UNITED STATES
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Form 6-K
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RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
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For the month of August, 2024
Commission File Number 001-13422
AGNICO EAGLE
MINES LIMITED
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
145 King Street
East, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2Y7
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AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED |
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(Registrant) |
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Date: 08/02/2024 |
By: |
/s/ Chris Vollmershausen |
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Chris Vollmershausen |
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Executive Vice-President, Legal, General |
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Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit 99.1
Stock Symbol: |
AEM (NYSE and TSX) |
For further information: |
Investor Relations |
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(416) 947-1212 |
(All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars unless
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AGNICO EAGLE REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2024 RESULTS
– THIRD CONSECUTIVE QUARTER OF RECORD FREE CASH FLOW UNDERPINNED BY CONSISTENT, STRONG OPERATIONAL AND COST PERFORMANCE; UPPER
BEAVER PROJECT STUDY SHOWS SOLID RISK-ADJUSTED RETURNS
Toronto (July 31,
2024) – Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE:AEM, TSX:AEM) ("Agnico Eagle" or the "Company") today reported
financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2024.
"We
continue to deliver strong and reliable operational results which, combined with higher gold prices, drove record operating margin
and free cash flow for the third consecutive quarter. As a result of the excellent performance of our operations through the first half
of 2024, we are highly confident we will achieve our full year production and cost guidance," said Ammar Al-Joundi, Agnico Eagle's
President and Chief Executive Officer. "We generated over half of a billion dollars of free cash flow in the second quarter, supporting
a significant strengthening of our balance sheet and increased returns to shareholders. We continue to take a measured approach advancing
key pipeline projects that show strong risk-adjusted returns, such as the Detour Lake underground and Upper Beaver projects. Our focus
remains on capital discipline and cost control to ensure that the benefits of higher gold prices accrue to our shareholders through strengthening
our financial position and increasing shareholder returns," added Mr. Al-Joundi.
Second quarter 2024
highlights:
| ● | Strong quarterly gold production
– Payable gold production1 was 895,838 ounces at production costs per
ounce of $862, total cash costs per ounce2 of $870 and all-in sustaining costs
("AISC") per ounce2 of $1,169. Gold production was led by strong production
at Canadian Malartic, LaRonde and Fosterville |
1 Payable production of a mineral
means the quantity of a mineral produced during a period contained in products that have been or will be sold by the Company whether
such products are shipped during the period or held as inventory at the end of the period.
2 Total cash costs per ounce and AISC
per ounce are non-GAAP ratios that are not standardized financial measures under IFRS and, in this news release, unless otherwise specified,
are reported on (i) a per ounce of gold production basis, and (ii) a by-product basis. For a description of the composition and usefulness
of these non-GAAP measures and reconciliations of total cash costs per ounce and AISC per ounce to production costs on both a by-product
and a co-product basis, see "Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance" below.
| ● | Record quarterly adjusted net
income3 – The Company reported quarterly net income of $472.0 million
or $0.95 per share and adjusted net income of $535.3 million or $1.07 per share |
| ● | Record
quarterly cash provided by operating activities and free cash flow – The Company
generated record cash provided by operating activities of $961.3 million or $1.92 per share
($986.2 million or $1.97 per share before changes in non-cash working capital balances4)
and free cash flow4 of $557.2 million or $1.12 per share ($582.2 million or $1.17
per share before changes in non-cash working capital balances4) |
| ● | Strengthening investment grade
balance sheet and financial flexibility – The Company increased its cash position
by $397.4 million to $922.0 million and significantly reduced net debt as at June 30,
2024. Subsequent to quarter-end, the Company repaid the $100.0 million 5.02% Series B
senior notes at maturity and repaid $150.0 million of the $600.0 million unsecured term loan
facility drawn in 2023 |
| ● | 2024
gold production and cost guidance reiterated – Full year expected payable gold
production remains unchanged at approximately 3.35 to 3.55 million ounces in 2024, with total
cash costs per ounce and AISC per ounce in 2024 unchanged at $875 to $925 and $1,200 to $1,250,
respectively. Total capital expenditures (excluding capitalized exploration) for 2024
are still estimated to be between $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion. Capitalized exploration is
now expected to be approximately $187 million for the full year 2024. Further details
are set out in the "2024 Guidance" section below |
| ● | Update on key value drivers and
pipeline projects |
| ○ | Approval
of measured investments over next three years to further evaluate and de-risk the Detour
Lake underground and Upper Beaver projects – Based on internal studies indicating
solid risk-adjusted returns for the Detour Lake underground and Upper Beaver projects5,
the Company has adopted a measured approach to advance these projects, approving $100.0 million
and $200.0 million investments, respectively, over approximately three years. At Detour Lake,
a 2.0-kilometre exploration ramp is expected to be developed to a depth of 270 metres to
collect a bulk sample and to facilitate infill and expansion drilling of the current underground
mineral resource. At Upper Beaver, an exploration ramp and an exploration shaft are expected
to be developed to a depth of 250 metres and 760 metres, respectively, to establish underground
drilling platforms and collect bulk samples |
| ■ | Detour
Lake – In June 2024, the Company released the results of a technical study
reflecting the potential for a concurrent underground operation at Detour Lake that would
accelerate access to higher grade ore and increase annual production to approximately one
million ounces for 14 years starting in 2030 (see the Company's news release dated June 19,
2024). In the second quarter of 2024, with the replacement of the defective grinding
media at the SAG mill and record quarterly mill availability of 93.0%, mill throughput improved
to 74,637 tonnes per day ("tpd") and is expected to reach the target rate of 76,700
tpd by the end of 2024 |
3 Adjusted net income and adjusted
net income per share are non-GAAP measures or ratios that are not standardized financial measures under IFRS. For a description of the
composition and usefulness of these non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation to net income see "Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance"
below.
4 Cash provided by operating activities
before changes in non-cash working capital balances, free cash flow and free cash flow before changes in non-cash working capital balances
and their related per share measures are non-GAAP measures or ratios that are not standardized financial measures under IFRS. For a description
of the composition and usefulness of these non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation to cash provided by operating activities see "Note
Regarding Certain Measures of Performance" below.
5 The forecast parameters surrounding
the technical study for the Detour Lake underground project and the internal evaluation for the Upper Beaver project were based on a
preliminary economic assessment, which is preliminary in nature and includes inferred mineral resources. For further detail, refer to
the Company's news release dated June 19, 2024 for the Detour Lake underground project and the Update on Key Value Drivers and Pipeline
Projects section set our below for the Upper Beaver project.
| ■ | Upper Beaver – A positive
internal evaluation was completed in June 2024 for a standalone mine and mill scenario
at Upper Beaver. Based on this evaluation, the Company believes Upper Beaver has the potential
to produce an annual average of approximately 210,000 ounces of gold and 3,600 tonnes of
copper, with initial production possible as early as 2030. Over an expected 13-year mine
life, total payable gold and copper production is expected to be approximately 2.8 million
ounces and 46,300 tonnes, respectively. Estimated total cash costs per ounce on a by-product
basis and AISC per ounce on a by-product basis are expected to be approximately $592 and
$733, respectively. In addition, the project has the potential to unlock significant exploration
potential at depth and within satellite deposits in the Company's Kirkland Lake camp |
| ■ | Odyssey
mine at Canadian Malartic – At Odyssey South, record quarterly mining rates and
gold production were achieved at approximately 3,750 tpd and 22,300 ounces of gold,
respectively. In the second quarter of 2024, ramp development continued to exceed the Company's
target, reaching the third production level at East Gouldie at a depth of 832 metres as at
June 30, 2024. Shaft sinking advanced at an average rate of 2.5 metres per day and reached
a depth of 680 metres as at June 30, 2024. Surface construction is progressing as planned,
with a focus on the main hoist building, phase two of the paste plant and the operations
complex |
| ● | Approval
of a supplemental exploration budget of $50.0 million – The Company's exploration
program returned positive results in the first half of 2024 at Canadian Malartic, Detour
Lake and Hope Bay, showing excellent potential to identify additional mineral resources.
These results support increased budgets approved by the Company for the second half of 2024. |
| ○ | East
Gouldie at Odyssey mine – Recent exploration drilling continued to return good
results in the eastern and western extensions of the East Gouldie deposit including 4.5 grams
per tonne ("g/t") gold over 6.5 metres at 1,571 metres depth approximately 770
metres east of the current mineral reserves and 2.5 g/t gold over 30.0 metres at 1,473 metres
depth and 85 metres west of the current mineral reserves. The results from the ongoing exploration
program are anticipated to have a positive impact on the mineral resource estimate at year-end
2024 |
| ○ | Detour
Lake underground – Infill drilling into the high-grade corridor in the West Pit
zone continued to confirm the higher grades and mineralized structure amenable to underground
mining. Highlights include 4.0 g/t gold over 22.3 metres at 413 metres depth and 4.4 g/t
gold over 30.1 metres at 550 metres depth. Near the proposed exploration ramp, highlights
include 20.6 g/t gold over 5.5 metres at 280 metres depth and 4.7 g/t gold over 15.6 metres
at 313 metres depth |
| ○ | Madrid
at Hope Bay – Exploration drilling during the second quarter of 2024 totalled 35,400
metres and continued to return strong results from infill drilling north of the Patch 7 mineral
resources, including 17.0 g/t gold over 25.8 metres at 419 metres depth, 7.2 g/t gold over
8.1 metres at 559 metres depth and 5.3 g/t gold over 18.0 metres at 278 metres depth, further
confirming the greater thicknesses and higher gold grades in this area compared to the rest
of the Madrid deposit |
| ● | Reconciliation Action Plan and
2023 Climate Action Report published – On July 10, 2024, the Company released
its first Reconciliation Action Plan, reinforcing its commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous
Peoples and communities. In addition, on July 31, 2024, the Company released its 2023
Climate Action Report. In line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related
Financial Disclosures and Towards Sustainable Mining Climate Change protocol, the 2023 Climate
Action Report outlines how the Company is addressing climate change risks and opportunities |
| ● | Continued focus on shareholder
returns – In the second quarter of 2024, the board of directors declared a quarterly
dividend of $0.40 per share. In the second quarter of 2024, the Company also repurchased
763,043 common shares at an average share price of $65.53 for an aggregate of $50.0 million
through its normal course issuer bid ("NCIB"), which was renewed in May 2024 |
Second Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call
and Webcast Tomorrow
Agnico Eagle's senior management will host a
conference call on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM (E.D.T.) to discuss the Company's financial and operating results.
Via Webcast:
To listen to the
live webcast of the conference call, you may register on the Company website at www.agnicoeagle.com, or directly via the
link here.
Via Phone:
To join the conference call by phone, please
dial 416.764.8659 or toll-free 1.888.664.6392 to be entered into the call by an operator. To ensure your participation, please call approximately
five minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call.
To join the conference
call by phone without operator assistance, you may register your phone number here 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start
of the call to receive an instant automated call back.
Replay Archive:
Please dial 416.764.8677 or toll-free 1.888.390.0541,
access code 576159#. The conference call replay will expire on September 1, 2024.
The webcast, along with presentation slides,
will be archived for 180 days on the Company's website.
Second Quarter 2024
Production and Cost Results
Production and Cost Results Summary*
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Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
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2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 895,838 | | |
| 873,204 | | |
| 1,774,490 | | |
| 1,686,017 | |
Gold sales (ounces) | |
| 874,230 | | |
| 858,848 | | |
| 1,753,293 | | |
| 1,646,406 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 862 | | |
$ | 851 | | |
$ | 877 | | |
$ | 828 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 870 | | |
$ | 840 | | |
$ | 885 | | |
$ | 836 | |
AISC per ounce | |
$ | 1,169 | | |
$ | 1,150 | | |
$ | 1,179 | | |
$ | 1,138 | |
* Production and Cost Results Summary reflects Agnico Eagle's 50%
interest in Canadian Malartic up to and including March 30, 2023 and 100% thereafter.
Gold Production
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Gold
production increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to higher production
from Meadowbank and Macassa, partially offset by lower production at Fosterville |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
Gold production increased when compared to the prior-year period as a result of the additional
production from the acquisition of the remaining 50% of Canadian Malartic, contribution from
Odyssey in the current year and increased production from Meadowbank, partially offset by
lower production at Fosterville |
Production Costs per Ounce
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Total production costs per ounce increased when
compared to the prior-year periods primarily due to higher royalties mainly arising
from higher gold prices and higher production costs at Canadian Malartic related to underground
mining operations, partially offset by higher gold production during the period |
Total Cash Costs per Ounce
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Total cash costs per ounce increased when compared
to the prior-year periods primarily due to the reasons described above for the increase in
production costs per ounce combined with the impact of lower gold grades at Fosterville,
partially offset by higher gold production during the period |
AISC per Ounce
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – AISC
per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period due to the factors causing higher
total cash costs per ounce, partially offset by higher production and slightly lower sustaining
capital expenditures during the period |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
AISC per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period due to the factors causing
higher total cash costs per ounce and higher sustaining capital expenditures, partially offset
by higher gold production during the period |
Second Quarter 2024
Financial Results
Financial Results Summary
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
20236 | | |
2024 | | |
20236 | |
Realized
gold price ($/ounce) | |
$ | 2,342 | | |
$ | 1,975 | | |
$ | 2,202 | | |
$ | 1,935 | |
Net
income ($ millions) | |
$ | 472.0 | | |
$ | 323.7 | | |
$ | 819.2 | | |
$ | 2,140.6 | |
Adjusted net income ($ millions) | |
$ | 535.3 | | |
$ | 319.3 | | |
$ | 912.7 | | |
$ | 590.5 | |
EBITDA
($ millions) | |
$ | 1,123.1 | | |
$ | 883.4 | | |
$ | 2,005.6 | | |
$ | 3,156.3 | |
Adjusted
EBITDA ($ millions)9 | |
$ | 1,176.2 | | |
$ | 885.2 | | |
$ | 2,105.5 | | |
$ | 1,625.6 | |
Cash provided by operating activities ($ millions) | |
$ | 961.3 | | |
$ | 722.0 | | |
$ | 1,744.5 | | |
$ | 1,371.6 | |
Cash provided by operating activities before changes in non-cash
working capital balances ($ millions) | |
$ | 986.2 | | |
$ | 693.0 | | |
$ | 1,763.3 | | |
$ | 1,301.8 | |
Capital
expenditures | |
$ | 407.3 | | |
$ | 416.0 | | |
$ | 779.3 | | |
$ | 757.8 | |
Free cash flow ($ millions) | |
$ | 557.2 | | |
$ | 298.4 | | |
$ | 952.8 | | |
$ | 563.1 | |
Free cash flow before changes in non-cash working capital
balances ($ millions) | |
$ | 582.2 | | |
$ | 269.4 | | |
$ | 971.6 | | |
$ | 493.3 | |
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Net income per share (basic) | |
$ | 0.95 | | |
$ | 0.66 | | |
$ | 1.64 | | |
$ | 4.45 | |
Adjusted net income per share (basic) | |
$ | 1.07 | | |
$ | 0.65 | | |
$ | 1.83 | | |
$ | 1.23 | |
Cash provided by operating activities per share (basic) | |
$ | 1.92 | | |
$ | 1.46 | | |
$ | 3.50 | | |
$ | 2.85 | |
Cash provided by operating activities before changes in non-cash
working capital balances per share (basic) | |
$ | 1.97 | | |
$ | 1.40 | | |
$ | 3.54 | | |
$ | 2.70 | |
Free cash flow per share (basic) | |
$ | 1.12 | | |
$ | 0.60 | | |
$ | 1.91 | | |
$ | 1.17 | |
Free cash flow before changes in non-cash working capital
balances per share (basic) | |
$ | 1.17 | | |
$ | 0.55 | | |
$ | 1.95 | | |
$ | 1.02 | |
Net Income
| ○ | Net income was $472.0 million ($0.95
per share). This result includes the following items (net of tax): non-recurring tax adjustments
and foreign currency translation losses on deferred tax liabilities of $25.7 million
($0.05 per share), derivative losses on financial instruments of $14.4 million ($0.03
per share), net asset disposals losses of $11.5 million ($0.02 per share) and foreign
exchange and other losses of $11.7 million ($0.02 per share) |
| ○ | Excluding the above items results
in adjusted net income of $535.3 million or $1.07 per share |
| ○ | Included in net income and not adjusted
above, is a non-cash stock option expense of $2.1 million (less than $0.01 per share) |
| ○ | Net
income of $472.0 million in the second quarter of 2024 increased compared to net income of
$323.7 million in the prior-year period primarily due to stronger mine operating margins11
resulting from higher realized gold prices and higher sales volumes, partially
offset by losses on derivative financial instruments in the current period, and higher income
and mining tax expenses |
6 Certain previously reported line
items have been restated to reflect the final purchase price allocation related to the acquisition of the Canadian assets of Yamana Gold
Inc. (the "Yamana Transaction") including the 50% of Canadian Malartic that the Company did not own.
7 Realized gold price is calculated
as gold revenues from mining operations divided by the number of ounces sold.
8 For the first quarter of 2023, includes
a $1.5 billion revaluation gain on the 50% interest the Company owned in Canadian Malartic prior to the Yamana Transaction on March 31,
2023.
9 "EBITDA" means earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation, and amortization. EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures or ratios that are not standardized financial
measures under IFRS. For a description of the composition and usefulness of these non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation to net income
see "Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance" below.
10 Includes capitalized exploration.
11 Operating margin is a non-GAAP
measure that is not a standardized measure under IFRS. For a description of the composition and usefulness of this non-GAAP measure and
a reconciliation to net income see “Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance” below.
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Net income of $819.2 million decreased compared to the
prior-year period primarily due to a remeasurement gain at Canadian Malartic in the prior
period resulting from the application of purchase accounting relating to a business combination
attained in stages, which requires the remeasurement of the Company's previously held 50%
interest in Canadian Malartic to fair value, partially offset by higher realized gold prices
and higher sales volumes |
Adjusted EBITDA
| ● | Second
Quarter of 2024 – Adjusted EBITDA increased when compared to the prior-year period
primarily due to stronger mine operating margins from higher realized gold prices
and higher sales volumes |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Adjusted EBITDA increased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to the reasons set out above for net income and as a result of the acquisition
of the remaining 50% of Canadian Malartic |
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Cash provided by operating activities and cash provided by operating activities
before changes in non-cash working capital balances increased when compared to the prior-year
periods primarily due to the reasons described above related to the increases in adjusted
EBITDA |
Free Cash Flow Before Changes in Non-cash
Working Capital Balances
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Free cash flow before changes in non-cash working capital balances was a
record for the third consecutive quarter and increased when compared to the prior-year periods
due to the reasons described above related to cash provided by operating activities, as well
as lower additions to property, plant and mine development |
Capital Expenditures
In the second quarter of 2024, capital expenditures
were $362.4 million and capitalized exploration expenditures were $44.9 million, for a total of $407.3 million. Expected capital expenditures
(excluding capitalized exploration) remain in line with guidance for the full year 2024. As a result of the supplemental exploration
budget approved of $50.0 million and the approval of the exploration ramp construction at Detour Lake and the exploration ramp and exploration
shaft construction at Upper Beaver, capitalized exploration is expected to increase to approximately $186.8 million for the full
year 2024. Further details are set out in the "2024 Guidance" section below.
The following table sets out a summary of capital
expenditures (including sustaining capital expenditures12 and development capital expenditures12) and capitalized
exploration in the second quarter of 2024 and the first six months of 2024.
12 Sustaining capital expenditures and development capital
expenditures are non-GAAP measures that are not standardized financial measures under IFRS. For a discussion of the composition and usefulness
of these non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation to additions to property, plant and mine development as set out in the consolidated statements
of cash flows, see "Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance" below.
Summary of Capital Expenditures | |
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($ thousands) | |
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| | |
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| Capital
Expenditures* | | |
| Capitalized
Exploration | |
| |
Three
Months Ended | | |
Six
Months Ended | | |
Three
Months Ended | | |
Six
Months Ended | |
| |
Jun
30, 2024 | | |
Jun
30, 2024 | | |
Jun
30, 2024 | | |
Jun
30, 2024 | |
Sustaining Capital Expenditures | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
LaRonde | |
$ | 20,899 | | |
$ | 43,823 | | |
$ | 557 | | |
| 876 | |
Canadian Malartic | |
| 28,053 | | |
| 55,098 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Goldex | |
| 11,354 | | |
| 23,407 | | |
| 1,045 | | |
| 1,783 | |
Detour Lake | |
| 61,971 | | |
| 111,609 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Macassa | |
| 6,058 | | |
| 16,189 | | |
| 408 | | |
| 808 | |
Meliadine | |
| 16,083 | | |
| 33,948 | | |
| 2,490 | | |
| 3,827 | |
Meadowbank | |
| 21,560 | | |
| 41,502 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Fosterville | |
| 7,306 | | |
| 12,789 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Kittila | |
| 18,212 | | |
| 34,276 | | |
| 415 | | |
| 865 | |
Pinos Altos | |
| 6,102 | | |
| 11,091 | | |
| 617 | | |
| 920 | |
La India | |
| — | | |
| 22 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Other | |
| 1,940 | | |
| 2,269 | | |
| 270 | | |
| 845 | |
Total Sustaining Capital Expenditures | |
$ | 199,538 | | |
$ | 386,023 | | |
$ | 5,802 | | |
$ | 9,924 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Development Capital Expenditures | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
LaRonde | |
$ | 20,637 | | |
$ | 44,726 | | |
$ | — | | |
| — | |
Canadian Malartic | |
| 43,199 | | |
| 79,204 | | |
| 874 | | |
| 2,192 | |
Goldex | |
| 2,925 | | |
| 7,056 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Detour Lake | |
| 31,315 | | |
| 69,074 | | |
| 9,547 | | |
| 17,099 | |
Macassa | |
| 22,312 | | |
| 34,458 | | |
| 9,386 | | |
| 17,704 | |
Meliadine | |
| 18,849 | | |
| 37,094 | | |
| 2,720 | | |
| 6,806 | |
Meadowbank | |
| — | | |
| (27 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Fosterville | |
| 9,186 | | |
| 18,614 | | |
| 3,342 | | |
| 6,966 | |
Kittila | |
| 1,288 | | |
| 2,196 | | |
| 2,428 | | |
| 4,559 | |
Pinos Altos | |
| 806 | | |
| 1,452 | | |
| — | | |
| 4 | |
San Nicolás project | |
| 6,284 | | |
| 11,655 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Other | |
| 6,051 | | |
| 8,016 | | |
| 10,813 | | |
| 14,525 | |
Total Development Capital Expenditures | |
$ | 162,852 | | |
$ | 313,518 | | |
$ | 39,110 | | |
$ | 69,855 | |
Total Capital Expenditures | |
$ | 362,390 | | |
$ | 699,541 | | |
$ | 44,912 | | |
$ | 79,779 | |
* Excludes capitalized exploration
2024 Guidance
Production and Cost Guidance
Full year guidance remains unchanged at approximately
3.35 to 3.55 million ounces of gold, total cash costs per ounce of $875 to $925 and AISC per ounce of $1,200 to $1,250.
Capital Expenditure Guidance
Total expected capital expenditures (excluding
capitalized exploration) for 2024 are still estimated to be between $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion.
Exploration Guidance
The Company's exploration and corporate development
expense for 2024 is now expected to be approximately $271.4 million (compared to $230.0 million in the prior guidance). Based on positive
exploration results in the first half of 2024 at Canadian Malartic, Detour Lake and Hope Bay, the Company has approved a supplemental
budget of $50.0 million ($41.4 million expensed exploration and $8.6 million capitalized exploration). The supplemental exploration budget
includes $16.5 million at Canadian Malartic for 84,500 metres of drilling, $10.9 million at Detour Lake for 55,000 metres of drilling
(of which $8.6 million will be non-sustaining capitalized exploration expenditures) and $22.6 million at Hope Bay for 62,000 metres of
drilling.
The Company's capitalized exploration expenditures
are now expected to be approximately $186.8 million (compared to $110.0 million in the prior guidance). To further study and de-risk
the Detour Lake underground and Upper Beaver projects, the Company has approved $100.0 million and $200.0 million investments, respectively,
over approximately three years. At Detour Lake, approximately $19.6 million is forecast to be spent in 2024 related to the construction
of surface facilities and site preparation. At Upper Beaver, approximately $50.0 million is forecast to be spent in 2024 related to the
construction of surface facilities, site preparation and the excavation of the shaft collar (of which $15.0 million was spent in the
first half of 2024).
The breakdown of the incremental budget approved
in exploration expense and capitalized exploration expenditures is set out in the table below.
Estimated 2024 Mid-Point Exploration and Corporate Development
Expense and 2024 Capitalized Exploration Expenditures
| |
| Exploration
and
Corporate | | |
Capitalized
Exploration | |
($ thousands) | |
| Development
Expense | | |
Sustaining | | |
Non-Sustaining | |
Prior Guidance | |
$ | 230,000 | | |
$ | 16,500 | | |
$ | 92,100 | |
Incremental exploration expenditures: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Canadian Malartic | |
| 16,500 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Detour Lake | |
| 2,300 | | |
| — | | |
| 28,200 | |
Upper Beaver | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 50,000 | |
Hope Bay | |
| 22,600 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Guidance | |
$ | 271,400 | | |
$ | 16,500 | | |
$ | 170,300 | |
Depreciation Guidance
Depreciation and amortization expense in 2024
is now expected to be at the lower end of the guidance range of $1.56 to $1.61 billion.
Record Cash Flow Generation Continues to Enhance
Investment Grade Balance Sheet Alongside Continued Commitment to Shareholder Returns
Cash and cash equivalents increased by $397.4
million when compared to the prior quarter primarily due to higher cash provided by operating activities as a result of higher revenues
from higher realized gold prices and higher sales volumes.
As at June 30, 2024, the Company's long-term
debt was $1,841.7 million, consistent with the prior quarter. No amounts were outstanding under the Company's unsecured revolving bank
credit facility as at June 30, 2024, and available liquidity remained at approximately $2.0 billion, not including the uncommitted
$1.0 billion accordion feature.
The following table sets out the calculation of net debt13,
which decreased by $396.7 million when compared to the prior quarter primarily as a result of higher cash and cash equivalents.
Net Debt Summary | |
| | | |
| | |
($ millions) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| As
at | | |
| As
at | |
| |
| Jun
30, 2024 | | |
| Mar
31, 2024 | |
Current portion of long-term debt | |
$ | 740.0 | | |
$ | 100.0 | |
Non-current portion of long-term debt | |
| 1,101.7 | | |
| 1,741.0 | |
Long-term debt | |
$ | 1,841.7 | | |
$ | 1,841.0 | |
Less: cash and cash equivalents | |
| (922.0 | ) | |
| (524.6 | ) |
Net debt | |
$ | 919.7 | | |
$ | 1,316.4 | |
Subsequent to June 30, 2024, the Company
completed two debt repayments. On July 24, 2024, $100.0 million was repaid with cash on hand on the 2012 Series B 5.02% Senior
Notes on maturity and on July 31, 2024, $150.0 million was repaid with cash on hand of the $600.0 million outstanding on the term
loan facility. The remaining $450.0 million of indebtedness under the term loan facility is due and payable by April 21, 2025.
