Argonaut Gold
Production Summary
2015 Guidance of 85,000-90,000 Ounces of Production
El Castillo Mine | 2013 | 2014 - Q1 | 2014 - Q2 | 2014 - Q3 | 2014 - Q4 | FY 2014 | ||
Mine | ||||||||
Ore Tonnes (000's) | 13,621 | 3,666 | 3,767 | 4,059 | 3,484 | 14,976 | ||
Waste Tonnes (000's) | 13,376 | 4,164 | 4,524 | 3,655 | 3,892 | 16,235 | ||
Total Tonnes (000's) | 26,997 | 7,829 | 8,291 | 7,714 | 7,376 | 31,211 | ||
Strip Ratio | 0.98 | 1.14 | 1.20 | 0.90 | 1.12 | 1.08 | ||
Grade (g/t) | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
Gold ounces to leach pad | 154,581 | 39,924 | 37,352 | 44,031 | 37,986 | 159,294 | ||
Processing Tonnes | ||||||||
Tonnes ore direct to leach pad (000's) | 6,352 | 823 | 683 | 1,063 | 527 | 3,096 | ||
Tonnes crushed (000's) | 5,736 | 1,497 | 1,616 | 1,499 | 1,556 | 6,200 | ||
Tonnes overland conveyor (000's) | 1,486 | 1,345 | 1,468 | 1,497 | 1,471 | 5,750 | ||
Total (000's) | 13,574 | 3,665 | 3,767 | 4,059 | 3,554 | 15,046 | ||
Gold ounces produced | 94,804 | 21,976 | 21,041 | 22,807 | 27,676 | 92,500 | ||
Gold Equivalent ounces produced | 27,870 | 93,379 | ||||||
Archived Production Summaries for El Castillo Mine (click to download):
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2015 Guidance of 50,000-55,000 Gold Equivalent Ounces of Production
La Colorada Mine | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 - Q1 | 2014 - Q2 | 2014 - Q3 | 2014 - Q4 | FY 2014 | ||
Mine | |||||||||
Ore Tonnes (000's) | 7,173 | 1,747 | 560 | 700 | 757 | 732 | 2,748 | ||
Ore Tonnes Rehandled (000s) | 392 | 1,009 | |||||||
Waste Tonnes (000's) | - | - | 4,043 | 3,145 | 3,486 | ||||
Strip Ratio | - | 7.22 | 4.49 | 4.61 | |||||
Grade (g/t) | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.57 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.55 | 0.57 | ||
Gold ounces to leach pad | 40,180 | 21,928 | 10,812 | 15,651 | 21,195 | 19,917 | 67,576 | ||
Processing Tonnes | |||||||||
Tonnes crushed (000's) | 2,895 | 2,175 | 635 | 880 | 1,068 | 1,117 | 370 | ||
Gold ounces produced | 20,369 | 22,544 | 8,792 | 8,420 | 8,870 | 15,682 | 40,535 | ||
Silver ounces produced | 132,805 | 169,673 | 7,733 | 29,224 | 14,958 | 41,787 | 153,548 | ||
Gold equivalent ounces produced* | 22,738 | 25,420 | 8,792 | 8,951 | 9,142 | 16,442 | 43,327 | ||
*Gold Silver ratio of 55:1 used to calculated Gold Equivalent ounces |
Source: http://www.argonautgold.com/gold_operations/production_summary/
EXPLORATION AND DATA PROCESSING GEOLOGIST - ONTARIO, CANADA
Reporting to the Regional Exploration Manager, the Geologist will participate in the discovery of additional resources within the company’s tenure by designing and undertaking field exploration and drilling programs and critically evaluate the outcomes from completed exploration programs.