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Production Summary

May 11, 2015

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/