In order to maintain financial flexibility, and
consistent with past practice, the Company filed a new base shelf prospectus in the second quarter of 2024. The Company has no present
intention to offer securities pursuant to the base shelf prospectus and the notice set out in this paragraph does not constitute an offer
of any securities for sale or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
Hedges
Approximately 73% of the Company's remaining
estimated Canadian dollar exposure for 2024 is hedged at an average floor price providing protection above 1.34 C$/US$. Approximately
27% of the Company's remaining estimated Euro exposure for 2024 is hedged at an average floor price providing protection below 1.10 US$/EUR.
Approximately 62% of the Company's remaining Australian dollar exposure for 2024 is hedged at an average floor price providing protection
above 1.46 A$/US$. Approximately 21% of the Company's remaining estimated Mexican peso exposure for 2024 is hedged at an average floor
price providing protection above 18.00 MXP/US$. The Company's full year 2024 cost guidance is based on assumed exchange rates of 1.34
C$/US$, 1.10 US$/EUR, 1.45 A$/US$ and 16.50 MXP/US$.
With the 2024 sealift underway at the Company’s
Nunavut operations, approximately 66% of the total diesel purchases have been completed, with initial deliveries in progress. Factoring
in these purchases and anticipated deliveries, approximately 40% of the Company's remaining estimated diesel exposure for 2024 is hedged
at an average price of $0.76 per litre (excluding transportation and taxes), which is expected to reduce the Company's exposure to diesel
price volatility in 2024. The Company's full year 2024 cost guidance is based on an assumed diesel price of $0.80 per litre (excluding
transportation and taxes).
13 Net debt is a non-GAAP measure
that is not a standardized financial measure under IFRS. For a description of the composition and usefulness of this non-GAAP measure
and a reconciliation to long-term debt, see "Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance" below.
The Company will continue to monitor market conditions
and anticipates continuing to opportunistically add to its operating currency and diesel hedges to strategically support its key input
costs. Hedging positions are not factored into 2024 or future guidance.
Shareholder Returns
Dividend Record and Payment Dates for the Third Quarter of 2024
Agnico Eagle's Board of Directors has declared
a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per common share, payable on September 16, 2024 to shareholders of record as of August 30,
2024. Agnico Eagle has declared a cash dividend every year since 1983.
Expected Dividend Record and Payment Dates
for the 2024 Fiscal Year
Record Date | |
Payment Date |
March 1, 2024* | |
March 15, 2024* |
May 31, 2024* | |
June 14, 2024* |
August 30, 2024** | |
September 16, 2024** |
November 29, 2024 | |
December 16, 2024 |
*Paid
**Declared
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Subsequent to the end of the second quarter of
2024, the Company's board of directors approved an amendment to the terms of its dividend reinvestment plan (the "DRIP") to
provide the Company with the flexibility to adjust the discount provided under the DRIP to between no discount (0%) and 5%. The changes
remain subject to pre-clearance by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX"). For the dividend payable on September 16, 2024
to shareholders of record as of August 30, 2024, provided the Company has received TSX pre-clearance for the amendment, the Company
has determined that the discount provided for under the DRIP will be 1%. If the discount is altered or eliminated by the Company in the
future, the Company will include information regarding the change in discount from such level in a news release prior to the effectiveness
of the change.
For a copy of the
amended and restated DRIP, which will be posted on receipt of TSX pre-clearance of the amendment, and for additional information on the
Company's DRIP see: Dividend Reinvestment Plan
International Dividend Currency Exchange
For information
on the Company's international dividend currency exchange program, please contact Computershare Trust Company of Canada by phone at 1.800.564.6253
or online at www.investorcentre.com or www.computershare.com/investor.
Normal Course Issuer Bid
In addition to the quarterly dividend, the Company
believes that its NCIB is a flexible and complementary tool that is part of the Company's overall capital allocation program and that
generates value for shareholders. The Company received approval from the TSX to renew its NCIB in May 2024, allowing the Company
to purchase up to $500.0 million of its common shares, subject to a maximum of 5% of its issued and outstanding common shares. Purchases
under the NCIB may continue for up to one year from the commencement day on May 4, 2024. In the second quarter of 2024, the Company
repurchased 763,043 common shares for an aggregate of $50.0 million through the NCIB, totalling 1,138,043 common shares repurchased for
an aggregate of $69.9 million in the first six months of 2024.
Environment, Social and Governance Highlights
Reconciliation Action Plan
On July 10, 2024, the Company released its
first Reconciliation Action Plan, reinforcing its commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and communities. To the Company's
knowledge, it is the first mining company in Canada to publish a reconciliation action plan.
The Company's reconciliation efforts, which began
in Canada, have now expanded globally with many of its operations and offices situated on the traditional territories of different Indigenous
Peoples. Agnico Eagleʹs commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous communities is built on three fundamental principles that have
shaped the Company for over 65 years: (i) doing what's right, (ii) respecting the rights of all individuals and groups, and
(iii) creating value for stakeholders. These principles are reflected in the Reconciliation Action Plan, which was developed in
collaboration with Indigenous communities and following consultations with over 250 employees, stakeholders and rights holders.
Organized into seven pillars that form the basis
for the Company's actions, the Reconciliation Action Plan aligns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
and integrates the Company's existing Indigenous programs and initiatives into a central and comprehensive strategy aimed at delivering
tangible benefits for Indigenous Peoples. It complements and strengthens the Company's ongoing efforts aimed at contributing to the economic,
social and emotional well-being of Indigenous Peoples and communities.
Agnico Eagle's
Reconciliation Action Plan with Indigenous Peoples is available on the Company's website at www.agnicoeagle.com or can be downloaded
directly by clicking here.
Dja Dja Wurrung Agreement Signed for Fosterville
On May 13, 2024, Agnico Eagle and leaders
of the Dja Dja Wurrung People ("Djaara") celebrated the signing of a historic agreement at Fosterville to develop and maintain
a long-term relationship based on trust, mutual respect and collaboration. The agreement is called bakaru wayaparrangu, which
means "in the middle, we all meet" in the Dja Dja Wurrung language. The agreement is the first to be established in the state
of Victoria, Australia between traditional owners and a Company with an active mining operation. The agreement includes measures to increase
the Djaara's involvement in activities at Fosterville including training and employment opportunities, fostering business growth and
safeguarding the environment, and is complemented by annual financial contributions.
2023 Climate Action Report
On July 31, 2024, the Company released its
2023 Climate Action Report, which provides an update regarding the Company's 2023 greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions performance,
climate strategy and progress achieved towards climate goals. The report is aligned with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related
Financial Disclosures and Towards Sustainable Mining Climate Change protocol, and supplements the Company's 2023 Sustainability Report
released in April 2024.
Highlights of the 2023 Climate Action Report
include:
| ● | GHG Emissions Targets –
Agnico Eagle remains committed to achieving Net-Zero in absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon
emissions by 2050 and maintains its interim carbon reduction target of 30% by 2030 (based
on a 2021 baseline) |
| ● | Industry Leader for GHG Emissions
Intensity (Scope 1 and 2) – The Company continues to be a gold industry leader
with one of the lowest GHG emissions intensities amongst medium and large gold producers
globally. In 2023, the Company's global average GHG emissions intensity was 0.38 tonnes of
CO2 equivalent per ounce of gold produced and all 11 active operations outperformed
the 2022 industry average14. In 2023, GHG emissions decreased by 3% compared to
2022 and 5% compared to the Company's 2021 baseline |
| ● | Supplier Engagement –
Agnico Eagle has improved its Scope 3 methodology to incorporate updated and location-specific
emission factors. The Company advanced its supplier engagement program to prioritize decarbonization
partnership opportunities with its global supply chain, support improved understanding and
increased data availability and to inform decision-making with a view to increasing the Company's
climate resilience and reducing Scope 3 emissions |
| ● | Decarbonization Strategy
– Agnico Eagle prioritizes investments in technological innovation to support decarbonization
focused on (i) energy efficiency, (ii) technology transition, which includes the
increased use of battery electric vehicles across multiple operations, and (iii) renewable
energy usage, which includes the deployment of cleaner power supplies at operations. Pinos
Altos continues to maintain its power purchase agreement to obtain solar-generated electricity,
and Kittila entered into a Certificate of Origin agreement to obtain 100% of its grid energy
from zero-emission sources |
| ● | Climate Action Corporate Standard
– The Company rolled out a Climate Action Corporate Standard establishing a comprehensive
process to identify, assess and manage climate-related risks and opportunities across operations,
provide guidance for the development of site Climate Action Plans and establish consistent
GHG accounting practices for Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions |
| ● | Climate Transition Assessments
– Transition risk assessments have been completed for each operation with the support
of subject matter experts. Learnings will be used in building site resilience and in engaging
with employees and communities |
Agnico
Eagle's 2023 Climate Action Report is available on the Company's website at www.agnicoeagle.com or can be downloaded directly by clicking
here.
14 Industry average of 0.83 tonnes of CO2 equivalent for
Scope 1 and 2 emissions per ounce of gold produced, as per S&P Global Market Intelligence (2022)
Update on Key Value Drivers and Pipeline
Projects
Highlights on key value drivers, including Upper
Beaver, Odyssey, Detour Lake underground, Hope Bay and San Nicolás are set out below. Details on certain mine expansion projects
(Detour Lake mill optimization, Meliadine Phase 2 expansion and Amaruq underground) are set out in the applicable operational sections
of this news release.
Upper Beaver Project
An internal evaluation of the Upper Beaver project
was completed in June 2024. The study shows solid risk-adjusted economic returns for a standalone mine and mill scenario, based
on a 5,000 tpd production rate. The main highlights of this study are set out below.
The forecast parameters surrounding the internal
evaluation at the Upper Beaver project were based on a preliminary economic assessment, which is preliminary in nature and includes inferred
mineral resources that are too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be
categorized as mineral reserves and there is no certainty that the forecast production amounts or other outcomes will be realized. The
basis for the preliminary economic assessment and the qualifications and assumptions made by the Qualified Persons who undertook the
preliminary economic assessment are set out in this news release. The impact of the results of the preliminary economic assessment on
the results of any pre-feasibility or feasibility study in respect of Upper Beaver are described in the Appendix under "MRMR update
for Upper Beaver gold-copper project" and below.
Project Description
The Upper Beaver gold-copper project is located
in the township of Gauthier, in northeastern Ontario, Canada, approximately 25 kilometres to the east of the town of Kirkland Lake. It
is hosted in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake mining district, within the Company's large Kirkland Lake camp. The district has a continuous
history of mineral exploration and mining spanning more than 110 years and with an aggregate of over 42 million ounces of gold produced
by various producers. The Company's property portfolio in the Kirkland Lake camp is comprised of approximately 34,000 hectares, is approximately
35 kilometres long by 17 kilometres wide and includes Macassa, the satellite Near Surface and AK deposits, all of the past producing
mines along the Main Break and several other past producing mines and several gold deposits, including Upper Beaver, Upper Canada and
Anoki-McBean.
The Upper Beaver deposit's gold-copper mineralization
is mainly hosted in the Upper Beaver alkalic intrusive complex and the surrounding basalts it intruded, and is associated with disseminated
pyrite and chalcopyrite, and magnetite-sulphide veining associated with strong magmatic-hydrothermal alteration. The mineralization occurs
as elongated tabular bodies that strike northeast, dip steeply northwest and plunge 65 degrees to the northeast. The mineralization has
been defined along a 400-metre strike length from surface to a depth of 2,000 metres and it remains open at depth.
The mineral reserve and mineral resource estimate
at the Upper Beaver project has been updated to June 30, 2024 from the previous estimate at year-end 2023. The new estimate incorporates
additional drill results, totalling 226,418 metres in 441 holes, and employs an improved mining concept with updated assumptions and
drillhole database to reflect progress in the exploration program, project studies and optimization efforts. In the updated estimate,
the mineral reserves have been reclassified as mineral resources that are supported by a positive internal preliminary economic assessment,
which includes both indicated mineral resources and inferred mineral resources, that was completed in June 2024. As additional geotechnical
fieldwork and metallurgical test work is completed through the remainder of the year, the Company anticipates that most indicated mineral
resources will be converted into probable mineral reserves at year-end 2024.
A breakdown of the mineral resources used in
the internal study is set out in the table below. Additional details on the Upper Beaver mineral resources at June 30, 2024 are
set out in the Appendix of this news release. Additional details on the Upper Beaver mineral reserves and mineral resources at December 31,
2023, are set out in the Appendix and in the Company's news release dated February 15, 2024.
| |
Mineral Resources
as at June 30, 2024 | |
Category | |
000 Tonnes | | |
Au (g/t) | | |
Au (000 oz) | | |
Cu (%) | | |
Cu (000 tonnes) | |
Indicated Mineral Resources
(Open Pit) | |
| 3,326 | | |
| 1.85 | | |
| 198 | | |
| 0.14 | | |
| 5 | |
Indicated Mineral Resources (Underground) | |
| 27,550 | | |
| 3.66 | | |
| 3,242 | | |
| 0.24 | | |
| 66 | |
Total Indicated Mineral Resources | |
| 30,876 | | |
| 3.47 | | |
| 3,440 | | |
| 0.23 | | |
| 71 | |
Inferred Mineral Resources (Open Pit) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Inferred Mineral Resources (Underground) | |
| 2,959 | | |
| 4.13 | | |
| 393 | | |
| 0.36 | | |
| 11 | |
Total Inferred Mineral Resources | |
| 2,959 | | |
| 4.13 | | |
| 393 | | |
| 0.36 | | |
| 11 | |
The mining strategy developed for the Upper Beaver
project is to mine the deposit mainly by conventional underground methods, although a small portion (approximately 10% of the mineral
resource) will be mined via an open pit. The underground and open pit mines are expected to be developed within the same time frame.
Open pit operations will employ conventional
methods of drilling, blasting and loading by excavator and wheel loader, with material haulage by truck to the various stockpiles, waste
dump or directly to a crusher. Under current scenarios, production from the open pit is expected to occur from 2030 to 2034 at an average
rate of approximately 2,000 tpd, of which 500 tpd will be stockpiled for later processing.
Current scenarios contemplate underground access
through a main decline ramp as well as a shaft that is 1,220 metres deep and six metres in diameter. Four main stations are planned along
the shaft, including a loading station at the bottom of the shaft. Ore and waste above 430 metres depth will be hauled to surface by
trucks via the ramp. Ore and waste below 430 metres depth will be managed mainly through an ore and waste pass system and skipped to
surface via the shaft. The underground mining concept is based on a long hole open stoping method, with sublevels every 30 metres and
with stopes to be backfilled with paste and waste rock. The project is expected to use a combination of conventional and automated equipment,
similar to what is currently used at the Company's mines in the region. Production from underground, via ramp and shaft, could begin
as early as 2030 and ramp-up to an average rate of approximately 4,500 tpd in 2035.
The plant is anticipated to use a conventional
milling process, including a gravity circuit and a copper flotation circuit, with a design capacity of 5,000 tpd, an average total gold
recovery of 95.0% and an average copper recovery of 81.0%. A copper concentrate will be produced with an expected copper content of approximately
20%. Approximately 36% of the gold is expected to report to the copper concentrate and approximately 59% of the gold is expected to be
produced in the form of gold doré. Tailings will partly be returned underground as paste fill, with the remainder being disposed
on a dry stack tailings storage facility.
Located in the Abitibi region, where the Company
believes it has a demonstrated competitive advantage, the Company expects the project will benefit from internal technical expertise,
local workforce and other regional support and synergies, including procurement and warehousing. The Company believes its strong presence
in the region lowers the execution risk for the construction and operation of the project.
The Company believes Upper Beaver has the potential
to produce an annual average of approximately 210,000 ounces of gold and 3,600 tonnes of copper, with initial production possible as
early as 2030. Over an expected 13-year mine life, total payable gold and copper production are expected to be approximately 2.8 million
ounces and 46,300 tonnes, respectively. The total cash costs per ounce on a by-product basis and AISC per ounce on a by-product basis
are expected to be approximately $592 and $733, respectively. Initial capital costs are estimated at approximately $0.9 billion. Total
sustaining capital expenditures are estimated at approximately $396 million.
Using a gold price of $1,900 per ounce, and a
C$/US$ foreign exchange rate of 1.34, the Upper Beaver project has an after-tax internal rate of return ("IRR") of 14% and
an after-tax NPV (at a 5% discount rate) of approximately $625 million. Using a gold price of $2,300 per ounce, and a C$/US$ foreign
exchange rate of 1.34, the Upper Beaver project has an after-tax IRR of 18% and an after-tax NPV (at a 5% discount rate) of approximately
$1.01 billion. Additional details on the project are set out in the table below.
An agreement with local indigenous communities
and environmental permits are in place for the advanced exploration phase of the project, including for the development of an exploration
ramp and an exploration shaft and the collection of two bulk samples. Negotiations with indigenous communities are ongoing to establish
an agreement for the production phase if a development decision is made. The Company is also advancing environmental impact assessments
required for the Federal and Provincial approvals and permits that will be required for the construction and production phases following
a development decision.
Upper Beaver Project Summary | |
| |
| | |
|
| |
| |
| | |
|
(All numbers are approximate) | |
| |
| | |
|
Estimated total production | |
| |
| 2.8 | | |
million ounces of gold |
| |
| |
| 46.3 | | |
thousand tonnes
of copper |
Average metallurgical recovery | |
| |
| 58.5 | % | |
average life of mine for gold doré |
| |
| |
| 36.5 | % | |
average life of
mine for gold in concentrate |
| |
| |
| 95.0 | % | |
average life of mine total gold recovery |
| |
| |
| 81.4 | % | |
average life of
mine for copper in concentrate |
Copper in copper concentrate | |
| |
| 20 | % | |
|
Payable metal | |
| |
| 100 | % | |
gold doré |
| |
| |
| 96.5 | % | |
gold in concentrate |
| |
| |
| 94.6 | % | |
copper concentrate |
Refining costs | |
| |
$ | 2.00 | | |
/ oz |
| |
| |
$ | 275.00 | | |
/ tonne of copper
concentrate |
Average annual gold production | |
2030 | |
| 84,000 | | |
oz (937kt at 2.98 g/t Au and 0.20% Cu) |
| |
2031 | |
| 175,000 | | |
oz (1,670kt at 3.48 g/t Au and 0.21%
Cu) |
| |
2032-2041 (average) | |
| 220,000 | | |
oz (1,795kt at 4.07 g/t Au and 0.26%
Cu) |
| |
2042 | |
| 191,000 | | |
oz (1,475kt at 4.30 g/t Au and 0.28%
Cu) |
| |
2043 | |
| 162,000 | | |
oz (1,270kt at
4.24 g/t Au and 0.28% Cu) |
Royalty | |
| |
| 3.5 | % | |
NSR |
Minesite costs per tonne | |
2030 | |
$ | 151 | | |
C$/t (includes royalty) |
| |
2031-2043 (average) | |
$ | 114 | | |
C$/t (includes
royalty) |
Average total cash costs on a by-product basis | |
$ | 592 | | |
/oz |
Average AISC on a by-product basis | |
| |
$ | 733 | | |
/oz |
Mine life | |
| |
| 13 | | |
years |
Capital Expenditures | |
| |
| | | |
|
Development capital | |
H2 2024 | |
$ | 35 | | |
million |
| |
2025 | |
$ | 85 | | |
million |
| |
2026 | |
$ | 70 | | |
million |
| |
2027 | |
$ | 100 | | |
million |
| |
2028 | |
$ | 360 | | |
million |
| |
2029 | |
$ | 245 | | |
million |
Sustaining capital | |
2030 | |
$ | 90 | | |
million |
| |
2031-2037 (average) | |
$ | 33 | | |
million |
| |
2038-2042 (average) | |
$ | 15 | | |
million |
Total | |
| |
$ | 1,286 | | |
million |
Reclamation Costs | |
| |
$ | 11 | | |
million |
Economic Assumptions: | |
| |
| | | |
|
Gold Price | |
| |
$ | 1,900 | | |
/oz |
Copper Price | |
| |
$ | 4.00 | | |
/lb ($8,819 / tonne) |
USD:CAD | |
| |
| 1.34 | | |
|
Effective tax rate | |
| |
| 32 | % | |
|
Based on the positive result of the internal
evaluation and taking a measured approach, the Company has approved a $200.0 million investment over approximately three years to further
de-risk the project. With this investment, the Company intends to develop an exploration ramp and an exploration shaft to depths of 160
metres and 760 metres, respectively, to establish underground drilling platforms and to collect bulk samples from the two most representative
geological zones of the Upper Beaver deposit. The exploration ramp and exploration shaft will be sized to accommodate the potential production
phase and are included in the initial capital expenditures estimate of approximately $0.9 billion.
Of the $200.0 million, approximately $35.0 million
is forecast to be spent in the second half 2024, related primarily to the upgrade of the access road to the site, site surface preparation,
construction of site facilities and excavation of the shaft collar. Preparatory site work commenced in early 2024 and approximately $15.0
million was spent in the first half of 2024. Excavation of the ramp and shaft sinking are expected to start in the second half of 2025.
Exploration Upside
Exploration results from recent years at Upper
Beaver show the potential to increase the mineral resources and to convert inferred mineral resources at depth using underground access
via the proposed exploration shaft and other underground infrastructure.
In the next stage of development, a bulk sampling
program is planned in the two most representative geological zones of the Upper Beaver deposit. The first bulk sample will be taken from
the upper level of the deposit, which is dominated by basaltic hosting lithologies, and will have the objective of testing selective
mining assumptions in this area of the deposit. The second bulk sample will be taken from the lower level of the deposit, which is dominated
by intrusion-suite hosting rocks, with the objective of validating mining parameters and grade variability at greater depth.
The Company believes the Upper Beaver project
holds significant growth and synergy potential. The main deposit remains open at depth, as demonstrated by historical hole KLUB19-452W1
(presented in the Company's news release dated April 25, 2019), which intersected 7.6 g/t gold and 0.36% copper over 3.4 metres
at 1,983 metres depth and 1.2 g/t gold and 1.39% copper over 7.1 metres at 2,041 metres depth, approximately 300 metres down plunge from
the nearest mineral resource block.
Additionally, multiple intrusions of similar
nature to that associated with the emplacement of the Upper Beaver deposit have been identified in the immediate vicinity of the project.
These intrusions are undergoing early-stage exploration efforts with the objective of developing targets for future regional diamond
drilling programs.
[Upper Beaver – Composite Longitudinal
Section]
Regional Potential
As a part of an Ontario regional exploration
budget for 2024 totalling $13.5 million for 19,400 metres of drilling, a planned surface exploration campaign has included drill holes
to test the deep extensions of the Main Break east of the underground infrastructure of the SMC at Macassa and below historical mining
levels of the Kirkland Lake camp to provide support for future underground exploration drifts.
Opportunities for future synergies in the Kirkland
Lake camp include multiple known deposits owned by the Company. The nearest deposit to Upper Beaver is the Upper Canada past-producing
gold mine, which lies 6 kilometres west-southwest. As at December 31, 2023, Upper Canada was estimated to contain 10.4 million tonnes
of indicated mineral resources grading 2.15 g/t gold for 722,000 ounces of gold and 18.6 million tonnes of inferred mineral resources
grading 3.11 g/t gold for 1.9 million ounces of gold, in open pit and underground mineral resources.
The Anoki-McBean deposits lie 6.5 kilometres
southwest of Upper Beaver and host indicated mineral resources of 3.9 million tonnes grading 2.77 g/t gold for 349,000 ounces of gold
and inferred mineral resources of 867,000 tonnes grading 3.84 g/t gold for 107,000 ounces of gold as at December 31, 2023.
Several other historical mineralized occurrences
in the Kirkland Lake camp warrant additional exploration with the objective of potentially providing future mill feed at either Macassa
and/or the Upper Beaver project, while benefiting from synergies with existing or future mining operations.
[Kirkland Lake Regional – Property and
Geology Map]
Odyssey Project
In the second quarter of 2024, ramp development
continued to exceed targets, reaching the third production level of East Gouldie (a depth of 832 metres) as at June 30, 2024. Equipment
remotely tele-operated from surface (scoops, trucks, jumbos and cable bolters) has helped maintain the development performance, offsetting
the increase in depth. The Company continued to develop the main ventilation system, with the completion of the future exhaust raise
between levels 26 and 36 and the development of the fresh air ramp between Odyssey South and East Gouldie.
In the second quarter of 2024, shaft sinking
activities advanced at an average rate of 2.5 metres per day, slightly ahead of target, and as at June 30, 2024, the shaft reached
a depth of 680 metres. The pre-sinking of the shaft between levels 54 and 66 was completed in the second quarter and the remainder of
the shaft will be excavated by conventional sinking methods. The excavation of station 54 was completed in the quarter and the excavation
of the temporary loading pocket between levels 60 and 64 is ongoing, with construction expected to be initiated in September 2024
and commissioning expected in mid-2025.
Surface construction progressed as planned and
on budget in the second quarter of 2024. Areas of focus included the main hoist building, phase 2 of the paste plant (to expand capacity
to 20,000 tpd) and the operational complex. At the main hoist building, installation of the mechanical components of the service hoist
was completed in the second quarter of 2024 and the installation of the electrical components and controls is ongoing. The conceptual
engineering for the paste plant expansion was completed in the second quarter of 2024 and detailed engineering has started. The contractor
for the construction of the main office and service building was selected and is expected to be on site in the third quarter of 2024
with construction expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
Exploration drilling at Odyssey totalled 24,182
metres during the second quarter (50,442 metres during the first half of 2024) with seven underground drill rigs and six surface drill
rigs in operation, primarily targeting the East Gouldie and Odyssey deposits.
Drilling into the lower eastern extension of
the East Gouldie mineralized envelope produced highlights that included: hole MEX24-311 returning 4.5 g/t gold over 6.5 metres at 1,571
metres depth, 770 metres east of the East Gouldie mineral reserves; hole MEX24-311Z returning 8.7 g/t gold over 3.8 metres at 1,687 metres
depth, approximately 110 metres below hole MEX24-311; and hole MEX23-310ZA returning 2.3 g/t gold over 15.3 metres at 1,694 metres depth,
410 metres east of the mineral reserves.
The drilling remains on track to achieve a 150-metre
drill spacing in an area that spans over 900 metres in strike length and 700 metres in elevation in the eastern extension of East Gouldie,
with the objective of adding new inferred mineral resources for year-end 2024.
Drilling into a previously untested gap in the
western extension of the East Gouldie deposit also intersected significant results, with hole MEX24-312 returning 2.5 g/t gold over 30.0
metres at 1,473 metres depth, 85 metres west of the East Gouldie mineral reserves; and hole MEX24-312Z returning 2.2 g/t gold over 10.5
metres at 1,414 metres depth, 260 metres west of the mineral reserves. These results are anticipated to have a positive impact on the
mineral resource estimate at year-end 2024.
At a shallower depth, hole MEX24-314 intersected
2.8 g/t gold over 11.4 metres at 335 metres depth, including 9.8 g/t gold over 2.0 metres at 329 metres depth, in a potential extension
of the East Malartic deposit. Follow-up drilling is planned in this new area of interest before the end of the year.
Selected recent drill intercepts from the East
Gouldie and East Malartic deposits at the Odyssey mine are set out in the table and composite longitudinal section below.
