Production Summary & Forecast
Delivering on Performance: For the fifth year in a row, our operations exceeded their production targets, allowing us to increase our guidance to the market and lower our costs.
In 2016, payable gold production totaled 1,662,888 ounces of gold, with production costs per ounce of $621, total cash costs per ounce of $573 and all-in sustaining costs per ounce of $824, on a by-product basis. In 2017, payable gold production is expected to be 1,620,000 ounces, while total cash costs per ounce are expected to be between $580 and $610, and all-in sustaining costs are forecast between $830 and $880 per ounce of gold, on a by-product basis.
Q2 2017 Production Summary and 2017 Guidance
|
2017 Guidance* |
Q2 2017 Actual |
Q1-Q2 2017 Cumulative Actual |
| Realized Price for Gold (per ounce) |
|
$1,260 |
$1,241 |
| Realized Price for Silver (per ounce) |
|
$17.03 |
$17.33 |
| Realized Price for Zinc (per tonne) |
|
$2,642 |
$2,721 |
| Realized Price for Copper (per tonne) |
|
$5,660 |
$6,018 |
| Total gold (ounces) |
1,620,000 |
427,743 |
845,959 |
| Total silver (x000 ounces) |
|
1,285 |
2,483 |
| Zinc (tonnes) |
|
1,724 |
2,729 |
| Copper (tonnes) |
|
907 |
2,179 |
| Weighted average production costs per ounce of gold (by-product basis): |
|
$634 |
$606 |
| Weighted average total cash costs per ounce of gold (by-product basis): |
$580 to $610 |
$556
|
$548 |
| Weighted average all-in sustaining costs per ounce of gold (by-product basis): |
$830 to $880 |
$785 |
$764 |
*Guidance as of July 26, 2017
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