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Q3 2020 Highlights
- Produced 39,788 Au eq oz on a consolidated basis – a 3% increase over Q2 2020 – including 34,030 gold ounces (Au oz) and 375,427 silver ounces (Ag oz)
- Produced 93,401 Au oz at Tucano for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 , 4% higher than for the same period in 2019 - On track to meet 2020 full year guidance of 146,000 to 158,000 Au eq oz
Great Panther President and CEO
Q3 2020 production results are preliminary and subject to adjustment with Great Panther's Q3 2020 earnings results, scheduled for release before market open on
COVID-19 Response
Great Panther has developed and implemented significant COVID-19 prevention, monitoring and response plans following the guidelines of the
Q3 2020 Consolidated Operating Results
Consolidated Operating Results | Three months ended | Three months ended | Change | Nine months ended | Nine months ended | Change |
Ore processed (tonnes) | 5,752,684 | 6,973,859 | -18% | 19,036,700 | 16,966,867 | 12% |
Gold eq production (oz) (1,2) | 39,788 | 47,373 | -16% | 107,250 | 120,462 | -11% |
Gold production (oz) | 34,030 | 39,652 | -14% | 99,329 | 99,712 | 0% |
Silver production (oz) | 375,247 | 418,032 | -10% | 892,616 | 1,106,131 | -19% |
(1) Gold equivalent ounces for 2020 are calculated using a 1:90 Au:Ag ratio, and ratios of 1:0.0006412 and 1:0.0007554 for the price/ounce of gold to price/pound of lead and zinc, respectively. |
(2) Gold equivalent ounces for 2019 were calculated using a 1:80 Au:Ag ratio, and ratios of 1:0.000795 and 1:0.00102258 for the price/ounce of gold to price/pound of lead and zinc, respectively, consistent with the Company's guidance for the year. |
Tucano
Tucano Operating Results | Three months ended | Three months ended | Change | Nine months ended | Nine months ended | Change |
Total material mined (tonnes) | 5,687,291 | 6,908,097 | -18% | 18,877,807 | 16,767,564 | 13% |
Total waste mined (tonnes) | 5,305,426 | 6,360,015 | -17% | 17,759,678 | 15,127,838 | 17% |
Ore mined (tonnes) | 373,928 | 546,561 | -32% | 1,108,526 | 1,551,535 | -29% |
Ore processed (tonnes milled) | 823,353 | 747,498 | 10% | 2,457,187 | 2,213,380 | 11% |
Au grade (g/t) | 1.31 | 1.62 | -19% | 1.30 | 1.38 | -6% |
Au recovery (%) | 92% | 93% | -1% | 91% | 91% | 0% |
Gold production (oz) | 31,803 | 36,317 | -12% | 93,401 | 89,686 | 4% |
Tucano produced 31,803 Au oz in Q3 2020. Mining moved as planned from the Urucum Central North pit, where the ore is harder and typically higher grade, to mining softer ore in the TAP AB3 and Urucum Central South pits. Although plant throughput was 10% higher, this transition resulted in lower average grades and ounces. Mining of ore in Urucum Central North will resume following completion of a planned pit pushback.
Year to date at the end of Q3 2020, production at Tucano totalled 93,401 Au oz, 4% higher than 2019 as a result of higher rates of mining and plant throughput.
Tucano is on track to meet 2020 full year production guidance of 120,000 to 130,000 Au oz.