Drill hole | |
Deposit | |
From (metres) | | |
To (metres) | | |
Depth of
midpoint
below
surface
(metres) | | |
Estimated true
width (metres) | | |
Gold grade (g/t)
(uncapped) | | |
Gold grade (g/t)
(capped)* | |
MEX23-310ZA | |
East
Gouldie | |
| 1,928.1 | | |
| 1,945.4 | | |
| 1,694 | | |
| 15.3 | | |
| 2.3 | | |
| 2.3 | |
MEX24-311 | |
East Gouldie | |
| 1,890.5 | | |
| 1,897.5 | | |
| 1,571 | | |
| 6.5 | | |
| 4.5 | | |
| 4.5 | |
MEX24-311Z | |
East Gouldie | |
| 1,971.3 | | |
| 1,975.7 | | |
| 1,687 | | |
| 3.8 | | |
| 8.7 | | |
| 8.7 | |
MEX24-312 | |
East Gouldie | |
| 1,634.0 | | |
| 1,666.4 | | |
| 1,473 | | |
| 30.0 | | |
| 2.5 | | |
| 2.5 | |
MEX24-312Z | |
East Gouldie | |
| 1,626.8 | | |
| 1,638.0 | | |
| 1,414 | | |
| 10.5 | | |
| 2.2 | | |
| 2.2 | |
MEX24-314 | |
East Malartic | |
| 421.0 | | |
| 441.0 | | |
| 335 | | |
| 11.4 | | |
| 2.8 | | |
| 2.8 | |
including | |
| |
| 421.0 | | |
| 424.5 | | |
| 329 | | |
| 2.0 | | |
| 9.8 | | |
| 9.8 | |
*Results from East Gouldie and East Malartic use capping factors of
20 g/t gold and 40 g/t gold, respectively.
[Odyssey mine – Composite Longitudinal
Section]
Based on the positive results from the exploration
program near the Odyssey mine during the first half of 2024, the Company has approved a supplemental exploration budget of $12.0 million
for 68,000 metres of near-mine drilling during the second half of the year. The objective is to further expand the East Gouldie deposit
footprint laterally and add inferred mineral resources in support of a potential future Shaft #2 and the broader "Fill the Mill"
strategy at the Canadian Malartic complex.
In addition, the regional exploration program
at Canadian Malartic is receiving a supplemental exploration budget of $4.5 million for 16,500 metres of additional drilling during the
second half of 2024, to further investigate the eastern portion of the Canadian Malartic property package in support of the Fill the
Mill strategy.
These supplemental budgets are in addition to
the Company's previously disclosed exploration budget for 2024 at Canadian Malartic of approximately $20.4 million for 137,000 metres
of drilling at Odyssey and at regional targets.
Detour Lake
On June 19, 2024, the Company released the
results of a technical study reflecting the potential for a concurrent underground operation to accelerate access to higher grade ore
and to increase annual production to approximately one million ounces for 14 years starting in 2030 (see the Company's news release dated
June 19, 2024).
The technical study assumed an underground mining
rate of approximately 11,200 tpd (equivalent to 4.0 million tonnes per annum ("Mtpa")) starting in 2030, combined with a mill
expansion to 79,450 tpd (equivalent to 29 Mtpa) starting in 2028. Annual production is expected to increase by approximately 43% or 300,000
ounces of gold per year, from 2030 to 2043 to approximately one million ounces per year when compared to average annual production in
years 2024 to 2029. The underground project and mill throughput optimization to 29 Mtpa are expected to generate an after-tax IRR of
approximately 18% using a gold price assumption of $1,900 per ounce and a C$/US$ foreign exchange rate of 1.34. At a gold price assumption
of $2,300 per ounce and a C$/US$ foreign exchange rate of 1.34, the underground project and mill throughput optimization to 29 Mtpa are
expected to generate an after-tax IRR of approximately 25%.
Based on strong risk-adjusted returns for the
Detour Lake underground project, the Company has approved a $100.0 million investment over approximately three years to develop a 2.0-kilometre
exploration ramp to a depth of 270 metres in order to collect a bulk sample and to facilitate infill and expansion drilling of the current
underground mineral resource. Approximately $19.6 million is forecast to be spent in the second half of 2024 related to the construction
of surface facilities and site preparation.
Exploration drilling at Detour Lake during the
second quarter of 2024 totalled 72,000 metres (130,000 metres during the first half of 2024), including infill drilling into the newly
defined high-grade corridor at underground depths in the West Pit zone and infill drilling into the West Pit Extension zone at underground
depths immediately west of the West Pit mineral resources and next to the proposed exploration ramp for the underground project.
In the high-grade corridor in the West Pit zone,
highlights included: hole DLM24-843 returning 4.0 g/t gold over 22.3 metres at 413 metres depth, including 18.7 g/t gold over 2.1 metres
at 414 metres depth; hole DLM24-874 returning 2.5 g/t gold over 10.3 metres at 291 metres depth and 4.4 g/t gold over 30.1 metres at
550 metres depth, including 17.6 g/t gold over 3.9 metres at 557 metres depth; and hole DLM24-897E returning 26.9 g/t gold over 2.8 metres
at 235 metres depth and 3.3 g/t gold over 11.1 metres at 261 metres depth.
To the west in the West Pit zone near the proposed
exploration ramp, highlights included: hole DLM24-873 returning 37.3 g/t gold over 3.5 metres at 282 metres depth; and hole DLM24-930A
returning 20.6 g/t gold over 5.5 metres at 280 metres depth and 1.8 g/t gold over 60.5 metres at 348 metres depth.
From infill drilling into the West Pit Extension
zone, highlights included: hole DLM24-884 returning 4.3 g/t gold over 22.5 metres at 429 metres depth, including 24.5 g/t gold over 3.5
metres at 432 metres depth, and 3.7 g/t gold over 13.4 metres at 551 metres depth; hole DLM24-895AW returning 28.8 g/t gold over 3.6
metres at 570 metres depth; and hole DLM24-873 returning 37.3 g/t gold over 3.5 metres at 282 metres depth.
Selected recent drill intercepts from the West
Pit Underground and West Pit Extension zones at Detour Lake are set out in the table and composite longitudinal section below.
Drill hole | |
Zone | |
From
(metres) | | |
To
(metres) | | |
Depth of
midpoint
below
surface
(metres) | | |
Estimated
true width
(metres) | | |
Gold grade
(g/t)
(uncapped)* | |
DLM24-839 | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 353.0 | | |
| 362.0 | | |
| 321 | | |
| 7.2 | | |
| 5.2 | |
and | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 395.0 | | |
| 419.4 | | |
| 365 | | |
| 19.6 | | |
| 3.9 | |
including | |
| |
| 398.0 | | |
| 402.0 | | |
| 358 | | |
| 3.2 | | |
| 12.6 | |
DLM24-843 | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 505.8 | | |
| 530.3 | | |
| 413 | | |
| 22.3 | | |
| 4.0 | |
including | |
| |
| 519.2 | | |
| 521.5 | | |
| 414 | | |
| 2.1 | | |
| 18.7 | |
DLM24-851 | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 350.0 | | |
| 392.3 | | |
| 318 | | |
| 36.1 | | |
| 2.6 | |
including | |
| |
| 375.3 | | |
| 378.7 | | |
| 323 | | |
| 2.9 | | |
| 23.5 | |
DLM24-855 | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 481.9 | | |
| 509.0 | | |
| 433 | | |
| 22.8 | | |
| 2.4 | |
including | |
| |
| 486.0 | | |
| 495.0 | | |
| 429 | | |
| 7.6 | | |
| 5.1 | |
DLM24-860 | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 583.9 | | |
| 619.0 | | |
| 524 | | |
| 30.2 | | |
| 2.2 | |
including | |
| |
| 583.9 | | |
| 598.0 | | |
| 515 | | |
| 12.1 | | |
| 4.4 | |
DLM24-870 | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 207.6 | | |
| 228.0 | | |
| 182 | | |
| 17.7 | | |
| 3.3 | |
including | |
| |
| 221.1 | | |
| 225.0 | | |
| 186 | | |
| 3.4 | | |
| 11.0 | |
DLM24-871 | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 378.5 | | |
| 396.0 | | |
| 313 | | |
| 15.6 | | |
| 4.7 | |
including | |
| |
| 378.5 | | |
| 383.6 | | |
| 309 | | |
| 4.5 | | |
| 13.6 | |
DLM24-873 | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 346.1 | | |
| 350.0 | | |
| 282 | | |
| 3.5 | | |
| 37.3 | |
DLM24-874 | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 385.0 | | |
| 396.0 | | |
| 291 | | |
| 10.3 | | |
| 2.5 | |
and | |
| |
| 764.0 | | |
| 795.0 | | |
| 550 | | |
| 30.1 | | |
| 4.4 | |
including | |
| |
| 789.0 | | |
| 793.0 | | |
| 557 | | |
| 3.9 | | |
| 17.6 | |
DLM24-884 | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 526.3 | | |
| 551.0 | | |
| 429 | | |
| 22.5 | | |
| 4.3 | |
including | |
| |
| 540.6 | | |
| 544.4 | | |
| 432 | | |
| 3.5 | | |
| 24.5 | |
and | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 696.0 | | |
| 710.5 | | |
| 551 | | |
| 13.4 | | |
| 3.7 | |
DLM24-891C | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 635.0 | | |
| 662.0 | | |
| 562 | | |
| 23.4 | | |
| 1.7 | |
including | |
| |
| 650.8 | | |
| 662.0 | | |
| 569 | | |
| 9.7 | | |
| 3.4 | |
DLM24-895AW | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 676.0 | | |
| 680.0 | | |
| 570 | | |
| 3.6 | | |
| 28.8 | |
DLM24-897E | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 305.0 | | |
| 308.0 | | |
| 235 | | |
| 2.8 | | |
| 26.9 | |
and | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 336.0 | | |
| 348.0 | | |
| 261 | | |
| 11.1 | | |
| 3.3 | |
DLM24-899A | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 578.0 | | |
| 595.9 | | |
| 495 | | |
| 15.8 | | |
| 4.4 | |
DLM24-903 | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 403.0 | | |
| 418.0 | | |
| 344 | | |
| 13.2 | | |
| 3.6 | |
and | |
| |
| 438.0 | | |
| 446.8 | | |
| 369 | | |
| 7.8 | | |
| 12.8 | |
DLM24-908E | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 727.0 | | |
| 775.0 | | |
| 576 | | |
| 45.6 | | |
| 2.1 | |
including | |
| |
| 764.0 | | |
| 774.0 | | |
| 589 | | |
| 9.5 | | |
| 6.5 | |
and | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 791.0 | | |
| 819.0 | | |
| 613 | | |
| 26.7 | | |
| 2.1 | |
including | |
| |
| 800.0 | | |
| 808.0 | | |
| 612 | | |
| 7.6 | | |
| 5.5 | |
DLM24-911A | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 722.3 | | |
| 750.2 | | |
| 636 | | |
| 24.6 | | |
| 2.4 | |
including | |
| |
| 730.9 | | |
| 734.0 | | |
| 633 | | |
| 2.7 | | |
| 13.9 | |
and | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 761.0 | | |
| 792.0 | | |
| 668 | | |
| 27.4 | | |
| 2.4 | |
including | |
| |
| 779.8 | | |
| 782.9 | | |
| 672 | | |
| 2.7 | | |
| 16.8 | |
and | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 827.6 | | |
| 835.0 | | |
| 711 | | |
| 6.6 | | |
| 9.5 | |
DLM24-916W | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 460.7 | | |
| 498.1 | | |
| 408 | | |
| 32.2 | | |
| 3.2 | |
including | |
| |
| 486.8 | | |
| 491.7 | | |
| 416 | | |
| 4.2 | | |
| 12.8 | |
DLM24-923 | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 603.4 | | |
| 630.0 | | |
| 520 | | |
| 23.2 | | |
| 3.3 | |
including | |
| |
| 603.4 | | |
| 606.5 | | |
| 520 | | |
| 2.7 | | |
| 17.4 | |
DLM24-927 | |
West Pit Extension | |
| 445.8 | | |
| 450.7 | | |
| 375 | | |
| 4.3 | | |
| 15.7 | |
DLM24-930A | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 349.0 | | |
| 355.0 | | |
| 280 | | |
| 5.5 | | |
| 20.6 | |
and | |
West Pit Underground | |
| 411.0 | | |
| 476.4 | | |
| 348 | | |
| 60.5 | | |
| 1.8 | |
*Results from Detour Lake are uncapped.
[Detour Lake – Composite Longitudinal
Section]
Further details on the mine-site and regional
exploration programs at Detour Lake in 2024 are set out in the Detour Lake-focused news release dated June 19, 2024.
With the success of the exploration program at
Detour Lake during the first half of the year, the Company has approved a supplemental exploration budget of $10.9 million for 55,000
metres of drilling during the second half of 2024 to infill and expand the underground high-grade corridor to accelerate the de-risking
of the underground project. This is in addition to the previously disclosed exploration budget for 2024 at Detour Lake of $27.7 million
for 160,000 metres of drilling.
Hope Bay – Step-Out Drilling Continues
to Extend Madrid's High-Grade Patch 7 Zone at Depth and Laterally
Exploration drilling at Hope Bay during the second
quarter of 2024 totalled 35,400 metres (66,100 metres during the first half of 2024) and continued to return strong results at the Madrid
deposit within the Patch 7 zone and in the gap area between the Patch 7 and Suluk zones.
Infill drilling into the high-grade shoot immediately
north of the Patch 7 mineral resource was highlighted by hole HBM24-206A returning 26.7 g/t gold over 2.8 metres at 405 metres depth,
including 75.0 g/t gold over 0.9 metres at 404 metres depth, and 17.0 g/t gold over 25.8 metres at 419 metres depth, including 35.6 g/t
gold over 6.5 metres at 412 metres depth; hole HBM24-207 returning 7.2 g/t gold over 8.1 metres at 559 metres depth, including 8.7 g/t
gold over 4.5 metres at 558 metres depth; and hole HBM24-209 returning 30.8 g/t gold over 2.4 metres at 559 metres depth.
The high-grade shoot remains open both up-plunge
and down-plunge with significant potential for mineral resource expansion.
This emerging new mineralized area continues
to show excellent continuity as well as grades and thicknesses greater than average for the Madrid deposit. It is anticipated that the
drilling program in this area in 2024 will have positive impacts on the mineral resource estimate at year-end 2024 and on mining scenarios
for potential project redevelopment.
At shallower depths in the same area of Patch
7, hole HBM24-191 returned 9.7 g/t gold over 6.3 metres at 242 metres depth and hole HBM24-201 returned 5.3 g/t gold over 18.0 metres
at 278 metres depth. Drilling in this shallower area is confirming the presence of the same structures and favourable host rocks encountered
in the main Patch 7 mineral resources located several hundred metres to the south.
Exploration during the second quarter also included
widely spaced, expansion drilling at greater depth approximately 600 metres to the north in the largely untested gap area between the
Patch 7 and Suluk zones, highlighted by hole HBM24-177B returning 9.5 g/t gold over 8.6 metres at 750 metres depth, including 15.5 g/t
gold over 3.7 metres at 753 metres depth; and hole HBM24-183 returning 14.1 g/t gold over 5.0 metres at 577 metres depth, including 25.1
g/t gold over 2.3 metres at 575 metres depth.
Selected recent drill intercepts from the Patch
7 zone at the Madrid deposit are set out in the table and composite longitudinal section below.
Drill hole | |
From
(metres) | | |
To
(metres) | | |
Depth of
midpoint below
surface
(metres) | | |
Estimated
true width
(metres) | | |
Gold grade
(g/t)
(uncapped) | | |
Gold grade
(g/t)
(capped)* | |
HBM24-177B | |
| 864.5 | | |
| 883.8 | | |
| 750 | | |
| 8.6 | | |
| 9.5 | | |
| 9.5 | |
including | |
| 873.9 | | |
| 882.0 | | |
| 753 | | |
| 3.7 | | |
| 15.5 | | |
| 15.5 | |
HBM24-183 | |
| 684.4 | | |
| 693.5 | | |
| 577 | | |
| 5.0 | | |
| 19.0 | | |
| 14.1 | |
including | |
| 684.4 | | |
| 688.6 | | |
| 575 | | |
| 2.3 | | |
| 35.8 | | |
| 25.1 | |
HBM24-188 | |
| 609.4 | | |
| 633.6 | | |
| 475 | | |
| 15.2 | | |
| 5.6 | | |
| 5.6 | |
including | |
| 611.0 | | |
| 620.0 | | |
| 471 | | |
| 5.7 | | |
| 4.6 | | |
| 4.6 | |
including | |
| 626.0 | | |
| 633.6 | | |
| 481 | | |
| 4.8 | | |
| 10.9 | | |
| 10.9 | |
HBM24-189 | |
| 552.3 | | |
| 581.8 | | |
| 443 | | |
| 12.7 | | |
| 6.0 | | |
| 6.0 | |
including | |
| 552.3 | | |
| 575.2 | | |
| 441 | | |
| 9.9 | | |
| 6.9 | | |
| 6.9 | |
HBM24-191 | |
| 289.1 | | |
| 297.0 | | |
| 242 | | |
| 6.3 | | |
| 9.7 | | |
| 9.7 | |
HBM24-201 | |
| 357.0 | | |
| 375.0 | | |
| 278 | | |
| 18.0 | | |
| 10.8 | | |
| 5.3 | |
HBM24-206A | |
| 529.0 | | |
| 532.0 | | |
| 405 | | |
| 2.8 | | |
| 28.0 | | |
| 26.7 | |
including | |
| 529.0 | | |
| 530.0 | | |
| 404 | | |
| 0.9 | | |
| 79.0 | | |
| 75.0 | |
and | |
| 539.1 | | |
| 566.0 | | |
| 419 | | |
| 25.8 | | |
| 20.8 | | |
| 17.0 | |
including | |
| 539.1 | | |
| 546.0 | | |
| 412 | | |
| 6.5 | | |
| 50.7 | | |
| 35.6 | |
HBM24-207 | |
| 634.8 | | |
| 651.0 | | |
| 559 | | |
| 8.1 | | |
| 7.2 | | |
| 7.2 | |
including | |
| 637.1 | | |
| 646.1 | | |
| 558 | | |
| 4.5 | | |
| 8.7 | | |
| 8.7 | |
HBM24-209 | |
| 643.0 | | |
| 646.0 | | |
| 559 | | |
| 2.4 | | |
| 53.7 | | |
| 30.8 | |
*Results from the Madrid deposit at Hope Bay
use a capping factor ranging from 50 g/t to 75 g/t gold depending on the mineralized domain.
[Madrid Deposit at Hope Bay – Composite
Longitudinal Section]
Given the positive drill results at Madrid during
the first half of 2024, the Company has approved a supplemental exploration budget at Hope Bay for the second half of 2024 of $22.6 million
for an additional 62,000 metres of drilling to infill and expand Patch 7 to accelerate mineral reserve addition in advance of a potential
project decision in 2025-26. This is in addition to the previously disclosed budget for 2024 at the Hope Bay project of $22.0 million
for 50,000 metres of drilling.
In early July, the Company finalized an asset
purchase agreement with North Arrow Minerals Inc. to acquire a 100% interest in the Oro gold property in the northeastern extension of
the Hope Bay gold belt for a cash consideration of C$1.75 million. The Oro property comprises 4,103 hectares consisting of five leases
with multiple, historical near-surface gold mineralization occurrences.
San Nicolás Copper Project
In the second quarter of 2024, Minas de San Nicolás
continued engagement with government and stakeholders in support of the permit review and continued to advance feasibility study work,
with plans to initiate detailed engineering in the first half of 2025. The Minas de San Nicolás team submitted the change of land
use permit application ("ETJ") on June 14, 2024 and a Supplementary Information Package in response to the regulator's
enquiries on their MIA-R permit application ("EIA") on July 5, 2024. Project approval is expected to follow, subject to
receipt of permits and the results of the feasibility study.
ABITIBI REGION, QUEBEC
LaRonde – Strong Operational Performance Driven by Higher
Grades; Automation Initiatives at LaRonde Zone 5 Continue to Exceed Targets
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
LaRonde – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 680 | | |
| 660 | | |
| 1,360 | | |
| 1,368 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 7,473 | | |
| 7,253 | | |
| 7,473 | | |
| 7,558 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 4.05 | | |
| 3.82 | | |
| 3.73 | | |
| 3.77 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 82,334 | | |
| 76,780 | | |
| 150,698 | | |
| 156,387 | |
Production costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 128 | | |
$ | 174 | | |
$ | 158 | | |
$ | 145 | |
Minesite
costs per tonne (C$)15 | |
$ | 157 | | |
$ | 151 | | |
$ | 157 | | |
$ | 154 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 775 | | |
$ | 1,117 | | |
$ | 1,051 | | |
$ | 944 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 816 | | |
$ | 884 | | |
$ | 929 | | |
$ | 922 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second
Quarter of 2024 – Gold production increased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to a higher volume of ore mined and milled driven by strong operational
performance and higher gold grades as expected under the mining sequence, partially offset
by lower recovery |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
Gold production decreased when compared to the prior-year period due to lower gold grades
and a lower volume of ore milled |
Production Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Production
costs per tonne decreased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the higher
volume of ore milled in the current period, partially offset by the timing of inventory sales
and higher milling and royalty costs at the LaRonde mine. Production costs per ounce decreased
when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to higher gold grades and lower production
costs per tonne |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
Production costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due
to stockpile consumption, the timing of inventory sales, higher milling and royalty costs
at the LaRonde mine and lower volumes of ore milled. Production costs per ounce increased
when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to higher production costs per tonne
and lower gold grades |
15 Minesite costs per tonne is a non-GAAP
measure that is not standardized under IFRS and is reported on a per tonne of ore milled basis. For a description of the composition
and usefulness of this non-GAAP measure and a reconciliation to production costs see "Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance"
below.
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Minesite
costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to higher
milling and royalty costs at the LaRonde mine, partially offset by higher volume of ore milled.
Total cash costs per ounce decreased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due
to higher gold grades, partially offset by higher minesite costs per tonne |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
Minesite costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to
stockpile consumption and higher milling and royalty costs and lower volume of ore milled.
Total cash costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due
to lower gold grades and higher minesite costs per tonne |
Highlights
| ● | Gold production in the quarter was
higher than forecast as a result of higher grades and higher volume milled |
| ● | The
Company continued its automation initiatives at the LaRonde zone 5 mine ("LZ5")
and exceeded its automation target by 22%. Approximately 1,800 tpd were moved during the
quarter through automated scoops and trucks, which contributed to the strong overall performance
of the site at an average 3,450 tpd |
| ● | The LZ5 processing facility was
placed on care and maintenance during the third quarter of 2023 and is on track to restart
in the third quarter of 2024. During the downtime, the Company continues to overhaul the
facility's leach tanks and is refurbishing the ore silo. Ore from LZ5 will continue to be
processed at the LaRonde mill until the restart of the LZ5 processing facility |
| ● | A shutdown was scheduled for the
third quarter of 2024 for 14 days at the LaRonde mine and 11 days at the LaRonde mill and
was completed in July |
| ● | On June 24, 2024, a seismic
event of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale, occurred at the LaRonde mine. Safety protocols
were followed, the mine was evacuated and no workers were injured. The dynamic ground support
performed as designed. While the mine was shutdown for approximately two days, the mill continued
to operate at normal levels using surface stockpiles. Site-specific expertise in mitigating
seismic risk has been developed by the Company over many years of operations at LaRonde.
The Company's objective remains to address the seismic risk by continuously improving mitigation
measures to keep a safe work environment while maintaining reasonable production rates. These
mitigation measures include non-entry protocols, dynamic ground support and, increasingly,
remote operation from surface |
| ● | At the LaRonde mill, the focus remained
on improving mill recoveries by optimizing the blending of ore from the LaRonde mine, 11-3
zone, LZ5, Goldex and Akasaba West |
| ● | During the quarter, LaRonde was
recognized for environmental and social performance, receiving the following awards: |
| ◦ | TSM Excellence Award from the Mining
Association of Canada for the transition to filtered tailings management – this award
acknowledges innovative projects and initiatives that support sustainable development |
| ◦ | Community relations award from the
Quebec Mining Association ("QMA") – recognition of the collaboration agreement
with the Abitibiwinni First Nations and the Nikan Project, which facilitates integration
and retention of Indigenous workers |
Canadian Malartic – Higher Tonnes Milled
Drive Strong Production; Record Development Metres and Production from Odyssey South
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
Canadian Malartic – Operating Statistics* | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 5,182 | | |
| 4,882 | | |
| 10,355 | | |
| 9,406 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 56,945 | | |
| 53,648 | | |
| 56,896 | | |
| 51,967 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 1.17 | | |
| 1.22 | | |
| 1.19 | | |
| 1.21 | |
Gold production* (ounces) | |
| 180,871 | | |
| 177,755 | | |
| 367,777 | | |
| 258,440 | |
Production costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 38 | | |
$ | 40 | | |
$ | 35 | | |
$ | 38 | |
Minesite costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 42 | | |
$ | 39 | | |
$ | 42 | | |
$ | 39 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 798 | | |
$ | 811 | | |
$ | 737 | | |
$ | 780 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 871 | | |
$ | 772 | | |
$ | 860 | | |
$ | 779 | |
* Gold production reflects Agnico Eagle's 50%
interest in Canadian Malartic up to and including March 30, 2023 and 100% interest thereafter. Tonnage of ore milled is reported
on a 100% basis for both periods.
