Equinox Gold Reports Third Quarter 2021 Financial and Operating Results: 137,144 Ounces of Gold Sold, on Track to Achieve 2021 Guidance
November 3, 2021
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Operational
- Lost-time injury frequency rate of 1.29, which is a measure of the number of injuries per million hours worked
- Produced 139,758 ounces (“oz”) of gold during the quarter; sold 137,144 oz of gold at an average realized gold price of $1,780 per oz
- Total cash costs of $1,109 per oz and mine all-in sustaining costs (“AISC”) of $1,327 per oz for the quarter(1)
- Produced 391,678 oz of gold for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, with cash costs and mine AISC of $1,113 per oz and $1,396 per oz, respectively(1)
- Los Filos has operated continuously since July 26, 2021, following the resolution of blockades
- The Company remains on track to achieve 2021 production and cost guidance
Earnings
- Earnings from mine operations of $49.2 million
- Net loss of $5.2 million or $0.02 per share
- Adjusted net income of $6.7 million or $0.02 per share, after adjusting for certain non-cash expense items(1)(2)
Financial
- Cash flow from operations before changes in non-cash working capital of $48.3 million ($64.8 million after changes in non-cash working capital)
- Adjusted EBITDA of $62.0 million(1)(2)
- Expenditures of $26.9 million in sustaining capital and $65.4 million in non-sustaining capital(1)
- Cash and cash equivalents (unrestricted) of $300.3 million at September 30, 2021
- Net debt of $244.8 million at September 30, 2021 (including $139.7 million of in-the-money convertible notes)(1)
Construction, development and exploration
- Announced positive pre-feasibility study for Aurizona expansion incorporating the Aurizona underground and satellite open-pit deposits into the mine plan
- Extends the mine life to 11 years with total life-of-mine (“LOM”) production of 1.5 million oz of gold
- Average annual production of 137,000 oz of gold
- Peak annual production in years 2026 to 2029, averaging more than 160,000 oz of gold
- $944/oz average AISC from 2024 onward and $1,058/oz average AISC LOM
- Updated Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates for Aurizona, Mesquite, Fazenda and RDM
- Completed more than 60,000 metres of drilling across the Company’s portfolio of assets
- Greenstone early works focused on roadworks, tree clearing and construction of the temporary effluent water treatment, temporary lodging facility and construction administrative offices
- Santa Luz construction 70% complete as of the date of this news release and on schedule for first gold pour in Q1 2022
POST QUARTER END HIGHLIGHTS
- Announced groundbreaking for full-scale construction at Greenstone with a construction budget of C$1.53 billion (100% basis) ($1.23 billion at a rate of USD:CAD 1.25), including more than $50 million spent to date and a $177 million contingency(3)
- Initial cash spend could be reduced by approximately $100 million through lease financing for mobile equipment and offset economically by up to $70 million of pre-commercial production revenues (at a gold price of $1,750 per oz)
- Equinox Gold will fund its 60% portion from the Company’s existing treasury, cash flow from producing mines and a revolving credit facility from which the Company has $200 million available to draw. Equinox Gold also has a portfolio of investments with a current market value of approximately $450 million
- First gold pour targeted for first half of 2024 (“H1 2024”)