18 January 2016
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PanTerra Gold Limited Las Lagunas Gold Production in line with ForecastPanTerra Gold Limited (ASX: PGI) (PanTerra Gold or the "Company"), advises gold production and revenues for the fourth Quarter from its Las Lagunas project in the Dominican Republic were in line with forecasts published in the Corporate Presentation released to the ASX on 2 October 2015.
However, current CIL recoveries and overall gold recoveries are currently down on forecasts due to a number of factors that are being addressed.
Plant performance for December 2015 was as follows:
Details | Monthly Forecast | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Throughput, t/d | 2142 | 2,066 | 2,314 | 2,274 |
Head Grade, g/t Au | 3.6 | 3.79 | 3.77 | 3.84 |
Flotation Recovery, % Au | 79.0 | 79.0 | 78.7 | 77.3 |
CIL Recovery, % Au | 63.0 | 58.8 | 57.2 | 55.5 |
Overall Recovery, % Au | 49.8 | 46.4 | 45.0 | 42.9 |
Production, oz Au | 123.0 | 120.6 | 126.1 | 120.3 |
Production for the Quarter to 31 December 2015 was as follows:
December Quarter | Previous Quarter | Variance vs Previous Quarter | YTD | |
Plant Throughput (t) | 203,983 | 185,511 | 10.0% | 758,389 |
Average head grade (g/t) | ||||
Gold | 3.8 | 3.6 | 5.6% | 3.4 |
Silver | 38.5 | 36.4 | 5.7% | 38.3 |
Recovery (%) | ||||
Gold | 44.7 | 45.4 | -1.5% | 45.4 |
Silver | 19.9 | 27.9 | -28.5% | 26.0 |
Production (oz) | ||||
Gold | 11,132 | 9,707 | 14.7% | 37,924 |
Silver | 50,075 | 60,144 | -16.7% | 239,461 |
Sales (oz) | ||||
Gold | 11,268 | 9,066 | 24.3% | 37,941 |
Silver | 48,803 | 63,437 | -23.1% | 244,469 |
Sales (US$m) | 12.7 | 11.4 | 11.3% | 47.1 |
Sales (A$m)* | 17.7 | 15.8 | 12.1% | 62.7 |
* Based on average exchange rate for the Quarter.
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PanTerra Gold Limited issued this content on 2016-01-18 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 2016-01-18 01:09:01 UTC
Original Document: http://www.panterragold.com/files/Las Lagunas Production Update 18_1_2016.pdf