Gold Production
| ● | Second
Quarter of 2024 – Gold production increased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to higher throughput resulting from strong operational performance at
the Barnat pit and Odyssey mine, partially offset by lower gold grades from increased ore
sourced from the low-grade stockpile |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Gold production increased when compared to the prior-year
period due to the increase in the Company's ownership percentage between periods from 50%
to 100% as a result of the closing of the acquisition of the Yamana Transaction and higher
throughput, partially offset by lower gold grades resulting from increased ore sourced from
the low-grade stockpile |
Production Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter of 2024 – Production costs per tonne decreased when compared to the
prior-year period primarily due to a higher volume of ore milled and the timing of inventory
adjustments during the comparative period. Production costs per ounce decreased when compared
to the prior-year period due to more ounces of gold produced in the current period |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Production costs per tonne decreased when compared to the
prior-year period primarily due to a higher volume of ore milled and the timing of inventory
adjustments during the comparative period. Production costs per ounce decreased when compared
to the prior-year period due to lower production costs per tonne, partially offset by lower
gold grades in the current period |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter of 2024 – Minesite costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year
period due to the milling of low-grade stockpiles and higher royalty costs during the quarter,
partially offset by higher volume of ore milled. Total cash costs per ounce increased when
compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the same factors that resulted in higher
minesite costs per tonne and lower gold grades in the current period |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Minesite costs per tonne increased when compared to the
prior-year period due to the consumption of low-grade stockpiles and higher royalty costs,
partially offset by higher volume of ore milled. Total cash costs per ounce increased when
compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the same factors that resulted in higher
minesite costs per tonne and lower gold grades in the current period |
Highlights
| ● | Higher mill throughput, higher gold
grades from the Barnat pit due to mine sequencing and higher mill recoveries than planned,
along with the record production from Odyssey, resulted in better than planned quarterly
gold production at Canadian Malartic |
| ● | At
Odyssey South, total metres developed during the quarter were a record at 3,870 metres. Gold
production and mining rate were above plan at approximately 22,300 ounces of gold and 3,750
tpd, respectively. The strong operational performance was supported by higher than planned
equipment availability and the addition of 65 tonne haulage trucks |
| ● | Stope reconciliation at Odyssey
South remains positive, primarily from the contribution of the internal zones, which resulted
in approximately 13% more ounces of gold produced than anticipated during the second quarter |
| ● | At the Canadian Malartic pit, the
Company continued the construction of the central berm (approximately 95% complete at June 30,
2024) in preparation for in-pit tailings disposal, which began in July 2024 |
| ● | An extended shutdown at the Canadian
Malartic mill is planned for the third quarter of 2024 totalling 10 days (approximately an
additional 5 days from the original plan) due to the acceleration of maintenance work on
the tailings thickener drive assembly |
| ● | An update on the Odyssey mine development,
construction and exploration highlights is set out in the Update on Key Value Drivers and
Pipeline Projects section above |
| ● | During the quarter, Canadian Malartic
was recognized for its health and safety performance and received the following awards: |
| ◦ | John T. Ryan Eastern Canada Regional
Safety award from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum – awarded
to an open pit mine which experienced the lowest reportable injury frequency in the previous
year |
| ◦ | F.J. O'Connell surface operations
award from the QMA – recognizing workplace health and safety performance of QMA members |
Goldex – Record Tonnage Milled Since Re-Start in 2013; Production
from Deep 2 Zone Commenced
| |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
Goldex Complex – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 765 | | |
| 761 | | |
| 1,525 | | |
| 1,459 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 8,407 | | |
| 8,363 | | |
| 8,379 | | |
| 8,061 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 1.62 | | |
| 1.74 | | |
| 1.63 | | |
| 1.74 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 33,750 | | |
| 37,716 | | |
| 68,138 | | |
| 71,739 | |
Production costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 59 | | |
$ | 50 | | |
$ | 59 | | |
$ | 52 | |
Minesite costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 60 | | |
$ | 51 | | |
$ | 60 | | |
$ | 51 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 980 | | |
$ | 747 | | |
$ | 973 | | |
$ | 781 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 864 | | |
$ | 776 | | |
$ | 906 | | |
$ | 792 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second
Quarter of 2024 – Gold production decreased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to lower average gold grades resulting from increased ore sourced from
Akasaba West |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Gold production decreased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to lower average gold grades resulting from increased ore sourced from
Akasaba West, partially offset by a higher volume of ore processed |
Production Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Production costs per tonne increased
when compared to the prior-year periods primarily due to higher underground production costs,
higher open pit mining costs, higher milling costs and a lower deferred stripping adjustment
associated with the Akasaba West project, partially offset by higher volume of ore milled.
Production costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year periods due to the same
factors that resulted in higher production costs per tonne and lower gold grades |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Minesite costs per tonne increased when
compared to the prior-year periods due to the same reasons outlined above for the higher
production costs per tonne. Total cash costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year
periods due to the same reasons outlined above for the higher production costs per ounce |
Highlights
| ● | Solid gold production during the
quarter was driven by record mill throughput since the re-start of Goldex operations in 2013,
including record throughput in May of approximately 289,000 tonnes milled |
| ● | Development of the Deep 2 zone continued
to advance as planned during the quarter and began initial production in June 2024 |
| ● | During the quarter, Goldex was recognized
for its health and safety performance and received the following awards: |
| ◦ | John T. Ryan National award from
the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum – awarded to a metal mine
which experienced the lowest reportable injury frequency in the previous year |
| ◦ | F.J. O'Connell award for underground
operations from the QMA – recognizing the workplace health and safety performance of
QMA members |
ABITIBI REGION, ONTARIO
Detour Lake – Mill Throughput Improved
Quarter-over-Quarter; Pathway to One Million Ounces Provided in June
| |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
Detour Lake – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 6,792 | | |
| 6,800 | | |
| 13,294 | | |
| 13,197 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 74,637 | | |
| 74,725 | | |
| 73,044 | | |
| 72,912 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 0.86 | | |
| 0.85 | | |
| 0.84 | | |
| 0.85 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 168,247 | | |
| 169,352 | | |
| 318,998 | | |
| 331,209 | |
Production costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 24 | | |
$ | 22 | | |
$ | 26 | | |
$ | 23 | |
Minesite costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 26 | | |
$ | 26 | | |
$ | 27 | | |
$ | 26 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 715 | | |
$ | 666 | | |
$ | 791 | | |
$ | 685 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 791 | | |
$ | 731 | | |
$ | 829 | | |
$ | 750 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second
Quarter of 2024 – Gold production decreased slightly when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to lower metallurgical recovery as a result of lower grinding efficiency
related to the change in grinding media during the quarter, partially offset by higher gold
grades |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Gold production decreased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to lower metallurgical recovery, mainly due to abnormal chipping of
grinding media affecting grinding efficiency and lower gold grades, partially offset by higher
throughput |
Production Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Production
costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to higher
milling costs as a result of the change in grinding media in the SAG mill and higher mining
costs, partially offset by stockpile build-up in the current period. Production costs per
ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period due to the higher production costs
per tonne, partially offset by the higher gold grades |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
Production costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due
to higher milling costs as a result of the change in grinding media in the SAG mill and higher
mining costs, partially offset by stockpile build-up in the current period and by higher
volume of ore milled in the current period. Production costs per ounce increased when compared
to the prior-year period due to the same factors resulting in higher production costs per
tonne and lower gold grades |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Minesite
costs per tonne remained unchanged when compared to the prior-year period. Total cash costs
per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period due to lower metallurgical recovery,
partially offset by higher gold grades |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
Minesite costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period due to the same
reasons outlined above that resulted in higher production costs per tonne. Total cash costs
per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period due to the same reasons outlined
above that resulted in higher production costs per ounce |
Highlights
| ● | The mill throughput rate of 74,637
tpd in the second quarter of 2024 increased when compared to the first quarter primarily
due to the replacement of the defective grinding media in the SAG mill and record quarterly
mill availability of 93.0%. The installation of new instrumentation in the SAG mill to optimize
the load balance between the SAG mills and ball mills contributed to achieving monthly throughput
performance in June 2024 of 81,324 tpd. Other initiatives that are expected to help
reach the targeted rate of 76,700 tpd by the end of 2024 include the installation of a new
ball mill discharge grizzly, a SAG discharge box upgrade in one of the lines and installation
of variable speed drive to the secondary crushers |
| ● | Phase 2 of the open pit was completed
in the second quarter of 2024. Assembly of the new Komatsu rope shovel was approximately
80% complete as at June 30, 2024, with commissioning expected in the third quarter of
2024. The new rope shovel is expected to add increased capacity required per the life of
mine plan and will replace a diesel shovel of lower capacity |
| ● | Metallurgical
recovery remained below plan in the second quarter of 2024 as a result of lower grinding
efficiency related to the change in grinding media. The Company continues to work with its
suppliers to optimize the grinding efficiency in the SAG mill and has scheduled further tests
of new grinding media in the third quarter of 2024 |
| ● | The expansion of the mine maintenance
shop to support increased mining rates and a larger production fleet is ongoing. The new
mining service facility is expected to be completed in 2025 |
| ● | An upgrade of the 230kV main substation
is planned to improve the power quality at the mine and improve the site readiness for potential
projects such as the Detour Lake underground and mill expansion. The engineering was completed
and all long lead items were ordered in the second quarter of 2024. The upgrades related
to power quality are expected to be completed in 2024 and those related to improving site
readiness for future projects are expected in 2025 |
| ● | An update on the underground project
study and exploration results is set out in the Update on Key Value Drivers and Pipeline
Projects section above |
Macassa – Consecutive Quarters of Record
Mill Throughput; Continued Productivity Improvements from Workforce Ramp-Up and Equipment Availability
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
Macassa – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 152 | | |
| 112 | | |
| 286 | | |
| 199 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 1,670 | | |
| 1,231 | | |
| 1,571 | | |
| 1,099 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 13.44 | | |
| 16.16 | | |
| 14.77 | | |
| 19.29 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 64,062 | | |
| 57,044 | | |
| 132,321 | | |
| 121,159 | |
Production costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 459 | | |
$ | 464 | | |
$ | 470 | | |
$ | 519 | |
Minesite costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 476 | | |
$ | 503 | | |
$ | 484 | | |
$ | 539 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 797 | | |
$ | 676 | | |
$ | 746 | | |
$ | 631 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 833 | | |
$ | 747 | | |
$ | 770 | | |
$ | 672 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Gold production increased when compared to the prior-year periods primarily
due to higher throughput as a result of productivity gains resulting from new ventilation
infrastructure, improved equipment availability and the addition of ore sourced from the
Near Surface deposit, partially offset by lower gold grades related to the addition of ore
sourced from the Near Surface deposit |
Production Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Production costs per tonne decreased
when compared to the prior-year periods due to the higher volume of ore milled in the current
periods, partially offset by higher underground development and mining costs. Production
costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year periods due to lower gold grades
and higher underground development and mining costs |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Minesite costs per tonne decreased when compared to the prior-year periods
due to the same reasons outlined above that resulted in lower production costs per tonne.
Total cash costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year periods due to the same
reasons outlined above that resulted in the higher production costs per ounce |
Highlights
| ● | Macassa recorded its best quarterly
safety performance since the merger between Agnico Eagle and Kirkland Lake Gold. The Macassa
mine rescue team won first place in the Kirkland Lake District Competition and in the Ontario
Provincial Mine Rescue Competition |
| ● | During
the second quarter of 2024, Macassa continued to demonstrate sustained productivity gains
with record quarterly volume skipped and record quarterly mill throughput. Gold grades were
lower than plan primarily due to processing more ore from the lower grade Near Surface
deposit |
| ● | At
the Portal (ramp access to the Near Surface and AK deposits), production from long hole stopes
in the Near Surface deposit continued in the second quarter of 2024, with volume of
ore mined and milled exceeding planned targets |
| ● | Construction of the new paste plant
was 50% complete as at June 30, 2024, and is on schedule for commissioning in the first
half of 2025 |
NUNAVUT
Meliadine – Solid Quarterly Performance
Despite Earlier than Planned Caribou Migration; Phase 2 Mill Expansion Complete
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
Meliadine – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 421 | | |
| 461 | | |
| 917 | | |
| 937 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 4,626 | | |
| 5,066 | | |
| 5,038 | | |
| 5,177 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 6.79 | | |
| 6.14 | | |
| 6.49 | | |
| 6.13 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 88,675 | | |
| 87,682 | | |
| 184,400 | | |
| 178,149 | |
Production costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 278 | | |
$ | 230 | | |
$ | 265 | | |
$ | 229 | |
Minesite costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 254 | | |
$ | 261 | | |
$ | 249 | | |
$ | 250 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 969 | | |
$ | 899 | | |
$ | 973 | | |
$ | 898 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 892 | | |
$ | 1,019 | | |
$ | 918 | | |
$ | 978 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Gold production increased when compared
to the prior-year periods primarily due to higher gold grades as expected under the planned
the mining sequence, partially offset by lower throughput |
Production Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Production costs per tonne increased
when compared to the prior-year periods primarily due to the timing of inventory sales, higher
underground services and royalty costs and a lower volume of ore milled in the current periods,
partially offset by the buildup of stockpiles. Production costs per ounce increased when
compared to the prior-year periods due to the same reasons that resulted in higher production
costs per tonne, partially offset by higher gold grades in the current periods |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Minesite costs per tonne decreased when
compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the buildup in stockpiles, partially offset
by the lower volume of ore milled. Total cash costs per ounce decreased when compared to
the prior-year period primarily due to higher gold grades and the same reasons that resulted
in lower minesite costs per tonne |
Highlights
| ● | Gold production during the quarter
was slightly affected by lower throughput as a result of an earlier than anticipated caribou
migration period. Given the operational downtime due to the migration, the Company took the
opportunity to rehabilitate the underground ramp during this period. The Company is adapting
its Caribou Readiness Plan, which includes earlier deployment of sea can barriers, crushing
of ore stockpiles, and stocking of surface and underground materials, to further mitigate
the impact of early caribou migration in future years |
| ● | The mill expansion project was completed
during the second quarter and commissioning is expected in the third quarter of 2024. Throughput
at the mill is expected to ramp up to 6,000 tpd by year-end 2024 |
| ● | During the first quarter of 2024,
the Company submitted a proposal to the Nunavut Water Board to amend the current Type A Water
license to include tailings, water and waste management infrastructure at the Pump, F-zone,
Wesmeg and Discovery deposits. A technical meeting with the Nunavut Water Board and meetings
with the community took place during the second quarter of 2024. Public hearings are expected
to take place in the third quarter of 2024. The Company now expects permits to be received
in the first quarter of 2025 |
| ● | During the quarter, Meliadine was
recognized for its health and safety performance and received the John T. Ryan Regional award
from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum for the second consecutive
year – awarded to a metal mine for the Prairie Provinces and Territories which experienced
the lowest reportable injury frequency in the previous year |
Meadowbank – Higher Grades and Record
Ore Hauling at the Underground Operations Drive Production
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
Meadowbank Complex – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 990 | | |
| 845 | | |
| 2,061 | | |
| 1,828 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 10,879 | | |
| 9,286 | | |
| 11,324 | | |
| 10,099 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 4.36 | | |
| 3.79 | | |
| 4.22 | | |
| 3.85 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 126,419 | | |
| 94,775 | | |
| 254,193 | | |
| 205,885 | |
Production costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 169 | | |
$ | 186 | | |
$ | 156 | | |
$ | 181 | |
Minesite costs per tonne (C$) | |
$ | 160 | | |
$ | 178 | | |
$ | 155 | | |
$ | 176 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 973 | | |
$ | 1,240 | | |
$ | 933 | | |
$ | 1,202 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 922 | | |
$ | 1,156 | | |
$ | 930 | | |
$ | 1,144 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second
Quarter of 2024 – Gold production increased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to higher throughput as operations in the prior period were affected
by unplanned mill shutdowns from the caribou migration, and higher gold grades as expected
under the mine plan |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Gold production increased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to higher throughput as the comparative period was affected by unplanned
downtime at the SAG mill and unplanned mill shutdowns from the caribou migration, and higher
gold grades as expected under the mine plan |
Production Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Production costs per tonne decreased
when compared to the prior-year periods due to a higher volume of ore milled. Production
costs per ounce decreased when compared to the prior-year periods primarily due to higher
gold grades and lower production costs per tonne |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 –
Minesite costs per tonne decreased when compared to the prior-year periods due to the same
reasons outlined above that resulted in the lower production costs per tonne. Total cash
costs per ounce decreased when compared to the prior-year periods due to the same reasons
outlined above that resulted in the lower production costs per ounce |
Highlights
| ● | Gold
production was higher than expected due to the operational performance at both the open pit
and underground operations |
| ● | Open
pit operation continued to deliver strong haulage performance during the second quarter of
2024, achieving a monthly record in June 2024 benefiting from both increased equipment
availability and shorter cycle times |
| ● | The
underground operation also had another strong quarter, setting quarterly performance records
for hauling, production drilling and cemented rockfill in the second quarter of 2024. This
was accomplished through continued productivity gains that demonstrated sustained improvement
through the full mining cycle and increased adherence and compliance to plan |
AUSTRALIA
Fosterville – Record Quarterly Ore Mined and Record Monthly
Mill Throughput
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
Fosterville – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 234 | | |
| 176 | | |
| 406 | | |
| 324 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 2,571 | | |
| 1,934 | | |
| 2,231 | | |
| 1,790 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 9.06 | | |
| 14.77 | | |
| 9.68 | | |
| 16.49 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 65,963 | | |
| 81,813 | | |
| 122,532 | | |
| 168,371 | |
Production costs per tonne (A$) | |
$ | 237 | | |
$ | 308 | | |
$ | 264 | | |
$ | 335 | |
Minesite costs per tonne (A$) | |
$ | 259 | | |
$ | 304 | | |
$ | 265 | | |
$ | 321 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 558 | | |
$ | 438 | | |
$ | 575 | | |
$ | 430 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 608 | | |
$ | 436 | | |
$ | 575 | | |
$ | 416 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Gold production decreased when compared to the prior-year periods primarily
due to the lower gold grades from mine sequencing, partially offset by higher throughput |
Production Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Production
costs per tonne decreased when compared to the prior-year period due to a higher volume of
ore mined and milled, partially offset by higher mining costs associated with the extra volume,
higher royalty costs and the build-up of stockpiles. Production costs per ounce increased
when compared to the prior-year period due to lower gold production, partially offset by
lower production costs per tonne and the weaker Australian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
Production costs per tonne decreased when compared to the prior-year period due to the higher
volume of ore mined and milled, partially offset by higher mining costs and higher royalty
costs. Production costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period due to
lower gold production and the timing of inventory sales, partially offset by lower production
costs per tonne and the weaker Australian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Minesite costs per tonne decreased when compared to the prior-year periods
due to a higher volume of ore mined and milled, partially offset by higher mining costs associated
with the extra volume and higher royalty costs. Total cash costs per ounce increased when
compared to the prior-year periods due to lower gold production, partially offset by lower
minesite costs per tonne and the weaker Australian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar |
Highlights
| ● | The Company continues to focus on
productivity gains and cost control at the mine and the mill to maximize throughput and reduce
unit costs as gold grades continue to decline with the depletion of the Swan zone. In the
second quarter of 2024, Fosterville set a quarterly record in ore mined at approximately
241,000 tonnes, driven by higher than planned development in ore at Robbins Hill and Phoenix.
The Company also set a monthly record in mill throughput with approximately 101,000 tonnes
processed in June |
| ● | Fosterville initiated a continuous
improvement program leveraging work recently completed at Meadowbank and Meliadine and is
focusing on further productivity gains at the mine and mill and on cost improvements. In
the second quarter a diagnostic assessment and benchmark was completed highlighting stope
cycle timing as an area of focus |
| ● | The Company is currently advancing
an upgrade of the primary ventilation system to sustain the mining rate in the Lower Phoenix
zones in future years. In the second quarter of 2024, the Company continued the excavation
of the ventilation raises and the project is progressing as planned at approximately 63%
completion. The Company expects the project to be completed by early 2025 |
FINLAND
Kittila – Gold Production on Target
Despite Challenges with Mill Recovery; Continuous Improvement Program Initiated
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
Kittila – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 524 | | |
| 417 | | |
| 1,006 | | |
| 913 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 5,758 | | |
| 4,582 | | |
| 5,527 | | |
| 5,044 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 4.07 | | |
| 4.42 | | |
| 4.19 | | |
| 4.59 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 55,671 | | |
| 50,130 | | |
| 110,252 | | |
| 113,822 | |
Production costs per tonne (EUR) | |
€ | 102 | | |
€ | 101 | | |
€ | 107 | | |
€ | 100 | |
Minesite costs per tonne (EUR) | |
€ | 101 | | |
€ | 104 | | |
€ | 106 | | |
€ | 101 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 1,033 | | |
$ | 864 | | |
$ | 1,057 | | |
$ | 849 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 1,020 | | |
$ | 899 | | |
$ | 1,044 | | |
$ | 847 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Gold
production increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to higher throughput
as the mill operated through the current period compared to a planned 10-day autoclave shutdown
in the prior-year period, partially offset by lower grades and recovery |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Gold production decreased when compared to the prior-year period
primarily due to lower grades and recovery, partially offset by higher throughput |
Production Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Production
costs per tonne increased slightly when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to
the consumption of stockpiles in the current period compared to a build up of stockpiles
in the prior-year period and higher underground mining and royalty costs, partially offset
by lower mill maintenance costs in the current period. Production costs per ounce increased
when compared to the prior-year period due to lower gold production and the same factors
that resulted in higher production costs per tonne |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Production costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to the milling of stockpiles in the current period compared to a build
up of stockpiles in the prior-year period as well as higher underground mining and
royalty costs, partially offset by a higher volume of ore milled in the current period. Production
costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period due to lower gold production
and higher production costs per tonne |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Minesite
costs per tonne decreased when compared to the prior-year period mainly due to the higher
volume of ore milled in the current period, partially offset by higher underground mining
and royalty costs. Total cash costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period
due to the lower gold production, partially offset by the same factors that resulted in lower
minesite costs per tonne |
| ● | First Six Months of 2024 –
Minesite costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to
higher underground mining and royalty costs, partially offset by higher volume of ore milled.
Total cash costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period due to lower
gold production and the same factors that resulted in higher minesite costs per tonne |
Highlights
| ● | Mill throughput remained on target
in the second quarter of 2024, however, recovery continued to be lower than planned due to
high carbon and sulphur content in the ore which affected gold production. Test trials with
carbon depressant were conducted in the quarter with inconsistent results. Mineralogical
modelling is ongoing and further tests will be conducted in the third quarter of 2024 |
| ● | Kittila initiated a continuous improvement
program leveraging work recently completed at Meadowbank and Meliadine and is focusing on
mine productivity gains and cost improvements. In the second quarter a diagnostic assessment
and benchmark was completed |
MEXICO
Pinos Altos – Gold Production on Target,
Supported by Solid Open Pit and Mill Performance
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
Pinos Altos – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| 454 | | |
| 401 | | |
| 880 | | |
| 765 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| 4,989 | | |
| 4,407 | | |
| 4,835 | | |
| 4,227 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| 1.70 | | |
| 1.80 | | |
| 1.79 | | |
| 1.97 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 23,754 | | |
| 22,159 | | |
| 48,479 | | |
| 46,293 | |
Production costs per tonne | |
$ | 95 | | |
$ | 87 | | |
$ | 87 | | |
$ | 88 | |
Minesite costs per tonne | |
$ | 93 | | |
$ | 90 | | |
$ | 94 | | |
$ | 91 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 1,815 | | |
$ | 1,566 | | |
$ | 1,578 | | |
$ | 1,461 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 1,414 | | |
$ | 1,282 | | |
$ | 1,380 | | |
$ | 1,196 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Gold production increased when compared to the prior-year periods primarily
due to higher throughput, partially offset by lower gold grades as expected under the planned
mining sequence |
Production Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Production
costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to a lower
deferred stripping adjustment, partially offset by a higher volume of ore milled in the current
period. Production costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year period primarily
due to the same factors that resulted in higher production costs per tonne and lower gold
grades |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Production costs per tonne decreased when compared to the prior-year
period primarily due to a higher volume of ore milled, partially offset by a lower deferred
stripping adjustment in the current period. Production costs per ounce increased when
compared to the prior-year period primarily due to lower gold grades, partially offset by
the same factors that resulted in lower production costs per tonne |
Minesite and Total Cash Costs
| ● | Second Quarter of 2024 – Minesite
costs per tonne increased when compared to the prior-year period due to the same reasons
outlined above for the higher production costs per tonne. Total cash costs per ounce increased
when compared to the prior-year period due to the same reasons outlined above that resulted
in higher production costs per ounce |
| ● | First
Six Months of 2024 – Minesite costs per tonne increased when compared to the
prior-year period primarily due to higher inventory adjustments in the period, partially
offset by higher volume of ore processed. Total cash costs per ounce increased when compared
to the prior-year period due to the same reasons outlined above that resulted in higher production
costs per ounce and the stronger Mexican Peso relative to the U.S. dollar |
La India – Residual Leaching to Continue
Through Year-End 2024
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
La India – Operating Statistics | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands of tonnes) | |
| — | | |
| 880 | | |
| — | | |
| 1,540 | |
Tonnes of ore milled per day | |
| — | | |
| 9,670 | | |
| — | | |
| 8,508 | |
Gold grade (g/t) | |
| — | | |
| 0.74 | | |
| — | | |
| 0.72 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 6,079 | | |
| 17,833 | | |
| 16,661 | | |
| 34,154 | |
Production costs per tonne | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 27 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 28 | |
Minesite costs per tonne | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 28 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 30 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 2,146 | | |
$ | 1,326 | | |
$ | 1,742 | | |
$ | 1,281 | |
Total cash costs per ounce | |
$ | 2,171 | | |
$ | 1,385 | | |
$ | 1,715 | | |
$ | 1,348 | |
Gold Production
| ● | Second
Quarter and First Six Months of 2024 – Gold production decreased when compared
to the prior-year periods due to ceasing of mining operations at La India in the fourth quarter
of 2023. Gold production in the current periods came only from residual leaching |
Costs
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Production costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year periods
driven primarily by the cessation of mining activities, partially offset by the strengthening
of the Mexican Peso relative to the U.S. dollar between periods |
| ● | Second Quarter and First Six Months
of 2024 – Total cash costs per ounce increased when compared to the prior-year periods
primarily due to fewer ounces of gold produced in the period |
About Agnico Eagle
Agnico Eagle is a Canadian based and led senior
gold mining company and the third largest gold producer in the world, producing precious metals from operations in Canada, Australia,
Finland and Mexico. It has a pipeline of high-quality exploration and development projects in these countries as well as in the United
States. Agnico Eagle is a partner of choice within the mining industry, recognized globally for its leading environmental, social and
governance practices. The Company was founded in 1957 and has consistently created value for its shareholders, declaring a cash dividend
every year since 1983.
About this News Release
Unless otherwise stated, references to “LaRonde”,
“Canadian Malartic”, “Meadowbank” and "Goldex" are to the Company’s operations at the LaRonde
complex, the Canadian Malartic complex, the Meadowbank complex and the Goldex complex, respectively. The LaRonde complex consists of
the mill and processing operations at the LaRonde mine and the LaRonde zone 5 mine. The Canadian Malartic complex consists of the mill
and processing operations at the Canadian Malartic mine and the Odyssey mine. The Meadowbank complex consists of the mill and processing
operations at the Meadowbank mine and the Amaruq open pit and underground mines. The Goldex complex consists of the mill and processing
operations at the Goldex mine and the Akasaba open pit mine. References to other operations are to the relevant mines, projects or properties,
as applicable.
When used in this news release, the terms “including”
and “such as” mean including and such as, without limitation.
The information contained on any website linked
to or referred to herein (including the Company’s website) is not part of this news release.
Further Information
For further information regarding Agnico Eagle,
contact Investor Relations at investor.relations@agnicoeagle.com or call (416) 947-1212.
Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance
This news release discloses certain financial
performance measures and ratios, including "total cash costs per ounce", "minesite costs per tonne", "all-in
sustaining costs per ounce", "adjusted net income", "adjusted net income per share", "cash provided by
operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital balances", "cash provided by operating activities before changes
in non-cash working capital balances per share", "EBITDA" which means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization, "adjusted EBITDA", "free cash flow", "free cash flow before changes in non-cash working capital
balances", "operating margin", "sustaining capital expenditures", "development capital expenditures"
and "net debt", as well as, for certain of these measures their related per share ratios that are not standardized measures
under IFRS. These measures may not be comparable to similar measures reported by other gold producers and should be considered together
with other data prepared in accordance with IFRS. See below for a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial
information reported in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS.
