06 Jan 2014

Centamin is pleased to announce preliminary production results from its Sukari Gold Mine ("Sukari") in Egypt for the quarter ended 31 December 2013.

Total gold production for the quarter was 91,546 ounces, a 7% increase on the corresponding quarter in 2012 and 8% higher than Q3 2013.  This brings full year production to 356,943, a 36% increase on 2012 and above guidance of 320,000 ounces. 

Open pit total material movement decreased 8% from Q3 2013 to 9,642kt and open pit ore production decreased 7% on Q3 2013 to 3,161kt. The run of mine ore stockpile balance increased by  219kt to 1,756kt at the end of the period.  The underground mine delivered 174kt of ore, up 15% on Q3 2013.

Quarterly throughput at the Sukari process plant was 1,400kt, a 12% increase on the prior year period and a 4% decrease on Q3 2013, exceeding the nameplate annualised rate of 5 million tonnes for the fourth successive quarter with continued high levels of productivity and availability.

Formal guidance for the current year will be provided during the first quarter.

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Q4 Preliminary Production Results (306KB PDF)

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