Mexico Operations
Topia Operating Results | Three months ended | Three months ended | Change | Nine months ended | Nine months ended | Change |
Ore processed (tonnes) | 20,292 | 21,761 | -7% | 47,431 | 60,403 | -21% |
Ag grade (g/t) | 353 | 418 | -15% | 355 | 382 | -7% |
Au grade (g/t) | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0% | 0.84 | 0.98 | -14% |
Ag recovery (%) | 92.5% | 93.8% | -1% | 92.4% | 93.7% | -1% |
Au recovery (%) | 55.5% | 57.4% | -3% | 55.1% | 56.4% | -2% |
Silver eq production (oz) (1,2) | 383,897 | 501,469 | -23% | 906,322 | 1,335,862 | -32% |
Silver production (ounces) | 213,320 | 274,225 | -22% | 499,927 | 695,805 | -28% |
Gold production (ounces) | 308 | 344 | -10% | 708 | 1,077 | -34% |
Lead production (tonnes) | 457 | 539 | -15% | 1,021 | 1,473 | -31% |
Zinc production (tonnes) | 565 | 689 | -18% | 1420 | 1,926 | -26% |
Gold eq production (oz) (1,2) | 4,266 | 6,268 | -32% | 10,070 | 16,698 | -74% |
(1) Silver equivalent ounces for 2020 are calculated using a 90:1 Ag:Au ratio, and ratios of 1:0.05770751 and 1:0.06798419 for the price/ounce of silver to price/pound of lead and zinc, respectively. |
(2) Silver equivalent ounces for 2019 were calculated using an 80:1 Ag:Au ratio, and ratios of 1:0.0636 and 1:0.0818 for the price/ounce of silver to price/pound of lead and zinc, respectively, consistent with the Company's guidance for the year. |
GMC Operations Summary | Three months ended | Three months ended | Change | Nine months ended | Nine months ended | Change |
Ore processed (tonnes) | 45,101 | 44,001 | 2% | 111,462 | 138,900 | -20% |
Ag grade (g/t) | 131 | 119 | 10% | 128 | 108 | 18% |
Au grade (g/t) | 1.59 | 2.47 | -36% | 1.74 | 2.34 | -26% |
Ag recovery (%) | 85.5% | 85.6% | 0% | 85.3% | 84.7% | 1% |
Au recovery (%) | 83.4% | 85.4% | -2% | 84.4% | 85.2% | -1% |
Silver eq production (oz) (1,2) | 334,675 | 383,072 | -13% | 862,501 | 1,126,216 | -23% |
Silver production (oz) | 161,927 | 143,807 | 13% | 392,689 | 410,326 | -4% |
Gold production (oz) | 1,919 | 2,991 | -36% | 5,220 | 8,949 | -42% |
Gold eq production (oz) (1,2) | 3,719 | 4,788 | -22% | 9,583 | 14,078 | -32% |
(1) Silver equivalent ounces for 2020 are calculated using a 90:1 Ag:Au ratio. |
(2) Silver equivalent ounces for 2019 were calculated using an 80:1 Ag:Au ratio |
GMC produced 334,675 Ag eq oz in Q3 2020, or 3,719 Au eq oz. Operations were maintained throughout the quarter albeit at lower levels of production due to continued spread of COVID-19 in
GMC remains on track to meet 2020 full year production guidance of 1.2 to 1.3 million Ag eq oz.
Mineral Reserve and Resource Updates
Great Panther also plans to release Mineral Reserve and Resource updates for its Tucano and GMC mines in the fourth quarter. These will incorporate the results of the Company's 2020 drill programs. Exploration at Tucano is ongoing, with the current focus on near-mine mineralization and a regional tenement 20 kilometres from the existing plant.
Technical Disclosure
The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws (together, "forward-looking statements"). Such forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding 2020 production guidance and the Company's ability to meet production guidance for Tucano,
These forward-looking statements and information reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant operational, business, economic and regulatory uncertainties and contingencies. These assumptions include: continued operations at Tucano in accordance with the Company's mine plan and in all operations without interruption due to COVID-19 or any other reason; the accuracy of the Company's mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates and the assumptions upon which they are based; ore grades and recoveries; prices for silver, gold, and base metals remaining as estimated; currency exchange rates remaining as estimated; all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals for the Company's operations are received in a timely manner and maintained; the accuracy of the geological, operational and price and exchange rate assumptions on which the production guidance is based; operations not being disrupted by issues such as mechanical failures, labour disturbances or workforce shortages, illegal occupations or mining, seismic events, and adverse weather condition; and the Company's ability to comply with environmental, health and safety laws. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive.
These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements to be materially different. Such factors include, among others, risks and uncertainties relating to potential political, regulatory, and social risks involving Great Panther's operations in a foreign jurisdiction, developments with respect to COVID-19 that may impact the Company's operations, including potential for further workforce shortages, or future orders of federal governments to curtail or cease mining operations, the inherent risk that estimates of mineral reserves and resources may not be accurate and accordingly that mine production will not be as estimated or predicted, as the Company's mines do not have established mineral reserves, except for Tucano, the Company faces higher risks that anticipated rates of production will not be achieved, litigation risk, the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, fluctuations in metal prices, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, physical risks inherent in mining operations (including pit wall collapses, tailings storage facility failures, environmental accidents and hazards, industrial accidents, equipment breakdown, unusual or unexpected geological or structural formations, cave-ins, flooding and severe weather), operating or technical difficulties in mineral exploration, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to identify or complete acquisition opportunities and other risks and uncertainties, including those described in respect of Great Panther, in its annual information form for the year ended
There is no assurance that such forward looking statements will prove accurate; results may vary materially from such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements. The Company has no intention to update forward looking statements except as required by law.
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