Total cash costs per ounce and minesite
costs per tonne
Total cash costs per ounce is calculated on a
per ounce of gold produced basis and is reported on both a by-product basis (deducting by-product metal revenues from production costs)
and co-product basis (without deducting by-product metal revenues). Total cash costs per ounce on a by-product basis is calculated by
adjusting production costs as recorded in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income for by-product revenues, inventory
production costs, the impact of purchase price allocation in connection with mergers and acquisitions on inventory accounting, realized
gains and losses on hedges of production costs, operational care and maintenance costs due to COVID-19 and other adjustments, which include
the costs associated with a 5% in-kind royalty paid in respect of certain portions of Canadian Malartic, a 2% in-kind royalty paid in
respect of Detour Lake, a 1.5% in-kind royalty paid in respect of Macassa, as well as smelting, refining and marketing charges and then
dividing by the number of ounces of gold produced. Given the nature of the fair value adjustment on inventory related to mergers and
acquisitions and the use of the total cash costs per ounce measures to reflect the cash generating capabilities of the Company's operations,
the calculations of total cash costs per ounce for Canadian Malartic has been adjusted for the purchase price allocation in the comparative
period data. Investors should note that total cash costs per ounce are not reflective of all cash expenditures, as they do not include
income tax payments, interest costs or dividend payments. Total cash costs per ounce on a co-product basis is calculated in the same
manner as the total cash costs per ounce on a by-product basis, except that no adjustment is made for by-product metal revenues. Accordingly,
the calculation of total cash costs per ounce on a co-product basis does not reflect a reduction in production costs or smelting, refining
and marketing charges associated with the production and sale of by-product metals.
Total cash costs per ounce is intended to provide
investors information about the cash-generating capabilities of the Company's mining operations. Management also uses these measures
to, and believes they are useful to investors so investors can, understand and monitor the performance of the Company's mining operations.
The Company believes that total cash costs per ounce is useful to help investors understand the costs associated with producing gold
and the economics of gold mining. As market prices for gold are quoted on a per ounce basis, using the total cash costs per ounce on
a by-product basis measure allows management and investors to assess a mine's cash-generating capabilities at various gold prices. Management
is aware, and investors should note, that these per ounce measures of performance can be affected by fluctuations in exchange rates and,
in the case of total cash costs per ounce on a by-product basis, by-product metal prices. Management compensates for these inherent limitations
by using, and investors should also consider using, these measures in conjunction with data prepared in accordance with IFRS and minesite
costs per tonne as these measures are not necessarily indicative of operating costs or cash flow measures prepared in accordance with
IFRS. Management also performs sensitivity analyses in order to quantify the effects of fluctuating metal prices and exchange rates.
Agnico Eagle's primary business is gold production
and the focus of its current operations and future development is on maximizing returns from gold production, with other metal production
being incidental to the gold production process. Accordingly, all metals other than gold are considered by-products.
Unless otherwise indicated, total cash costs
per ounce is reported on a by-product basis. Total cash costs per ounce is reported on a by-product basis because (i) the majority
of the Company's revenues are from gold, (ii) the Company mines ore, which contains gold, silver, zinc, copper and other metals,
(iii) it is not possible to specifically assign all costs to revenues from the gold, silver, zinc, copper and other metals the Company
produces, (iv) it is a method used by management and the Board of Directors to monitor operations, and (v) many other gold
producers disclose similar measures on a by-product rather than a co-product basis.
Minesite costs per tonne are calculated by adjusting
production costs as recorded in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income for inventory production costs, operational
care and maintenance costs due to COVID-19 and other adjustments, and then dividing by tonnage of ore processed. As the total cash costs
per ounce can be affected by fluctuations in by-product metal prices and foreign exchange rates, management believes that minesite costs
per tonne is useful to investors in providing additional information regarding the performance of mining operations, eliminating the
impact of varying production levels. Management also uses this measure to determine the economic viability of mining blocks. As each
mining block is evaluated based on the net realizable value of each tonne mined, in order to be economically viable the estimated revenue
on a per tonne basis must be in excess of the minesite costs per tonne. Management is aware, and investors should note, that this per
tonne measure of performance can be affected by fluctuations in processing levels. This inherent limitation may be partially mitigated
by using this measure in conjunction with production costs and other data prepared in accordance with IFRS.
The following tables set out a reconciliation
of total cash costs per ounce and minesite costs per tonne to production costs, exclusive of amortization, for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, as presented in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income in accordance
with IFRS.
Total Production Costs by Mine
| |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
(thousands of United States dollars) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Quebec | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
LaRonde mine | |
$ | 43,682 | | |
$ | 63,969 | | |
$ | 119,238 | | |
$ | 103,676 | |
LaRonde zone 5
mine | |
| 20,121 | | |
| 21,763 | | |
| 39,143 | | |
| 43,987 | |
LaRonde complex | |
| 63,803 | | |
| 85,732 | | |
| 158,381 | | |
| 147,663 | |
Canadian
Malartic(i) | |
| 144,333 | | |
| 144,190 | | |
| 270,909 | | |
| 201,481 | |
Goldex | |
| 33,084 | | |
| 28,160 | | |
| 66,266 | | |
| 55,995 | |
Ontario | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Detour Lake | |
| 120,302 | | |
| 112,796 | | |
| 252,207 | | |
| 226,818 | |
Macassa | |
| 51,029 | | |
| 38,545 | | |
| 98,677 | | |
| 76,504 | |
Nunavut | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Meliadine | |
| 85,913 | | |
| 78,817 | | |
| 179,364 | | |
| 160,011 | |
Meadowbank | |
| 123,014 | | |
| 117,488 | | |
| 237,176 | | |
| 247,492 | |
Australia | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Fosterville | |
| 36,824 | | |
| 35,831 | | |
| 70,478 | | |
| 72,430 | |
Europe | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Kittila | |
| 57,529 | | |
| 43,336 | | |
| 116,567 | | |
| 96,631 | |
Mexico | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Pinos Altos | |
| 43,109 | | |
| 34,709 | | |
| 76,516 | | |
| 67,631 | |
La India | |
| 13,044 | | |
| 23,649 | | |
| 29,028 | | |
| 43,741 | |
Production costs per the condensed
interim consolidated statements of income | |
$ | 771,984 | | |
$ | 743,253 | | |
$ | 1,555,569 | | |
$ | 1,396,397 | |
Reconciliation of Production Costs
to Total Cash Costs per Ounce by Mine and Reconciliation of Production Costs to Minesite Costs per Tonne by Mine
(thousands of United States dollars, except as noted)
LaRonde
mine
(per ounce) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Gold production (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
62,260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
58,635 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
114,075 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
118,168 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
43,682 |
|
|
$ |
702 |
|
|
$ |
63,969 |
|
|
$ |
1,091 |
|
|
$ |
119,238 |
|
|
$ |
1,045 |
|
|
$ |
103,676 |
|
|
$ |
877 |
|
Inventory adjustments(ii) |
|
|
16,244 |
|
|
|
261 |
|
|
|
(8,971 |
) |
|
|
(153 |
) |
|
|
1,533 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
13,534 |
|
|
|
115 |
|
Realized gains and losses
on hedges of production costs |
|
|
351 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
770 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
370 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
1,848 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Other adjustments(v) |
|
|
3,227 |
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
5,555 |
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
8,220 |
|
|
|
72 |
|
|
|
9,903 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) |
|
$ |
63,504 |
|
|
$ |
1,020 |
|
|
$ |
61,323 |
|
|
$ |
1,046 |
|
|
$ |
129,361 |
|
|
$ |
1,134 |
|
|
$ |
128,961 |
|
|
$ |
1,091 |
|
By-product metal revenues |
|
|
(17,016 |
) |
|
|
(273 |
) |
|
|
(15,157 |
) |
|
|
(259 |
) |
|
|
(29,606 |
) |
|
|
(260 |
) |
|
|
(29,689 |
) |
|
|
(251 |
) |
Total cash costs
(by-product basis) |
|
$ |
46,488 |
|
|
$ |
747 |
|
|
$ |
46,166 |
|
|
$ |
787 |
|
|
$ |
99,755 |
|
|
$ |
874 |
|
|
$ |
99,272 |
|
|
$ |
840 |
|
LaRonde
mine
(per tonne) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Tonnes of ore
milled (thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
381 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
347 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
736 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
43,682 |
|
|
$ |
115 |
|
|
$ |
63,969 |
|
|
$ |
185 |
|
|
$ |
119,238 |
|
|
$ |
150 |
|
|
$ |
103,676 |
|
|
$ |
141 |
|
Production costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
59,392 |
|
|
C$ |
156 |
|
|
C$ |
85,861 |
|
|
C$ |
247 |
|
|
C$ |
161,417 |
|
|
C$ |
203 |
|
|
C$ |
139,434 |
|
|
C$ |
189 |
|
Inventory adjustments
(C$)(iii) |
|
|
23,045 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
(11,297 |
) |
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
2,731 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
18,426 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Other
adjustments (C$)(v) |
|
|
(3,264 |
) |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
(3,302 |
) |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
(3,600 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(6,443 |
) |
|
|
(8 |
) |
Minesite costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
79,173 |
|
|
C$ |
208 |
|
|
C$ |
71,262 |
|
|
C$ |
206 |
|
|
C$ |
160,548 |
|
|
C$ |
202 |
|
|
C$ |
151,417 |
|
|
C$ |
206 |
|
LaRonde
zone 5 mine
(per ounce) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Gold production (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,074 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,145 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,623 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,219 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
20,121 |
|
|
$ |
1,002 |
|
|
$ |
21,763 |
|
|
$ |
1,199 |
|
|
$ |
39,143 |
|
|
$ |
1,069 |
|
|
$ |
43,987 |
|
|
$ |
1,151 |
|
Inventory adjustments(ii) |
|
|
(252 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(784 |
) |
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(261 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
Realized gains and losses
on hedges of production costs |
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
257 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
129 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
616 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Other adjustments(v) |
|
|
996 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
775 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
1,366 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
1,111 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) |
|
$ |
20,988 |
|
|
$ |
1,046 |
|
|
$ |
22,011 |
|
|
$ |
1,213 |
|
|
$ |
40,706 |
|
|
$ |
1,111 |
|
|
$ |
45,453 |
|
|
$ |
1,189 |
|
By-product metal revenues |
|
|
(311 |
) |
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(271 |
) |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
(498 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
(546 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
Total cash costs
(by-product basis) |
|
$ |
20,677 |
|
|
$ |
1,030 |
|
|
$ |
21,740 |
|
|
$ |
1,198 |
|
|
$ |
40,208 |
|
|
$ |
1,098 |
|
|
$ |
44,907 |
|
|
$ |
1,175 |
|
LaRonde
zone 5 mine
(per tonne) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Tonnes
of ore milled (thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
299 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
313 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
566 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
632 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
($
per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($
per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($
per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($
per tonne) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
20,121 |
|
|
$ |
67 |
|
|
$ |
21,763 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
39,143 |
|
|
$ |
69 |
|
|
$ |
43,987 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
Production costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
27,730 |
|
|
C$ |
93 |
|
|
C$ |
29,277 |
|
|
C$ |
94 |
|
|
C$ |
53,244 |
|
|
C$ |
94 |
|
|
C$ |
59,265 |
|
|
C$ |
94 |
|
Inventory
adjustments (C$)(iii) |
|
|
(312 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(1,147 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(409 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Minesite
costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
27,418 |
|
|
C$ |
92 |
|
|
C$ |
28,130 |
|
|
C$ |
90 |
|
|
C$ |
53,364 |
|
|
C$ |
94 |
|
|
C$ |
58,856 |
|
|
C$ |
93 |
|
LaRonde
complex
(per ounce) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Gold production
(ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
82,334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
76,780 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
150,698 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
156,387 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
63,803 |
|
|
$ |
775 |
|
|
$ |
85,732 |
|
|
$ |
1,117 |
|
|
$ |
158,381 |
|
|
$ |
1,051 |
|
|
$ |
147,663 |
|
|
$ |
944 |
|
Inventory adjustments(ii) |
|
|
15,992 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
|
|
(9,755 |
) |
|
|
(127 |
) |
|
|
1,601 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
13,273 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
Realized gains and losses
on hedges of production costs |
|
|
474 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
1,027 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
499 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
2,464 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Other
adjustments(v) |
|
|
4,223 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
6,330 |
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
9,586 |
|
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
11,014 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
Total cash costs (co-product basis) |
|
$ |
84,492 |
|
|
$ |
1,026 |
|
|
$ |
83,334 |
|
|
$ |
1,085 |
|
|
$ |
170,067 |
|
|
$ |
1,129 |
|
|
$ |
174,414 |
|
|
$ |
1,115 |
|
By-product
metal revenues |
|
|
(17,327 |
) |
|
|
(210 |
) |
|
|
(15,428 |
) |
|
|
(201 |
) |
|
|
(30,104 |
) |
|
|
(200 |
) |
|
|
(30,235 |
) |
|
|
(193 |
) |
Total cash costs (by-product
basis) |
|
$ |
67,165 |
|
|
$ |
816 |
|
|
$ |
67,906 |
|
|
$ |
884 |
|
|
$ |
139,963 |
|
|
$ |
929 |
|
|
$ |
144,179 |
|
|
$ |
922 |
|
LaRonde
complex
(per tonne) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
680 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
660 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,368 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
($
per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
63,803 |
|
|
$ |
94 |
|
|
$ |
85,732 |
|
|
$ |
130 |
|
|
$ |
158,381 |
|
|
$ |
116 |
|
|
$ |
147,663 |
|
|
$ |
108 |
|
Production costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
87,122 |
|
|
C$ |
128 |
|
|
C$ |
115,138 |
|
|
C$ |
174 |
|
|
C$ |
214,661 |
|
|
C$ |
158 |
|
|
C$ |
198,699 |
|
|
C$ |
145 |
|
Inventory adjustments
(C$)(iii) |
|
|
22,733 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
(12,444 |
) |
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
2,851 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
18,017 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Other adjustments (C$)(v) |
|
|
(3,264 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(3,302 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(3,600 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(6,443 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
Minesite costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
106,591 |
|
|
C$ |
157 |
|
|
C$ |
99,392 |
|
|
C$ |
151 |
|
|
C$ |
213,912 |
|
|
C$ |
157 |
|
|
C$ |
210,273 |
|
|
C$ |
154 |
|
Canadian
Malartic
(per ounce)(i) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Gold production
(ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
180,871 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
177,755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
367,777 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258,440 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
144,333 |
|
|
$ |
798 |
|
|
$ |
144,190 |
|
|
$ |
811 |
|
|
$ |
270,909 |
|
|
$ |
737 |
|
|
$ |
201,481 |
|
|
$ |
780 |
|
Inventory adjustments(ii) |
|
|
(5,041 |
) |
|
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9,666 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
538 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Realized gains and losses
on hedges of production costs |
|
|
988 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,040 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Purchase price allocation
to inventory(iv) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(22,821 |
) |
|
|
(128 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(22,821 |
) |
|
|
(88 |
) |
In-kind royalties and
other adjustments(v) |
|
|
19,533 |
|
|
|
108 |
|
|
|
17,835 |
|
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
39,023 |
|
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
25,217 |
|
|
|
97 |
|
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) |
|
$ |
159,813 |
|
|
$ |
884 |
|
|
$ |
139,247 |
|
|
$ |
783 |
|
|
$ |
320,638 |
|
|
$ |
872 |
|
|
$ |
204,415 |
|
|
$ |
791 |
|
By-product metal revenues |
|
|
(2,216 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
(2,069 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(4,168 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(3,207 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
Total cash costs
(by-product basis) |
|
$ |
157,597 |
|
|
$ |
871 |
|
|
$ |
137,178 |
|
|
$ |
772 |
|
|
$ |
316,470 |
|
|
$ |
860 |
|
|
$ |
201,208 |
|
|
$ |
779 |
|
Canadian
Malartic
(per tonne)(i) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,182 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,882 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,144 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
144,333 |
|
|
$ |
28 |
|
|
$ |
144,190 |
|
|
$ |
30 |
|
|
$ |
270,909 |
|
|
$ |
26 |
|
|
$ |
201,481 |
|
|
$ |
28 |
|
Production costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
196,695 |
|
|
C$ |
38 |
|
|
C$ |
194,997 |
|
|
C$ |
40 |
|
|
C$ |
367,548 |
|
|
C$ |
35 |
|
|
C$ |
271,662 |
|
|
C$ |
38 |
|
Inventory adjustments
(C$)(iii) |
|
|
(6,517 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
511 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
13,485 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1,251 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Purchase price allocation
to inventory (C$)(iv) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(30,651 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(30,651 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
In-kind royalties and
other adjustments (C$)(v) |
|
|
26,930 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
23,599 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
52,567 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
33,424 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Minesite costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
217,108 |
|
|
C$ |
42 |
|
|
C$ |
188,456 |
|
|
C$ |
39 |
|
|
C$ |
433,600 |
|
|
C$ |
42 |
|
|
C$ |
275,686 |
|
|
C$ |
39 |
|
Goldex
(per ounce) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Gold production (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,716 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68,138 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71,739 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
33,084 |
|
|
$ |
980 |
|
|
$ |
28,160 |
|
|
$ |
747 |
|
|
$ |
66,266 |
|
|
$ |
973 |
|
|
$ |
55,995 |
|
|
$ |
781 |
|
Inventory adjustments(ii) |
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
582 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
679 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
(455 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
Realized gains and losses
on hedges of production costs |
|
|
210 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
505 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
221 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
1,212 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Other adjustments(v) |
|
|
827 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1,197 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) |
|
$ |
34,343 |
|
|
$ |
1,018 |
|
|
$ |
29,287 |
|
|
$ |
777 |
|
|
$ |
68,363 |
|
|
$ |
1,003 |
|
|
$ |
56,854 |
|
|
$ |
793 |
|
By-product metal revenues |
|
|
(5,199 |
) |
|
|
(154 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(6,616 |
) |
|
|
(97 |
) |
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Total cash costs
(by-product basis) |
|
$ |
29,144 |
|
|
$ |
864 |
|
|
$ |
29,276 |
|
|
$ |
776 |
|
|
$ |
61,747 |
|
|
$ |
906 |
|
|
$ |
56,829 |
|
|
$ |
792 |
|
Goldex
(per tonne) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Tonnes of ore
milled (thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
765 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
761 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,525 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,459 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
33,084 |
|
|
$ |
43 |
|
|
$ |
28,160 |
|
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
$ |
66,266 |
|
|
$ |
43 |
|
|
$ |
55,995 |
|
|
$ |
38 |
|
Production costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
45,174 |
|
|
C$ |
59 |
|
|
C$ |
37,859 |
|
|
C$ |
50 |
|
|
C$ |
89,919 |
|
|
C$ |
59 |
|
|
C$ |
75,486 |
|
|
C$ |
52 |
|
Inventory adjustments
(C$)(iii) |
|
|
390 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
730 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1,039 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(660 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Minesite costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
45,564 |
|
|
C$ |
60 |
|
|
C$ |
38,589 |
|
|
C$ |
51 |
|
|
C$ |
90,958 |
|
|
C$ |
60 |
|
|
C$ |
74,826 |
|
|
C$ |
51 |
|
Detour
Lake
(per ounce) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Gold production (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
168,247 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
169,352 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
318,998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
331,209 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
120,302 |
|
|
$ |
715 |
|
|
$ |
112,796 |
|
|
$ |
666 |
|
|
$ |
252,207 |
|
|
$ |
791 |
|
|
$ |
226,818 |
|
|
$ |
685 |
|
Inventory adjustments(ii) |
|
|
3,617 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
(474 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(4,569 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
(168 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Realized gains and losses
on hedges of production costs |
|
|
1,089 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
2,541 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
1,147 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
6,095 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
In-kind royalties and
other adjustments(v) |
|
|
8,723 |
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
9,410 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
16,867 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
16,985 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) |
|
$ |
133,731 |
|
|
$ |
795 |
|
|
$ |
124,273 |
|
|
$ |
734 |
|
|
$ |
265,652 |
|
|
$ |
833 |
|
|
$ |
249,730 |
|
|
$ |
754 |
|
By-product metal revenues |
|
|
(666 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(505 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(1,246 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(1,187 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
Total cash costs
(by-product basis) |
|
$ |
133,065 |
|
|
$ |
791 |
|
|
$ |
123,768 |
|
|
$ |
731 |
|
|
$ |
264,406 |
|
|
$ |
829 |
|
|
$ |
248,543 |
|
|
$ |
750 |
|
Detour
Lake
(per tonne) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,792 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,294 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,197 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
120,302 |
|
|
$ |
18 |
|
|
$ |
112,796 |
|
|
$ |
17 |
|
|
$ |
252,207 |
|
|
$ |
19 |
|
|
$ |
226,818 |
|
|
$ |
17 |
|
Production costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
164,189 |
|
|
C$ |
24 |
|
|
C$ |
151,645 |
|
|
C$ |
22 |
|
|
C$ |
342,398 |
|
|
C$ |
26 |
|
|
C$ |
305,553 |
|
|
C$ |
23 |
|
Inventory adjustments
(C$)(iii) |
|
|
5,253 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
12,357 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(5,687 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
12,872 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
In-kind royalties and
other adjustments (C$)(v) |
|
|
9,748 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
11,381 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
18,624 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
20,146 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Minesite costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
179,190 |
|
|
C$ |
26 |
|
|
C$ |
175,383 |
|
|
C$ |
26 |
|
|
C$ |
355,335 |
|
|
C$ |
27 |
|
|
C$ |
338,571 |
|
|
C$ |
26 |
|
Macassa
(per ounce) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Gold production (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
64,062 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57,044 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
132,321 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
121,159 |
|
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
51,029 |
|
|
$ |
797 |
|
|
$ |
38,545 |
|
|
$ |
676 |
|
|
$ |
98,677 |
|
|
$ |
746 |
|
|
$ |
76,504 |
|
|
$ |
631 |
|
Inventory adjustments(ii) |
|
|
(441 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
(178 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(1,530 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(1,473 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
Realized gains and losses
on hedges of production costs |
|
|
432 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
812 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
1,949 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
In-kind royalties and
other adjustments(v) |
|
|
2,356 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
3,613 |
|
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
4,513 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
4,757 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) |
|
$ |
53,376 |
|
|
$ |
833 |
|
|
$ |
42,792 |
|
|
$ |
750 |
|
|
$ |
102,115 |
|
|
$ |
772 |
|
|
$ |
81,737 |
|
|
$ |
675 |
|
By-product metal revenues |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(168 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(220 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(376 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
Total cash costs
(by-product basis) |
|
$ |
53,376 |
|
|
$ |
833 |
|
|
$ |
42,624 |
|
|
$ |
747 |
|
|
$ |
101,895 |
|
|
$ |
770 |
|
|
$ |
81,361 |
|
|
$ |
672 |
|
Macassa
(per tonne) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
286 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
199 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per tonne) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
51,029 |
|
|
$ |
336 |
|
|
$ |
38,545 |
|
|
$ |
344 |
|
|
$ |
98,677 |
|
|
$ |
345 |
|
|
$ |
76,504 |
|
|
$ |
384 |
|
Production costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
69,756 |
|
|
C$ |
459 |
|
|
C$ |
51,994 |
|
|
C$ |
464 |
|
|
C$ |
134,428 |
|
|
C$ |
470 |
|
|
C$ |
103,236 |
|
|
C$ |
519 |
|
Inventory adjustments
(C$)(iii) |
|
|
(524 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(359 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(1,940 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
(2,076 |
) |
|
|
(10 |
) |
In-kind royalties and
other adjustments (C$)(v) |
|
|
3,138 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
4,775 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
5,953 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
6,291 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Minesite costs (C$) |
|
C$ |
72,370 |
|
|
C$ |
476 |
|
|
C$ |
56,410 |
|
|
C$ |
503 |
|
|
C$ |
138,441 |
|
|
C$ |
484 |
|
|
C$ |
107,451 |
|
|
C$ |
539 |
|
Meliadine
(per ounce) |
|
Three
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Gold production (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
88,675 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87,682 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
184,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
178,149 |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($ per ounce) |
|
Production costs |
|
$ |
85,913 |
|
|
$ |
969 |
|
|
$ |
78,817 |
|
|
$ |
899 |
|
|
$ |
179,364 |
|
|
