I have pasted below Q2 production results21 Jul 2021 08:34
Production Report for the 6 months ended 30 June 2021
Ignacio Bustamante, Chief Executive Officer said:
"The second quarter results have been solid across our operations and we remain on course to deliver our production and cost targets for the year. In addition, drill results have continued to be encouraging at Inmaculada with 29 million silver equivalent ounces of high grade Inferred resources already added in the first half. We have also seen further positive results from the Snip project in Canada. Finally, today we have also announced that we will be holding a capital markets presentation in September which will cover our exciting rare earths project in Chile."
Operational highlights
· Q2 2021 attributable production:[1]
o 53,418 ounces of gold
o 3.1 million ounces of silver
o 89,381 gold equivalent ounces
o 7.7 million silver equivalent ounces
· H1 2021 attributable production
o 106,261 ounces of gold
o 5.9 million ounces of silver
o 175,119 gold equivalent ounces
o 15.1 million silver equivalent ounces
· On track to deliver overall 2021 production target of 360,000-372,000 gold equivalent ounces or 31.0-32.0 million silver equivalent ounces
· 2021 all-in sustaining costs on track to meet $1,210 and $1,250 per gold equivalent ounce guidance ($14.1 and $14.5 per silver equivalent ounce)
· Full Covid-19 protocols remain in place at all operations
Exploration highlights
· Hochschild to host rare earths capital markets presentation on 8 September 2021
· Brownfield programme added significant high-grade Inferred resources in H1:
o 29 million silver equivalent ounces added year-to-date from Angela North vein at Inmaculada
o 7 million silver equivalent ounces added year-to-date at San Jose
· Drilling campaigns executed at Pallancata, Corina, Cochaloma, Arcata and Crespo
· Further high grade drill results achieved at Skeena Resources' Snip project in British Columbia
ESG highlights
· 2020 Sustainability Report recently published
· Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate of 1.31 (2020: 1.38)[2]
· Accident Severity Index of 684 (2020: 474)[3]
· Water Consumption of 215lt/person/day (2020: 231lt/person/day)
· Domestic waste generation of 1.01 kg/person/day (2020: 1.18kg/person/day)
· ECO score of 5.36 out of 6 (2019: 5.74)[4]
Strong financial position
· Total cash of approximately $257 million as at 30 June 2021 ($232 million as at 31 December 2020)
· Net cash of approximately $51 million as at 30 June 2021 ($22 million as at 31 December 2020)
· Current Net Cash/LTM EBITDA of approximately 0.131x as at 30 June 2021