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The material event (the PEA announcement with updated NPV and IRR figures) is disclosed in the referenced press release, not in this consent document.","classifier_version":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001+prompt-6be895f9","taxonomy_version":"v1.3","classified_at":"2026-10-21T13:48:24.856308+00:00","company_name":"Aya Gold \u0026 Silver Inc.","ticker":"AYASF","filing_date":"2026-10-21"},{"id":41149,"accession_number":"0001628280-26-066623","item_number":"EX-99.11","item_title":"consentofqualifiedperson_pa.htm","event_type":"operational_other","event_domain":"operational","is_material":true,"confidence":0.72,"reasoning":"This exhibit is a qualified person's consent to file a technical report supporting a press release announcing an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Boumadine polymetallic project in Morocco, with material economic metrics (after-tax NPV of $3.5B, 93% IRR). While the consent itself is a procedural/regulatory document, it substantiates disclosure of a material project valuation update that would affect investor assessment of the registrant's asset base and development prospects. 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It is not the substantive announcement but rather the regulatory compliance mechanism enabling disclosure of the technical report.","classifier_version":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001+prompt-6be895f9","taxonomy_version":"v1.3","classified_at":"2026-10-21T13:48:24.856308+00:00","company_name":"Aya Gold \u0026 Silver Inc.","ticker":"AYASF","filing_date":"2026-10-21"},{"id":41151,"accession_number":"0001628280-26-066623","item_number":"EX-99.13","item_title":"consentofqualifiedperson_p.htm","event_type":"operational_other","event_domain":"operational","is_material":false,"confidence":0.75,"reasoning":"This is a consent letter from a qualified person (Zunedbhai Shaikh, P.Eng) authorizing the public filing and use of a technical report supporting a press release about an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Boumadine project. While the underlying PEA announcement may be material, this document itself is a procedural/administrative consent required under Canadian securities regulations for technical reports — it is not the disclosure of the PEA results or the event itself, but rather a supporting compliance document. The substantive event (the PEA announcement) would be classified separately; this exhibit is the regulatory consent mechanism.","classifier_version":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001+prompt-6be895f9","taxonomy_version":"v1.3","classified_at":"2026-10-21T13:48:24.856308+00:00","company_name":"Aya Gold \u0026 Silver Inc.","ticker":"AYASF","filing_date":"2026-10-21"},{"id":41152,"accession_number":"0001628280-26-066623","item_number":"EX-99.14","item_title":"consentofqualifiedperson_pf.htm","event_type":"operational_other","event_domain":"operational","is_material":true,"confidence":0.75,"reasoning":"This exhibit is a qualified person's consent to file a technical report supporting a press release announcing an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Boumadine polymetallic project in Morocco, with material economic metrics (after-tax NPV of $3.5B, 93% IRR). While the document itself is a procedural consent form, it directly supports disclosure of a material project development milestone. The underlying PEA announcement represents a significant operational/strategic event for a mining company, though the consent form is administrative in nature. 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While the underlying PEA announcement may be material, this exhibit is purely an administrative/procedural document—a regulatory consent required under Canadian securities rules for qualified-person-prepared technical reports. It does not itself disclose new material information; it merely authorizes disclosure of information contained in the technical report and press release filed separately.","classifier_version":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001+prompt-6be895f9","taxonomy_version":"v1.3","classified_at":"2026-10-21T13:48:24.856308+00:00","company_name":"Aya Gold \u0026 Silver Inc.","ticker":"AYASF","filing_date":"2026-10-21"},{"id":41154,"accession_number":"0001628280-26-066623","item_number":"EX-99.16","item_title":"consentofqualifiedperson_pd.htm","event_type":"operational_other","event_domain":"operational","is_material":true,"confidence":0.72,"reasoning":"This is a qualified person's consent to file a technical report supporting a press release announcing an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Boumadine project with materially improved economics (after-tax NPV of $3.5B, 93% IRR). 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