$ |
973 |
|
|
$ |
160,011 |
|
|
$ |
898 |
|
Inventory adjustments(ii) |
|
|
(7,455 |
) |
|
|
(84 |
) |
|
|
11,228 |
|
|
|
128 |
|
|
|
(10,755 |
) |
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
14,852 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
Realized gains and losses
on hedges of production costs |
|
|
827 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
(451 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
1,107 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
(363 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
Other adjustments(v) |
|
|
93 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(118 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) |
|
$ |
79,378 |
|
|
$ |
895 |
|
|
$ |
89,476 |
|
|
$ |
1,020 |
|
|
$ |
169,751 |
|
|
$ |
921 |
|
|
$ |
174,487 |
|
|
$ |
979 |
|
By-product metal revenues |
|
|
(280 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(139 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(515 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(339 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Total cash costs
(by-product basis) |
|
$ |
79,098 |
|
|
$ |
892 |
|
|
$ |
89,337 |
|
|
$ |
1,019 |
|
|
$ |
169,236 |
|
|
$ |
918 |
|
|
$ |
174,148 |
|
|
$ |
978 |
|
Meliadine | |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
(per
tonne) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes
of ore milled (thousands) | |
| | | |
| 421 | | |
| | | |
| 461 | | |
| | | |
| 917 | | |
| | | |
| 937 | |
| |
| (thousands) | | |
| ($
per tonne) | | |
| (thousands) | | |
| ($
per tonne) | | |
| (thousands) | | |
| ($
per tonne) | | |
| (thousands) | | |
| ($
per tonne) | |
Production
costs | |
$ | 85,913 | | |
$ | 204 | | |
$ | 78,817 | | |
$ | 171 | | |
$ | 179,364 | | |
$ | 196 | | |
$ | 160,011 | | |
$ | 171 | |
Production
costs (C$) | |
C$ | 116,869 | | |
C$ | 278 | | |
C$ | 105,834 | | |
C$ | 230 | | |
C$ | 242,795 | | |
C$ | 265 | | |
C$ | 214,715 | | |
C$ | 229 | |
Inventory
adjustments (C$)(iii) | |
| (9,818 | ) | |
| (24 | ) | |
| 14,556 | | |
| 31 | | |
| (14,213 | ) | |
| (16 | ) | |
| 19,606 | | |
| 21 | |
Minesite
costs (C$) | |
C$ | 107,051 | | |
C$ | 254 | | |
C$ | 120,390 | | |
C$ | 261 | | |
C$ | 228,582 | | |
C$ | 249 | | |
C$ | 234,321 | | |
C$ | 250 | |
Meadowbank | |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
(per
ounce) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Gold
production (ounces) | |
| | | |
| 126,419 | | |
| | | |
| 94,775 | | |
| | | |
| 254,193 | | |
| | | |
| 205,885 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 123,014 | | |
$ | 973 | | |
$ | 117,488 | | |
$ | 1,240 | | |
$ | 237,176 | | |
$ | 933 | | |
$ | 247,492 | | |
$ | 1,202 | |
Inventory
adjustments(ii) | |
| (6,610 | ) | |
| (52 | ) | |
| (5,048 | ) | |
| (54 | ) | |
| (705 | ) | |
| (3 | ) | |
| (6,702 | ) | |
| (32 | ) |
Realized
gains and losses on hedges of production costs | |
| 1,275 | | |
| 10 | | |
| (2,118 | ) | |
| (22 | ) | |
| 1,821 | | |
| 7 | | |
| (3,617 | ) | |
| (18 | ) |
Other
adjustments(v) | |
| 14 | | |
| — | | |
| 4 | | |
| — | | |
| (45 | ) | |
| — | | |
| (51 | ) | |
| — | |
Total cash costs (co-product
basis) | |
$ | 117,693 | | |
$ | 931 | | |
$ | 110,326 | | |
$ | 1,164 | | |
$ | 238,247 | | |
$ | 937 | | |
$ | 237,122 | | |
$ | 1,152 | |
By-product
metal revenues | |
| (1,108 | ) | |
| (9 | ) | |
| (723 | ) | |
| (8 | ) | |
| (1,974 | ) | |
| (7 | ) | |
| (1,548 | ) | |
| (8 | ) |
Total cash
costs (by-product basis) | |
$ | 116,585 | | |
$ | 922 | | |
$ | 109,603 | | |
$ | 1,156 | | |
$ | 236,273 | | |
$ | 930 | | |
$ | 235,574 | | |
$ | 1,144 | |
Meadowbank | |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
(per
tonne) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes
of ore milled (thousands) | |
| | | |
| 990 | | |
| | | |
| 845 | | |
| | | |
| 2,061 | | |
| | | |
| 1,828 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | |
Production
costs | |
$ | 123,014 | | |
$ | 124 | | |
$ | 117,488 | | |
$ | 139 | | |
$ | 237,176 | | |
$ | 115 | | |
$ | 247,492 | | |
$ | 135 | |
Production
costs (C$) | |
C$ | 167,525 | | |
C$ | 169 | | |
C$ | 157,407 | | |
C$ | 186 | | |
C$ | 321,119 | | |
C$ | 156 | | |
C$ | 330,385 | | |
C$ | 181 | |
Inventory
adjustments (C$)(iii) | |
| (8,768 | ) | |
| (9 | ) | |
| (6,632 | ) | |
| (8 | ) | |
| (766 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| (8,858 | ) | |
| (5 | ) |
Minesite
costs (C$) | |
C$ | 158,757 | | |
C$ | 160 | | |
C$ | 150,775 | | |
C$ | 178 | | |
C$ | 320,353 | | |
C$ | 155 | | |
C$ | 321,527 | | |
C$ | 176 | |
Fosterville | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
(per ounce) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| | |
65,963 | | |
| | |
81,813 | | |
| | |
122,532 | | |
| | |
168,371 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 36,824 | | |
$ | 558 | | |
$ | 35,831 | | |
$ | 438 | | |
$ | 70,478 | | |
$ | 575 | | |
$ | 72,430 | | |
$ | 430 | |
Inventory
adjustments(ii) | |
| 3,382 | | |
| 52 | | |
| (522 | ) | |
| (6 | ) | |
| 246 | | |
| 2 | | |
| (2,885 | ) | |
| (17 | ) |
Realized
gains and losses on hedges of production costs | |
| 68 | | |
| 1 | | |
| 489 | | |
| 6 | | |
| 86 | | |
| 1 | | |
| 677 | | |
| 4 | |
Other
adjustments(v) | |
| 12 | | |
| — | | |
| (7 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| 29 | | |
| — | | |
| 39 | | |
| — | |
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) | |
$ | 40,286 | | |
$ | 611 | | |
$ | 35,791 | | |
$ | 437 | | |
$ | 70,839 | | |
$ | 578 | | |
$ | 70,261 | | |
$ | 417 | |
By-product
metal revenues | |
| (167 | ) | |
| (3 | ) | |
| (121 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| (327 | ) | |
| (3 | ) | |
| (278 | ) | |
| (1 | ) |
Total
cash costs
(by-product basis) | |
$ | 40,119 | | |
$ | 608 | | |
$ | 35,670 | | |
$ | 436 | | |
$ | 70,512 | | |
$ | 575 | | |
$ | 69,983 | | |
$ | 416 | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Fosterville | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
(per tonne) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands) | |
| | |
234 | | |
| | |
176 | | |
| | |
406 | | |
| | |
324 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 36,824 | | |
$ | 157 | | |
$ | 35,831 | | |
$ | 204 | | |
$ | 70,478 | | |
$ | 174 | | |
$ | 72,430 | | |
$ | 224 | |
Production costs (A$) | |
| A$55,526 | | |
| A$237 | | |
| A$54,280 | | |
| A$308 | | |
| A$107,375 | | |
| A$264 | | |
| A$108,462 | | |
| A$335 | |
Inventory
adjustments (A$)(ii) | |
| 4,995 | | |
| 22 | | |
| (756 | ) | |
| (4 | ) | |
| 365 | | |
| 1 | | |
| (4,357 | ) | |
| (14 | ) |
Minesite
costs (A$) | |
| A$60,521 | | |
| A$259 | | |
| A$53,524 | | |
| A$304 | | |
| A$107,740 | | |
| A$265 | | |
| A$104,105 | | |
| A$321 | |
Kittila | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
(per ounce) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| | |
55,671 | | |
| | |
50,130 | | |
| | |
110,252 | | |
| | |
113,822 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($ per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per ounce) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 57,529 | | |
$ | 1,033 | | |
$ | 43,336 | | |
$ | 864 | | |
$ | 116,567 | | |
$ | 1,057 | | |
$ | 96,631 | | |
$ | 849 | |
Inventory
adjustments(ii) | |
| (649 | ) | |
| (12 | ) | |
| 2,784 | | |
| 56 | | |
| (1,144 | ) | |
| (10 | ) | |
| 2,744 | | |
| 24 | |
Realized gains and losses on hedges
of production costs | |
| 30 | | |
| 1 | | |
| (925 | ) | |
| (18 | ) | |
| 19 | | |
| — | | |
| (1,558 | ) | |
| (14 | ) |
Other
adjustments(v) | |
| (52 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| (50 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| (120 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| (1,273 | ) | |
| (11 | ) |
Total cash costs
(co-product basis) | |
$ | 56,858 | | |
$ | 1,021 | | |
$ | 45,145 | | |
$ | 901 | | |
$ | 115,322 | | |
$ | 1,046 | | |
$ | 96,544 | | |
$ | 848 | |
By-product metal
revenues | |
| (98 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| (93 | ) | |
| (2 | ) | |
| (187 | ) | |
| (2 | ) | |
| (162 | ) | |
| (1 | ) |
Total cash costs
(by-product basis) | |
$ | 56,760 | | |
$ | 1,020 | | |
$ | 45,052 | | |
$ | 899 | | |
$ | 115,135 | | |
$ | 1,044 | | |
$ | 96,382 | | |
$ | 847 | |
Kittila | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
(per tonne) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands) | |
| | |
524 | | |
| | |
417 | | |
| | |
1,006 | | |
| | |
913 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($ per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per tonne) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 57,529 | | |
$ | 110 | | |
$ | 43,336 | | |
$ | 104 | | |
$ | 116,567 | | |
$ | 116 | | |
$ | 96,631 | | |
$ | 106 | |
Production costs (€) | |
€ | 53,377 | | |
€ | 102 | | |
€ | 42,251 | | |
€ | 101 | | |
€ | 107,856 | | |
€ | 107 | | |
€ | 91,002 | | |
€ | 100 | |
Inventory
adjustments (€)(iii) | |
| (515 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| 946 | | |
| 3 | | |
| (885 | ) | |
| (1 | ) | |
| 832 | | |
| 1 | |
Minesite costs (€) | |
€ | 52,862 | | |
€ | 101 | | |
€ | 43,197 | | |
€ | 104 | | |
€ | 106,971 | | |
€ | 106 | | |
€ | 91,834 | | |
€ | 101 | |
Pinos
Altos | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
(per ounce) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| | |
23,754 | | |
| | |
22,159 | | |
| | |
48,479 | | |
| | |
46,293 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($ per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per ounce) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 43,109 | | |
$ | 1,815 | | |
$ | 34,709 | | |
$ | 1,566 | | |
$ | 76,516 | | |
$ | 1,578 | | |
$ | 67,631 | | |
$ | 1,461 | |
Inventory
adjustments(ii) | |
| (872 | ) | |
| (37 | ) | |
| 761 | | |
| 34 | | |
| 5,783 | | |
| 119 | | |
| 513 | | |
| 11 | |
Realized gains and losses on hedges
of production costs | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (690 | ) | |
| (31 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (1,143 | ) | |
| (25 | ) |
Other
adjustments(v) | |
| 345 | | |
| 15 | | |
| 286 | | |
| 13 | | |
| 663 | | |
| 14 | | |
| 578 | | |
| 13 | |
Total cash costs (co-product basis) | |
$ | 42,582 | | |
$ | 1,793 | | |
$ | 35,066 | | |
$ | 1,582 | | |
$ | 82,962 | | |
$ | 1,711 | | |
$ | 67,579 | | |
$ | 1,460 | |
By-product metal
revenues | |
| (8,989 | ) | |
| (379 | ) | |
| (6,653 | ) | |
| (300 | ) | |
| (16,039 | ) | |
| (331 | ) | |
| (12,227 | ) | |
| (264 | ) |
Total cash costs (by-product basis) | |
$ | 33,593 | | |
$ | 1,414 | | |
$ | 28,413 | | |
$ | 1,282 | | |
$ | 66,923 | | |
$ | 1,380 | | |
$ | 55,352 | | |
$ | 1,196 | |
Pinos
Altos | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
(per tonne) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands) | |
| | |
454 | | |
| | |
401 | | |
| | |
880 | | |
| | |
765 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($ per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($ per tonne) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 43,109 | | |
$ | 95 | | |
$ | 34,709 | | |
$ | 87 | | |
$ | 76,516 | | |
$ | 87 | | |
$ | 67,631 | | |
$ | 88 | |
Inventory
adjustments(iii) | |
| (872 | ) | |
| (2 | ) | |
| 1,905 | | |
| 3 | | |
| 5,783 | | |
| 7 | | |
| 1,657 | | |
| 3 | |
Minesite costs | |
$ | 42,237 | | |
$ | 93 | | |
$ | 36,614 | | |
$ | 90 | | |
$ | 82,299 | | |
$ | 94 | | |
$ | 69,288 | | |
$ | 91 | |
La
India | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
(per ounce) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| | |
6,079 | | |
| | |
17,833 | | |
| | |
16,661 | | |
| | |
34,154 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per ounce) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 13,044 | | |
$ | 2,146 | | |
$ | 23,649 | | |
$ | 1,326 | | |
$ | 29,028 | | |
$ | 1,742 | | |
$ | 43,741 | | |
$ | 1,281 | |
Inventory
adjustments(ii) | |
| 381 | | |
| 63 | | |
| 1,318 | | |
| 74 | | |
| 147 | | |
| 9 | | |
| 2,766 | | |
| 80 | |
Other
adjustments(v) | |
| 131 | | |
| 21 | | |
| 134 | | |
| 8 | | |
| 264 | | |
| 16 | | |
| 263 | | |
| 8 | |
Total cash costs (co-product
basis) | |
$ | 13,556 | | |
$ | 2,230 | | |
$ | 25,101 | | |
$ | 1,408 | | |
$ | 29,439 | | |
$ | 1,767 | | |
$ | 46,770 | | |
$ | 1,369 | |
By-product
metal revenues | |
| (356 | ) | |
| (59 | ) | |
| (407 | ) | |
| (23 | ) | |
| (858 | ) | |
| (52 | ) | |
| (722 | ) | |
| (21 | ) |
Total
cash costs (by-product basis) | |
$ | 13,200 | | |
$ | 2,171 | | |
$ | 24,694 | | |
$ | 1,385 | | |
$ | 28,581 | | |
$ | 1,715 | | |
$ | 46,048 | | |
$ | 1,348 | |
La
India | |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
(per tonne)(vi) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Tonnes of ore milled (thousands) | |
| | |
— | | |
| | |
880 | | |
| | |
— | | |
| | |
1,540 | |
| |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | | |
(thousands) | | |
($
per tonne) | |
Production costs | |
$ | 13,044 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 23,649 | | |
$ | 27 | | |
$ | 29,028 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 43,741 | | |
$ | 28 | |
Inventory
adjustments(iii) | |
| (13,044 | ) | |
| — | | |
| 1,318 | | |
| 1 | | |
| (29,028 | ) | |
| — | | |
| 2,766 | | |
| 2 | |
Minesite
costs | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 24,967 | | |
$ | 28 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 46,507 | | |
$ | 30 | |
Notes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) The
information set out in this table reflects the Company's 50% interest in Canadian Malartic up to and including March 30, 2023
and 100% interest thereafter, following the closing of the Yamana Transaction. |
(ii) Under
the Company’s revenue recognition policy, revenue from contracts with customers is recognized upon the transfer of control
over metals sold to the customer. As the total cash costs per ounce are calculated on a production basis, an inventory adjustment
is made to reflect the portion of production not yet recognized as revenue. |
(iii) This
inventory adjustment reflects production costs associated with the portion of production still in inventory. |
(iv) On
March 31, 2023, the Company closed the Yamana Transaction and this adjustment reflects the fair value allocated to inventory
on Canadian Malartic as part of the purchase price allocation. |
(v) Other
adjustments consists of costs associated with a 5% in-kind royalty paid in respect of Canadian Malartic, a 2% in-kind royalty paid
in respect of Detour Lake, a 1.5% in-kind royalty paid in respect of Macassa and smelting, refining, and marketing charges to production
costs. |
(vi) La
India’s cost calculations per tonne for the three and six months ended June 30,
2024 excludes approximately $13.0 and $29.0 million of production costs incurred during the
period, respectively, following the cessation of mining activities at La India during the
fourth quarter of 2023. |
All-in sustaining costs per ounce
All-in sustaining costs per ounce (also referred
to as "AISC per ounce") on a by-product basis is calculated as the aggregate of total cash costs on a by-product basis, sustaining
capital expenditures (including capitalized exploration), general and administrative expenses (including stock options), lease payments
related to sustaining assets and reclamation expenses, and then dividing by the number of ounces of gold produced. These additional costs
reflect the additional expenditures that are required to be made to maintain current production levels. The AISC per ounce on a co-product
basis is calculated in the same manner as the AISC per ounce on a by-product basis, except that the total cash costs on a co-product
basis are used, meaning no adjustment is made for by-product metal revenues. Investors should note that AISC per ounce is not reflective
of all cash expenditures as it does not include income tax payments, interest costs or dividend payments, nor does it include non-cash
expenditures, such as depreciation and amortization. Unless otherwise indicated, all-in sustaining costs per ounce is reported on a by-product
basis (see "Total cash costs per ounce" for a discussion of regarding the Company's use of by-product basis reporting).
Management believes that AISC per ounce is useful
to investors as it reflects total sustaining expenditures of producing and selling an ounce of gold while maintaining current operations
and, as such, provides useful information about operating performance. Management is aware, and investors should note, that these per
ounce measures of performance can be affected by fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and, in the case of AISC per ounce on a by-product
basis, by-product metal prices. Management compensates for these inherent limitations by using, and investors should also consider using,
these measures in conjunction with data prepared in accordance with IFRS and minesite costs per tonne as this measure is not necessarily
indicative of operating costs or cash flow measures prepared in accordance with IFRS.
The Company follows the guidance on calculation
of AISC per ounce released by the World Gold Council ("WGC") in 2018. The WGC is a non-regulatory market development organization
for the gold industry that has worked closely with its member companies to develop guidance in respect of relevant non-GAAP measures.
Notwithstanding the Company's adoption of the WGC's guidance, AISC per ounce reported by the Company may not be comparable to data reported
by other gold mining companies.
The following tables set out a reconciliation
of production costs to all-in sustaining costs per ounce for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023,
on both a by-product basis (deducting by-product metals revenue from production costs) and co-product basis (without deducting by-product
metal revenues).
| |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
(United States dollars per ounce, except where noted) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Production costs per the
consolidated statements of income (thousands of United States dollars) | |
$ | 771,984 | | |
$ | 743,253 | | |
$ | 1,555,569 | | |
$ | 1,396,397 | |
Gold production (ounces) | |
| 895,838 | | |
| 873,204 | | |
| 1,774,490 | | |
| 1,686,017 | |
Production costs per ounce | |
$ | 862 | | |
$ | 851 | | |
$ | 877 | | |
$ | 828 | |
Adjustments: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Inventory
adjustments(i) | |
| 3 | | |
| 1 | | |
| — | | |
| 14 | |
Purchase
price allocation to inventory(ii) | |
| — | | |
| (26 | ) | |
| — | | |
| (13 | ) |
Realized gains and losses on hedges
of production costs | |
| 6 | | |
| 1 | | |
| 4 | | |
| 3 | |
Other(iii) | |
| 40 | | |
| 43 | | |
| 39 | | |
| 34 | |
Total cash costs per ounce (co-product basis) | |
$ | 911 | | |
$ | 870 | | |
$ | 920 | | |
$ | 866 | |
By-product metal
revenues | |
| (41 | ) | |
| (30 | ) | |
| (35 | ) | |
| (30 | ) |
Total cash costs per ounce (by-product
basis) | |
$ | 870 | | |
$ | 840 | | |
$ | 885 | | |
$ | 836 | |
Adjustments: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Sustaining capital expenditures (including
capitalized exploration) | |
| 227 | | |
| 237 | | |
| 221 | | |
| 226 | |
General and administrative expenses
(including stock option expense) | |
| 54 | | |
| 54 | | |
| 55 | | |
| 57 | |
Non-cash
reclamation provision and sustaining leases(iv) | |
| 18 | | |
| 19 | | |
| 18 | | |
| 19 | |
All-in sustaining costs per ounce (by-product
basis) | |
$ | 1,169 | | |
$ | 1,150 | | |
$ | 1,179 | | |
$ | 1,138 | |
By-product metal
revenues | |
| 41 | | |
| 30 | | |
| 35 | | |
| 30 | |
All-in sustaining costs per ounce (co-product
basis) | |
$ | 1,210 | | |
$ | 1,180 | | |
$ | 1,214 | | |
$ | 1,168 | |
Notes:
(i) Under the Company's
revenue recognition policy, revenue from contracts with customers is recognized upon the transfer of control over metals sold to the
customer. As the total cash costs per ounce are calculated on a production basis, an inventory adjustment is made to reflect the portion
of production not yet recognized as revenue.
(ii) On March 31,
2023, the Company closed the Yamana Transaction and this adjustment reflects the fair value allocated to inventory at Canadian Malartic
as part of the purchase price allocation.
(iii) Other adjustments
consist of in-kind royalties, smelting, refining and marketing charges to production costs.
(iv) Sustaining leases
are lease payments related to sustaining assets.
Adjusted net income and adjusted net income
per share
Adjusted net income and adjusted net income per
share are calculated by adjusting the net income as recorded in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income for the effects
of certain items that the Company believes are not reflective of the Company's underlying performance for the reporting period. Adjusted
net income is calculated by adjusting net income for items such as foreign currency translation gains or losses, realized and unrealized
gains or losses on derivative financial instruments, revaluation gains, impairment loss charges and reversals, environmental remediation,
severance and transaction costs related to acquisitions, purchase price allocations to inventory, gains or losses on the disposal of
assets, retroactive payments and income and mining taxes adjustments. Adjusted net income per share is calculated by dividing adjusted
net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding at the end of the period on a basic and diluted basis.
The Company believes that these generally accepted
industry measures are useful to investors in that they allow for the evaluation of the results of continuing operations and in making
comparisons between periods. Adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share are intended to provide investors with information
about the Company's continuing income generating capabilities from its core mining business, excluding the above adjustments, which the
Company believes are not reflective of operational performance. Management uses this measure to, and believes it is useful to investors
so they can, understand and monitor for the operating performance of the Company in conjunction with other data prepared in accordance
with IFRS.
The following tables set out a reconciliation
of net income per the condensed interim consolidated statements of income to adjusted net income for the three and six months ended June 30,
2024, and June 30, 2023.
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
(thousands of United States
dollars) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| | |
Restated(i) | | |
| | |
Restated(i) | |
Net income for the period - basic | |
$ | 472,016 | | |
$ | 323,670 | | |
$ | 819,208 | | |
$ | 2,140,561 | |
Dilutive impact
of cash settling LTIP | |
| — | | |
| (1,140 | ) | |
| 2,062 | | |
| (2,916 | ) |
Net income for the period - diluted | |
$ | 472,016 | | |
$ | 322,530 | | |
$ | 821,270 | | |
$ | 2,137,645 | |
Foreign currency translation loss (gain) | |
| 363 | | |
| 4,014 | | |
| (4,184 | ) | |
| 4,234 | |
Realized and unrealized loss (gain)
on derivative financial instruments | |
| 19,608 | | |
| (26,433 | ) | |
| 65,543 | | |
| (32,972 | ) |
Transaction costs related to acquisitions | |
| — | | |
| 1,674 | | |
| — | | |
| 16,912 | |
Revaluation gain on Yamana Transaction | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (1,543,414 | ) |
Environmental remediation | |
| 3,108 | | |
| (1,420 | ) | |
| 4,907 | | |
| (1,977 | ) |
Net loss on disposal of property, plant
and equipment | |
| 16,819 | | |
| 1,058 | | |
| 20,366 | | |
| 3,601 | |
Purchase price allocation to inventory | |
| — | | |
| 22,821 | | |
| — | | |
| 22,821 | |
Other(ii) | |
| 13,215 | | |
| — | | |
| 13,215 | | |
| — | |
Income
and mining taxes adjustments(iii) | |
| 10,139 | | |
| (6,121 | ) | |
| (6,316 | ) | |
| (19,223 | ) |
Adjusted net income for the period
- basic | |
$ | 535,268 | | |
$ | 319,263 | | |
$ | 912,739 | | |
$ | 590,543 | |
Adjusted net income for the period
- diluted | |
$ | 535,268 | | |
$ | 318,123 | | |
$ | 914,801 | | |
$ | 587,627 | |
Notes:
(i) Certain previously
reported line items have been restated to reflect the final purchase price allocation of the Yamana Transaction.
(ii) Other adjustments
relate to retroactive payments that management considers not reflective of the Company's underlying performance in the current period.
(iii) Income and mining
taxes adjustments reflect items such as foreign currency translation recorded to the income and mining taxes expense, the impact of income
and mining taxes on adjusted items, recognition of previously unrecognized capital losses, the result of income and mining taxes audits,
impact of tax law changes and adjustments to prior period tax filings.
EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA
EBITDA is calculated by adjusting the net income
as recorded in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income for finance costs, amortization of property, plant and mine development
and income and mining tax expense line items as reported in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income.
Adjusted EBITDA removes the effects of certain
items that the Company believes are not reflective of the Company's underlying performance for the reporting period. Adjusted EBITDA
is calculated by adjusting the EBITDA calculation for items such as foreign currency translation gains or losses, realized and unrealized
gains or losses on derivative financial instruments, revaluation gains, impairment loss charges and reversals, environmental remediation,
severance and transaction costs related to acquisitions, gains or losses on the disposal of assets, retroactive payments and purchase
price allocations to inventory.
The Company believes that these generally accepted
industry measures are useful in that they allow for the evaluation of the cash generating capability of the Company to fund its working
capital, capital expenditure and debt repayments. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are intended to provide investors with information about
the Company's continuing cash generating capability from its core mining business, excluding the above adjustments, which management
believes are not reflective of operational performance. Management uses these measures to, and believes it is useful to investors so
they can, understand and monitor the cash generating capability of the Company in conjunction with other data prepared in accordance
with IFRS.
The following tables set out a reconciliation
of net income per the condensed interim consolidated statements of income to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2023.
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
(thousands of United States
dollars) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| | |
Restated(i) | | |
| | |
Restated(i) | |
Net income for the period | |
$ | 472,016 | | |
$ | 323,670 | | |
$ | 819,208 | | |
$ | 2,140,561 | |
Finance costs | |
| 34,473 | | |
| 35,837 | | |
| 70,738 | | |
| 59,285 | |
Amortization of property, plant and
mine development | |
| 378,389 | | |
| 386,314 | | |
| 735,614 | | |
| 690,273 | |
Income and mining
tax expense | |
| 238,190 | | |
| 137,618 | | |
| 380,046 | | |
| 266,226 | |
EBITDA | |
| 1,123,068 | | |
| 883,439 | | |
| 2,005,606 | | |
| 3,156,345 | |
Foreign currency translation loss (gain) | |
| 363 | | |
| 4,014 | | |
| (4,184 | ) | |
| 4,234 | |
Realized and unrealized loss (gain)
on derivative financial instruments | |
| 19,608 | | |
| (26,433 | ) | |
| 65,543 | | |
| (32,972 | ) |
Transaction costs related to acquisitions | |
| — | | |
| 1,674 | | |
| — | | |
| 16,912 | |
Revaluation gain on Yamana Transaction | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (1,543,414 | ) |
Environmental remediation | |
| 3,108 | | |
| (1,420 | ) | |
| 4,907 | | |
| (1,977 | ) |
Net loss on disposal of property, plant
and equipment | |
| 16,819 | | |
| 1,058 | | |
| 20,366 | | |
| 3,601 | |
Purchase price allocation to inventory | |
| — | | |
| 22,821 | | |
| — | | |
| 22,821 | |
Other(ii) | |
| 13,215 | | |
| — | | |
| 13,215 | | |
| — | |
Adjusted EBITDA | |
$ | 1,176,181 | | |
$ | 885,153 | | |
$ | 2,105,453 | | |
$ | 1,625,550 | |
Notes:
(i) Certain
previously reported line items have been restated to reflect the final purchase price allocation of the Yamana Transaction.
(ii) Other
adjustments relate to retroactive payments that management considers not reflective of the Company's underlying performance in the current
period.
Cash provided by operating activities before
changes in non-cash working capital balances and cash provided by operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital balances
per share
Cash provided by
operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital balances and cash provided by operating activities before changes in
non-cash working capital balances per share are calculated by adjusting the cash provided by operating activities as shown in the condensed
interim consolidated statements of cash flows for the effects of changes in non-cash working capital balances such as income taxes, inventories,
other current assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and interest payable. The per share amount is calculated by dividing cash
provided by operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital balances by the weighted average number of shares outstanding
at the end of the period on a basic basis. The Company believes that changes in working capital can be volatile due to numerous factors,
including the timing of payments. Management uses these measures to, and believes they are useful to investors so they can, assess the
underlying operating cash flow performance and future operating cash flow generating capabilities of the Company in conjunction with
other data prepared in accordance with IFRS. A reconciliation of these measures to the nearest IFRS measure is provided below.
Free cash flow and free cash flow before
changes in non-cash working capital balances
Free cash flow is calculated by deducting additions
to property, plant and mine development from the cash provided by operating activities line item as recorded in the condensed interim
consolidated statements of cash flows.
Free cash flow before changes in non-cash components
of working capital is calculated by excluding items such as the effect of changes in non-cash components of working capital from free
cash flow, which includes income taxes, inventory, other current assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and interest payable.
