Centamin PLC Q2 Preliminary Production Results (8582I)
09 Julio 2013 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCEY
RNS Number : 8582I
Centamin PLC
09 July 2013
For immediate release 9 July 2013
Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company")
(LSE:CEY, TSX:CEE)
Q2 Preliminary Production Results
Centamin is pleased to announce preliminary production results
from its Sukari Gold Mine ("Sukari") in Egypt for the quarter ended
30 June 2013.
Total gold production for the quarter was a record 93,624 ounces
(year to date 180,640 ounces), a 39% increase on the corresponding
quarter in 2012 and 8% higher than Q1 2013. Formal guidance for the
current year was provided on 14 March 2013 and remains at 320,000
ounces gold at a cash operating cost of US$700 per ounce.
Open pit total material movement increased 4% from Q1 2013 to
11,019kt and open pit ore production increased 39% on Q1 2013 to
2,961kt which led to an increase in the run of mine ore stockpile
balance of 432kt to 1,191kt at the end of the period. The
underground mine delivered 142kt, up 19% on Q1 2013.
Quarterly throughput at the Sukari process plant was a record
1,418kt, a 12% increase on the prior year period and a 1% increase
on Q1 2013; exceeding the nameplate annualised rate of 5 million
tonnes for the second successive quarter and primarily driven by
continued high levels of productivity and availability of the
processing plant.
Q2 2013 (estimate) Q1 2013 Q2 2012
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Total Material Movement
- Open Pit (kt) 11,020 10,550 6,579
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Open Pit Ore Production
(kt) 2,961 2,133 1,816
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Underground Ore Production
(kt) 142 119 72
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Process Plant Throughput
(kt) 1,418 1,402 1,269
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Process Plant Productivity
(tph) 699 689 652
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Gold Produced (oz) 93,624 87,016 67,422
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Josef El-Raghy, Chairman of Centamin, commented:
"The second quarter saw continued improvements in mining and
processing productivity at the Sukari operation which, combined
with average grades in line with the mine plan, delivered a third
successive quarter of record output. With commissioning activities
likely to see reduced throughput in Q4 and the benefit of
additional Stage 4 throughput to be seen in 2014 our full year
guidance of 320,000 ounces remains unchanged."
Notice of Results
Centamin will announce its full Q2 Results at 7am (GMT) on
Wednesday 14 August 2013 via the Regulatory News Service of the
London Stock Exchange and Marketwire on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
A webcast and conference call with the Centamin management team
will be held at 9am (GMT) on the day of the Q2 results announcement
and a second call will be held at 2pm (GMT) and 9am (EST/NY) for
North American analysts and investors Q&A. Details of the
webcast and conference call numbers will be announced at the time
of the Q2 results.
For more information please contact:
Centamin plc Buchanan
Josef El-Raghy, Chairman Bobby Morse
Andy Davidson, Head of Business Development Cornelia Browne
and Investor Relations Gabriella Clinkard
(andy.davidson@centamin.co.uk) + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000
+44 (0) 20 7569 1671
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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