ELDORADO GOLD CORP /FI

(iii) Development

Development expenditures are those that are incurred during the phase of preparing a mineral deposit for extraction and processing. These include pre-stripping costs and underground development costs to gain access to the ore that is suitable for sustaining commercial mining, preparing land, construction of plant, equipment and buildings and costs of commissioning the mine and processing facilities.

Expenditures incurred on development projects continue to be capitalized until the mine and mill move into the production stage. The Company assesses each mine construction project to determine when a mine moves into the production stage. The criteria used to assess the start date are determined based on the nature of each mine construction project, such as the complexity of a plant or its location. Before such date, sales proceeds and their related production costs from the mine construction project are recognized in profit or loss. Various relevant criteria are considered to assess when the mine is substantially complete and ready for its intended use and moved into the production stage. The criteria considered may include, but are not limited to, the following:

▪the level of capital expenditures compared to construction cost estimates;

▪the completion of a reasonable period of testing of mine plant and equipment;

▪the ability to produce minerals in saleable form (within specification); and

▪the ability to sustain ongoing production of minerals.

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