The Company believes that these generally accepted
industry measures are useful in that they allow for the evaluation of the Company's ability to repay creditors and return cash to shareholders
without relying on external sources of funding. Free cash flow and free cash flow before changes in non-cash components of working capital
also provide investors with information about the Company's financial position and its ability to generate cash to fund operational and
capital requirements as well as return cash to shareholders. Management uses these measures in conjunction with other data prepared in
accordance with IFRS to, and believes it is useful to investors so they can, understand and monitor the cash generating ability of the
Company.
The following tables set out a reconciliation
of cash provided by operating activities per the condensed interim consolidated statements of cash flows to free cash flow and free cash
flow before changes in non-cash working capital balances and to cash provided by operating activities before changes in non-cash working
capital balances for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2023.
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
(thousands of United States
dollars) | |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| | |
Restated(i) | | |
| | |
Restated(i) | |
Cash provided by operating activities | |
$ | 961,336 | | |
$ | 722,000 | | |
$ | 1,744,511 | | |
$ | 1,371,613 | |
Additions to property,
plant and mine development | |
| (404,098 | ) | |
| (423,621 | ) | |
| (791,685 | ) | |
| (808,555 | ) |
Free Cash Flow | |
| 557,238 | | |
| 298,379 | | |
| 952,826 | | |
| 563,058 | |
Changes in income taxes | |
| (46,426 | ) | |
| (65,428 | ) | |
| (46,802 | ) | |
| (89,405 | ) |
Changes in inventory | |
| 37,028 | | |
| 28,815 | | |
| 8,856 | | |
| 26,747 | |
Changes in other current assets | |
| 84,118 | | |
| 102,810 | | |
| 57,500 | | |
| 83,420 | |
Changes in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities | |
| (47,908 | ) | |
| (108,128 | ) | |
| 6,082 | | |
| (100,859 | ) |
Changes in interest
payable | |
| (1,900 | ) | |
| 12,955 | | |
| (6,831 | ) | |
| 10,307 | |
Free cash flow before changes in non-cash working capital
balances | |
$ | 582,150 | | |
$ | 269,403 | | |
$ | 971,631 | | |
$ | 493,268 | |
Additions to property,
plant and mine development | |
| 404,098 | | |
| 423,621 | | |
| 791,685 | | |
| 808,555 | |
Cash provided by operating activities
before changes in non-cash working capital balances | |
$ | 986,248 | | |
$ | 693,024 | | |
$ | 1,763,316 | | |
$ | 1,301,823 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash provided by operating activities
per share - basic | |
$ | 1.92 | | |
$ | 1.46 | | |
$ | 3.50 | | |
$ | 2.85 | |
Cash provided by operating activities
before changes in non-cash working capital balances per share - basic | |
$ | 1.97 | | |
$ | 1.40 | | |
$ | 3.54 | | |
$ | 2.70 | |
Free cash flow per share - basic | |
$ | 1.12 | | |
$ | 0.60 | | |
$ | 1.91 | | |
$ | 1.17 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Free cash flow before changes
in non-cash working capital balances - basic | |
$ | 1.17 | | |
$ | 0.55 | | |
$ | 1.95 | | |
$ | 1.02 | |
Note:
(i) Certain previously
reported line items have been restated to reflect the final purchase price allocation of the Yamana Transaction.
Operating margin
Operating margin
is calculated by deducting production costs from revenue from mining operations. In order to reconcile operating margin to net income
as recorded in the condensed interim consolidated financial statements, the Company adds the following items to the operating margin:
income and mining taxes expense; other expenses (income); care and maintenance expenses; foreign currency translation (gain) loss; environmental
remediation costs; gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments; finance costs; general and administrative expenses; amortization
of property, plant and mine development; exploration and corporate development expenses; and revaluation gain and impairment losses (reversals).
The Company believes that operating margin is a useful measure to investors as it reflects the operating performance of its individual
mines associated with the ongoing production and sale of gold and by-product metals without allocating Company-wide overhead, including
exploration and corporate development expenses, amortization of property, plant and mine development, general and administrative expenses,
finance costs, gain and losses on derivative financial instruments, environmental remediation costs, foreign currency translation gains
and losses, other expenses and income and mining tax expenses. Management uses this measure internally to plan and forecast future operating
results. Management believes this measure is useful to investors as it provides them with additional information about the Company's
underlying operating results and should be evaluated in conjunction with other data prepared in accordance with IFRS. For a reconciliation
of operating margin to revenue from mining operations reported in the Company's financial statements, see "Summary of Operations
Key Performance Indicators" below.
Sustaining capital expenditures and development
capital expenditures
Capital expenditures are classified into sustaining
capital expenditures and development capital expenditures. Sustaining capital expenditures are expenditures incurred during the production
phase to sustain and maintain existing assets so they can achieve constant expected levels of production from which the Company will
derive economic benefits. Sustaining capital expenditures include expenditure for assets to retain their existing productive capacity
as well as to enhance performance and reliability of the operations. Development capital expenditures represent the spending at new projects
and/or expenditures at existing operations that are undertaken with the intention to increase production levels or mine life above the
current plans. Management uses these measures in the capital allocation process and to assess the effectiveness of its investments. Management
believes these measures are useful so investors can assess the purpose and effectiveness of the capital expenditures split between sustaining
and development in each reporting period. The classification between sustaining and development capital expenditures does not have a
standardized definition in accordance with IFRS and other companies may classify expenditures in a different manner.
The following tables set out a reconciliation
of sustaining capital expenditures and development capital expenditures to the additions to property, plant and mine development per
the condensed interim consolidated statements of cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023.
| |
Three Months
Ended
June 30, | | |
Six Months
Ended
June 30, | |
(thousands of
United States dollars) | |
| 2024 | | |
| 20231 | | |
| 2024 | | |
| 20231 | |
Sustaining
capital expenditures(ii) | |
$ | 205,340 | | |
$ | 206,914 | | |
$ | 395,947 | | |
$ | 381,545 | |
Development
capital expenditures(ii) | |
| 201,962 | | |
| 209,133 | | |
| 383,373 | | |
| 376,236 | |
Total Capital Expenditures | |
$ | 407,302 | | |
$ | 416,047 | | |
$ | 779,320 | | |
$ | 757,781 | |
Working capital adjustments | |
| (3,204 | ) | |
| 7,574 | | |
| 12,365 | | |
| 50,774 | |
Additions to property, plant and
mine development per the condensed interim consolidated statements of cash flows | |
$ | 404,098 | | |
$ | 423,621 | | |
$ | 791,685 | | |
$ | 808,555 | |
Notes:
(i) The information
set out in this table reflects the Company's 50% interest in Canadian Malartic up to and including March 30, 2023 and 100% interest
thereafter.
(ii) Sustaining capital
expenditures and development capital expenditures include capitalized exploration.
Net debt
Net debt is calculated by adjusting the total
of the current portion of long-term debt and non-current long-term debt as recorded on the condensed interim consolidated balance sheets
for deferred financing costs and cash and cash equivalents. Management believes the measure of net debt is useful to help investors to
determine the Company's overall debt position and to evaluate the future debt capacity of the Company.
The following tables set out a reconciliation
of long-term debt per the condensed interim consolidated balance sheets to net debt as at June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023.
| |
As at | | |
As at | |
(thousands
of United States dollars) | |
June 30,
2024 | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
Current portion of long-term debt per the condensed
interim consolidated balance sheets | |
$ | 740,000 | | |
$ | 100,000 | |
Non-current portion of long-term debt | |
| 1,101,670 | | |
| 1,743,086 | |
Long-term debt | |
$ | 1,841,670 | | |
$ | 1,843,086 | |
Adjustment: | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | (921,989 | ) | |
$ | (338,648 | ) |
Net Debt | |
$ | 919,681 | | |
$ | 1,504,438 | |
Forward-Looking Non-GAAP Measures
This news release also contains information as
to estimated future total cash costs per ounce and AISC per ounce. The estimates are based upon the total cash costs per ounce and AISC
per ounce that the Company expects to incur to mine gold at its mines and projects and, consistent with the reconciliation of these actual
costs referred to above, do not include production costs attributable to accretion expense and other asset retirement costs, which will
vary over time as each project is developed and mined. It is therefore not practicable to reconcile these forward-looking non-GAAP financial
measures to the most comparable IFRS measure.
Forward-Looking Statements
The information in this news release has been
prepared as at July 31, 2024. Certain statements contained in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information"
under the provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws and are referred to herein as "forward-looking statements". All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address circumstances, events, activities or developments that could, or may
or will occur are forward-looking statements. When used in this news release, the words "achieve", "aim", "anticipate",
"commit", "could", "estimate", "expect", "forecast", "future", "guide",
"plan", "potential", "schedule", "target", "track", "will", and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements include the Company's forward-looking guidance, including metal
production, estimated ore grades, recovery rates, project timelines, drilling targets or results, life of mine estimates, total cash
costs per ounce, AISC per ounce, minesite costs per tonne, other expenses and cash flows; the potential for additional gold production
at the Company's sites; the estimated timing and conclusions of the Company's studies and evaluations; the methods by which ore will
be extracted or processed; the Company's expansion plans at Detour Lake, Meliadine Phase 2, Amaruq underground, Upper Beaver and Odyssey,
including the timing, funding, completion and commissioning thereof and the commencement of production therefrom; the Company's plans
at Hope Bay and San Nicolás; statements concerning other expansion projects, recovery rates, mill throughput, optimization efforts
and projected exploration, including costs and other estimates upon which such projections are based; timing and amounts of capital expenditures,
other expenditures and other cash needs, and expectations as to the funding thereof; estimates of future mineral reserves, mineral resources,
mineral production and sales; the projected development of certain ore deposits, including estimates of exploration, development and
production and other capital costs and estimates of the timing of such exploration, development and production or decisions with respect
to such exploration, development and production; anticipated cost inflation and its effect on the Company's costs and results; estimates
of mineral reserves and mineral resources and the effect of drill results and studies on future mineral reserves and mineral resources;
the Company's ability to obtain the necessary permits and authorizations in connection with its proposed or current exploration, development
and mining operations, including at Meliadine, Upper Beaver and San Nicolás, and the anticipated timing thereof; future exploration;
the anticipated timing of events with respect to the Company's mine sites; the Company's plans and strategies with respect to climate
change and greenhouse gas emissions reductions; the sufficiency of the Company's cash resources; the Company's plans with respect to
hedging and the effectiveness of its hedging strategies; future activity with respect to the Company's unsecured revolving bank credit
facility, the term loan facility and other indebtedness; future dividend amounts, record dates, payment dates and discount rates under
the dividend reinvestment plan; plans with respect to offering securities pursuant to the base shelf prospectus; plans with respect to
activity under the NCIB; and anticipated trends with respect to the Company's operations, exploration and the funding thereof. Such statements
reflect the Company's views as at the date of this news release and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and
undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of factors and
assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Agnico Eagle as of the date of such statements, are inherently subject to significant
business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. The material factors and assumptions used in the preparation of the
forward-looking statements contained herein, which may prove to be incorrect, include, but are not limited to, the assumptions set forth
herein and in management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") and the Company's Annual Information Form ("AIF")
for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with Canadian securities regulators and that are included in its Annual Report on Form 40-F
for the year ended December 31, 2023 ("Form 40-F") filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
as well as: that there are no significant disruptions affecting operations; that production, permitting, development, expansion and the
ramp-up of operations at each of Agnico Eagle's properties proceeds on a basis consistent with current expectations and plans; that the
relevant metal prices, foreign exchange rates and prices for key mining and construction inputs (including labour and electricity) will
be consistent with Agnico Eagle's expectations; that Agnico Eagle's current estimates of mineral reserves, mineral resources, mineral
grades and metal recovery are accurate; that there are no material delays in the timing for completion of ongoing growth projects; that
seismic activity at the Company's operations at LaRonde, Goldex, Fosterville and other properties is as expected by the Company and that
the Company's efforts to mitigate its effect on mining operations, including with respect to community relations, are successful; that
the Company's current plans to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions are successful; that the Company's current
plans to optimize production are successful; that there are no material variations in the current tax and regulatory environment; that
governments, the Company or others do not take measures in response to pandemics or other health emergencies or otherwise that, individually
or in the aggregate, materially affect the Company's ability to operate its business or its productivity; and that measures taken relating
to, or other effects of, pandemics or other health emergencies do not affect the Company's ability to obtain necessary supplies and deliver
them to its mine sites. Many factors, known and unknown, could cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to: the volatility of prices of gold and other
metals; uncertainty of mineral reserves, mineral resources, mineral grades and mineral recovery estimates; uncertainty of future production,
project development, capital expenditures and other costs; foreign exchange rate fluctuations; inflationary pressures; financing of additional
capital requirements; cost of exploration and development programs; seismic activity at the Company's operations, including at LaRonde,
Goldex and Fosterville; mining risks; community protests, including by Indigenous groups; risks associated with foreign operations; governmental
and environmental regulation; the volatility of the Company's stock price; risks associated with the Company's currency, fuel and by-product
metal derivative strategies; the current interest rate environment; the potential for major economies to encounter a slowdown in economic
activity or a recession; the potential for increased conflict or hostilities in various regions, including Europe and the Middle East;
and the extent and manner of communicable diseases or outbreaks, and measures taken by governments, the Company or others to attempt
to mitigate the spread thereof may directly or indirectly affect the Company. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and other
factors that may affect the Company's ability to achieve the expectations set forth in the forward-looking statements contained in this
news release, see the AIF and MD&A filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and included in the Form 40-F filed on EDGAR at www.sec.gov,
as well as the Company's other filings with the Canadian securities regulators and the SEC. Other than as required by law, the Company
does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements.
Notes Regarding Certain Climate Change and
GHG Disclosure
This news release includes information with respect
to climate change plans and strategies and GHG emissions reductions plans and strategies that has been prepared for the purpose of assisting
the Company's stakeholders in understanding certain key elements of the Company's climate and other sustainability-related objectives,
targets and risks and may not be suitable or appropriate for other purposes. This information has been provided from a different perspective
and in more detail than is required to be included in mandatory securities filings. None of the information in this news release relating
to climate change plans and strategies and GHG emissions reductions plans and strategies has been audited.
Due to the inherent uncertainty and limitations
in measuring GHG emissions and intensity, energy consumption and composition, project type GHG reduction potential and likelihood, and
climate-related risks and opportunities under the calculation methodologies used in the preparation of these and other data and metrics,
all such information in this news release are estimates. There may also be differences in the manner that other parties calculate, report,
test or substantiate such information compared to the Company, which means that the information reported by other parties may not be
comparable to that reported by the Company. Further, as climate and other sustainability-related reporting evolves, there could be changes
to the market practices, taxonomies, methodologies, criteria and standards that are used to classify, measure, test, substantiate and
report on such matters, so this information may not be comparable to information prepared or reported by the Company at a different time.
However, all information in this news release concerning the Company's climate and other sustainability-related objectives and impacts
are based on what the Company believes to be adequate and proper substantiation in accordance with internationally recognized methodology.
Notes to Investors Regarding the Use of Mineral
Resources
The mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates
contained in this news release have been prepared in accordance with the Canadian securities administrators' (the "CSA") National
Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").
In 2019, the SEC's disclosure requirements and
policies for mining properties were amended to more closely align with current industry and global regulatory practices and standards,
including NI 43-101. However, Canadian issuers that report in the United States using the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System ("MJDS"),
such as the Company, may still use NI 43-101 rather than the SEC disclosure requirements when using the SEC's MJDS registration statement
and annual report forms. Accordingly, mineral reserve and mineral resource information contained in this news release may not be comparable
to similar information disclosed by U.S. companies.
Investors are cautioned that while the SEC recognizes
"measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources", investors
should not assume that any part or all of the mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into a higher category of mineral
resources or into mineral reserves. These terms have a great amount of uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. Accordingly,
investors are cautioned not to assume that any "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" or "inferred
mineral resources" that the Company reports in this news release are or will be economically or legally mineable. Under Canadian
regulations, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in limited
circumstances.
Further, "inferred mineral resources"
have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that any
part or all of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category.
The mineral reserve and mineral resource data
set out in this news release are estimates, and no assurance can be given that the anticipated tonnages and grades will be achieved or
that the indicated level of recovery will be realized. The Company does not include equivalent gold ounces for by-product metals contained
in mineral reserves in its calculation of contained ounces. Mineral reserves are not reported as a subset of mineral resources.
Scientific and Technical Information
The scientific and technical information contained
in this news release relating to Nunavut, Quebec and Finland operations has been approved by Dominique Girard, Eng., Executive Vice-President &
Chief Operating Officer – Nunavut, Quebec & Europe; relating to Ontario, Australia and Mexico operations has been approved
by Natasha Vaz, Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer – Ontario, Australia & Mexico; relating to
exploration has been approved by Guy Gosselin, Eng. and P.Geo., Executive Vice-President, Exploration; and relating to mineral reserves
and mineral resources has been approved by Dyane Duquette, P.Geo., Vice-President, Mineral Resources Management, each of whom is a "Qualified
Person" for the purposes of NI 43-101.
Additional Information
Additional information about each of the Company's
material mineral projects as at December 31, 2023, including information regarding data verification, key assumptions, parameters
and methods used to estimate mineral reserves and mineral resources and the risks that could materially affect the development of the
mineral reserves and mineral resources required by sections 3.2 and 3.3 and paragraphs 3.4(a), (c) and (d) of NI 43-101 can
be found in the Company's AIF and MD&A filed on SEDAR+ each of which forms a part of the Company's Form 40-F filed with the
SEC on EDGAR and in the following technical reports filed on SEDAR+ in respect of the Company's material mineral properties: NI 43-101
Technical Report of the LaRonde complex in Québec, Canada (March 24, 2023); NI 43-101 Technical Report Canadian Malartic
Mine, Québec, Canada (March 25, 2021); Technical Report on the Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves at Meadowbank Gold
complex including the Amaruq Satellite Mine Development, Nunavut, Canada as at December 31, 2017 (February 14, 2018); the Updated
Technical Report on the Meliadine Gold Project, Nunavut, Canada (February 11, 2015); and the Detour Lake Operation, Ontario, Canada
NI 43-101 Technical Report as at July 26, 2021 (October 15, 2021).
APPENDIX A – EXPLORATION DETAILS
MRMR update for Upper Beaver gold-copper project
The mineral reserves and mineral resources ("MRMR")
estimate for the Upper Beaver gold-copper project in the Kirkland Lake camp in Ontario has been updated to an effective date of June 30,
2024 from the previously released MRMR estimate as at December 31, 2023, The December 2023 MRMR estimate was essentially unchanged
since December 31, 2017, and was based on a historic prefeasibility study dated March 29, 2017.
As a result of exploration drilling campaigns
conducted by the Company during the 2017 to 2022 period, additional drill results totalling 226,418 metres in 441 holes were incorporated
for the first time into the June 30, 2024 MRMR update, which used a database closure date of April 3, 2024. No new drilling
has been conducted at Upper Beaver since this date.
The updated MRMR estimate for Upper Beaver as
at June 30, 2024, and the variance from the estimate as at December 31, 2023 are set out in the table below. The parameters
of the updated MRMR estimate are set out in the notes of the table below.
Upper Beaver Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources at June 30,
2024 and at December 31, 2023
| |
As
at June 30, 20244 | |
As
at December 31, 2023 | |
Variance | |
Category | |
000
Tonnes | |
Au
(g/t) | |
Au
000 oz | |
Cu
(%) | |
Cu
000 t | |
000
Tonnes | |
Au
(g/t) | |
Au
000 oz | |
Cu
(%) | |
Cu
000 t | |
Au
000 oz | |
Cu
000 t | |
Mineral
Reserves | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Total
Proven & Probable1 | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
7,992 | |
5.43 | |
1,395 | |
0.25 | |
20 | |
-1,395 | |
-20 | |
Mineral
Resources |
Indicated
OP2 | |
3,326 | |
1.85 | |
198 | |
0.14 | |
5 | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
198 | |
5 | |
Indicated
UG3 | |
27,550 | |
3.66 | |
3,242 | |
0.24 | |
66 | |
3,636 | |
3.45 | |
403 | |
0.14 | |
5 | |
2,838 | |
61 | |
Total
Indicated | |
30,876 | |
3.47 | |
3,440 | |
0.23 | |
71 | |
3,636 | |
3.45 | |
403 | |
0.14 | |
5 | |
3,036 | |
66 | |
Inferred
OP2 | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
— | |
Inferred
UG3 | |
2,959 | |
4.13 | |
393 | |
0.36 | |
11 | |
8,688 | |
5.07 | |
1,416 | |
0.20 | |
17 | |
-1,023 | |
-7 | |
Total
Inferred | |
2,959 | |
4.13 | |
393 | |
0.36 | |
11 | |
8,688 | |
5.07 | |
1,416 | |
0.20 | |
17 | |
-1,023 | |
-7 | |
Notes:
1. Mineral reserves and mineral resources as
at December 31, 2023 were reported at a net smelter value cut-off of C$125/t. The assumptions used for the mineral reserve estimate
as at December 2023 were US$1,200 per ounce of gold, US$2.75 per pound of copper, an exchange rate of CAD$1.25 per US$1.00 and metallurgical
recoveries of 95% for gold and 90% for copper.
2. Open pit ("OP") mineral resources
as at June 30, 2024 are reported at a net smelter value cut-off of C$43.49/t.
3. Underground ("UG") mineral resources
as at June 30, 2024 are reported at a net smelter value cut-off of C$118.17/t. Underground mineral resources as at December 31,
2023 were reported at a net smelter value cut-off of C$125/t. Underground measured and indicated mineral resources are reported within
mineable shapes and include internal and external dilution. Inferred mineral resources are reported within mineable shapes and include
internal dilution. Mining and metallurgical recoveries are not applied on mineral resource.
4. The assumptions used for the mineral resource
estimate as at June 30, 2024 were US$1,750 per ounce of gold, US$4.00 per pound of copper, an exchange rate of CAD$1.35 per US$1.00
used and metallurgical recoveries of 95% for gold and 83% for copper.
The main variances in the MRMR estimates between
June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023 are described below:
| ● | Mineral Reserves –
In the updated estimate, the mineral reserves have been reclassified as mineral resources
that are supported by a positive internal preliminary economic assessment, which includes
both indicated mineral resources and inferred mineral resources, that was completed in June 2024.
As additional geotechnical fieldwork and metallurgical test work is completed through the
remainder of the year, the Company anticipates that most indicated mineral resources will
be converted into probable mineral reserves at year-end 2024 |
| ● | Measured and Indicated Mineral
Resources – The increase of 3.0 million ounces of gold (or 753%) and 66,000 tonnes
of copper (or 1,280%) in the June 30, 2024 estimate compared to the December 31,
2023 estimate is primarily due to the incorporation of new drilling results and the reclassification
of mineral reserves into indicated mineral resources |
| ● | Inferred Mineral Resources –
The decrease of 1.0 million ounces of gold (or -72%) and 7,000 tonnes of copper (or -38%)
in the June 30, 2024 estimate compared to the December 31, 2023 estimate is primarily
due to the successful conversion drilling program |
Additional details on the Upper Beaver mineral
reserves and mineral resources at December 31, 2023 are set out in the Company's news release dated February 15, 2024.
