A pair of London-based precious metals producers are quite pleased with the numbers in their Q3 results this week.
Hochschild Mining Plc (OTCMKTS: HCHDF) had its best quarter in almost five years. The gold and silver producer observed a 16 per cent annual production increase with a total of over 96,000 gold equivalent ounces.
Meanwhile, gold production alone increased by 40 per cent compared to Q3, 2023. These favourable results are primarily attributable to the company’s Mara Rosa operation in Brazil. Commercial production commenced there at the end of Q2.
“Furthermore, given the current strength of our balance sheet, we were able to repay approximately US$45 million of debt,” Hochschild chief executive Eduardo Landin boasted. “With the current metal price momentum we can look forward to further robust cashflow generation.”
Hochschild currently has a cash balance of US$85 million and significant debt totalling US$227 million. Over the past nine months, the mining company has churned out over 173,000 ounces of gold and 6.3 million ounces of silver.
Serabi has solid quarter and healthy balance sheet
Like Hochschild, Serabi Gold PLC (TSE: SBI) shares spiked after its Q3 results were released. Serabi’s third-quarter production results were significantly superior to the previous two quarters.
The gold operator produced 9,489 ounces of the yellow metal during Q3. The previous quarters yielded just over 9,000 ounces each.
Serabi’s latest financial statement from the end of June shows that its Q1 and Q2 revenue increased by over US$12 million year-over-year. Additionally, the company’s cash balance has risen by US$8.4 million since the end of 2023 to US$20 million. At the end of August, Serabi only had US$5.4 million in debt.
While Hochschild also has operations in Peru and Argentina, this London-based mining company is solely focused on Brazil. It runs the nation’s Palito Complex and Coringa gold project.
“We remain very optimistic for the remainder of the year,” Serabi CEO Mike Hodgson said in a statement.
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Brazil isn’t the only Latin American nation with vast gold reserves
Calibre Mining Corp (TSE: CXB) (OTCMKTS: CXBMF) is on track to produce over 200,000 gold ounces from its Nicaraguan operations in 2024.
The mid-tier producer’s hub-and-spoke operating model in the country has proven itself to be highly efficient for the past five years. Several analysts have visited the company’s Nicaragua operations and were impressed with what they observed.
Calibre recently appointed geologist Stephen McCaughey into its Vice President Technical Services, Nicaragua role. He brings over three decades of mining industry experience to the table, including 14 years working with the mining giant BHP Group Ltd (NYSE: BHP).
McCaughey has been living in Latin America for almost 15 years.
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