Production Summary & Forecast
Delivering on Performance: For the seventh year in a row, our operations exceeded their production targets in 2018, allowing us to increase our guidance to the market and lower our costs.
In 2018, payable gold production totaled 1,626,669 ounces of gold, with production costs per ounce of $713, total cash costs per ounce of $637 and all-in sustaining costs per ounce of $877, on a by-product basis. In 2019, payable gold production is expected to be 1,750,000 ounces, while total cash costs per ounce are expected to be between $620 and $670, and all-in sustaining costs are forecast between $875 and $925 per ounce of gold, on a by-product basis.
Full-year 2018 Production Summary and 2019 Guidance
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2019 Guidance* |
Full-year 2018
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| Realized Price for Gold (per ounce) |
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$1,266
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| Realized Price for Silver (per ounce) |
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$15.51
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| Realized Price for Zinc (per tonne) |
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$3,034
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| Realized Price for Copper (per tonne) |
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$6,543
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| Total gold (ounces) |
1,750,000 |
1,626,669
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| Total silver (x000 ounces) |
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4,524
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| Zinc (tonnes) |
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7,864
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| Copper (tonnes) |
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4,193
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| Weighted average production costs per ounce of gold (by-product basis): |
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$713
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| Weighted average total cash costs per ounce of gold (by-product basis): |
$620 to $670 |
$637
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| Weighted average all-in sustaining costs per ounce of gold (by-product basis): |
$875 to $925 |
$877
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*Guidance as of February 14, 2019
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