Highlights included the production of 21,488 ounces of gold equivalent for 17,593oz gold, 1,651,297 pounds of copper and 29,859 oz silver.

 

Sales during the first quarter were 17,602oz gold, 1,538,590lb copper and 29,164oz silver.

 

"During the first quarter, the process plant delivered a strong quarterly ore processing rate of 117,903 tonnes or 121,488310tpd, our third highest quarter on record despite experiencing eight days of combined unplanned maintenance.

 

"The unplanned plant maintenance occurred in February due to a mill trunnion bearing failure (two days downtime) and a limited electrical fire in a cable tray, which damaged a number of cables feeding the wet section of the process plant (six days downtime).

 

The full announcement of the first quarter results may be found at this address: https://bit.ly/41i7IIR