EXPLORATION DRILL COLLAR COORDINATES
Drill hole | |
UTM East* | | |
UTM North* | | |
Elevation
(metres above sea level) | | |
Azimuth
(degrees) | | |
Dip (degrees) | | |
Length (metres) | |
Odyssey mine |
MEX23-310ZA | |
| 718664 | | |
| 5334762 | | |
| 307 | | |
| 174 | | |
| -61 | | |
| 2,050 | |
MEX24-311 | |
| 718664 | | |
| 5334762 | | |
| 307 | | |
| 145 | | |
| -60 | | |
| 2,409 | |
MEX24-311Z | |
| 718664 | | |
| 5334762 | | |
| 307 | | |
| 145 | | |
| -60 | | |
| 2,070 | |
MEX24-312 | |
| 718664 | | |
| 5334762 | | |
| 307 | | |
| 155 | | |
| -74 | | |
| 1,753 | |
MEX24-312Z | |
| 718664 | | |
| 5334762 | | |
| 307 | | |
| 155 | | |
| -74 | | |
| 1,777 | |
MEX24-314 | |
| 718664 | | |
| 5334762 | | |
| 307 | | |
| 154 | | |
| -55 | | |
| 1,599 | |
Detour Lake |
DLM24-839 | |
| 586805 | | |
| 5541735 | | |
| 293 | | |
| 177 | | |
| -66 | | |
| 588 | |
DLM24-843 | |
| 587883 | | |
| 5541783 | | |
| 286 | | |
| 178 | | |
| -57 | | |
| 876 | |
DLM24-851 | |
| 586844 | | |
| 5541744 | | |
| 295 | | |
| 176 | | |
| -60 | | |
| 474 | |
DLM24-855 | |
| 586962 | | |
| 5541810 | | |
| 303 | | |
| 179 | | |
| -65 | | |
| 699 | |
DLM24-860 | |
| 586848 | | |
| 5541874 | | |
| 304 | | |
| 178 | | |
| -67 | | |
| 747 | |
DLM24-870 | |
| 587168 | | |
| 5541594 | | |
| 289 | | |
| 177 | | |
| -59 | | |
| 351 | |
DLM24-871 | |
| 587284 | | |
| 5541663 | | |
| 291 | | |
| 176 | | |
| -56 | | |
| 501 | |
DLM24-873 | |
| 587162 | | |
| 5541698 | | |
| 294 | | |
| 176 | | |
| -57 | | |
| 447 | |
DLM24-874 | |
| 588888 | | |
| 5541621 | | |
| 284 | | |
| 178 | | |
| -58 | | |
| 819 | |
DLM24-884 | |
| 587283 | | |
| 5541869 | | |
| 296 | | |
| 174 | | |
| -56 | | |
| 746 | |
DLM24-891C | |
| 588927 | | |
| 5541758 | | |
| 285 | | |
| 180 | | |
| -65 | | |
| 162 | |
DLM24-895AW | |
| 587001 | | |
| 5541947 | | |
| 306 | | |
| 176 | | |
| -64 | | |
| 567 | |
DLM24-897E | |
| 588036 | | |
| 5541696 | | |
| 287 | | |
| 179 | | |
| -54 | | |
| 729 | |
DLM24-899A | |
| 587041 | | |
| 5541856 | | |
| 306 | | |
| 179 | | |
| -64 | | |
| 675 | |
DLM24-903 | |
| 586764 | | |
| 5541782 | | |
| 294 | | |
| 178 | | |
| -61 | | |
| 633 | |
DLM24-908E | |
| 588764 | | |
| 5541748 | | |
| 286 | | |
| 180 | | |
| -57 | | |
| 822 | |
DLM24-911A | |
| 587039 | | |
| 5541905 | | |
| 307 | | |
| 176 | | |
| -69 | | |
| 876 | |
DLM24-916W | |
| 586721 | | |
| 5541839 | | |
| 295 | | |
| 180 | | |
| -62 | | |
| 297 | |
DLM24-923 | |
| 586722 | | |
| 5541916 | | |
| 299 | | |
| 176 | | |
| -66 | | |
| 726 | |
DLM24-927 | |
| 586686 | | |
| 5541799 | | |
| 292 | | |
| 180 | | |
| -60 | | |
| 552 | |
DLM24-930A | |
| 588243 | | |
| 5541718 | | |
| 288 | | |
| 179 | | |
| -56 | | |
| 948 | |
Hope Bay |
HBM24-177B | |
| 435381 | | |
| 7549031 | | |
| 26 | | |
| 231 | | |
| -58 | | |
| 1092 | |
HBM24-183 | |
| 435244 | | |
| 7549203 | | |
| 26 | | |
| 237 | | |
| -57 | | |
| 857 | |
HBM24-188 | |
| 435572 | | |
| 7548364 | | |
| 26 | | |
| 235 | | |
| -51 | | |
| 762 | |
HBM24-189 | |
| 435502 | | |
| 7548335 | | |
| 26 | | |
| 229 | | |
| -51 | | |
| 674 | |
HBM24-191 | |
| 435391 | | |
| 7548479 | | |
| 26 | | |
| 245 | | |
| -52 | | |
| 488 | |
HBM24-201 | |
| 435024 | | |
| 7548255 | | |
| 62 | | |
| 88 | | |
| -59 | | |
| 650 | |
HBM24-206A | |
| 434853 | | |
| 7548121 | | |
| 35 | | |
| 71 | | |
| -52 | | |
| 822 | |
HBM24-207 | |
| 434899 | | |
| 7548269 | | |
| 57 | | |
| 70 | | |
| -68 | | |
| 860 | |
HBM24-209 | |
| 434848 | | |
| 7548176 | | |
| 36 | | |
| 70 | | |
| -65 | | |
| 915 | |
*Coordinate Systems: NAD 83
UTM zone 17N for Odyssey; NAD 1983 UTM zone 17N for Detour Lake; and NAD 1983 UTM zone 13N for Hope Bay
APPENDIX B – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AGNICO
EAGLE MINES LIMITED
SUMMARY
OF OPERATIONS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
(thousands
of United States dollars, except where noted)
| |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| | |
(Restated)(i) | | |
| | |
(Restated)(i) | |
Net income - key line items: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Revenue from mine operations: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Quebec | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
LaRonde mine | |
| 132,888 | | |
| 133,865 | | |
| 276,505 | | |
| 236,085 | |
LaRonde zone 5 mine | |
| 37,414 | | |
| 36,558 | | |
| 80,029 | | |
| 66,080 | |
Canadian
Malartic(iii) | |
| 418,472 | | |
| 335,871 | | |
| 746,589 | | |
| 473,945 | |
Goldex | |
| 83,536 | | |
| 73,272 | | |
| 155,920 | | |
| 141,335 | |
Ontario | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Detour Lake | |
| 359,416 | | |
| 317,068 | | |
| 702,373 | | |
| 623,663 | |
Macassa | |
| 153,476 | | |
| 112,879 | | |
| 292,869 | | |
| 230,738 | |
Nunavut | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Meliadine | |
| 220,276 | | |
| 157,179 | | |
| 422,515 | | |
| 326,713 | |
Meadowbank | |
| 308,615 | | |
| 195,856 | | |
| 558,000 | | |
| 405,669 | |
Australia | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Fosterville | |
| 145,026 | | |
| 168,074 | | |
| 266,061 | | |
| 337,375 | |
Europe | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Kittila | |
| 133,160 | | |
| 102,868 | | |
| 247,223 | | |
| 218,887 | |
Mexico | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Pinos Altos | |
| 67,790 | | |
| 50,389 | | |
| 116,190 | | |
| 101,837 | |
La India | |
| 16,552 | | |
| 34,318 | | |
| 42,170 | | |
| 65,531 | |
Revenues from mining operations | |
$ | 2,076,621 | | |
$ | 1,718,197 | | |
$ | 3,906,444 | | |
$ | 3,227,858 | |
Production costs | |
| 771,984 | | |
| 743,253 | | |
| 1,555,569 | | |
| 1,396,397 | |
Total
operating margin(ii) | |
| 1,304,637 | | |
| 974,944 | | |
| 2,350,875 | | |
| 1,831,461 | |
Amortization of property, plant and mine development | |
| 378,389 | | |
| 386,314 | | |
| 735,614 | | |
| 690,273 | |
Revaluation
gain(iv) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (1,543,414 | ) |
Exploration, corporate and other | |
| 216,042 | | |
| 127,342 | | |
| 416,007 | | |
| 277,815 | |
Income before income and mining taxes | |
| 710,206 | | |
| 461,288 | | |
| 1,199,254 | | |
| 2,406,787 | |
Income and mining taxes expense | |
| 238,190 | | |
| 137,618 | | |
| 380,046 | | |
| 266,226 | |
Net income for the period | |
$ | 472,016 | | |
$ | 323,670 | | |
$ | 819,208 | | |
$ | 2,140,561 | |
Net income per share — basic | |
$ | 0.95 | | |
$ | 0.66 | | |
$ | 1.64 | | |
$ | 4.45 | |
Net income per share — diluted | |
$ | 0.94 | | |
$ | 0.65 | | |
$ | 1.64 | | |
$ | 4.43 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash flows: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash provided by operating activities | |
$ | 961,336 | | |
$ | 722,000 | | |
$ | 1,744,511 | | |
$ | 1,371,613 | |
Cash used in investing activities | |
$ | (424,576 | ) | |
$ | (450,202 | ) | |
$ | (837,624 | ) | |
$ | (1,848,947 | ) |
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities | |
$ | (137,234 | ) | |
$ | (582,351 | ) | |
$ | (320,268 | ) | |
$ | 254,082 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Realized prices: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Gold (per ounce) | |
$ | 2,342 | | |
$ | 1,975 | | |
$ | 2,202 | | |
$ | 1,935 | |
Silver (per ounce) | |
$ | 30.09 | | |
$ | 24.43 | | |
$ | 27.21 | | |
$ | 23.72 | |
Zinc (per tonne) | |
$ | 2,792 | | |
$ | 2,343 | | |
$ | 2,625 | | |
$ | 2,685 | |
Copper (per tonne) | |
$ | 9,192 | | |
$ | 7,898 | | |
$ | 9,720 | | |
$ | 8,590 | |
AGNICO
EAGLE MINES LIMITED
SUMMARY
OF OPERATIONS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
(thousands
of United States dollars, except where noted)
| |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Payable
production(v): | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Gold (ounces): | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Quebec | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
LaRonde mine | |
| 62,260 | | |
| 58,635 | | |
| 114,075 | | |
| 118,168 | |
LaRonde zone 5 mine | |
| 20,074 | | |
| 18,145 | | |
| 36,623 | | |
| 38,219 | |
Canadian
Malartic(iii) | |
| 180,871 | | |
| 177,755 | | |
| 367,777 | | |
| 258,440 | |
Goldex | |
| 33,750 | | |
| 37,716 | | |
| 68,138 | | |
| 71,739 | |
Ontario | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Detour Lake | |
| 168,247 | | |
| 169,352 | | |
| 318,998 | | |
| 331,209 | |
Macassa | |
| 64,062 | | |
| 57,044 | | |
| 132,321 | | |
| 121,159 | |
Nunavut | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Meliadine | |
| 88,675 | | |
| 87,682 | | |
| 184,400 | | |
| 178,149 | |
Meadowbank | |
| 126,419 | | |
| 94,775 | | |
| 254,193 | | |
| 205,885 | |
Australia | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Fosterville | |
| 65,963 | | |
| 81,813 | | |
| 122,532 | | |
| 168,371 | |
Europe | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Kittila | |
| 55,671 | | |
| 50,130 | | |
| 110,252 | | |
| 113,822 | |
Mexico | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Pinos Altos | |
| 23,754 | | |
| 22,159 | | |
| 48,479 | | |
| 46,293 | |
Creston Mascota | |
| 13 | | |
| 165 | | |
| 41 | | |
| 409 | |
La India | |
| 6,079 | | |
| 17,833 | | |
| 16,661 | | |
| 34,154 | |
Total gold (ounces): | |
| 895,838 | | |
| 873,204 | | |
| 1,774,490 | | |
| 1,686,017 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Silver (thousands of ounces) | |
| 628 | | |
| 619 | | |
| 1,243 | | |
| 1,164 | |
Zinc (tonnes) | |
| 1,883 | | |
| 2,611 | | |
| 3,565 | | |
| 4,898 | |
Copper (tonnes) | |
| 1,072 | | |
| 746 | | |
| 1,876 | | |
| 1,276 | |
AGNICO
EAGLE MINES LIMITED
SUMMARY
OF OPERATIONS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
(thousands
of United States dollars, except where noted)
| |
Three
Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Payable
metal sold(vi): | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Gold (ounces): | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Quebec | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
LaRonde mine | |
| 51,565 | | |
| 61,920 | | |
| 116,729 | | |
| 110,082 | |
LaRonde zone 5 mine | |
| 16,265 | | |
| 18,923 | | |
| 36,516 | | |
| 34,384 | |
Canadian
Malartic(iii) | |
| 176,651 | | |
| 168,257 | | |
| 336,199 | | |
| 240,066 | |
Goldex | |
| 33,783 | | |
| 37,114 | | |
| 68,225 | | |
| 73,031 | |
Ontario | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Detour Lake | |
| 153,622 | | |
| 160,281 | | |
| 320,630 | | |
| 323,575 | |
Macassa | |
| 65,340 | | |
| 57,102 | | |
| 132,840 | | |
| 120,030 | |
Nunavut | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Meliadine | |
| 94,438 | | |
| 79,153 | | |
| 192,978 | | |
| 168,739 | |
Meadowbank | |
| 131,003 | | |
| 98,980 | | |
| 252,113 | | |
| 209,005 | |
Australia | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Fosterville | |
| 62,049 | | |
| 85,500 | | |
| 120,049 | | |
| 174,500 | |
Europe | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Kittila | |
| 56,984 | | |
| 51,800 | | |
| 111,984 | | |
| 112,520 | |
Mexico | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Pinos Altos | |
| 25,510 | | |
| 22,355 | | |
| 45,810 | | |
| 46,591 | |
La India | |
| 7,020 | | |
| 17,463 | | |
| 19,220 | | |
| 33,883 | |
Total gold (ounces): | |
| 874,230 | | |
| 858,848 | | |
| 1,753,293 | | |
| 1,646,406 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Silver (thousands of ounces) | |
| 637 | | |
| 597 | | |
| 1,241 | | |
| 1,149 | |
Zinc (tonnes) | |
| 1,547 | | |
| 2,743 | | |
| 3,054 | | |
| 4,874 | |
Copper (tonnes) | |
| 1,113 | | |
| 713 | | |
| 1,875 | | |
| 1,281 | |
AGNICO
EAGLE MINES LIMITED
SUMMARY
OF OPERATIONS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
(thousands
of United States dollars, except where noted)
| |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Total
cash costs per ounce — co-product basis(vii): | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Quebec | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
LaRonde mine | |
$ | 1,020 | | |
$ | 1,046 | | |
$ | 1,134 | | |
$ | 1,091 | |
LaRonde zone 5 mine | |
| 1,046 | | |
| 1,213 | | |
| 1,112 | | |
| 1,189 | |
Canadian
Malartic(iii) | |
| 884 | | |
| 783 | | |
| 872 | | |
| 791 | |
Goldex | |
| 1,018 | | |
| 777 | | |
| 1,003 | | |
| 793 | |
Ontario | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Detour Lake | |
| 795 | | |
| 734 | | |
| 833 | | |
| 754 | |
Macassa | |
| 833 | | |
| 750 | | |
| 772 | | |
| 675 | |
Nunavut | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Meliadine | |
| 895 | | |
| 1,020 | | |
| 921 | | |
| 979 | |
Meadowbank | |
| 931 | | |
| 1,164 | | |
| 937 | | |
| 1,152 | |
Australia | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Fosterville | |
| 611 | | |
| 437 | | |
| 578 | | |
| 417 | |
Europe | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Kittila | |
| 1,021 | | |
| 901 | | |
| 1,046 | | |
| 848 | |
Mexico | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Pinos Altos | |
| 1,793 | | |
| 1,582 | | |
| 1,711 | | |
| 1,460 | |
La India | |
| 2,230 | | |
| 1,408 | | |
| 1,767 | | |
| 1,369 | |
Total cash costs per ounce (co-product
basis) | |
$ | 911 | | |
$ | 870 | | |
$ | 920 | | |
$ | 866 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Total
cash costs per ounce — by-product basis(vii): | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Quebec | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
LaRonde mine | |
$ | 747 | | |
$ | 787 | | |
$ | 874 | | |
$ | 840 | |
LaRonde zone 5 mine | |
| 1,030 | | |
| 1,198 | | |
| 1,098 | | |
| 1,175 | |
Canadian
Malartic(iii) | |
| 871 | | |
| 772 | | |
| 860 | | |
| 779 | |
Goldex | |
| 864 | | |
| 776 | | |
| 906 | | |
| 792 | |
Ontario | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Detour Lake | |
| 791 | | |
| 731 | | |
| 829 | | |
| 750 | |
Macassa | |
| 833 | | |
| 747 | | |
| 770 | | |
| 672 | |
Nunavut | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Meliadine | |
| 892 | | |
| 1,019 | | |
| 918 | | |
| 978 | |
Meadowbank | |
| 922 | | |
| 1,156 | | |
| 930 | | |
| 1,144 | |
Australia | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Fosterville | |
| 608 | | |
| 436 | | |
| 575 | | |
| 416 | |
Europe | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Kittila | |
| 1,020 | | |
| 899 | | |
| 1,044 | | |
| 847 | |
Mexico | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Pinos Altos | |
| 1,414 | | |
| 1,282 | | |
| 1,380 | | |
| 1,196 | |
La India | |
| 2,172 | | |
| 1,385 | | |
| 1,715 | | |
| 1,348 | |
Total cash costs per ounce (by-product
basis) | |
$ | 870 | | |
$ | 840 | | |
$ | 885 | | |
$ | 836 | |
Notes:
(i) Certain
previously reported line items have been restated to reflect the final purchase price allocation of Canadian Malartic.
(ii) Operating
margin is not a recognized measure under IFRS and this data may not be comparable to data reported by other gold producers. See Note
Regarding Certain Measures of Performance - Operating Margin for more information on the Company's calculation and use of operating
margin.
(iii) The
information set out in this table reflects the Company's 50% interest in Canadian Malartic up to and including March 30, 2023 and
100% interest thereafter.
(iv) Revaluation
gain on the 50% interest the Company owned in Canadian Malartic prior to the Yamana Transaction.
(v) Payable
production (a non-GAAP non-financial performance measure) is the quantity of mineral produced during a period contained in products
that are or will be sold by the Company, whether such products are sold during the period or held as inventories at the end of the period.
(vi) Canadian
Malartic payable metal sold excludes the 5.0% in-kind net smelter return royalty held by Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. Detour Lake
payable metal sold excludes the 2.0% in-kind net smelter royalty held by Franco-Nevada Corporation. Macassa payable metal sold excludes
the 1.5% in-kind net smelter royalty held by Franco-Nevada Corporation.
(vii) The
total cash costs per ounce is not a recognized measure under IFRS and this data may not be comparable to data reported by other gold
producers. See Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance - Total Cash Costs per Ounce and Minesite Costs per Tonne for more
information on the Company’s calculation and use of total cash cost per ounce.
AGNICO
EAGLE MINES LIMITED
CONDENSED
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(thousands
of United States dollars, except share amounts, IFRS basis)
(Unaudited)
| |
As at | | |
As at | |
| |
June 30,
2024 | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
ASSETS | |
| | | |
| | |
Current assets: | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 921,989 | | |
$ | 338,648 | |
Inventories | |
| 1,355,663 | | |
| 1,418,941 | |
Income taxes recoverable | |
| 19,431 | | |
| 27,602 | |
Fair value of derivative financial
instruments | |
| 5,063 | | |
| 50,786 | |
Other current
assets | |
| 410,188 | | |
| 355,175 | |
Total current assets | |
| 2,712,334 | | |
| 2,191,152 | |
Non-current assets: | |
| | | |
| | |
Goodwill | |
| 4,157,672 | | |
| 4,157,672 | |
Property, plant and mine development | |
| 21,173,067 | | |
| 21,221,905 | |
Investments | |
| 393,867 | | |
| 345,257 | |
Deferred income and mining tax asset | |
| 31,865 | | |
| 53,796 | |
Other assets | |
| 822,401 | | |
| 715,167 | |
Total assets | |
$ | 29,291,206 | | |
$ | 28,684,949 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
LIABILITIES | |
| | | |
| | |
Current liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
$ | 770,802 | | |
$ | 750,380 | |
Share based liabilities | |
| 16,730 | | |
| 24,316 | |
Interest payable | |
| 21,200 | | |
| 14,226 | |
Income taxes payable | |
| 128,940 | | |
| 81,222 | |
Current portion of long-term debt | |
| 740,000 | | |
| 100,000 | |
Reclamation provision | |
| 48,647 | | |
| 24,266 | |
Lease obligations | |
| 40,873 | | |
| 46,394 | |
Fair value of
derivative financial instruments | |
| 24,032 | | |
| 7,222 | |
Total current liabilities | |
| 1,791,224 | | |
| 1,048,026 | |
Non-current liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Long-term debt | |
| 1,101,670 | | |
| 1,743,086 | |
Reclamation provision | |
| 973,895 | | |
| 1,049,238 | |
Lease obligations | |
| 105,362 | | |
| 115,154 | |
Share based liabilities | |
| 6,851 | | |
| 11,153 | |
Deferred income and mining tax liabilities | |
| 5,045,164 | | |
| 4,973,271 | |
Other liabilities | |
| 270,625 | | |
| 322,106 | |
Total liabilities | |
| 9,294,791 | | |
| 9,262,034 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
EQUITY | |
| | | |
| | |
Common shares: | |
| | | |
| | |
Outstanding - 500,413,442 common shares
issued, less 527,154 shares held in trust | |
| 18,525,686 | | |
| 18,334,869 | |
Stock options | |
| 191,200 | | |
| 201,755 | |
Contributed surplus | |
| — | | |
| 22,074 | |
Retained earnings | |
| 1,373,099 | | |
| 963,172 | |
Other reserves | |
| (93,570 | ) | |
| (98,955 | ) |
Total equity | |
| 19,996,415 | | |
| 19,422,915 | |
Total liabilities and equity | |
$ | 29,291,206 | | |
$ | 28,684,949 | |
AGNICO
EAGLE MINES LIMITED
CONDENSED
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(thousands
of United States dollars, except per share amounts, IFRS basis)
(Unaudited)
| |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| | |
Restated(i) | | |
| | |
Restated(i) | |
REVENUES | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Revenues from mining operations | |
$ | 2,076,621 | | |
$ | 1,718,197 | | |
$ | 3,906,444 | | |
$ | 3,227,858 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
COSTS, INCOME AND EXPENSES | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Production(ii) | |
| 771,984 | | |
| 743,253 | | |
| 1,555,569 | | |
| 1,396,397 | |
Exploration and corporate development | |
| 55,247 | | |
| 54,422 | | |
| 106,453 | | |
| 108,190 | |
Amortization of property, plant and mine development | |
| 378,389 | | |
| 386,314 | | |
| 735,614 | | |
| 690,273 | |
General and administrative | |
| 48,819 | | |
| 47,312 | | |
| 96,936 | | |
| 95,520 | |
Finance costs | |
| 34,473 | | |
| 35,837 | | |
| 70,738 | | |
| 59,285 | |
Loss (gain) on derivative financial instruments | |
| 19,608 | | |
| (26,433 | ) | |
| 65,543 | | |
| (32,972 | ) |
Foreign currency translation loss (gain) | |
| 363 | | |
| 4,014 | | |
| (4,184 | ) | |
| 4,234 | |
Care and maintenance | |
| 10,226 | | |
| 9,411 | | |
| 21,268 | | |
| 20,656 | |
Revaluation
gain(iii) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (1,543,414 | ) |
Other expenses | |
| 47,306 | | |
| 2,779 | | |
| 59,253 | | |
| 22,902 | |
Income before income and mining taxes | |
| 710,206 | | |
| 461,288 | | |
| 1,199,254 | | |
| 2,406,787 | |
Income and mining taxes expense | |
| 238,190 | | |
| 137,618 | | |
| 380,046 | | |
| 266,226 | |
Net income for the period | |
$ | 472,016 | | |
$ | 323,670 | | |
$ | 819,208 | | |
$ | 2,140,561 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net income per share - basic | |
$ | 0.95 | | |
$ | 0.66 | | |
$ | 1.64 | | |
$ | 4.45 | |
Net income per share - diluted | |
$ | 0.94 | | |
$ | 0.65 | | |
$ | 1.64 | | |
$ | 4.43 | |
Adjusted
net income per share - basic(iv) | |
$ | 1.07 | | |
$ | 0.65 | | |
$ | 1.83 | | |
$ | 1.23 | |
Adjusted
net income per share - diluted(iv) | |
$ | 1.07 | | |
$ | 0.64 | | |
$ | 1.83 | | |
$ | 1.22 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands): | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic | |
| 499,437 | | |
| 494,138 | | |
| 498,528 | | |
| 481,553 | |
Diluted | |
| 500,443 | | |
| 495,509 | | |
| 499,794 | | |
| 482,978 | |
Notes:
(i) Certain
previously reported line items have been restated to reflect the final purchase price allocation of the Yamana Transaction.
(ii) Exclusive
of amortization, which is shown separately.
(iii) Revaluation
gain on the 50% interest previously owned in Canadian Malartic prior to the Yamana Transaction.
(iv) Adjusted
net income per share is not a recognized measure under IFRS and this data may not be comparable to data reported by other companies.
See Note Regarding Certain Measures of Performance - Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per Share for a discussion of
the composition and usefulness of this measure and a reconciliation to the nearest IFRS measure.
AGNICO
EAGLE MINES LIMITED
CONDENSED
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(thousands
of United States dollars, IFRS basis)
(Unaudited)
| |
Three
Months Ended
June 30, | | |
Six
Months Ended
June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| | |
Restated(i) | | |
| | |
Restated(i) | |
OPERATING ACTIVITIES | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net income for the period | |
$ | 472,016 | | |
$ | 323,670 | | |
$ | 819,208 | | |
$ | 2,140,561 | |
Add (deduct) adjusting items: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Amortization of property, plant and
mine development | |
| 378,389 | | |
| 386,314 | | |
| 735,614 | | |
| 690,273 | |
Revaluation
gain(ii) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (1,543,414 | ) |
Deferred income and mining taxes | |
| 81,223 | | |
| 5,568 | | |
| 94,147 | | |
| 41,671 | |
Unrealized loss (gain) on currency
and commodity derivatives | |
| 10,048 | | |
| (50,088 | ) | |
| 62,532 | | |
| (65,976 | ) |
Unrealized loss (gain) on warrants | |
| 3,027 | | |
| 6,959 | | |
| (3,850 | ) | |
| 2,296 | |
Stock-based compensation | |
| 18,858 | | |
| 13,380 | | |
| 37,715 | | |
| 26,527 | |
Foreign currency translation loss (gain) | |
| 363 | | |
| 4,014 | | |
| (4,184 | ) | |
| 4,234 | |
Other | |
| 22,324 | | |
| 3,207 | | |
| 22,134 | | |
| 5,651 | |
Changes in non-cash working capital balances: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Income taxes | |
| 46,426 | | |
| 65,428 | | |
| 46,802 | | |
| 89,405 | |
Inventories | |
| (37,028 | ) | |
| (28,815 | ) | |
| (8,856 | ) | |
| (26,747 | ) |
Other current assets | |
| (84,118 | ) | |
| (102,810 | ) | |
| (57,500 | ) | |
| (83,420 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
| 47,908 | | |
| 108,128 | | |
| (6,082 | ) | |
| 100,859 | |
Interest payable | |
| 1,900 | | |
| (12,955 | ) | |
| 6,831 | | |
| (10,307 | ) |
Cash provided by operating activities | |
| 961,336 | | |
| 722,000 | | |
| 1,744,511 | | |
| 1,371,613 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Additions to property, plant and mine development | |
| (404,098 | ) | |
| (423,621 | ) | |
| (791,685 | ) | |
| (808,555 | ) |
Yamana transaction, net of cash and cash equivalents | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (1,000,617 | ) |
Contributions for acquisition of mineral assets | |
| (3,175 | ) | |
| — | | |
| (7,099 | ) | |
| — | |
Purchases of equity securities and other investments | |
| (17,296 | ) | |
| (29,427 | ) | |
| (41,303 | ) | |
| (44,164 | ) |
Other investing activities | |
| (7 | ) | |
| 2,846 | | |
| 2,463 | | |
| 4,389 | |
Cash used in investing activities | |
| (424,576 | ) | |
| (450,202 | ) | |
| (837,624 | ) | |
| (1,848,947 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Proceeds from Credit Facility | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 600,000 | | |
| 1,000,000 | |
Repayment of Credit Facility | |
| — | | |
| (900,000 | ) | |
| (600,000 | ) | |
| (900,000 | ) |
Proceeds from Term Loan Facility, net of financing costs | |
| — | | |
| 598,958 | | |
| — | | |
| 598,958 | |
Repayment of Senior Notes | |
| — | | |
| (100,000 | ) | |
| — | | |
| (100,000 | ) |
Long-term debt financing costs | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (3,544 | ) | |
| — | |
Repayment of lease obligations | |
| (12,666 | ) | |
| (12,420 | ) | |
| (25,681 | ) | |
| (22,168 | ) |
Disbursements to associates | |
| — | | |
| (21,899 | ) | |
| — | | |
| (21,899 | ) |
Dividends paid | |
| (164,255 | ) | |
| (165,258 | ) | |
| (321,515 | ) | |
| (321,421 | ) |
Repurchase of common shares | |
| (50,000 | ) | |
| (1,786 | ) | |
| (76,041 | ) | |
| (16,350 | ) |
Proceeds on exercise of stock options | |
| 80,434 | | |
| 12,750 | | |
| 87,812 | | |
| 23,052 | |
Common shares issued | |
| 9,253 | | |
| 7,304 | | |
| 18,701 | | |
| 13,910 | |
Cash (used in) provided by financing
activities | |
| (137,234 | ) | |
| (582,351 | ) | |
| (320,268 | ) | |
| 254,082 | |
Effect of exchange rate changes
on cash and cash equivalents | |
| (2,162 | ) | |
| (1,566 | ) | |
| (3,278 | ) | |
| (2,847 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
during the period | |
| 397,364 | | |
| (312,119 | ) | |
| 583,341 | | |
| (226,099 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period | |
| 524,625 | | |
| 744,645 | | |
| 338,648 | | |
| 658,625 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, end
of period | |
$ | 921,989 | | |
$ | 432,526 | | |
$ | 921,989 | | |
$ | 432,526 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Interest paid | |
$ | 24,651 | | |
$ | 43,437 | | |
$ | 49,903 | | |
$ | 56,488 | |
Income and mining taxes paid | |
$ | 127,600 | | |
$ | 74,828 | | |
$ | 258,377 | | |
$ | 139,765 | |
Notes:
(i) Certain
previously reported line items have been restated to reflect the final purchase price allocation of the Yamana Transaction.
(ii) Revaluation
gain on the 50% interest the Company previously owned in Canadian Malartic prior to the Yamana Transaction.
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