and provided payment of the $10 million due at closing. This resulted in a $23.7 million increase to Mineral interest and the recognition of $9.3 million of Accrued liabilities and other and $4.4 million of Other long-term liabilities for amounts due after closing.

Commissioning of Rochester’s new three-stage crushing circuit and truck load-out facility was completed on March 7, 2024, leading to declaration of commercial production and $528 million of construction in process placed into service in the first quarter of 2024. The Company successfully completed the ramp-up of all three stages of the crushing circuit at the end the second quarter by achieving daily throughput rates of over 88,000 tons per day.