West Australian gold miner Ramelius Resources has delivered a 32% fall in underlying NPAT to $A73.38M for the Dec half-year (H1FY22), down from $81.32M in the previous corresponding year.
A fall in gold production to 132,605oz (H1FY21: 144,240oz) was compounded by higher costs attributed to lower head grades at its Mt Magnet mine and the direct/indirect impacts of COVID-19 – particularly the border closures in WA.
Gold sales of 132,300oz (147,836oz) delivered H1FY22 revenue of $A310.1M ($342.23M) and EBITDA of $187.7M ($192.84M).
Net cash from operations was $78.5M ($160.9M) after paying $39.9M income tax (nil).