Increased gold equivalent production from New Gold’s 2 operations in Canada has seen the company post a $US62M turnaround for a Sept 2020 qtr (Q3 20) net earnings jump to $16M from a Q2 20 net loss of $46M.
Adjusted net earnings rocketed to $12.4M from $3.3M on revenues up to $174M from $129M, with cash from operations rising to $92M from $53M. The bottom line was on total gold equivalent production jumping to 115,536oz AuEq from 98,079oz, including gold up to 78,959oz from 64,294oz, silver to 171,825oz from 134,282oz and copper to 18.2M/lbs from 16.9M/lbs at cash costs up to $822oz AuEq from $773oz and AISC of $1,313oz AuEq from $1,283oz.
Rainy River mine output was up to 64,221oz AuEq from 49,633oz, with gold to 63,004oz from 48,800oz. New Afton output was also up to 51,315oz AuEq from 48,446oz, with gold up to 15,955oz from 15,494oz and copper to 18.2M/lbs from 16.9M/lbs.
During Q3 20, New Gold completed the sale of the Blackwater Project to Artemis Gold for $C190M cash and finished the qtr with $US415M cash and a liquidity position of $720M.