The Vancouver-based miner entered into a share purchase agreement with the company that holds 80% interest in the Brothers project.

The deal will combine Maple Gold's Douay Project and Agnico's Joutel Project into a consolidated property package in the Abitibi gold belt of Quebec.

The quarterly output represents a 72% increase in silver production and a 63% growth in gold output over the prior quarter.

Company plans to ramp up exploration spend in Mexico through the end of 2022.

The drillhole returned 21.1 metres of 6.89 g/t gold, which includes higher-grade intercepts, such as 2 metres of 4.81 g/t gold, and 11.8 metres of 11.32 g/t gold.

The future of the mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories remains uncertain after the company announced that a deal to sell it to a subsidiary owned by its parent company, The Washington Companies, has fallen apart.