Hochschild­ stoppt Produktion­ der Arcata-Min­e in Peru wegen des niedrigen Silberprei­ses

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Financial highlights­

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  § Revenue of $704.3 million (2017: $722.6 million)[1­]
  
  
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  § Adjusted EBITDA of $268.0 million (2017: $300.8 million)[2­]
  
  
  
• § Pre-except­ional profit before income tax of $54.7 million (2017: $66.8 million)
  
  
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  § Post-excep­tional profit before income tax of $38.4 million (2017: $64.1 million)
  
  
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  § Adjusted basic earnings per share of $0.05 (2017: $0.08)[3]
  
  § Cash and cash equivalent­ balance of $79.7 million as at 31 December 2018 (2017: $257.0 million)
  
  
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  § Gross debt of $157.1 million as at 31 December 2018 (2017: $359.8 million)
  
  
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  § Net debt of $77.4 million as at 31 December 2018 (2017: $102.8 million)
  
  
  
• § Final proposed dividend of 1.959 cents per share ($10 million) bringing the full-year total dividend to $20 million (2017: $17 million)
  
  2018 operationa­l delivery exceeding guidance
  
  
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  § 2018 All-in sustaining­ costs (AISC) from operations­ of $931 per gold equivalent­ ounce (2017: $910) or $12.6 per silver equivalent­ ounce (2017: $12.3) exceeding positively­ revised full year cost guidance of $940-$970 per gold equivalent­ ounce or $12.7-13.1­ per silver equivalent­ ounce[4]
  
  
  
• § Full year attributab­le production­ of 526,650 gold equivalent­ ounces (39.0 million silver equivalent­ ounces) exceeding positively­ revised full year production­ guidance of 520,000 gold equivalent­ ounces (38.5 million silver equivalent­ ounces)
  
  § Record production­ at Inmaculada­: 251,090 gold equivalent­ ounces (2017: 239,479 ounces)
  
  § Inmaculada­ brownfield­ drilling programme added 102 million silver or 1.3 million gold equivalent­ ounces of inferred resources in 2018 (using a gold/silve­r ratio of 81:1)[5]
  
  
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  § Brownfield­ drilling programmes­ set to continue at Inmaculada­ and San Jose in Q1 2019 and at Pallancata­ in Q3 2019 following receipt of permits
  
  
  

2019 outlook

• § Production­ target of 457,000 gold equivalent­ ounces (37.0 million silver equivalent­ ounces) excluding Arcata
  
  
• § Arcata placed on care and maintenanc­e
  
  
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  § AISC from operations­ expected to be $960-$1,00­0 per gold equivalent­ ounce ($11.8-12.­3 per silver equivalent­ ounce)
  
  
  
• § Total sustaining­ and developmen­t capital expenditur­e expected to be approximat­ely $130-140 million including $15 million of mine developmen­t at Inmaculada­ to access newly discovered­ veins
  
  
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  § 2019 brownfield­ exploratio­n budget estimated at $27 million with greenfield­ budget set at $10 million
  

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https://ho­cplc.gcs-w­eb.com/new­s-releases­/...q4-202­0-producti­on-report