Avocet Mining PLC 2016 First Quarter Production Update (5749W)
April 28 2016 - 2:00AM
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RNS Number : 5749W
Avocet Mining PLC
28 April 2016
2016 first quarter production update
Avocet Mining PLC ("Avocet" or "the Company") today announces
production and cash costs for the first quarter of 2016 from the
Inata gold mine.
-- Total gold production at Inata for the quarter was 20,528
ounces at a cash cost of US$925 per ounce, compared with 17,379
ounces produced in the fourth quarter of 2015 at a cash cost of
US$1,094 per ounce
-- Full year gold production guidance for 2016 is between 75,000 and 85,000 ounces
Production in the first quarter benefitted from a period of
treating cleaner ores, which enabled higher recoveries to be
achieved (91% compared with an average of 67% for 2015).
Throughput also improved, with 544k tonnes processed in Q1 2016
compared with 509k tonnes in the previous quarter, and an average
of 466k tonnes per quarter in 2015. The head grade of 1.21g/t was
similar to the previous quarter of 1.22g/t.
As a result, total production increased by 18% to 20,528 ounces,
which also meant that cash costs were lower at US$925 per ounce,
down from US$1,094 per ounce in Q4 2015, and US$1,058 per ounce for
the full year 2015.
A life of mine plan for Inata is currently being prepared,
however production for 2016 is expected to be between 75,000 and
85,000 ounces.
Very regrettably, a lost-time injury (LTI) was incurred during
the quarter when a maintenance operative suffered severe
lacerations to his lower arm caused by the discharge of high
pressure grease whilst working on an excavator. This is the first
LTI since September 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Avocet Mining PLC Bell Pottinger J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Financial PR Consultants Corporate Broker
David Cather, CEO Daniel Thöle Michael Wentworth-Stanley
Jim Wynn, FD
+44 203 709 2570 +44 (0)20 3772 2555 +44 20 7742 4000
NOTES TO EDITORS
Avocet Mining PLC ("Avocet" or the "Company") is an unhedged
gold mining and exploration company listed on the London Stock
Exchange (ticker: AVM.L) and the Oslo Børs (ticker: AVM.OL). The
Company's principal activities are gold mining and exploration in
West Africa.
In Burkina Faso the Company owns 90% of the Inata Gold Mine. The
Inata Gold Mine poured its first gold in December 2009 and produced
74,755 ounces of gold in 2015. Other assets in Burkina Faso include
five exploration permits surrounding the Inata Gold Mine in the
broader Bélahouro region. The most advanced of these projects is
Souma, some 20 kilometres from the Inata Gold Mine.
In Guinea, Avocet owns 100% of the Tri-K Project in the north
east of the country. Drilling to date has outlined a Mineral
Resource of 3.0 million ounces, and in October 2013 the Company
announced a maiden Ore Reserve on the oxide portion of the orebody,
which is suitable for heap leaching, of 0.5 million ounces. As an
alternative, the potential exists to exploit the entire 3.0 million
ounce Tri-K orebody via the CIL processing method. An exploitation
permit was awarded for Tri-K on 27 March 2015.
Appendix 1
Inata Gold Mine quarterly production information 2015-16
2015 2016
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2015 Q1 YTD
Ore mined (k tonnes) 393 397 233 290 1,313 310 310
Waste mined (k tonnes) 1,420 3,563 4,349 3,494 12,826 2,993 2,993
Total mined (k tonnes) 1,813 3,960 4,582 3,784 14,139 3,303 3,303
Ore processed (k tonnes) 437 471 448 509 1,865 544 544
Average head grade (g/t) 2.50 2.27 1.50 1.22 1.85 1.21 1.21
Process recovery rate 52% 67% 72% 89% 67% 91% 91%
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Gold Produced (oz) 17,011 22,848 17,517 17,379 74,755 20,528 20,528
Cash costs (US$/oz) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2015 Q1 Q1
Mining 262 313 362 335 318 291 291
Processing 540 408 486 430 462 375 375
Administration 236 155 188 251 203 183 183
Royalties 75 76 71 78 75 75 75
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
1,113 952 1,107 1,094 1,058 925 925
This information is provided by RNS
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